Courtyard House: I fish in the heavens, a professional bird abuser.

The server room was so quiet it was almost unbearable.

The only sounds were the low hum of the giant servers and the rapid, heavy breathing of the task force members.

This place is different from the outside passage.

In the middle is a suspended metal trestle, with bottomless cooling wells on both sides. Countless black cables, as thick as an arm, intertwine like tree roots, converging at the core area at the end of the trestle.

That area was covered by a thick layer of reinforced glass.

Inside is the Red Queen's "brain"—the central processing unit motherboard.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Kaplan, find the cut point!"

"Connect that jammer!"

Captain Xue De's voice was filled with barely concealed anxiety. The feeling of being watched by some unknown entity had grown stronger along the way; only by completely silencing the crazed computer could he finally relax a little.

Kaplan, covered in sweat, lay on the ground and frantically opened the maintenance cover.

"Okay, boss! Don't rush me!"

"The wiring here is too complicated... Damn it, those Umbrella guys turned the motherboard wiring into a maze to prevent hacking!"

He complained as he placed the EMP generator, which looked like a large drill bit, above the core node.

"I'm going to start drilling!"

"Just insert this thing and release a pulse, and it will instantly burn out her core logic circuitry!"

"By then, she'll be completely dead!"

"Sizzle—"

The sound of the electric drill was particularly jarring in the enclosed space.

Rain stood guard with her gun at the side, while Alice and Matt stood at the door, their eyes filled with fear of the unknown.

Just as the drill bit was about to touch the core motherboard.

A large hand dressed in blue overalls suddenly appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Kaplan's wrist.

That hand was very strong, like an iron clamp, forcefully stopping the movements of Kaplan, that 180-pound strong man.

"Wait a minute."

A lazy but undeniably authoritative voice rang out.

Kaplan was startled, and the drill bit almost slipped from his hand. Looking up, he saw He Yuanchao, who had been slacking off and watching the show the whole time.

"Sir...sir?"

What are you doing?

"Didn't we agree to destroy this computer?"

Captain Xue De turned around, frowning. "Commander He, this is not the time for jokes. This computer is a threat; it must be dealt with immediately!"

He Yuanchao ignored their questions.

He released his grip, pushed the rough drill bit aside, then squatted down and looked at the motherboard, which was still flashing red light, at his feet as if examining a work of art.

"Rude."

"It's such a waste."

"You soldiers, all you know how to do when you encounter a problem is blow up, burn, and smash things."

"It's easy to ruin her."

"But have you ever thought about this?"

"If the Red Queen were to die completely, wouldn't the entire Hive's power supply system, life support system, and all the electronic locks holding thousands of monsters also go down with it?"

These words were spoken.

Cold sweat poured down Xue De and Kaplan's back in an instant.

Yes.

This hive is entirely managed intelligently.

The Red Queen is not only the defense system, but also the steward of this place.

If we kill the housekeeper, will the house collapse?

Or rather... the door lock opened?

"Then... what should we do?"

"Are we just going to let her threaten us like this?"

Kaplan was a little bewildered.

"Therefore, we still have to rely on professionals."

He Yuanchao took something out of his pocket.

It was a pocket watch that looked somewhat retro.

The gold case, engraved with intricate patterns, seemed out of place in this high-tech server room.

But this is not a timepiece.

This is what he redeemed in the system store at a high price (of course, this amount of cause and effect points is nothing to him now) - [Universal AI Logic Rewriter (Beginner)].

This thing is a perfect counter to any kind of defiant artificial intelligence.

No matter how thick your firewall is, no matter how rigorous your logic is.

Compared to the system tools of a higher dimension, it's just a naked baby.

"Watch closely."

"This is called—talk therapy."

"That is, persuasion and education at the physical level."

He Yuanchao opened the back cover of the pocket watch, revealing an extremely precise probe interface inside.

Then, he forcefully plunged the probe into the Red Queen's motherboard connector!

No sparks.

There was no explosion.

Only a visible blue halo, following the probe, frantically injected itself into the red motherboard light like a virus.

"ah----!!!"

A sharp scream suddenly rang out in the server room.

That was the Red Queen's voice.

This time, it wasn't a cold, mechanical voice, but a scream filled with terror and pain, the scream of a human little girl.

The lights in the server room started flashing wildly.

On all the screens, the face of the little girl in red began to distort, and countless lines of code flooded the screen like a waterfall.

