From Gotham to Night City, my infamy is known to all.

As a rare intelligent and good husband among Black people, he made his choice in an instant.

“That box is stored in the storage room in the northeast corner. We have no idea what it’s used for, and the government doesn’t allow any destructive experiments, so it can only be left idle indefinitely. I... I know the password; I set it myself.”

"good, very good!"

Leo gently set him down and kindly smoothed out the wrinkles on his suit with his hand.

"I'm a reasonable person. As long as you cooperate, I won't hurt you. Now, take me there!"

Under his forceful shove, Silas stumbled and led the way in a flustered manner.

Sure enough, there was a sealed storage room in the northeast corner of the vault, with a heavy titanium alloy door made of the same material as the vault door.

"Open the gate to the mountain (two) and stop feeding the silkworms!"

Leo pushed him to the door.

The process is the same, requiring three biometric identification steps.

Silas resignedly walked to the door, where a soft red light shone from the access control device, precisely scanning the visitor's eye features.

Iris recognition was completed smoothly in just a few seconds.

Next is the fingerprint, this one too—

Just as Leo was overjoyed and felt like he could fly, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

This change did not originate from the outside, but from inside the storage room.

The heavy titanium alloy door underwent a strange change in full view of everyone. At first, a small hole appeared out of nowhere in the middle. Then the hole continued to enlarge and eventually eroded a round notch into the door.

Through the edge of the large hole, you can see a metal door that is a full 30 centimeters thick, with a surface as smooth as a mirror!

Silas was startled and turned to hide to the side.

Leo remained motionless, staring blankly at the perfectly circular opening in the door.

On the other side of the cave, a square metal block with a faint silver sheen on its surface was floating in the air.

Mother box—!

It started moving on its own!

Before the shock had subsided, new changes had already begun.

The silver mother box trembled rapidly, and countless mysterious cracks appeared on the metal surface, from which dazzling light continuously emanated.

As it vibrates, countless columnar protrusions emerge from the upward-facing side of the cube, much like the rhythm bars that constantly pulsate in a rhythm game.

At the same time, a strange "ping~ping~" sound kept coming out.

What's going on here?

The mother box has been activated!?

Won't this attract the new Protoss?

Just as Leo was somewhat confused, a pure white voice rang in his mind.

[Huh? It seems to be communicating with you using a very complex code. I'll try communicating with it using Morse code and five-unit code.]

A robot behind Leo opened its mouth, and another code sounded from its built-in speaker.

Gradually, the code sent by the master box also changed to this type, and it seemed that the two sides had made contact!

Leo asked impatiently, "How is it? What is it saying?"

It's greeting you, saying—It's a pleasure to meet you, Superior!

Chapter 368 Mother Box in Hand, Ready to Make a Run!

The Mother Box on Earth is a high-tech device created by Himon, a brilliant scientist from the new primordial planet, using the mysterious element X.

It has the ability to sense things and can communicate by emitting repeated "ping! ping!" sounds that the user can understand.

At the same time, the Mother Box can also obtain energy from the Source (the creator god worshipped by the Neo Protoss) to produce various effects, and can be regarded as a supercomputer connecting the Neo Protoss and the creator god.

Leo knew this information in advance, so he wasn't too surprised when the Mother Box showed its ability to move on its own and tried to communicate with him.

But what it said truly baffled Leo.

It's a pleasure to meet you, Beyonder?

What Beyonder? Does DC even have such a thing?

If I remember correctly... Marvel has a Beyonder and a Beyond God, both of whom are ridiculously powerful.

Leo felt deep down that he had nothing to do with them. After all, what kind of transcendent being was so miserable that he had to outwit and outfight a group of ordinary people in the 2077 world?

[Stop overthinking. The attack has only taken 7 minutes and 25 seconds. The area outside the closed zone isn't uninhabited. I've detected unusual activity at the local police station and military base; reinforcements could arrive at any moment.]

The pure white voice pulled Leo back to reality.

He composed himself and realized that time was of the essence.

He wasn't afraid of the US government, but there were too many monsters and scoundrels in DC, so there was no need to take unnecessary risks.

He quickly asked, "If I talk to it, can it understand me?"

Yes, you can, but it's best not to say anything involving classified information. Don't forget there are other people around.

Leo paused for a moment, then turned to look at Silas beside him.

The intelligence of this black man, Bo Yileng, is beyond doubt. After being frightened by the appearance of the Mother Box, he kept eavesdropping. It is hard to say that he could not understand Morse code.

The safest way to handle it would actually be to snap his neck with a "crack," then stuff the body into the singularity space and take it away...

Silas sensed something was wrong and looked at him with a terrified expression.

Leo hesitated for a few seconds, then waved his hand impatiently: "Alright, go back to the surface with your wife. Dr. Stone, you should be glad I'm a man of my word."

Two humanoid robots lifted Silas, whose legs were trembling, and led him toward Eleanor, who was waiting at the entrance.

The robot will take the Black couple back to the surface and, incidentally, withdraw all troops underground in preparation for evacuation.

While waiting for the bystanders to leave, Pure White also added an expansion pack to Leo's translator to decipher the complex Morse code emitted by the master box.

A series of codes flashed rapidly across my retina.

[Extension detected...Verifying.]

[Verification successful. Initiating installation of the custom code-breaking program...]

[...33%...50%...100%]

Installation complete.

