Chapter 66

Chapter 66

After hearing Dean Nie's words, other people in the room also stopped arguing.

The special operations team is directly under the alliance headquarters and has a special status. Even ordinary lieutenants are eligible for equal dialogue across ranks.

After ten years of silence, Zhuang Yu finally agreed to take over the special operations team again and accepted the long-overdue rank of colonel.He wanted to force his way into a conference room of a group of generals, and no one could do anything to him.

"Colonel Zhuang."

One of the older military executives looked at him and spoke cautiously: "What we are discussing is the disposal plan for an experimental subject... You may not understand this if you have not been around these years."

"Dean Nie has already told us that this experimental subject is very similar to a normal person. At the same time, it has shown extraordinary combat ability and has already obtained a spot for training in the special operations team."

"You may be here for this matter, but we must warn you in advance. According to the data, this experimental subject has been implanted with certain compulsory programs."

The senior military officer looked at Zhuang Yu. He was worried that Zhuang Yu was interested in the experimental subject's combat qualities. He persuaded him in a gentle tone: "We know... this is a very useful weapon."

"But we have to be reminded that this is a double-edged sword."

A senior military official said: "The program implanted in this weapon cannot be judged as to its specific purpose and danger. No one knows whether there are any more dangerous hidden programs that have not been discovered yet..."

Zhuangyu stopped.

He repeated the words of the military brass: "Weapons?"

The senior military officials met his gaze, their hearts skipped a beat, and they were unable to say the following words.

There was no extra emotion in Zhuang Yu's eyes.

He had no time to waste, so he walked straight to Dean Nie and handed over the tactical analysis screen.

What is being played above is Shi Ji's blockbuster assessment battle.

"Why are you showing me this?"

Dean Nie was impatient: "I've seen it more times than you. I don't need you to analyze how good he is. I know what level his ability is..."

Zhuang Yu said, "How long has he been with you?"

Dean Nie was stunned for a moment: "More than a year, almost two years...what's wrong?"

Zhuang Yu: "Why didn't you contact me earlier?"

Dean Nie: "..."

Dean Nie became angry when he saw him. Unable to suppress his anger, he pushed away the tactical screen and said, "Why?! You've been pretending to be dead in that shabby place for ten years. Even if I want to contact you, can I?"What’s the use of recommending it to you, to accompany you to fold quilts, clean windows, and sweep the dormitory building every day? You—”

Dean Nie looked at Zhuang Yu's expression and knew that what he said was right. He endured his anger and swallowed back the hurtful words: "...who did you blame for that incident back then!?"

Zhuang Yu lowered his gaze.

Dean Nie pulled out a chair for him with a calm expression.

The conspiracy about the electronic storm involved one of the best combat teams, and also caused too many people to lose their comrades and relatives unexpectedly.

Dean Nie knew Zhuang Yu's pain, but he couldn't drag Zhuang Yu out of that invisible prison.

For ten years, Zhuang Yu refused to communicate with anyone, trapping himself in the small area where he used to train and live with his comrades.

Dean Nie went to see him many times, from enlightenment to heart-to-heart talks, to dragging Zhuang Yu out to watch training, to angrily pointing at Zhuang Yu's nose and scolding him angrily.

Amid his furious curses, Zhuang Yu silently tidied up the housekeeping of his comrades, wiped the windows, folded the quilts again into a regular square, arranged the military horses in the shape of a team meeting, and filled each cup with water.

Zhuang Yu sat on one of the horses for the whole day.

…

Dean Nie knew about Wen Er's arrest, and also knew that Zhuang Yu, as the head of the military, had personally settled the grudge and finally got out of the haze of the past.

He didn't want to talk about this anymore, so he closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I won't talk about this today, let's talk about Shi Ji -"

"Dean," Zhuang Yu said, "I seem to have found Nie Chi."

Dean Nie suddenly stopped.

His whole body seemed to be frozen, his brows slowly furrowed, his throat moved twice, and he asked with difficulty: "What?"

"It's not certain yet. Further confirmation is needed. I have entrusted a friend from the Security Department to help. I will tell you as soon as the results are available."

Zhuang Yu said: "I came here today for my deputy observer."

