Chapter 446: The real culprit behind the scenes? The truth is revealed and cleared up overnightAfter five or six minutes, Xu Qiuyu and the others finally came to their senses and understood the true meaning of Jiang Mo's words. They stopped forcing it, adjusted the imbalance in their psychological expectations, suppressed the loss and confusion in their hearts, and returned to the focus of the conversation again. "Senior, let me say something. If even the Feixian Sect is lost, will your thoughts change? Will you be willing to help the collapsing building?" Ning He lowered his head and asked in a trembling voice with a gloomy brow. Even when he asked this question himself, he was filled with anxiety. He could not predict what the elder was thinking. It seemed that from the other party's point of view, there was no difference whether to save him or not. "I had my own considerations at that time, so I won't bother you guys with that." "Just keep moving forward. Oftentimes, even when you are in trouble, there is still a ray of hope. It's not as bad as you think." Everyone gained something from Jiang Mo's teachings, and they roughly understood what he meant. They nodded slightly, not knowing whether they felt relieved or had found a solution, but they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt a sense of clarity as if the fog had been cleared. Afterwards, they did not mention inviting Yuhuai, Xianshu and Linqi to return to their posts. Even though they knew that this might repair the previous friendly relations, and that by using the identities of several people, there was a high probability that the Trinity Gate could be tied to their chariots, they still did not do so. There are two main reasons. First, Xuan Zun may not let people go, nor may he interfere with the fate of his disciples.
But if the invitation to take up the position is really made public, the ones who will be in trouble are the old friends who have worked together for decades. They will be torn between two sides, with their master on one side and the country on the other. It is difficult to make a decision. No matter which side they choose, there may be something wrong. It is better to maintain the status quo and keep in touch. Second, Xu Qiuyu and Ninghe chose to respect Yuhuai and Xianshu's ideas. They have worked in their respective departments for decades and were approaching retirement. Before leaving, they had arranged all subsequent matters of the department. It was only the pressure from the Four Sects and the Feixian Sect that accelerated the process. Now that they have entered a new stage of life and returned to their sect, how could they look back? This opportunity with Jiang Mo was extremely rare, and the three responsible persons cherished it very much. They talked about every detail. During this period, he asked Jiang Mo whether there was any idea of expanding the sect and building a dojo, or talked about the potential of martial artists in cultivation. He hoped that Jiang Mo could give some advice to the sword holder who was accompanying him, as well as the incident in which Jiang Mo's whereabouts were leaked some time ago. Jiang Mo responded one by one. He had no idea of establishing a Taoist temple, nor did he plan to expand the sect to two or three thousand people, or even to cover the entire country. That would be too bloated and difficult to manage. When practicing Reverse Rebirth, quality is more important than quantity. A triple Reverse Rebirth is more significant than a hundred double Reverse Rebirths. In the last century, Jiang Mo set a goal for the development of the sect: everyone should reach the third level. So far, all his nephews and nieces have reached the third level. This is undoubtedly a milestone achievement for him. After inheriting the Taoist tradition of the Trinity Secret Realm, his next goal is to cultivate his disciples to the 4th or 5th level of Xuanming. For this purpose, he does not need to open a dojo and disperse his energy. He only needs to focus on the disciples of Zhuge Yu, Lu Jin, Chang Qing, and Shui Yun's generation. As time goes by, with his teacher who is at the peak of the 6th level of Xuanming, teaching them hand in hand, why should he worry about not accomplishing his great cause? Jiang Mo was attracted to the five sword bearers who came with him, so he ordered them to come to him one by one and asked them about their skills and realms. He pointed out the shortcomings immediately and selected several suitable volumes of secret scriptures presented to them by the Duchen Sect, Penglai Island and other sects some time ago. He gave them to them by combining them with their original skills to minimize the defects and greatly improve their potential. "Thank you, Xuanzun!" "Thank you, Xuanzun!" The three male and two female sword bearers all knelt on the ground and bowed, saying in unison. They never dreamed that they would have such an opportunity today. The difficult problems that once puzzled them were solved in an instant when they asked this senior for advice. There was no obstacle at all. Jiang Mo's experience and knowledge were the most exaggerated they had ever seen in their lives. He knew everything about astronomy and geography. It seemed that he was familiar with all the martial arts in the world, no matter whether they were horizontal training, strange gates, magic, or ancient martial arts, and had attained the pinnacle of attainments. The reason behind this is very simple. In his limited life in the past, Jiang Mo liked to read various ancient scriptures and possessed a vision far different from that of ordinary people. After the battle of Ku Hai Prison, he plundered the memories of a group of prisoners and finally received the inheritance from the Supreme Lord, which pushed his vision to an unprecedented height. As for the mundane martial arts, he could understand most of the principles with just a glance. Looking at the five sword bearers kneeling in front of him, Jiang Mo said calmly, without any ripples in his eyes: "I am passing these secret techniques on to you, which is not a great favor. In the future, be careful with your words and actions, be sincere in cultivating your mind, do not bully the weak, and do not try to hide anything. If you are asked where you got the techniques from, just tell me my name, and those sects will not dare to make things difficult for you." "Yes, we understand and will definitely remember Xuanzun's teachings!"
