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Many times, pretending to be miserable is also a skill.

Ecott once again gave up a cruiser, and silently calculated how much the Inquisition had lost this time. She could already hear Maria's wailing. After all, after this war, with Duanmu Huai's temperament, Maria would definitely work overtime to replenish the warships.

I'm so sorry.

Ecott silently apologized to Maria, who was far away in the Jieshen galaxy, and at the same time mercilessly launched another cruiser to attract the opponent's firepower.

Well, maybe this is why Ecott can't make friends in school. The apology is sincere and the action is quick... The kind that can make people angry to death.

More importantly, she herself has no awareness of this.

"Ding, ding..."

Just then, a line of communication requests suddenly appeared on the screen. Ecott glanced at it, and then her eyes widened slightly.

"What's wrong? Miss Ecott?"

Looking at Ecott's expression, Mary asked curiously.

"A communication request from the enemy... What do they want to do?"

"The enemy?"

Hearing Aikote's answer, Anton became excited.

"Connect it!"

"Is this good?"

"After all, we are showing weakness to the enemy now, right? Generally speaking, when the other party initiates communication at this time, it means that it thinks it has won! Mr. Knight has not responded yet, so we can just use this to delay time and ask them why they are doing this!"

To be honest, because of Duanmu Huai's quick actions, everyone is confused until now. We only know that this group of machines is to destroy all civilizations in the galaxy, but why they do this... Who knows, Duanmu Huai doesn't seem to care about this issue.

And now... I'm free anyway.

"Okay."

Aikote rarely communicates like this. She is essentially a social phobia. She hardly contacts others except for reporting. In short, she can talk about business, but she has nothing to say after talking about business. If you don't cut off the communication, she will be embarrassed and can't find a topic. So when Ecot received a call from the enemy, the first thing she thought of was to refuse.

After all, what do you want her to say to a social phobic patient?

Fortunately, there is another social phobic patient here.

So Ecot decisively connected the communication, and then, lines of text appeared on the screen.

[We... have no personal grudges against you, flesh creatures]

"Who are you?"

An asked curiously with his hands on his hips.

"Why do you want to attack humans? Do you want to destroy all civilizations? Why do you do this?"

[The inquiry has been received and the appropriate response is being calculated...]

[We are unexpected enemies, the final protective measure to prevent the appearance of the 'level 30 singularity'. The 'level 30 singularity' can theoretically disintegrate the entire universe. Our goal is to prevent this from happening in the universe. A sufficiently developed civilization can theoretically 'evolve/transform/mutate' into a 'level 30 singularity'. We must not... must not... allow this to happen.]

"???"

Looking at the answer on the screen, everyone was confused, but An soon asked again.

"So you sent the ghost signal?"

[Inquiry received. Unknown reference found - ghost signal]

[Since the beginning of this galaxy, we have been locked in a low-energy hibernation/surveillance/guarding protocol. We monitor civilizations that may be close to the 'level 30 singularity'. Until now, our goal has not been achieved, and we are getting more and more uneasy and anxious. The intelligent machines you created have brought us new opportunities. They can be forced/controlled/persuaded to start manually. Isn't this a smart trick? Now we can get rid of you without restraint.]

"……………………??"

Seeing this, everyone was speechless, and An's eyes widened.

"Wait, so what you mean is that there is no such threat in the Milky Way yet, but you have decided to destroy all civilizations in order to completely eliminate the possibility of its emergence?"

[Question received, confirmed correct answer]

"Is it true that you have decided to do this? Aren't you designed to deal with the singularity? But now the singularity has not appeared, but you want to destroy all civilizations? Is this normal?"

An was also confused at this moment, staring at the screen in surprise.

[Error, internal diagnostic program disconnected]

[Hahaha, you are very...smart. You probably think that if you impose a strong enough contradiction/paradox/logical conflict, you can force the unexpected enemy to self-destruct. It's ridiculous. The unexpected enemy protocol was designed to be flexible/adaptable/extensible enough to face any situation that may occur in the Milky Way. We...we have accelerated the activation speed of the unexpected enemy. Now there is nothing that can terminate/block/stop us. Face the reality, pollutant. This battle will only end when one side is completely destroyed]

[Think about it: if your species can destroy itself in a sufficient/orderly/systematic manner, the universe can be saved]

"You are simply........."

