When the door opened, everyone was ready for a violent attack—although they didn't encounter any real resistance along the way, everyone knew that it was because of the malfunction of the mastermind that led to a violent attack. The defense system on the road is all offline, so it is so easy, and behind the gate in front of you is the body center of the main brain, that center is impossible to go offline, the reason is obvious, because until now the fortress is still sending out one after another Instructions, this is the best proof that the main brain is still operating.
A master brain that is still operating should not let a group of uninvited guests approach its center.
However, as the gate opened, the expected attack did not come, nor did he hear any sirens ringing through the fort. Hum words that can be heard everywhere.
Even so, Vivienne still reminded everyone in a low voice: "Be vigilant, we have arrived at the center of the fortress, anything can happen here."
Hao Ren propped up the shield, and Lily and Lily first stepped into the circular hall where the main brain center was located, and watched the surrounding situation vigilantly.
This hall is extremely spacious and spacious, but there are almost no complicated cables and machines in the space that covers an area of a football field, which is completely different from the computer rooms and equipment rooms that passed by before. All that could be seen in the hall were thirteen black machines lined up against the wall, and a black cylinder in the center of the hall. Hao Ren's sight was naturally attracted by that extremely eye-catching cylinder.
It is tens of meters high, the lower end is buried in a black base with a complex structure, and the upper end has been disappearing into the high dome of the hall: there is a black hole there, and there may be more cylinders outside the hole. Structure. This weird "pillar" is about three to four meters in diameter. It has a dark surface, but it has straight lines and various grooves of unknown purpose. Before the lines and grooves, you can see a lot of flickering lights. These lights were supposed to make the cylinders more lively, but after seeing them flickering slowly, Hao Ren only felt a dull atmosphere coming towards him—
He could feel that a certain huge consciousness behind this cylinder was gradually dying, and the slow light was the evidence of its end.
"This is the center of the main brain?" Lily looked at the black column in front of her curiously. The husky's instinct made her want to poke the surface of the column with her claws or take a bite to taste its saltiness, but she was only Her rationality and cowardice made her abruptly stop her urge to die, and she just looked around the cylinder from a distance, "I can't even see a keyboard and mouse... how do these things communicate? "
"I don't know either." N-6 was also slightly shocked by the true appearance of the main brain center, and then shook his head in frustration, "Ordinary agents are not even qualified to enter the fortress, and this is the first time for me. See the real appearance of the main brain center. The information that can be downloaded from the big think tank is limited. I only know that the main brain center is indeed a black cylinder, but as for how to communicate... I thought your superb technology would come in handy .”
"Of course high-tech can come in handy, we just hope to get a little more information before we rashly connect," Hao Ren said while rubbing his chin, "And I think... the mastermind must be watching us, we've come here, It wouldn't make sense if it hadn't noticed. Wouldn't it—Mr. Mastermind?"
"As you said," almost at the same time as Hao Ren's words fell, an emotionless electronically synthesized voice came from all directions in the hall, "I have indeed been observing you all the time."
At this time, Lily was leaning close to the cylinder to observe the lights and excuses on it. When she heard the sound, she was startled immediately, and jumped back to Hao Ren with her tail frizzing: "Wow! The mastermind has spoken!"
The lifeless black column seemed to "come to life" following the voices resounding through the hall. The flickering lights on its surface were much brighter than before, and the frequency of the light flickering was also faster. Hao Ren heard a muffled sound. The humming sound echoed in the depths of the hall and the top of the cylinder: the main brain seemed to be starting from some kind of low-power protection mode, and even the lights in the entire hall were brighter than before.
"I thought you would 'welcome' us in a more intense way," Hao Ren was probably the calmest one on the scene. After all, no matter how powerful the mastermind is, he still has a powerful artificial intelligence in his eyes, and he possesses far more The mastermind is countless times more advanced than similar systems—whether it is the host computer of the crystal nucleus research station or the swarm consciousness of the drone swarm, he can talk and laugh happily, not to mention the big pillar in front of him, he shrugged, "After all, according to the information we have, you are In a state of madness."
"I did get stuck in a... huge glitch," the mastermind's voice sounded a little sluggish, but gradually became smoother, "but it doesn't affect my curiosity. If I'm not mistaken, you are the ones from In the depths of the universe, the alien who crashed on our home planet, and the farce in the Zenith...is also your masterpiece? Are you just trying to sneak into this fortress of mine?"
