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Deciphering the virus that infects the central computer is not as difficult as Barney expected. This is not a very advanced virus, but several simple low-level viruses are directly implanted into the hard disk of the central computer.Even if some of them are virus types that automatically mutate, the army of viruses they create is only a few harmful viruses.

Except for a few new types of viruses that have never been seen before, Barney can crack most of them without writing special programs at all. Those viruses are even so simple that home anti-virus software can eliminate them.

It is only a matter of time before they are completely wiped out.

The only thing that gave Barney a headache was the number of viruses. The current central computer can almost be regarded as a low-level computer virus database, and almost all low-level computer viruses can be found here.

If the world wasn't counting down, Barney didn't think it would be a problem to kill them all.However, it is precisely because of this countdown that the difficulty of this task has directly increased from easy to difficult.

Looking at the countdown on the screen with only more than 30 hours left, Barney really felt the pressure for the first time since Danny pulled him into this task.

While Barney cracked the virus, Danny was not idle. In order not to disturb Barney's cracking work, and to ensure the safety of the two of them, Danny lowered the protective walls of each floor of the old municipal building. Due to the external bionic The human guard unlocked the protective wall, and Danny had to race against time to lower the protective wall before the bionic guard opened the protective wall after the mandatory protection time of the protective wall expired.

After lowering the protective wall again, Danny looked at the time, and before he knew it, they had been working here for more than five hours.Thinking of the difference between androids and humans, Danny handed Barney a bag of unexpired military rations.

Barney looked at the already blurred production date, and then at the green electronic label on the bag that showed it was still edible. He began to wonder if this kind of military food would never expire.The taste of this kind of thing is naturally conceivable. After eating it, Barney frowned and thought for a long time before deciding to swallow it instead of spitting it out.

Seeing the "wonderful" expression on Barney's face, Danny suddenly became curious about the taste of military food, "Isn't it delicious?"

"It's very unpalatable. This kind of military food generally only focuses on nutrition."

"Through the packaging they feel like jelly."

"But it tastes like gasoline."

"Have you ever drank gasoline before?" Danny looked rather surprised.

"It's just a metaphor." Enduring his nausea, Barney took another big mouthful of military rations, "Didn't they teach you metaphors when you were in the Space-Time Administration?"

"No, most of the colleagues I can come into contact with are bionics. Although most of them have artificial souls, they only talk about logic and don't talk about metaphors."

"It must be boring," Barney looked at Danny sympathetically, and then expressed deeper sympathy for himself who was eating military food. He tried to divert his sense of taste discomfort through chatting, "Then those small parts What about humans?"

"Those humans are not as interesting as the bionics. As for the researcher Steve who is in charge of my daily maintenance, he is a little weird."

"Scientists are always weird."

"Even for a scientist he's weird, even compared to you who want a sperm whale as a partner, he's kind of weird."

"I remember that in the previous timeline, we agreed to go to sea to see real whales, right?"

"Yes, do you remember? Are you really going to see it?" Danny looked very excited.

"Yes, but remember to remind me."

"I will always remind you not to forget."

"It's not to remind me of this, but to remind me not to take this opportunity to throw you into the sea."

"You are so heartless."

Cracking the virus, preventing the guards from attacking, twisting the neck and waist to relax, eating unpalatable military food... the rest of the time is spent in similar repetitions.

Immersed in such pressure, it feels like time flies by so fast.

After writing the cracking program for the last virus, there is only one hour left in the countdown.Barney stretched his waist, and now he only needs to press the Enter key to solve everything. With the burden off his shoulders, Barney looks very relaxed and happy.

"It's time to break the Möbius ring."

At such a moment, Barney was surprised that Danny didn't respond to him, and carefully recalled that the last time he spoke to Danny was a few hours ago. Barney turned around worriedly and looked at the person sitting not far behind him. Danny.

"Danny, what's wrong with you?"

Barney yelled a few times but got no response. He walked towards Danny who was unresponsive worriedly.

It seemed that he finally heard Barney's voice, and when Barney stood beside him, Danny finally raised his head slowly and looked at Barney.

The moment Danny raised his head, Barney's heart suddenly thumped, and Barney keenly felt that something had changed.

The expressionless appearance made Barney feel strange, and Barney shuddered when he felt Danny's serious flickering strange emotions.

This is the expression that Barney has seen in wildlife programs. The expression of a predator looking at its prey is full of murderous intent.That wasn't the expression an android would show a human, at least Danny wasn't the type of android to do that.That's right, because of the connection with the central computer, Danny was also infected with a virus. At a certain moment when Barney focused on the central computer, Danny's system had been taken over by the virus.

Barney, who felt something was wrong, finally realized that he had to leave Danny's side quickly, but it was too late.At the same time that Barney moved, Danny also moved, and he punched Barney directly in the abdomen.

Barney staggered from the beating, and coughed a few times enduring the severe pain. He thought about how to escape from the out-of-control Danny, but after all, the reaction ability of human beings was not as fast as that of bionics. Barney, who was inexperienced in fighting, almost Danny kicked him to the ground without running away for a few meters.

Barney, who felt pain all over, was about to get up, but Danny who suddenly sat on his stomach punched his face again.

"Danny! Think about who you are, think about your mission!" Although he didn't know whether shouting could awaken the consciousness of the bionic person, Barney still decided to give it a try with the last hope.This move seems to have had a certain effect. After hearing Barney's call, Danny froze for a moment. He tilted his head slightly as if he was thinking about something, but the strength on his body did not decrease accordingly, and he was still holding on firmly. Overwhelmed Barney.

"Danny—"

As Barney called over and over again, Danny's suppressing power tended to lessen. Barney, who thought things had turned around, breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to use this gap to escape from Danny's restraint, but unexpectedly realized Danny, who was running away, grabbed his throat hard.

The feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger, and Barney gradually felt powerless. He only felt darkness in front of him, and then he seemed to see a little warm light in the dark world...

The author has something to say: the Möbius ring is a special structure with only one face and one boundary. It has no beginning and no end. The front is the back, and the back is the front. The shape looks like ∞ (that is, the infinity symbol)