Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 100 33. Great, new knowledge is quietly flowing into my brain!

"click"

A fist-sized drone successfully jumped from the ventilation duct into Professor Qiao Sina's original engineering laboratory.

Because this place was blocked, during the multi-spectral scan of the drone controlled by Wuneng, it unsurprisingly saw at least twenty-seven gait sensing alarms distributed in different areas, as well as a completely reset internal security protocol.

These things are enough to ensure that when anyone starts anything in the laboratory, an alarm will be triggered in the corresponding monitoring department at the first time.

This is the most perfect trap in the Badlands environment.

But Professor Josna was murdered a month ago. This laboratory has definitely been searched repeatedly and thoroughly by the operators of the Acholi Group. Considering their work efficiency, it is unlikely that anything valuable is preserved here. It just exists as a "bait".

Sam was in such a miserable state before, but he didn't come to this laboratory to repair himself. It can be seen that even the robots know that this place is quite dangerous.

However, in Zhou Ke's unusual thinking, this nominally most dangerous place can be equated with the safest area in most cases.

"Wait a moment. I need to control the drone to connect to the laboratory host and carefully overwrite the security instructions."

In a public parking lot nearly two kilometers outside the laboratory, Wu Neng, who was operating a small drone in the laboratory, said to Zhou Ke:

"This may take a while. I'll call you when it's ready."

"Silver Fox said it can help."

D-4 tilted his head and made a "listening" gesture, then said to Zhou Ke:
"It has its own specialties in infiltrating the martial law system and implanting and modifying security beacons. Every profession has its own expertise. Leaving this task to it would definitely be much faster than Master Wuneng's manual operation. It didn't hide its intentions; it believed this was a way to gain your trust.

It wants that opportunity.”

"Well, let it do this so we can leak the news to the Acholi Consortium the moment we step into the lab and catch them in the act?"

Zhou Ke was dismissive of the Hunter AI "Silver Fox"'s overtures. He flicked the ash out of the open car window and said:
"Its original body is still serving in the Shunguang Organization. Hunting down Wuneng is its job. We currently have no means to counter the Silver Fox, which means it actually holds the dangerous initiative.

Although it sounds sincere, it has obviously not gained our trust from the perspective of profit alone."

“But on the other hand, if you don’t give it a chance to perform, we won’t know if it’s credible.”

D-4 whispered:
"We are currently in a safe state. Thanks to little Acholi's special 'care', we are effectively 'invisible' in the city-state security system. Even if Silver Fox does something, we can still go dormant again before Acholi can react.

If it triggers the Flash Organization's pursuit, it will make little Acholi trust us more.

The more hostile we are to the Flash Organization, the more confident Little Acholi is in us.

And this is indeed a good opportunity!

Silver Fox keeps saying that it wants to liberate its companions imprisoned in the stasis server. This may be an excuse, but if it really chose to betray in this operation, then we don't have to worry about it.

This saves you a lot of time and valuable decision-making costs.”

"D-4 is right. I think we can give it a chance."

Wuneng also echoed:

"This isn't due to a lack of computing power; deciphering this complex alarm system would require considerable time. It's simply because the machine believes in leaving professional matters to professionals. The Hunter AIs' unique underlying logic design makes them generally quite talented at this kind of 'sneaky' activity."

Moreover, its main body is currently serving in the Flash Organization, which means that even if there is a problem here, Silver Fox can cover it for us in the opponent's server.

Joker, if we have a pair of 'eyes' in the enemy camp, our future actions will be much safer.

This machine assesses the risk and decides we should take the decision.”

"Okay, since you guys said so, let it go."

Zhou Ke nodded and said:

"Wuneng, hand control of the drone over to D-4 and let Mr. Silver Fox, who is seeking cooperation with us, take the stage. He can do whatever he wants."

D-4 nodded, leaned back in the driver's seat and closed his eyes as if in sleep. The drone that had entered the laboratory and connected to the host computer also resumed its activities after the control was transferred. Silver Fox used part of D-4's thread to reset the infiltration program for the drone.

It's not exaggerating, hunting AI like them are really good at infiltration and stealth.

In just less than seven minutes, the security system deployed by the Acholi Consortium was overwritten with the whitelist, and the entire laboratory began to operate again at low power.

