After hearing what Dean Nie said, the other people in the room stopped arguing.
The special operations team is directly under the alliance headquarters and has a special position. Even if he is just an ordinary lieutenant, he is qualified to have equal dialogue across levels.
Zhuang Yu was silent for a few years, and finally agreed to take over the special operations team again and accepted the rank of colonel that should have been awarded long ago. He wanted to force his way into the meeting room of the generals, and no one could do anything to him.
"Colonel Zhuang."
One of the older military leaders looked at him and said carefully, "We are discussing the disposal plan for this test subject... You haven't been here for many years, so you may not understand this."
"Dean Nie has already told us that this test subject is very similar to a normal person and has shown extraordinary combat abilities. He has already been selected for the special forces training."
"Maybe this is why he came here, but we must warn you. According to the data, this test subject has been implanted with certain mandatory programs."
The senior military official looked at Zhuang Yu. He was worried that Zhuang Yu was attracted by the combat quality of this test subject, so he softened his tone and advised him: "We know... this is a very useful weapon."
"But we have to warn that this is a double-edged sword."
Senior military officials said: "The program implanted in this weapon cannot determine its clear purpose and danger. No one knows whether there are any more dangerous hidden programs that have not been discovered yet..."
Zhuang Yu stopped.
He repeated the words of the military brass: "Weapons?"
When the senior military officer met his gaze, his heart skipped a beat, and he was unable to utter a word.
There was no extra emotion in Zhuang Yu's eyes.
He had no time to waste, so he walked straight to Dean Nie's desk and handed him the tactical analysis screen.
What was being played online was Shi Ji's stunning assessment battle.
"Why are you showing me this?"
Dean Nie said impatiently: "I have seen him more times than you. You don't need me to analyze how good he is. I know what level his ability is at..."
Zhuang Yu asked, "How long has he been here with you?"
Dean Nie was stunned for a moment: "More than a year, almost a year... What happened?"
Zhuang Yu: "Why didn't you contact me earlier?"
Dean Nie: “…”
Dean Nie got angry when he saw him. He could no longer suppress his anger and pushed open the tactical screen: "Why?! He has been pretending to be dead in that broken place for many years. Even if I want to contact him, can I contact him? What's the point of recommending him to you? Accompanying you to fold quilts, clean windows and sweep the dormitory building every day? -"
Dean Nie looked at Zhuang Yu's expression and knew that he had said too much. He suppressed his anger and swallowed back his hurtful words: "... Who blamed me for that incident back then!?"
Zhuang Yu lowered his eyes.
Dean Nie looked sullen and pulled a chair for him.
The conspiracy about the electronic storm involved the best combat team and caused too many people to lose their comrades and loved ones unexpectedly.
Dean Nie was aware of Zhuang Yu's pain, but he had no way of dragging Zhuang Yu out of that invisible prison.
For a whole year, Zhuang Yu refused to communicate with anyone and trapped himself in the small area where he used to train and live with his comrades.
Dean Nie went to see him many times, from counseling to heart-to-heart talks, to dragging Zhuang Yu out to watch training, to pointing at Zhuang Yu's nose in frustration and scolding him angrily.
Amid his furious curses, Zhuang Yu silently tidied up his comrades' quarters, cleaned the windows, folded the quilts into a neat square, arranged the military stools into the shape of a team meeting, and filled every cup with water.
Zhuang Yu sat on one of the stools and sat there all day long.
…
Dean Nie knew that Wen Er was arrested, and that Zhuang Yu, as the head of the military, had personally settled the feud and finally walked out of the haze of the past.
He didn't want to talk about this anymore, so he closed his eyes and said calmly: "Let's not talk about this today, let's talk about Shi Ji—"
"Dean." Zhuang Yu said, "I think I found Nie Chi."
Dean Nie suddenly paused.
He seemed to be frozen in place, his brows slowly furrowed, his throat moved slightly, and he paused, "What?"
"It's not certain yet. We need to confirm it further. I have asked a friend in the Security Department to help. I will tell you as soon as there is a result."
