Lier began activating the circular server, starting up the AI matrix loaded inside.
In Cyberspace, mechanical arms split into countless strands and began extracting and assembling a new Dangerous Critical Entity.
As the matrix began to guide the process, stripping the AI from Songbird's tangled consciousness and memory, she and the AI Songbird both felt increasingly liberated!
Her thoughts grew clear, the pain faded, and her Computing Power increased.
"You..." Songbird didn't know what was happening, but she realized her pain was beginning to lessen.
Lier asked, "Songbird, I can save you, but you'll have to help me bite your former master."
Songbird froze.
Reed, lying on the ground, froze too. He suddenly realized: Songbird was the highest-clearance Hacker on this mission. If she turned against them-
It would all be over!
"Zhaomei! Don't trust them. Once we finish this job, New America will save you. Only New America-"
Songbird's response was:
"Sorry, Reed."
There was no need to think about it: New America had promised for years, but had never intended to save her. Instead, it had kept researching her, driving her mental and physical condition ever further downhill.
Trust you?!
Splurt!
Reed's head burst open, completely scorched.
Lier paused. "What are you doing? I never told you to kill him."
Songbird froze. Wasn't this a show of loyalty?
Clack clack clack clack clack clack-
The Hellhounds tore through the walls of the building, reconnecting one cable after another.
[AI Songbird: That's it! We can control the Blackwall together and turn it against those humans. It's time to let them taste the Blackwall's power!]
Songbird could feel the available resources in Cyberspace growing.
And she also heard AI Songbird's final words before it was completely extracted.
She didn't blame her or feel anything else. She simply said instinctively, "That