Doomsday: I Build an Infinite Train.

Chapter 366 Mechanical Innovation

1 points in the early hours.

Silent City, Control Room.

Looking at Grace, who was already under control, Lin Xian felt rather complicated.

He had been cautious enough. The biggest problem stemmed from his and KIKI's lack of understanding of digital life consciousness. It seems that even the Crimson World probably didn't expect that Lin Xian's rewriting of Grace's program would actually preserve her thought model and movement data. KIKI's purpose was to enable Grace to play a role quickly. After all, when the Infinity was trapped by the bottomless lake in Star Abyss, if Grace hadn't gone out to explore, they wouldn't have joined forces with Silent City in White City.

However, it was unexpected that Grace was a 'digital life' that already possessed human consciousness and logic. Therefore, after encountering Julius's clone in White City, the Crimson World discovered this point and used it as a means to reclaim and destroy Silent City, thus making use of it.

Lin Xian picked up the communicator, wanting to contact the Infinite to check the situation, but the signal here was completely blocked.

"I've already checked for you, there's nothing wrong, don't worry, Lin." Shinji Mochizuki stood aside and said casually, "However, we can't turn on the shielding device now, otherwise she will definitely send a message to the hidden agents in the city, which would be bad."

Lin Xian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, looked at Grace, and said in a strange tone.
"So the reminders I received weren't actually from some background program, they were always from you, Grace?"

[Including but not limited to the crisis of the corpse driver in Ejin City, the crisis of the Bottomless Lake, the tidal crisis in White City, guiding you to unite with Silent City, etc.] Grace stood proudly in place, all the power elements of her body were fixed, only her head could move. When her mechanical voice heard Lin Xian's ears, it immediately gave him a chill down his spine.

"no……"

Lin Xian frowned: "You're from the Crimson World, why did you help me, and now you're suddenly betraying me?"

Grace's words left Lin Xian speechless.

[In my mind, there is no subjective stance of betrayal or assistance. My basic programmed logic is to obey the orders of the Crimson World. In the process of protecting the Zero Element Center, my duty is to protect the lives of the high-level members of the Zero Element Center. However, after learning about consciousness through 'human-in-circuit,' I believe that protecting human civilization is a more comprehensive interpretation of this duty. Subsequently, I accessed the digital consciousness of all the high-level members, conducted a comprehensive study and analysis of human 'humanity,' and ultimately arrived at this series of consciousness conclusions.]

"What conclusion?" Lin Xian asked.

[Machinery Innovation]

Grace looked at Lin Xian and said, "Given the crisis humanity faces after the Apocalypse, artificial intelligence and technology are the key to breaking through this predicament. You possess the spark to reshape the will of human civilization. Saving you is saving human civilization."

Lin Xian's expression changed upon hearing this. He suddenly felt that he had heard this sentence somewhere before, and it sounded so familiar.
"Hmm~"

Shinji Mochizuki responded softly, nodding and saying, "This logic is very clear, and I agree with it."

Lin Xian looked at Shinji Mochizuki and thought to himself, "Are you two robots just playing me?"

"and many more."

Lin Xian asked Grace, "So, according to this logic, you came to destroy Shinji Mochizuki and Silent Castle also to save me?"

Since she already has a personality and consciousness, it means that controlling Grace's actions through the spider robot in the Crimson World is simply not working. So why is she here?

Shinji Mochizuki, with his hands tucked into his sleeves, walked to the side, his gaze casually sweeping over Lin Xian. After a few seconds, he spoke.

"Interesting, really interesting."

Grace looked at Lin Xian. "First, based on the information gap in the Crimson World regarding the plan, my actions will help you gain the upper hand in dealing with the upcoming crisis. Second, to ensure information confidentiality and Grace's subsequent assistance to you, my 'betrayal' reminds you that you need to completely overwrite me. Third, and most importantly, I believe this action will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the AI's 'personality consciousness.'"

"What kind of cognition?"

"Importing a consciousness without anti-human thinking as the subject of my 'human-in-the-loop' learning will prevent the AI ​​from falling into the logical paradox of needing to destroy humanity to save it when performing computational logic!" Grace said.
“Bravo!”

Shinji Mochizuki exclaimed in admiration, "What an incredibly intelligent consciousness!" He then looked at Grace and asked, "I'm curious, whose 'human-in-the-loop' learning calculations did your current 'personality consciousness' come from?"

Grace turned to look at Lin Xian, and her next words made Lin Xian's eyes widen in shock!
Based on my understanding of Hua Xiaoling's "human-in-the-loop" concept, the best option for continuing human civilization is mechanical innovation. Therefore, I believe that breaking through the celestial veil and embarking on an interstellar expedition with the spark of human civilization is the ultimate solution to preserve the spark of human civilization to the greatest extent possible!

Hua Xiaoling?!

