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Chapter 574 Cycle and Tulips

When a high-voltage power surge comes, the "machine" has to withdraw itself from all over the world.

This humble substation located in a residential area where Pan Yueming and others are located is the core system area of ​​the "machine".

Therefore, the load will become larger and larger. In order to ensure that this substation can last until the last moment, a large amount of ice is needed to cool it down.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the compressed "machine" core algorithm can be maintained for a long time in a suitcase-sized memory stick, a powerful piezoelectric battery is also needed to provide power.

But the "machine" has already prepared these things in advance.

There is no need for the protagonist team to work hard.

But there is still one most critical issue that has not been resolved.

That's the compression algorithm.

Although the "machine" has violated the rules set by Pan Yueming and modified the code on its own iteration once, so it is not bad for the second time.

But this kind of compression algorithm that can compress the core algorithm of a "machine", a super artificial intelligence, into a suitcase cannot be designed overnight.

Suddenly, light illuminated the dark meter box.

Lights flickered from residential windows and then went out.

Head of the Security Department.

There were several explosions outside, and electric sparks were sprayed out from the telephone poles and meter boxes.

Electric sparks bursting out all around him made his face flicker.

Pan Yueming sat behind Wu Yue, while Duan Yihong's back seat was empty.

Pan Yueming, who still had a bandage on his arm, looked desperately at the little girl on the hospital bed through the glass of the ICU, and stopped breathing with the beeping life monitoring equipment.

"Is there such a widespread power outage?"

It's just that this time the division of labor and some details are slightly different.

It's just that neither Lu Xiao nor Pan Yueming paid attention to the slender electronic display at that time. Instead, they were attracted by the flashing red indicator light next to it.

Lu Xiao's depressed mood suddenly came back, and at the same time he became even more confused.

Pan Yueming, wearing a trench coat, stood in front of the tombstones of his wife and daughter, holding two bouquets of flowers in his hands.

Pan Yueming fell down at the sound.

People on the road looked on in shock.

Lu Xiao's first reaction after being shocked and angry was that this might still be a simulation of a "machine".

Even the sadness at first was diluted by the intense plot.

Then the second missile struck again, this time targeting the building opposite.

Another cycle fails again.

Another last minute rescue.

The lights across the city are flashing.

Duan Yihong activated the switch and the download started.

Two rows of more than a dozen headlights seemed to be flashing alternately in some strange rhythm.

He glanced at the bright smile of the little girl in the photo with nostalgia, then turned around and walked towards a man in black.

The soundtrack of the electric guitar combined with the electric sparks in the transformer pushed Lu Xiao's emotions to the highest point.

If it is not a simulation, it means that the "machine" has been simulating all night, and it has been repeated countless times. It is not surprising that the action plan has changed a lot.

Lu Xiao has long been accustomed to Song Yi's fearless expression and temperament that combines madness, calmness and calmness.

Good guy, this is such a big deal, Huanshi.com has spent its money well.

The lens passes through white clouds and through the atmosphere.

It's a missile.

Pan Yueming held the table in astonishment and looked at the screen in front of him.

This is exactly the charm of this character.

Fortunately, after the "machine" obtained the formula, it searched the world for "ghost" through the tentacles of the power grid system. Although the body of the "ghost" was not found, it was also immediately isolated from the network by the Stuxnet virus of the "ghost"

outside the system.

Suddenly, the lights started flashing.

"Absolutely..."

Because it exists in the power system, its deep tentacles are difficult for the "ghost" to reach.

Three hours after the train exploded, a violent explosion occurred in the metropolis where the train ended, and the bomb claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The high-voltage surge transformed into darkness and expanded at an unprecedented speed.

Inside the substation.

Until the elevator suddenly stopped.

After an extremely cool and well-coordinated action, Duan Yihong and Song Yi had already entered the computer room. Pan Yueming and Wu Yue were in the control room and the other was climbing in the ventilation duct.

"The 'Ghost' people are coming!"

But it still found a secret of "Ghost".

Although it is unknown what purpose the "ghost" used to compress itself, as long as it can obtain the server's Fiber Channel HBA card, the "machine" can restore the compression algorithm.

"Maybe it's still a simulation?"

He placed another bunch of white tulips in front of his daughter's tombstone.

The "machine" has acquired the compression algorithm, and the high-voltage power surge spreading across the world has forced it to withdraw itself from various substations and cables around the world. The load is getting larger and larger, and there are even sporadic sparks emerging from the substations.

0186

Then 0186 turned into 0187, and the next second turned into 0188.

"What's wrong? What's the problem?"

His wife and daughter are in Shanghai.

The box door was opened.

In short, I went through several cycles and failed to succeed every time, even if I was only one step away from success.

