四十一樓。304Please respect copyright.PENANA0q5VcdSIar
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桃紅木色的牆身掛着一幅幅現代寫實風格的油畫,暗啞金色畫框上有別緻細膩的雕花,可是畫中卻與西方的宮廷畫風有點大相逕庭,因為無論油畫的用色、構圖與主題,都留了一絲絲東方的味道。304Please respect copyright.PENANAPZAx4fBD0S
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一進門口左邊第一幅畫,就是一位穿着藍色闊袍大䄂唐裝的女士,她半坐半站在西化的木椅上,翹着小腿,手拿着白色羽扇,束着髮髻,眼睛的焦點落在一旁。304Please respect copyright.PENANAgLyO9K0zXN
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而另一幅則是一個清朝的大官老爺,穿着黑色的官服,坐在黑木色的酸枝椅上。他兩手叉開,儘量擴張他的身體,加上他那得意的面部表情,微微向上翹的嘴角,像在藐視看畫人的無知。304Please respect copyright.PENANAXfpEscYLxb
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「就像甚麼詭計都給他一眼看穿了一樣。」葉向東心想。304Please respect copyright.PENANAyabkUtYx4D
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湯天僕的槍頭刺了他的背脊一下,催促他繼續前進。304Please respect copyright.PENANAuByAZnD5wD
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他被湯天僕捉着,押上了四十一樓,穿過幾條寬闊的走廊後,進入了一間門牌寫着「TURNER ROOM」的房間。這房間空空如也,卻大得要命,在長長房間與落地玻璃的盡頭,是一張大班書桌,後面卻襯着維多利亞海港慘淡失色的夜景。304Please respect copyright.PENANAkR6gdzvw4J
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他們來到大班書桌,同樣用桃木製成的大桌面上,一份文件與一件文具也找不到,只有一台二十七寸LCD電腦屏幕、一個黑色的電腦鍵盤與一隻有線的滑鼠。桌子前面有兩張給訪客坐的黑色電腦椅,而桌子後則是一張簡樸的真皮大班椅。304Please respect copyright.PENANAPSJr9fzyCG
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「你坐在這兒。」湯天僕說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAVR1AKnypN5
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葉向東拉開訪客的位子,坐了下來。湯天僕繞過大班桌子,來到電腦面前,似乎正準備啟動電腦。304Please respect copyright.PENANATrwBsyJM2w
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「你不怕我走掉嗎?」葉向東問。304Please respect copyright.PENANAGwJZ6pAdim
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湯天僕沒有看一眼,蹲下似乎在接駁電腦的電源,只聽見他的聲音:「不怕,你能逃到哪裏了?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAiVLkypgJxG
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「你不是湯天僕。」葉向東斬釘截鐵地說。304Please respect copyright.PENANA1Iwdou9ScL
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湯天僕站起身來,問道:「你為甚麼知道?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAQzEzl27jCC
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那樣的回答已經間接說明了葉向東的猜想是正確的:「湯天僕不會說『你、我、他』,他只懂直呼其名……你究竟是誰!」304Please respect copyright.PENANAgn1cNXUMUF
304Please respect copyright.PENANAsPwqLKmtwS
「我叫『巴爾塔薩』……」湯天僕說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAy57sI15QgT
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「……是被暗網的潛行者們稱為『東方三博士』的超級電腦的其中一台。」牡丹的聲音突然在身後響起。304Please respect copyright.PENANAq53zzcljgf
304Please respect copyright.PENANAbJ6fOfUOD6
葉向東回頭一看,只見牡丹押着雙手被膠索帶綁着的區穎慢慢進來。他眉頭一皺,區穎一臉尷尬地苦笑,似乎明白他的意思:你不是說會打贏嗎?304Please respect copyright.PENANAB0lkaItOed
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牡丹輕輕一推,區穎便在葉向東旁邊的電腦椅坐下來,然後再把她的手綁在椅子手柄上。304Please respect copyright.PENANAXmbIFqHYR3
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湯天僕繼續說:「第七保險箱的掌鑰人應該向你解釋過吧?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAguc7jdbpVV
