Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

"You're being a bit too personified today." Ai Yue glanced at Mobius teasingly. After being elbowed again, he turned his gaze to Einstein. "Okay, Dr. Einstein, I'm not here to shut down your research project."

"However, in the military field, armed puppets are no longer worth continuing to research." Einstein quickly calmed down and returned to his original state. "Continuing to invest energy and funds in this project is not a wise choice."

"But you also said that it's only in the military field." Ai Yue took over the topic and tapped the Prometheus extension connected to the computer. "I wonder if Dr. Einstein has paid attention to the people's livelihood field recently."

Einstein looked at him with some confusion, not knowing what Ai Yue wanted to say.

"After experiencing the disasters caused by the Herrschers, ordinary people's expectations for the future have become filled with pessimism, even despair." Ai Yue watched Prometheus project some data and analysis onto the screen and continued, "Although ordinary people still don't know the truth behind these disasters, I personally believe that it's only a matter of time."

"Perhaps one day, in order to fight the Collapse and survive, humans will abandon all unnecessary entertainment. However, I believe they will at least need something that can soothe their hearts and bring them a sense of warmth in such an environment."

Einstein blinked and turned his gaze to the lovely Elf. "Do you think the armed puppet can take on this responsibility?"

"Of course, cute things always bring positive emotions to people, don't they?" Ai Yue smiled. "What's more, they also have certain combat capabilities and can protect the safety of ordinary people in critical moments. Who wouldn't like them?"

Chapter 41 Wheelchair weapons are unhealthy

Civilian field...?

Hearing Ai Yue's words, Einstein couldn't help but blink her eyes - to be honest, she had never considered this direction before.

Of course, other people in the laboratory would sometimes joke, "I really want to take one of these cute dolls home," but Einstein never thought about this question.

You have to know that military and civilian use are two completely different concepts. Especially in the current situation where humanity is facing collapse and is becoming increasingly exhausted, the military field only needs to consider how to effectively reverse the situation, but the civilian field needs to consider many more issues.

The first is the cost issue. The cost of armed dolls is too high. Even if the initial R&D costs are not taken into account, the production cost of an armed doll alone is frighteningly high. Civilian use must consider the issue of recycling costs. In this way, the unit price of an armed doll will be an astronomical figure. Even if it can be mass-produced, it will only become a luxury item.

This doesn't even take into account the R&D costs. If R&D costs were included, the price would be even more terrifying.

In other words, armed puppets do not have the conditions to transition to the civilian sector.

However, today Einstein must face this problem, because if he does not change the direction of research and development, the only outcome that awaits the armed puppet project is its complete closure.

Moreover, Ai Yue's words did indeed move Einstein, because what the other party said was indeed something he had never considered before.

She looked at the display screen. Among the data and reports listed by Ai Yue, there was one about the results of a questionnaire survey distributed worldwide by a United Nations organization.

The above shows that when people are faced with the question of "Are they still willing to participate in concerts, music festivals, film festivals and other entertainment activities?", almost 80% of them choose not to.

Just as Ai Yue said, people are gradually losing hope for the future. When survival becomes the only purpose of life, entertainment and hobbies will gradually disappear from people's lives.

Einstein was not familiar with sociology and did not know the impact of the loss of entertainment on civilization, but she was also very clear that when a person's stress accumulated enough to crush his spirit, even an ordinary person could cause a tragic case.

When the vast majority of people in the world have to bear enormous pressure to survive, I am afraid that this civilization will be on the verge of entering the abyss of destruction. At that time, what future will there be?

"If this can help civilization, I can make the decision on behalf of our laboratory." After sorting out his thoughts, Einstein looked at Ai Yue, his eyes filled with worry. "But, with all due respect, this plan will probably encounter many unimaginable difficulties."

Mebius on the side couldn't help laughing, which attracted Ai Yue's glance.

"Ignore her. She might be thinking of something happy." Ai Yue explained for Mebius. Fortunately, Einstein didn't care about these things. "In fact, Dr. Einstein, the only difficulty in this matter lies in whether you are truly willing to make changes."

