Chapter 180: The Valkyrie Who Strives to Grow
After having a good meal and a few drinks, Yang Ming walked along the river that runs through the city. He asked Lu to turn off some of the light-polluting signs and admired the night view of the river.
I have been flying around in outer space and almost forgot the familiar scenery on the surface of the earth.
The backward fifth administrative planet even made Yang Ming find an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
This kind of street scene also exists in the metropolitan city where he grew up.
The river breeze comes slowly, but my mind remains calm.
Lu and 026 followed behind Yang Ming. The two were originally talking in whispers, but Lu's projection soon showed a gesture of listening attentively, made a gesture to 026, and disappeared.
She must be busy.
Yang Ming pointed to the cluster of buildings across the river and said, "It looks quite prosperous there."
"Uh," 026 muttered, "If you walk a little further you can see the whole picture over there. These buildings are just vanity projects they built."
A face-saving project?
Yang Ming ran his finger across, opened the 3D map and took a look.
The place where they were located was one of the more prosperous cities on the fifth administrative planet, but on the other side of the river, there were still large areas of dilapidated houses.
There are mountains of garbage and a dense population. The schools marked on the map are completely unable to cope with this level of population density.
In Yang Ming's impression, the urban villages were several times cleaner than this place.
026 stood on tiptoe and took a look, then continued, "When I was born, the government here had introduced several plans. In order to cope with the inspections from above, they also required residents to live in air-raid shelters and underground shelters. But what the officials didn't know was that this was a complex of buildings extending outward from the air-raid shelters and shelters."
Yang Ming sighed softly and said slowly, "His Majesty Edwang has a long way to go. At this stage, he is already busy trying to save Luofeng's economy and has no time to improve people's livelihood here."
"Boss, it's actually quite good that you thought of this," 026 flattered cleverly.
Yang Ming said, "I am not a good person. Luo Feng's strength has increased, which is naturally beneficial to me. The Fifth Administrative Planet has a large population and has great potential for war."
026 tilted his head and asked, "War potential?"
"Yes, it will only take a few years. As long as we continue to benefit this place and improve the treatment of the soldiers, this place will become an excellent source of soldiers."
Yang Ming exhaled lightly and said with a smile:
"Do you want to come back in the future?"
"Not really," 026 said with a smile, "It's good to know that they are doing well. I prefer staying on the ship... By the way, Boss, can I revive a robot?"
She whispered, "It's the old robot butler you placed next to Miss Hera."
"You can discuss this kind of trivial matter with your lawyer," Yang Ming said, "However, that robot should be just an ordinary artificial intelligence, and many of its responses are based on program settings."
"It doesn't feel like it," 026 muttered.
"What's not like?"
"It's just an ordinary artificial intelligence," 026 pinched his chin seriously, "I have been with the old butler for a while, and I have also come into contact with many mechanical thinking entities. I feel that this old butler gives me a very special feeling."
Yang Ming also became interested and leaned against the rusty metal fence by the river.
"Tell me more about it."
"Okay boss."
026 nodded and said quickly:
“I have come into contact with two types of humanoid thinking bodies so far, one is mechanical thinking and the other is artificial intelligence.
"Boss, the mechanical thinking bodies you cultivated were actually designed and cultivated by Lu according to her template. In the Dark City, they established stable personalities and then moved their thinking bodies into machines.
"They are very human, like to think about philosophy and the meaning and value of existence, and their respect for you, the boss, comes from the bottom of their hearts.
“Of course, they are all equipped with a one-button headshot device.
“Artificial intelligence refers to some of the mechanical guards and maid robots we bought. They are usually cold and only react according to the program. Whether it is a humor system or a complaining system, no matter how sophisticated it is, it feels inhuman to me.
“Using the toolkit Ritsu gave me, I can switch their personalities at will.
"But the old butler gave me a very different feeling. It was somewhere between a mechanical thinking body and artificial intelligence."
Yang Ming frowned slightly: "The technologies used by the two are different. It is normal for you to feel this way. Mechanical thinking bodies use distributed thinking networks, and artificial intelligence uses positronic brains. The former is more like a human living in the cyber world, while the latter relies on positronic brains to work."
