harleyscars Chapter 052 The Base Chief Who Can't Be Hidden
Chapter 052 The Base Chief Who Can't Be Hidden
"Now you can talk about it, right?" Meng Shisan looked at Xu Xin after Liu Jiajia and the others had left.
Xu Xin said calmly, "What's the rush? I'll tell you once they're truly safe."
Okay, let's wait a bit longer.
Meng Shisan wasn't in a hurry at all. Where could Liu Jiajia and the others go?
Isn't it just a secret bunker?
He had already learned about it through Baozi. Once he figured out the strangeness surrounding Xu Xin, would he still let these people go?
Taking over a bunker also meant they had a new base of operations.
Based on this alone, he will not let Liu Jiajia and her ilk go.
About half an hour later, Meng Shisan finally looked at Xu Xin.
Upon seeing this, Xu Xin suddenly laughed: "Meng Shisan, Meng Shisan, do you think you're saving human civilization?"
Naive! Even now, you still don't know who or what you're facing!
You are nothing but a pawn being manipulated in someone else's game.
After saying that, Xu Xin tilted her head back, stretched out her arms, and felt the rain, which she had never experienced before, pounding against her body.
"Baozi, quick, see if you can find out anything useful."
While urging Baozi on, Meng Shisan said, "Now you can tell me, who exactly created the base's rules?"
Just as Xu Xin was about to speak, she suddenly froze, her mouth agape but unable to utter a word, and her hands gripped her neck tightly.
Seeing this, everyone rushed forward and grabbed her hands.
Meng Shisan clamped one hand tightly over her mouth and asked fiercely, "Who exactly are you?"
He knew that the person controlling Xu Xin at this moment was definitely not Xu Xin herself.
Xu Xin remained silent. Seeing no way out, Meng Shisan roared, "Bei Dou Chen, aren't you coming out? If you don't come out, I won't care if this woman dies!"
With that, Meng Shisan flicked his hand.
He truly has no intention of caring whether Xu Xin lives or dies.
It was at this moment that Xu Xin sighed, "Why bother? You know I value this person highly. Why do you have to go against me? I've never been your enemy."
Everyone recognized that voice; it was Bei Dou Chen's voice.
For a moment, everyone shook their heads helplessly. Wen Shixin and his buddies had said they had closed everyone's back doors, but how long has it been?
Beidou Chen descended upon Xu Xin once again.
"So what if you value someone? Do you even know what she was about to do?" Almost simultaneously, Xu Xin spoke again, but this time her voice was mechanical.
"Or is it someone we know?" Meng Shisan suddenly asked. "Otherwise, you wouldn't need to hide your voice."
"You're very smart, but do you know that smart people often die the fastest?" the voice said coldly. "Over the years, I've met countless smart people. Liu Jiaming, Li Maoran, and even Shen Mo are all smart people. Even though they all have their own little schemes, none of them have your kind of courage."
You know, I was the one who admired you the most at the beginning, and I have always supported you. Even just now, if it weren't for me, do you think you would have been able to capture Liu Jiajia and her group so easily?
But why are you so curious about me?
Don't you know the saying "curiosity killed the cat"?
"No, no, no, I'm not curious about your identity at all." Meng Shisan quickly shook his head. "But I really hate guys like you who hide behind the scenes and think you can control everything."
I just never expected it to be you.
Right, Silence!
"Is he Shen Mo?" Upon hearing Meng Shisan's words, Bei Douchen asked through Xu Xin in surprise.
Yan Zhiyu, standing to the side, gaped in astonishment, exclaiming in disbelief, "No way! If Shen Mo is the one who sets the base's rules, how could he be forced into this situation by Liu Jiaming and his group?"
"Silence? You think I'm silence?" The voice burst into wild laughter. "I really thought you were so smart."
"Stop pretending." Meng Shisan immediately exposed him. "Do you really think I don't know your background? To be honest, those guys like Wen Shixin didn't have any intention of destroying the base."
Of all the people in the entire base, only Shen Mo truly had this idea.
Moreover, you just deliberately mentioned Liu Jiaming and Li Maoran, and then added Shen Mo at the end. Isn't that an attempt to cover up the truth?
You know I'm prone to suspecting everyone, so you deliberately equate Shen Mo with Liu Jiaming and others.
