Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 363 Gravitational Wave Detection Equipment

After seeing Lin Yu off, Chen Jian quickly adjusted the battle plan.

He realized something.

If the consciousness of all humans in the mountain city has merged into a single entity, then the most convenient and effective way is not to launch a direct physical attack, but to find a way to destroy the entity itself.

There is a chance for this.

After all, the AI "Lingxi," which plays a leading role in the mountain city, cannot escape the constraints of computing power or algorithms.

Most importantly, it has completely deviated from the course of "humanity". It is no longer dominated by humans, but by a bunch of anthropomorphic data that it thinks is human but is actually just a bunch of quantum simulations entangled and distorted in the void.
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Honestly, the term "mimicry heresy" is most fitting for it.

And it is precisely because of this situation that it is impossible for it to negotiate with itself without being "human".

Lin Yu will come again, and he will come many more times.

This is our chance!

Chen Jian breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then, he spoke:
"Fuxi, we will meet Lin Yu again."

"These androids are connected to the mountain city computing center via radio waves. You should know what I want to do."

"clear."

Fuxi's voice came through the earphones:
"Sir, what methods do you intend to use to achieve your goal?"

"Direct destruction, or takeover?"

"Taking over would be the best option."

Chen Jian replied:
"However, judging from the current situation, taking over will be very difficult."

"It would be better to destroy the main program directly and then use new methods to utilize the existing computing power units."

"clear."

Fuxi spoke again:

"Then we need to obtain the main program architecture information of the mountain city first - when Comrade Lin Yu comes again next time, we may need a more detailed and longer negotiation."

"I'll arrange it."

Chen Jian gave a brief reply, then stood up and looked at He Shuo beside him.

"Disband the Expeditionary Force and the Christian Guard."

"In Chongqing, a hot war is impossible."

"This will be an electronic warfare war!"

"Electronic warfare?"

A smile appeared on He Shuo's face.

"Speaking of which, if we could actually break into the main program of the mountain city, would we make a blockbuster movie like Inception?"

Forget it.

Chen Jian smiled helplessly:

"Once the intrusion and implantation are truly completed, the confrontation time will most likely not exceed one second."

"By then, you probably won't even have time to react before the battle is over."

"This is a war between Fuxi and Lingxi. As for us, we can only do our best to provide logistical support."

"Let's weaken Lingxi's computing power as much as possible through physical means to create an opportunity for Fuxi to attack."

"So we've become his lackeys?"

He Shuo asked with a slightly teasing tone:
"Fuxi, what do you think?"

A moment later, Fuxi's voice rang out.

"We are all serving the people; we are just different in our revolutionary roles."

"Hahahaha"

He Shuo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

With the shadow of war temporarily lifted, the atmosphere in the mountain city command post instantly became much more relaxed.

After laughing for a moment, He Shuo continued:
"Then I'll continue doing what I need to do."

"We are still severely understaffed."

"I need to resolve the matter in Jinling as soon as possible."

"I'll keep Guo Xu and the other two."

"can."

Chen Jian nodded.

"How do you plan to use it?"

"The same old three dishes."

He Shuo shrugged and replied:

"Hit, teach, let go."

"First, take them to fight a few tough battles, then teach them some of our skills, and then let them make their own choices."

"Those who remain at the end will become our people completely."

"However, this time, I plan to make it a bit bigger."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian looked at He Shuo curiously.

"This is the question I really want to ask you."

"So, how do we scale this up?"

"The number of people we've contacted is extremely limited right now. It's probably not that easy for three people to influence the entire city of Jinling."

After saying this, He Shuo shook his head mysteriously.

"To be honest, three people is still too many."

"If there weren't so few more intense battles to come, I would have loved for two more of Guo Xu, Zhang Chao, and Liu Hao to die."

"Leaving only one person is the most suitable option."

"Because the old clay sculpture has been smashed, what I need now is a new clay sculpture."

"And it is the only clay idol."

"Are you kidding me?"

Chen Jian frowned deeply.

"Cultivating a personality cult? That's a dead end!"

What kind of personality cult is this?

He Shuo helplessly shrugged.

"Captain, don't worry too much about my awareness. I've received a long education, after all."

"Creating a new clay sculpture is just a metaphor—a more accurate way to say it is to create a new symbol."

"I want to completely destroy the foundation of the Mechanicus."

"To destroy the foundation of the Mechanicus, I must equip those who have been educated by us but have not sided with us with the power to fight against the Mechanicus."

“I had already planned to do this with Jin Zhong.”

"But he was too impulsive, and the Liangxi City incident ruined the plan."

"Now, Guo Xu is the new candidate."

"He's a good fit."

“His faith in the so-called ‘Holy Trinity’ was very firm, but his faith had become more rational.”

“He believed that the Holy Trinity was an unknowable force, but he did not deify this unknowable force; rather, he used it as a tool.”

"That's good, it actually fits quite well with our belief system."

"As long as he can create a branch that can rival the 'Sanctuary Orthodoxy' of the Mechanicus, everything else will fall into place naturally."

"understood."

Chen Jian let out a long breath.

"So, this army of defenders of the faith is the gift you prepared for him?"

"It's not just the Christian Guard."

He Shuo shook his head.

"This expeditionary force is one of them."

"I left enough defensive forces in Hanshui City, enough for us to consolidate Hanshui as our new base."

"All other powers can be entrusted to him."

"The flames will spread very quickly, and it won't be long before the fire burns the entire city of Nanjing."

A look of longing appeared on He Shuo's face, and Chen Jian immediately followed up with a question:

"Are you that confident?"

"Of course."

He Shuo looked at Chen Jian and solemnly replied:

"Jinling City, or rather the entire Mechanicus, is in its most turbulent phase."

