368: Closing the Net 2

The automatic machine gun's firepower was fierce, its twenty barrels like the scythe of death, mercilessly reaping lives. The rioters fell one after another under the machine gun's barrage, blood and dismembered limbs flying through the air, and the entire Guidance Hall instantly transformed into a living hell.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" The leading rioter screamed hoarsely, but it was already too late. The automatic machine gun's firing rate was extremely fast; they had no time to react before being hit by a dense hail of bullets.

"Ah!"

Screams rose and fell, and the rioters fled in terror. However, the automatic machine gun did not stop firing because of their pleas for mercy; instead, it spewed flames even more frantically.

With a sizzle, 3 restarted all surveillance, and all security robots awoke. The screen in the Commander's room where Meng Xian was located also lit up.

The horrific scene in the machine room's Guidance Hall was projected onto the large screen in the Commander's room. Meng Xian saw this scene through the surveillance in the Commander's room, and a hint of unbearable pain appeared in his eyes.

"The boss did it on purpose; he deliberately let the rioters break into the data machine room and then used the automatic machine gun to wipe them all out." A hint of horror appeared in Meng Xian's eyes. Although it was to remove a tumor from the base, such a massacre still sent a chill down his spine.

As the automatic machine gun swept, the rioters fell one after another. Finally, when the last rioter fell, the entire Guidance Hall had become a sea of blood. The automatic machine gun stopped firing, standing silently there, as if waiting for the next slaughter.

3 began to take over the base's security system. Before this, 3 had not been idle; it had been collecting facial information of all rioters, and once collected, the base's automatic security system quickly activated, with a large number of robots holding machine guns, beginning a full-scale counterattack.

3 would not give the rioters any chance to beg for mercy. As long as a face matched the database collected by 3, the robots controlled by 3 would kill them with one shot. By only using about 5,000 security robots, 3 quickly brought the scale of the base's riot under control.

In the Commander's room, everyone watched as the red dots representing rioters on the entire holographic map disappeared in swathes. Meng Xian realized that each red dot represented a life. Among them, besides the Transformers, there were also ordinary base members who participated in the riot.

3 displayed unparalleled efficiency and ruthlessness. Everyone in the Commander's room, witnessing the entire process from chaos to order, from death to tranquility, experienced huge emotional fluctuations within themselves.

Lin Yao looked at the screen, his gaze calm. The others had various expressions; being protected by such a quantum AI, besides a sense of security, they also felt a deep sense of fear in their hearts.

Once this 3 chose not to protect humanity but to kill, the angel protecting them would instantly turn into a demon slaughtering all living beings.

"What are you still standing there for? He has already acted; it's your turn to clean up the mess," Lin Yao said slowly.

Meng Xian took a deep breath and said into the communication channel: "Comprehensive Management Department functional departments, the base situation has been controlled. All departments, please cooperate to clear the battlefield, ensure no one slips through the net, rescue injured personnel, and maintain base order."

As Meng Xian's order was issued, the personnel within the base quickly sprang into action. They began sweeping and rescuing the base according to the predetermined plans from previous drills.

Over the next few hours, most civilians were confined to their homes by 3. Although there were occasional gunshots and explosions, the final mop-up became very smooth. The sounds of battle within the base gradually diminished, and when the last riot was quelled, the entire base returned to its previous orderly state.

During this riot, most of the rioters were killed on the spot, and a small number were mostly injured. A large number of temporary medical tents were set up in the Underground City's central square to accommodate the injured personnel.

3 also began directing maintenance robots to start repair work throughout the base. In the Commander's room, Lin Yao sat there without moving, while Meng Xian and several responsible persons busied themselves, organizing various data, and then began further defensive construction for the base.

3 quelled the riot in just a few hours, demonstrating its powerful strength. Meng Xian looked at the various data on the screen and sighed deeply.

"Too powerful, 3 is truly too strong."

Tian Ming did not show up throughout the entire process. On an open space on the other side of the wall, Tian Ming was building his own manor. He merely directed his doppelgangers and 3 remotely to quell the entire internal riot of the base.

This crisis, if it had relied on internal forces to resolve, would likely have led to continuous trouble. All base internal management personnel gathered together, and it all felt like a dream. Everyone looked at the data on the screen, which was compiled by 3.

Everyone present remained silent. They all knew that although the base's situation had stabilized and most of the Transformers had been cleared out, underlying dangers still existed.

No one could guarantee that all Transformers had been dealt with in this crisis. Moreover, 3's decisive action also made the managers present feel threatened. This was not just a threat to their own positions, but more so a fear of 3 being uncontrollable.

"I just contacted the boss; he has been in the base all along. During the riot just now, he already knew all the main rioters through 3 and eliminated these Transformers through his doppelgangers," Meng Xian said, breaking the silence.

"You mean President Lu has been in the base all along? Then who was the one he sent out?"

"He sent out his doppelganger. As soon as the Transformers showed signs of unrest, the boss had already been watching them. Doppelgangers 4 and 5 carried out decapitation strikes, and 3 came to quell the rebellion. He told me that if there are still lurking Transformers, there shouldn't be more than two digits. The remaining hidden Transformers might be among the senior management personnel."

Meng Xian's words caused everyone to fall into contemplation. The base's high-level management consisted of at least over 5,000 people, and finding the existence of Transformers among these 5,000-plus people was not easy.

Meng Xian paused and then said, "Next, we will begin a self-inspection of the management system. All management personnel, starting today, are not allowed to leave their respective posts. Daily work logs must be submitted for review. 3 will monitor this closely, and I hope everyone can cooperate well."

"Additionally, starting today, the base will enter a state of alert. All personnel are not allowed to enter or exit the base at will, and external personnel will require a strict registration system. Also, the base's defense system must be strengthened, and no loopholes can appear. We will cooperate with 3 to find the last few who slipped through the net." Meng Xian's tone was heavy.