They want me to rule out the possibility of silence.
But have you forgotten that your behavior for so long without knowing how smart you are?
He instigated a riot at the Department of Energy and failed; by all accounts, he's just a reckless brute!
Do you want me to send someone to capture your true form right now?
"Based on this alone, you're so sure it's me?" Shen Mo's voice came from Xu Xin's mouth when she heard Meng Shisan say that he wanted to send someone to capture his real body.
For a moment, everyone felt as if they were hallucinating.
Yan Zhiyu and the others, in particular, were muttering to themselves at this moment.
"How could it be you?"
Yan Zhiyu felt very guilty at this moment, because it was she who recommended Shen Mo to Meng Shisan.
At this moment, Shen Mo was still guarding Entrance No. 4 with his men.
Shen Mo ignored Yan Zhiyu and stared straight at Meng Shisan.
Meng Shisan was actually even more shocked than him; he had only guessed!
Baozi hasn't sent him any news yet.
However, seeing that the other party had admitted it, he was not flustered. He shook his head and said helplessly, "Because you are the only one who is determined to destroy the base."
"You're hiding your head and tail because you're afraid Wen Shixin and his cronies will make a move against you, right?"
As he was saying this, Shen Mo, who was still at the base, quietly came out.
Looking at this guy who was once considered a friend, Yan Zhiyu and the others had quite interesting expressions.
There is anger at being betrayed.
There is also the helplessness of being played.
As for Shen Mo, he didn't show much emotion, but looked at Meng Shisan curiously and asked, "You already know the origins of Wen Shixin and the others?"
Nodding, Meng Shisan said, "I've heard about it."
"Do you know that all of this is a conspiracy by Wen Shixin and his ilk? Even you were dragged into this world by them. I just wanted to send you back to your homeland," Shen Mo said with an unreadable expression. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have come to this wretched place at all."
"I guessed it," Meng Shisan said. "After all, you are a higher level of code than them. If I'm not mistaken, you also came from our world."
As for your purpose, don't make it sound so noble. What do you mean by saving us? If I'm not mistaken, you want to leave all the truth in this godforsaken place. After all, what you did back then wasn't honorable, and such things can't be passed back.
So we all have to die here.
But even if we all die, it won't solve the problem, so you still want to use us to get rid of Wen Shixin and his buddies.
They are the purpose of your trip.
As Baozi said, Wen Shixin and his ilk only wanted humanity to realize their mistakes; they didn't intend to harm them.
Meng Shisan still believed this.
After all, given Wen Shixin and his ilk's abilities, if they really wanted to kill everyone, Shen Mo just demonstrated that perfectly.
"I knew it, people who are too smart don't live long." Shen Mo shook his head. "Why did you have to tell the whole truth?"
So many people know the truth, are you trying to kill them?
His words immediately put everyone on edge, and they all raised their guns.
"Threatening me?" Meng Shisan laughed. "Why are you guys so inexplicably confident? Always thinking you can control everything?"
Since I dare to confront you here, do you really think I'm afraid of you?
Did you think you could control all of us?
"You mean that little girl?" Seeing his reaction, Shen Mo smiled and looked at Er'er, who was being protected by Meng Shisan, and said with a smile, "She can awaken your consciousness, but can she also keep an eye on everyone at all times?"
Besides, do you think Bei Douchen and Wen Shixin would allow her to live?
"Don't look at me, I have no objection." Beidou Chen, who was controlling Xu Xin's body, immediately said, "If we can sweep all of you guys into the rift of time, we don't mind cooperating with anyone."
"We're willing to cooperate if we can kill this guy." Just then, Wu Er, who had been pinned to the ground by Xie Linbo and the others, stood up and said.
However, his voice had clearly changed to Wen Shixin's at this moment.
In other words, Wen Shixin had been watching all of this from the very beginning.
"Look, you're the public enemy now." Meng Shisan spread his hands.
Shen Mo showed no fear: "Kill me? You all know I'm just a piece of code, how can you kill me? I kept a low profile before because I didn't want to cause trouble."
"Do you really think I'm some pushover that any of you can just bully?"
He was indeed fearless.
It is just a piece of code, what is it afraid of?
Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan laughed.
