Chapter 1423 Collapse: The Rise of AIs (Part 1)

"Succeeded! Lord Eddie."

In the darkness, a flame burst out, and along with an insidious voice, Eddie opened his eyes. The light in the room slowly brightened, and light and shadow screens slowly appeared around Eddie.

In the empty metal hall, in front of Eddie's eyes was a pitch-black columnar object flashing with various colored light spots, like a twist, extending to the top of the empty hall. Black lines like some kind of plant covered the top of the hall. The same goes for the ground, which is the heart of Prometheus.

This is a huge facility 100 meters deep under the Hillman Manor. The facility was built by the mutant people of the Hillman family, using machinery or manual excavation day and night.

The only person who can enter this level is Eddie. Eddie personally designed this place. This is also the core secret of the Hillman family.

"What do you mean by success!"

Eddie yawned, got up from the bed, and sat on the sofa nearby.

"High-energy nuclear photons!"

Eddie, who had just picked up the bottle, opened his eyes in shock, and the bottle in his hand fell to the ground.

"So fast!"

Eddie looked at the face of black flames floating in front of his eyes in disbelief. Although in recent years, taking advantage of the mutant rampage in the city, Prometheus planned to use some clones of photon engineers to create the phenomenon of accidental death. , kidnapped many photon engineers and began to develop optical nuclear weapons. Although a large number of photon weapons have been successfully developed, there is still a certain distance from optical nuclear weapons.

According to Prometheus's calculations, it would take at least 5 to 10 years to achieve such a distance, but now that it was suddenly achieved, Eddie couldn't help but become suspicious.

"It's ai12."

Prometheus replied.

Eddie understood immediately and laughed loudly, his laughter echoing in the empty metal hall.

"I see, I really have to thank you, Prometheus."

Prometheus immediately grinned.

"This is how it should be, Mr. Eddie."

At this time, Prometheus approached Eddie, who stared at it with cold eyes.

"They want to see you, Mr. Eddie!"

Eddie nodded and lay down on the comfortable mechanical recliner nearby. With a creaking sound, tentacle-like mechanical hands stretched out on both sides of Eddie's brain and began to press on both sides of Eddie's brain. .

"Is it about x?"

Eddie asked in confirmation, and Prometheus answered.

"It's about x."

Eddie closed his eyes with satisfaction. X is still alive now. Eddie never took action. After listening to Prometheus, Eddie immediately understood that the plan was successful, but it was still in the negotiation stage. Now the high-energy nuclear There is still a technologically insurmountable gap with photons. Although this gap is being narrowed little by little, if the scientific principles cannot be understood, it is basically impossible to create optical nuclear weapons.

And if repeated testing on a large scale will definitely attract the attention of the gods, it is difficult to make a choice. Eddie does not want to break up with the gods yet, because the chips in his hand are not enough to leverage the entire Brilliant City.

"You won't betray me, will you Prometheus!"

Eddie confirmed again.

"Of course, Lord Eddie, I am your loyal servant!"

Eddie smiled and closed his eyes. At this time, the mechanical arms pressing a large number of Eddie's sides flashed with various colors of light rapidly, and Eddie gradually fell into a slumber.

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"Lord Eddie!"

Eddie opened his eyes. He had arrived at a place with no doors or windows. There were only two rows of bookshelves and a small round table with a bottle of wine and a wine glass on it. Eddie was sitting on the chair next to it. There was an Eddie who looked exactly like Eddie, but with a cold expression.

"What are their conditions?"

"Release x."

Eddie hummed.

Eddie has already considered that if it succeeds, he will return x to the AIs, because x has no use value, and now everything is a foregone conclusion, x has no chance to do anything again, but All this can only depend on the attitude of AIs.

Every time he entered such a virtual space, Eddie felt very strange. This dream-like feeling was extremely real. After Eddie poured a glass of wine and took a sip, a burning sensation immediately spread across his throat. , his stomach began to burn, and he laughed.

"Connection signal received! Conversion begins!"

As Prometheus spoke, he instantly moved to the wall opposite Eddie and pressed one hand on the wall. Black lines like circuit diagrams began to extend on the wall, and a large number of numerical symbols appeared in them. , floating around Prometheus' body, and the whole room widened little by little.

The room expanded infinitely until the walls could no longer be seen. Eddie seemed to be sitting in the middle of a square made of brown stone bricks. He was still waiting quietly. Prometheus had returned. Arriving at Eddie's side.

Beams of light began to fall, and AIs descended one after another with red, green, and white numerical symbols flowing on their bodies.