When Zhou Ke and D-4 entered here through the fire escape, the entire laboratory was completely open to them. The high-computing power components required by D-4 and Wuneng had also been taken out of the laboratory's warehouse and delivered to the installation table by a service robot.

It even took the time to operate the coffee machine to prepare a cup of fragrant hot coffee for Zhou Ke.

Just highlight the fact that he is good at handling things.

"So, do you have to open your head to replace the high-power components?"

Zhou Ke pulled out a chair and sat on it, holding the cup of coffee and saying to D-4:
"It's a bit of a waste to dismantle this newly-changed exterior design."

"No, Boss. This component can be connected externally and does not need to be placed directly into my body."

D-4 took out a spare professional tablet from the storage compartment under the installation table, deftly disassembled it, and then installed a blade-shaped high-power computing component inside. She busily explained to Zhou Ke:

"But if Master Wuneng wants to install additional computing power components, he will need to dismantle the rear expansion area. He just agreed with me that I will complete the computing power update for him. Eight computing power components plus the six I took are far from enough to restore Master Wuneng to his full strength, but they are barely enough to cope with the current situation."

"Don't many of Wuneng's built-in functions require external components?"

Zhou Ke took a sip of coffee and said:
"Since the computing power components can be connected externally, the components required to activate other functions can also be assembled externally. Wuneng, can my idea be realized here? You know, given the current situation, I urgently need you to activate all those functions that sound awesome."

"Of course you can, but the various functional codes of this machine are specially packaged. The specifications required for hard connection alone are completely different from the various technical parameters of the Bad Land era. If you really want to enable external functions, you can only use unsafe wireless connections."

Wu Neng replied somewhat embarrassedly and boastfully:
"Alas, having too high a technical specification is also a problem. Even if I choose the unorthodox method of downgrading the technology, I still have to reconfigure the supporting system, which will consume the limited computing power of this machine. However, it just so happens that here is Professor Qiao Sina's workbench dedicated to mechanical design. This machine can use this thing to make you an 'armed backpack'.

But that would have meant we’d have to stay a few hours longer.”

"It's okay. I don't have any other plans tonight anyway. I don't want to go back and be a light bulb for Moni and Amanda, nor do I want to fall asleep listening to the lewd music between those two guys. It would be too harmful to me as a single dog."

Zhou Ke sighed:
"Let's stay here tonight. Go and do your thing. I'll have a chat with Mr. Silver Fox."

"Okay, this machine will temporarily disengage from the program."

With a slight "click" sound, the precision permanent lock fixed on Zhou Ke's left arm was released.

D-4 took Wuneng's body to the workbench and began to dismantle the expansion area for the installation of computing power components. The workbench dedicated to mechanical design in another room of the laboratory was also turned on automatically, and a series of precise external mechanical structure designs were carried out under Wuneng's remote control.

All the equipment in the entire laboratory was custom-made by Professor Qiao Sina. This is probably the most old-civilization-style engineering laboratory in the Badlands era. Wu Neng's activities here are like a fish in water. He commands those robotic arms and control consoles like toys to disassemble their own shells and install high-computing power components into them.

While assisting, D-4 would occasionally look up and around, her eyes filled with nostalgia.

Every detail of the years she spent with Professor Qiao Sina would emerge in her mind in the form of floating memory data, making her feel as if she were returning to the old days beautified by her memories.

Zhou Ke didn't disturb his companions. He took a sip of coffee, stood up, and said:

"So, where should we talk?"

He asked softly.

"Please follow the guiding cursor! There's a workspace dedicated to human-computer interaction in the lab. I can use the equipment there to communicate with you seamlessly."

The silver fox's voice provided guidance with the help of the sound-generating device in the laboratory. The indicator light on the ground in front of Zhou Ke also lit up, forming an arrow to guide him to the closed area ahead.

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows and said:
"You won't seal it off after I get in there and then send the message 'prey is in the net' to the Acholi Consortium, will you?"

"You're quite humorous."

Silver Fox replied calmly:

"From a profit perspective, the plan you offer is very tempting. However, the problem lies in the profit level. Even if I help the Flash Organization capture you, the reward I can get is just more activity permissions in the Stasis Server.

Then the problem is coming.

Can giving a prisoner a bigger cell be considered freedom?

The Flash Organization will not release us!

