"You don't have to worry about this."
Seeing Booker's nervous and guarded look, Jiang Zhou suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He really didn't want to scare him with these things - it was just that he had been prepared in a hurry and didn't have time to decorate the environment here.
"Let's talk about what happened before. You were..."
Jiang Zhou planned to bring the topic back.
"Mr. Paradox, please wait a moment!"
However, at this moment, Booker suddenly spoke as if he had made a lot of determination.
These words made Jiang Zhou, who was hiding from the side, stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the other party would directly interrupt his speech.
So, he simply stopped talking and waited for the other party to finish speaking first.
But seeing "Paradox" really stop, Booker suddenly became panicked. However, there is no turning back when the bow is drawn. No matter how scared he was, he had no choice but to take a deep breath, and then said without stopping:
"I'm extremely sorry, and please forgive me for informing the 'Fire Thief' of your name and existence - as a member of the organization, they can check the built-in logs to which I do not have access. I have inquired about the unauthorized roaming of the abyss, and I really cannot completely conceal your existence from them..."
Fire thief?
Jiang Zhou was stunned when he suddenly heard this word.
Compared to the fact that the other party informed others of his existence, the organization Booker mentioned surprised him even more.
It was recorded in the information "Charon" gave him previously that this organization originated from a group of abyss wanderers who were committed to breaking the Olympian Order's monopoly on deep dive interfaces and advocated that humans should fully develop the abyss dark web. Nowadays, it is an underground organization with a global presence, strict internal organization, and secretive actions.
Even the emergence of the "Narcissus Plains" is closely related to the "Fire Thief" organization.
It can be said that the "Fire Thief" is one of the few forces in this era that can cause some trouble for the Olympus Order.
So Booker’s true identity is actually a member of this organization?
Jiang Zhou suddenly realized.
If you want to put it this way, why was Booker able to follow the "Perseus Path", why he was able to suddenly reach the level of the "weak light zone", as well as those so-called "personal channels", and all kinds of strange behaviors... ...can all be explained at once.
But if this is the case, then his identity as the leader of the "Icarus Liberation Front" is actually just a cover?
Or is it that the "Fire Thief" hopes to use him to control "Icarus" and hide behind the scenes to let them do some big things?
Jiang Zhou thought, and then became slightly worried.
Although Booker has promised himself many times before that he will continue the cause of the "Icarus Liberation Front" and strive for the independence of the bottom layer of the resettlement area; and the plan he drew up is indeed like this... But if he In fact, if he is committed to such a powerful organization, it is really hard to say whether his final actions will be able to follow his own will.
Especially since Booker previously said that even he did not have access to some of the logs in his prosthetic body. But his superiors can check his records of wandering into the abyss... But from this point of view, the degree of control the "Fire Thief" has over its members is no different from some companies.
This is a hidden danger.
Countless thoughts circulated in Jiang Zhou's mind instantly. Immediately, he composed himself and said:
"That's the promise you made to yourself earlier."
"Paradox"'s answer made Booker's heart suddenly lift. He originally wanted to explain something more, but the other party continued:
"We will talk about this matter later... Now let's talk about another matter that needs to be resolved urgently."
"Buzz——"
At this moment, a trembling sound sounded next to Booker. He quickly turned his head, and the previous "Celestial Globe" was floating beside him. At this moment, its five concentric rings were rotating rapidly with a strange rhythm, causing the surrounding air to make a low trembling sound.
It did not continue to send warning messages to itself, and there was no intention to attack for a moment. The malicious program at this moment was just vibrating as if it was resonating with something.
"Mr. Paradox, what exactly is this thing?"
Seeing this, Booker couldn't help but ask.
But this time, the "paradox" voice in the sky did not reply immediately.
It's not that Jiang Zhou doesn't want to reply, but that at this moment, in the visual interface, he received the message sent to him by the "celestial globe".
[Coffin program, start]
[The mental model of the original body has been detected, and the first authentication of the data document has been completed... Error! The stand-in program specifications do not match...]
[Downloading the copy of the original biological entity for the third level of authentication... Error! The task operation "Level 3 Geothermal Energy Center-Resettlement Area Template-Nord-2-16" has been executed, the estimated execution time is 8-21-23-38, and the operation has not been terminated]
[Trying to close this task... Error! Lack of permission to use the coffin...]
【warn! The permission to use the coffin is currently held by an unknown user. The one-click clear mode has been turned on to revoke the permission]
A series of notification pop-ups kept popping up, and before Jiang Zhou could figure out what they meant, the concentric circles on the periphery of the "celestial globe" lit up with blazing light one after another.
It seemed that it was planning to immediately attack the "unknown user", namely Booker, and take back its authority.
As a battle-hardened adjuster, Booker's sensing device immediately captured the dangerous atmosphere the moment the opponent had an intention to attack. So, regardless of whether Mr. "Paradox" was still watching, he activated the "Aegis" combat module, transformed it into a weapon that could be used immediately, and shouted:
"Mr. Paradox?!"
At this critical moment, Jiang Zhou did not stop Booker's behavior. He directly activated the remaining defense programs in the "City of Sages" and prepared for a "forced offline".
Moreover, while he was planning to "forcibly log off", he also sent such a message to the "Celestial Globe" without hesitation.
【stop】
then……
[The holder of the mental model of the original body, the coffin activation authority is currently in the hands of an unknown person. Do you confirm to cancel the one-click clear command and give up the possibility of regaining the authority]
The "Planetarium" sent such a message to itself.
The bearer of the Primarch's mental model? Coffin?
These terms caught his attention.
[Confirm to give up]
Without thinking too much, Jiang Zhou immediately ordered.
Not only that, he also went on to say to Booker, who had transformed into a high-powered hand cannon:
"stop."
Although he was speaking to Booker, because the voice effect he had previously arranged was stereo, the other party could not actually hear it.
In his opinion, after "Paradox" said these words, the "Celestial Globe" that was accumulating energy instantly dimmed. Not only that, it seemed to have disappeared, falling slightly.
With these words, He controlled the behavior of this strange malicious program.
"Thank you, Mr. Paradox."
He was sincerely grateful.
To unleash the full combat effectiveness of "Perseus' Road" requires sufficient intelligence support and preparation time. Encounters like this, where the outcome can be decided in one blow, are not what they are good at.
Because of this, Booker finally breathed a long sigh of relief after Mr. "Paradox" stopped the opponent's attack with these words, so that he did not need to be involved in such a battle.
"one little thing."
Paradox's voice came again, seemingly unconcerned.
(End of chapter)
