Chapter 324 Closing The Net

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  When the gate of the base slowly closed, countless mechanical life flying units came like dark clouds from the direction he and Accord had seen before. Wherever they passed, the sunlight was blocked and the earth fell into darkness.

  However, there was also light in the darkness. It was the light produced by the counterattack of the artificial anti-aircraft forces on the ground when they flew over.

  Under the sky full of light beams, plasma balls, and intensive missile attacks, countless mechanical life forms fell like raindrops. Although the number of mechanical life forms was frighteningly large, it was still decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  When the mechanical life forms finally broke through the outer layer of firepower, they entered the firing range of the city's anti-aircraft weapons, and more intensive firepower was fired at them like an overwhelming force.

  However, Adam and Eve, who were commanding them, didn't care about their life or death. Under their orders, the remaining mechanical life forms gathered into a ball and fell directly to the ground.

  "Everyone prepare to meet the enemy."

  On the ground, White put on her helmet and gave the order to engage the enemy, then she yelled, "Fight for the commander."

  The androids, who were already ready for battle, shouted in unison: "Fight for the commander." Then they pounced on the mechanical life that landed on the ground.

  This was a pure battle. Mechanical lifeforms attacked from all directions, and androids also fought back from all directions. The entire City of Hope was filled with battles, and a large number of mechanical lifeforms or androids fell down every second.

  In the camp of mechanical life, Adam and Eve did not take action. Under the protection of the mechanical life, they paid close attention to the situation on the battlefield.

  Suddenly, they heard an android shouting, "All members of Team B111, go to support Block A. The mechanical lifeforms are attacking our commander's residence."

  Adam was able to see the man-made voice in the chaos, and immediately said to Eve beside him: "You lead the main force to attack Block A, and just follow the support team."

  Eve nodded, and followed with the mechanical life around him, but before leaving, he turned back and said to his brother: "Brother, you have to be careful."

  "Don't worry, my brother. When this battle is over, we will be real humans." Adam waved his hand casually, and then took the remaining mechanical life around him to find the headquarters of the androids.

  What they didn't know was that in a house opposite them, White was watching their every move. After all, their appearance was too conspicuous among the mechanical life forms.

  Of course, if they were placed in the android camp, they would be equally conspicuous, because in the entire city, except for Commander Shen Ye, there was no other male.

  "The big fish has taken the bait." White smiled and said to the androids around him, "Notify the androids near Block A and have them all support Block A and create the illusion that they are focusing on defending that area."

  "Yes, Commander."

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  Generally speaking, an army's headquarters is very easy to find. Just look for it in the place with the most signal towers.

  And Adam did just that. With White's deliberate arrangement, he quickly found the command center of the androids without much obstruction. The reason why he was so sure was that only that area had more androids and tighter defenses.

  "Success or failure depends on this one move." Seeing the headquarters, Adam remembered an idiom he had seen in a book. Then he waved his hand, and the mechanical life beside him launched a fierce attack on the headquarters.

  The androids did not resist for long. Under the fierce attack of the mechanical life, they quickly evacuated the command center. Although this scene made Adam a little confused, time was urgent and he didn't have time to think too much.

  After successfully entering the android command center, Adam came to the room where the main control system was placed. He then took out a large pile of parts and assembled a small mechanical life server on the spot.

  Theoretically, as long as there is a mechanical life server, the two brothers and N2 can teleport anywhere, but because the androids have cleared all the nearby servers, they can only carry a small server to locate the coordinates for N2.

  After all, N2 has no physical body.

  However, N2 also appeared in the android's bunker base. That was because 9S left a back door there, which was discovered by her, so she could enter and exit the bunker at will, causing a series of subsequent developments in the game's plot.

  Soon after the small server was connected to the power supply, N2 appeared in the room, but her figure looked a little blurry, obviously because the server had just been set up and the signal was unstable.

  However, as time passed, N2's figures became more solid, proving that they had transmitted all of their network consciousness.

  "Let's start." N2 has no entity and cannot perform physical operations. They both looked at Adam and said in unison.

  Adam nodded, walked to the main control system, and began to operate it. Soon, he implanted a cracking program in the main control system.

  Sensing a loophole in the master control system, N2 immediately turned into a stream of digital light and entered the master control system.

  The moment they entered, a shrill alarm sounded in the entire room and bright red alarm lights kept flashing.

  At first, he thought it was a normal phenomenon of N2 invading the main control system, but as the sound of gunfire continued outside the room, he gradually frowned.

  "What's going on?" he asked himself in confusion.

  At this time, a voice from outside the room answered his doubts: "The big fish has been caught, start to pull in the net."

  Adam was startled and looked outside suddenly, and saw a tall android walking towards him surrounded by a large number of YoRHa androids.

  "We've been waiting for you for a long time." White looked at Adam and said calmly.

  "So, this is a trap?" Adam looked back at the main control system. A long time had passed, but the androids still hadn't changed. It was obvious that the logic virus implanted by N2 had not taken effect.

  "Yes, our commander specially prepared a trap for you." White answered his question, "Humans are indeed a great race. Even though they are not as good as us in computing power, they can use wisdom. Although the commander always says that this is not wisdom, but just a despicable trick, in my opinion, this is the greatness of humans."

  "Humans are really powerful." Adam murmured after hearing White's words. In an instant, he longed to become a human being even more.

