Chapter 280 The Meaning of Life
At this moment, the Network Engineering Department of Tianhai City Special Management Bureau can be said to be in the biggest crisis since its establishment.
All employees who were still in the city preparing for the New Year were immediately recalled to the bureau, and then the director of the Network Engineering Department, a slightly fat man, was anxiously giving orders.
"The third firewall has also been breached!? What the hell is this?! What about shutting down all the networks?!"
"No! Minister! This thing is like a living thing! It's already sneaked in! Shutting down the network now won't prevent it from accessing local files! No way! It's not just targeting local files! How is that possible! All defense systems have no reaction to it!!"
Lin Ze watched the group of people busying around, but she seemed unable to help at all. She asked the staff next to her, "Is the situation urgent?"
"Director Lin! This thing has ignored all network security defenses. This should be impossible!"
Lin Ze pondered for a moment and then said, "If it involves an alien, nothing is impossible. So where is it now? Can I find it?"
The staff member replied with a bitter expression, "Director Lin, it exists in the network data just like a virus, but unlike a virus, any defense program will give it a green light."
Lin Ze was completely confused. She had studied computers for so many years, but the only thing she had learned was chatting on QQ and watching videos. She knew nothing else, except for typing in Word documents.
Even though it was a printer, she still couldn't figure it out. She always thought there was a person hidden in the machine. She even proposed to improve the working environment of the printer staff. As a result, a group of people in the meeting wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and the scene was very awkward for a while.
"I don't understand. Can you tell me where I can find it?"
Lin Ze asked, and the staff member was really at his wit's end, not knowing how to explain to his deputy director.
"Lin Ziyu!! What the hell are you doing?! What did you put in here?!"
The fat man, Zou An, the director of the Network Engineering Department, was holding the phone and yelling angrily at the person on the other end.
Lin Ziyu's voice was still trembling. "I, I, I can't get there! It went straight through my computer and into the Special Management Bureau's intranet! There's no way to catch it!"
"You bastard! You stepped into such an obvious trap?!"
Although Zou An was angry, he also felt that this thing was too outrageous. Lin Ziyu's skills were not the best, but he was still a good hand even in the network engineering department. However, even he could not intercept this thing.
It seems that this thing is indeed an alien power.
At this moment, in the huge office of the Network Engineering Department, all the computer monitors turned black in an instant. Just when the staff were about to do something, an eye suddenly opened in the endless darkness of the screen.
His eyes rolled a few times and finally looked at Lin Ze.
Good evening, my dear Deputy Director. I'm very sorry to meet you in this way. Please believe that I respect you very much.
A line of subtitles suddenly appeared under the eyes.
"Oh? You know me? Then why don't you come out of the computer and we can have a chat?"
Lin Ze smiled and looked at the eye and said.
[Not yet, Deputy Director. This game isn't over yet. I still have some things to do. Thank you for providing me with the access. See you later.]
Snap——
The eyes disappeared instantly, and Lin Ze punched a monitor to pieces. Then he looked at the terrified staff beside him and said puzzledly: "Why isn't it in there?"
“…”
Everyone was speechless and felt powerless. They had tried everything they could, but this thing was completely unaffected by any firewall or attack code.
It was like a ghost girl active in the data, dancing briskly and gracefully past those fully armed programs, and all they could do was watch this alien at will in their confidential data.
......
At this moment, in a room on the third underground floor of the Special Management Bureau, Wu Qin, the former chairman of the Science Council, had already written a large amount of research data. At this moment, the TV behind him suddenly made a clicking sound and then suddenly lit up.
Wu Qin turned his head and adjusted his glasses. After the white snowflakes flickered for a while, a young girl suddenly appeared on the screen.
"Finally, I see you..."
That was Mu Ya. When she saw Wu Qin, a trace of tears flashed in her eyes.
"Father..."
Wu Qin slowly stood up from his chair, walked to the TV with an expressionless face, looked at Mu Ya and asked, "I don't think I know you."
"Father!" Mu Ya said excitedly, as if she wanted to jump out of the screen. "It's me! Z19432!"
Z19432...This is the code name for the Special Management Bureau's alien containment file.
When hearing this code name, Wu Qin frowned slightly, because his mind remembered all the projects he had ever experienced, and this code name left a particularly deep impression on him, because it was this code name that caused him to lose his position as chairman of the Science Council.
"Tai Sui."
Wu Qin slowly pronounced the name. Mu Ya became even more excited when she heard that Wu Qin actually recognized her: "Yes! Father! It's me! But~ my name now is Mu Ya~"
"You snooped into my memories and found that man, right?"
Wu Qin didn't seem to want to talk too much with Mu Ya. He went straight to the point and asked, "And he turned you into what you are now."
"No, no, no! The professor just gave me a choice! The professor said that I am the most perfect and greatest life, and he will help me become the master of this world! Father, this is your original intention when you created me, isn't it! You also hope to see me become the most perfect life! And I will soon achieve it!"
"Haha." Wu Qin pushed his glasses up, a hint of indifference flashing in his eyes. "You're really making me feel sick right now."
“…Huh?”
Mu Ya was slightly stunned, as if she couldn't believe what Wu Qin said.
"The form of life lies in evolution, in sublimation, in infinite possibilities. But now, you have abandoned the most basic form of life. You have become a pile of things that are neither human nor ghost. That man just wanted to create a monster that he could control, and you have now become his Frankenstein."
"You...what are you talking about, Father? I, I am doing this all to...become the most perfect creature, to...become the best life form in your heart..."
Wu Qin put one hand in his trouser pocket and used the other to pull the chair towards him. He sat on the chair, legs crossed, and looked at the girl on the screen with disdain. He said, "He took advantage of your Tai Sui's ability to integrate all things and inserted many alien creatures into your body. He even transformed you into a digital life form. You have lost the most basic meaning of life: existence."
"...You mean, I don't exist?"
Mu Ya's tone gradually deepened, and a hint of indifference flashed across her eyes. "Please... take back your words. You alone cannot insult me like this... I am your creation. I... I am the life you have given me... I should be the master of this world, a... god."
Puff——
Wu Qin laughed out loud.
"...Are you mocking me, Father?"
"Right before my eyes, a pile of data garbage is telling me she's also a living being, and she's even talking about becoming a god. Sorry, I can't hold it back. Let me tell you this: you could have grown infinitely, eventually reaching the top of the food chain and blossoming into the most beautiful flower of life. That's what I wanted to see. But now... I only see a piece of garbage that can't even prove its own existence. You're really making me sick."
"You said... I'm... trash? Waste...?"
Mu Ya slowly lowered her head, her long bangs covering her eyes, making her look somewhat eerie and scary. Then her body began to tremble, and she let out a terrible laugh.
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