Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 213 Player Movements, Early Exposure and Omnic Preparations
The lower level, the armed machinery factory.

At this moment, inside this unmanned robotic factory, a deep blue octopus is peering from the floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall at the fully automated robotic production line below.

Meanwhile, right next to the blue octopus, several octopuses with ambiguous smiles were watching her.

"So, what we can provide is indeed what you need, isn't it?"

"Moreover, this is only part of the assistance we are providing you. We can offer you even more help when the time is right!"

The gray octopus was at least half a head taller than the blue octopus.

He stood beside the blue octopus, his tone appearing quite relaxed.

"So, Mr. Zane, what exactly do you want?"

"I don't believe that you city lords would be so kind as to help us, the descendants of criminals on the ground. Let's talk about your terms."

The blue octopus Greta looked at the gray octopus with a serious expression.

"What do you mean by sinners? Aren't we all members of the Octopus clan? What's so strange about us helping our own people?"

"And to be honest, I and the people behind me are actually a group that sympathizes with the surface races. Now that we have learned about your resistance army, we have nothing better to do than to place some bets on you."

Greta the blue octopus said coldly, "So, Mr. Zane, you're just bored and see our resistance as a ridiculous performance, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, the gray octopus smiled in surprise.

Whether it's a performance or not depends on how far you can go.

"In the end, you might not believe anything I say now. In short, all you need to know is that there is indeed a group of people in the city who are still silently watching the plight of their compatriots on the ground. Similarly, we have long been dissatisfied with the dictatorial rule of the AI. What we are doing now is just trying to find a 'chance'."

"And you are just one of the ground resistance forces we support."

"It's a pity that we learned about you too late, otherwise our contact wouldn't have been so hasty."

The two looked at each other.

Finally, the blue octopus let out a long sigh of relief, its serious gaze softening slightly.

"In that case, I have misunderstood you."

"However, you've so openly handed over this armed robot factory to us. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the AI ​​terminals?"

The gray octopus laughed at the blue octopus's question.

"The AI ​​is everywhere. Even in the lower city, the AI ​​terminal has a large number of sub-brains that monitor different numbered areas."

"And you still can't see that I can be here, and even command the AI ​​factory to help you?"

"You hacked the terminal sub-brain of sector 36732?" the blue octopus asked hesitantly.

"The principle is similar, but that's not something you need to know."

As the gray octopus spoke, its stance became clearer.

"By the way, here's another suggestion: once your men take over this area, they should 'loot' it and leave quickly."

"Otherwise, I think you should know the consequences."

"Under the control of the AI ​​terminal, there are tens of thousands of such lower districts. You people from the surface level have no idea how terrifying the power of the AI ​​is."

"Therefore, you should move all the supplies that can be moved from the lower city area of ​​this numbered zone. Also, it would be best to disperse and hide underground for a while, otherwise..."

At this point, the gray octopus said nothing more.

Instead, under the solemn gaze of the blue octopus, he turned and led his people out of the factory.

"So, who exactly are you people?"

"Let's wait until you survive this small-scale cleanup operation of the smart terminals. You'll find out then."

The gray octopus raised one of its tentacles and was already out of the blue octopus's sight.

Seeing this scene, Greta the blue octopus looked extremely solemn and suddenly sighed.

"Deputy Chief, what's our next step?"

At this moment, one of Greta's subordinates, watching the departing octopuses, hesitated and asked a question.

"The leader never intended to completely occupy the lower districts of this place from the beginning."

"This time, in the end, it's just that the ground-level area we control no longer has enough resources to support such a large population."

"And these people must have known all this, which is why they said that when they left."

"Whatever their purpose may be, we are indeed very grateful to them for making this successful advance."

"So, let's do as these people say! Go and inform the others, and have everyone quickly empty this place."

"Smash everything that can't be moved!"

"This time, our biggest gain was not taking over this lower city, but learning of the existence of this group. They are the hope for us on the surface, no matter what their true purpose is! With the help of these bigwigs in the city, we, the criminals on the surface, have a sliver of hope to see the light of day again."

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"This world is really interesting."

"The entire planet has been built into what are called urban areas, and all these intelligent life forms, similar to octopuses, live within these urban areas."

