city ​​of the end

Chapter 304 Coffin

If you follow the trend and rank the top ten unsolved mysteries in the wasteland, how exactly did the cataclysm happen ranks first, followed closely by "how exactly did the nodes come about".Both of these issues are closely related to the lives of the residents of the wasteland. Of course, with the passage of time, the issue of "how did the catastrophe happen" has gradually faded away, and it is not within the scope of most people's attention. It seems that this question is basically on the same level as "how were humans born" or "how did the dinosaurs become extinct".

What everyone is most concerned about right now is the question of "how nodes are generated."

After all, nodes are a necessity for human survival. After the cataclysm, nodes and energy networks have basically become as indispensable to humans as air.And it is precisely because of the existence of nodes that the expansion of human gathering places is limited.Although it is possible to gradually upgrade the nodes by investing in energy chips, considering the cost of doing so, it is naturally not worth the loss.

If human beings can master the manufacturing skills of nodes, then their gathering place will be many times larger than it is now, but it is a pity that there is no way to do it.Therefore, they can only find the node and occupy it as the next best thing.This is why the "node cutting and transplantation" technology possessed by Faerun is so popular. Although the nodes "cut" by Faerun can no longer be used as normal nodes, they are used as temporary nodes to fight against electromagnetic storms. Or evacuation is still possible.

As an "expert" in this area, Fei Lun certainly knows a lot about nodes.He has always believed that the node may be some kind of existence that was mutated by the influence of the energy network after the catastrophe.This is not surprising, just look at those mutated humans, animals, plants, etc... After all, after the cataclysm, there are many strange things, aren't they?

But now it seems that the situation is obviously not what Fei Lun thought. If his guess is correct, the current scene is... the energy network is invading the main control system here?

Could it be that the energy network is really controlled by someone?Or is it just an instinctive behavior?If it's the latter, it's okay, if it's the former... Alas, if this spreads, it will probably turn the world upside down...

Thinking of this, Fei Lun narrowed his eyes and stared carefully at the screen in front of him, but on the screen, the situation became more and more chaotic.Obviously, the intrusion of the energy network is completely irresistible to these ordinary researchers. Although they try their best, it seems that it still has no effect.

"The program code is being converted, Director...!"

"Lock the main database immediately!"

"No, it can't be locked, the invasion has penetrated into the simulation unit!"

After hearing the bad news one after another, the old man's expression became more solemn. Finally, he seemed to have made some important decision and waved his hand vigorously.

"Activate A-3 code for self-deletion!"

"what?"

Hearing what the old man said, the researchers surrounding him were all shocked.

"Director, this..."

"Quick! If something goes wrong, I will take responsibility!!"

Hearing this, the other researchers stopped talking and hurriedly left to do their own things.Seeing this, Phelan looked at Franka again.

"What are they doing?"

The advantage of the Swiss Army Knife is that, whatever form it becomes, it has the corresponding information and intelligence.Basically, the current Franke is almost the same as the Encyclopedia Dictionary.

"They're removing the core code of artificial intelligence."

Sure enough, Franke quickly gave the answer.

"According to the records of my investigation, after the other party invaded the database, he began to modify the code at a near-limit speed in an attempt to control the entire system. The researchers here tried to prevent the other party from continuing to go deeper, and found that they could not prevent the other party from further intrusion. After that, it was decided to completely delete the core code.”

The so-called you don't want to get what I can't get?This group of people was not slow to react.

Hearing Franke's explanation, Phelan nodded.At the same time, on the large screen of the monitor, two progress bars, one red and one blue, appeared respectively, red for intrusion and blue for deletion.The speed of intrusion is not slow, but the speed of data deletion is obviously faster. When the red has reached 30%, the blue has reached 60%.In the end, it stopped at 67% -- which means that they deleted most of the data anyway.

At the same time, the flashing light strips on the black stone pillars suddenly paused, and then gradually began to weaken.Seeing this scene, the researchers seemed to be relieved, and many of them even just sat on the chairs, staring blankly at the monitor in front of them, without saying a word.But seeing this, Fei Lun and the others did not relax their vigilance as much as they did, because everything they saw now showed that the matter did not end so simply.

Just like a science fiction movie, if humans arranged everything in an orderly manner without problems, there would be no story.Just like the first man bitten by a facehugger in Alien, if the heroine insisted on standard operations and the captain also insisted on standard operations, then they would definitely be able to detect the appearance of the alien during the observation period.What's helpless is that the director arranged for the captain to know the law and break the law, and he violated the rules, which caused the aliens to wreak havoc... But if not, then the movie would not be able to continue, right?

"beep----!"

Sure enough, just a moment later, suddenly, a rapid siren sounded, and then everyone saw a bright red warning shining on the screen in front of them. The rapid siren sounded, almost making people palpitate.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"The other party bypassed Protocol 315 and opened the 'coffin'!!"

"'coffin'…………"

Hearing this, the old man was taken aback for a moment, and then his complexion instantly became ugly.

"Go, everyone, get out of here!!"

"Ahhhh......!!"

However, before the old man finished speaking, he heard screams outside and bursts of gunshots from time to time.And this also made the researchers even more terrified. Soon, someone screamed, and the next moment, everyone saw translucent shadows suddenly appearing on the screen!And these shadows are exactly the "ghosts" that everyone encountered in the dungeon before!
This is really interesting.

