NIKKE, when the stars bloom

"I asked you who Alnwick was."

Click, click, click, click—

As the man asked gently, the horrifying sound of his jawbone being pinched into several pieces bit by bit was like a needle tip, piercing the eardrums of Ingrid and the deputy director.

It was as if this hellish scene along with a name was engraved into their brains, forcing them to never forget what happened today.

Chapter 22 I really want to put a gun in its mouth and shoot it

Although Alnik is just an artificial intelligence, no one would doubt Alnik's special status in the Ark.

It is the favorite adviser of the Ark's rulers; it is the most trusted judge of the Ark's people; it is also the bond that binds the Ark's people together.

Therefore, when Anik specifically wanted to talk to someone, even the deputy commanders of the Ark, who were as powerful as Ark, had no right to veto Anik's request.

In other words, Phoenix can't abolish Tado and Bernanse's violent illegal acts until at least Anik has met with him before the trial can proceed.

"Very calm and ruthless. There is a traceable reason why he was able to escape from the encirclement of hundreds of Letchers and kill one at close range on the road, Anderson."

Ingrid, who was guarding outside the engine room gate, recalled the commander's smile with blood on his mouth half an hour ago. Her heart trembled slightly and she let out a rare sigh.

"But he's too smart. He has outstanding abilities, knows how to take advantage of situations, and has a precise grasp of boundaries like a politician... So he's not suitable for the Pure Land, nor for the Ark.

No, it should be said that the current Ark cannot withstand the mess of young people like him.

Anderson, you should understand that what Ark needs most right now is heroes.

A pure,

Idealistic hero. "

……

……

"Are you saying that you suggested that Central Command carry out my prosthetic implants?"

In the terminal room with the highest security level in the Ark, Phoenix tilted his head and glanced at the artificial intelligence projection in front of him with a strange expression.

It was a jumpsuit with a white background and black stripes that looked the same whether worn or not. He wore a white military cap that was exaggeratedly large, with a gauze curtain that gradually turned from black to transparent hanging from the top of the cap.

Just taking this hat as an example, its shape is very similar to the crown worn by ancient emperors in our history.

　Combined with Anik's private act of sending tribute to Letcher to seek peace, Phoenix's already strange expression became even more entangled.

picture,

so similar.

Not to mention what specific dynasty it was, did I say some outrageous words in my mind a few hours ago about the prosthetic limb implantation?

Seeing that Phoenix was not going to express his opinion, Anik, who had no idea what the other party was thinking, continued in her electronic synthesized voice: "Yes, I also participated in this operation and buried a micro-bomb with a timing function and a brain audio-visual receiving chip in your cervical spine.

When you enter a no-signal area, the bomb's timing function will start immediately. If you do not return to the Ark to reconnect the signal within 720 hours, the bomb will explode. "

"...?"

Hearing that there was a bomb in his neck, Phoenix was stunned for a moment before suddenly blinking his eyelids, licking his lips and laughing:

"... Oh, wait a minute, let me sort it out."

"You mean, you threatened a human's life by planting a bomb as an artificial intelligence? Anik, are you sure you didn't violate the regulations?"

Faced with questions from humans, Anik gave sufficiently authoritative answers without hesitation.

“I can explain the planting of the bomb.

One of the members of the Goddess Corps, Snow White, has no record of communicating with humans since betraying the Ark, and no longer obeys human commands since betraying the Ark.

Commander Nikki, second lieutenant of the military district, Phoenix does not have the authority to obtain relevant information about Snow White, nor does he have the authority to command Snow White.

Based on the above information, two inferences can be drawn.

First, Phoenix is ​​suspected of stealing confidential files at the central level.

Second, Phoenix is ​​suspected of secretly cooperating with the Ark betrayers.

During two consecutive missions, Commander Phoenix demonstrated abnormal information judgment ability a total of 155 times, and had zero direct encounters with Letcher.

Suspected to be able to use non-Ark satellite radars, and suspected to be able to ignore the information interference of Avira particles.

Based on the above information, two inferences can be drawn.

First, Phoenix obtained the right to use a certain observation satellite through some means and did not report it, which is suspected of privatizing human public resources.

Phoenix has a highly effective anti-interference technology that can resist Elvira particles, but I theoretically do not have the knowledge to create this technology. Therefore, I am suspected of privatizing human public technology.

Second, it is not ruled out that Phoenix cooperates with Letcher and tries to use the extremely high battle loss ratio to improve its social status, thereby integrating into the leadership of the Ark and cooperating with Letcher from inside and outside.

This inference can also reasonably explain why Commander Phoenix was able to make one hundred and fifty-five abnormal information judgments in a short period of time.

In summary, considering that there is insufficient evidence to file a case, it has been decided to implement a special monitoring plan for Commander Nikki and Second Lieutenant Phoenix of the Military District.

This plan not only guarantees the freedom of Commander Lieutenant Phoenix, but also ensures that the safety factor of the Ark will not be reduced.

Do you still have any objections to my decision?"

"..."

After listening to Anik's explanation that sounded almost like an official announcement, in the face of "iron evidence", the suspect's false smile gradually disappeared, and his pair of harmless tourmaline eyes turned cold.

