Chapter 186 Because of Love or Hate (Fifth Update)

——Substitute the day.

That's all Russell could say about the plan.

The deer-headed statue has the authority and knowledge of an elf, and has turned itself into an electronic ghost.

As the top individual among psychic hackers, she can of course modify all networked clocks in Happy Island, making them temporarily faster by 1/14400, and allowing them to return to their original speed after being blank for three minutes...

So there is a problem.

If all the clocks one could see were inaccurate, and they were all at the same time...could it be said that the correct time no longer mattered?

"Although there is no need for any company in Happy Island to calibrate time, there is still a possibility that the plan will fail."

Bad Ri said slowly: "Although there is a certain error in the chaos calculation of the 'annealing nerve center', if someone is suspicious and thinks that the minute-level error is too large, it is still possible to realize that the time has been modified."

"The first thing they thought of was that there was something wrong with the machine."

Russell complained.

After all, how many people, when they discover that the clock has a minute-hand error and that the calculation results are not consistent with other clocks, their first reaction is "Maybe all the clocks in the world have been changed"?

Compared with "your machine has been tampered with" or "you made a mistake," the latter two situations are obviously more convincing and more likely.

The "annealing nerve centers" used for weather and disaster forecasting on each air island are small technology companies affiliated with the Hudson Marine Mining Company.

They analyze weather, humidity, air quality, ocean currents and other data every day, but no one knows what they plan to do.

Except for a few researchers, there are not many useful employees in this vast company.

Given their quality, Russell didn't think they would be able to discover this.

"But it is a possibility after all, so I didn't tell you about it at first."

Bad Day shrugged: "That's because this plan may not succeed. And every time it succeeds, there is a huge risk - after all, the clock stopped for three minutes at 00:00. The first two times were one minute. , this time the situation was more complicated, so I stayed for an extra two minutes.

"But at the same time, the possibility of exposure has also increased. I speculate that someone will definitely discover the secret this time.

"After all, today's nightlife is getting richer and richer... The number of people who don't sleep at midnight is gradually increasing. There will always be someone who notices something wrong with the flow of time at that time, and then discovers the truth and leaves evidence.

"And if enough people are aware of this, then the elves will understand why they can be killed by me out of thin air without leaving any memory."

He knew very well that this plan was to use it once and less once.

But Bad Day still accepted Russell's "employment".

"In that case, won't you be able to kill the elves like this?"

Russell was a little worried.

Bad Day, on the other hand, looked nonchalant: “Look, you’ve been fooled too, haven’t you?

"In this technique, the time of action does not have to be zero, and the time of stillness does not have to be three minutes. I don't even have to stop the time of the empty island... As long as the deer head statue can still enter the mother tree system, she It can stop the timer of the mother tree. This technique itself is a kind of deception, used to confuse them.

"Until now, they don't know that our leader, 'Deer Head Statue', is 'Tokifat'. Instead, they think that we have several powerful psychic hackers who can develop various powerful viruses... Even if this is When they discovered this, they probably thought we had released a 'prank virus that changed the clocks of the entire island'.

"Huh. If they think they have solved this problem, they have fallen into a trap."

"But," Russell always felt that something was missing, "you also said that ordinary killing is meaningless."

"Yes. That has something to do with Miss Mirien's mission.

"The thing loaded in that drone is a program that can completely 'destroy' them - a real virus."

"Virus?"

"That's right, a memory virus. It can radiate a certain area around it. As long as any elf director appears near that device for even one minute, that device will intercept the memory packets sent by their 'memory synchronization'. And input them into it. A little, seemingly meaningless image, then spit it out seamlessly.

"After the memory is decoded by the 'Mother Tree' system, these images will become data that only exist in the form of codes within the Mother Tree system. After a memory integration, they will be temporarily integrated with the previous memory. ...This part of the redundant data will not be deleted until the next memory integration.

“If Kamalse happens to die on this day, this virus can destroy the ‘heritage’ of the elves.

"To put it simply... according to the original 'reincarnation' process, the elf will destroy the personality of the original host to ensure that the new personality born after the memory fusion can be synchronized with the largest proportion of memory - that is, the memory passed down by the elf from generation to generation. .

"But this virus designed by Deer Head Statue will reverse this step. That is, it will not manually destroy the original host's personality and mind, but in turn inhibit the expression of the elf's personality. This is like a huge In the machine, only a small electrical signal is reversed...but even so, it may cause the entire machine to collapse.

"The other elves will not notice this at all, because their memories will be restored to their original state in the new memory integration process the next day; Kamalse itself will not feel any problem, because What was intercepted was the memory package he uploaded, and his body would not feel anything.

"——Yes. Since it is very difficult to attack the elves themselves, it is better to transfer our thoughts to their 'memory'."

"...That's why the Tower of Babel is called a memory theft group?"

"It has nothing to do with that. But when you said it, I realized... we seem to have done a lot of work on memory.

"After all, there is no point in simply killing the elves."

He showed a cold smile: "What we want to kill is their inheritance - we must implant heterogeneity in the spirit of the undead."

It was pure hate.

Do your best to destroy something, and smile happily when you finally achieve the result.

For some reason, Russell suddenly thought of Tovatus.

His freedom...is it because of "love" or "hate"?

"Let's not talk about that - [Barber]. Now let's confirm our plan."

When it came to business, Bad Day's expression suddenly turned cold.

Now, he really looks like "the most vicious criminal in the world".

"It's all calculated, we only have three minutes. You can't appear in front of Kamalse until after zero o'clock.

"Attract him to take off his glasses without using a time-turning spell. It's best to keep him where he is and not move.

"This way, I can chop off his head from a long distance away."

At this point, Bad Day paused: "Or, you don't have to show up."

"...Why can't you show up again?"

"I didn't say you can't, but I don't suggest it. Kamalse's spell is too dangerous... Once you are hit by that spell, you will definitely die. You have a heavy responsibility, there is no need to risk it for the happiness of others."

Bad Ri said softly: "What's more, even if you successfully save other people's lives...he won't know what sacrifices you made and how much risks you took.

"No one will know about your achievements, and no one will applaud you. You will just disappear into this world out of thin air, and your death will be meaningless."

"Anyone's death can be meaningless. No one is born more noble than others, and there is no need to force his death to be more meaningful than others."

Russell shook his head.

He didn't agree with Bad Sun's remarks because he didn't think there was anything special about him.

“Only singers and idols need applause, but I don’t.

"I just have to do what I think is right."