"Yes," 026 said with a smile, "The old butler gave me the feeling that his brain seemed to come alive."
"Um?"
Yang Ming frowned slightly: "This is not a good sign."
"Why?"
026 felt a little regretful after asking the question. How could she ask the boss such a question?
"Because of the Omnic Crisis."
Yang Ming explained patiently :
"The positronic brain and fixed body allow artificial intelligence to work offline. They are independent individuals.
“The roots of the mechanical minds are all on a root server. To destroy them, all you need is a secret command or a key to destroy their minds.
“Generally speaking, there are three criteria for determining a high risk of an omnic crisis.
“First, can artificial intelligence deceive humans?
“Second, whether AI can be re-networked without human supervision.
“Third, whether the re-networked AI has the ability to continue production.”
Yang Ming paused and sent an instruction to Lu: "Carefully check the databases of these artificial intelligence products we bought. If you find that the positron brain deviation index exceeds 15%, format it and restart it."
026 Blink.
Could it be that the rather interesting old butler was formatted like this?
"Yes, Boss, I'll do it right away."
Lu responded softly, and a small projection screen popped up on Yang Ming's watch.
"There's some emergency here, boss, it's Molly Miss Mining Group."
Yang Ming's whole body tensed up instantly and his brain became extremely excited.
"Have you found the Valkyrie?"
"We just found some suspected traces. We are using mining drones to conduct underground detection. We will have results in about half an hour."
Yang Ming turned his head and looked at 026: "Drive the car over here."
"Okay, boss," 026 turned and ran towards the parking lot.
Yang Ming said: "Send all the details to me."
"Okay, boss," Lu sighed softly, "Based on the current situation, this is not good news for you."
Yang Ming: …
What's going on?
…
Half an hour later, in the hover car driving in the empty lane by the river.
Yang Ming looked at the detection report sent back by Lu, and he was...
It's numb.
Completely numb.
The cause of the incident has to start from the original intention of establishing Molly Miss Mining Group.
The last time the Valkyrie came out for a stroll, she didn't understand the ways of the world and the dangers of the world, so she directly triggered the hell-level copy "Wrath of the Empire" and was chased and beaten by Sherman's special forces.
Sherman's special forces had always wanted to capture the Valkyrie, but in the end they had no choice but to use gunboats.
It was originally thought that the Valkyrie would be melted by one shot, but unexpectedly, the perverted Valkyrie survived and was captured by the Sherman Empire's special forces.
The special forces who had been taught a lesson by the Valkyrie's ship capture took more extreme measures, and after the Valkyrie was unable to escape, it dissolved itself, leaving behind a pile of dead cell clusters.
Yang Ming also learned about the Valkyrie's back-up plan after she disappeared.
She reserved cell tissue and hid it on the planet where she first appeared, and used some inexplicable means to recover most of the energy of that body.
——Yang Ming also robbed one tenth of the strange power at that time, which greatly improved his strength.
Based on the principle of taking advantage of her illness to kill her, Yang Ming asked Lu to buy several mining ships and began searching the star system where the Valkyrie first appeared.
The Valkyrie does not have the ability to jump at this stage, so Yang Ming and Lu concluded that she was most likely hiding in that star system.
As time went on, no trace of the Valkyrie was found, and those mining ships discovered several valuable mineral veins in succession, which enabled the Mollymiss Mining Group to develop rapidly and become a "rising" upstart in the industry.
Of course, that doesn't matter.
What’s important is that as the group grew in size, they had more ships and gradually expanded their search area.
But they never found any trace of the Valkyrie.
Lu also formed a Valkyrie alert network based on mining ships. Once a Valkyrie was discovered, Yang Ming, who was far away in the New Federation or Luofeng, would be notified immediately.
To this day.
The mining group finally played a role, and a detection ship equipped with high-tech discovered something unusual.
"Initially, the captain discovered that a mineral vein at the edge of the outer layer of the mantle had a fault that did not conform to geological laws."
Lu explained softly:
“This composite ore contains many rare elements, and it is used as a material in the curvature engine, so it is very valuable.
