SASHA

Meanwhile, the three didn't know the popularity they were gaining inside the game.

Because Sam's live stream was broadcasted on one of the busiest streets of the world, more were watching it than any other.

If Sam knows that he was watched by millions of people and his stream is live in the downtown area of Gotham City, he might get a heart attack caused by surprise.

If nothing else he would be the most popular streamer in the world now.

Since many were watching it; it created a domino effect and more and more are being attracted by the popularity.

Millions of people are watching through the websites, and millions more were watching it through the giant screen. The rest watched it through news from home and office.

Netizens thought that SamRex would be finished but didn't expect the sudden turn of events.

And nobody else anticipated he would be invited to join a team.

The three inside didn't know that they were the first team to be formed.

The Netizens are quite dependable as they quickly checked every other channel and confirmed that they are the only team present now.

No other similar game had a situation or option where the players inside can officially team up.

It's not that the other players don't wish to party, it is just that in a Battle Royale-style game, a squad is predetermined before entering a game.

Once entered, a player's motive is to kill everyone else, not to talk with others and team up.

So it is not a surprise for a player to start attacking as soon as he saw another Player.

In the end, one would be dead and the other would not have a chance to form a team.

While the Netizen was buzzing over Sam's channel, there is a situation in the various spots of the world where the big screen had appeared.

…

In the downtown area,

Six Police vans that looked as sleek as any other vehicle came to a halt in the downtown area.

The back door opened to let dozens of police officers pour out, they quickly took their plastic lightweight shields and formed a perimeter around the area.

The traffic is temporarily diverted, and the public where asked to leave the premises.

"What's going on?"

"The Holographic projection is without authorization and will be dismantled by the city police force. Unrelated people, please leave the premise" the Police officer explained as they made the people on the site turn around.

"I just need to cross the street officer, my home is that way"

"Unrelated persons can't enter the premise, please go around"

"Why are you making a big fuss? Isn't it just a live stream?"

Hearing the rude remark, the police officer who spoke turned on a holographic screen on his wrist.

"This is the warrant authorized by the president, if you have any complaints you can raise them on your Nanobrain"

Hearing the president himself had authorized it, everyone became silent and cooperative.

But a few dissatisfied people quickly brought up their Nanobrain and voted against the Authorization made by the president.

This is one of their basic rights directly given by the confederate constitution.

In this age of technology and AI, one can vote against any policy or decision in real-time and see the results.

No other people would know for what they vote or to whom, not even if they voted.

The whole process is AI monitored and had no human interference in the process.

If enough votes were made, the authorization will be directly canceled by the Central Management AI and the president can only take a step back on the decision.

The police not minding them began to search the area.

A holograph of this size needs quite a large projector to reach its height, so they thought they can easily find the device and confiscate it.

But their eyes became serious when even after searching every building in the area; they could not find any such device.

In the end, they could only helplessly report to the squad leader their failure.

"Are you kidding me?" the squad leader lost his cool.

This is not a simple order from a mayor, but a direct order from the President himself.

If he didn't show results his carrier will capsize.

But there is no fault with him, he even searched with the other officers and still could not find the thing.

'Oh my god is my promotion going to really fly away?' as he massaged the bridge of his nose, another officer came over hurriedly.

"Leader! important news. It is not our only squad all other squads around the world didn't find anything as well" he saluted as he happily reported.

Hearing this leader's eyes brightened, relief overtook him.

If only he is unable to do so, it's his inability. If no one can do so, it's an impossibility.

…

Elsewhere on an artificial island which had an underground-undersea bunker that spawned for miles…

The bunker entrance is closely guarded by top-rank military personnel who held at least level c or more authority.

Yet, level c personnel can only be a guard here.

To be a squad leader here, one needs at least level B-.

This strictly guarded place is the most sacred place for any scientist.

For here lies 1/5th of the brainchild of the greatest scientist to ever walk this earth.

The inside of the bunker is lined with cutting-edge hardware.

Cream of the crop scientist is seen running around carrying maintenance and supervising works.

This place houses the world's most advanced AI that runs the world.

From Military AI to Hospital AI all of them are either a part of it or a branch of it.

The AI itself is divided into 5 parts for security reasons; the part that is called 'AO' is here.

In the centermost room, guarded by two Level A individuals is a central Holo-brain.

A holographic sphere made up of data is constantly spinning in here.

Presently, two A- level scientists are looking at the holographic screen and at the central Holo-brain and looking serious.

One of them, the bald one, typed constantly in his Nanobrain.

Soon a virtual image of the world itself appeared before them, and many small dots filled the whole of the globe.

The dots began to form links.

Then the previous dots disappeared and the new ones interconnected with each other.

And 19 dots appeared on the map connecting to the previous dots, confusingly.

If an individual tried to unravel the web, he would go senile in hours.

The link forming between the 19 dots disappeared instead a single thread went from the 'AO Base' they are currently in the pacific ocean to one of the 19 dots.

Then the thread got redirected to the next dots, and then the next dots, and then the next dot.

The two scientists looked at this in bewilderment.

The connection should be redirected at least three dozen times yet they can't reach the website.

Just when they thought it is a new way to deflect tracking and hacking.

The screen before them lit up with the website loaded.

The website is loaded means, the AI had successfully formed a connection with the Website server.

It's now an easy job to track it.

A loud mechanical chim went around the room.

They thought the AI had found the server, but the next second ERROR message appeared all over the screens present.

In the virtual globe, the threat showed no sign of being connected to the website server, instead, it continued to be redirected back and forth among the 19 transits.

The message bewildered them.

"Even the AI can't find it, what kind of monster put that website up?" the other scientist who should be in his mid-twenties can't help but exclaim.

The bald guy, who is really the senior here, didn't fault the man.

Because he is baffled as well.

One should know, that the AI nicknamed 'SASHA' was the most advanced AI half a century before, the advanced AI now and predicted to be the advanced AI for centuries to come.

'SASHA' was created using five unique and exclusive programming languages that even scientists and programmers today can't make heads and tails of let alone use them.

Not to mention it has the most cutting-edge hardware present in the world.

Its computing speed is so terrific that no scientist can dare to think that they can eclipse it for a century more to come.

Other than that, its intelligence and knowledge in various fields such as hacking, war, and information gathering are top-notch.

Not even the top 10 hackers in the world combined can they beat the AI, they can only roll aside.

It was also due to such absurd capability that all the countries of world war 3 bowed their heads and signed the confederate agreement abolishing their government and forming the world confederate.

If they didn't agree, their own nuclear weapons would strike them at the exact spot they stand.

if one leader refuses to sign it, the next would if not the third will or be obliterated just like his predecessors.

"What should we do now? If we said what happened here, the president won't believe it" the man in his mid-twenties wearing a white lab coat and red hair said.

Even he can't believe it, this is the first time the Holo-brain had failed a task and showed an error message.

Most of the time it updates itself to the situation and creates ways to solve the problem.

This is the reason 'SASHA' stays the most advance AI in the world, it grows with time and experience.

"I think he already knows it, why else will he ask us to make the request? If he wanted to he can directly connect to 'SASHA' and ask her. Probably he did ask her but got the same answer as us" the bald man called Gu Bin said indicating the Error screen.

Originally he is the chief scientist who is in charge here, other than supervising the base maintenance, he has no other responsibility.

But today he got a call suddenly and the President himself asked him to request the tracking of a website server.

'I don't know how, but something is going to change!' the bald man sighed looking at the error screen.