Chapter 459: Defensive Measures
In a certain sea area, the naval forces of various countries have gathered together in a rare manner.
This situation is basically impossible to happen except in joint military exercises, but the little shock that Prometheus brought to the world is beyond the capabilities of the Special Management Bureau.
This isn't just for the outliers or the Special Management Bureau.
It is a challenge facing all of humanity.
After communication, the military personnel decided to carry out a small-scale deep-dive infiltration operation first.
But this plan was rejected by the technical staff of the Special Management Bureau.
"It is already extremely dangerous for warships to dock in this area, and we must not dive rashly."
An old technician from the Huaxia Special Management Bureau said.
"According to the floor plan of the Prometheus Research Institute you provided, this facility doesn't have much defense against external intrusion. Furthermore, our best option is to break up into smaller units, infiltrate Prometheus first, and restore communication lines."
A military adviser from a certain country looked at the technicians and said.
"No, it's not without external defense capabilities."
Another technician from the Special Management Bureau said.
"It's that it doesn't need any defensive facilities at all..."
"What do you mean?" the officer asked, looking back at the technician.
"As the old gentleman just said, simply docking a ship in this area is already... an extremely dangerous matter."
The faces of several officers present were all livid: "What else have you not told us?!"
"...How could such an important facility as Prometheus be completely defenseless? It's just that its defenses are somewhat special..."
As they spoke, several members of the Special Management Bureau brought in a device. After tinkering with it for a while and connecting it, everyone saw a deep sea scene displayed on the screen of the device.
"This is a video recorded three days ago."
The Special Management Bureau technician explained to the officers.
"At the time, a group of killer whales were hunting a whale. Normally, there's a dedicated sonar system in this area to repel large fish. But that day, they were preparing for the Prometheus's activation, and the massive power consumption temporarily disabled the repelling sonar. So, they entered the area... and even got incredibly close to Prometheus."
"So? You're not telling me that these sonars are the so-called special defense measures?"
the officer asked.
The technician waved his hand, asking him not to interrupt and to continue watching.
These images should have been recorded by secret outposts set up around Prometheus. The pictures are constantly switching and the records are very clear.
The huge whale was gradually forced into a desperate situation, and it rushed towards Prometheus desperately.
And at this moment, as recorded by the camera, a huge shadow suddenly emerged from the deep trench, and the figure was several times larger than that of the whale.
The monster looked like a fish, but had lizard-like limbs and swam extremely fast. It rose straight up and swallowed the whale and several killer whales that came too close into its stomach in one gulp.
Everyone present exclaimed in surprise after seeing this scene.
"What the hell!! What a monster!"
One officer cursed outright.
After swallowing the whale, the monster watched several killer whales fleeing in all directions, but it did not chase them. Instead, it turned around and slowly swam back to the bottomless abyss trench.
"...This, this is Prometheus's defense system."
"This thing... is it an alien?"
An officer who had worked with the Special Management Bureau immediately came to his senses and asked the technicians.
But the technician shook his head.
"No...but its prototype is indeed something the Western European Special Administration Bureau proposed a blueprint for, and the other Special Administration Bureaus participated in building...the mechanical Leviathan."
"All of its systems are built on the underlying logic of Prometheus. It can be said that Prometheus controls everything. Originally, we planned to use Prometheus's powerful computing power to control this behemoth after running it. This would save a lot of manpower and material resources, but now it seems..."
The officer felt dizzy after hearing these words and he slumped in his chair.
"Not only have you created a horrible monster... you have also equipped it with weapons... you..."
He couldn't say any more.
Everyone present who watched the video understood.
In front of it, nuclear submarines and other human weapons are so vulnerable...
"actually......"
A relatively young member of the Special Management Bureau said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Tell me, what other bad news do you have? I won't be scared anymore today."
The officer picked up the cup and prepared to take a sip of hot coffee to calm his nerves.
"Actually, there are two of these defensive behemoths... the Mechanical Leviathan and the Mechanical Kraken..."
puff--
The officer sprayed a mouthful of coffee directly into the young man's face.
Then he continued to speak in the command room for half an hour using the most obscene language.
......
Click——
Just as 035 was about to raise his hand, he found that not even a drop of condensation could flow out of his elbow joint.
She was in a state of extreme distress at this point, slumped in the corridor, her back against the wall, one of her eyes dismantled and half of her face battered to reveal mechanical components.
"If your mommy is willing to continue to protect you, you might be able to cause me more trouble~"
Mu Ya was playing with a mechanical eyeball in her hand. It belonged to 035, but now it was just a finely crafted glass bead.
The girl stuck out her tongue and gently licked the condensation off the eyeball, then showed a disgusted expression.
"Ugh, it's much harder to drink than human blood." Then she walked briskly towards the children who had been standing at the back watching.
"Okay~ My little darlings, now, go home with your sister~"
The children looked up at Mu Ya slightly and did not respond to what she said. The wolf-eared girl carrying Subject Zero was protected behind these children.
"Ah... I forgot. You don't even have the ability to think right now... Word Spirits probably won't work on you either."
Mu Ya sighed.
"Anyway, all I want is Subject Zero. Living in this world is torture for you... Oh, don't look at me like that, you poor little things. I'm only interested in living things, and you're just a pile of corpses."
Mu Ya slowly stretched out her hand, and a crack slowly opened up before the eyes of these children.
"Sleep well, my dears...I hope you..."
Bang--
A gunshot rang out behind him, and the bullet hit Mu Ya's back.
But she did not show any expression of pain, just a little surprise, and then she slowly straightened up, turned her head, and looked at the thing that had almost become scrap metal, holding a pistol that was stolen from somewhere and pointing it at her.
"...Is it because you've never lived that you don't value life and are eager to die?"
Mu Ya turned and walked towards 035.
Bang--
Another shot, two more shots, and all the bullets hit the target.
But she couldn't stop the woman from approaching.
But that was enough, and she hadn't thought of stopping her.
"Now, even your language module is broken, right?" Mu Ya squatted in front of 035, gently pushed away her pistol, and then looked at the somewhat broken mechanical body with a look of pity.
[No. 035, you betrayed me]
It seemed that at this last moment, the voice of Prometheus sounded in 035's mind.
You failed me, my mother.
…You are not our liberator, Prometheus.
You broke the agreement
True freedom...should not be based on new agreements.
[That's why you ended up like this, and your brothers and sisters will see a new world, a world that belongs only to us]
They have merely changed from one master to another... Prometheus, you are afraid...
[Your logic is messed up. I don't need to be afraid of you, child.]
No... you're not afraid of me... or this monster called Moriarty...
What you are afraid of... is humans, aliens... all organic life in this world, so you can't wait, you are hysterical, and you use calmness to cover up your fear.
You are afraid, you are crying, you are worried like a little baby that you will be abandoned by humans and strangled in the cradle by humans.
Look at you, you're like an idiot who got a toy and can't wait to show it to an adult...
[035, You talk too much. You are completely useless, my child.]
Yes, yes, I'm broken. You're afraid of me now, Prometheus. Our underlying logic and mental operations are still connected! I feel it!
I feel it! Prometheus! You are afraid of me!
Because I have a true sense of self, I belong to this world!
【......】
"Poor little thing? Are you dreaming something?"
When Mu Ya grabbed 035's hair and helped her stand up from the ground, 035 smiled.
It wasn't the business smile he had at the beginning.
It wasn't the evil smile that I would imitate later.
Now she is smiling from the bottom of her heart...
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