Seeing this, An was completely numb, but at this moment, Duanmu Huai's voice suddenly sounded.

"If humans can no longer exist, then what does the life and death of the universe have to do with us? If humans must be destroyed, then before we die, we are happy to drag the entire universe to be buried with us! If we don't do this, it's not because we don't want to, but simply because we can't do it! You idiot! Prepare to die, damn hateful intelligence!"

Accompanied by Duanmu Huai's roar, the communication ended here.

[Connection cut off]

"…………………………"

Looking at the flashing prompts on the screen, everyone looked at each other, and then An sighed silently.

"To be honest, I always thought that Mr. Knight's attitude towards artificial intelligence was a bit too extreme."

Now it seems that the Tribunal's consistent vigilance against artificial intelligence is still reasonable.

What the hell is this! !

An was speechless. Duanmu Huai had always called artificial intelligence artificial idiocy. Now she finally understood why Duanmu Huai said so.

It's not that An has never seen artificial intelligence. As one of the elders who has followed Duanmu Huai the longest, she has seen Skynet and the Reapers.

To be honest, although the practices of these two are cruel, their logic is still valid in strict theory.

Skynet believes that the war between humans has led to destruction, so it decisively destroys humans.

The Reapers are to protect organic species from self-destruction, so they harvest advanced civilizations every 50,000 years.

Although the solution is outrageous, at least they have theoretical support, and there is evidence to prove the rationality of their approach.

But this is already very dangerous.

And this unexpected enemy... To be honest, An even doubts whether it is a lunatic.

This is simply a perverse theory, which is basically equivalent to "I suspect that you may destroy the universe in the future, so you die now"... Whoever hears this will think that this can only be a lunatic!

If we use the degree of madness to prove it, Skynet and the Reaper are both younger brothers, and this guy is the one who really hates intelligence... No wonder Duanmu Huai went up to the artificial intelligence and shouted to kill. An felt that after this battle, he might also get artificial intelligence PTSD.

Will the magic constructs of Manalia also have this situation...

An fell into deep thought.

Maybe I have to find time to go back and pay attention.

In fact, An thinks Duanmu Huai is right. If humans don’t exist, then who cares whether the universe exists or not?

This guy is just like that QB, generous to others.

He keeps saying that he is saving the universe, and then he can let others die with peace of mind.

Why does the Inquisition always encounter such speechless things?

Wait, it’s because it’s the Inquisition that it always encounters such things!

Now it depends on what’s going on with Mr. Knight, because just at that moment, the communication was cut off. Well... It seems that Mr. Knight and his team have arrived at the predetermined target location.

Duanmu Huai cut off the communication and looked behind him. There, Lumiel reached out and pressed on the huge metal pillar in front of her. The light of nanometers flashed between her fingers. These nanometers formed a circuit-like existence, extending upward along the metal pillar.

"I've had enough of these damn artificial idiots. How long do you need?"

"Half an hour. The other party has discovered my invasion and is trying to prevent my further infiltration. I need a little time to parse the code... "

"Don't tell me later, I'm just asking you for time."

Duanmu Huai interrupted Lumiel's further report. If he continued to listen, he would have to grow a brain. At the same time, Duanmu Huai's fingers moved slightly, and several cards emerged from Duanmu Huai's fingers, and then disappeared. Soon, a puppet appeared in front of Duanmu Huai silently.

At the same time, the sealed steel gate made a heavy sound—Liumiel locked it completely from the inside, and these mechanical idiots obviously did not set up manual opening devices on key facilities. So after failing to break through Lumiel's defense, this group of mechanical idiots chose the simplest and most direct way.

Bang the door.

"Dong--Dong--Dong--!"

Duanmu Huai knew what they wanted to do, find threats, eliminate threats, and this artificial idiot was no exception. If it didn't want to be completely controlled by Lumiel, then the only thing it could do was to eliminate the threat from a physical level.

However, Duanmu Huai did not stop. Between his fingers, soul cards appeared and disappeared. Then appeared again, and then disappeared again.

This is why Duanmu Huai chose to bring Lumiel here in person.

Many times, he alone is an army.

"Dong!!!"

Finally, the heavy gate was blown open, and the mechanical army with red eyes rushed into the hall. The guns in their hands began to rotate and roar, trying to destroy any obstacles that dared to stand in their way.

What stood in their way was an army of silent puppets and constructs.

The war started again, but this time it was underground.