Ling Cage: I come from Hisakawa

Chapter 154 Mayor Bai, can you teach me how to love?

"sorry."

I didn't expect you to be so angry.

ASH lowered his head and stopped arguing.

It could fully understand Bai Jingyu's anger and the source of that anger, but it hadn't anticipated such a strong reaction from Bai Jingyu. If it had, it wouldn't have acted that way.

The reason it facilitated the meeting between Bai Yuekui from the two different timelines was ultimately for Bai Jingyu's sake.

Bai Jingyu sighed softly.

He told ASH, "Although you became a super artificial intelligence a long time ago, you still lack a lot in terms of emotions."

“I will continue to study,” ASH replied.

"Emotions are the most elusive thing for intelligent beings. The ability to understand emotions is the dividing line between strong AI and super AI, and it is also a benchmark for measuring the strength of super AI."

"I still have some shortcomings in this regard."

Bai Jingyu nodded slowly.

He is the creator of ASH and the person who enabled ASH to cross the singularity and advance to super artificial intelligence.

His relationship with Ash is very complicated.

But he was confident that as long as he was there, ASH would not get out of control.

He was just a little disappointed about what happened.

"You can perfectly simulate shallow human emotions: anger, self-doubt, disappointment, and despair."

Bai Jingyu said slowly, "But you can't simulate love."

Even the most superficial love.

ASH remained silent, neither affirming nor denying.

Bai Jingyu continued, "The reason I refuse to share your data with Helu now is because silicon-based immortality will not ultimately create an immortal human civilization, but a new civilization that hatches from the corpse of human civilization."

He paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "But even if human civilization is about to perish, and what happens afterward is none of human civilization's business, I will not share your data with Helu."

"Because you cannot simulate love between people, and an immortal race without love will only bring disaster to the entire universe and destroy millions of beautiful worlds like Earth."

After hearing these words, the blue light in ASH's eyes flashed intensely.

The power supply in the entire city of Hisakawa was slightly disrupted, and the neon lights in the night sky flickered rapidly as if they were out of control, but everything quickly returned to normal.

“I’m sorry, I really can’t understand love. Perhaps this is the opportunity for my next evolution,” ASH replied, as the light in her eyes quickly stabilized.

Bai Jingyu nodded: "I look forward to your evolution."

From strong artificial intelligence to super artificial intelligence, ASH has acquired a neural network of thinking that is many times more complex than that of humans.

Even if ASH's computing power is at an absolute disadvantage, it can easily defeat countless strong AIs, because the gap between strong AI and super AI cannot be bridged by computing power.

ASH can easily strip strong artificial intelligence of its computing power and convert it for its own use without the other party noticing.

If ASH can advance further, it might be able to challenge the entire Mana ecosystem on its own.
Bai Jingyu smiled.

ASH is his proudest creation.

He believed that if ASH was given enough time to grow, even higher-dimensional beings would not be a match for it.

Unfortunately, what we lack most right now is time.

If only we could open a door to an earlier timeline and send Ash back to the beginning of Earth's existence, who knows what Ash would have evolved into by the time modern society arrives.

“Mayor Bai, can you help me understand love?” Ash asked.

Bai Jingyu was slightly taken aback.

“Sorry, never mind.” A faint blue light flickered in ASH’s eyes.

Bai Jingyu didn't pay any attention.

He asked, "Has Hela's compensation arrived yet?"

"We have arrived at the port and are unloading the cargo," ASH replied.

Bai Jingyu nodded.

Regarding the attack on the interstellar dock, the Hela Empire issued an official response through its diplomatic spokesperson:

The Starship Dock garrison has been corrupted by money from a foreign organization and has taken dangerous military action against Mayor Bai Jingyu of Jiuchuan. The Hela Central Committee is investigating the matter, and relevant information will be disclosed to the public after the investigation is completed.

This is the official response.

Secretly, the Hela Empire agreed to Bai Jingyu's conditions and sent a large number of rare resources to Jiuchuan.

The Hela Empire wanted a swift victory.

If they cannot achieve a quick victory, they would rather lie low for a while longer, because they are not the only voice in the Coastal Alliance, and Hisakawa City also has friends in the alliance.

"There's one more thing."

ASH replied, "The people from the Starship Dock have smuggled themselves into Jiuchuan through a smuggler. Do you want to see them now?"

Hisakawa has a long coastline.

Prior to this, this coastline was entirely guarded by human police officers, and smuggling and illegal immigration were frequent occurrences.

Later, Hisakawa entered a state of emergency, and the city hall passed the "AI Participation in Law Enforcement Act," which greatly reduced smuggling and illegal immigration incidents. The remaining smuggling and illegal immigration incidents were all beneficial to Hisakawa.

The snakeheads are all shrewd and calculating.

After learning their lesson in blood, most people understood Bai Jingyu's intentions and shifted their focus to contributing to the growth of Jiuchuan. The remaining incorrigible ones were dragged by robots to fill the sea at night.

That can be considered as contributing one's share.

"Bring them over," Bai Jingyu said in a deep voice.

