"...That's all I have to say, you can go back."
After ending with these words, Booker was disconnected and left the cyberspace where the paradox is located.
The images of lonely wastelands and broken cities gradually faded away, and he returned to his body, once again taking over the visual signals of the prosthetic eye.
At this moment, he is still in Theseus's warehouse, but because of the time spent talking to Mr. "Paradox", both the multi-purpose printer and the drone array trying to intercept have long gone. .
He was left alone, all alone.
As for the previous "Planetarium", it also disappeared before our eyes.
Seeing this, Booker immediately searched for the driver of the prosthetic body. Then he discovered that, just as Mr. Paradox said, the malicious program was already dormant in his firewall and became a part of it.
Yes, Mr. Paradox did not destroy it, but completely took over its authority and made it his own.
Or to put it another way - He turned it into a collar and locked it around his neck as a punishment.
As long as Mr. Paradox wishes, he can activate this malicious program at any time and turn it into a bomb that can be detonated.
Thinking of this, Booker seemed to feel that his non-existent stomach began to cramp.
However, even the news that a "digital bomb" was installed in his mind was not the most important part of the whole thing.
he thought.
"This 'gatekeeper' is connected to the 'portal' you opened previously, and behind that 'portal', there is a 'road' leading to the 'upper world'."
These are the exact words of Mr. Paradox.
And if we dismantle the myths commonly used by these dark web AIs and extract the actual meaning from the metaphors they refer to, the real meaning of these words is also very simple - this multi-purpose printer is actually a deep dive machine. interface!
After coming to this conclusion, Booker instantly became energetic.
This is a complete deep diving interface!
Although it is unclear which level it is, even the lowest level δ-level deep dive interface is unimaginable to ordinary people under the current complete monopoly of the Order of Olympus - just like you can't imagine being on it. For centuries, there have been private civilians holding tactical nuclear weapons alike.
Regarding the control of multi-purpose printers, the Order of Olympus can be said to be relatively laissez-faire. As long as the holding organizations or individuals do not openly confront the entire corporate-dominated system, they will often turn a blind eye and ignore the low-depth darknet technologies flowing in the market.
But if you have a "deep dive interface", it is a completely different matter.
The "deep dive interface" is called the "burning branch" within the Fire Stealer, which means the branch with the flame of enlightenment that Prometheus brought to mankind.
The gods who live high on the sacred mountain do not object to heroes with divine blood fighting each other in the mortal world - they even regard it as a kind of landscape to appreciate, or as chess pieces in games between each other.
After all, in the final analysis, those powers are just things they left behind intentionally or unintentionally. As long as the supply from the source is controlled, those "civilians" will be under control no matter how they play.
However, they cannot tolerate any "fire" falling into mortal hands - because even for Olympus companies, the Abyss Dark Web is an uncontrollable force.
After the Order of Olympus is established, any force or individual holding a "deep dive interface" is discovered, there are only two endings waiting for them - either they are destroyed by the power of thunder, or they are included in Become a part of the company's ruling order.
When the "Fire Thieves" organization was at its most glorious, they even had beta-level deep dive interfaces like those "Cities of One" in later generations. But after the end of the Third Domain War, the "Burning Branch" in their hands was only a gamma-level deep dive interface.
But it is the resource supply of this γ-level interface that maintains most of their power in basic reality.
And now, a deep dive network interface is in your own hands...
Booker tried hard to control the excitement in his heart - he maintained a sneaking state and accelerated the pace of leaving the warehouse.
According to common sense, after obtaining the deep dive interface, you should immediately report it to your superiors and take it back to the Fire Thief. But at the moment, he wants to keep it in the Nord settlement area and in the hands of the "Icarus Liberation Front".
After all, this is what originally belonged to them...
Booker thought.
Moreover, after taking advantage of these suffering and struggling rebels, you must leave a justifiable compensation for their efforts and sacrifices, right?
After determining this direction, he gradually had an idea in his mind.
Wait until this task is completed and you want to leave. He transferred the right to use this deep-diving interface to Liao Qi, and at the same time developed him into a peripheral member of the Fire Thief - while he served as Liao Qi's connector.
In this way, Icarus has become a peripheral organization of the "Fire Stealers", and the "Burning Branch" has indeed remained within the organization. Although this is somewhat suspected of taking advantage of the loopholes, the relationship he has established on both sides The oath was indeed not broken.
Even so, I don’t know if Liao Qi is willing to take on more of this responsibility...
Booker couldn't help but sigh - he always felt that he had been putting too much pressure on the young man. The opponent is like a chess piece played by an impatient chess player. He has no control over his own destiny and can only keep moving forward under his own deception.
But there was nothing he could do about it. After all, he had too little time left for him. He had no way to guide it step by step, so he could only coax and coax it to get it on the shelves.
Fortunately, Liao Qi's will, understanding, and sense of responsibility are strong enough.
And when he thought of Liao Qi, the tasks that Mr. "Paradox" had previously assigned for him came to Booker's mind again.
Being able to enter the "Narcissus Plain" and build a city, no matter how it did it, it shows that "Paradox" is by no means an ordinary darknet AI. In the face of such an existence, the "Fire Thief" organization's greatest reliance, the headquarters lingering inside the Styx Firewall, is nothing more than a candle swaying in the wind to the other party, which can be extinguished with one's hand.
Therefore, He does not care about his existence being known by the "Fire Thieves", because they will not have any impact on Him.
What he cares about is the fact that Booker's leak exposed another of his "testees" Liao Qi to danger.
Therefore, He requires Booker to ensure the safety of "Liao Qi" in the base reality - at least until he grows to a certain level.
However, this also indirectly shows that the ability of paradox to interfere with the basic reality is still quite limited.
Fortunately that's the case...
After getting this task, Booker breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Firstly, this is what Mr. Paradox would have done even if there was no request from Mr. Paradox; secondly, if Paradox could even have such a strong ability to interfere in the basic reality, then Booker could only think that "Paradox" "Theory" is like "Janus", a super artificial intelligence that has reached the "singularity".
In any case, you should temporarily close this deep dive interface first.
After leaving "Theseus Warehouse", Booker released his stealth state and took to the sky, then rushed non-stop to the temporary combat command center where the hacker team was located.
On the way, he sent a message to Liao Qi in the encrypted channel.
[Liao Qi, are you there? Something just happened to me that you will never believe...]
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"That is to say, in addition to you, the old guy, I also have to be with the person next to you..."
After listening to the conversation between the two darknet AIs, Christie frowned and looked at Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon, aside, and couldn't help but speak.
"Be careful what you say, child. This lady is different from me. She has descended from the highest heaven all the way to this place. She has a etiquette circuit installed in the logic program. Treat her the same way you usually treat me. I won't I guarantee what will happen next.”
Charon, who saw the flames in his eyes turning into embers, immediately reminded him.
These words made Christie shut up immediately.
And Hecate spoke again at this time:
"As you can see, in order to free you, your rider and I both suffered a lot of losses. Therefore, I believe that I am qualified to make a request to you.
"This request is very simple for you. After returning to the basic reality, I need you to save a person's life for me..."
(End of chapter)