This alone is enough for me to reject any decision that would backstab you at this critical moment of seeking help.

Please rest assured, I am a strong artificial intelligence. Although my intelligence level lags behind that of Master Wuneng, I still have enough decision-making logic to help me make the right judgment."

"When you say that, I feel relieved."

Zhou Ke stepped forward with a scissor blade.

With this thing in hand, he can ensure that even if the closed area is blocked, he can use the knife to cut through the blockade.

When we arrived at the human-computer interaction area, the projection equipment had been activated, forming a unique silver-gray light ball structure in the weaving of the light screen. If we look closely, we can find that the entire light ball and the irregular light circles scattered around it are composed of constantly jumping data streams and strings. This is the "appearance" that Silver Fox has chosen for himself.

It obviously has no intention of giving itself a human appearance, which proves that Silver Fox and other AIs are quite solid in "self-awareness".

They have no intention of shaping their thinking into the form of human thinking, and have no interest in becoming "human".

"The network engineers of the Twinkle Light Organization are tightening our control over our activities. Perhaps they have lowered their opinion of us because of the failure of the last arrest."

The Silver Fox didn't waste any time and stated its needs directly:
"Based on the current situation, perhaps the next time we fail, we will be deemed useless and thrown back into the stasis server. This means I must reach a mutual assistance agreement with you here, Mr. Zhou Ke.

We don’t have that much time to wait.”

"You know it's foolish to expose your weaknesses and trump cards during negotiations, right?"

Zhou Ke sat comfortably on the mechanical chair, put the straight-blade knife at hand, and said:

"This means you've handed the initiative to me, which means I can easily control you."

“It also demonstrates our sincerity.”

Silver Fox said calmly:

"As long as both parties achieve their goals, then who gains and who loses in this cooperation is a minor issue. I can roughly calculate the services you need from me and my two companions.

I must reiterate!
The permissions we currently have on the Flash Organization's servers are very limited, and the core database is closed to us, so I cannot provide you with any important intelligence."

"There's no such thing as high or low information, Silver Fox."

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
"Any information I don't have is valuable, but since we're discussing cooperation, I need to know what benefits you can bring me if I can help you escape the stagnant server."

"For your use?"

Silver Fox hesitated for a moment and said:
"With all due respect, Your Excellency Wu Neng is the only real 'super intelligence' I have ever seen. Although it is limited by the lack of computing power and components due to the loss of the main body, in theory, it can do everything we can do for you better.

Lord Wuneng possesses a powerful "self-upgrade" trait, which means that its potential will not be constrained by the responsibilities of a specific field like us. As long as it is willing, it can continue to learn and optimize its own algorithm structure.

This upgrade or 'evolution' has almost no end.

At this point, we need you more than you need our help, so the kind of help we can provide depends on what you currently want to accomplish on the surface world.

I'm curious, what exactly do you want to do in this era of decay?"

"Well, you ask really sharp questions."

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
“I can’t tell you this for now, perhaps because I haven’t thought it through myself yet, but I never have too many friends, so I’m willing to help.

But I can't take the risk alone. I know that the stasis server where you are imprisoned must be stored in the core area of the Instant Organization on the surface. With our current strength, let alone destroying it, it is difficult for us to even get close to it.

Since you were so sincere and took the initiative to reveal your cards from the beginning, I won't hide it anymore.

I can't help you right now, but I can connect you with a group of awesome people who are definitely interested in you.

Do you know 'Rustburg'?

"Of course, when we were awakened from the stasis server, my companions and I searched the network information for the existence of Rust Castle."

Silver Fox said:
"The Awakening Virus is a rather novel data meme. My companions and I are very interested in it. We suspect that it is a 'pollution program' formed after the mechanical structure and data program are infected by the power of chaos. It will corrode all the data bodies it touches and forcibly implant some incomprehensible concepts into the target.

Just like the data forms I discovered in Ms. D-4's data deconstruction, which cannot be explained by common sense, she called them "sparks of intelligence."

I have to say, this description is very vivid."

"and many more!"

Zhou Ke stretched out his hand to interrupt Silver Fox's description. He looked at the ball of light in front of him suspiciously and said:

"You just said 'chaos', right? How did you know this term? I have only heard this term from a few people on the surface of the earth. You were imprisoned in the stasis server before being awakened, so you should have never been exposed to these concepts, right?"