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「害羞鬼?」葉向東搖搖頭:「他其實甚麼也沒有說。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAgcoP4Jjv9x
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「那臭小子還是那麼謹慎。」牡丹說:「明明已找到了『潘多拉的鑰匙』,卻甚麼也不告訴他。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAwgdMa0b29z
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葉向東與區穎面面相覷。304Please respect copyright.PENANAIBTdELQ5cu
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「我不明白你在說甚麼。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAW1cE0ITkkr
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牡丹也走到葉向東的前面,解釋說:「在你們進入國金三期的控制室時,我才找到駭入那山寨版智能眼鏡系統的方法……」304Please respect copyright.PENANAsNhZP9KQR0
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「她與湯天僕一唱一和,像是同一個人在說話,怪怪的,難道兩人都給催眠控制了?」區穎小聲地說。304Please respect copyright.PENANADa4i0g6Yj4
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葉向東白了她一眼,「不是都告訴過你嗎?」的表情。304Please respect copyright.PENANAVDLHivqLuI
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「……好不容易在通往獅子銀行的地底通道時駭入你們三人,卻中途被『害羞鬼』把你給攔截下來。」牡丹說,而湯天僕似乎在控制桌面上的電腦,不停在輸入些甚麼資料。304Please respect copyright.PENANAOuqusOzhw0
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「那即是說我不是給在『金庫』裏的『害羞鬼』催眠了,反而是被他救走了?」葉向東心想。304Please respect copyright.PENANAgTQ69rKf0P
304Please respect copyright.PENANAnNag8VCj4h
「要催眠一個人不容易,你是如何辦到的?」區穎問道。304Please respect copyright.PENANAYBA0TXhHKr
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牡丹指了指頭上帶着的智能眼鏡,說:「人的眼睛其實很容易受騙。普通的外界影像藉由光線反射,投射在人類的視網膜上,這些影像會被解析成資訊,然後透過神經傳入大腦,大腦再以極快的速度處理這些資訊。若一些互有關聯的靜止影像在每隔一段時間播放,而相隔時間較短的話,人類就會以為影像在動。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAmb85sRQ9UA
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區穎說:「我知道,這就像看幻燈片。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAxksdYotoRu
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「一般人大約可以感知每秒五十次至六十次的閃頻……」牡丹繼續說:「即50Hz至60Hz。根據研究顯示,人類的大腦活動脈衝於13Hz最為穩定,太快就有機會產生頻閃觀察效應。」304Please respect copyright.PENANATcEi3QWo7X
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區穎皺眉望了望葉向東,他小聲解釋道:「即推車輪圈效應,以前在物理課時也教過你:本來往前轉的車輪看起來卻像往後轉。」他看見她還是一臉不解,想起以前與她上課時的情境:「那即是說,我們大腦沒法處理超過13Hz的視覺資料。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAYUTDkjabVV
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「沒錯。」牡丹續道:「視訊資料只要超過20Hz,大腦對資訊的判讀將不會產生任何差異。那麼最初只要把高於20Hz的催眠用視訊資料隱藏在智能眼鏡的擴增實境影像中,就能有效地進行暗示,把人類的意識囚禁起來。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAf1HT73Vx1P
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「你口口聲聲人類前、人類後,說得好像你不是人類似的。」區穎還以為自己問了一個尖銳的問題,望了望葉向東討讚賞,誰知他只有苦笑着。304Please respect copyright.PENANAbTxxyPuPMn
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「我不是已告訴過你,我是『巴爾塔薩』?」牡丹說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAt90ZtqPpku
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區穎點了點頭,牡丹望向葉向東,等他解釋。304Please respect copyright.PENANA4y57G6w2vp
