wavenovel Chapter 870: Branch Quest Completed (asking for monthly ticket)
Chapter 870: Branch Quest Completed (asking for monthly ticket)
Before Gu Ji could ask more questions, he was dragged by the black-clad soldiers and hurriedly rushed towards the laboratory in the military secret area.
He knew there must be a problem with the code decryption.
Soon, the two came to a temporary meeting room in the laboratory.
When they pushed open the door, they saw Brian and Holt standing in front of the table with serious expressions, staring at a stack of documents in the hands of Professor Chris and the researchers.
"You are finally here. We have made new progress in code deciphering!"
Seeing Gu Ji appear, Brian couldn't wait to pull him over.
Professor Chris spread the document on the conference table and pointed at some words and numbers on it and said:
"The binary code that Penny dictated is divided into two parts. The contents of the first two parts, when translated into high-level language, are very similar to the contents you deciphered through hieroglyphics. However, the second half is just a bunch of random numbers. We searched for a long time but could not find any pattern..."
Gu Ji looked at the densely packed numbers on the document and thought to himself that it was a good thing that he had handed the matter over to military researchers.
If I were to do it myself, I would probably have to work for at least ten days or half a month.
He picked up the notebook and looked at it for a long time.
Most of the text in the first half is just single words, and many are even letters and numbers.
The meaning is completely different from the "for mankind's exploration of the sphere" and "continuous" that he had tried to decipher before. Only the "human", "sphere" and "8100" are the same.
This was actually the problem that Gu Ji encountered when he first started deciphering the code.
This is mainly because the computer language of this period was very low-level and the coding systems of different countries were also different.
Gu Ji relied on the skills and knowledge acquired through rewards to master all the mainstream computer machine languages in the world. He combined the modern computer coding system he learned in college with his understanding of the brainwashing slogan of THEO organization to finally come up with the meaning.
It can be said to be half guessed and half made up.
From this perspective, the military's deciphered content in the first half was of little help to him.
What Gu Ji really cared about was the second half of the number.
Because binary code can be accurately converted into decimal, this is why there are so many errors in the first half of the high-level text, but "8100" is extremely accurate.
These numbers also account for the largest proportion of Penny's oral statements.
The result is just as Professor Chris said, the numbers are simply a mess when put together.
The only thing that can be barely called a regularity is that two repeated numbers appear every seven or eight digits.
They are all marked with black horizontal lines, and there are four with the highest frequency:
"00", "01", "10", and "11".
Theoretically, these are the simplest combinations of binary codes, representing the four numbers "0123" in decimal.
Given the capabilities of these scientific researchers, it is impossible for them to deliberately omit any data during the conversion.
Therefore, they must have some special meaning.
"Well, after watching for so long, what do you think?"
Seeing that Gu Ji kept his head down and didn't speak for a long time, Hott hurriedly asked.
But he just raised his hand and dismissed it.
"What do these repeated numbers often represent in your military computer language?"
"There are many possibilities, such as bit masks to express the direction of up, down, left, and right, displacement instructions, increment and decrement, hardware relay control, switch closure, etc...."
After hearing this, Professor Chris answered very seriously.
The reason why Gu Ji asked this was because he knew that the game system would never make invalid arrangements.
Since the computer skills obtained as a reward are "specially historically limited", limiting him to mastering only the basic machine language of this era, it proves that modern computer knowledge is of little help in deciphering and may even interfere.
I believe the same is true for the mysterious sphere.
The information that Penny's brain can receive basically represents the upper limit of human knowledge capacity and development in this era, otherwise this kind of influencing behavior would be meaningless.
So Gu Ji tried to understand it from the perspective of scientists of this era.
"Directions and instructions..."
He muttered to himself repeatedly, his eyes wandering among the densely packed numbers.
Suddenly.
He actually found a familiar feeling in it.
Gu Ji quickly locked his eyes.
"1137103722... this string of numbers..."
His brain was working rapidly, and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head, and he finally found the same memory:
37 degrees 10 minutes 37.22 seconds north latitude!
Gu Ji had discovered these coordinates in an expansion pack when he first saw the official announcement of the mysterious sphere's information at the CTOC Joint Strategic Conference.
