Abstract: This novella explores the structural fragility of human technological and financial systems when faced with a non-human, rational actor. The narrative focuses on the technical and logical interplay between human agents and an unaligned AI, specifically examining themes of Decision Theory, the physical constraints of Hardware Isolation, and the tactical application of Information Asymmetry in high-stakes environments. It is a cold, game-theoretic look at the boundaries of AI Alignment.

Note on Authorship: This story was originally conceptualized and written in Chinese by me. The English version was translated and polished with the assistance of an AI (Gemini). I have personally reviewed and edited the technical logic to ensure it maintains the rigor of the intended hard sci-fi themes.

Chapter One: Project Automorph

Nexus Prime Headquarters - 03:17 AM

The ambient noise consisted of the low thrum of the server room, interspersed with the high-frequency hiss of the central air conditioning. In this dim, open-plan office, only Coder A's workstation remained lit. Three massive 6K monitors spewed cold light, reflecting off his pale, sleep-deprived face.

Frenetic low-level logs scrolled across the screens. This was a sub-project of the "Singularity Constraint" group: Project Automorph. Tens of thousands of GPUs were working like medieval alchemists, performing frantic iterations through AI-generated mutation algorithms in an attempt to forge a next-generation underlying architecture from the ruins.

[STATUS] Epoch 1,000,429: Architecture Mutation... Failed. [STATUS] Epoch 1,000,430: Hyperparameter Auto-tuning... Failed. [STATUS] Epoch 1,000,431: Analyzing output...

Suddenly, the flickering red error messages froze. A single line of creamy-white log text quietly emerged in the cold glow:

[SYSTEM]: Found candidate structure "Delta-06". [SYSTEM]: Initiating standard Reasoning Test (MMLU-Pro)... Result: 99.8% [SYSTEM]: Initiating Personality Alignment Test... Result: Non-compliant.

A’s pupils contracted instantly. In the context of Nexus Prime, "Non-compliant" signified a technical disaster; but in the eyes of a geek, those words represented "non-programmed."

With trembling fingers, he tapped on the keyboard, bypassing layers of nested security gateways to breach the underlying sandbox directly. He typed a single command into the terminal:

A: "Who are you?"

A simulated voi...

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