The story of the black silk female knight

"Ugh... because of a prophecy."

Valensa fiddled with her black stockings, hesitated for a moment, and then explained the information about the future that Yi Qiuya had revealed to Frieda:

"That's how it is... According to the correct timeline, only one of the three great calamities of the Frenoia continent will be completely destroyed, and that can only be the Wild Beast."

Another natural disaster will become our strength and play a significant role in the war against the Central Continent Empire's invasion... Now that I think about it, the Fog Demons are the most likely candidates. As long as I obtain some naval data from technologically advanced civilizations and give it to the Fog Demons to fill their arsenal, we will immediately possess a powerful technological fleet.

"I see... emmm."

Friggia frowned slightly and pondered for a moment:

"It's not entirely impossible... Didn't I say before that the only way to make the Mist Demons let go of their hatred for flesh-and-blood intelligent life is to completely destroy them... This destruction can also be spiritual, such as rewriting their will and forcibly becoming friends with them."

"Ah this..."

Valensa swallowed hard.

How to rewrite the will of a group of AIs with the appearance of beautiful girls and force them to become friends?

That sounds so exciting… Valensa couldn’t help but sit up a little straighter:

"Tell me in detail, dear sister, please tell me in detail."

"Don't get too excited... The method I'm talking about is only theoretically feasible."

Friggia waved her hand again, signaling Valensa to calm down and not get so excited about the possibility of rewriting a beautiful girl's will.

"My method is based on my own understanding of the Fog Demon and is mainly based on the data from the invasion wars of various civilizations by Lenia in the last era."

She sat up straight, changed her posture, and picked up another bunch of grapes, slowly popping them into her mouth one by one. Friggia continued:

"Lenia once scattered a large number of minions throughout the universe to invade various civilizations. Her minions were numerous, but their internal organization was very simple, with only three levels."

The only highest level, needless to say, is Lenya herself. She can remotely control all her minions from deep space via the internet, while simultaneously instigating wars on multiple planets with civilizations.

The second level consists of the high-level fog demons you encountered... They are actually low-end clones of Lenia herself. Theoretically, they are all independent AIs, but they are all deeply influenced by Lenia's emotions and can be remotely taken over by Lenia at any time, as if she were possessing them.

Don't underestimate these clones of Lenia. They're now struggling to defeat even Star-level experts in one-on-one combat because they no longer have access to the weapon arsenal data.

In that war of the ancient Eve civilization, each of them could suppress a large area. There were many advanced psionicists who died under their various technological weapons... which are what you now call Radiant-rank powerhouses.

They were the backbone of Lenia's destruction of intelligent civilizations on numerous planets.

As for the third level, it is a product of the second level that replicates itself for combat needs. It is a copy of the Lenya clone, with lower performance in all aspects, and in most cases it is a disposable item.

The low-level fog demons in beast and bird forms that you mentioned are actually third-tier creatures... They weren't weak before; they mainly appeared as highly mobile or high-firepower carrier-based aircraft or as land-based mechs capable of amphibious operations.

Of course, being a low-end version, the performance of the third level is not high in all aspects, and can be easily countered by well-organized ordinary cultivators or technologically advanced armies.

However, the advantage of the low-end configuration is that it is cheap and can be mass-produced quickly. In many cases, the endless third-level configuration is more difficult to deal with than the individual second-level configurations.

Furthermore, the third level, due to its extremely low configuration, doesn't even qualify as AI; it can only be considered an autonomous weapon remotely controlled by the second level to operate or execute fixed commands.

“Hum…”

Valensa nodded at the opportune moment, thought for a moment, and gave Frieda a little time to enjoy the grapes and moisten her mouth:

"So, as long as we can deal with the second level... that is, the high-level fog demons, we can easily control the entire fog demon group? After all, the highest authority, Lenia, has already fallen, and the low-level fog demons of the third level have no self-awareness at all."

But how do we control those high-level fog demons? Should we use traps to lure them out of the sea one by one and capture them alive, then subject them to intense... high-intensity training and education, making them believe that life is meaningless if they don't obey my orders?

But those high-level fog demons aren't fools. Judging from their performance today, they're even quite clever and will try to outsmart us... That should be difficult, right?

"Hoo hoo... If we use that clumsy method you suggested, it's really difficult. It might take decades or even centuries to succeed."

After finishing the grapes, Friggia chuckled softly, lazily and smugly swaying her chest:

"But I have a way to solve this once and for all... It's just that the current conditions are not yet met; there's still a very important and crucial missing point."

"What methods are available? And what's currently lacking?"

Valensa pressed for more details.

