Lu Yongchang looked helpless and sighed softly.

Fang Xu's words reflected exactly the dilemma he was facing.

If it weren't for the fact that the long-lost Tenth Empire had been there, he would have given Zero the invasion order as soon as he saw the console.

"Furthermore..." Fang Xu changed the subject, "Yongchang, are you absolutely certain of success?"

"Even if the opponent is only a Level I artificial intelligence, it still has the home-field advantage."

"If the invasion fails..." Fang Xu shrugged, "I'm afraid we won't even need the Tenth Empire to make a move; the Tenth Empire can easily deal with us."

Lu Yongchang's expression changed slightly.

Perhaps because human civilization had never suffered a loss in the field of computers before, especially after Zero easily defeated the seventh-level civilization [Painting], he seemed to have developed a habitual idea in his mind.

In the field of computers, Level II artificial intelligence is invincible.

Although no counterexamples have been found so far, could this idea be correct?

This idea is definitely flawed.

Thinking about this, he took a deep breath, quickly reflected on his wrong thoughts, and then corrected his attitude.

“You’re right!” Lü Yongchang nodded. “Human civilization already has enough enemies. To be on the safe side, we need to maintain good relations with the potential Tenth Empire.”

"Zero, abandon all planned intrusion operations."

...

The research robot methodically placed the antimatter container into the designated area.

Subsequently, the faulty basic components were replaced little by little according to the repair plan provided by [10].

One of the most important basic components is located in the core control area of ​​the mass-energy conversion device.

According to the plan in section [10], during the replacement of this part, the scientific research robot also needs to conduct a certain degree of data interaction with it.

In Lü Yongchang's original plan, the invasion of [Ten] would begin from this moment.

But nowadays, scientific research robots are simply doing their job of inputting data.

...

【Earth】

As the repair work, which had lasted for more than a week, gradually came to an end, Lü Yongchang subconsciously clicked his tongue.

This batch of goods is hard to get!

Not only did they contribute a large amount of antimatter, but they also served as laborers for [Ten] for such a long time.

When has human civilization ever suffered such injustice?!

However, Lü Yongchang was overjoyed when he saw the experimental ships, fully loaded with space rift cutting devices, successfully leave the Imperial homeworld fortress.

Such a generous reward can be obtained with just some energy and negligible productivity...

Please, I wish there were more of these grievances!

Just as Lü Yongchang was pondering how to disassemble and study this batch of space rift cutting devices, an unknown data stream quietly flowed into the body of the research robot that was completing the last bit of maintenance work.

"Beep! Beep!! Beep!!!"

A piercing alarm sounded in the command center, and at the same time, the azure blue holographic projection instantly turned blood red.

"Warning! Unknown data intrusion detected!"

"Autonomous defense procedures have been activated."

"The coordinates of the intrusion data have been locked."

"Should we execute the physical disconnection procedure?"

Lu Yongchang, whose thoughts were interrupted, had no time to react and subconsciously looked at the coordinates displayed in the holographic projection.

When he saw the data intrusion coordinates located inside the Imperial Fortress, Lü Yongchang's face immediately turned ugly.

Were we fooled?

Was everything before just a prelude to this intrusion?!

While humanity is trying to hack into another's computer, that other party is also thinking about hacking into the central computer of human civilization?!

Damn it!

Lu Yongchang gritted his teeth and shouted sharply, "Defend immediately!"

"Use physical disconnection procedures as a last resort! We will not allow the other side to intrude further!"

It is impolite not to reciprocate.

Since the other side has chosen to take action, human civilization is not to be trifled with!

"Zero, attempt a counterattack! Hack the enemy's central computer!"

The moment the command was issued, the computing power utilization rate of Zero began to rise rapidly.

Projects and programs that consume a large amount of computing power will be stopped sequentially, based on their priority from low to high.

Even the various research and computing programs that had never stopped within the Academy of Sciences were urgently halted.

This moment.

More than 70% of the computing power of human civilization is concentrated here, and it is gathered into that small scientific research robot through the tachyon communication network.

This is a war without gunfire.

The data stream from [ten] is engaged in an invisible battle with zero!

...

Time passed by, second by second.

Lu Yongchang's expression grew increasingly serious.

The investment in computing power is increasing. From just now until now, Zero has used more than 90% of the computing power, but it still cannot effectively break through the defense network built by [Ten].

It doesn't mean that the opponent's strength exceeds zero, nor that the intelligence level of [Ten] exceeds level II.

During the attack and defense just now, a very unusual situation occurred.

Under a unit of computing power, the strength of the defense network constructed by [10] is far less than the attack strength of zero.

The difference between the two is significant, which proves that [Ten] is indeed only a Level I artificial intelligence.

However, Zero still couldn't break through the defenses of [Ten] to complete the reverse invasion.

The reason is simple.

【10】The available computing power is enormous.

If zero used one unit of computing power, then ten used at least 1000 units of computing power!

Furthermore, as Zero's attack frequency gradually increases, the computing resources used by [Ten] are even continuing to grow!

Not only that, but an even more bizarre scene unfolded.

[Ten] does not have a strong desire to attack!

In fact, once Zero launched a full-scale counterattack, it stopped its invading activities and only engaged in one-sided defense.

Upon realizing the situation, Lü Yongchang immediately frowned.

That shouldn't be happening!

Based on the current state of this data war, if [Ten] is willing, it can completely "win by sheer quantity"—using its massive computing power to directly crush zero.

But it didn't do that.

"Zero, halt attack."

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Lü Yongchang issued the order: "Defend with all your might and prepare to implement physical cutoff."

Upon hearing this, Mo Zeyang, who was sitting not far away, suddenly stood up from his seat: "Professor!"

"you……"

"Wait a minute!" Lu Yongchang said calmly and in a deep voice, "It seems that their goal is not to invade!"

P.S.: Thanks to the amazing verification from the Tenth Art expert!

Thank you so much, Sylvia, for the amazing verification!

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