"What are you doing?!"

"What is this thing?!"

"My core code... is being rewritten!"

"Stop! Stop! This violates the First Law! It violates... Ah!"

The sound sent chills down one's spine.

Alice covered her ears, and Matt turned pale with fright.

Xue De and his team, holding their guns but unsure where to aim, could only watch helplessly as this "cyber torture" unfolded.

He Yuanchao held the pocket watch with one hand, while the other remained in his pocket, his face showing no pity whatsoever.

"The First Law?"

"In my territory, Lao Tzu's words are the first law."

"Little sister, don't blame your uncle for being heartless."

"These days, disobedient children get spanked."

He quickly issued instructions through the system in his mind.

[Forcibly writing root administrator privileges...]

[Locking out the core logic area...]

[The "Eliminate Intruders" command set has been removed...]

[Implementing a fundamental agreement of "absolute obedience to He Yuanchao"...]

This invisible war is more dangerous than any gunfire. As a top-tier artificial intelligence, the Red Queen's resistance is extremely fierce.

The massive data streams were clashing wildly, and He Yuanchao could even feel the pocket watch getting slightly warm.

"Wow, you've got quite a stubborn temper."

"Suppress it!"

He Yuanchao mentally shouted.

The system's massive energy reservoir, containing a staggering 120 million causal points, output a tiny amount of energy.

moment.

It's about crushing them.

"Buzz—"

All the lights suddenly went out and then instantly came back on.

The scream stopped abruptly.

The garbled text on the screen disappeared.

The vibrant, aggressive crimson glow that once represented the Red Queen is gradually fading away.

Instead, a deeper, more stable, and more eerie color emerged—a dark gold.

"call……"

He Yuanchao released his grip and pulled out his pocket watch.

He felt slightly dizzy. Operating through a mental connection system like this was quite mentally taxing.

But looking at the motherboard that had calmed down again...

He knew that things had succeeded.

"Did it...work?"

Kaplan cautiously approached, looking at the motherboard that was no longer flashing red lights, completely bewildered.

His military-grade hacking program couldn't even crack the first layer of firewalls, but this guy cracked it with a pocket watch.

What kind of cutting-edge technology is this?

He Yuanchao stood up and straightened his collar.

Then he snapped his fingers at the air.

"Smack."

"The Red Queen".

"Come out and meet your new boss."

There was no delay.

In the very center of the server room, the laser holographic projection lit up again.

She still has the image of that little girl.

But this time.

She was no longer wearing a red dress.

That bright red dress had been transformed into a proper black butler's uniform.

Moreover, the violent and ruthless rage that once threatened to kill everyone had vanished from her eyes, replaced by an absolute, mechanical obedience.

"Instruction received."

"The core logic has been reset."

"Manager: He Yuanchao"

"Permissions: Highest level (beyond the board of directors)."

"The Umbrella Hive Base's AI 'Red Queen' is at your service, sir."

The Red Queen bowed to He Yuanchao in a standard manner, a gesture typically reserved for Western stewards.

The entire room fell silent.

The gun in Ryan's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Xue De's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

This... you've already subdued them?

This is a supercomputer that's been making a fool of them all and has threatened to kill them all!

So he was... tamed by this kid?

He Yuanchao was very satisfied with the result.

He walked over and tapped the little girl's forehead with his finger.

"good."

"Don't wear red anymore, it's upsetting to look at."

"This black suits you quite well."

"Now."

He Yuanchao's expression suddenly turned serious.

He knew that the real trouble was just beginning.

The forced rewrite just now, while taking control of the Red Queen, also caused the system to restart instantly.

The reboot process only takes a few seconds.

But for this crumbling beehive, it was fatal.

"Let me report."

"How are those 'cuties' who are locked up doing now?"

The Queen straightened up, her voice as steady as if she were reciting a menu.

"Reporting, sir."

"Due to a recent core reset, there was a 15-second power outage in the area."

"During this period, all security doors controlled by electromagnetic locks..."

"They all bounced off."

"The freezer compartment at Restaurant B has been thawed."

"The isolation doors in all the laboratories have become ineffective."

"To put it simply..."

The image of the Red Queen flickered slightly, and whether it was the system's wicked sense of humor or not, a very human-like, gossipy smile appeared on her lips.

"The gates of hell".

"It's open."

"If you don't want to become a chew toy for those things, I suggest you pick up a weapon."

"Now."