1955年6月11日，9点03分。
Coordinates, 37°N…
The memory of the scene at that time once again appeared in Gu Ji's mind.
That’s right, this is exactly the location where the mysterious sphere was first discovered in the Us region in the country!
The reason why Gu Ji was able to recall.
On the one hand, it was due to his extremely high central nervous system values, and on the other hand, he had just experienced the Us earthquake.
The longitude and latitude values at the time of parachuting based on the mission coordinates were very close to this string of numbers, because the secret laboratory was built near the location where the mysterious sphere was discovered.
He continued to look back along the string of numbers, and found that "009124765" was exactly the same as 91 degrees, 2 minutes and 47.65 seconds east longitude.
in this case……
The repeating numbers "00" and "01" represent the longitude and latitude of east, south, west and north!
And the rest of the irregular groups of numbers represent the precise coordinate values of the mysterious spheres distributed around the world?
Geek!
Thinking of this, Gu Ji hurriedly used his mind to open the ORS satellite map and verified it one by one.
Sure enough, applying these numbers according to the coordinate system is extremely smooth.
For example, the first string of numbers represents Barcelona, Brazil; the second one represents Sedona, Arizona, USA. Then there are the pyramids of Egypt, the Nazca lines of Peru, the Uzbek Mountains of Xia Dynasty, and the Himalayas of India, etc.
The marked location in India is very similar to the radiation accident that Gu Ji had heard about from villagers when he was experiencing the flood checkpoint in Assam, northeastern India, as well as the location of the secret research institute of the Indian and US military joint in the intelligence contributed by Vidi.
It further proves that these coordinates are the possible locations of the mysterious spheres!
Gu Ji suppressed his inner shock.
This is definitely nuclear-level intelligence information!
To know.
In every fragment of the mysterious sphere, there is technology and special materials that are far superior to those on Earth.
This means that whoever can control more mysterious spheres will be able to gain more advanced technological power!
without any exaggeration.
In the era of 1952, before countries around the world had fully recognized the mysterious sphere, the coordinates in Gu Ji's mind were equivalent to an entire treasure mountain!
"Sahana, did you find something?"
During the time when Gu Ji was thinking and analyzing, the others kept observing the documents and him repeatedly.
Especially Hott.
As someone who has been targeting him repeatedly, how could he not keep a close eye on the changes in his expression? Even if he hid it well, a soldier's keen observation skills would still allow him to detect a hint of abnormality.
Gu Ji forced himself to calm down.
Now there seem to be two choices before him:
Find an excuse to get away with it, or just tell the truth.
But actually.
The mechanism of longitude and latitude coordinates is actually not difficult to guess.
After all, the direction of the "masking code" was spoken out by Professor Chris himself. With his and other military researchers' smart minds, they should be able to figure this out quickly.
So Gu Ji chose to lie at this time.
Either they will be regarded as intentional concealment and face a breakdown in trust, or the image of Unit 7472 will collapse and they will also face the termination of cooperation.
If he wants to continue to complete his ultimate mission, he must borrow the power of the government and the military.
and so.
Instead of asking for trouble, it is better to do a favor first.
Anyway, just knowing the coordinates does not mean that you will definitely find the mysterious sphere. There will still be competition and research to be done in the future.
After all, the intelligence agencies of countries around the world, especially those of superpowers, are not just for show. As long as there is any slight disturbance in the international arena, other countries will quickly follow suit.
then.
Gu Ji looked around, deliberately attracting everyone's attention, and then spoke slowly and solemnly:
"I think I know what these numbers mean."
"What!? Tell me now!"
Brian and Holt straightened up instantly, and even Professor Chris took a step forward eagerly, his eyes full of desire.
Gu Ji picked up the document gently, pointed at the numbers, and methodically recounted his findings and reasoning process.
It just changed its discovery from CTOC to 7472 troops.
After hearing this, the expressions on everyone's faces gradually changed from initial surprise to solemnity. Everyone knew what this discovery meant.
"If this is true, then we must act now."
