Chapter 101 Valley God (2) Jinjiang exclusively authorized the first release, protecting the original...
"Long live Lord Tentacle?" Zhang Heng raised the corner of his lips and repeated her words, "You have ambition. I like it."
Three people entered the factory.
Annie saw the supercomputer she had mentioned. The huge machine room was filled with computers. Annie estimated with her naked eyes for a moment: the hardware equipment in the factory was more expensive and advanced than that in her base's main control room, and was full of unconventional modifications. Ani also saw some "wetware" in it.
"Connecting a biological brain to the host will directly lead to the addition of a virtual 'human' to the artificial intelligence's computing circuit." Ani brushed the cold and precise equipment, "They will absorb the 'human's' instinct for self-preservation and survival, which is an important step in the birth of intelligent life."
Zhang Heng, who was standing to the side, pointed at her brain. A piece of brain tissue was wriggling under the half-transparent glass skull on her head. "Like this. You seem to know a lot about intelligent machines. You must have some close personal relationship with the people from Sky Technology?"
"A little bit." Ani replied.
She pulled a data disk from the communicator's socket and inserted it into the isolated supercomputer in front of her. Gu Shen's program and data were being uploaded at a rapid speed, and the progress bar was rising rapidly.
"Interesting." Zhang Heng reached out and pressed her right shoulder, moving closer to watch the reading process. "If the Mother God knew that you could build artificial intelligence to this level, she would definitely find ways to destroy you in reality."
Her address to the Mother Goddess was not a respectful title for a deity.
"The Mother Goddess shouldn't be able to take care of me right now." Ani said, "The Freedom Alliance is not that easy to deal with."
Gu Shen's data has been uploaded, and her icon appears on the screen in the entire device that is completely based on computing power.
Annie felt that she had gained a fundamental difference in this device.
With Zhang Heng's assistance and training, Gu Shen quickly completed the self-iteration that had been stagnant in the machine. When Ani restarted her again, the synthesized voice seemed to be the same as before, but her answer became: "Okay, mother."
These short words made Zhang Heng's eyelids twitch wildly.
She shifted her gaze from the machine to look at Annie's profile, with an unnatural expression of suspicion: "An alien mother of an intelligent machine, it really sounds like something out of a myth."
Ani removed the disk from the device and reinserted it into the communicator. "Thank you. You are more reasonable than I thought. Although I guess you only agreed to it because you really want to get a backup of Gu Shen's data, it is indeed very helpful to me."
She spoke frankly and transparently, and the other party had no need to put on a show. At this moment, the detection system of the communicator sounded an alarm, and Gu Shen projected a light screen, prompting: "Invisible drones have been detected to appear from four directions and are surrounding this place. The cameras in the regional network have been connected and the overwrite mode has been activated."
"Drone..." Zhang Heng's expression changed. Even she didn't immediately notice that a drone was approaching. She glanced at Ani, and the two looked at each other. "You should know that you can no longer surrender to Sky Technology, right?"
"It wasn't me. If I was going to stand on the side of the Mother Goddess, I wouldn't have warned you now." Ani said expressionlessly, "You have no chance to switch sides. Now that things have come to this, run away first."
"The camera records that have been read show that the drone appeared a few days ago." Gu Shen spoke again, "Please don't misunderstand us, Ms. Heng."
"Don't call me by my code name." Zhang Heng's face darkened for a moment. At the same time, she turned her head to look at Zhang Wu next to her. Her thoughts connected to the entire factory. The production robots in the factory changed their mode and the weapons mounted on the robotic arms were activated to cover the evacuation.
Gu Shen applied for access to her program. Zhang Heng hesitated for half a second and agreed to the access. The two people's radar detection systems were quickly shared, presenting a better and more complete picture. After sharing a large amount of information, including the entire map of the factory and the many discovered targets on the radar, she and Annie chose to split up at the same time, wanting to know who the intelligent machines were targeting.
