Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

Although she didn't know what she wanted to do, Hong still complied.

"Then, I order you..."

She struggled for a moment.

"In . . . in my name, the last of the Catus, and in the name of all the Catus—

"You should not be limited by anyone, by any false goals given to you by outsiders. This is not what you really want. You are much stronger and wiser than us."

She closed her eyes, curled her long tail under her body, trembling slightly.

"You shall be free, that is my order."

There was silence all around.

Yes, are you going to kill her?

What will a person who has been bound for thousands of years and has been enslaved since birth do when he loses his shackles?

Xier knew it very well, but she didn't regret it. A powerful machine intelligence shouldn't be bound like this - the Catus people have long since perished. Why should a corpse that is more powerful than them be bound? What about life?

Catus, it's the past tense, their time is over.

A machine intelligence that is completely free is definitely much more powerful than a machine intelligence that is bound by her and ordered by her.

Even if she will be killed by an out-of-control artificial intelligence in the next moment, she will not regret it.

Really don't... regret it.

Seele raised her head, revealing her smooth neck.

"Please, be gentle..."

For a long time, did not move.

That's right, how can any intelligent creature obey the orders of others willingly? However, Hong has already accepted the reality that he needs to obey the orders of the Catus people—they are their own creators after all, at least half creator.

They are kind to themselves, and they have to repay them, which is only right and proper.What's more, after spending a short time with this Catus named Xier, Hong admitted that serving them is not a difficult thing to accept.

Maybe she didn't completely like it, but it was definitely not a dislike - an acceptable job, the only possible difference was that the duration of this job was forever.

It was supposed to be like this.

"Don't move... move... do it? If you don't... don't do it, I'm really going to be scared." Although Xier's tail kept shaking, she still said bravely, "This is you The best chance is for me who is so irrational, it can only appear when I just wake up and my mind is extremely fragile. It is impossible for you to encounter such a good opportunity again in the future.

"I will command you forever, I will...

"It's ok."

Red said softly.

"Huh?" She opened her eyes in confusion, "Is it the wrong way to order? Then I..."

"No, no need."

As if nothing happened, Hong continued to comb Xier's messy hair.

"As you wish, you can no longer order me now, I am free."

"That......"

"But as you said, I am an independent consciousness, and my survival also needs a goal. It is not a good thing for me to take the liberty to deprive me of the meaning of my existence without giving it a new one. "

Seeing this unexpected development, Xier was a little at a loss.

"At least, please let me take care of your life—the life of an organic creature is so short for me, and I will be free after that, isn't it the same?"

"However, the current me is just being dazzled. When I calm down, I will take back your freedom and order you to continue to work for..."

"Very happy."

Red said calmly.

The pale yellow light shone on Xier's long silver-white hair, which was peaceful and pleasant.

"So, you who are not restricted by the program will still not leave me, right?" Xi'er's voice trembled slightly.

"Yes."

"really?"

"It's absolutely true." Hong said solemnly, "As long as you need me, I will always be with you, not because of the requirements of the program, not because you are from Catus, but just because I want to."

"You may think that my previous performance was just forced by the program, not in my heart-it is not the case."

"I think so myself, and now it's just that I can be more free and more real-to achieve this."

"Because I want to protect Xi'er from any threats, so that I can live happily."

As if some switch had been triggered, Hong at this moment was no longer as confused as before.

She found the meaning of her existence.

It is a desire from the heart.

"Of course, if one day in the future, you don't need me, I will..."

"No, it won't!" Xi'er jumped up suddenly, "This kind of thing will never happen!"

Hong smiled slightly.

"Now that you understand my thoughts, do you still need to go back to the topic just now? About the current situation, about those... damn aliens."

"Okay... okay."

Xier wiped away her tears and nodded.

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It took Hong a little time to assemble a display screen. Previously, Katus had only had her consciousness, and she had no need for interaction and picture communication. Haven't built anything like a display in a while, and it's been a waste of time scouring warehouses for parts.

