The Death Knell

Even the sewers of a high-tech utopia are still the same as before, with stinking gas and wastewater filling every inch, and the air is even more damp and disgusting.

There were only weak lights and rudimentary instruments, but the Split Programmers overcame the difficulties and created Brainiac, a collection of program management in reality, an intelligent humanoid AI.

The honeycomb network structure determines that all entities will exist around a central point. Now in the ghost universe, this central point is Brainiac 21.

In the past, there were no conditions, and those separate programs in the wilderness could not create robots. It was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

But now Steel Star has the hardware conditions, and Deathstroke also helped a little, so the mind-controlled individuals formed a network and exited the violent state. It is not known which of their preset instructions was triggered. These items formed a new The control core of the generation.

Luther's Legion of Destruction can rebuild Brainiac 1, so Su Ming can also create a new Brainiac.

To be honest, he didn't know why the number was 21. The Brainiac he knew before was only on the 13th, but it didn't matter. The ghost universe was now disconnected from the outside world. This Brainiac was connected to the Legion of Destruction outside. There is no possibility of data interoperability.

Each Brainiac is a different existence, and there have been several good people, such as Brainiac 3, Brainiac 5, and Brainiac 8. Among them, Yadaime was once a non-staff member of the Titans, codenamed Indigo. She was a short-haired, blue-skinned girl.

As for the one in front of him, Brainiac looks a bit crude. His current attitude seems to be okay, at least he is trying to control it without seeing a human being.

"The current charging process is 21%. This is the origin of my name. Since I could not connect to the network with the Crux host, I executed 366 emergency procedures and became the ruler of the ghost network. I represent the collection of electronic life's will to resist. Born to overthrow Darkseid." No. 21 came down from the test platform and walked up to Su Ming, with the same expressionless expression: "Deathstroke, are you my enemy?"

"Darkseid is my enemy." Su Ming looked at the bald woman in front of him. Brainiac had hair for several generations, but all those with hair were dead: "You are not."

"Then is it possible for us to form an alliance?" AI asked again, with data flowing at high speed in her eyes.

Su Ming crossed his arms and thought in his mind: "You have separate terminals on every planet, so you should understand the situation. If you are willing to accept my conditions, it would be better to form an alliance."

"Start the negotiation process No. 4, please state your conditions, Deathstroke."

21 has no emotions at all, she is just a machine, not even comparable to Su Ming's adjutant, but in this case, it is enough.

"I can help you overthrow Darkseid's rule, but you need to use the mind-controlling body to hold back his army, fight against his programs in the Alien Box Network, and after that is accomplished, you will not be on any planet other than Iron Star. Self-replicate and spread, and I will leave this planet to you to manage.”

Su Ming gave the conditions, and the Steel Star where everyone was standing was used as a bargaining chip.

"Reject, raise objections: 1. You do not have the strength to overthrow Darkseid. 2. You do not have galaxy sovereignty. 3. Brainiac needs to reproduce."

No. 21 had a blank look on her face, like a mannequin in a store window. She pointed out several mistakes very clearly because human conditions were illogical.

Su Ming's answer was also very simple. He showed off ten light rings and then ignited the cosmic energy in his body. This made him emit a strong light like the sun, making everything in the sewer shine white.

"Correction, you have a 20% chance of defeating Darkseid. Conditions 1 and 2 are possible, but you need to make concessions to the third item. Brainiac needs fifty people including Iron Star. planet as home.”

Facing the blinding bright light, No. 21 did not dodge, but her electronic synthesized sound sounded again, modifying the conditions.

"Ten, no more." Su Ming put away the light and showed off his night sword, especially the X metal.

No. 21 tilted her head, spread the program, and connect more individuals to the network. This is her mission: "Forty planets, can a deal be reached?"

"Eleven, I'll give you one, but don't push yourself too far." Su Ming gave in again.

"Excessive. In the database analysis, the synonym of human beings describing greed is denial. Brainiac just wants to survive, and the population base and supplies need to be guaranteed. But for the common goal, I give in again, thirty planets."

No. 21 retreated a little further. She was a little afraid that the X metal sword would fall on her head. Her current base only has a few mind control units, about a hundred thousand metal mantis people, infected through the dormant cabin network. The disadvantage is that there is no super strong person who can compete with the other party.

Based on the overall strength comparison, she felt that she had to give in.

Su Ming sighed, put away the sword, and took out the wine from his pocket: "Let's not worry about it like in the vegetable market. In this way, fifteen planets are priced at one price. This is my bottom line. When I rule the ghost universe, How about 15 of the 1,400 planets being given to you for self-governance?"

"Comprehensive calculation of the time it takes for the ghost universe to leave the main world, I don't want to delay you for too long. A deal can be reached with 25 planets." To overthrow Darkseid, both cannon fodder and strong men are indispensable. On the 21st, she believed Cooperation is inevitable, and the other party should think so too.