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他無奈地說:「害羞鬼是第七保險箱的掌鑰人,要竊聽及截查全球的通訊網絡、過濾有機會危害國家安全的資訊,這涉及龐大的數據處理,除非能有大量人手,否則凡人是沒法辦到的。但事實卻擺在眼前:他們做到了。那麼推論的終點便是:『他們』都不是人。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAwPOOp31xty
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葉向東呑了呑口水,續道:「唯一的解釋,『巴爾塔薩』與『害羞鬼』都是人工智能。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAfwkU2jGCjk
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區穎想到用半人工智能操作的TIKAGUN、粗鋸齒、鹹狗等半自動化兵器,開始明白問題的嚴重性,她試探地說:「你們打算引發『災變』,消滅人類嗎?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAaKyW7qhi1A
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「區小姐,你科幻小說和未來戰士電影看得太多了。正好相反,我的任務是防止『災變』的發生。」牡丹說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Xtn42Cm8
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「那麼『災變』是甚麼?」區穎有點激動,也忘了自己被扣在椅子上就想站起來,被硬生生拉回座位中。304Please respect copyright.PENANAIhKX1vAFo5
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「你沒事嘛?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAaio7ggyFxH
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「手腕很痛。」雖然葉向東雙手自由,他也很想離開自己的位子查看區穎的傷勢,可是身體卻不聽使喚,動彈不得。304Please respect copyright.PENANA25JWnvrsJk
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這時,從天花降下了一塊超過一百寸大的投影機屏幕,剛好在玻璃幕牆前,把外面開始進入混亂、火光熊熊的狀態都遮蔽了。304Please respect copyright.PENANAlmnTP6cz7e
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湯天僕站起身來,似乎已經完成他的「任務」。304Please respect copyright.PENANAeGTEDslHTD
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超高清的投影機投射出一個藍色天空的畫面,紅綠黃藍的四塊田中間寫着「95」。304Please respect copyright.PENANAHWm1rpnK2a
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「Win 95!」葉向東驚訝地說。
ns18.223.172.149da2 304Please respect copyright.PENANA9saxKpRBCk
桃紅木色的牆身掛着一幅幅現代寫實風格的油畫,暗啞金色畫框上有別緻細膩的雕花,可是畫中卻與西方的宮廷畫風有點大相逕庭,因為無論油畫的用色、構圖與主題,都留了一絲絲東方的味道。304Please respect copyright.PENANAPZAx4fBD0S
304Please respect copyright.PENANAbyI1HHqEU7
一進門口左邊第一幅畫,就是一位穿着藍色闊袍大䄂唐裝的女士,她半坐半站在西化的木椅上,翹着小腿,手拿着白色羽扇,束着髮髻,眼睛的焦點落在一旁。304Please respect copyright.PENANAgLyO9K0zXN
304Please respect copyright.PENANAo2VPUGJVOB
而另一幅則是一個清朝的大官老爺,穿着黑色的官服,坐在黑木色的酸枝椅上。他兩手叉開,儘量擴張他的身體,加上他那得意的面部表情,微微向上翹的嘴角,像在藐視看畫人的無知。304Please respect copyright.PENANAXfpEscYLxb
304Please respect copyright.PENANAjAFeSUfvMl
「就像甚麼詭計都給他一眼看穿了一樣。」葉向東心想。304Please respect copyright.PENANAyabkUtYx4D
304Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ98eDMHw3
湯天僕的槍頭刺了他的背脊一下,催促他繼續前進。304Please respect copyright.PENANAuByAZnD5wD
304Please respect copyright.PENANAnFOTUt2KT5
他被湯天僕捉着,押上了四十一樓,穿過幾條寬闊的走廊後,進入了一間門牌寫着「TURNER ROOM」的房間。這房間空空如也,卻大得要命,在長長房間與落地玻璃的盡頭,是一張大班書桌,後面卻襯着維多利亞海港慘淡失色的夜景。304Please respect copyright.PENANAkR6gdzvw4J
304Please respect copyright.PENANAFUU4B2Dz8Z
他們來到大班書桌,同樣用桃木製成的大桌面上,一份文件與一件文具也找不到,只有一台二十七寸LCD電腦屏幕、一個黑色的電腦鍵盤與一隻有線的滑鼠。桌子前面有兩張給訪客坐的黑色電腦椅,而桌子後則是一張簡樸的真皮大班椅。304Please respect copyright.PENANAPSJr9fzyCG
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「你坐在這兒。」湯天僕說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAVR1AKnypN5
