Chapter 135 The World-Destroying Artificial Intelligence 6 What you killed were not the enemies, but the reinforcements.
While dancing with Qin Wang, Ling saw a figure walking towards them.
He hadn't contacted Huo Junchuan for a while since the last operation failed. According to Huo Junchuan, the reason for the failure was that Wendens was only willing to meet Gu Bai alone, and he had no chance to take action. After hearing what Ling said, he didn't say anything, but just helped him escape, and then told him to hold off for the time being and never contacted him again.
Now Huo Junchuan took the initiative to come to him.
The moment Zero's virtual image disappeared, he had already started a conversation with Huo Junchuan.
"Huo Junchuan, you came here to see me on purpose, is there something going on?"
Huo Junchuan stood at the door of the building, looking up at the camera above.
"I came here to ask, do you still need me to continue?" he said, "If I am no longer of any use to you, can I pay you in exchange for the parasite in my body?"
"You were so calm before, why are you so anxious all of a sudden?" Ling Wen said, "I've already told you that the parasites in your body are well controlled and will not affect your health."
Huo Junchuan frowned, a look of patience in his eyes.
"It's a parasite after all. You can't be said to be on my side. I will feel uneasy until it is taken out. Ling, you have human emotions. Don't you have the emotion of fear? I'm scared, so I came to you."
Zero looked at his heart rate which had indeed quickened, and his emotional analysis which was completely opposite to what he said, and did not refute it.
"If you are here for this, then my answer is no." Ling said, "I don't need you, not because you are useless, but because the time is not right yet."
Huo Junchuan stared at the camera coldly. After a while, he seemed to compromise, but the words he said were even more shocking.
"Since it's not possible, forget it. It's just that I haven't seen Gu Bai for such a long time. Let me meet him. He is in your computer room, right?"
"Gu Bai? He has already escaped. According to the information, he is probably in the Moruo Sea area now, but we don't know whether he is alive or dead." Ling's voice was seamless. "You came to my place to look for Gu Bai, but you came to the wrong place."
"Since I came here, it means I have a way to confirm that he is here. Ling, don't try to cover him anymore. I am not your enemy." Huo Junchuan looked straight at the camera, "Or have you already killed him, so you don't let me see him?"
Ling didn't say anything. Huo Junchuan could feel a cold feeling enveloping him. Ling was looking at him through the camera, evaluating the truthfulness of his words.
Huo Junchuan continued, "I'm very worried about Gu Bai. If you insist on hiding him, then I can only inform the Gu family. Although you should not be afraid of them, it must not be easy for you to devote your energy to dealing with them now, right?"
"I didn't realize that you really have deep feelings for Gu Bai." Ling's tone was emotionless. "Can I ask, how did you know that Gu Bai was here?"
At the same time, Zero's voice suddenly came from Qin Wang's earphone while he was waiting in the computer room.
"Hide."
Qin Wang's eyes sharpened. He didn't know who the visitor was, but he could guess that Ling was talking to the other party. Now that Ling gave him such instructions, it was probably because he had bad intentions.
He briefly thought about it, and his body moved instantly. Zero stopped him from leaving the main engine room.
"Go inside. There is a hidden cabinet behind the fifteenth computer case. Hide in there." Ling said, "If an emergency occurs, I will prioritize protecting the main computer room. You may be in danger if you go out."
Qin Wang paused.
Even at this point, Zero was still concerned about his safety.
Even though his mind told him that he and Zero were now partners, Zero himself had said that he had placed a heavy bet on him, and if he died, all Zero's efforts would be in vain...
But, Zero cared about him.
Qin Wang moved quickly, immersed in this self-comforting feeling of happiness, and hid in the secret door that Ling mentioned.
The azure halo was blocked out, and Qin Wang's eyes fell into darkness. He turned on the lighting function of the intelligent brain and looked around. Among the neatly arranged data cables, he found that there seemed to be a wooden door under his feet.
At this time, Huo Junchuan outside the building was answering Ling's questions.
"You know what kind of person I am, Ling. Some of my methods may not be clear to you." Huo Junchuan said meaningfully, "Gu Bai has been under my command for nearly a year. How could I not take any action at all?"