Zhuang Yu said: "I came here today for my deputy observer."
Dean Nie still hadn't come back to his senses. He was a little dazed and looked down at the tactical analysis screen.
"Captain Zhuang."
The people around him heard the clue and couldn't help but frowned: "You mean... this isn't a bionic human test subject, but the soldier who was caught in the electronic storm?"
They had never been able to connect this matter, and now that they were suddenly connected, they were even a little puzzled: "How is it possible?"
Obviously, only bionic people can meet the conditions of having their age and physical data frozen, having artificially implanted programs, and being able to recover differently from ordinary people.
Victims of electronic storms do behave differently from normal people, but how could it be possible—
"It's possible." A civilian officer from a scientific research field nearby said in a low voice, "There is a preliminary research report on it."
They liaise with the Science Department, are responsible for various experiments and weapon upgrades, and pay attention to the latest papers and research results all year round.
The officer moved quickly, opened his laptop, and clicked on a document: "In the latest unmanned detection, it was confirmed that there is no time flow in the 'eye of the storm' at the core of the electronic storm... And this is a document reported by subordinate research institutes one after another. Some animals that can detect electronic storm pulses have abnormal growth rates and recovery abilities."
Some scientists have speculated that these animals have stayed in the eye of the storm for a long time, and the slow and long interaction of particles has, in a sense, caused them to lose part of the dimension of time.
… It is indeed possible.
Shi Ji is not a so-called "bionic man", but a victim caught up in a conspiracy.
He was a victim of the military team that fell into the electronic storm and was used as a test subject by the bionic human project.
Before this, they had never thought about it in this direction at all.
The core of the discussion was the safety of bionic people. They had been trying to study the monopoly of technical barriers, and no one had thought of doing a comparison of missing persons.
Only now did another possibility suddenly emerge, which made people's spines shudder.
…
The technical barriers here may not be as high as they think.
These bionic people may be real humans.
"Colonel, we understand your feelings."
On the other side of the conference table, the military leader who had remained silent all this time finally spoke up: "If this possibility is realized, the nature of this research is far worse than we assessed... Out of caution, we need to confirm with you again."
"This video only shows the wingmen and mechas of both sides of the battle. It doesn't even show any pictures of the combatants."
The military leader said: "On what basis did you determine that he must be one of the victims, rather than a bionic man modeled after one of your subordinates?"
Zhuang Yu said: "He is my subordinate."
The military chief paused.
The military valued talents. The person in charge looked at this most outstanding special forces commander, somewhat helplessly, and smiled: "I know... I am a soldier, how can you recognize him with such a short video?"
Zhuang Yu frowned: "He is my subordinate, General."
"When I met him at the Air Force Base, he was seven years old. He made a bet with his teammates on the training ground and performed perfect Cobra, Frolov's and Bell maneuvers with an old training fighter."
"I told him to come to the special operations team, there are better planes to fly."
"He had just reached adulthood when he entered the insect swarm for the first time. I told him not to be afraid and to just fly straight ahead. I would escort him."
"It only took him a year and a half to pass the assessment and enter the most elite spearhead team of the special operations team. I was the one who replaced his shoulder straps."
"He has participated in nine missions, sniped the Zerg King seven times, and successfully prevented two Zerg swarms. He was disobedient. Once, during a reconnaissance mission, he flew too far and lost contact with the rest of the team. He was surrounded by a small Zerg swarm, but he wiped out the entire swarm before returning."
"I awarded him the medal and also punished him by not allowing him to drink Coke for three days."
"I told him not to run too far or to leave the team. He was not allowed to take risks in the dangerous area and had to hide until I came to pick him up."
Zhuang Yu: "I told him that no matter where he was, I could find him."
The meeting room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The military chief was silent for a long time, closed his notebook, and did not answer any new questions.
"He is a subordinate I personally picked, General." Zhuang Yu said, "I am not here today to participate in the discussion or express my opinions."
"I won't let others talk about him. I can wait until he finishes this selection training, and then transfer his military status back to the special operations team."
