Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 55 NO.0037: No Waste

"The main control room has received the return signal from the 'breadcrumb imprint' - the darknet salvage members who were previously trapped at depth 2 due to darknet fluctuations are now trying to find a way to float back."

Lu Yuan on the other end of the phone answered quickly.

"What is the attitude of the Offensive Security and Defense Coordination Center?"

Fanny asked.

After all, she was on the list of the captives that Icarus would release, and the eleven people who were "seconded" by Ye Qian to the third deep diving chamber were also on the list.

She needs to ensure that those people can return safely, and then return to her own hands.

"The good news is that they will help with this - Cerberus is assembling an elite rescue team."

But listening to Lu Yuan's tone of voice, it seems that this is not good news.

"And the bad news?"

So Fanny continued.

"The bad news is that they intend to help at any cost."

Probably in every mature ruling group, there will be a need for such a similar organization or department.

Has authority over all departments, and is only responsible to the most core superiors. And there is only one value for their existence—to ensure that the will of the core of power can be implemented.

The security department "Offensive Security and Defense Coordination Center" code-named Cerberus occupies this ecological niche within the Pluto Deep Diving Company.

Possessing the names of the three-headed dogs that guard the gates of Hell and Hades in mythology, they are the most loyal and vicious hounds held in the hands of Hades.

And they decide to help at any cost, and that means...

"So in this case, I'm superfluous again, right?"

After a long time, Lu Yuan asked.

"Everything will wait until I return to Tartarus."

Fanny didn't comment, and after leaving such a simple sentence, she hung up the phone.

…………

Abyss Darknet, Depth 2, KZ Quadrant.

Following the guidance of the signal, Jiang Zhou finally met an acquaintance at the position of the first "breadcrumbs".

Black Falcon-136, Qianxia Sakura, and two other members of Icarus—the four who dived with Jiang Zhou before—are killing time near the signal source.

Around them, there were several burning mechanical wreckages.

Some of them are humanoid, some have animal-like structures, and some are just simple geometric structures.

Dozens of technology blueprints in the form of data balls floated near those wreckages, no one picked them up,

"Your boy is still alive!"

From afar, he beckoned to himself, and when he approached, Black Falcon-136 laughed and patted Jiang Zhou, which made his shoulder ache.

After finishing speaking, 136 turned around and said to Qian Xiaying very excitedly:

"Let me just say, wait a little longer near this signal source, after all, there will be no loss."

The latter rolled his eyes:

"Okay, okay, I got you right again. A native person who has not been adjusted and transformed, in a place at depth 2, can find his way back alive. This is really a high probability event."

As she said that, she stepped forward and pointed to 136 beside her, her face was full of helpless expression that she could no longer get angry.

"So you should thank this idiot well. He insisted that we stay here and wait for you for another two hours."

Qianxia Sakura complained.

Regarding this, 136 waved his hands with a silly smile:

"After all, the all-terrain vehicle is in the hands of Theseus, and the time wasted here can be made up later."

One more person, one more strength.

Having said that, Jiang Zhou can obviously feel that the other party is willing to wait for him near this "bread crumbs", the most fundamental reason is to take care of himself.

No matter how harsh the standard is, 136 can be regarded as a good person in the true sense.

Especially in such a crazy era, it is even more commendable.

"Thanks."

Jiang Zhou expressed his gratitude sincerely.

After that, the two sides briefly exchanged their experiences.

Of course, when Jiang Zhou talked about his experience, he omitted all the parts related to the "paradox".

As for 136 and the others, just like Jiang Zhou, they lost consciousness during the dive. After waking up again, I found myself in this city where the "pause button" was pressed during construction, and all the communication devices on my body lost their signal.

However, none of them saw the scene where a certain unknown existence stretched out its thousands of tentacles and bombarded the Styx Firewall.

Afterwards, they each searched for their missing companions in this city that seemed to extend infinitely. It wasn't until the signal of the "Breadcrumb Mark" came back online not long ago that they came back in this direction, and finally met at a position close to the signal.

"...But the signal not only attracted us, but also attracted malicious programs wandering around, but fortunately, their strength is very limited."

As 136 said, he looked around at the mechanical wreckage and the technical blueprint data balls floating around.

In fact, this can be regarded as a common mining mode in the photosynthetic belt—keep near the “bread crumbs” and wait for those low-level malicious programs to be delivered to your door.

Generally, powerful malicious programs are more territorial and will not leave their habitat easily. And those with a high mental index and a thinking pattern close to that of humans may even imitate humans to form similar social clusters. But those social forms are often extremely weird, like the sleep talking of a schizophrenic.

From Jiang Zhou's point of view, he doesn't quite understand why Janus made these artificial intelligences behave so much like humans?

If Janus created them back then, just to gain control of the world from human beings, then he didn't need to stick to the human form, and could create a world with the highest efficiency.

And it has also been proved that AI does not need human "creativity" to serve itself--the black technologies that continue to emerge from the abyss and dark web are proof.

That being the case, why are they so human-like?

It doesn't make sense to think about it without key information. Jiang Zhou cleared up his doubts and turned to 136:

"So these technological blueprints, just stay here?"

Right now, everyone should have plenty of storage space. Jiang Zhou scanned for a while, and there were many good things in the technological blueprints all over the floor.

Depth 2 adjustment authority, tactical hot melt weapon, silent realm generator, three-defense standard polymer inflatable tent, battlefield medical equipment "sew claw" that can suture wounds instantly...

In addition, Jiang Zhou even saw a special weight-loss enzyme and the genetic map of a certain genetically modified ornamental fish.

It's a pity that I don't have the Talos-type power frame that I currently need.

This time it was Chika Sakura who answered:

"Except for some things that can be used on the road, the rest should be put here. After all, as previously agreed, if you can choose to fish, you will paddle firmly, and if you can occupy the latrine, you will firmly not shit... Strive to do it from the inside. Scab borers that eat up companies."

However, in order to delay their optimization time as much as possible, they still brought some tasteless things with them, and they planned to hand them over as the result of this trip when they returned.

Jiang Zhou listened to their introduction with black lines all over his face.

Forty ways of peeling seal skins (the most delicate ones even require longer nails, but seals were extinct in the era of the Great Shock); A list of those killed in battle (click on each name to get a complete report of the cause of death, and the time of death is down to the second); 20,000 randomly generated polyphonic music (most of which cannot be appreciated by human standards), a children's amusement park Specifications (the rides are all purely mechanical, without any electrical facilities)…

After a brief introduction, 136 looked at the technical drawings all over the floor with regret and said:

"It's a pity that these things can't be taken out and handed over to Icarus. It's too wasteful..."

Jiang Zhou unfolded the all-terrain vehicle in the storage space without saying a word, and said:

"We have to leave quickly, the breadcrumb imprint may expire at some point."

Everyone nodded, picked up the things in their hands and got into the car.

Along the way, 136 and the others were still lamenting how much help those things could add to the organization if they could be brought out to the organization.

And Jiang Zhou in the cab kept echoing, ah, yes, yes, yes.

The all-terrain vehicle was speeding towards the next piece of "bread crumbs", and at the previous place, a young man dressed in a street style suddenly appeared in the area surrounded by technological blueprints.

"Don't worry, nothing wasted."

Liao Qi picked up those blueprints into his storage space while muttering.

One more, later