Xingtetsu: Why is the captain on the train?

"Question: This experiment has too many risks." ScrewGum reminded in a deep voice all the genius lunatics who were eager to try.

"Risks, no doubt." Stephen snapped his fingers, revealing an excited, even ferocious and crazy smile, "But there are risks in doing anything. Even cutting fruit may cause you to cut your fingers with a knife."

"Isn't it normal for a group of us to get together and have a crisis that could destroy the universe?"

"Screw, do you want to have a chance to face off against the [Knowledge Master] created by Zandar?"

Estelle's heart skipped a beat at Stephen's words.

Aren't we talking about simulating the universe?

How come the crisis of destroying the universe suddenly came?

She was suddenly a little scared now, and just hoped that the reliable robot emperor, Screwgoom, would righteously reject this experiment.

However.......

The screw disappointed Estelle.

After all, Screw Gum, he is also a member of the Genius Club, which is a "madman concentration camp".

Of course, Screw nodded.

"it is good!"

He longed to have a head-on confrontation with the pinnacle of intelligent machinery, the Intellectual [Boshizun].

Chapter 161: Simulated Universe: The Rich Woman's Purchasing Desire (Part 3)

ScrewGum nodded willingly.

Black Tower was already in high spirits.

Ruan Mei only hopes that the data she collects can be put into the simulated universe.

Stephen Lloyd is excited about the upcoming battle with the Star God, and fully cooperates with the Black Tower to debug the simulated universe.

The four minds of the Genius Club were working very hard.

But this made Estelle suffer.

The staff members in the space station [Black Tower] have had the feeling recently that the entire space station has become busier. The number of staff in the security department that Alan is in charge of has increased visibly, and they have even started to increase posts and patrols throughout the space station.

Some more observant staff members even noticed that several shuttle ships had recently arrived outside the space station, adding a lot of antennas and detectors to the outside of the space station.

The staff members were discussing the matter privately, and there were even rumors that Ester was abusing her power for personal gain, and that she was using the funds from the space station to purchase equipment for herself during a large-scale event of "Ether Front".

Until a rumor that came from somewhere was incorporated into the rumors about Esta, which immediately stopped these groundless speculations.

[What is Esta's identity? How deep is her background in the company? She was able to meet Ms. Black Tower when she was in her teens and was accepted as a disciple by Black Tower. How could she be interested in the space station's funding? You are stupid enough to spread rumors, so don't let others get involved.]

Some people scoff at this, while others take it seriously.

After the attack by Duke Hellfire, the already restless staff naturally divided into groups because of this new rumor.

Then, as the rumors continued to intensify, an announcement from the Black Tower office was released, and everything was settled.

There was a clerk in this circle who was fired based on a document signed by Heita himself.

The first half of the document announcement is Esta's official statement, which is the same old rhetoric about not creating scientific research value. It's just to find some mistakes and omissions in these people's documents without accusing them of anything. Just look through their past resumes and there are too many problems to pick on.

What’s more explosive is Heita’s autograph.

It's not just the name of the black tower, there's also a comment.

[You should have cleared these termites out of my space station long ago.]

Directly posted on the communication network within the space station.

The staff members were now obedient. They usually thought that Ester was a mascot without real power. The title of stationmaster was not given to her because of her status as a Black Tower disciple. But this time...

Not only did she deal with those disruptive individuals, she did not just beat them up, but fired them outright.

See what the Black Tower comments mean...

Lady Black Tower had been watching and waiting, waiting for Estelle to take action.

This time, the little white rabbit transformed into a big bad wolf, and the sheep in the sheepfold suddenly became quiet.

"How is it, have you learned it?" In the lounge booth of the main control cabin, the captain was holding a cup of coffee and looking at Ester who was sitting opposite him with a smile on his face.

Esta pursed her lips and nodded, with a helpless smile on her face, "I have learned it..."

Esta hesitated for a moment, then sighed, "But I'm still not used to it."

"You have to get used to it." The captain looked at Estelle's awkward expression and took a sip of coffee. "To manage a cluster, you have to learn how to identify and deal with the bad apples."

Esta was silent for a while and just nodded.

It was because she was not used to and did not like these things from the bottom of her heart that she chose to follow Heita instead of staying in the company and receiving training from her parents.

"This is the pain of growing up. If you want to catch up with Black Tower, you must learn to let go of your innocence, unless one day you can stand high enough like Black Tower and overlook the entire Azure Star from the space station like her."

"When you have the position to make the rules and ensure that the rules are implemented according to your will, you can naturally regain your innocence." The captain smiled and did not take Estelle's forced smile to heart. Instead, he continued to add the second half of the sentence, "When that day comes, the world will no longer evaluate you as 'innocent', but as your true nature."

"You will naturally attract people who share the same ideals as you to gather around you. Once you become a star, countless celestial bodies with sufficient mass will naturally gather around you."