Dean Nie still couldn't come to his senses. He was in a daze and looked down at the tactical analysis screen.

"Team Zhuang."

The people on the side heard the clues and couldn't help but frown: "You mean...this is not a bionic human experimental subject, but a soldier who was involved in the electronic storm?"

They had not been able to connect these two things at all, and now they suddenly faced each other, even a little bit unbelievable: "How is it possible?"

It is obvious that only bionic people can meet the conditions of fixed age and body data, can be artificially implanted with programs, and have different resilience than ordinary people.

Victims of electronic storms will indeed behave differently from ordinary people, but how is it possible——

"It's possible." A civilian military officer in the field of scientific research nearby whispered, "There are relevant preliminary research reports."

They interface with the Science Department and are responsible for various experiments and weapon upgrades. They pay attention to these latest papers and research results all year round.

The officer moved very neatly, opened his portable computer, and clicked on a piece of information: "In the latest unmanned detection, it was determined that there is no time flow in the 'eye of the storm' at the core of the electronic storm... and this one, from the subordinate research institute.It has been reported one after another that some animals that can detect electronic storm pulses have abnormal growth rates and recovery abilities."

Some scientists have speculated based on this that these animals have stayed in the eye of the storm for a long time, and the slow and long interaction of particles has lost part of the dimension of time in a sense.

...This possibility does exist.

Shi Ji is not a so-called "bionic person", but a victim who was involved in the conspiracy.

The victims of the military team who fell into the electronic storm and were transformed as experimental subjects by the android project.

Before this, they had never thought about it in this direction at all.

The entire discussion centers on the safety of androids.They have been trying to study the monopolized technical barriers, and no one has thought of doing relevant comparisons of missing persons.

Only now did another possibility suddenly appear that sent chills down one's spine.

…

The technical barriers here may not be as high as they thought.

These bionic people may be real humans.

"Colonel, we understand how you feel."

On the other side of the conference table, the military leader who had always been silent finally spoke: "If this possibility comes true, the nature of this research is far worse than we assessed... Out of caution, we need to confirm with you again."

"In this video, there are only wingmen and mechas from both sides of the battle, and there is not even any footage of the combatants."

The military leader asked: "On what basis did you determine that he must be one of the original victims, rather than a bionic man modeled after your subordinates?"

Zhuang Yu said: "He is my subordinate."

The military leader paused for a moment.

The military has always cherished talents. The person in charge looked at the best special forces commander with some helplessness and smiled: "I know...I'm asking, how can you recognize people with such a video?"?”

Zhuang Yu frowned: "He is my subordinate, general."

"When I met him at the Air Force base, he was seventeen years old. He made a bet with his teammates on the training ground and used an old training fighter jet to perform perfect Cobra, Frolov Wheel and Bell maneuvers."

"I told him, come to the Special Forces, there are better planes to fly."

"He was just an adult when he entered the insect wave for the first time. I told him not to be afraid and keep flying forward. I would escort him."

"It only took him a year and a half to pass the assessment and enter the most elite sharp knife team of the special operations team. I changed the epaulettes for him."

"He participated in nineteen missions, sniped the insect king seven times, and successfully prevented twenty-one insect attacks. He was disobedient. During one reconnaissance mission, he flew too far and lost contact with the rest of the team.I was surrounded by a small insect wave, so I wiped out all the insect waves before returning."

"I awarded him the honor and punished him not to drink Coke for three days."

"I told him not to run far away all the time and not to leave the team casually. When a person enters a dangerous area alone, he is not allowed to take risks. He must hide and wait for me to pick him up."

Zhuang Yu: "I told him that no matter where he is lost, I can find him."

The conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

The military leader was silent for a long time, closed his notebook, and did not ask any new questions.

"He is a subordinate I personally selected, general." Zhuang Yu said, "I am not here today to participate in discussions or express opinions."

"I won't let others talk about him. I can wait until he finishes this training and then transfer his military status back to the special operations team."

"But I have to contact him in advance. I need to know the extent of his leg injury. I need to know all his experiences over the years, what grievances he has suffered, what hardships he has endured, and who has bullied him."

Zhuang Yu said: "I am his team leader."

