"Regarding your plan... I completely trust your abilities, after all, you are a member of the Genius Society.
I'm just worried about whether the robots interfered with by your virus will affect local public safety."
"Don't worry about that. The simulated righteous police officer personality might be much purer than most police officers in this world."
"Really? I always feel... a bit uneasy."
"I understand."
Bai Luan didn't explain much; he just silently sent a copy of the virus code he wrote to Graeme.
Graeme opened the code and looked at it for a while:
"That's freaking awesome..."
"Boothill keeps saying 'freaking' because his synesthetic beacon was modified. What's your excuse?"
"Uh... you know, Boothill's daily conversations have a high 'freaking' content, so I've been somewhat influenced by him..."
"I believe that reason."
Bai Luan said with a hint of ease, smiling:
"This kind of thing has never disappointed me in terms of spread speed. In my hometown, there's a dialect called 'Northeast dialect.' Once these people are mixed with normal people, they'll quickly assimilate others."
Graeme looked at Bai Luan with some surprise and said:
"You're much more talkative than I imagined. I thought geniuses would be more..."
Bai Luan glanced at Graeme. If he had ever watched Yi Mu's videos, he wouldn't have such a perception.
"You can consider me an exception, but it doesn't really matter, because every genius is an exception. Just consider me easier to get along with; it's my personality."
"Then can I ask a few questions? Honestly, as a scientist, seeing such code... I'm really curious."
"Go ahead, it's no big deal."
After a brief discussion with Graeme, the plan was officially finalized.
After the virus invades the Entropy Machina organization's robots, it will inevitably lead to internal strife among the robots.
Given the unique composition of Entropy Machina personnel, if they don't handle it well, the organization might directly perish.
However, it is an organization that has been operating for centuries with influence spanning the globe. If it were wiped out by a casual virus, it would be too fragile.
So, Bai Luan, adhering to the principle of striking while the iron is hot, graded the Entropy Machina strongholds and prepared to lead Boothill and Rappa to target the key ones.
After the general plan was discussed, Bai Luan uploaded the virus he edited to Entropy Machina's internal network.
Their carefully set firewalls were like air in front of Bai Luan's virus, completely ineffective, and it passed right through.
Entropy Machina tried to resist for a moment, but within minutes, they were elbowed back by the virus.
Subsequently, the infected robots began to act within the organization according to the logic of a righteous police officer persona.
They aimed their guns at their former masters who had driven them and declared them arrested for violating the law.
These robots, just a second ago, were still acting as bodyguards for core members or were engaged in burning, killing, and looting, but the next second after being infected, they immediately turned their guns and began to shout:
"Protect residents! Protect the masses! Arrest criminals! Don't let a single one escape!"
Most of Entropy Machina's members were arrested by the suddenly rebellious robots before they could even react.
And those who did react... it was useless. They had some bionic enhancements, and could even fight dozens of normal people, but now they were facing heavy-firepower robots that were originally meant to protect them!
No matter how much bionic enhancement, humans are still flesh and blood. To fight against steel bodies? Are you sane?
Entropy Machina was not without means to counter the robots. As soon as they discovered the robots were infected with the virus, they were already trying to regain control.
But in the end, they found that they couldn't regain control, absolutely couldn't. This virus was too powerful.
Entropy Machina's hackers racked their brains until they almost caught fire, but couldn't regain control of a single robot.
So, in the end, they could only resort to physical countermeasures against the robots, but Entropy Machina's characteristic was that people were far outnumbered by robots.
Therefore, they fell into an absolute disadvantage.
Those strongholds that were originally hidden were all exposed overnight.
The police station was bewildered when it opened the next day. What did it mean for enemy robots to arrest enemies and deliver them to their doorstep, reporting to them?
Entropy Machina fell into chaos according to Bai Luan's plan.
The Anti-Entropy diligently searched for intelligence on Entropy Machina and received a continuous stream of good news.
Many strongholds were directly destroyed by this robot rebellion.
