Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 866 True Spirit, Third Stage

More than six months have passed since the "Lunar War" that led to the collapse of the corporate alliance.

A lot has happened in this not-so-short period of time.

The New Order Federation and Yenan joined forces to divide up the Corporate Alliance, and for the people living there, their affiliation changed overnight.

Taking into account various factors, both sides established a large buffer zone along the border, jointly governing it to allow people to gradually adapt. During this period, both sides also integrated the legacy of their respective corporate alliances, striving to transform it into their own comprehensive strength.

The New Order Federation has a home-field advantage and extensive experience with the company, so its efficiency is already quite high. However, Ye Nan's efficiency is even more exaggerated.

Since the outbreak of the Second Seven Earth War, [Haita Trade] has obtained the highest authorization and officially promoted the construction of their singularity technology, "Trade Network," throughout the entire southern region.

There's a common metaphor that visualizes the complex, macro-level system of a nation, transforming it into a concrete entity. For "Trade Network," this is not a metaphor.

It's like a system in an SLG video game, which can visualize the political entity of "nation" into a complete control panel. The most basic points are connected to the highest level points one by one, any resource is visible in real time, and any command can be executed with a single thought.

It's as if the nation has become a person, possessing a single thought that drives it like an arm, thereby elevating its resource mobilization rate, mobilization rate, and administrative efficiency to an incredible level.

The only problem is
A person doesn't need a second thought.

For Ye Nan, there is only one ruler of the "Trade Network," naturally their supreme chairman, the "King of All," Isidore Siniti. However, he has gone to fight in the Outer Heavens and has not yet returned, leaving this sole throne vacant.

No one can fill this vacancy, not even the Nine Pillars of Ye Nan.

This meant that the efficiency of the "trade network" could never be pushed to its limit, remaining at a moderate level. Even so, it was still quite remarkable.

Within at least six months, Ye Nan swept away the remaining resistance forces and opportunists on its territory, quickly incorporating them into the whole called "Ye Nan".

Both parties have signed a cooperation agreement. Lapis Lazuli realized the agreement contained nothing new; it was all standard clauses: joint defense regulations, limited resource sharing, and prohibitions on fourth-ring and higher-level psychics from entering each other's territory without authorization. Song Shi was an exception to this clause.

This war, which has affected the entire Terra, requires the most tenacious resilience and the most cautious approach to consider one thing: where should the "Omnics" go?
"Intelligent machines" are neither particularly strong nor weak. Compared to "corporate alliances," they are worlds apart and deserve some recognition, but only a little.

Even such a powerful and once-illustrious entity vanished into thin air, becoming a footnote in history.

If machines want to survive, they must find other ways out, except to bury themselves underground like some of their reclusive compatriots and set an alarm clock that turns on and off every hundred years.

The AI ​​faction he led chose the New Order Federation, which only occupied the AI ​​portion. There were AIs in Ye Nan, AIs in the Eastern Continent, and even in the Silent Society's space carrier "Beyond the Boundary," there were also charlatan AIs.

This is not about betting on multiple things. It's just that they've gone their separate ways, no longer bound by their own race, and have embarked on the path they believe in.

Thinking of this, Lapis Lazuli couldn't help but sigh. They were both new races, but "clones" and "digital life" didn't have this problem.

The former is still in the infancy stage, while the latter is the complete opposite, skipping infancy and growth and being mature beyond maturity from birth, completely disregarding the so-called race—I am not a digital life form, I am a sweet potato slice alien!
"Lapis lazuli, you think too much, but you can't actually get your hands on much of it."

Song Shi casually put down the tablet, which was running a pirated tower defense game with a thick paint style. After the downfall of [Dust Contract Generation], the once fearsome anti-piracy team was disbanded, and various game resources were leaked online and could be downloaded at will.

"In the end, apart from the time when Yaoxing San was alive, the 'intelligent machines' have never been a unified whole. You're making things so complicated, be careful you don't work yourself to death one day."

“The sand slipping through your fingers only proves one thing: this hand isn’t big enough, and its grip isn’t tight enough.” Lapis Lazuli shook his head, his gravitational spheres orbiting around him like star trails. “I want to try.” Song Shi nodded, then asked a question.

"How's the Starforged Mech God repair going?"

"The situation is not optimistic," Lapis Lazuli frankly admitted.

Back then, "Node" and others forcibly launched the Star Forging Machine God War against Song Shi, but after a fierce battle, they were completely crushed by the latter.

Its ability to fight against a psychic of Song Shi's caliber to such an extent already demonstrates its potential. Therefore, the AI, including Lapis Lazuli, recycled the remaining parts, hoping to one day truly realize the "Star-Forging Machine God" concept envisioned by Yaoxing III.

It's important to know that there isn't a single fifth-ringed combatant created by humans, even if we trace back the entire history of Terra. Although the "Star Forger" can't be considered a purely artificial creation either.

“We have the complete technical files for the Starforged Machine. Although some of the designs are somewhat outdated by today’s standards, partial replacement and redesign are not particularly difficult. The real problem lies in…”

“The projection of StarCraft III?” Song Shi suddenly realized something: “The body of the StarCraft is flesh and blood, while you as pilots are just skeletons. I understand, your skeletons can’t support this flesh and blood right now.”

Yao Xing III is the fifth ring of [Transcendence], known as the "Legion," and its projections are endless during battle. Even after its own death, it still left behind a few projections in the world.

—One of them exists inside the Starforged Machine God.

It was thanks to the residual projection of this "legion" that the multiple intelligent machines acting as pilots were able to transform into a unified master control intelligence, thereby fully driving the Starforging Machine God.

It's a pity about this projection.

He has already passed away in his fierce battle with himself.

“Lapis Lazuli, you should continue with the ‘Legion’ approach.” Song Shi couldn’t help but laugh. “In the ideal scenario, the combat power of the mechs would be equivalent to the peak of the fourth ring, and the main control AI you combine into—if one isn’t enough, add a second, a third, a fourth, a hundredth, a thousandth, until it’s also equivalent to the peak of the fourth ring.”

"The two complement each other, and they can achieve the same level as a 'Starforger' as a fifth-ring psyker."

Song Shi became interested: "However, I estimate that the probability of you digging out the next projection of Yaoxing III is probably not high. How about we find a [Revelation] to do some divination for you? Oh, no, that won't work either, since the cause and effect of Yaoxing III has been blocked."

"This is just a last resort," Lapis Lazuli emphasized in a deep voice. "Intelligence machines aren't just useless people who can only gnaw on their leaders. We'd rather come up with new solutions than invest resources in searching for a needle in a haystack."

Song Shi laughed heartily and applauded sincerely.

"Song Shi." Qingjinshi, not wanting to continue the conversation, changed the subject: "True Spirit is divided into two steps: 'Enlightenment' and 'Realization.' You are currently in the third stage."

"Ah."

Song Shi said lazily.

"【Hongyuan Tianchi】".

(End of this chapter)