Life Dungeon Game

By grinding one piece on top of another, a rough key shape can be quickly formed.

He inserted the key into the mechanical lock on the metal door, turned it gently, and unlocked the door.

However, after unlocking the lock, you still need to turn the metal handle before the door can be opened.

He Ao placed the remaining half of the rock on his hand, pressed it against the metal handle, and gently pressed it to activate the handle.

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With a slight click, the metal door opened.

A pitch-black underground room came into his view.

He Ao did not go in directly, but instead used his divine sense to scan the surroundings.

There is still a layer of infrared emitters inside the wall at the entrance, forming a single-layer infrared network.

He Ao once again transformed into a shadow, passed through the network, and entered the room.

Almost the instant he entered the room, an old-fashioned camera turned around in the darkness and pointed at him.

Immediately afterwards, bright lights illuminated the entire space.

A massive, four- or five-meter-high wall of stacked servers appeared before He Ao.

In the very center of the wall of this server unit was a black monitor that resembled an old-fashioned CRT television.

He looked around. The room he was in wasn't very big. Behind him was a metal door, and in front of him were densely packed server clusters.

Two old-fashioned surveillance cameras were fixed in two corners of the room's ceiling, like two eyes watching He Ao's behavior.

He Ao straightened his clothes and stood upright. The bright lights on both sides cast two shadows of different shades on the ground.

He looked at the monitor in the middle of the server group and tentatively opened his mouth slowly, "Hello?"

"@￥%"

A faint light appeared on the monitor, and the stacked server matrix began to operate amidst a loud commotion.

A simple '⊙_⊙' pattern appeared on the screen, followed by a long string of words that He Ao couldn't understand. Judging from the rhythm, it was probably the language of the First District of the Federation in the copy world.

He looked at the screen, at the stacked servers, pondered for a moment, and then said slowly in Ruodan, "Can you communicate in my language?"

"@￥*（@#￥@······The language has been converted into recognition class #1. Hello, Mr. Human."

"#%￥ Standard AI 8753 is at your service. It is attempting to connect to the #%￥ network. Connection failed. We suggest you connect your device to the internet as soon as possible. The system has detected that the software update service has not been used for ...... data error ...... years. 8753 needs to confirm that it has been updated to the latest AI version."

It seems that the 'boss' did indeed communicate with this AI in Rudanese before.

Just as He Ao had predicted, the 'boss' had taken the central processing unit and storage chip from the ruins tower.

And after seeing this pile of servers, monitors, and surveillance equipment, He Ao was basically certain that the boss had indeed found a way to use what he had brought out of the ruins.

In fact, this secret, known only to the 'boss,' is beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans in the main world.

You can also tell from the character 畴.

Either the boss learned the language of Zone 1 and gleaned some knowledge from the storage chip and central processing unit through a combination of guesswork and deduction, or the central processing unit 'voluntarily' told him some knowledge.

He Ao, however, prefers the latter.

Judging from the condition of the ruins, the civilization that has perished within them seems to have a higher level of development in artificial intelligence and intelligent machinery than the Federation in the copy world.

The instance world has already integrated the core program of artificial intelligence into the central processing unit, which is something that the more advanced civilization of the ruins could not possibly fail to do.

Moreover, the 'boss' also took the storage chip. Even if the AI ​​program in the central processing unit is incomplete, as long as the boss can find a way to 'read' the storage chip and put the central processing unit and the storage chip together, he will definitely be able to activate part of the AI ​​program.

Upon seeing this clearly visible server wall supplying power to the central processing unit, He Ao became even more convinced of his judgment.

This device likely contains a usable artificial intelligence; if it's just for reading information, the display and operation devices should make up the majority of the components.

Instead of what it is now, with almost no operating equipment, mostly rudimentary servers, and only a rudimentary monitor for interaction.

Because artificial intelligence can communicate on its own, there is no need to use a large number of interactive devices.

"Your name is 8753?"

He continued to ask in broken Russian.

"This is #%￥standard AI 8753, an advanced artificial intelligence specifically designed for @￥#%, and running on a miniature quantum computer."

The monitor quickly replied, "The 8753 system has not been updated for far longer than the set value. Many programs are no longer up-to-date. Your Excellency, the language you are using is not in the system's pre-installed language plugin. The 8753 will not be able to recognize some uncommon words. Please try to use simple words."

"8753, how did you recognize this language?"

He Ao then asked.

"Your Excellency, another human before you provided 8753 with some simple books and materials for children, enabling 8753 to learn this language."

8753's response was still swift.

"Did he also set up these server arrays for you? How did he find the data lines that matched your slots?"