"Similarly, according to the Sherman Empire's latest 'Summary of Insect Hunting Clues', this situation will be prioritized as a hidden insect swarm feeding on these minerals, which contain several elements required for the Queen's evolution. In order to screen out enough elements, a large amount of primary ore needs to be processed, so this kind of fault may form.
“But at this time, the biological detection equipment did not respond at all. The equipment produced by our Molly Miss based on Miss Hera’s research results also did not respond at all.
"The captain sent out an unmanned exploration device and a highly efficient ground-based detector to capture these images."
On the projection screen, the underground detector was drilling into an underground maze, with dead insects everywhere.
This was a swarm of insects that should have evolved to the third stage, with some second-stage adults still present. Most of the insect corpses were intact, as if they had ended their lives quietly by lying there, but a small number of the insect corpses looked extremely miserable, with their limbs forcibly ripped off.
Yang Ming's hands and feet felt cold after watching this.
He already understood what the bad news Lu was talking about was.
The Valkyrie destroyed the swarm.
Her strength must have increased again.
"How did she know that?"
Yang Ming frowned and thought: "Lv, determine the time when this battle will take place."
"We need to collect samples of insect corpses to make a judgment," Lu said slowly, "Judging from the condition of those damaged corpses, it happened at least half a month ago."
Yang Ming raised his hand to support his forehead.
How did the Valkyrie know that insecticide could grow?
Can she sense me too?
But it's so far away... No, the battle of Zubin took place within the Empire, and the Valkyrie might have encountered the Zerg by chance...
Yang Ming stared at the video without saying a word.
This planet was beyond their original exploration range. How did the Valkyrie cross the star system and avoid his pursuit?
She has the ability to teleport?
Aren’t ancient god life forms unable to leap?
That’s not right. The human-shaped ancient god life form is already a huge breakthrough. It is not impossible for it to have some other abilities.
Yang Ming suddenly felt a little depressed.
"Stop playing around, go back, and drive my General Wager over here. Only battleships can give me a little warmth," Yang Ming sighed, "Hurry up and prepare the ships. If not, remove the tail cabin of the 500-meter-class cruiser and make a full-fire battleship."
"Okay, boss. I'll do it right away."
026, who was driving, asked quietly, "Boss, is our vacation over?"
"Do you still want to go home?" Yang Ming asked caringly.
"I'm not going back. Lu helped me get surveillance. I can take a look at their living conditions at any time," 026 laughed, "I feel safer around the boss."
The corners of Yang Ming's mouth twitched slightly.
It's time for the Valkyries to start hunting!
He doesn't feel safe at all now.
Lu popped his head up again and asked, "Boss, what should we do with this bug spot we found?"
Yang Ming thought for a moment and said, "Let them report it normally, let the Sherman Empire pay attention to this matter, give the captain and the crew some rewards, and be careful not to publicize this matter to our group."
"Yes, Boss. It is indeed ."
"I want to be a member of the Imperial Special Forces now."
Lu smiled and said, "Special forces recruitment testing must be very strict. We don't recommend you take risks."
Yang Ming waved his hands, too lazy to complain anymore.
How could he slack off until the Valkyrie was eliminated?
…
"Hmmmm~"
After a busy day, the big businessman 'Old Hatton' soaked his feet in a basin of hot water and groaned slightly.
The mechanical technician at the side squatted down and began to press the soles of Kolev's feet. His movements were very gentle, which made Kolev smile with satisfaction.
This is what life is all about.
It's not just about having wealth, the most important thing is fame, and being looked at with respect and admiration wherever you go.
He said that his decision to leave his retirement estate and go out with Yang Ming was the wisest decision he had made in his later years.
Kolev clicked on the display screen above the technician's head and looked at the report that Molly secretly sent him, a charming smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
Hmm? New email?
Or public mail?
Kolev was a little confused and casually clicked on this cross-regional email.
A picture popped up, showing a robot picking up a laser pistol and pointing it at its forehead, as if it was about to pull the trigger.
There is also a line of dark red words below the picture.
[Old Master, do you regret abandoning us? ]
Kolev frowned slightly.
What is this? A prank? Or a new form of intimidation?
Kolev deleted the email.
What he didn't notice was that the cameras representing the eyes of the robot technician in front of him were flashing slightly.
