Global Examination

Outside the gate, separated by a wall, more than 4000 people were cheering, and everyone thought it was a success.But You Huo and Qin Chen changed their expressions - this was different from what was expected.

According to estimates, when the damage to the main control center reaches 100%, the building will be turned into ruins, leaving only the core main control console.

The core main console is impenetrable, and will only have defense loopholes at the last 1% critical point.If you seize the opportunity of those few seconds and blast away the main console, the most vulnerable things in the system will be exposed.

It should be something similar to a chip, hard to distinguish with the naked eye, similar to the one that was placed in Youyou's eyes back then, and it is called the core of the system.

At this moment, Youzhuo and the others have two choices.

Or, use the correction program to interfere with the "nuclear", force the system to generate self-correction awareness, and fall into a self-destruct state.And before self-destructing, according to the rules, it will throw everyone out.

Or, they can wait for Group S to disappear completely and take master control of the system.Just one command can set everyone free.

But now, the master control center is disintegrating, they have neither got the master control nor seen the nucleus.

The sound of the system suddenly rang again, intermittently like a bad connection:

【warn!warn!The main...control center suffered irreversible...damage, and the emergency treatment of group S failed...failed!The chief examiner escrow program has been blocked, and the control right will be taken back across the board within 10 seconds. 】

[The main control center is abandoned..., and the self-clearing process has been activated. 】

[Countdown, 10——]

The sudden change blinded the cheering people, and everyone stopped in a daze and looked at each other.

"What's the situation? Isn't it about to end?"

"What do you mean by self-clearing? Self-destruct?"

"impossible!"

"Then what should we do? Shouldn't we go out first?"

Amidst the noisy discussion, someone said: "Isn't it impossible to get out?!"

These words were like a nuclear bomb that exploded among thousands of people.

[9——8——]

The countdown of the system hangs above the head, every time a number is counted, it explodes once, causing everyone's brains to buzz and go blank.

The sky was gray and yellow, and dust clouds hung overhead.Beyond the dense fog, there was something like a warning light that blinked and blinked with the countdown, flashing red light like a shadow, like a death talisman.

Just as it flashed to the 4th time with the countdown, there was a rustling sound from the radio, and another voice forcibly replaced the system:

[Boss, A, I am 154. 】

The moment 154 seized control, the red light stopped, and the countdown also stopped, and everyone's hearts hung in their throats.

For You Huo and Qin Chen in the building, the voice of 154 comes from the main console in front of them.

"154? Can you hear us?" Qin Chen went straight to the point: "We blasted the main console, but there is no core, and this place is empty."

[I know, while the main control center was destroyed, I have been grabbing control.I have seen what happened here just now, but I have not been able to speak. 】

[When I come, I remind you of two things. 】

[One is that what the members of Group S said just now are not entirely true.I took over the system's historical information base 1 minute ago and saw everyone's past data.As far as I know, the initial proctors are all real people entering the system, which is similar to creating an intersection between two dimensions with the help of magnetic fields and various conditions.After that, the system changed its method, especially after it was severely out of control, only a small part of it was real people, such as you, the boss, and most of them were thought-entry.Maybe the system realizes that the disappearance is too noticeable, but illness, shock, and brain death are still normal. 】

154's tone was uncommonly a little anxious: [So don't believe those lies, I'm afraid that you two will start to have no taboos once you hear that you are not in the flesh.If you die, you are really dead! 】

"I know." You Huo said.

In fact, half a minute ago, the moment he heard those words, he almost really believed them.

But just now, when Qin Chen opened the "curtain" and walked to him, he suddenly remembered something - earrings.

If he here is really just a projection of his thinking, it is impossible for this earring to stay by his ear from the system to the reality.

[It’s good to know. 】

154 breathed a sigh of relief.

[The second thing is the core of the system, if it is not here, it must be hidden——]

His words were suddenly cut off in the middle, and in the far sky beyond the dense fog, the red alarm light flashed again, and the cold voice of the system once again took the lead, continuing its countdown:

【7--】

Before everyone digested 154's words, they fell into a new round of panic.

Qin Chen squeezed the center of his brows hard, trying to maintain his sanity and sobriety under the persecution of the countdown: "154 means that the system has hidden the core, the question is where it is hidden."

【6--】

"Since the main control center can be destroyed as long as it is destroyed, it must not be in any corner here. Where else can it be hidden?" Qin Chen looked around, "Is there any place where it can rest assured."

"A place where it looks absolutely safe." Youzhuo licked his dry lips.

These small movements are enough to show that even they are starting to feel restless and tense.

【5--】

What is an absolutely safe place?

Either it is a place that you will never think of, or it is a place that you will not rush to move if you think of it.

The system is very arrogant to some extent, it is impossible to put the core in the corner, no matter what, it will not really leave the center.

So where?

Proctor area?resting place?

Is there a place where they dare not move?

