I write obituaries for the gods

"From a consequentialist perspective, the multi-eyed siren has indeed been brought under control; it has become a tool for the foundation to put on a show and can no longer harm anyone."

Jiang Zhengge exhaled a breath of white air.

“Those teammates didn’t die in vain during the deep-sea diving mission,” he said. “That’s the only way I can console myself.”

"So... what about tide Leina?" Li Zhanyi asked softly, "Have you seen tide Leina since that incident?"

Jiang Zhengge fell silent.

After a long while, he spoke in a low voice:

"We've met before, but when we meet again, we're no longer on the same path."

"Why?" Li Zhanyi asked.

“She didn’t tell me, but I guess she felt that the foundation’s approach was the only way to truly solve the sirens’ disaster.”

Jiang Zhengge smiled helplessly.

"In terms of results, that's certainly true, isn't it?"

“But the anomalous entity codenamed Katrina still exists,” Lin Chen said in a low voice. “I don’t think things will end so simply.”

"Yes, of course it's not that simple."

Jiang Zhengge rolled up the car window and turned on the windshield wipers to wipe away the rainwater on the windshield.

He picked up his phone, glanced at it, and said softly:

"It's time to go back; there's still a ton of stuff to take care of."

The Porsche cut through the rain and drove towards the end of the road.

Just then, Lin Chen's phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up and saw that Shen Xuanyi had sent a document with the following text:

"The classified information captured by the eavesdropping device can be viewed in the encrypted room."

Confidential information...? Lin Chen frowned slightly.

......

In the encrypted room of the Investigation Bureau, Lin Chen opened the audio message sent by Shen Xuanyi.

"Go to headquarters," came tide Leina's voice.

Clearly, the audio recording was taken after the Nest operation ended, when Xileina left Facility 3 and got into her Phantom.

"That's the way everyday goes~"

In the audio, tide Leina's phone rings.

"Hey?"

“Katrina, my Black Skull tells me you went to Facility Three.”

"..."

In the back seat of the Phantom, Xileina's brows furrowed slightly.

He is the eldest brother.

“I went,” she replied. “After all, it was the first time I’d ever heard of a secret facility hidden right under my nose.”

“I heard that the rapid response team has also arrived at the scene,” the elder brother said. “I’m afraid there might be some misunderstanding between us.”

“How could there be a misunderstanding?” Xilena said. “Our ideas are the same. Only by removing the noise can the world be at peace.”

“Very good…” The elder brother sounded very satisfied. “Don’t forget the Black Abyss. You are a demigod. In their eyes, you will always be an enemy, an outsider.”

“I understand,” Xileina said. “Will the launch be carried out on schedule?”

“Of course, no problem. According to Tritton’s report, everything is going smoothly,” the elder brother said.

"Then we have... a week left."

tide Lena turned her head and looked behind her.

She knew there were listening devices installed there.

“SuperAmerica is losing patience,” she said. “I’ll be in place soon.”

“Good luck, Katrina,” her elder brother said. “God will heal all wounds, including the wounds of the Roma, and yours as well.”

"Hold on to your faith, and one day He will respond to you sincerely."

After hanging up the phone, tide Leina tossed her phone onto the seat next to her and looked up at the starry sky above the car.

The Rolls-Royce was so soundproofed that she couldn't hear anything except her own heartbeat.

Everything seemed so distant.

"..."

In the encrypted room, Lin Chen put down his phone and exchanged a glance with the others from Section One.

“The Foundation will be deploying Black Star in a week,” Lin Chen said in a low voice.

“We only have one week left,” Jiang Zhengge rubbed his nose. “The virus that kills the hub AI... and the special weapons targeting Triton... both must be dealt with within a week.”

"Isn't the timeframe a bit too tight?" Li Zhanyi sighed. "Besides, according to her, Super America will launch an attack soon..."

"We must start preparing for war."

Jiang Zhengge stood up and pressed the earpiece:

"Hua Molan, we need to hold a meeting."

"Now, immediately, right now!"

......

Chapter 54 Pressure - A Skunk!?

In the director's office, Louis opened the door for everyone.

“The director is waiting,” Louis nodded to the crowd. “Did you bring that girl called Black Widow?”

"Of course, I brought it." Lin Chen pointed behind him.

Black Widow and Bronze Mask were sitting together, neither of them seemed nervous at all, and instead kept bantering.

"Look at you, pretending to be Black Widow, you almost got shot to death, didn't you?" Bronze Mask said. "If your brother hadn't been so useful, you would have been riddled with holes."

“So what if I die? No one will care about Black Star if I die, and you’ll die too,” Black Widow rolled her eyes. “I’ll die first and go to the underworld to claim a place. When you come, I won’t give you a place to stay.”

"Oh dear, little one, the sibling relationship in the Galagame isn't like that..."

"Foolish luck..."

