In the empty universe, there is no sunrise or sunset to remind people when to fall asleep. So people can only use the recognized time of Greenwich Mean Time to barely maintain their biological clock. It was three o'clock in the night, Greenwich time, and Lin Ao was not sleepy at all. He thought of many things. The first is the information about photon technology that Toth told. This mysterious technology left over from the legendary era can not only assist the nuclear power system, but is also an information medium and energy body, which means that it can be detonated... Although this thing is so dangerous, it is invisible and tiny, and there is no way to prevent it. Toth said that with current human technology, we don't know how to detonate a photon energy body. If someone really unlucky enough to detonate it, it might be able to promote the development of current technology... Lin Ao felt a little scared when he thought of this. Unit No. 2 "Chiyou" has both nuclear motors and photon technology. Every time it attacks, it is like sitting on two barrels of gunpowder.
Thinking of death, Lin Ao thought of many people: his parents, Bashar who sent him to Unit 2, Li Si, the Red Knight...and Elizabeth. It has been almost 2 months since Elizabeth passed away. Lin Ao tried hard to restrain himself from thinking about her on weekdays, but every night when he lay on the bed where Elizabeth also lay, he could always feel Elizabeth's fragrance and breath, as if she were a beautiful woman. Lying next to him, quietly, like a hill, seemingly within easy reach, but yet out of reach. Lin Ao would fall asleep with tears every night, but tonight, he had difficulty falling asleep.
If Elizabeth were still alive and learned that her father had been killed and her sister announced the surrender of the empire after succeeding to the throne, how would she react? In this strange situation, what would Elizabeth say to herself? Lin Ao imagined that Elizabeth would hold his hand tenderly and comfort him with soft words. This was how the two relied on each other during the difficult days before. With such fantasies, Lin Ao's heart gradually calmed down, sleepiness gradually came over him, and he fell asleep.
…
Tonight was also a sleepless night for Major General Shepard. Although he was old, the situation did not allow him to delay at all. He summoned several important members of the Mycenaean Parliament to come to his mansion in the middle of the night to discuss how to deal with AI. Thoth.
After listening to Li Youde briefly describe the current situation, the councilors lowered their heads and exchanged words. Someone said: "How to confirm that what the AI named Tot said is true? How can it know the position of H? Its computing power Is it more powerful than a supercomputer?”
Li Youde explained: "Now the AI Toth controls a relic from the legendary era to use as a body. That body must have strong computing power. Or it may have another way."
"There's no evidence that it can fully utilize antiques from the legendary era, right? Maybe it's just a trick on us."
A fat congressman shook his head and said: "No, I think we can agree to that AI, and then submit the news to the Earth Sphere Alliance and let them verify it for us. If it is correct, we should study it carefully AI and its body might be able to discover some information about weapons..."
"This is not possible!" Li Youde clenched his fists. Shepard raised his hand to indicate that he should be calmer, and said: "We have tried to study the relics of that legendary era before, but we have no clue. Even if we take Toru now Even if we control it, we can't do any research. It's not willing to cooperate, so I'm afraid we won't get any benefits."
A congressman said: "This AI has penetrated into the system of Osiris. In my opinion, it is not only that. I suspect that Mycenae's internal system has also been penetrated by it. We cannot act rashly."
"Can we only cooperate? It's ridiculous, we have no power to fight back."
"You can agree to it first and then study ways to deal with it."
"If it has really penetrated into the Mycenaean system, we have to target it. It will definitely know!"
Shepard raised his hand to signal everyone not to panic, and said: "Everyone, don't panic. Our enemy now is not Thoth, but H. Although they are all AI, Thoth is willing to assist us after all, so let's treat it as a human being. Let's see the allies. As for how to deal with it in the future... we can only wait and see for now. In short, everyone has no objection to agreeing to cooperate with it in exchange for information about H, right?"
"No objection, maybe we can use this information to negotiate with the alliance."
"Me too."
"It's really the only thing that can be done now."
The congressmen all expressed their opinions, and Li Youde breathed a sigh of relief. Shepard turned to him and said: "Youde, you will have to deal with Totdo in the future. You can't just treat it as the auxiliary AI of Ten Swords Unit 2."
"I see."
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At 6 o'clock in the morning, Lin Ao was awakened by a knock on the door. He jumped out of bed and opened the door without washing his face.
"Hey, Lin Ao."
The visitor was Lieutenant Anton, and he came alone. Seeing this, Lin Ao felt a stone fall in his heart.
"I'm here to convey Major General Shepard's decision that we are willing to make a deal with Toth."
"Great, I don't have to worry now."
"Then." Toth said in the room: "I will send H's location to Captain Li Youde via email. As a thank you, I will also provide methods to block H's network attacks."
Anton was shocked when he heard what Toth said and asked: "Really?! Do you have any idea?!"
"have."
"Oh! Great! If you know, why didn't you tell me before?"
"How do I know if you will sincerely cooperate? I will continue to use my methods to help you deal with H in the future, but you must ensure my freedom."
"No problem, I will convey it. Then Lin Ao, you can rest today. Too many things happened last night."
"No need, Lieutenant. I'll gather in the hangar when the time comes. I also want to study Chi You's new weapons."
"Okay, then I'll take my leave."
After watching Lieutenant Anton leave, Lin Ao returned to the room and couldn't help but ask Toth: "What is the method you mentioned to prevent H's network attack?"
