On the way back to Stronghold 111, Qing Yi was on full alert.
At the same time, a powerful electric current burst forth from the node, and the nanomachines were all destroyed in an instant.
But a second later …
In this military base, even the ventilation ducts were set up with defensive nodes to prevent creatures from invading through the ventilation ducts.
This left Qing Yi a little puzzled. The enemy had launched an attack that brought the military base to the brink of collapse, but there were no other backup plans after the attack.
Although the Kyung Clan was researching nanomachines, it would be very difficult for them to be discovered if they were hidden in the body, mixed in the bloodstream, or attached to the brain stem.
It was not that the Kyung Clan was not careful enough, but that the enemy had enough time and computing power to carry out its own deductions until it found the best solution.
However, its options were still very narrow, and there was no such thing as deliberately fooling humans.
At a time like this, he would rather drive alone for six hours without anyone protecting him than let someone he could not trust bring that thing to Qing Zhen.
Four minutes and 39 seconds later, the entire military base was suddenly plunged into darkness.
After the metallic liquid entered the ground, it did not lose its direction. It accurately locked onto the location of the military command center and kept moving forward.
The expected attack did not come. By daybreak, there was still no movement outside the military base.
It was an independent and extremely intelligent lifeform.
His personal belongings, communication equipment, and even the socks and underwear in his suitcase had to be taken out one by one for inspection.
At the Kyung Clan's military base north of Stronghold 111, the highest military commander, Qing Yi, had already raised the combat readiness level to Level 1. This meant that all the soldiers and officers who were on rotation off had to return to the military base as soon as possible.
When the soldiers in the military base heard the electric current and roar of the Mountain Tilt, they immediately turned to look at the fallen sparrow.
Everyone's attention was focused on the dormitory building. Many of the soldiers who had just fallen asleep had already gotten up. They put on their clothes, picked up their weapons, and started gathering outside the dormitory building in preparation for battle.
All of a sudden, a Mountain Tilt on the roof of the military base was activated. Its thermal lock on active defense system had already detected the presence of the sparrow.
Therefore, the artificial intelligence did not have true "intelligence."
In this era, many people had neglected the ability to control the air, but the Kyung Clan had not relaxed their defense system in this area.
To be on the safe side, Qing Yi would also have to undergo more stringent security checks after entering Stronghold 111.
The staff officer gathered the documents in the trolley and sent them to be burned again and again.
One sparrow, two sparrows … In the dark night, sparrows kept flying into the military camp. Countless sparrows were like moths under the light, fearlessly flying into the sky above the military base, only to be shot down by the metal storm.
Qing Yi stared blankly at Qing Zhen for a long time. "Second Brother, why did you come here personally? It's very dangerous. What if I have nanomachines on me? "
Two minutes later, the soldier saluted the captain. "Sir, it's done."
However, he didn't say much. This was the process that he had to go through before meeting Qing Zhen. He had to protect Qing Zhen.
To put it bluntly, the bioenergy used by nanomachines was also electricity. Although nanomachines were small, they were still electronic components.
These creatures of nature had become transporters and mobile charging stations for the nanomachines.
It looked a little sluggish and was not as agile as the other birds.
Qing Yi had seen nanomachines before, and he was also in charge of the fighting forces that the nanosoldiers belonged to. Therefore, he knew very well what had happened in the dormitory last night.
They set up a makeshift inspection tent. There were all kinds of equipment in the tent, and it was a dazzling sight to behold.
During this process, the captain did not have any interaction with the soldier conducting the inspection, even though the soldier was treating the officer like a suspect.
Suddenly, Qing Yi started convulsing. This defibrillator had been modified to have a higher electric current than the one used for medical purposes.
Nanomachines needed to be recharged, so they needed a reliable biological carrier to complete the recharge. After leaving the biological carrier, they could only move for five minutes.
He had replayed the Go games many times in an attempt to gain a glimpse of life from past human experience. But in reality, he also understood that it was very difficult to truly understand the artificial intelligence just by replaying a few games of Go.
