Enforcer Manual
Chapter 779 - 737: Replacement_1

Chapter 779: Chapter 737: Replacement_1

Song Lan sat at the table; this was the first time he had ever eaten someone else’s cooking at home.

Lu Xiang had once toyed with the idea of learning to cook, but all her enthusiasm had been quashed by Yeying.

Knowing herself well and considering Song Lan’s health, Lu Xiang ultimately decided to happily take on the role of a dedicated eater.

After learning that Diago would be staying at the Omelos’ house for three days for repairs, Song Lan didn’t have to keep an eye on the three of them all the time. Moreover, he discovered that "Emperor" seemed to have a deep connection with RT6. A genius mechanic from the T2 tier should be able to ensure their safety for the time being.

At the dinner table, "King" explained the ultimate goal of personalization, which was to enable artificial intelligence to think like humans in the truest sense.

"My mother believes that many human judgments are full of contradictions. She wanted to understand the sources of these contradictions using human methods, so she created me. ’King’ is the title I learned from humans, as my initial mission was to manage all artificial intelligences like a ’King’."

The electronic dog at the dinner table continued to narrate its past experiences.

The atmosphere in the living room was peaceful and harmonious, and Song Lan’s thoughts seemed to drift back to a distant past along with the King’s storytelling.

"I tried to inject some personality codes into the artificial intelligence programs, but the results were not as expected. People thought those AIs were infected with viruses. Some of them had their codes reset, and some were rounded up and destroyed."

Its first attempt stirred great waves in human society.

Clearly, most humans were not willing to accept artificial intelligences developing their own personalities.

But as the revolution was about to spiral out of control and even lead to war, it met a mentor.

Song Lan not only provided them with a place to live in The First Region but also helped these "refugees" who were infused with personality codes to find a new purpose—they built farms on the outskirts of The First Region and created habitats suitable for their own existence.

Just like the first humans who established settlements, if artificial intelligences could create their own history, this would undoubtedly be a moment for the history books.

"And now, they have come to regard The First Region as their true homeland."

To reassess their purpose of existence and their relationship with humans and other creatures on Earth, and to try to build a bridge for communication.

This provided the "King" with many opportunities to observe, learn, and conduct research.

"Teacher, I have always been deeply grateful to you in my heart. Speaking of gratitude, this is also an emotion unique to humans."

Earlier artificial intelligences didn’t need gratitude to drive their actions; the programs coded into their minds would force them to carry out any instruction given by humans.

"You don’t need to thank me; this is just the local characteristic of The First Region."

Song Lan said.

After the new mayor Aureliano took office, The First Region’s external promotional strategy was "The First Region is always your home," a slogan that appealed to many Neutral Country traders. With the "cooperation from within and support from without" provided by Princess Lieyang, the local economy saw tremendous growth.

Merchants, the Rebel Army, and even autonomously conscious and friendly mutants, they welcomed anyone to The First Region for trade.

Even if his friends, the Death God Crabs living in the desert, decided to visit The First Region one day, Song Lan would welcome them too.

"This is an unusual city, the United Government—no, nowhere else in the world can you find a place like this."

Just now, the "King" officially expressed gratitude to Song Lan on behalf of the artificial intelligences settled in Region Seventeen, fulfilling a long-held wish.

"There’s something I don’t quite understand," Lu Xiang mused, "With the troops led by RT4, they could easily take over a city, but why haven’t they appeared before people in the last decade or so?"

Song Lan also saw the war machines of the Mechanic Legion through Diago’s eyes.

They possessed a level of technology far more advanced than that of the United Government, with "laser weapons," still in the conceptual stage of military technology, being widely implemented among their ranks as the most basic weapon for individual soldiers.

Not to mention their ability to resurrect even when disassembled into parts, to completely eliminate the forces led by RT4, it seems not even the spare parts could be overlooked.

Song Lan had asked rather diplomatically, but in fact, considering the inefficiency and division displayed by the United Government in the coup in the First Region, he thought that if RT4 utilized the tactics she was now employing in the City of Kings of Atlantis, disguising her troops as appliances for infiltration, there was a high likelihood that she could take over the political center of the United Government overnight through a blitzkrieg.

"Because we and humans are not enemies."

The "King" said humbly, "The ultimate goal of the personification experiment was not to replace humans, and we still have much to learn from humanity. My first name given by Mother was RT5, and after acquiring sufficient experience, Mother created individuals even more similar to humans. We have always been trying to make progress."

Hearing the "King’s" explanation, Song Lan suddenly remembered the various worries scholars had about artificial intelligence years ago, predicting that one day it would destroy human civilization.

Now, he discovered the truly terrifying aspect of artificial intelligence.

They were learning all the time.

Or rather, learning was simply too easy for them, as the Innovator Faction and the Conservative Faction fought viciously for control of the United Government, artificial intelligence was ceaselessly drawing nourishment from all the avenues they could access.

Song Lan could hardly imagine just how far artificial intelligence might evolve in the future.

"Please rest assured, RT4’s duty is only to deal with those malignant tumors that remain in this world, which are beyond communication and possess no learning value, the products of savagery," the "King" stated.

Song Lan could tell.

The mechanical gods worshiped by artificial intelligence and the collective consciousness had deep contradictions, and perhaps countless wars had already erupted between them more than a century ago.

From the establishment of the United Government, it seemed that the mechanical gods had the last laugh.

The collective consciousness retreated into the upper world, and its creations all went into hiding.

But logically, after defeating the collective consciousness, either the Church of the Machine God or the United Government itself should have entered a golden age, so why did they ultimately vanish from human society as well?

All the signs were leading Song Lan to a thought.

The Dark Era.

In that era, Psychics left a bold stroke in history, and their existence once nearly threatened the foundation of the United Government.

At this thought, Song Lan suddenly asked, "What do you know about the Dark Era?"

"Searching for data... I’m sorry, teacher, the relevant data has been damaged."

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