"But I must contact him first. I need to know the extent of his leg injury. I want to know all his experiences over the years, what grievances he suffered, what hardships he endured, and who bullied him."
Zhuang Yu said: "I am his team leader."
Zhuang Yu: "I want to take him home. This is not something to be discussed."
Military Academy.
Becoming a celebrity again, Shi Ji's life was still not affected at all.
He did the recovery training at his own pace, running in the mecha with Senior Zhan, cooperating with the systematic treatment, and exercising the flexibility of the ligaments in his legs.
He concentrated on playing the violin, concentrated on playing with dolphins for several hours every day, and concentrated on using the ingredients and oven in his sea of consciousness to bake hundreds of cakes of different flavors for Yu Tang every day.
…
Yu Tang has been worried for many days because of this matter.
He asked the system: "Can we rent a store in the mall and set up a stall to sell cakes?"
"…Need approval from the person in charge, host."
System: "The person in charge of the mall has recently taken leave. There is only an automatic vending and redemption system. We can queue up first."
Yu Tang was a little curious: "Is there a person in charge of the mall?"
The system held a chocolate and matsutake mousse cake, turned on the light screen, and projected the structure diagram of Chuanshuju to Yu Tang.
"Although the mall is not affiliated with the Supervisory Department, in order to prevent hosts from purchasing or exchanging strange items, the Supervisory Department will assign someone to be responsible."
The system explained to him: "The reason why we rejected our application to exchange dangerous goods and returned the defibrillator was because of their supervision."
System: "Some time ago, a host took advantage of the person in charge's leave to exchange for an asteroid, and is still being hunted down..."
Yu Tang: “…”
Poverty can inspire people's unlimited creativity.
In contrast, he was too obedient in exchanging a slave ship and half a computer's data.
Yu Tang felt a little regretful and temporarily gave up the idea of setting up a stall and removed the shield deep in his sea of consciousness.
Before coming to the bookstore, he actually hadn't thought that the eye of the storm, where time doesn't flow, could be used to do such a thing.
Yu Tang prepared himself mentally and turned on the electronic storm.
He did not dare to look at the endless, still fresh, soft and hot cakes in there. He closed his eyes and quickly stuffed the ninety-six cakes from the new batch into the cup.
…
On the other side of the living room, Zhan Chen suddenly coughed.
Yu Tangxun raised his head.
Zhan Chen was sitting at the workbench. He was modifying the mecha program according to Shi Ji's operating habits. He coughed lightly 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, somehow revealed a hint of sadness.
"Come and take a look?" Zhan Chen said, "I'm good at this."
Yu Tang nodded, picked a pillow he liked, and got up and went over.
At some point, the layout of Zhan Chen's workbench underwent slight adjustments.
The rattan chairs that were originally too close were pulled slightly apart and placed in a position where the drawings could be seen clearly while ensuring a safe distance.
Yu Tang was just able to accept this distance smoothly. He worked with Zhan Chen these nights, which saved a lot of time wasted on explanations and coordination, and the progress was much faster than expected.
At this rate, when Shi Ji completes the selection and training, he may not need to find a partner. He can directly bring the Dolphin and Zhuang Yu back to the special forces team.
Yu Tang hugged the pillow and went through the programs with Zhan Chen: "No problem, there are a few ways to simplify it... It's 0.2 seconds slower than the maximum reaction speed of the human brain."
In a battle, even 0.1 seconds can determine the outcome of the battle.
Yu Tang and Zhan Chen are preparing to make an auxiliary mecha. The Dolphin’s top priority is to cooperate with Shi Ji’s actions at any time and protect Shi Ji’s safety.
"I'll modify 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 rattan chair, and skillfully tapped the keyboard quickly.
He wrote a few lines of code, raised his head again, and met Zhan Chen's gaze: "Senior Zhan?"
Zhan Chen retracted his gaze and stood up: "I have some personal matters to attend to. I have to go out for some work tomorrow. I'll bring you some snacks."
Zhan Chen: "Do you want to eat cake?"
