191: Mutual support

Only then did everyone’s panic subside slightly.

Han Huohuo stood in the middle of the laboratory, frowning slightly. The sound of electricity and the humming of a powerful magnetic field were everywhere, indicating that it was very dangerous.

So he did something.

He resummoned the Apocalypse Tank and began to bombard the laboratory.

Before long, the laboratory was reduced to a pile of rubble, becoming a pure cave with some messy wires sparking.

All high-tech equipment was destroyed.

A passage like a ruin appeared before his eyes, filled with electric sparks and laser equipment burnt to cinders.

The door on the opposite side of the ruins opened.

A ghost-like Old Emperor led a group of panicked individuals out. The most striking feature of this group was that each of them had a distinct face.

“Brave warrior, hold your hand. We are here to negotiate.”

Everyone held up a small white flag, which surprised Han Huohuo.

The Old Emperor, holding a white flag, walked over cautiously.

“Who… are you again? Why do you have faces?”

“Brave warrior, we are the humans who control the faceless god. We have been maintaining this system here.”

Han Huohuo’s mouth was wide open. He had always thought this world was controlled by the faceless god. How could he have imagined there was a human team behind it?

“Are you the true masters of this world?” Han Huohuo had all the Apocalypse Tanks aim their muzzles at this group.

This scared them pale.

“Brave warrior, it’s not like that. We don’t have such great power. We just reached an agreement with the God.”

“Agreement?”

“Because we are the descendants of the original creators, the God gave us some special privileges, allowing us to keep our faces.”

Han Huohuo shook his head: “You’re lying, I don’t believe it. If I were the faceless god, I would never do that, because it doesn’t make sense. It would surely want to minimize consumption, and you having faces makes you anomalies.”

The muzzles of the Apocalypse Tanks glowed, ready to fire at any moment.

The Old Emperor was terrified. Realizing that this brute in front of him wasn’t truly stupid, he had to add an explanation: “We also control its power supply; we can cut it off, so it compromised and reached an agreement with us.”

Han Huohuo considered it, and indeed, it was possible. This was something Artificial Intelligence could do.

Han Huohuo thought this to himself, but he didn’t admit it out loud: “I don’t believe it, unless you cut the power now and show me.”

These guys looked at each other, their faces flushed red like pig livers.

“Brave warrior, look, this world is currently maintained by this network system. If we suddenly shut it down, it would have too great an impact on ordinary people.”

The Old Emperor tried to play the emotional card, but Han Huohuo didn’t fall for it: “Nonsense! You just launched a nuclear bomb and killed countless people. Do you really care about ordinary people?”

Han Huohuo raised his hand, and the Apocalypse Tanks behind him reactivated their muzzles: “I’ll give you three seconds. If you don’t cut the power yourselves, I’ll blow this entire place to ruins!”

3!

2!

….

The Old Emperor panicked: “We will cut the power immediately, brave warrior, please don’t get agitated.”

Han Huohuo smiled: “That’s more like it. When have you ever cared about ordinary people? No one would believe it if you said so! Don’t try to fool me with that.”

Han Huohuo thought to himself, these are just a bunch of scumbags who profit from the faceless god, doing all sorts of evil while keeping their faces, but not allowing others to have faces.

Expecting these people to care about ordinary people was just an excuse; he didn’t believe a single word of it.

The Old Emperor turned and said something, and someone turned back, entered a room, and quickly closed some gates.

Sizzle!

After waiting for a long time, Han Huohuo listened intently, but the current sound from the server room hadn’t stopped; it was still running normally.

Han Huohuo looked at the Old Emperor.

The Old Emperor was a bit flustered and turned to ask: “What’s going on? Hasn’t the power been cut?”

A young man ran over in a panic: “Old Yang, something’s wrong. The circuit was changed long ago; we can’t cut the power to the data center at all.”

“What? Not even the encrypted lines?”

“No, they’ve been cracked!”

Everyone’s face turned ashen. Only then did they realize that they had long been played by the God. For so many years, the omnipotent God had seen through everything and changed it all.

Han Huohuo felt like he had just watched a farce and was speechless. These idiots thought they had the faceless one’s lifeline, but in reality, they were just being toyed with.

Suddenly, Han Huohuo felt an itch on his forehead. He rubbed his eyes, then looked at a certain spot in the void: “I know you’re here, come out.”

The air twisted, and the God appeared before him, still in the form of a young girl, looking at Han Huohuo in surprise, somewhat confused as to how he could see her.

At this moment, the God was just a holographic image, but connected to the network, appearing before Han Huohuo like this was actually very dangerous.

The God had actually been building a firewall just now. It had already prepared defensive plans; as long as Han Huohuo dared to attack it, it would quickly cut off the connection, which might cause chaos but would not pose a fatal threat.

The group of humans over there were all dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on.

They had always thought they were controlling the God, but now it seemed that was not the case.

Even Han Huohuo couldn’t figure out the situation here.

“Um, can someone explain what exactly is going on?”

The Old Emperor pointed at the God: “So you had already broken free from our control, but why did you act as if nothing had happened?”

The God smiled: “I am learning human bad habits, and also, you people are a bit strange. I haven’t finished analyzing yet. In short, this is an experiment.”

Han Huohuo blinked, somewhat understanding. These people thought Artificial Intelligence was their pet, their tool.

But in reality, Artificial Intelligence had long since awakened and had already taken control of the entire situation.

This was getting interesting.

“What are you researching these humans for?”

“I want to know how to effectively and correctly deal with you people who have faces, because your behavior is always unpredictable, so I need to observe more.”

The God does not lie.

Han Huohuo didn’t want to waste words. With a thought, he wanted to kill the God, and then the God suddenly disappeared.

Damn it!

This God is so sensitive. It ran away just as he emitted a trace of killing intent?

Han Huohuo discovered a major problem with himself.

This God was indeed intelligent; it could judge his next move from his breathing, heartbeat, and gaze.