It has to be said that Lin Chen was previously fooled by the naive college student image that Black Widow presented on social media.

What do you mean by "naive"? It's just naivety when posting selfies online! In real life, everyone goes for an abstract look!

Let's call you the Rain Town Gods Group for now.

The group entered the encrypted conference room, where Hua Molan and Hei Jian had been waiting for a long time.

After everyone was seated, Hua Molan first looked at Black Widow:

"I'm sorry, young lady, we just pulled you out of hell and now we have to go to a meeting. Please understand, the situation is urgent right now."

"It's okay, it's okay. Facility No. 3 works 996 every day, and only gets one day off a month," Xiao Hei stretched. "Just give me a few more days off here."

"Let's get straight to the point."

Hua Molan nodded:

"Can the hub AI be killed?"

“Of course I can kill it. Writing a virus to hack into it is a piece of cake,” Black Widow said. “Have you seen its hub panel? I need to retrieve some data; that hub panel should be in…”

"In the City of Rain?"

Lin Chen took out his phone and showed Black Widow the secret server room inside the Rain City Star TV Tower.

Is this it?

"Ah, this is it, this is it," Black Widow nodded repeatedly. "You guys are so amazing? You found it already?"

"Let's get to know the Quick Reaction Department!" Li Zhanyi said smugly.

"Is there a way to get me in? I bet you guys have some tricks up your sleeve, right? You can't just go and take a picture, can you?" Black Widow said.

“Of course, I’ll take you there in a bit.” Lucy nodded.

“Okay, as long as I can touch the panel and get some data, I can deliver the goods in two days.” Black Widow said confidently.

“No problem,” Hua Molan nodded, “However, there is one more question that I need you to answer.”

"Please speak freely; I will answer any questions you may have."

"What is the specific function of this hub AI you developed?"

"What are its specific uses? This thing is multimodal..."

Black Widow thought for a moment:

"It's roughly like this: it can access the emotional deposits in the subspace to simulate the personality of a strong artificial intelligence, and then use various algorithms to suppress it."

"You know, the emotional deposits in the warp are all sorts of weird things, a real mixed bag, and it's easy to go crazy from them."

"It seems the Foundation intends to use this to control Starlink on Black Star. After all, only an AI that is essentially a psychopath can draw upon the powerful emotions stored in near-Earth orbit!"

"So, now that you understand this principle, I'll explain my approach to making viruses: it's very simple, don't attack the AI ​​itself, just kill the algorithms that suppress it. The hub AI itself is very intelligent, but those algorithms are just idiots, standing there waiting to be killed."

"Once those suppression algorithms are gone, the hub AI will just go crazy and crash. Simple, right?"

After listening to this rather unserious explanation, Lin Chen found that he actually understood it.

"Thank you for your help," he said.

So Lucy took Black Widow with her and took the bronze mask with her to work.

They traveled through a portal to the server room on Rain City to help Black Widow read data.

After the three left, Hua Molan turned to look at Isabel:

"Doctor, what is the progress of the development of countermeasures against Triton?"

"There's a pretty good plan right now."

Isabo took out her phone, pressed a few buttons, and turned on screen mirroring.

Everyone looked at the screen, where a uniquely shaped grenade was displayed.

“RBAI-3380 ‘Anti-Triton’ gas grenade, codenamed Skunk,” Isabel explained, “utilizing a special blue field, these gases will be confined to a small area after the explosion and will not spread. The gas particles will be eroded and dissolved by subspace within about thirty seconds.”

"Wow," Jiang Zhengge exclaimed in surprise, "There's such amazing technology?"

"It cost me my brain cells," Isabel said, feeling wronged. "There's nothing I can do. Skunk gas spreads too easily. No matter how it explodes normally, it's like killing a thousand enemies while losing two thousand of your own. Triton might not die easily if he smells it, but even skin contact could be life-threatening for you."

"I even tried putting a gas filter on the deep-sea armor, but it didn't work at all! This stuff is too corrosive."

"In the end, we can only pin our hopes on the mysterious subspace technology."

"It's a miracle that it was developed at all," Lin Chen nodded. "Thank you for your hard work, Professor."

"Don't rush to work hard yet, we still have a problem to solve."

Professor Isabel shrugged somewhat helplessly:

"Mephittis has refused to supply us with poison gas any more."

“That’s easy,” Lin Chen said. “I’ll go scare him a little in a bit.”

He had already come up with a plan.

The meeting went relatively smoothly overall, and solutions were found for at least two pressing issues.

However, time is indeed running out.

A week later, a war is about to begin.

According to Lin Chen's speculation, the scale of this war may have the potential to change the world order.

“Currently, all departments of RBAI are on high alert,” Hua Molan said. “Our armed forces are preparing for war, and all war machines have been brought out for inspection. If the war between Super America and the Foundation spreads to the land of Yudu, we must be able to defend our homeland.”