"Their new saint has not yet been chosen; the archbishop is currently acting in his place."

"If we don't seize this opportunity, who will?"

"Makes sense!"

Chen Jian nodded slowly. "Then go for it."

"I'm leaving this matter to you!"

Meanwhile, in Shanghai.

Following Shen Yue, Lei Jie, upon receiving the news, also rushed over without stopping.

Of course, his journey was longer and more difficult.

Fortunately, the landing went smoothly.

At least he didn't end up like Shen Yue, who almost got stuck in a tree.

Upon seeing Shen Yue, he immediately asked impatiently:
"How's it going? Have you checked the equipment?"

"Done."

Shen Yue pointed to the main passage behind him and then said:
“I have scanned the external structure of all the devices as requested by Fuxi. According to the information given by Lingxi from Shancheng, this thing does indeed look like some kind of generating device.”

"We just can't determine what the time crystal is all about."

"Of course, there's no way to be sure whether the information Lingxi provided is correct or not."

"It might just be some kind of smokescreen."

"possible."

Lei Jie eagerly headed towards the underground passage, then asked:

"What's the news from the Circular Commerce Guild? Have they provided any more specific intelligence?"

Shen Yue glanced at his watch, then replied helplessly:
"Wang Lizi should have just arrived in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. He needs to go back to headquarters to report first before he can give us any information."

"This efficiency is frighteningly low. Putting that aside for now, from your perspective, do you think it's possible for a time crystal to be created?"

"impossible."

Reggie answered without hesitation:

"This thing has completely surpassed the limits of physics that we can understand."

"If we want to create time crystals, we probably have to solve the Grand Unified Theory at least."

"But it is clear that our predecessors did not solve the problem of the unification theory."

"Then naturally, time crystals could no longer be manufactured."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yue looked puzzled.

"But Lingxi wouldn't lie about something like this, right?"

"Does it really want to negotiate with us based on a piece of fake news?"

Reggie frowned slightly and answered as he walked forward:

"That's exactly what I'm most worried about."

“I’m worried that Lingxi doesn’t actually understand the true purpose of the ‘ring’.”

"Or rather, it only knows one part, but is missing the most crucial information."

"No matter what, let's take a look first."

Do you understand it?

Shen Yue didn't voice his thoughts, but after Lei Jie had walked around the underground fortifications, he finally got the answer he wanted.

"I don't understand."

Lei Jie said helplessly:

"Damn it. I can recognize some of the individual pieces, but I have absolutely no idea how they're put together."

“I just checked the Fuxi database. Some of it contains optical dipole traps, and some contains laser coolers.”

"These two things are indeed used to manufacture time crystals, but only for experimental verification."

"Strongly interacting room temperature Rydberg atomic gas—that's probably the name."

"This thing was once seen as the hope for creating stable time crystals, but in the end, their so-called measurement data was proven to be due to a malfunction in the measuring equipment."

“Outrageous.”

Shen Yue clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"There's nothing outrageous about it. There are many such blunders in the exploration of fundamental physics. In fact, human understanding of fundamental physics has grown from these blunders."

"understood."

Shen Yue nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"How come you know everything?"

"I don't know anything."

Lei Jie rolled his eyes.

"I checked it in the database before I came!"

"Okay, that makes sense."

Shen Yue was speechless.

"So what's next? How should we deal with this equipment?"

"Try starting it up?"

"We have to start it and see."

Lei Jie nodded decisively and said:
"The 016 base was quite well sealed before it was opened, and the equipment was in very good condition."

"I don't think that even if it is started, it will lead to the catastrophic consequence of the equipment being completely destroyed."

"The risk is very low—but if it can be launched smoothly, the returns will be huge!"

"Then give it a try?"

Shen Yue asked:

"Report to the captain now?"

"What kind of report is this?"

Lei Jie looked at Shen Yue as if he were a fool, and then said:
"I only said to start it, not that it can start."

"Open your eyes and look around. Is there any energy left in this fortification to support such a large piece of equipment?"

"The fusion reactor has almost run out of fuel. We need to transport fuel first, inspect the reactor, and then we can start it up."

"This process will take at least a day."

"We'll report back to him once the supplies arrive."

"Now, let's try a partial boot."

What does "partial startup" mean?

Shen Yue asked, puzzled.

Lei Jie pointed to the equipment behind him and answered:

"The main body of this thing is very large, but a considerable part of it consists of monitoring equipment and measuring equipment whose purpose we do not yet know."

"This part of the equipment doesn't consume much electricity, and the existing power supply can support it."

"Let's get this part of the circuit working first, then open it up and take a look."

"If we can figure out what the people who manufactured this device are measuring, it will be helpful for the work we start later."

"Then let's do it your way!"

Shen Yue nodded decisively.

Without any hesitation, Lei Jie immediately instructed Fuxi to connect to the main system of Project 016.

Like the fusion fuel that has been almost completely depleted, the quantum computer at Base 016 has also consumed most of its computing power at an illogical rate.

Fortunately, maintaining the computing power required for Fuxi's access is still not too much of a problem.

A few minutes later, Fuxi's voice rang out inside Fortification 016.

"System ready, device partitions identified."

"Would you like to try starting it?"

"start up!"

At Lei Jie's command, the massive equipment began to hum.

Shen Yue instantly perked up, but Lei Jie waved his hand dismissively and said:
"Don't get excited, it's just a small cooling fan spinning."

"Fuxi, report the measurement readings! See what they're measuring!"

"clear."

Fuxi paused for a moment, then replied:

"The main data we have received so far is gravitational constant data."

"Electromagnetic flux data".