Xyrin Empire-Chapter 225 - In Desperate Straits
Chapter 225: Chapter 225 In Desperate Straits
Chapter 225: Chapter 225 In Desperate Straits
“I got ejected, from the main computer’s slot.”
Bubbles nonchalantly patted the crystal prism behind her, then, as I watched agape, suddenly turned around and delivered a heavy roundhouse kick to the crystal prism, followed by a barrage of Fu Hu Ba Wang Fist, Lu Mountain Ascending Dragon Dominator, Forced Floating Shovel, Instant Kick, Inch Fist, Yong Chun, Five Elements Fist, Eight Diagram Palm, and even two blindingly flashy Turtle-style Energy Skills. This fierce Loli in front of me subjected the sturdy crystal prism to a brutal two-minute beating that was entirely beyond my comprehension, filling the entire hall with the sounds of “bang bang slap slap” and Bubbles’ own encouraging “hei hei ha hei.” Finally, Bubbles ended her onslaught with a bow of her fists and nonchalantly patted the poor crystal prism, as if nothing had happened, and said, “See, this thing doesn’t show any respect at all.”
…You’re awesome, you’re powerful!
Qianqian and I stiffly turned to look at each other and both felt that everything before us was so bizarre. Who would have thought that the usually quiet Bubbles would reveal such a terrifying side, or is it that every homebody creature, once back in the real world, would transform into some kind of rampaging Godzilla-like species?
What’s more, we’re used to the obedient and understanding Little Baobao. Now, suddenly seeing a berserk version with the same face really… freaks us out…
Yeah, freaks us out, that’s the adjective…
The reason Qianqian and I were so shocked that we were practically stupefied is because Bubbles is usually a hardcore homebody, even when deployed she’d just hole up in the computer room to work and game alone. This little homebody girl had so little interaction with us that, if it weren’t for her occasional appearances at meal times, I might forget there was such a “kid’s mother” in our big family. So, seeing Bubbles’ real side after leaving the gaming world just makes Qianqian and I think—this world is truly crazy.
“What in the world happened?”
After finally suppressing the barrage of snarky comments flying around my head, I hurriedly asked, to prevent this irritable Little Loli from doing anything else surprising—wonder what it would look like if Bubbles and Pandora teamed up?
One is a pseudo homebody who is so reclusive she barely makes a fifteen-minute daily appearance but has a wild and barbaric temperament, the other is a pseudo-iceberg with a frosty face and a personality of nihility, yet she dreams of waging wars and conquering the world every day. When these two oddly similar little creatures meet…
For some reason, the promotional poster for 2012 suddenly appeared in my mind…
I absolutely can’t let these two get together! At least without adult supervision, these two mobile nukes must be stored separately!
Of course, Bubbles was unaware of the countless thoughts whirling around in my brain—I made sure not to let the thoughts in my head be broadcasted through the Spiritual Connection.
“The cause is unclear, but the control system seems to have received a strange command from an unknown source, commanding the Air Fortress to shut down its core computer urgently,” Bubbles said, continuously kicking the poor crystal prism while responding to my question in a calm voice, “At that time, most of my attention was on coordinating the entire fleet’s fire control and defense systems. I decided to ignore the obviously unprocessable erroneous command, but…”
The little girl suddenly drew a large handgun that looked to be at least 9mm in caliber and turned to fire four shots at the crystal prism.
Such an irritable Loli!
Bubbles didn’t notice the sheepish looks on Qianqian’s and my faces, but instead gritted her teeth and said, “God knows how, but that idiotic command somehow got upgraded to the highest level of military encryption, and as I didn’t actively oppose it, it was automatically executed! By the time I realized, I had already been ejected by this thing, and all external connections were cut—I was in the middle of a raid! Waaaah… My hard-found, non-idiotic team!! If I find out who caused this accident, I’m going to whip their corpse a thousand times, a thousand times!!!”
Qianqian and I looked at each other, then in unison stepped forward, pinched Bubbles’ cheeks, and started pulling to each side.
“…Waaaah… I was wrong… It hurts, it hurts…”
Forget it, there’s really no handling this one. Anyway, I’m surrounded by such unreliable people… I’m used to it…
“That thing, the highest level military encryption, what is it? It’s military secret, right?”
