When the door opened, everyone was prepared for a fierce attack. Although they did not encounter any real resistance along the way, everyone knew that it was because of the failure of the master brain that caused the entire journey.
It is so easy to have all the defense systems offline, and behind the door in front of you is the center of the main brain. It is impossible for that center to be offline. The reason is obvious, because until now, the fortress is still sending out instructions one after another.
, this is the best proof that the mastermind is still functioning.
A mastermind that is still functioning will not let a group of uninvited guests get close to its center.
However, as the door opened, the expected attack did not come, and no sirens were heard throughout the fortress. In fact, Hao Ren didn't even hear any movement. If he ignored those that never stopped, everywhere in the fortress
A buzzing sound can be heard.
Despite this, Vivian still reminded everyone in a low voice: "Be vigilant, we have arrived at the center of the fortress, anything may happen here."
Hao Ren propped up the shield, and he and Lily took the lead in entering the rotunda where the main brain center was located, and vigilantly observed the surrounding situation.
This hall is extremely open and vast. However, there are almost no complicated cables and machines in the space that covers an area of a football field. This is completely different from the computer rooms and equipment rooms that we passed before. What can be seen in the hall
There were only thirteen black machines arranged against the wall and a black cylinder located in the center of the hall. Hao Ren's eyes were naturally attracted to the extremely eye-catching cylinder.
It is tens of meters high, with the lower end buried in a complex black base, and the upper end disappearing into the high dome of the hall: there is a dark hole there, and there are probably more cylinders outside of the hole.
The structure of this strange "pillar" is about three or four meters in diameter. Its surface is dark, but it has straight lines and various grooves of unknown purpose. In front of the lines and grooves, you can see many slight flickers.
These lights should have made the cylinder more lively, but when Hao Ren saw them flickering slowly, he only felt a dull atmosphere coming towards him.
He could feel that a huge consciousness behind this cylinder was slowly dying, and the slow light was evidence of its end.
"Is this the center of the master brain?" Lily looked at the black column in front of her curiously. Her husky instinct made her want to poke the surface of the column with her paws or take a few bites to taste its saltiness, but she could only
Her rationality and cowardice made her stop her urge to commit suicide, and just looked around the cylinder from a distance, "I can't see a keyboard or mouse...how can this thing communicate?"
?”
"I don't know either." N-6 was also slightly shocked by the true appearance of the main brain center, and then shook his head in frustration, "Ordinary agents are not even qualified to enter the fortress. This is my first time.
See the true appearance of the main brain center. The information that can be downloaded from the big think tank is limited. I only know that the main brain center is indeed a black cylinder, but as for how to communicate... I thought your superb technology can be used
use."
"Of course high technology can come in handy, we just hope to get a little more information before rashly connecting," Hao Ren said, stroking his chin, "And I think... the mastermind must be watching us, we have already come here.
, it would be unreasonable if it hadn’t noticed it yet. Right, Mr. Mastermind?”
"As you said," almost as soon as Hao Ren finished speaking, an emotionless electronic synthesized voice came from all directions in the hall, "I have indeed been observing you."
At this time, Lily was getting close to the cylinder to observe the lights and excuses on it. She was immediately startled when she heard the voice, and jumped back to Hao Ren with her tail puffed up: "Wow! The mastermind has spoken!"
The lifeless black column seemed to "come alive" with the voices that echoed through the hall. The lights flashing on its surface were much brighter than before, and the frequency of the light flickering was faster. Hao Ren heard a low sound.
A buzzing sound echoed deep in the hall and at the top of the cylinder: the main brain seemed to be starting up from some kind of low-power protection mode, and the lights in the entire hall were brighter than before.
"I thought you would 'welcome' us in a more intense way," Hao Ren was probably the calmest one on the scene. After all, no matter how powerful the mastermind is, in his eyes, it is just a powerful artificial intelligence, and he has far more powerful artificial intelligence than
He could talk and laugh with similar systems whose masterminds were countless times more advanced, whether it was the mainframe of the crystal core research station or the swarm consciousness of the drone swarm, not to mention the big pillar in front of him. He shrugged, "After all, according to the information we have, you are in
A state of madness.”
"I did fall into... a huge malfunction," the mastermind's voice sounded a little slow, but gradually became smoother, "but it does not affect my curiosity. If I guess correctly, you are the ones who
The aliens who came from the depths of the universe and crashed on our home planet, and the farce in the Zenith constellation... was also your masterpiece? You just wanted to sneak into my fortress?"