"So you've been aware of it all along." Hao Ren was a little surprised this time. "Then you've been watching silently? Didn't you react?"
"I didn't complete the combination of all the information until just now," the mastermind replied, without any emotional elements in his tone, "you did completely hide the intelligence network under my control at the beginning, you blocked the entire Zenith constellation airspace , and also invaded and tampered with a large number of security systems of the lunar base, which is quite advanced technology. Outsiders, can you tell us why you are here?"
Lily put her hips on her hips, her face full of air: "We are here to maintain peace and save civilization..."
Vivienne hurriedly dragged the thing back: "Who will believe you when you say this at this time—would you believe it instead?"
Hao Ren took a step forward, and calmly instructed the data terminal to land on the ground while looking up at the black cylinder in front of him: "Although you may not believe what she said—but what she said is indeed the truth. We have no malicious intentions." , the conflict at the Zenith space station was only a part of no choice, but you should have received reports by now that my drone swarm did not cause you any harm at all in this 'battle'... "
"No battle damage," the mastermind took over the second half of Hao Ren's sentence, "It took me 1.4 seconds to process this illogical report. During the hours-long 'fierce battle', your army Almost all the defense systems of the Zenith were paralyzed, but no lethal weapon was used, and the most damaged Zenith troops were just right to save their lives... What is the significance of your doing this? I can't understand."
Hao Ren frowned. He suddenly found something inconsistent: as the highest artificial intelligence of the survivor civilization, the degree of personification of this "Master Brain" was even lower than that of agents like N-6. Although the main brain has already shown sufficient thinking and reasoning ability when speaking, but...
It was difficult for Hao Ren to describe this feeling in words, but in the end he could only sum it up as: lack of humanity.
While he was having this doubt, N-6 next to him said: "Mastermind, please believe these outsiders, they are indeed here to help us. They are looking for the fire of civilization in the universe and providing protection. I have already Seeing their technical prowess with my own eyes, they may be able to help us regain our home planet, and they can also help you troubleshoot... "
Before N-6 finished speaking, the mastermind interrupted her: "Manufactory number: E75-3C6215, current code N-6, you should have crashed on the surface of the parent star in the last operation, I have confirmed that your signal is completely Disappeared, but you came back here safely... Did these outsiders help you?"
N-6 looked up at the center of the mastermind, and said in a firm tone, "Yes, mastermind, and I can prove that my master personality has not been tampered with."
"No need to prove," said the Mastermind, and then he turned his attention to Hao Ren, "Outsiders, I still cannot confirm your origins and your purpose, but I declare: we don't need the help of outsiders, we will do it ourselves Own mission. Please return."
"But you are already dying," Hao Ren said suddenly, and the data terminal floated to his side, "Your server array is offline, and the fault has spread to almost every computing unit in this fortress. I just found out , you are using the last part of your functioning components to support this conversation. We can help you, but first I need to know what your purpose is - your mission is to protect humanity and help humanity regain its home planet , and if you refuse our help now, it will be a conflict with your mission."
"You once prohibited anyone from approaching our spaceship, but then you sent a scouting team to find us, and now we are here, but you refuse to communicate further," Vivienne also asked curiously, "I feel that you are very ... Contradictions, can you tell me why?"
This time, the mastermind chose to remain silent.
After a few seconds, Hao Ren took the initiative to break the silence: "It's because of the human beings—the human beings living in the final palace, what happened to them?"
The light on the surface of the cylinder instantly became several times brighter, and flickered violently.
"Looks like I guessed it right," Hao Ren said softly, "Humanity is going to be extinct, right?"
"Can you scan the life reactions in the final palace?" The mastermind asked in an emotionless tone.
"I can't, because the final palace you built seems to be able to isolate any form of life detection. This is probably to prevent the prying eyes of Galactus? But my daughter can, she seems to be able to ignore the shield you built," Hao Ren lightly Patted his clothes lightly, called Doudou out and hugged her in his arms, "You can't guess it, she is the last living body in a certain universe, as the end of life in a world, she can To hear the voice of a race on the brink of extinction."
Doudou looked at the cylinder in the room curiously, and waved to it friendly: "Hello, my name is Doudou!"
"Hello, my name is Mastermind."