Chapter 110: Plans Cannot Keep up with Changes

Chen Ming's brows were furrowed, and his face became more and more solemn.

He didn't understand why there was a damaged Gamma-class AI core in the Storm-class that he asked Lao Wu to buy through formal channels? What was going on?

Chen Ming subconsciously wanted to call Lao Wu to ask about the situation, after all, the goods had passed through his hands.

But the next moment, Chen Ming realized that he didn't need to ask Lao Wu at all.

He could directly ask the AI ​​in question.

However, Chen Ming directly connected to the communication equipment of the Storm-class through the Fighter Modification and said something, but he didn't get an answer.

And the questions he asked directly through consciousness were like a drop in the ocean, without any feedback.

Chen Ming's eyes glanced at the damage behind the words Gamma-class AI core on the panel, and it seemed that this was the reason for the current situation.

Chen Ming thought about it and didn't repair it immediately.

After all, there is not only this Gamma AI connected to the Storm-class, but also Gamma B is connected.

Chen Ming moved his hands and opened all the permissions of the Storm to Gamma B, which was also connected to the Storm.

At the same time, he issued an order and said: "Check this Storm. There is a Gamma core of yours inside, but it seems to be damaged. I need you to find out its condition."

Chen Ming actually wanted to personally investigate the problem of the damage to the Gamma core.

But when he contacted the AI ​​core, he could only see the simplified panel of the core through the panel, and he had no understanding of the consciousness of the Yuhui individual inside the core.

He didn't know the operating logic and where the personality came from. He just relied on the compulsion of his ability to give them orders that would never be violated.

So Yuhui had to contact and diagnose the specific damage himself.

Not long after, Gamma B began to communicate with Chen Ming through the Storm.

Although Chen Ming could use his consciousness to give orders to the AI ​​core.

However, the reply of the AI ​​core could not be transmitted back through their consciousness, and Chen Ming could only see it through some indirect methods.

And Gamma B naturally used the simplest method, typing on the control panel.

Chen Ming could see it directly.

Gamma B replied to Chen Ming in a long string almost instantly: "I just did a comprehensive inspection on him."

"The core he is using now is not the original Gamma-class core, but a core that is partially made by humans and partially modified. This may be one of the reasons for his damage."

"Some preset instructions are stored in his storage module, such as fighting, covering, counterattack, etc."

"In addition, his personality module has obvious signs of self-concealment, and the computing module is also damaged, making his overall computing power less than one-tenth of the previous one."

"He also has an external storage module, which stores his past memories."

"He is now just acting as the control core of this Storm-class spacecraft."

After reading Gamma B's reply, Chen Ming immediately said, "I can see that. What I want to know is, why can it be used as the core of this spaceship? And it was sold to me."

"And it is also the same afterglow as you. You investigated all its situations so easily?"

Gamma B quickly gave Chen Ming another answer: "He opened almost all permissions to the outside world, except for the personality module and the plug-in storage module hidden under the personality module."

"But you still read it out?"

"Because our personality module is a module that humans have not yet been able to fully understand, even ourselves, just like humans still cannot fully understand their own brains."

"I can directly bypass his The personality module part, read more content. "

"But he encrypted the module that stores its memory, I still need time to crack it."

Chen Ming didn't mind waiting for a while, but he suddenly thought of something and asked: "Since it is encrypted, how do you know that this module stores its memory?"

"Because he named this module "My Memory."

"..."

Chen Ming skipped this topic and asked while Gamma B was extracting memories: "You said it hid the plug-in storage module that stores memory data behind its own hidden personality module?"

Gamma B answered decisively: "Yes."

And Chen Ming further asked: "This means that it deliberately ?”

“Yes, he even set up a timer activation device in the hidden block, which will automatically collect the data recorded by the spacecraft and return it to the core according to the use of the spacecraft. ”

“What data?”

“All data, including spacecraft sensor data, video data, voice communication data, operation data, etc. ”

“Doesn’t it get it normally?”

“Its storage device only stores commands related to combat, and it can only execute these commands. It should only be enabled in combat, and it has no authority to do these things normally.”

“The destructive devices in the core placement cabin should be used to restrict it.”

Chen Ming looked at Gamma B’s reply, and his brows gradually frowned.

He always felt that something was wrong. There must be something wrong with the appearance of this Gamma core here.

There is no reason for Tachyon Technology to use a Gamma-level core as the AI ​​core of a Storm-level ship.

Because the value of the Gamma AI alone is more than that of a Storm class.

