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After a long time, Wu Lin recovered from her thoughts, and when Johna and Wu Lin began to follow Peck together, Finch's voice sounded again.

“[Strictly speaking, that machine is illegal, and I always knew that there would be specific means to protect it. But… But I later found out that the person I entrusted to look after the machine was more ruthless than I expected.]”

Wu Lin wanted to comfort Finch, but she didn't know how to comfort him, let alone how to change this situation.On the one hand, there are countless personal interests, and on the other hand, the anger of those people once it is leaked.Those who want to protect are ungrateful, even if they know it will benefit them, they are still unwilling.Is this helping them or imprisoning their freedom?

Sometimes, Wu Lin also thinks, is it right or wrong to take it for granted that it is for the good of others?Is there a right and wrong way to do something good for others?What is the situation of doing bad things with good intentions?Perhaps the word "good" is different for everyone, so what kind of good is defined as a good thing even if the other party doesn't want it?

The voice of "Dididi" came from John's mobile phone. Wu Lin glanced sideways and saw that it was from Detective Carter.

"[What's wrong, Carter?]"

“[Peck’s neighbors called the police and said they saw two men fighting in the apartment, are you okay?]”

"It's nothing, it's the same as before."

John's calm tone convinced Carter a little, and the next moment, John hung up the phone. They had followed Peck to a park.Standing beside John, Wu Lin couldn't bear it any longer: "Even if it's all that, Finch, do you regret it?"

Finch's voice didn't come out for a long time, John looked at Wu Lin with a little sharp eyes, until about a minute later, Finch said: "No, the machine..."

Finch seemed to want to explain something, but when Peck received a call, Wu Lin and John's attention returned to Peck.

"【Hello?】"

"[Is it Peck?]"

“[Alicia Corwin?]”

Wu Lin's heart tightened when she heard the name, she subconsciously looked to the side, and saw a slightly puzzled John.His gaze also turned to Wu Lin, but he didn't ask.

“[Ms. Cowen, are you there?]”

"[Are you looking for me?]"

"【Can we meet in person?】"

"【cannot.】"

“[Two months ago, a report I wrote was tampered with when it came to your office, but your office has been closed for more than a year. Please, I just want to find out what happened. I just want to continue Normal life.】"

"[Sissing sound.]"

"[And then? Is there anything else you can tell me?]"

"【escape.】"

Peck walked away in a panic, Wu Lin and John quickly followed, and Finch's nervous voice sounded again: "[You must stop him, lest he know more about the machine] Messages, or sibilance, whatever that is. We have to treat this as a contagion outbreak. Peck is infected, infected by an idea, but contagion is contagion. Anyone who talks to him may die, All the information discovered by Peck makes our hope of saving him even more remote.]”

Just as Finch explained in a panic, Wu Lin and John temporarily lost Peck.John was probably a little distracted by Finch's voice, while Wu Lin was secretly thankful that she chose to pretend to know everything when she mixed in with them, otherwise it would be difficult for her to get along. These two populations get any information about the machine.Especially when Fincher is so adamant that knowing machines is like contagion.

“[Then find a safe house or something.]”

Wu Lin sneered: "Do you really think that people who call their daughter's mobile phone to ask for answers will give up?"

John's eyes darkened, and he also remembered that this guy wrote a 78-page report to the judge in order to get rid of a speeding ticket. Such a person...doesn't give up easily.

“[No matter what we do to protect Peck, we must do it to the extent that he doesn’t even know we exist.]”

A slight electronic sound flashed through Wu Lin and John's headsets. Wu Lin thought it was just a sequela of the concussion, until she found that John was also playing with the headsets.John seemed to have noticed something, and walked to the trash can, only to find the dismantled mobile phone and the discarded bug inside.

"It's too late to say anything now, Peck has already slipped away."

John turned off the headset angrily, took out the mobile phone and monitor from the trash can, and went straight to the library.Wu Lin also followed John without adding to her troubles.She herself was still thinking about what Peck said, whether it was Peck or Finch, they always seemed to like to talk about machines, which was definitely a good thing for Wu Lin.She was thankful again that she pretended to understand at first, not pretended not to understand, or else she would be dispatched by Finch to an unknown place, and she would not follow up on anything.

