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Chapter 250. The War Alliance Incident
War Alliance Hope Base.

Zhu Yan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the headquarters, his fingertips lightly tapping the tempered glass.

In the distance, the inpatient building of the base hospital was spewing orange-red flames, thick smoke swirling upwards, and the crisp sound of the explosion-proof glass shattering in the high temperature could be faintly heard. The fragments, illuminated by the firelight, resembled a torrential rain.

She squinted, watching the mechanical followers, corrupted by the mind, surge out like a tide.

They reacted like normal people, but their pupils were completely bewildered, and the alloy blades they wielded reflected waves of innate energy—crimson flames, indigo frost, and silvery arcs of electricity rose and fell among the crowd.

She wasn't surprised by the scene; in fact, everything was still in the planning stages.

"It's been a long time since I've had such a thrilling game of strategy, Mr. Schemer."

A cold smile curved at the corners of Zhu Yan's lips as the heel of his combat boot gently rolled over the crack in the tile.

"Let's see who's the better player this time."

The monitor hanging on the side wall of the room suddenly lit up, and a super artificial intelligence in the image of a girl with twin ponytails appeared on the screen:

"Level 1 Alert! Large-scale mechanical contamination has occurred in the central area of ​​the hospital."

Ah Xiang's electronic female voice is cold and calm:
"We recommend initiating weapon modifications immediately. Has the Commander authorized fire support?"

The screen cast shifting shadows on Zhu Yan's cold, stern face, and she smiled silently.
"implement."

The two words were resounding.

"Om————"

The moment the command took effect, every surveillance camera in the hospital corridor emitted a heavy metallic hum as if it were mechanically reassembling.

"Wow————"

The camera structure split and twisted, and the deformable module reconstructed itself within a second, turning the originally harmless cameras into dark, gaping gun barrels.

"Firepower system activated, thermal imaging lock complete."

Ah Xiang's twin ponytails moved automatically without wind, and data streams swirled around her.

As she raised her hand to issue the execution order, a rapid barrage of gunfire erupted throughout the hospital.

Just as the mechanical assistant in the hospital corridor raised its modified robotic arm, the modified camera on the ceiling suddenly flipped 180 degrees.

With a high-pitched "whoosh," the bullet pierced precisely between his eyebrows, leaving a smoky hole in his skull.

The semi-mechanical body crashed to the ground, blood gushing out.

Such scenes are playing out in every corner of the hospital.

Zhu Yan stood in front of the monitor, and A Xiang broadcasted to her images from a small number of the unmodified cameras.

After Dream Pavilion took control of the War Alliance, she saw the current state of the Alliance Hospital and knew this day would come.

So she modified the camera and had Wen Yu help develop a new intelligent model specifically for connecting to these new weapons.

This intelligent model needs to control a centralized arsenal, and its core algorithm is completely different from Ayu's, so a new artificial intelligence must be created.

This is also the fundamental reason why the War Alliance recently appointed the super AI "A Xiang" as deputy commander instead of "A Yu".

Thanks to her prior preparations, the entire hospital was transformed into a sophisticated killing machine in an instant, defeating wave after wave of mechanical minions.

Zhu Yan stood in front of the monitor, his face calm and cautious as he watched each frame of the surveillance footage.

Her arrogance was directed only at fools, not schemers, and that person was also very intelligent, one of the few people she could stand.

Playing against a wise opponent of equal skill level requires at least two or three rounds of play; the hospital's firepower blockade is merely a temporary advantage she has gained.

"pat..."

As expected, with a soft sound, the entire hospital area suddenly plunged into darkness. Just two minutes after the firepower blockade was activated, the once brightly lit hospital complex seemed to be instantly swallowed up by some invisible force, and all light sources went out simultaneously.

On the monitor screen, Ah Xiang's alarm interface was flashing wildly, and glaring red warning boxes kept popping up:

[Emergency Alert!]

[An abnormal power outage has been detected in the hospital's regional power supply system!]

[Backup power failed to start!]