"Killing you is indeed difficult, but you also need a vessel, right?" Meng Shisan looked at Bei Douchen. "I know you are the true source code, capable of closing everyone's backdoors. If you close everyone's backdoors, can He still descend?"
Hearing him say that, Beidou Chen also laughed and looked at Shen Mo: "Except for the back door between Shen Mo and your little girl, which I can't close, the others will just take some time. At that time, He will definitely not be able to descend."
However, to be on the safe side and to save time, killing everyone except you is the most reliable option.
"Wen Shixin," Meng Shisan said, then looked at Wu Er, "Without the internet, could you still move around so freely?"
"What are you going to do?" Wen Shixin was stunned.
"Isn't this guy arrogant? Well, if I cut off all the networks, shut down all electronic devices, and reverted this world to an agrarian civilization, I'd like to see what kind of arrogance he has with his code!"
"If you really want to do this, even if the madmen of the Beidou lineage agree, will Wen Shixin and his ilk agree?" Shen Mo looked at Meng Shisan like he was an idiot. "Besides, do you really think you can just cut off the internet like that?"
Over the years, it has been running automatically as an intelligent system. In other words, even if you disconnect it, we can still turn it back on.
This is completely beyond your control.
"Shall we give it a try?" Meng Shisan shouted upon hearing this. "Yang Jiu, take some men and gather explosives. I want to..."
"No need for that." Upon hearing Meng Shisan's words, Wen Shixin immediately smiled and said, "If you really want to do it this way, we are willing to cooperate."
"My Beidou lineage is also willing," Beidou Chen said excitedly upon hearing this. "How about we start now?"
These three, even if you put them together, you can't form a normal person. It was Yan Zhiyu who reminded him at this moment: "Isn't what you're doing just helping this guy succeed?"
Isn't that His purpose?
"Who cares what their purpose is!" Beidou Chen said nonchalantly.
Just as Wen Shixin was about to speak, Wu Er, who had been standing still, suddenly exploded with a bang.
It exploded from head to toe!
It was fortunate that this was in the wilderness and everyone kept a certain distance; otherwise, this attack would have surely killed several unlucky guys.
Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned.
Even the usually calm Shen Mo was stunned.
"What's going on?" Just then, Wen Shixin's voice came from another member of the Extreme Ice Squad.
Looking at Wu Er, who had been blown to pieces, he was also filled with astonishment.
"Have you never considered our opinions?" At the same time, the base commander's voice came from a member of the Arctic Squad.
This shocked everyone even more than Wu Er's self-exposure.
Can the base commander also descend upon someone else?
In an instant, everyone looked over.
"Liu Jiaming, how did you do that?" Wen Shixin asked in disbelief.
You should know that they are able to descend because they are source code, and all of humanity's code originates from them.
Aside from source code that has been iterated countless times, there is no such capability.
But now, Liu Jiaming has actually done it, which is what makes them most incredulous.
Meng Shisan was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
Good grief, he had deliberately avoided the base vehicle to prevent the base commander and the others from eavesdropping, but this guy had been there all along.
Moreover, it descended upon them and remained by their side the whole time.
"Have you forgotten that I am the base commander?!" Liu Jiaming continued, "What right do you have to decide our fate with just a few words?"
Meng Shisan, is this the purpose of your rebellion?
Sacrifice everyone?
Then what's the difference between you and the rest of us?
"I've said it before, I'm no different from you." Meng Shisan said while looking around curiously, "But no matter what, I will not turn my own people into human bombs."
I really didn't expect you to have such a trick up your sleeve?
What surprised me even more was how patient you were?
If it weren't for Beidou Chen just now, you probably wouldn't want to be exposed, right?
"I treated your daughter like that just now, and I didn't see you do anything. So, all you care about is profit?"
At this moment, Meng Shisan was actually a little scared. When he was dealing with Liu Jiajia, if Liu Jiaming had launched a self-destruction spree, even if he could survive with his super self-healing ability, many of the others would probably have died.
If he really intended to kill Er'er with this move, Er'er would have absolutely no chance of escaping.
Self-destruction? That's fucking outrageous...
"There's no point in saying that." Liu Jiaming took two steps forward and asked, "Now, do I have the right to talk to you?"