Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 1049: Going out and meeting the god of death

Qin Zhibo changed the name of the USB flash drive to "Hiroki Sawada's Hut".

If Sawada Hiroki connected all the computers on the company server in this building, he would be able to search for the USB flash drive and understand that it was prepared for him.

Although Hiroki Sawada is a next-generation artificial intelligence that is dozens of times smarter than Siri and ChatGPT, its core program is not huge.

As for the knowledge learned from Noah's Ark big data, it can be stored on public servers on the Internet, such as the knowledge website - Noah's Ark.

Otherwise, the real Hiroki Sawada spent two years alone to create the artificial intelligence "Noah's Ark". Even if he wrote code day and night, it would be impossible to complete this workload.

Qin Zhibo stared at the capacity of the USB flash drive on the computer screen, and kept operating the mouse with his right hand, refreshing the interface over and over again.

Although the computers here do not appear to be contaminated by the "green signal", it is difficult to determine whether the building's public server has been compromised.

Moreover, with current computer technology, it is almost impossible to respond to this "green signal".

He is different from an ordinary computer virus, more like a... mental projection?

Qin Zhibo shook his head to get rid of the green octopus head that kept flashing in his mind.

He checked his willpower value again. Now it was only 45, almost the same as that of an ordinary person.

After all this trouble...what is the relationship between Cthulhu and the green signal?

Just when Qin Zhibo's mind was in a mess, the USB disk space bar on the computer screen suddenly appeared without warning.

Qin Zhibo clicked in to check and found an extra folder of more than 4GB named "Noah's Ark".

This is the core code of Noah's Ark, which is also the original code created by the real Hiroki Sawada.

Although the capacity is not large, it is like the USB flash drive in Lucy, carrying infinite possibilities.

It worked!

Qin Zhibo was delighted and quickly operated the mouse to eject the device safely.

【USB drive has been ejected safely】

After pulling out the USB drive, Qin Zhibo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, a system prompt appears.

Congratulations on completing the main mission: Saving Hiroki Sawada.

[Acquire 8000 general skill proficiency]

[Gain 400 Mythical Knowledge Skill Proficiency]

【Get 2 lucky draw opportunities】

After completing another main task, Qin Zhibo felt a lot more relaxed.

The only remaining main task now is to witness the "Ancient One" with your own eyes and travel to the mysterious realm of Kadath.

Qin Zhibo checked his current character card. His general proficiency was 26737, and he could even upgrade his investigation skill by 2 levels.

However, with the experience of upgrading his investigation skills last time, Qin Zhibo did not dare to try to improve it easily in the short term.

But there is no need to save the two chances to draw, just draw now.

[Lottery drawing...]

Congratulations on obtaining: Briefcase

The first prop looked pretty standard. Qin Zhibo visualized it: a box made of genuine leather, with a snap-on design and no combination lock.

In fact, there's no need for a combination lock.

Although the props won in the lottery are all common things in life, even if there are occasionally some advanced technological products, there are substitutes for the functions that the props themselves can provide.

But gradually, Qin Zhibo noticed it.

Although the props themselves are not special, the biggest feature of system props is that they can be stored in the prop bar and do not need to be carried on the body.

Imagine taking out a gas tank from behind your butt and blowing it up with a shot...

It is for this reason that Qin Zhibo is quite satisfied with the prop [Briefcase].

Just put important things in a briefcase and put the briefcase in the prop column, and no one will be able to find it.

Even Kaito Kidd can’t do it!

Qin Zhibo put the USB flash drive that had just been transferred to Noah's Ark into the briefcase, and then put the briefcase back into the prop column.

It's safe now...

Qin Zhibo also took the second chance to draw the lottery.

[Lottery drawing...]

[Congratulations on obtaining: Underwater Breathing Valve]

This is a new thing and doesn't sound like an everyday item.

Qin Zhibo stretched out his right hand and materialized it in his hand. It was a copper handle with a copper tube bent out of the edge. At the end of the tube was a piece of red rubber in the shape of a mouth.

[Underwater breathing valve: Mycroft's personal device, can provide about 15 minutes of oxygen breathing at a time, and can replenish oxygen by itself after being left for a day]

Mycroft... Holmes?

It seems to be Holmes' brother. This should be something from "Sherlock Holmes 2".

In the movie, Holmes and Moriarty both fell into the waterfall, and Holmes relied on this thing to survive the rushing water.

Qin Zhibo opened his mouth and bit the rubber leather, pressed the button on the copper part, and a breath of fresh oxygen sprayed into his mouth, which was quite refreshing.

Not bad, it’s a good thing.

At least it is not easy to buy this kind of thing on the market at present.

Qin Zhibo put the [Underwater Breathing Valve] back into the prop bar and looked around again.

Most of the people on this floor had left, and there were a lot of noises coming from the corridor, as if the ambulance had arrived.

……

Qin Zhibo returned upstairs and saw Suzuki’s people and medical staff providing emergency treatment to the staff who had lost consciousness at the scene.