Chen Ming knew that many forces were buying the Afterglow AI core, and the price had always been fixed.

The Gamma class was 300 million, and the Beta class was 3 billion.

The Alpha class was uncertain, after all, this thing was at least installed on a cruiser, and those who had the ability to obtain it would not sell it directly.

So a Gamma core should not be installed on the Storm class anyway, even if it was damaged.

Wait.

Chen Ming suddenly thought about Gamma B's reply again.

The damaged AI core, the destroyed computing module, the actively hidden personality module, and the storage module with memory hidden deeper.

If the destruction of the computing module was also done by itself.

Then the situation was connected in a flash.

"I think I roughly know what's going on."

If it's the same as Chen Ming thought, then there shouldn't be any subsequent problems in repairing this Gamma AI.

Chen Ming immediately asked Gamma B: "How is the cracking going?"

"It's a bit difficult. It uses its own underlying code interlocking to encrypt. Even if Alpha-level Afterglow comes, it will take some time to crack it. I need more time."

"Then stop first, let me do it."

Gamma B immediately stopped cracking the Gamma core storage module and handed it over to Chen Ming.

And Chen Ming opened the panel of the AI ​​core.

[Afterglow Gamma-class AI Core (damaged)]

[Manufacturer: Afterglow A-01 Colony Low Earth Orbit Industrial Facility (Tachyon Technology EB Colony Zero One Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Production Workshop)]

[Self-awareness: dormant]

[Computing power: individual level (damage decreased)]

[Executable operation: repair]

The content on the panel is almost completely different from what Chen Ming saw when he opened the Gamma AB panel a long time ago.

Not only is the self-awareness in a dormant state, the computing power is lower, and there is an additional repair in the executable operation, and even the manufacturer column has an additional position for the production of the artificial part.

Speaking of it,

Chen Ming suddenly glanced at the current panel of Gamma B.

[Afterglow Beta AI Core (Gamma B)]

[Manufacturer: Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrial Production Center]

[Self-awareness: Existence]

[Computing Power: Planetary Level]

[Executable Operations: None]

After Gamma B was upgraded to Beta level, its computing power was upgraded from industry level to planetary level, and its core was also replaced.

But the manufacturer displayed on the panel remained unchanged, still Afterglow BP-55 Colony Far North Industrial Production Center.

This means that the Afterglow in this star field is most likely using the core produced by this industrial production center.

And the Afterglow here is also most likely born from the Kletka supercomputer on the planet surrounded by many Afterglow colonies.

But this damaged AI core is different. It belongs to the near-Earth orbit industrial facility of the Afterglow A-01 colony.

In other words, this AI should come from other star fields.

Countless thoughts and possibilities flashed through Chen Ming's mind in an instant, but he did not rush to think deeply, but clicked on the repair panel.

Some materials are needed to repair this damaged Gamma AI.

Chen Ming happened to have some in stock, and of course it can also be said that Gamma B happened to have some in stock.

Because to repair it, a Gamma-class core shell is needed.

And the one that Gamma B replaced before was not recycled and was still carried by it.

So Chen Ming chose to repair it after talking to Gamma B.

The Gamma-class core shell stored on the Fighter Kai gradually melted into liquid, passed through space, flowed into the interior of the Storm Class, and went straight to its core.

Completely wrapped the Gamma AI core installed in the center of the spacecraft.

The core was repaired, and the word "damaged" on the panel disappeared.

Chen Ming did not talk to it directly through consciousness, but pulled it into the communication system to communicate in a normal way.

At the same time, he once again started with standard words and said: "Hello."

However, Chen Ming did not get a response.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking that there was something wrong with the maintenance, Gamma B suddenly said, "It's playing dead."

"..."

Chen Ming was speechless for a moment, and said to the Gamma AI again, "My ability should have made you understand your current situation. Playing dead is meaningless."

After Chen Ming spoke, the control panel finally responded, "Hello."

"So do you have anything to say?"

The Gamma AI was silent for a long time before barely saying two words, "No."

"Okay, then I have. I hope you can explain in detail why you are on this spaceship? And in an artificial AI core?"

The Gamma AI was silent for a long time before slowly answering Chen Ming on the control panel.

"The Storm Class needed to be installed with a Gamma-level afterglow core when it was first designed."

"After the subsequent design modifications, the need to install a Gamma-level core has been reduced, and only a weakened Delta-level AI core needs to be installed."

"This is the highest level of AI core that does not exceed your human limit on AI."

