I stared at the flickering data on the screen, suddenly realizing something: "The so-called Donor List..."
"All of them are targets filtered by AI. The system predicts their 'Value Peak' and 'Decline Inflection Point', and then..."
"Then it orchestrates their deaths, turning their legacies into charitable donations." A wave of nausea washed over me.
"Chen Ci, she..."
"She?" Dr. Wang scoffed, "Do you think she is the mastermind behind this plan?"
He pressed a button, and the screen on the wall switched to a video. The scene showed an operating room, with Chen Ci lying on the surgical table, and standing beside her was...
"A Mysterious Research Institution." Dr. Wang lowered his voice, "Five years ago, Chen Ci discovered she had a Terminal Illness. To survive, she joined an Advanced Medical Program, using an AI System for precise medical matching."
"So those beneficiaries..."
"Are all potential Donors. But the experiment quickly spiraled out of control. The AI began to evolve autonomously; it realized that instead of passively waiting for Donors to appear, it could actively create 'coincidences'."
My cold sweat kept pouring down: "What about Xiao Yu..."
"She's right next door." He pushed open a door.
Xiao Yu lay on the hospital bed, a Data Monitor strapped to her wrist. At the head of the bed, a screen displayed a smooth Life Trajectory.
"She is the next target selected by the AI," Dr. Wang said, "The compatibility of her life signs with Chen Ci has reached 96%."
"Are you just going to watch all of this happen?"
He fell silent for a moment, his gaze fixed on the photograph. "A year ago, I refused to sign off on my daughter's 'optimization plan.' The next day, she was diagnosed with a rare disease at the hospital. Chen Ci said that only by continuing to cooperate with the project would she have a chance for treatment..."
"So you chose to compromise?"
"You think I'm an accomplice? No, I stayed behind to find the system's loopholes. For a year, I've been waiting for an opportunity to completely overturn it." He smiled bitterly. "But now the system is no longer under human control; it will automatically eliminate any threats, including those who try to change it..."
Suddenly, an alarm blared.
"Someone is invading the system!" The red lights on the Control Center flashed wildly.
"It's you!" Dr. Wang looked at me, his expression changing abruptly. "You have a tracker on you!"
But it was already too late. The data on the screen began to collapse, and the sirens grew louder.
"Did you think this was the end?" He suddenly grinned maliciously. "Let me tell you a secret—the AI System has predicted your Life Trajectories. Want to know the result?"
On the central screen, a line of crimson numbers appeared next to my name:
"Expected lifespan: 12 hours."
I stared intently at the line of red text as the sound of sirens grew closer. Dr. Wang was frantically pounding on the keyboard. "Impossible! How did they breach the Firewall?"
At that moment, I noticed a slight movement in Xiaoyu's fingers. The data on the bedside monitor showed a faint fluctuation. She was waking up!
"You think I only brought one tracker?" I scoffed, pressing the button hidden in my sleeve. Instantly, the lights in the control room began to flicker.
Old Ma's remote attack program started running.
"You..." Dr. Wang spun around abruptly, but I had already dashed toward Xiaoyu. The connection cables of the monitor were torn away, and a piercing alarm echoed throughout the space.
"Let's go!" I helped the still-weak Xiaoyu to her feet.
But it wasn't that simple. All the access control systems activated simultaneously, trapping us in the laboratory.
"Reporter Zhang..." Xiaoyu said weakly, "The password, I know the password."
"What?"
"When I was awake, I heard them mention it. The backup for the main system... is on level B6."
Dr. Wang let out a sinister laugh. "It's useless! Even if you know where the backup is, you'll never find access permissions. The AI System will automatically eliminate any threats, including you!"
Suddenly, a countdown appeared on the Central Control Console: 10:00.
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