Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

The president is the only person in France with the authority to launch a nuclear war.

Even with the dramatic changes in recent years, including France and Germany bringing Russia into the EU, France has not integrated its nuclear forces into a unified command chain.

Since 1987, during each presidential transition in France, the successive presidents have needed to verify their identity through the new president's voice and image before handing over their passwords. The new president then modifies and saves the passwords separately; it's a password known only to him.

All this trouble was to confirm that only the president was qualified to launch a nuclear war.

Of course, this was also to make up for previous loopholes. In 1981, the nuclear code was printed on a small iron plate and remained unchanged for many years.

A serious oversight occurred during the handover of nuclear codes between then-President Giscard d'Estaing and Mitterrand.

When Gillespie stepped down, he handed the metal plaque engraved with the code to Mitterrand, who casually put it in his suit pocket and continued his busy day of state affairs.

By evening, he had completely forgotten about the nuclear code. He simply sent the suit to be cleaned and ironed, leaving the metal tag with the nuclear code in his pocket, which the laundry worker picked out and casually set aside.

The plaque bearing all the launch codes for France's nuclear missiles remained there for two days until Mitterrand put on his freshly washed suit and remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Subsequently, France continuously refined its final response strategy, with a deeply buried line in the Jupiter Center directly connecting to the Rosnay communications center.

Located in the Loire Valley region in the heart of France, this is the largest of France's seven submarine communication stations.

The command center is located 50 meters underground and is a permanent nuclear-proof fortification constructed using 3000 tons of steel and 70000 tons of concrete. It stores a large amount of living supplies and ensures that each work team never leaves the fortification during their shifts.

To ensure safety, the French government did not station any personnel here. It wasn't that they anticipated problems; it was simply an instinctive decision.

Ultimately, this technology was beyond their understanding, and they often privately mocked the US government, questioning how much of the military it could still control. While they made many compromises, they also made extensive preparations.

They have established armies completely isolated from new technologies, implemented covert contingency plans, and maintained a firm stance on nuclear weapons to prevent probing attacks from Google and allies such as Germany.

That's why the president died with a smile on his face. When the armored door was breached and he was thrown into the air and slammed into the wall, he was thinking that Iceland's data center would be his downfall.

However, he underestimated the enemy's shrewdness, or rather, he never understood his enemy at all.

In the end, he still thought it was a robot attack, and he didn't even know about the intelligent marine creatures behind it.

Those marine creatures have always been intelligent; what they have passed down through generations is not to provoke humans and to be kind to them.

It's not that they are inherently kind, but rather that they have a deep fear of humanity.

They know that most humans are easy to communicate with if they act cute; humans will play with them and even give them food.

Although they have no shortage of food, they are the apex predators of the ocean, and apart from humans, they have no natural enemies.

After gaining access to sufficient knowledge, their thinking changed, but they did not abandon some of their previous path dependencies.

Humans, especially those saintly humans, are far too easy to exploit.

In the Rosnay communications center command post, a young officer looked at the corpses scattered on the ground and felt a pang of regret.

A young woman beside him quickly hugged him tightly and comforted him, saying, "I know you're very sad, but this is the inevitable path to peace. Humanity has committed too many evils, and we must change. In the future, humans will coexist peacefully on Earth with marine life and mechanical life!"

We must do something, otherwise companies like Aurora will lead the Earth into the abyss.

Do you think someone like Chen Yiran would treat orcas and dolphins differently just because they are intelligent life forms?

No way! He'll just say, "Those who are not of our kind deserve to be killed," and he'll go on a killing spree to hunt orcas and dolphins!

"Once we finally realize they are intelligent enough, once we discover that humanity is not alone, that we are not the only intelligent life form, he will destroy our future and leave humanity alone once more."

The mechs with dolphin-like consciousness nearby ignored the two idiots. They had set everything up and, after more than ten minutes, finally received the order from the Jupiter Center. The launch code and the target were all intercepted by them.

They then changed their target and transmitted the signal via 13 cable-stayed antenna masts. The very low frequency signal penetrated the seawater and was received by four French nuclear submarines.

On the Triumph, Navy Captain Jérôme Latig looked at the paper in his hand and then at the executive officer and nuclear safety officer with a serious expression.

The three people went to the chart table, the nuclear safety officer opened the safe, and each of them took out their own red sealed envelope.

