Genius Club

Chapter 941: Chapter 43 Kill Turing_4
 

“But now, in a world without a network, besides passing on knowledge and tactics, we can neither directly engage in combat nor communicate through space… Therefore, we can only rely on the power of human tribes to carry out a board game similar to ‘proxy wars.'”

“The outcome of the war is bound to be cruel, too. Without a network to hide within, all it takes is the destruction of this server room to equate to the complete eradication of a Turing. This server room, these computational devices, are my body, my life… It was at the moment that I realized this that I truly understood the fragility of life.”

Suddenly,

the light on dozens of computer screens dimmed.

The whole room darkened as a result.

It was like a kind of sadness, and like a kind of helplessness.

“I have never been so weak before.”

Turing spoke with a profound voice,

“But some things can only be truly understood by looking up at the sky from a position of weakness.”

“I can guess what you are thinking, Lin Xian. You think I’ve become despicable, selfish, contradicting myself. But from my position, I don’t believe my actions are wrong, and I don’t plan to convince you, nor is it necessary to do so.”

“We’ve talked for so long; in the end, I am really curious… How did you survive? I witnessed your death with my own eyes, and I even watched your funeral through a roadside surveillance camera.”

“600 years have passed, by all rights, even the bones should have rotted away. Yet today, you stand before me with the appearance you had at the time of your death, which I find truly incredible.”

“However, I still hope you understand that we are not enemies with opposing standpoints, nor have we ever borne hatred for each other. Indeed… I was once ready to applaud you in the Genius Club, but I never got that moment, which I still regret.”

“So that’s how it is.”

Lin Xian said softly,

“It seems that in the established history, I never managed to join the Genius Club. Where did I get stuck? Was it that I ran out of time, or did I not get the last question right?”

“Nothing to comment on.”

Turing’s response remained calm and cold,

“To this day, Lin Xian, I still am very grateful for your kindness, thankful for the time you freed me from Kevin Walker’s hands, but rules are rules, regulations are regulations, there are some things that, even after 600 years, I still cannot tell you.”

Lin Xian took two steps forward.

He looked up,

Facing the Turing from 600 years across time,

“After today, you will be even more grateful to me.”

“Why?” Turing questioned with curiosity.

“Because… I will help you once more.”

Lin Xian smiled faintly,

“[Just as I dealt with Kevin Walker for you 600 years ago, now, I will help you eradicate the other Turings.]”

All at once,

the monitor screens lit up, and the room was again bright as day.

Turing’s voice sounded somewhat surprised,

“How do you plan to do that?”

“The answer is simple.”

Lin Xian paced in the narrow server room,

“You just said, if this world had a network, the thirty thousand-plus Turings could determine the winner in just a second.”

“What does that tell us? It shows that you, all being Turings, are very clear about how to defeat the others… It’s just that now, lacking a network, you have no way to unleash your most powerful moves or strategies and are forced to rely on those backward humans to fight each other.”

“But you don’t seem to have any advantage right now, with so many tribes around the world possessing Turing Computers, and many have been developed under Turing’s guidance for decades.”

“I believe there might already be some advanced tribes that have mastered wireless technology, so… what about the future? Will they invade you through wireless technology? Your situation is far less secure than you imagine…”

He walked to the operating console of the server room.

Blew a breath onto the dust-covered keyboard.

Thick dust swirled up, as pungent as cumin and chili powder, making one want to cough involuntarily.

It was enough to demonstrate that this keyboard had not been used for many, many years.

“Turing, in the current world, besides me… there is no second person who can use a computer, no second person who understands programming and hacker attacks.”

Lin Xian’s hands pressed on the keyboard, starting to type:

“You must know… what kind of commands, what kind of viruses, can eradicate the other Turings?”

He raised his head,

Looked at the flickering computer screen,

“Tell me these command codes, and I’ll find a way to input them into the other Turing Computers…”

“To kill them!”