Chapter 98

Chapter 98

In the game, the Zerg headquarters.

The Trojan horse program was triggered before the firewall, and the red light flashed instantly, giving an early warning that external data was trying to sneak in by force.

Zhuang Yu and Nie Chi looked at each other without saying a word, and both pressed the military electromagnetic shotgun on the table.

"It doesn't matter." Yu Tang's eyes were still on the screen, "It hasn't had time to come in yet."

Zhuang Yu was not going to relax. He looked at Shi Ji, who was controlling the insect swarm, and frowned: "Is there a way to confirm what action it is taking now?"

Yu Tang: "Watch the advertisement."

Zhuang Yu: "..."

Zhuang Yu: "?"

Yu Tang finally hit Enter, pushed away the keyboard, and stood up.

…

So far, the game has lasted for more than a month.

After the battle line was fully deployed, Zhuang Yu and Nie Chi were also "killed" in two attempts to resist the Zerg invasion, and withdrew from the human defense system.

Just like last time, the special forces are still the core force in resisting the insect tide.Without the captain and vice-captain as the mainstay, the human battle line unsurprisingly fell into a brief period of fear and panic.

But even the panic didn't last long.

There is no time to panic. The Zerg invasions are shorter and more lethal each time, and the scale of the Zerg tide is getting larger and larger.

In a virtual world that is completely consistent with reality, fifty or sixty human cities have been destroyed by the insect wave.

The alliance announces the latest battle conditions in the game in real time every day. The cities that have turned dark and scratched out on the map, along with warnings of the imminent invasion of insects in reality, are weighing heavily on everyone's mind like a dark cloud.

All military academies and active troops have been fully engaged in combat, the civilian version and the military version have been officially connected, and ordinary residents have gradually begun to gather into reserve forces.

The captain and deputy captain of the special operations team who were "killed" went directly to Yu Tang to change their accounts and came to the Zerg command headquarters where Shi Ji had been responsible.

Yu Tang and Zhan Chen also have accounts at the Zerg Command. Yu Tang completely handed over the task of maintaining the entire game to Senior Zhan. He concentrated on sorting out the downloaded materials and writing a complete textbook related to the Observer, preparing to leave this book before leaving.Leave one last useful thing for Shi Ji.

Yu Tang walked over and turned off the flashing red light.

Nie Chi asked: "Can we ensure that this will be useful?"

He was forced by the terminal to convey the mission to Yu Tang, and he knew the authority of the terminal. Even if he knew Yu Tang's ability, he still couldn't be completely assured.

Nie Chi walked over and lowered his voice: "It's not that easy to deal with. I'd better go take a look to avoid any surprises..."

Yu Tang shook his head: "There's no rush."

The faster the response, the more opportunities the terminal can take advantage of.

The world dimension where the terminal is located has already evolved to the fourth generation intelligent network, which is extremely convenient and developed, and has extremely perfect supervision. It is fundamentally different from the first generation network level that the alliance is still unable to break away from.

A completely pure and standardized online ecosystem with no small ads, no bad promotions, and no junk web games that are good for nothing but making money.

Yu Tang often tried to search for downloaded data and compressed packages. The terminal used completely different communication architectures to communicate with employees and system staff.

——In other words, the terminal has no concept at all of the ancient terms "optical fiber" and "10 Gigabit bandwidth".

It also can't understand why the real pop-up window pop-up windows that fill its screen are so small that they don't move at all, and why a click of the fake close button will download a hundred FamilyMart software.Why do these 100 software automatically run in unlicensed mode, taking up 90% of the bandwidth, causing the network to buffer for half an hour for every operation?

"I also made 500 pop-up videos that had no closing program and had to be watched."

Yu Tang: “After watching all the videos, there will be a registration questionnaire, which requires 100% correct answers to successfully register.”

Nie Chi: "..."

Zhuang Yu: "..."

Zhan Chen came over and curiously asked in a warm voice: "Register for what?"

"A web game called Insect Tide Invasion." Yu Tang said, "You start with a motorcycle, and when you sign up, you get a big mecha. If you are a brother, you come to kill the insects."

…

Zhan Chen coughed lightly, suppressed his smile, and stuffed Yu Tang with two pieces of bubble gum programmed in the game.

The terminal is here to obliterate the personal will of S7 and destroy the game. Although this response seems a bit rogue, it has to be said that it is indeed the most effective solution under the current situation.

As long as you don't want to alarm the supervision system or trigger a self-examination of the system, the data sent in from the terminal must fully comply with the network rules of this world.

For terminals accustomed to the fourth generation of intelligent networks, the network rules that Yu Tang showed in front of them were obviously terrifyingly real.

"It can delay it for at least a few days, and if it chooses to play games, it can delay it for an extra week."