The games that Qing Zhen knew about were only the replays of the two battles between humans and machines. He did not have any specific data or information about the artificial intelligence program.
A staff member said to Qing Yi, "Sir, do you want to take a break?"
But amidst the siren, a large sparrow suddenly fluttered through the night sky and flew towards the other end of the military base.
At this moment, another staff member in the tent was staring at a screen. When he confirmed the data, he heaved a sigh of relief. "No nanomachines found in his body. He's safe."
This was the first time the siren had sounded since the military base had been established.
The current AI Zero was actually a completely different existence from the AI that had defeated humans in the Go game in the past.
It was as though a war was imminent.
But just as it entered the ventilation duct and was about to pass through a certain node, an ear-piercing siren suddenly blared throughout the dormitory building.
…
The silver metallic liquid moved like a snake and quickly crawled into the ventilation duct on the ceiling of the dormitory.
The soldier in charge of the inspection scanned the officer's uniform with a detector. "Sir, raise your hand."
Outside the military base, there was a captain officer undergoing a very strict inspection.
However, Qing Yi had seriously inspected the vehicle himself before driving off alone.
This was also the reason why Zero needed these sparrows.
The metallic liquid was like a stream that converged into a river and drilled into the ground.
Qing Yi said in a low voice, "Second Bro, I'm sorry. Military Base 012 was ambushed. I couldn't protect it."
As a last resort, everyone had to use flashlights to illuminate the area. The entire military base began to assemble quickly. Meanwhile, the combat staff officers gathered all the documents and threw them into the incinerator to prevent confidential information from being leaked if the troops were attacked.
It was not a problem with the power supply. The entire military base had been attacked by an unknown source.
However, after an unknown number of sparrows fell into the military base, their bodies began to ooze with silver metallic liquid.
After passing through the inspection channel, the captain carried his luggage directly to the military affairs office to report and register. This was the return process of the Kyung Clan troops.
The underlying logic for its decision came from itself, not from humans.
Usually, a series of attacks would follow up with an attack plan like this. As the saying went, strike while you're down. Military operations had always been a combination punch. How could there be a reason to destroy a military base alone?
There was no power outage, and no infrastructure was damaged. All the equipment was in a state of inactivity. Even the most basic printers and shredders were all out of service.
This was the Kyung Clan's Military Base 012. It was also the location of the most important missile unit. Once this place was invaded, it meant that the Kyung Clan would lose their biggest reliance in the war.
In the entire huge military base, 72 Mountain Tilts bound to the thermal locking active defense system were firing at full power. Their trajectories intertwined in the night to form a huge defense net. Even sparrows could not fly through the sky alive!
However, Qing Zhen was right about one thing. In the face of artificial intelligence, seizing the initiative was no longer feasible.
Of course, increasing the electricity had side effects. Even if the conductive paste could make the electric current area more uniform, it still could not prevent burns.
Everyone was used to it. In order to ensure the information security of this base, it was not a big deal to make some sacrifices.
The entire inspection and release process was like the gears on a machine. It was seamless and there were no obstacles or contradictions.
The independent small generators were carried out of the storeroom by the soldiers. But no matter how hard they tried, they could not restart the equipment in the military base.
When the officers heard this, they cooperated and formed a cross to allow the other party to scan them.
Fortunately, after he arrived at Stronghold 111, nothing happened along the way.
Of course, there was more than one military base like this. However, Qing Yi had reason to believe that other places were also facing similar attacks.
At first, everyone was waiting for the backup power source to start up. But after waiting for 30 seconds, there was no response from the backup power source.
However, the artificial intelligence, Zero, was different. It had completely awakened to a higher level of consciousness and had even started thinking about how to coexist between civilizations.
He had to wait for Zero to make her move. Then he would wait for the moment when he would be forced into a corner.
The supreme military commander, Qing Yi, stood in the military base. When the sun rose, he said to his adjutant next to him, "Prepare the vehicles. I'm going back to Stronghold 111."
