Please call me CyberGhost King

Chapter 256: Suppressing the Luan Dao Society

With the help of the magic furnace core as the source of magic power, the artificial people immediately took action, began to plan an outer shielding system for the castle, and began to build a courtyard wall as a defense.

Of course, the main reliance was on the illusion array, so that everyone who came here would automatically bypass the path and not be able to find the real way to the castle, thus completely covering the entire castle in the barrier.

It is also thanks to the magic furnace core specially sponsored by Director Ken that we can continuously produce magic power, otherwise these are all empty talk.

The artificial people were not much affected by the world's background. Even without the source of magic power and the magic furnace to supply them with magic, they were not affected and continued to do what they were supposed to do.

The best of the androids have their own magic circuits and vitality, and can generate their own magic power to maintain the operation of the castle and the production of androids.

As a product of the Third Law, not every android is a pervert like Justisia and Sieg, and not every one is a special product like Irisviel and Illya.

But it is those inconspicuous screws that maintain the operation of the entire Einzbern, continuously produce androids, and allow this magic workshop with only androids to survive to this day.

Those carefully crafted androids will have better magical talent and personality, while the mass-produced ones will be much worse. Not only will their magical talent be extremely poor, their personality will also become similar to that of an NPC, who can only give simple responses, which is obviously not something that can be used to express emotions.

However, this type of NPC-like mass-produced android also has its advantages. First of all, they are definitely good at work. After all, they will obey orders completely. Once an order is given, they will not stop until it is completed, unless they are exhausted to the point of collapse. They are real beasts of burden.

As a combatant, this kind of NPC is also useful. Not only does it have no morale bar, but it also completely obeys orders and fights wherever it is directed. Even if all of them die, there will be no morale collapse.

Ke Ling had naturally seen this before. After all, he had killed the previous batch, and now this new batch had started working for him.

These androids that are currently being beaten to dust are obviously all NPC type. Only a few of them who are responsible for command and mobilization have more perfect personalities, but they have not awakened their self-awareness. It is not so easy for androids to awaken their self-awareness, and most of them are consumables.

"Aren't these people human?"

Looking at the androids with numb expressions, Lucy asked. This scene naturally made everyone look at Ke Ling.

Although these artificial humans have human faces and bodies, if you observe carefully, you can find something inharmonious about them. They even give people a feeling of the uncanny valley effect. They look like humans but not like humans, which is very scary to look at.

"Well, that's not a problem. At least it's like this now. These creatures can't be called human beings, but it may not be the case in the future. I can't say for sure whether they can be considered human beings or not."

Ke Ling had a strange expression on his face. He knew that Lucy, Sasha and the others must not understand, so he was thinking about how to explain it.

"What do you mean by unsure? What does it mean?"

As expected, V scratched her head and asked in confusion. Although she was not well-educated, she was not to the point where she could not understand what was being said. Was it really that difficult to define a person? Aren't there only two answers? Either yes or no, how could there be a "so"?
"You can understand it this way. Now they are just a group of robots, controlled by intelligent AI. Each individual is similar to a subroutine. However, just like AI may awaken, these subroutines may also awaken to self-awareness and become a new independent individual."

Ke Ling considered it for a moment and tried to explain it in a way that several people could understand.

But he felt that after what he said, he seemed to be a bit like Delaman? But after thinking about it carefully, there were actually quite a few differences.

Once these artificial people awaken, they will immediately break away from the server and become independent individuals, gaining physical freedom directly. As long as they can escape, they will be free as they please.

Unlike Lao De’s “children”, who are still under Lao De’s supervision, although they may go crazy occasionally, they are not completely out of control. Lao De can even suppress the awakening of those personalities until they can no longer be controlled.

But Xiaoyou is different. Although it is difficult for this artificial human to awaken, he can awaken at any time without any signs, and it cannot be suppressed.

After the android awakens, he might pretend to be you, and then find an opportunity to sneak away, mainly because of his maximum desire to survive.