It seems not, after all, they are so crazy that they even dare to put themselves in it.

【4--】

Suddenly, You Huo's expression changed.

The concept of "self" reminded him that other people's lives might be safer than the two of them, especially friends and companions.

friends and companions...

A thunderstorm sounded in his mind.

At the critical moment, the broadcast sounded rustling again.

154 seized control again, this time he didn't say hello, and said quickly:

[Time is running out, we must first figure out where the system hides the core.In addition, the correction program is in your hands, if it is hidden outside the main control center and you cannot touch it, then you have to—]

154 paused.

He seemed to swallow back what he was going to say, and changed his words: [I have to find another way. 】

After he finished speaking, he did not wait for the expected response.The two people beside the main console suddenly fell into silence for some reason.

[Boss? 】

【A? 】

【Are you listening? 】

"In..." You Huo looked at the main console.

Neither he nor Qin Chen was distracted, they just suddenly thought of an answer——

Chu Yue.

Suddenly there was a thin sound on the radio, as if someone stood up suddenly.

Then, a very soft female voice sounded from the side: "154."

The moment she spoke, she revealed an unconcealable bewilderment, but she calmed down the next second, as if she had made up her mind, "I have something to tell you."

When you heard this sentence, You Huo's expression changed.

He wanted to say wait a minute, and told Chu Yue not to be impulsive.But in the next second, the broadcast went silent, and even the buzzing background sound stopped abruptly...

***

In the abandoned apartment in the second rest area, 154 watched the suspended broadcast and heard Chu Yue take a deep breath and say, "The core of the system should be hidden here."

"I was the same as A. I had implants in my eyes. You know that, right? I think the nucleus is probably hidden inside."

In fact, for a long time, she felt that she was luckier than You Huo.They are also the objects of study, and they are special existences in the system, but their experiences are very different——

The one whose voice is simulated is Youhuo, the one who is stared at 24 hours is Youhuo, the one who is promoted to a high position and then kicked out of the system is Youhuo, and the one whose memory and past are erased is still Youhuo.

In contrast, she has hardly experienced too many ups and downs, and has not received any harmful punishment. Even the things in her eyes are more peaceful than those of Youyou. Once they are closed, there will be no more movement.So much so that she even occasionally forgets that there is such a thing that always follows her.

A long time ago, a colleague once said to her: "Obviously you and A are both chief examiners, why do you feel that the system is a bit biased towards him? In various occasions, A is emphasized, and you always seem to be downplayed and forgotten. the one."

She replied at the time: "You got it upside down, and I might be the one who was biased."

She spent a lot of time wondering why there was such a bias.

Until today, she finally understood...

Because the system hides the most important things on her, and doesn't want others to notice her.

It firmly believes that this is the safest place, because it is impossible for A to hurt her rashly.And as long as A does not move, other people are not a threat.

But unfortunately, it also missed one person—herself.

Chu Yue pointed to her eyes and said, "They have already done what they should do, only the last one is left, 154, do me a favor."

***

Above the wilderness, the countdown stopped abruptly in the last two seconds, and even the dust and mist stopped at that second.

After a long silence, the system changed its tone:

[The self-clearing procedure is interrupted. 】

[Correction content detected. 】

[Kernel self-test is enabled. 】

【mistake. 】

【mistake. 】

【mistake. 】

……

Countless "mistakes" repeated mechanically, like a long road with no end in sight.

Until a certain moment, this repetition finally stopped, the system's voice changed from calm to rough and then distorted, like roasted ice, it said:

[The self-test is over, the system failure level is S, and the test is completely terminated. 】

【本次运行共计6年1个月零7天，参考人员26921人，现存11582人。所有人员将在5分钟内清出系统。】

[The self-destruct procedure is officially started. 】

The moment the voice fell, the wind blew up and the dust and mist billowed.

The 12822 independent examination rooms began to disintegrate. All kinds of life and death, love and hatred, joys and sorrows that happened in these honeycomb-like lands will no longer exist from this moment, and will remain forever.

Some were crying, some were laughing, some were dazed, some were screaming.

Chu Yue blinked in the noisy background for no reason, and a strange darkness swept towards her. In that darkness, there was a vaguely familiar figure heading straight for her.

She remembered what 154 said not long ago, he asked her before doing it: "Are you afraid?"

She said that there is nothing terrible about it, she has friends who can entrust their lives, no matter what, they will not abandon her.It's like she'll never disappoint each other.

From then on, they were free.

It was strange, it was obviously something to be happy about, but for a moment, she wanted to cry.

In the end, she saw You Huo and Qin Chen at the end of her field of vision, and the night sky not far away after the gunpowder smoke had cleared, dotted with stars, with blurred bright colors stretching to the horizon.

That is a scenery that will never be seen in the system, it is the lights of thousands of houses, and it is the hustle and bustle of the world.