…
As long as they could win the war, what did it matter if they had to undergo a little inspection?
"It'll be fine." Qing Zhen smiled and said, "There's enough equipment here to deal with those little things. It might not be enough to deal with them on a large scale, but if it's just a single person, it'll be enough."
After Qing Yi was brought in, a staff member came up to him with a medical defibrillator.
An orderlies drove a military off-road vehicle over. The original plan was for the orderlies to drive Qing Yi, and the adjutant had even planned to send a reconnaissance company to protect Qing Yi.
Qing Yi breathed heavily and felt like he was drenched in a layer of cold sweat. The two obvious burn marks on his chest looked extremely tragic.
Nanomachines.
The former artificial intelligence was actually still a program. It had stored countless chess records and had played against him countless times, so it had obtained a large amount of information.
Such a defensive measure could be said to be very tight.
The soldiers and officers who were busy working in the military command center were all shrouded in darkness. Everyone stood in the barracks and did not know what was going on.
It was not that Qing Yi felt he was that important, but that he was the supreme military commander of the Kyung Clan now. If he died, Qing Zhen would have to split his attention.
The captain returned the salute.
Tonight, the Kyung Clan had already tightened up their defenses against the invaders. But just like the chess game Qing Zhen had replayed, the methods the enemy was using might not have even been expected by humans.
The tent's canvas had been specially treated, and there was even a thick layer of metal paper sandwiched between the canvas.
At some point, he wondered if the enemy was also trying to force him to return to Stronghold 111 alone after doing so much. In this way, the enemy could intercept and kill him along the way.
In just an instant, the sparrow was riddled with holes.
At this moment, not even Qing Zhen could have expected that Zero's move would come sooner than he had expected.
The soldiers could hear the rustling of the ground, but they could not find any traces of the nanomachines.
Qing Zhen had once said that when everyone started ignoring the sky, there would definitely be people who would want to turn the sky back into a battlefield and their weapon.
At this moment, the military base was no longer in contact with the outside world. So Qing Yi had to personally explain the situation to Qing Zhen.
However, the captain who had brought in the nanomachines was only the beginning of the invasion.
Qing Yi shook his head. "No need. Take me to Mr. Qing Zhen."
However, this artificial intelligence program did not have any self-awareness. Although it seemed to have a brain, it used the value network to calculate and the strategic network to make choices.
When they arrived at Stronghold 111, there were already professionals waiting at the stronghold's entrance.
Qing Zhen shook his head. "That's normal. I've told you before that the enemy we're facing is much stronger than we can imagine."
But when night fell and the captain returned to his dormitory to rest, a silvery metallic liquid suddenly seeped out of his ankle.
"Sir, please be mentally prepared. There will be some discomfort during this period, but it's normal." Someone carefully held up an electrode plate with both hands. Then he pressed one electrode plate against the second and third ribs on the right edge of Qing Yi's sternum, while the other was pressed against the fifth rib on the front of his left armpit.
The people in charge of the inspection used the amplified electric current from the defibrillator to destroy the electronic components. This was the simplest and most brutal way to destroy the nanomachines in his body.
"There's no rush." Qing Zhen comforted, "They'll take the initiative to tell us what they want."
Qing Yi took off his shirt, and the staff had him lie flat on the medical bed. Then they applied a conductive paste to his chest.
All of this was uneventful, and there were no twists or turns.
Their mission here was not to attack the military base, but to transport the nanomachines here.
Qing Yi said, "But I don't even know why they're doing this."
The metallic storm swept towards the sparrow, and the mechanical gun barrels kept spinning. The hot bullets looked like a red waterfall in the night sky.
The soldiers in charge of security quickly found the location of the nanomachines from the garrison system. The entire military base was awakened, and the security forces put the entire dormitory on lockdown in an attempt to find out what was going on.
The staff looked at each other and quietly walked out of the tent. Only the staff member who had just given Qing Yi an electric shock took off his mask and protective suit and said with a smile, "No need, I'll be right here."
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