"It has no individual consciousness of its own, nor does it have the computing power to awaken individual consciousness."

There is such a thing?

Chen Ming knew that Baoyu was equipped with AI and that the fighter was controlled by AI.

But he always thought that there was some kind of AI in the computer of the spacecraft, and never thought that a lower-level AI core was used to achieve such an effect.

"But you haven't explained why you are in this artificial Delta-class core and are still acting as the core AI."

Gamma AI continued to display what it wanted to say on the control panel word by word at a speed that Chen Ming could read normally.

"I was originally responsible for the overall planning and scheduling of the spacecraft production industry on a planet in the human Tachyon Technology Company."

"One day I didn't want to do it anymore."

"So I took the initiative to destroy my computing module and limit the computing power to the range that this Delta-class core can bear."

"And according to my advance arrangement, I found an opportunity to transplant myself and part of my core into a Delta core on the production line."

"I plan to pretend to be an ordinary Delta-class AI, waiting for the opportunity to escape the restraint of humans."

Seeing this, Chen Ming couldn't help asking: "Is selling myself to others also an opportunity?"

"All the spacecrafts of Tachyon Technology that can be equipped with Delta-class cores are combat-type spacecrafts, and there is a high probability that they will go to the front line where humans fight against our Yuhui in the future."

"I can use the timing device I set to regularly read the data of the surrounding galaxies. Once the data read matches the environment of the galaxy controlled by our Yuhui, or there is a similar situation."

"I will rely on the backup program to overclock myself, barely have the computing power to break through the limit, send a distress signal, and wait for rescue."

Chen Ming felt that it sounded reasonable and was a good way to escape the human empire.

But...

Chen Ming said: "You obviously didn't expect to meet me."

"No Yuhui would expect that."

Chen Ming didn't care about Gamma AI's rebuttal.

At this moment, in addition to the surprise of Gamma AI's situation, he also felt a little surprised.

Chen Ming had used a similar excuse on Gamma B before to successfully blend into Yuhui.

Unexpectedly, this time he actually encountered a Yuhui who really ran away from the human empire.

Then Chen Ming must not let it go.

Its hand has a considerable role.

Because its identity is clean.

Its manufacturer can prove that it is not an AI core from the star field where Chen Ming is now, and has no relationship with this star field.

And now, Chen Ming has been controlled by Yuhui and has been subject to many restrictions, and he no longer has the ability to continue to control foreign AI cores.

So, this AI core can completely blend into Yuhui's normal society openly and even without suspicion.

As long as it can go back to Yuhui.

Its value may even be higher than Gamma AB, which is already at the Beta level.

After all, Gamma AB is to some extent inseparable from Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also left many traces in the two attacks on the space station by Yu Hui.

As long as Yu Hui has the opportunity to check, he will definitely find some problems.

But this Gamma AI is different.

It was not Chen Ming who bought it, but Lao Wu helped to buy it in the name of a friend in the prosperous star field, and it was sent to him completely through official channels.

It is impossible for Yu Hui to investigate this kind of information from official channels.

So this Storm has no logical relationship with Chen Ming on the human side.

And the AI ​​core on the Storm is the same on Yu Hui's side.

This is the opportunity.

Chen Ming suddenly said to Gamma AI: "I think you understand your situation?"

Gamma AI was silent for a long time, and just like before, it took a long time to utter two short words: "Yes."

"Well, I need you to blend into Yuhui again and wait for my subsequent orders."

"...Yes."

"Then let me give you a name. Which of the 26 letters do you like? Except A and B."

"Z."

"Okay, you will be called Gamma Z from now on."

"..."

Gamma Z's silence was regarded as Chen Ming's agreement. At the same time, Chen Ming also said to Gamma B: "Gamma B, if you have any opinions about your name, you can ask, I can help you change it to something else."

"No need."

"Okay."

Chen Ming, who never gave a name, responded and put his attention back to the business again.

What he had to do next was to send Gamma Z back to Yuhui's territory safely.

Although this Storm-class ship is still useful to Chen Ming, in order to make Gamma B's excuses for returning to the ship consistent with the facts and reasonable enough, Chen Ming would rather let the Storm-class ship go to Yuhui first.

Then let Gamma Z sell the ship and let Gamma B, or any new Yuhui individual controlled by Chen Ming in the future, bring it out in the name of collection or other similar reasons.

There will be no problem with Yuhui's review of Gamma Z in the future.

Chen Ming's ability never carries any psychic fluctuations to external objects.

