Colonel Conrad spent about ten seconds reading a code that was neither long nor short. She read the code one by one according to the pronunciation of the letters.
After she finished reading, the resistance soldiers in the room all looked nervous … They stared at Feng Bujue with burning eyes.
"Excuse me … What does this mean?" After a few seconds, Feng Bujue asked.
For some reason, when he asked this question, the people around him relaxed.
"Oh … I see." At this time, Colonel Conrad also slightly put away her stern expression. Her tone softened a little. "Sorry, Mr. Feng Bujue, it's not that I don't trust you … But based on past experience, I have to be careful." As she spoke, she turned around and went back behind the desk. She raised her hand and motioned to a chair at the other end of the table. "Don't be shy, please take a seat."
Brother Jue walked over without much hesitation. After he sat down, he opened his lips to say, "You still haven't answered my question …" He paused for half a second and asked again, "What did you mean by those things that you said earlier?"
"Hey! Be polite when you talk to the colonel! "The next second, Lightning Head, who was standing behind Brother Jue, said harshly.
However, the colonel immediately waved her hand and gave her a look that said, "I'll handle this."
"Mr. Feng Bujue." After a brief silence, Colonel Conrad put her elbows on the table and looked at Brother Jue with an "I'm seeing right through you" look. She continued, "I think you should know about 'PM'?"
"I know that this two-letter abbreviation can represent at least twenty to thirty meanings. Can you be more specific?" Feng Bujue replied.
"Parasitoid Man," Conrad immediately responded. "A special force created by Peeta for this war."
"Oh …" Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes and said, "Hearing the name … Is it a partially modified cyborg?"
"To be precise, it's a human being that has been parasitized by nanomachines." Conrad explained, "In the fifth year of the war, Peeta began to implement this plan … It gathered our captives, criminals, and what it thought were 'low-productivity people' and forcibly modified them. These people were implanted with nanomachines. The effects of this implantation are irreversible. The nanomachines will immediately destroy part of the implanted person's brain tissue and replace it, turning the person into an AI puppet. Once the nanomachines stop functioning, the PM will die, which means …"
"… Which means …" Feng Bujue finished the sentence. "At the moment of modification, these people are as good as dead."
"That's right," Conrad replied.
After that, she let out a long sigh and said, "Phew … When this technology first appeared, we knew nothing about it. Due to the small size of the nanomachines and the anti-scanning program, it was impossible to use normal scanning equipment to identify them. Therefore, during that period of time, a large number of PMs infiltrated our military and caused us great losses."
At this point, Phew could not help but frown and shake her head. Even though she was only a few years older than Brother Jue, she exuded the aura of someone who had experienced the vicissitudes of life. Of course, for someone who was born during the war and had participated in it, this was not a surprise.
"Fortunately, we were not completely destroyed." After a short pause, Conrad continued, "Our intelligence personnel quickly got hold of relevant information about PMs and found several ways to verify them."
"For example, the string of codes you mentioned earlier?" Feng Bujue asked.
Conrad nodded slightly and replied, "All of the intelligent robots manufactured by Peta are equipped with an 'emergency stop password'. Naturally, the nanomachines in the PM brain are also equipped with this principle."
"Then how do you know …" Even though this was disadvantageous to him, Feng Bujue could not help but blurt it out. "… Is the password you mentioned earlier outdated? Can't Peta change a different set of passwords for each batch of nanomachines? "
"No, it can't." Conrad did not have much of a reaction to this question. "Because the human brain is a very complicated organ, the structure and operating principle of the PM robots are also quite strict and limited. Simply put … After changing the password, the robots will no longer work, and the costly implantation surgery will become a simple killing surgery … meaningless. "
"Oh …" Feng Bujue asked, "Then let me ask … When did you get the password?"
"Just a month after the first batch of PMs hit us," Conrad replied.
"Then … from that time onwards, doesn't that mean that PMs no longer work?" Feng Bujue asked.
"Indeed, from that time onwards, Peta has greatly reduced the production of PMs," Conrad replied. "But less … does not mean that there is no PMs. After all, there are a lot of personnel changes in our army. Not every new recruit can recite the code, and even some veterans can't. We also don't have enough resources to print a manual for every soldier that records the various codes or things to take note of … Therefore, over the years, there are still some PMs who have tried to infiltrate our ranks through various channels. " As she said this, she took a cigar from the box on the table, cut off the end with a knife, and lit it for herself. "Fuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
When Feng Bujue heard this, he turned to look at the few people behind him. "You just said that there are 'several' ways to verify them …" His eyes quickly moved to the strange devices in the hands of the few soldiers. "What they are holding … counts as one of them, right?"
"Our army's special pulse gun." Conrad used a middle-aged uncle's voice as she puffed out a smoke ring. "One hundred percent of them can burn the robots in the PM's brain, and about thirty percent of them can cause brain damage to ordinary people."
"Ha … Haha …" Feng Bujue laughed dryly and did not comment.
"Okay, Mr. Feng Bujue," Conrad replied. Conrad replied, "I've said a lot, but you haven't said anything yet …" She paused. "I have to remind you … no matter what, you're still my captive. I can be very polite to you … or I can be very rude … Do you understand?"
Conrad was also a very good negotiator. Although she did say a lot to Brother Bujue, in fact … what she said was common knowledge to the people in this world. Any resistance soldier or member of the search team would know this.
"Captain Saad should have already told you about my situation, right?" Feng Bujue was also a very good negotiator. At least he was definitely qualified to be a thick-skinned person. "Now that you want me to talk, I can probably only tell you some things from the 'other timeline' because I have almost forgotten everything in this timeline."
This kind of "I have lost my memory so what?" attitude was very standard — a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.
"Hmph …" Conrad snorted. "I was going to ask you about the other timeline anyway."
