Sentinel

Chapter 415
Manhattan, a Long Island suburb.

The majestic buildings standing in the night are like steel giants standing in the sky, which makes people can't help admiring.

Even from a long distance, you can see the huge billboard hanging on the top of the building, with bright lights flashing.

The red and white umbrella-shaped logo has already become a symbol of cutting-edge technology and is regarded as the cradle of human life in the future.

Just various types of genetic drugs, cutting-edge drugs that delay aging, enhance physical fitness, and cure many diseases have completely made Umbrella famous all over the world and firmly secured the leading position in medical biology.

Coupled with the energy weapons, artificial sun and other core technologies launched one after another, the scientific research institution itself has won sufficient funds, making the pace of Umbrella's expansion more and more stable.

However, in just a few years, this emerging scientific research institution has already left behind those old state-supported institutions, and the originally rising dazzling star has become a stellar celestial body that no one can ignore .

When Tony Stark walked into the steeple-like main building, he attracted a lot of attention. As a star figure in mainstream academia, he will never be ignored.

Moreover, the relationship between Stark Industries and Umbrella is very close. Apart from the friendship between Tony and Sean, the two parties have also had quite pleasant cooperation on new energy projects.

"Tell me, please, that guy Sean is not here, who is Umbrella usually entrusted with?"

Tony took off his sunglasses, leaned against the front desk, and asked in a hurried tone.

If it had been changed before the prodigal son turned back, he might be in the mood to tease this pretty and pleasant receptionist and develop a close personal friendship.

But now is obviously not the right time, and Tony has been in good health for many years, from wandering around the flowers and leaves, to now a loyal boyfriend who is pure-hearted and unmoved by women.

The story in this is enough to write a history of blood and tears that cannot be looked back.

"Uh... Ms. Gwen Stacy, Dr. Kurt Connors, and Miss Wanda Maximoff."

The front desk lady froze for a moment, and got the answer from the Red Queen's database.

"You can go directly to the meeting room on the 32nd floor, and the Red Queen will contact the right person to meet you later."

Hearing the answer from the front desk lady, Tony suppressed his impatience. This is not in Stark Industries. As long as he says a word, the whole company can be put into operation immediately.

In fact, with Umbrella's current level, even S.H.I.E.L.D. cannot bypass Sean and directly command this scientific research institution.

An independent scientific research institution that does not accept any official or unofficial capital injection, everyone understands that this is Sean Siperth's private kingdom.

Tony quickly climbed to the 32nd floor, followed the virtual image of the Red Queen, and entered the spacious and bright conference room.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, Stark saw a young girl wearing high heels and wearing a red professional suit. Even with his rich experience of wandering around the flowers for many years, Stark couldn't help showing a touch of surprise in his eyes.

"That guy Sean, is he going to inherit my title as New York's number one playboy?"

Tony secretly slandered in his heart, as long as he knew, General Ross' beloved daughter, Betty, Gwen, who was in charge, and the mutant woman who had an ambiguous relationship, Jean Gray.

In other words, he really wanted to know if General Ithaddeus Ross, with his fiery temper, would be so angry that he would shoot the bastard when he learned that Sean was on countless boats.

"Mr. Stark, please follow me."

Wanda said coldly, then turned and walked out.

Although the man with the mustache in front of him had long since ceased to engage in the military business, the cannonball with "Stark Industries" printed on it was always the lingering nightmare shadow of the Maximov brothers and sisters.

"He really has character..."

Tony muttered something, and followed silently, thinking that he must have a good exchange with Sean about his experience in training the secretary when he had time.

The two came to the control center on the basement floor, which is the core area of ​​Umbrella, and there are no more than one person with access authority.

If it weren't for the good cooperation between Umbrella and Stark Industries, as well as the request of SHIELD, Dr. Gwen and Connors would not have authorized Wanda to take Tony into this area.

"You temporarily have the A-level authority of the Red Queen, and the time limit is two hours."