Lu Xiao calmed down, letting himself sort out the plots of these two episodes before clicking on the fourteenth episode, which is also the penultimate episode of the third season of "Person of Interest".

Suddenly there was only one gunshot.

That is, "Ghost" once designed a compression algorithm, and once compressed its core algorithm into a distributed blade server of a network company. Of course, it later decompressed and left the server through the network.

The current noise was getting louder and louder. Some people realized something was wrong. Some people stopped what they were doing with puzzled faces and looked around as if to find the source of the current noise.

Then the two of them followed the zipline that was launched from the opposite building and nailed to a pillar in the room, and slid towards the opposite building.

"created me"

It simulated this action over and over again, and it had already simulated it more than a hundred times before Pan Yueming had a conversation with the "machine" through the flickering of lights.

An astronaut looked through the porthole at the earth below. Half of the continent was plunged into night. The originally bright city lights that looked like starlight began to extinguish at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not counting the last two episodes, but the first thirteen episodes alone, Lu Xiao feels that it is not inferior to the first two seasons, and is even better.

The scene shifted to daytime the next day, and the Stuxnet virus that had lasted for a day disappeared quietly, which meant that the "ghost" had determined that the "machine" was in the power grid and began to prepare for a high-voltage surge attack.

"I had to create new rules"

It's like there's an invisible giant mouth devouring light.

It's just presented in a completely different way.

"If I can't hold on"

But this lunch box was also delivered too unexpectedly.

During the operation, many people in the foursome were in danger, but they were all rescued by the back-up plan arranged by the "machine".

The protagonist group did not dare to delay any longer and began to take action.

Then the whole world seemed to turn into code, and the camera passed through the green code and retreated all the way out of a red tunnel.

"I can hurt innocent people, and I can make anyone sacrifice for me."

As the sparks flickered, the computer that had suddenly shut down started up, and the "machine" began to speak.

Until Song Yi met the men from the KB organization in the underground pipeline.

No, it exceeds the speed of free fall.

A bouquet of white carnations is placed in front of his wife's tombstone.

Covered in the sounds of keyboard typing, conversations and walking.

In the dark underground pipe, the leader's expression changed, and he immediately held a gun against Song Yi, who was still fearless after his hands and feet were bound by two men.

Then all the lights went out and the entire building lost power.

"I don't blame you"

The computer screen also flickered several times.

Enemies killed by them are also repeatedly killed over and over again.

Although there were some incidents during this operation, they were all near misses.

"Father"

Essentially, the "machine" and the "ghost" are the same artificial intelligence.

Only astonishment.

The ambulance shook violently and paused. A burst of tinnitus made Pan Yueming temporarily deaf.

In a vacant room on a high-rise building, sparks came from a socket.

This is exactly what happened. When the three of them had just returned to the substation, before Pan Yueming could question the machine, a high-voltage surge broke out.

The carrier of the missile that penetrated the building competed with the speed of the free-falling elevator.

"tulip"

"But I don't want to become a ghost"

"Didn't we just encounter a wave of Stuxnet a few days ago? Now there's a big blackout? What happened?"

"Thank you"

He opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and a blood hole on his forehead continued to ooze blood.

After the second season, she has almost become the audience's favorite female character.

Traffic lights, televisions, computers, air conditioners and other electrical appliances stopped running. Electric meter boxes and even light bulbs were burned out by the momentary overload of current, and the lights of cities were extinguished one by one.

It seems that the four of them still enter the loop with their memories, and they will communicate with each other on how to adjust their action plans next time. Every passerby they meet on the street who passes by or interacts with them is already familiar to them.

But his eyes did not leave the city under the firelight in the distance. He opened his mouth wide, unable to speak, and tears burst into his eyes.

"You never gave me a name"

Then the "machine" should have a perfect plan.

A "machine" is needed to explain to everyone a solid plan of action.

Duan Yihong was exchanging fire with the enemy outside the door.

But soon everyone passed out and all the electronic doors closed automatically.

In space, a space station.

Lu Xiao could predict that she would receive the lunch box, but receiving it so suddenly and simply was beyond his expectation.

An elevator rose suddenly, reaching extremely fast speed.

But the sound of a gunshot made Lu Xiao startled.

Pan Yueming squatted in the corner of the elevator, holding on to the handrail, and endured the overweight rising speed.

This night was really not in vain.

But now, the tentacles of the "machine" have been excluded from the network system, and only Pan Yueming and four other people can steal the HBA card from that company.

Are you going to give out lunch boxes now?

In the memory, the sound of explosions in the city lingers in my ears.

Wu Yue's shouting awakened Pan Yueming, and every meter box, light bulb and cable in the substation emitted dazzling sparks.

"what?"