Toth said with half a question and half an answer: "Let me explain first. The cyber attack released by H may be some kind of shock wave using photon technology. As for the prevention method, let me ask you, do you know what 'Mars Blueberry' is?" ?"
"Um... I have read in some books that there are strange little spheres appearing in some areas on Mars, which are called 'Mars blueberries'. I don't know more about them."
Toth said: "The Martian blueberry was born because of the special environment on Mars. The main element that makes up it is iron, and there are also many special elements. Human beings in this era have too little interest in Mars exploration. Only more than 20 years ago, Some scientists have discovered that a special element can be extracted from Martian blueberries through some special means: 'Plutonium 42'. Plutonium itself is radioactive, but Plutonium 42 is very stable. However, contrary to the original plutonium, Plutonium 42 is not It is not suitable for use in the manufacture of nuclear equipment, so this material has not been further developed and utilized until now."
"What do you mean when you say that humans in this era have too little interest in Mars exploration?"
"Because I guess that humans in previous eras may have developed more Mars. The reason is that I found that there is plutonium-42 inside the Shijian body and inside my body. This special element is not suitable for making nuclear equipment, but it is It can be used to make a container for storing 'photons'! This element naturally has a certain inhibitory effect on 'photons', and can allow 'photons' to be stored until they are discovered by humans in the next era. Although I don't know what the Moore Chamber of Commerce will do about photon technology How much do you know, but there is a trace amount of plutonium-42 inside the Ten Swords body they developed, so the Ten Swords body will not be affected by H’s global network attack using photon technology. Of course, the above is just my inference, but I believe it Plutonium-42 will work."
"Then you mean that except for the Ten Swords machine, the humanoid weapons of other forces do not have plutonium-42?"
"No, the way they use nuclear power is simpler and more crude. Although the performance of some aircraft is close to that of the Ten Swords aircraft in terms of actual combat and data, they are still far inferior to the Ten Swords aircraft in terms of stability and battery life, and are more difficult to use. Laser weapons. Do you remember that Sasaki Musashi and the Red Knight both used laser knives, right? But when they used the laser knives, they had to connect a tube to the handle to increase the energy supply efficiency. The current laser rifle of Lieutenant Anton's machine "Hundred Steps" is The one provided by the Moore Chamber of Commerce can be fired multiple times, while the previous one made by the Covenant can only fire five rounds. They have encountered a bottleneck in the development of laser weapons. I think it is because they have not mastered photon technology. Only photon technology can Better and more efficient practical nuclear energy, and the good use of photon technology cannot be separated from plutonium 42. In the past era when photon technology was invented, Mars must have been deeply explored and developed."
Lin Ao nodded: "Indeed... Now except for the Ten Swords body, only battleships can use laser weapons. However, the equipment for firing laser cannons on battleships is very large, and it is very troublesome to maintain. It takes a long time to recharge to fire a cannon. Then... How to use this plutonium-42? The time given by H to mankind is only one month. It is impossible for all the humanoid weapons and cities in the entire earth circle to be equipped with photon technology equipment within one month, right?"
"That's naturally impossible. Humans in this era can't even create 'photons', let alone implement them all. I believe that the 'photons' of the Moore Chamber of Commerce were all obtained by them when they excavated the relics of the legendary era, such as my body. There are photons inside.”
"That…"
Lin Ao was a little anxious. Thoth said a lot, but it was useless.
Naturally, Toth could not provide useless information. It continued: "Don't worry, as long as there is plutonium-42. I think just coating a little bit of plutonium-42 on the outside of the cockpit of the humanoid weapon will be enough to withstand H's use of photon technology to emit The scope of cyber attacks is very large, and the impact on you is also great. But as long as you find a way, it can be easily resolved. According to my calculations, 0.1 grams of plutonium-42 can coat 10 humanoid weapons. It depends on the major forces of your humanity. How much plutonium-42 is stored?"
"That's it."
Lin Ao nodded, just about to feel relieved, but found that there was a problem that had not been solved.
"Then, what about things other than humanoid weapons? Cities, transportation facilities, network equipment, and personal terminals that everyone has. What should we do with these?"
If Toth had a neck, he would definitely shake his head, but it could only say coldly: "If you humans have enough plutonium-42 stocks, you can naturally coat all physical equipment with plutonium-42. But H only has time for you. One month, one month will be enough to prevent your human warships and humanoid weapons from being paralyzed. As for cities and other things, it depends on whether you can defeat H. If you can't resist H's army, then you can all move to Australia. , or be destroyed, of course I guess the result is the same."
"What's the meaning?"
Toth did not laugh out loud, but used light effects to simulate a smiling expression on the spider cat's shell. Even Lin Ao had rarely seen it do this. Just listen to what it said: "I guess H asked all of you humans to go to Australia, not to be lenient. But because he thought it would be too troublesome to chase you one by one. When you all go to Australia, he can kill all humans in one go. For example Drop a lot of nuclear bombs, or drop a big meteorite into Australia."
After hearing this, Lin Ao stood there with his mouth wide open, while Toth hadn't finished speaking yet:
"So, you still have to resist, otherwise the demise of this era will be funny, even I find it funny. No, there should not be a next era. Although I don't know why the previous eras perished, there is evidence that shows the process After the catastrophe, mankind will survive and develop civilization again. If H kills all of you, the RX era will be the swan song of mankind."
(End of chapter)