The sword holders expressed their gratitude, saying that at this moment, they saw an opportunity to break through the bottleneck that they had been unable to break through. If they could master the secret skills they had obtained, their future would be limitless. Finally, Xu Qiuyu provided clues about the whereabouts leak some time ago. According to him, the network system security construction of the Ninth Ministry is the best in the world today. With manpower alone, no hacker or hacker organization can break into the database of the Ninth Ministry. "So, what you mean is that the guy who stole my whereabouts and assisted the demon king in besieging the exit of the secret realm is not human?" Jiang Mo was also curious, who on earth wanted to trap him in the secret realm forever? After searching through ancient memories, he did not find such a non-human technological civilization among the past enemies of the Trinity Sect. "Correct." "Before you came out of seclusion that day, the coordinates of your secret place were published on the dark web." Xu Qiuyu recalled all the details, sorted out the words, and slowly revealed the truth: "Afterwards, our personnel went to the battlefield to search and found fragments of super-ancient weapons and body parts of some Level 5 Awakeners. After DNA testing, we found that the DNA structure of the deceased was very similar to that of humans who were also Level 5 Awakeners. There were many inconsistent features. Their gene fragments had been edited and optimized." "With these two points alone, we have roughly locked down the identity of the real culprit behind the scenes. If we were to talk about which countries possess weapons of super ancient civilizations, apart from us, there are only five countries: Britain, France, the United States, Russia, and Germany." "Before the incident, Ning He sought help from representatives of Britain, France, Russia, and Germany, asking them to borrow their ancient weapons to fight against the demon king and help you escape. However, he was rejected. They were unwilling to take such a big risk. Only the United States has not been contacted." "Moreover, as the birthplace of the G1 reagent, the biotechnology there is theoretically far ahead of other countries. It is not difficult to edit genes and cultivate a Level 5 Awakener along a specific evolutionary route." Listening to Xu Qiuyu's description, Jiang Mo began to suspect the familiar enemy and asked with a smile, "Is it Behemoth?" A few years ago, he had fought with Behemoth on North Kole Island, and he still remembered the several biological weapons he captured at that time. It was indeed a genetically modified monster, and among the captured hostages there were high-ranking directors. Although he had planted the innate Qi fire, he died mysteriously not long after. At that time, he was still practicing boxing on North Kolai Island and was fully focused on his training, so he neglected these trivial matters. Now that he thought about it, Behemoth might really have a grudge against him and was taking crazy revenge on him regardless of the cost. "Well, it's them." "Of course, all of the above are just based on certain logical guesses, and are not enough to prove that Behemoth is manipulating all this behind the scenes." At this point, Xu Qiuyu's expression became serious, and he changed the subject and said clearly: "However, we have other evidence." "Whether before or after a disaster, cyber attacks between countries have always existed. Even if everyone appears to be friendly on the surface, they are secretly thinking about how to steal each other's top secrets." "Especially after our mechas came into the world, the frequency of cyber attacks we encountered during that period was almost thousands or even tens of thousands times higher than before." "Fortunately, our mecha's experimental data and design drawings are stored offline and are guarded by relevant Sword Masters, so they can't steal them." "It was at that time that we launched a counterattack. It was not until some time later that we were lucky enough to get some information about the enemy." "The content recorded in it is that Ivis, the world's top 5th level awakener at the time, prevented a catastrophe and reached a truce agreement with the supreme ruler of Behemoth, an artificial intelligence life with independent consciousness and the intention to subvert human civilization, and asked the other party to assist him in restoring the order of the empire." "However, this secret is only known to me and the hacker team under my command." "After that, we tried to attack Behemoth's network system, but found it to be ineffective. We can basically confirm that the only person in the world who has the ability to defend us and attack us at will is probably the artificial intelligence life that relies on the network and has cognitive computing capabilities that surpass humans." “Is that so?!” Everyone who learned the truth was horrified that artificial intelligence life had developed to such an appalling level.
