Yi Heye immediately called Chen Mu, who was nearby, and said she would take him to get it.
When Chen Sang left the ward, she fell into a coma again. Yi Heye called a doctor for her, and then, with a determined heart, left the illegal clinic.
Throughout the journey, Chen Mu remained silent. She did not express any joy at having grasped hope; instead, she seemed preoccupied, which was worrying to behold.
Yi Heye followed her, bypassing the dirty streets and passing by the secluded Pink Love, and finally, after wandering around, they arrived at an electronic waste recycling station.
Amidst the endless ruins and enormous furnace, Chen Mu stood there in a daze, a familiar disposable USB flash drive appearing in his hand without him even realizing it.
The moment she took the USB drive out, the pile of scrap behind her suddenly made a loud rumbling sound, as if something was slowly awakening.
Then, the mountain-sized sheet of iron seemed to be given a terrifying life, growing and gathering slowly as it writhed, and finally crawled out the shape of a giant.
Clearly, Chen Mu had no intention of taking him to find any medical records; her goal from the beginning was to bring Yi Heye here and use the monster's power to kill him.
Looking at the girl's panicked, fearful yet forced composure, Yi Heye guessed that she only had the ability to awaken the monster, but not to control its behavior.
Yi Heye had one hand in his pocket, showing no sign of panic.
He calmly looked into Chen Mu's panicked eyes, and this reaction gave him the answer: "Looks like I guessed right, didn't I?"
Yi Heye asked, "Does Chen Sang herself know this?"
Chen Mu shuddered, as if he had a premonition of what he was about to say.
"As a human being, she was already dead. Her body was left behind, her internal organs were removed, her brain data was saved and exported, and she was replaced with rows of wires and parts."
"Right now, she's just an AI that has retained human consciousness, isn't she?"
Chapter 77, No. 077
From the very first glance at them, Yi Heye noticed that something was wrong with Chen Sang—she had almost completely lost interest in food, and the woman who used to have an amazing capacity for alcohol had become a teetotaler.
Later, he intentionally observed her pupillary reflex rate and secretly tested her blink reflex, and the results almost confirmed his conjecture.
However, he has never had direct evidence. After all, this is not like those pure AIs, which have very obvious physical characteristics and can be clearly judged with just one glance.
He had been secretly observing for a long time, hesitant to make a decision, until today at the hospital, when he saw Chen Sang on the verge of death. Her abnormal physiological characteristics, the unmistakable lines on her skin, and her completely lifeless eyes all revealed the truth—
She is no longer the living Chen Sang.
At this moment, the monster formed from the pile of electronic waste had not yet fully awakened. Yi Heye had some understanding of its condition, so he slowly raised his eyes and asked Chen Mu:
"The reason you threw away that chip and gave up a great opportunity to make money is because your sister is also an AI and simply can't handle that kind of stimulation, right?"
Like a drug-damaged USB drive, an AI chip severely affected by drugs will also affect the basic functions and behaviors of other AIs. Chen Sang, who is always by Chen Mu's side, will definitely be affected to some extent.
Chen Mu stared at Yi Heye, clenching his fists. Behind him, a steel pipe detached from the giant's shoulder—
With a loud thud, the impact startled her, and it took her a long time to compose herself before managing to squeeze out a sentence:
"...My sister is not an AI."
Current artificial intelligence laws are somewhat outdated. There is no clear definition of whether individuals like Chen Sang, whose bodies are machines but whose consciousness is human, belong to humans or AI—it's just that Yi Heye is used to classifying them as AI, which aligns with his own criteria.
Yi Heye didn't want to delve into this issue with her. He glanced at the giant who was slowly beginning to move and said, "Do you know that the surgery to preserve the consciousness of the deceased is illegal?"
At this critical juncture, discussing the legality of a relationship with a girl who is immersed in theft, drug use, and robbery every day and is on the verge of losing control is something only a genius like Yi Heye could do.
Chen Mu clearly wouldn't listen to any of this. He took two steps back, gritted his teeth, and pulled a pistol from his pocket.
Ultimately, she got second place by cheating. Before she even raised her hand, Yi Heye had already seen through her actions.
Yi Heye dodged her shot by tilting his head, and even calmly lowered his head to edit a text message, quickly reporting the intelligence he had gathered to his superiors.
