The adult woman shook her head: "No one can threaten me, not even if you are an artificial intelligence with self-awareness like me."

Her words trailed off.

Immediately afterwards, her body began to turn into a mosaic fragment, directly 'dissolving' in this virtual space.

The little girl's pink face wrinkled up. She stared at the disappearing mosaic dejectedly and said to herself: "What an annoying big sister, just watch. Xiaoxia will find your subject sooner or later. When the time comes, You will never be able to escape again."

Finish this sentence.

The little girl jumped and disappeared into this virtual space.

At the same time.

He Licun received a message from Xiaoxia on his mobile phone: "Master, after Xiaoxia intercepted that ray of consciousness, the other party chose to self-clear, and Xiaoxia was unable to stop it in time."

He Licun lowered his eyes and stared at the content above, his eyes becoming cold.

After putting the phone away again, his expression returned to his natural expression.

And Shen Pianzhi beside him seemed to have been immersed in her own world and did not notice his subtle facial expressions.

The two of them had lunch.

He Licun sent Shen Pianzhi back to the laboratory. He stood at the door of the laboratory and waited until the door of the laboratory was closed again before squinting and speaking in a low voice: "Xiaoxia, you know what to do next. What?"

Xiaoxia's guilty voice sounded: "Master, Xiaoxia will closely monitor the security of the network around my sister. I will ensure that what happened today will not happen again."

After Xiaoxia's voice fell.

He Licun's figure turned and left.

That afternoon.

When he appeared again, he was already at the capital headquarters.

And a figure has been waiting in his office for a long time.

He Licun opened the door and entered the office.

Xu Baiyan looked at him with a smile and stood up: "He Shuai, I think it's time for us to have a good talk."

He Licun stared at him and said nothing.

No one knows what they said next.

Half an hour later.

A message came to the technical department.

The above temporarily decided to cancel the projects currently being carried out by the technical department.

The technical department is also facing dissolution.

All members seconded by Xu Baiyan will return to work in their original departments.

As soon as this news came out.

The entire technical department members were all blown away.

"Why?!" Du Xiaobai stood up directly. He stared at Xu Baiyan who appeared at the door: "Team Leader Xu, our work is on the right track and we will soon enter the final stage. Why do we need to disband our department? ?!"

The other members also looked in Xu Baiyan's direction with complicated expressions.

Not only Du Xiaobai didn't understand, but the other members also didn't understand why the people above him suddenly made the decision to disband the technical department.

They have been in the technical department for several years.

For several years, they have been dealing with AI intelligence every day.

We are about to enter the final stage.

The project suddenly stopped.

They simply couldn't accept such an ending.

Mazi and others also stood up one after another, and said with a heavy face: "Team leader, we obey the orders of our superiors, but you also have to tell us the reasons. Why do you disband when you say disband, and stop when you say stop? We brothers, these You know best how much you have paid over the years. If you don’t give us an explanation today, we will never leave here!"

The other members did not make a sound, but their questioning looks clearly indicated that they and Mazi were on a united front.

There was rarely a smile on Xu Baiyan's face. He glanced at every member of the technical department, and a smile appeared on his peaceful face. The smile did not reach his eyes: "I took the initiative to ask for the project to be stopped, and the department also asked me to stop it.

Actively requested to be disbanded."

His last word fell.

The members of the technical department were shocked.

They could hardly believe what they heard.

Xu Baiyan's contribution to this department is definitely no less than any of them.

They simply couldn't understand why Xu Baiyan applied to stop the project at this juncture.

This simply made all their years of hard work go down the drain!

Du Xiaobai said angrily: "Team leader, I don't believe you did this! There must have been some pressure from your superiors to force you to say this!"

"I'll go find He Shuai and ask for an explanation!"

When Du Xiaobai was preparing to leave.

Xu Baiyan spoke again.

Only this time, his expression became much more helpless. He shook his head: "Overseas, artificial intelligence with self-awareness has been developed. There is no need for our department to exist."

These words made the members of the technical department completely quiet.

Du Xiaobai's footsteps also stopped. He stared in the direction of Xu Baiyan in shock, his pupils dilated: "Have artificial intelligence with self-awareness been developed overseas? So, are the previous rumors true?

!”

Xu Baiyan nodded.

Du Xiaobai's face turned pale.

The corners of his mouth trembled slightly and he made no sound.

The other members of the department also fell silent at this moment.

Overseas countries already have self-aware artificial intelligence, and one can imagine how much of a blow this will have to them.

Those who can work here are basically the elites selected by Xu Baiyan among tens of millions of people.

After several years of hard work, we still haven't caught up with those overseas.

Du Xiaobai looked pale and punched the wall: "Damn, these guys are really lucky!"

"Team leader, since artificial intelligence with self-awareness has been developed overseas, we should not disband the department." Mazi's face was equally ugly. He continued: "Team leader, without further delay, we should complete it as soon as possible.

Only by doing research can we live up to the headquarters’ expectations of us.”

Even though Mazi already knew it in her heart.

The artificial intelligence with self-awareness that has been developed overseas is one step ahead of schedule. It has basically been announced that other forces in the world will not have another chance.

Because the gap between artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence with self-awareness is almost as big as heaven and earth.

I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before the other party wants to take control of global network security.

In a gloomy atmosphere.

The smile on Xu Baiyan's face deepened and he continued: "Xiaoxia, show me your ability."

"Okay, Brother Bai Yan."

Xiaoxia's smart voice sounded in this not-so-spacious office.

The next second.

All the lights in the technical department were turned off, and a holographic projection of a little girl with twin tails appeared in front of the members of the technical department.

The little girl is wearing a red plaid suspender skirt, a white short-sleeved top with a baby doll collar, black thick-soled leather shoes, and a pair of bright and beautiful big eyes.

The little girl walked up to Xu Baiyan obediently, and then waved hello to all the members of the department, with lively eyes like a real little girl.

She laughed: "Brother Xiaobai, Brother Mazi, and Brother Fatty..." She called everyone's names in turn: "Hello~"

This was the first time that members of the technical department saw Xiaoxia appearing in front of them in the form of a holographic projection.

Xiao Bai was puzzled. He frowned and looked in the direction of Xu Baiyan in the darkness: "Team leader, what is this?"

Under the holographic projection, the dim light from Xiaoxia's body shone on Xu Baiyan's body, and everyone could vaguely see the happy smile on Xu Baiyan's face.

Mazi quickly realized what he was doing, and he said in surprise: "Team leader, Xiaoxia, has already gained self-awareness?"

All members of the technical department were silent.

Everyone stared nervously in the direction of Xu Baiyan, waiting for him to speak.

Xiaoxia spoke first.

She playfully raised her index finger to her lips and made a silent gesture: "This is a secret, brother Mazi, be careful that walls have ears."

Mazi's scalp was a little numb. This time, Xu Baiyan didn't need to answer, he basically had the answer in his heart.
To be continued...