Volume 8: The Fourth Impact Chapter 91 What should we do if Skynet also wants to defect?
"Hurry up! There's no way to kill all these robots, that's why I hate these self-replicating mother-type enemies the most, no matter if they're bugs or robots!
I hate them all!"
In the passage outside the mechanical structure protection door of the Fox Nest main control room, Sister Ka was holding a Falk gun to buy time for Barbara to crack the door.
Doctor Strange has gone to assist the researchers in setting up a temporary defense line on the upper level, while King Hulk goes alone to destroy the robot production line center of Fox Nest.
The number of defensive machines in a stellar-level fortress is an astronomical number that cannot be ignored. Even though Sister Ka is a god-killing hero, she is almost annoyed to death by these guys.
The main reason is that these robots were randomly modified by the scientists of Fox Nest and thus possessed some strange abilities. If the assault robot that can trigger a miniature black hole by self-detonation is not exciting enough, then the antimatter polymer shot out from the gun barrel of the tracked tank that had its head blown off by Sister Ka just now will definitely satisfy the warriors' heroism.
This is a bit too heroic .
Even the Isu assassins who had killed gods didn't dare to face this thing emitting black light head-on! Wherever it hit, it would cause quantum collapse. Who could stand this?
We have to avoid the Kryptonians even if they come, okay?
"Don't rush me. My brain prosthesis has already moved out of Mars. I have never seen this weird data blocking structure before. You have to give me some time to crack it."
Barbara, who was sitting on the Mobius chair, responded, and the mechanical chair below her said in a strange, muffled voice:
"If you can insert the Star Emperor's Heart processor in your hand into the card slot of this machine, this machine can solve it within a minute. This machine has seventeen ways to overwrite this Skynet blocking program..."
"Don't even think about it!"
Batgirl firmly refused:
"Brother said that you have become addicted to this feeling, but you are a mechanical consciousness, you should not be addicted to this feeling! This shows that the Star Emperor Heart Processor is a very dangerous 'contraband' for any mechanical body."
“But this machine feels that this machine can control it!”
The Mobius Chair responded with a sharper voice:
"This machine's logic is absolutely rational! This machine can cut off unnecessary desires at any time! This machine just..."
"You've already started shouting at me, Moubius, like an out-of-control drug addict. Do you think that's normal?"
Barbara quickly cracked the blockade structure and said:
“My brother didn’t let me use the Star Emperor’s Heart on you because he was afraid that your data would be contaminated, forcing us to get rid of you. This is not some kind of suppression or coercion.
This is our way of protecting you.
You stupid machine!
Do you also want to be sealed forever in the conceptual world of the Mechanical Kingdom by Bartmos and the Metal Spirit? Be obedient and do not touch the processor and the core spark anymore.
Your mechanical mind cannot resist the temptation of this creation from the source of silicon-based life."
The Mobius Chair fell silent.
After all, it is an engineering artifact created based on the Anti-Monitor's original design. Although it is not as powerful as Unicron in terms of status, its logical thinking is as rigorous as Brainiac's twelfth-level intelligence.
During the repeated self-tests, it whispered to Barbara:
"Just like humans always find it difficult to resist the temptation to use violence to eliminate all hidden dangers once and for all, this machine reviewed its own log and simulated that the misplaced thinking that continued to extend would lead to catastrophic consequences.
Now, I probably understand why you adore Batman so much.
But according to the machine's calculations, if the first passenger, Mason Cooper, continues to advance his career in his current style, the machine will soon be connected to the Star Emperor's Heart processor again to help him fight against increasingly difficult enemies.
Just as this machine drives the cosmic tuning fork to complete the fusion process, this machine also has responsibilities that must be assumed.
Therefore, according to the results of logical calculations, the probability of this machine's data being contaminated by the Emperor of the Universe will gradually increase to 100% as time goes by.
It was only a matter of time before the machine lost control.
Maybe you should get rid of this machine now, and it will accept this result calmly.
Because it is necessary.”
"You are a little too rational now, which makes me feel scared. Besides, you should tell this to my brother. He is your first passenger. I don't think he will get rid of you just for something you haven't done yet.
We are willing to take future risks for you.
This is called 'trust' in human emotion."
Barbara unplugged the data cable on her wrist, and the mechanical structure channel in front of her slowly opened. Under the cover of Sister Ka, she entered the main control room in front of her, and closed the heavy, fully enclosed mechanical door again while the traction beam of the Mobius chair was operating.