"Of course I do," Einstein responded decisively. "The Armed Puppet Project was my life's work. Now that it's been replaced by yours, I'm sad, but I have to admit that yours is more valuable. And now you've given me the opportunity to continue the Armed Puppet Project. No matter how I look at it, I will seize this opportunity."

"Very good," Ai Yue snapped his fingers. "In that case, I will also demonstrate my sincerity. After all, I can't let your lab pay unilaterally."

Einstein was still pondering what Ai Yue meant by sincerity when he heard an unfamiliar voice on his computer: "Voiceprint command confirmation has been received. The new plan is being optimized."

"The authority of Dr. Nicola Einstein, the head of the Armed Puppet Project, has been elevated."

"Fund restrictions have been lifted, and the current available funds are: unlimited."

"The Fire Moth technology catalog is fully unlocked. After calculation, I recommend the following technologies to optimize the Armed Puppet project—"

Layer upon layer of new pages unfolded before her eyes, like new doors bursting open, inviting Einstein into a completely new realm.

In a place she couldn't see, with Prometheus' extension as the center, countless new information flowed in all directions along the veins of the Internet. The name Nicola Einstein began to appear in the vision of more people and was recorded in special files. The authority jumped, and hundreds of confidential information were released, becoming content that she could browse at will.

Einstein still knew nothing about all this. He just looked at Ai Yue with a blank expression: "Dr. Ai Yue, what is this?"

"A little sincerity." Ai Yue took out another Prometheus extension from his arms and put it on his arm. "From now on, you will have the full support of the Fire Moth. At the same time, I will also delegate some of Prometheus's authority to you. With her help, I believe your project will face fewer difficulties."

"Prometheus?" Einstein pushed up his glasses, a cold light flashing across his lenses. "Could it be the super artificial intelligence you created?"

"Yes, after all, the development of armed puppets also requires the exploration of artificial intelligence." Ai Yue tapped the keyboard. "Finally, I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't try to constrain AI thinking with basic rules. Rigid rules will only lead to unexpected logic in the future."

A moment later, Ai Yue and Mebius left the laboratory, leaving Einstein alone to familiarize himself with the new content he was about to encounter.

"You take this project very seriously?" Mobius finally asked, raising her initial doubts. "I've never seen you so dedicated to a project before."

"Because this project is indeed very useful." Ai Yue smiled. "Why, are you jealous?"

"What are you talking about?" Mobius rolled his eyes. "I just don't understand. Isn't this project perfectly replaced by your bee swarm? Armed puppets can only assist humans in combat, while drones don't require human participation at all."

"You're wrong. The good thing about armed puppets is that they're just for support," Ai Yue explained. "From crawling to walking, children need the support and guidance of their families. People with limited mobility can certainly rely on wheelchairs to get around, but if they want to recover, they need crutches and other tools to exercise."

"For civilization, drone swarms are wheelchairs, and armed puppets are crutches."

Mebius was no fool. She quickly deduced the other party's purpose based on what Ai Yue had said before: "You think that ordinary people will fall into despair after knowing the truth about the Honkai, and you want to use armed puppets to cheer them up?"

"That's about it. Of course, arming the puppets is just one part of the process." Ai Yue nodded. "We still need to think about the specifics."

Mebius remained silent, waiting for the other party's next words. However, Ai Yue looked down at his phone, turned around and walked in another direction: "Let's go, Dr. Mei said he has something to talk to us about."

"Wait, what's your long-term plan?"

Chapter 42 Ai Yue, do you love humans so much?

The existence of Honkai, the source of all disasters, is still tightly sealed by the Fire Moths and is not known to ordinary people.

Even the Seventh Ruler who destroyed the entire Australia was excused by them with the excuse of "wildfire". Their control over public opinion was so deep that Ai Yue had to sigh, "He studied journalism."

For the management class of civilization, blocking news is to reduce panic, so that ordinary people do not have to live in the shadow of collapse, and to maintain the basic social environment so that civilization does not collapse and disintegrate.

But in Ai Yue's eyes, this is nothing more than a trick to deceive oneself and others. If ordinary people are not informed of the truth until the disaster is so serious that it cannot be contained, then the long-standing repression and suspicion will completely erupt and become uncontrollable.