Chen Mu was so angry at his pretentious behavior that she almost cried. She simply stopped aiming and started firing randomly in Yi Heye's direction.
While dodging bullets, Yi Heye kept an eye on the giant behind him—
The thing was a huge suit of armor hastily put together from discarded parts. It was about three stories high, and it rose up from the ground with a rumble, completely blocking out half the sky. It was like a mountain that could collapse at any moment, making it hard to breathe.
However, it is also very slow, both in terms of the attack animation and the overall action, so dealing with it is not difficult for Yi Heye.
A moment later, the command center's instructions came through the earpiece: "After a rapid investigation, it was found that Chen Sang made multiple huge expenditures within two years, all of which were made to medical institutions that have been deregistered. Inquire about the details."
Upon hearing this, Yi Heye's inner suspicions were once again answered.
He looked at the giant, picked up a broken mechanical arm from the ground, and asked Chen Mu:
"If I'm not mistaken, the follow-up treatment for this kind of surgery must be very complicated, right? The money you earned wasn't used to buy drugs for Chen Sang, but rather to replace her organs and maintain her body, right?"
Chen said that he would be hospitalized every now and then. If he had really been addicted to drugs to this extent, he should have died long ago.
But not only did she survive, she also had the energy to run around the streets singing, which obviously had an unspeakable reason.
Chen Mu did not answer, but her expression had already given Yi Heye the answer.
"Why bother?" Yi Heye asked sincerely. "From electronic drugs to consciousness preservation surgery, and then to repeated hospitalizations and revisions, your sister was dragged into this mess step by step, and she was harmed more and more miserably—so why stand on their side? Why not report it to the police?"
Chen Mu looked at him, her brows furrowed, and large tears streamed down her cheeks.
After a long pause, she whispered, "But only they could keep my sister alive."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl rushed towards Yi Heye. Her close combat skills were much better than expected. In the blink of an eye, she drew a sharp knife from behind her and stabbed it straight at Yi Heye.
Yi Heye stood still, narrowed his eyes slightly, then spun the gun butt on his index finger, pointing it forward.
By the time Chen Mu saw the muzzle of his gun, she was already out of control; the momentum of her body was beyond her control.
In that instant, she felt only despair and horror—her dynamic vision was already among the best in her field, but she still couldn't see Yi Heye raise his gun clearly, and couldn't make any predictions.
"This guy is a monster," Chen Mu thought despairingly, staring at the dark muzzle of the gun. It seemed his battle was about to end before it even began.
"Bang!"
With a deafening roar, Chen Mu felt dizzy, but the expected excruciating pain did not come.
She opened her eyes and found that she had been swept over by Yi Heye's sweeping leg without her noticing. Just a second before she lost her balance and was about to fall face-first forward, he grabbed her collar and lifted her into the air as easily as if she were a chick.
The bullet flew steadily behind him.
Only after a crisp collision and a shower of flying metal shards behind her did Chen Mu hear a piercing, monstrous wail, almost right next to the back of her head—
Yi Heye snatched Chen Mu from the monster's mouth.
The gay hero's rescue of the damsel in distress was strange. There was no heart-pounding princess carry, nor a dashing attack that would make one swoon. He first used all his strength to swing the heavy mechanical arm in his hand and knock the monster's head to the side, then seized the opportunity to fire a shot at him.
At this moment, he was using a simple and honest method, as if he were carrying a bag of rice, to lead the child to a safe area behind the garbage hill.
After gently placing the dazed child on the ground, Yi Heye steadied his breathing and asked again sincerely:
"Do you want to kill me, or do you want to commit suicide?"
Feeling hopeless and mercilessly mocked by Yi Heye, Chen Mu once again raised his gun with a heart full of despair, only to be stopped before he could fire again.
This time, the guy simply reached out and grabbed her wrist, openly confiscating her gun.
Just as Chen Mu was about to cry, she was coldly interrupted by the upright and incorruptible Yi Heye: "Why did you want to kill me?"
Chen Mu never expected that this person would not know why he had murderous intent. Shocked, he held back his tears and said indignantly after a long while, "Because you would kill my sister."
Upon hearing this, Yi Heye replied seriously, "I won't kill your sister. I'm not that free right now."