Zhuang Yu: "I want to take him home. This is not a matter for discussion."

Military academy.

He became a man of the hour again, but Shi Ji's life was still not affected in any way.

He followed his own pace, doing restorative training seriously, running in with Senior Zhan's mecha, and cooperating with systematic treatment to exercise the flexibility of the ligaments in his legs.

He concentrated on playing the violin, playing with the dolphins for an hour every day, and baking a hundred cakes of different flavors for Yu Tang every day using ingredients and ovens from the sea of consciousness.

…

Yu Tang has been worried about this matter for many days.

He asked the system: "Can we go to the mall to rent a store and set up a stall to sell cakes?"

"...Needs approval from the person in charge, host."

System: "The person in charge of the mall has taken leave recently. There is only an automatic vending exchange system. We can queue up the numbers first."

Yu Tang was a little curious: "There is also a person in charge of the mall?"

The system held a chocolate matsutake mousse cake, turned on the light screen, and projected the architectural diagram of Chuan Bookstore to Yu Tang.

"Although the mall is not affiliated with the supervision department, in order to prevent hosts from purchasing or exchanging strange things, the supervision department will send dedicated personnel to take charge."

The system introduced to him: "Our application for exchanging dangerous goods was rejected and the electric shock device was returned because of their supervision."

System: "Some time ago, a host took advantage of the person in charge's leave to redeem an asteroid. He is still being arrested..."

Yu Tang: "..."

Poverty inspires unlimited creativity.

In contrast, he exchanged the data of a slave ship and half a computer, which was simply too much compliance.

Yu Tang felt a little regretful, and temporarily gave up the idea of setting up a stall, and removed the shield in the depths of the sea of consciousness.

Before coming to Chuan Bookstore, he actually had no idea that the eye of the storm, where time does not flow, could be used for such a thing.

Yu Tang was mentally prepared and turned on the electronic storm.

He didn't dare to look at the endless, fresh, soft and hot cakes inside. He deceived himself and quickly stuffed the new batch of ninety-six cakes in with his eyes closed.

…

At the other end of the living room, Zhan Chen suddenly coughed twice.

Yu Tang raised his head following the sound.

Zhan Chen was sitting in front of the workbench. He was modifying the mecha program according to Shi Ji's operating habits. He coughed twice and put down the coffee in his hand: "It's okay... I choked."

He was not wearing glasses, and his expression was much more relaxed than usual. His eyes, illuminated by the warm light of the desk lamp, showed a faint smile for some reason.

"Come and take a look?" Zhan Chen said, "You are good at this."

Yu Tang nodded, picked a pillow he liked, got up and went over.

I don’t know when, the layout of Zhanchen’s workbench was slightly adjusted.

The wicker chairs that were originally too close were slightly pulled apart and placed in a position where the drawings could be clearly seen while ensuring a safe distance.

Yu Tang could just accept this distance smoothly. He worked with Zhan Chen these nights, which saved a lot of time wasted in explaining the connection, and the progress was much faster than expected.

At this rate, when Shi Ji completes the training, he might not need to find a partner, and he can directly take the Dolphin and Zhuang Yu back to the special team.

Yu Tang hugged the pillow and went through the procedures with Zhan Chen: "There is no problem. There are a few places that can be briefed... It is 0.2 seconds slower than the limit reaction speed of the human brain."

During a battle, even 0.1 seconds may determine the outcome of the battle.

Yu Tang and Zhan Chen are preparing to build an auxiliary mecha. The Dolphin's highest priority task is to cooperate with Shi Ji's actions at any time and protect Shi Ji's safety.

"I'll change it," Yu Tang said, "and add a promotion procedure."

Zhan Chen handed him the computer.

Yu Tang found a comfortable position, nestled in the large wicker chair, and quickly typed on the keyboard skillfully.

He wrote a few lines of program, raised his head again, and met Zhan Chen's gaze: "Senior Zhan?"

Zhan Chen withdrew his gaze and stood up: "I have some personal matters. I have to go out tomorrow and bring you snacks."

Zhan Chen: "Do you want to eat cake?"

Yu Tang: "..."

Zhan Chen coughed, suppressed his smile, and changed his words: "I'll bring you some buttery popcorn."

