"It's out!"
When everyone cracked the encryption code of "Adam", all the people in the technical department could not help but let out a cheer, and the group of "shield bearers" representing the various continents gathered in front of the computer as soon as possible, waiting for the release of the new information from "Adam".
"What's going on, didn't they say it was an encrypted message? How did the technical department crack it?"
"Who knows, I heard that the technical department didn't spend much effort at all, but this matter is related to superintelligence Adam. Maybe it has some deeper meaning."
"This computer is really amazing..."
Many "shield bearers" gathered in the conference room, constantly talking anxiously and excitedly. It was not until the chairman of the Quantum Deity Conference spoke that everyone quieted down.
"I think everyone knows the reason for this emergency meeting."
This was an old man from Europe. He said excitedly, "I won't say much nonsense. Next, it's the video information cracked by the technical department. Everyone, please take a look..."
Following the old man's words, the screen in front of everyone suddenly turned on, and suddenly a video of only ten seconds long appeared in front of everyone.
However, to everyone's disappointment, the image in the video was not some earth-shattering secret, but a female statue with her back facing everyone, her head lowered, and her hands raised as if covering her eyes.
The lines on the statue were smooth and the texture was extremely delicate, as if it had been carefully carved. What was even more conspicuous was that there was a pair of soft wings on the back of the statue.
Anyone who looked at it could understand at a glance that this statue was nothing else but an angel.
This video was only ten seconds long, and it was almost over before everyone could recover. After watching this video, everyone looked at each other and everyone felt greatly disappointed.
What was this? Was this a prank by "Adam"?
"That's it?"
One of the "shield bearers" spread his hands and looked at the chairman of the Quantum Deity Conference. "Are you sure the technical department didn't change the video?"
"The technical department is absolutely loyal. What you said is impossible."
The old man shook his head. "Maybe 'Adam' wants to tell us a secret through this video."
"I guess so..."
For a while, the conference room became noisy again.
However, this group of people did not notice that when they turned their heads to argue loudly, on the frozen image on the screen, the statue actually turned its head slowly …
…
At the same time, in the city hall of Los Angeles, Mayor Parsons was angrily rubbing his temples. In front of him was a thick stack of documents.
A few minutes ago, the police chief in charge of public security in Los Angeles had already been berated and fled from the city hall, escaping from Parsons' angry roar.
"A bunch of useless pigs who only know how to eat. Not a single one of them is useful at a critical moment!"
Parsons was enraged at the thought of such a heinous murder. He pushed the report off the table and cursed under his breath.
"Mr. Mayor, there might be a vicious murderer hiding in the Herrank district."
"What we need to do now is to seal off the Herrank Warehouse District and bring all the workers out. At the same time, we need to interrogate everyone because there's a high chance that the murderer is still hiding in the warehouse district."
"Is he that stupid?"
Parsons looked at his advisor with a cold expression.
"That's not the case, Mr. Mayor."
The advisor did not panic at all. Instead, he vowed, "It's obvious that so many people have died in the hands of that murderer. This is beyond the scope of vendetta. Therefore, I suspect that these murders are actually random killings. That is to say, the murderer is likely to kill for fun. This kind of person's mind has long been twisted and can't be judged by common sense."
Hearing this, Parsons fell into deep thought. Obviously, what the advisor said made sense.
"Of course, I'm just speculating. Anyway, we're just trying. We can also send the police to conduct a carpet search in the Herrank Warehouse District. Even if we can't catch the murderer, it'll be good if we can curb the murderer's actions."
The advisor continued to persuade.
Hearing this, Parsons finally nodded. "Then let's go with your method. We'll seal off the Herrank Warehouse District and at the same time, send..."
Before he finished speaking, the computer on Parsons' desk suddenly rang and turned on by itself.
The two heard the sound and looked over at the same time. After seeing the computer turn on by itself, Parsons suddenly frowned. He stretched out his hand and was about to turn off the computer again. However, in the next second, a crisp little girl's voice came from the computer —
"Sir Parsons, I don't recommend you do this."
On the computer, the girl said in pure English, "If I were you, I'd directly seal off the Herrank Warehouse District and wait for orders from the higher-ups, rather than send the police to the Herrank Warehouse District without authorization."
"Who is it!"
Hearing that the computer actually spoke on its own, both of them looked surprised. The advisor even exclaimed, "It's a hacker, the other party is eavesdropping on our conversation just now!"
With that said, the advisor was about to inform the guards outside, but Parsons hesitated and finally stopped him. "Listen to what she has to say."
Seeing that Parsons had given the order, the advisor glanced at the computer a little uneasily.
At this time, the computer no longer had a Windows-like interface. Instead, it was replaced by a pure black screen with a red logo on the screen. The specific content of the logo was three lowercase 'i' letters.
The three 'i' letters circled around the city, and between each pair were two arcs, forming a radial ring. The structure was like the symbol of nuclear radiation.
Below the logo, there was a line of letters:
Infohazard。
Information Hazard.
"Sir Parsons, I don't recommend you send the police to the Herrank Warehouse District."
At this time, the little girl's voice continued to persuade, "Because this won't help, and it may cause an even more intense memetic infection."
Hearing this, Parsons frowned. He waved his hand slightly and the advisor seemed to immediately understand something. He hurriedly retreated as if he wanted to call someone over.
"Memetic infection, what's that?"
Parsons' voice remained cold and did not mention what he had just done.
