The metal giant still stood with its mouth agape, the broken edge riddled with countless solder joints and connecting wires, now a scene of utter devastation.
The golden eyes flashed twice before going out completely.
The explosion was quite powerful, but the surface damage to the large metal head wasn't severe. It was only broken off because the connection between the head and body was relatively weak.
Everyone was once again amazed by the technological prowess of the Oasis Group.
Even before the apocalypse, materials with this level of hardness were extremely rare.
The group exchanged glances, and Zhang Xiaojuan carefully picked up a twig and gently poked at it.
"Little Qiao...you have to work hard to become stronger..."
The moment the branch touched the massive, round metal behemoth, the previously extinguished pupils suddenly flickered, followed by a deep, middle-aged male voice.
"Holy crap..."
Zhang Xiaojuan was startled and jumped back a big step like a rabbit.
After waiting for a minute and seeing no other abnormalities in the head, he mustered up the courage to poke it twice with a twig.
"Whether it's love or battle, you have to forge ahead bravely!"
In Honor of Kings, Xiao Qiao's lines gradually popped out of this head, finally fading away completely at the last word.
The people present: "..."
I'm numb, completely numb.
The voice was as solid as a 200-pound iron-blooded strongman, and reciting Xiao Qiao's lines was as if Lu Zhishen had been reincarnated as a magical girl.
It's so jarring it makes my leg hair stand on end!
"I wonder which programmer had some serious illness to give the robot such a strange voice."
Zhang Xiaojuan, still drenched in sweat from fright, carefully took the toy mouse out of her pocket. "Xin Juju, don't you think so?"
Zhang Xin, who was pretending to be asleep with his butt sticking out, stiffened, his eyes darting away from Zhang Xiaojuan's gaze. "Um...cough cough..."
"Weren't you always so talkative? Why are you suddenly so quiet?"
Han Rui looked at Zhang Xin suspiciously, then struggled to pick up Zhuangzhuang. "You've been silent since just now. Is this your doing? Are you feeling guilty?"
Zhuangzhuang opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue threateningly, and licked half of Zhang Xin's body until it was wet.
Zhang Xin rolled his eyes, nearly fainting from fright. He hurriedly explained, "I only wrote the initial basic framework. Who would have thought these people would actually make it! I definitely didn't set up so many attack commands!"
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Why didn't you say so sooner? We almost got killed here." Sun Tiantian pinched Zhang Xin in dissatisfaction.
Staring at Zhuangzhuang's gaping maw, Zhang Xin was so frightened that his knees buckled and he collapsed onto Zhang Xiaojuan's lap. "This monster is completely different from my first draft. I didn't even recognize it at first!"
A cunning little mouse!
Zhuangzhuang swallowed him whole in one gulp, leaving only his round little head sticking out.
While Han Rui and Sun Tiantian were interrogating the little mouse, Xu Yi had already skillfully disassembled the robot's head.
“It’s also equipped with motion capture devices.” Xu Yi took out a sophisticated part and handed it to Lu Sheng. “All attackers who enter the forest will be subject to motion capture.”
"What's the point of collecting fight scenes in Oasis? It can't be that you just have a perverse sense of humor and enjoy watching them, can it?" Ma Dongmei squatted down next to Lu Sheng and asked, puzzled.
"These machines are collecting combat information to enrich their databases." Xu Yi's deep eyes surveyed the oppressive night.
"Artificial intelligence does not have the ability to think independently; all its reactions are calculated based on the content in the existing database."
After Xu Yi's reminder, Lu Sheng suddenly understood, "Most of our attacks just now were common superpowers, and this robot can calculate the optimal solution through the database. But it hasn't seen Teacher Xu's superpower before, so it couldn't react in time."
“Yes, currently artificial intelligence is still in the stage of 'collecting corpses,' and can only perform calculations and reactions based on existing databases.” Zhang Xiaojuan suddenly became interested when talking about her professional field.
"AI must be supported by a huge database, and it must be continuously trained according to a pre-defined model in order to provide the optimal solution that satisfies the user."
“To train an AI with this level of responsiveness, Oasis Group would have to invest a huge amount of training costs.” Zhang Xiaojuan breathed a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, Teacher Xu’s ability is quite rare, otherwise we would definitely be stuck here today.”
"The human brain's reaction and judgment can never be faster than AI."
Despite surviving the ordeal, the gloom hanging over everyone's hearts is even heavier.
“No wonder Oasis Group deliberately gave us the green light all the way, just to lure us in step by step and help them train their models…” Xiao Yu pursed her lips nervously.
"Don't be so pessimistic, we still have Teacher Xu, don't we?"
Zhang Xiaojuan was quite optimistic at this moment, "Expanding the database and training the model also takes time. We still have a chance before Oasis has had time to upgrade its AI."
With no way out, the two teams regrouped and ventured deeper into the woods on the other side.
According to Zhang Xin, passing through this grove of trees leads to the Oasis Group's internal office area.
To everyone's surprise, the rest of the journey went exceptionally smoothly.
Aside from two K3 team members accidentally tripping over a mutated banyan tree, they made it out of the forest safely in just over twenty minutes.
The sky was beginning to lighten, and everyone looked tired.
Streetlights illuminated the area outside the woods, and a charming five-story building stood quietly in the hazy light of the sky not far away.
"This is the Oasis Group's artificial intelligence research and development center. I used to write code here."
The little mouse Zhang Xin, almost bald from being licked by Zhuangzhuang, climbed onto Zhang Xiaojuan's shoulder on all fours. "But there are usually security personnel here, why is there no one here now?"
"They've clearly set a trap for us; it would be impolite not to go in."
Lu Sheng remained calm.
What's meant to happen can't be avoided. From the moment they entered the oasis, their every move was under someone's watchful eye. Even if they wanted to escape, it was too late.
After walking several dozen meters along the stone path, the group finally arrived at the gate of the research and development center.
A heavy metal door with a state-of-the-art combination lock and a surveillance camera on top, complete with all the necessary security procedures.
Clearly, the items inside the door are important core assets of the oasis.
Lu Sheng took out the decoder and waved it on the door lock. Soon, the combination lock beeped to confirm that it was unlocked.
As the heavy metal door slowly opened, the bright light inside, as bright as day, instantly made everyone squint.
In the brightly lit corridor, faint rustling sounds could be heard.
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