Chapter 397 Locked!

"What are you doing here? Go inside." A tall and thin figure passed by Bai'er and walked in first.

Pansen, who had been to this base last time, still remembered the overall detailed structure of this base. He could find the central area of ​​the server without anyone leading the way.

Minister Eric quickly followed Pansen's back and asked softly as he passed the assistant lady: "What's the situation?"

The assistant lady followed behind the minister, moving quickly in small steps, "That invisible 'world' occupied our server computing resources, causing our server's running speed to slow down a lot. In fact, we can't completely confirm where the invisible 'world' is. Only through the occupation of computing power and the feedback of some abnormal signals can we infer the existence of the target."

"How long has it been since the initial discovery? Has it been occupied all the time or intermittently?"

"Intermittently, our running speed fluctuates from time to time."

"Is there any pattern?"

"The temporary data is not enough to summarize a sufficiently accurate change function."

The two asked and answered quickly.

Many pieces of information had been communicated long ago, but in person, I still wanted to confirm subconsciously to ensure that no major changes had occurred during the time on the way here.

Bai E listened on the side without saying a word.

His duty was to accompany the guards on the way to the base. When he arrived at the destination, he no longer had any tasks to perform, so he could rest first.

But how could he rest? "Take them to rest first. The technical tasks over there don't require so many people."

"Okay." Rose agreed immediately, standing at the door and raising her palm to the accompanying guards who were lining up behind her, "Everyone follow me."

Turning his head and looking at the guards who were already in the base, "Please arrange a place for us to stay, let us rest for one night, and hand over tomorrow."

"No problem." The guard who needed to be replaced looked at the bright smile on the face of the female soldier in front of him, who was like the scorching sun, and nodded hurriedly.

Only a few figures went straight to the central control room.

"Pah-ta-ta-ta~"

The messy footsteps sounded crisply in the passage, and the group soon arrived at the center of the base.

Pansen, who was the first to come to the central console, stopped. The sound of his steel boots suddenly stopped. He turned his head and looked at him, with a rather urgent look.

His sight naturally caught the figure of the warrior following behind Minister Eric, and a trace of displeasure flashed across his eyebrows.

"You have fulfilled your duties. This is not the place for you to come."

Minister Eric smiled flatteringly and took a half step forward. "Sir, Captain Bai has a lot of research in technology. When we first came here to restart the server, it was he who provided the idea of ​​repairing those damaged servers. You know, we technical people can't resist the attraction of these new things."

Pansen frowned and stopped talking.

He didn't deliberately target anyone because of his subjective preferences, but his psychic power had some strange feedback on Captain Bai.

The psychic feedback was the same as that of other people, but a certain intuition called "inspiration" always sounded a faint alarm, which made people feel uneasy.

The source of uneasiness seemed to come from this "Captain Bai"...

The deliberate targeting was to stimulate Captain Bai and see if he would give him some more convincing feedback.

However... he was still flawless, as if he was just an ordinary soldier.

With Minister Eric speaking out, Panson couldn't keep pursuing him. His eyes turned around Bai'er's face, and finally glanced at Minister Eric's face helplessly, "Do you have a way to roughly locate the location of the 'legacy'?"

If there is no way to roughly locate it, he needs to rely on psychic power to explore every inch of space in detail, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge for him.

Minister Eric shook his head, "Sir, this virtual world that exists completely independent of hardware facilities does not have a real entity, and we can't lock the exact location of the target. In fact, we can't be sure whether this so-called 'virtual world' has a captureable entity in our material world."

"Or give me some clues?" Panson frowned. The moment he arrived at the control room, he had spread his psychic power and roughly searched the vicinity of the central console, but the result was... nothing.

"That 'virtual world' occasionally intercepts our computing resources. Only then can we roughly identify the host in which area has had its computing resources intercepted. Perhaps that can be considered a clue?" The assistant has been stationed here and knows more about the situation.

She took the initiative to answer questions for the adult who had accompanied her last time after receiving a reminder from Minister Eric in advance.

"How long does it take to steal your computing resources each time?" While asking the question, Pan Sen walked to the corridor beside him. Below, server hosts with green display lights were lined up in rows in the vast sinking hall.

Looking at the ends of both sides, his eyes could not penetrate the faint darkness to see the scale of the entire host group.

In such a large space, if you rely entirely on yourself to plow through it carefully, you may be exhausted.

It is not advisable to rush like a headless fly when there is no clue.

The assistant held the tablet in her hand, her face tense and her expression serious as she replied: "It's hard to say. So far, there is no pattern that can be described."

"How long after it starts stealing can you notice it?"

"Immediately."

Panson frowned, but he also knew that impatience was not the right mentality at the moment.

"Then wait."

It is still unknown what kind of effort is needed to conquer a "virtual world" that may be left by the electronic demon. The best way to deal with it at this moment is to ensure your mental state.

Along the way, in order to avoid the enemy for the team, I have consumed a lot of spiritual energy. Taking this time to recover and face it in peak state is the most important thing to do.

"Notify me as soon as you find signs of the target."

Panson didn't waste any words, and found a corner and went over.

The practice of human psychics and the breathing method of elves are of course different, but the same thing is that they both need to maintain an absolute self-quietness.

Bai Er watched from a distance and was somewhat interested in the practice of humans.

Although he learned the breathing method from the elves, it was ultimately a self-improved breathing method that was more suitable for the physique of human babies. It was different from the original elf breathing method and was very different from the human practice method.