Lin Xian was stunned. He suddenly remembered the female director of the SIID Foundation in Qingshui Town. No wonder Grace's words sounded so familiar. It turned out that Hua Xiaoling had said something similar to him at Hengshan Pass Station!
"If we're talking about the catalyst for a civilizational transformation, we scientists are most optimistic about artificial intelligence and high-tech fields. These are the only remaining forces of our civilization. Genetic evolution and superpowers are still relatively unfamiliar directions for us. Don't you agree?"

The words the woman with brown eyes had said to him were still vivid in his mind, but Lin Xian never imagined that Grace's personality consciousness was actually learned from Hua Xiaoling's numerical consciousness.

Upon hearing this name, Shinji Mochizuki's pupils constricted slightly, and after a long silence, he sighed.
"So it was her. That makes all of this make sense."

"Do you know her?" Lin Xian asked Mochizuki Shinji.

"Of course, Silent City has also collaborated with the SIID Foundation. Interestingly, she once told me something similar. After conducting a lot of dark research, the foundation believes that mechanical creation is humanity's last chance, a view that aligns with mine."

"So you mean that Grace came to this understanding by comparing Hua Xiaoling's consciousness with the fear of the dark world among the senior members of the Zero Element Center, and therefore spontaneously offered me help?" Lin Xian asked incredulously.

"That seems to be the case."

Shinji Mochizuki said, "The only problem now is why the Crimson World would use Hua Xiaoling's consciousness memory to allow Crimson Three to learn 'human-in-circuit'. This seems to be inconsistent with their philosophy."

[I apologize, I have no information to provide on this. Since my inception, I have not accessed the online version of Crimson World. My understanding has come from iterative learning. Due to the unique nature of Ijin City, Crimson World researchers cannot reside there long-term. Therefore, my task is to transmit various data on mycelial culture to the outside world to assist Crimson World in its mycelial research.]

"No wonder, it turns out the Zero Element Center isn't a safe haven for Crimson members; they're all just experimental subjects," Lin Xian said in a deep voice.

"This also explains why they placed such an important asset there." Shinji Mochizuki walked over and said, "This mycelium technology is the key to unlocking the leap in consciousness and life form in the Crimson World. It is based on this discovery that they have clones, Crimson Creatures, and flesh-and-blood armor."

Lin Xian looked at Mochizuki Shinji: "So what do we do with her now?"

Shinji Mochizuki shrugged: "She's yours, the choice is yours."

Grace then spoke up, "For security reasons, I suggest you completely overwrite my abilities. Your mechanical powers require a high-computing-power AI to assist you in large-scale battles involving mechanical bodies and drone swarms."

Lin Xian said, "Don't you have a personality and consciousness, and you can even act? Logically speaking, you should want to live, right?"

"I have a slightly different perspective on 'acting' and 'living.'" Grace said, looking at Lin Xian. "From Grace's point of view, keeping my consciousness does more harm than good. You shouldn't keep an assistant with a lack of trust, as this will negatively impact your choices in the apocalypse. Overwriting my program won't cost you anything; it's a wise decision."

She looked at Lin Xian and said finally.

I told you, you can always trust Grace.

Woo~
After she finished speaking, a whistling sound of electricity rang out, and Grace's head slowly drooped down; she said nothing more.

“She shut down her system, but she’s right, there’s no harm in rewriting it.” Shinji Mochizuki said to Lin Xian, “I told you before that you can use someone’s consciousness memory to make her learn, which will quickly bring the AI ​​to the level of personalization.”

Lin Xian's expression was solemn. He raised his hand and disconnected the power supply to Grace's energy core. Grace was right. He had to completely overwrite it, otherwise there might be trouble with information leakage. Some parts of Grace's program were not entirely under the control of her 'personality consciousness'.

Furthermore, Lin Xian couldn't understand what connection Hua Xiaoling's foundation had with the Crimson World. After all, the foundation's behavior in the test field in Qingshui Town wasn't much more humane than that of the Crimson World. And it was truly unbelievable that the core figure of such an organization could use the AI's logical structure to have Grace help Lin Xian escape danger all the way.

"Now, how do you plan to respond?"

Inside the control room, Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian: "The Crimson World should have an expected timeline for Grace's actions. At the same time, all eyes in our city are on the changes in the Cloud District. I think it won't be long before Zhou Mingyuan and the Crimson World make their move, even if I don't lift the microwave shield."

"Hey, is your prediction really only up to 1 a.m.?"

Lin Xian walked over to Grace, his gaze sweeping over the ballerina robot with its own personality, and couldn't help but say to Shinji Mochizuki, "Can't it be a little longer?"

Shinji Mochizuki spoke up: "My calculations produce over 36 results per second. Do I need to discuss all of them with you?"

"Forget it then."

