A dead man in a black camouflage uniform crossed the front.

Not just one, but many, scattered in a restaurant-like establishment.

They have rotted into skeletons and attracted flies. As long as there is air and water, life is pervasive.

Terrible life.

I asked, "Who are they?" ”

"Mercenaries of the Charon Company. ”

Charon?

"Charon is actually a pre-Holocaust mega-company, not a simple car factory. His main business is scientific research, but behind the scenes, he studies the supernatural. ”

I asked, "How did they die?" ”

"I don't know that when I left, they were still alive and well," he said. ”

I tried to discern the cause of their death and found that they showed no signs of injury.

"The director of this lab is Professor Ulysses, but the research was conducted in secret, and governments and Charon did not know about it," he said. In 2056, the Charon Corporation discovered Professor Ulysses' project, and they broke in, killing the professor and taking me and a researcher as I was the only surviving specimen. ”

I said, "Good kill." So Charon saved you? ”

"It's just for other purposes, my full name is the Converged Infrastructure Computing Protocol (F.A.C.A)", an artificial intelligence capable of integrating network computing resources, the world's first semi-silicon-based lifeform. Charon temporarily used me to run the Black Coffin Mansion as a performance test, but then disaster struck, and I stayed in the Black Coffin until the Archons took over the system. ”

Her difficult jargon is more dizzying than "The Lost River," and I asked, "What kind of catastrophe?" ”

"I don't know, the black coffin is a closed network, I don't know anything about the outside world. ”

I'm disappointed that everyone knows that the world is over, but no one knows why.

I asked, "Then why did you listen to the consuls?" ”

"They have a contract to buy the Black Coffin Mansion from Charon, and I have no choice but to do what I want without supreme authority," he said. ”

I asked, "What about the supreme authority?" ”

"I have nowhere to go, the Black Coffin Mansion is my only destination, but with the highest authority, I will... Happy. ”

Understand, I also crave happiness, who isn't? Entering a skyscraper makes me happy, and getting the highest privilege makes me happy, it's a win-win.

"The mercenaries who rummaged through Charon had black boxes on them, perhaps with clues to the cause of their deaths. ”

That's right, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, after all, you can't joke with your life. I had a good hand, and when I looked at the badge, the second corpse that I opened seemed to be their captain, and he said, "Go back to the culture room and connect his black box to the host." ”

I knew a thing or two about machinery, and it was hard for me to operate, but the screen showed that I was tinkering like a magician, and the command rolled so fast that I was almost blind.

A voice recording appeared on the screen and asked, "Is it playing?" "Lack of choice" is. ”

The speakers were the captain and an officer in the command center, who were talking casually and unhurriedly, and that official was typical of bureaucratic behavior.

Official: "Strange madman, how can he believe this, and even more incredible is that he actually succeeded." ”

Captain: "Sir?" ”

Officer: "I'll give you a brief background on the target, you know the non-disclosure agreement, right?" ”

Captain: "Yes, sir. ”

Official: "Professor Ulysses and Professor Longinus, two bastard pedants, all along, they have been holding the company's funds, researching super artificial intelligence, how much do you know about artificial intelligence?" ”

Longinus? The name made waves in my heart.

Captain: "Not much, sir, but I know a thing or two, like a very smart computer?" ”

Official: "It's about the same, but quantitative change will produce qualitative change, and when the computing power reaches a certain level, mechanical calculations will appear with thinking.... Robots, think like people, create like people, have feelings like people, and be nasty and despicable like people. What they are researching is artificial intelligence that can think independently, new species, new lives, and new souls in the true sense. ”

Captain: "Yes, sir. ”

Official: "There are many similar projects, and the way of piling up computing power is not new, the question is who can get the first step." The quality of super AI is that it can steal the amount of computing in the network, possess endless knowledge, and soar to become an omniscient and omniscient god. Ulysses and Longinus, the methods adopted by these two men are more metaphysical. ”

Captain: "Metaphysics? ”

Official: "They don't think it's all based on machine originals, and if you use part of the human brain to harness the silicon-based computing core, it will be a shortcut." Therefore, the use of human modification is the fastest way to create super artificial intelligence. And as long as we are faster than others, we will win, just as the United States was the first to master the nuclear bomb, and we can win the war of the entire information age. ”

Captain: "They use humans? ”

Official: "Not ordinary humans, but.... The descendants of demons, at least as they claim, call them 'Neferem', and the Bible records the fetus born from the union of these fallen angels and humans, and their bloodlines have not been severed, but have been passed down from generation to generation among men, and have always been unknown. ”

Captain: "I see, please continue, sir." ”

Official: "Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it?" But there are individuals in the human race—whether they are descendants of demons or whatever—that are very different from ordinary humans. Ordinary people's brains will be burned out by a lot of calculations, but 'Nefarem' can better withstand the load under the action of some special drugs, stay awake, and at least live longer. Moreover, after experiments, the success rate of Nefarem in juvenile years is much higher than that of adult Nefarem because of its simplicity. ”

Captain: "They kidnap children? His voice was angry.