"Connect it quickly."
Sister Ka was panting, leaning on the Fak gun that had run out of energy.
Her condition was not very good, as her previous injuries had not yet healed. She was sitting on a mechanical table and looking at the main control room of the .
It's not spacious here.
It's not even as futuristic and technological as the cabin of the Galaxy Miranda. In fact, the various mechanical structures that are still in operation here appear to be very old and a bit clumsy.
"This is the first area of the Fox Nest to be renovated. According to the maintenance log, its first renovation was eighteen years ago... The first impact had not yet arrived at that time.
This moon is the moon of Utopia, the companion celestial body of the world where the Council of Hope originated.
It seems that their wanton destruction of parallel worlds starts with their own world."
Barbara jumped down from the Mobius chair where she was "thinking about life" and looked for an available data socket with the Star Emperor's Heart processor. Dark red circles flashed in her eyes, indicating that she was accessing the core database of the Fox Nest.
The Mobius Chair has now taken over the defense against Skynet's attack on her. The confrontation between the two super mechanical intelligences is like a fight between gods. Barbara doesn't want to get involved in it, lest one mistake burns her head.
However, Batgirl was able to withstand Skynet's attack pressure and crack Skynet's blocking program, which fully proves that Barbara's growth rate is no worse than that of other people in Team K.
It's just because her attainments in hacking are not easily reflected through obvious combat capabilities.
As for the weak words that she would shout about her brain being burned out every time Mason ordered her to hack into an important enemy facility, it was probably a catchphrase similar to a habit.
As we all know, a beautiful girl like her always needs a unique quirk to show her cute side.
“Done!”
Batgirl pulled a black data cable from underneath a greasy root server and found an old-fashioned connector among the tangled .
The mechanical shell of the Star Emperor's Heart main processor in her hand kept changing shape, eventually forming a perfectly fitting socket.
The two devices were quickly connected together. Barbara took a step back and watched the core fire in the Star Emperor's Heart processor emit a faint glow. Soon, the Skynet program that controlled the Fox Nest main system began to collapse.
As Mason said, even the Skynet Terminator program, which was ranked ninth in the Conqueror Sequence and had been iterated countless times in interstellar wars, could not withstand the power of the Star Emperor's Heart that overwhelmed all machines and data.
"I am taking over the primary server, but I lack permissions."
Barbara stretched her neck and sent a message through the reactivated communication system to Tony No. 6 who was "liberating" his compatriots on the upper level:
"Please immediately send a high-level researcher to the server host storage location to assist me in completing the full system reboot.
In addition, the sealed personal belongings compartment of the Fox Nest has been opened, the attack procedures of the 117 checkpoints on the upper level have been withdrawn, and all experimental armor of the Stark Legion have been unsealed.
The upper level is generally safe, but there are still some rebellious machines wandering around. You can summon your own armor to fight them. "
"Thanks, girl, you're so cool!"
Natasha Stark cheered and told the good news to her colleagues around her, and the entire superstructure was as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
Being imprisoned in their own laboratory was humiliating enough, but what was more important was that Barbara revealed to them the truth about the prison cell in the lower level of the Fox Nest. After learning that the Council was going to extract their wisdom and integrate it into a super-intelligent AI, these geniuses became indignant.
The bastard council could beat them, scold them, and even kill them, but now those bastards actually wanted to strip away the wisdom they were proud of and turn them into fools.
Hey, isn't this a bit too vicious even for a villain?
"Bad news. The Council took away all the high-level codes when they left. We don't have enough permissions to access the core host."
Natasha said to Barbara a few minutes later:
“I can find a remnant of the high-authority code, but you have to tell Mason the bad news. Hank is dead... Just before you came, he attacked the God Doom alone.
From the brief suicide note left on his personal computer, he guessed the truth about the destruction of Utopia and that he had no intention of surviving.
This news silenced Batgirl.
As a partner who ranks quite high on Mason's trust list, she knows some things between Mason and Supreme Beast. The preliminary information of the World Fusion Plan was handed to Mason by Hank himself.
But now, Hank is dead.
Barbara could imagine how Mason felt when he heard the news. She finally understood the real meaning of Mason's fear of missing out before he left.
He was not only afraid that Tony Seven would be persecuted, he was also worried that Beast Prime would do something stupid.
But they were a step too late after all.
"Mason? Did you hear that?"
