Wasteland Survival Code

Chapter 860 PROM Foundation

"Perhaps it was because of differences in ideas, or maybe they were jealous of my rebirth, and an irreparable rift gradually appeared between me and the other eight people."

"They used to be amazingly talented existences, and each of them was a one-in-a-billion elite in human society. They used to have lofty and lofty ideals... But with the passage of time, they are no more than It’s just a mummy lingering on its last breath in a life-support cabin, with only the desire for power... and the longing for immortality left in its mind.”

Qin Zizi said, although there was no emotion in his tone, Qi Lin could feel the dissatisfaction and disgust.

"Then are you going to break with them now?" Qi Lin asked.

"I have already broken with them."

"Then now...?" Qi Lin was a little puzzled. Since they broke up long ago, why did Qin continue to stay in the organization?Could it be that the other eight people could live with him peacefully under such circumstances?
"I am breaking with them, not the organization. As the founders of the organization, the nine of us have the same level of authority, and no matter what happens, we have no right to deprive each other of their lives-this is what was established together at the beginning. I will not violate the oath, and neither will they." Qin Qilin explained.

"Are you so sure they won't go back on their word?" Although he didn't have deep contact with this circle, he also understood that in the face of power, any oath can be counted as a dead letter, let alone the spirit of the contract. When the benefits reach a certain level, the so-called spirit of contract is just a joke.

Family affection, friendship, and love can all be discarded at any time. Only by using any means can one successfully climb to the pinnacle of power.

"No, politicians have no bottom line, they can do anything for power, but we are not politicians, we were just a group of people who came together for the future of mankind... I have worked with them for more than half a century, I and know them, and they know me well..."

"Then you still say they desire power and longevity?"

"But when chasing their desires, they have always maintained their bottom line, otherwise they would not tolerate me, a guy who has been in touch with the mastermind, staying under their noses."

"You really have an affair with the mastermind!" Qi Lin was taken aback for a moment, no wonder Qin could obtain so much extremely secret information, and even had biochemicals as his bodyguards, if these things were connected with the mastermind, then everything would be It all makes sense, but what makes Qi Lin wonder is, as one of the founders of the organization, why would he choose to contact the mastermind?

Shouldn't organizations and masterminds be sworn enemies?

Qi Lindang even raised this question.

"It's incompatible with the mastermind? Do you know what the original intention of the organization was?"

"Isn't it against the mastermind?"

"No, how many years has it been since the master brain was created... Before the master brain appeared, organizations already existed in this world, and our original intention is actually exactly the same as the master brain: we want to make war, hunger and Hate is gone from this world and we want to keep the human race alive forever."

"Is this your 'big and lofty' ideal?" Qi Lin's mouth twitched slightly... This ideal is indeed lofty and lofty enough, but throughout the tens of thousands of years of human history, no one or It is any force that can achieve this goal.

Want to completely eliminate war, hunger and hatred, let's be honest, not even God can do it.

"Yes, before the third world war broke out, we tried our best to stop it, but we failed in the end. However, we have become the most powerful in the human world through this unstoppable war. Powerful forces... Doesn't it sound ironic?" Qin said mockingly.

"It's a little... But what I'm curious about is how did you establish contact with the mastermind?"

"That's a long story..."

At the beginning of the design, the main brain was not used to manage the shelter network. Although the situation was a bit turbulent at that time, it had not yet developed into a world war. The purpose of building the main brain was more for commercial and scientific research purposes.

As a cross-age masterpiece with computing power far exceeding all existing supercomputers, the design of the mastermind attracted a large amount of capital injection just after it was proposed, and the consortium alone invested more than tens of billions of dollars, not to mention other Some prominent ancient families, various world organizations and forces, independent consortiums that have not joined the alliance, etc., but among these investors, none of them provide funds in the name of the country or political system. This is not because Those capable powers were reluctant to spend money, but the design team of Mastermind rejected their funding.

From the very beginning, the design team of the Mastermind has made it clear that it will not use the Mastermind for political, war and other purposes, and rejects funds from various political systems for this reason.

At that time, the forces were not yet able to participate in the research and development process of the mastermind like now. Of course, the organization was not called an organization at that time, but had another name: "PROM Foundation", the name It is taken from the first four letters of Prometheus, and the name Prometheus itself also has the meaning of "foresight".

It can be said that there are very few people who really understand the past history of the organization. They are either dead or have become high-level managers of the organization. In the impression of most people, the organization is a mysterious organization that suddenly rose after the war. power, and the meaning of the organization as an existence is to fight against the mastermind - before that, even Qi Lin himself thought so.

However, the truth of things is always hidden behind layers of camouflage. In many cases, the "truth" that people think is just one of the many layers of camouflage.

At that time, the PROM Foundation not only invested 15 billion US dollars in the research and development of the main brain, but more importantly, among the nine people who founded the organization, three of them also joined the research and development of the main brain by virtue of their own knowledge and ability. among the team.

And Qin is one of them.

In fact, the Mastermind is something created by the organization, but at that time, the organization was still called the "PROM Foundation", and the Mastermind had not yet developed self-awareness.