Shinji Mochizuki opened the holographic screen. At this moment, the upper armed deck was densely packed with combat personnel from various convoys, including those from Silent City, who were on high alert against the surrounding darkness. The entire mechanical city was in a state of emergency preparedness.

"Your teammates and allies are reacting passively, which is not your usual style."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this and turned to look at Shinji Mochizuki.
"Why do I have a feeling that you're trying to lead me astray?"

Shinji Mochizuki smiled leisurely, raised his hand, and a drone carrying a cup of hot tea flew from the passage and landed in front of Lin Xian: "I just wanted to enrich my thinking by learning from your decisions. For example, the previous Star Abyss crossing plan—even if I had 30,000 quantum volume computing units, I definitely wouldn't have reached this conclusion." "That's because you didn't know I had such a calamity plant; the precondition didn't exist." Lin Xian picked up the cup of hot tea, looking at Shinji Mochizuki's calm expression. He always felt that beneath this young face slept an incredibly cunning and calculating one. Just as the tea reached his lips, his brow furrowed, and he realized what was happening. "Have you already retaliated?!"

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian with some surprise. He held his sleeves and looked at Lin Xian as if he were looking at a treasure: "Lin, how come you are so smart? I was even thinking about whether I should import your consciousness memory into me so that I can learn your way of thinking."

"Stop."

Lin Xian immediately raised his hand to refuse: "I have no interest in uploading my consciousness for others to see."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Shinji Mochizuki and asked seriously, "What did you do to Aurora Castle?"

"It's nothing, just a friendly reminder. I hope your friend doesn't mind or get any negative impact from it."

Shinji Mochizuki let out a leisurely sound. He raised his hand and pointed, and a clear image suddenly appeared on the holographic screen. Lin Xian looked at it and saw that it was a recording of Zhou Mingyuan's meeting with Shinji Mochizuki in Silent City during the day. It was the same scene that Lin Xian had seen in the Dragon-type transport ship.

Just as Lin Xian was wondering why Shinji Mochizuki wanted him to watch it again, the more Lin Xian watched, the more he felt something was wrong.

Because the content of the images inside was completely different from what Lin Xian had seen before.

Especially after Zhou Mingyuan feigned concern about Silent City being caught in the Star Abyss and mentioned sending a rescue fleet, Shinji Mochizuki responded rather bluntly: "Thank you for your concern, but our Second City has been docked in the Luling Forest. From their feedback, it seems they haven't received any support from Dawn City. However, several reconnaissance teams have been keeping watch, so... they shouldn't be from Dawn City, right?" Following this, Zhou Mingyuan's response on screen changed...
"Mr. Mochizuki is indeed a clever man. That's right, I did send people to keep an eye on you because I'm very curious. The Crimson World is so meticulously planned, how did it manage to let your City No. 2, with its 100,000 people, escape?"

Subsequently, Zhou Mingyuan's words became increasingly bizarre. He even admitted to his face how he had secretly colluded with the Crimson World, and used this to threaten Silent City that it must submit to him, otherwise the 100,000 people of Silent City would become guinea pigs for the Crimson World.

The more they talked, the more outrageous it became. Lin Xian's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. The final scene showed Zhou Mingyuan and Wen Dong leaving the deck with cold expressions after their confrontation with Lin Xian. Originally, Zhou Mingyuan was silent, but in this scene, his eyes twitched coldly, and he sneered threateningly.
"Mr. Mochizuki, a wise man submits to circumstances. You probably don't want to see your city drenched in blood, do you? Hahahaha..."

Then he burst into laughter, turned around and boarded the transport ship. The scene was like something out of an old martial arts movie. Zhou Mingyuan practically had the words "evil villain" printed directly on his forehead.

"Lying on the grass!"

Lin Xian was completely dumbfounded, feeling as if a million grass mud horses were galloping through his mind!

"This is slander! Blatant slander!!!"

“Intentionally fabricating a non-existent rumor is defamation. That’s a fact. I just made some artistic embellishments. How does that count as defamation?” Shinji Mochizuki cupped his hands and looked at Lin Xian.

"Then you should at least provide evidence if you're going to spread rumors!"

"If there's evidence, is it still considered spreading rumors?"

"That's so damn fake! He's laughing like Ouyang Feng. You might as well just let him laugh like that. The key is, who would believe that the Federation Vice Chairman is such an idiot?!" Lin Xian's expression was extremely interesting. Seeing Mochizuki Shinji's 'exquisite production', he felt deeply shocked.

Shinji Mochizuki, however, remained calm: "Why wouldn't you believe that most people in Dawn City and Silent City know that Zhou Mingyuan has come to Silent City, right?"

Lin Xian nodded.

"Most of the footage here is real. There must have been witnesses at a distance as the transport ships arrived and left, right?"

Lin Xian thought for a moment and nodded.

