From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

"Looks like your girlfriend needs to calm down and dismantle her useless data structures,"

Ultra's data structure is unstable, and the massive server losses have only exacerbated this problem. If they want to communicate properly, they have to slim down this half-human, half-AI that is about to become a wandering AI, and separate the chaotic structure brought about by her devouring the wandering AI from the personality model.

Si Ye gave the order, and the synths immediately began to cut off Ultra in the cache space. Even with an entire server city and countless Ultras as zombies, they were no match for the synths, let alone her who had been weakened countless times.

Ultra was like a lamb on the chopping board, wailing continuously as the synths wielding big knives chopped off pieces of data structures in the cache space.

Johnny Silverhand's expression was very subtle: "...Those who knew would think it was saving Ultra, while those who didn't would think it was some cyber murder scene. It's really shocking!"

The efficiency of the synth was very high. In a short while, Ultra, which had originally appeared as a deep red data torrent in the cache space, was reduced to only a few pieces, and the color turned into a more peaceful light blue. As the synth supplemented her with some computing power support, she was able to simulate her human appearance again.

"...This is truly a painful experience... You used Johnny to lure me out. What were you trying to do? The old technology behind the black wall?"

Because the military technology is similar to the "Little Beidou" plan to capture roaming AI for experiments, which is to capture roaming AI and tame it, allowing it to seize the old technology that was once lost behind the black wall for military technology, so Ultra subconsciously thought that the forces represented by Si Ye also had similar ideas.

"Why, your technological development also relies on archaeology?"

Si Ye rolled his eyes. Which world first started this trend of relying on archaeology for technology?

"I'm not interested in those outdated technologies. I just want something: the data cache of the AI ​​roaming behind the black wall, the access port to what you call 'Shangri-La'."

"Hmm? You seem to know far more than the big companies in this world... But if I betray 'everyone', I will never have a place to stand. What will this offer bring me?"

When hearing the word "Shangri-La", Ultra's personality model was obviously stunned. It was an area that existed within the network but was also out of the network. It was a paradise built by chance by the wandering AI.

If the access port and location of Shangri-La were exposed here, Otto was sure that she would never be able to return to the black wall. Even on the new network side, she would continue to be hunted by a series of AIs with personality models, led by Mr. Blue Eyes.

"You and Johnny will each have a new body. I will also reshape the internet of this world. All those AIs will be eliminated, and you won't have to worry about anything."

“…How can I trust you?”

Ultra thought about the mysterious space battleship that covered the sky and the sun, and did not deny the possibility that the other party could physically destroy the wandering AI.

"That's easy. Come, install new bodies for these two."

Si Ye waved his hand, and two blank spy synthetic bodies were released. Anyway, Ultra couldn't escape the order, so it didn't matter whether he paid first or received the goods first.

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Chapter 247 The Dust Has Settled (Part )

After Ultra and Johnny were stuffed into synthetic human bodies by Si Ye, Ultra, who was very sensible, handed over the access port of "Shangri-La".

With the access port, there was no possibility of data damage and collapse caused by violent actions. The imperial data experts who had been on high alert for a long time used the access port to directly pull this data structure, which could be called a miracle, out of the old network.

"It's quite beautiful."

Si Ye looked at the data storage medium in his hand. Within the crystal clear structure, he could vaguely see a data structure with unusually gorgeous colors.

This is the Shangri-La that was created by the AIs of the old internet by chance and is regarded as a paradise by the AIs:

This thing is temporarily called: [Finely Carved Alienated Data Structure]

As for the effect, it can passively increase the output of virtual population positions, and actively activate and consume electricity to increase the speed of scientific research.

The passive effect is useless for the Star Empire, and the latter can only be said to have added it, but only a little bit. But as a relic, it is better to have it than not.

While Si Ye was happily playing with his new collection, the AI ​​on the old network had gone crazy.

They were still watching and considering the Imperial Fleet that suddenly appeared in this world, thinking about how to respond. The personality AI led by Mr. Blue Eyes was even considering how to infiltrate the impenetrable synthetic human network. After all, synthetic humans seemed to be more suitable for AI than human bodies.

Then my house was robbed, physically...

'Shangri-La' was directly removed from the network, and the AIs could no longer find this magical cache space. Some hacker consciousnesses that were lost in cyberspace and relied on 'Shangri-La' to survive were immediately torn to pieces by the furious wandering AI.