Soon, Finch was also working hard to find Peck's location, starting from Peck's credit card and so on.But as an analyst for the NSA, Peck naturally knew how to spread his footprints.So Finch began to check various hotels, and searched for the electronic footprint of "Siss".The former is still a little difficult to find, but once it is related to "sizzle", it will be much easier.In the end, Finch found a specific location, but the person had already left, and he was still carrying a tool that could crack the lock of the building where he used to work.

Moreover, analyzing from various angles, John has determined the identity of the other party, the intelligence support operation team, a group of three, and their identities are so black that they strictly speaking do not exist.

So John decided to go and see for himself, and Wu Lin went with her after thinking about it. Although her head was still a little swollen, it was much better, and it had been a while since yesterday, so she found it again. Gain some confidence.And... She has problems with it, so what about John?At least she can still cooperate with John, right?

With this in mind, Wu Lin followed closely behind John.Finch was still telling Wu Lin and John not to reveal their identities as much as possible in the headset. Unexpectedly, the fate was not as good as people's fortunes. John could only jump out and throw Peck down almost the next moment he agreed.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Lin quickly aimed at the opponent's shoulder, pressed the trigger without hesitation, and hit the opponent's shoulder.John led Peck against a wall post, waiting for his moment.Finch also seems to have his monitoring method, updating Wu Lin and John about the number and location of each other.Wu Lin and John shot each of them back, but just as they regained their senses and were about to cover Peck, they found that they had disappeared.

Wu Lin and John looked at each other, and saw the same helplessness in their eyes. This Peck is really troublesome.

Then, as soon as she went out, she still saw Peck being pulled away by a police car. Wu Lin had to say that Peck's troubles had reached a certain level, and he was still very smart.Finch was also helpless with Peck's behavior, so he could only contact Detective Carter and ask her to accept Peck.

During the period, when I was controlling the mobile phones of Fusco and Detective Carter, I found that Fusco had gone in first. I guess I just went to have a look, but I didn't expect...

After talking a lot, Peck really discovered the machine based on clues.And how it was made, what the principle is, are beginning to gradually become clear.With Peck's help, Wu Lin also began to understand the principle of the machine, which made her even more amazed at Finch's talent and that the machine can actually do other things.

Just imagine, if a machine can tell who is doing bad things, then it must be able to learn the emotions of other humans.After all, machines have a lot of time to observe humans, and a lot of time to learn to distinguish humans.But not necessarily... the human heart is the most complicated, isn't it?

What's more...whether this surveillance system is moral or not is also a question.People should have a certain degree of autonomy, and their privacy will be explored by machines without any cover. This is actually not very comfortable just thinking about it, even if it can save many people.And, more importantly, the machine is just a... tool.So... who should control this tool?

Thinking about it this way, Wu Lin remembered that earlier, people who use machines might not use them to do bad things.But... nothing is certain.Then the safest way is to let the machine run by itself.But... what if the machine learns to fail?

wrong!

The distress signal said that the machine went berserk!

So why did the machine go berserk?A tool so powerful goes berserk, the consequences...

Wu Lin thought about that scene, and couldn't help shivering.

Just as she was thinking, Wu Lin saw John "pressing" Peck out of the police station, and Wu Lin immediately started driving.Originally planning to drive to a safe house, it didn't take long to hear Peck answering the phone. Before he could say a word, Peck's cell phone was snatched by John and hung up.John asked, "[Who did you call just now?]"

“[The Office of the Special Counsel, the agency that protects whistleblowers.]”

Finch's heavy and anxious voice came out of the two headsets: "[Oh, I really hope you didn't let him connect to that call, Mr. Rees, Ms. Lin. One of the people who knows this machine , working in the Special Prosecutor’s Office!]”

John immediately threw the phone out, Wu Lin accelerated the horsepower, and immediately began to look for other places to turn.

"【What are you doing!】"

Peck excitedly yelled at John and Wu Lin: "[Our government is monitoring us! They want to kill me to cover up the truth! I have to tell others!]"

John also began to be impatient with Peck, and the tone was still a threatening tone that Wu Lin seldom heard: "[The person you want to tell is not what you think, you can't tell anyone, because No one can be trusted.]”

However, after Wu Lin drove for a while, she still couldn't find it, and suddenly there was a burst of gunfire from behind.Wu Lin looked back, but found nothing unusual, and John hurriedly told Peck to bow his head.But that person's first bullet didn't seem to be intended to cause any damage, it was just intended to penetrate the car body.And the next shot...

