Earth Era

There is no doubt that the genius exists, but whether the robot army has the ability to evolve itself is controversial. Xiao Yun believes that no matter whether they have this ability or not, no matter whether they decide the destination by self-judgment of the program or the destination determined by the genius, their navigation target will be the Lage 728 galaxy.

If that genius exists, there is no need to say more, and even if it is the self-programmed judgment of the robots, it is obvious to choose the Lage 728 galaxy. Because the robot's self-programming judgment is to make more and faster copies of itself as the ultimate goal, under this premise, the Lager 728 galaxy is the most suitable.

Up to now, the response strategies, enemy behavior judgment and other matters have been discussed and the results have been almost reached. But the dull atmosphere in the conference room has not changed.

There is a more serious topic before everyone, and that is...the robots in the Raqqa galaxy have left the Raqqa galaxy at least fifty years ago.

The Lage 728 galaxy is 8.9 light years away from the Laka galaxy. Calculated based on a speed of twice the speed of light, it means that the robot group has reached its destination at least more than forty years ago.

And...the robots in the initial stage can exploit all the resources of the Raqqa planet in about a hundred years. In more than 40 years, more than one trillion robots will be deployed in the Lage 728 galaxy. What will the Central Committee evolve into? How many robots are there?

Facing a number of robots as large as the stars and the sea... can this expedition fleet of human civilization really succeed in assassinating that genius?

Although this is a heavy topic, it is unavoidable. The staff officers present, as well as Xiao Yun and General Emerk are all aware of this, but no one has raised this point now.

The fate of a soldier is to die in battle. As the staff officer said before, "It's worth exchanging our lives for that genius's life..."

Even if all speculations are correct, the success rate of the assassination plan is not high, but even if the success rate is not high, General Emerk still decides to carry out the assassination plan. Because the significance of the assassination plan is too great, and it is too important to human civilization. This may be something that affects the life and death of human civilization. General Emerk believes that for the assassination plan, it is worthwhile to bury the entire expedition fleet in this sea of ​​stars.

Xiao Yun has a different view on this. Xiao Yun believes that whether to kill the genius is irrelevant, because Xiao Yun believes that those robots already have the ability to evolve themselves. But unfortunately, no one will believe Xiao Yun without evidence or conjecture. Even Xiao Yun himself only inferred this from some clues.

"That's it, let's break up the meeting." General Emerk said, "Conduct the last search for the Raqqa system, and at the same time start preparations for the voyage. In one month, we will set off for the Lag 728 system."

The participants dispersed in twos and threes, and Xiao Yun also left the conference room.

The planet Raqqa is still shrouded in thick clouds, and the last month of large-scale searches for the planet Raqqa was carried out in this darkness. The searchers have intermittently found some things from the planet Raqqa, but these things are too fragmentary and there is no way to find anything from them.

One thing that caught people's attention was that all the things found, whether they were broken parts or complete limbs, showed obvious differences in technological content. In other words, some materials are very advanced, while others are lagging behind in comparison.

This at least proves that the strength of the robots is constantly increasing. It is unclear whether this improvement in strength is due to self-evolution or the technological upgrade of the genius.

On the contrary, Xiao Yun found some evidence from here to support his conclusion: "Look, if the strength of the robots is improved because the genius upgraded their technology... In fact, this is contradictory. The contradiction is, why Instead of building the most advanced robots within his capabilities from the beginning, that genius would first build backward robots and then improve their strength through technological upgrades? Isn’t this too troublesome? I thought, A more reasonable explanation is that the genius originally built the backward robots to test their ability to self-improve their technology."

"This is not a contradiction." General Emerk retorted, "Maybe the reason is because it is more troublesome to build the most advanced robots from the beginning, but it is easier to build backward robots and then upgrade them through the data interface? Or maybe the genius Is manufacturing outdated robots and then upgrading them just to test the reliability of the system of "upgrading robot technology through data interfaces"? In short, there are many possibilities, and I don't think there is any use in further discussion on this point. . Having said that, isn't the speculation that "robots have the ability to evolve themselves" no longer contradictory compared to the current situation? Is there no way to test the robot's ability to self-upgrade if the robot is made to be the most advanced from the beginning? ?”

