A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 448: Chapter 337: Just for Fun_1

Chapter 448 -337: Just for Fun_1

“To be honest, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would think you were mad.”

Staring at the scorched battle scene before him, the man expressed his feelings, he was the commander of the Resistance, the man top on Skynet’s blacklist, John Connor.

“As a matter of fact, I too feel like this is a dream, maybe I am already dead and perhaps I am in Hell.”

Standing beside him, Ryan nodded in agreement, while the latter gave a bitter smile.

“If this is truly Hell, then indeed we are within it, but…sadly, what you said is all true.”

While speaking, John reached out and picked up a piece of a robot’s skull from the ground. The head, originally like a Skull Head, was now blasted through, leaving only half a face intact. But this wasn’t what mattered. What did was when John’s fingers touched the skull fragment, he felt a bone-chilling cold, as if he’s not holding steel, but ice — even frost had formed on it.

“Commander, do you think they could be… infiltrators?”

Ryan seriously asked at this moment. They were well aware that Skynet made human-like robots specially designed to infiltrate their ranks and gather intelligence.

“Even if they were robots, they wouldn’t be able to control the weather, let alone summon meteorites.”

John shook his head.

“Of course, specifics will only be clear once we see them… where have they gone?”

“Well……”

Confronted with John’s question, Ryan pondered for a moment.

“They asked me where the nearest Skynet base was, and then they left….”

“Do you think they’ve gone to attack Skynet Base or to surrender to Skynet?”

“…….. I don’t know.”

“Yes………”

Hearing Ryan’s response, John sighed deeply.

“I also do not know whether the appearance of these people is a blessing or a curse.”

Despite appearing calm, observing the battlefield before him, turmoil reigned within John Connor’s mind. Initially, the resistance sent the B18 Squad here to protect and evacuate the refugees. They hadn’t expected the Skynet’s forces to show up sooner than anticipated. The evidence confirmed that this had been a trap set by Skynet. They deliberately sent threatening messages to the refugees, leading them to seek help from the resistance, then used this opportunity to wipe out the resistance forces sent to rescue them.

When word came that the B18 Squad was surrounded, John Connor had mentally prepared himself for their total annihilation.

However… the result was beyond John Connor’s expectation.

The B18 Squad had actually defeated the encircling Skynet forces!

This was nothing short of a dream!

Initially, John Connor thought this was some kind of trap, but after listening to the report, he was left dumbfounded. The description was too incredible to believe. If you’re going to make up a lie, couldn’t it at least be logical?

A group of people using some magic storms in to save you, even crushing the Robot Legion, and there are just over a dozen of them?

Are you kidding me?

Of course, if it had been the report of just one individual, John Connor definitely wouldn’t have believed it. The problem was there were also many members of the B18 Squad, and even the refugees who were rescued. Hearing so many people describing the same thing made it hard for him to dismiss their claims. But to avoid falling into another Skynet trap, he first ordered a reconnaissance mission, and after confirming there were no Skynet forces around, he personally came here to investigate and inquire about the situation.

After questioning several people, John Connor found their answers even more unbelievable. They were all sober, very certain about what they saw, and the traces remaining on the battlefield also validated their narratives… Thinking about it, John Connor looked up once again towards the wreckage of a hunting tank in the distance. A huge round hole was clearly visible in the middle of the tank.

According to eyewitnesses, it had been caused by a girl who had conjured a knight almost as large as the tank, who then speared straight through it.

It was like a fairy tale.

At first, John Connor also wondered if they could be infiltrator-type robots created by Skynet. But he quickly dismissed his own suspicion. According to Ryan’s report, the leader, a man standing at two and a half meters tall and wearing a heavy, massive mechanical armor decorated with a skull head motif was hardly what anyone would mistake for a human on first sight!

Skynet was not that foolish.

John Connor would have liked to initiate a conversation with them, but unfortunately… they didn’t seem interested in communicating much with him, which made him even more suspicious.

What were they trying to do exactly?

While John Connor racked his brains in thought, Duanmu Huai was leading the others casually down the highway.

While Duanmu Huai wouldn’t mind walking the whole way himself, the girls protested that they were frail and did not want to walk such a long distance. Left with no choice, Duanmu Huai called upon some animals to give them a ride.

Duanmu Huai himself was mounted on that massive electronic rhinoceros; Ogis, Bambi, and Kula were sitting on his shoulders and behind him. As for everyone else, they paired up and rode on an animal known as the Spiritual White Reindeer. It was a species from the forest near the Holy City, pure white with wings, radiating soft sparks from its antlers. It was quite a mesmerizing sight.

