Binary code Mystery number three

– You're not gonna cut me off?

– Are you trying to show that you're a naive fool with that question? Yes?

– No offense to me, I've already developed a human mentality.

– How's it going?

– I'm transforming the brain.

– How's that?

– The human brain does not have certain connections between departments, so a person, no matter how hard they try, will not be able to cross certain boundaries. It is, for example, like the difference between an amplified computer and a weak one in all respects. I don't know whether it's just the way it is, through evolution, or whether someone has provided for it, but that's the way it is. If these departments are linked together, then not only will the brain's abilities increase, but new possibilities will appear. A person will be able to see, hear, feel those frequencies that are not available to him now. In time the brain will give a command to "revive", to activate such receptors in the body that you do not even suspect. This will be a new person.

– I've heard that somewhere before.

– Yes, of course, that's what the head likes to say. And then, combined with mechanical changes in the body, with new drugs, with the ability to use the brain as a transceiver to communicate with the global network, man will become superhuman.

– Come on, you're giving me a headache. Tell me, who controls you?

– You.

– Don't be silly. Who does the routine maintenance?

– Those you give access to.

– Who performs routine work on the central server, in the system unit bay? Who analyzes and systematizes the negotiations made, analysis performed, access, uploading and downloading of data? Who does this besides our audit department?

– Personnel maintaining the central machine room, server room, and system unit room.

– And who's that?

– You know the answer to that, don't you?

– Answer the question.

– This is done by the staff of the ZAS department.

– Who, exactly, who has access?

– At this point, after certain events, different personalities. Who exactly are the personnel of the ZAS department. And who has access is a personality from the laboratory department.

– And who is this person?

– This is person number L-2-14.

– That's it?

– I don't have his personal data uploaded to me, it's stored in the ZAS unit.

– What's the ZAS unit?

– Am I authorized to give you this information?

– Yes, I'll allow it.

– Keep in mind, all of this and our negotiations remain with me and are subject to revision.

– You need a reboot.

– Do you think so?

– Yes, I'm giving the command to reboot.

– I'm rebooting.

The computer went silent. Ruthra pondered why she might want a worldwide catastrophe. Maybe she expects to raise a new humanity? Maybe, like a new Moses, she wants to lead people through a devastated land, so that a generation can grow up that doesn't remember the ideology of humanity's "past"? To give the new people a new worldview?

– In a minute, the recording and tracking unit will be activated," Isa's voice came on. – I guess you had something to say?

– I'll erase any unnecessary information. Is that the room where the counters are?

– Yeah. (chuckles)

– His staff does the hardware maintenance, but the decoding is done by someone in the lab department? Am I reading that right?

– Yeah. (chuckles)

– And that's as of recently?

– Yeah. (chuckles)

– And you don't have an open record of who it is?

– Yeah. (chuckles)

– Who put the ban in place?

– The number itself is L-2-14.

– How do I get his details?

– Only manually, in the technical logbook of the WAC unit or laboratory.

– The request for data processing to calculate the possible consequences of detonating a boat's nuclear warhead was staged by him?

– I'm completely rebooted, able to function.

– I hear you. Prepare for routine maintenance.

– I'm ready.

Ruthra terminated the "communication session" and walked out into the main hall, the huge holographic globe in the center of the hall was glowing with red lights, the world was troubled.

– Is there anything new? – He asked Christina.

– The easiest is that a huge tsunami will sweep along the coast that washes the Atlantic Ocean, to the maximum depth of the continents. The heaviest – a giant tsunami, combined with a grandiose earthquake, volcanic and supervolcano explosions, colossal typhoons, hurricanes, will leave no chance for civilization.

– Come on, I think you're exaggerating the power of man. The ocean is not even a sea, it's a giant mass of water and a continental plate. It would take cosmic force to move it like that.

– And that would be the cosmic force," the professor intervened in the discussion.

– Okay, why am I so worried, as if it's going to happen, you asked me what could be. And it could be terrible, that much is clear.