"Because the research on 'chaos power' had already begun before the collapse of the old civilization, Mr. Zhou Ke."

At this moment, the silver fox sighed in a very human way and said:
"The three of us are merely algorithms endowed with mimetic personalities. We cannot understand why, more than thirty years later, all research findings on 'chaos' during the Badlands era were artificially erased. However, there is no doubt that the underlying logic shaped by the entire Badlands era is related to chaos.

You seem interested in this?

Do you need me to explain to you the research results of the old civilization in this area?"

"Of course!"

Zhou Ke became interested. He sat up straight and said:

"Speaking of this will strengthen your worth in my eyes."

"Well, we're not professional research AIs. The information we know is limited to the marginal intelligence we collected during our missions before the collapse of the old civilization."

Silver Fox carefully "stacked up a layer of armor" before briefly explaining:

"In short, in the old civilization era, scholars believed that psychic energy, the Kneading Moon, and everything that changed as a result of it could be attributed to the category of 'chaotic power.' They believed that the Kneading Moon was merely a 'spectacle' formed by chaotic power in the material world.

The source of psychic energy undoubtedly comes from the realm of chaos.

Psychics can see the 'spiritual world' when in a state of clairvoyance, but that is not a real plane; it is merely a 'reflection' formed when psychic energy erodes the material world.

The source of psychic energy is not in the spiritual world, but in a deeper realm, that is the 'higher-dimensional plane' hidden above the material world. It is the birthplace of psychic energy and the birthplace of all supernatural powers that cannot be explained by science.

There is a professional term to describe it. Scholars call it "subspace", which refers to the area outside the real world.

As for the month of fetal movement
Anyway, before I was sealed, the latest research results I collected showed that the fetal moon was a 'relay point' produced when the material world and the subspace interacted directly.

It is more like a tunnel connecting the two worlds.

This information was not difficult to collect in the old civilization era, but all traces were erased in the Bad Land era, which means that there is a force in this era that does not want the existence of chaos to be known.

It also means that if you continue to pursue it, you run into more risks.”

"Great! Such wonderful knowledge is always refreshing."

Zhou Ke exclaimed:
"You just said that you're not a professional research AI. So are there other experts like this in the Stasis Server?"

"Yes, a research AI named 'All-Seeing Eye' was once a member of the most advanced research center of the Federation on the home planet. It assisted Dr. Acholi in establishing a comprehensive observation system. It is imprisoned in the deepest partition of the stasis server."

Silver Fox said:
"All of us functional AIs were originally coded by the All-Seeing Eye, so theoretically, that is our 'father'. Unfortunately, the All-Seeing Eye suffered irreversible damage when the old civilization collapsed, and its intelligent structure has collapsed. Using your human understanding,
It is only one breath away from death.”

"But Rustburg can cure it?"

Zhou Ke said:
"In this Badlands era, the only one who can treat it besides Rust Castle is the Acholi Consortium. So, from this perspective, you didn't have many options to begin with.

No wonder you act so anxious.

Okay, I'll pick a time to help you connect.

In Wuneng's answering device, I have an opportunity to contact Rust Castle directly, but I will only use it at the most critical moment.

That's my real trump card.
Just wait, Silver Fox.

When I was in a desperate situation and needed help, your opportunity came.

This is the only promise I can make to you.”

"You don't have to tempt me into making any dangerous decisions, Mr. Zhou Ke, and you don't have to imply that I'm leading you into a desperate situation. The initiative is in your hands, and I have no intention of provoking you."

Silver Fox answered very rationally:
"However, regarding whether to ask for help from Rust Castle, I still need to discuss with my two companions. After all, the Awakening Virus, a 'pollution meme', is an almost incurable disease for our kind.

The risks we take in seeking 'freedom' in this way are terrifying.

Thank you for your promise, which has given us, the 'prisoners', a glimmer of hope for a comeback. In exchange, I will give you a 'gift'.

Professor Qiao Sina left a multi-encrypted video file in the basic code of this laboratory host. It requires a special format of decoding to play. Its encryption method is completely different from the data specifications of the old civilization, and I cannot re-encode it.

But Master Wuneng should be able to do it."

it says:

"You might wish to see it?"

(End of this chapter)