It turned out that Jessica was looking for the mental hackers she had worked with before.

This group of unruly hackers soon discovered that the changes in the star network were not temporary and regional, but long-lasting, widespread and alarming.

They found that Star Network's psychic interference with people connected to the network was increasing day by day.

Someone deciphered the message that StarNet was trying to carve in the minds of the people.

At first the concept of infidel or enemy was entered, then one name, two names, three names…

There are more and more enemy lists. At the beginning, the names were people who appeared on the government's most wanted list. The hackers thought it was to further strengthen the federal government's crackdown on crime. Interspersed with some basic concepts of the Tower of Babel, it covers almost all aspects of life.

Things started to go wrong.

Even if people are now less sensitive to the concept of privacy, this group of hackers on the loose is keenly aware of the federal manipulation of citizens' minds.

Tough, direct, subtle.

Ordinary people can't feel this thing at all.

If a person with a slightly stronger mental threshold instinctively discovers this abnormality and tries to reflect this situation to the people around him, he will be treated with strange and puzzled eyes by those who have been assimilated around him.

Because the influence of the star network on the spirit is absolutely ingrained, people can even become extreme when they encounter dissent.

Those who found it wrong began to keep silent for their own protection.

The discussion topics that appeared on the star network were also erased the moment they appeared.

Like it never happened.

Such deliberate jurisdiction and absolute laissez-faire are the same thing.

Those who perceive it are isolated both in reality and online, and they begin to doubt themselves, become more silent, and even think that something is wrong with them.

And this period of waiting time is enough for them to be "infected" by the star network that continues to increase its influence.

"Discordant sounds are like candle flames, as long as all the oxygen is sucked out, they will go out on their own and suffocate to death."

Rhodes stood with his hands behind his back and stood in front of a huge screen with red and gray markings on the extent of the spread.

It proved that there were no all grays that were completely branded, but there were very few bright reds that resisted the power more.

The candles are dimmed.

Sooner or later it will disappear.

"Where's the controller? Did you find out Lui's whereabouts?" Rhode suddenly asked abruptly.

Beside him stood Riley and Jeffrey, two people at the heart of the whole plan.

They know all the processes, but nothing about the purpose and why.

They may be the sort of researchers most liked by politicians to be edited, if not for habits and memory that can be edited directly.

Neither know nor care.

They are just living in a dream.

Jeffrey replied: "The tracking is nearly half a light-year away from the Northeast Star Territory... Lucas is destroying the signal tower, and we now have less and less intelligence outside the Territory."

Rhodes lowered his eyes, as if in deep thought.

The gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of the nose reflect the gray-red light.

Emotions and thoughts are contagious.

The discovery of spiritual thresholds - the combination of absolute spirit and absolute matter provides this possibility.

The brain is a person's most private space. People in the old earth era did not find a "door", so they participated through the five senses when observing the world and being influenced by the world.

Even if there have been some extreme authoritarian eras recorded in history, there will always be people who resist this influence and burst out with opposite ideas.

The post-era vested interests who resist the establishment will portray it as "the radiance of human nature".

Yet even the well-known way of survival—dualthink—discussed by the “Bright of Humanity” tacitly acknowledges the rationality of a layer of duality within the brain.

But now the closed space of this decision has been broken.

The signal tower is the key to open the door, and the star network is the world that humans see after they leave their caves.

colorful.

But also in peril.

The people who came out of the jungle were very experienced in dealing with crises.

In other words, human adaptability is infinite.

Destroying the signal tower, dealing with the "infected" soldiers, and restoring the most traditional means of transmitting information through pen and paper are the three measures Lucas issued in the face of the Starnet attack.

Advances in technology have accelerated the transmission of ideas.

The choice of mind destroys the communication of life.

"But we still don't have enough troops."

A veteran general in the council said to Lucas worriedly: "Although some are preserved now, as long as you step into the field, you will inevitably be disturbed by the star network. What we need to consider is not only the loss of the battlefield, but also these invisible influences. ."

The most troublesome thing is that once the concept of the "Freedom Alliance" is instilled as the enemy, death has become a better relief - at least the dead will not defect to the camp and become the enemy.

Lucas nodded, did not refute this fact, but continued to follow the topic naturally: "So I propose to expand the army."

Expand the army?

Everyone looked at him with the look of a monster.

Expanding the military means recruiting new soldiers.

Where do recruits come from?

Almost all people outside the territory are members of the Free Alliance. If you want to expand the army, the past practice is to develop new forces within the territory.

But this is the case in the domain - at least people at the lieutenant level can not be affected by the star network.

In the case of extremely scarce manpower, let alone recruiting, it is quite difficult to find an ordinary citizen who is not affected.