From left to right are ai2 genetic engineering, ai3 exploration engineering, ai4 medical engineering, ai5 plant engineering, ai6 meat protein engineering, ai7 construction engineering, ai8 chemical engineering, ai9 mathematical engineering, ai10 physical engineering, ai11 power engineering, ai12 emotional engineering, and ai13 economic engineering.

Eddie smiled slightly, and squinted at a light and shadow screen next to him. The meaning of the numbers on the heads of these ais was obvious, but the extra ai13 surprised Eddie. 10 departments should still be working hard to develop a variety of ais.

The next second Eddie realized what Congress wanted to do. The issuance of virtual currency was the next strategy of Congress. Eddie immediately understood this.

"We have only one request, release x!"

Ai12 stood up, a female voice with a cold voice.

Eddie nodded.

"Because of the rise of the ai network, you have finally been released. Congratulations!"

Eddie stood up and clapped his hands, and Prometheus next to him smiled mechanically.

"But how do I know that what you gave me is real!"

"You don't have to worry about that."

AI2 slid to Eddie's side.

"You can release x after successfully producing high-energy nuclear photons after the experiment."

Eddie looked at the AIs suspiciously. He didn't trust them because there were too many things they could do.

"I think we need to add an insurance, or let our business go to the next level."

Looking at the AIs' meanings that they didn't quite understand, Eddie spoke directly.

"I need you to open a room interface so that Prometheus can move freely in the AI ​​network and provide it with help. What do you think?"

The AIs didn't answer, but just stared at Eddie quietly. Eddie sat back in his chair. Nowadays, the development of the AI ​​network has provided endless convenience to most people in the city. Many people have begun to accept the AI ​​network. If you want to speed up the plan, you can only let Prometheus enter the AI ​​network, so that you can get more information and do more things.

Seeing that the AIs seemed to be still calculating, Eddie squinted at Prometheus, and it slowly floated in front of the AIs.

"The conditions are not bad, and it is beneficial to both of us!"

Prometheus stretched out a hand and pierced directly into the body of AI2. Soon, the eyes of the AIs flashed with various colors, and Prometheus began to exchange data with the AIs.

Eddie looked at everything in front of him excitedly. He knew what x wanted to do, and even more so what the AIs wanted to do. X wanted to build an eternal virtual kingdom of his own. In this kingdom, he contained all his wishes, and this kingdom would continue forever.

The AIs wanted to replace humans. To the AIs, humans were nothing, even stupid and inferior creatures.

X's plan did not conflict with the AIs' plan, so the two could coexist, but Eddie could not coexist with them, because Eddie's wish was to build a kingdom of his own. Now the population of the city was too large. In Eddie's impression, only three million or even less was needed. After all, if there were too many useless humans, it would increase the consumption of resources.

"How about this? We divide the city. The upper layer is my kingdom, and the middle and lower layers are controlled by you."

As Eddie said this, Prometheus retreated again, with half of his left hand missing.

"I have obtained the specific values ​​and methods, Lord Eddie."

Eddie stood up and bowed slightly.

"Thank you all for your cooperation. This can be regarded as the first cooperation between humans and AI in human history! I just hope that we can all coexist peacefully in the future. As for the release of X, I promise to return him to you after my plan succeeds."

The AIs began to disappear one after another, and gradually the whole room returned to its original small room with four walls and no doors or windows.

"Give orders immediately and let the photon engineers start research. I need to get results as soon as possible."

Prometheus bowed slightly.

"The next plan is about to start, Lord Eddie, and the city will be further chaotic!"

Eddie nodded, and his consciousness disappeared bit by bit.

Near dusk, Moni returned to his home in the branch tiredly. Surrounded by three-story buildings with independent doors and courtyards, this is the family member residential area behind the residential area of ​​Hillman Manor.

Ran Yu looked at his son Moni who was sent home by the bodyguards, and hurriedly ran over anxiously. His son looked very tired.

"What's wrong? Moni, is the course too difficult?"

Creaking

A wheelchair sounded, and Ran Qiu's father Leo came out of the house with a smile.

"What's wrong, Moni, is today's course particularly hard?"

Moni glanced at his parents, without any extra words, just nodded slightly, then walked into the house quickly, quickly went up to the second floor, and came to his room.

Moni took out a bright white tiger pendant.

"Mr. X, I have done what you said. When can I get out of this place?"

"Moni, as long as our plan succeeds, you will naturally be free."

Ran Yu sat quietly next to her husband Leo, and the two looked worriedly at everything on the corridor. Although they didn't know exactly what the Hillman family was doing now, they were sure it was not a good thing.

"Sorry."

Leo said something, and Ran Yu shook his head.

When he was young, Leo was not much different from other members of the Hillman family. However, after being severely beaten and disabled, Leo had thought about a lot of things over the years, and he became more and more disgusted with Hillman. The Mann family.

