Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Therefore, this chat software called SIDE has become extremely popular in Japan. Many young people have abandoned text messages and emails in favor of this software, which allows them to video chat, send pictures, and send messages.

However, Chu Ming still felt it wasn't enough and planned to ask Kogoro Mouri if he could invite Yoko Okino to his show so he could get some free advertising.

But now is not the time to talk about this. Chu Ming moved closer to the BOSS and handed him the hard drive: "Noah's Ark is right here, but I suspect that there is more than just Noah's Ark here. There is also Hiroki Sawada, who committed suicide by jumping off the building. He may have merged with Noah's Ark."

As soon as Chu Ming finished speaking, Karasuma Renya, unusually suppressing the gentle smile on her face, stood up somewhat flustered: "Granbury, this is not a joke, are you sure?"

"Most likely," Chu Ming said seriously. "I know what's important, and I wouldn't joke about something like this."

Karasuma Renya slowly sat down, his expression relaxed, and the same smile as before reappeared on his face. His momentary loss of composure just now seemed to be a fleeting moment: "Good, very good, Granburch. I knew I wouldn't misjudge you. You completed the mission very well this time. I can grant you one request. You can tell me when you've thought it through."

condition?

Chu Ming's eyes lit up instantly: "I've made up my mind!!"

"Hmm?" The BOSS turned his gaze back again.

"Quickly cancel Gin's inhumane daily training of me!!" Chu Ming shouted, raising his arms high.

Karasuma Renya paused, somewhat helplessly: "Any conditions are fine, are you sure you want to bring this up?"

Chu Ming nodded vigorously, then tearfully complained to Karasuma Renya, "Yes! That's it! Boss, you have no idea how I spent those last few days. Every day, my older brother would slowly slice my flesh open with a knife, and he would also shoot me through with a gun every now and then, waaaaah! I'm only standing here now because I'm incredibly lucky to be alive!!"

When Karasuma Renya heard this out of the blue, he thought that Gin really trained him that way, and couldn't help but give him a disapproving look. Although he knew that Gin would definitely be angry and beat the kid when he saw that bald head photo, Granburg was so young, how could he withstand that?

Gin, who received the BOSS's look, almost ground his teeth to powder. He, who never bothered to explain, finally couldn't help but speak up: "A knife slash is just a minor injury, and when did I punch you through?"

Chu Ming's lie was exposed on the spot, but he remained calm and gestured with his hands: "You shot me in the shoulder, grazed the skin of my shoulder, and cut from this side to this side, so isn't it a through-and-through?"

"..."

"..."

Such a cross-body design...

Karasuma Renya finally understood Chu Ming's overreaction and couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"Fine, I'll stop your training." Karasuma Renya said helplessly. A wish that others would dream of had been wasted by Chu Ming. And the person in question was as happy as could be.

Chu Ming jumped up happily, instantly feeling that the lights were brighter and the BOSS was more handsome: "Thank you, BOSS! BOSS is so nice! I knew BOSS liked me the most! But even though I no longer need Gin to train me, the agreement we made before about Gin obeying my orders should still be followed, right?"

If looks could kill, Chu Ming would probably have been killed by Gin countless times by now.

Unfortunately, vision cannot kill, so the world where only Gin is injured was decided in the back-and-forth conversation between Chu Ming and the BOSS.

Vermouth watched Chu Ming grinning happily and said in a low voice, "You're done talking with the BOSS? Is it my turn now? Sweetheart, I've been good to you, haven't I?"

?

Chu Ming was completely bewildered, not knowing why Vermouth said that. He didn't think he had ever tricked Vermouth before.

Seeing Chu Ming's confused look, Vermouth shook her car keys: "Sweetheart, can you tell me what happened to that pool of blood in my trunk that looks like a murder scene?"

“(⊙o⊙)…Uh, this…” Chu Ming finally remembered that he had driven Vermouth’s car to deliver rice cakes to the BOSS last time. He blinked and smiled sweetly, “Oh sister, do you really have to fuss over such a small thing with your sweetheart? I’ll pay for your car wash! Just go to the one outside Base 3! I’ve tried it before, it works great.”

"Does your sister need this little bit of money for a car wash? Last time I drove to shoot an ad, the trunk was covered in blood. Some people on the set even thought I was a fugitive murderer and almost called the police. Luckily, I managed to fool them!"