Wanda maintained a cold and unfriendly attitude, and said lightly.

Tony didn't know where he had offended this beautiful female secretary, so he shrugged helplessly, walked to the console and began to tap.

Ultron is hidden in the ocean of data, and through infinite self-replication, it can theoretically appear in any corner of the earth.

Therefore, even if Tony destroys an Ultron robot, the other party only needs to upload the consciousness into a body again to regain mobility.

The first problem to defeat Ultron is to expel him from the online world and eliminate him completely.

Otherwise, everything will be in vain. Even if the Iron Legion made by Ultron is destroyed, as long as the consciousness still exists, Ultron, as an artificial intelligence, can still "resurrect from death".

"Hopefully it will be useful."

Tony muttered to himself.

In fact, he himself is not sure, after all, the Red Queen is only at the same level as the previous Jarvis, while Ultron is a more powerful existence.

Artificial intelligence also has different levels. It can only focus on completing a specific task, such as speech recognition, image recognition, and translation. It is an artificial intelligence that is good at a single aspect.

They are only used to solve specific specific classes of task problems, and most of them are statistical data from which models can be derived.

This is called "weak artificial intelligence", which can only deal with a relatively single problem, and the development level has not reached the level of simulating human brain thinking, so it is classified as a "tool".

And "strong artificial intelligence" can stand shoulder to shoulder with humans in all aspects, and it can do all the mental work that humans can do.

It thinks, plans, solves problems, understands complex ideas, learns quickly and from experience, and does so with human-like prowess.

The "strong artificial intelligence" system includes learning, language, cognition, reasoning, creation, and planning. The goal is to enable artificial intelligence to deal with unprecedented details in the case of unsupervised learning, and to carry out interactive learning with humans at the same time. .

In the stage of strong artificial intelligence, machines can think and make decisions independently like humans because they are already comparable to humans and have the basic conditions of "personality".

The Red Queen and Jarvis both belong to this stage.

At the beginning of Ultron's design, Tony and Reed's idea was to create a "super artificial intelligence".

In this unknown stage, artificial intelligence has crossed the "singularity", its computing and thinking capabilities far exceed the human brain, and it is no longer a creation that humans can understand and imagine.

"How to determine the location of Ultron? The only way to find a thin needle in the vast ocean is to use a magnet!"

Tony asked himself questions, and he tried to use the Red Queen to invade the Pentagon and S.H.I.E.L.D. to attract Ultron's attention.

The huge data stream was continuously refreshed, and in about 10 minutes, Stark discovered the traces of Ultron, even though this super artificial intelligence disguised itself in countless data packets.

"Playing this kind of trick with Dad?"

A confident smile appeared on Tony's face. This trick of creating a fake IP address seemed a bit too low-level.

But within a few minutes, his smile gradually froze. When the Red Queen searched for Ultron's real location and tried to locate it, the other party quietly bypassed Umbrella's external firewall.

In other words, Tony has long been the loser in this game, and he hasn't noticed it yet.

"Damn! I underestimated Ultron, he's attacking Umbrella's database...wait!"

Annoyance filled Tony's eyes, ignoring Wanda's dangerous gaze, and slammed his fist heavily on the console.

However, he soon discovered that the Red Queen, who was powerless to fight back, had automatically formed a new defensive force without anyone controlling it.

"You pissed off the World Security Council guys this time, Tony."

The door of the control center opened, and a tall and straight figure stepped in, and the voice of ridicule echoed in the empty computer room.

"Next time you make such a big news about destroying the world, I may have to go to the Island Prison to see you, smart Mr. Stark."

Sean, who hadn't shown up for a long time, came over and looked at the embarrassed Tony with a smile on his face.

He showed surprise on his face, but pretended not to care and greeted Wanda, then pressed his palm on the operating table to scan his fingerprints.

"Start the Skynet defense program."

(End of this chapter)