"Professor, get out of the way! There's something wrong with the mecha, I can't control it!" Charlotte shouted hurriedly, "It seems like something has invaded the core main system. Anyway, get out of the way, it's very dangerous!"
Charlotte spoke more eagerly, because she clearly knew what a terrifying weapon a mecha without the control of a mecha master would be!
After quickly explaining the situation to Professor Gusta, Charlotte cut off the temporary communication channel.
She turned to ask Alpha: "Have you found out? What happened? Who invaded the core main system? How could the mecha move on its own?"
Charlotte had a lot of questions, and she didn’t give Alpha enough time to ask them all.
Whether in books or in practice, Charlotte had never heard of or encountered such a situation.
In the history of mechas in the Federation, mechas have gone through many evolutions at different stages.
Especially in the early years, because this was a completely unfamiliar field, the research directions of experts and scholars were even more diverse, and they worked hard to make various attempts.
In the earliest days, when mechas were first developed, some developers indeed advocated using various programs to automatically control mechas.
Under their concept, the mecha master does not even need to sit in the mecha cockpit and can completely control the mecha remotely.
At first, they thought this method was very safe.
But later, hackers appeared.
Top hackers can hack into the mecha's system and gain control of the mecha.
Even if the level of hackers is high or low, those with a lower level will not be able to attack the core main system, but it will not be too difficult to attack local subsystems.
Even if only a subsystem collapses, problems will occur in local links of the mecha, and the driver will lose control of these parts.
In this way, it is not feasible to install various systems inside the mecha and remotely control it.
It carries too much risk and can easily be exploited by criminals with higher technical means.
Moreover, once the system is damaged, even if it is only a partial subsystem, it may cause the entire mecha to be unable to function normally.
This will cause a lot of damage to the mecha, especially when fighting against the Zerg.
If a bug bites a certain part of the mecha, and that part is coincidentally connected to a certain subsystem, then the part of the mecha controlled by the subsystem will completely fail.
Perhaps, the entire mecha has lost 100% of its full combat effectiveness before it even started fighting, and is partially dead.
Just to prevent this situation from happening, the research direction later changed.
Mechas are developing towards the research direction of manual control, and mecha divisions have become an indispensable branch of arms.
Although the mecha still has a powerful core main system and advanced intelligent operation methods, everything is to serve the control of the mecha master.
The protagonist is the mecha master, not the various systems inside.
For mechas, mecha masters have absolute control.
Within the mecha, even the core main system does not have such absolute control capabilities.
These have all been set up by the professional production department as early as the production of the mecha, and there are absolutely no exceptions.
Therefore, this situation should not happen at all.
Even if a high-level hacker hacks into the core main system of the mecha, it is impossible for the other party to control the mecha. At most, the mecha will freeze and lose its ability to move.
But now, the mecha started to move spontaneously. This is simply... inexplicable!
Charlotte couldn't understand. She was not a senior expert in this field and could only act based on intuition.
Alpha suddenly felt that his sense of existence was getting lower and lower, but at this critical moment, he became more majestic again.
Perhaps, it will win what humans call a "highlight" moment?
Well, Alpha must do a good job of explaining it to his master!
In response to Charlotte's urgent question, Alpha did not slack off. It replied: "Master, the intrusion signal started from within. According to Alpha's guess, the other party should have installed a specific program on a certain mecha first. Let's call it It's a 'meta-program'. Then, this 'meta-program' copies and pastes many of itself, which are 'sub-programs', and then uses a special method to send these 'sub-programs' out."
Charlotte captured the key information and then asked: "What special method? How are those 'subroutines' sent?"
"The initial 'meta-program' will emit a highly concealed signal that is contagious without contact. Just like a virus can spread through the air, the signal can be linked into the internal signal network of the site, and then Use the signal network as a carrier to further spread the copied "subroutines" to other mechas."
While Alpha reported, he also noticed his master's silence.
So, it paused the report and proactively asked: "Master, do you understand?"
Charlotte, who was "kindly" greeted by it, replied calmly: "What? Do you think you are too weak and can't even do a popular science? Or do you think there is a problem with my understanding?"
Alpha: "..." Okay, the master understands, she is still the mighty master.
Although Alpha's explanation was a bit much, Charlotte couldn't understand it. She had always been very quick in thinking.
Charlotte continued to ask: "Do you know which mecha the 'meta-program' is on? Does it mean that as long as that mecha is captured and the 'meta-program' is destroyed, all the 'sub-programs' will become useless?" ?”
Alpha's mechanical voice sounded again: "Theoretically, this is the case, but Master, you may not have that much time."
Hearing what Alpha said, a possibility flashed through Charlotte's mind, and she hurriedly looked around.
Sure enough, in the situation simulation training venue, other mechas also started to move one after another!
However, Alpha continued to report: "Master, all 'subprograms' are qualified to accept attack instructions. It is recommended that you reasonably predict the behavior of the 'metaprogram'."
Alpha's words were automatically translated by Charlotte as: Whether it is a "meta-program" or a "sub-program", all programs can drive mechas to attack!
In Charlotte's view, the attacks of mechas that have lost the control of their mecha masters must be indistinguishable!
The situation couldn't be worse!
Charlotte should be lucky that she discovered it early. Now the mecha didn't move very quickly, so Gusta and Gao Ziyan were able to avoid it in time.
Inside the training venue, the staff who were busy cleaning up the scene and doing the finishing work were all shocked and speechless when they saw the scene in front of them.
(End of chapter)