Some strongholds, due to the presence of Pathstriders, could barely maintain control of the situation, but their locations were also exposed as a result.
At this time, Boothill and Rappa were dispatched. Wherever control could still be maintained, they went there and directly eliminated Entropy Machina's Pathstriders.
In this way, Entropy Machina's strongholds rapidly dwindled.
Soon, Entropy Machina also realized that it was impossible to defeat this virus, so they shut down their internal network. All robots went offline and were switched to manual operation.
However, doing so was merely a temporary solution, not addressing the root cause, because humans have limits. At most, one person can control a hundred robots; any more would be suicidal.
Although there were Pathstriders in the Entropy Machina organization who could exceed their limits and control more robots, they were ultimately a minority.
Moreover, Boothill and Rappa, as Pathstriders, were far stronger than them.
The reason Boothill and Rappa hadn't dealt with this organization in half a month wasn't because they couldn't, but simply because they couldn't catch them.
Now that Bai Luan had arrived, he perfectly solved the problem of not being able to find people.
So, Entropy Machina's fate was sealed, destined for destruction, it was only a matter of time.
Over the next period, the plan to destroy Entropy Machina progressed very smoothly, but also encountered some resistance.
Of course, this resistance wasn't Entropy Machina organizing any effective counterattacks, but rather they seemed to be intentionally stalling for time for some purpose.
Many strongholds were thrown out like pawns, attracting attention by any means necessary to buy time.
Clearly, there was also a figure within Entropy Machina who was controlling the overall situation, resisting Bai Luan in his own way.
But honestly, it was useless.
After all, Bai Luan's side had superior configurations in all aspects compared to Entropy Machina. Human wave tactics, in the face of absolute power disparity, could only be used to stall for time.
Those who were thrown out as pawns were not willing; they were forced to step forward by the chips in their brains.
Entropy Machina reaching this point proved that the organization was at its end, to the point of sacrificing core members for survival time.
These pawns bought Entropy Machina seven days of time.
Now, the entire Entropy Machina was left with only a bare main base.
Boothill sat in the hovercar, checking his revolver. He meticulously maintained his old companion, then loaded the bullets one by one.
After filling the cylinder, Boothill flicked it shut with a click.
Through the open hatch of the hovercar, he looked at Entropy Machina's main base hidden in the desert no-man's-land.
All that was left was to take out this thing, and everything would be over.
With the decisive battle imminent, Boothill felt a sense of unreality.
It was too simple compared to his previous operations.
He just had to shoot where Bai Luan pointed; he didn't have to worry about anything else.
He didn't use his brain at all, but he still won.
This feeling... this feeling... it was freaking awesome!
Boothill aimed the gun in his hand at Entropy Machina's last stronghold. The feeling of getting things done without using his brain was really good, making him unable to help but smile.
"Freaking, the easiest episode! I have to admit now that cooperating with you was a smart decision."
"Don't be too quick to jinx it. I told you before that those strongholds were all pawns. Who knows what other trump cards they might have."
"That sounds really unconvincing coming from you."
Boothill put his gun back.
"We've been unilaterally beating them like children for seven days, and now you're telling me they're not simple?"
Rappa spoke up at this moment:
"I think it's better to listen to Master Yumo more, after all, he's the smartest among us."
"Alright, well, although I don't think they can still jump around, since you both say so, I'll be careful."
Seeing that his message was conveyed, Bai Luan put on his full gear mode with the nanobots activated.
"I'll go ahead."
The thrusters behind him spewed flames, and he flew out of the transport plane, then, like a meteor, crashed directly into Entropy Machina's last stronghold.
Rappa stood at the edge of the transport plane, one foot on her skateboard, turned back to Boothill, and waved with a smile.
"Silver Lance. Shura, I'll go ahead!"
With that farewell, she transformed into a dazzling stream of light, shot out of the transport plane, and rapidly rushed towards Entropy Machina's main base in the air, leaving an incredibly brilliant arc in the sky.
Boothill watched them leave.
"Freaking... bullying the cowboy because he can't fly, huh?"