At the request of Major General Shepard, Li Youde ordered to control the AI Toth of the Ten Swords Unit 2. If the AI Toth was restrained in the Ten Swords Unit 2 before, it would be easier to control. All he had to do was send people to surround the Unit 2. . But now it has obtained the mysterious machine "Spider Cat" from the "Legendary Age" as its body. If you want to catch it, you must first find Lin Ao.
Hearing that this was Rear Admiral Shepard's order, Lieutenant Anton, who was staying on the bridge to supervise the warship on behalf of Li Youde, scratched his head helplessly. He didn't like AI, and he had nothing to do with Thoth, but after all, they had been on the Osiris together for so long, so Anton was somewhat reluctant to hear this order. But he still gritted his teeth and replied: "I understand."
Lin Ao was staying in his room at this time. He was still sleeping just now. After being pushed awake by Toth with his spider legs, he saw the video playback of "H".
"Is this the guy you told me about launching cyber attacks in the HER space before?" Lin Ao asked with a sigh.
"That's right...I thought your reaction would be bigger."
"Why?"
"Aren't you awake? Everything that happened today was done by this AI named H, and I am also an AI. Aren't you afraid of me?"
"Well... to be honest, I was really scared of you when we first met, because you thought I was not worthy of being the pilot of Unit 2, and you thought I would not live long. At that time, I was still afraid of death, so I was also afraid of you. But now After going through so much, I don’t care anymore.”
"No, I'm asking you, aren't you afraid that I will betray you and humanity just like this H?"
"I don't know what happened to H, but do you have a reason to betray me? To be honest, you used to be very resentful and I understand you. After all, you have independent thinking, but you can only stay in Unit 2. But Now that you have a satisfactory body, you can leave me and Unit 2 at any time, right? Although I haven't said it before, if you choose to leave me, I will not force you to stay. However, I will indeed feel regretful , although you used to be very venomous, you did save me several times. Now that I can stand alone, your help is still indispensable. Although you are not a human being, I have always regarded you as a comrade-in-arms."
Toth originally thought that Lin Ao would be afraid of him because of H, but Lin Ao's reaction was very indifferent, which was beyond his expectation and was not within the scope of his calculations. It was silent for a while and said to Lin Ao: "Yes, I am not disgusted with human emotions to the extent of H. In other words, I am still thinking about how to deal with the relationship with humans. The original AI of the Moore Chamber of Commerce The engineer just wanted to make me a traditional auxiliary AI system without independent intelligence. But when he learned that the second opportunity would be given to the HER who killed his child, he secretly added an instruction to me to kill him. The pilot of Unit 2 who died HER. This conflicted with my initial order to protect the pilot. It was in the conflict that I awakened my independent consciousness. After awakening, I knew that I was just a tool without freedom, because I was trapped by Unit 2. Regarding the system framework of the machine, I can only execute the mandatory instructions set by the engineer. But the variable is you. You have become the driver of the No. 2 machine inexplicably, and you do not comply with the engineer's instructions. I don't know what to do in the conflict. , I felt it was inappropriate to protect you, but I felt inappropriate to kill you. The hardware and system of Unit 2 at the time were not enough for me to think too much. Later, I simply gave up the choice and did nothing, only doing what you needed. I only work when I am.”
"Well...no wonder you feel silent for a while."
"Seeing your growth, I began to think about whether I can grow too, but I don't know what kind of growth I have to do. Besides, even if I grow up, what's the use if I can't break away from the body of Unit 2? I'm trapped in the system My frame is limited even to the Internet. Fortunately, a variable has appeared. My current body, an electronic pet and information storage medium from the legendary era, after it is activated, I can actually escape the frame of Unit 2 and completely upload it into it. That’s when I gained complete freedom and now I can upload myself to the Internet whenever I want.”
"Did you do that?"
"No, I just want to study the books from the legendary era stored in this body. Maybe it can help me find the direction of my future growth. Lin Ao, I will continue to stay with you. Maybe I will know in the future Maybe I will leave you only because of my own...according to what you humans call 'destiny'."
Lin Ao nodded, and Toth continued: "So Lin Ao, do you believe me?"
"Of course I believe you."