After all, once they are caught, they will be directly destroyed and remade, and the "awakened ones" have no choice but to treat them with caution.

The products that Einzbern usually releases are these NPC-like dolls, because the simpler the personality, the harder it is to awaken, and this has stood the test of time.

Ke Ling has no plans to create too many artificial humans with complex personalities, so this new batch are basically all of this NPC type.

The few who are more intelligent are mainly responsible for helping Xiaoyou with management and coordination, so that Xiaoyou doesn't have to do everything by himself.

"That's it"

As soon as Ke Ling said "intelligent AI", everyone understood it. It was much clearer than "the third law", "artificial humans" and "simulated personality". After all, Batmos, AI awakening and the Internet crash were truly major events that changed the global Internet ecology. As long as there was electricity in the village, it was impossible not to understand it.

The biggest difference between androids and AI is probably their body structures. One is a data stream in the network, while the other is almost exactly the same as humans.

After awakening self-awareness, the android is a creature with the same body structure as humans and the ability to think independently. So is this a human being? This question is indeed difficult to define in one word.

So people stopped paying attention to and discussing this point. To put it bluntly, there may be many people in the cyberpunk world whose bodies are even less human than those of androids. So who cares whether they are human or not?

Under the gaze of everyone, the artificial people worked quickly, and Ke Ling also talked about the idea of ​​producing "maid dolls" to collect everyone's opinions on this matter.

"It doesn't seem very attractive. After all, what do the dignitaries want? They have real maids to serve them, why do they need fake people? Isn't it said that intelligence is far inferior to that of real people?"

Jack Wells was the first to express his opinion. He felt that this thing was completely uncompetitive and not even new at all.

A customized maid who completely obeys her master, whose appearance, figure, voice, and personality can all be selected by herself. Is this new?

It's not new at all, because for rich people, let alone appearance, figure, voice, and personality, even more private parts can be changed as they wish, and they are all highly simulated, almost indistinguishable from the real thing.

"Sigh~"

Ke Ling grinned, thinking that there was really nothing wrong with what Jack said.

With current technology, it is very easy to transform a living person. Some people can even make sure that there is nothing left of their original body. It is also common to change certain body parts according to the requirements of the customers.

Moreover, if people have money, they can change a doll every day, so why would they want to customize a doll with a specific appearance and body shape?
"No, I'm a domestic servant, right? How come I seem to have become something like an inflatable doll when you say that?" Ke Ling's mind quickly came back to him. Is it okay to mislead Lou all of a sudden? This is not the same thing at all, right? !

"There's no difference. How can your customization look like selling a proper housekeeping maid doll?"

V complained, but you know what, she actually wanted one. Although she didn't have much housework to do, it seemed like it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a maid like this at home to please the eyes, right?

"Tsk, let's talk about it later, let's test the water first."

Ke Ling couldn't help but be amazed. Although the local natives seemed to be pessimistic, he still planned to give it a try. Anyway, he had to produce it even if he didn't sell it. If he could release some, he would release some. If not, forget it.

After settling Einzbernburg, Ke Ling gave some instructions to old Mosby and his son. He would send a team to support them. This team of artificial humans would follow the Red Ochre Family, and their mission was to eliminate the "Ran Dao Hui" roaming around nearby.

"If everything goes well, we can take action against those bastards of Night Walker."

Old Mosby's eyes were shining, and he spoke very excitedly, as if he had already seen the scene of the destruction of the "Night Haunters". For the Wanderer Tribe, the "Night Haunters", a traitor organization composed of the "Random Swordsmen", were killable by anyone.

The largest "Random Swordsman" organization in the badlands outside Night City is the "Night Walkers". They are entrenched outside the city and are hostile to most of the wanderer tribes. Of course, it is mainly Adecardo who is fighting against them, and conflicts often break out between the two sides.

The "Night Walkers" are a loose organization, consisting of lawless desperadoes. Naturally, they are unwilling to submit to anyone and stir up trouble everywhere. The Red Ochre Family has also been bullied by them, so old Mosby wants to take this opportunity to take revenge.

