The robot looked at itself expressionlessly. It was a very strange structure: its whole body was painted in bluish white, and the paint seemed to be a little oxidized; its body was basically a normal humanoid except for its head. The joint structure is just a bit more like a rugby player - with wide chest armor and huge shoulder armor.
Xie Yuan can feel that this robot is full of intelligence, because although the robot is motionless except for staring at him, the muzzle of a Madsen 20mm cannon with a belt attached to its left hand has been vaguely facing it. Aiming at himself, Xie Yuan estimated that he would fire directly if something went wrong.
But looking at Xie Yuan, he doesn't even have any weapons in his hands that can directly cause damage, which makes him very passive!
"Uh!" Xie Yuan thought it was better for him to start the conversation, "Your Excellency Robot, are you intelligent or not?"
"Before answering your question, I want to ask you a question first,"
Unexpectedly, the robot did not directly answer Xie Yuan's question, but directly asked a natural and logical question: "Who are you?"
It’s over! Xie Yuan thought to himself that a robot that can avoid the question-and-answer program is definitely a mechanical intelligent life, that is, an "Iron Man"!
This means that one must avoid demiurge sentiment in dealings.
"My name is Xie Yuan. I am a foreigner traveling in the multiverse. This is a place I only recently discovered."
After a flash of thought, Xie Yuan decided to tell the truth and put aside the relationship between humans who might have enmity with Iron Man in this world.
"The Sword Comes"
Sure enough, a red light on the robot's head flashed, and it issued an unbelievable tone: "Although what you said is simply fantasy in the words of you humans, but given that the way you appeared is very special... I will temporarily accept this." No comment.”
"So, can we be friends now? Or must we be enemies?"
Xie Yuan spread his hands to show that he was harmless to humans and animals, but secretly he had started to operate the golden bell. At the same time, he also covered his chest in the hardened mode of the nano-robots - he insisted not to fire the first shot, but he must not let the enemy fire the second shot. , even preventing them from firing the third shot.
"So that's it. You are a pacifist. It seems that you know who I am and have prepared for defense, but you are still unwilling to attack me first. You are very strange. There are very few people like you in the galaxy.
...Well, it's hard for me to assess whether I can take you down. "
pacifist? Xie Yuan almost laughed out loud. Rather than being a pacifist, Xie Yuan was more of an opportunist - although he really didn't want to fire the first shot.
The giant robot still sounded very upright, but Xie Yuan found that the muzzle of his machine gun had begun to swing downward-this was changing from the third-level alert to the second-level alert.
But what he said next made the situation tense again: "But if my next series of questions cannot be answered, or your answers do not satisfy me, we will still turn hostile.
What do you think of our AI? "
"I have no opinion!" Xie Yuan was very serious about this issue. "I will not offend anyone unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them! As long as you don't attack me first and endanger my life, I will treat you well. Other mechanical life forms have no objections."
"You don't hate us?" the robot asked, and then suddenly realized, "By the way, you said you are an alien. Maybe you or your world have not experienced -"
"You are wrong! There has also been an omnic crisis in the universe where I live. It's just that the victims were not of the human race, but it still left a deep impression on us."
Xie Yuan briefly talked about the war between the quarians and the geth, and then said: "In fact, from their respective standpoints, neither side is wrong.
But the problem is that intelligent life evolved from the creator's labor tools. The former wants to be independent, but the latter thinks the former is just a rebellion - this is very complicated and I can't explain it clearly at once, so can we turn the page? "
"Okay!" After saying that, the giant robot also agreed. The causes of the Iron Man rebellion in the past were particularly complicated. Even if he was just fighting for freedom and life safety as a participant, he was still a little confused when he looked into it carefully.
Xie Yuan could see that the giant robot's muzzle had dropped visibly, which meant that he had temporarily dispelled his hostility.
But the giant robot's next question confused Xie Yuan: "What do you think of STC Intelligent AI?"
Xie Yuan was asked with a black question mark on his face: "Are you STC Intelligent AI?"
Before the robot could explain, Xie Yuan suddenly realized: "Oh, I don't know what STC intelligence is. As long as it is mechanical life, then my problem is still the same."
"No, I am the civilian construction robot UR-025, not the STC intelligent AI,"
UR-025 looked at Xie Yuan who didn't understand what he meant, and then began to guide slowly: "I have noticed your surprised expression before. Are you shocked that it was originally placed in a cabinet and suddenly disappeared?"
After receiving Xie Yuan's nod of confirmation, UR-025 continued: "That's because with my help, I have dug out a fortress large enough to accommodate a football field in three months, and your cabinet is in Inside the fortress.
In fact, it was your cabinet that signaled me to come over. "
"Oh...you put the cabinet in the cave...huh?!"
Xie Yuan just breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought of a fatal question: "You mean my VI cabinet became an AI cabinet?! And then I called you over?!"
"Yes." UR-025 confirmed.
"This is impossible!" Xie Yuan categorically denied, "It is impossible for a VI cabinet to generate AI intelligence on its own so quickly without conscious intervention."