[Pure White: I've been thinking about it. Common codes are too easy to crack, so I've designed a new cipher code together with the master box for secure communication.]

[Leo: Great, I'll chat with it for a bit.]

Looking at the Mother Box floating silently in the air, Leo hesitated before raising his hand to greet it: "It's nice to meet you too, uh... I don't know what to call you?"

"ping~ping~"

The translator begins working, translating the Morse code of the master box into a language that Leo can understand.

"My essence is similar to a supercomputer on Earth. My creator named me Mother Box, and users can rename me according to their own preferences, although this has no practical significance."

A supercomputer that can communicate and has logical capabilities—this is actually somewhat like a super AI with its own server, or an all-in-one computer with autonomous consciousness.

Leo shook his head vigorously, clearing his mind of countless distracting thoughts: "Then I'll call you Deep Blue. I hope you can become my super cheat code. I already have Pure White and Crimson, so the names match well."

"Deep Blue, understood. The computer name has been renamed Deep Blue. Sensing user preferences, it is beginning to adjust its external appearance."

As the Morse code sound faded from the master box, the entire box suddenly began to change color.

The silver metallic shell seems to be slowly diffused by an invisible paintbrush, with a soft indigo hue at the edges, like the first light of dawn spreading quietly along the precise edges.

In just a few breaths, the entire mother box shed its cold, hard silver sheen and transformed into a deep, sea-blue cube.

As the viewing angle changes, the surface of the box shimmers with light, as if the entire ocean is condensed within it.

"Image redesign complete, Deep Blue at your service."

Leo's breath hitched. This... this could be—

Divine light synchronized!

What a cool but impractical feature! Besides creating light pollution, it's utterly useless!

But who cares? Performance doesn't matter, but looks are a lifelong matter!

He was quite surprised to find that the mother box had this interesting function.

"How did you do it?"

"It's very simple. I used the matter manipulation function to rearrange the molecular structure of the box's contents to suit your aesthetic preferences."

Weeping spirits. Dad (five) Liu put the paint on the enterprise. "..."

Leo fell silent; the function was a bit too "simple" for him to comprehend.

"Alright, it's not important... You just called me a user, so are you willing to come with me and serve me?"

The blue cube swayed up and down in the air, as if nodding: "Yes, I sense an unusual aura about you and am willing to serve you. For a deeper binding, please touch the box with your bare hands so I can collect your complete individual information."

"After we're bound together, you'll only be able to serve me?"

Yes, my connection with you will deepen over time until we become one, inseparable.

A special reminder: In cases of deep fusion, the host's death may result in the Mother Box becoming malfunctioning or destroyed. If you intend to use the Mother Box as a legacy item for your faction or family, please avoid merging it into your body.

It sounds a bit like a blood oath ceremony; once he has deeply integrated the mother box, no one else can recycle and reuse it.

This approach is clearly the opposite of Apokolips's thinking. The Mother Boxes they create are more like tools of war, which are recycled by the faction after the user dies and given to other members for reuse.

If Leo were to make the decision... he would definitely choose the symbiotic route!

In this scenario, everyone else is dead, so why would you leave the Mother Box to the enemy who killed him?

Just to be on the safe side, he wanted to discuss it with his advisor: "Are Pure White and Dark Blue's suggestions reliable? Could they be a trap?"

[It's hard to say... Considering it's the mother box of the new primordial star, not the mother box of Apokolips, I think we can trust it for now. Anyway, deep integration is a rather lengthy process, so acknowledging a master first can't hurt.]

After weighing the pros and cons, Leo reached the same conclusion as her.

Since that's the case, let's bind the equipment first!

He took a deep breath, slowly extended his right hand, and gently touched the surface of the Mother Box with his index finger, just like in Michelangelo's famous painting "The Creation of Adam".

The touch of the fingertips is delicate and soft, and it doesn't feel like touching metal at all!

New changes began instantly—

Suddenly, fine ripples appeared on the surface of the box, and the dazzling aurora in the gaps converged into flowing patterns with the frequency of the sound vibrations, eventually projecting a semi-transparent holographic sea surface directly in front.

Leo's projection appeared on the sea surface, exactly like him.

"Binding complete. The default address for the user is Master. Would you like to change it?"

While Leo was still thinking, he heard Pure White making a fuss in his mind.

"Dad," it just so happens that you still have no children after our relationship broke down! A powerful leader without children will be a real problem for his subordinates!

You can stay somewhere else...

Leo chased her away and quickly made a decision: "Master will do. We can change it later if needed. By the way, are you considered a life form?"

He was very worried that the deactivation properties of singularity space would erase the mother box.

"I possess the abilities of perception and thought, but I am not a living being in the conventional sense. After being bound to you, I can be regarded as a part of your body."

"That's good." Leo was relieved. "Quickly mark all the valuables in the vault for me. We'll take them and then make our escape."

"Understood. Please set a standard for what is valuable. In my opinion, none of these are valuable."

"Ah this..."

[I'll do it. Human voice communication is too inefficient; we can communicate much more efficiently using data.]

Leo sighed, once again experiencing the true meaning of the fragility and suffering of flesh and blood.

Then, Deep Blue used his matter manipulation ability again to make the titanium alloy door of the storage room disappear, and quickly collected the spoils with Leo.

In the enormous vault, only seven or eight pieces of equipment with research value were found, which is a negligible share among the hundreds or thousands of research items.

This once again proves the value of the statement "unique does not necessarily mean useful".