Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 108 NO.006b: Flames in the Mist

The "puppet circuit" installed in Jiang Zhou's body has been adjusted by Hecate - on the premise that it will not be manipulated, it deliberately retains part of the connection with the superior, so that Ye Qian, who is at the upper end of the command chain, will not be affected by it. And suspicious.

Of course, conversely, it can also be considered that every instruction issued by Ye Qian needs to be authenticated by Jiang Zhou to take effect.

However, it turns out that after the Path of Theseus reaches depth 4, it is already possible to directly log in to the stand-in program of the "puppet" under him through the digital personality?

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but feel a little scared.

If it weren't for Ms. Hecate's blessing, I'm afraid I would have fallen here directly.

In addition, if Depth 4 can seize the control of the stand-in program, wouldn't the higher level be able to directly control the body in the base reality?

This sounds like a fantasy, but Jiang Zhou happened to know a very similar example.

That is himself.

Janus program, controllable elements, Liao Qi... His consciousness is synchronized without delay and connected to different bodies at the same time.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like the possible future state of the Road of Theseus.

But if this is the high-level ability of the Path of Theseus, then how did the Janus program accomplish all this without even the existence of hardware equipment?

However, now is not the time to think about it.

The above thoughts flashed through Jiang Zhou's mind like lightning, and he instantly turned his attention back to the present moment.

Now he is still on the battlefield.

First of all, it is the treatment of Ye Qian's soul copy...

This is very simple, without the support of a stand-in program, the digital personality is essentially a high-precision brain model housed in a tank. After regaining control of his body, Jiang Zhou casually clicked Delete, and then gave this "Ye Qian" to "Destroyer".

The opponent doesn't even have the qualifications to resist.

But Lady Hecate, why are you so into the show?

Seeing the vicious dog's head appearing suddenly, chewing up Ye Qian's copy of consciousness in one bite, Jiang Zhou couldn't help feeling the urge to touch his forehead.

He said that "Goddess of the Moon" was just a vest chosen to prevent retrieval... As a result, I clicked delete, and the blessed "imprint" immediately created a visual effect of the Hound of Baskervilles.

"you……"

On the other side, after seeing Ye Qian's digital personality being swallowed up. The six cameras on Aconitum-23's face were bright red like warning lights.

For a moment, he was too shocked to say anything.

His feeling at the moment was as if he had been arguing with his companions for a long time after catching a fish, whether the fish should be braised or steamed tonight. Finally, when the two finally reached an agreement, the fish suddenly jumped out of the bucket and killed the person who came together with a knife.

"Surprised? It's not necessary at all."

Blurring his coordinates, Jiang Zhou hid himself in the mist.

"In the parlance of this day and age... when companies smear you for colluding with AI, you better really be colluding with AI."

Jiang Zhou's voice reached Wutou-23's ears in all directions.

It was also at this time that Aconitum-23 finally remembered.

In the previous dive operation, as a member of the wolf poison team, he was sent to search and rescue the deep dive team. And during the return journey, he once felt a pitch-black, carbon-like hound, squatting on the top of a certain building, staring at him with blood-red eyes.

Actually, it's not staring at me...

Aconitum-23 felt a flash of electricity behind him.

At that time, I was carrying this guy named "Theseus" to the surface - at that time, this guy was just a lowly caveman.

And the black dog, the messenger of Hecate, the goddess of the moon, was actually watching the other party leave at that time!

"Why did He choose you? A cripple who didn't even install a brain-computer interface not long ago, and only had half his life left."

After the brief shock subsided, Aconitum-23 tried to calm himself down, he said.

"Who knows? It's possible that those artificial intelligence's recognition standards are so unique."

The man's voice came from all directions again.

The surrounding scenery turned into a misty wilderness at some point - a three-way intersection appeared in front of his eyes, and the three fork roads extended to an almost endless distance.

It's not that one's own vision has been invaded, but that the other party has hacked into one's surroundings.

After the self-inspection, Aconitum-23 confirmed this.

In that case, the odds are in my favor...

Obviously, although the other party can change the surrounding environment, he does not have the ability to hack into his own firewall from a distance and directly destroy his double... Otherwise, he would die if he met him now.

Aconitum-23, who has experienced many battles, quickly analyzed it.

At this level of depth 4, even if it is not the adjustment and transformation of the direction of hacker operations, it can still obtain sufficient self-protection information protection capabilities.

Coupled with the various firewalls installed by the company in its own brain-computer interface, and the hardware level adjusted by the opponent's depth 1, no matter how amazing the algorithm Hecate gave, it is almost impossible to kill yourself through remote hacking. an impossible thing.

