Episode 125: Deception and Domination (5)
“Infection and mutation?”
“That’s right. “I have to find a way to respond, but I think I can properly fight them, no, ‘it’.”
Immediately after an incident that was so sudden that it was passed over as if nothing had happened. I heard from Lucy about the results of her research into the new world.
Infection and mutation, honestly, that was the only thing that came to mind when I first heard about it.
“A zombie?”
“It is difficult to even determine the extent of the infectiousness because there is still little data. If that strong infectious power had no limit to its ability to eat and proliferate friendly cells, a very small wound could sink a super-giant species.”
Lucy posted a pretty scary report. I don’t know why the zombie virus is rampant in the world where dark elves live, but the explanation is that the enemies were completely natural enemies of the allies.
Lucy has been carrying out cell-level warfare, which cannot be carried out due to limitations in computing power, without the enemy knowing how.
“Is there a way?”
“It’s not that response is impossible. A cell-level attack on an ally’s body can kill them by emitting magic waves. However, that is a response that only strong-hearted soldiers can handle, and ordinary soldiers, who make up the majority of the corps, are vulnerable to attack.”
“How about another way?”
“It is also possible to fight back.”
When I started to feel a headache and asked about other methods, Lucy explained that it wasn’t that she couldn’t use cell-level troops.
The slime that is already used to turn other places into the Demon King’s nest is ultimately made using nanos. It’s just that Lucy has no control over those little cells.
All it does is follow the basic pre-written code, execute only the minimum number of commands, and devour and multiply indefinitely.
“If we counter the opponent’s infection power in this way, it is certainly possible to slow down the infection rate or even prevent it. But if that happens, effective control is absolutely impossible.”
“at last… … “Is the answer ambiguous?”
None of Lucy’s current solutions were perfect. Somehow it seemed like a natural thing to say. Because this was Lucy’s first time facing this situation and opponent.
Just like it has always been. So I wasn’t particularly worried. If they continue to bicker as usual, Lucy will eventually find the answer and win in the end.
“I think the second method seems too risky. “Isn’t it right to buy time and data with the first method and then find another response?”
“I think that’s reasonable too.”
As we are now slowly becoming similar in our way of thinking, we quickly came up with a way to respond.
In fact, Lucy had already started moving, so I stopped paying attention and packed my clothes separately.
“This is about work. So don’t disturb me.”
“All right.”
Jiyeon Lee is already in front of our house. After telling Lucy before she did anything else, I went out of the house and met her with a pale face.
* * *
“Are you okay!?”
“Yeah, there’s no way you can win. “Because they knew me as an ordinary person.”
I reassured her, who was more excited than usual. Even though I told her it was okay, she kept looking at my body.
“First of all, it doesn’t seem to be around, but you never know. “Let’s get started.”
“Uh, where are we going?”
“To the company.”
I took the wheel. In any case, what happened last night will not go away, so eventually the enemy will become suspicious of me when they hear the news of their comrades being killed.
If those doubts keep piling up, it’s just annoying. At this point, I thought about revealing that I was an awakened person, but decided to wait a little longer for now.
“They came over from China. “To hold me hostage to meet you and learn from you how to activate the dungeon core.”
“Just because of something like that?”
“People kill their own people for just a few pennies.”
She doesn’t seem to understand that the other person would do something like this just because of the dungeon core.
But I didn’t think it was strange at all. In the end, it is the duty of living things to do anything to survive. What’s important is whether you suffer from it or not, because the act itself is natural.
“The strength and number of invasive species are increasing, the number of places that cannot withstand is increasing, and the burden on the remaining countries is increasing. “In a situation like this, if you try to protect what you enjoyed in the past without giving up, you will naturally become overloaded.”
“That’s true, but it’s too cold.”
“That’s reality.”
She sighed regretfully, but I chuckled. I don’t want to think like this either, but there is so much I have seen and experienced.
Maybe I was just trying to get carried away like everyone else, but I was convinced that if I wanted to change this trend, I had to at least look at reality.
“Ask to meet with the president of the association. And you say this to him. “I will give you new strength in return for handling this matter well.”
“New, new power?”
“I will let you use magic.”
I gave her the answer I had thought about and concluded last night.
Demon King-style magic that Lucy created by acquiring knowledge of the other world and modifying it in her own way. It is made of a kind of code, so it can be reproduced as long as you have the power and program.
You can fire attacks containing magical power like a cannon. This power, I guarantee, can play a big role in the fight against invasive species that is taking place all over the planet right now.
We will be able to save the awakened people who are sacrificed to break through their magic defense right now.