Yu Tang felt relieved a little, said thank you in a polite manner according to Shi Ji's character rules, and lowered his head to type on the keyboard again.

Zhan Chen asked him: "How has your implanted program been doing in the past few days?"

"It's being peeled off gradually." Yu Tang thought for a while, "It will probably take some time to completely solve it."

Zhan Chen: "Are you trying to resist the control of the program?"

Yu Tang nodded.

Before evacuating and stripping off this program, Shi Ji still has to undergo many training and battles.

Yu Tang was already prepared and helped intercept anti-OOC programs every time.But Shi Ji insisted on giving it a try to see how far he could resist on his own.

Yu Tang left the system behind, returned to the eye of the storm alone, and conducted a full 72 hours of simulation testing.

After emerging from the eye of the storm, he agreed to the handwritten written application submitted by S7.

After that day, during the last half hour of Shi Ji's training every day, Yu Tang would only watch and protect him, and would not step in to help in any way.

This kind of training was tantamount to torture, but in the continuous resistance confrontation, Shi Ji's detail control and reaction judgment, which were already far beyond those of ordinary observers, once again improved significantly.

According to the system's evaluation, when the Shiji program is completely stripped away, Zhuang Yu may not be able to defeat him even if he is a wingman.

"Don't be too anxious, just take it step by step."

Zhan Chen reminded: "It will be very difficult. If the resistance is too fierce, it may be dangerous."

Yu Tang saved the compiled program. He raised his head and put the computer aside: "What dangers will there be?"

Zhan Chen paused.

Yu Tang undoubtedly did not raise this question casually.

He met Yu Tang's gaze, did not answer immediately, nor casually brushed him off, but thought seriously for half a minute.

Zhan Chen said: "It will cause trouble."

Yu Tang: "..."

"It's true." Zhan Chen said, "I misunderstood something very important."

Zhan Chen: "In this world, there have been precedents in which experimental subjects were directly ordered to be strangled by the program because of their strong resistance to the program, and their brains were completely destroyed... But we can probably avoid this risk."

Yu Tang listened carefully and came back to his senses after hearing the words: "What?"

Zhan Chen tapped his temple: "Shi Ji."

Shi Ji's consciousness woke up immediately.

He was exhausted, but he still woke up immediately from this commanding command, and it seemed that he wanted to take advantage of the situation and stand upright in Yu Tang's sea of consciousness.

Yu Tang had already guessed Zhan Chen's plan. His eyes brightened and he nodded without any trace.

Yu Tang retreated into the sea of consciousness and stuffed the sleepy Shi Ji back into his body.

"The annihilation of consciousness and complete integration with AI is indeed the most straightforward way to solve many things."

Zhan Chen put on his glasses: "But soon, you will start to regret it."

Shi Ji was startled.

He blinked and slowly sat up with support, his voice still a little hoarse after waking up: "Senior Zhan?"

"You will become a set of data, and if you are lucky, you can go for a walk along the network cable."

Zhan Chen said: "Wingman cannot be used as a body. If you really want to find a body, you can invade the mecha factory, but the robots there are as short as two stories high, not good-looking, and have electromagnetic cannons on their heads."

Shi Ji: "..."

Zhan Chen: "Are you afraid?"

Shi Ji: "...Yeah."

He is not afraid of sacrifice, and soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice, but the scene described by Senior Zhan is indeed quite intimidating.

Shi Ji couldn't help but think about how he would turn into a big mecha.

Not only can I no longer bake cakes, wash dishes, or play the violin.

It might take an hour to turn a page of the book.

He was indeed a little nervous, so he swallowed unconsciously, sat up straight and promised: "I will pay attention to the intensity..."

"I command you to watch your intensity."

Zhan Chen said: “When you reach 75% of your body’s endurance, you must stop immediately and have a good sleep.”

Shi Ji was still immersed in the lingering fear of turning into a big robot. After gradually recovering his perception of negative emotions, this was the thing that scared him the most.

Shi Ji adjusted his mind, blinked, and nodded seriously in order not to turn into a two-story robot with an electromagnetic gun.

… He had never received such an order requiring him to rest.