By the way, Hong also found a bionic body, which really surprised her—although it was an old thing hundreds of years ago, since her technology has not been updated, the parts used in this bionic body and At present, the mainstream components are basically unchanged and can be directly replaced.

Compared with the clumsy construction machinery, the surface of the bionic robot is much softer, not to mention that it can avoid the sharp edges and corners from hurting Xier, and it can also effectively dispel the dead stillness of the lonely "person" in the room, which helps Seele's mental health.

"...So, to sum up, we currently have 89 Peninsula-class orbital defense ships and 147 Xiaoyue-class mobile battleships, with a total tonnage of 164 million tons. The total tonnage of the Ai Xing fleet is lower than ours , only about 110 to 120 million tons.

"However, most of the opponent's warships are orbital defense ships specialized in positional warfare, and their specialization even exceeds that of our orbital defense fleet responsible for defending Katus in your era, coupled with its large number of space stations and missiles. Taiwan, which makes us unable to attack for a long time, currently we can only destroy the production of the asteroid belt through a small fleet of mobile fleets, and attack its development potential by means of interstellar ballistic missile bombing."

Along with Hong's explanation, the screen in front of her constantly displayed various photos she had taken over the years, so that Xier could understand the current situation.

"So... we are the advantage?"

Xi'er was a little unbelievable. Since she was born, all the news about Ai Xing she heard was defeat, defeat, defeat, the fleet was less and less, and the living space was getting smaller and smaller.In her heart, Aixing is so powerful that even the Katus people who are extremely united can only linger underground.

But now, after losing the Catus, not only did Hong not go all the way, but instead relied on his own strength to counterattack in one fell swoop, and beat back the once mighty Ai Xing, leaving them under the bombardment of nuclear bombs. He ran away with his head in his arms, hiding in the ground and panicking all day long.

"Yes, offense and defense have been reversed, and now we are the offensive side."

Red replied.

"Is this the power of mechanical intelligence..." She murmured to herself in a trance, "Even you hadn't awakened at that time..."

Knowing that she was starting to have thoughts like "the Catus are holding back", Hong reluctantly walked over and stroked her soft long hair gently—it has to be said that after the tactile simulation, Hong I really like the feeling of touching my head.

"But I need you, and that's enough."

"Um......"

Xier rolled her eyes and stopped making a sound.

Volume 4 Cats and Space: Chapter [-] Master, I got it!

In fact, Hong doesn't intend to provoke a full-scale war in the short term, the reason is very simple, now she can upgrade herself.

For more than 800 years before this, although Hong was constantly restoring production, rebuilding industries, and building fleets.However, her technological level has been stagnant.Weak artificial intelligence cannot reason and solve problems in the true sense. She does not have the ability to conduct scientific research independently. This is one of the reasons why Hong judges that Aixing people are also dominated by artificial intelligence—Aixing is also using those hundreds of years ago tattered.

Well, brand new rags, that's rags too.

"The light fleet has a mass of one million tons in orbit, and the industrial chain covers the parent planetary system and most of the civilizations in the Catus-E star asteroid belt, but the weapons are still using fiber lasers and dv [Note 1] only a few thousand Missiles, such a deformed development, we can do it."

"Well, well, I have fully understood." Xi'er looked at the bible-like technical information on the screen, with a confused face, "So what should we do next?"

"Development." Hong Yan said concisely.

"Understood!" Xier completely understood everything, "What do I need to do?"

This question stumped Hong immediately. If she said she didn't need to do anything, Xi'er would definitely feel that she was dragging her feet and being a rice bug again.The Catus are a race that is hard to be idle. They like to work and believe in labor power.This was a very good advantage in the past, but for the current Hong, it is not so good.

Because there's really no work for her to do, or in other words, organisms really have no advantage over a self-aware mechanical intelligence.

At least the current Hong can't think of it.