“If there is such a way, of course…” … But what if you don’t believe me? “What if I ask about the source?”
“You have to crush it well. In any case, you can say that your constellation informed you.”
I glanced at her with wide eyes. Now that I think about it, the excuse of a constellation is a really good one. The helpers in that system, heard only by contractors, know a lot and deal with unusual forces.
“They say I’m crazy? But he said there was no way he could stop it.”
“I guess so.”
She said, scratching her head as if she had heard a scolding from her constellation. Still, since she didn’t really get any response for saying that, I accepted that her Constellation was acquiescing to this plan.
“They’re all here.”
And while I was saying that, I was already getting closer to the company. Even after coming this far, Lucy said that she still didn’t feel anything particularly strange around her, so it seems like the weeds still haven’t fully figured out what happened last night.
* * *
“I was a little surprised. I’m on vacation and he suddenly asks to see me. “You didn’t come here to work, right?”
“It’s not like that. But it’s a bigger problem.”
Early in the morning, Baek Seung-cheol, the president and president of the association, who knew nothing, looked at us, who had suddenly visited us, with questioning eyes.
In particular, he seemed to be bothered by me following him. Well, until now, whenever I met him, Jiyeon Lee didn’t necessarily take me with her and always went alone.
“No way, you two are making an official announcement, something like that… … .”
“Changhyun was attacked last night. To the operatives from China.”
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“what?”
And Lee Ji-yeon opened the information as she had planned in advance. He was laughing out loud and was so surprised that he spilled the coffee he had poured into a paper cup.
“It’s true. There is also evidence. “There was even evidence that they were clumsily trying to disguise themselves as coming from North Korea.”
She poured out the items I had given her in advance before his eyes. Equipment and clothing used by the raiders, etc. Perhaps they were a little complacent because Lucy, who had been torturing them, had collected them and returned them, so they even spilled all of their cell phones.
“The purpose is to summon me and threaten me to find out how to activate the dungeon core.”
“Now, now, wait a minute. “I don’t really understand right now.”
“My opinion is this. I want you to handle this well so that nothing comes up in the future. “It was like a threat to me.”
Jiyeon Lee bent down, placed her hands on the table, and pushed him away in an unusually firm voice. Although he was the unofficial first president of the association, Baek Seung-cheol had no choice but to wipe his sweat and nod.
“Let’s say it’s all true. How on earth did we get out of this crisis and how did we find out these facts? “Isn’t this normal!?”
“I can’t say that.”
He kept saying that he knew and glanced at me as I stood there quietly. We asked about things that we obviously need to know, but the problem is that we cannot answer them.
Jiyeon Lee kept her mouth shut and began to recklessly crush things.
“Say what makes sense. So what should I say to the National Intelligence Service? “Do you think it would be possible to say that since we have taken care of the Chinese operatives’ manipulation that broke through our surveillance network, you can stop them?”
“I’ll give you something in return.”
She took out the card she had prepared in advance. A story about a new technology, perhaps a new technology that could upgrade the world’s power.
Of course his eyes widened.
* * *
[If the computing power is at the level of the mobile phone you are currently using, I think it is most efficient to repeatedly use the lowest level spells as quickly as possible.]
“It’s that difficult and complicated? Even with smartphones these days?”
[If you were me in the past, you might not know this, but the comparison group itself is different for me now.]
When telling me about the demon king-style magic she had developed, Lucy said that with the computing power of the cell phone I use now, considering continuity and processing speed, I would be able to barely use even the lowest level magic.
Aside from Lucy’s level, which has already developed to a tremendous level, there are limitations in using this magic as a weapon as it must not be too excessive.
[However, if we secure a large number of weapons, I think we will be able to produce significant firepower at that level.]
“It will be a big help. “Because there is no biological computer like you.”
Lucy can maximize computing power by using both the brains of the soldiers she created and her own brain. But it is impossible for us.
In the end, you have no choice but to rely on the help of a computer, and the level of magic varies depending on the computer’s performance. However, since we cannot fight while carrying a supercomputer, it is ultimately up to us to find intermediate efficiency.
“Magic? Ordinary military forces can use the same power as the awakened ones?”
“yes. “I can confirm for you.”
But it is clear that this is a huge piece of cake.
Baek Seung-cheol looked at Lee Ji-yeon as if he couldn’t believe it, but she believed me and nodded without hesitation.
“how is it. “I think this is worth the deal.”
“How on earth?”
“Let’s say my Constellation informed me.”
She calmly put in the wedge using the excuse we had told her in advance. The fact that he, who was speechless at the word constellation, eventually nodded that he understood was a bonus.