Only Wesley and the High Councilor named "Yinghuo" remained in the conference room.
Wesley's face was so grim it looked as if water could drip from it. He had never imagined that his own secretary could be infiltrated!
If this had happened during wartime, a single careless operation could have led to unimaginable consequences.
Yinghuo, however, calmly said:
"According to the Wisdom Pillar's predictions, this civilization's calamity consists of 'three disasters.' Among them, the 'Virtual Brainworm Disaster' is one. There must still be other 'virtual brainworms' on this planet."
"Virtual brainworm" was the name they had given to electronic personalities.
"The civilization's calamity—is the situation really this serious?" One of Wesley's vertical eyes twitched. Although he had already expected the situation to be severe, he had not expected it to be this severe.
Yinghuo continued:
"We have a technological gap compared to the other side. This gap could very well lead to strategic mistakes, much like the previous Weigong War. But that was only a tactical mistake, which resulted merely in a military defeat. A mistake at the strategic level would lead to a civilization-wide disaster."
"I'll be careful," Wesley said through clenched teeth.
Strictly speaking, this High Councilor was only half a rank above him. Yet for some reason, Councilor Yinghuo's presence made him feel constrained at every turn.
"Are the data and remains of those bugs ready?"
"They're ready. They can be taken away at any time."
"Gather all the people and AIs on the planet. I'll use the 'Psychic Nexus' to inspect them once. There should still be some worms hiding inside."
Wesley tensed. It wasn't impossible.
Sure enough, after large-scale monitoring, they discovered that the number of Alphans infiltrated by "virtual brainworms" was as high as one hundred thousand. Moreover, these "brainworms" spread extremely quickly, and