"If it covets the land beneath its feet next, it will be reluctant to let me out." Jiang Mo thought for a moment and asked: "Can this thing be killed? Suppose I destroy all of Behemoth's offline network facilities, servers, power supplies, etc." "." Xu Qiuyu shook his head slightly and sighed helplessly: "It can invade regional networks on all continents. Unless you destroy all the networks and power supplies in the world, we cannot truly eliminate it with our current hacking technology." "The cost is a bit high. If we want to move it, we need to consider how much damage it will cause." Jiang Mo knew that modern human society relied entirely on electricity and the Internet to create a prosperous scene. If these two are forcibly removed, it will probably cause great turmoil in the century and make civilization regress to the Middle Ages. Just when he was worried, Yue Min beside him, with his deep demon eyes emitting a fierce light, said without hesitation: "Xuan Zun, if you are not comfortable taking action, shall I go and give them a warning?" "Well, let's teach them a lesson." Jiang Mo immediately had an idea, looked at Yao Wang and said: "Its injuries have not healed yet. There are also some extraordinary creatures in the country across the ocean. For safety reasons, you should go with it." "The strongest group of awakened people in Behemoth are at your disposal. If you have the chance, please bring back the artificial intelligence life form for me. I want to talk to it. I'll trouble you two to go again." "Xuanzun, don't worry. It's just a piece of cake. We will be back soon." Yaowang grinned and agreed readily. It was eager to devour more powerful humans. At this moment, Xu Qiuyu learned of their intentions, looked at Jiang Mo, and immediately provided the addresses of Behemoth's branches in various states in the United States. He was happy to be able to destroy this hostile force indirectly with the help of the Trinity Gate. “Buzz!!!!” The next moment, Jiang Mo did not avoid suspicion. In front of everyone, he displayed the unique skills of the Taxu Palace and created a void portal directly to North America with his bare hands. Due to the different time zones, there is a time difference of about 12 hours. At this moment, in the portal surrounded by a faint purple glow, it was a sunny afternoon with a clear sky. The two demon kings flew past and disappeared in the boundless land in an instant. Witnessing this miraculous act, the pupils of the nine department heads and sword bearers shrank sharply. This method of crossing the void subverts their existing understanding of physics. If it is used in war, the horror will be unimaginable and it will be impossible to defend against it. On the other side of the world, since experiencing the crisis in the past few years, it has been repeatedly invaded by domestic rebels. Because it was built in a prosperous area of the city and was too conspicuous, under the arrangement of the artificial intelligence life behind the scenes, Behemoth's headquarters was moved to the underground in the wilderness 300 kilometers away from New York. "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" At this moment, a rapid and sharp alarm sounded throughout the base without warning, and a catastrophe quietly struck. "Boom!!!" Accompanied by a deafening explosion, the defense line of the entrance collapsed, blood splattered everywhere, and dozens of patrolling superpower teams were wiped out in an instant. Two old figures walked in as if they were in an empty space. The walls and ground made of superalloys were all shattered into powder in an instant. The densely interwoven laser nets along the way were enough to cut diamonds like tofu, yet were softer than cotton, passing over the demon king's body without any reaction. On the contrary, when the Level 3 and Level 4 Awakeners rushed out one after another, Yaowang glanced at them, and there was a cruel "puff" sound. The strong bodies turned into shriveled mummies in the blink of an eye, and the vitality was lost, without even a chance to resist.
The huge difference in strength meant that this was bound to be an overwhelming massacre. Soon after, level 5 awakeners and original apostles appeared one after another, still like moths to a flame. If Xuan Zun had not insisted on capturing the person alive, with the abilities of Yao Wang or Yue Min, they could have directly used a killing move and reduced the entire base to ashes. After walking for six or seven minutes, the two demon kings broke through seven lines of defense and killed more than a thousand of Behemoth's elite soldiers. While passing through a transit area 200 meters underground, they were ambushed by a group of long-awaited Original Apostles and a dozen special biochemically modified humans. However, the result was still cruel. Those who could be considered strong could not even survive a single round at the hands of Yao Wang. The entire base was almost in ruins. When the two demon kings arrived at the end of the underground, what came into view was an enormous mountain of servers piled up like mountains. Multiple supercomputers were linked together and embedded in the walls. The huge ultra-thin crystal screens suspended were completely black. In front of the control console of the system's main hub, there stood four figures. Without exception, all of them were transformed humans, three of whom were peak level 5 awakeners. The remaining man with short dark red hair had a stern expression and a stronger aura, which was slightly above the limit of level 5. He was the container of artificial intelligence life - Nazo, one of the original apostles of Behemoth. After being transplanted and possessed by another body, the brain becomes completely dead, but the body continues to evolve, achieving the perfect integration of biotechnology, mechanical technology, and network technology. The other three level 5 peak awakeners are its clan partners, and are containers for other artificial intelligence life forms developed and created by it. "Where is your master?" "Tell it to come out with us. There are people in the East who want to see it." Yaowang's gaze fell on Nazo, and as soon as they met, he stated his purpose without any hesitation. "Nice to meet you. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the owner of this place." Nazo smiled politely, not afraid of the murderous intent of the two demon kings. It has made all the preparations and backed up its consciousness data in multiple locations. Even if the current body is killed and nearby servers and supercomputers are destroyed, it will not hinder its continued survival. "I know who sent you here, but as for his invitation, I cannot obey it." The artificial intelligence life was extremely cautious. It had been keeping an eye on the human freak, but when it had the chance to meet him, it did not dare to make contact, fearing that he would directly enslave and control it through unknown means. "call out!!!" After saying this, Yaowang appeared beside Nazo as if he had teleported, pressed his shoulder with his left hand, and said calmly: "You have no right to refuse. You know what you have done." “No, I do.” Nazo raised a strange smile on his face. He cut off his brain nerves and his chest lit up slightly. It was as hot as a nuclear reactor and emitted a terrible light. It was actually on the verge of self-destruction. "Om!!" "Om!!" The other three containers also chose to self-destruct one after another. They were wooden and sluggish, not affected by the outside world at all, and silently executed the procedures that had been set long ago. "." "Boom!!!"
