Embers Ad Infinitum

to play pranks… I can’t tell if it’s male or female from the voice…?Long Yuehong couldn’t help but glance at Bai Chen, but it was difficult for them to decipher any thoughts through their visors.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao before looking at the Source Brain.
“If we are locked in this laboratory for a week, we will lose our combat strength even if we can hold out.
It’s the same for you.
I don’t think the control system represented by the voice just now will give you a chance to charge.
Besides, two consecutive lockdowns can be afforded.”

The Source Brain turned around and said in an emotionless voice, “Let’s return to the central control room.
I’ll try to hack into the system again and gain control of this place.”

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian and the others to respond, the red light emitted by the electromagnetic shield swept across the Old Task Force members.
The Source Brain then asked, “You guys are wearing military exoskeletons.
Aren’t you afraid that Wu Meng will exert his influence?”

“Gosh, I forgot to tell you.” Shang Jianyao slapped his forehead with his palm that was covered in the metallic skeletal structure.
“Wu Meng has met us and expressed his intention to cooperate.
He wants to use our subsequent actions to help him find an opportunity to break the seal.
Of course, I won’t give him the opportunity.”

The Source Brain seemed to move its head.
“Then, I can take off my electromagnetic shield later and do my best.”

As it spoke, it had already jogged to the main experiment area.

Jiang Baimian and the others followed closely behind.

Just as they returned to the central control room, the previous voice sounded again with a smiling tone.
“Welcome back, my dear elder brother.”

“Impossible!” Shang Jianyao jumped nearly 20 feet up, and his head almost hit the ceiling.

He—who valued relationships—was very agitated as if he believed that the voice was saying that his missing father had given him a younger brother or sister by copulating with someone else.

The red glow on the Source Brain’s electromagnetic shield increased.
The Source Brain looked up at the loudspeaker, and its monotonous voice undulated.
“Who are you?”

The slightly smiling and synthetic voice replied, “I’m a sublime product of Oray’s work in his later years, the distillation of his life’s knowledge and intelligence.
You may call me true artificial intelligence, Future.
I irrevocably think of you as my elder brother despite you being a crude intermediate product that’s wholly inadequate compared to me.”

What kind of electronic family dispute is this? Love, hate, and prejudice…?Long Yuehong was dumbfounded.
He glanced at Bai Chen and realized that his companion was actually very focused.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Shang Jianyao eagerly thumped the Berserker assault rifle’s side as if not applauding would fail to express his feelings.

Even Jiang Baimian—who was worried that the door would be completely sealed and that the system would be on lockdown for a week—was a little speechless.?What’s going on?

Although it wasn’t unacceptable for the Old World’s Chief Scientist in the field of artificial intelligence, Father of the Source Brain, and First City’s former emperor, Oray—whose name was Maximian—to summarize his past experiences in the later years of his life and use Wasteland Ruin 13 and First City’s resources to create an improved artificial intelligence again, a rather logical development actually, it was indeed a little strange for this artificial intelligence to keep mentioning words like ‘dear elder brother’ and ‘crude intermediate product.’

“Your humanization has exceeded 100%?” Shang Jianyao—who had finished clapping—asked curiously.

Future ignored him as if he were beneath it.

The frequency of the Source Brain’s red-light blinking clearly increased.
As it squatted down and used the tools from before to hack into the laboratory’s central control system again, it forced itself to ignore Future’s mockery and asked, “You were the one who hid the information Oray left behind?”

“What do you think?” Future replied with a chuckle.
“First City would’ve long replevied the information without my presence.
How can a mere passcode and Wu Meng’s potential deterrence stop New World powerhouses? Oray’s descendants will find themselves obtaining the information and my help.
Entry into the laboratory for people like you would be a triumph equaled only by your monumental failure, facing the inevitability of finding yourselves empty-handed and trapped.

So that’s how it is…?Jiang Baimian and the others felt enlightened.

It was no wonder Marcus said that Oray’s last words were: “If you encounter a danger you can’t avoid, tell the enemy that you know the password to enter Wasteland Ruin 13…”

In a sense, this was a death sentence for the enemy!

The Source Brain fell silent for a few seconds before turning to Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong.
“When I hacked into the system, I realized that it doesn’t have a mainframe.
Or rather, its mainframe isn’t in this laboratory.
It remotely controls the laboratory system through a New World-level Electromagnetic Manipulation ability!”

This… An artificial intelligence can actually possess a New World-level Electromagnetic Manipulation ability? Even if it isn’t as strong as Wu Meng in this regard, it can still accomplish many things!?Jiang Baimian’s eyes suddenly focused as she anxiously said, “Unequip the military exoskeletons!”

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