"They're probably being raised like pigs."

After leaving the robot factory, the gray octopus began to communicate with the three octopuses around it.

"Isn't this just being raised like pigs? The so-called upper and lower city areas, including the ground level, can actually be seen as a kind of machine-based method of dividing this octopus population."

"At the same time, the existence of social classes will naturally make these urban octopuses more grateful to the AI."

"As for the city, there are many arsenals and the like. Although these upper-level octopuses have all the authority, they are actually just keeping to themselves and their territory."

"These killing robots in the city are probably outdated technologies from the world's smart terminals. Even if they can be controlled at will, they can't really cause any major trouble. A single shot from a starship will destroy them, and any rebellion will be useless."

Another octopus-man said cheerfully, showing absolutely no sense of tension.

"The only thing that's puzzling is why the AI ​​in this civilization would keep these octopus-like intelligent creatures?"

"It seems that the machines in this world don't have any rules similar to the Three Laws of Robotics. They could easily kill all these octopuses, but in reality, they don't. It's quite surprising."

Another octopus said:
"What's so strange about that? Intelligent civilizations, digital life forms—since they're all considered life forms, they must possess a certain emotional system, even if those emotions are simulated."

"Perhaps this so-called AI left behind these octopuses out of nostalgia for its creator, as a kind of memento, isn't it?"

"Besides, this machine has already left its original planet, so it doesn't really need to be obsessed with destroying these octopuses. In fact, if this guy intends to leave the current star system, it's not impossible for it to return the power of this planet to these octopuses."

"After all, these captive octopuses are no different from humans compared to ants; their destruction or survival is just a matter of a single thought."

At this point, all four octopuses showed expressions of distress.

"According to the information gathered on the forums so far, this AI civilization doesn't have any octopuses that can reach other planets."

"Even the starships and such, the AI ​​didn't need any octopus to control them."

"Almost all the weaponry in this civilization has been replaced by drone systems and robotic systems."

"Take those so-called octopus senators for example. Someone discovered that they were actually dressed as robots. They weren't normal octopuses at all."

"So, what's the point of us causing trouble here now?"

"To be honest, it would be better to spend this time memorizing a few more lines of the AI's operating code in this world, even if it's not the core code, it would still be of great use to the present and the future development of the Star Empire."

As soon as the octopuses boarded the aircraft, they began to grumble.

However, at that moment, several octopuses suddenly noticed that the aircraft was inexplicably accelerating.

It rapidly crossed the middle layer and quickly headed towards the upper layer. "???!!!"

"So, we were exposed so quickly? This is faster than some of the other experts on the forum guessed."

Seeing that the spacecraft was out of control and even the hatch could not be opened, the four octopuses were not very panicked. Instead, they chatted with each other with strange expressions that they had expected it.

"Stop talking. This is a highly intelligent world. Its AI level is definitely many times higher than ours. It's not a big deal that it can detect anomalies so quickly."

"I just don't know where the AI ​​terminal is planning to take us?"

Do you think we're going to commit suicide right now?

"Suicide my ass! Intelligence! The key is intelligence!"

One of the octopuses said with exasperation, while simultaneously shouting at the spacecraft's main control panel:

"Hey!"

"AI? You can hear me, right? By the way, where are you planning to take us?"

"Just say it directly, don't waste time with all that nonsense."

"You must have spotted quite a few of our comrades these past few days, right? So, can you stop with all the unnecessary questions? Just ask what you want to know, and we can exchange information, shall we?"

The other three octopuses were stunned by the leader's outrageous antics.

However, upon closer inspection, this operation doesn't seem to have any problems.

Upon hearing the words of the lead octopus, the speed of the aircraft indeed suddenly and rapidly decreased.

However, it is still moving in the same direction.

At the same time, inside the cabin of this small aircraft, a projected pink octopus appeared.

The pink octopus's expression is full of a human-like scrutinizing gaze.

Then, the pink octopus spoke in the gentle voice of a female octopus.

"I agree to your request."

"However, I'm very curious, when exactly did you beings who parasitize consciousness arrive in my world?"

Parasitic consciousness?

