mesbooks Chapter 272 Tomoko's Prison Break
Chapter 272 Tomoko's Prison Break
"I want Bai Bing."
"Row".
"Aren't you going to ask me why he's the one leaving?"
"I do not care."
Lin Xuan agreed to Number Three's request almost without thinking.
There's no other reason than that, although Bai Bing does have some talent, he would be of no use to him if he stayed with him.
Since the Mewtwo system was successfully established, Bai Bing's role has become increasingly insignificant. Apart from routine server maintenance, Lin Xuan hasn't seen him make any other outstanding contributions. In fact, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Bai Bing is the least influential member of the Lin faction.
Number Three was clearly surprised that Lin Xuan agreed so easily, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"Okay, as long as you don't regret it."
Lin Xuan shook her head.
"What do I have to regret? Anyway, this person is of no use to me. If you want to borrow him, just take him."
"But let's make it clear first, you can't lend people for free. You have to offer something I'm satisfied with in exchange."
Upon hearing this, Number Three smiled confidently.
"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. The reason I made this special trip is that I've already brought what you wanted."
“I’ve noticed you seem to be quite interested in that RimWorld thing lately. And wouldn’t you know it, I happen to have a design here for a similar megastructure. It’s not exactly the same as yours, but it should be useful to you.”
Lin Xuan hadn't had high expectations for number three, but upon hearing this, her eyes lit up!
Although the construction speed of RimWorld has accelerated significantly after a major industrial assessment, Lin Xuan and the others are still very uneasy in the face of the Dark Forest attack that could come at any time.
Who knows when our house will be blown up? The sooner we finish the Ring of the World project, the better for everyone.
"Okay, but you have to give me the thing first. You know, whether this thing is useful or not is not up to me to decide."
Number Three didn't refuse; with a wave of his hand, a document was copied into Lin Xuan's Mewtwo system.
"I'll be waiting for your good news, Lin Xuan. If you think this deal can be done, I'll come back to see you in three days."
Number Three said this, then got up and left.
Lin Xuan seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at Number Three.
"Wait a minute, if you could find my location, why did you make such a big show of it before?"
Lin Xuan was referring to what this person had done in the Oort Cloud and what he had done after entering Earth, which resulted in the silencing of all defensive facilities.
Everyone initially thought he was being provocative, but only Lin Xuan felt that he probably had other motives.
Number Three was taken aback upon hearing this.
"Isn't that a gesture of goodwill? You're deliberately revealing your location. Do you think I don't know you? If I entered your territory without giving you a heads-up, I'd probably be lying on the ground talking to you right now."
Lin Xuan was startled upon hearing this.
Was the original owner of this body really that short-tempered?
But thinking about it, it makes sense. If the other party really entered the Earth Alliance's range without saying a word, Lin Xuan would prejudicially regard the other party as an enemy, even if she didn't make a move.
"Then you don't need to go to Tomoko to pass on a message to me, you can just come and see me directly."
This is what Lin Xuan finds most puzzling. How could Zhizi know about the arrival of the third on Earth before he did? Although Zhizi is no longer a threat to him, Lin Xuan has never stopped being wary of this woman.
Number Three was taken aback upon hearing this.
What is a "sophon"?
Lin Xuan was also taken aback.
"Didn't you already meet her? That AI, you even had her deliver a message to me."
Suddenly, Lin Xuan had a very bad feeling.
He immediately sent a message to AiAA.
The communication was quickly established. Ai AA was in a meeting in the Star Ring Group's office building at the time. If it were someone else, they would not have been able to get through on the communication frequency at this time.
But Lin Xuan was different. Ai AA had made a special note for this man, so that Lin Xuan's calls would be answered immediately, no matter when.
"AA, contact the prison right now and see if Tomoko is still inside!"
Instead of immediately asking Lin Xuan what had happened, Ai AA quickly did as he was told.
Two minutes later, Lin Xuan's unease was finally confirmed.
Zhizi vanished into thin air.
No, that's not accurate. Zhizi's body was still there. When the prison guards came to her room, the woman collapsed on the table as if she were dead, without any electromagnetic response.
"Someone deliberately severed the control over Zhizi."
Lin Xuan immediately thought of this possibility, which was followed by a chill running down her spine.
The Trisolaran homeworld had already been destroyed, so logically, the Sophon's control console should have been destroyed long ago as well.
So from that point on, Tomoko should no longer execute any new instructions; all her behavioral patterns will respond according to the pre-set program.
This is one of the reasons why Lin Xuan felt at ease leaving this woman with Xinghuan Group.
No matter how powerful she was before, the current Tomoko is just a slightly more advanced machine.
But now it seems that things are far more complicated than Lin Xuan thought. During this period of time, Zhi Zi may have been controlled from behind the scenes.
This feeling is like having a fake camera installed in your home, and then one day you find that someone has replaced it with a real one.
You have no way of knowing who is watching the surveillance footage.
Suppressing her unease, Lin Xuan could only prioritize the matter at hand.
After sending the design drawings to Wang Miao and others, they quickly received a reply from them.
"Lin Xuan, you're a genius! Where did you get this? It's great! With this experience, we should be able to avoid a lot of detours. Ten years... no, five years. Give me another five years, and I guarantee all the projects around the world will be completed smoothly."
Wang Miao seemed very excited. He had been troubled by this thing for too many years, mainly because humans had no experience in designing giant structures.
The only solution is to try again and again.
However, the construction of megastructures is unlike any other; the material consumption alone is astronomical. So once the ship goes in the wrong direction, it becomes very difficult to turn around and change course.
Since the construction of the Ring World, Wang Miao and his team have almost completely destroyed the planets in the solar system. The Earth Alliance has even formed a special mining ship to mine useful metals in other surrounding star systems.
Moreover, gravity is a major problem. Mercury has not been dismantled yet because the gravitational turbulence would be difficult to manage if the planet were broken up. Other planets also require the Academy of Sciences to work day and night to calculate gravitational guidance.
Even the slightest deviation in the simulation results can have fatal consequences.
The most dangerous instance was when they were excavating the outer edge of Jupiter, causing its orbit to deflect and making the orbits of two nearby space cities overlap infinitely at a single point.
Ultimately, the two space cities barely grazed each other's worlds. If their orbits had deviated a little more and overlapped a little more, they could have witnessed a spectacular cosmic fireworks display.