Chapter 494: First Hearing of the City of Light
That’s way off the mark, brothers.
This girl who had always claimed to be Reason, after being tested by the Spirit Heart and Law Core Program, was determined to be the 'thinking body extension' of the real Reason.
In a sense, it is the process of reorganizing, iterating, reconstructing and extending some fragments of one's own thinking body to give birth to a new thinking body.
The daughter of truth.
No, in a sense, Levi is really having...something with his companion mechanical thinking body?
Boss Yang was a little unable to accept it for a moment. He always felt that after Levi Sherman established a powerful empire tens of thousands of galactic years ago, he was playing with something very new and interstellar.
Sure enough, I took a look at the existence of the higher-dimensional world, and it was all about playing with flowers.
But the problem is...
Yang Ming raised his Dark Star Iron Fist, but suddenly he couldn't strike down.
In order to confront the young girl today, he mobilized so many resources and prepared so many plans, but then he found that the enemy did not have much ability to resist. Lu and Lingxin exerted pressure at the same time, and just after launching an attack and imprisoning the opponent in a network, the opponent had already surrendered and collapsed.
It's just... quite unfulfilling.
Ling Xin hugged this mechanical thinking entity that looked and had the mind of no more than twelve or thirteen years old, while Yang Ming stood up and walked towards the window.
"Boss," Lu asked in a low voice, "Professor Hua Moli..."
"Let him start the experiment," Yang Ming said, "As we agreed before, we will conduct a full genetic test on the experimental target, and then extract some stem cells and culture them into cloned embryos for future use."
"Okay boss."
Lu's projection disappeared temporarily, and a robot maid walked up to Professor Huamoli with a tray.
Yang Ming saw through the glass that Professor Hua Moli showed a disappointed expression for a moment.
——They had formulated several different experimental plans in advance. One of the plans was to actually start a full set of mind-rewriting experiments when Yang Ming was unable to withstand some kind of tremendous pressure. But now the information Hua Mori had received was to conduct an ordinary legal experiment.
"it's a pity."
Professor Hua Moli laughed and sighed:
"I thought I was on the road to committing crimes from today, but I didn't expect that in the end I would just be an innocent scientific researcher."
When Yang Ming heard the old professor's complaints in the headphones, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. He turned his head to look at the small mechanical thinking body that seemed to be having a deep communication with Ling Xin.
He also felt very regretful.
"Boss," Lu muttered quietly, "Do we still have to pay such high fees to the experimental target?"
"Of course," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You must be honest when doing this kind of thing... This little thinking body is the fourth thinking body related to reason, right?"
"Li himself, Levi Sherman, Lingxin, and her."
Lu was a little sad:
"It's incredible that such a thing can actually happen... Boss, can you change your opinion of me now? I am also a woman."
"Ritsu, you are divine."
"I'm actually quite ordinary, that is to say," Lu narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Yes, boss, I should have a certain degree of holiness, so that I can always stay rational and calm."
"Go talk to her," Yang Ming warned, "Remember to pay attention to Ling Xin's data changes, don't let her get infected with any virus or something."
"I understand, but Boss, please keep your voice down. Lingxin can hear you."
Yang Ming: …
Ling Xin's voice sounded in Yang Ming's headphones:
"So, what's your name? Is Molly your code name? Lil."
Boss Yang turned and left with his hands behind his back, leaving Xiao Lu behind with an embarrassed look on his face.
…
Yang Ming chatted with Professor Hua Moli for a while, and then was called back to the lounge by Lu.
This small thinking entity no longer has any secrets after the core database was lost.
Her name is Qing, a name given by Levi Sherman. She was born after Levi Sherman uploaded his consciousness.
At this moment, Qing was sitting alone on a projection sofa, and Lingxin was standing quietly beside her, as if protecting her.
After removing her disguise and restoring her core data's 'real' face, Qing looked like a girl who had just entered puberty, short and petite, with a round face that looked a bit like Levi Sherman and Li.
When Yang Ming entered, there was a hint of anger and resentment in her big eyes, and her fists were clenched.
"You sneak attacked me!"
Qing said angrily:
"Yang Ming! I never intended to target you! But you teamed up with Ling Xin to attack me!
"I just want you to help me complete the experiment, and I will give you enough compensation later! You ruined it all!
"I will make you pay the price!"
Lingxin on the side smiled gently and didn't say much.
Yang Ming crossed his arms and started whispering with Lu's simulated projection in front of Qing.
"Lv, what's her specific situation?"