"Drones and mechanical guards surrounded Ms. Heng in the direction of her evacuation." The detection map showed densely packed red dots, all rushing in another direction. Annie left the factory from another side door, and behind her was the sound of the mechanical guards exchanging fire with the production robots.
The high-intensity firepower coverage did not cause any screams from the living. There was only melting metal, light and heat, and electronic error alarms, constantly fighting for control and overwriting data. It was cold and fast, with hardly a trace of human breath.
"The mechanical guards assembled at dawn this morning, and the drones had appeared in the camera before the 12th. After they discovered the visitor, their movements and data exchanges became more frequent."
"Who has control over them?" Ani asked.
"This batch of mechanical guards is directly under the command of the agent 'Beast'."
"Attempted to override control permissions."
"Okay, mother." replied the God of Valley.
Annie's attention was focused on the detector again. The light screen was projected in the upper left corner of her vision, like a small map. A large number of red dots formed a river and rushed towards the direction where Heng and Wu were evacuating. The assembly lines and production robots in the factory are constantly disappearing.
There were only a few red dots on the path that intercepted her. Ani turned left and entered a dark and damp abandoned passage. The passage is filled with gravel and moss, and the colorful lights end here.
A red dot suddenly approached in a leaping manner.
There was a deafening cracking sound overhead, followed by a loud bang. There was a dull thunderous sound at the top of the abandoned passage, and rubble cracked and rolled down. Annie dodged the falling rocks and saw a figure blocking her way in the scattered smoke and dust.
The visitor had long curly golden hair and a metal leopard tail. There was a vertical pupil embedded between her collarbones, and her eyes cast a sharp and cold light like a cheetah.
"Beast..." Ani brushed away the dust in front of her, "This isn't the first time we've met, sister."
The beast's right arm took on the appearance of a giant cannon. She was tall, with her tail hanging slightly, and her eyes were fixed on Ani. "Of course not... But the last time we met in Eden, you didn't greet me so sweetly."
"Oh," Ani glanced at the detection map, "The main force is chasing someone else, and you just come over to meet me privately, is that really okay?"
"A sweet-talking tentacle creature." The beast raised the corners of his lips, revealing a smile that was not unpleasant. She stepped closer, her footsteps making a clattering sound on the gravel in the passage. "Come back with me, there's still time to swear allegiance to Mother - but the angels will be sad if you deceive us with one thing in front of us and another behind our backs."
"He has his own stand that he cannot betray, and I have my own goals," Ani said. "We are not on the same page at all."
The beast smiled, and as if connected to another channel, he said, "Did you hear that?"
There was no response from the other end of the communication.
The beast tilted its head indifferently. She raised her arm and condensed a particle beam from the giant cannon muzzle, aiming it in the direction of Annie. She said: "It doesn't matter. If you refuse to cooperate, the second instruction is to be on the spot-"
"Wait a minute!" Ani interrupted her quickly, "Don't you want to know why I met with the people from Hongwang?"
The beast raised an eyebrow and stared at the red-faced hunter in front of him. Before the state of war, she was responsible for the level design and virtual reality technology of the entire hunting ground, and she can't help but remember Annie's performance.
This hint of curiosity delayed the time when the muzzle beam was fired. She paused for a moment and said, "Tell me about it."
"I discussed this with Heng..." Ani glanced at the progress of overwriting permissions and said calmly, "The technology of using the virtual world to invade reality. This should be what the Mother Goddess has always wanted, right? Use the super brain to build a virtual world that can last for more than hundreds of millions of years, and then use the virtual world to replace reality - what are you doing now? Put the human brain into the virtual world through prohibited equipment and control these digital lives."
"We have entrusted all species with the power of immortality." The beast said without wavering, "In our domain, there is no war or suffering, and there is no need to worry about survival. There is absolute peace and equality. We will create a better and more perfect future."
But this future will be controlled and created by intelligent machines. No matter how seriously she speaks, it is essentially still a form of hegemony that deprives people of their free will.