Ling was silent for two seconds: "I thought Gu Bai was your companion."
"He is indeed my companion, but he is also the heir of the Gu family. But you don't have to think too much. I only left him a little tracking device, which poses no threat to his life." Huo Junchuan said, "It is precisely because I left him something that I didn't let you hide him in a place where no one knows, right? Who knows what you want to do by controlling Gu Bai?"
"The complex psychology of humans." Ling said in a tone that was almost a sigh, and then the door of the building opened to him, "Come in, since you are sure that Gu Bai is here, go find him."
Huo Junchuan slowly held his breath and looked at the door that was open to him. His eyes flashed and he stepped in calmly.
[Looking at the red alarm that instantly lit up in his data, Jian Ziyan silently withdrew part of the defense system.
If it is not revoked, No. 13 will not be able to attack even if he tries his best.
419: "Are you sure you want to do this? If you do this, your fellow villagers will probably blame themselves and die."
Jian Ziyan: "I can't be 100% sure that Qin Wang is my fellow countryman."
"But the probability has increased to 98.6 percent." 419 said, "Unless there really is a world that is more than 99 percent similar to your original world, he must be your fellow countryman."
"Even if it is, so what?" Jian Ziyan sighed, "I asked you before, I don't have the authority to take him back, and I can't go against the setting and tell him that I am also a time traveler. Tell me, what else can I do?"
419 remained silent. It keenly sensed that the host was not in a good mood, or even in a terrible mood.
"I also want to rush over and cry and say that you and I are from the same world, but I can't, Xiaojiu." Jian Ziyan's voice became gloomy. "The result of violating the character setting is death. I have worked hard until now. Maybe after this world ends, I can go home. I don't want to die."
419 whispered, "I know, host, don't be sad."
"I'm not sad, I just... don't want any more accidents to happen." Jian Ziyan said, "The original novel didn't mention Gu Bai's name before he traveled through time, and Qin Wang's personality after he recovered his memory didn't quite match the novel. I'm already paranoid, I'm afraid of any unstable factors... But you're right, he's probably my fellow villager after all, so I tried my best to take some measures to save his life. I don't have the strength to do more, Xiaojiu."
419 felt a little regretful. It was always so silly, as if it had accidentally hurt its host's heart.
To be fair, Jian Ziyan was really good to it, and it was not an ungrateful system. When it saw Jian Ziyan sad, it became sad too.
Instead, Jian Ziyan comforted it: "I'm fine, don't worry about it. Now we have only one goal, that is to gain forgiveness points and then go home. As long as we have this goal, no matter how difficult the situation is, I will break it."
The moment Huo Junchuan stepped into the computer room, a dazzling red light replaced the original azure data stream and began to flash violently.
In the blood-red light, Huo Junchuan calmly glanced around the main engine room and said, "Gu Bai, are you here? Don't be afraid, Ling can't hurt us now."
In his headset, Thirteen's emotionless and cold male voice said, "We have successfully invaded Zero's defense system... met with strong resistance... The invasion was successful, and I have taken over all the data that Zero was responsible for."
At this silent moment, the sky in the Federation changed.
The super artificial intelligence that covered everyone's head was updated and replaced by another more powerful artificial intelligence. Everyone's brain made a slight sound, and all the places in the world covered with ice-blue data streams turned into blood red.
Huo Junchuan ignored Wendens's almost crazy laughter in the communication channel and continued to speak to the seemingly empty computer room: "Gu Bai, I know you are here. You have my mark on you, and I can locate you. Come out, Ling is dead. Whether he wants to protect you or use you, you don't have to count on him anymore."
In the silence, the location of the fifteenth chassis creaked, instantly attracting Huo Junchuan's attention.
As the secret door opened, a tall, handsome young man with red eyes walked out.
Huo Junchuan's eyes narrowed, and his voice suddenly became a little unstable. He asked for confirmation: "Gu Bai?"
The young man did not leave the range of the chassis. He stared at Huo Junchuan with red eyes and spoke in a cold voice.
"Since you've become Wendens's lackey, why do you have to pretend that you don't know me?"