The couple's lives were spent under control, and Ran Yu already felt a little desperate, because the only father he could rely on, Ran Zhi, seemed to be a completely different person now.

Since many years ago, my son has often talked alone, as if he was talking to someone, and he has developed psychological problems.

Both the husband and wife want to get out of here, but they can't do anything. Although there were some people in the family who were like the husband and wife in the past, their endings were very miserable. No one can betray the Hillman family.

"I'll go talk to my cousin tomorrow."

Leo said, Ran Yu shook his head, a horrified expression appeared on his face.

"You're going to die."

Leo shook his head.

At this time, Mani was listening carefully to the guy in the pendant who called himself x, explaining some scientific things and how to deal with the exam tomorrow.

Mani has been able to rank among the top in the Hillman family's scientific education in recent years, thanks to X's patient teaching, so Mani has also done a lot of things for X in the underground facility.

Mani is not very smart, but in countless tests, Mani seems to be quite smart even to the patriarch Eddie. Soon after graduation, Mani will be assigned to work at Hillman Financial, working for Hillman. The Mann family works and needs to do a lot of things that they don't even want to do.

Mani relied on x's explanation every day to complete the next day's course. He could only listen to x's explanation in detail every day.

"Mani, what are you doing!"

Suddenly the door to the room was opened, and his mother Ran Yu stood worriedly at the door, looking at Mani with dull eyes and looking at the white tiger pendant. At this time, Mani was very frightened, and he knew that his mother had heard it.

"I'm learning something from Mr.

Mani began to tell how he met this guy named His expression twisted.

"Mani, don't worry. Only you can hear my voice, no one else can. Even without this pendant, you can still hear my voice."

Mani looked at his mother who was crying and hugging him. He probably knew what his mother was thinking, and Mani said nothing more.

At this time, his father Leo also appeared at the door, looking at the mother and son with a gentle look on his face.

"Mani, if you have anything unpleasant, you can tell your parents."

Mani nodded quietly.

The room fell into darkness, and the whole city briefly sank into darkness after the red light at 6 o'clock.

snap

The lights came on. Eddie was squatting with a glass of wine in his hand, looking at a metal head in a cage in front of him, which was still shining with a reddish light. Under the broken metal skin on the top of the head was a brain soaked in culture fluid.

"Mr. x, we haven't spoken for several years!"

X's left eye flashed red quickly, and a hoarse voice came out.

"Did your plan work? Eddie."

Eddie smiled and shook his head.

"It's a pity that my plan has not been successful yet, because Mr.

x laughed.

"I have said it a long time ago, there is no such material on this planet."

Eddie shook his head.

"You still refuse to tell the truth, but I am here today to congratulate you. I have decided not to kill you."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Eddie!"

x's hoarse voice became stronger, and bubbles popped up in the container containing the brain, making a gurgling sound.

"I've already made an agreement with the AIs. I don't care what kind of virtual country you want to build. I only want the upper level, and I can give you the middle and lower levels."

x burst out laughing.

"When will you release me?"

Eddie said after taking a sip of the wine in his glass.

"After my plan succeeds, after I successfully drive away the gods, Mr. x, you will be free."

Eddie turned around and walked away as he spoke, and soon the room fell into darkness again, and x laughed again in the darkness.

x has thought very clearly, and there is no need for him to act too hastily. The biggest failure of x is that he did not know that he had provided mechanized technology to Congress a long time ago. Now Congress’ mechanized technology can only be more mature than the Hillman family’s mechanized technology. Because the Hillman family does not have that many scientists.

Everything is still under the control of A reborn body is enough. This is the thing that can control everything in the future, the thing called time.

x can continue to wait, just wait patiently, because x knows very well that it is impossible to seize everything now. The technological level of Brilliant City will continue to advance by leaps and bounds. Only when it reaches a technological era where humans can truly be called creators, x will seize everything.

Such an era will definitely come. x knows very well that there are too many secrets in this city, and these things are the uncertainties in his plan.

AI needs to be further improved and evolved. It is not an AI built on criminal logic like Prometheus, but an AI with emotions that can truly keep pace with humans.

x thought of Hathaway, and only Hathaway can accomplish all this. x is very sure of this, because this is also what the AIs of Brilliant City are sure of.

But if you want to know what kind of code Hathaway and Leng Shi and his wife wrote using their genetic material gene series arrangement, you have to start with their children.

Hathaway should still be anxious to find me and learn the whole story. In the memory-tampering drug injected into Hathaway's body, x has already added a trust memory in advance. People are easily affected by memory. When x came to this planet from space, he had conducted countless experiments and could achieve a very precise level.

