Chapter 1407 - 456: Gatandje Is a Tentacle Monster! (Part 3)

Chapter 1407: Chapter 456: Gatandje Is a Tentacle Monster! (Part 3)

"Destroyers are really the best, small and fun, the feel is totally different from larger ships."

"What’s so good about them, LTP die already."

"My ship! My Autumn Wind Crest! I’ve been saving up cyberspace points for ages to build it!"

"Ahem...."

Family Joy couldn’t understand what they were saying, but just by the expressions, he knew what these guys were discussing.

He cleared his throat, signaling others to talk about serious matters.

"What’s the situation with our enemy right now?"

The Commander-in-Chief quickly put away his XYY face and spoke.

"I will go ask Song Zhaomei."

Even though it was unclear why he had to run in cyberspace, the Commander-in-Chief quickly went and came back within two to three minutes, sprinting.

With a somewhat helpless expression, he said,

"That guy ran away."

"Ran away?"

The Wildman who just arrived heard the news and was wide-eyed.

"How could he run? The impact we made was so strong, even if he had twelve bars of health, it’d be emptied, right?"

"Could it be some sort of health lock mechanic? Aren’t there often forced phase transitions in games?"

Several people babbled out guesses as to which possibility it could be.

"None of them."

The Commander-in-Chief said speechlessly.

"That guy ran away before the hit landed, what was left behind was a subroutine split off from him, much like us."

"Huh?"

Not just the Commander-in-Chief, even Family Joy didn’t expect that the super AI who previously stormed in to kick the players’ fountain would chicken out and run away; it was unbelievable.

"So our fight was for nothing?"

Many surrounding players heard the news, thunderstruck on the spot, thinking they may have heard wrong.

After all, in cyberspace, there’s rarely any guaranteed reward; it’s mostly hit-and-run without task rewards.

"No, there’s still some good things."

The Commander-in-Chief saw the misunderstanding spreading and quickly explained.

"That subroutine controls an intelligent mine factory. To escape, it got Holy-Cut, and now Song Zhaomei is over there performing a program takeover."

"Dang it, can’t you say everything at once!"

"Can you talk without pausing?"

"Scared me, I thought it was all for nothing, I’ve been grinding a month for my ship, if there’s no loot, I’ll report to the central!"

An automated intelligent mine factory isn’t much use to players, actually.

No company really has any Atlantic ocean business anyways, where the sea is full of roving AI-controlled mines, always having the risk of being blown up in a surprise attack.

It’s not worth investing in expansion; it’s purely a one-time task item, with unknown future use.

Wildman: "Seems like this rogue AI is somewhat decent."

Initially, upon hearing the failure of Senro Vance’s mission, Wildman and the others had decided to abandon the plan, only to find the opponent recklessly crashed right at their doorsteps, trying to blockade the fountain.

This isn’t a pig running into a tree; it’s the tree running into the pig.

Though there were twists, the goal was ultimately achieved.

Family Joy thought for a moment and then asked,

"Where is that mine factory located?"

"In the Koskai Islands area."

The Commander-in-Chief quickly added, fearing others wouldn’t know the place.

"Just above Haiti."

Everyone quickly brought up the map, seeing the coverage area drawn by the Commander-in-Chief on the holographic map; simultaneously, Song Zhaomei uploaded parts of Frederick’s data that hadn’t been deleted, marking half of the Atlantic Ocean with red circles, indicating the active range of the intelligent mines.

Wildman frowned,

"It’s a bit far from us."

That area is under the European Alliance Army’s control range, typically impossible for them to go through.

"That AI..."

Family Joy contemplated for a moment and said,

"After this battle, He shouldn’t proactively cause us trouble soon. If we don’t actively provoke Him, we might be able to move underwater."

"Underwater? But we don’t have a ship, where are we getting submarines from? We can’t just weld one on short notice."

Submarines aren’t diving gear; they’re not something that can be made quickly, even a rudimentary basic submarine they couldn’t make.

"We can’t get through, but we can let the mines come to us. Just like Jianxue thought, control a batch of intelligent mines for modification near Pig Bay, have the tech department add thrusters to make them anti-ship missiles."

Cross-medium missiles, the technology Tokyo University has can be used, tested interception rate below 1%.

"Also carry radar for recon, I don’t believe those Europeans’ ships have the stealth modules on twenty-four-seven."

Family Joy said,

"Besides, while we don’t need intelligent mines, a fully automated mine factory is valuable. The equipment and technology inside are priceless to us, best to take them with us if possible."

Worldwide, countries capable of independently developing and manufacturing torpedoes do not exceed ten; those capable of designing and manufacturing supercavitating torpedoes do not exceed three.

And the precision of intelligent mines far surpasses even supercavitating torpedoes.

Even if torpedoes aren’t needed, the production line is invaluable.

It’s also great for making support robots for players.

But what concerns Family Joy more is the attitude of that rogue AI.

Upon realizing it collided with the Black Wall, it didn’t retreat immediately but chose to stand firm.

The opponent isn’t a mindless malicious software but an AGI with self-thinking ability, and the attitude He displayed was more of probing than antagonism.

"..."

Family Joy had a hunch that there are more rogue AIs behind the scenes, plotting plans unknown to players.

Judging by the intelligent mine incident alone, these rogue AIs aren’t limited to wreaking havoc in cyberspace or any city; they hold significant power throughout the real world.

Terimon, Busan, Kowloon, Silicon Valley, Atlantic Ocean, and even possibly existing Moon bases, satellite constellations....

Thinking of the arsenal these rogue AIs have hidden, and those ruling classes still living in oblivion....

Family Joy couldn’t help but feel a chill deep inside.