Seeing this, Fei Lun became more energetic.Originally, he thought that those ghosts should be the product of nodeization.But I didn't expect that it was actually researched here?No wonder their methods were useless against these ghosts, and in the end they could only get Franka to use his trump card to get it done.Now it seems that these guys are the ones who should take the blame... But since they are all dead, there is no point in not taking the blame.

In Phelan's opinion, these guys should be helpless in the face of ghosts, but this is not the case.Although it was true that many people were killed by the ghosts at the beginning, after reacting, those soldiers immediately raised their guns and started shooting at the ghosts.To Fei Lun's surprise, these bullets did not pass directly through the ghost's body as Fei Lun thought. On the contrary, after the bullets hit the ghost, they caused electric sparks.And those ghosts also let out a shrill scream when they were hit, and then they backed away, and their bodies, which seemed to be clear at first, also became much blurred after being hit.

It seems that these people still have protective measures here --- but it's normal to think about it carefully. They still remember to produce vaccines when they make T-virus...

It's just a pity that even so, these people are obviously unprepared.Perhaps they had indeed considered dealing with such an emergency, but they never thought they would face so many ghosts.And those ghosts are the same as those that Fei Lun and others have come into contact with. They can appear out of thin air and then disappear out of thin air, and they can fly through walls. Soon I saw that the soldiers who tried to fight off the ghost were killed by the ghost. At this time, other researchers also began to flee outward, trying to leave here.However, with the flash of red light, the door that was originally opened closed and locked with a "click" the next moment, closing them.

"Quick, get into the command room!"

The old man's face was also pale at this moment. He almost stumbled into a room behind the command center, and then smashed it hard. Soon, the door was closed, and then the flashing electric current crackled, and those who originally rushed over to think... The ghost who wanted to kill the old man bumped into the wall that was shining with electric light, screaming and running away.It seems that these ghosts are not really omnipotent, at least now it seems that electric current can cause harm to them.

"beep---"

And at this moment, the siren sounded again, and then an emotionless electronic voice suddenly appeared.

"The five-level password authority has been authorized, and the second-level sequence will be opened soon."

"The second level of sequence is activated, cutting off external source connections..."

Although he couldn't understand what the electronic voice was saying, judging from the old man's expression, the situation seemed to be getting worse.And when the electronic voice said "open the big hole, prepare to wake up", the old man seemed to have made up his mind, clenched his right hand, and then slammed on the emergency button in front of him.

"boom!"

The glass cover was smashed open, and the old man's right hand hit the bright red button inside.Soon, the harsh siren disappeared.Afterwards, Fei Lun and others saw on the screen in front of them that the things that were originally closed and looked like vents suddenly opened, and then a white mist sprayed in, blowing the entire control center away in the blink of an eye. Wrapped in it.After a while, the fog cleared, and there was no living thing in the entire control center.Those researchers and soldiers, whether alive or dead, were completely frozen into an ice sculpture.As for the ghosts who disappeared, I don’t know if they died or ran away because they were afraid of the white mist. As for the old man...

"sorry Sorry sorry………"

He stared blankly at the scene in front of him, then took out a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at his temple. With a "bang" gunshot, everything fell into boundless silence again.

And the video, too.

"that's it?"

Seeing this, Phelan seemed a little unsatisfied. Even if it's a sci-fi movie, you still have to talk about causality in the later stage, but it turned out to be such a long period of endless... Bad reviews!
Forget it, this is not a movie after all, so just do it yourself.

"Franca, what's that 'coffin'?"

"I don't know either. The specific information has been deleted and cannot be verified. However, the location of this 'coffin' is still in the maintenance records..."

"Take us to see."

Fortunately, although this looked like a scene from a science fiction horror movie, there were no twists and turns. Under the leadership of Franke, everyone arrived at the location of the "coffin" without much effort.This place looks like a large warehouse, but unlike other warehouses, it looks very empty with nothing.At least looking around, everyone didn't see anything.

"Is this the coffin?"

Crowna looked around curiously, then turned her head to look at Franka suspiciously——the place is obviously empty, there is nothing?
Facing Culona's inquiry, Franka just smiled slightly, then reached out and pressed lightly on the panel next to her.

"Squeak————!"

Accompanied by a light sound, the next moment, everyone saw a black hole separated from the originally flat floor around them, and then one after another, things like large capsules spun out of the black hole. At the same time, a biting cold Fog overflowed from it, making everyone shiver involuntarily.

"what is this?"

Looking at the "capsule" in front of her, Krona moved over curiously, glanced inside through the glass cover in front, and then...

"ah!?"

"Kulona?"

"what happened?"

Hearing Corona's scream, everyone hurriedly turned their heads and looked towards Corona.At the moment, Krona didn't care about other people's eyes at all. She saw the little girl sitting on the ground with a pale complexion, she kept stepping back, and pointed to the "capsule" in front of her.

"Point, Commander, inside is, is, the eldest sister...the eldest sister...?"

"big sister?"

Hearing what Krona said, Fei Lun also walked in front of her, then looked inside the capsule through the glass window in front of him, and then he was also taken aback for a moment.

In the capsule in front of Fei Lun, a girl was closing her eyes tightly, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep. She had long emerald green hair and pointed ears... um, looks very familiar?

No, it should be said that this face is indeed very familiar...

(End of this chapter)