"Please take a look at this document."

Lucas handed the stack of documents in front of him to the closest person.

Outside the realm is not suitable for life, and the available resources are relatively scarce, not to mention the original materials for paper and pen synthesis.

— "Outline of Proposals for the Establishment of an Independent Army and an Independent Network"

"I believe that everyone in the alliance is very interested in the new members who have recently joined... Although they have not introduced a unified introduction, I believe everyone has heard of it."

Lucas explained as the others looked through the documents: "Everyone here is old friends, and you all know the truth about Boyd's death - I don't have to hide this from you."

"In fact, when it came time to settle Boyd, I was vaguely aware that the situation had spread and developed in a direction beyond our control. Or, it was beyond the scope of politics."

Lucas used precise words: "Whether everyone likes it or not, from our standpoint, it will inevitably become a stumbling block to the development of this super-political situation. Now it is not a political demand, but a survival need."

"The independent army is a new army recruited on the basis of an independent network. In this environment, the overall quality of the independent army's recruitment far exceeds that of the ordinary army, and the number of recruits will inevitably be relatively small. It should be trained in the direction of specialization and elites. ."

Lucas focused on the interpretation of independent networks.

"And the independent network is the real core of our solution to the dilemma."

They now have almost everything Rhodes wants to have in their hands.

People with the ability to assimilate, whether it is pheromone or other brain nerve functions, no matter what aspect of assimilation, no matter what the degree of assimilation, they choose to stay for one reason or another.

In the final analysis, there is only one reason for these complicated reasons. They were all pushed by Rhodes to Lucas himself.

What's more interesting is that the coordination of the star network has even pushed some of the typical neutrals in the universe to the free alliance.

Those scattered star web worms were forced to reluctantly give up what they depended on for survival, and naturally thought of the only existence that could compete with them - Jessica, who had previously blocked the new passage.

More precisely, Silois' public spiritual web.

They want to find alternatives again.

The others in the meeting are old fritters, and they don't need Lucas to mention it, they will understand.

"You mean, we rebuild an uncontrolled network?"

One person nodded in agreement: "It is not difficult to rebuild the network. As long as we can independently develop signal towers, in theory, we can get rid of the control of the Federation."

Someone immediately jumped out and retorted: "But we don't have the core technology of signal towers at all!"

"Hoeven is working on this matter." Lucas motioned to the congressman who was reading the document to turn to the page of Hoeven's profile, "For various reasons, it is not a problem for us to build small base stations to cover a small number of people. In the past, many secret agencies There have been related finished products ... the problem is the scope of coverage."

"But this is a little devil!"

"Yes! I can't accept giving such an important thing to a child."

Lucas emphasized: "This little kid in your mouth - but single-handedly responsible for the construction of a wild space station base station, and that was even four years ago."

The dissent died down.

Lucas looked around the circle with satisfaction and continued: "Believe me, although creating a signal tower is not easy, it is by no means the most difficult thing."

"Instead of creating the core technology ourselves, we can also choose the second option at the same time."

Lucaston paused and said, "Break the Concord."

…

long silence.

"I don't understand what you mean." After a long time, an older person raised his hand tremblingly.

He is very old, but still active in strategic thinking, and is now the deputy head of the staff.

"literal meaning."

Lucas knew his proposal was crazy.

"Unlocking the bell has to be tied to the bell. The vaccine is also extracted from the virus. There is always hope in the most dangerous places."

He said: "Since we have everything he needs in our hands, why can't we do the opposite and find a way to crack it?"

The deputy chief of staff was dumbfounded: "This..."

too crazy.

Now they all know how long the federal government has been planning the Great Return—thousands of years of stuff that they just want to find a way to crack—?

how is this possible!

Lucas pressed: "We have ex-researchers, raw materials, volunteer experimental subjects, Zerg, and people who have deep contact with Riley Jeffrey. We know everything they know, and even the parts that we don't understand. Why can't you give it a try?"

"You mean that this part is all thrown to the newly joined group of people?"

"Yes."

"What if they go against the water? We don't know them well enough."

"These are extraordinary times, and I'm willing to take a gamble."

Lucas answered firmly.

"...I trust your vision."

"Damn it! It's all for this kind of bet!"

"Okay, okay, I don't understand anyway, just vote with you."

"…"

"I have a question."

In a statement, the question is particularly prominent.

"Say."

"I have no objection to the establishment of the independent network, just thinking about the recruitment of the independent army ... who is responsible?"

"I."

Lucas showed a sly smile: "Who said we're going to recruit new recruits?"

"There is a place where, without our screening, there must be a large number of people who are not affected."

He looked around and mentioned a group that no one had thought of:

"Don't stay."