Chapter 1214: A world without games (3)
Translator: 549690339
It took Colonel Conrad about ten seconds to read out a code that was neither long nor short and had an unknown meaning. He read it out one by one according to the pronunciation of the letters.
After she finished reading, all the resistance soldiers in the room revealed nervous expressions … And they stared at Feng bujue with burning eyes.
“May I ask … What does this mean?” After a few seconds, Feng bujue asked.
He didn’t know why, but when he asked this question, the expressions of the people around him relaxed.
“Ah … I see.” At that moment, Conrad’s stern expression disappeared, and his tone softened.”I’m sorry, Mr. Feng bujue, it’s not that I don’t trust you … But based on past experience, I have to be careful.” As she spoke, she turned around and returned to her desk. She raised her hand and gestured to a chair at the other end of the desk.”There’s no need to be so formal. Please take a seat.”!!
Brother Jue walked over without much hesitation. After he sat down, he said,””You still haven’t answered my question …” He paused for half a second and asked again,”what you just said … What do you mean?”
“Hey! Be more polite when you talk to the Colonel!” The next second, lightning, who was standing behind brother Jue, shouted,”
However, the Colonel immediately waved his hand and gave her a look, signaling her to “let me do this.”
“Mr. Feng bujue.” After a short silence, Colonel Conrad placed his elbow on the table and looked at brother Jue with a ‘I’m seeing through you’ expression.”I think you know about the ‘PM’, right?”
“I know that the abbreviation of these two letters can represent at least 20 to 30 meanings. Can you be more specific?” Feng bujue replied.
“Parasitism.” Conrad immediately replied,”it’s a special type of soldier that Bitar created for this war.”
“Oh …” Feng bujue narrowed his eyes.”From the name … Could it be a partially modified cyborg?”
“To be exact, it’s humans that have been parasitized by the nanomachines.” Conrad explained,”in the fifth year of the war, Bita began to implement this plan … It gathered the captured soldiers of our Army, ordinary criminals, and people it thought had low productivity, and forcibly modified them. Nanomachines were implanted in these people’s bodies. The effect of this kind of implantation was irreversible. The nanomachines would immediately destroy part of the brain tissue of the implanted person and replace it, turning them into AI puppets. Once the nanomachines stop working, the PM will die as well, which means …”
…”In other words …” Feng bujue took over.”The moment they accepted the modification, they were already dead.”
“That’s right. ” Conrad replied.
After saying this, she sighed and said,””Phew … When this technology first appeared, we knew nothing about it. Because the nanomachines are extremely small in size and have anti-scanning procedures, ordinary scanning equipment can’t identify them … Therefore, during that period, a large number of PM infiltrated our military … Causing huge losses. ”
When she said this, she could not help but frown and shake her head. Even though she was only a few years older than brother Jue, she had the air of someone who had experienced many things. Of course, for someone who had been born in a war and had not participated in it, this was not surprising.
“Fortunately, we have not been completely destroyed.” After a pause, Conrad continued,”our intelligence personnel also quickly found relevant information about the PM and found several ways to verify the PM.”
“For example, the code you just mentioned?” Feng bujue said.
Conrad nodded slightly and replied,”all Intelligent Robots made by the spire are equipped with an ’emergency stop command’. The nanomachines in the PM’s brain naturally apply this principle.”
“Then, how do you know …” Even though that was not good for him, Feng bujue could not help but say it out loud.”…What if the password you gave earlier is not outdated? Can’t you change the password for each batch of nanomachines?”
“No, it can ‘t.” Conrad did not have much of a reaction to this question.”Because the human brain is a very complicated organ, the structure and operating principles of PM robots also have quite strict standards and great limitations. Simply put … If the password is changed, those robots will no longer work, and the expensive implantation surgery will become a simple killing operation … It’s meaningless. ”
“Oh …” Feng bujue asked.”Then let me ask you something … When did you guys learn the password?”
“A month after the first batch of PM dealt us a blow.” Conrad replied.