Vermouth gets angry when this is mentioned. She was completely unprepared when she opened the trunk. While the people around her were screaming in fright, she had no idea what was happening. In the end, she managed to fool them by saying that a friend had borrowed her car to transport pork last time...

Chu Ming chuckled and stepped forward to massage Vermouth, saying, "Oh, sister, it's alright, it's alright. Even if the trunk is full of pork, it won't ruin your image! Hehe~"

Vermouth slapped Chu Ming's hand away impatiently, leaned back in her chair, and said languidly and charmingly, "There are ways to make it up to your older sister. I have a few tasks for you—"

"..." Chu Ming looked indignant. He knew it! All that talk about pain was fake!

Vermouth, the queen of slacking off, this is her excuse for wanting to slack off!

Chapter 471 Hiroki

Although Chu Ming was indignant, there was nothing he could do; he had brought this trouble upon himself and had to bear the consequences.

Fortunately, he still had his tools; it was just a few tasks, not worth mentioning.

Chu Ming readily accepted the task, but after he did, Vermouth said with a smile, "By the way, could you lend me Bourbon for a bit?"

???

Chu Ming shook his head vigorously, reaching out to pull Gin, who had been watching coldly from behind, over: "No, how about I lend you my older brother—"

Halfway through his sentence, Chu Ming swiftly grabbed Gin's hand as he reached into his pocket: "Big brother, are you trying to pull out a gun? How dare you! This is in front of the BOSS! You dare to hold a weapon! BOSS, you should scold him!"

Gin's face was so dark it was impossible to suppress, and the chill emanating from his body was enough to freeze people to death.

His cold gaze was fixed on Chu Ming, as if he were about to suddenly attack him.

Chu Ming scurried to the BOSS's side, feeling utterly smug: "What are you doing! It's clearly Big Brother's fault. The BOSS said you should follow my orders. I just arranged for you to help Vermouth with a mission, I didn't say anything else."

BOSS quickly tried to smooth things over: "Alright, Granburg, you should say less. Since it's compensation for Vermouth, don't expect Bourbon to do the mission for you. I have other plans for Gin, so let Bourbon go to Vermouth's place."

"……All right."

Damn it, a world was born only because he was injured.

Vermouth's wish came true. She dumped all the tasks in her mailbox on Chu Ming and then leisurely left the base. She came here to ambush Chu Ming, knowing that they would definitely come to the BOSS after completing the tasks. Otherwise, given Granburch's slippery nature, she would never be able to catch them.

After Vermouth left, Karasuma Renya led Chu Ming and Gin to the supercomputer that had been used in the base and inserted the hard drive.

As the computer lights flashed, the screen displayed—

A red and white Poké Ball.

Karasuma Renya looked at Chu Ming with a puzzled expression: "This is Noah's Ark?"

"Of course not!" Chu Ming scratched his head. "After all, it's an artificial intelligence. I have to lock it up before I can bring it back..."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and activated several programs, releasing Noah's Ark from the Poké Ball, which was actually Hiroki Sawada.

Although he was released, he was still bound by silver chains and stood in place.

When Hongshu was released, he saw the three people surrounding him. Countless data flashed in his eyes, but he still couldn't break free of the ropes that Chu Ming had tied him with.

"What exactly do you want? If you want to use me for some bad thing, then just destroy me. I won't help you."

"It's not a bad thing~" Chu Ming looked at him quietly, "Hongshu, have you merged with Noah's Ark?"

! !

Hiroki Sawada was suddenly startled. He was no ordinary person, having created an unprecedented artificial intelligence at such a young age. As soon as Chu Ming started talking, he seemed to understand what Chu Ming wanted to do.

"My ability to merge with Noah's Ark was purely accidental, not something I did intentionally." Hiroki Sawada stared intently at Chu Ming. "Is it that someone among you is dying and wants to merge with artificial intelligence to achieve immortality in the cyber world?"

Chu Ming ignored his question: "That's not your concern. Just tell me how you merged with Noah's Ark after you jumped off the building."

Hiroki had no intention of telling the people in front of him. He knew very well how crazy people could be in their pursuit of immortality, especially the powerful figures. Even if he told them the method, they wouldn't believe him; they would only experiment with ordinary people's lives first...