He was very curious whether the human practice method could be more suitable for his own physique and accelerate his practice.

But unfortunately, the psychic Pantheon did not have the patience to teach irrelevant people.

Without the harmonious and guided psychic communication, Bai'er could not perceive any details of the practice method, and naturally could not trigger possible teaching tasks, so as to cheat and learn a new skill by paying experience.

"Have you offended him?" Beside Bai'er, the lively assistant lady came close to Bai'er's ear and asked in a low voice with her palm covered.

"..." Bai E shook his head slightly, and glanced at Pantheon who was meditating in the corner, "Hush~"

It is still unknown what kind of field the third-level psychic's ability is. Although the power of psychic power does not mean the power of all-round physical attributes, if he were in Pantheon's position, he would definitely not be able to hear the muttering here, but it is uncertain whether this third-level psychic whose main ability is "information" can grasp any form of "information exchange".

"Oh~" The assistant's eyebrows and eyes are smart, and her little face is restrained in a secretive manner, which looks quite cute.

"Can I see the central control log?" Bai E asked softly.

"You want to see that?" The assistant was startled and glanced at Minister Eric not far away.

The minister was also operating something in front of the huge central control panel at this moment. Noticing the assistant's hesitation, he immediately waved his hand, "You can do whatever you want. Captain Bai is also one of us. We are all human beings."

As long as they are human beings, whoever masters the technology is the same.

"Thank you, Minister."

"..." Minister Eric waved his hand, and then looked bitter at the prompt panel that suddenly popped up in front of him, "Need more advanced permissions to unlock."

The assistant lady who saw this scene behind him hurriedly stepped forward and clicked to confirm the authorization.

"How come you have advanced permissions?" Minister Eric was full of questions, "Did you find the operation manual of that era?"

There is no description of how to obtain the permissions of the server host group in various records now. How can an operation that I don't know be mastered by my students first?

There is no other possibility except that she found it during her garrison.

"Ah~" The assistant lady looked confused, "I don't know either... Anyway, I have it."

Only people without permissions will know the existence of "permissions", and people with permissions will not realize that there is a restriction of "permissions" at all.

"..." Minister Eric scratched his cheek and didn't delve into it.

There are many technologies in the golden age that are incomprehensible to people now. It seems to be a very normal thing that some cameras or biological sign detection functions naturally recognize their owners after passing some underlying logic in daily use.

"You guys are busy with your own business." Minister Eric said casually, and then he stood in front of his own central console, thinking and operating something.

The assistant happily pulled Bai E to the front of the central console.

"I have been here for these days, and I have already figured out these things." The assistant's voice was brisk, "You can see anything you want."

Bai E pursed his lips, holding back from operating.

As soon as he entered the central control room with the highest authority, he heard the welcome voice from the host group-

[Welcome home my master, you can use your will to execute any command you need. ]

Even if he could do it, Bai E couldn't do it.

Through the operation of the assistant, the system log records were displayed in front of Bai E.

[... At 3:43:19 am, the operating efficiency of the host group in area B2 decreased by 3%, which lasted for 38 seconds. ]

[... At 7:13:22 am, the operating efficiency of the host group in area A5 decreased by 4%, which lasted for 19 seconds. 】

【…At 22:51:07 in the evening, the operating efficiency of the host group in Area E4 decreased by 6%, which lasted for 7 minutes and 35 seconds. 】

…

Bai Er closed his eyes slightly, and a bird's-eye view of the entire host group appeared in his mind.

A clear line connects all the involved areas in order, and marks the duration and stealing intensity.

The start time is uncertain, the duration is uncertain, and the interception position is uncertain, but overall... getting bolder and bolder?

Like a mouse that is bent on avoiding the owner's surveillance and stealing food secretly, after committing crimes several times, it finds that the owner's nose seems not so sensitive, so it gradually becomes more presumptuous.

But gradually, the frequency, duration and intensity of stealing have all decreased a lot, as if it has been "full".

Is this the "virtual world" with "self" consciousness?

Or some other free will?

"Did you see anything?"

At some point, a cold voice sounded in my ear.

"..." Bai Er's face remained unchanged, and he glanced at the side face of the psychic Pansen who had recovered and came to his side again, "My lord, no."

The server host itself seemed to have no way to deal with this thief who stole computing resources.

Even at a deeper level that the assistant lady's authority could not see, the host itself had tried various means of "resistance" when facing reduced efficiency - including but not limited to locking the computing power, or closing the data flow in the area.

But none of them worked.

This means that even if he has the highest authority of this server host group, he has no advantage in this operation to capture the "legacy" that may be left by the electronic demon.

'This is troublesome. '

Bai'er never thought he was so special.

Without the killer weapon of server host authority, he is not as comprehensive as Minister Eric in terms of technology, and not as strong as the psychic Pantheon in terms of strength.

Does it mean that this virtual world as a "legacy" has no fate with him?

Bai'er frowned slightly, and suddenly heard a faint beeping warning sound in his ear.

The next moment, a clearer and louder beeping sound sounded at the top of the center console.

The assistant's face suddenly turned serious. Her slender white hands operated on the center console for a while, and immediately locked the location of the abnormal alarm -

Host group, C5 area.

"C5 area, hurry!"

"..." Pan Sen was silent, looking at the assistant, with some resentment in his eyes.

Do you think I should know what this number means?

Then he grabbed the assistant's clothes by the back of her neck, lifted her up into the air, and flew to the host group in the darkness below.

"Show the way."