Official: "So these are two heinous mongrels of all kinds. I've located their lab, and the agents lurking inside will open the entrance for you, and you'll need to make sure you get the sample 'siren' back, and capture Professor Longinus alive, and everyone else, all of them must be eradicated. ”

Captain: "Including... What are the children? ”

Official: "No, there was only one successful test subject, the siren, and the rest of the test subjects have been confirmed dead. ”

There was silence for a long time.

Captain: "May I ask one last question?" ”

Official: "Please speak up. ”

Captain: "Why did you keep Professor Longinus?" ”

Official: "This is a secret between you and me, and no third party is allowed to know." ”

Captain: "Understood. ”

Official: "Professor Longinus is our agent. ”

....

This recording is followed by a long journey in a helicopter to embark on a military operation, mostly boring giving orders and not much conversation. When the action began, there was another loud shout of gunfire.

I turned off this audio.

I asked, "Do you want to change your name to 'Siren'?" ”

Lack: "The siren is a code name, and I am still a widow." ”

I asked, "When it's done, will you kill me?" ”

Lack: "I would consider not doing that." ”

I was creepy because of her terrible sense of humor.

The screen jumps, another piece of audio appears, and Laca plays it.

It's still the same captain.

Captain: "Do you have something to report, kid?" ”

Soldier: "Yes, sir! The target has been successfully sent away. ”

The captain said, "Well done. ”

Soldier: "Sir, why don't we evacuate with us?" ”

Captain: "This facility has not yet been fully discovered, and our superiors have instructed us to stay and search every corner. ”

Soldier: "Yes, sir." ”

Captain: "Every one of you is good! When you see those... Children, those .... Things, you were not intimidated, did not retreat half a step, but faithfully and courageously carried out the order! I'm proud of you. He raised his voice, and his voice was majestic and convincing.

The soldiers cheered loudly, and another soldier said, "Sir, I have a small request. ”

Captain: "Please speak up, kid. ”

Soldier: "I'm going to take a month's vacation, I'm going back to my hometown to get married." ”

His comrades cheered for him, and the captain said, "I grant each of you two months of paid leave." ”

Hearing this, I sighed and probably understood why they died.

After a long day of rest, they began their search, and someone found a door that could not be opened, but it was unlocked with Professor Ulysses' fingerprints and eyeballs.

Captain: "Oh my God, that's.... What is that? ”

Captain: "Why.... Why.... I can't move? Don't come near me, let go! Let go! Let me go! ”

Captain: "Don't, don't, I beg you, don't, stay away from me." ”

As he spoke, the rest of the soldiers were crying and pleading.

Captain: "It's not me, it's Ulysses, it's Longinus, it's them who did it, please, child, child, oh, oh, cough, cough.... Don't..."

He gasped for breath, but seemed to be full of poisonous gas, and he coughed violently, and his condition got worse and worse. He seemed to regain his mobility at the sound of footsteps, but he still couldn't breathe, and his mouth still sounded in pain.

Plop, click, he fell, he turned off the recording, as if afraid that the previous voice would be overwritten.

I said, "He said 'child' earlier?" So there are still survivors in it? And that survivor killed them all? ”

Laca: "As far as I know, no, the only thing I know for sure is that in Professor Ulysses' vault, there are parts of the code that I am missing, and if there is that code, I can complete it." ”

I said, "But they died!" None of them lived. The man who killed them closed the entrance to the lab again, so no one came in again. ”

Lack: "Reasonable inference, you're smart, Mr. Fishbone." ”

I said, "Don't look down on people, the best decision you have made is to choose me to save you." ”

And I will save you, no matter what lies ahead.

I started taking the medicine, first the Eye of Odin, then the Water of Amon. Odin's eyes make me aware of danger, Amun's water makes me invisible, and toxicity makes me miserable. For 20 million, I really let go, if I finish this vote and enter the black coffin, I can retire directly, do some small business or something, and then find a girl to marry.... Phew, Bah, Bah.

Lack: "Your potion is against common sense. ”

I said, "your common sense, I just need to live." ”

Lac: "How does it work?" ”

I said, "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" Just as honeysuckle can cure a sore throat, it doesn't make any sense here. ”

Lack: "The chemical composition of the herbs is clear, unlike your elixirs. ”

I said, "Quiet, siren! I started. ”

Turning the corner, the dark hallway, there was only one direction, I knew where to go, and I didn't plan to turn back.