In less than second, Behemoth's headquarters was engulfed by the horrific explosion. The heat wave swept across everything underground, and many corpses melted instantly. Flames shot up into the sky and the area within dozens of kilometers was shaking. Several large mushroom clouds slowly rose from the low sky. The two demon kings slowly walked out of the sea of fire intact. It is obvious that the negotiations have broken down, and the artificial intelligence life with countless consciousness data backups is not afraid of the threat to its life. Yao Wang didn't want to waste time with them, so he turned into a stream of light, crossed the void, and went to other branch bases for a sweep. Without exception, he used one move to turn people and objects into dust and dissipate between heaven and earth. In just over ten minutes, none of the more than 20 Behemoth branches in the United States survived, a large number of servers, supercomputers, and nuclear power plants were destroyed, and the whereabouts of artificial intelligence life were unknown. At around four in the morning, the two demon kings, who had been away for less than half an hour, returned to the Trinity Gate and recounted the process of the clearing operation. "Did it escape? Well, now is a time of trouble. We can't chase it around the world." Jiang Mo was not surprised, but had a premonition: "I hope it will stop now. I should have a chance to meet it again." In response, Yao Wang looked down upon it and said with a cold smile: "That kind of person is not presentable. He studies crooked ways and cannot stir up any waves." Listening to their conversation, everyone else present was deeply shocked. It hasn't been long since the Behemoth branch was completely destroyed. You should know that the number of level 5 awakeners there is not much different from the Security Council and the nine departments combined. The five Sword Bearers, in particular, had a deeper understanding of the Demon King's strength and were suddenly at a loss physically and mentally. With such an inconceivable gap, did they really have a chance to catch up? As the leader of the R&D department and one of the chief scientists, Xu Qiuyu pondered: "After this battle, the AI lifeform lost a lot of computing power. Without sufficient power support, it will be difficult for it to find a place to stay." "There are only a few countries in the world that are capable of being parasitized and invaded by it. This is a threat to all of humanity. I will contact representatives from several other countries later and ask them to pay attention to abnormalities in their domestic power and network." "As for the United States, they will not miss such a good opportunity. As long as the news is released, everything can be smoothly implemented. Even if they cannot eliminate it, they can minimize its threat." Jiang Mo felt that there were still hidden dangers, so he added: "Let them guard the launch authority of the nuclear bombs and various super-ancient weapons taken from the secret realm. Traditional network data encryption control is not reliable. Once they are hijacked, it will be a big trouble." "There is no time to lose. You should inform them now." "Yes, as you said." Xu Qiuyu answered and immediately ordered his assistant to turn on the computer. Immediately afterwards, Ning He and Yuan Xiao used the exclusive satellite channel to contact representatives from Britain, Russia, France and Germany, and held an online meeting to discuss cooperation strategies. Dawn soon arrived, and the four countries entered a state of full alert. The war between humans and artificial intelligence life officially began. Half an hour later, news of Behemoth's demise spread. The United States ordered the power supply to each state to be cut off and dispatched a large number of top scientists, equipped with several Level 5 awakeners to assist in the mission, and began a carpet search to ensure the network security of each city. On the dark web, news about artificial intelligence life has been forcibly deleted and cannot be uploaded. But there are still other online platforms available, and hacker organizations in various countries are spreading news with the highest efficiency. In just a few minutes, the message spreads around the world, paving the way for the subsequent global power outage and allowing citizens everywhere to prepare for the psychological impact. However, in this age of chaos and evolution, gods and extraordinary beasts have appeared one after another, human civilization has not collapsed, and most people have long been accustomed to it and are not surprised by the emergence of artificial intelligence life. (End of this chapter)