Ester pursed her lips, and her originally heavy mood suddenly became better. Perhaps it was because the captain's metaphor just happened to hit the nail on the head about the laws governing the movement of the celestial bodies that Ester liked and loved the most.

The young stationmaster took a deep breath and decided to change the subject. "Captain, how is the progress in the simulated universe?"

When talking about the simulated universe, Estelle became visibly nervous.

"The situation is stable and improving. There is no risk of a cosmic explosion so far." The captain joked cheerfully.

But Esta didn't find the joke funny at all, but at least she could see the captain's relaxed mood, and she sighed helplessly, "Captain, this is not the time to joke."

"There's no point in being nervous." The captain shrugged and glanced at the closed office door of the Black Tower. "The simulated universe is currently being debugged and upgraded. The universe parameters are going back to the period of the locust plague. It can't be stopped. And... you should give your teacher and geniuses some confidence."

"It's because of them that I'm worried." Estelle's psychological pressure was about to explode. If it weren't for too much psychological pressure, she might not have been able to make up her mind to get rid of those bad clerks.

"If it's just a few amateur scientists messing around, I wouldn't worry at all!" Ester scratched her head, her tone emphasizing a helpless wait for death. "It's because I know their strength that I'm worried, because the geniuses in the Genius Club really have the potential to blow up the universe!"

"The key problem is not the simulated universe, but the [Simulated Star God]." The captain looked at Estelle, "Screws is reinforcing the firewall of the simulated universe over and over again, and even brought in the computing power of the Star Difference Engine."

"In fact, the universe is not going to explode. The worst scenario we imagine is probably a war between gods."

"War of Gods?" Estelle was stunned for a moment.

"It's a battle between the [simulated star gods] and the real [star gods]. There are only a few who are likely to fight, so it won't turn into a full-scale war..." Facing Estelle's questioning eyes, the captain smiled helplessly, "Okay, probably."

"But, worrying is useless." The captain looked at Esta and reminded her, "Don't forget, Tesla has left the simulated universe. She is already the tentacles of the simulated star gods reaching out of the simulated universe."

"If there really is going to be a 'War of Gods', then it's only a matter of time."

"For now, the situation is still under our control. If you think about it this way, aren't you less worried?"

"......" Esta took out her cell phone expressionlessly, "I'd better order a few more sets of high-power antennas and spectrometers. It would be better to buy a few more warships. If a fight really breaks out, there will still be a chance to take the space station and Azure Star away."

The captain shrugged.

He didn't care that Estelle wanted to transform the space station [Black Tower] into a sea urchin.

As for battleships and such...

According to Alan, Estelle's way of relieving stress is to spend money.

The money is Esta's own, and how she spends it is her business.

What if the battleship really comes in handy?

Not necessarily.

Chapter 162: Simulated Universe: Adrifen (IV)

"Before you go in, let me reiterate this one last time."

In front of the simulated universe access interface, Heita looked at the captain and Yuexia who were ready to go, and said in a serious tone, "You are entering the timeline of the simulated universe. The current setting is that the locust plague has been spreading for a long time. Your first stop is the eve of the locust plague pouring into Adrifen."

After Heita mentioned the name of their destination, he paused and said, "I believe I don't need to say more. You all know where that place is."

"Destroy [Nanook's] hometown." Yuexia murmured, obviously having done her homework.

"You belong to the [Star Train], which carries the protection left over from the pioneering. The Star Train has also been to Adrifen, so this simulation is the least likely to deviate too strongly from the original history and eject you directly." Heita looked at the captain and Yuexia, "Remember, this is just a startup test. I only gave you three goals. Do you remember?"

"First, understand the progress of the [Emperor's War]."

"Second, try to contact Nanook before he becomes a Star God."

"Third, have a good fight with the real stinging insects, collect their data and give it to Ruan Mei for comparison."

The captain nodded.

"Special reminder: During the locust plague period, [Destruction], [Abundance], and [Hunting] had not yet been born in the universe. In order to reduce the logical pressure of the operation of the simulated universe, please do not use the power under the relevant destiny." Screw Gum narrowed his eyes. "We have set up some rest stations. Whenever the events progress to a certain level, the operation of the simulated universe will be suspended. At that time, we will provide you with the opportunity to replenish supplies and exchange information."

"OK." The captain nodded. "Nothing else needs attention, right?"

"No problem, you can connect now." Heita nodded seriously.

The two geniuses watched the captain and Yuexia connect to the simulated universe, and then the next second, the two geniuses waved their hands together, and countless virtual screens suddenly unfolded in front of the two people who were far apart.

The largest screen showed a scene of a ruined and desolate city viewed from high above.

The captain and Yuexia appeared together in the center of the screen.

"Adrifen..." A somewhat deep voice of a young man sounded behind Black Tower and Screw. Stephen's projection slowly stepped into Black Tower's office. He squinted his eyes and looked at the amazing details in the picture. "Where does this data come from?"

