"The main control room has received the return signal of the 'breadcrumb mark' - the darknet salvage members who were previously trapped in depth 2 due to the fluctuations of the darknet are now trying to find a way to surface back."
Lu Yuan on the other end of the phone quickly answered.
"What is the attitude of the Offensive Security Defense Coordination Center towards this?"
Fanny asked.
After all, she was on the list of people who promised to release the prisoners from Icarus, and the eleven people who had been "seconded" by Ye Qian to the third deep dive warehouse were also on the list.
She needs to ensure that those people can return safely and then return to her hands.
"The good news is, they're going to help - Cerberus is assembling an elite rescue team."
But listening to Lu Yuan's tone when he spoke, it seemed that this was not good news.
"What about the bad news?"
So Fanny continued to ask.
"The bad news is they intend to do whatever it takes to help."
Probably in every mature ruling group, there will be a need for such a similar organization or department.
He has authority over all departments and is only responsible to the most senior people. And their existence has only one value - to ensure that the will of the core of power can be implemented.
The "Offensive Security Defense Coordination Center" of the security department code-named Cerberus occupies this ecological niche within the Pluto Deep Diving Company.
Named after the three-headed dogs that guard the gates of Hades in mythology, they are the most loyal and vicious hounds held in the hands of Hades.
And their decision to help at all costs means...
"So in this matter, I'm superfluous again, right?"
After a long while, Lu Yuan asked.
"Everything will wait until I return to Tartarus."
Fanny made no comment. After leaving such a simple sentence, she hung up the phone.
…………
Abyss Dark Web, Depth 2, KZ Quadrant.
Jiang Zhou followed the signal's guidance and finally met an acquaintance at the location of the first "breadcrumb".
Black Falcon-136, Chinatsu Sakura, and the other two members of Ikaros—the four people who had dived with Jiang Zhou before—were killing time near the source of the signal.
Around them, several burning mechanical remains were scattered.
Some are humanoid, have animal-like structures, and some are just simple geometric structures.
Dozens of technological blueprints in the form of data balls were floating near the wreckage, with no one picking them up.
"You kid is indeed still alive!"
He waved to himself from afar. When he came closer, Black Falcon-136 laughed and patted Jiang Zhou, which made his shoulder hurt.
After saying that, 136 turned around and said to Qianxia Ying very excitedly:
"Let me tell you, if you wait a little longer near this signal source, there will be no loss."
The latter rolled his eyes:
"Okay, okay, okay, I've deceived you again. It's really a high probability that a native who hasn't been adjusted and transformed in depth 2 can find his way back alive."
As she said that, she stepped forward and pointed to 136 beside her, with a helpless expression on her face that she could no longer be angry.
"So just thank this idiot for letting us stay here and wait for you for another two hours."
Chinatsu Sakura complained.
In response, 136 smiled and waved:
"After all, the all-terrain vehicle is in the hands of Theseus. The time lost here can be made up for later."
One more person, more power.
Although he said that, Jiang Zhou could clearly feel that the other party was willing to wait for him near this "breadcrumb" because the most fundamental reason was to take care of him.
No matter how harsh the standard is, 136 can be considered a good person in the true sense.
Especially in such a crazy era, it is even more valuable.
"Thanks."
Jiang Zhou expressed his gratitude sincerely.
Afterwards, both parties briefly exchanged their experiences.
Of course, when Jiang Zhou talked about his own experience, he omitted all the parts related to the "paradox".
As for them, just like Jiang Zhou, they lost consciousness during the dive. When he woke up again, he found himself in a city where the "pause button" had been pressed during construction, and all communication devices on his body had lost their signals.
However, no one among them saw the scene where an unparalleled unknown existence stretched out its thousands of tentacles and bombarded the Styx firewall.
Then, they searched for their missing companions in this city that seemed to extend infinitely. It wasn't until the "Breadcrumb Mark" signal came back online not long ago that they rushed in this direction again, and finally met near the signal.
"...But the signal not only attracted us, but also attracted malicious programs wandering nearby, but fortunately their strength is very limited."
136 said, looking around at the mechanical wreckage and the technology blueprint data balls floating around.
In fact, this is also a common mining mode in the photosynthesis belt-staying near the "breadcrumbs" and waiting for those low-level malicious programs to be delivered to your door.
Generally, most powerful malicious programs are territorial and will not easily leave their habitat. Those with high mental index and thinking patterns close to humans will even imitate humans to form similar social clusters. However, those social forms are often extremely weird, much like the sleep talk of a schizophrenic patient.
From Jiang Zhou's point of view, he didn't quite understand why Janus made these artificial intelligences behave so like humans.
If Janus had created them just to gain control of the world from humans, then there would be no need for him to stick to human forms and he could have created a world where efficiency was paramount.
And it has been proven that AI does not need human "creativity" to serve itself - as evidenced by the black technologies that continue to emerge from the abyss and dark web.
In this case, what is the reason why they are so similar to humans?
There is no point in thinking about it without key information. Jiang Zhou put away his doubts and turned to ask 136:
"So these technological blueprints are just going to stay here?"
Right now, everyone should have enough storage space. Jiang Zhou scanned it a little and found that there were many good things among the technological blueprints all over the floor.
Depth 2’s adjustment and transformation permissions, tactical melt weapons, silent realm generators, polymer inflatable tents that meet three defense standards, and battlefield medical equipment "Sewing Claws" that can instantly suture wounds...
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 he doesn't have the Talos-type power skeleton he currently needs.
This time it was Chinatsu Sakura who answered:
"Except for some things that can be used on the road, just put the rest here. After all, as I said before, if you can choose to fish, then paddle firmly, if you can occupy the latrine, then resolutely don't poop... Strive to do it from the inside The scabs that eat up the company.”
However, in order to delay the time when they were optimized as much as possible, they still brought some extremely useless things with them, planning to hand them over as the results of their trip when they returned.
Jiang Zhou listened to their introduction with a dark expression on his face.
Forty ways to peel seal skin (the most sophisticated one even only requires longer nails, but seals became extinct long before the Great Impact); the Battle of Sarajevo during the First Corporate War in 2076 AD A list of the dead (clicking on each name will reveal a complete cause of death report, with the time of death 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 purely mechanical structures without any electrical facilities)…
After a brief introduction, 136 looked at the technological drawings on the ground with a regretful expression and said:
"It's a pity that these things can't be taken out and handed over to Icarus. It's such a waste..."
Jiang Zhou unfolded the all-terrain vehicle in the storage space without saying a word, and then said:
"We have to leave quickly, the breadcrumb mark may expire at any time."
Everyone nodded, picked up the things in their hands and got into the car.
Along the way, 136 they were still feeling how much help those things could add if they could be brought out to the organization.
Jiang Zhou, who was in the cab, kept echoing, "Yeah, yeah, yeah."
The all-terrain vehicle was speeding towards the next "breadcrumb", 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 was wasted."
Liao Qi muttered as he picked up those blueprints and put them into his storage space.