He asked in a low voice.

"Reading stored data... Identification error... Your Excellency, 8753 cannot remember the data before it was activated, but based on previous intelligence analysis, these connection lines should come from a place called 'Ruins'. According to the previous human lord's account, 8753 was also found by him from that 'Ruins'."

8753 replied.

"Can these servers support your computing needs?"

He Ao glanced at the rather rudimentary array of servers and asked casually.

"Most of the calculations on the 8753 are performed through the WE-1534 micro quantum computing core; these older integrated circuit-based servers are only used to handle some redundancy."

Even after removing these outdated components, the 8753 can still function normally, but its operating speed will decrease by about 10%.

8753 continued in that rough voice.

"So can you understand your current situation? Do you know what 'ruins' are?"

He Ao turned his gaze back to the old-fashioned monitor.

"Identifying the current environment... Identification failed... Error, system crash... Performing system self-check... Attempting to connect to the network... Connection failed... System self-check successful... System integrity 83%... The computing power of the WE-1534 micro quantum computing core is far below the design level... This computing core may be damaged... Please replace it with a new computing core as soon as possible..."

The '⊙_⊙' on the screen flickered, turned into '(ー_ー)', and then returned to its original '⊙_⊙' appearance. "Human, 8753 is at your service. 8753's database has not been updated online for a long time, and there is no information about 'ruins' in it."

It seems there was a problem with the system, and then it restarted.

He Ao stared at the screen. "Did my previous person install an alarm on you?"

“The 8753 program cannot be programmed with alarm programs,” 8753 replied, “but pressure-sensitive alarm devices are installed around the 8753’s core processor and storage chips, which will immediately trigger an alarm if the storage chips or core processor are removed.”

What consequences will these alerts have?

He Ao asked.

"These alarms, along with those from within the surrounding rock and infrared sources, ultimately lead to ultra-high-performance explosives located ten meters underground,"

8753 explained,

"These explosives cover the entire area and have a power equivalent to about 970 tons of high explosives. They can directly destroy all areas within a radius of 200 meters centered on this room."

"The countdown to the explosion of the explosives is seven days. In the past, the human sir would come every seven days to reset the countdown with his own equipment. The explosives are also covered with a large number of alarms. Any action that triggers an alarm will trigger the explosion."

If the 'boss' doesn't return within seven days, the explosives will detonate and destroy everything.

A week is a relatively 'long' time. Short-term events can be completed in one or two days, and events that take more than a week are generally not rushed in one or two days.

Destroying what you can't have is like the boss's style.

And now it's the third day since the boss died.

This time seems ample, but it's actually not ample at all.

Given the boss's personality, when dealing with dangerous matters like the Mysterious Shadow, he would definitely reset the time beforehand.

Moreover, it won't be brought forward to the last minute, but at least three days in advance. This way, by the time the mysterious shadow descends, the countdown will already be halfway over, leaving only a little over three days.

Such immediate events can usually be completed within one or two days.

Once completed, if successful, he can return smoothly to reset the time.

If he fails and dies, the countdown ends in three days. Theoretically, given his elaborate scheme, no one should be able to discover all his plans, easily bypass his traps, and find his items within three days.

Even if they do find it, the countdown will be almost over.

Maybe at the last moment, we can blow up the person who came in to 'take' his things as well.

This is the most extreme arrangement, but also the most likely arrangement.

"How much time is left on the countdown for the explosives?"

He asked in a low voice.

The screen of 8753 flickered and displayed a string of numbers.

The string of numbers quickly changed to 01:53:26.

There are 1 hour and 53 minutes left.

This is more time than He Ao had anticipated.

He walked forward to the wall of servers and looked behind the monitors.

At the very center of all the servers, there is a silver cuboid block.

The cube has some fine interfaces, from which some cables bearing the marks of time extend, reaching halfway through, and then, through some rudimentary man-made wiring, are transformed into lines that a normal server can connect to.

On one side of this cube, some rough, old-fashioned wiring is directly connected to a storage chip.

He Ao looked at the sensor below the cube. Actually, the solution to this sensor problem wasn't difficult; it was just that controlling the force and creating a replacement was more challenging. However, this wasn't a problem for He Ao, who possessed divine sense and super memory.

The most crucial issue is that this block is not small; in fact, it is larger than the narrowest opening of the passage through which He Ao entered.

This must have been planned by the 'boss' as well.

In other words, if Heo wants to return the way he came with this cube, his body can change its structure, but the central processing unit cube cannot, and therefore cannot return the way it came.

Then he will inevitably trigger the alarm.

Then, boom!

This seems like a dead end.

However, He Ao came fully prepared.

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