Earth Era

Once the self-destruct program is activated, things are irreversible. Once that button is pressed, all the anger, unwillingness, humiliation and pain in Xiao Yun's heart will be turned into fragments in the universe along with the spacecraft, and no one will remember it anymore.

That is the most terrifying ending. As long as there is a little hope, Xiao Yun is not willing to accept this outcome. But until he found a way, Xiao Yun could not raise any objection to General Emerk's behavior. No matter how scared or unwilling he was, Xiao Yun's reason still clearly told him that when things couldn't be done, self-destruction was the only way out.

At this moment, a staff officer suddenly stood up, and then slumped down in his seat. His face was very dark, and there were large drops of sweat on his forehead. His lips kept moving, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't. After dozens of seconds, his words came out: "General, we failed. The fifth assault team did not receive the intended effect. Not only did they fail to open the retreat channel, but they were all destroyed by the robots. "

"So far... we have lost more than 800 Taishan-class battleships, 67 Everest-class battleships, and one Ocean-class spaceship... The damage to the Earth-class spaceship is 65%. , it is estimated that it can still last for half an hour. After half an hour, we will lose all power..."

"Then... self-destruct." General Emerk sighed. "Instead of being killed by the enemy and having the technology stolen by the enemy, it is better for us to kill ourselves."

Muffled cries resounded in the conference room. No matter how strong a person's psychological quality is, at this moment when he finally faces death... he probably won't be able to maintain a stable state of mind.

"Clark, what's the matter with you?" General Emerk's tone became surprisingly soft. He asked the crying staff officer like a kind elder asking his juniors.

Clark is an unusually young staff officer. He is even younger than Xiao Yun. Serving under General Emmerk at such an age undoubtedly proves his excellence. Come to think of it... In normal times, he should be a high-spirited and successful young man.

But what's the use of all this? Faced with the destruction of the entire fleet, individual abilities do not seem to be enough to affect the overall situation.

Clark tried his best to suppress his crying, but the tears still kept pouring out. While crying, he said: "General, there is nothing wrong with me. I just can't control my emotions for the time being. Please execute the self-destruct procedure immediately. If it is later, I'm afraid it will be too late."

"Clark, don't cry. With so many of us accompanying you...you won't be lonely on the road to hell." General Emerk said, adjusting his already straight military uniform, and then took a step forward. , facing all the staff in the combat conference room, he saluted a standard military salute: "Everyone, I am honored to work with you for such a long time. If there is an afterlife, I hope we can still work together."

"General, we are also honored to fight under your command." A staff officer said, "There is no doubt about your military talent. This failure... was because the enemy was too unfamiliar. I think our death was not It’s meaningless, at least our failure can bring some lessons to our civilization, making it easier for subsequent commanders to find the right direction.”

"Okay!" General Emerk laughed loudly: "Then let these bastards see the bloody nature of our human civilized soldiers! Everyone! See you in the next life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, General Emerk raised his big hand and slapped the fiery red button hard. Everyone is watching here closely, including Xiao Yun. At the last moment when the palm of the hand touched the button, the number of eyes staring at this place decreased a lot - the staff seemed to be unable to bear to see this scene, so they closed their eyes at this last moment. But Xiao Yun didn't, Xiao Yun was still looking at this place.

At the moment when General Emerk's big hand took the picture, it was like a flash of lightning flashed in Xiao Yun's mind, and a wonderful idea suddenly appeared in Xiao Yun's mind. It was a very vague idea, and it was just an idea, but Xiao Yun felt as if intuitively that he... seemed to have found a way to leave here.

Xiao Yun rushed over and threw General Emerk to the ground the moment before General Emerk's palm touched the button. After all, General Emerk is a soldier with a strong body. The moment he fell to the ground, he supported the ground with his hands, then stood up. His other hand pulled out the gun from his waist like a conditioned reflex, and took aim in an instant. Xiao Yun fell to the ground.

After seeing that it was Xiao Yun, General Emerk immediately roared: "Xiao Yun! What do you want to do?!"

"General, general..." Xiao Yun gasped, "First... don't start the self-destruction program yet! I have, I have a way, maybe we can give it a try!"

