Douluo Continent: Dragon Shadow Rebirth

"boom!"

With a loud bang, a violent vibration suddenly came from the other side of the laboratory. Li Jie and Xiao Chen turned their heads instantly, their faces becoming solemn. Then, a metal plate on the wall was shaken open, revealing a black control terminal hidden inside.

"What the hell is this?" Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes and rushed over quickly. "Damn, isn't this the prototype of the 'fake terminal' we saw before?"

"Fake terminal?" Li Jie raised his eyebrows. "You said this is fake?"

"That's right! Look at this interface, there's something wrong." Xiao Chen reached out and pushed aside the cable next to it. "The wiring of this thing is obviously unprofessional. It must have been done by a 'temporary worker'."

"Temporary worker?" Li Jie frowned. "Don't mess around. This is not important. The most important thing is that there are only 15 minutes left in the countdown. We must find a solution quickly."

"Only 15 minutes left?" Xiao Chen suddenly howled, "Doesn't that mean... we're dead?!"

"Dead?" Li Jie rolled his eyes at him helplessly, "Do you want to add the word 'dead'? This could almost be a horror novel."

"What kind of horror novel is this? I just want to confirm how long I can live." Xiao Chen grabbed Li Jie's shoulders and said urgently, "Boss, think of a way quickly and stop playing this kind of 'negative humor' with me!"

"Why don't I think of a solution?" Li Jie rolled his eyes and pressed a button on the control terminal.

Snapped--

The button made a slight buzzing sound, and then a series of unknown symbols flashed on the terminal screen.

"What the hell is this?" Xiao Chen came over quickly, "These symbols feel like alien writing!"

"I don't think it's alien writing." Li Jie frowned, "It's more like some kind of encryption protocol, similar to the system codes we saw before. It seems that the difficulty of cracking these things has increased again."

"Has the difficulty increased?" Xiao Chen had an expression that said "I knew it a long time ago". "Then you have to hurry up. 15 minutes is not enough time for you to study the 'alien text'!"

"Are you too optimistic?" Li Jie glared at him. "I haven't finished speaking. The difficulty of cracking has increased, but it doesn't mean that I can't solve it."

"Are you sure?" Xiao Chen looked doubtful. "You don't even understand these symbols, how do you know you can solve it?"

"If you don't understand, don't interrupt." Li Jie frowned and stared at the string of symbols intently. "It seems that the first half of this string of symbols is similar to an encryption mark, and the second half is like a permission unlocking code..."

"Wait..." Xiao Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, "You mean... the permission unlock code? Doesn't that mean you need administrator privileges?"

Li Jie immediately stopped what he was doing and widened his eyes: "You just thought of this?"

"I just figured it out!" Xiao Chen said with an expression of "I am the smart one". "Since it is an unlock code, there must be a super administrator account, right? We need to crack this account!"

"Super Administrator?" Li Jie was somewhat helpless. "Do you think this laboratory will give us such a simple clue? But it is not ruled out that someone might... leave it to us on purpose."

Xiao Chen's eyes widened: "Are you saying that someone deliberately put this permission unlock code behind the scenes?"

"It's possible." Li Jie whispered, "But the question is, who would do this? Who is secretly controlling all this?"

"Okay, in that case, I think it's time for us to make a choice." Xiao Chen suddenly clapped his hands, "Either continue to explore and guess the password, or..."

"Go guess the password? Do you think this is a game of Landlord?" Li Jie interrupted him directly, "Of course, I'll ask someone for clarification!"

"Looking for someone? Who do you think can help us now?" Xiao Chen looked surprised.

Li Jie immediately turned his head and aimed at the strange robot in the corner of the laboratory. "Let's go find that little thing and ask it clearly."

"Robot?" Xiao Chen reacted instantly, his mouth twitching, "Do you think that little robot that looks like a toy on the surface can be helpful?"

"How should I know? Anyway, time is running out, so we just have to take it one step at a time." Li Jie shook his head and walked quickly towards the robot.

As the two approached the robot, the robot suddenly spoke: "An abnormal input has been detected. The system has activated emergency mode."

"What the hell?" Xiao Chen yelled, "It's going into emergency mode! Boss, hurry up! This thing is a 'killer'!"

Li Jie took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, this robot is just a program. It has no consciousness and will not do anything 'uncontrollable' at random."

"Are you sure?" Xiao Chen looked doubtful. "I remember the battery of this thing was full. Don't tell me it will really become some kind of killing machine."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense." Li Jie grabbed the robot's operating panel and asked, "Who told you to activate these 'emergency modes'?"

"Authentication failed." The robot replied coldly, "The identity authority does not match."

"Stop pretending," Li Jie laughed. "Do you think you are the neural network machine in The Matrix? Tell me who sent you these instructions."

"Authentication failed." The robot responded coldly again.

"Xiao Chen, come here quickly." Li Jie's tone sank, "Either there is something wrong with this robot, or the source of its instructions is not here."

"So, we guessed it right?" Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. "The mastermind is really the source of its instructions?"

"That's not important." Li Jie shook his head. "The most important thing is that this robot couldn't have activated the system on its own initiative. There must be someone behind these instructions who can remotely control it."

"Then we have to find this person!" Xiao Chen's eyes sparkled. "Who do you think is the person behind the scenes? Could it really be the mysterious organization hiding behind this?"

Li Jie frowned: "Mysterious organization? Not necessarily, it could be an insider. We have to find clues quickly."

"Oh my god! You can even deduce this!" Xiao Chen spread his hands, "Why don't you just leave the job of solving the case to me!"

"You? Don't be ridiculous." Li Jie smiled, "Help me deal with the robot first, and leave the rest to me."

Just as the two were busy dealing with the robots, the display screen in the control room flashed a few times again, and the countdown had entered the final five minutes.

"Oh, don't look at me! I'm helpless too!" Xiao Chen had an expression that said "I told you so" and said, "There are only five minutes left in the countdown. There's no hope for us, right?"

"Who said there's no hope?" Li Jie smiled coldly, "Have you forgotten that we still have a secret weapon?"

"Secret weapon?" Xiao Chen was stunned. "What secret weapon?"

Li Jie raised his lips and said, "Didn't you see the 'alien text' unlocking device? Now, let it be our 'final blow'!"