The messenger beside him read aloud: "Charlie-Zéro-Quatre-Victor-Dix-Sept-Foxtrot-Deux-Un".

The captain nodded: "Confirmed."

First mate: "I agree."

The three people went to the nuclear weapons-specific control panel and inserted three keys into the control panel.

Jérôme Lattig: "Nuclear Safety Officer, we need your final authorization; we can launch at any time."

First mate: "I agree."

Jérôme Lattig looked at the conflicted nuclear safety officer, then glanced down at the orders in his hand, and said softly, "We all have questions. Speak them up, let's discuss them together."

The nuclear safety officer hesitated for a moment before saying, "I don't understand our launch objective. We are all French military personnel, and we have all received strategic training. Nuclear weapons are not an extension of conventional warfare, nor are they even limited by conventional warfare. They are only used to issue a final warning before a possible full-scale strategic strike."

We only have 16 M51 missiles in total, and we've been assigned 4 targets. It's illogical to expect us to use them all!

Jerome Latig breathed a sigh of relief. He had actually felt there was something wrong with the order from the beginning, and he had even considered trying to delay the launch if the nuclear safety officer gave permission.

Now that they have reached a consensus, it saves him a lot of talking.

Looking at the order in his hand, he said in a low voice, "But we can't send a message back to confirm, that would expose our location. What if we're really at war?"

Let's raise it first and listen to the shortwave.

Following the captain's order, all personnel on the Triumph began to move. The sonar officer listened for a while to make sure there were no nearby surface ships before surfacing.

At a depth of 25 meters, or periscope depth, a sergeant turned a hydraulic valve, and the ESM mast silently rose from the conning tower. It was a slender cylinder coated with radar-absorbing material.

The electronic warfare officer conducted a frequency scan and confirmed that no radar pulse repetition frequency was being searched, confirming that no one was scanning the area.

Once the captain felt relieved, he had people start switching between different channels and listening to the radio.

The information he received startled him.

They heard no familiar broadcast signals; all the radio stations were silent.

This made him waver. Could it be that France had really been attacked, and that the attack was very serious?

The Americans had the capability to wipe out all of France's fighting force in one fell swoop?

Was this final order a form of retaliation after the attack had already been launched?

The nuclear safety officer, his face ashen, said, "This is impossible. Even if a submarine in coastal waters launches a nuclear missile, it has a certain amount of time to take cover. It's impossible to directly cut off all our communications with a long-range attack!"

Jérôme Latig paused for a few seconds before saying, "But the fact is, it seems like we really are under attack, and the situation has reached its most critical moment."

"Give me authorization; we may be France's last remaining force."

"This is unreasonable! This is impossible! We are not a small country, how could a single missile strike wipe us out?"

Just then, the frequency I tuned to emitted a sound.

Everyone quickly shut up and listened to the voice from Switzerland.

"The Swiss Federal Council hereby issues the following notification regarding the current situation in Europe and the measures taken by the Swiss Federal Council:"

one,

Starting from midnight today, the Swiss Federal Border Guard, militia observers, and independent monitoring networks have confirmed that large-scale armed operations have occurred in the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, and the Austrian Republic.

The entities responsible for carrying out the aforementioned actions are automated armed units and personnel who have completed mechanization (hereinafter collectively referred to as "adjustment personnel").

The actions of the aforementioned entities were carried out without the involvement of a legitimate human chain of command, and their targets included their own government agencies, military facilities, and civilians. Their actions constitute an armed rebellion against their country's legitimate civil and military order.

two,

The Swiss Federal Council is currently unable to verify the overall status of the military adjustments made by various countries, nor can it confirm whether the aforementioned loss of control is a widespread phenomenon.

However, based on direct observation by the Federal Council, it was determined that all armed units and personnel modified with wet hardware or connected to external smart networks could not be considered trustworthy in this incident. Accordingly, the Swiss Federal Council concluded that the command reliability of any armed force relying on such systems was no longer valid.

three,

Based on the above assessment, the Swiss Federal Council activated Level 3 alert today, completed the reshaping of the territory, closed all border crossings, and relocated its citizens to protective facilities throughout the country. These measures do not involve any offensive deployments.

four,

The Swiss Federal Council calls on countries not yet affected by this incident to immediately take all necessary measures to verify the command reliability of their armed forces and automated systems, and to provide assistance to the European continent.