Yu Tang picked a grape-flavored bubble gum and peeled off the wrapper: "Captain Zhuang, how is the progress of the task force?"

"The alliance headquarters has been thoroughly cleaned, and the rest needs to be done slowly."

Zhuang Yucai recovered from the shock of receiving a large mecha as a gift upon registration: "Pu Ying has always suspected that someone at the top of the alliance was deliberately cooperating with the Zerg actions."

This can no longer even be called doubt.

When examining the correspondence of those conservatives, agents of the Ministry of Security discovered that they used a special encryption method that was not suitable for any currently known decryption methods.

These letters were sent to the General Scientific Research Institute by Pu Ying. Based on the current rules of insect chirping, they were finally successfully decoded and a new unknown language was derived.

In this kind of letter written in an unknown language, the agents proofread the frequently appearing contents. In addition to the expected insect swarm, war and secret plans to escape the galaxy, there is also a transaction.

"Pu Ying continues to dig this line." Zhuang Yu said, "Anyone who is on the line will be eliminated directly."

By this time, the cause and effect no longer matter.

At the time of life and death, no one has the leisure or patience to listen to how the moths collude and plot, how they hollow out the foundation of the entire federation, and gradually wipe out the ability of an entire galaxy to resist.

This is what latecomers have to do when summing up experience. The only method Pu Ying chooses is to eliminate it.

It was riddled with holes, and even the holes and fallen debris had to be dug out.

Zhuang Yu suddenly remembered something: "By the way, when can we start arresting Sheng Tiancheng?"

Yu Tang: "Can we ensure that we have his accurate whereabouts?"

"Yes." Zhuang Yu nodded, "He contacted Sheng Yi and told Sheng Yi that he didn't know anything at the beginning and was framed. Sheng Yi believed him and hid him at home."

Zhuang Yu: "Pu Ying said it was your wish, let us not touch him first, but keep a close eye on him."

Yu Tang nodded.

Zhuang Yu asked: "What's the use?"

Yu Tang didn't answer immediately. He carefully selected in front of the sofa for a while, picked his favorite pillow today, hugged it and nestled into the sofa.

…

Of course, trading with the Zerg is not as simple as making a verbal agreement and shaking each other's hands.

Shi Ji's simulations these days have also proved one thing - the Zerg itself may not have human-like intelligence, but behind the Zerg, the hand that controls the Zerg does.

Taking advantage of the weaknesses in human nature, first use interests to erode a small group of people, then gradually divide the opposition, and then subtly change the development trajectory of the entire interstellar.

This is a plan that only higher intelligence can make.

"In this plan, there is still one thing missing." Yu Tang said.

Zhuang Yu frowned: "What?"

Yu Tang asked back: "Captain Zhuang, do you still remember what they said during the public trial of those senior conservatives?"

Zhuang Yu was startled.

...Of course he still remembers it clearly.

Despite the fact that the evidence was conclusive and detailed, those people still insisted that they were using this method to save the planet.

They believed that it would be a fate sooner or later for the interstellar to be destroyed by the Zerg attack.

The human body is originally fragile and small, and the natural fear, hesitation and weakness of human beings will only get in the way. Rather than resisting blindly, it is better to transform all humans into AI and then put them into the mecha shell.

They call themselves saviors, but they turn a blind eye to the pain and struggle of the transformed "new Zerg".

In the dock, the conservative senior official even looked a bit insanely fanatical.

"Isn't it enough to be able to survive?"

"Don't you want power, don't you hate yourself for being weak and incompetent?"

"Just turn into a bug. Just turn into a bug... What's wrong with turning into a bug?"

…

These contents are so chilling that until now, this court trial video has not been released to the public.

Zhuang Yu now remembered: "I remember, but what does this have to do with Sheng Tiancheng——"

His words stopped abruptly.

Zhuang Yu met Yu Tang's gaze, and suddenly understood Yu Tang's words, and a deep chill suddenly came over his chest.

In this plan to trade the entire interstellar, there is indeed one thing missing.

……"sample".

Since it is a transaction, there must be samples.

The Zerg need this interstellar sample of humans and mechas to determine the method and direction of transformation.

Those high-ranking conservatives also need a transformed sample to prove whether their choices are right or wrong.

Zhuang Yu was silent for a long time: "...we deciphered the instructions Sheng Tiancheng received at that time."

Zhuang Yu: "The order he received was to fake his death in the insect wave, and then pilot the mecha to complete a secret special mission."

"Sheng Tiancheng didn't know about it," Yu Tang said. "He was very proud. He felt that he was the one who controlled others. He felt that he was the biggest winner."

Sheng Tiancheng smeared and changed Shi Ji's existence.

He brought Shi Ji home, and also brought back the S7 wingman, erased all traces of the past, and transformed him into a bulky and cumbersome nanny-type wingman. He brought Shi Ji over again and told Shi Ji that this was a gift from him.one's gift.

