novelraw Chapter 77: Controlling the Androids
Chapter 77: Controlling the Androids
On the evening of February 17th, Europe, Heathrow Airport.
As a flight originating from Modu touched down, Su Yuan walked out of the airport.
His personal trip to Europe was naturally to deal with The Truth Society.
After more than a century of development, The Truth Society wielded profound international influence. Although they had not established a nation of their own, they were capable of dictating the decisions of major global powers.
The world's top scientists, bankers, scholars, and other elites...
More than half of them had joined The Truth Society.
This alone was a testament to the organization's staggering power.
With the vast majority of the wealthiest and most powerful individuals on Blue Star serving as their members, how could anyone compete?
The reason The Truth Society had managed to reach such a terrifying height...
...relied primarily on two foundational pillars.These could be categorized as the "pen" and the "sword."
The "pen" was the longevity potion.
Developed through reverse-engineered alien technology, the longevity potion manufactured by The Truth Society could easily help the humans of Blue Star live up to a hundred and fifty years.
One had to realize that even a Level 1 Lifeform like a Core-Embracing Grandmaster only possessed a lifespan of a hundred and twenty or thirty years. As for those below that realm? A normal person living to eighty or ninety was already considered quite long-lived.
A hundred and fifty years old?
In the slightly more superstitious eras of ancient times, such a person would have been revered as a descending deity of longevity.
The wealthy elites and authority figures of Blue Star almost entirely joined The Truth Society precisely for this longevity potion.
Faced with a treasure capable of extending one's lifespan, even if they did not need it now, they would absolutely need it in the future.
Through the longevity potion, The Truth Society indirectly controlled the entire world.
As for the "sword"...
That would be The Truth Society's androids.
Compared to normal Level 1 and Level 2 Lifeforms, the androids were not the least bit weaker in terms of combat strength.
More importantly, they obeyed commands absolutely. Even if ordered to commit suicide, they would execute the command without a moment of hesitation.
Such blind obedience was incredibly unimaginable when it came to Level 1 and Level 2 Lifeforms of the same tier.
What lifeform capable of cultivating to that level wasn't extremely egotistical? Listening to orders unquestioningly was simply out of the question.
The longevity potion and the androids were the two great cornerstones that allowed The Truth Society to dominate the world. Neither could be lacking.
Without the longevity potion? Even with an army of unstoppable androids, The Truth Society would at best become a hegemonic power, still a far cry from secretly manipulating the entire world.
And without the androids? A Truth Society that solely possessed the longevity potion would be instantly torn apart and partitioned by the world's major powers.
Su Yuan had come to Europe with his sights set firmly on the facility that manufactured these androids.
The Truth Society had established a total of three android manufacturing factories across the globe. One of them was located in Europe, which served as his target for this trip.
In the plan to deal with The Truth Society formulated by the gray mirror, the very first step was to weaken the organization by seizing control of its android manufacturing factories.
A Truth Society without its androids would be nothing more than a toothless tiger.
Of course, this operation had to be executed with the utmost secrecy to ensure The Truth Society Founder noticed absolutely nothing.
Otherwise, losing control of the androids might force The Truth Society Founder to seek help from alien forces ahead of schedule, subsequently causing the Interstellar Colonial Ship to descend upon Blue Star prematurely.
In the London suburbs, Su Yuan stood quietly a short distance away from an ordinary-looking factory.
The surface factory was merely a disguise. Beneath the ground lay one of The Truth Society's three android manufacturing factories.
Naturally, The Truth Society placed immense importance on such a critical location, dispatching one Eight-Eyed Rank member and two Seven-Eyed Rank members to permanently garrison and guard the facility.
The Eight-Eyed Rank members of The Truth Society were exceedingly rare. There were only thirteen of them in total, and every single one was an absolute powerhouse governing a region.
The Truth Society Founder usually only communicated with the Eight-Eyed Rank members. Through them, he controlled the entire Truth Society, and by extension, dominated the world.
'In five minutes, the Eight-Eyed Rank member and the two Seven-Eyed Rank members inside the android manufacturing factory will leave...'
Su Yuan thought to himself.
The reason he had chosen to come at this exact time, and specifically targeted this android manufacturing factory in Europe, was because of a perfect opportunity presenting itself right now.
Normally, an android manufacturing factory required at least one member of the Seven-Eyed Rank or higher to hold down the fort.
This was to properly monitor the entire facility and the androids within.
However, through the gray mirror, Su Yuan knew that today, one of the Seven-Eyed Rank members would invite the other Seven-Eyed Rank member and the Eight-Eyed Rank member out of the base for two hours.
As for the reason? A new batch of exotic companions had recently arrived from Africa.
It was worth noting that guarding an android manufacturing factory was an incredibly dull assignment. Even an Eight-Eyed Rank member was still human and would inevitably feel bored.
Furthermore, from the day it was established until now, the android manufacturing factory had never experienced a single security breach. The interior was filled with layers of heavy authentication; without the proper identity clearance, it was fundamentally impossible to enter.
And with the android manufacturing factory's defensive capabilities, even a direct strike from nuclear weapons would fail to breach its walls. It was incredibly secure.
Because of this absolute security, the Eight-Eyed Rank member felt comfortable bending the rule set by The Truth Society Founder—that at least one person must remain stationed—and snuck out with the two Seven-Eyed Rank members to enjoy themselves.
After all, enduring such a tedious guard duty for so many years made the occasional excursion for pleasure perfectly normal.
With all three guards gone, the entire android manufacturing factory was at its most vulnerable moment in Su Yuan's eyes.
Ten minutes later.
Su Yuan stepped forward and arrived at the entrance of the factory.
"Verifying identity..." a mechanical voice chimed out.
Right at that moment.
"Xiaolan, take over the factory's network system."
Su Yuan immediately issued the command.
The android manufacturing factory's network defenses were remarkably robust, even surpassing Xia Nation's state-level firewalls.
Unfortunately, it encountered AI Xiaolan, an entity whose technological level defied modern existence. The factory's network system held out for a mere 0.1 seconds before completely collapsing under her assault.
"Master, the factory's network system has been successfully taken over. All alarms have been neutralized..."
Xiaolan's voice simultaneously echoed in Su Yuan's ear.
"Good."
Su Yuan nodded.
This was the greatest advantage of those three guards leaving.
If there had been even a single Seven-Eyed Rank member guarding the android manufacturing factory at this moment...
...they would have noticed something was wrong. The factory's network system only lasted for 0.1 seconds under Xiaolan's invasion, but that split second was enough to trigger a momentary alarm.
But alas, the factory was entirely devoid of any guards right now.
"Replace any surveillance footage of me, and forge an identity that will grant me legitimate access,"
Su Yuan ordered.
The Truth Society Founder possessed the highest authority over the android manufacturing factories and could review the surveillance footage and access logs at any time.
Although Xiaolan had thoroughly taken over the entire factory network, Su Yuan had no intention of kicking The Truth Society Founder out of the system. Doing so would alert the old man to the anomaly and potentially trigger a drastic reaction.
"Understood, Master."
As soon as Xiaolan finished speaking, the heavy metal doors in front of him slowly slid open.
"Next up is taking control of all the androids inside the factory."
Su Yuan walked into the factory. Taking over the factory's network and controlling the androids within were two entirely different matters.
Seizing the highest control clearance over the androids required a specific security key, and that key was known only to The Truth Society Founder.
Of course, right now, aside from The Truth Society Founder, Su Yuan knew it as well.