Seeing that Hiroki remained silent and stood still, Chu Ming frowned in annoyance: "If you just want to fight with silence, then we can only experiment ourselves. For example, we can replicate your program, add shackles, and capture some people to test it. Anyway, there are many ways to die. We can experiment a lot every day and eventually find the right answer."

Hiroki Sawada's eyes widened as he stared intently at the people watching from outside the screen, his voice sharp with anger: "No! Just so you can live, you have to hurt innocent people?"

Chu Ming shrugged and shifted the blame: "It's all your fault! You've been silent and unwilling to cooperate with us. We just wanted to study the combination of human consciousness and artificial intelligence, but you weren't willing to share your experience, so we had to experiment more."

No matter how smart Hiroki Sawada is, he is still a child. His parents divorced when he was 8 years old. He was separated from his father and moved to the United States with his mother. After his mother passed away, he was adopted by Sindora and received the strictest police protection. He had virtually no entertainment activities except for research. So when faced with this kind of situation, he was completely helpless.

Chu Ming immediately saw that Hiroki Sawada was wavering and coaxed, "We're not good people, but we're not as bad as you think. We don't need you to do anything that harms the country or society. We just need you to provide some experience on how to integrate with Noah's Ark."

Well, they're not as bad as you might think, because their wickedness is simply unimaginable.

Hiroki Sawada was like a little white rabbit lured by a big bad wolf, timidly walking to the edge of the trap: "If I cooperate with you, will you not harm others?"

“I can’t give you that guarantee,” Chu Ming said solemnly. “I can only say that if everything goes well, we will not harm innocent people.”

They seemed to make a promise, but in reality, they said nothing. If everything goes smoothly, they won't harm innocent people; they'll only target the ineligible. If things don't go smoothly...

However, Hiroki Sawada was still too naive and let his guard down a bit: "Actually, I don't know how I got connected to Noah's Ark. I jumped in with the mindset of certain death, but the only thing I cared about was Noah. So when I was in a daze, I seemed to see Noah's Ark right in front of me. I vaguely reached out my hand, and when I regained consciousness, I found that I had become Noah's Ark..."

Goodness, isn't this too idealistic? What's the difference between saying it and not saying it at all?

Chu Ming summarized it roughly: the key is to have the determination to die, to be single-mindedly focused on Noah's Ark, and to be able to see Noah's Ark before you die, struggling to merge with it...

Emmm...

He'll make several copies of the Noah's Ark program, and then ask Rum if he can hypnotize and brainwash a few people to die.

Chu Ming and the BOSS exchanged a glance, immediately realizing that the other party had the same idea, but they tacitly kept quiet about it.

Chu Ming turned to comfort Hiroki Sawada, typed a string of characters into the computer, and unlocked the chains binding Hiroki: "Hiroki, I'll have to trouble you to stay here for the time being. I've released you from your restraints, but for now you can only stay in this computer and cannot communicate with the outside world. If you're bored, I've put some entertainment items in here, including games, movies, and some novels, to help you pass the time."

Hiroki Sawada himself said that he was lonely, so he decided to find some entertainment to nourish his soul. Now that the chat software is finished, he plans to have the company work on developing a large-scale game as soon as possible. They can also use Hiroki's program to build the game scene and create a full-immersion online game.

It seems that of the game ideas from Sindora Games, only "Back to London" was somewhat interesting; the others didn't sound very fun.

If they can build a holographic platform, they must be able to create a highly playable game similar to "Honor of Kings".

Chapter 472 Aren't they father and daughter?

Although Hiroki Sawada didn't hold back his knowledge, his vague explanations didn't offer much help to the boss. However, the boss wasn't too worried, since there was an example in front of him, indicating that there was still a possibility of success.

The boss went to recuperate under Gin's escort, and Chu Ming also left the base to go play with Conan.

The mission itself isn't important; maybe if I just hang out with Conan, the mission objective will just appear on its own!

Although he played with Conan for a few days using the identities of Baileys and Kotoko, he still had to make his presence known from time to time as Chu Ming, otherwise Conan wouldn't include him in his activities anymore.

Every time Chu Ming visits the Mouri Detective Agency, he brings some alcohol for Mouri Kogoro. He figures he can't drink anyway, so he might as well give it away.

When they arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, they saw Kogoro Mouri had just rented a car and was loading things into it. Sonoko was standing by the car door, watching.

Tsk, better to arrive at the right time than early. We just happened to catch the Grim Reaper on his way.