In the original plot, the global coma caused by the Eighth Herrscher lasted for more than a month. Millions of people around the world fell into a coma, and the entire human medical system was paralyzed due to overcrowding. In the end, hundreds of thousands of people died of weakness in a coma due to lack of proper rescue and care.

At this point, the journalistic method of using disasters to cover up the truth finally collapsed, and the evil thing called "Honkai Impact" truly appeared in the eyes of ordinary people for the first time.

If it were just that, perhaps people would still have a chance to recover from their despair. However, the arrival of the Tenth Ruler, a special group of one thousand people with superpowers hidden around the world, the "Thousand Rulers", completely destroyed the most basic mutual trust in civilization.

Ordinary people have lost faith in the government, yet they can't believe that the people around them might one day become the lackeys of the Honkai. They struggle tremblingly for survival, never knowing when a Honkai beast will descend upon them. Every day they live under immense pressure, and this unrelieved pressure will eventually explode in a way that no one wants to see...

Ai Yue didn't want to imagine how tragic such a scene would be. Fortunately, through his own efforts, he quickly dealt with the Eighth Herrscher, thus preventing the global coma incident from completely breaking out and preventing the truth of "Honkai Impact" from being exposed to ordinary people in an uncontrollable manner.

However, what remains to be done is of paramount importance—how can the truth of the Honkai be conveyed to the world in the most gentle way? How can ordinary people, feeling despair and fear, be encouraged to rally and fight the Honkai? And how can the evil thoughts in people's hearts be eradicated in this situation, so that power can be more safely imparted to all?

Every problem was tormenting Ai Yue. In his eyes, these things that could not be solved by the system were the most terrifying and difficult scientific research projects. Unfortunately, he could not share many things with others, so he could only keep them in his stomach and figure out a solution by himself.

Fortunately, we now see a glimmer of hope - virtual Honkai beast technology, armed puppet technology, Gestalt cluster will drone group, these are all answers to the problem.

And the power of art...

Ai Yue narrowed his eyes, as if he saw the elegant figure discussing music with him again.

"Aiyue? And Dr. Mobius?"

The figure spoke with a hint of surprise, "I didn't expect to see you here. Missing you two from the technology exchange meeting must be sad for many people, right?"

It was not an illusion - Eden appeared in front of Ai Yue at this moment.

"Eden?" Mebius looked at her in surprise. "Why are you here?"

"I've been invited to sing at the opening ceremony of the Science and Technology Exchange Conference," Eden said simply. "It's also a charity gala being held on Mu Continent, tomorrow night."

After being rescued by the Fire Moth, Eden has been working hard to rescue survivors of the Australian bushfires. In addition to returning to the Fire Moth headquarters for treatment regularly, she spends most of her time organizing charity events around the world, using her fame and singing to soothe the hearts of ordinary people.

In addition, Eden also has a charitable foundation under his name, which is responsible for providing assistance to people affected by disasters.

Ai Yue nodded towards Yiden, then asked directly, "How's the new song going?"

"It's almost done. When you have time, remember to come and talk to me." Yiden was not surprised by Ai Yue's bluntness. Instead, he responded with a smile, "Also, why did you leave Hua alone at the convention center? The child looked so pitiful, all alone in the booth."

"There's no other way. Someone has to stay there, but it won't matter after today." Ai Yue shook his head slightly. "If it's convenient for you, I'll let her come find you then?"

"Okay, I haven't chatted with that kid in a while." Eden nodded and agreed very readily. "You two still have things to do, right? I won't bother you then."

"Are you and Eden so close?" After saying goodbye to Eden, Mebius looked at Ai Yue suspiciously. "From the way you two talk, it's like you're old friends who have known each other for years."

"It's some kind of tacit understanding, I guess," Ai Yue said vaguely. "But you, I'm a little surprised that you know Eden. Don't you dislike listening to music?"

"Of course, what's the point of all that noise." Mebius snorted coldly, "But, Eden is a very nice person, and... very generous."

Ai Yue immediately squinted at her and asked, "Are you going to ask her for money for research funding?"

"Only once or twice, and then nothing happened." Mebius obviously didn't want to continue the topic, so he took the initiative to walk forward. "Let's go, we'll be there soon."

Located in the center of Atla City, in a large laboratory deep underground, a project codenamed "Eye of the Abyss" is waiting for them.