Death is only the last resort. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one is willing to die. After Xiao Yun said these words, all the staff in the combat conference room opened their eyes together, and then stared at Xiao Yun closely. General Emmerk also put his gun away and said, "I'll give you five minutes to convince me."

Five minutes, only five minutes. General Emerk's words were obvious. If Xiao Yun could not convince him within five minutes, the self-destruction program would still be executed.

Xiao Yun climbed up from the ground with some difficulty, trying hard to sort out the light in his mind - it was just an inspiration after all, and he had not thought about it more deeply.

"That's it." Xiao Yun said slowly while thinking hard, "General Emerk, I want to ask you a question, that is, what criteria does the robot use to judge the value of the target?"

General Emerk was startled and looked at Xiao Yun with some confusion.

Xiao Yun continued: "Since the goal of the robot is to absorb our technology to the maximum extent, then what kind of spacecraft can be captured to gain the most?"

"This is an obvious thing." General Emerk said, "Of course we have captured the Earth-class spacecraft. Is there any spacecraft in our fleet that has a higher technological content than the Earth-class spacecraft?"

"The Earth-class spacecraft is the ultimate war weapon created by our human civilization. Of course, there is no spaceship in our fleet that is more advanced than the Earth-class spacecraft." Xiao Yun stared closely into General Emerk's eyes, and then said: "This is something that every one of us knows. It is precisely because of this that the robot group is pursuing the Earth-class spacecraft. Even if it lets the other targets go, it will keep the Earth-class spaceship. However, don't you think Are there some loopholes in this logic that can be exploited?"

"Loophole?" General Emerk asked hesitantly.

"Yes, loopholes." Xiao Yun nodded affirmatively, "This brings me to my first question. What criteria does the robot use to judge the value of the target? In other words, each of us We all know that Earth-class spaceships have the greatest value, but how did the robots come to this conclusion?”

"This, this..." General Emerk said hesitantly, "Isn't this an obvious thing?"

"There is no such thing as obvious or unobvious in the world of robots." Xiao Yun directly denied General Emerk's statement, "We intelligent life can take it for granted that this is a very intuitive thing, but robots are different. They must have something. An internal logical judgment program is used to determine the value of the target. Suppose there are two targets at the same time, and only one of the two targets can be obtained. The value index of target A is ten, and the value index of target B is one hundred. Then the robot group will Which goal to choose?”

"Of course we will choose target B." General Emerk said, "But...does this have anything to do with our current situation?"

"It has a lot to do with it." Xiao Yun nodded vigorously: "The robot group has been chasing the Earth-class spacecraft, and they have not even made up for some loopholes that may have led to the successful breakout of other spaceships. This obviously means The robot group judged the Earth-class spacecraft as the most valuable target, and because of this, they gave up the other targets and always pursued the Earth-class spacecraft. "

"I understand what you mean." General Emerk nodded, "You mean... we can use an unimportant spaceship and disguise it to obtain it within the value judgment system within the robot group. If it has a higher value index than the Earth-class spacecraft, and uses that spacecraft to attract the firepower and attention of the robot group, our Earth-class spaceship can take the opportunity to break out and escape."

"Yes, this is my idea." Xiao Yun said.

"But... what will be the criteria for the robot group to judge the value index of a target?" General Emerk touched his chin and thought carefully, "Will it be the size? No, it's impossible. A giant transport ship may be larger than The Earth-class spacecraft is even bigger, but its value is not even comparable to that of an Everest-class combat spacecraft. Firepower? It doesn’t seem to be accurate. Strong firepower does not mean high technical content, so what could it be?..."

"You have guessed wrong." Xiao Yun said, "No matter what indicator you propose, it is incomplete, and if the indicator is not comprehensive, it is impossible to judge the value of the target. So...if I were that genius , I will set it like this."

"How will you set it?" At this moment, not only General Emerk, but also everyone in the combat conference room was looking at Xiao Yun.

"I will set it to... rely on the enemy's reaction to judge the value of the target." Xiao Yun said word for word, "To put it simply, the more the enemy attaches importance to, the greater the value of the target. The more the enemy despises the target, the greater the value of the target." The less valuable it is.” (To be continued~^~)