“Then … From that point on, PM is basically useless, right?” Feng bujue said.
“Indeed, since then, the spire has greatly reduced the production of PM.” Conrad replied,”but few … Doesn’t mean there isn ‘t. After all, there were many changes in the personnel of our Army. Not every new soldier could memorize the code, even some veterans could not. And we don’t have enough resources to print a manual for every soldier that records various codes or things to take note of … Therefore, over the years, there are still some PM’s who try to sneak into our ranks through various channels. ” As she said this, she took out a cigar from the cigar box on the table, casually cut off one end with a small knife, lit it up, and took a puff.”Fufufu, I’m done. Do you have any more questions about the parasite?”
Hearing that, Feng bujue turned to look at the people behind him.””You just said that there are ‘several ways’ to verify it …” His eyes quickly moved to the strange device in the hands of the soldiers.”The device in their hands … Is also one of them, right?”
“It’s a pulse gun specially made by our Army. ” Conrad blew out a ring of smoke in a middle-aged man’s tone and replied,”it can burn the robot in the PM’s brain with a 100% chance. There is a 30% chance that it will cause brain damage to ordinary people.”
“Ha … Ha ha …” Feng bujue chuckled drily and did not comment.
Alright, Mr. Feng bujue.” Conrad replied,”I’ve already said a lot, but you don’t seem to have said anything yet …” She paused.”I have to remind you … No matter what, you are still a captive of my Army. I can be very polite to you … But I can also be very rude to you … Do you understand?”
Conrad was a good negotiator. Even though she had told brother Jue a lot, in reality … What she had said was common knowledge to the people in this world. Any soldier from the resistance or the search team would know about this.
“Captain Sade should have already told you about my situation, right?” Feng bujue was a good negotiator, at least in terms of being thick-skinned.”Now that you’re asking me to tell you, I can only tell you a few things that happened in ‘another timeline’ because I have almost forgotten everything that happened in this timeline.”
This attitude of “so what if I lost my memory” was the standard “a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.”
“Hmph …” Conrad snorted.”I was going to ask you about the other timeline.”
“What’s wrong?” “Is what I said in the interrogation room not enough to prove that I am an astute person?” I have to remind you … The previous question was asked by Captain Sade. Unless he colluded with me in advance and asked me to prepare a long paragraph of answers to scare people, otherwise …”
“I know that.” Conrad interrupted brother Jue again.”I don’t need you to tell me how to identify the spies …”
“Undercover?” Feng bujue was confused.”Didn’t you already verify that I’m not a PM? As for whether I’m a robot or not, you’ve already scanned me, right?”
“Ha!” At this moment, lightning let out a hollow laugh.
At the same time, Conrad laughed too.
She leaned forward and blew a puff of smoke at brother Jue’s face.””A pure human spy … Is the most troublesome …”
“There really are people like that …” Feng bujue narrowed his eyes.
But on second thought, this was also very reasonable. Almost all Wars would produce “second-rate Devils”. Even in “the matrix”, there would be traitors. Compared to the old man who wanted to lie in the cabin and enjoy wealth, the traitors in this world could at least enjoy some substantial benefits …
“Alright, stop rambling.” Conrad said,”maybe you can fool Sade, but you can’t fool me … I’ve seen a lot of spies with good memory. With two or three months of training, they can memorize most of the basic knowledge about video games. On the surface … They are no different from ‘astrologers who awaken after the age of 20’.” She blew out another mouthful of smoke.”Fufufufu, but no one can fool my eyes.”
“Kid, you’re out of luck today …” Then, lightning used a proud tone to intimidate brother Jue.”The Colonel is one of the ‘first batch of awakened metahumans’. Your trick will soon be exposed.”
Then, Conrad’s face flashed with pride, and he said to brother Jue,””In the past, I have exposed and captured many pure human spies, and used the ‘not too polite’ method to get a lot of information from them. Among them … There are training materials used by the spy agency of Bita.”
