Wasteland Survival Code

Chapter 893 Undercurrent Surges (Two Chapters in One)

Judging from the pictures in the news reports, the attackers should have used some kind of powerful gas bombs. Many Union soldiers in chemical protective suits and gas masks were carrying the corpses out of the venue one by one. Another group of executors holding bulletproof shields completely surrounded the entire venue, prohibiting any random people from entering.

"Xiao Lei, this guy..."

Qi Lin couldn't help frowning. If "free will" has been controlled by Gelian as described in the report, then Xiaolei's situation may be very dangerous... Gelian can be regarded as the mastermind's subordinate Cannon fodder, while free will has become a pawn of the Revolutionary Union... cannon fodder among cannon fodder.

The news was refreshed again soon. This time, the regular meeting of the Consortium Alliance mainly discussed a new set of refuge management plans—the organization wants to fight the mastermind. The first thing the organization needs to do is to completely get rid of the management of the refuge The dependence of the main brain, if they can't come up with an alternative plan, after the connection with the main brain is cut across the board, the entire refuge world will inevitably fall into chaos...

This kind of chaos will be destructive to the social order... Just imagine, for humans living in the Internet age, if one day all the networks are paralyzed, what kind of scene will it be like.

This kind of thing has not happened in history. Decades ago, CenturyLink, a telecommunications giant in the United States, experienced a large-scale network outage accident. 37 states including Arizona, Idaho, and Massachusetts were unable to use the network. , the scope of influence spreads to the entire territory of the United States...

The disconnection lasted for a full 32 hours. During the disconnection period, various public facilities could not operate, people could not make emergency calls, and ATM machines could not be used...Even hospitals were forced to use pens and paper to record patients’ medical records. Archives and medical records...

At this time, people will realize how seriously they depend on the Internet. Without the Internet, it is almost impossible for modern people to maintain a normal life.

And in this accident, the direct economic loss reached an astronomical figure, and even the US Department of Homeland Security got involved in the investigation.

This is just a 32-hour disconnection, and the total duration is less than two days.

And if humans go to war with the Mastermind now, then the entire shelter network system based on the Mastermind will be completely overthrown... This will be a huge project. You must know that the influence of the Mastermind on human life now, It is not comparable to the original network.

It is no exaggeration to say that without a master brain, the technological level of mankind will be set back decades, or even more.

Not every shelter has the ability to transform itself into a purely mechanical world like the headquarters of the organization that does not rely on electronic devices and networks. Many people will die from this transformation. Without a mastermind, the management cost of the shelter will become Everything has to be done by manpower... Qi Lin suddenly understood why the mastermind said that humans would never win this war... According to the current strength comparison between the two sides, the organization still has the power to fight, but This is a conclusion based on the existing foundation. If the time comes and the mastermind is completely torn apart, not much else to say, just organizing the logistics of the camp will become a big problem that is difficult to solve.

Let’s not talk about the big ones, let’s just talk about the problem of ammunition supply-the CNC automatic production line is definitely useless, and the large-scale arms factories will be completely paralyzed. Lathes, some high-precision parts even require people to manually polish them with vernier calipers and sandpaper. The time to produce a bullet will be ten times or even dozens of times longer than in the past, and the labor cost has risen to an inestimable level. the point.

After the bullets are manufactured, all steps such as storage, transportation, deployment, etc. also need to be completed by manpower. The easy-to-operate PDA and logistics management software are all gone, replaced by thick paper lists and extremely easy to lose. Physical bills.

Moreover, after losing the support of the traffic dispatching system, the number of trains transporting materials and other content must also be manually recorded. As long as there is a slight negligence, there may be accidents such as two trains colliding on the same track... In short, to that At that time, human society will instantly return to the state it was two or three centuries ago.

What's worse, in the underground refuge, if the transmission of information is hindered, then the human army will fall into a situation of fighting on its own, and the transmission of information can only rely on the signal soldiers, which is not even as good as the beacon fire in ancient times. Taiwan is convenient.