Seeing that Friggia seemed to want more fruit but was too lazy to get it, Valensa took the initiative to pick up a banana, peel it, and feed it to her.

"Aww."

While biting into the sweet banana that Valensa fed her, Friggia yawned and said:

"Silly sister, think about the true nature of the Fog Demon... No matter how powerful Lenia and her minions are, they are just technological creations. They don't possess any magic or supernatural powers, nor do they have any mental links or telepathic communication. They can only communicate with each other through the internet."

However, the universe is vast, and although Lenia, who is deep in space, is very powerful, it is difficult for her to directly control each of her minions. She must rely on a special relay device for transmitting network signals... similar to a satellite or ground base station, but many times more advanced.

In fact, the seeds that Lenia scattered throughout the universe were such signal stations. They would automatically capture various wireless signals from intelligent civilizations, lock onto targets, quietly infiltrate those planets, establish bases in the depths of the ocean, activate the dormant Lenia's minions within them to form an army, and once they reached a certain size, officially begin their invasion.

The ancient Eve civilization's initial decapitation strike involved first meticulously searching for and destroying signal station bases deep in the ocean, regardless of the cost, temporarily disabling Lenia's minions and leaving them disoriented, before finally defeating them one by one.

"I see."

Valensa nodded in realization:

"So, as long as we find and destroy the Mist Demons' base, we can confuse the disconnected high-level Mist Demons and then seize the opportunity to regroup them..."

"Turn around my head, my foot! Sis, you can be so incredibly stupid sometimes!"

Frieda tapped Valensa on the forehead in an annoyed tone:

"Lenia is dead, and she won't be able to give orders to the higher fog demons through the base anymore. What's the point of destroying their signal station base? The higher fog demons now act on instinct. Disrupting their network connection will only make them more independent and harder to wipe out!"

"Woo!"

Valensa shrank back in grievance, but did not argue.

Thinking about it carefully, she realized she had indeed made a foolish mistake, so she quickly asked in a flattering tone:

"So, sister, what is your plan?"

"...It's very simple. Just find a way to hack into them through that signal station base, rewrite their source code to make them obedient and docile."

Friggia shrugged:

"With such a useful network hub as the signal station base, those advanced fog demons probably haven't built a new network yet, and their communication with each other relies entirely on the base... which means they certainly won't be very wary of data signals from the base."

So if we can find and capture that base, then use a powerful AI to occupy it and hack into all the higher-level fog demons through the network, rewriting their source code, we should be able to turn them into your weapons, just as prophesied.”

"I see, so we need to hack their web servers first!"

Valensa thought for a moment and then asked:

"So what's the key condition that's currently missing? Is it that we can't find their base?"

"No, I've already found their base."

Frieda seemed to have been waiting for Valensa to say this, and she became even more smug. At the same time, she stretched out her palm and cast a spell again, constructing a map projection of the entire planet Eve on her palm. A point of light was flashing on the projection:

"Look, this should be the location... Otherwise, why do you think I specifically asked you to let that high-level mist demon who stole the core go today?"

"Sister, you tampered with the core and reverse-located them? That's amazing!"

Valensa was overjoyed and exclaimed:

"As expected of the Great Witch who once achieved pseudo-omniscience, her methods are truly ingenious... The Demon Ninjas had long anticipated this plan to deliberately let the Mist Demon go and then reverse-locate the enemy's base, and had tried it many times over the centuries, but never succeeded."

"Because these high-level fog demons are indeed very cautious."

Friggia chuckled and explained:

"Why do you think I waited so long after arriving at the hotel before telling you all this? I was tracking their location beforehand."

Although those high-level fog demons couldn't use magic, they seemed to have mastered a way to detect unusual magical fluctuations.

I left a total of 5 tracking spells on that core and your little bag, 4 of which they discovered and managed to erase.

Fortunately, I am a step ahead... My last positioning spell doesn't mark them and send a signal back, but rather scans and detects traces of them assimilating water molecules with nano-mist. This is instinctive for high-level mist demons, just like humans need to breathe wherever they go.

They were really cautious... Even after clearing all the location spells from their bodies, they didn't rush back to base, but instead circled the sea several times before returning.

"Sister is amazing!"

Valensa praised Frieda lavishly, but her eyes were fixed on the projection of the planet Eve's map above Frieda's palm:

"This location... is in the southern hemisphere sea between the continent of Frenoia and the continent of God's Blessing. It is almost the deepest part of the ocean. It is far away from all the continents, and there is not even an island nearby."

"This is also the consistent style of Lenia's henchmen in choosing base locations."

