"Anomalies 1 to 71. No matter how you look at it, this male citizen undoubtedly has extremely high technical ability and cunning life planning. But this isn't the biggest difference between you and him. "
The Federal Central Computer calmly displayed in Xu Le's eyes. "He is the Federation's number one wanted criminal. This is the difference."
Xu Le quickly shook off his shock and regained his composure. He frowned slightly and said, "This is only the external manifestation of the internal reason … How can the Federation confirm that he betrayed the Federation? If this matter is related to the explosion of the armory on the Empire's planet twenty years ago, your radiant tentacles weren't there. How can you confirm?"
"First, my information-gathering ability has been extended with the development of the Federal Army. I once existed on that unfamiliar planet for a short period of time. I can confirm that this citizen caused irreparable damage to the Federation's military operations. Second, he became the number one wanted criminal not because of the explosion, but because he entered an abnormal state. "
After a moment of silence, Xu Le firmly revealed his most important secret with a calm tone, although this secret was meaningless in front of the old thing.
"This is the difference I want to ask about. You know very well that I also entered an abnormal state. "
"The difference between the two abnormal states is that you accepted my active contact request, but he rejected it seventy times."
Xu Le was silent again. Then, he raised his head and stared at the darkening night in front of him. He said with a slightly hoarse voice.
"Accepting active contact means that I gave up the protection of the First Charter and allowed you to enter my brain through the chip. Does this mean that you have the ability to kill me at any time? Is that why you let me continue to live in this universe and then carry out some kind of experimental observation? "
His personality was like a stubborn rock in the east forest, but he had powerful logical analysis ability. He had never asked or even thought about the above words, but he knew that this might be the truth that best fit his strange relationship with the old thing. The reason why he didn't ask or think about it before was because he was afraid.
The white characters in his left eye disappeared for a few seconds. The great existence who had thousands of incarnations and roamed the universe as an electronic body among countless satellite equipment also needed time to think in the face of Xu Le's calm and sharp suicidal question.
"No."
The Federal Central Computer finally began to answer, "According to the Secret Clause of the First Charter, I am absolutely prohibited from issuing any direct physical operations to targets that are not First Sequence individuals. The scope of physical operations extends to any scope that may negatively affect the target's physiological indicators."
"I didn't list you as a first-order target because you accepted the request to contact me, so you're no longer a first-order target suspect. It's not because I can control your physical life or death."
"Your conjecture about the latter, in my opinion, is just an inference of the overly complicated and unnecessary literary conspiracies of human beings, not a logical rule that I strictly enforce."
Xu Le furrowed his brows and pondered for a long time before he finally understood what the other party was trying to say.
Back then, in those endless strange dark dreams, he accepted the Charter computer's request to contact him. From that moment on, his life was filled with absurd and unrealistic colors.
He was the only person in the universe who could communicate with the Federal Central Computer through the chip on the back of his neck. Because of this fact, he had survived the brink of death many times and obtained unimaginable authority and benefits — if those could be considered benefits.
However, every time he thought about what was going on in his mind, the old thing knew that as long as the other party was willing, he could control the A.I. Chip's pulse at the back of Xu Le's neck and make him leave this world without a trace. Xu Le felt … terrified.
"But why?"
Xu Le still had countless questions, but he couldn't find the right words to organize them. The Federation's The Glory Of The Charter was created by the sacred five-person team. Legend had it that it was the great crystallization of the civilization before the catastrophe. In the face of an existence that was far beyond the Federation's technological level, even if he was a genius engineer, he still felt a little powerless. So, he could only ask broadly like a child with a hint of frustration.
"My core logic can't fully understand your situation." The central computer once again delayed for a moment before it replied with white characters, "This is the established program left behind by the five-person team."
"It's related to the five-person team?" Xu Le looked at the continuous military camp in the distance, his eyes wide open as he asked in shock.
"Regarding this matter, I've done a lot of calculation and backtracking work. Until countless years ago, I still haven't touched the core of the matter. According to the current calculation results, I've come to a conclusion with a probability of about 91%: When you accepted the active contact, there was a remnant piece of information in the replacement chip on the back of your neck that activated the corresponding program deep in my core. "
"According to the program, you became the first protected target of the Charter. Two minutes and thirty-two seconds ago, you mentioned that I was treating you like an experimental subject. According to my calculation, the five-person team might have such an attitude. "
Xu Le noticed the white characters in his left eye. The old man didn't use the term 'camouflage chip' but used the term 'replacement chip'. A small doubt flashed through his mind, and he was attracted by the more important content. He nervously asked, "What kind of remnant information?"