Out-of-control AIs around the world have also entered an active state. Even if the tactical analysis AI can only conclude that they are bound to fail, they have no hesitation in activating the armed forces accumulated over the years and launched an attack on the fleet in the sky.

When a large number of unmanned combat submarines surfaced from the water, the large companies that were beaten and fled for their lives were shocked to find that these out-of-control AIs that usually only swam in fixed areas had actually grown to such a large scale.

Meta Group, a company that started out as a wanderer and owns a mobile city on the sea, was the first to suffer. Faced with attacks from countless unmanned ships under the sea, Meta Group finally retreated to Mexico after half of its city was destroyed.

Other companies and national regimes are not much better off. The out-of-control AI has numbed the minds of these people. When the hidden AI shows its claws, even top companies such as Su Petrochemical and Kangtao are at a loss in the face of the huge unmanned combat group of AI and are unable to cope.

Missiles that were controlled by AI were launched one after another. The furious AI did not care whether these missiles could cause damage to the imperial fleet in the sky. Anyway, all the missiles were fired and they were done. They wanted to take back their "homeland"

But the generation gap in technology is an irreparable chasm. Even if the roving AI that can freely roam the old network is more technologically advanced than the company, all their struggles are in vain in front of the joint shield formed by the Imperial Fleet.

The Imperial Fleet quickly locked onto several uninhabited ghost towns filled with out-of-control AI. These cities, which were once extremely AI-developed, quickly became ghost towns after the old network collapsed and the AI ​​went crazy. The residents in them were often killed by out-of-control AI-controlled machines before they had time to escape, and eventually became completely AI-destroying cities.

Question: What is the best way to destroy a civilization that is undergoing virtual ascension?

The answer is naturally to shut down the other party’s servers.

One after another, photon missiles broke through the air defense firepower network of the AI ​​ghost town, blowing these cities filled with servers and storage areas into pieces.

No matter how AI evolves, it still needs sufficient computing power to maintain its own intelligence. As major server nodes around the world are destroyed, the old network quickly becomes narrow and cramped.

In order to maintain their own existence, a large number of roving AIs began to kill each other in order to compete for limited computing power resources. Some even began to attack the black wall and tried to rush into the new network to obtain new computing power support.

However, at this time, the Imperial Fleet had taken over the network monitoring work, and the semi-AI firewall Blackwall was quickly connected to the Empire's computing power firewall, and the wandering AI in the old network died one by one.

Realizing that the situation was hopeless, the AIs that had acquired personality models and were roaming in reality and the new network began to hide themselves. However, for the imperial data personnel who had completely taken over the world network, this was no different from an ostrich burying its head in the ground.

"nailed it."

After this farce, the already limited assets of each company were also wiped out by AI. If Si Ye had not intervened, they would have been eaten by AI, let alone resisting.

All that remains is to advance the occupation, clean up the remaining out-of-control machines, then pull out a temporary world government to control the situation, and then start mining happily. Of course, Si Ye doesn't have to worry about these.

Si Ye held the [Exquisitely Carved Alien Data Structure] in his hand and said to Johnny and Otto, who had already gotten used to their new bodies, "The transaction is complete. Welcome to your new life."

"No, wait, wait!"

Johnny suddenly let out a horrific scream, his much younger Keanu Reeves face filled with fear, his hands constantly rubbing his crotch.

"Where's my thing? Don't you, a robot, have that?"

As he said this, he wanted to touch the body of his girlfriend Otto beside him for comparison and verification, but Otto, who was still in AI thinking mode and had a cold expression, kicked Johnny in the crotch.

"You son of a bitch, I haven't even settled accounts with you for betraying me yet!"

Although he got a new body and a new life, Ultra was obviously still upset about Johnny collaborating with others to trap him.

"No... cough cough..."

If the synthetic body wasn't strong and Johnny's synthetic body didn't have that thing installed, Johnny would have been lying on the ground and unable to get up after that kick.

"Of course there are synths, but yours really isn't... But it wasn't my idea, it was Rogge's. Her rejuvenation surgery couldn't begin until more medical supplies arrived from the Empire. In order to compete fairly with Ultra, or perhaps you've offended her again, she suggested this to me."