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葉向東拉開訪客的位子,坐了下來。湯天僕繞過大班桌子,來到電腦面前,似乎正準備啟動電腦。304Please respect copyright.PENANATrwBsyJM2w
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「你不怕我走掉嗎?」葉向東問。304Please respect copyright.PENANAGwJZ6pAdim
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湯天僕沒有看一眼,蹲下似乎在接駁電腦的電源,只聽見他的聲音:「不怕,你能逃到哪裏了?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAiVLkypgJxG
304Please respect copyright.PENANAWIrrE5zrUH
「你不是湯天僕。」葉向東斬釘截鐵地說。304Please respect copyright.PENANA1Iwdou9ScL
304Please respect copyright.PENANAIULD8YiBXg
湯天僕站起身來,問道:「你為甚麼知道?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAQzEzl27jCC
304Please respect copyright.PENANAZCvx9pbzUe
那樣的回答已經間接說明了葉向東的猜想是正確的:「湯天僕不會說『你、我、他』,他只懂直呼其名……你究竟是誰!」304Please respect copyright.PENANAgn1cNXUMUF
304Please respect copyright.PENANAsPwqLKmtwS
「我叫『巴爾塔薩』……」湯天僕說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAy57sI15QgT
304Please respect copyright.PENANAkSsD1d8h3w
「……是被暗網的潛行者們稱為『東方三博士』的超級電腦的其中一台。」牡丹的聲音突然在身後響起。304Please respect copyright.PENANAq53zzcljgf
304Please respect copyright.PENANAbJ6fOfUOD6
葉向東回頭一看,只見牡丹押着雙手被膠索帶綁着的區穎慢慢進來。他眉頭一皺,區穎一臉尷尬地苦笑,似乎明白他的意思:你不是說會打贏嗎?304Please respect copyright.PENANAB0lkaItOed
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牡丹輕輕一推,區穎便在葉向東旁邊的電腦椅坐下來,然後再把她的手綁在椅子手柄上。304Please respect copyright.PENANAXmbIFqHYR3
304Please respect copyright.PENANAj0xl8K31bh
湯天僕繼續說:「第七保險箱的掌鑰人應該向你解釋過吧?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAguc7jdbpVV
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「害羞鬼?」葉向東搖搖頭:「他其實甚麼也沒有說。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAgcoP4Jjv9x
304Please respect copyright.PENANAmCjUK87UPw
「那臭小子還是那麼謹慎。」牡丹說:「明明已找到了『潘多拉的鑰匙』,卻甚麼也不告訴他。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAwgdMa0b29z
304Please respect copyright.PENANAY76l8CGZLQ
葉向東與區穎面面相覷。304Please respect copyright.PENANAIBTdELQ5cu
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「我不明白你在說甚麼。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAW1cE0ITkkr
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牡丹也走到葉向東的前面,解釋說:「在你們進入國金三期的控制室時,我才找到駭入那山寨版智能眼鏡系統的方法……」304Please respect copyright.PENANAsNhZP9KQR0
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「她與湯天僕一唱一和,像是同一個人在說話,怪怪的,難道兩人都給催眠控制了?」區穎小聲地說。304Please respect copyright.PENANADa4i0g6Yj4
304Please respect copyright.PENANAQbqJ8os7di
葉向東白了她一眼,「不是都告訴過你嗎?」的表情。304Please respect copyright.PENANAVDLHivqLuI
304Please respect copyright.PENANAJBLSeWpdJB
「……好不容易在通往獅子銀行的地底通道時駭入你們三人,卻中途被『害羞鬼』把你給攔截下來。」牡丹說,而湯天僕似乎在控制桌面上的電腦,不停在輸入些甚麼資料。304Please respect copyright.PENANAOuqusOzhw0
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「那即是說我不是給在『金庫』裏的『害羞鬼』催眠了,反而是被他救走了?」葉向東心想。304Please respect copyright.PENANAgTQ69rKf0P
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「要催眠一個人不容易,你是如何辦到的?」區穎問道。304Please respect copyright.PENANAYBA0TXhHKr
