Chapter 256
Li Mu put away the Phoenix and used Apparition to infiltrate Hive Base.
Matrix Civilization's research into spatial technology was woefully lacking, so he used Apparition all the way into the depths of Hive Base as though entering an unguarded place.
Before long, he found the Matrix World data interface used to upload human consciousnesses and had the Shipborne Optical Computer launch a data intrusion at close range.
In mere moments, the entire Hive Base had fallen.
"Why did it stop?"
Li Mu asked in confusion.
By his estimate, the Shipborne Optical Computer should have been able to completely take control of the global Matrix Network and every Hive Base in a short time, shouldn't it?
Yet it had stopped after controlling only one insignificant external Hive Base. After integrating Skynet's program data and evolving further, the Shipborne Optical Computer should have had no trouble dealing with a Matrix Network.
[Detected a passively triggered self-destruct program within the Matrix Network...] [Once the Matrix Network suffers an external program intrusion, unless the Matrix Network can be completely controlled within a few seconds, the moment it confirms that it is being controlled by an external program, it will automatically activate its self-destruct program before being taken over...] [The self-destruct process consists of two steps. The first is for the Matrix Network to inject euthanasia drugs into the cultivation pods of all Hive Bases...] [The second is to activate more than fifty million nuclear bombs distributed across the globe...]
"Fifty million?"
Li Mu's first reaction was that it had to be a joke.
But the Shipborne Optical Computer did not joke. Thinking it over carefully, it was entirely possible to manufacture that many nuclear bombs.
First, the semi-completed Dyson sphere could provide nearly limitless energy. Second, Blue Star's seawater