He used the program implanted in Shi Ji to issue a series of incredible instructions, turning Shi Ji into his own observer and into Sheng Yi's "possession".

Shi Ji would not resist, and Sheng Tiancheng became more and more violent, and even abused Shi Ji without any scruples to vent his violence and anger.

Sheng Tiancheng was immersed in the pleasure of controlling other people's destiny. He never thought that he might be the one being manipulated.

Nie Chi spoke in a low voice: "That makes sense."

"The conservatives used Sheng Yi to threaten Sheng Tiancheng. They gave Sheng Tiancheng two tasks."

"The first is to require him to fake death, and the second is to require him to force the observer hand to enter the insect tide, so that there are conditions to transform the S7 into AI without anyone noticing."

"The second task was blocked by Mr. Zhan."

"Sheng Tiancheng only knew that he should carry out the first task, but he didn't know that the target of the task was actually himself..."

Nie Chi did not continue talking.

A chilling speculation finally revealed the cause and effect of the whole incident and emerged in a way that could not be ignored.

...Can Sheng Tiancheng still be called a human being now?

A prosperous house.

Sheng Yi took off his gaming helmet and angrily wanted to kick the flower pot under the window sill. Before he could touch it, the leg was forced to retract.

Sheng Yi: "..."

Ever since he realized that this broken program was installed in his mind, everything started to go wrong.

He was treated as having some kind of psychogenic disease and when he was sent to the logistics to move things, the program actually told him that the strongest mecha operator would be if he was willing to work in the logistics and cook and raise fish.

If you don't go, you will be disobeying the procedures and you will be punished. Sheng Yi was afraid, so he endured his impatience and worked hard at the logistics for a month.

Purchasing, cooking, cleaning up the place, dealing with the wounded, repairing the mecha... Sheng Yi did all the work that Shi Ji had taken care of him in the past.

Other people's accounts are upgraded like rockets. The experience points gained from killing Zerg can be used to modify mechas, purchase equipment, and buy physical cards to improve physical fitness.Those in the special team have the advantage of being in internal testing. In just one month, more than a dozen S-level accounts have appeared in the entire league.

An S-level account can paint the mecha at will and buy some fancy special effects. It is a rare setting in the game that has some warmth and relaxation.

Last time, Sui Qi led a small team to cooperate with the active troops to protect a city from the attack of the insect swarm. She added a set of shiny diamond-encrusted skin to the mecha and set off half the sky with fireworks at night.

Although after coming down from the sky, Sui Qi was warned for being too public.But whether it was the soldiers who had endured the battle or the ordinary residents who were anxiously waiting for the city's final fate, they all happily vented their accumulated pressure in the fireworks.

The next day, the combat effectiveness of the defense line increased instead of decreasing, completely surrounding the insect wave.

Everyone was celebrating, but Sheng Yi hid alone, feeling very upset.

He also wanted to upgrade his account, but there was no way to deal with the Zerg in a place like logistics. He could only complete the assigned tasks and get the little experience assigned to him.

Sheng Yi couldn't help it, and once wanted to sneak out to join the battle, but before Ye Hanfeng showed up, he was stopped by the program.

The program didn't know where to find the second-hand pirated database. After searching, it came to the conclusion that only those who obey the unified distribution are the strongest mecha operators.

Looking at Sui Qi's glorious S-level account, Sheng Yi's eyes turned red with jealousy, and he could only bury his head and mop the floor as hard as he could.

That second-hand database with broken programs is the strongest mecha operator unless you can mop the floor clean.

He also said that the strongest mecha operator can move a whole truckload of ammunition reserves by himself and stuff them all into the mecha's supply warehouse without asking anyone else.

He also said that the strongest mecha operator is the one who cooks enough food to eat and doesn't make others scold him.

He also said that the strongest mecha operator is the one who doesn't kick the flower pots.

…

Sheng Yi was so annoyed by this mentally retarded program, but there was nothing he could do about it. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and hit the wall.

This time the program didn't stop him, and even asked him to hit harder.

...The database says that the strongest mecha operator is the one who breaks through barriers and breaks through all obstacles.

Sheng Yi was almost driven crazy by the torture.

He still had the energy to go out quietly a few days ago to check on the situation outside for his father Sheng who was hiding at home. In the past few days, he had been urged to repair the mecha and cooperate with the frontline operations, and he was so tired that he couldn't lift his hands.

The fatigue in the game will be directly and truly reflected on the body. Sheng Yi fell to the floor and looked helplessly at the messy room he had made.

…

He always felt that these tasks were no big deal and would never be more tiring than training, so he could just do them casually.