After examination, it was found that these people had no external injuries on their bodies, but were in a coma.

Someone checked the surveillance cameras on this floor, but found that all the cameras on this floor were turned off at the time of the incident, leaving no video evidence.

In response to this situation, people at Suzuki suspected that it might be an industrial espionage invasion, so they immediately called the police.

The police inspector who came to handle the case was an acquaintance, Ginzo Nakamori.

Qin Zhibo was a little surprised to see Nakamori Ginzo leading the team.

"Inspector Nakamori, don't you only hang out in places where Kaito Kidd appears?"

"What are you talking about?" Inspector Nakamori said with a frown, "As long as it's a case involving an intelligent criminal, I'm responsible for it."

The so-called smart criminals, also called "gentleman criminals", are simply intelligent crimes that often occur in the economic and financial circles.

Although Kaito Kid is a gentleman and commits high-IQ crimes, they are still thefts in essence and fall under the management of Investigation Section 3.

However, before Inspector Nakamori was promoted to the Tokyo Investigation Headquarters, he had been in charge of the Kaito Kid case. Considering that he had rich experience in "killing Kaito Kid", the superiors assigned Kid-related cases to his jurisdiction.

But since Kidd's "resurrection", Nakamori has obviously made catching Kidd his main job.

……

According to the procedure, Nakamori Ginzo first asked Qin Zhibo and the people around him about what had happened.

Qin Zhibo had nothing to hide about this, and recounted the incident from the perspective of an outsider who didn't know what a "green signal" was.

After hearing what happened, Nakamori Ginzo looked suspicious.

"That is to say, while you were playing the game, the staff here might have been controlled by someone..."

"Then when you came out, you broke the computer screen that was playing the animation, and these people lost consciousness?"

Qin Zhibo nodded, his eyes full of sincerity.

Because he didn't lie, he just hid some key information.

Then, Qin Zhibo suggested to the people at Suzuki: "I think the public server in this building may have been hacked. Until a new server is replaced, no one else should use the computers here to work."

Qin Zhibo didn't want more people to be affected by the "green signal", so he simply suggested changing the server.

At this time, a person from Suzuki Company held his chin in his hand and speculated: "Could this be made by Noah's Ark?"

"Noah's Ark is involved again?"

Nakamori Ginzo glanced over and asked in confusion, "Noah's Ark? What is this?"

Another woman stepped forward and explained to Nakamori Ginzo, "This is a very advanced artificial intelligence that was previously..."

When Qin Zhibo heard that these people were going to throw dirty water on Noah's Ark again, he had no reason to continue listening.

"Officer Nakamori, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving."

Nakamori Ginzo was stunned for a moment, a hint of reluctance in his eyes, "Are you leaving so soon?"

Qin Zhibo smiled and said, "Why? You want me to stay and help you solve the case?"

Hearing this, Nakamori Ginzo, who had always been strong-willed, was so angry that he blew his beard.

"Hmph, who needs your help? I can solve the case myself!"

Qin Zhibo smiled and nodded, with undisguised approval in his eyes, and gave it a thumbs up.

"Inspector Nakamori, I admire your rebellious nature."

"Farewell."

……

After leaving the Suzuki Building, Qin Zhibo drove back to his office.

During this period, Suzuki Sonoko took advantage of the lunch break to call Qin Zhibo to ask about his gaming experience.

"Well... you'll know after reading the latest news."

The news that the Suzuki Group's R&D building was invaded will probably easily become a hot topic in the news.

After returning to the office, Qin Zhibo quickly opened his briefcase, took out the USB drive, and plugged it into his computer.

After waiting for a while, the computer started operating on its own and the Notepad program opened by itself.

A few lines of words were typed on the blank notepad.

Thank you, Mr. Qin

【I was right to choose to trust you】

What's the current status of the engineer who created the network signal capture software?

Qin Zhibo knew that Sawada Hiroki was talking about "Itakura Taku", so he typed a reply.

[Unfortunately, this person is dead. I used the software he created to attract those "green signals" in the game.]

After waiting for a few seconds, Hiroki Sawada replied.

【In this case, everything is over】

[Based on my observations, in most cases, the "green signal" will not appear on personal computers, so the impact will be much smaller.]

Qin Zhibo immediately typed, [No, no]

Itakura Taku was employed by an organization that ordered him to develop this software.

[This "green signal" is likely related to an evil god called "Cthulhu"]

In the game, Qin Zhibo guessed the relationship between "Cthulhu" and "Green Signal" based on the image.

But in the mumbling of the group of Suzuki staff, Qin Zhibo heard a lot of other information about "Cthulhu".

Things like the stars returning to their positions and R'lyeh...

Qin Zhibo had also heard these crazy ravings from the madmen in Innsmouth.

In other words, the relationship between Cthulhu and green signals may be more profound.

The black organization may want to use the "green signal" to achieve something.