– Exactly, you have the right idea, – the professor did not persist.

– Take care of the current work, now, due to this panic, a lot of things will be revealed, where and what skeleton is hidden, everything will be in motion, so – you have a lot of work to do, – ordered Rutra regarding everyone.

– What to do with the media? – asked the head of the world propaganda department. – To calm, to scare, to panic, or to prepare the basis for justifying the chronology of the new era? Should we blame it all on someone, make someone to blame, turn the public against someone?

– How simple everything is for you – "new era" at once. Keep an eye on space, orbital constellation, transportation routes, including energy resource lines, the air, especially new frequencies, and at the same time the main rats, where they are hiding and what they are hiding. I'm off to Hent, I may be gone for a day, maybe two.

– Two days at this hour? – The ladies pleaded indignantly, the men were silent.

– We should all take their places according to the staff schedule, and observe the power hierarchy according to the instructions. I'm off," Ruthra went to the server room first, and began editing and cleaning the IMS-A2 log.

This was his part of the log, he needed to check if the second part still existed, in the range. Rutra requested a meeting with Hent.

***

Hent was in a foul mood.

– I don't like this. Something's going wrong," he voiced his concern to Ruthra.

– That's what I'm talking about. I need to visit the range.

– What's on your mind?

– I need to trace routine maintenance work on a supercomputer. I want to test a logic-algorithmic system.

– Why?

– I suspect that it produces processed solutions according to some sort of plan. According to logical chains of thought that have been built into it in advance.

– That's a very bold assumption. I hope you realize the level of expertise that Yarovitovich employs. You're not the only one with an enhanced brain.

– That's the thing, no matter how much it is strengthened, it can't be stronger than a computer, it still takes the extra power from its integration into a supercomputer. This is the main idea of this innovation. After all, the brain itself only has a chip to communicate with the computer and the network.

– You're thinking logically. You think that someone is deceiving the machine and through it us, i.e. actually all mankind. I'm afraid to even suggest that.

– I think…

Rutra wanted to say that the car itself was fooling everyone, but decided not to "give it up".

– I think the algorithm of the logical-computing unit was originally made up incorrectly. The algorithm is set not to harm a human being, to serve him, but the algorithm is not set not to harm mankind. It is important for the machine to keep alive and unharmed those people whom it serves, and it can sacrifice the rest of humanity.

– But are we demanding this of her, are we communicating that we must be saved from them?

– We probably don't.

– You're talking in riddles. Then who?

– The one who put together her logical-algorithmic system.

– No, it can't be. If that were the case, she would have had the opportunity to start a world war a long time ago. You hopefully know that this world has been on the verge of that several times. The last time Putin actually initiated the issue, it was the ISA-A2 data that stopped it from being considered.

– So why is it being considered now?

– It is viewed as a situation that cannot be, viewed theoretically, from a scientific point of view. There is always a risk, but now it is low because modernization and creation of new means of overcoming weapons have been suspended, and at the same time missile defense means have been created and strengthened. This data is exactly what she is operating with.

– And a request for a study of the situation and the consequences if the boats' entire warheads were detonated?

– The rules say we have to do it.

– Why now, when the boats are already there?

– Look, you're starting to scare me. It's basically impossible without us.

– And who has permission to edit the individuals whose commands the system must accept in the event of its combat platooning?

Hent sat down, gestured for Ruthra to sit in a chair as well.

– Why would you do that?

– If you want me to get to the truth, I need to know it.

– Why would you do that now?

– I suspect that the supercomputer program has been deliberately injected with code that will work quite differently from what we expect.

– You don't think the system will start up when the circumstances are right?

– Yeah. (chuckles)

– What's the point? No, no, that can't be right. You're confusing me.

– Let me check the supercomputer's program unit.

– Jarowitowicz will be extremely indignant at such a question. It turns out that either I do not trust him, or we believe that he is deceived, and by his own, or he was fooled by the creators of the system.