  However, he also knew that in the current situation, they no longer had any chance of winning. Even if he died now, he might be able to be resurrected in the mechanical life network. But seeing that N2 had not come out of the main control system, he guessed that she was probably in danger.

  They lost miserably.

  "I lost, completely lost, but I really can't accept it. I clearly had a chance."

  After a moment's silence, Adam suddenly laughed with relief. Looking at the androids that surrounded him, he slowly loosened his clenched fists. He decided not to resist anymore.

  He understood that any resistance was useless now. Even if he and his brother could escape from here, the android forces would not be affected at all, and they had lost the help of N2. Any resistance would be completely futile.

  Then, he pondered for a while, and then began to talk to himself: "I have read the records left by humans, which said that a person's life has to go through many stages, such as birth, growth, illness, marriage, childbirth, aging and death, etc. Unfortunately, mechanical life will not get sick, nor will it die of old age, and it cannot marry and have children. Although I have experienced birth, I still feel very sorry. There are still so many things I have not experienced."

  Listening to Adam's mumbling, the androids were confused and had no idea what he was trying to say. However, they slowly tightened the encirclement and pointed their weapons at him.

  Adam did not react to the actions of the surrounding androids, as if he did not see anything. He continued to talk to himself, "However, even if I die, I can be resurrected on the Internet. But if I actively cut off the connection with the Internet, I will probably die for real. That's great. At least, I can experience the human experience again."

  He kept talking, and his body slowly moved towards White.

  Seeing this, the surrounding androids immediately took action, and several long swords pierced his body in an instant.

  "What a pity, I don't feel any pain, otherwise I should scream at this time. How should I scream?" Adam looked down at the wounds on his body and continued, "But I feel the passage of life, and my body is weak. So, this is the feeling of being on the verge of death?"

  When he said this, Adam could no longer stand. He slowly knelt on the ground and tried to look up at White in front of him.

  "Have you ever thought about becoming a real human?" he asked weakly.

  White looked at him, and after a while, he nodded: "I have thought about it, but it was only since I met the commander."

  When she said this, White suddenly had a lot to say. She looked at the android beside her, but still kept her mouth shut and didn't say why she wanted to become a human.

  But Adam seemed to see through her thoughts, and a smile appeared on his face: "I know what you are thinking. Although this is impossible, I still wish you the best."

  White frowned and looked at him without saying anything, as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she relaxed her brows and smiled: "Thank you."

  At this time, Adam's body was getting weaker and weaker. Mechanical life has the word "life" in it, and the core of mechanical life has the characteristics of plants. When it is weak, it is not much different from living things. Hearing White's words, he also laughed, and finally slowly closed his eyes and murmured: "So, this is what death feels like!"

  After saying this, Adam died completely, and the robots surrounding him put down their weapons after they could no longer sense his signal response.

  "Report to the commander, we killed Adam and captured N2." Turning his eyes away from Adam's body, White said to the communication model android beside him.

  "clear."

  At the same time, in Block A of the city, Eve, who was leading the mechanical life to attack, suddenly knelt on the ground with his hands covering his chest. He felt the death of Adam.

  "Why, brother, why are you leaving me?" Eve pounded the ground angrily. In an instant, a strange black pattern appeared on his chest and was spreading throughout his body at an extremely fast speed.

  If Accord were here at this moment, she would definitely be able to recognize that the pattern on Eve's chest was somewhat similar to the pattern of a church called the Angel Church in the world she had visited before.

  Although Accord did not see the changes in Eve, she suddenly looked up in the direction of Eve while accompanying Shen Ye in the underground base.

  "Magic element... Fortunately, I was just affected by the magic element and that guy didn't come." After closing her eyes and feeling it for a while, Accord breathed a sigh of relief. As long as that guy didn't come to this world, Shen Ye would be safe.

  At this time, a communication-type android guarding the room suddenly spoke up: "Commander, commander reports that they have captured N2."

  Shen Ye, who was playing a game specially made for him by the robot, immediately threw away the game console in his hand, stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look."

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  Coming out of the underground base, Shen Ye saw that the androids had already started cleaning the battlefield.

  The battle ended surprisingly quickly, but it was mainly due to the loss of N2, Adam and Eve's command. The mechanical life forms without any thinking ability were nothing more than a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers in front of the androids who were no less numerous.

  "How much did we lose? Shouldn't it be too big?" Shen Ye asked the people around him on the way to the headquarters.

  "Apart from the severe damage to the city and the need to re-activate a number of prosthetics, there are basically no other losses." It was 2B who responded to him. She looked at the information projected by the auxiliary machine and said.

  "That's good." Shen Ye nodded. If the city was destroyed, it could be rebuilt. If the prosthesis was lost, it could be recreated. It wasn't a big deal.

  As they walked and talked, the group soon arrived at the command center.

  At this time, White was in the command center directing her men to clean up the bodies of mechanical life forms. When she saw Shen Ye coming in, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Commander, you are here."

  Shen Ye nodded and asked, "Where's N2?"

  White pointed to the copied master control system and said, "In here, Commander, do you want to take a look? I can make them appear in front of you through projection."

  N2 is also a Twin model, so she used the word "they".

  "Just kill it." Shen Ye waved his hand casually, and then asked again: "It should be possible to kill it, right?"

  "After all, it's just a bunch of data. Without the support of mechanical life network and server, it is very easy to kill her." White thought for a while and said.

  "Then I feel relieved." Shen Ye looked at the main control system and smiled.

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