“I understand.” “You’re going to ask me a few questions that were not covered in the spy training, right?” Feng bujue asked.
“First, please name at least three knock-off game console.” A second later, Conrad’s expression turned serious and he asked directly.
“Ha?” Feng bujue’s dead fish eyes activated.”Only three?”
“‘Only’ three?” This response shocked Conrad, because…According to her past experience, most spies could not even name one.
For those who were ignorant, they knew nothing about the events in another timeline. When they received spy training, most of them would recite the names and initials of all the genuine game consoles. However … Only those who truly had “game memory” would have an impression of a counterfeit. Even if some people didn’t have the memory of playing a counterfeit, they would at least know a few names.
“Hmm …” On the other side, Feng bujue thought about it for a few seconds before he started to narrate.”Speaking of the counterfeit … I have to say the FC. In the mid-1990s, when FC’s market share was gradually being replaced by other new products, it was the spring of its knock-off products. Of course … It would be autumn in Japan, Europe, and the United States by then. Those that were still in spring … Were those countries or regions that were extremely difficult to get their hands on genuine computers and cartridges. Among them, the Chinese region has the most knockoff products … Even the children in Russia grew up playing with all kinds of mainland and Taiwan products. ”
He spoke to Conrad in the tone of a veteran, as if he was giving a lecture. In a trance … The Colonel almost forgot that he was actually testing him.
“There are many pirated versions of FC. Due to the unique era at that time, these pirated versions could be sold openly at the counter of many large shopping malls. They could even register a company and grow bigger and bigger …” Feng bujue continued.”Here, I’ll list out some brands that have never received Nintendo’s authorization before, and they basically don’t think much of it … For example, Golden Phoenix Kobayashi, Zhi libao, victory, Pegasus, Sany, Shang he, Sea Angel, pang Tian, little tyrant, little genius. Lianhua, new Star, Terminators, and so on. Some of them were even counterfeits. It’s indeed quite strange …”
Brother Jue said this very quickly, almost like a tongue twister.
Conrad was also shocked. Halfway through her speech, the cigar in her hand fell into the ashtray.
For a moment, the room was completely silent, and the sound of the guards swallowing their saliva became very clear.
“You … Wait a moment.” Two seconds later, Conrad’s reaction was very similar to Captain Sade ‘s. She looked at brother Jue with a complicated expression and left her seat. She walked to the side of the room and turned a metal valve on the wall.
Then, with a creaking sound, a storage space appeared from the wall.
In that space, there was a tablet screen that looked like it was pieced together from trash (yes, that’s the style of steampunk) and a game console that looked very much like an FC game console. Next to the game console was a special metal shelf, on which dozens of circuit boards were neatly embedded (which was an FC cassette without a shell. When we were young, we called it the bare arm card. [PS: I was young and ignorant back then. I always thought that the outer shell of the eight-figure cassette player was of poor quality and would break if it was pushed hard.] When I grew up, I saw the genuine FC and NES cassette tapes … Needless to say, these were the games.
“As far as I know …” After opening the locker, Conrad spoke again,”… Bita will let the spies play some classic FC games to let them understand what a video game is. However, the tower only let them play the first level of each game, in case these people are attracted by the game and change their sides. ” As she said that, she turned to look at brother Jue.”So … I would like to ask you to randomly pick five games. Without the need to Continue (the continuation after one’s life is used up), get three of them to the third level. That will prove …”
“Alright … I know.” Feng bujue did not wait for the man to finish. He stepped forward and randomly picked out a card (since the card was not packaged, it did not matter which card he picked up) and inserted it into the game console. He turned on the switch with familiarity, picked up the controller, and sat down.”Tsk … I’ve picked Ninja Dragon three as soon as the game started …” When the game screen appeared, he mumbled to himself. Then he turned to Conrad and said,”this game is a little difficult … And the levels are a little weird. I’m not sure if the second section of the train is one level or half a level. Why don’t I … Give you a quick call?”