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牡丹指了指頭上帶着的智能眼鏡,說:「人的眼睛其實很容易受騙。普通的外界影像藉由光線反射,投射在人類的視網膜上,這些影像會被解析成資訊,然後透過神經傳入大腦,大腦再以極快的速度處理這些資訊。若一些互有關聯的靜止影像在每隔一段時間播放,而相隔時間較短的話,人類就會以為影像在動。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAmb85sRQ9UA
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區穎說:「我知道,這就像看幻燈片。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAxksdYotoRu
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「一般人大約可以感知每秒五十次至六十次的閃頻……」牡丹繼續說:「即50Hz至60Hz。根據研究顯示,人類的大腦活動脈衝於13Hz最為穩定,太快就有機會產生頻閃觀察效應。」304Please respect copyright.PENANATcEi3QWo7X
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區穎皺眉望了望葉向東,他小聲解釋道:「即推車輪圈效應,以前在物理課時也教過你:本來往前轉的車輪看起來卻像往後轉。」他看見她還是一臉不解,想起以前與她上課時的情境:「那即是說,我們大腦沒法處理超過13Hz的視覺資料。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAYUTDkjabVV
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「沒錯。」牡丹續道:「視訊資料只要超過20Hz,大腦對資訊的判讀將不會產生任何差異。那麼最初只要把高於20Hz的催眠用視訊資料隱藏在智能眼鏡的擴增實境影像中,就能有效地進行暗示,把人類的意識囚禁起來。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAf1HT73Vx1P
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「你口口聲聲人類前、人類後,說得好像你不是人類似的。」區穎還以為自己問了一個尖銳的問題,望了望葉向東討讚賞,誰知他只有苦笑着。304Please respect copyright.PENANAbTxxyPuPMn
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「我不是已告訴過你,我是『巴爾塔薩』?」牡丹說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAt90ZtqPpku
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區穎點了點頭,牡丹望向葉向東,等他解釋。304Please respect copyright.PENANA4y57G6w2vp
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他無奈地說:「害羞鬼是第七保險箱的掌鑰人,要竊聽及截查全球的通訊網絡、過濾有機會危害國家安全的資訊,這涉及龐大的數據處理,除非能有大量人手,否則凡人是沒法辦到的。但事實卻擺在眼前:他們做到了。那麼推論的終點便是:『他們』都不是人。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAwPOOp31xty
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葉向東呑了呑口水,續道:「唯一的解釋,『巴爾塔薩』與『害羞鬼』都是人工智能。」304Please respect copyright.PENANAfwkU2jGCjk
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區穎想到用半人工智能操作的TIKAGUN、粗鋸齒、鹹狗等半自動化兵器,開始明白問題的嚴重性,她試探地說:「你們打算引發『災變』,消滅人類嗎?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAaKyW7qhi1A
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「區小姐,你科幻小說和未來戰士電影看得太多了。正好相反,我的任務是防止『災變』的發生。」牡丹說。304Please respect copyright.PENANAi7Xtn42Cm8
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「那麼『災變』是甚麼?」區穎有點激動,也忘了自己被扣在椅子上就想站起來,被硬生生拉回座位中。304Please respect copyright.PENANAIhKX1vAFo5
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「你沒事嘛?」304Please respect copyright.PENANAaio7ggyFxH
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「手腕很痛。」雖然葉向東雙手自由,他也很想離開自己的位子查看區穎的傷勢,可是身體卻不聽使喚,動彈不得。304Please respect copyright.PENANA25JWnvrsJk
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這時,從天花降下了一塊超過一百寸大的投影機屏幕,剛好在玻璃幕牆前,把外面開始進入混亂、火光熊熊的狀態都遮蔽了。304Please respect copyright.PENANAlmnTP6cz7e
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湯天僕站起身來,似乎已經完成他的「任務」。304Please respect copyright.PENANAeGTEDslHTD
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超高清的投影機投射出一個藍色天空的畫面,紅綠黃藍的四塊田中間寫着「95」。304Please respect copyright.PENANAHWm1rpnK2a
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「Win 95!」葉向東驚訝地說。