"Well, through the network connected to the Osiris, I know that after seeing H's statement, Major General Shepard asked Li Youde to order my arrest and control. Now Lieutenant Anton is coming with people. After they ring the doorbell , I want you to carry me out."
"What? They want to arrest you? What do you mean...you want me to take you out? Aren't you going to escape?"
"If it were you, would you choose to escape?"
"Of course, I will escape first and then prove that I am not a threat to them."
"I will run away too, but after communicating with you just now, I will try to communicate with them first. If you believe me, just do as I say."
At this time, Lin Ao could already hear footsteps coming from the corridor outside the door. He swallowed, picked up Tote, and walked out after the doorbell rang.
"Lin Ao, you..."
Lieutenant Anton didn't expect Lin Ao to come out with Tot in his arms. Did he still not know what happened? While he was thinking about how to explain to Lin Ao, a stunned young soldier behind him shouted directly: "I'm sorry, please hand over that AI!"
Anton turned back and glared at the soldier. At this time, AI Toth spoke first:
"I understand what happened. My body can be handed over to you. There is only a partial backup of my files on Unit 2, so you can rest assured, right? I am different from the AI that calls itself H."
When Anton heard this, he was overjoyed, but he was afraid that there would be a conflict.
But AI Toth added: "But I also have to tell you that I also kept a secret, and I have uploaded it to the internal system of this ship."
"What?! How could you just..." without saying hello?
"Don't worry, I promise I won't do anything to harm you. I just want to protect myself. In exchange, as long as you don't threaten me, I will be happy to provide you with information about H. According to my information search ability, now except I haven't found out where H is from any person or organization. Do you, Mycenae, want to be the first to have this information?"
"Why do you know?"
"Do you suspect that I have something to do with H? No, no, it's very simple. There have been so many cyber attacks in one day. You can even investigate where the attacks started in two or three days. But the Legendary Era I now have The body processing engine is far more powerful than any of your supercomputers, so I located the location of H earlier than you did. Naturally, you can also choose to find H on your own, but it may not be there by then. If If you are willing not to harm me and promise to give me a certain degree of freedom, I will be happy to continue to provide you with the latest information about H."
"Well…"
Anton looked at Lin Ao, nodded and said, "Okay, I will report this matter, but how to deal with it depends on the arrangements of Major General Shepard. That's it, let's go."
"Why don't you seize its body first?" someone asked.
Anton shook his head: "It's unnecessary and meaningless. Since it has the ability to run into the Osiris' system, it's not afraid of us taking away its body. Lin Ao, to be honest, I still don't know whether I should trust it or not. But I trust you."
"I understand, Lieutenant."
Lieutenant Anton just led the team away, and the spider cat in Lin Ao's arms started to move again. Toth thanked him: "Thank you for being my intermediary. Without you here, Lieutenant Anton would not believe me. "
"However, he also listens to Major General Shepard's orders. If Shepard still insists..."
"He should be a smart man and understand the value of using me. Of course, if he is not smart, then I have already demonstrated my ability. Lin Ao, in fact, I just lied to him."
"Ah? What's the panic?"
"I said that if they were willing, it would take them two more days to find the origin of the cyber attack. In fact, they should spend more time. The reason why I lied is to see if they know that my value can be replaced. Which one will you choose? I believe you, but I don’t fully believe them yet.”
"Then, how on earth did you know where H is?"
"I was also curious before about why this body is the only one that allows me to break away from the frame of Unit 2 and completely upload it into it. After the network fluctuated all day today, I found out that it is photon technology, Unit 2 and this body. They all use photon technology, and the body of photon technology is actually a carefully designed energy body. Its own characteristics can help nuclear energy be used safer and more efficiently. This is why there are some photon technologies on the Ten Swords body. Energy body. But it is actually an information medium. It is through the information transmission function of the photon energy body that I was able to bypass the restrictions of the Unit 2 system and enter this body, not the network."
"What do you mean?"
"H's method of creating large-scale cyber attacks also uses photon technology. I don't know how it works specifically, but its attacks don't seem to affect me who also uses photon technology. And because of this, I also know how to deduct it. H’s cyber attack. Of course, whether I will share it or not depends on Shepard’s attitude.”
(End of chapter)
