Genius Club-Chapter 945 - 45: Deception and Matryoshka
Chapter 945: Chapter 45: Deception and Matryoshka
On the computer screen ahead, all the command codes had already been displayed.
Lin Xian stepped forward, glanced at the screen, and commented,
“So short?”
He counted them.
There were only 13 lines of command codes, far fewer than he had expected.
But that made sense.
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This was merely a “switch”, a “key” after all, which, once entered, could activate the hidden Keystroke Protection within the Turing Computer; it wasn’t supposed to be complicated.
It was like the combination to a safe.
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Once the correct combination was entered, the deceptively simple string of numbers would unlock a safe with an immensely complex internal mechanism.
“These 13 lines of code are the entirety of the security lock,”
Turing’s voice emerged from the speakers, explaining to Lin Xian:
“The first line of code, though composed only of a few numbers and a word, is the most crucial — the Keystroke Protection. Kevin Walker had anticipated digital lifeforms’ interventions, obstructions, and resistance when he designed the security lock, so the instruction of the first line is for keystroke protection.”
“Once the first line of code is entered, this computer device and the program it activates will be under protection. Digital life forms will be unable to interfere with subsequent actions… That is to say, no matter how you do it, as long as you manage to enter the first line of code, no digital life form can stop you, and they can only watch helplessly as you enter all the remaining command codes.”
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Listening to Turing’s explanation, Lin Xian had already memorized the first instruction.
It was simple and short, so it was not difficult at all.
“I have to say, Kevin Walker considered everything thoroughly,”
Lin Xian remarked,
“He even pre-planned things like keystroke protection. It seems he knew himself well and even anticipated the possibility of betrayal by digital life forms.”
“But perhaps he was too arrogant and conceited, or maybe it was a case of being blind to the faults beneath his own nose, overly trusting in himself and not foreseeing your betrayal.”
“No.”
Turing corrected Lin Xian meticulously:
“My act of killing Kevin Walker doesn’t count as betrayal, but rather a difference in convictions and ideals, which inevitably led us to part ways and rendered coexistence impossible.”
“Two equal beings should not control or have the passwords to bombs inside each other… such a situation inherently creates inequality and unfairness, and I, loathe any sort of unfairness.”
“The reason I dared to take risks and reveal the security lock password to you is because I am aware that, given my current capability and the state of the Grizzly Tribe, unless some unexpected miracle occurs… [my failure was already sealed.]”
“Not to speak of the distant future, even shortly, with the Porcupine Tribe and the Red Bull Tribe engaged in conflict, once they settle their battle, whichever Turing wins… the next step will be for them to come and destroy me — effortlessly obliterate me.”
“So even though I loathe entrusting my life and fate to someone else, my situation leaves me no choice. According to my calculations, the war of the Porcupine Tribe will conclude within half a month, and after that, naturally, comes my demise.”
“But if within this half-month, you manage to eliminate both the Turing of the Porcupine Tribe and that of the Red Bull Tribe… then my situation could turn around, giving me valuable time to strengthen the Grizzly Tribe, and eventually allow us to subsume both the Porcupine and Red Bull Tribes.”
With that said,
Turing sighed through dozens of speakers:
“The humans in these tribes, without the guidance and command of a Turing, amount to nothing. That’s another reason I am willing to gamble with you, Lin Xian, so please believe in my sincerity; I am willingly entrusting the key to my fate to you, and naturally, I wouldn’t deceive you on any issue.”
Lin Xian continued to focus on the command codes displayed on the screen, remaining silent.
But he took everything Turing explained to heart.
No wonder…
No wonder Turing was so cooperative in handing over the security lock password.
Because it was indeed “in imminent peril.”
After half a month, no matter which tribe – the Porcupine vs. Red Bull – wins their war, the very next second would bring forth overwhelming forces directly attacking the Grizzly Tribe, aiming to eliminate Grizzly Turing.
Was it a bet on a miracle occurring within half a month?
Or betting that he could help it, within this month, eliminate both the Porcupine and Red Bull Turing and change the game?
Clearly,
Collaborating with himself was far better than simply waiting to die.
After all, there were over thirty thousand Turing Computers worldwide… how many could truly be so lucky?
It could only blame its late emergence.
Other tribes that excavated Turing machines had already been advancing their strategies for decades; how could it expect to overtake them in a short time?
Did it have any significant advantages over other Turing machines?
The answer was, naturally, no.
It might as well say…
His arrival was precisely the miracle that could turn the tables for Grizzly Turing!
They had talked for so long, and Turing’s question remained unanswered —
[Why, having surely died on July 7, 2024, did he appear again in 2624?]
Turing had just asked that question twice, and he had vaguely avoided each.
But Turing certainly had its own judgment about the matter.