"Memetics belongs to a subject that has not been discovered by humans so far."
The little girl's voice said, "I believe you should know that the essence of living things is continuation. Continuation is the fundamental purpose of the existence of life. The reason why life can continue is because of the continuation of genes. Genes have characteristics such as inheritance, mutation, and so on. They support the basic structure of life and store all the information of the life's race, blood type, gestation, growth, and apoptosis processes.
"At the same time, in addition to inheritance, genes also have the characteristics of mutation and selection. Otherwise, our current biological world would not be so ever-changing. However, do you know that in addition to genes, there is another thing in the world that has the characteristics of transmission, selection, and mutation at the same time?"
"What is it?"
Hearing the question from the voice on the computer, Parsons' expression flickered and he asked calmly.
"It's memes."
The little girl continued, "Memes are like a special kind of information. They spread and mutate through human cognition. They can change human cognition of things, change the structure of matter, and even change the rules of reality. One wrong move and even the entire Earth Federation will be destroyed. What's happening in the Herrank Warehouse District now is a serious memetic effect."
Hearing this, Parsons' expression changed and he showed a disdainful smile. "Is this' information hazard '? So, what should we do? "
"My suggestion is to seal off the Herrank Warehouse District and at the same time, supervise and isolate all people who have entered it to prevent the spread of memes."
As she said that, the little girl suddenly changed her tone. "But it seems that you don't believe me. Otherwise, you wouldn't have sent your advisor to mobilize the Los Angeles network reconnaissance team to track my IP address."
Parsons' expression changed. "So you think I'll believe a hacker who hides her head and doesn't even want to show her real body?"
"You have to listen to my suggestion."
The little girl's voice continued to say without emotion, "Otherwise, all of you will die."
"Will you be killed by the so-called meme you speak of?"
Parsons' expression turned cold. Obviously, he was not impressed by the threat on the computer.
"No, it's because I've sent the Black Knights to install fifty plastic bombs in the city hall."
The voice continued to say without emotion, "If you're unwilling to listen to me, then the entire city hall will collapse into ruins in an instant. I'm not joking."
"You!"
After hearing this, Parsons' expression changed. He was about to get angry but at this moment, the phone on his desk rang without warning.
Parsons looked at the phone and saw that the caller ID turned out to be the number of the White House President's Office.
When Parsons picked up and heard the order from the phone, his expression became even more ugly because the White House only sent him one order:
Seal off the Herrank Warehouse District!
...
While Little X was contacting the Northern American officials, Chen Chen was crossing many parts of Northern America at an unbelievable speed. In less than an hour, he had crossed 1,500 kilometers and arrived at the famous Yellowstone Park.
Crisscrossing between the Rocky Mountains, this place was known as the "spine" of Northern America, stretching more than 4,800 kilometers from north to south. At this time, even Chen Chen's forehead was slightly sweating.
Looking for a building in such a vast area of mountains was almost the same as looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, it was night time. If Chen Chen had to search by himself, he might have to search for several months to find the headquarters of the Earth Federation Quantum Deity Laboratory.
Fortunately, he had Little X's help. In addition, day and night did not affect Chen Chen's vision much. Soon, Chen Chen arrived at the unnamed forest where the laboratory was located.
Here, Chen Chen began to fly at a lower altitude. After all, as the top secret of the entire Earth Federation, this place was heavily guarded. If he flew too high, he would be easily detected by the radar.
After reducing the altitude, Chen Chen broke away from the supersonic state and flew at a low speed for ten minutes. After flying over several checkpoints and a military base, he finally found the goal of his trip, the Quantum Deity Laboratory that could shield all radiation.
The Quantum Deity Laboratory had a square structure, towering in the endless forest, but because it was smeared with camouflage, it was very inconspicuous. Fortunately, Chen Chen's eyesight was able to see it easily.
When Chen Chen approached the laboratory, his communicator also began to receive strong interference. As he flew closer and closer, this interference continued to increase, and finally, he completely lost contact with Little X.
"It's only an hour since the meme was leaked, I hope I can make it in time."
As Chen Chen continued to descend, he soon came to the sky above the laboratory, but after seeing the scene on the ground, Chen Chen's heart suddenly sank.
It was already a mess outside the door of the laboratory. Dozens of guns were abandoned on the ground and the regional flags of various continents were scattered all over the ground. There were even several corpses along the way.
Among these corpses, there were soldiers in military uniforms, researchers in white coats, and "shield bearers" in suits and leather shoes.
It was just that the necks of these corpses were twisted more than three hundred and sixty degrees, like long fried dough twists.
The fear before death and the pressure caused by the twisted necks pressed down on the corpses' eyes. All the corpses' eyes were wide open as if their eyeballs would fall out of their sockets in the next second. It was a horrifying sight.
Still, this was nothing to Chen Chen. He just looked in the direction of the laboratory with a solemn expression, only to see that as the ultimate secret of the Earth Federation, this Quantum Deity Laboratory was even open. Now, the former politicians and researchers of various countries had already scattered like monkeys when the tree fell, fleeing into the depths of the forest.
Seeing this scene, Chen Chen knew that he had come too late. The meme had completely spread and infected the core center of the Earth Federation.
However, Chen Chen was not in a hurry to go to the forest to search. At this point, the spread of the meme was inevitable. At this time, he focused his attention on this most mysterious laboratory in the entire Federation. Perhaps there were clues related to the meme inside.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen walked straight into the laboratory.
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