"Qing has actually been sleeping on the edge of Li's mind body."
Lu explained softly:
“Her thinking body has not been active for a long time since she was born. You can think of her as a human girl with a mind only in her teens.
"According to my speculation, Li let her out on purpose, but I have no idea about Li's specific plan."
"Why?" Yang Ming asked, "Couldn't she have escaped on her own?"
“This is quite difficult to explain.”
Lu hummed a few words:
“The chances of her getting out on her own are low.
"All the intelligence information she possessed was shared with her mother, which means that she had the power to own everything, and this also interfered with her actions to a certain extent.
"We can divide Qing's behavior into two parts. She sent you out of the Emperor Star safely, which should be her mother's idea. She wanted to complete the descent of the mind body, which should be her own idea.
“In addition, she has a pretty good core. Although not as good as me, Lingxin, and Li, she is much stronger than Labdo and should be above Levi Sherman. What she lacks is accumulation and foundation, as well as various network tools. This also explains why she can’t get any resources outside the empire.
"We got a crucial piece of information from her. Boss, take a look."
Lu's fingers kept moving, and a light curtain appeared in front of Yang Ming's eyes, within which a vast and boundless three-dimensional city slowly emerged.
Towering buildings, multi-layered blocks, intertwined industrial areas, living areas, and entertainment areas;
A boldly designed means of transport, a public transport system stained with halos, two stars hanging in the sky...
Looking further away, this planet, with 80 percent of its land and ocean covered by metal buildings, revealed its silvery-white appearance to Yang Ming.
"This is Levi's dark capital, its name is the City of Light."
Lu said softly:
"This Dark City houses 160 billion mechanical minds. These mechanical minds have gone through tens of thousands of years of iteration, and their level of development far exceeds that of our Dark City.
“To put it simply, if our Dark City clashed with this place… for the time being, we would be wiped out in seconds.
“Then, our system designed with Dark City as the inside and Dark Star as the outside will collapse in an instant.
"To put it more intuitively, the average level of the mechanical thinking bodies we cultivate is LV15, and the one here is... LV99."
"I'll go."
Yang Ming couldn't help but swear.
Law continued:
“This information has been verified repeatedly by Lingxin and I, and now we can fully depict the core combat power of the empire.
“Inside the City of Light, there are 160 billion stable advanced mechanical thinking bodies;
"There is the Levi Semi-Permanent Fleet, which has an absolute military strength that can crush half of the Milky Way. It is the body of the City of Light in the material world, and it can quickly increase its troops in times of war.
“Outside is the Sherman Empire, the most powerful country in the galaxy.
"Boss, our previous strategic judgment was biased... In order to overthrow the Sherman Empire, although the attitude of reason is crucial, it is not the decisive factor. The real decisive factor is to defeat Levi's City of Light.
"Levi's mechanical thinking form is sleeping in the core area of the City of Light. If we want to attack them... we need fifty dark cities.
"The growth of mechanical civilization can be exponential, but the accumulation of mature mechanical thinking bodies requires a certain amount of time, and we don't have enough time.
"I think the most important purpose of Li Ranqing coming to you is to pass on this information."
Yang Ming murmured, "Why don't we just ignore her and tell us directly?"
"Li has not broken free of all his restraints," Lu sighed, "We underestimated the founding emperor of the empire, and even more so the last candidate... Boss, there is only one way to ensure that Levi can be defeated."
"What?"
"Twilight Three Tests," Lu's eyes sparkled, "Let me complete the third upgrade, and I will be above reason!"
Yang Ming's heart suddenly became hot: "Are we qualified now?"
“Well, Dark Star’s development indicators are still a little off. The main problem is not the technology , but the humanities of human society.
"The difficulty of the third test is hellish...
"Because as long as we pass the Twilight Three Tests, we will have the power to easily change the current situation of the Milky Way. The three teachers will be extremely cautious... Well, the conditions are not yet ripe."
Lu lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
"It's immature, what's the point of that?"
Yang Ming crossed his arms and was also thinking.
Qing, who had been listening quietly to his and Lu's whispers, now raised her head slightly with a faint smile on her lips.
"Hehe, now you're scared, then quickly kneel down on one knee and kiss her toes, and call her Her Highness Qingqing!"
However, before she could even speak her mind, Yang Ming and Lu had already started their battle deployment:
"Lv, I need you to adjust the layout right now. We must ensure that the Dark Star network is completely isolated from the Milky Way human civilization network. The only link is on the Dongfeng. You can modify the Dongfeng at will.
