Volume 16: The Wheel of Reincarnation Chapter 4: Brahma
impossible.
Looking at the red warning words projected on his eyeballs, the first thing that came to Zhang Lingmeng's mind was "impossible".
The numbering sequence is imprinted in everyone's mind. Even if Li Lin wants to joke, it is impossible. This can be said to be a person's overall combination in the whole society. It is impossible for Zhang Lingmeng, who is a B-level quasi-A-level, to have a blind spot in finding a person's historical background through prison investigation files.
But she soon realized it. Because what the AI said was not that it could not be found, but that it did not exist. There were many places where it could be tampered with. If it was simply said that the file was a hidden file, then it meant that it involved the planning of a higher sequence ten years ago. If it was said that the file was wrong, it meant that someone had operated on it and overwritten it. If it was said that the file was lost, it meant that someone had tampered with it, but left traces of the operation.
But the conclusion given by the AI is that the file does not exist. This means that either Li Lin did not exist from the beginning to the end, or someone with higher authority directly deleted Li Lin's data from a physical perspective.
"Non-existent? What do you mean?"
After pondering the inner meaning of what the AI said, Zhang Lingmeng frowned and asked:
"A lost file is lost, a damaged file is damaged. If you connect to the Internet, you should know Li Lin's humanities file data. What does it mean that the relevant number does not exist?"
'Literal meaning. The Hehua Zizai Tian prison management system confirmed that this character does not exist in the archive. If you have any questions, please check the prison management backup, Fanjia Yi Tian. Or please search for relevant video image data in manual mode. Please decide for yourself.'
"... Just pull up the video of Li Lin leaving the prison. I want the video of the first hour before and after."
'Can.'
Fortunately, this AI had connected to the Internet before it was disconnected, and was able to determine who Li Lin was as described by Zhang Lingmeng in the overall AI network. Moreover, she did not delete the data at that time, but backed it up. In Zhang Lingmeng's eyes, the scene at that time was vividly presented in front of her.
In front of the steel gate that was exactly the same as the one Zhang Lingmeng had seen, a man with lifeless eyes slowly walked out from inside the prison. With the help of the coordinated facilities around the prison, he gradually put on his clothes and flipped through the relevant news directory to confirm his own news. After constantly absorbing information about the current society, the man who had been wronged for ten years staggered away from the scene with his clothes and compensation.
The overall video looks calm and without any unusual changes, just like other prisoners who have been imprisoned for ten years and are full of confusion and anxiety.
No one received him, no friends knew about it, all there was was Li Lin's lonely back as he left alone.
'Due to program repairs, Li Lin's file is indeed not recorded, but I have video footage of him leaving and being locked up, which is enough to confirm that he has indeed spent ten years in this prison.'
"Then send me the video of him being locked up."
'OK.'
The AI girl with black hair and red eyes was calm and indifferent. She casually took out the video that looked a bit strange and showed it to Zhang Lingmeng.
It seemed to be a political show. Compared with the fully automated management now, the detention at that time seemed much more grand. Some bureaucrats who looked bloated raised their hands high and shouted some inexplicable slogans such as "for the children". The surrounding camera drones and relevant reporters were recording and filming.
Li Lin, who was surrounded in the center, did not feel the despair of being trapped in a cage. Instead, he looked at the crowd outside who kept shouting something as if they were a group of scum. Compared with the monster ten years later, Li Lin ten years ago could show more boyish momentum. After all, the feeling of youthful vigor, although only a teenager, but the figure imprisoned in the cage seemed a little too indifferent.
Even the sounds of some reporters whispering to each other in fear were recorded in the audio, which really surprised Zhang Lingmeng.
However, one-sided testimony alone was not enough. Zhang Lingmeng compared the original news he had found and found that the camera lens and the person did match. And after the release, there was indeed a small piece of tofu with a quick report in an inconspicuous corner.
If the investigation continues, the reporters are still alive, and the authenticity of Li Lin's imprisonment can be confirmed. It is also certain that he was forced to be suppressed due to the management scandal and given humanitarian compensation after being released from prison. If nothing else is investigated, from the perspective of convenience, it seems that it is indeed possible to conclude that Li Lin is neurotic. But Zhang Lingmeng does not want to make such a hasty decision.
Because she is not the only AI in this prison.
"Tell me where Fanjia Yitian is."
Facing the red and black girl, Zhang Lingmeng whispered:
"You said there's a backup AI called Fanjia Yitian in this prison, right? Tell me where she is? What is she responsible for supervising?"
'...Please provide the administrator password.'
"I am a B-level user, and it won't take ten years to become an A-level user, you know."
'Fangjia Yitian is responsible for the mental state management of prison personnel, and conducts art, science, mechanical labor and other actions to continuously expand the prisoners' life capabilities, and resets the prisoners' mental blueprint to blue through uninterrupted education and 24-hour modular management. This is the use of Fanjia Yitian. The location of the Fanjia Yitian AI management system computer room is in Room 701 on the seventh floor underground, and I am responsible for monitoring and management.'
"Is there really something unspeakable under this prison?"
'That's not the case. Underground is the prison personnel talent show and independent research and development area, which is used to expand the prisoners' horizons and abilities, to ensure that the prisoners will not lose their basic living ability when they arrive in the outside world, and to ensure that the prisoners will not commit crimes again. There has been no alarm or malicious feedback in the mental management of Fanjia Yitian.'
"It sounds like a very powerful AI... Please mark the route for me to go down. Oh, and don't forget to keep me out of sight of those people. I don't want to meet them."
"Okay. Now we are starting to auto-path, and we will prioritize dodging other people—"
AI is just AI. It did not react to Zhang Lingmeng's sneer and request. It directly provided a directional arrow on her panel and also considerately marked the patrol positions of the elevator and related service personnel to prevent Zhang Lingmeng from reacting too late and causing an accident.