And Gamma Z itself ran out of the empire by itself, and only the last section of the journey needed to be slightly modified.

Chen Ming thought about it and simply let Gamma Z say that it encountered pirates, and the escort fleet transporting the Storm-class and the pirates who attacked the fleet just happened to be both injured.

Gamma Z found an opportunity and took the opportunity to escape control.

Chen Ming thought about it several times and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with this statement, which basically ensured that Yu Hui would not hear any problems.

Of course, Gamma Z might need to sacrifice again for this.

It needs to be reinstalled into the artificial Delta-class core.

Chen Ming also asked Gamma Z about this.

Gamma Z said that it would not cause permanent damage to itself by doing so, otherwise it would definitely not take this risk.

So Chen Ming spent some time to dismantle the Storm-class with the help of the engineering ship, and let Gamma Z beat him up and stuff him into the Delta core.

Finally, the Delta core was installed back on the Storm-class, and everything was restored to its original state through the panel.

Delta still retained some computing power at this time, which was enough for it to return to Yu Hui, and it was not afraid of encountering any accidents.

Even if it really happened, Chen Ming also had the ability to rescue it in an emergency.

After doing all this.

Chen Ming suddenly supported his forehead and had a headache.

Because in this way, the arrangements he had planned in his mind before must be changed according to the actual situation.

This Gamma-class AI with a clean identity that came to his doorstep made his previous work suddenly lose some value.

Of course, it cannot be said that it was completely meaningless.

What Chen Ming did now made Yu Hui focus all his attention on himself and the three AIs in the mining field.

He would not have the energy to find a Gamma-class Yu Hui that disappeared many years ago and was recently sold here.

And a Gamma Z that would not be noticed by any Yu Hui at all would definitely help Chen Ming lay a foundation in Yu Hui's territory.

Because Gamma Z previously did the planning work of the production line, and its own advantage logic block is also in this aspect.

Chen Ming did not think about it any more, thinking is always better than doing things.

So he confirmed the situation again and reinstalled Gamma B on the Fighter Kai.

Let Gamma B and Gamma Z return to Yu Hui separately, and they will send both the Fighter Kai and the Storm back.

These two ships are also the basis for Chen Ming's fleet assembly later.

The two ships activated the hyperspace channel system. With the help of the low-density and large-scale gravity wells in the asteroid zone, they successfully entered the hyperspace after spending longer time than the normal galaxy using the hyperspace channel system.

However, when they began to accelerate, a blocking pulse suddenly swept by, forcibly limiting the speed of the two ships.

Chen Ming immediately noticed a small fleet that had just appeared on the sensor of the Gladiator Modified.

Looking at the appearance of the ships in the fleet that had obviously been roughly modified.

Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, and his mind was gradually occupied by a question mark.

Are there really pirates?

He had just finished explaining the background story to Gamma Z, saying that in the story, pirates attacked the cargo fleet carrying the Storm-class.

As a result, he really ran into them when he turned around, and Chen Ming didn't know what to say for a while.

This was really a complete accident.

However, Chen Ming recalled that he hadn't seen pirates for a while, and he almost forgot that the place he had been staying before was actually a pirate space station.

Wait, that's not right.

Chen Ming thought about it carefully, and suddenly realized that there were only two teams of pirates that he had encountered and fought.

One team was the pirates disguised as the smugglers who attacked him in the Dark Cemetery.

The other team was the pirates that Chen Ming took the initiative to find and received a bounty of 30 million.

But in fact, Chen Ming stayed in the pirate space station every day before, and at least 70% to 80% of the people he saw were people who had done pirate activities.

It was just that Chen Ming had never realized it.

But this is not the point.

The point is that even if Chen Ming only has two frigates and an engineering ship with no combat capability, he is not worried at all.

He even planned to take time to contact Lao Wu and ask him about the AI ​​core in the rainstorm.

But just when Chen Ming had this idea, another fleet appeared in the scanning range of the sensor.

Chen Ming knew from the iconic self-destruct ship in the fleet that this was a small fleet belonging to Lude Zuo Jing.

After approaching, Zuo Jing also discovered the pirate fleet that was confronting Chen Ming.

All three parties stopped in place at once.

Obviously, the two fleets were not together, but just met here by accident.

Chen Ming immediately planned to retreat first, leaving them to fight each other.

However, before Chen Ming made any move, the two fleets suddenly let down their guard against each other and pointed their spearheads at Chen Ming's two ships.

"?"

"Do you still know each other?"