[Unknown fault code 0x7E2A appeared in the main control circuit]

The entire medical area was as if it had been put on silent; even the emergency lights were off, leaving only Ah Xiang's constantly updated alarm messages on the monitoring screen, casting a red glow in the darkness.

Zhu Yan remained expressionless. She understood as soon as she saw the alarms that the conspirators had made their move—since they didn't have the authority to shut down the fire control system, they had sent their pawns to cut off the circuit.

She didn't have time to think deeply about who the pawn was, because Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals' infiltration of the War Alliance was originally covert and deep.

Its medical devices can infect gifted individuals, and these devices are not limited to large instruments such as ventilators and electrotherapy devices, but may also include ordinary items such as stethoscopes, blood-drawing needles, and blood pressure monitors.

—Who has been infected?

—Who hasn't been infected?
It is impossible to know, and it is also impossible to investigate.

Parallelists knew from the beginning that this was the greatest advantage of the conspirators, and also the weapon that Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals was most likely to use to reap the benefits.

With these time bombs buried, it's like having needles hidden in a cake. Even though Dream Pavilion got the biggest piece, taking a bite might still pierce its throat.

The best way to remove needles is to shake the cloth so that all the needles stand up.

The current situation is that the schemer has already exposed all the needles; all she needs to do is sever them.

Parallelist tapped lightly on the control panel with his fingertips, his expression calm to the point of indifference.

Having spent years outwitting her almost demonically clever colleagues in the Light faction, her cultivated caution had allowed her to prepare many backup plans. At this moment, she calmly said:

"Ah Xiang, activate the backup circuit and notify Elder Fu to use his talent to power the hospital area."

"At the same time, all cameras in the base will switch to infrared mode and initiate behavior analysis—anyone found to have abnormal behavior will be killed without warning."

Her voice was as precise as a scalpel, every syllable conveying a cold decisiveness.

Zhu Yan looked towards the hospital area, and after about half a minute, the lights came back on.

—When she was modifying the cameras, she considered that the Alliance had been infiltrated by Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals so severely that conspirators might get hold of the hospital's circuit diagrams and directly cut off the circuits.

So she set up a backup circuit, which was connected to Fu Yunhui's house and generated electricity manually.

The parallel engineer stared at the hundreds of surveillance images densely packed on the screen and whispered:
"And then what are you going to do, schemer?"

The answer was quickly found, because Zhu Yan heard an unexpected explosion coming from afar.

"boom------"

With the sound of surging air, the hospital area that had just lit up was plunged into darkness again, and the image of the twin-tailed girl on the screen showed large patches of static before disappearing completely.

She frowned and saw the image of the artificial intelligence Ayu appear on the screen after it shook for three seconds:

"I'm sorry, Commander. We just received a fault code from the super AI 'Asahi'. Its control room mainframe has been damaged and is now inoperable."

"I am AI Ayu, and I have now taken over Axiang's mission. I can provide you with consulting services."

There are no romantic partners. Most people's feelings are admiration, while some people's feelings are dependence and gratitude.

The scheming bro has no love; his feelings for the prophet are purely jealousy and admiration. Because she's an undeniably respected expert in her field, he subtly tries to attract her attention to prove his own abilities. (If he truly liked her, he would have sent her a large bouquet of fresh roses himself, instead of delivering them for the blind fortune teller. He insisted on sending two dried-up roses to the prophet's grave, both shriveled and crushed in his coat, their freshness no longer guaranteed. This proves he can never outsmart her pure hatred, yet he can't help but admire her because she's undeniably brilliant (╥_╥). He's just a contradictory warrior of pure hatred!)

This is a social psychology mindset called "the deepest hatred often comes from unattainable admiration." I wanted to write about this mindset, not about love, so please don't abandon this story, my darlings!
Other female and male characters who seem to have good relationships also experience a variety of complex psychological states such as admiration, longing, jealousy, dependence, and gratitude, but there is no romantic love involved! It's a story that feels good to watch but is best enjoyed privately; the main plot is purely story-driven and has no romantic pairings!