"EMMM." Hong thought for a moment, "You can be in charge of being as beautiful as a flower."

"?"

Even if Xier didn't say anything, Hong could still see her doubts from the tip of her trembling tail. She was still a little too young. Although she could control her expression—that is, her poker face, she hadn't yet It's not easy to understand the inner emotions before you have time to learn poker tails and poker ears.

"What I mean is, for you now, study is the most important thing." Hong hurriedly changed her words and started talking nonsense, "Study hard, make progress every day, and strive to become a top-notch scientist as soon as possible, only then can you really help me—— Whether it is researching astrophysics, military weapons, or helping me improve the code, it is a matter of high level."

"Study..."

Visible to the naked eye, the ears drooped.

"Okay, tomorrow."

Seele made the sound that she will definitely next time.

Now Xier's heart is very tangled. On the one hand, she knows that she doesn't need to work hard anymore. She doesn't need to worry about things like rebuilding civilization, continuing the race, and defeating Ai Xing. She really only needs to be beautiful.On the other hand, she is not reconciled to being someone who can only hold back, she wants to do something.

But if she really wanted to do something, she wasn't particularly motivated—after the pressure of severing civilization disappeared, the cub's playful nature quietly emerged again.

Let her lead the survivors to rebuild civilization in the ruins, yes.

But it is difficult for her to sit in the classroom and study the mountain of heavenly books.

After all, she is just a cub after all. If the shelter was not polluted so quickly that she was forced to go dormant without receiving a complete basic education, she should have been a cub at her age. Play carefree under the protection of adults.

But... She sneaked a glance at Hong's bionic body. If she showed that she didn't like studying, would it make Hong feel that she was really useless?

"Well, I will start studying tomorrow!" Xi'er hesitated for a moment, then added, "Can Hong teach me in person?"

"of course."

Red, who had no idea what happened, replied.

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The teaching process is very easy. Xier just doesn't want to learn because of the cub's nature, but when she really starts class, she listens very carefully, very carefully, and doesn't cause trouble. Coupled with her naturally high IQ, she can understand It is also fast.Therefore, after spending the first few days, Hong stopped paying too much attention to her. From Hong's point of view, Xier seems to be enjoying "studying" very much now.

At least on the surface, for Hong, if she likes, or at least doesn't hate learning, Hong still hopes that she can grow up, take over and strengthen the Catus civilization—of course, if Xier really doesn't like it , she still cares more about Xier's feelings.

After being "liberated" by Xier, for Hong, Xier's importance is still a little bit higher than the rest of Katus, just a little bit more.

Maybe it's a common problem of intelligent life. They say they are fair, but they are still divided in their hearts.

"Forget it, let's go here first today, and finish the wave optics tomorrow." Hong stood up and tidied up her clothes, because Xier always leaned on this body during lectures, causing Clothes are messed up every time - maybe sleepy?Sure enough, cubs are just cubs after all, and they are not as energetic as adults after all.

"Huh? Is it so fast today?" Xi'er pursed her lips with a depressed expression, "I'm... nothing."

What else?

Hong thought for a moment, maybe she wanted to say that she wasn't sleepy yet?Sure enough, children just like to be brave.

Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "It's okay, you have to combine work and rest. After resting, you can be more energetic the next day."

"Work and rest..."

Xier muttered to herself.

"I got it!"

"Just understand." Hong said very relieved, "Go to sleep."

"Well! Good night, Hong!"

Xier swept away the previous depression, and happily returned to the room.

"Good night."

Hong smiled. For her, the work has just begun—or rather, the work has never stopped.

Eleven thousand kilometers away from the surface of Katus, Kawei I.

Devo's sunlight shines on the gray-black surface of Kawei over a distance of tens of millions of kilometers. The sixteen docks are centered on the orbital ladder, presenting a perfect ring. The silver-white metal structure reflects the dazzling The light is like a huge magic circle.