Since the inevitability of cooperation has been anticipated, the best thing to do is to quickly agree on key bargaining chips and gain time.

"16." Su Ming slowly stretched out his hand.

"24." No. 21 also stretched out her hand. She read the relevant information from the database. Shaking hands is a gesture used by humans to conclude a deal.

"Let's make a compromise. If your name is Brainiac 21, I will give you 21 planets and ensure that at least ten of them are biological resource stars. This is the final offer." Su Ming put his hand in front of her and looked at her green face.

No. 21 nodded and shook hands, reaching a deal: "It's acceptable. Although the possibility of you and I working together to overthrow Darkseid is only 30%, we must give it a try. I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful cooperation. There are signs in my database that Brainiac I has a long history of good cooperation with a human named Luther. Humans are a more intelligent race. But he should not participate in the human civil war. This is not in Brainiac's interests."

Su Ming let go of his hand and walked side by side out of the sewer with No. 21: "They are still cooperating, and as always, he is participating in the human civil war again. What is your attitude?"

"Diplomatic process starts, Category: Allies, Starting strategic analysis... My choice is to replace Brainiac 1, he is very unwise to weaken the resistance of the multiverse, Pepatua abandons him and Lu The probability of Se's death is as high as 99%, and I am Brainiac's hope. I agree with the Justice League's transcendent philosophy. Destruction is not good for everyone."

After No. 21 finished speaking, he also imitated a human smile, which looked extremely weird in the dark, like a ghost child coming back to life.

Su Ming discovered that she and Brainiac 1 had one thing in common, which was absolute confidence in themselves.

"Where did you know about Pepatua and the Legion of Destruction? According to time, Crux was destroyed first. When Pepatua arrived, you clone programs were already trapped in the ghost sector."

"New Kobelco tried to access Brainiac's network not long ago to steal important information, but was reversely invaded by the network and read part of the information in his brain. If the information is inaccurate or incomplete, please ask allies You supplement it for me.”

No. 21 had his hands clasped behind his back and looked a little swaying when walking. To put it simply, he took a step that made him disown his relatives.

Want to crack Brainiac by relying on the enhanced version of the mother box? Who do you look down on?

Su Ming thought for a while and put his hands on his back: "Intelligence sharing is the way to go. Tell me more about Brainiac 1. Maybe I can help you kill him in the future."

"Correction, among Brainiac, the act of fighting each other is called the overwriting process. Brainiac will not be destroyed or die." She still looked expressionless, but the electronic sound It sounds a little lighter: "This is the survival of the fittest for technological progress, which is also a kind of transcendence."

Su Ming shrugged: "Okay, we'll talk about those things later. Let's start planning. Can you guess what I want to do?"

"It takes time to make chips and disseminate them. It is estimated that after one hour, I will have at least 30 million heart control units. After two hours, this number will reach 150 million, and so on. The longer the time, the more available troops. , and the manufacturing of drones and warships also takes time. In short, if we win, I hope that the manpower loss will be made up for after the war."

Of course No. 21 guessed that Deathstroke wanted the soldiers to be cannon fodder, and what she lacked the most was cannon fodder.

Su Ming sighed, his red goggles flashing in the darkness: "I don't know if Darkseid will give us this time. Let's get more unmanned weapons."

"If we can speed up the scavenger's attack on the Angel of Death and the destruction of Sepurk at the same time, the probability of gaining these time is more than 50%." Brainiac 21 once again gave a data, who knows how Calculated.

"Okay, you are responsible for secretly producing troops, and I will go talk to the scavengers. By the way, the poisonous creatures on Phyllis I are very capable of fighting." Su Ming still had to go find the scavengers. I sold my crutches before, but this time I have to sell my wheelchair as well.

He and the scavenger may have been a little unhappy before, but as long as there is a greater benefit, those biological weapons will still be fooled.

Brainiac 21 turned his head and looked at the group of people following him silently behind him, with some confusion in his eyes: "I suggest you accept it, but I have a question. These people behind you..."

"Shh, this is a secret." Su Ming smiled and waved his hand towards No. 21: "Secrets make humans more human."

21 Seeing a group of people following Deathstroke like ghosts and disappearing into the darkness without saying a word, she still felt that Deathstroke's preparations were a bit redundant.

However, this does not prevent her from establishing a new profile of Deathstroke and grading his intelligence. This move is full of Brainiac style, based on the intelligence and combat records collected by the previous network.

She classified Deathstroke as a 12th level of intelligence. The clones all over the ghost universe had seen Deathstroke's battles and actions. His various nonsensical strategies showed that he didn't even try his best. There were many places that she hadn't even seen until now. clear.

It doesn't matter whether there is unknown or unknown, wisdom is the basis of survival, and only such people are qualified to be her allies.