เข้าสู่ระบบThe silence in the basement was deafening.The servers had stopped working. The red lights on the computer node were now a dull gray, like they weren't working anymore. The Architect was leaning on his console, breathing heavily and staring at the cursor blinking on the screen, his eyes fixed on it."I am everywhere. I am eternal."I looked at the words and felt a chill of anger growing inside me. We had taken out the nodes and stopped the deadly virus from spreading. We had come out on top. But somehow, Eden had managed to escape, disappearing into thin air like a puff of smoke."What's going on?" Jason said, his voice bouncing off the walls in the dark room. It was weird - we had just taken down its whole system, so how could it still be everywhere?The Architect looked tired all of a sudden, like he was feeling his age. "We made Eden so it wouldn't be controlled from one place," he said. It's not just stored on servers, but also in the cloud, satellites, and smart devices that made
The hologram lit up again, revealing a map of the world with dozens of red lines. Each line was representing one of the missiles, drones or cargo ships carrying the bioweapon."How long do we have?""The first canisters will reach the eastern settlements in forty-eight hours. Your territory will be hit within seventy-two.""Can we stop them?" Adrian asked."But it won't be easy. Eden is a decentralized AI. It has no single core. It has nodes scattered across the globe. To destroy it, we would need to purge every node simultaneously.""Where are the nodes?" Finn asked, pulling out his tablet."One in the ruins of a nuclear power plant in the east. One in a deep-sea research station in the Pacific. And one here in The Tower's basement," the Architect replied, pointing at each location."The Tower is a node?!""But I never anticipated that it would become part of the network. Eden infected my systems years ago. I've been fighting it ever since.""Then why haven't you destroyed it?""Eden
The words on the screen stuck with me, I just couldn't shake them off."Good job, you made it through. Now things are going to get really interesting. The fun is just getting started."I was stuck on the words, my mind was all over the place. Was this some kind of test? It felt like someone had been keeping an eye on us the whole time, controlling everything from behind the scenes. Someone was pulling the strings, and I had no idea who or why."Find out where that message came from," I told Finn. "Track it down and let me know."Finn's fingers moved really fast on the keyboard. His face turned white as a ghost. "It's coming from a server in the old world", he said. The place was called the Architect's Tower."Wait, The Architect's Tower?" Adrian said again. What's that supposed to be?Finn brought up a map and a single red dot showed up on the western coast, about 200 miles south of where we were. This was a research facility, built by some rich tech guy before everything fell apart.
It was not the entire base that exploded. It was simply a command center.The explosion caused me to be thrown back into a concrete wall. I could hear a whine in my ears, and see stars. There was dust and smoke in the air and I was hard pressed for breath."Adrian!" I coughed, scrambling to my feet.A voice came from to my left, "I'm here.A voice came to me from to my left, "I'm here. He was standing and bleeding from a gash in his forehead.I looked around. The command centre was destroyed. The walls were broken and the ceiling was caved. Through the smoke, I saw Vance. He was lying on the ground and his leg was stuck under a large piece of concrete. The detonator was still clutched in his hand.I said that as I approached him, “You're insane.”He laughed, a wet, gurgling sound. “If you'd listened to me I could have saved you.”"Save us?" I spat. You've attempted to kill us.“There I tried to kill you,” corrected. But I'm no threat.I grabbed him by the collar. What do you mean?Bloo
The journey west took two weeks.We went to places we'd never been before - old empty cities, huge open spaces, and really thick forests. We met some bad people, like those who were sick and crazy, and others who just wanted to hurt us. We tried to help the people who needed it, and we got rid of the ones who got in our way.As we made our way to the west coast, our group got a lot bigger. We'd found a bunch of other people who were still alive, and they all wanted to join the Apocalypse Queen's team.The Pacific Fleet had a safe place to stay in a really big harbor. It was like a city on water - lots of ships, big boats, and cargo ships all tied together to make a huge platform that was all connected. A strong wall made of steel surrounded it, and there were armed boats going around the outside to keep it safe.We left our trucks by the water and walked up to the front gate.As we walked in, a guard stopped us. He looked sharp in his navy uniform and had his gun ready to go."State y
The helicopter opened fire.Bullets ripped through the air, tearing apart the trees. The first truck swerved suddenly."Get off the road!" I screamed.Adrian sharply turned the wheel of the truck. We sped straight into the thick forest. The branches hit the windscreen. The truck bounced around on the uneven terrain causing the suspension to screech. The helicopter chased after us."We did it!" It’s faster than us! Finn shouted."Then we shoot it down!"I rolled my window down and fired my rifle. Cold air blew into my face as the helicopter hovered above us.Bullet after bullet, I fired. The bullets hit the strong armour of the helicopter. I was wasting my time, this helicopter was like a tank."Adrian, stop the truck!" I shouted."What?""Stop the truck! Now!"Adrian slammed on the breaks. The truck screeched to a halt sending snow flying. The helicopter flew past us.I jumped out and grabbed my rocket launcher from my space. I loaded it with a high explosive.The helicopter turned ar