"After knowing that the master brain gave birth to self-awareness, the vast majority of us actually did not feel joy... As a veteran in the industry, I felt great fear of the intelligence presented by the master brain. This fear was not the source of Based on the impression brought by those sci-fi movies of the old era, we deeply understand that when two intelligent consciousnesses with different life forms live in the same world, irreconcilable contradictions will eventually arise."

"Like 'Utopia Project'?" Qi Lin tried to ask.

"Yes... the Utopia plan, this is one of the products of contradictions. As an intelligent consciousness evolved from AI, the master brain will naturally regard the thinking consciousness stored in the matrix as a form of life. It will think that , storing human thoughts in a hard disk can save this race that was almost extinct due to war, but you and I both know that this solution is not only full of unpredictable risks, but also leads to more serious consequences ——Imagine, would you consider a string of existence and data in the dot matrix as life? Do you think that transferring the consciousness of all human beings to the virtual world is tantamount to continuing the human race?"

Qin paused for a moment, then continued: "There is always a huge gap between the virtual world and the real world, and it is absolutely impossible for human beings to rely on the virtual world to become 'immortal'."

"So, that's why the organization is against the Mastermind?"

"One of the reasons is that before the Utopia project was proposed by the mastermind, the other eight people had already decided to shut down the mastermind. They are all the best individuals in the human world, and it is for this reason that they have Without pride, they can't tolerate their own creations over their heads, and they didn't even regard the master brain with self-awareness as a 'life' from the very beginning."

"What about you? What do you think?"

"I don't know... To be honest, that period of time can be said to be the most confused period of my life. I was often in pain and struggle. I didn't know what was right. I couldn't really help The main brain that awakened self-awareness made a definition...During that time, I almost read all the philosophical works in human history (this philosophy is not that philosophy, please), but the books I read The more I have, the more confused my mind is... It was also during that time that I gradually moved away from the power core of the organization."

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After nearly two hours of long talk, Qi Lin finally figured out the ins and outs of all this. After being rejected by the other eight people, Qin gradually realized that the development of the organization had deviated from the original track. The method wants to avoid the war, but now, they have become the initiators of the war. Qin wants to solve the conflict between humans and the mastermind through non-war means, but this idea, in the eyes of others, is completely out of control. It's whimsical.

Until an accidental attempt, Qin was surprised to find that the main brain was separated into two independent consciousnesses... and the main brain that has been in touch with Qin is another one that communicated with Qi Lin. The mastermind who wanted Qi Lin to "kill" him.

Qin called it the "second mastermind."

Although there is no difference in the data frame, the way of thinking of the second master brain is closer to that of humans...or in other words, it is consciously imitating the way of thinking of humans.

Qin knew Qi Lin's identity from the very beginning. This is why he hinted that Qi Lin took out the pure energy crystal in the No. [-] test body and absorbed it.

The second mastermind shared a lot of information with Qin. If Qi Lin was a bet placed by the second mastermind, then Qin was a reliable partner of the second mastermind at the gambling table.

"The second mastermind thinks that you can play a decisive role. Although I don't agree with this, I don't object either... You can't put all your eggs in one basket, can you?"

"Then am I a basket?" Qi Lin suddenly felt that this metaphor seems to be a curse...

"I am willing to help you, which is already equivalent to investing in you... But I can't put all my hopes on you, so I can't keep you in the sixth district, next You have to walk your own way.”

Qin pointed, and a holographic projection screen appeared in midair.

"You are now wanted by both the organization and the Revolutionary Union, and the most important point is that they all know that you have been in contact with the mastermind." Qin pointed to the picture on the screen and said, "But the only good news is that no matter the organization Or Gelian, they don't know the existence of the 'Second Mastermind'. They always think that what you are in contact with is the mastermind's body. For this reason, they will be very afraid of your position. If there is a war, neither the Revolutionary Union nor the organization is fully prepared."

"The Gelian doesn't even know about the existence of the second mastermind?"

"I don't know, Gelian is just a pawn of the first mastermind. Do you think the first mastermind will tell them this kind of thing? Among all the people, only you and I know the existence of the second mastermind. "

"Then did the first mastermind know that he had contacted the second mastermind?"

"I know, and it is precisely for this reason that the first mastermind will disclose the information to the Gelian through special means, so that the Gelian can arrest you." Qin nodded solemnly.

"Grass." At this time, Qi Lin couldn't say anything else but swear words... After the emotion returned to the ground, he not only had to face the hunting troops sent by the Revolutionary Union and the organization, but also carefully guarded against the possibility of the first mastermind. The ambushes it will set up... and the power that the Mastermind can mobilize on the surface is definitely greater than the sum of the Revolutionary Union and the organization.

This escape route was much worse than Qi Lin's worst-case scenario.

"Let me give you a suggestion. When you are attacked by one of the organization or the Revolutionary Federation, get as close to the other side as possible. The organization and the Revolutionary Federation are unwilling to let you fall into the hands of the other party. For this reason, they would rather You can't catch you yourself, and you won't let the other party catch you, you can make good use of this." Qin said suddenly.

"Then what if I meet the mastermind?"

"Run, run as fast as possible."

(End of this chapter)