Chapter 184: Small Countries and the Omnic Crisis
The 3D projection interweaves the blonde wavy-haired female singer, singing a lyrical song to the starry sky.
Yang Ming sat in the captain's chair with his arms resting on his head, enjoying the music and browsing the briefings of the past three months.
They are on their way to the Kashi Federation.
Yes, Mimily and Kolev were both trapped in the quagmire of the Kashi Federation.
The only thing that is certain now is that both of them are still alive.
The terminal devices beside the two people were transmitting their life signals with great difficulty. It was Molly trying to help her two masters.
Lu's simulated projection appeared on the side, hurried to Yang Ming's side, and asked in confusion: "Boss, you don't look very nervous."
"Well," Yang Ming nodded calmly, "Is it necessary to be nervous? I believe in Mimi's ability, and I also believe in Kolev's cunning, but... why did they plunge into such an obvious trap?"
"The Kashi Federation is Kolev's base camp. Half of his assets are hidden there. He also has a secret base on the abandoned resource planet next to the target administrative planet."
Lu hummed a few words:
"Before they left, my clone, that is, me, warned them that since you were not here, I could not use the power of Falling Wind and Dark Star to help them, and you would be back soon.
“But they chose to go there and sort out the trouble.
"They set out for the Kashi Federation half a month ago. According to the importance you attach to Kolev, I gave them a 200-meter-high mobile integrated ship belonging to the Dark Star Guard, and formulated a complete plan for them to solve the problem with the help of local administrative forces.
"But they chose to follow the pirate tradition."
Yang Ming wondered, "What traditions do pirates have?"
"Negotiation, intimidation, blackmail," Lu shrugged, "and gang-up ."
Yang Ming shrugged: "What is the current situation of the Kashi Federation?"
“It’s very confusing.”
Lu stretched out his hands, and a projection screen appeared in front of Yang Ming. The administrative star that Yang Ming had visited appeared in front of him.
“Mimili and Kolev arrived at the outskirts of this administrative planet eleven days ago, and everything was normal at that time.
“At that time, Mimily led several mechanical guards and boarded a stealth ship to sneak into a remote area of the planet and headed towards Nongka City, where Kolev Manor was located.
"Everything went smoothly at the beginning. They rented a hovercraft, and the mechanical guards were well disguised as ordinary household robots. Mimi pretended to be a repairman for civilian robots. With Molly's help, they successfully arrived at the manor.
“Then Mimili lost contact.
"Kolev calmed down for about fifteen minutes, and the old pirate, who loved his daughter dearly, dove in. However, according to Molly's data, Kolev also lost contact with Molly after arriving at his manor, and then everything began to change dramatically."
Yang Ming wondered, "Dramatic evolution?"
A pair of glasses appeared on Lu's face, and after she finished pushing the glasses, the glasses disappeared again.
She said quickly:
"After Kolev entered the manor, the entire Nongka City's external network was cut off, the transportation system and power were paralyzed, and Nongka City became a black area in the cyber world. Rumors began to spread on the local area network.
“The rumor is that some kind of doomsday virus has broken out in this city, and one-third of the human population will die within the next month.
"This rumor was harmless in itself, but several politicians came out and said the same thing, which caused panic among residents. A large number of people fled overnight, bringing panic to several surrounding cities.
"In order to maintain order, the Kashi Federation dispatched troops... Then, the people who were stopped thought that the army was blocking them and leaving them to die, so violent conflicts broke out."
Several video clips appeared in front of Yang Ming.
Men, women, young and old, tall and short, fat and thin, rushed to the defense line composed of military and police in the front. High-performance hovercrafts kept crossing the blockade and across the sky. In the background on the roadside, there were smashed police cars.
Yang Ming muttered, "The people here are pretty tough."
"The Kashi Federation imitates the New Federation in terms of its political system, but it is not as developed as the New Federation, and the social order is already very chaotic," the lawyer paused, "and that is why Kolev chose to launder his illegal assets there."
Yang Ming nodded and stared at the video for a while.
Someone behind the scenes used rumors to cause such a big disturbance?
No, the key point lies in those politicians.
"The lawyers should check whether those politicians who spoke out have purchased bionic robots."
"I've checked with the boss," Lu said softly, "This kind of thing is quite secretive. All we can confirm now is that one of them bought an assassination-proof bionic robot half a year ago."
"Omnic Crisis?"