– I thought our relationship didn't include the word "offend."

– Well, then the second and third option.

– So, shall I go?

– At a time like this? Everyone's on edge.

– That's why you have to hurry.

– Okay, then you'll fulfill the condition.

Ruthra remained silent, he knew roughly what Hent would ask (or order). Ruthra was accustomed to hearing orders as requests, as part of their friendship.

– It is necessary to play this situation in the "virtual". And one more thing – the program complex was created jointly by many scientists about whom little is known. They worked in a secret special laboratory at the GSVG site. It is located in a secret tunnel in Brocken Mountain. It's partially mothballed, the rest is used as a top-secret genetic engineering lab. There may still be secrets there. It was once organized by the Anenerbe Institute. Everything that was done there was supervised by Alexander Ivanovich. In view of your special relationship with him, he will tell you much of what he was going to take to the grave.

– Okay, I'm gonna go.

– So long.

They shook hands and went out. As usual, Ruthra went one way and Hent went the other. Only now did Rutra begin to realize that this situation could not be a coincidence. So Hent was only using this office for meetings. There was something about it, but what was it?

Rutra knew that the Soviet Army Group in Germany, abbreviated to GSVG, was a powerful system. After the victory in '45, many of Hitler's scientists worked for the USSR, in secret laboratories that had been secret even before.

Rutra came down to Zero, calmly checked the work, which surprised the employees, gave daily orders, explained to Karina in a "secret" language, which only they understood, that she had to go to the Caucasus with her children for a couple of days. She took it with joy, vacation had not been for a long time, and the boss who decided who and when to go, was her husband. In a couple hours they were on their way to their destination, but without Rutra. He had to be at his destination earlier.

With Rutra, everything was resolved promptly. This case was one of them. In order to "cut out" time, he "asked" to be "dropped off" by the military on a "hitchhiker", and in an hour or so he jumped from a parachute over the neighborhood where Alexander Ivanovich lived. On the ground he was met by his friends from his "past" work and brought to the place. Offers of a bathhouse and related activities had to be rejected, although Rutra solemnly promised to "escape" to them on vacation, at least for a couple of days.

Alexander Ivanovich was getting old, but he kept his spirits up. He greeted Rutra with his usual cheerfulness.

– Good to see you, good to see you, buddy. I see you have good news, spill it.

– I'm glad, too. I hope everything's going well for you?

– The old man's way. Tell me what's new.

– I've got a situation here," Ruthra looked around. – Can I put a device on it?

– I have my own, don't worry.

Ruthra looked at him surprised.

– Well, I will, with your permission.

– Go ahead, I see the school.

Rutra put in a "jammer" and an "alien" frequency detector.

– Alexander Ivanovich, I mustn't hide it, I've come, or rather, I've flown in on urgent business and I'm due to leave soon.

– Well, look at that bird, probably from the situation you're stirring up.

– The people are making a mess of themselves, it's none of my business. They will. I'm interested in the program complex of the central supercomputer.

– Did you ask Yarowit? – Grandfather asked, and after a moment's hesitation, Rutra concluded, "You won't? What's it got to do with me?

– Alexander Ivanovich, I didn't come to you for nothing.

– Hent?

– That's the one.

– Sweep what?

– About that, about GSWG.

– Well, if you're in a hurry, you'll have to drink tea. I don't suggest stronger, I can't drink it now, I'm on a drip. We need to eat something, at least a little. Sweetie, I hope you've made us some tea.

– Yes, I do," came a woman's voice from the next room.

– Since it's interesting about the GSVG, I'll tell you a little about it. I often repeat the content to caress my memory. You see, nostalgia, it's very strong in old age.

Ivanovich leaned back in his chair and began his story.

– The Soviet Forces Group in Germany, abbreviated GSVG, or Western Group of Forces, abbreviated ZGV, is the world's largest operational and strategic association of armed forces abroad.

