For the next few days, Yang stayed in the base leisurely.

Like a salted fish, doing nothing.

A few days later, Zach catches up with Yang and tells him that he may have found the intelligent program.

Zach breaks down the whole system.

Finally, I set my sights on a hardware device that was not very eye-catching.

……

…

Below the Ark layer, above the nuclear reactor.

Yang took Zach to this system layer where there were basically no people.

It's full of all kinds of hardware facilities, huge cables are crisscrossed like overpasses, and the energy of the entire base comes from nuclear reactors, and the main body of energy conversion and utilization, and all electronic systems exist in this layer.

The air in the system layer is very thin and there is a lot of radiation, and usually only purely mechanical robots perform maintenance and repairs to the equipment here.

So Yang and Zach entered this level wearing a thick protective suit.

According to Zach, he checked all the hardware facilities, and finally left this device that is still in operation, but has no actual function, because the overall facility is not substantially connected to the operation of other devices, and he cannot remotely access this device through other means of data connection, so he needs to directly contact and connect to the data for research.

So Yang carried him down.

If you talk about the altitude, it's almost close to the bottom of the sea.

……

The two of them walked through a narrow passageway, surrounded by various huge mechanical structures.

Yang looked at Zack's face in the protective mask and asked strangely, "You seem to be a little nervous." ”

"Please, I'm claustrophobic." Zach said to Yang.

"Claustrophobia? Do you mean the surroundings or your protective clothing? Yang rolled his eyes.

"Both."

……

It's no surprise that the light in the system layer is very dark, the mechanical work doesn't need too much light, there is usually no one coming down, and there is not much thought in the initial engineering design, leaving only a narrow passage.

"I kind of regret coming here." Zach said, swallowing.

"Less BB, get it done early and go back early." Yang said impatiently, "How far is it?" ”

"It's just ahead."

Zach held a tablet in his hand, followed the instructions on the system route, and quickly found the device he was looking for.

……

After about two minutes, the two of them stood in front of a device that was about two meters tall.

The outer surface of the device is alternately composed of metal and transparent crystals, through which Zach and Yang can clearly see the circuit system that emits a faint blue color inside.

"What is this?" Yang looked back at Zach.

"It looks like a stand-alone system host, or some kind of storage device." Zach said with a frown.

"You're guessing, aren't you?"

"Do you see that?"

……

"What kind of smart program do you think is stored in this?" Yang circled the odd-looking device.

"That's what I guessed."

Zach struggled to take off his backpack and pulled some computer equipment and data connections out of it.

Protective clothing is indeed a bit too heavy for this helpless dead house.

It took him a long time to connect the computer equipment he had brought with him and the data from the device in front of him.

"I think it's mysterious."

Yang leaned aside, watched Zach for a long time, and muttered.

Ignoring Yang's questioning, Zach simply sat down on the cold floor, put the computer on his lap and began to operate.

"I've blocked all the connections, which means that the device is completely independent of the base's systems, and it can't share data with other devices, and it can't connect remotely, so now it's easy to understand that I'm trapped in this device." Zach said to Yang as he operated the computer.

"If it's in there." Yang added a premise to Zack's words.

“…… You're right. Zach was speechless for a moment, unable to find any good words to refute Yang.

……

"Do you think the design of this suit is not very scientific?" Yang tapped the transparent mask on his protective suit.

"Yes, I think it's very unscientific, it's too heavy." Zach couldn't agree more.

"No, I mean, if you put on this thing and suddenly want to smoke, you can't do it." Yang shook his head.

“……”

Zach rolled his eyes.

He found that since this Luo became Yang, there was a clear gap in the communication between the two of them.

But then again, even if it was Luo before, the gap was not small......

……

"How long do you have to go?" Yang asked Zack.

"It won't take long."

"So, if that so-called intelligent program is really in there, what are you going to do with it?" Yang then asked.

"Well, let's test its intelligence first, but as far as I know, even the most advanced intelligence can't be done too well, such as the CIA's, it's like waste, but you also know that these things of the Immortal Bird Company can't be measured by the previous level of understanding, so it can't be ruled out that they have developed to the level of the movie in the field of intelligence." Zach said as he stared at the computer screen as he operated.

"And then?" Yang asked absentmindedly.

"Isn't it up to you to decide?" Zach glanced back at Yang.

“……”

Yang blinked, then patted his protective mask and nodded, "Oh oh, you're right, you almost fucking forgot that I was the main character." ”

"What's that?"

"Nothing, I mean, I forgot I was the boss." Yang waved his hand and said, "I have to make sure that the things we have taken control of this base have been leaked by it, this is the most important thing, I don't want to wake up tomorrow morning and find myself surrounded by a bunch of super warships." ”

"Okay."

Zach nodded.

He continued to work on his notebook.

But suddenly, he found that his computer screen went black.

"Uh...... What the heck? ”

His computer screen turned black.

Then, a few letters popped up on the screen -

“f-u-c-k o-f-f”

……

"I rub it, so skinny?"

The corners of Zach's mouth twitched.

He seems to have been taunted by an artificial intelligence.

"And it curses?"

Zach continued to tap on the keyboard, but no matter what he typed, there were still a few curses on the screen.

……

(End of chapter)