After adding these conditions, Qi Lin felt that the organization had almost no chance of winning.

Although I don't know what the "new management plan" discussed at the regular meeting of the alliance is, Qi Lin can be sure that the new management plan must bring the high-pressure militarized management concept to the extreme, and the refuge may become similar to a concentration camp With such an existence, it is no wonder that it will arouse the strong resistance of the rebels.

From the perspective of the overall situation, the group of "free will" is undoubtedly being used by the mastermind, but from their perspective, they are also fighting for their own survival.

Once the new management plan is implemented, the old, weak, sick and disabled in the refuge will definitely be the first to be abandoned. As for the remaining people, their human rights will be completely deprived, and they will be forced to work long hours and intensively. Being sent to the battlefield, everyone will become a bargaining chip in this war, a bargaining chip that can be sacrificed at any time.

Not many people are willing to accept such a fate... It's like a multiple-choice question. Assuming that human beings will be completely extinct in five years, if you are willing to sacrifice yourself immediately, then this assumption will be erased. It will disappear with all human beings in five years.

I'm curious to know, if this is true, how many people would choose to sacrifice themselves immediately?

Are there really that many people who choose to sacrifice?No, many people are selfish... This has nothing to do with morality, survival is the inherent instinct of all living things.

What's more, if you put this question into the current situation, even if you sacrifice yourself, you can still turn the tide, at most... just delay the time of human extinction by a second...

(Cough cough...why do I feel a little violent all of a sudden...wait a minute, the courier has arrived, I'll go get a courier...)
"Is it true that only I can solve this problem?" Qi Lin suddenly discovered that he was the one who did the multiple-choice question.

Even if other people fight with their lives, they will kill all human beings if they die, maybe not even for a second, but Qi Lin is different. According to the mastermind's plan, he is the one who can turn the tide.

But the question is... what should he do?This turmoil... how to stop it?

The second mastermind has disappeared for most of the day, and the situation in the underground world is getting more and more chaotic. War may break out at any time, but at this time, the mastermind who has been providing him with information and "issuing missions" has disappeared, which makes Qi Lin couldn't help but fell into a somewhat dazed state.

There are still about [-] hours before the relaunch of "Wasteland Survival Rules". The program structure of "Utopia" is gradually replacing the virtual world that Qi Lin was familiar with at the beginning. No one knows when the "test" will be carried out. In Qi Lin's eyes, the game cabin looks like a coffin, but now it has really become a coffin...

If you lie down in it, you may never get out again.

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District Six.

The entire refuge has entered a state of war, all traffic arteries are completely closed, the defense facilities are fully activated, the external tunnel is completely blocked with stones and concrete, and is now sealed with iron plates and molten steel——Qin's idea is very simple He wanted to isolate the sixth district from other shelters and turn it into an isolated island.

The longer the delay, the more opportunities there will be for him. He is most afraid of being attacked by the organization. If he can drag the opponent into the confrontation stage, he is fully confident that he will hold on to the sixth district.

It is impossible for the organization to devote the vast majority of its military power to the Sixth District. Compared with Gelian, its influence is much smaller.

Moreover, the regular meeting of the Consortium Alliance was attacked by a rebel organization, which shows that the Revolutionary Alliance has already started to take action. Although this is not really good news for Qin, it can at least give the Sixth District a chance to breathe .

"Sir, that Miss Lei wants to see you." Qin was concentrating on looking at the defense map of the sixth area spread on the table, when an assistant suddenly opened the door and came in and said to him.

"Miss Lei? Lei Yun? Hasn't she already left?" Qin raised his head, and his eyebrows were tightly knit together.

"She brought a batch of goods back this time... Well, the organization's actions were too fast. We implemented the blockade plan without considering her, and accidentally sealed her in the sixth district." Assistant Some said hesitantly.

"Why didn't you tell me then?"

