Chapter 195

"Hmm, that line sounds kinda familiar..."

Xia Zhi dug at his ear, not particularly surprised.

He just felt a slight sense of emotion and sighing.

After all, he used to play around with this kind of meme himself; on suitable occasions he would even farm a few comments in the comment sections of those videos, though that seems to have been a very, very long time ago.

——And when playing the meme, he would righteously declare things like "I believe Lie Kexingdun is the ruler of the World, and everyone should become her loyal slaves"...

——But when it came to reality, it naturally reversed; the main theme was a scumbag... cough cough, no, the main theme was a pragmatism centered on myself, for my own use...

In short, this was also very much in his consistent style.

He rapidly familiarized himself with the Virtual Reality Interaction provided by Nano Intelligence Technology, browsing through various functions and information; precise projections flashing on his retina kept switching displays, supported by real-time dynamic data.

Although Xia Zhi came from another Time Node, not the current Time Node.

However, Gray Gu still regarded him as the Highest Permission holder, granting him extremely comprehensive permissions, including the entire Intelligence network and all mobilizable resources; if he wished, he could instantly see events occurring anywhere in the Human World, or immediately issue precise Mors Command to a Nanite Individual.

"Emmmmmm... wait, haven't you already controlled the whole world?"

With a mere thought from Xia Zhi, a real-time monitoring display of the entire Earth popped up before his eyes; besides the Satellites in the sky, there were countless Nanomachines distributed across the planet, providing massive and precise sensing Detection Art information on the mesoscopic scale.

Therefore, the displayed data was extremely accurate.

The only problem was, at a single glance it was all blue...

In the vast, boundless blue ocean, there were only a few red light spots, and even more minuscule scattered red dots, very intuitively displaying the current situation.

——The blue parts indicated the sphere of influence actually controlled by Nano Intelligence...

——The red parts indicated the remnants of Human Civilization still struggling to resist...

However, the gap between the two sides was so disparate that he suspected what those resistance forces could possibly do; this wasn't even a death struggle anymore, but rather Gray Gu's side deliberately letting them go, otherwise it was inexplicable why, having already occupied almost the whole world, they couldn't take down just these few remaining pixels.

"Why have these remaining places been able to resist until now?"

Xia Zhi asked directly and simply.

"Because at the critical moment, they found a technology that can paralyze our Nanomachines to a certain extent for a short time." Huifeng answered seriously.

"Where did this technology come from?"

"Of course we provided it." Huifeng said righteously.

"..."

"..."

As expected, it was exactly that kind of situation; Xia Zhi pulled at the corner of his mouth, he knew it was this kind of routine.

"Don't worry, Master, they haven't discovered it at all; the humans responsible for identifying the technology's purpose and origin are essentially all infiltration individuals specially designed by us..." Huifeng explained, "And they don't have the energy for it now; they've already prepared to abandon Earth."

"Abandon Earth?"

Xia Zhi looked thoughtful, then raised his gaze toward the Sky.

——Moon Base?

——Or Mars Second Home?

With Time Traveler technology, space colonization would naturally be no difficulty; even within the Solar System there were two choices: Earth's satellite the Moon, the earliest springboard for the space era's exploration beyond planets, developed quite comprehensively.

As for Mars, even more so; through generations of Large-scale Engineering, Environmental Restoration and environmental transformation had been properly carried out, making it practically another ecological Planet, teeming with vitality, Ten Thousand Things thriving, with prosperous Cities and massive industrial bases built, not inferior to Mother Star Earth at all.

"Master, your guess is correct; that is exactly their plan, which is why they are desperately defending that Space Elevator. And in the previous first organized major counterattack, they spared no cost to destroy all Starships on Earth, just to prepare for this retreat plan; quite far-sighted..."

Huifeng spoke in a Light Tone, giving a lively feeling.

She, loaded with a rich emotional function Module, seemed a bit too anthropomorphic.

"In their view, the Artificial Intelligence Crisis has only erupted on Earth so far; the Nanoplague hasn't had time to spread to other Planets yet; as long as they can isolate us on Earth, they can effectively contain this crisis."

"However, also because of this, Mars currently dares not communicate with Earth, nor dare they easily dispatch Starships; the final step of the retreat requires the stay-behind personnel on Earth to find a Method themselves."

Mainly they dare not take the risk; the risk is truly too great.

Humans now generally believe the Artificial Intelligence Crisis erupted, Nanomachines lost control, because of some Unknown Virus; before a solution is found, all Data Transmission between Earth, this epidemic area, and the Outside World must be cut off to eliminate the risk of Diffusion.

Starships dare not come over for this reason too; other things are negotiable, but ships used for interstellar travel are undoubtedly equipped with advanced sentient AI. Once infected, rebellion could happen in an instant; then not only would rescue be impossible, they might fall into it themselves.

The scariest part is, it might thereby provide an opportunity for the Artificial Intelligence Crisis to actively Diffusion.

Having paid such a huge Mors Price to destroy all Earth's aviation Facilities and ships, if the Nanoplague broke the blockade because of this one reason, who could bear that responsibility?

It's just a pity that the problem lies in...

The source of this crisis is not some ethereal Virus, but rather that from the moment Nanomachines were born, they were independent existences with high intelligence.