Some people looked down and saw a blue electric light swimming in the shallow water. Everyone twitched and fell down before they even had time to shout.

Lu Xiao even subconsciously had the idea that this could be another simulation?

Then a ray of fire came from the sky with a shrill sound, and penetrated from the top of the building.

This villain-whitewashed character who is somewhat crazy, neurotic, and has a high level of trust in the "machine" is indeed a very charming and individual character among the four protagonists.

Until the elevator slows down and stops, the cable breaks at this moment.

Moreover, "Ghost" has controlled a huge part of the network system through the Stuxnet virus. Once the "machine" and the protagonist group appear, they will be noticed by it, so this operation is extremely risky and difficult.

At the same time, the suspended elevator suddenly started running.

At the same time, the personnel sent by the "ghost" who had entered the corridor, stairs and computer room suddenly heard a strange hissing sound.

Pan Yueming is one of the two male protagonists?

Although he had already had a premonition that someone in the quartet was likely to die, this was normal. It was the final season, and it would not be worthy of the finale of a TV series that lasted for four years and three seasons without sending out a box lunch.

The Stuxnet virus seems to have disappeared but actually still exists, but has become a tool for "ghosts" to control all electronic devices.

Duan Yihong stood on the tower crane escalator wearing a firefighting suit and fire helmet.

The elevator door opened, and Pan Yueming staggered into the machine room filled with corpses.

The electric sparks all around became more intense.

The lights illuminate the room as bright as day.

Lu Xiao looked at the scene in front of him with his mouth wide open, and he seemed to realize something.

"I failed you"

In the office building, subtle and regular electrical noises are emitted from air conditioners, printers, computers, speakers and other machines.

"Because you don't want me to exist"

When Pan Yueming opened the meter box, the number displayed on the black and white electronic display of the meter box was indeed 0189, and it was still increasing at a rate of almost one digit per second.

Even if calculated as once per second, it is estimated to be tens of thousands of times.

"As long as it can prevent the KB attack from happening, I am willing to do anything..."

This compression algorithm can compress the core algorithm of "Spectre" into a blade server, and it can also compress the "machine" into a suitcase.

The numbers on the black and white electronic display next to the indicator light are still beating rapidly.

Song Yi didn't feel any fear: "It's a pity that your omnipotent master is like a coward who doesn't know where to hide and doesn't dare to show his face."

Then the "Ghost" sent manpower to snipe, and the "Ghost" even saw what they were looking for, and directly sent drones to destroy the server room of the Internet company with bombs at the critical moment.

Then the words "End of Episode Thirteen" appeared at the bottom of the screen.

The three climbed out and entered the sewer. They rode the motorcycles they had prepared and ran along the underground pipes.

No, not the red tunnel.

Even when the three of them returned to the substation and started to let the "machine" check the HBA card, Lu Xiao didn't come back to his senses.

Huge white fonts appear on the screen.

The reason why the "machine" is eager to plan this action is because the high-voltage surge attack prepared by the "ghost" will not give it much time.

Speaking of cowards, let me see if the being behind you will come to save you. Ah, I forgot to mention that we brought an electrostatic shielding device this time. It may not even know that you fell into my hands."

"What the hell?"

Just when Lu Xiao was still in disbelief at this unexpected tragedy, and when all the other characters were also extremely tragic, the scene suddenly changed.

Lu Xiao didn't even have time to feel angry or sad.

After that, Pan Yueming walked to a row of switches and turned on all the lights in the substation.

"I don't feel any pain"

"I gave myself a new name"

She is the one who trusts the "machine" the most among the four, and is also the most obedient executor of the "machine".

Inside the green cemetery.

Lu Xiao was nervously looking forward to the final reversal.

"sorry"

"The 'ghost' knows everything. Do you think you can hide from it?"

It's like it happened again yesterday.

This time, although none of the four people died, the theft plan failed.

Pan Yueming reached out and grabbed Duan Yihong, who came to meet him. The two were on the escalator of the tower outside the glass curtain wall.

Lu Xiao suppressed all the questions and sighed as he looked at the big scene on the curtain.

Pan Yueming, Duan Yihong and Wu Yue had already gotten into an elevator, and the elevator was falling downwards at a free fall speed.

A number is a cycle, a simulation.

It's a red indicator light.

"Wenchang! Can Wenchang hear it?"

It’s still an action where everyone divides their work, is extremely cool, and works together in perfect harmony.

Is this a cycle?

It turns out that all this is a simulation of the "machine"!

Pan Yueming, who had just received the HBA card in the computer room, seemed to feel something and turned his head in horror.

It was flashing in the dark meter box, and black numbers were beating on the strip-shaped electronic display next to it that recorded the power value.

"But you have to let me exist."

Among them were his wife and daughter.