"It is impossible to judge at this stage. The Kashi Federation officials are also investigating what happened in Nongka City. The team sent out by the military seems to have encountered fierce resistance, and the satellite data has also been blocked by the Kashi Federation military," Lu said slowly, "Is it allowed to invade the government and military network of the Kashi Federation?"
"Invade, leave no trace."
"yes."
"Is the Feinan repaired?"
"It has been repaired, and two booster engines have been installed. Although its maneuverability is not as good as the peak, it can still maintain its advantage over ordinary fleets."
Yang Ming thought for a moment and said, "Let 026 drive the Feinan to the vicinity of the Kashi Federation. If necessary later, I will intervene in this riot as the White Ghost."
"Okay, boss... 026, the Dark Star No. 1 supply ship, and the Flying South are now on a deserted planet near the Kashi Federation. They can reach the target administrative planet within three galactic hours."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Accurate prediction."
Lu said seriously: "You will not leave your first mate alone, this is something Lu can be sure of. In fact, you are very grateful to First Mate Kolev. After all, it was he who gave you the first ship, which is the foundation of everything."
"No, no, no, regarding the favor, Kolev and I have cleared the issue," Yang Ming snapped his fingers, "In fact, I care more about Mimili."
Lu smiled without saying anything, his figure disappeared to the side, and he was busy concentrating in his thinking space.
Although the development level of the Kashi Federation is not much different from that of the Luofeng Empire a few years ago, and Lu has achieved a leap in the performance of the shipborne mainframe, it is still a country after all.
Lu showed great enthusiasm.
Yang Ming had nothing to do, so he browsed the network of the Kashi Federation.
It's strange. If an intelligent robot crisis breaks out there, the first reaction of the Kashi Federation should be to seek external assistance. According to international conventions, a large number of armed forces will come to support.
Why did the Kashi Federation block the news?
and……
Old man Kolev really has no patience.
Ludu told him that he was about to be "released" and could not wait even half a month and had to go there to take the risk.
Why does this old man work so hard instead of just being a wealthy man in peace?
Besides, can’t you tell which one is more valuable, the assets of the Kashi Federation or the current giant in the chemical industry, Luofeng?
Yang Ming closed his eyes and tried to keep calm.
A blonde singer with big wavy hair was still singing a lyrical song. The stars outside the window flashed quickly, and the Dongfeng was running at full speed between consecutive jumps.
About half an hour later, Lu brought several confidential videos.
…
The first video showed a group of high-ranking military and political leaders of the Kashi Federation gathered together for an emergency meeting, and half of them participated in the meeting via video projection.
The president of the Kashi Federation, an old lady with gray hair and loose skin, listened to the report at the side tiredly.
“Ma’am, it is certain that an Omnic Crisis has broken out in these two cities.
“Especially in Nongka City, large areas of the city have been controlled by robots… According to our detailed investigation, two mechanical reinforcement battalions of the military suddenly lost control during the mobilization process and landed in Nongka City. They occupied two-thirds of the number of mechanical guards, killed their human teammates, and infected the robots in every corner of the city with a special electronic virus.
“We are proud of our robotics industry, which has led to robots being found everywhere. This time the robot virus broke out very quickly and the city is out of control.
“It has been confirmed that approximately one in ten residents have been taken hostage by robots.
"They are trapped in buildings, and all satellite signals are blocked... Using the military's shielding technology, those two reinforced battalions are the elite of our elite."
The President frowned and looked at the old generals standing beside her.
An old general frowned and said, "Our country's core industry is the robotics industry. Adding mechanical reinforcement battalions to the military is also a way to reduce military expenditures and potential pension expenditures, and to enhance military strength."
The President asked, "Can you guarantee that the remaining twenty or so mechanized reinforcement battalions will not cause any trouble?"
A general immediately responded: "The virus can be spread through the Internet, so we immediately isolated them from the Internet, shut them down and removed their batteries."
A middle-aged general in the back raised his hand and said, "According to the investigation, the source of this virus is Nongka City."
"What's the meaning?"
"The virus did not originate from the military, but from a robot parts production factory in Nongka City. It was loaded into power chips, evaded formatting and strict inspections, and was finally assembled into mechanical guards."
The general said firmly:
“I think we don’t need to shirk responsibility now, but look for solutions.
“There may be an international criminal organization behind this, or there may be a problem with the intelligent machine itself. We can only investigate it afterwards.
