Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 1362 Malicious Code Removal Program (Second Update)

Gemma Simmons once made a joke with Leopold Fitz.

She said the universe didn't want them to be together, but this was quickly refuted by Leopold Fitz, who argued that the universe didn't care about anything, let alone the proximity of two microscopic particle aggregates. There was no physical repulsion between them. They had known each other since their time at S.H.I.E.L.D., and the destruction of S.H.I.E.L.D. led them to flee the world with Agent Coulson. After going through various missions, their relationship deepened. No matter what difficulties they faced, even if they were locked in a safe and thrown into the sea, they always managed to face and solve problems together.

However, they were separated for various reasons. Either Gemma Simmons was sent to infiltrate Hydra's corporations, or she was transported to another planet by a strange portal. This is why Gemma Simmons made this joke, using it to highlight their infrequent meetings—when the Emperor was still using the identity of Salomon to negotiate with S.H.I.E.L.D., he had once performed a tarot reading for Leopold Fitz with great interest, because he saw in the two men the twists and turns of fate and a distorted timeline.

Although Leopold Fitz was skeptical of random numbers, he was bored at the time and decided to play a card-guessing game with Salomon. However, the tarot cards Salomon used were not pre-drawn cards with pictures, but rather cards whose patterns were drawn using extradimensional energy. The act of flipping the cards was equivalent to an observation of the extradimensional world, extracting a vague concept from the superimposed state of fate and compressing and superimposing it onto the diviner and the cards.

Salomon told Leopold Fitz that he would eventually marry Gemma Simmons.

They would have an underground wedding, where all their relatives and friends would stand on a dense forest of leaves, and they would see their offspring at the ceremony. Leopold Fitz believed it was just a trick of random numbers, some illogical vocabulary merely superstition. He didn't understand what an underground wedding meant, or why there would be leaves underground, but due to Salomon's past accuracy, he still took the idea to heart. After all, having worked at S.H.I.E.L.D. for so long, he knew that the human brain couldn't comprehend everything.

However, he couldn't recall the name Salomon at all.

When the spell took effect, all connections to Salomon's identity as the Emperor were completely replaced. For Leopold Fitz and Gemma Simmons, the only information they could recall was that the Emperor had once been a partner of S.H.I.E.L.D. This sudden betrayal caught them off guard. Although Agent Coulson had warned them that their former partner had taken a stand and was no longer reliable, and that Constantine had previously displayed extreme aggression, they hadn't expected things to escalate to a point of no return.

Bomb guns, laser guns, and arc weapons shattered Leopold Fitz's last illusions, as did the Life-Model Decoy project's artificial intelligence, Aida. Even during the evacuation, Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 had used equipment from a heavy truck to read Aida's storage devices. Because the target was likely contaminated, Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 exercised extreme caution during the reading process and isolated Aida's data.

While Mars was eager to immediately begin analyzing the equipment removed from Dr. Horton Radcliffe's residence to uncover algorithmic data related to the mind-framework, the Royal Guard insisted that Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 begin analyzing the artificial intelligence Aida now, capturing anomalous code snippets. In layman's terms, it was as if Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 was performing tumor removal surgery on a cancer patient; while it couldn't be confirmed that all cancer cells were killed, it did alleviate many of the severe symptoms.

"Malicious code removal file: 1-0-1214.Aida has been created."

Because the data interfaces used on Mars are almost entirely different from those on Earth, Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 was equipped with a universal data interface, an invention of paramount importance in Martian history. In contrast, the artificial intelligence Aida, whose chest and abdomen had been pierced, had its simulated skin completely stripped away and was laid flat on the cargo box floor by a mechanical soldier. Numerous colorful cables stretched out from its chest and abdomen, bridging various devices to read specific data.

Dr. Horton Radcliffe created an incredibly realistic bionic form for the AI ​​Aida, almost a perfect one-to-one replica of his ex-girlfriend's body. This would be considered utterly perverse by most, but for the Martian sage, a lifelike appearance that didn't improve efficiency was meaningless. Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 didn't even care about the damage to the simulated body during the analysis process. She could sense Dr. Horton Radcliffe's romantic sentiments, but not because of the Life-Model Decoy project's appearance, but because of the AI ​​Aida's name. Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 was certain that the AI ​​was named this way because Dr. Horton Radcliffe wanted to create an AI with a female identity, hence the choice of a phrase from Augusta Ada King-Noel, Countess of Lovelace, as the name for his creation.

This idea, like naming the core computer group of the Olympus furnace on Mars "Babbage," is a romantic tribute to the history of science, mathematics, and art.

"Cut off the hymn implant... Implantation failed; Second purify the hymn implant... Implantation successful, MLDB access granted." Epsilon-Rodney-Ray 223 paused for a moment, the thought-enhancing device hidden under her hood emitting soft clicking sounds and faint, orderly, almost musical, mathematically patterned noises. She told Constantine, "The data disks for the Life-Model Decoy project were thoroughly cleaned. I detected multiple cleaning traces, so it's highly likely nothing was left. If necessary, I'd like to obtain some information from Dr. Horton Radcliffe, and I believe the disks found in the residence may hold crucial clues."

"I know, please continue." Constantine nodded. "Be careful, those disks may also contain corruption."

The Martian sage looked up at the Royal Guard, confirming that Constantine's reminder wasn't based on personal feelings but on mission efficiency, before nodding in agreement. Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223's work was far more difficult than performing tumor removal surgery on a cancer patient. To ensure her own safety, she couldn't scan all the data and find any remaining malicious code. All she could do was sift through millions of lines of code, relying on the information processing efficiency and algorithms of Mars' powerful processors to make inferences. This was akin to performing surgery blindfolded, without telling the surgeon where the incision was made. However, Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 could also diagnose using external observation methods; an abnormal state of certain charges on the disk would tell her the location of the lesion.

Even machines can be corrupted by witchcraft. Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 has dealt with several machines contaminated by witchcraft. Although these were merely teaching tools providing examples, and the corrupted machines contained only a small amount of pathogenic charge, the experience proved invaluable in this operation. Furthermore, the Martian foundry has issued standard diagnostic manuals to ensure the purity of all machines produced on Mars; this experience can also be applied to the artificial intelligence Aida.

Multitasking did not affect Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223's efficiency. To find the raw data in the database as quickly as possible, she had to use hard links and bypass many security procedures. Her gains were well worth the risks; the raw data and algorithmic framework of Dr. Horton Radcliffe's database were revealed to her in their entirety.

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