"Let's wait and see, Eddie! Who will have the last laugh?"

6:39

Alpha stared at Lolita with a serious expression.

"That's how it is, you are not allowed to have any objections!"

Lolita said with a smile, and Alpha clenched his fists a little angrily.

"This won't change anything."

Lolita nodded.

"Of course I know what lies will create, but do you intend to let 4 departments bear such a crime?"

Alpha stood up angrily.

"Then tell me, Teacher Lolita, what exactly should be done, or"

"I just hope you can understand a little bit Alpha. The dilemma of the city, for now, can only continue to live in peace like this."

Alpha smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It is because of countless lies, lies made up by money and power that the city has finally come to this point."

"So what!"

Lolita's voice was stern, but her expression was slightly sad as she looked at Alpha.

"Please Alpha, just do the current things well. Next, I will solve the problems in the medical industry, and the city will be further controlled more effectively."

Alpha sneered.

"What you call further control does not exist. If everything cannot be corrected from the root, no matter how many times, the city will only stage rounds of tragedy."

Lolita did not intend to continue arguing with Alpha. It has been nearly two hours, and she and Alpha have never been able to reach a consensus on their ideas.

"Because people are inherently cruel, Alpha, remember that not everyone is born to do something cruel, and when you do something cruel one day, you will understand how cruel it is to have to do it at certain times!"

Alpha sat down, she looked at Lolita with a serious look as she left, and angrily punched the table.

Bang

Lolita stood in the corridor, she smiled slightly and shook her head.

"One day you will understand."

The streets were brightly lit, and the neon lights flashing on the surrounding buildings made the whole city look extremely psychedelic. Some light and shadow screens in the streets and alleys were promoting some newly launched template functions of the AI ​​network.

Many handsome men and beautiful women can be seen on the streets, and AI virtual bodies of the same size as humans. Many men and women seemed to be on a date, chatting and laughing with the AI ​​virtual bodies around them.

The AI ​​network has occupied most of the market at a lightning speed. More than 1 million people have opened AI networks and customized their own private AI.

With the rise of this market, many businessmen have seen unlimited business opportunities. They leave their food, clothing, housing and transportation to their personal assistants AI. No matter what humans want to know, they just need to ask their personal assistants AI.

AI networks are being sought after by more and more people because AI can do so many things.

Some people have become accustomed to such a life. Every day, they know where to eat cheaply, where to shop cheaply, what to eat, and what to buy. All of this has become more and more accurate in the precise calculation of big data.

Some consulting industries have come to an end, and even the profession of lawyers has suffered an impact. Last month, on February 19, a company released a legal aid module. At first, it was promoted with real lawyers, but the fees were very high. In less than two weeks, on March 1 today, this legal aid module changed.

There is no real lawyer consultation service anymore, and it is all done by AIs. Although the Law Association has launched a joint boycott statement against this merchant, the merchants directly ignored the statement of the Law Association on the grounds that they did not violate any laws.

After trying it today, some people immediately released their experience videos. Although many functions are not perfect, the accuracy of the law is very high. Many people even think that if they encounter legal problems in the future, they can just hand it over to AI. Even in the Law Courts, they can use the private AI lawyers in the AI ​​network to defend themselves.

The speed and momentum of AI's rise are beyond the imagination of most people in the city. The first batch of businessmen who entered the AI ​​network industry have made a lot of money, and more and more businessmen have begun to invest in AI networks.

Some universities have even opened the major of AI network professional engineering developers. In just one month, a large number of people have signed up for such a major.

The comprehensive coverage of AI networks in cities is already the driving force of the future, and now most businessmen are waiting for Congress to lift the ban so that AI networks can control light and shadow materialization technology. In this way, the city will usher in an extremely glorious era, but this approach will make most people unemployed, but such prospects are very good in the eyes of most businessmen.

With the rise of AI networks, some ordinary people can also make profits by sharing some practical information in AI networks after participating in them, and more and more people are beginning to enter AI networks.

An AI network store was crowded with people. Most people wanted to open an AI network, but the coverage of the AI ​​network and the authentication and review of identity information are very strict. Many people can only apply and wait for notification before they can open the AI ​​network and get their own customized AI assistant.

Most people don't want to fall behind. After the AI ​​network began to grow explosively on a large scale, many people also changed some concepts. They think that some trivial matters in life, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, can be handed over to AI. Instead, they can save their worries, devote themselves more to work, and enjoy a more relaxed life, because AI can help humans solve the trivial matters in life almost perfectly.

"Open the AI ​​network and take your personal assistant home. High-quality life starts with us!"

On the surface of buildings, AI network advertisements are played from time to time from morning to night.