"Why?" Feng Bujue asked tentatively. "What I said in the interrogation room, is it not enough to prove that I am a Zhiyue? I have to remind you … The previous question was asked by Captain Saad. Unless he colluded with me in advance and asked me to prepare a long answer to scare you, otherwise … "
"I know that," Conrad interrupted Brother Jue again. "I don't need you to tell me how to identify a spy …"
"Spy?" Feng Bujue was puzzled. "Haven't you already verified that I am not a PM? As for whether I am a robot or not, you have already scanned me, right? "
"Ha!" At this moment, Lightning Head laughed dryly behind him.
At the same time, Conrad also laughed.
She leaned forward and blew a puff of smoke in Brother Jue's face. "A pure human spy … is the most troublesome …"
"There really are such people …" Feng Bujue narrowed his eyes.
But when he thought about it, it made sense. In almost every war, there would be the existence of "two devils". Even in a setting like "The Matrix", there would always be a traitor. Compared to the guy who wanted to lie in the cabin and enjoy a luxurious life, the traitor in this world would at least be able to enjoy some substantial benefits.
"Okay, stop rambling," Conrad said. Conrad said, "Maybe you can fool Thad, but you can't fool me … I've seen a lot of spies with good memories. After two to three months of training, they can recite most of the basic knowledge about video games. On the surface … they're no different from 'those who awaken after the age of twenty.'" She blew out another puff of smoke. "Fufu … But no one can fool my eyes."
"Kid, you are out of luck today …" Lightning Head used a proud tone to intimidate Brother Jue. "The colonel is one of the first batch of Zhiyue awakened. Your trick will be exposed soon."
At this time, Conrad's face flashed with a hint of pride. She then said to Brother Jue, "In the past, I have exposed and captured many pure human spies. I used 'not too polite' methods to get a lot of information from them. Among them … are training materials used by Peeta's spy agency."
"Understood," Feng Bujue said. "You want to ask me a few questions that were not covered in the spy training course, right?"
"First of all, please name at least three fake game consoles." A second later, Conrad's expression turned serious as he asked directly.
"Huh?" Feng Bujue's dead fish eyes appeared. "Only three?"
"'Only' three?" This response shocked Conrad. Because … according to her past experience, most spies couldn't even name a single one.
For those who didn't know Zhiyue, they knew nothing about the events in the other timeline. When they were trained as spies, most of them would recite the names and abbreviations of all the original game consoles. But … only those who really had "game memory" would have an impression of the pirated game consoles. Even if some people didn't have the memory of playing pirated game consoles, they would at least know a few names.
"Hmm …" On the other side, Feng Bujue thought for a few seconds and began to narrate. "Speaking of pirated game consoles … I have to talk about F&C. In the mid-nineties, when F&C's market share was gradually replaced by other new products, it was the spring of pirated game consoles. Of course … it must have been autumn in Japan, Europe, and the United States. It was still spring in those countries and regions where it was very difficult to get original game consoles and cassettes. Among them, the Chinese region produced the most pirated game consoles and the most sophisticated ones … Even Russian children grew up playing with various mainland and Taiwan products. "
He talked to Conrad in the tone of a super experienced driver, as if he was lecturing. In a trance … the Colonel almost forgot that he was actually the one who was testing Conrad.
"There were a lot of pirated game consoles. Due to the special background of the era, these pirated game consoles could be sold at the counters of various large shopping malls openly. They could even register companies and expand …" Feng Bujue continued, "Here, I will roughly list some brands that have never received the authorization from Nintendo, and basically didn't take the authorization seriously … For example, Kobayashi, Zilibao, Sega, Pegasus, SANNY, Shang He, Sea Angel, Pang Tian, Little Tyrant, Little Genius, Lianhua, Nova, Terminator, and so on. Some of them were pirated products, which were really strange …"
Brother Jue said this very quickly, almost like a tongue twister.
Conrad was also stunned. Halfway through, the whole cigar in her hand fell into the ashtray.
For a moment, the room was silent. The sound of several guards swallowing their saliva became very clear.
"You … wait a second." Two seconds later, Conrad's reaction became very similar to Captain Thad's reaction. She looked at Brother Jue with a complicated expression, then left her seat, walked to the side of the room, and twisted a metal valve on the wall.
Then, with a creak, a storage space appeared from the wall.
There was a flat screen that looked like it was made out of junk (yes, steampunk is like that), and a video game console that looked very much like an FC game console. Next to the game console was a special metal shelf with dozens of circuit boards neatly embedded in it. When we were young, we called them Topless Cards. (PS: I was young and ignorant. I always thought that the quality of 8-bit arcade game consoles was terrible, and that they would break if you pushed them too hard. It wasn't until I grew up that I saw authentic arcade game consoles and NES game consoles …) Needless to say, these were games.
"As far as I know …" After opening the storage space, Conrad spoke again. "… Peeta will let the spies play some of the more classic arcade games to give them a practical understanding of what video games are. However, Peeta will only let them play the first level of each game, in case these spies are really attracted to the game and turn traitor. " As she spoke, she turned to look at Brother Jue. "So … I want to ask you to randomly choose five games. Without using the Continue (the continuation of the level after your life has run out), you have to play three of them to the third level to prove —"
"Okay … I got it." Feng Bujue didn't wait for Conrad to finish speaking. He stepped forward, randomly picked up a card (the card wasn't packaged anyway, so it didn't matter which one he picked), inserted it into the game console, skillfully turned on the switch, picked up the controller, and sat down. "Tsk … I got Ninja Dragon 3 right off the bat …" When the game screen appeared, he muttered. He then looked at Conrad and said, "This game is a bit difficult … and the levels are quite strange. I can't tell if the second train section is a level or half a level. How about … I give you a quick pass?"
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