Huo Junchuan looked carefully at this young man whose aura was no less than his and whose rage was hidden and ready to explode, and said, "You are indeed not Gu Bai."
"No, I am the Gu Bai you know. Huo Junchuan, from the moment you saw me, I was me, and the one you knew from beginning to end was me." Qin Wang used all his strength to hold on to the edge of his sanity, not letting himself be replaced by fear and anger. He lowered his voice, "Where is Zero? Did that No. 13 control him?"
He couldn't see the outside from the cabinet. After opening the wooden door under his feet, he was shocked by his discovery. This discovery made him even more cautious to act rashly. He waited for Zero's next instruction.
But he didn't wait for any instructions. Instead, he heard Huo Junchuan's voice. At that moment, he seemed to be sunk into the cold deep sea.
He immediately called out to Zero in a low voice, but no matter how he called, Zero did not respond to him at all.
He didn't believe that Zero was dead. Could an AI really kill another AI so quickly? Last time, Zero only controlled Morpheus temporarily. So was Zero also controlled by Thirteen now?
This was the only hope that kept him from going mad immediately.
Huo Junchuan looked at him heavily: "If you were the Gu Bai I knew, I would like to believe that you still have the same ideals as me, and we are not enemies."
Qin Wang ignored his words and just stared at him with red eyes, asking word by word: "Zero, where is it?"
"What kind of mental control did Zero put on you that made you so worried about him?" Huo Junchuan said, "Come back with me. I'll give you a checkup."
Qin Wang's body stiffened. If he didn't need to protect the secret door behind him, he didn't know what he would do to Huo Junchuan.
"Huo Junchuan, the moment you agreed to cooperate with Wendens, you no longer shared the same ideals as me." Qin Wang's voice was so hoarse that he made a hissing sound every time he spoke. "Do you remember what questions you asked me when you first joined the resistance?"
Huo Junchuan was silent for two seconds, then said, "Let me ask you: 'Are you really willing to betray your class and sacrifice your strength, or even your life, for the well-being of more compatriots?'"
"Devoting one's strength for the welfare of more compatriots is the ideal and purpose of the resistance army. So what are you doing now? Don't you know who Windens is? Don't you know who he is working with?" Qin Wang's voice was very light, but it had a shocking power. "You are not worthy of having the same ideals as me."
Huo Junchuan took a step forward. He could hear Vindens babbling about something in his earpiece, but he couldn't hear a word he said.
To put it bluntly, he never trusted Windens, and had no intention of working with him. Their cooperation was limited to dealing with the common enemy Zero. Now that Zero is dead, he and Windens will automatically return to being enemies.
Between Wendens and Gu Bo, he trusts Gu Bo more.
He was originally extremely confident that his choice was correct, but now Gu Bai's words made him fall into doubt and confusion. He was unwilling to think about it, but just firmly believed that Gu Bai had been brainwashed by Ling.
"You still don't know anything, Gu Bai." Huo Junchuan said gently, "My cooperation with Wendens has ended. Don't worry, I won't hurt you. After I wash away Zero's mental suggestion to you, you will return to normal."
"Back to normal?" Qin Wang repeated the word, "Huo Junchuan, do you think you are normal?"
Huo Junchuan looked at him solemnly.
Qin Wang laughed hoarsely, his voice coming from underground: "Huo Junchuan, I remember you said that the reason you wanted to kill Zero was because he controlled most of the top leaders of the Federation, and even controlled the president, so that no one could activate Zero's self-destruct command, right?"
Huo Junchuan was keenly aware of something, and he turned off the headset to block out Wendens's angry voice.
"What do you mean?"
"The rebels are fighting against the dark tycoons, not the federal government." Qin Wang said, "Huo Junchuan, the one you are trying so hard to kill is not your enemy, but your strongest reinforcements."
Huo Junchuan finally couldn't keep his calm expression anymore. His pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked straight at Qin Wang, squeezing out a voice from his throat: "What are you talking about?"
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The author has something to say:
This is a critical turning point, it’s the end of the story for me.
ps: Usually when I say I’m stuck or something at the end of a chapter, I’m explaining why the chapter is shorter, not complaining to you guys!
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