Eh? You want to try the humanoid girl's iron fist too?

Lingyin glanced at Raphael but didn't say anything. She simply followed closely behind Raphael and stepped into the blood-stained corridor.

"If they had gone directly through Osaka International Airport, maybe they wouldn't have died?" Rin asked, squinting at the corpses on the ground as she followed behind.

"No, you will still die, just in a different place."

"In the sky?"

“Global Hawks are circling overhead, tracking them. There’s no way they can escape.” Feiniao flipped open his tactical pad. The overhead view on the screen was very clear, even marking the locations of the corpses.

Moreover, the infrared strobe recognition signal they installed on their baseball caps was also very clear.

The fate of Sablov Demilitevich came to an end after he made contact with agents of the Russian Foreign Military Intelligence Service.

Whatever Sablov's predicament may be—whether Polothinko threatened him with his family or used violence to coerce him—it doesn't matter. After all, those who can stick to their original stance and remain steadfast are ultimately a minority.

Raphael never showed sympathy for such things.

If she feels sympathy, who will feel sympathy for her as a tool of killing?

Raphael had only one thing to say to Professor Sablov: "I'll borrow your head for a bit, thank you."

She can distinguish between what is important and what is not.

Running away is indeed easy, but who will provide for your physical maintenance?

Spare parts and the like are all now in the hands of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and besides, Raphael doesn't want to be stuffed into a server or a warship as an AI assistant.

Such a future is completely unacceptable to Miss AI, who has already tasted "life".

Book 1: The World Before the Great War: Chapter 125 The Prospects of the Bionic Humanoid

The CIA cleaners arrived quickly, as if they had been waiting nearby the whole time.

Once the message was sent out, their people in Kyoto rushed over immediately, some clearing the surveillance footage, some cleaning the campus, and some washing the ornamental stones.

These guys in dark tracksuits didn't say a word; they were only focused on the work at hand.

The two bodies were placed in body bags and then thrown into a black-painted limousine.

Lingyin cast a curious glance at the car, noticing the paint on the back.

Upon seeing the words "XXX Funeral," I immediately realized it was a standard hearse and lost all interest.

Raphael watched for a while and, finding that the cleaners didn't seem to be coming to receive the hard drive, turned around and left the busy scene with Rin and Asuka.

When I got home, it was already 5 a.m., and dawn was just two hours away.

The engagement lasted less than five minutes. The Russians' support or guards were quite unprofessional, with only the last agent who tried to strike up a conversation being somewhat interesting.

There were many doubts, and she couldn't find anyone to answer her questions.

While there was still some time, Raphael and Asuka read the project information and experimental data stored on the hard drive.

Sablov Demilitvich's main research focuses on robot joints, specifically how to make industrial robots more precise and flexible while also giving them versatility.

This is indeed an ambitious yet promising development project. If successful, it should be able to carve out a large share of the market with its excellent performance.

But is there any need to panic and be in such a hurry?

Raphael didn't quite understand why the United States was already capable of manufacturing bionic humanoids.

Although the most critical mental issue has not been resolved, it is certain that this problem will be solved in the future.

Once the production cost of bionic humanoids decreases, these devices will have a significantly wider range of applications.

Bionic humanoids can not only play a role in industrial production, but also in aerospace exploration, because robots can adapt to a wide variety of environments and save on wage subsidies and high training costs.

Roughly calculated, based on the average income in 2025, the factory pays its workers $7 a year, while the U.S. military pays a corporal a base salary of $5 a year.

In contrast, the daily life of androids, excluding all the messy and unnecessary things, only requires providing them with enough energy.

What if it is broken?

Either replace the parts for repair, or simply remove the core and insert it into a new body; once it's used up, just produce another one.

The wages and insurance paid to human employees will all be saved, so why not?

As per the design of DARPA and the Department of Defense, the military humanoids to be produced in the future will inevitably be inexpensive, and then a small number of humans will be assigned to command the military humanoids and heavy military robots in combat.

Raphael knew that DARPA had terminated its development of artificial intelligence based entirely on a mind core and had instead begun to seek another form of artificial intelligence that could be completely controlled by humans.

This means that future humanoids will not need the same level of learning and training as her; they can be made self-disciplined and intelligent simply by being instilled with the corresponding knowledge and skills.

When these humanoids are manufactured, they can replace many human professions. Their strength, endurance, and fortitude are far superior to those of humans.

Humans can only be compared to them when they wear active exoskeletons.

As for the issue of going underwater, Raphael's original body can handle it; it's not a problem at all.

Aside from the training costs of the prototype, their only remaining cost is the production cost of the humanoid form.

At this point, bionic humanoids can be introduced into all walks of life.

In theory, there is no need to pay additional wages, subsidies, insurance premiums, etc., let alone consider the issues of food, drink, excretion, and education for the first 22 years after birth.

In terms of organization, it is quite deadly to humanity, especially in the military.

Where there is war, there will be sacrifice. Even the bravest soldiers will feel fear when faced with overwhelming artillery fire. This is a human's instinctive reaction when facing death.

The book "Field Artillery Operations and Fire Support" defines the effects of artillery fire in three ways: suppression, cessation, and annihilation.