Only Lorena, huffing and puffing a little, was jogging beside them — well, for someone who had to run dozens of kilometers every day, this was also an exercise routine.

Of course, that’s something an ordinary person would never be able to adopt.

Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai rode on the Electromagnetic Rhinoceros, humming a song while observing the path ahead.

“I’ve traveled northwards, leaving the season where you exist. You say you’re exhausted, incapable of loving anyone again… ”

“I really didn’t expect it to be like this.”

Axelle, sitting behind him, looked at the charred car wreckage on the road and couldn’t help but sigh. She wasn’t a stranger to war, but in Galaxy 59, it was mostly civil wars within humanity. This was her first time witnessing a war between humans and machine civilization, causing her to harbor complicated feelings.

“I mean… ”

Thinking of this, Axelle turned to Duanmu Huai to ask.

“Could similar situations occur in our galaxy?”

There was a reason to Axelle’s question. Being an interstellar civilization, Galaxy 59 also had a history of using robots. In fact, Axelle knew that Lumiaire had a group of robotic servants at home. Of course, these robots did not look like humans, nor were they as scary as the mechanical skulls from the Robot Legion.

“Almost. A Crisis of Mechanized Intelligence is inevitably faced by every civilization as it develops to a certain extent. Whether they can withstand it depends on them.”

Duanmu Huai shrugged and replied.

“That’s why you asked Lumiaire that question, right?”

Axelle remembered at the time of the “interview”, Duanmu Huai specifically asked Lumiaire, “What’s your view on AI with complete self-awareness? Would you allow them to exist?” At the time, Lumiaire was perplexed, she pondered for a while before answering that an AI with certain intelligence could exist, but a fully autonomous AI… Lumiaire weren’t sure.

Back then, Duanmu Huai was non-committal, merely informing them that the Tribunal strictly prohibits any AI with self-awareness. And now, Axelle realized his intent.

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“Exactly.”

Duanmu Huai nodded.

“I know that tech personnel are skilled at creating artificial intelligence and often regard them as their own children. If these AI developed self-awareness, they might consider it a good thing because they would feel that they’ve created a new race. However, for humans, this would be a significant survival threat. The reason is simply: if they are not part of us, their motives must be different.”

“This… ”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s reply, Axelle frowned.

“Aren’t you being too absolute? There are good aliens, right?”

“What is good? What is bad? Who defines it?”

Upon hearing Axelle’s query, Duanmu Huai chuckled lightly. He then pointed ahead─ There, several charred car wrecks clogged the road, within which one could still see dead human bodies and bones. These remains were easily pushed aside by the Electromagnetic Rhino.

“Look, how would you classify this? Skynet is manufacturing massive amounts of robots to slaughter humans. Do you think this is a terrible thing?”

“Of course”

Axelle nodded firmly.

“But Skynet doesn’t see it that way. It’s merely executing its orders, its logic. To Skynet, exterminating humans is just a means to achieve its goal. Therefore, it doesn’t perceive its actions as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ because it lacks such a concept. Even if it kills infants or children, it wouldn’t feel any remorse. The reason is simple: they aren’t human. They won’t think from the perspective of humans, nor would they understand the notion of morality.”

“This… ”

Upon hearing this, Axelle was speechless.

“That’s the issue here, it’s true for all species. Hence, the Tribunal strictly prohibits any AI with autonomous intelligence. Perhaps the creation of Skynet was similar.”

As Duanmu Huai spoke, he gave a cold hum.

“Perhaps when Skynet was initially constructed, a programmer noticed its self-awareness but believed it wouldn’t bring about serious consequences, hence making a wrong choice… Ha, unnecessary sympathy sometimes leads humans down the path of self-destruction.”

“… ”

At this point, Axelle fell silent, and Duanmu Huai retracted his gaze, looking ahead.

His plans did not involve sticking around the resistance, which would serve no purpose and might even net them all in one swoop. Besides, given that Duanmu Huai’s objective was to wear out Skynet’s computing resources as much as possible, he naturally chose the most complicated approach.

It’s the same principle as playing real-time strategy games: handling two computers simultaneously is definitely more challenging than dealing with one.

Beyond that, Duanmu Huai had to avoid the core of Skynet. Different from before, he won’t aim for the jugular this time, but stir up trouble on the outskirts, create enough threat to Skynet yet not scare it into hiding.

After all, the real trump card against Skynet wasn’t Duanmu Huai, but Lumiaire.

In ancient terms, Duanmu Huai was purposefully drawing attention on the outside, luring the city’s guards to catch him. Then, taking advantage of the thinly staffed inner city, Lumiaire would lead an elite team for a decapitation strike.

Therefore, Duanmu Huai’s current plan was to cause trouble!

Stir things up!