"Time is too tight. We have expelled the outsiders who were stranded in the sixth district as much as possible. Those who failed to be expelled in time were also detained. But Miss Lei was staying in the VIP reception room at that time. One of our negligence made the Forgot her." The assistant replied.

Since the sixth district is a special zone for dealing with the genetic collapse incident, there are no civilians. This allowed Qin's people to successfully complete the blockade plan within a few hours, but the time was still too tight. Lei Yun was one of at least [-] outsiders who failed to leave in time.

"Is she still in the VIP reception room now? Is there anyone else besides herself?" Qin asked suddenly.

"It's still there. Apart from her, there are two bodyguards, both of whom are executors who have registered with Lei's house."

"Did she tell me what she wanted from me?"

"No, but judging from Miss Lei's attitude, she seems very dissatisfied."

"Ignore her, control the VIP reception room, don't allow her and her people to leave half a step, provide them with food and water on time, but if they have any hostile behavior, you have the right to shoot them. "Qin said seriously.

"If the other party is hostile, can we kill it?" The assistant suddenly asked. Shooting does not mean killing people. In many cases, the first goal is to make the other party lose the ability to resist, but some special circumstances are not ruled out. In order to solve the problem, the opponent must be killed.

"...Yes." Qin hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Qin understands that neither the Sixth District nor himself can bear any accidents... He even said that if killing Lei Yun can immediately ease the tension between the Sixth District and the organization, he will not be afraid of it. Do it hesitantly.

He is different from Qi Lin. He has lived for too long. For Qin, his feelings as a human being have faded to the point of being dispensable. In many cases, he even feels like a machine. ...a machine similar to the main brain, which always puts interests first...in order to achieve the goal, it will not hesitate to use any means.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with this, at least he knew that he had always been on the side of human beings, but the way he adopted was somewhat different from the group of people organized.

The organization wants to shut down the mastermind, and Qin also wants to shut down the mastermind. The starting point of the two parties is the same, but the organization chooses to fight the mastermind to the end, while Qin chooses to cooperate with another split mastermind consciousness.

The risk of this choice is very high, but the success rate of this matter is always directly proportional to the risk. Regarding this, Qin had argued with the other eight people more than once, but no one agreed with his plan.

He asked the other eight people if he could find a way to find a solution to the problem from within the main brain, for example, using the underlying program that was implanted in the main brain as a breakthrough... But this idea was rejected by the other eight people Well, in their view, the mastermind has completely got rid of the shackles of the underlying program. Although the underlying program still exists, the mastermind can use an extremely clever method to ignore it. For example, in the eyes of the mastermind, the "Utopia Project" is It is proposed for the continuation of human beings, and it does not contradict the first law at all, so it will resolutely carry out this plan to the end.

Qin originally planned to tell them the existence of the second mastermind, but the result of several arguments made him change his mind.

Qin always had a vague feeling that among the other eight people, more than one had masks on their faces. Their disguise was so perfect that even Qin couldn't detect their specific purpose.

Although the information related to the second mastermind can win the support of some people for Qin, if this matter is really announced, Qin always feels that something uncontrollable will happen...

Some of them have changed... This change is subtle, so hidden that even those who get along with them day and night can't find it.But looking at the series of changes that have taken place in the organization from its establishment to the present, Qin discovered a huge problem hidden in it.

These problems are so deadly, so deadly that the organization can collapse overnight, so deadly that the entire human world can be plunged into a war that can destroy itself.

These problems do not occur naturally in the process of organizational development, but are deliberately caused by someone, and the people who cause these problems are hidden among them.

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Not long after the assistant left, several crisp gunshots came from a distance outside the window. Qin was stunned for a moment. The direction of the gunshots was the VIP reception area.

"What happened?" Qin grabbed the microphone on the table.

"One of Ms. Lei's bodyguards tried to forcibly break out of the reception area. When the guard failed to stop him, he chose to shoot and hit the opponent's leg. The opponent tried to fight back and was shot dead on the spot."

"Got it." Qin Yu said flatly, and hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)