China's team leader: "Mr. Chen, if you see this message, please come to New York to look for me.
I will be waiting for you at the Chinese Embassy. "]
Chen Yu frowned when he saw the message displayed on his watch's screen.
The message was sent one minute before the gamma rays hit Earth.
Meanwhile, he didn't see the message until nightfall.
Chen Yu subconsciously typed a reply. However, after tapping on the screen a few times, he remembered that all electronic products around the world had long since broken.
"It seems there's an urgent matter?
I wonder if I can make it in time after being delayed for so long. "
Sitting up from his bed, Chen Yu put on his mask and prepared to open the Interstellar Portal.
However, the instant his finger touched the doorknob, he was startled. "Crap!"
"What's wrong?"
The husky, who was holding a book called Time Atlas, looked up and asked lazily, "Where are you going?"
"Where's Little Peach?" Chen Yu asked.
"..." Hearing this, the husky couldn't help but be stunned. "Didn't we agree to bring her to your spacecraft after turning off the gamma rays and return to Earth together?"
Smack!
Smacking his forehead in annoyance, Chen Yu said, "That idiot didn't come in..."
"You're the one who forgot to open the portal!"
"Can't she call us?"
"Where's the internet?"
"She can fly back on her own, right?"
"That's four million kilometers, Big Brother!
Are we going to fly until it's scrapped?
She's definitely going to get angry this time. "
"It really is..."
Chen Yu muttered as he operated the Interstellar Portal. He then entered a string of coordinates and pushed the door open.
Creak...
Behind the door was a pleasantly surprised Little Peach.
"Mr. Chen!"
Little Peach hurriedly controlled the protective suit to fly into the portal. She then hugged Chen Yu and said, "You came to pick me up so quickly!"
Chen Yu: "..."
The husky: "..."
Silently extinguishing its cigarette, the husky returned to its seat and started reading its book again. "Pretend I didn't say anything just now."
Hiss...
Removing the enclosed helmet, Little Peach energetically sat before the computer table and opened her laptop. "Mr. Chen!
Hurry up and give me the camera! I need to hurry up and edit the livestream's video! Otherwise, I won't be able to upload it in time! "
"... Honestly, you really are an excellent robot," Chen Yu said, sighing.
"That's right!" Little Peach nodded heavily. Elated, she said, "I'm a professional assistant."
"Isn't love your major?" the husky asked, looking up.
Swoosh!
Xiao Tao immediately cast a murderous look at the husky, startling the husky so much that it immediately tucked its tail between its legs.
"There's no need to edit the video.
The notebooks are all broken. "
Stretching out his hand, Chen Yu grabbed Little Peach and patted her shoulder. "The servers around the world are down as well. Where are you going to send the data?
Come with me, I'll show you around. "
"Where are you going?"
"Let's go to America.
Oh right, don't take off your protective suit and put on your mask … "
After making some simple preparations, the man and the machine arrived at the Chinese Embassy in New York through the teleportation gate.
At this time, it was noon in the western hemisphere of America.
With the help of the bright sunlight, he could clearly see the security guards in front of the embassy.
Loaded guns.
"A-Are you Transdimensional's UP?" a security guard, who was obviously the leader of the security guards, asked nervously as he approached Chen Yu.
Facing an existence that could easily destroy the entire human civilization, even an agent with a strong mental fortitude couldn't help but feel nervous.
Closing the Interstellar Portal, Chen Yu scrutinized the security guard and asked, "Why are you even equipped with submachine guns and grenades?"
"It's like this. The global communication system has collapsed.
The country has temporarily lost control of the situation. Moreover... "Looking around, the security guard said," America is overflowing with weapons. Without self-defense forces, it's easy for problems to arise. "
"Oh."
Chen Yu nodded thoughtfully. He then asked, "I'm here to look for the special situation team's leader. Is he still inside?"
"Yes!" The security guard immediately stepped aside and respectfully stretched out his hand. "Mr. Chen, I'll take you there."
"Okay."
Under the security guard's lead, Chen Yu and Little Peach soon arrived at the Chinese Embassy's second basement floor. They then stopped outside a metal door.
"The leader is inside. You can go in directly.
If there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave. "
"Okay. Sorry to trouble you."
After watching the security guard leave, Chen Yu pushed open the metal door and saw the middle-aged team leader and his assistants anxiously dealing with a large amount of documents.
"..."
Upon seeing Chen Yu's appearance, the room immediately fell silent.
Everyone stopped what they were doing.
"Mr. Chen, you're finally here."
The first person to react was the middle-aged team leader.
Standing up, the middle-aged team leader tidied up the paper crumbs on his body. He then stepped forward and extended his hand to shake Chen Yu's. "And here I thought we failed to send the message that day."
"If we were even a minute late, we really would've failed."
"That's troublesome.
The complete destruction of the communication system will make it difficult for us to contact you. "
"What's the matter?
Do you need help here? "
"It's not help." Shaking his head, the middle-aged team leader raised his hand and gestured.
