Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Security Bureau Shanghai Branch.

In the temporary office of the task force, the captain sitting at the desk with a thoughtful look on his face is playing with the biomimetic memory in his hand, as if he was studying something.

At this point, his AI assistant's holographic portrait suddenly appeared in front of his desk, speaking with an electronic voice with no ups and downs.

“Team, you're on the phone. ”

He stuffed his memory into the drawer and looked at his AI assistant and asked.

“Who called. ”

“Dean Lu. ”

Master Lu?

The eyebrows were raised unexpectedly, and after a moment of reflection, he spoke.

“Get me on the phone. ”

“Okay.”

The three-dimensional holographic images dispersed into scattered light particles, reconstructing a two-dimensional holographic panel that appeared in front of him as the viewing window switched.

Just as the captain was about to call himself asking what was going on, the ark sitting on the other side of the phone opened the subject step by step and asked.

“Any results from the bombing investigation? ”

“Not so soon,” he shook his head, "this case is very difficult, if there's anything new, I'll tell you... is that why you called me? ”

If I could tell you...

At the end of the first half of the sentence, the expressionless sentence was silently added in his heart.

The Spirit of the Universe Foundation is a matter for the Security Service, and it makes no sense to involve ordinary people who are irrelevant. This should be the case, both for security reasons and to avoid the spread of panic.

Hearing his somewhat flashy remarks, the Ark laughed and continued with a relaxed tone.

“Do I look so idle? ”

Suddenly, he looked at the captain in the video window and continued.

“Looking at your investigation seems to be in a bottleneck, I happen to have some clues as to whether I can help you or not. ”

Having heard from the Ark, he did not think that his investigation could go any deeper than his own. The captain laughed and didn't say anything with much care.

“Oh? What clue. ”

“About the Alpha virus. ”

As soon as he heard the word, he sat sharply from his office chair, staring seriously at the video window suspended on the desk, and asked urgently.

“Where did you hear that word? And what do you know about the Alpha virus? ”

Although the Alpha virus is not classified and its various versions were spread on the black market on a small scale six months ago, it remains a mystery to the vast majority of ordinary people.

On the one hand, the overwhelming majority of ordinary people break their biomimetics out of prison at most, modifying their character and functional attributes, without any need for such a change involving the deepest underlying logic, and on the other hand, the pan-Asian cooperation intentionally deletes and blocks this information in order to prevent the spread of panic.

So unless you're involved, you don't know anything about the Alpha virus.

Even if you encounter a biomimetic infected with the Alpha virus...

Faced with the sight questioned by the captain, the ark continued with a relaxed tone.

“In the East Asian electricity database. ”

“East Asian Electricity Database?” I was confused by this sentence for a few seconds. I looked at the side of the ark and frowned and said, “What do you mean? ”

“That's a long story, and I picked the point," I figured out how to make this story up in a matter of seconds, leaning on the ark on the couch for a while, and slowly said, "Yesterday I found an unusual spending of a billion credit points when I was checking the financial statements. ”

“Out of curiosity, I used the authority of the Chairman to transfer the backup files in the database to track the flow of this funding, which turned out to be directed entirely at a project called the X-100. ”

Captain: "X-100? ”

“Well, the AI self-control program of the fusion reactor core looks fine on the surface, but surprisingly in the back...”

Looking at the captain in the video window, the ark continued.

“Still out of curiosity, I continued to follow this line to track down the Lower X-100 project itself, but this investigation was irrelevant and immediately identified the problem. All the formalities and documentation for the X-100 project are well kept and even assessments from East Asian electricity engineers can be found. Strangely, however, the only program code-named X-100 itself was missing, as if it had disappeared. ”

It all sounds like a case of usurpation of corporate assets by virtue of authority.

Although the amount involved in the billion-dollar credit point is not small, if it is on the news, it can be three episodes in a row. However, such cases do not fall under the authority of the Security Bureau. It is only necessary to report them to the investigation through the normal channels, and there is some confusion about why the Ark should say these things to itself.

“… and then? ”

“Then I happened to be a person who liked to dig the bottom,” the ark smiled slightly, continuing, "After some research, I was fortunate enough to find the X-100 program in the cache data of the electromagnet research laboratory server. ”

“Perhaps we haven't had time to scratch it yet, and I pulled the source code out to study it, and then I stumbled upon the fact that the viruses and the ‘out of control' biomimetics in my yard seemed to have the same infection… at least the core part of the source code was essentially the same. ”

The moment I heard this sentence, my heart trembled and I couldn't believe it when I stared at the ark.