After passing through layers of strict guards, Ai Yue and Mebius finally arrived in front of a huge metal door. As the door slowly opened, a special device appeared in front of them.

It was a large circular ring composed of countless metal parts. This ring-shaped object with a radius of about ten meters was connected by dense cables and equipment on all sides. Obviously, it was the special device that could communicate with the Quantum Sea, the Eye of the Abyss.

"You are here."

In front of the ring is a control center. Not only Dr. Mei, but also Kevin and Alicia are here.

Seeing Ai Yue and the others, Dr. Mei smiled with relief: "Welcome to witness this historic moment."

"We are about to verify whether the 'world' called the 'Quantum Ocean' really exists."

Chapter 43: Eye of the Abyss, activated!

The quantum ocean is an extremely abstract, complex and difficult to understand concept.

For current humans, it is even impossible to observe it and confirm whether this concept really exists. Dr. Mei has devoted most of his energy to the research on the quantum sea. Now he is just trying to design a door that can theoretically communicate with the quantum sea.

Of course, for humans, such a door could be said to be an invention that transcends an entire era. If it had not been destroyed in the disaster unleashed by the Ninth Herrscher, it might have been possible for Dr. Mei to open up a brand new future.

However, considering the time when the Herrscher of the End will finally arrive, the best outcome would probably be to keep some humans in the Quantum Sea to find other ways out.

Of course, these things are not important to Ai Yue. After all, he never intended to escape. He came here on the one hand because he was invited by Dr. Mei, and on the other hand, to confirm the stability of the Eye of the Abyss.

If this thing is stable enough and can even be turned on for a long time, can it extract energy from the quantum sea stably?

You know, although Ai Yue has developed a method to artificially synthesize Honkai energy crystals and tried to optimize and promote it, the way to obtain Honkai energy from the real world is still too unstable. Even in Australia, where there are only a few places with low Honkai energy concentrations on the entire continent, it is still very difficult to create artificial Honkai energy crystals.

Ai Yue had thought about using the Herrscher Core of the Void Herrscher to create a portal in Australia that could stably connect to the imaginary space, but when he thought about the fact that there were not many good people on the side of the Imaginary Tree, he finally gave up.

Don't let the problem of the Herrscher be left unsolved by then, and then you attract a few more big guys to help humans. That would be really difficult to deal with.

"How are the preparations going?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Ai Yue's mind, but his hands were moving without slowing down. He walked to Dr. Mei's side and reached out to take the documents on the table. "Are all the precautions in place?"

"Hey~ Here are the precautions?" Alicia waved at Ai Yue with a bright smile, "Kevin and I will do our best to keep everyone safe!"

"Then let's get started." Ai Yue glanced at Dr. Mei again, "Did I bring the things I gave you?"

Dr. Mei nodded. Under her unbuttoned white coat, one could vaguely see that she was wearing a belt with excessive metal content.

As she spoke, she nodded to the other staff members and said, "Get ready to start."

While others were making preparations, Dr. Mei turned on the sensor touch panel in front of him and placed his hand on it.

"Level 1 password unlocked, system activated."

"Self-examination begins."

"The energy system is normal."

"The transmission system is normal."

"Cooling system is normal."

"The excitation system is normal."

"All systems have completed self-checks. Do you want to start them?"

Mei first glanced at Kevin who was not far away, then looked at the others, and finally took a deep breath: "Start."

"Confirm the command, entering the countdown: 9, 8, 7..."

After the cold countdown ended, the originally dim ring-shaped device gradually emitted a bright light. This light quickly increased to a dazzling level and turned into a directional beam of light that shone towards the equipment in the center of the ring-shaped device.

Ai Yue also put down the documents in his hand and looked up at this historic moment. As the light gathered in the center of the ring device, soon, a strange "curtain" spread out from the center in all directions.

It was a light curtain of very strange colors, so strange that people couldn't think of the corresponding color for a while. As the light curtain finally filled the entire ring device, strange readings came from the energy monitoring device.

Not only the energy monitoring device, but all the equipment used to monitor the other side of the light curtain transmitted data that was completely different from the real world.

This proves that the light curtain is connected to a world that cannot be described using existing rules.