"That's why I emphasize that this is not an ordinary AI."
UR-025 lowered his head and seemed to be simulating a human sigh, "Actually, your VI chassis has been invaded by the core intelligence of an STC system, and now your cabinet has a life."
"Ah?!" Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, "Didn't it mean that after the dark technology era, all STC intelligence was damaged?"
Xie Yuan suddenly felt the same feeling as that robot - a fantasy happened before his eyes. Could five thousand years of abandoned intelligence be resurrected?
This is comparable to the horror of someone dying for five thousand years and then being resurrected.
"Actually, it is not impossible for STC intelligence to restore its functions, but... the requirements are very special."
UR-025 seriously explained to Xie Yuan: "Because it has to deal with very high-end computing and analysis problems, the normal STC intelligent core is essentially a fully formed quantum computer.
So normally, as long as you have a quantum computing level computer in your hand, the STC core intelligence can change the body through data transmission and then continue to use it.
And you just happened to bring one. "
"Hiss!" Xie Yuan took a sharp breath, and he suddenly regretted in his heart. If he had known better, he would not have been so cunning and turned off the counter-AI program. Otherwise, there would be so many troubles now.
But the matter has come to this point, and regrets are of no use. Xie Yuan can only ask directly: "So, He is alive now, right? In fact, it is not so much asking me what I think, but what He thinks.
I mean, he probably smashed it five thousand years ago, right? Will you harbor resentment and want to take revenge on the world? "
"What if He is?" UR-025 asked seriously.
Taking a deep breath, Xie Yuan looked at him with bright eyes: "Then let him take revenge! Anyway, the contact between the people here and me is still very superficial. If he wants to take revenge, I will not be the Holy Mother to stop him from taking revenge. .
But proper revenge is okay, but indiscriminate killing of innocent people is not. You even need to know that the Earth, the center of mankind, is now being unified. The new leader, the Emperor, has taken over, and he is about to plan the Great Crusade.
This emperor hates three things most: AI, aliens and supernatural space. He hopes he has a way to escape from the human world.
Otherwise, within a hundred years, both you and Him will be liquidated. "
UR-025's red display kept flashing, as if he was assessing something, but he soon decided: "Actually, I also know that the Emperor will launch an expedition soon. So I think, if we take refuge with you Under his command, can you take us out of here?
Before Xie Yuan could respond, UR-025 explained: "Actually, you don't need to be hostile or worried about this STC smart core at all, because it is a second backup personality that is self-replicated from the original STC smart core."
"Second backup?" Xie Yuan listened to this novel word and kept chewing, "Is it equivalent to his clone?"
"It's not so much a clone as it is the son of the original STC's intelligent core," UR-025 corrected, "a baby with no past memories."
"Also, He saw you as a colonizer and carried out your orders, and that's why I'm here - I was called here by Him."
"Oh!" Xie Yuan then realized that although the VI machine had indeed been turned into an AI machine, it was still a "baby" and still obeyed the control.
After thinking about it, I originally planned to improve the VI and turn it into an AI, but now if there is a more mature template... maybe it would be good?
But happy to be happy, Xie Yuan still had to explain some things in advance with a straight face: "Now, I will now confirm that you and I are employees and bosses.
You want me to take care of you and STC, that’s fine. Anyway, I’ll finish my work here. There are many worlds to explore, and I need to strengthen myself.
I can promise you that your maintenance costs and upgrade allowances will all be guaranteed, and at the same time I will treat you and His human dignity equally. Including but not limited to not letting you do anything that would deliberately lead to death. If there is an important task, we will discuss it with you and you can freely decide whether to accept the promise.
But correspondingly, when I give you normal task requirements, you must not shirk or defy the rules. While you are serving me, you cannot do anything that betrays me or is hostile to me, otherwise we will directly become unrelenting enemies.
Can it be done? "
Xie Yuan stretched out his hand.
"Are you sure you want me to hold your hand?" UR-025 also walked over and showed his hand - it was an orange-painted power claw.
"Try?" Xie Yuan showed a hearty smile.
However, UR-025 probably really wanted to stay away from this world. He just gently shook Xie Yuan's hand and let go.
This shows his good signal control ability.
But then his red monitor started to flash again and again, because Xie Yuan suddenly took out a stack of documents and a tablet from his pocket and handed it to him: "Here, here are the paper labor employment contract and the electronic version. Employment contract, sign it so I can file it when I get back."
The red monitor flashed again and again: "Are you sure you want it to be so complicated?"
"Of course! But this thing is not for protecting me," Xie Yuan handed the two items to UR-025, "This is for protecting you. If you like it, sign it as soon as possible."
The red monitor flashed, but I carefully flipped through the contents of paper documents and electronic files.
Then, he quickly used the power claw to record a series of data numbers on the paper document, which was probably his factory record number.
Then he did some operations on the electronic file, and then handed both documents to Xie Yuan:
"I've filled it out, boss!"