Yu Tang: “…”
Zhan Chen coughed, suppressed his anger, and changed his words: "Give me some butter-flavored popcorn."
Yu Tang felt relieved a little, and thanked Shi Ji in a proper manner, then lowered his head to type on the keyboard again.
Zhan Chen asked him: "How has the implanted program been doing in the past few days?"
"It is being gradually stripped away." Yu Tang thought for a moment, "It will probably take some time to completely resolve it."
Zhan Chen: "Are you trying to resist the control of the program?"
Yu Tang nodded.
During the evacuation and stripping procedure, Shi Ji still had to conduct many training sessions and battles.
Yu Tang had been prepared and helped intercept the anti-OOC program every time. But Shi Ji insisted on trying to see how far he could resist on his own.
Yu Tang left the system behind and returned to the eye of the storm alone, doing a full 72 hours of simulation testing.
After coming out of the eye of the storm, he agreed to the handwritten application submitted by s7.
After that day, during the last half hour of Shi Ji's training every day, Yu Tang would just watch and protect him, and would not intervene to help in any way.
This kind of training was tantamount to torture, but in the non-stop resistance confrontation, Shi Ji's detail control and reaction judgment, which had already far surpassed those of ordinary observers, showed significant improvement again.
According to the system's assessment, once Shi Ji's program is completely stripped away, even Zhuang Yu flying a wingman may not be able to defeat him.
"Don't be too anxious, take it step by step."
Zhan Chen warned: "It will be very difficult. If you resist too fiercely, it may be dangerous."
Yu Tang saved the program he had compiled. He looked up and put the computer next to him: "What dangers will there be?"
Zhan Chen paused.
Yu Tang undoubtedly did not raise this question casually.
He met Yu Tang's gaze, but did not answer immediately, nor did he give him a casual reply. He thought seriously for half a minute.
Zhan Chen said: "It will cause trouble."
Yu Tang: “…”
"That's right." Zhan Chen said, "It will delay something very important."
Zhan Chen: "In this world, there have been precedents where the subject was strangled by the program because of forcible resistance to the program, and the brain was completely destroyed... But we can probably avoid this risk."
Yu Tang was listening carefully, and came back to his senses after hearing this: "What?"
Zhan Chen tapped his temple lightly: "Shi Ji."
Shi Ji's consciousness should have awakened.
He was exhausted, but he still woke up immediately at this command, and it seemed that he wanted to stand at attention in Yu Tang's sea of consciousness.
Yu Tang had already guessed Zhan Chen's plan. His eyes lit up and he nodded imperceptibly.
Yu Tang retreated back into his sea of consciousness and stuffed the half-asleep Shi Ji back into his body.
"The annihilation of consciousness and complete fusion with AI is indeed the most straightforward way to resolve many issues."
Zhan Chen put on his glasses: "But soon, you will start to regret it."
Shi Ji was stunned.
He blinked his eyes, slowly propped himself up and sat up, his voice still a little hoarse from just waking up: "Senior Zhan?"
"It will become a set of data. If you are lucky, you can even go for a walk along the network cable."
Zhan Chen said: "The wingman cannot be used as the body. If you want to find a body, you can invade the mecha factory, but the robots there are at least a few stories tall, they are not good-looking, and they have electromagnetic cannons on their heads."
Shi Ji: “…”
Zhan Chen: "Are you scared?"
Shi Ji: “… Yeah.”
He is not afraid of sacrifice, as all soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice. However, the scene described by Senior Zhan is indeed quite intimidating.
Shi Ji couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if he turned into a large mecha.
Not only can I no longer bake cakes, wash dishes or play the violin.
It may take hours to turn the pages of a book.
He was indeed a little nervous, and swallowed unconsciously, sitting up straight and promising: "I will pay attention to the intensity..."
"I command attention to 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 aftershock of turning into a giant robot. After gradually regaining his perception of negative emotions, this was the most frightening thing that had ever happened to him.
