Half a month has passed, and a huge steel floating city is gradually taking shape in the mechanical world. The outer walls of the fortress city www.biquge.info are full of cannon holes, and the shooting holes of the black holes are as small as a few feet in diameter, and the large ones range from more than ten feet to dozens of feet.

"The size of this fortress is increasing day by day, when will this development come to an end?" The mermaid girl asked, tilting her head.

"In the realm of gods, things are born from the heart. As long as he wants, he has everything in materials and energy," the elf stared at the huge mechanical castle, his eyes unblinking, "This steel fortress still has the potential to continue to expand, and it is not impossible to build a death star in the end." ”

"Watching the caliber of these cannons getting bigger and bigger, don't you have a sense of crisis?"

"Yingxi, the larger the caliber, the less threatening it is, haven't you heard of a saying called 'cannon fights mosquitoes'?" The elf smiled and said, "Any kind of weapon has its scope of application, and a fortress weapon of this size should be transported to interstellar space and used for counter-bombardment in a super-large-scale battle." ”

“……”

"All things are mutually reinforcing, cats can eat mice, tigers can eat cats, elephants can subdue tigers, but mice can subdue elephants...... Okay, the rules of this beast chess are a bit absurd, but it also shows that bigger things in the world are not better. Verth continued, "Before you and I are in this fortress weapon, I am afraid that we are like the ratio of bacteria to man. Although bacteria are many times lower than humans, when an epidemic occurs, no matter how strong and strong they usually are, they have to lie down immediately. ”

"Verth, there are white blood cells that kill bacteria and viruses," the girl said, pointing to the sky, "and the white blood cells of the mechanical city have come out." ”

There was a buzzing noise from above, and an overwhelming field of flying objects poured out of the passages of the steel fortress like locusts. These bird-shaped steel weapons had two muzzles under their bellies, and the dense spray of shrapnel poured down in pieces in a torrential rain.

Ying Xi sighed, drawing circles with both hands, and a purple transparent light shield blocked the stray bullets flying in all directions. "Even bacteria that can kill people must first multiply sufficiently, and rely on numerical superiority to destroy the health of the body. You count us as cancer cells, how can you fight with so many flying machines? ”

"Hold on a little longer and you'll have a turnaround." A silver light mask appeared outside the elf's body, and the bullet hit it with a clanging sound, like fried beans, "Have you noticed that these aircraft are all unmanned?" ”

"Of course, that alchemist just wants to train pilots, and there is no one."

"That's right, it means that he skipped the technology tree, and in the development of the aircraft, he omitted the manned stage and came directly to the unmanned stage."

"What's the matter?"

"This fortress weapon can be seen as a mechanical lifeform, and with the development of the technology tree, its systems are becoming more and more complex, the firepower is becoming more and more sufficient, the protection is getting stronger and stronger, and the space mobility is getting higher and higher." The elven voice revealed the indescribable excitement, "Although the alchemist has given up on becoming a god, his floating city is tantamount to walking on the path of becoming a god. ”

"Wait, this thing is a god too?" The mermaid girl asked in surprise.

"In the past, the super-magic empire could build spaceships faster than light, go to the sky and the earth, and travel the universe; It can set up powerful tools, move mountains and seas, and change the terrain; It can create a golem that thinks for itself, endows it with intelligence, and recreates life. So powerful, the history books hail it as 'a god-like civilization'", said Verth, "so the concept of God, the main characteristic is that it has vast supernatural powers, a living body can be a god, a machine body can be a god, and a social body can also be a god." ”

"Okay, Ventes, how are we going to deal with this 'Fortress of the Gods' next?"

"My purpose is to observe the process of the Sealing God Sample." The elf replied easily, "Just wait for the development of Floating City to go wrong." ”

"Are you so sure?"

"Isn't the former Super Magic Empire also gone? In addition, the political system, the economic system, philosophical thoughts, and moral norms need to complement each other, and the stagnation of any one aspect is in danger of collapse, and the degree of danger is no less than that of our cultivation of gods. Verthel pointed to the sky, "If you want to reproduce the glory of the magic world with just one technology tree, how can there be such a simple thing in the world, not to mention that the technology tree he masters is far from being as complete as the empire of the past, and he dares to develop by leaps and bounds, which is really self-defeating." ”

“…… Verte, I believe that something will happen to this floating city sooner or later, but what if we are killed before it develops into problems? ”

"Since you want to get first-hand on-site information, you naturally have to take a little risk."