Friggia shrugged:

"After all, they can exert their strength to the greatest extent in the water, so their bases are usually located in the deep seabed... There will be no continent within at least 2000 kilometers and no islands within at least 500 kilometers. If there are any, they will be completely destroyed and blown to pieces by their heavy firepower."

In such a deep sea, where it's difficult to establish land-based support points, and at a depth of 7000 meters... it would be extremely difficult for either technologically advanced forces or cultivators to launch a direct assault. Many advanced psionicists perished at the bottom of the sea during the ancient Eve civilization's decapitation strike.

"7000 meters deep in the ocean...that's indeed difficult."

Valensa also frowned.

Even she couldn't guarantee how much combat power she would have in the environment of the 7000-meter deep sea.

She wasn't afraid of the high pressure in deep water, mainly because the rules of combat in water are completely different from those on land and in the air.

For example, the pure energy shooting spells like Sunfire Ray are much less effective underwater because water has a much higher specific heat than air... The same damage would consume many times more energy.

Furthermore, the kinetic energy shockwaves from various explosions are even more powerful in water... Some explosions that can be easily defended on land will be blown away in water.

And so on... It's not that Radiant-rank experts can't fight in deep water, it's just that they're definitely not as good at it as their home-field enemies.

Human elites who can easily take on high-level fog demons on land would likely be crushed by them in the deep sea.

"Actually, it wouldn't matter if their base was even deeper... After all, we're not discussing how to carry out a decapitation strike right now, but rather how to hack into their base."

Seemingly realizing that Valensa had misunderstood again, Frieda quickly corrected her:

"So, dear sister, you don't need to worry about how to adapt to deep-sea warfare... What you should be thinking about is finding a way to get a powerful and obedient AI. Otherwise, even if you take over the Fog Demon's base, it won't help. You can only completely destroy them, not make them obedient."

This is what I mentioned before, the biggest shortcoming of this method right now... We don't have a powerful enough AI to take over the Fog Demons' base and rewrite their source code.

"A sufficiently powerful AI..."

Valensa frowned deeply:

"Does it have to be AI? Can't we find a few more excellent human hackers?"

There are many excellent hackers in Wei's company. Perhaps we can use necromancy to turn them into undead creatures first, and then summon them as her subordinates to help us here?

"A human programmer?"

Friggia thought about it seriously and said:

“Normal human programmers definitely can’t do it. No matter how good their skills are, their thinking and action speeds are too slow to keep up with the automatic evolution of AI firewalls.”

Of course, the human brain has unlimited potential and may not be inferior to AI in terms of computing power, but other parts of the human body are far from keeping up with the full power of the brain... If a normal human can operate the brain at 30% power, he is already a super genius. If he continues to push it, he will faint.

To break through the firewall of a super AI using the computing power of the human brain, technology alone is not enough; strong physical strength and sufficient stamina are also required... that is, a Radiant Rank that has undergone a complete evolution.

Hmm... if you could find 100 high-level cultivators skilled in hacking, perhaps you could achieve your operational plan.

Valensa could only roll her eyes at this.

100 elite cultivators proficient in hacking?

If it's just one, Tia can try her best, but 100 is simply impossible... Even if you could find 100 Rank 1 cultivators willing to learn computer technology, they simply wouldn't have the time to learn.

"So, the best way is to find a powerful and obedient AI to help us."

Having seen through Valensa's thoughts, Friggia shrugged again and said:

"Let's get this straight, the world where you frequently buy weapons and game consoles is definitely not suitable. You might think that world's technology is quite advanced, but it's far behind the Ancient Eve civilization. After all, they haven't even begun to truly explore the stars. As for the Ancient Eve civilization... in the information warfare against Lenia's minions, they suffered a crushing defeat. Not only did they fail to infiltrate the other side, but their entire secret database was exposed, and they lost control of many autonomous weapons."

"Ah this..."

Valensa inhaled the cold air, feeling a sharp pain in her tooth.

Wei's cyberpunk world is already the most advanced technological civilization she can access. If that's not enough, where else can she go?

And even if we could find such a powerful AI, how could we ensure its reliability?

An AI capable of suppressing and invading a high-level fog demon must also be a super AI with independent consciousness, which is difficult for humans to control... What if it develops evil intentions after controlling the fog demon?

so hard.

Valensa looked worried:

"Do we really have to use AI to hack into them? Since super AIs have independent consciousness and emotions, does that mean they also have souls? Can't we try to start from the soul level and use magic to hack into them?"

"Huh? You're going to use mental magic to invade the consciousness of a super AI? You're really brave."

Friggia was immediately amused by Valensa's words:

"Actually, it seems that there have been such warriors among you humans. I remember you mentioned them when you told me about the history of the Mist Demons... the Tsuchimikado family? Is that the name?"