“Are you saying... East Asian electricity is involved in the development of the Alpha virus? ”

“It's unlikely," Ark shook his head, "honestly, the complexity of that code doesn't look like an IT company with fewer than fifty employees could develop it. Instead of the virus developed by Dawn Technologies, which is an East Asian power investment, I'd rather believe that a decade ago, they got it from somewhere and analyzed it —— or improved it. ”

“How much more do you know about the Alpha virus -” Speaking of which, the captain suddenly stopped talking, took a deep breath and continued with a serious mouth kiss, "I ask you in other words, how much do you know about the Spirit of the Universe Foundation? ”

Spirit of the Universe Foundation?

When he heard the name, the face of the ark raised a slight unexpected expression.

Although he had a hunch before that that all these strange landings a hundred years later might be related to that experiment a hundred years ago, he didn't expect to hear that memorable name a hundred years after he woke up.

Seeing the ark for half a day without talking, the expression on the side of the sentence gradually became awkward and asked softly.

“... uh, you don't know? ”

“Knowing yes, it was just an accident,” went back to God's Ark and cast a curious gaze at the captain of the crime squad in the video window, "It's been a hundred years, is that foundation still active? I mean, are they... still dancing like they did a hundred years ago? ”

“The situation may be more complicated than it was a hundred years ago," he seemed hesitant to involve the ark, silenced for a while, and said, “When are you free to talk in person? About the Spirit of the Universe Foundation. ”

Unexpectedly, the captain thought that the ship would be happy to accept his invitation, but after hearing his proposal, he did not hesitate to reject it.

“No, I'm not here to discuss the fear of a hundred years ago. Terrorist organizations don't have much interest in the fools who cheat under the guise of science. ”

“I just wanted to tell you that I have complete evidence here, including a signed contract, including the original of the X-100 project - the Alpha virus. ”

“That's what you said, and it doesn't look like you're going to give us that evidence," the sentencing simply said, “OK, whatever you want, just say it. ”

“I will not have any difficult conditions, and the only requirement is that you act in confidence. Although the X-100 project is funded by East Asian Power, I can be sure that this is not the opinion of the board as a whole, but the personal conduct of former Chairman Liu Zhengxing and former Scientific Committee member Song Yangwei. ”

Hearing the meaning of the ark, he said with a smile.

“You can rest assured that since they are using their position to secretly fund the development of the Alpha virus and conceal the substance of the project, East Asian electricity is also a victim, and of course we will protect the privacy of the victim. ”

Moreover, the Alpha virus is not readily available, especially in relation to East Asian electricity.

Imagine that in the 22nd century, when information technology was highly developed, the network cables were not only integrated into the lives of everyone, but even into a number of people, not to mention the importance of the role played by biomimetics in productive life.

How would Pan-Asians feel if they knew that they trusted and were proud of East Asian electricity and were developing some kind of evil virus, even enough to subvert society itself? What should Pan-Asian cooperation do then?

It was to be hoped that throwing such a serious problem at a dead man and a member of a scientific committee would convince everyone to take ordinary people for fools.

Although this is already a matter of security of life and property for everyone, in a high-ranking position, these ordinary people should not know too much.

“Thank you for your understanding,” the Ark nodded and suddenly thought of something, continuing, "Oh right, if it's convenient, I hope you can move faster when you catch people. I have a feeling that if Song Yangwei hears the wind, maybe his people are gone. ”

Moreover, the Ark seriously suspects that the death of Liu Zhengxing may not be due to himself, but to the Alpha virus.

In that case, Song Yangwei, another person involved in the X-100 R&D project, is likely to be targeted, and even those people are already considering shutting him down.

If he dies at this point, the Ark feels somewhat embarrassed.

He had a bit of a contradiction with himself, and he was the last person involved in the X-100 case. He's a trouble-fearing person, whether it's a foundation or an alpha virus, and he just wants to create a second-generation, controllable fusion.

As for the others…

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, so let these younger generations torment them.

Looking at the video window, the captain raised his eyebrows.

“Are you questioning our profession? ”

The ark sighed.

“If you stand in my shoes and wake up and see so many magical things, I'm sure you'll be just like me. ”

“Believe it or not, just be a friendly suggestion. ”