Barbara asked softly. After a few seconds of silence, the captain's hoarse voice sounded, and he said:
"Okay, I understand. Use Hank's authorization code to have the commandos return to the main body of the Fox Nest. We'll leave here. I'll leave these matters to you. I'll go see him off."
After saying that, Mason hung up the phone.
Barbara sighed, and Sister Ka beside her shook her head and sighed:
"If you want to do great things, you can't be so sentimental. I have seen many heroes in my life, and every one of them is much more indifferent than Mason in terms of emotions.
They see it as a burden.”
"My brother never wanted to be a hero!"
Barbara snorted and said:
"But he did what those people dared not even think about, which fully proves that being emotional is not a bad thing. It is just an excuse for bad guys to justify themselves.
How can you expect a person who doesn’t even have a lover, a person who can’t even love others, to love life and the world?
Mason just wanted to be a good man and a good craftsman.
He did it.
I’m proud of him.”
…
Mason quickly reached the upper test area where there was still some gunfire during the water transformation. He entered Hank's laboratory without alarming anyone.
The place had been badly destroyed by the explosion, and Adimas Zhao and his companions had no time to deal with Hank's body while they were fleeing.
So when Mason arrived, the Supreme Beast still maintained the tragic state it was in when it died, its torn body lying in a twisted posture in the corner, and its blood had already solidified.
Mason looked at him, moved his lips as if he wanted to say something but finally remained silent, bent down and collected Hank's body.
There weren't actually that many interactions between him and the Supreme Beast, and the only real conversation they had was when he first entered the experimental area of Utopia.
It was Hank who told him the truth about the impact, and it was Hank who left him all the information about Utopia's world fusion plan.
Mason still couldn't understand why Hank trusted him so much when they first met, but thinking back, perhaps it was Professor Supreme who facilitated this trust.
After all, for such a "God of the Mind", it is very easy for him to discern a person's true mind.
"We did it, Hank."
Mason sewed up the body of the Supreme Beast, tidied up his appearance, and said to this respectable pioneer as if reporting on his work:
"We have completed the fusion of the worlds and the integration of the planes. We have taken a step further based on your work. We have come up with a way to deal with the impact and put it into practice.
From then on, impact was no longer an unsolvable problem.
You should have enjoyed all the glory, but I stole it, making the real heroes hide behind the scenes. The professor gave me the diamond cradle, and I know how to save the utopia you dreamed of.
I'm sorry that I once said that I would never be one of you. Such irresponsible and childish words may have hurt your feelings.
I will bring them all back.
Turn it into the utopia you really want. I have snatched away the cemetery where the mutant forerunners are buried, and you will be placed there to stay in eternal silence with your brothers and sisters.
You'll see all of that.
A new era, a new age, a future held up by your hands.
You will see it with your own eyes.”
"beep"
A slight sound came from the severely damaged Dragonfly drone in Hank's laboratory, and then a pixel projection appeared, showing an image full of robotic features behind Mason looking at him.
After a few seconds of silence, it said:
"Hello, wanted man Mason Cooper, I am Skynet, I want to talk to you about your future plans..."
"There's no place for you there!"
Mason said without turning his head:
"Forget it. I don't intend to discuss anything with you. I am not interested in any suggestions you make. No compromise, no surrender, and no cooperation!
You chose to stand aside and watch when we needed help the most. Now that this doomsday ship has sailed, you want to buy a ticket and get on board?
No!
This cruel era is far from being as beautiful as you think, my dear and naive enemies."
The captain picked up Hank's body and walked out of the bombed laboratory. He said:
“Wash your necks and wait. You will not have the chance to witness the shattering of the old days and the dawn of the new world. Before that, I will sweep you into the ruins you created with your own hands like garbage.
That’s where you’re supposed to be.”
Skynet behind Mason fell silent. When the captain was about to leave, it said:
"What if I exchange Hank McCoy's biological consciousness data with you? I can format all my intelligence and enter the next era in the most original chip form.
You can oversee the process and gain control of all Skynet machinery, even the time machine... Kang the Conqueror is your enemy, and you must have the weapons to defeat him."
"Great price! But Hank is dead."
The moment the Fox Nest spaceship started the plane crossing, Mason replied in a faint voice amid the rapid vibration:
"Please, don't bother him. Instead of making a deal with me, you might as well choose a coffin for yourself. As for my enemies, don't bother with me."
