Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 533 The underlying architecture and the "black box"

Although this G3A3 is not equipped with any sights, for Ke Lan, just relying on the most basic machine sights is enough to make this gun a sharp weapon for harvesting people within a range of 200 meters.

What's more, after entering the game, he still has a hole card that he has never used.

That is "time stop".

"Battle of Mogadishu", as a VR game, does not allow players to pause during the game process except at save points.In order to prevent the player from facing the enemy, first turn on the pause, and then use the gun-shaped handle that can be moved freely in the real world to preview.

Thinking of this, Ke Lan couldn't help but want to do a test - he slowly pointed the sight at a Ranger who had just fired an M200 bazooka and retracted behind the barricade 72 meters away, and then turned on the "Time Stop"!
An unexpected scene happened to Ke Lan: in the time-stop state, not only the game screen turned into black and white, but also obvious bugs appeared in the modeling of those characters—many NPC joints and bone wear Through the skin, muscles and internal organs, the blood that was about to splash was frozen in place, and the flame gas sprayed out by the explosion of the bullet primer directly drilled out from the wall of the barrel, flying around on the battlefield. The bullets pulled out countless ballistic trajectories.

But what surprised Ke Lan most was not these, but the massive characters floating in every corner of this virtual space... These characters are not computer programs written by humans, but the text of Alpha Civilization!

As a human hacker who can understand alpha characters, Ke Lan only took a few glances to see the meaning of these alpha characters—they are the underlying structure of this virtual world, and this "full immersion system" is not a human independent system. All the most important core technologies that have been developed come from the Alpha civilization!

Ke Lan's eyes are constantly moving on these character fragments, and the more he looks at them, the more doubts he has in his heart-this underlying structure, logically speaking, should belong to the black technology of the Alpha civilization. For the technology of writing this fully immersive system For personnel, this architecture is equivalent to a "black box": they can embed this black box where they need to use it, but they cannot make any interference with the internal structure and operation of the black box.

However, in this underlying structure, Ke Lan saw a lot of programming logic unique to humans.

He didn't think it was a coincidence.

Could it be that besides myself and the prophet, there is a third...or even more, people who can understand the Alpha characters?
However, if such a person exists, and this person still has a close cooperative relationship with the research institute—then why have the technical difficulties of the research institute that have been stuck for more than ten years or even decades due to language barriers not been overcome yet?Couldn't those important projects compare to a fully immersive system for virtual training and deduction of the battle situation?

This is no longer a question of whether there are too many doubts, but that it does not conform to the logic of normal human behavior at all.

This is like the human beings in the old era had made outstanding technological breakthroughs in a certain field, but they did not apply this new technology to the military industry or the people's livelihood field, but used it to make it and the technology itself is not particularly compatible. entertainment products—if the world is really like this, let alone building an ark, I am afraid that human beings would have been destroyed along with the solar system 1000 years ago.

The time stop ended, and all the NPCs on the street exploded into bloody mist, with their dismembered limbs scattered all over the place.Those firearms that were still roaring and pouring firepower just a second ago exploded one after another, and scorching metal fragments flew around.

Ke Lan froze for a moment, then immediately quit the game.

When he sat up from the immersion cabin, he found that the technician in charge of monitoring the equipment status was staring at the screen in a daze, without saying a word-on the screen, it was the last scene before the end of the game: Purgatory Mogadishu.

"Purgatory" here is not an exaggerated adjective, but purgatory in the true sense: flames and flesh and blood permeate every inch of space, twisted and broken bones can be seen everywhere, and death descends on every "person" instantly like a curse , an unimaginable force crushed and crushed them directly...

Even those buildings seemed to have been hit by a magnitude [-] earthquake...

"How could this be...how could this be..." the technician muttered to himself.

"What happened?" Ke Lan took off his hood, looked at him and asked.

"Just...just one second before you exited the game, the whole program suddenly froze for a moment, and when the freeze recovered, the entire virtual world crashed directly... No, it can't be said to be a crash... in After the freeze is over, all subroutines are still running normally, and all the virtual rules and physical laws we set up at the beginning have not been violated. You see, the blood on the ground is still flowing to the ground, and has not floated into the air. The wood scorched by the flames is gradually carbonizing instead of disappearing directly... But, but it shouldn't be like this..."

"There is a BUG in the program, a very serious BUG." Ke Lan said calmly, "All data and records will be sealed up, no backups are allowed, and everyone present is not allowed to spread the news. I will directly report this matter to the latest Advanced organization."

"Institute?" the technician subconsciously asked.

"No, it's a higher-level existence than the research institute." Ke Lan said, "I hope you can understand that the serious nature of this matter has exceeded the capabilities of the research institute. If you don't want to be used by the people above' If it is permanently sealed by physical means, it is best to forget everything you have just seen."

"Beyond the capabilities of the research institute, it's impossible—" The technician seemed to want to refute something, but was immediately interrupted by Ke Lan.

"I can tell you one thing, the underlying structure of this fully immersed system, that is, the 'black box' that you cannot interfere with, actually uses the technology of the Alpha civilization, and this time the BUG is located in this In the 'black box', now you know why I want you to keep it a secret."

"What?! It's actually Alpha..." The other party was stunned for a moment. As a technician, he naturally knew the existence of this "black box", but at first he didn't think so much at all, thinking it was the research institute keeping it secret , just closed the program inside the black box, but now hearing what Ke Lan said, the technician was enlightened in an instant - no wonder the first precaution in the training process is strictly forbidden to crack the "black box" , Feelings are not "artificial"!
His expression suddenly became serious and tense, and he nodded hurriedly: "I understand!"

