Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 243 242. Being able to deceive people is no longer an ordinary AI, it must be dealt a heavy blow!

In Sefer's imagination, the printer should be a very complex giant device that can refine various elements and melt them into fixed shapes, and may even have processes such as chipping and stamping.

But in fact, it is actually printing.

Giant printer arrays build materials from scratch at the molecular level. They float in a small gravity-controlled area and are quickly transported out of the terminal after completing the "printing".

The entire process, carried out through sturdy vacuum pipes and various fixed conveyor belts, took less than a few seconds. Seifer even saw a drone assembling several printers at the terminal...

Materials are not a problem, energy is not a problem, so is the size of the printer the limiting factor for this tunnel boring machine?
Just looking at the integrated 'wall' of these shapes made Seifer feel as if he was suffocating.

If I could move this kind of printer back to my car, would it be possible to have a casting chamber in my car? And this thing was only about that size—the violent tremor made Seifer suddenly put away his thoughts.

Wait, this thing hasn't been dealt with yet. If we want to divide the spoils, we have to kill this [worm] first.

After adjusting his mood, Seifer walked past the busy printers and quickly headed for the closed door. However, this time, it was indeed not as easy as before.

The door did exist, likely left there by the renovation agency for subsequent maintenance or manual takeover. It was also large enough to fit a whole machine through.

But this portal has been locked and is also equipped with charged armor inside, making it almost impossible to penetrate it with the weapons at hand.

Seifer thought about it and contacted outside to ask if there was any solution - even the commanders were a little confused about this matter.

After all, no one would be so idle as to add protection in front of every door. Those who like to do so probably have a lot of time and can slowly wait for the armor to be charged and locked before opening the door for inspection.

Time is running out. The commander told Seifer that there are less than two hours left until dawn, and he must enter the core furnace no matter what method he uses!

...You said it was light, can you come in by yourself? And this thing is still rolling, even the printer is working non-stop.

Cypher observed carefully, then suddenly put his weapon back on his waist, raised his hand, and punched hard at the area that looked like the control panel. Although it could not break through the defense, it was 'physically' connected to the panel.

The package program that Dr. Mei had adjusted earlier was directly injected into the control panel, and the signal was quickly transmitted to the main control system of the [Worm]. Without even thinking about it, it took a look at what this thing was.

'Unfortunately, your important files have been kidnapped by me. Within 48 hours from now, you must deposit 2 Bitcoins into...'

The main control computing system is a little confused.

It had never seen anything like it, but since the programs and systems were being locked down, it immediately began focusing on cleaning up this inexplicable program.

Taking advantage of this gap, Seifer successfully opened the door lock and quickly entered the second body.

The first thing that caught his eye was a long and wide thing, its size and scale far exceeding any main engine that Cypher had seen before. It was connected front and back and supported in mid-air by several supports, like a huge heart.

The blue light surrounding it looks...

"Be careful, red crossbow arrows... zizi... that's... zizi..."

As the rear portal closed, all external communications were cut off.

Charged armor, thick and isolated from external communications, without Laika analyzing it, Seifer remembered what it was.

Fusion reactor!
Several pipes were rumbling from the front, pouring energy-rich sand into the reactor. The valuable elements were quickly refined into raw materials and sent to the printer array, while the useless fine sand was discarded through another channel.

It doesn't matter if it comes in as sand or rock; it's all sand when it comes out. Who knows, someday in the future, it might be revitalized and reused. It's all about environmental protection.

Cypher moved forward with emotion, and saw a line of white painted words on the engine that looked like several rings nested together.

"Heavy...fusion drive?"

Something that can burn stones, that name is really correct. With its size and structure... If it could be dismantled for research, Sefer would definitely take it away without hesitation.

But unfortunately, he was not an engine researcher, and his design skills were not related at all. So after looking at it, he could only continue to walk along the edge of the charged armor.

To be honest, this also explains why this "worm" can operate day and night without any maintenance.

While others were still figuring out energy circulation and energy output to thrust-to-weight ratios, some companies had already come up with heavy fusion engines. Theoretically, if used well, they could accelerate space travel to one-tenth the speed of light...

Don't go too far with the transformation agency. If this technology is used for mining, why not use it to improve the desert environment?

The Centaur scratched its head in some confusion. Just as Cypher reached the front gate, a voice suddenly stopped him.

"Warning intruders, do not enter the work section."

Then Seifer remembered that the so-called autonomous control unit was in this section... Oh, I can't run too far.

Immediately adjusting his posture, he jumped from the solid support to the control unit that looked extremely complicated, and Seifer immediately switched the shotgun in his left hand.

"Then you make the [Worm] stop?"

"No, this project will not and should not be stopped. Resource collection is our top priority."

Cypher was about to inject the program again, but this time it continued, "The intrusion sample has been analyzed. Repeated injection will have no effect."

Then we have to smash the body of this thing and then dig out its computing core from inside...

Just as Cypher was about to start, the machine said, "Intruder, are you going to stop the excavation?"

"Of course, you dug up your old home and treated it as a mine, so your old employer asked me to shut you down."

The other party was silent for a long time, as if considering something, but this might just be an appearance.

Because just as this thing was silent, the entire core furnace, or the heavy fusion engine... whatever it was, was surrounded by weapons with ill intentions that were deployed one after another.

Sefer didn't hesitate either. He raised his hand and punched the main control in front of him.

It immediately emitted a sharp sound, and the entire internal engine was covered with a faint light film - then there was no alarm, and all the artillery batteries opened fire.

It's not that smart, but if you say it's not smart... it will delay time and then launch an attack.

Being honest and cunning, it is very dangerous as a self-regulatory system that can communicate!

So Seifer immediately adjusted the anti-gravity control, temporarily disconnecting the body's movement from that of the [worm], and began to move around in this box with the help of the engine.

(End of this chapter)