The anti-OOC program has no relevant records and cannot identify the difference between this command and other commands.When Zhan Chen mentioned the keyword, he had already written it in and turned it into an indispensable instruction.

In the sea of consciousness, data began to flow rapidly.

The system finally understood what Zhan Chen was going to do, and the screen lit up: "Host, this creates a logical closed loop!"

Yu Tang smiled and gave the system a high-five.

According to the original setting of the anti-OOC program, once Shi Ji's resistance strength exceeds 75%, an extremely severe strangulation warning will be triggered.

Every time Yu Tang takes care of Shi Ji, what needs to be intercepted most immediately is this instruction of warning and punishment.

But now, the new order issued by Zhan Chen, like the countless orders given by the Sheng family and his son, has been entered into this program, forming a closed loop with locked logic.

The next time he faces the same scenario, this program will issue two completely contradictory instructions at the same time. While giving a stern warning, he will also sternly ask Shi Ji to have a good sleep.

——This kind of contradictory data conflict will lead to spontaneous and continuous chaos internally, and even trace deconstruction and collapse.

These tiny collapses, in the hands of Yu Tang, are no more than a few inconspicuous ant nests on Qianli Embankment.

"Looking at it this way, we can at least speed up the progress by half."

Yu Tang smiled: "When we train next time, little S7 will help us try it once, and then we can make a detailed evaluation."

He has been typing hard on the keyboard these days, which has indeed put a lot of physical and mental load on him. Now that his workload has been reduced by most, he suddenly feels a lot more relaxed.

Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and moved his wrist twice: "By the way...Is Zhuang Yu already on his way here with a knife?"

"Yes." The system looked at the surveillance and said, "He has already arrived at the Military Academy and will probably arrive in the next day or two."

Yu Tang is very familiar with this kind of plot: "We can find a good time."

The system likes this kind of work and flashes the red light excitedly: "What should I do?"

"Shi Ji's current training will also trigger the commands left by the Sheng family and his son in the anti-OOC system. These commands will appear in flashbacks together with the memories at that time."

Yu Tang and the system got together and made a careful plan: "Let Zhuang Yu appear just when Shi Ji is at his most exhausted and stressed from training."

The system understood: "Little S7 no longer remembers the team leader. This can maximize S7's trust in the village."

"We can create an appropriate atmosphere." Yu Tang thought for a while, "The training ground was empty. When Shi Ji ran out of strength and fell to the ground unable to get up, Zhuang Yu happened to pass by..."

…

Before One Man Unified had finished writing the script, a particularly familiar heavy sound suddenly came from the corridor.

Yu Tang: "..."

The system was startled: "What's the sound?"

"Senior Zhan's Eighteen Bronze Man Formation." Yu Tang said, "Someone came to attack the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple again."

system:"?"

Zhan Chen has also heard the sound.

He didn't think Sheng Yi still had the heart to provoke Shi Ji at this time, but it was definitely not good news if someone else came to Shi Ji at this time.

——In this situation where the military is making a lot of noise, a considerable number of people believe that androids are dangerous weapons, and the stronger they are, the more they should be destroyed as soon as possible.

Zhan Chen: "I'll go take a look, but don't come out yet."

Shi Ji stood up: "Senior Zhan——"

Zhan Chen took off his coat and slowly clenched his wrist.

Logistics majors usually do not need to go to the battlefield. Zhan Chen has never done anything with anyone, but now his aura is changing silently, and an unstoppable and heroic spirit is silently coming out.

His expression was still calm, but his eyes were sharp and determined, like a bottomless cold pool.

The next moment, there was an ear-splitting roar in the corridor.

...Someone completely overturned the robots that had been beating around Sheng Yi all night.

Zhan Chen signaled Shi Ji to protect himself. He walked over and took hold of the door handle and silently opened it before the other party started to unload the door.

"Hello." Zhan Chen said, "Here -"

Zhan Chen suddenly stopped talking.

He looked back at Yu Tang.

Yu Tang: "..."

system:"……"

Zhuang Yu stood at the door. He had just been beaten by the robots. He had a few scratches on his body and casually wiped the blood from the corner of his lips.

He arranged his training clothes and nodded to Zhan Chen: "Hello, does Shi Ji live here?"