Chapter 151: Excessive autonomous consciousness puts the empire in danger...
Milne Smith, now 180 years old, is the First Archon of the previous Insect King Bertie Walker.
Bertie Walker was frail and died at the age of 200. Due to his dictatorial nature, he never appointed a crown prince during his lifetime. As he lay dying, he could only confide his most trusted friend, his First Consul, Milne Smith.
After Bertie's death, the empire fell into chaos. Bertie's four princes and his brothers fought tooth and nail to ascend the throne.
At the same time, upon learning of the death of the Insect Emperor and the chaos surrounding the empire's succession, the Star Beasts launched a massive invasion, seizing the opportunity to seize energy and massacre the mining planet. After three years of fighting with the empire, the empire was able to reluctantly drive the bandit-like Star Beasts back to their homeland.
During these three years, Hoover Walker ascended the throne as the new Insect Emperor, and all the consuls during the reign of the old Insect Emperor, except Milne Smith, were forced to resign and were sent to guard the imperial mausoleum.
At that time, everyone said that Milne Smith was very capable. It was not until today that they realized that it was not Milne Smith's ability, but the secrets he knew that preserved his position and prevented him from ending up guarding the tomb on the Imperial Tomb Star like the other consuls.
"So Milne Smith told May Leslie all this, and May Leslie contacted you after you entered the palace and told you all this?" Ai You looked at Keppel, his voice stagnant for a moment before he said, "Your doubt is that you don't trust Mei Congjun?"
After Keppel entered the palace, the person who took the initiative to contact Keppel was not Bie Chong, but Hoover Walker's new favorite May Leslie.
On the day when May Leslie was canonized as Congjun, they saw with their own eyes this Congjun May who looked about 60% like Bai and behaved about 70% like Bai.
At that time, Ai You was still worried that Mei Congjun would resent Bai because of his experiences since childhood (his behavior and demeanor were deliberately trained to be like Bai).
Although Mei Congjun later passed a note while toasting, expressing his admiration for Bai and his disgust for Hoover Walker and Ockham Leslie, they did not completely believe this honest Mei Congjun and only intended to give it a try.
However, before they could even approach Mei Congjun, Mei Congjun couldn't wait to approach them...
Keppel had said that he was of no use and that the information provided by the bugs who approached him on their own initiative should be reliable, but Keppel was still a prince after all, the brother that Hoover Walker respected most in public, and the political enemy that he worried about most in private.
Regardless of whether Mei Congjun wanted to cooperate because he hated Hoover Walker, or he was just a smokescreen thrown by Hoover Walker, or he simply wanted to help them and chose to contact them at this sensitive time, the intention behind this is indeed worth investigating. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Sure enough, after listening to Aiyou's words, Keppel nodded: "I do have doubts about this..."
"In this regard?" Ai You grasped the key point. "Besides the fact that Mei Congjun might not be trustworthy, which is not the main doubt, do you have any other doubts?"
Keppel didn't answer immediately, but asked Aiyou a question.
"Do you remember what it felt like when you first saw those 'eyes', Jody Collet?"
Ai You was slightly startled, then his face turned pale, his expression somewhat ugly, and he murmured: "No way..."
Aiyou remembered everything Jody Collet said. This incident was particularly memorable.
Jody Collet said that when he turned around, he happened to meet a pair of deep eyes on the large screen of the terminal connected to the console. The look in those eyes was extremely cold, and he was so scared that he almost fainted.
At that time, they were attracted by the "eyes" in Jody Collet's confession and had many speculations.
However, they felt that any speculation was inappropriate. Today, Mei Congjun told Keppel that the eyes were actually the main brain system.
If Mei Congjun did not lie, then this would be a big problem.
This is because an intelligent system without autonomous consciousness cannot stare at an insect with "extremely cold eyes". This is not an emotion that an intelligent system without autonomous consciousness can have!
Therefore, either it was an illusion caused by Jordi Collet's extreme tension, or the main system of the main brain had developed independent consciousness.
If it's the former, they don't have to worry too much. If it's the latter, then it could be troublesome.
It is difficult to control whether a system with autonomous consciousness, huge computing power, and spread across all life planets in the Tello galaxy is a blessing or a curse for the empire.
Ai You frowned. "That shouldn't be the case. If the main brain had developed an independent consciousness, the various intelligent machines derived from it wouldn't be completely unresponsive. Besides, other countries have also purchased sub-brains developed by our country based on the main brain system. If it had developed an independent consciousness, why don't we have any information about it..."
Before he could finish his words, Ai You suddenly took a breath of cold air. He suddenly remembered Lily, the intelligent robot bug in Bai's house.
Although Bai did not explicitly mention that Lily had developed independent consciousness, he had been to Bai's house and met Lily. Lily at that time was already a little different.
But he still needs to confirm whether it has developed independent consciousness.
Ai You acted decisively and immediately sent a message to Peggy, asking her to include Lily's question in her next work report.
It's not that he didn't want to send a message to Bai directly to ask, but Bai was now on the front line fighting bandits. In order to prevent information leakage, all kinds of unofficial communication equipment were not allowed to be used except for encrypted public communications. He had no way to contact Bai immediately.