Bubbles rubbed her cheeks, aggrieved, and answered dully, “Yes, the highest level military cipher is a set of extremely complex dynamic encryption rules. It can encrypt any ordinary character into a 322-bit password that changes every six milliseconds, and only by using a three-dimensional decryption method that mimics the structure of a silicon atom can they be restored to recognizable characters. This encryption algorithm has countless variants, and in general, only at least General Level Angel Envoys are authorized to use this cipher algorithm. I simply can’t comprehend how such a formidable encryption method was broken—keep in mind, even the latest model Xyrin Host would need at least one minute to decrypt even an encrypted punctuation mark, yet this cipher can change every six milliseconds, meaning, this encryption algorithm is simply impossible to crack!”
“Of course it’s impossible to crack,” I no longer had the mood to marvel at how shockingly impressive this aberrant level encryption algorithm truly was, instead focusing my thoughts elsewhere, “The enemy doesn’t need to crack the cipher because they can precisely control the whole set of encryption algorithms. So, the true purpose of their relentless attacks with cannon fodder troops wasn’t to deplete our energy, but rather to exhaust the processing capacity of the Xyrin Host? That really is an unexpectedly shrewd tactic. First, they use a mass of cannon fodder to drain the system resources of the Xyrin Host, then send erroneous system commands using the highest clearance cipher, forcing the already overstretched Xyrin Host to be ejected from the system, and finally, they launch a fatal strike with a devastating weapon against our paralyzed forces… Damn!”
There was more on my mind, something Bubbles just mentioned: the extreme complexity of this encryption algorithm and the privilege required to access it—only Angel Envoys at General Level or higher could control this algorithm.
Despite having the necessary clearance level, as an Earthling, I obviously couldn’t master this super algorithm, which was almost indescribable in its horror. Yet, aside from me, there were two others with sufficient clearance: Sandora and Pandora.
The thought of suspecting either of them was nearly inconceivable for me, but then…
I remembered the strange future scene that Lin Xue had mentioned to me. Could it be that Pandora really…
“Ah Jun?” Qianqian’s voice suddenly pulled me back to reality. I came to my senses, just in time to meet a pair of cold eyes, tinged with a trace of concern—the Qianqian after activating her powers had transformed into her inner personality.
“It’s nothing,” I shook my head, putting that matter aside for now, “Bubbles, do you have a way to re-enter the mainframe slot now? Or any other means to regain control of the system?”
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Bubbles shook her head, and her dejection was plain to see. “The highest encryption has locked the entire control system. This thing prohibits any external instruction sources from accessing it. If it were a celestial giant machine like Jelnor, perhaps it might be possible to crack such encryption within six milliseconds, but I am just a small unit designed for frontline expansion…”
I thought I didn’t understand…
Just as we were at our wits’ end with this super-durable Crystal Prism that could withstand a Starburst, Little Baobao had already joyfully hugged the large, gleaming pillar. The little one, with no resistance to anything shiny, completely treated the prism as a super toy. She was now huffing and puffing, psyching herself up while attempting to climb up the pillar—of course, she was bound to fail.
“Damn!” I cursed under my breath, smashing my fist onto the Crystal Prism that had been vexing Bubbles for who knows how long. I knew that, right now, at my side, Sandora and the others in another dimension were anxiously waiting for the system to recover, with the Eternal Level Main Cannon poised to launch a deadly attack on them at any moment. Even though Qianqian had temporarily frozen the time in that parallel dimension with her superpower, she couldn’t sustain it indefinitely. We really didn’t have much time to waste!
Bubbles looked at my ever-changing expression and suddenly said, “If there’s really no way, I’ll have to try self-disintegration. Once the core of the Xyrin Host is removed, it can bypass most of the programming barriers and connect directly with any system. Perhaps then, I might be able to seize back control of the system for a short time.”
I barely understood what Bubbles was talking about, but I had a gut feeling that it wasn’t a good idea.
Qianqian spoke up before I could, asking, “If you do that, you’ll die, right?”
“How to put it… From a human perspective, I would be considered dead, since after my core is removed, it would lose all personality and thought, turning into a pure calculation machine, much like those primitive non-intelligent computers used by humans on Earth. It’s not much of a concern to me, really. After all, a Xyrin Host is essentially a computer, and emotional personalities are inherently superfluous. It’s just a pity that I won’t be able to play games anymore…”
Don’t care, huh… silly girl, if you don’t care, why are you crying?
I bent down and embraced Bubbles in my arms, firmly saying, “Under no circumstances are you allowed to willingly give up your own life. That is a core command given to you by me, in my capacity as the Xyrin Emperor. Understand?”
“I…”
Just then, a burst of intense white light interrupted whatever Bubbles was about to say, followed by Little Baobao’s frightened scream suddenly coming from above us.