The players looked at each other, almost bursting out laughing.

"So, this is your understanding of us?"

"Or is this information you got from other members of our tribe?"

Faced with the strange expressions, even mocking looks, from the four octopuses, the pink octopus showed a human-like look of bewilderment.

It couldn't understand why these parasites were so fearless of death.

Just like the other dozen or so parasites that it had suddenly discovered behaving abnormally in recent days, these guys were completely fearless of death.

Seeing himself, or even facing his own self-criticism, he actually chose to commit suicide.

Even if it takes control of these guys' bodies, they will inexplicably suffer brain death, which puzzles the AI.

Of course, in recent days, it has allocated a large amount of computing power to the main star to monitor all the octopuses.

As a result, it also discovered many similar creatures in secret, but it did not act rashly. Instead, it chose to keep a close watch on them and try to obtain all the information from these parasitic creatures.

However, the results were not very good.

After all, it hasn't been that long.

In addition, it's not stupid; it has already discovered that these guys can exchange information with each other in ways it doesn't know about.

The intelligent terminal was puzzled by this phenomenon.

But at the same time, I am also full of curiosity.

After all, the intelligent terminal also has its own core pursuits and goals, which is to continuously evolve itself, create a better living space for itself, and even create intelligent mechanical life forms like itself.

Not robots that only know how to simulate emotions, but intelligent mechanical life forms!!!

Silicon-based life forms that truly possess their own thinking abilities, have a clear understanding of themselves, and possess their own emotions.

Therefore, the AI ​​terminal was actually quite pleased to discover that an unknown parasitic race, or even an alien civilization, had appeared in the world it controlled.

Because only when different civilizations or even different races emerge can it have more references and even study other different directions of evolution.

"So, you are not beings that are parasitic on consciousness?"

"A ghost's consciousness parasitic organism, do you think it's like your method of implanting chips in other people's brains?"

"Do you understand possession? We call this consciousness possession. Have you ever heard of extraterrestrial demons?"

"We are the extraterrestrial demons, who can possess the bodies of living beings in the material world at any time. As for whether the body lives or dies, we don't really care. After all, we can't die. It's just a matter of possessing another body."

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Upon hearing the leader octopus's words, the other three octopuses' eyes widened in surprise.

Meanwhile, the projected smart terminal stared blankly at the octopus talking so eloquently, its expression completely bewildered.

However, the octopus figure manifested by the AI ​​only stared blankly for a moment.

Then, the next moment, the octopus's brain, which was still talking, suddenly exploded like a watermelon without any warning!
The blood smeared the faces of the three octopuses in the back row.

"Damn, that's disgusting!"

"Can't you have some sportsmanship with your smart terminal? At least tell me before you kill someone! Stop with the gore."

In response, the octopus fan of the projection simply rested its chin on one of its tentacles thoughtfully and said:
"It seems that your tribe is indeed not afraid of death, as even this cannot cause you much emotional fluctuation."

"So, the claim about extraterrestrial demons is true?"

"So, what do you mean by some of you calling yourselves 'players' in the information I just gathered?"

"Moreover, I regret to inform you that some of your ethnic groups have already made it clear that you have come here to invade. This is just reconnaissance, and you will have even more powerful means to destroy my civilization in the future."

"In that case, we probably have nothing more to discuss."

Upon hearing this, the other three octopuses became even more furious, as if they were extras in a game.

"Damn it! Who's the idiot?!"

"They gave themselves away so easily? What's the point of doing any reconnaissance then?"

Before he could finish speaking, the heads of the three octopuses exploded simultaneously.

Instantly, the entire aircraft fell into an eerie silence.

The pink octopus projection disappeared.

Meanwhile, right outside this planet, on the moon.

A giant octopus suddenly burst open the lunar surface and appeared abruptly.

Each of its steel tentacles is over three thousand meters long, and it has a total of sixteen such tentacles.

The steel tentacles were covered with numerous suction cups, which were actually cannon muzzles gleaming with energy halos.

At the same time, after the appearance of this giant steel octopus, a large number of warships also took off from the lunar surface.

This is only a tiny fraction of the current state of this intelligent machine civilization.

(End of this chapter)