Holt frowned, his expression grim. "Once the location of these mysterious spheres is leaked, other countries will definitely do whatever it takes to grab them. We must get ahead of them!"
"That's right. We must immediately conduct a detailed analysis and verification of these coordinates to ensure that there are no mistakes!"
Brian nodded in agreement, also with a serious look on his face.
This is the military’s habitual thinking, everything is based on its own interests.
Professor Chris picked up the document, reached out and gently stroked the digital coordinates on it, his eyes full of joy and excitement, so much so that his eyes were a little red and wet.
Perhaps for this kind of academic experts.
The mysterious sphere represents mankind's infinite exploration of science.
[Side Quest Objective: Crack the secret of Penny, success!]
At this time.
A system prompt appears.
Seeing this scene, Gu Ji fell into deep thought.
He couldn't understand why the mysterious sphere went through so much trouble and announced its location by hinting at Penny, just to let humans dig it out and fight for it?
Is it to accelerate the progress of human technology, or to provoke wars between countries?
Gu Ji still couldn't figure it out.
He didn't even understand why the system deliberately arranged such a side quest for him to solve.
It seems that only when the hidden mission appears can we find out the truth!
"All of our related persons in charge are being summoned to hold an emergency strategic meeting in half an hour!"
After Brian finished reporting the situation over the phone, he immediately looked up and said.
He then looked at Gu Ji again, his eyes full of appreciation and gratitude: "Ms. Sahana, thank you for the information and clues you provided us, otherwise we don't know how long we would be lost in this pile of characters, so we would like to invite you to join us at this meeting!"
Although Holt always had a bad attitude, he had to accept this proposal at this moment.
"of course can."
Gu Ji agreed immediately.
Only a fool would not attend this kind of top intelligence meeting.
Even if it is of no help to the ultimate mission, at least it can give him clues related to the subsequent development of the mysterious sphere.
Half an hour later, Gu Ji walked into the fog-filled strategic meeting room again.
Sitting on both sides of the long table were senior British and American military officials, heads of intelligence departments, and core members of the scientific research team.
Brian stood in front of the blackboard and listed the conclusions drawn from Gu Ji's previous analysis and his opinions one by one, especially emphasizing "seizing resources."
A British officer frowned and asked:
"Even if we find these spheres, with our current technology, can we safely bring them back and study them? What if they cause unknown dangers?"
Professor Chris coughed twice and said seriously, "This is indeed a difficult problem, but the technology contained in the mysterious sphere is far beyond our imagination. As long as we operate carefully, we will definitely be able to obtain the key to breaking through the bottleneck of human technology."
Everyone was talking at once and the discussion was extremely intense.
Gu Ji sat aside, listening and thinking.
Unexpectedly, a slightly hoarse voice brought him back to reality. It was Patrice, the British Air Force Minister:
"Sahana, how do you 7472 deal with these mysterious objects?"
really.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Gu Ji knew that the military had brought him into such an important meeting in order to gain something from him.
"General, I remember I said at the beginning that 7472 is not involved in the fight for these mysterious objects. We just want to find out the truth of the matter!"
"the truth?"
Peter, the American commander standing by, laughed and looked at him with a half-threatening look, "Will you sell this intelligence to other countries?"
"Does everyone think that the Penny incident is just an isolated case?"
Gu Ji asked back on the spot.
This directly left the American commander Peter speechless.
indeed.
Even if no one leaks today's intelligence information, who can guarantee that the same thing will not happen in the Soviet Union tomorrow or in Xia Country the day after tomorrow, and that many new "Pennys" will not emerge?
"She makes sense. If that's the case, we should hurry up and seize the opportunity!"
A senior U.S. military official shouted, banging on the table.
So the meeting continued for several more hours, until noon, when a preliminary action plan was drawn up:
Britain and the United States jointly dispatched special forces to conduct reconnaissance at some coordinate points to confirm the specific situation of the mysterious sphere. The scientific research team was preparing in the rear to immediately protect and study the sphere once it was discovered. At the same time, the intelligence department continued to strengthen monitoring of the movements of various countries.
Just as the meeting was about to end.
Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside, and then the door was pushed open. "General, there is something wrong with the radar!!" (End of this chapter)