Fives,

The Swiss Confederation reaffirms its permanent neutrality. Effective from the date of this announcement, the Swiss Confederation enters a five-year period of closure. During this period:

1. Switzerland does not participate in any form of war, including but not limited to wars between states, between states and non-state actors, and between humans and automated armed units.

2. Switzerland does not allow any armed forces to transit through its territory or airspace.

3. Any act of entering the territory or airspace of the Swiss Confederation, regardless of the subject or purpose, shall be considered an act of war against the Swiss Confederation.

4. Switzerland will continue to fulfill its humanitarian obligations and, to the best of its ability, provide shelter and transit routes for civilians in distress.

VI. This announcement is to be broadcast simultaneously in German, French, Italian and English, and delivered to all countries by diplomatic note.

瑞士联邦委员会

Bern.

Jerome Latig pulled the key from the control tower and shouted, "Dive, dive. Remain silent. We need to think about what to do next."

The vice-captain went over to check before returning and saying, "The shortwave did indeed originate from the Swiss direction, which is quite in line with Swiss style."

The nuclear safety officer nodded: "If it's a robot rebellion, that makes sense. We seem to have no defenses against the Adaptors! If they launch a sneak attack, they could cripple us almost immediately. What do we do now?"

I have a very bad feeling. Although there's something wrong with this command, the key inside is real! Either the president has already been killed, or even the password has been extracted from him.

Or perhaps the Rosnay communications center was captured, and they intercepted the orders and changed the target.

Jerome Latig said with a wry smile, "Let's head towards the United States first, listen to the radio there, and see what's going on. If the Aurora's wet components are fine and there's no rebellion, we'll probably have to ask them for help."

The nuclear safety officer and the vice-captain both looked rather grim; they were both somewhat displeased with seeking help from the Americans.

Jérôme Latig offered some words of advice: "Alright, it's not guaranteed to work out. There are even worse possibilities, like riots breaking out over there too."

Or worse, they might be unharmed, but they might have been hit by a nuclear bomb.

You must know that we have received orders, and we have also received orders to be reckless, vigilant, and fearful. How will the captains of those three ships act?

Laurent de Villepin, Philippe Kelvegan, and Henri Morven—these three men are not as adaptable as I am.

They're all aristocrats, from naval families; they might have already received orders to launch nuclear missiles at the United States.

At that point, the Americans won't help us at all; they might just fire a few ASROC shots at us the moment they see us.

"At that point, we'll really have nowhere to go. Maybe we'll have no choice but to surrender to the robots to survive?"

The nuclear safety officer smiled and said, "Putting everything else aside, I think you should have faith in France. We receive the same education, and even if those captains are a bit old-fashioned, they will definitely be able to see when the situation changes and make the same decisions as us."

"I hope so."

On that day, the captains of four French nuclear submarines, along with different nuclear safety officers and vice-captains, received the same order.

Indeed, having received the same French education, the other three captains also discovered that there was something wrong with the order.

They also chose to surface and heard the Swiss broadcast, thus avoiding the horrific consequences of a nuclear attack on the United States.

However, the four ships made different choices afterward, with the Triumph heading directly to the eastern United States at full speed.

After careful consideration, the remaining three ships did not sail to the U.S. mainland.

All three nobles had used the Oasis before, and they believed that if things went wrong on the Aurora side, then humanity was basically doomed.

So they all headed to the Arctic, planning to go through Greenland, the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, the Bering Strait, and to what they considered the safest place at the moment: Hawaii.

At that time, Hawaii was indeed one of the most peaceful places in the world.

Because even in the United States itself, things aren't very peaceful.

As Switzerland sends its message across the world, other countries, while shocked by the chaotic situation in Europe, are also beginning to worry.

Google can be swept into the dustbin of history; the company can be said to have been nailed to the pillar of historical shame.

But what about Aurora? Google's technology has run into problems; could Aurora's technology also encounter problems?

In the United States, it is inevitable that some individuals have banded together. Instead of saying that human-modified individuals or AI are unsafe, they have begun to criticize human-modified individuals for taking up too many jobs.

While these voices are not enough to change society, they have caused some turmoil in American society.

In Honolulu, U.S. political leaders at all levels gathered, along with representatives from the Gulf Cooperation Council and other countries.

Chen Yiran led them to discuss some important issues, but he did not mention the war at the beginning.

Instead, they talked about the future, about the future development of humankind.

The alliance, which has never been formally signed and was merely forged through Aurora's maneuvering, is about to set the tone for the future development of Earth.