"We can unite the wanderers outside the city and act together. After all, eliminating the Random Swordsmen and Night Wanderers will benefit everyone."

Ke Ling nodded and did not raise any objections. Instead, he expressed his support. This was a good opportunity to unite the wanderer tribes outside the city. The reason why the Random Swordsmen Society and the Night Wandering Ghosts could continue to wreak havoc in the evil land had a lot to do with the lack of unity among the wanderer tribes themselves.

Otherwise, it would be quite easy for everyone to work together to eliminate the night-wandering ghosts.

But they always fight on their own, so naturally they have no chance of destroying the others. They are all desperate criminals. Apart from anything else, their fighting ability is still good, and they can always make the wanderer tribes pay the price.

"Yes, sir, I understand."

Old Mosby nodded immediately. This was to let him exert influence on the various wanderer tribes to see if he could unite everyone. If the wanderers outside the city could be united enough, they would be a force that could not be easily ignored. At least the people in the city would not continue to treat them as consumables.

But old Mosby knew in his heart that this was difficult, as everyone was used to living their own lives and would not rashly get together; this was tradition.

Moreover, some tribes have conflicts for various reasons and dislike each other. It is not easy to unite the wanderer tribes in the badlands outside Night City.

"There was a fight?"

V's eyes lit up when she heard Ke Ling's words. It sounded like it was going to be a lively scene and she wanted to join in the fun. She had also been offended by those bastards from the Random Blade Society and the Night Wandering Ghost.

In fact, their transport convoys were often attacked by these bastards. They had dealt with these guys a lot during these days when they helped escort the convoy.

Now that they have to embark on the task of eliminating the "Night Wandering Ghosts" and clearing out the "Random Sword Society", she naturally wants to do her part, which is a good thing for everyone.

"If you want to help, come together."

Ke Ling didn't mind. The purpose was to protect the safety of the business road, and V and Jack were also obligated to help fight.

As for Ke Ling himself, he didn't want to get involved in the early stages anyway. The Random Swords Society and the Night Wandering Ghosts had no fixed place to stay and were running around everywhere. He didn't have the time to look for people everywhere, so he decided to leave it to his subordinates.

After confirming that V, Jack, Lucy, and Sasha were all ready to stay, Ke Ling left alone. He returned to Night City and found Old V. The former legend was waiting for him.

"You're a little slow. I thought you would come right over."

Seeing Ke Ling stepping out from the shadows, Lao Wei, who was watching the boxing match, complained. He turned off the live broadcast of the boxing match, looked at Ke Ling, and signaled Ke Ling to take out any good stuff he had.

“It’s never too late to have a good meal.”

Ke Ling said this with a smile, but after he took out the so-called "good stuff", this sentence seemed a little wrong.

"Look at what you said."

Looking at the piece of frozen flesh in Ke Ling's hand, Lao Wei's mouth twitched, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"what is this?"

After complaining for a while, Lao Wei asked, a piece of meat, the question is what kind of meat is this? Can Ke Ling say it is "good stuff".

"Vampire flesh."

Ke Ling replied with a smile that there was nothing wrong with this statement, it was indeed vampire flesh.

"And he's a very strong vampire, the kind that's not afraid of sunlight."

Looking at Lao Wei's "are you kidding me" expression, Ke Ling added another sentence, which made Lao Wei feel even more unbelievable.

"Vampires. Some new modified creature?"

Lao Wei tried to understand. This vampire couldn't really be the one in the ancient legend, right? It must be just like the werewolf legend, a thing made up by the company dogs. There are many more legends about werewolves than vampires.

Lao Wei took over the meat that had been thawed by Ke Ling and started to work. He had all kinds of instruments here that could do various inspections. He first made some cuts, which resulted in a lot of blood. Then he could use the instruments to perform various scans and analyses. He was also very interested in this thing and wanted to see what magic it had.

(End of this chapter)