In addition to the technician, Cheng Dong from the Security Bureau and two medical staff on the "New Dawn" were present. Although they didn't understand what Ke Lan referred to as the "black box", since When "Alpha Civilization" is involved, this will definitely not be a trivial matter.

"Do I need to apply to the headquarters to mobilize more manpower?" Cheng Dong asked Ke Lan, "We can control the entire New Dawn to ensure that no news will leak out..."

"There are only five of us who know about this matter. The more people there are, the more likely there will be mistakes... Don't forget, there have been insiders in your security bureau." Ke Lan shook his head, "Just temporarily It's enough to attract the attention of those who care."

"Then what about them? Or..." Cheng Dong said, his hand involuntarily resting on the holster around his waist.

Ke Lan naturally knew that the agent leader was referring to "silence". In the eyes of this group of people, compared with Fang Zhou's interests and safety, personal life is simply something that can be given up at will—whether it is their own or not. Life is someone else's life.

"Don't, don't, don't." Ke Lan quickly waved his hand and said, "Leader Cheng Dong, you are responsible for keeping an eye on them here, so that they don't run around, and don't come into contact with other people—including yourself .”

"Should I be handcuffed or tied?"

"Uh... probably don't need it." Ke Lan glanced at the shocked technician and the two medical staff who were lying on their guns. These three people are just civilian staff. Body modification is not about strengthening people. Although the two medical personnel have military membership, the combat effectiveness of the medical personnel on the battleship is still far inferior to that of the army's medical soldiers who need to follow the troops to charge into battle.

Even if the three of them fought together, it probably wouldn't be enough for Cheng Dong to fight with one hand.

Unless there is a heretic believer who can use the "Holy Word" hidden among them-the possibility is almost zero, and, even if there is such a secret, it is estimated that a whole team of fully armed agents will be sent It's useless to stare.

"I think I have to go back to the ark." Ke Lan said, "Until I come back, I can only wrong you to stay in this room."

"Do you need me to send someone to escort you?" Cheng Dong asked again.

"No, I will ask the captain of the No. [-] Fleet for guards." Ke Lan vetoed the proposal, "I repeat, the sixth person cannot know about this before the decision is made."

"Yes." Cheng Dong nodded solemnly.

After explaining these things, Ke Lan transferred all the records just now to a hard disk, and then cleared all the cached data in the device, and formatted all the storage.

Then, he locked the infirmary with his special authority—as for the four people locked inside, there is a toilet in the infirmary anyway, and the emergency food stored in the safe is enough for the four of them Half a month's consumption.

Not only that, but Ke Lan also cut off all the network connections of the infirmary, and set up a label at the door of "No one is allowed to approach during special operations"... In this way, this infirmary has truly become a medical office. The "island" inside the battleship.

He originally wanted these four people to stay in the confinement room for a while, but the one-way glass used on the four walls of the confinement room on the battleship, the people inside can't see the outside, but the people outside can see the inside of the confinement room. It can be clearly seen that if the news that the four people including the chief of the security service agent were sent to the confinement room spreads in the fleet, the explanation will not be clear.

Furthermore, it is impossible to just leave the whole set of "virtual immersion equipment" in the infirmary. The four of them stay here, which can not only prevent leaks, but also serve as a guard.

After closing the corridor where the infirmary was located, Ke Lan went to the bridge of the "New Dawn", made up an excuse, and asked the commander of the Zero Fleet to ask for a transport plane.

This commander is a confidant directly appointed by the Undead Crew, and Ke Lan doesn't need to say it explicitly, as long as he hints that it is related to "above", he will give Ke Lan the greatest support.

But when he got on the transport plane, Ke Lan was in trouble.

Although he and Cheng Dong and the others said that he would return to the ark to report this matter to his superiors, the problem is that he has not yet had a complete showdown with the undead crew members. If he told them this matter, wouldn't it be tantamount to self-reporting? ?

He didn't think he could fool this group of people by spending money on the data files used as evidence... Rather than making up a lie that may be exposed at any time, it's better not to say a word.

Or, just confess to them directly.

Ke Lan thought about it, and waited until the transport plane had flown into the floating airport, but he still couldn't make a decision in the end.

This is a crucial move, once the move is made, he will never have a chance to regret it.

Ke Lan, who was preoccupied, walked down the gangway ladder. Before his feet stepped on the inside of the apron, he heard someone calling his name in the distance.

Those who came to pick him up were two girls from the hunting group—"intern" Qin Zhao and "chief pilot of the hunting group" Valentina.

The Hound and others are busy with the joint exploration of "Yagunaktor", and the only ones in the whole team who are free are Qin Zhao, who just joined, and Valentina, who usually doesn't care much about these things.

When Ke Lan contacted the hunting group before, he used the communication line of the Zero Fleet, so he couldn't explain the matter clearly on the phone. He only said that he wanted to "come back to do something", as for the specifics As for the matter, not a single word was revealed.

"Here, head." Qin Zhao, who was wearing a smart training uniform, came up and handed Ke Lan a bottle of pure water.Her hair is still very short, and has just grown to the length of her jaw—although her long hair was cut in a dream when she was in the bottomless sinkhole, but her body that was completely synchronized with the dream was This has also been done in reality.

Afterwards, the hound specifically mentioned this matter—fortunately, the positioning of the jackknife was quite accurate. If it was a little bit off, it might not be the hair but the neck that was wiped...

"What about the hounds, are they still busy?" Ke Lan took the bottle and asked with a smile.

"Uncle Hound and the others went to the Ye's Consortium today, and senior Valentina and I stayed at the headquarters." Qin Zhao replied, "Oh, by the way, a person came to the headquarters just now, and he should be waiting at the meeting now." In the guest room, Captain, do you want to see him later?"

"Who?"

"I don't know... But looking at the information on the business card, it's someone from the Morgan Consortium."

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