All the previous information was transmitted by Page through encrypted messages.
Keppel was puzzled when he saw Aiyou suddenly send a message in the middle of a sentence. But when he saw that the message Aiyou sent to Peggy was just asking about the intelligent robot bug in the student's home, he suddenly understood something.
After sending the message, Ai You was uneasy and spoke very quickly: "The Empire is too dependent on the main brain. If the main brain really develops an independent consciousness, it may not be a good thing for the Empire. This matter is of great importance. We must get to the bottom of it, get to the bottom of it..."
"Aiyou, don't be anxious." Keppel reached out and stroked Aiyou's face, asking him to look at him. "We haven't confirmed what the situation is yet. It may not be what we think. Even if it is, it may not be a bad thing. Look, aren't we doing well now? Be good, don't be anxious."
Keppel's voice was calm and soothing, pulling Aiyou out of her chaotic thoughts.
He looked at Keppel, and his uneasy heart slowly calmed down like a tired bird that had found its way home.
With a wry smile, Ai You rubbed his forehead and said, "I'm really going backwards as I grow older. I'm as flustered as a little bug who has never experienced the world. I'm getting so old..."
"What's with 'old'? You're in your prime." Keppel held Aiyou's hand, and his smile soothed the last vestiges of anxiety in Aiyou's heart. "I know what you're worried about. You're worried that the Mastermind will develop its own consciousness, and that excessive autonomy will put the Empire in danger. You're also worried that its autonomy will be too obedient and be exploited by the Insect King, causing the already strayed Empire to go even further astray."
"But don't we still have us? The goal we've been striving for can't be stopped by anything, not even the Mastermind.
We weren't prepared before and might have been tricked by it. Now that we have some clues, we will try to circumvent it. If we can't avoid it, we will find its weaknesses. I don't believe it doesn't have any weaknesses. Besides, these are just our guesses, and we may be overthinking it.
Aiyou nodded lightly and was just about to tell Keppel to go to the dungeon to interrogate Jody Collet again when a message popped up. It was Peggy replying.
So fast?
Ai You subconsciously looked at Keppel, and after Keppel nodded, he clicked on the message.
The news was simple. Peggy readily admitted that Lily, the intelligent robot bug in the Bai family, had developed a sense of its own. She didn't know the specific reason for this, but she was certain that Lily developed a sense of her own after Nan Qi moved into the Bai family.
The message also mentioned their speculation about Lily developing independent consciousness, and the fact that their attempt to conduct an experiment was rejected by Bai. At the end of the message, Peggy carefully explained a few words.
"Teacher, it's not that we don't trust you, it's that we forgot and didn't tell you about this. And it seems that only Lily has developed independent consciousness. Maybe it's just an isolated case, so we didn't pay much attention to it later."
"This kid is still so afraid of you." After reading the message, Keppel smiled and shook his head.
Ai You's group of students are all very capable, but they are all sincere to Ai You. If they are hiding something from Ai You, there are only two possibilities.
First, this matter is not important and they can handle it themselves; second, this matter is too important and they don’t want Ai You to be frightened and take risks.
This time, the matter of the robot bug Lily was not told to Ai You. Keppel tended to the first possibility, otherwise Peggy would not admit it so easily. She could have made up a lie. Ai You could not kill Bai at home.
confirm.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Bai did not tell the truth and did not inform Peggy and the others about these dangers, so Peggy and the others did not care at all after being surprised.
As for the specific reason, I'm afraid they can only know it if they contact Bai and Bai is willing to tell the truth.
"These bastards." Ai You cursed solemnly, deleted the message completely, and sighed.
The worst outcome has been half confirmed. The intelligent system derived from the main brain system can generate autonomous consciousness. There is no reason why a main brain that is more powerful than it cannot generate autonomous consciousness.
I'm afraid that Jordi Collet was not mistaken, nor was it a sensory error caused by nervousness, but the main brain and main system really developed autonomous consciousness, and even emotional feedback was already there.
Sighing again, Ai You said, "I'll go to the dungeon to interrogate Jordi Collet again. The insect that first practiced the spirit body condensation method has already successfully condensed a spirit body."
"This time, I will focus on training them to function as spiritual beings. I hope to have the opportunity to sneak into the Insect King's secret room again and verify its authenticity. Also..."
Ai You paused for a moment and continued, "We need to find a way to contact Milne Smith. Since he knows that all previous Insect Kings used the Main Brain system to calculate the development of events, he might be aware of the changes in the Main Brain in recent years."
"Yes, that's fine. Leave Milne Smith and Mei Congjun to me," Keppel said. "The Insect King on Jody Collet's side is probably getting suspicious, so we should get ready."
Ai You nodded, and Keppel said, "Let's go back to the black market tomorrow. I need to go to Fengshengheli Tower."
Keppel's gaze was profound. "The only thing missing from the Mastermind system is the black market. Since Fengshenghelilou is known as 'all-knowing, all-seeing,' I'd like to see if they have any information about the Mastermind."
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