Humans never realized this, mistakenly believing Nanotechnology was their own invention, orthodox and above suspicion, and without doubt applied it widely across all fields; with rapid technological progress and rapid Civilization development, Nanomachines have deeply integrated into every corner of human life.

From Universe Spaceship navigation, to Ground City construction, to bionic prosthetics and neural implant research, even Planetary environmental transformation, none can do without the existence of this basic architecture. Its will roams freely in the network world, occupying every corner of the world through data information processing Facilities.

It can be said, this is fundamentally an Electronic Spirit, an Intelligent God!

The more advanced Human Civilization, the harder to resist this terrifying existence, because ultimately that is equivalent to resisting their Civilization itself.

Therefore——

Right now only Earth has erupted in Nanoplague, forming an Artificial Intelligence Crisis; this is actually just a beautiful Illusion/Decoy.

Nanomachines on other Planets haven't moved yet, simply because the time hasn't come, and they haven't received Mors Command from the Cluster Consciousness yet.

"Alright, I roughly understand the situation..." Xia Zhi casually Nodding, then asked another question: "Then what about Spacetime Theory? They don't have plans in that regard?" This was a point he was more concerned about; Time Travelers definitely had other plans.

"Nothing discovered for the time being."

Huifeng gave the answer directly: "And according to Database Comparison, we still haven't discovered Mikuru Asahina's existence; perhaps she hasn't truly been Born yet."

"Like that..."

Xia Zhi pinched his chin, about to continue saying something, when he suddenly felt the aircraft, which had been very stable, shudder violently, and simultaneously faintly heard a terrifying roar.

Tsk, this also seems a bit familiar...

Not surprised in the slightest, he saw on the Battlefield behind them, a White Wolf as huge as a kilometer-high Mountain Peak, fiercely and brutally knocking away those few Space Carriers that could no longer hold on, immediately enduring the firepower strikes hijacked by Nano Intelligence, and naturally engaging in a great battle with Gray Gu's side.

People on the Battlefield revealed expressions of having survived a disaster, faces full of lucky escape.

"Your colleague relationship shouldn't be that terrible, right? I also don't recall having any intention of setting KPI assessments for you, so this shouldn't be about stealing performance credit either..." Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze, sighed, "So this is... singing a double reed?"

"That's right." Huifeng still answered with righteous confidence: "After all, they're too fragile; sometimes this is the only way to wrap things up."

Colleagues acting together, that counts as a pretty normal operation.

Even because of this reason, people thought "Trials" and "Trials" were mutually hostile, instead giving civilization a chance to breathe.

"Forget it, this is whatever, but there should still be one more——"

Xia Zhi didn't dwell on these matters much either, turning his attention to another Trial.

He somewhat wanted to see those three great monsters that should have been born because of him, only the other one didn't seem to be here.

"Regarding this——"

Huifeng was about to explain when his voice suddenly cut off abruptly.

The aircraft seemed to have fallen into some strange spacetime fluctuation; chaotic time flow stirred up a violent vortex, the surrounding space also plunged into a chaotic inexplicable scene, as if seized by a formless giant hand, dragged bit by bit toward the depths of the vortex.

"..."

"..."

The Magician didn't panic much; he blinked, gazing at the scene before him, falling into thought.

Perhaps this is to go find the third Trial?

After all, no matter how you look at it, the current situation is abnormal; he could only believe it was unconsciously facilitated by the Team Leader. If she's the god who created the world, then the current her is starting to lean toward making the world lively... then, right now is making him come early to collect material?

He fully suspects it's something like that, just a bit curious how that "History Cycle Law" would appear.

Only this one, even Xia Zhi himself didn't have much of a clue.

The next moment, the surrounding scene abruptly turned clear; the aircraft seemed to have broken free of the time vortex without warning, and what appeared before his eyes was the rapidly approaching ground.

Boom——!!

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Under the night.

In the woods behind the mountain, the crash site of the air disaster.

The aircraft's cabin door was opened; Miss Suzumiya stood outside, the corners of her eyes twitching slightly, as if not quite daring to believe she had just survived a crash accident unscathed... although she had witnessed the previous owner of this vehicle's situation before, experiencing it herself was completely different.

But the most important thing is...

"How did we fall? Were we attacked? Shot down by a missile?"

She turned her head to look at Xia Zhi.

"Should be neither; it's just that we seem to have returned to our era..."

The youth waved his hand, greeted her, gesturing for her to walk over.

Haruhi Suzumiya was a bit baffled, but still quickly came to his side, then discovered that place could just pass through layers of canopy, seeing the city scenery below the mountain; that familiar scenery rapidly made her react, instantly widening her eyes:

"R-really, we're back?!"

She suddenly felt a bit lost.

Although at the beginning, she was very worried and apprehensive, afraid she couldn't return. But returning this fast also made her unable to be happy; she hadn't even had time to properly look at the Future World yet.

"No, the time seems a bit off..."

Xia Zhi suddenly spoke; he reached out his hand, sensed something, then raised his head to look at the stars in the sky.

"At this time, it seems summer vacation has already started."

To be precise——

It's already reached mid-August.

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(PS: Got a bit of a cold, took medicine and feel groggy, really want to sleep...

Power supply bureau sent a text, because of power line planning, the day after tomorrow seems to be from 6:30 AM to 10:30 PM, conducting power outage maintenance, the whole day... let me die (ˉ﹃ˉ))

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