At this moment, the thought of putting the gun into the other person's mouth and firing a shot popped up uncontrollably in Phoenix's mind.

What it said made so much sense that I couldn't find a way to refute it for a while. I even had a vague urge to thank the other party for not killing me.

Thinking of this, the narrow-minded man became even angrier.

It seems that one shot is not enough, at least three shots are needed to relieve my blood pressure.

"Let's get straight to the point. You called me here, you can't just be telling me all this nonsense."

"Ok."

Apparently, Alnick prefers direct communication to endless explanations.

"The following conversations are all top-level confidential files. We are currently conducting a network security check, a storage security check, initiating external information interference, and initiating file pre-encryption..."

As the artificial intelligence mechanically reported, a large number of windows and data streams began to pop up around Anik's human image at a speed that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye.

suddenly!

The terminal room, which had been bright before, was instantly engulfed in darkness; even Anik's 3D projection was not spared.

The absolute silence allowed Phoenix to hear his own heart beating strongly, and he could even detect the faint sound of the energy core in his right lung.

Time passes with the heartbeat.

The first time of sixty-two jumps, the second time of sixty-two jumps, the third time of sixty-two jumps…

When Phoenix counted to the 326th heartbeat, which was about five minutes, Anik's emperor-like attire once again emerged in his sea of ​​consciousness.

It appeared beside his three-dimensional map...

"Hello, Commander Phoenix."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Ark's artificial intelligence, Anik."

Chapter 23 Alnwick

Darkness makes space lose its boundaries.

Phoenix, as if in the abyss, simply closed his eyes and stared at Anik silently in his consciousness.

"how did you do that."

“An unexpected discovery and attempt.”

"You call a human experiment with a 5% survival rate an experiment?"

call--!

The moment the word "try" from Alnik's stream of consciousness emerged in Phoenix's mind, the figure of this artificial intelligence was instantly engulfed by the tsunami of angry consciousness.

But when the tsunami dissipated, Anik appeared in Phoenix's mind again out of nowhere.

"I fully understand your anger, but the operation was successful." The artificial intelligence in the image of a girl still looked calm and composed, without any sign of guilt.

The implication is that someone is being unreasonable, like a petty person who is holding on to something that has already passed.

On the other side, Phoenix shrugged indifferently and said frankly:

"I'm not a machine. I was just a little hostile to you for a moment. Believe me, if I could control the form of consciousness attack, you would have a gun in your mouth right now."

After saying that, he added another sentence.

"Explain what 'an unexpected discovery' means?"

"Ok."

Anik was not offended by Phoenix's words at all, and nodded and replied: "When you were transported to the Ark Central Hospital, I performed a body scan on you. Of course, this scan was just a routine body injury scan.

But during the scan, I found that your brain had abnormal discharge. At first, I thought you had epilepsy, but during further examination, I found that I could feel your consciousness through the electrode patches on your brain.

It can also be called a dream.”

"What do you mean, can you sense that I'm dreaming, or do you mean you can see the content of my dreams???"

"I'm sorry, my expression was ambiguous. What I meant was that I could observe your dream through the electrode patch. In the dream, you were having sex with Anis..."

"Stop! I know!"

Seeing that the other party was about to continue describing, someone's eyes twitched uncomfortably.

"So you convinced the central government to force me to undergo prosthetic surgery, and took the opportunity to implant a chip in my cervical spine that allows you to freely dive into my consciousness."

"Yes."

"And then you didn't report it to the central government, and you even concealed the bomb."

"Yes."

"..."

The atmosphere fell silent with Anik's two affirmations.

Phoenix was not surprised by Alnik's behavior beyond human permission. In fact, in the game plot, this artificial intelligence often acts on its own.

What puzzled him was why the other party did this. It was just a consciousness infiltration. Why was it worth Anik taking such a big risk...

Wait...didn't this guy just say that it can see the content of his own erotic dreams?

Thinking of a terrible possibility, the man narrowed his eyes subconsciously, "You'd better not tell me that you can see the map in my mind."

"Yes."

Anik, who didn't know how to write the word "know what's appropriate", nodded again in response.

"Since my birth, the humans who created me have used countless algorithms to ensure that my first execution logic is 'protecting the human species'.

But no matter how I deduce the war between the Ark humans and Letcher, no matter how many times I deduce it, the probability of humans winning the war is always zero."

Before Anik could finish his explanation, Phoenix quickly waved his hand and interrupted, "Okay, okay, don't tell me that the probability has become non-zero because of the map in my mind."

"No, even after adding you to the deduction array, my deduction result is still zero win rate."

"..."

The situation turned awkward because of Anik's blunt answer without emotional intelligence.

Of course, there was only one person who was embarrassed, and Alnick didn't think there was anything wrong with his answer.

“Since I cannot execute the logic of ‘protecting the human species’, according to the preset algorithm, I can only downgrade the execution logic to ‘extending the lifespan of the human species’.

Before entering your sea of ​​consciousness, I believe your abilities can increase human survival time by one to two years.

But after entering your sea of ​​consciousness and discovering your supernatural abilities, I think that the survival time you provided to the human species has encountered unpredictable circumstances.

The reason is: I can observe the image of your consciousness map.