"According to my analysis, the remnant information in the replacement chip wasn't given to it by the chip's creator. The extremely complicated mechanical language should have been left behind by some existence, and I can smell a familiar scent from it. Our cores should be completely homologous … It's just that the way it wrote the mechanical language was so beautiful, so beautiful that it moved my heart."
The central computer, which had been answering questions like a theoretical physicist tonight, finally showed some emotional fluctuations when it talked about the remnant information in the camouflage chip.
Xu Le was an engineer in the end. After hearing the old man's words, he didn't have any extra energy to worry about his own problems. He was so shocked that his body was as stiff as iron.
He thought with a hint of confusion, There's actually an existence in the universe that's homologous to the core of the Charter computer … or even more advanced? Could it be the ruins of the civilization before the catastrophe? There's only remnant information. Does this mean that the existence has already disappeared in the long history? Why would the camouflage chip that Uncle made have these remnant information? Can humans discover it?
At this moment, all the dark secrets of politics, the decay of aristocratic families, the war in the universe, a prosperous life, beautiful women, and even the most intense emotions left Xu Le's mind. He was fascinated by the old man's inference. Just like Tai Zhiyuan when he looked up at the starry sky by the seaside, he was deeply attracted by the loftiness that transcended the conflicts of interest in the world.
This inference was very explosive. If any engineer in the Federation knew about it, they would probably be as excited as Xu Le and unable to control themselves.
"We have to find it," Xu Le said to the old man in a very serious tone.
"The strange program that the five-man team left behind and listed you as the first priority of protection should be based on this reason. Although they didn't leave behind specific details of the plan, I've been trying to decipher the remnant information. But it's a pity that there are too few remnant information … "
The white characters displayed on the Federal Central Computer seemed to carry a hint of sadness and disappointment. "According to my calculations, the chances of the other party surviving in the dangerous universe are not high. No one can live forever. Those five people are dead, and no computer can really exist forever, especially when the other party doesn't have a supply base like the Federation. "
"These chips were made by Uncle." Xu Le suddenly said in a low voice, "He's a genius in the human world. Perhaps only he can explain all of this, but you blew him to pieces."
The old man said, "I think these chips are related to the Empire."
Xu Le's body stiffened again. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Everyone knows that the computers in the Empire are not even as good as your grandson."
"Anomalies 1 to 71 are deeply related to the Empire. The first time he entered an anomaly and escaped my surveillance was after he returned to the Federation from the Empire's star region."
Xu Le was not surprised to know that Uncle had been to the Empire. He lowered his head and looked at the somewhat white cloth on his knees. He said, "If these chips are really related to the Empire, does that mean that … the Federation and the Empire might have originated from the same civilization before the catastrophe?"
"This is not a very new or absurd inference. In fact, as early as the last two years of the 36th Constitutional Calendar, there were scholars from the Federation who came up with a similar idea. Although this idea was severely criticized, there are still many scholars publishing related papers to this day."
"What do you think?"
"The people of the Empire are not the alien beetles in science fiction, nor are they some strange silicon-based life form that I can't even imagine. They have a physiological structure, social system, and civilization model that are extremely similar to the humans of the Federation. Even the slime with the lowest IQ can see the relationship between them and us. "
"In the infinitely vast universe, the galaxy we live in is just a grain of sand. On this grain of sand, can life independently evolve into two completely identical civilizations? No, the universe produces miracles, not jokes. "
"Well, it seems that the Federation and the Empire are really distant relatives … what a disgusting truth." Xu Le thought gloomily.
"Not distant relatives, close relatives." The old thing said coldly and harshly.
Xu Le was silent for a long time before he shook his head and sighed. "If, and I'm saying if, the Federation and the Empire are really brothers who were separated from each other in the universe, then … why is there only bloody war when we meet and nothing else?"
"This question should be asked of a human, not a computer."
"In addition, according to the First Charter and the current laws of the Federation, even if the people of the Empire are the biological fathers of the people of the Federation, when they carry out unstoppable and life-threatening domestic violence against you, you can use a hammer to smash your biological father into a meat patty without bearing any legal responsibility."
Xu Le laughed and snapped his fingers to show his appreciation. "Absolutely correct."
Father and son were like this, let alone brothers who had not seen each other for many years. The Federal Central Computer ignored his resolute will and calmly issued its own request. "Because the replacement chip behind your neck is related to the Empire, I suggest that you follow the Federation into the Empire's mainland and search for relevant clues."
Xu Le's answer was very simple. "Okay."
"There is an antique building in the capital of the Empire. I don't have a map, but it should be easy to find because its owner is the Great Teacher of the Empire. "
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(This chapter is unusually difficult to write. Now you know why I refuse to admit that spies are related to science fiction? Because I'm incompetent.
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