When she walked out of the ancient courtyard building, Xu Wanmeng still felt that she was a little fluttery when she walked. The solid bluestone floor under her feet seemed to have turned into soft cotton, and she felt a little shaky just standing on it.
"Sister, are you okay?" Xu Wenbin, who was behind him, gently held up her arm and helped her steady herself.
"It's okay, I just feel a little empty in my head. Ha, what grandpa said just now is a bit too shocking." A forced smile appeared on Xu Wanmeng's lips, her tone was bitter.
She also understood that her current state was because she was troubled and had too much pressure accumulated deep in her heart.
Until now, Xu Shiming's words still echo in her mind. She has a good memory and can even accurately recall every word that appeared in the previous conversation, as well as the solemn and serious expression on her grandfather's face.
Tonight's sudden visit was very effective. She got the truth she wanted, and even learned about the unbearable secret of Kangtao Company's past hidden in her grandfather's heart.
Unfortunately, this truth is a bit too heavy...
His grandfather's data soul floated in cyberspace and implanted a puppet program into the oil refinery. Then he disguised himself as himself and sent a message to his father, asking him to arrange for himself and Wen Bin to go to the industrial area... This elaborate plan
The trap was designed so that the two siblings would be affected by the explosion.
Under such a serious and sudden explosion, even if the two of them have the highest level of protection and are not in the center of the explosion, they will inevitably be affected by the shock wave of the first explosion, and may even inhale toxic gases.
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If something happens to the two of them, the data soul can continue to pretend to be the grandfather himself and arrange for his father to quickly use Arasaka's "relic" technology to copy the consciousness of the two siblings as a kind of insurance.
With her father's gentle way of dealing with things and his kind-hearted character, if he knew that this "relic" technology could preserve her and Wen Bin's consciousness, no matter how severe the side effects were, I believe he would definitely choose to do it despite being overly sad.
And this is another way of "eternal life"!
If she and Wen Bin become data consciousness, their form will be the same as that of AI, and they will be "family" together with the "grandpa" who exists as a data soul.
In the end, unless her grandfather personally intervened to stop the whole process, the whole thing might have developed just as the data soul thought...
And once her grandfather comes forward, it will not be so easy for him to continue hiding... After all, by that time, the company will surely fall into chaos, and grandpa will need to stay in the company to maintain the stability of the company.
In this way, no matter how the incident develops, it will all be within the plan of the data soul.
Fortunately, the mysterious man's intervention... prevented all of this from happening.
Xu Wanmeng's mind was racing with thoughts, and it wasn't until she reached the foot of the mountain and the gate of the wall that she came back from this meditative state.
The two siblings politely greeted the guard at the door. After chatting for a few words, they did not stay too long and ran back to the floating car quickly.
Sitting on the armchair of the float car, Xu Wanmeng's complicated mood finally calmed down.
She turned on the aerial vehicle's stealth system and adjusted its destination to the Xu family's mansion. The aerial vehicle floated high into the sky with an extremely subtle sound, gradually moving away from this land deep in the mountains and old forests.
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"Sister, what should we do next?"
Back at the family mansion, Xu Wanmeng safely sent Xu Wenbin back to her room. Before she left, Xu Wenbin suddenly looked at her sister with some worry and asked with sorrow.
Xu Wanmeng sat on a chair and said with a cold expression: "I don't know either, but maybe it's like what grandpa said, in the face of ghosts that come and go without a trace, all we ordinary people can do is to watch quietly.
It has changed."
If possible, Xu Wanmeng did not want to show her weakness in front of Wen Bin.
However, in fact, after hearing the secrets told by her grandfather, even with her temperament, she could not help but feel the fear that she had not experienced in a long time...
A ghost floating in cyberspace is always peeping at them in reality. Although he cannot directly interfere with reality, there is no doubt that there are still many things that the other party can do.
In a sense, this situation is no different from being targeted by a evil ghost... and this evil ghost is still his "grandfather", trying to transform the two of them into the same kind...
Now, the drawbacks of expanding the scope of the intranet have finally appeared.
China has a data network that can cover an entire province. Although it greatly facilitates daily life, it also means that the AIs that sneak in can hide wherever they want, and they can use more methods.
Looking at her younger brother who was still caring about Ji, Xu Wanxue's expression gradually softened. She walked over and touched her younger brother's hair, and comforted her gently:
"Don't worry, there is nothing we can do against him, but similarly, there is nothing he can do against us. After this accident, he showed his flaws, which also means that the same method cannot be used a second time. We will be more cautious in the future, and we will never
Something happened."
"Then the bodyguard team around us should be equipped with several skilled network hackers from now on?" Xu Wenbin suggested.
Xu Wanmeng was stunned and suddenly realized that this was indeed a good idea.
However, soon, another figure appeared in her mind.
"By the way, didn't you tell me before that the mysterious master in the game had warned you in advance to stay away from the refinery area?" Xu Wanmeng's eyes lit up.
Xu Wenbin nodded repeatedly: "It's true that this happened, but didn't we discuss it before? Why are we talking about him again now?"
He mentioned that matter to Xu Wanmeng before, and the two discussed it for a while, and finally came to a conclusion:
Even if the mysterious master in the game and the mysterious man at the accident scene are not the same person, they must have some connection with each other.
After all, both of them are users of Si'an Westan both inside and outside the game, and their abilities are extremely amazing. This degree of compatibility is too easy to doubt.
And even if the two are not the same person, since he can predict in advance that the oil refinery will explode, the mysterious master in the game may be an excellent hacker, or even an AI that has infiltrated into human society.
Only this possibility can explain why the other party was able to predict the explosion in advance. After all, they are both AIs. It is not surprising that they can see through the refinery's internal network and have been tampered with.
In any case, the behavior shown by the other party undoubtedly proved that he and Xu Shiming's data soul were not in the same group.
Maybe she can find an opportunity to lure the other party to her side...
"When will he come online next time, please remember to tell me. I will also play this combat simulation game with you and chat with that person about some things." Xu Wanmeng said with a chuckle.
"Hey! Sister, are you planning on that guy?" Xu Wenbin said with a pained face: "That guy is very fierce in fights."