"In the club, Emperor Rupert, seat #27 in the Genius Club, has uploaded all the data he recorded during the Emperor War." Black Tower raised his eyes from the dense data and glanced at Stephen, the guy who was always trying to slack off. "The club's database is open to all members."

Stephen scratched his head. "Well, I don't really like looking at things left by our predecessors. Screw, have you seen the data of Emperor?"

"I have seen it." The robot emperor ScrewGum nodded. "The Emperor is undoubtedly an extreme racist and an extreme racial hater. There are too many subjective ideas in the data he uploaded. In order to collect accurate data, I had to screen out nearly 60% of the content from the files uploaded by the Emperor."

"Well, there are racists among omnics too." Stephen laughed heartlessly. "It's really sad that humans themselves have divided themselves into countless races, but omnics treat all humans equally."

Screw didn't understand the humor in Stephen's words, but Black Tower sneered in a low voice.

"Reminder: The captain and Yuexia have made contact."

The moment the sound of the screws was heard, the eyes of the three people were cast towards the huge picture in the center of the virtual screen.

The captain was holding Judas's light spear, and fighting with Yuexia who was holding a chainsaw, and a large group of intelligent machines that looked like killing machines.

"It's better for them to fight and retreat." Stephen narrowed his eyes.

He didn't understand the killing machines equipped with the [Anti-Life] program created by Emperor Rupert during the Emperor's War, but he knew the difference between intelligent machines and humans. These intelligent machines were all connected to the Internet, and their speed of dispatch and travel was far beyond that of humans.

If they engage the enemy on the spot, the Captain and Yuexia will eventually be in a dilemma of having two fists against ten thousand or a hundred thousand hands. Even the envoy will be drowned in the sea of travelers and eventually perish.

In the picture, the captain and Yuexia seemed to understand what Stephen was thinking. Not only did they fight and retreat, but they also cooperated seamlessly and quickly took control of the situation. They even started to cast their lines to fish. They clearly had the ability to escape from the tracking of these intelligent machines, but they still fished these intelligent machines behind them.

"It's a smart move. The mechanical forces will be gathered together and will soon attract the attention of the local forces in Yadrifen." Heita narrowed his eyes.

What the two people in the picture did, and how the events subsequently developed, were exactly what Heita had imagined.

The two of them consciously acted as bait, and the local resistance forces in Yadlifen tacitly took the bait, gathered their forces, and used the advantage of the terrain to quickly kill the killing machine that had been chasing the captain and Yuexia.

During the [Emperor's War], the opposition between organic and inorganic life reached its peak. Faced with intelligent machines equipped with [anti-life] programs, organic life was naturally on the same front.

The captain and Yuexia were able to blend in with the local resistance forces in Yadrifen without any hindrance.

The office in the Black Tower fell into silence. The three geniuses observed the data while watching the Captain and Yuexia stirring up trouble in the simulated universe.

"Why do I feel..." Stephen pursed his lips, watching the captain and Yuexia quickly contact the top leaders of the Adrifen resistance in a short period of time, "The two of them are like fish in water."

Neither Black Tower nor Screw expressed such useless sentiments.

Heita glanced at the captain and Yuexia's actions recorded on the panel and squinted his eyes. "Record it. While the insect plague is approaching Adrifen, the [Emperor's War] on Adrifen is nearing its end."

"The Emperor's War didn't end so early." Stephen frowned.

This young genius who likes to be lazy and slack off does not seem to hate reading the records left by his predecessors as much as he says.

"The focus of the [Emperor's War] has shifted, and the Emperor's military and productivity are no longer invested in the small place of Adrifen." Screwgum's eyes flashed with bright data streams, "Because the [Company] has risen."

"Universal locust plague...the rise of corporations...the Imperial War." Black Tower muttered these three key words, and his mind quickly connected the secrets in various corners.

"During the locust plague, countless civilizations were destroyed and ravaged throughout the universe. During the war between gods, Klipper took the initiative to [breed], which also made the reputation of Klipper's followers soar. After the disaster, the [city builders] established the [Interstellar Peace Company]. In the work of civilization reconstruction, the [Strategic Investment Department] of the [Interstellar Peace Company] shined. The credit point system influenced countless civilizations along with the running of the [Strategic Investment Department]. The currency war started silently in the universe after the locust plague."

Heita's gaze suddenly turned to the image on the virtual screen projected outside the wall at the edge of the office.

"I remember... the person who pushed for the end of the Emperor's War was the [Lord of Silence] Polka Kakamu of Seat #4. This was the only time she stepped on the stage." Heita narrowed his eyes, "And since then, Polka Kakamu's appearance has disappeared from the eyes of the world, and no record has been left."

"So, do we have a new project?" Stephen gave a strange smile and looked at the only faceless female portrait in the Black Tower office.