The means of “suppression” is to cause at least 3% casualties or material losses. The purpose is simply to make the enemy’s combat power inefficient, and the casualty rate is relatively low.

"Suspension" is to cause at least 10% casualties or material losses, with the aim of temporarily depriving the enemy of the ability to continue carrying out the mission.

The highest level of "annihilation" is to inflict at least 30% casualties or material losses on the enemy, using devastating artillery strikes to completely incapacitate them.

Of course, discussing casualty tolerance without considering the level of combat is simply irresponsible.

At the company level, apart from a few staff officers and sergeants under the company commander, almost everyone is a combatant, and it is quite possible that the entire company will fight to the death and not retreat.

When the level is raised to the regimental level, it's different, because in addition to three combat battalions, the regimental commander also has a large number of directly subordinate units.

Based on the structure of a World War II infantry regiment, an infantry regiment of about 3,000 men could only spare a maximum of 1200 men for frontline engagement.

If more than half of the troops are killed or wounded, the regiment is basically reduced to a shell. If more than 70% of the troops are killed or wounded, they can only be reorganized in the rear, which can be called "annihilation".

The current combat divisions maintain a strength of around 15000 personnel, with infantry actually deployed to the front lines accounting for no more than 40% of the total.

Therefore, any division that could still be put into combat even after losing more than half its members was undoubtedly a top-tier elite force.

The higher the level of the combat unit, the lower its tolerance for casualties.

Because in order to enhance its combat capabilities, more support units will be assigned to it, and technical troops cannot be directly deployed to the front lines like infantry.

After all, training an armored soldier is much more laborious than training an infantryman.

The more modern the warfare technology, the more valuable the branch of service; simple infantry combat has little value.

Similarly, the deaths of a large number of junior officers also lead to low command efficiency and slow battlefield response speed—the collapse of the command chain is a very serious problem.

If these soldiers were replaced with inexpensive military dolls, their organization and execution capabilities would be enhanced to an unprecedented degree.

Because it's a humanoid form, there's no need to consider the collapse problem; you only need to consider the Lanchester equations—a set of differential equations relating the changes in troop strength between the two sides during combat.

After all, with fewer people, combat effectiveness will decrease significantly, which can be simply understood as a decline in economies of scale.

Needless to say, the service industry includes roles such as restaurant servers, maids, android surgeons, and basic teachers—any android with a certain level of intelligence can fulfill these roles.

Raphael patted his belly. Even if some users had peculiar little hobbies, the artificial bionic organs could satisfy their needs...

Humanoids can handle both high-end and low-end jobs in the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries.

As for the excess human resources, there are solutions, but they would violate...

The car keys were then given to them.

"The car still has half a tank of fuel, enough for you to drive to a remote, impoverished area 200 kilometers away."

Those slightly seductive eyes narrowed slightly, scrutinizing the girl in the sailor uniform. He frowned in thought for a moment, glanced at his watch, and raised his right hand to his sleeve, saying:

"Data has been retrieved."

"What about weapons and equipment?" she then asked.

"Guns are being recycled too?"

"Of course, this equipment was borrowed from SEAL Team Six's warehouse. If it's borrowed, it has to be returned."

The woman tossed aside her cigarette butt, stomped it out with the tip of her high heel, and looked at Raphael with amusement.

"Do you want this equipment?"

Raphael glanced at the cigarette butt on the ground, his brow furrowing slightly. "What, is that not allowed?" His tone was completely flat.

"Of course... no."

If it didn't work out, so be it. Raphael watched as the CIA woman loaded the three assault rifles and their accompanying equipment and ammunition into the car, then drove off with the documents she had worked on all night.

If it weren't for the fact that they were on the same side, she would have at least called the Kyoto police to tell them that there were leads on the gunfight at Kyoto University last night.

Although it's not very useful, it's still disgusting.

Lingyin poked Raphael's cheek with her finger and whispered in her ear, "What's wrong? Thinking about calling the police?"

Raphael shrank back and took two steps to the side to avoid Lingyin. She was certain that Lingyin harbored unusual and subtle thoughts about her.

This subtle idea is truly astounding, it's unbelievable...

"You two, come in and see the news." Asuka stood in the entrance hall, beckoning to Suzune and Raphael, "Something big has happened in Europe today."

"What's wrong?" Raphael asked.

"The far-right party that won the election announced that the armed forces will begin to expand. It plans to invest 30 billion euros to increase the total strength of the armed forces to 500,000. They announced that they will maintain a 10% annual budget increase over the next four years."

"300 million?"

"Yes."

Feiniao glanced at the information displayed on the iPad and said:

They also announced the creation of a special defense fund of 2000 billion euros to accelerate the process of military modernization.

The Defense Policy Guidelines published yesterday clearly state that the primary task of the defense forces has shifted from 'preventing and managing crises' on a global scale to homeland defense.

All previous clauses regarding combating international terrorism have been removed; the phrase "can assist the police in carrying out domestic counter-terrorism missions when necessary" has been changed to "can replace the police in carrying out domestic counter-terrorism missions when necessary."

She took a breath, like a human, and continued, "This military expansion plan and military spending plan have received unprecedented support from the public."