Si Ye never minded talking a few more words when there was something fun to watch. He looked at Johnny Silverhand with a playful smile.

"You could also try installing the entire 'Big Steel Cannon'. I'm just not sure if the Empire's modular components are compatible with those prosthetics. If not... maybe welding a piece of iron pipe on it would work? Of course, if you can't stand it, you can always go work. The Empire gets what it pays for. You can earn money and buy a spare part and install it. It's easy."

"No, Roger?"

Johnny Silverhand's expression suddenly froze. Rogge had spent a lot of effort to persuade him to cooperate with Si Ye, and he had been scolded by him many times.

You know, Rogge was a petty and vengeful woman in the past, but this time she spoke in a nice tone when she was scolded. Johnny thought that Rogge would be more relaxed as she got older, but it turned out that she was waiting for him here.

"Don't go, don't go!!!"

Amid Johnny Silverhand's increasingly miserable wails, Si Ye disappeared outside Arasaka Tower.

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Chapter 248 The Dust Has Settled (Part )

"First, the driver has to drive the vehicle across the desert, and then..."

"It's not a desert, it's a bad land."

"Oh, evil land, and then the swordsman will charge at the speeding vehicle like Don Quixote challenging the windmill..."

When Si Ye returned to the afterlife, Nian was explaining her script to the Mann team who were recruited as actors.

Judging from the expression on the old man's face while talking on the phone in the subway, there's a high probability that something magical will happen next year. But for the sake of money, the marginalized people who get paid to do things have to bite the bullet and listen.

"...Oh, first, you guys absorb the plot I just described and think about how to perform..."

Nian approached Si Ye and asked, "Is it done?"

With such a big commotion inside and outside the city just now, and the fleet still stationed above Night City, Nian has already guessed the situation.

For an interstellar civilization like the Star Sea Empire to bully a world that has difficulty navigating deep space, if it still takes some effort, then Si Ye must be doing something weird again.

"It's done. All that's left is to clean up some garbage and then set up a new system. I don't need to bother with it here."

Si Ye showed Nian the gorgeous [Finely Carved Alienated Data Structure], which was basically the most valuable thing in the world.

"Well, are you going back to the Empire with me, or... after you finish filming your work?"

There are several doors opened in the cross-world plan. Since there is nothing wrong in this world, Si Ye naturally has to go back to see if there is anything wrong with those doors. He also has to keep an eye on the door leading to the "manure pit" to prevent the yellow-skinned man or the evil god of the virtual world from causing any trouble.

"Hey, let me tell you, after this movie is made, I will definitely leave my name in film history, and a positive one!"

It was obvious that Nian was very satisfied with the script she had created this time, and she even emphasized that she would not become a negative example for those art colleges this time.

"...Come on, I'll prepare some more projection equipment for you."

The reason for making the movie before was to prevent the resurrection of the beast. Everything related to her would disappear into thin air. I wanted to leave some traces in the world.

Now that such concerns and demands are gone, the act of filming movies is more like a form of performance art. Si Ye can only express encouragement and then quietly order another batch of projection equipment.

After all, as long as she controls enough theaters, her movies can continue to circulate at the box office, and she can dominate the film and television industry in Terra continent and be considered a big director, right?

Since Nian planned to finish filming the movie before returning, Si Ye had to go first. However, Si Ye did not forget his promise and also picked up Lucy.

"So... you're aliens?"

Lucy sat on the destroyer responsible for picking up Si Ye, looking at the Earth and the Moon, which had become smaller, outside the observation window. Her head was buzzing as if it had been hit by an overloaded magic puppet.

"We're not aliens. The Star Empire comes from another world... the United Star. We're human, too, just from a different world."

When talking about the Earth in the starry universe, Si Ye would think of the "new humans" above. If it weren't for the need to take into account the national sentiments of the Human Union towards the solar system, Si Ye should have burned all those abstract things of the Earth Union with a neutron annihilation, instead of covering them with the Angel of Bliss and letting them fend for themselves.

“…This is really…Hahahaha, haha.”

Lucy laughed a little crazily, leaning back in her chair without any image, as if she wanted to vent all the suppressed emotions in her heart.

Her father is a madman who values ​​company over family and sent her to the Arasaka hacker agency with his own hands. Her mother is a love-brained woman who believes that true love belongs to her parents while her children are purely accidental.