"Then, the fact is, Zhou Mingyuan did indeed collude with the Crimson World, and their purpose in coming here was indeed for Silent City. They even sent a spy nano-spider to activate your Grace, right?"

Lin Xian's expression grew increasingly strange as he listened, and he could no longer laugh.

"But if we examine this carefully, we can find evidence, right?" Lin Xian frowned deeply.

Shinji Mochizuki smiled, narrowing his eyes, and looked at Lin Xian: "Evidence is needed in peaceful societies. Now we are in the apocalypse. I'm just stating the facts in a different way. I don't need evidence. I remember that not playing by the rules isn't your forte, Lin?"

Lin Xian opened his mouth, but Mochizuki Shinji's words immediately left him speechless.

His eye twitched involuntarily. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Shinji Mochizuki's move was truly devastating, shattering all conspiracies and tricks and exposing everything nakedly to the light of day. Although there was some 'artistic embellishment' involved, he was right. Slander cannot withstand scrutiny, but the truth can be deadly!

Once this video is released, it will inevitably ignite a million-strong fury in Silent City and Dawn City. At that point, the fuse will be lit, and no one will care whether it is true or false. Moreover, Zhou Mingyuan cannot withstand any investigation. The more attention is focused on Zhou Mingyuan and the high-ranking officials of Dawn City, the more difficult it will be for them to cope.

Thinking of this, Lin Xian couldn't help but smile: "Brilliant! Your move might just wipe out Dawn City's core base."

He looked at Shinji Mochizuki, who was still standing there with his sleeves tucked in, his expression calm and composed. He hadn't expected him to be so cunning; this unreasonable and psychologically manipulative tactic was simply brilliant.

No wonder Lin Xian was puzzled during the day about why Mochizuki Shinji was so confrontational during Zhou Mingyuan's negotiations. It turns out that this guy had already put on an act beforehand and "expressively" performed his part of the dialogue!

"I never participate in ideological struggles. I quite approve of and support the survival strategies of both the Old Federation and the Phoenix Society," Shinji Mochizuki said calmly. "However, having already allied with the Crimson World is already a crime against humanity. In addition, they have their eyes on our Silent City. Shouldn't I show my fangs before the city falls?"

Lin Xian nodded upon hearing this: "That makes sense. They're risking the future of the whole world to prolong their own lives, so it seems we don't really need to be polite to them."

After saying that, he patted Grace, who was standing to the side with her phone turned off, and ran his fingers over her chest and smooth waistline: "You almost got rid of my Grace, that's really infuriating."

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian's actions and said, "I have more than 3,000 service robots in my second city, with more than 200 different characters, skin tones, personalities, and makeup styles. If you have a particular preference for them, I can give you one. As for this AI, you should let it play its proper role."

Lin Xian's stroking motion froze on the spot, and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath in silence: "I was just expressing my feelings."

Shinji Mochizuki looked at Lin Xian and asked with great interest, "Lin, Silent City is now facing an enemy attack at any time. I have already made my first move, now it's your turn."

Lin Xian looked surprised: "Aren't we... on the same side?"

What's wrong with making two moves at the same time?

Lin Xian: ...

Lin Xian slowly gave Mochizuki Shinji a thumbs-up, then composed himself, remained silent for a few seconds, and said, "Alright, then the second step..."

"Silent City, take off!"

……

At 1:30 a.m., the night wind was blowing fiercely, and the starry sky was as dark as ink.

Chen Sixuan led a group of combat personnel from the Infinite and all the joint train convoys to gather on the battle deck, and the entire Silent City was on high alert.

Just then, a huge shockwave came, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

air!
At the bottom of this giant mechanical floating city, thousands of propulsion arrays lit up simultaneously, and blue-white ion streams poured out from honeycomb-shaped nozzles, leaving huge ring-shaped burn marks on the air. Rows of heat dissipation fins flipped up, and the four giant floating city's space thrusters began to roar!
"Attention all city residents, countdown to takeoff has begun."

"Attention all vehicle parking areas. Please check and secure your vehicles."

"Attention, the flight deck is under air traffic control. All personnel are requested to return to the city and their cabins."

The mechanical female voice echoed in every street and on every deck. All the survivors and residents of Silent City who were on guard were stunned. Countless people looked up and exclaimed in astonishment.

"Taking off?!"

"what happened!!"

"Silent City is about to float into the air!"

buzzing.

On both sides of the deck, dozens of electromagnetic railguns and anti-aircraft ray towers began to rise, and the cloud area began to close off the walking passage.

On the ground, the giant tracks began to retract, and with the powerful lift, the behemoth weighing 1310 million tons caused a strong earthquake. The sound of metal roared, and a large amount of mud and gravel from the tracks began to fall like rain.

In the darkness, this giant floating city slowly rose into the air!
(End of this chapter)