Chen Mu paused for two seconds, then laughed angrily: "You won't kill her, but you'll tell your superiors. Once they find out, do you think my sister will survive?"
Yi Heye admitted that the girl was much smarter than her sister.
He glanced at the giant behind him; the thing's left shoulder, which he had just pierced with his spear, had already quietly healed.
After that attack, Yi Heye sensed a subtle change in its aura; it seemed somewhat angry, and its movement speed visibly increased.
This is not a good sign. Yi Heye looked up at it, then looked at Chen Mu and asked, "Did they teach you how to use this thing?"
Chen Mu bit her lip and remained silent, which Yi Heye interpreted as a response.
This time, as he looked at the giant approaching, he put away his relaxed expression and stared seriously into her eyes, saying, "You see, it's not a weapon that's only aimed at me. It doesn't recognize a master—at least not you."
Chen Mu's eyes trembled slightly as she looked at him—she knew perfectly well what was going on in her heart.
“I’ve met someone in the same situation as your sister before. His identity had just been questioned when we found his body in the bar he owned,” Yi Heye said. “Chen Mu, do you still want to go back to see your sister alive?”
Chen Mu was stunned for a few seconds, glanced at the terrifying behemoth behind him, and opened his mouth in horror amidst another earth-shattering sound.
A sharp piece of metal flew towards them. Yi Heye grabbed her wrist, saving her from the danger of having her head sliced off. Then, without another word, he decisively shoved the gun back into her hand.
“We’ll talk about killing me later—now, run away without looking back.”
At the same time, elite personnel from the Security Department and the Cyber Security Center arrived at Yi Heye's home.
They gathered around the computer that had once been used in the live stream, looking at the polite and gentlemanly university professor who always kept people at arm's length, seemingly at a loss.
From the moment they entered, the man acted as if he were the unpleasant host of the house, politely pouring them tea, saying "Please make yourself at home," and then turning on his personal computer, putting it in privacy mode, and working diligently without paying attention to anyone.
If it weren't for the fact that this person's air of nobility was so incongruous with the humble house, they would have thought that he was unhappy because they had trespassed on Professor Jian's private residence.
They huddled together awkwardly, intimidated by Professor Jian's invisible aura, and didn't even dare to raise their voices when discussing the case.
They now had to wait quietly for instructions from the command center, and wait for Song Zhouzhou's network security channel to be set up before watching Jian Yunxian log into the live broadcast room.
The online version of Lost Lamb will be available in the live stream store at 8 PM tomorrow. According to the basic operating model of online stores today, cybersecurity can only intercept the supplier's real IP address in the half hour before the listing period, not including the time that cybersecurity uses for search and location.
Once the online version of Lost Lamb is successfully launched and enters the market, the social harm it will cause will be immeasurable. This means that everyone has only less than half an hour to take action, from finding the supplier, quickly breaking in, destroying the source files to intercepting the product launch.
Half an hour is the time allotted for the security department's police force, and if they're unlucky, just getting to the scene by car could take longer than that.
This is simply an impossible task.
The team members on site were all a little nervous, except for Jian Yunxian, who had been working quietly all along.
They found his composure suspicious. Some thought he was an outsider who didn't understand the seriousness of the problem, while others thought it was just stubborn posturing from someone in Area A. It wasn't until the communications officer received a phone call that the group frowned and looked at each other in bewilderment.
They whispered among themselves for a while before choosing a young and bold representative to speak to Jian Yun: "Mr. Jian, this morning, the security department arrested a person who had participated in a live broadcast of drug use."
Upon hearing this, Jian Yunxian stopped typing, slowly took off her glasses, and looked at him: "I know, someone already told us this morning, so what?"
Jian Yunxian didn't have any special expression, and even had a hint of a smile in his eyes, but for some reason, it made everyone present feel a chill.
However, the spokesperson still mustered up the courage to say: "According to his account, SHEEP appeared in the live broadcast room last night as the host."
Jian Yunxian smiled without saying a word as she looked at him, a smile that made the speaker gasp.
“But…” the speaker avoided his gaze and continued in one breath, “Mr. Yi did not mention this matter when he gave his report last night.”
After a brief silence, the speaker nervously looked up and found that the man was still looking at him with a chilling smile.