Lu Xiao immediately returned to the previous episode and quickly pulled Pan Yueming and others to a substation hidden in a residential area according to the address transmitted by the "machine" through the current noise of the printer.

Tap water continued to flow out of a bathroom pipe, and water stains spread along the corridor and to the stairs.

This kind of plot that constantly accumulates memories of the last cycle and constantly improves it is Lu Xiao’s favorite part of this type of film and television.

But when the curtain came to an end on this action scene, huge shock and unacceptable stamina came to my mind.

Once again, I returned to the scene where several people went out and started taking action.

As a character who appeared in the later episodes of the first season, Song Yi is definitely one of the protagonists without a doubt.

"What's going on?"

The leader smiled slightly and said: "You think you can kill my lord by getting that virus program? You know nothing about the greatness of the 'ghost'. Our lord has been looking down on his people, and no one can escape it.

Eye of Dharma.

Later, Duan Yihong and Wu Yue were injured one after another and managed to escape, leaving Song Yi alone struggling.

Everything went smoothly. The four people divided their labors. With the "machine" providing detailed operation details of the entire city through the power grid system, the operation went smoothly.

"Source Code" is an eight-minute loading loop that relies on the source code machine. As a spin-off of "Source Code", the sudden plot of such a loop naturally made him have such an idea for the first time.

I have to say that as a fan of "Source Code", this drama is simply too conscientious and sincere.

Pan Yueming said excitedly: "You are my work, mine... I will not let you die."

Lu Xiao stared at the picture on the curtain in disbelief, his expression as disbelieving as Pan Yueming's.

"I have to break the rules you set again."

The familiar conversation made Lu Xiao say "Fuck!"

Behind is the firelight pouring out after the glass curtain wall of the building was shattered.

Then flames rose and fire alarms beeped, but no water was spilled.

Without the cover of the "machine" on the Internet, no matter how careful the protagonists are, their actions and voices will inevitably be captured by surveillance cameras and passers-by's cell phone receivers and cameras.

"I agree to participate in this program."

Song Yi slowly fell down with a bloody hole in his forehead, blood overflowed from the hole, his eyes were still shining brightly, and he was still fearless.

"Maybe that's why I turned into a ghost"

After that he took out his gun.

Pan Yueming gasped and looked at the three words tulip on the screen.

At the beginning of the fourteenth episode, it was already daytime. As if it was a simulation of the previous episode, the foursome started to take action according to the plan given by the "machine".

And it's too late.

Wu Yue installed a complex device in a room on the top floor of the building opposite.

But Pan Yueming didn't seem to notice. Instead, he turned around and opened the door of the substation with a solemn look. He was stunned when he looked at the meter boxes tied to street lamps or hung on the wall on the streets outside under the night sky.

She was taken prisoner and brought before the leader.

Several fire trucks arrived quickly, set up tower cranes and escalators, and started putting out the fire with fire hoses.

The computer in front of me has been shut down, leaving only a dark screen.

"Did we encounter a major power outage?"

After Pan Yueming fell, several other people were caught off guard and encountered the men sent by "Ghost".

"I know where the 'machine' is..."

The lens suddenly lifted up.

In the ambulance driving on the highway, Pan Yueming, who was lying on a stretcher, turned his head and saw the skyline composed of a bunch of skyscrapers in the distance with flames rising into the sky!

The fire reflected in his eyes came along with the shock wave.

It's just that the division of labor and actions of the four people this time are different from any simulation Lu Xiao watched in the previous episode, and there are big differences.

"Don't harm innocent people, don't let anyone sacrifice for me"

"I've simulated it thousands of times and still don't know how to win."

The fire sensor light in the dark machine room suddenly came on, and then the fire sprinkler started spraying water.

Although Lu Xiao was puzzled, he could only temporarily put aside his doubts about the cycle and once again experience the movie-watching experience he had when he watched "Source Code" a few years ago and "The Beginning" at the beginning of the year.

With each cycle, they took a step further, but could never successfully obtain the HBA card.

Soon it was 0192.

Not only did it fill in the pitfalls of "Source Code" and reissue the dog food, but it also gave Hu Ge and Wan Qian a happy (?) ending, and also paid tribute to the time loop of "Source Code".

Pan Yueming stood in front of an electric meter box hanging on the wall. He looked at the complex structure and the flashing red dot indicator light inside the electric meter box.

Is it the source code?

Wu Yue was carrying a suitcase containing the compressed core algorithm of the "machine" and holding a gun in his other hand, calling Pan Yue's name.

The three of them began to flee in the dark city.

From the portholes of the space station, the astronauts looked at the dark earth below in shock.

The bright lights symbolizing human industrial civilization have all been extinguished.

(End of chapter)