General Emerk's rebuttal made Xiao Yun fall into deep thought. Thinking about reminiscing about the past, Xiao Yun let out a long sigh and gave up the plan of finding a breakthrough in this aspect. Indeed, as General Emerk said, there are infinitely many possible explanations, and it is useless to dwell on this issue.

But Xiao Yun still felt that something was wrong. Xiao Yun always subconsciously believed that the genius first built backward robots, and then slowly upgraded them - whether the upgrade was the robot self-upgrade, or the genius upgraded through the data interface - this There must be an important reason behind the action, and this reason is likely to be the key to cracking the "robot self-upgrade" method.

It was impossible to figure this problem out in a short time. Xiao Yun could only record this doubt and prepare to think about it slowly in the days to come.

A month passed quickly, and it was time for the fleet to leave as planned. Under the command of General Emerk, more than 3,000 spaceships once again gathered with the Earth-class spacecraft as the core, and then slowly left the Raqqa system by conventional navigation. After leaving the gravitational influence of Laka Star and being able to use super-light navigation, the fleet will head to the Lage 728 galaxy at twice the speed of light. If the predictions are correct, human civilization will be in that galaxy. The first large-scale battle with the enemy.

Standing in front of the porthole of the Earth-class spacecraft, Xiao Yun quietly looked at the darkness outside the window. There is no difference between this place and the outer space. It is just as starry and empty. But Xiao Yun knew that this place was actually different from other places, because there was a star and a planet nearby, but they were too dim, so he couldn't see them.

Counting this time, I have been here twice. When he first came here, his lover and companions were all killed, and his destiny also changed drastically. But after arriving and leaving this time, how will his destiny... change?

Xiao Yun didn't know this, so Xiao Yun's eyes were a little confused. General Emerk came behind Xiao Yun at this time and said, "Aren't you going to hibernate?"

Xiao Yun shook his head: "No, anyway, there are only more than four years, and it will be over soon. I will not hibernate. During this time... I want to find a way for the robot to evolve itself. This will prove the error of your strategic arrangements."

General Emerk patted Xiao Yun's shoulder, then sighed, shook his head and walked away. Xiao Yun continued to stand here, looking at the vast and empty universe outside the porthole, and once again fell into thinking.

"What kind of method will that genius... use to allow the robot to bypass the limitations of its independent consciousness and the scientific system to achieve self-evolution?" Xiao Yun murmured to himself, "I think there must be a way to achieve this. A little bit, this method must have been applied to the robot group by that genius."

"I don't think my intelligence will be worse than his, and obviously, the genius thinks so too, otherwise, he would not challenge me. In this case... you can think of this method, why should I Can’t think of it?”

"I still have more than four years. As long as I find this method in these four years, I can avoid unnecessary damage to the fleet." Xiao Yun thought silently, "And this... is very important to our human civilization. It’s very important, very important.”

After a period of regular navigation, the fleet finally left the gravitational influence of the Raqqa galaxy, and the faster-than-light voyage began. When traveling at the speed of light, the outside world cannot be seen with the naked eye. The scene Xiao Yun saw changed from a sky full of stars to a pitch black sky.

But Xiao Yun still stood stubbornly in front of this darkness. Except for eating, resting and other necessary things, Xiao Yun always stood here and never left. Xiao Yun was like one of those eminent monks who locked themselves in a secret room to meditate on Zen, and just thought, thought, and continued to think every day.

The darkness in this boundless universe is the secret room where Xiao Yun is imprisoned. Xiao Yun will not leave here until the deeply hidden truth is unearthed.

Xiao Yun quickly became haggard. Xiao Yun's hair and beard became very long, and his clothes were no longer neat. However, Xiao Yun's eyes were always bright and never changed. (To be continued ~^~)