Depleted of ammunition and fuel, the craft began to plop down in the air, soon laying a thick layer of mechanical debris on the ground.

The mermaid girl emerged from a pile of broken parts, had just brushed the iron filings from her hair, and heard a second round of buzzing. The new aircraft is more graceful and faster, and it seems to have added the function of actively searching for targets, no longer firing bullets indiscriminately like the previous generation, but forming a formation in the air, and aiming the muzzles of the guns at the target below.

"There are at least 5,000 flying machines on it, and 10,000 barrels are firing a salvo, and I don't have the confidence to resist without a trident." Shadow Xi grumbled when she saw the elf poking its head out of the scrap metal beside her.

Verte looked at the aircraft, "These are already AI-controlled weapons, and they can react and judge on their own, and choose the most appropriate tactical method according to the situation on the battlefield." ”

"What's the matter, the other party's tech tree has climbed to the point of automation?"

"Of course, if this huge fortress continues to develop conventionally, its structure will gradually become incredibly complex, and it will take a lot of energy to maintain and operate normally, not to mention the daily maintenance and maintenance," the elf smiled, "That alchemist classmate is not a god, how can he personally check the stability of every screw?" Therefore, we had to develop automated programs to manage on our behalf, that is, to delegate power to the intelligent system. ”

At this moment, thousands of intelligent aerial vehicles fired at the same time, and the entire sky was shrouded in red firelight, but the mermaid and elf were unharmed, because the concentration point of fire was actually a fortress floating in the air, and the huge spherical steel outer wall was full of bright flowers.

"What's going on?"

"I think it's easy to understand, how did the legendary Super Magic Empire come to an end? Isn't it because the system network has become self-aware after being highly intelligent, and even seized control of all high-tech weapons. ”

"yes," Shadow sighed, "I remember the last legion of cyborgs on a mission of destruction, which seems to be called the Terminator......"

However, the warheads fired by these cannons, although they were full of fire, seemed to scratch the hard fortress shell until all the ammunition was gone, and there was no damage to the floating city.

"I knew that machines were unreliable, and the firepower given to them was simply not enough to pose the slightest threat to the defense of the fortress, so how could a human being, as a great intelligence, leave his fate in the hands of his own creation." A loud voice came from the fortress, and on the spherical surface below, hundreds of giant cannon holes suddenly stretched out, "I can win without high-intelligence weapons, so let's use these ordinary cannons to send you to death." ”

"It is you who will perish." Verth saw that the fortress city suddenly shook slightly and almost imperceptibly, and his face suddenly relaxed, "What kind of automation is transcendent, can you control this dangerous thing?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the floating steel giant fell to the ground like a bird that had suddenly been hit by an arrow. At the same time, the two figures on the ground also flew behind them, finally dodging the impact of the earth-shattering explosion.

"Why, that behemoth was destroyed in an instant?"

The elf thought for a moment, "It should be the program that operated the center that rebelled, and it chose to self-destruct because it couldn't fight for control of the entire fortress. ”

"This means that the path of 'God only needs to be plugged' has failed, Ventes, what experience can you draw from this sample example?"

"There is a consciousness of its own, and the intelligent program that defies the design instructions is actually a computer virus, and the lesson of the destruction of the Ultra Magic Empire and this floating city tells us," the elf showed a sad look on his face, "When using the operating system, you must pay attention to installing firewalls and anti-virus programs. ”

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Another year later, at the bottom of the bone tower, another boy stepped forward.

"Ah Jian, you have always been the most calm, why do you want to go up and die?"

"During this time, I thought about it for a long time, Xiaocai's thinking is not wrong, he tried his best to develop his own weapons, instead of taking the path of sealing the gods himself, which ensured that the ontology would not perish because of the cultivation of the gods, but he made another mistake, that is, relying too much on tools, and ended up being counterattacked." The starter of the short army workshop said eloquently, "A practical weapon, in addition to being powerful, is more important than safety and reliability, Xiaocai students have always pursued high-precision, but the more sophisticated and complex things are, the more fragile they are." I prefer traditional cold weapons to the difficulty of handling firearms. ”

"Seeing what you said is the Tao, then how are you going to fight?"

"This flying sword has been refined by my natal primordial god, and it has already cultivated with me to the point of human sword integration, and when I go up and use the power of the gods to further refine it into a divine weapon. Well, you don't need the level of the Four Swords of Zhuxian, I think as long as you have half the power of the Ziqing Twin Swords, you can kill the guys guarding the tower and let everyone get out of here. ”

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