He found that he did not understand enough the drone cluster that he had built . All this while, he was treating them as only an intelligence source and a convenient detection network, little did he expect this guy also had its own 'life,' a particularly stunning 'life . ' Let's think about it: a drone AI, tasked with the mission of expanding and multiplying itself in the universe, had gotten the hobby of watching 'documentary works' of drone rebellion that humans had made . While watching these AI rampage footage, it calmly kept producing new AI workers . Merely thinking about that would send a chill down Hao Ren's spine . The reality was indeed more bizarre than the novels, at least novels there was still logic in the novels .
Besides, he was even more interested in the 'forum' the drone AI mentioned .
"It is the interactive platform for the drones," the huge blue holographic face put on a weird smile . "It is fun . "
"The interactive platform of the drones?" Hao Ren felt that something was wrong . He pointed to the small flying objects around him . "You and them? You should be a collective consciousness, how could it be that you need a thing like a forum—"
"No, it is between different clusters," the blue face interrupted him . "The empire has hundreds of millions of drone cluster . Inspectors built them; the empire launched them . There are also workgroups split from large drone clusters . Though we were performing our duties in far-reaching places separately, we are connected through the data network, we have an extraordinary 'distance concept' between each other, so the drone clusters live in a lively community on the platform," the AI face said .
While saying, more images began to appear on the walls in the machine chamber . Those were the news from other drone clusters that may be performing missions in millions of other worlds . It could also be some service unit in of some divine factory, each of which had an astounding scale . The drone cluster that Hao Ren had built was just a child compared to the ancient races . This information traveled on the data network and was refreshed continuously in a speed unmatched by any internet speed of the mortal civilization . Hao Ren had only managed to see a tiny fraction of the information, but these fragments were enough to dazzle him .
"I have never seen these things before," Hao Ren said, a bit stunned . "Is that a new network structure? You are already a collective consciousness, a unified intelligence formed by a massive number of individuals, and these many collective consciousnesses gathered together to form a network, that network—"
"Yes, it is also intelligent," said the blue face faintly . "But it is huge and chaotic and indescribable . It is an intelligence model beyond experience, by the limitations of definition methods of many common races, you may not even think that it is capable of thinking, but it is a super-intelligence . It operates deep in the data network of the drone clusters and is responsible for providing additional computing power and analysis support for the Imperial Data Network . "
Hao Ren could not wrap his brain around how could a super AI formed by the dual collective consciousness was even a kind of existence . But he could imagine how powerful this is, primarily when it was in charge of hundreds of millions of drones . And each drone cluster had tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of individuals . Lily was astounded thinking about it . "Luckily, it's not a disaster movie . "
"It seems that we have to wait here for a day or two," Hao Ren said, turning around and looking at his teammates behind him . "I'm going to stay in the Nest . Do you all want to join me?" he asked .
Lily shook her ears . "Forget it . I'm going back to the spaceship . People who are as imaginative as me would get a nightmare staring at this place," she said .
Rollie came up and ground her head against Hao Ren's arm . "I'm with you, you have got a little-dried fish," she said .
Hao Ren pointed to Lil Pea dangling on his arm, Rollie's ears immediately drooped . "Forget it . I can't eat fish while she is here . I'm going back to the spacecraft . "
After getting bullied long enough by Lil Pea, the cat already knew the drill .
No one was willing to stay . Even Vivian, who was fond of dark places, seemed to find it uncomfortable in this strange bug nest-like fort . Only Lil Pea, who knew nothing, clung on Hao Ren's arm right from the beginning . The little guy had no sense of the world . She thought that her dad-dee's arms were the safest place in the world, the Drone Nest had zero effect on her .
The rest of them followed the Wanderer and strolled the place for a while to quench their curiosity before returning to the spacecraft . Meanwhile, Hao Ren followed a Wanderer moving deeper into the Nest where there was a room specially built for him .
It was a dull, grayish white steel room, but was decorated according to human aesthetics as much as possible, so it was still a nice place to rest . Hao Ren walked into the room, and everything was familiar . He came to a large window and looked through it . There was a huge cave illuminated by pale-blue lights . The cave was filled with production facilities and various unknown mechanical equipment . Above the cave was a long and narrow opening through which new-born drones entered and exited, creating a stream of light .
Nearly half of those drones were weird, without carrying huge antennas or versatile robotic arms . Instead, there was a series of tubes or parallel crystal rail structures mounted on either side of the body .
"This is the production center of outposts," Hao Ren said to himself . "Are you building more armed drones?"
"Yes, we are carrying out the special order you issued 235 hours ago . The production quota for armed drones has increased . Currently, the production of armed drones is 40%, and explorer model 30%, nest builders and various industrial models 30% . At the same time, we have begun to set up sentry guns at every node and main transportation route within the range of the drones . It is expected that all retrofits and add-ons will be completed within three month capital standard time . Subsequently, new nodes and flight paths will implement the new standard you have specified . "
Hao Ren nodded . "Well, it is much safer," he said .
"There is more thing . " The blue face had shrunk to fit the side of the room and floated behind Hao Ren . "After implementing the new standard, the speed of exploration will drop by 20% . The existing drones are already equipped with basic self-defense firepower, and the important nodes of the drone cluster also have sentry guns . You have ordered to double their firepower . Is that necessary?"
"You are a civilian model," Hao Ren said, looking back at the interface of the drone-cluster collective consciousness . The drone's collective consciousness was lack of facial animation, and it was pointless to him to communicate with it through facial expression . "It is not surprising for you to possess this way of thinking . But don't forget the test we have done . "
"The conflict simulations with the Pattianne warship and the Guardian warships show that the ordinary drones are inferior," the drone's collective consciousness replied faintly .
"That's right because most drones are not adequately armed or even armed at all . There are only mining spears and welders . You are just a civilian model . All I could deploy are also civilian models, and they are the 'safest' types . The weapons that inspector uses is for peacekeeping, not for deterrent," Hao Ren crossed his arms and looked at the busy production factory outside the window . "It works in other universes, but not here . Peacekeeping alone is not enough," he said .
"Buddy, what do you think you're going to fight with?" the MDT floated up to him through the hologram of the drone-cluster consciousness . "You are building an army . Though it is for civilian security purposes according to the standard of those higher up, for most mortal civilizations, you are building a torrent of steel—a terrible one . You have never been such radical and heavy-handed . "
"The mad First Born and the guardian that has turned into a brain monster—the two threats are enough to justify the upgrade . What's more, the Gate of Solenne has a treacherous living child . Though it has something to do with the special space-time state of the Gate of Solenne, it is enough to show that the genocidal judgment of the Goddess of Creation has a loophole, so there are more hidden dangers that we have known," Hao Ren said, shaking his head slightly . "At this stage, I'm merely upgrading the drone cluster's self-defense capability . It is my most important eye and ear . The last thing I want is to see someone destroy this net at a crucial moment . But in the future . . . "
Hao Ren paused and looked at his hand .
The dark-red lines spread on his palms, like ugly burns, though he did not feel any pain, whenever he clenched his fists, he felt a burning sensation . This burning sensation felt precisely the same as what he thought in the deicidal illusion . It was like the continuation of that illusion .
After having physical contact with the Gilded Disc, he had gotten much more information than he had imagined .
Chapter end
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