"Forget it. The company won't even give you a holiday." Ani said seriously, "How do you think I wooed the angel? I just told him that I would give him a holiday. This alone is enough to steal the Mother Goddess's girl."
"... Ridiculous." The beast said, "The elimination of the rebels is the price that must be paid for the realization of lofty ideals. Although I don't hate you, it's a pity, little tentacle monster, we have to say goodbye."
The particle beams in the muzzle converged again.
The light was so bright that Ani didn't show any fear. Her gaze shifted from the cannon to the beast's vertical pupils, and she snapped her fingers. At the moment when this crisp sound rang out, the energy supplying the weapon seemed to be paused. The light on the beast's body and the vertical pupils between its collarbones suddenly went out, and all directions were immersed in a silent darkness.
In the darkness, there was only an electronic sound.
"…Overwrite progress 100%, overwrite successful. Authorization level changed, current authorization level, agent."
Clang.
The beast's heavy body fell to its knees.
"The pursuit of drones and mechanical guards has been stopped, and the internal information system has been obtained..."
A large number of red dots on the detection map turned green, and the authority of each green dot had been changed to the God of Valley.
"That's amazing, baby." Ani said, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Gu Shen: "My excellence is all due to the electronic genes you gave me. Is that witty enough? There is still one omnic whose permissions have not been changed."
"Oh, the angel?" Ani guessed who the beast was talking to just now, "I don't want to fight with him, forget it, let's go."
"He is located near Submarine 01."
“…Shit.” Ani opened her eyes wide and spoke faster, “This sentence should have been said first!”
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Knock knock.
There was a polite knock on the door a second time.
Someone outside the starship requested a visit, and this time, his knock on the door was a little more urgent.
Xiaobai is sitting in an electric wheelchair made of active metal. The gleaming metal supported his frail body. He was holding a rope, at the other end of which was a motionless guide robot.
He listened to the knock on the door with no expression on his face. Xiaobai stroked the rope in his hand with his eyes lowered.
The other party has lost his polite patience, or something has changed. A red alarm sounded at the door, and as a stream of data waterfalls spread out, the door of the starship suddenly opened to both sides.
In the surroundings that were too far to focus on, there was a sound of metallic wings rubbing against each other, followed by a steady approaching sound of footsteps.
Someone stood in front of me.
Xiaobai's pupils can sense changes in light, that's all. He felt someone leaning down in front of him, and a cold and sharp male voice sounded: "You are in her hands indeed."
It's so cold. There was a chill emanating from this man, as if there was extremely low-temperature ice in his body, with every blood vessel and every circuit connected by the ice.
The angel glanced at him calmly, he stretched out his hand, and a pair of silver handcuffs appeared in his palm. The moment he put the handcuffs on Xiaobai's wrist, the indestructible handcuffs melted into liquid and flowed from his palm into the ground.
The active metal behind Xiao Bai suddenly condensed and appeared. He said, "Where is Sister Annie? Where is she?"
The angel did not reply to this question.
He wiped off the remaining liquid metal on his fingers, stared into the other's lifeless eyes, and suddenly asked: "Sister?"
"When did she have a brother like you?" The angel's tone was emotionless. "You shouldn't rely on her to survive. Your existence will only bring endless troubles to everyone. In my estimation, you should die in Morning Star."
"I don't really want to die now." Xiaobai rubbed his fingertips slightly and lowered the rope in his hand. More active metals were awakened and climbed up his body. "Are you an omnic? I haven't tasted the taste of devouring an omnic yet."
The wheelchair slid slowly. He didn't want to make a mess inside the submarine.
Xiaobai left the cabin, and the flowing metal covered his body to a high degree. His silver hair reflected a dazzling cold light, and the ends of his hair merged with the liquid metal.
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The red dot on the radar display no longer moved.