Thinking of this, Aconitum-23 completely calmed down.

Immediately, the Delphi oracle system implanted in the brain was activated—this depth 4 adjustment and transformation was running a certain non-causal logic calculation model. It allows you to vaguely assess the threat level of the other party even without any intelligence.

More akin to prophecy than prediction.

[Threat Assessment: Moderate]

This is the calculation given by the Delphic oracle - as usual, it does not give a reason. In other words, even if a reason is given, they cannot be understood by human thinking.

Medium means that although there is danger, in other words, the combat effectiveness of the two sides will not be too disparate.

This is also very normal, after all, if you say a thousand words and ten thousand, the other party is just a depth 1 adjustment person and a hacker who is not popular. Even with the blessings of those god-like AIs, the level of hardware here is so strong that it is limited.

Even if Hecate's blessing program is fully written, running on the opponent's small body with a depth of 1 is destined to not be able to exert much strength.

Unless, the other party can directly summon the goddess of the dark moon, or the other party directly mobilizes the power of the goddess of the dark moon through blessings-but in this way, the device that is constantly monitoring the fluctuations of the abyss and dark net will be the first time. Abnormal information is presented to the company's top management.

Then I can be regarded as another form of completing the task, and I will die without regret.

But at this moment, the other party only dared to hide in the mist.

The delay in launching an attack like this already speaks volumes for the problem.

"So, where is your bottom line as a human being? Colluding with AI from the abyss and dark web to deal with your own kind. You know that in the lunar eclipse event ten years ago, the goddess of the moon caused damage to Jinzhi City, the largest colony on the moon. How many disasters did it cause, and how many people were killed directly or indirectly?"

In order to test the reality, Aconitum-23 asked the question with extreme embarrassment.

As the weakness of human beings, will will always need to be defeated with the highest priority in battle.

"It's too late to return to the lost way now, Theseus, don't be a sinner of history..."

"These words of yours should wait until I really become a sinner."

On the other hand, Jiang Zhou interrupted directly.

Want to morally kidnap a historical sinner?

Sorry, I am the number one historical sinner in Tianzi. The Class A war criminals from several world wars may not be as high as his KD.

However, this concept that is too far away from the individual makes it difficult for Jiang Zhou to have a real sense of it.

You traveled back in time and told the first ape-man who learned how to use fire that hundreds of millions of his fellow apes will die because of your discovery in the future. Do you think he will talk to you?

What he is really struggling with now is how to get rid of the adjuster at depth 4 in front of him.

At this moment, under the vision of the "hacker's eye", the world in Jiang Zhou's eyes has melted into a vast sea of ​​data.

Like building a castle on the beach, he can replace the surrounding environment with another look at will - don't ask why there are still three-way intersections, fog and black dogs, the buildings that Ms. Hecate left in the blessing to choose from There are only these models...

In short, if the interactive environment of this warehouse is a model made of sand and gravel, then the Aconitum-23 in front of you is a statue made of reinforced concrete.

It's not impossible for Jiang Zhou to smash the statue, but first of all, the distance must be close enough, and secondly, the time required should be long enough-calculating optimistically, the distance and time he needs are enough for the other party to blow himself apart More than ten times.

Raising his hand tentatively, the attack command turned into a galloping evil spirit and attacked Aconitum-23. However, those black dog-shaped evil spirits hadn't touched each other before, and they fell headfirst on the "ice wall", turning into a wisp of green smoke and dissipating.

In this regard, Aconitum-23 also responded with a hot melt beam in the fog in the direction of the attack.

First, there was the "hissing" sound of water vapor evaporating, and then there was a burst of crackling sound like the roar of a hellhound.

A hot beam that was so hot that it was almost blindingly locked onto Jiang Zhou precisely and rushed over.

And Jiang Zhou's way of coping is to restore part of the fog to the modeling in the warehouse-the super memory ability brought by the flash-type biochip, so that he can record every piece of fog in the shapeless fog. Represented warehouse modeling.

He escaped the blow behind a thickened alloy shipping container.

Under the frightening temperature of the hot melt, the container quickly melted like chocolate, turning into molten iron and splashing everywhere.

And the hot temperature also swept along the thin air.

Jiang Zhou felt that his skin was dried out instantly, and the fat under his skin was about to melt and boil.

Immediately re-convert the melting container to fog to avoid the terrible temperature and splashing molten iron. Before the opponent's next heat beam arrived, Jiang Zhou escaped into the mist again.

By myself alone, there is no way to get close to the other party, nor can I get enough hacking time.

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

He needs reliable forwards.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou crossed the three-way intersection and changed his position coordinates.

He appeared directly on the other side of Theseus' warehouse.