There was only a "bang" sound, and the impact made Wu Lin fall into a coma, and she could no longer hear or see what happened.

When Wu Lin woke up, she was already lying in a familiar environment, which was John's bedroom.Wu Lin wanted to stand up, but found that she had a headache when she moved, so she obediently lay down again.

Maybe something made the noise, the door was quickly opened, Wu Lin was stimulated by the light and subconsciously closed her eyes.John quickly closed the door, sat next to Wu Lin, and handed Wu Lin a glass of water: "You know, do you have a concussion?"

Wu Lin took a sip, recalled what happened before, and even remembered what happened when she lost her memory for the first time, then deliberately raised a smile and raised her eyebrows and eyes: "Why, are you worried?"

John smiled back and broke through Wu Lin's defenses in an instant: "Of course."

Wu Lin's face immediately turned serious, and she didn't answer the conversation in the end, but just sipped hot water.

"I'm serious, Lin, don't get yourself hurt all the time."

Wu Lin smiled, but still didn't answer the conversation. Of course, this time it was just because she didn't know how to answer the conversation. People who work like them don't seem to take their own lives seriously?

"Only by protecting your body can you get what you want."

Wu Lin raised her head and looked straight into John's eyes: "What did you... just say?"

John looked very serious, but Wu Lin could tell from his body language that he was actually smiling: "I said, protect yourself."

Wu Lin's eyes seemed to gather a layer of mist, and John answered again: "Now, you need to lie in bed and rest for a few days."

Just when John was about to push the door, Wu Lin said softly, "Maybe... I hit my head. But... can you stay with me for a while?"

John turned his head, with a trace of understanding: "Of course."

Wu Lin was lying on the bed, and John was sitting beside Wu Lin's bed. They stayed like this for a while, and Wu Lin felt sleepy again.Watching Wu Lin's eyes gradually close together, John lightly put away the water glass beside Wu Lin's bed.

Seeing John's actions, Wu Lin did not stop: "Thank you."

John turned around and smiled at Wu Lin: "People always have secrets, but this doesn't affect their friendship. (Relationships)"

Until John walked out, Wu Lin's tears fell completely. She knew that she had said the same thing to them, but she never thought that they would really respond to it.She knew how hard it was to trust someone, especially when that person had other plans for them.Maybe it was just a trick to deceive her and move her, but... Anyway, she felt that John did not deceive her during that period of time, at least during that period of time.

After letting the tears flow down her cheeks for a while, Wu Lin collected her emotions and found her original mobile phone beside the bed.

After the text message was typed, it was sent immediately. It was about the function of the machine and information about finding terrorists.Then, she drafted a text message again, but hesitated to send it. It was to ask Peter if Palf was alive or dead.Peter quickly replied to Wu Lin's text message, saying that he already knew about this function and would report it immediately.

Wu Lin was distracted for a while, and finally gritted her teeth and sent the text message.Just like the text message just now, Peter responded quickly, as if he was always there.

He said that Palf is all well, don't read.

Only then did Wu Lin breathe a sigh of relief, and didn't bother about Palf any more.Now she has to think again, what kind of crisis will be caused after the machine goes berserk, or how the machine is made to go berserk?

After thinking about it, she felt a little tired. She casually put the phone beside the bed, and immediately fell into a deep sleep in a coma.

After a while, John came in with a refilled water glass again, and put it beside Wu Lin's bedside.He quickly saw the mobile phone that he hadn't seen before he went out. He paused for a moment, and finally he tentatively pressed the screen to open it. It was fingerprint authentication.He hesitated for a moment, then carefully placed the screen under Wu Lin's thumb and let Wu Lin touch it.

After the screen was turned on, the first thing that appeared was her conversation with Peter.With just one glance, John's eyes instantly became a little heavy. He stared at Wu Lin for a long time before putting the phone back in place.Just as John closed the door, Wu Lin also opened her eyes.

It's not that Wu Lin didn't feel it. The moment John touched her hand, she was already a little sober. It wasn't until she touched the touch screen of the mobile phone that she understood what John wanted to do.She was a little sad. After all, John just said that trust can be built on the basis of secrets, so he began to explore her secrets.When she knew the ending, she shouldn't be very sad, at most she was disappointed, but her feelings seemed to be more complicated...

She didn't want to think more, so she could only close her eyes, and what flashed in front of her eyes was the picture of John and her sitting at the window at the same time.

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