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Chapter 1309 Noise (Upgraded to Level 35)

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

Ecott once again gave up a cruiser, while silently calculating how great the losses of the Inquisition were this time—she could already hear Maria's wailing. After all, after this war, given Duanmu Huai's temperament, he would definitely ask Maria to work overtime to replenish the warships.

I am sorry.

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

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

More importantly, she herself is completely unaware of this.

“Ding ding, ding ding…”

At this moment, a communication request suddenly appeared on the screen. Aikote glanced at it and then his eyes widened slightly.

"What's the matter, Miss Ecott?"

Looking at Ecot's expression, Mary asked curiously.

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

"Enemy?"

Hearing Aikote's answer, An suddenly became excited.

"Connect it!"

"is this okay?"

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

To be honest, this battle was so quick that everyone was confused until now. All we knew was that this group of machines wanted to destroy all civilizations in the Milky Way, but why did they do this? Who knows? Duanmu Huai didn't seem to care about this issue.

And now... I'm just sitting around doing nothing.

"Ok."

Ecot rarely communicates like this. She is essentially a social phobic. She rarely contacts others except for reporting. In simple terms, she can talk about business, but she has nothing to say after that. 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 a socially anxious person to say to the other person?

But fortunately, there is still a social phobia here.

So Aikot decisively answered the call, and then lines of text appeared on the screen.

[We…have no personal grudge against you, flesh creatures]

"Who the hell are you?"

An put his hands on his hips and asked curiously.

"Why are you attacking humans? Are you going to destroy all civilization? Why are you doing this?"

[Questions have been received and the appropriate response is being calculated...]

[We are the unexpected enemy, the final defense against the appearance of the 'Level 30 Singularity'. Theoretically, the 'Level 30 Singularity' can disintegrate the entire universe. Our goal is to prevent this from happening in the universe. A sufficiently advanced civilization can theoretically 'evolve/transform/mutate' into a 'Level 30 Singularity'. We must not... must not... allow this to happen.]

"???"

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

"So you were the ones who sent out 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 becoming more and more uneasy and anxious. The intelligent machines you created have brought us a new opportunity. We can force/control/convince them to start manually. Isn't this a smart move? 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 in order to completely eliminate the possibility of its emergence, you decided to destroy all civilizations?"

[Question received, confirmed answer correct]

"Have you really decided that this is the right thing to do? Aren't you designed to deal with the singularity? But now the singularity hasn't appeared yet, 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 diagnostics disconnected]

[Hahaha, you are...smart. You probably think that if you impose a strong enough contradiction/paradox/logical conflict, you can force the unexpected enemy to self-destruct. How ridiculous. The unexpected enemy protocol was designed to be flexible/adaptable/scalable enough to face any situation that may occur in the galaxy. We...we 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 eliminated.]

[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. However, at this moment, Duanmu Huai's voice suddenly sounded. "If humans cannot continue to 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 take the entire universe 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 abomination intelligence!"

Following Duanmu Huai's roar, the communication ended.

[Connection cut off]

"………………………"

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

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

It now seems that the Inquisition's consistent vigilance towards artificial intelligence is justified.

What the hell is this? !

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

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

Frankly speaking, although the practices of both are cruel, their logic is still valid in theory.

Skynet believed that wars among humans led to destruction, so it decisively destroyed humans.

The Harvesters are there 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 evidence to prove the rationality of their approach.

But this is already very dangerous.

And this unexpected enemy... To be honest, An even suspected that it was a lunatic.

This is simply heresy, which is basically equivalent to "I suspect that you may destroy the universe in the future, so you'd better die now"... Anyone who hears this will think that the person is crazy!

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

I wonder if the magic construct of Manalia will also be like this...

An fell into deep thought.

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

In fact, An felt that Duanmu Huai was right. If humans no longer existed, then who would care about whether the universe existed or not?

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

They keep saying they are trying to save the universe, and then they can let others die with peace of mind.

Why does the court always encounter such speechless things?

Wait, it’s because this is the Tribunal that we often encounter things like this!

Now it depends on the situation on Mr. Knight's side, because just a moment ago, the communication was cut off. Well... it seems that Mr. Knight and his men have arrived at the designated target location.

Duanmu Huai cut off the communication and looked behind him. There, Lumiaire stretched out her hand and pressed on the huge metal pillar in front of her. Nano-light flashed between her fingers. These nano-lights formed circuit-like existences, extending upwards along the metal pillar.

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

"Half an hour later, the other party has discovered my intrusion and is trying their best to prevent me from further infiltration. I need some time to parse the code..."

"Don't tell me later. I'm just asking you about the 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, one puppet after another appeared in front of Duanmu Huai silently.

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

Bang the door.

“Boom—Boom—Boom!”

Duanmu Huai knew what they wanted to do, to find threats and eliminate them, 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 one after another, then disappeared, then appeared again, and then disappeared again.

This is why Duanmu Huai chose to bring Liumiail here personally.

Many times, he alone is an army.

"Boom!!!"

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.

And standing in front of them is an army of extremely silent puppets and constructs.

The war begins again, only this time it is underground.