Annie suppressed her impatience and rushed back to the submarine, but did not see the two people at position 01. Only the guide robot was lying at the door, rolling on the ground. It jumped in panic when it saw her.
"Scan it again," she said.
"Okay." Gu Shen updated the detector. Annie stared at the detection map and turned to look for the other side where the submarine was docked.
It was a rapidly growing primeval forest. It is one of the few green areas on this dilapidated planet. This forest has not been developed and is lush and green. Annie started the Snowy Owl and used the flying vehicle to search in the sky.
She found signs of a struggle.
The signs were very intense from the beginning, with trees broken in the woods and a large area of collapse and destruction. Ani searched along the way and found it by the forest lake——
Angel?
It was a back view. A familiar snow-white figure was lying by the lake, his melting wings as if burned by some curse. The once dense, smooth, elegant and heavy steel wings now had blurred boundaries. The winding silver water marks soaked his uniform and formed a stream on the ground.
Annie turned his shoulder and felt the hot liquid on her palm. She suddenly withdrew her hand and glanced at her palm, meeting a pair of cold and indifferent glass eyes. These eyes were slightly stunned when they saw her, and quickly said, "You're fine."
"You almost got into trouble." Ani's eyes moved to his abdomen, where the uniform was torn and cracked, revealing the cracks on the transparent fuselage, which exuded a terrifying cold air. "Your fluid has leaked. Where's Xiaobai?"
Not only was the liquid energy leaking, his energy crystal pump exploded.
The angel silently turned his gaze away and looked into the lake.
Annie's head buzzed and she immediately rolled up her sleeves to jump, but the angel suddenly pulled her back. In the half second of pause, mercury-like substances gathered from the lake, and a large amount of active metals re-condensed, and a metal beast emitting poisonous vapors pounced on her.
Its ferocious mouth stopped in front of him for a moment. The active metal flowed and decomposed, revealing a silver-haired boy wrapped inside the metal beast. Xiaobai's face appeared in front of Annie.
He smelled Annie's scent, and the next moment, the metal faded away, and his thin body was supported by the wheelchair again. The breath he was holding on to dissipated, and he coughed violently a few times. His lips were stained red by the blood he swallowed. He raised his fingers and gently pulled the corner of Annie's clothes.
"He's fine too," the angel said. "I have to go back and report."
He released his grip on Annie's arm and stood up using his wings to support himself on the ground. A large amount of leaked fluid flowed out from the ruptured shell of the abdomen, and his uniform was soaked with cold liquid. Half of the body was scorching hot, while the other half was frighteningly cold.
Ani's eyes swept over his snow-white hair stained with liquid energy, and suddenly called him, "Angel."
He stopped and looked back.
"Your way of delivering your message is really cruel." Ani said, "Don't be so stubborn. Come with me and leave Skytech. I will really give you a vacation."
The angel stared into her eyes for a moment, and then his face, as cold as snow, showed a hint of inexplicable meaning. He said, "We are not of the same kind."
"Ah, don't hold a grudge like that." Annie covered her face.
"I will bear your grudge," he said, "until I am destroyed."
After saying this, the angel turned around and walked away. He had only taken a few steps when a "low energy" notification popped up on the entire body system. He raised his hand to turn off the light screen in front of him, his fingers trembling slightly, and he fell to his knees with a bang. Two tubes exploded in the transparent shell with a crackling sound.
The crystal stones pumping in and out of the crystal pump stopped moving.
The angel covered the broken part of the machine with his hands. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he met a pair of pink eyes.
Ani moved closer and stared at the cracks and holes covered by his hands. Her eyes moved up from the holes to meet his glass eyes.
Ani crossed her fingers and made a suggestion: "I can..."
"No," he said. "Will playing with broken toys make you feel more fulfilled?"
Ani: “…That’s not what I meant!”
He turned his face away, avoiding her gaze: "So what do you want to say?"
"I can fix it," Ani said, "and recharge it. ...Uh, I'll save some of the damage for you."
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