"So you've been aware of it all along," Hao Ren was a little surprised this time, "and then you just kept watching silently? No reaction at all?"
"I didn't complete the combination of all the intelligence until just now," the mastermind replied, without any emotion in his tone. "You did completely conceal the intelligence network under my control at the beginning. You blocked the entire Zenith airspace.
, and also invaded and tampered with a large number of security systems of the lunar base, which is quite advanced technology. Outsiders, can you tell me your purpose of coming?"
Lily put her hands on her hips and said with an air of pride: "We are here to maintain peace and save civilization..."
Vivian quickly dragged the guy back: "Who will believe this if you say this now? Do you believe it instead of you?"
Hao Ren took a step forward and calmly instructed the data terminal to land on the ground while looking up at the black cylinder in front of him: "Although you may not believe what she said, what she said is indeed the truth. We have no malicious intentions.
The conflict at the Zenith space station was only a part of the process where there was no choice, but you should have received the report by now. My drone swarm did not cause you any harm at all in this 'battle'..."
"There was no battle damage," the mastermind took over the second half of Hao Ren's sentence, "I spent one point and four seconds processing this illogical report. In the hours-long 'fierce battle', your army
Almost all the defense systems of the Zenith were paralyzed, but not a single fatal weapon was used. The Zenith troops who suffered the most serious damage just managed to save their lives... What is the meaning of you doing this? I can't understand it.
"
Hao Ren frowned, and he suddenly discovered something inconsistent: as the highest-ranking artificial intelligence in the survivor civilization, the level of personification of this "mastermind" was even lower than that of agents like n-6.
Although the main brain has shown sufficient thinking and reasoning ability when speaking, but...
Hao Ren could not describe this feeling in words, and in the end he could only sum it up as: lack of humanity.
At the same time that he had this doubt, n-6 next to him spoke: "Mastermind, please believe these outsiders, they are really here to help us. They are looking for the fire of civilization in the universe and providing protection. I have
Seeing their technical strength with my own eyes, they may be able to help us regain our home planet, and they may also be able to help you troubleshoot..."
Before n-6 could finish speaking, the mastermind interrupted her: "Factory number: e75-3c6215, current code n-6. You should have crashed on the surface of your home planet during your last operation. I have confirmed that your signal is completely
Disappeared, but you returned here safely...were these outsiders helping you?"
n-6 raised his head and looked directly at the center of the mastermind, his tone full of determination: "Yes, mastermind, and I can prove that my master's personality has not been tampered with."
"No need to prove," the mastermind said, and then he turned his attention to Hao Ren, "Outsiders, I still can't confirm your origins and your purpose, but I declare: we don't need the help of outsiders, we will complete it ourselves
Your mission. Please return."
"But you are almost dead," Hao Ren said suddenly, and the data terminal floated to his side, "Your server array is going offline, and faults are spread across almost every computing unit in this fortress. I have just found out
, you are using the last part of your component that is still functioning normally to support this conversation. We can help you, but I first have to know what your purpose is. Your mission is to protect mankind and help mankind regain its home planet.
And if you refuse our help now, it will conflict with your mission."
"You once prohibited anyone from approaching our spacecraft, but then you sent a reconnaissance team to find us. Now that we are here, you refuse to communicate further," Vivian also asked curiously, "I feel that you are very
...Contradiction, can you tell me why?"
This time, the mastermind chose silence.
A few seconds later, Hao Ren took the initiative to break the silence: "It's because of humans, right? The humans who live in the Palace of Finality, what happened to them?"
The light on the surface of the cylinder became several times brighter in an instant and flickered violently.
"It seems that I guessed it right," Hao Ren said softly, "Humanity is about to become extinct, right?"
"Can you scan the life responses in the palace of the end?" the mastermind asked in an emotionless tone.
"I can't, because the Final Palace you built seems to be able to isolate any form of life detection. Is this probably to block the prying eyes of Galactus? But my daughter can. She seems to be able to ignore the shielding layer you built," Hao Renqing
He patted his clothes lightly, called Doudou out and held him in his arms, "You can't guess that she is the last remaining life form in a certain universe. As the end of a world's life, she can
Hear the sound of a race on the verge of extinction."
Doudou looked at the cylinder in the room curiously and waved to it friendly: "Hello, my name is Doudou!"
"Hello, my name is Mastermind."
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