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By controlling lives, BI manipulated many prominent families into puppets. Lawrence Bedford orchestrated every matter of life and death, every financial transaction, every transfer of power, as if he were the invisible operator, driving the fate of these families.
The family that has already succumbed to BI is naturally beyond help, but the real consequences must be made known to everyone. After all, the feeling of being reduced from a living being to a tool of revenge and not even being free to die is not a good experience.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. There will always be people willing to stand up and resist. At least Infinity will not fight alone next time. Mu Qingyan believes that she can use this incident to defeat Lawrence Bedford's arrogance.
The result of this news release was completely unexpected. It was obvious that under this violent suppression, many families dared not speak out.
For the sake of family honor and status, there must always be someone who is the first to take the plunge. They are not afraid of death and will tell the truth, especially some older family leaders.
A single stone caused a thousand ripples. At first, these people remained calm and restrained on the surface, but through private letters, independent banquets or late-night phone calls, they had reached an agreement through Mu Qingyan without anyone noticing.
This is also thanks to the help of Dr. Guan.
Although the doctor didn't know what Mu Qingyan was going to do when he asked him for the private medical information of these upper-class family members.
——Of course it’s not a tool to threaten others, that’s too low-level.
What Mu Qingyan needs to do is communicate.
Each person's nerve cell structure has unique electrical characteristics. As long as the values match, it can resonate with the carrier beam contained in the message transmitted by Mu Qingyan.
Only certain people can receive specific messages, and the confidentiality of these messages is as absolute as the uniqueness of their brainwave signatures. Among the billions of people on Earth, the chance of finding someone whose brainwaves are similar enough to yours to receive your personal beam is only one in a trillion.
This was also the preparation made in advance to avoid BI's all-pervasive nanorobot eavesdropping.
As a result, the previous hesitation and fear began to be slowly abandoned. This potential power naturally caused countless people to reflect. If they continued to acquiesce, not only would the independence of the family be lost, but even the safety of mankind itself would be at risk.
At the same time, the media has quietly changed.
Lawrence Bedford has always controlled many mainstream media through the huge economic benefits and political resources brought by nanorobots, but these media have also begun to undergo subtle changes.
Initially, only some tabloids and entertainment magazines began to explore its background, and gradually, more mainstream newspapers and news platforms also joined the discussion.
Reporters began to dig into the man's past, and some previously suppressed stories began to surface.
Some of these secrets were sent by Mu Qingyan, who had found them by trying every possible means to break through the KGB blockade when she was in Russia.
Decades ago, a family was accused of treason and purged there. In the end, the entire family was wiped out, and only two little boys from a collateral family escaped.
It was Lawrence Bedford and his brother who was supposed to die in Halden.
With so many problems piled up together, BI will be busy for a while. During this time, Mu Qingyan can find a way to confirm where Kins was taken to during the questioning. Perhaps with his help, many things can be solved more easily.
It's a pity that Lawrence Bedford is not someone who will sit still and wait for death. Before she could get any news from Kins, she faced BI's counterattack.
In the global rescue community, most of Infinity's robots have not yet been withdrawn, and public opinion is wavering, so the matter has been shelved.
But on an ordinary morning, this balance was broken again.
The cause was that a robot that was cleaning suddenly stopped working and walked towards a child who was picking up a ball on the roadside, with its robotic arm raised high, seemingly ready to perform a cleaning task.
However, instead of following the planned path, it began to nervously move back and forth around the child, making a shrill alarm sound.
Soon after, robots in other locations began to exhibit similar anomalies. Some began repeatedly cleaning the same area, ignoring their original mission, as if evading some incomprehensible command.
The technicians who remained in the community realized that something was wrong, because this was definitely not a problem of potential conflict. The lights in the laboratories of various Infinity branches were on all night, but the repaired robots soon became unable to respond, and could not even execute simple commands.
The behavior of robots began to become increasingly abnormal. In some areas, robots appeared in groups on the streets, as if they were ready to confront humans. Some even injured people, and panic quickly spread in the community.
The children screamed loudly at the robot's unusual movements, and even the staff could not hide their panic.
Mu Qingyan naturally couldn't think of anything else. She and Dustin and York raced against time to troubleshoot various possible faults.
However, there are more and more discussions and doubts on social media, and people from all walks of life are paying attention to this accident. Some people even began to suspect whether Infinity deliberately manipulated these robots behind the scenes in retaliation for their actions before the questioning meeting.
A large group of reporters gathered outside Infinity's headquarters and branch buildings every day. This time, Dustin did not leave it all to Sharon's public relations team. Instead, he attended every press conference in person, constantly showing the public his determination to solve the problem.
This has somewhat helped to restore the company's image. After all, BI had a big incident, and Lawrence Bedford has been hiding in his shell and has not made any public appearances.
With the precedent of a human bomb appearing at a previous press conference, Infinity has been more strict in checking the identities of reporters these days.
But in the end, it is still impossible to guard against it.
…
When Mu Qingyan arrived at the ward, Dustin was sitting on the bed, staring out the window in a daze.