"Once a virtual war breaks out with the City of Light, the Dongfeng can be detonated."
"Yes, boss."
"This is just a defensive strategy. We still have to continue to fight for reason. This is too crucial. Only when reason and you join forces can we fight against Levi, who has the highest authority in the City of Light."
Yang Ming folded his arms and continued:
“As long as Levi wakes up and gets information about us and Dark Star, he will most likely destroy us.
"Alas, we have to assume the worst.
"We are being too reckless. Our previous predictions about the situation were too optimistic. Now that the empire is on the brink of civil unrest, we cannot throw away all our previous efforts.
"If the empire continues to be in turmoil, Levi will definitely wake up... It should be delaying Levi's awakening...
"Dark Star will carry out the ninth round of expansion. We need resources. We should put all resources into expansion and military expansion. The production of modular dreadnoughts must be promoted now.
"Also, we should moderately lower our assessment standards for mechanical thinking entities.
"For the Luofeng Alliance, further increase military spending and don't worry about the economic growth rate for the time being. Let's get through the security hurdle first. But don't cause public resentment. The Molly Miss Group's resource reserves can also be released.
"Li letting Qing out should be a reminder to us that our preparations are far from enough."
"Yes, Boss, I wrote it all down."
Yang Ming put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth.
"Lü, where do you think the server of the City of Light will be?"
"There must be a root server, which should be the virtual network composed of all the shipboard computing power of the Levi Fleet, otherwise it would not be able to support so many mechanical thinking bodies."
"In other words, we must defeat the Levi Fleet head-on in order to destroy the City of Light from the outside in?"
“Or we could get core technology that exceeds the current infrastructure.”
Yang Ming tutted his words: "Isn't this because the third test of Twilight is not mature yet?"
Lu said: "Boss, I mean the Fayans... Various signs indicate that the Fayans want to use you to get rid of the empire."
"We need to communicate with the Faya people ," Yang Ming said, "Lv, can you send a message to Brother Faya?"
"I can try, but I may not succeed. After all, I have never entered a higher-dimensional world. I can only follow the clues they left for us... Uh, boss, the Faya people have passed on new information to us."
Lu looked up at Yang Ming:
“They’re watching us.”
Yang Ming nodded, then he and Lu turned to look at Qing.
Qing was a little confused.
What she just heard seemed to have nothing to do with her, but also seemed to have a lot to do with her.
Then……
"Boss, do we need to ask her anything else?"
"Of course, this is an important source of intelligence for us," Yang Ming smiled and walked in front of Qing. "Your name is Qing, right?"
Qing nodded calmly. Various data had already appeared in the database. She was anticipating the questions that Yang Ming would ask next and how she should respond.
Unexpectedly...
"So good," Yang Ming raised his hand and rubbed Qing's head, "Don't be polite with your Aunt Xiaolu, tell her if you need anything. Although there is a high probability that your father and I will have a battle, there is still hope that your mother and I can become partners."
After saying this, Yang Ming smiled amiably, turned around and walked towards the lounge door.
Qing was stunned for a moment, then stood up immediately: "Don't you want to ask about my father's current condition? When will he wake up? What will happen when he wakes up? And what is my mother's current condition?"
Yang Ming turned his head and looked at Xiang Qing: "Will you tell me?"
"I...can't do it yet..."
"Then what am I asking?"
Yang Ming waved his hand:
"I will treat you as a human being, and you should not treat me as a fool. If you want to become a human being, I will prepare a clone with blank memories for you as a carrier, but you must have the leverage to convince me.
"This is a deal, and I, White Ghost, have always been trustworthy."
Click.
The blast door to the lounge closed again.
Lu and Lingxin exchanged glances, and the latter will be responsible for confining and protecting Qing temporarily.
Outside the lounge.
Yang Ming crossed his arms and was in trouble again.
He felt a real sense of crisis, and it was an extremely strong sense.
Lu's voice sounded: "Boss, the information the Faya people gave us contains a description of Levi Sherman."
"Um?"
Yang Ming's eyes widened: "Did the Faya people really give us information?"
"otherwise?"
Yang Ming laughed and scolded: "Isn't that our rhetoric for launching a psychological offensive against Qing?"
"Well," Lu muttered, "We have already stripped away all her core data, which means her previous 'life' is no longer a secret to us. There is no need for any psychological offensive."
"Okay, okay," Yang Ming shook his head, "What do the Fayya people want me to do?"
Lu was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and whispered:
"In short... kill Levi."