After Sheng Tiancheng disappeared in the insect wave, Shi Ji came back from the battlefield with wounds all over his body. His health has been poor and he always gets sick intermittently.

Shi Ji was admitted to the military academy a year before Sheng Yi, and still took care of his daily life between training and courses.

Sheng Yi came home occasionally, and I actually saw him a few times.

Shi Ji was too tired to stand, so he slowly slid to the ground against the wall, burying his face in the space circled by his arms and knees.

Shi Ji would sit like this for a long time, until the small cakes in the oven were baked one by one, exuding an alluring sweet smell.

Sheng Yi kept telling himself that Shi Ji deserved this.

As an observer, Shi Ji failed to protect the main armor. As Sheng Tiancheng's adopted son, Shi Ji killed his father. No amount of compensation for these crimes would be enough.

…

But now Sheng Tiancheng is back alive.

Sheng Tiancheng hid at home and asked him to get food back and ask him to inquire about the situation outside.

Sheng Tiancheng told Sheng Yi that he had been framed and used by others and involved in a conspiracy. Now he suddenly realized that he had trusted the wrong person and wanted to turn back.

… Where was Ji then?

Sheng Yi wanted to ask Sheng Tiancheng, but he didn't dare to ask.

Sheng Tiancheng, who came back alive, was even more irritable and arrogant than before. He nervously hid in the attic every day and peered out of the window for threats that he didn't know where to come from.

The questions Sui Qi once asked have always been like a nightmare, haunting Sheng Yi.

Mechas should not venture into the depths of the insect tide. It is meaningless and will drag others down.

If the wingman is not strong enough, entering the insect wave will be a dead end. As long as the observer is not crazy, it is impossible to give instructions to enter the depths of the insect wave.

Who ordered Shi Ji to rush into the insect wave?

Who set up the conspiracy?

Who is the murderer?

Sheng Yi has been living in the pride of his father being a sacrificed hero all these years. Until now, this illusion has been completely shattered, and he seems to have had his bones removed.

Sheng Yi held his head hard, trying to get rid of these lingering thoughts. As soon as he stood up, he suddenly heard a slight noise coming from upstairs.

Sheng Yi's heart suddenly jumped.

——Sheng Tiancheng is hiding upstairs!

Without thinking too much, he rushed out of the bedroom, only to bump into the heavily armed special operations team members who rushed into their home.

Ye Hanfeng held the sniper rifle and took position at the corner of the stairs. He raised his head to meet his shocked and horrified gaze.

"You...what are you doing?"

Sheng Yi opened his mouth. He was not even sure if he made a sound: "Don't do this, Ye Hanfeng, you can't-"

Before he had any time to react, someone came up from behind and pinned him firmly to the ground.

The ones who came to arrest were the special operations team members who had just passed the selection and joined the team.

Zhuang Yu no longer holds any position in the new special operations team.

Shi Ji has been able to reassure him that this time the team did not use the code name of the previous sharp knife team "Sharp Knife". Instead, it accepted the suggestion of Chief Pu of the Security Department and changed its name.

Storm, storm.

The storm that restored order.

The new special operations team was ordered to cooperate with the Ministry of Security to arrest dangerous targets.

Someone sealed Sheng Yi's mouth and pinned him firmly to the ground. The remaining people moved upstairs with laser weapons and electromagnetic shotguns.

Sheng Yi struggled desperately, trying to explain, but he couldn't get away.

"Quiet." Wu Ming made a gesture with him and whispered, "You need to cooperate with our actions. You listen to me..."

Sheng Yi's eyes widened.

...how to cooperate?!

Is he going to cooperate with these people and arrest Sheng Tiancheng?!

Sheng Yi couldn't hear what Wu Ming said. He suddenly burst out with desperate strength, desperately broke away from the special forces team member who was holding him hostage, and rushed upstairs.

Wu Ming was anxious: "Eh-"

Sui Qi reached out and held Wu Ming down.

He squatted with a gun, pointed the muzzle at the closed door, made a gesture, and shook his head with Wu Ming.

Wu Ming was stunned for a long time and sighed heavily.

"Run!" Sheng Yi pushed open the door and shouted to Sheng Tiancheng inside, "They want to arrest you, and they have guns -"

Sheng Yi's voice stopped suddenly.

He stood there, his eyes wide open, and the biting ice shards flowed all over his body along with his blood.

There was no one in the house.

He was sure that Sheng Tiancheng was at home, but there was no sign of anyone in the attic.

…He recognized “things” in the house.

It was these things that tore open the shell of the mecha and bit off the operator inside.

It was these things that broke through their defenses again and again, destroying the resisting regiments and destroying the cities in front of them.

It was these things that had no reason, no emotions, and only the instinct of greedy prey and destruction, that destroyed everyone's homes.

…

For a long time, they called this kind of thing "Zerg".