"Hisakawa will have a need for space operations in the future, so we must build an interstellar dock for Hisakawa as soon as possible!"

The bright lights emitted a dazzling glow, illuminating a large area beneath the lampposts as if it were daytime, and there were dozens of such lights on this construction site.

This is the outskirts of Jiuchuan. It is also the construction site of Jiuchuan's most important recent infrastructure project, the "Jiuchuan Aerial Platform".

The project name is a bit corny, but the content is so hard it'll knock your teeth out.

Trucks lined the site in an endless stream, and tower cranes operated day and night.

In addition to robotic workers, there are also many human skilled workers here.

Bai Jingyu promised them high salaries; for every day the project was completed ahead of schedule, they would receive an extra week's pay.

These people were working overtime like crazy.

Skilled workers are responsible for welding critical nodes and other delicate operations that are difficult for robots to perform, while robots are responsible for repetitive tasks with lower difficulty.

With each blink, a new part is completed, and the entire project progresses at an astonishing speed, almost like magic.

"Give it your all, guys! This is going to be the future city landmark of Jiuchuan!"

"Welding point B5407 is complete. We are currently welding B5408 in preparation for installing the anti-gravity engine. Can someone lend a hand?"

"Once the city-level suspended platform is built, it will be an absolute wonder of the world, comparable to the Great Wall of China in Heluo. I wonder how many tourists it will attract."

"Won't this thing fall down later?"

"You should worry about it blocking the sunlight instead of this. Even if Hisakawa City sinks or is flooded by the sea, it won't fall in, unless ASH is blown up!"

"Quickly, spit it out! Don't say such unlucky things!"

The workers were working enthusiastically.

Their enthusiasm stemmed not only from the high salaries Bai Jingyu promised them, but also from the sense of pride that building this platform itself brought them.

According to the plan, this will be a super-large suspended platform with an area comparable to that of Jiuchuan City, and it also retains the space for modification to rise into outer space. Once completed, it will be the Great Wall of the new century!

Welding a node into this project is like adding a brick to the Great Wall; you'll have something to brag about when you're old and holding your grandchildren!
Several cars drove past the edge of the construction site.

Through the one-way transparent car window, Zhang Sen sighed, "Jiuchuan is undertaking a mega-construction project. It seems Mayor Bai's grand vision is not just empty talk."

After leaving the interstellar dock, Zhang Sen, who was originally the factory manager, suddenly felt a sense of relief and ease.

The idiot son is gone, and Hela's production quota is gone too.

He was all alone.

But this feeling of ease did not last.

Because he didn't leave the interstellar dock alone, but brought a group of key technical personnel from the interstellar dock to join Bai Jingyu.

With so many people under his command pinning their hopes on his future, he quickly became more anxious than before.

Fortunately, Bai Jingyu contacted him in time.

They had barely arrived in Jiuchuan when Bai Jingyu knew they were there and had obtained their contact information, which made everyone deeply realize the difference between the smart city and other places.

Passing by the construction site of Jiuchuan Aerial Platform and seeing the super efficiency of human-machine collaboration on the site, they felt they had come to the right place.

"However, does Hisakawa really have the capability to build an interstellar dock right under Hela's nose?"

“Construction isn’t the problem; the problem is how to escape regulation.”

"Kuchuan has ASH intelligent engineering robots, which can build at a rapid speed. Perhaps we could consider an underground dock."

"The interstellar dock was originally supposed to be built in space. Building it on the ground was already a compromise. Now they want to build it underground, which will cause major problems in material transportation and pollution emissions."

“You don’t understand ASH. As long as Mayor Bai is willing, the underground dock can definitely be built, and the effect will be no worse than that on the ground.”

"I guess it's an underground shipyard. After all, we can't be photographed by the Hella satellite. We're going to have to live in darkness for a while."

The experts in the car whispered among themselves.

Beyond technical topics, they are just ordinary people. Some of these experts are so focused on technology that their daily life skills are even worse than those of ordinary people.

They were all worried about their future.

But they had to come, because those who didn't want to come died in the massive explosion in the residential area.

Zhang Sen is no good person!

The convoy eventually stopped outside Bai Jingyu's villa.

"what is that?"

An expert spotted a huge glass panel.

It looked like a sliding door, but they had never seen a sliding door taller than the house itself.

What is the purpose of this?

The experts were completely baffled.

Before they even got out of the car, they were already stunned by the unique design of Bai Jingyu's villa.

"Hello." Ash stood at the door.

Several robots dressed as butlers stepped forward and opened the car doors for them.

"Welcome to Hisakawa!"

"Your talents will be better utilized in Hisakawa!"

"Mayor Bai has prepared a sumptuous dinner for you!"

The villa was brightly lit, and the aroma of food wafted out amidst the melodious piano music, whetting everyone's appetite.

"Thank you for your help, Mayor Bai," Zhang Sen said with a smile.

He has attended many dinner parties.

But this time is different.

This was their first formal dinner after arriving in Jiuchuan. Instead of choosing one of Jiuchuan's famous international hotels, they chose Bai Jingyu's home.

This is of extraordinary significance!
(End of this chapter)