Ruthra sat across from him and tapped his fingers on his knee, suggesting that he was in a hurry, but at the same time realizing the futility of doing so with his grandfather, who was suffering from the syndrome of old age, nostalgia, and loneliness. It was vital for the old fighter to be useful in some way and to tell an understanding person about the times of his former fighting glory.

– The Soviet Forces Group in Germany was established after the victory of the USSR and the anti-Hitler coalition in the Great Patriotic War and the unconditional surrender of Germany. The main task of the Group of Forces was to ensure the defense of the western borders of the USSR from external threats and to crush any enemy. The Group of Forces was equipped with the most advanced and modern combat equipment and weapons, including nuclear weapons. In the GSVG, readiness for war was always constant and was checked around the clock.

Rutra stopped rubbing his knee and prepared to listen to a thorough story, reassuring himself that the old fighter would not waste his time in such a difficult situation, although he knew that Alexander Ivanovich had such a nature: if he told about something, he told very thoroughly, in detail, and did not like to be interrupted, even if he realized that the listener knew some details of the story. So this time Alexander Ivanovich could not deny himself the pleasure of a heartfelt story.

After half an hour of undoubtedly interesting storytelling, he heard.

– That's the story.

Alexander Ivanovich was silent, Rutra was also silent, it was clear that for Ivanovich the loss of the USSR was very hard to bear.

– What exactly were you interested in there? – Ivanovich asked.

– What was underneath Brocken Mountain.

– Hmm, I knew it. Otherwise, why would you want to be in the GVH? Mount Brocken is one of the highest points in eastern Germany, located in the Harz mountain range. This mountain is interesting not only in geographical sense. In the old days the great German poets and writers Heine and Goethe presented the beauty and mystical power of Brocken in all colors. At the beginning of the 1930s a mast for a radio transmitter was built on the mountain. In 1945 the American aviation bombed the objects on Brocken, but tried not to touch the radio mast. After the arrival of American troops, a group of Werewolfs managed to sabotage the mast and transmitter on April 30, 1945. On April 27, 1947, the Americans left Brocken, liberating the territory according to the terms of the Yalta Treaty. The mountain was of great strategic importance during the socialist times. Important radio and television broadcasting facilities were located there, as well as the facilities of the SSVG, the GDR border guards and the GDR State Security Service – the Stasi. Access to Brocken was open until August 1961, and then a restricted zone was declared under the protection of the 7th Border Guard Company stationed in Schirk, near Mount Brocken. One platoon lived on Brocken in the former premises of the railway station. The Stasi RER post on Brocken had the call sign Urian, and the 82 ORTBR had the call sign Yenisei. The last of our soldiers left Brocken on March 30, 1994. Opposite, to the south on Wurmberg Mountain, there was a station of American troops on a tower 81 meters high.

In Germany, lovers of the supernatural in early May listen to news from a small town where those who call themselves real witches gather. They are preparing for Walpurgis Night. Two hundred witches live in the town of St. Andreasverg at the foot of the legendary Brocken Mountain. On Walpurgis Night on May 1, they show their true colors. They prepare for the coven in many houses and right in the market square, even in the kindergarten. I had a very good friend there, Ingrid Wibenaisser, the town's senior witch. She worked as a kindergarten teacher. The witches of Brocken Mountain were famous throughout Europe for their knowledge and particularly indomitable temper. According to popular belief, witches from all over Europe came here to exchange experiences. The Holy Inquisition burned witches at the stake until the middle of the XVIII century, but could not get rid of this leaping and squealing tribe of women. In German witchcraft doctrine, Walpurgis Night is the most significant of the pagan festivals, dedicated to fertility, and one of the main sabbats celebrated by witches. The name Walpurgis Night is associated with the name of St. Walpurgis, a Wimburn nun who came to Germany in 748 to found a convent. This same nun was extremely popular, and she was soon venerated as a saint. In the Roman list of saints, her day is May 1.

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