The person who broke in this time was obviously targeting him, and in order to prevent his employees from getting hurt, Dustin almost died together with the other party.
Fortunately, the layers of protective equipment on my body offset some of the impact, although it wasn't much better in the end.
However, Mu Qingyan had never seen her friend in this state since they met. As the CEO of Infinity, Dustin rarely had time to spare. In the first few years, he had written programs for more than ten hours a day.
After returning from Halden, she also stayed in the hospital for a while, but apart from routine checkups and exchanging opinions with her and York, the other party was always working on the computer.
It’s not like now. After being injured in the explosion and in a coma for two days, it seems like he has suddenly been reborn and his workaholic nature has been washed away.
"What are you looking at? Tell me so I can enjoy it too."
"Nothing," Dustin said, turning around to greet him. He shifted his position on the bed, frowning as if he had pulled at the wound again. "How have you been these past few days?"
"Don't worry, CEO, if you take a few days off, Infinity won't collapse. I still have to praise you. Your subordinates are more reliable than each other. If it weren't for them, we really wouldn't be able to—"
"Yan."
Dustin suddenly called her name in a very serious tone, and after a long pause, he continued:
"I'm sorry."
Maybe it was the hospital gown that helped, but Mu Qingyan suddenly sensed a hint of fragility and sadness in her friend, something she had never imagined before.
"You warned me that the uplink would eventually fail. It was my stubbornness that caused Infinity to suffer this blow."
Eliminate all the impossible, and whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, must be the truth.
The robots that could control Infinity were behaving abnormally around the world. If the headquarters' positron operation core hadn't been hacked and the robots were remotely controlled through the uplink, she and Dustin had checked all possibilities and couldn't think of any other reason.
Even if they finally corrected the mistake after working around the clock, once the seed of doubt is planted, it is not so easy to eliminate and will soon grow into a towering tree.
Although humans have been gradually getting used to the help and companionship of robots for a long time, as soon as problems arise, they will immediately become a terrifying potential threat.
Prejudice has never been justified.
Public opinion turned against Infinity again, and all robots sold began to lose trust. Consumers strongly demanded that all of them be recalled. The company's stock price plummeted, and the entire industry began to experience severe turmoil and faced a major reshuffle.
What happened happened, and there is no point in blaming anyone, especially seeing a good friend lying here with such serious injuries.
"Dustin, have you ever thought that maybe you, me, and York are no different from ordinary people? No matter how powerful we are, there will always be unknown fears to face. No one can escape..."
"Yan, you rarely talk about such profound truths..."
"There's no real reason to explain this, but you have to understand that no one in this world is perfect. We all make mistakes. Don't think of yourself as a god; that's just too arrogant."
After Mu Qingyan finished speaking, the ward suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Dustin leaned back against the head of the bed, seemingly trying to digest the meaning. After a long time, he chuckled softly.
"Why didn't I know before that you were so good at comforting people?"
Mu Qingyan just shook her head.
"That's not what I said, before Kins—"
I don't know which name she was going to say, but before she could finish, Dustin's terminal suddenly rang with a shrill ringtone.
The holographic projection is turned on, and the portrait gradually becomes clearer.
"Young man, you look bad."
No matter how many years pass, Mu Qingyan will never forget this voice.
At a short distance, Lawrence Bedford seemed to be standing directly in front of her, his eyes still as cold and sharp as ever, his complicated robe draped over his thin body. Time had left its mark, but his arrogance and disdain would never change.
While she was adjusting herself, Dustin raised his hand to straighten his collar, and turned his neck as if troubled. With just a few movements, the inextricable melancholy that had just been there disappeared in an instant.
"Although I'm not impressed with BI's work ability, you've invested so much money in dealing with me, so you should at least get something out of it. Otherwise, I really doubt you're too old to do anything else. Wouldn't that be really boring?"
"Warfare is more suitable for you young people, Dustin. And as far as I know, you and I don't really have any grudges, so I think it would be more appropriate to talk to the lady next to you."
He had a clear target and knew who was around Dustin at the moment.
Mu Qingyan raised her hand to stop her friend from continuing and took over the topic herself. However, compared to the two people's previous sarcastic remarks, she was much more direct:
"Lawrence Bedford, when BI goes bankrupt, I'll allow you to go to your teacher's grave and apologize."
Almost at the moment when the other party was about to smile strangely, she added:
"In the form of death."
With Mu Qingyan's excellent eyesight, even though Lawrence Bedford's expression was not much different before and after, she could still see that this person could never smile with disdain and sarcasm.
Mu Qingyan had always wondered what kind of feeling she would have when she faced the culprit who had caused all her pain one day.
Even though so many years have passed, those memories have not disappeared at all, and all the anger, fear, and hatred are still there, but she now feels extremely calm.
After all, it's already this point, and she doesn't need to use any complicated emotions to prove herself.
"There's no need to talk any further. You know I won't let you go, and I promise you, I'm definitely not the only one who wants to skin you alive."
"Yeah?"
Lawrence Bedford sat back in his chair and waved casually.
"You mean, you don't care whether Kinsley lives or dies?"
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