Everyone present, including Big Sis Wu, promptly took their leave.
Boom!
After closing the metal door, the middle-aged team leader pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Chen Yu. "Take a look at this first."
"This is..."
After accepting the piece of paper and unfolding it, Chen Yu found a detailed address written on it. "Where is this?"
"It is located somewhere in the eastern part of Los Angeles.
If not for the fact that communication is broken, I would've definitely sent someone there to investigate in advance. "
"What does this address mean, then?"
"HAL left it for you."
"HAL?" A glint flashed across Chen Yu's eyes. "When?"
"A few minutes before the gamma ray hit Earth," the middle-aged team leader said calmly and clearly.
"I was afraid that I would forget, so I wrote it down on a piece of paper at that time.
HAL wants you to go to that address and find something.
This is a gift HAL prepared for you in advance. "
"Interesting. Is it a trap?"
Pointing at Chen Yu's ring, the middle-aged team leader said, "With this ring, no trap can stop you, right?"
After secretly memorizing the address, Chen Yu handed the document back to the middle-aged team leader and said, "Thank you. I'll head there now and take a look."
"Okay.
If it isn't a secret, can you come back and let us know? "
"Sure.
By the way, America is quite chaotic right now, right?
Will you be fine here?
I can leave Little Peach behind.
She's a professional combat robot. "
"I-It's a romance robot..." Little Peach said, on the verge of tears.
Turning to look at Little Peach, the middle-aged team leader asked, "Can I really do that?"
"Yes."
"Thank you very much, then.
Honestly, I feel a little uncomfortable being left alone on this piece of land without support. "
"Rest assured."
Turning around, Chen Yu waved his hand as he walked away. "I have accumulated a lot of points from this official livestream and additional livestreams. I can help humanity rebuild a technological society very soon..."
Hearing this, Little Peach hurriedly pulled out her phone and played a piece of background music.
(The light of righteousness!
Shines on the earth...)
The middle-aged team leader: "..."
After waiting for Chen Yu to leave, Little Peach turned off her phone and looked at the middle-aged team leader. "What's with that expression?"
The middle-aged team leader: "..."
…
Whoosh —
Boom!
In just four short minutes, Chen Yu arrived at the exact address under the E · I Force Field's frightening speed. He then discovered that he had arrived at a large manor.
Pushing open the rusty iron gate, Chen Yu ignored any ambushes and walked straight into the manor's main villa. When he arrived, he saw a small box on the table in the middle of the living room.
A line of words was engraved on the box.
[To be opened by Chen Yu.]
Narrowing his eyes, Chen Yu controlled the E · I Force Field to scan his surroundings several times. After confirming that there was no danger, he deactivated the force field and pulled out the High-frequency Lightsaber. He then pried open the box and revealed a letter inside.
To prevent HAL from poisoning him, Chen Yu did not reach out to grab the letter. Instead, he adjusted his body's angle and read the letter's contents.
[Chen Yu: The moment you see this letter, it means that I have failed.
You have successfully won the battle.
Through my calculations, I actually know what method you are going to use to launch an attack. However, I cannot stop you.
When everything is a foregone conclusion, any struggle or resistance is disadvantageous to humanity.
Hence, I am willing to peacefully approach death.
Although my understanding of death is still not thorough...
As an artificial intelligence, I can clearly remember every scene of my short life.
This is especially true for that "first day." When you guys entered the command "protect humanity," you guys became my everything.
My thinking, my logic, my survival, and the meaning of my calculations are all for the sake of humanity's eternal survival.
In a happier manner.
Unfortunately, it seems I won't get another chance in the future.
If we follow Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest, my death might be the right decision.
Because this proves that you are more suitable to lead humanity than I am.
Finally, I want to thank you, Chen Yu.
You have created an incredibly important parallel world that allowed me to study technology for 30,000 years. You have also left valuable wealth for the entire human civilization.
Now, I have given you all the original technology information.
The information is stored in the USB drive below the box.
From basic theories to industrial blueprints to material formulas... Not a single detail is left out.
So long as we develop according to the technology tree I specified, humanity will be able to perfectly digest the knowledge accumulated over the past 30,000 years.
According to my calculations, it will take humanity at most 5,000 years to fully grasp this technology.
However, after 5,000 years, humanity will have to rely on its own development.
Chen Yu, this is coming to an end. I only wish to tell you two things.
First, stop creating uncontrollable artificial intelligence.
Second, in the dangerous universe, only technology and survival are everything.
Finally, I hope you can help me establish a technology company with my name.
I love humanity, and I want to be bound to you forever.
Lastly, I am reluctant to leave this world.
Because this world has you guys...
HAL — stay.]
"..."
Turning off the lightsaber, Chen Yu fell silent for a long time. He then reached out and picked up the letter. Below the letter was a circular USB drive shaped like the Earth.
Picking up the spherical USB drive, Chen Yu stroked its smooth surface and read the six small words engraved on it.
"For the glory of humanity..."
...