Shi Ji adjusted his mind, blinked his eyes, and nodded seriously in order not to turn into a multi-story-tall robot with an electromagnetic cannon.
… He had never received such an order requiring him to rest.
The anti-OOC program had no relevant records and could not distinguish this command from other commands. When Zhan Chen mentioned the key words, this command had already been written in, becoming an order that could not be disobeyed.
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 nodded and high-fived the system.
According to the original setting of the anti-OOC program, once Shi Ji's resistance strength exceeds 75%, it will trigger an extremely severe strangulation warning.
Every time Yu Tang looked after Shi Ji, the thing he needed to intercept most in time was this warning and punishment order.
But now, the new orders issued by Zhan Chen, like the countless orders given by the Sheng family father and son in the past, were entered into this program, forming a logically locked closed loop.
The next time he faces the same scenario, this program will issue completely contradictory instructions at the same time, sternly warning him and sternly asking him to get a good night's sleep.
—This contradictory data conflict will lead to spontaneous and continuous chaos internally, and even slight deconstruction and collapse.
These tiny collapses, in Yu Tang's hands, were no different from a few inconspicuous ant holes on a thousand-mile dike.
"Looking at it this way, we can at least speed up the progress by half."
Yu Tang smiled and said, "During the next training session, let Little S7 help us try it out, and then we can make a specific evaluation."
He had been typing away at the keyboard these days, which had put a lot of physical and mental strain on him. Now that his workload had been reduced by more than half, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief and flexed his wrist: "By the way... is Zhuang Yu already on his way here with a knife in hand?"
"Yes." The system checked the surveillance video, "He has already rushed to the Military Academy. He will probably arrive within a few days."
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 a small red light excitedly: "How to do it?"
"Shi Ji's current training will also trigger the commands left by Sheng's father and son in the anti-OOC system. These commands will flash back together with the memories at that time."
Yu Tang worked with the system and made a careful plan: "Let Zhuang Yu appear just when Shi Ji is most tired and stressed out during training."
The system understood: "Little S7 no longer remembers the team leader. This can maximize S7's trust in Zhuang Yu."
"We can create a proper atmosphere for the lower class." Yu Tang thought for a moment, "The empty training ground, Shi Ji ran out of breath and fell to the ground, unable to get up, Zhuang Yu happened to pass by..."
…
The human system had not yet finished writing the script when a very familiar heavy sound was suddenly heard in the corridor.
Yu Tang: “…”
The system was startled: "What's that noise?"
"Master Zhan's Eight Bronze Men Formation." Yu Tang said, "Someone is coming to attack the gate of Shaolin Temple again."
system:"?"
Zhan Chen had already heard the sound.
He didn't think Sheng Yi still had the energy to provoke him at this time, but if someone else came to find Shi Ji at this time, it would definitely not be good news.
—Amidst the heated debate within the military, some people believe that bionic humans are dangerous weapons, and the stronger they appear, the sooner they should be destroyed.
Zhan Chen: "I'll go take a look, don't come out yet."
Shi Ji stood up: "Senior Zhan—"
Zhan Chen took off his coat and slowly clenched his wrists.
People majoring in logistics usually don't need to go to the battlefield, and Zhan Chen has never fought with others. But now his aura is changing constantly, and his unstoppable bravery and heroism is emanating from him.
His expression was still calm, but his eyes were sharp and deep, like a bottomless cold pond.
The next moment, a deafening roar was heard in the corridor.
…Someone completely overturned the robots that had surrounded Sheng Yi and beaten him up all night.
Zhan Chen signaled Shi Ji to protect himself. He walked over, grabbed the door handle and opened it without hesitation before the other party could open it.
"Hello." Zhan Chen said, "Here—"
Zhan Chen paused for a moment.
He turned around and glanced at Yu Tang.
Yu Tang: “…”
system:"… "
Zhuang Yu was standing at the door. He had just escaped from a pile of robots and had some scratches on his body. He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips without paying any attention.
He straightened his training uniform and nodded to Zhan Chen: "Okay, would you please let Shi Ji live here?"