Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Thinking of Happy Things
The accident in the Hollow came and went quickly. After the victims were rescued, only the evening news was still reporting on it. Everyone else had already completely forgotten about it. This was the life of citizens living next to a Hollow. For them, a three-legged rat was a rarer sight than a Hollow.
Mo Xuan rode his motorcycle back to Sixth Street. As he passed the video store, he saw a blue-haired girl waving at him, as if she had been waiting for him specifically. So he pulled over, took off his helmet, and looked at sister Belle.
"Hey, video-watcher, over here."
Belle greeted Mo Xuan. This form of address made him very dissatisfied. Before, she had called him big brother. Now it had directly changed to video-watcher. One could only say that after his secret was exposed, she had no more scruples.
"What's up?"
"Let's talk inside."
Belle said mysteriously. Mo Xuan followed her into the video store. The familiar screening room, the familiar siblings. Mo Xuan sat down on the sofa. Belle and Wise sat opposite him.
"I'm about to tell you something, you must not be afraid," Belle said with a serious expression.
"I am a Public Security officer. I will not be afraid," Mo Xuan also said seriously.
"We were just... held hostage by an artificial intelligence."
Belle said with a pained expression. A question mark appeared above Mo Xuan's head. He looked at Wise and found that he had a similar expression. The siblings' pained faces were quite similar.
Mo Xuan picked up a piece of paper and a pen from the coffee table in front of him and drew a Bangboo with rabbit ears on the white paper. "An artificial intelligence."
"It's not a Bangboo! It's the kind of AI that has self-awareness, can make jokes, and tell cold jokes!" Belle slapped the paper out of Mo Xuan's hand and raised her voice. After confirming that Mo Xuan was listening, she continued.
"She calls herself Fairy. She inexplicably hacked into my home computer and recognized me as her master. She said I was the most beautiful girl Proxy on the Proxy Net. I ask you, who doesn't know..."
"Pfft."
Mo Xuan really couldn't hold back his laughter. Seeing Belle seem to be glaring at him, he pressed his fist against his lips and managed to hold it back with great difficulty.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I'm thinking of happy things."
"What happy things?"
"My female supervisor asked me out."
Mo Xuan shared his joy very seriously. Zhu Yuan really did ask him out today, just to the training ground to learn combat skills. But who's to say that's not a type of date?
"I repeat, I am not joking," Belle said, knocking on the table with an indignant expression.
"Right, right, pfft."
"You're clearly laughing at me! You're not even hiding it!"
"I've undergone professional training. No matter how funny it is, I won't laugh. Unless I can't help it," Mo Xuan said very seriously.
Belle, however, gritted her teeth, seeming as if she were about to pounce on Mo Xuan and fight him to the death. Fortunately, Wise on the side was more clear-headed.
"Belle, I think you can start from the beginning of the story."
Wise reminded her. To suddenly say you were held hostage by an AI was indeed hard for people to accept. But it shouldn't be difficult to understand after combining it with the context.
Belle gave Mo Xuan a fierce glare. She had originally hoped this officer could do something, but it turned out this guy was useless for anything other than laughing. She could only take some time to explain the whole story.
"You mean, you assisted a tomb raider in searching for that lost loot inside an associated Hollow, but the Hollow data on your equipment was deleted because your home was hacked, so to lead them out of the Hollow, you had to open that loot, transplant the program inside onto a Bangboo, and now this AI exists in your home computer and has hijacked your electricity bill?"
Mo Xuan's comprehension was good. Although Belle's description was a bit abstract, he still understood. The fundamental reason why Proxies could enter and exit Hollows was the Hollow data they possessed. This data was used to calculate the location of the exit. As long as you knew where the maze's exit was at all times, the maze would become a public toilet.
"Yes! This problem is very serious! This thing consumes so much electricity that my meter has started to spin backward! If this goes on, let alone running a shop, even robbing a bank wouldn't cover this electricity bill!"
Belle said her problem very seriously. It turned out what she cared about was the meter spinning backward, not the sudden appearance of an AI.
"Negative. The help I can provide is much more important than the electricity bill. I have access to 80% of the equipment in New Eridu. Yes, as expected of me."
A female voice suddenly came. Mo Xuan looked towards the source of the voice. It was the computer screen in Belle's house. At this time, a large blue eyeball appeared on the screen. Based on her tone, it should be the AI, Fairy.
"You see, she's very arrogant," Belle said helplessly. Fairy was no longer comparable to something like a Bangboo. She was more like a living personality, just that this personality existed in a computer.
"80% of the equipment? If she's not bluffing, then she can come and go as she pleases in the Public Security Bureau's network."
Mo Xuan felt that what Fairy said was a bit of an exaggeration. Because New Eridu was close to a Hollow, most of the equipment was military-grade. Civilian equipment probably only accounted for 20%. This level of access was almost like being able to say 'Let me see!' wherever you went.
"So-da-yo," Fairy responded.
"What language is that!" Belle complained.
"I am from the Public Security Bureau. You guys really dare to tell me this? This thing looks like an important research result no matter how you look at it. If I report her, I'll get a first-class merit."
Mo Xuan scratched his head and said. He was not an expert in the computer field. His understanding of computers was limited to watching anime and TV shows. If Belle wanted him to help solve the problem, he could only tell the Public Security Bureau.
"Negative. I dare to announce this because I have a handle on you. The premise of cooperation is that both sides hold a handle on each other. Only then can cooperation be long-lasting."
Fairy spoke in a very human-like way. Mo Xuan agreed with this. If it weren't for such a cooperation, then you'd be waiting to be backstabbed by your teammates. A handle was much more controllable than a person's heart.
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