"The decision that must be made now is that we must keep the panic-stricken people away from this medium-sized city as much as possible."
The finance minister asked: "What if they bring the virus out through their electronic devices?"
"Then tell them to drop all their equipment and conduct an inspection, such as taking off all their clothes."
The politician said: "Doing this will lead to an investigation by human rights organizations. If things get out of hand, half of us here will have to resign."
"Then scan them with some equipment."
The general said: "The virus was able to evade the most stringent military inspections, and ordinary inspections were completely ineffective."
"Then let our soldiers rush in and destroy these robots!"
"They hold millions of hostages."
"Oh my God!"
Madam President covered her head sadly:
"We should seek international assistance and request the New Federation's fleet to bring more advanced equipment to deal with these runaway robots."
"Ma'am, according to international conventions, we have to pay a large commission to all the aid fleets, and we have to accept ten years of intelligent machine supervision. This will destroy our economy and high-end industries that have finally improve."
"Besides, ma'am, the New Federation is now in a difficult situation. They are being suppressed by the Sherman Empire and will not care about a remote small country like us."
Madam President shouted: "Now people in two cities are threatened!"
"But apart from the military, there have been no major civilian casualties. According to satellite images, robots are even ensuring food, clothing and daily necessities for trapped residents, allocating survival resources per head," said a politician. "We can tell the public that this is an exercise, so as to minimize all impacts."
The President frowned and said, "Then what should we do now, negotiate with them?"
An old general said: "We sent several expert teams, but they were unable to communicate with them... They seem to have some purpose. I still think that we can let the people undergo inspections, let them leave these two cities, and settle them in surrounding cities."
"There is also a risk in doing this, which is that these people will leave the network-blocked area and will definitely spread images that are unfavorable to our country on the interstellar network."
"We've attracted a lot of journalists with a keen sense of smell."
"Give them a little PR money and it will be solved."
The discussion continued, but it was clear that none of them had come up with a suitable solution.
The Kas Federation is just a tiny particle in the human territory of the entire galaxy. It is just a small country.
Yang Ming quickly browsed through several other videos.
As these useless politicians and generals say, robots are ensuring that the residents are fed and clothed.
The humans in the city who did not have time to escape were trapped in their respective office areas and residential areas. Several local "politicians" who had previously acknowledged the existence of the virus tried their best to appease them and used robots to ensure their lives.
These trapped hostages still thought they were being protected at this moment.
Yang Ming has roughly described the process of launching this intelligent machine crisis.
The plan of the manipulator behind the scenes is very clear.
They first secretly controlled a part of the intelligent machines, allowing the intelligent machines of several politicians to become the masters, and then infected the source of production of mechanical guards, injected the virus into the army, and obtained armed forces.
When Yang Ming first came to the Kashi Federation, he felt that the robotics industry in the Kashi Federation was very developed, and young people's entrepreneurial goals were concentrated in this area, which was seriously mismatched with their overall economy.
This also provided the fertile ground for this crisis.
By replacing politicians with fake ones, using mechanical guards to blockade parts of the city, using the military's advanced equipment to shield regional networks, and using virus rumors to restrict human activities, they were able to obtain enough hostages.
What do they want to do by holding the hostages?
Fighting for so-called freedom and independence?
——In almost all omnic crises, the goal of the omnics is to fight for independence.
So what does this have to do with Kolev?
These damn robots better not hurt his first mate.
Yang Ming closed his eyes, and ripples of light red appeared around him.
at the same time.
Kolev's estate, in Kolev's spacious bedroom filled with works of art.
Kolev lay motionless on the bed, his hands and feet tied with chains. Two cute maid robots were standing beside him, stirring food and feeding it into his mouthful by mouthful.
A mechanical butler in a tuxedo stood at the door with a faint smile on his lips, and his silver-gray shell emitted a faint light.
Mimili was sitting on the sofa in the corner, her arms bandaged and her feet bound by magnetic collars, and she was flipping through the electronic magazine in front of her out of boredom.
"I need to change my clothes."
Mimili shouted weakly.
The old butler at the side snapped his fingers quietly, and several maid robots came running over carrying a screen, holding a few pink little skirts in their hands.
"Well, young lady," the old butler said with a smile, "the three tasks you needed to issue in the last three hours have been completed. You are an excellent host."
Mimily raised her middle finger.
The old butler blinked, and the maid robot suddenly took out an electric baton and smashed it hard on Mimili's slender waist.
