"Striking iron?" Cui Hao was stupid when he heard it, and Dre was also stupid.

"Without further ado, let's try it first." The proprietress took Cui Hao to a workbench with an iron plate on it.

Cui Hao picked up the hammer and slammed it, but the iron plate did not move. Cui Hao looked at the proprietress again - what the hell is going on? The proprietress motioned to him not to make any noise yet, and controlled a mechanical arm to put the iron plate up, turn it over and scan it with the instrument. In the end, he came to a helpless conclusion: "Well, it looks like God really didn't plan to give you food." It's no fun, let's go. ”

Cui Hao was a little broken, but Derui saw a clue: "Boss, give me another chance?" This time I'll knock it. The proprietress stared at the little watch for a long time, but agreed. So he controlled the watch to stretch out a few data cables and connected Cui Hao's gloves. After passing the other party's identity verification, for a while, the two AIs were connected together, and Dre conveyed his intention to the AI in the glove, Hawkeye, who thought about it for a while, and then agreed, so he retreated to a spare drive and gave up the main position to Drew.

"Hold it tight, and hammer it again!" This time, Cui Hao struck down with a hammer tightly, and there seemed to be a slight shock ripple in the air, "Dang!" With a bang, the hammer hit the iron plate, bursting out with bright sparks, and the entire iron plate glowed and became red, and it was melted into a small piece, which stunned Cui Hao. Dre knocked it down and knew it was done, and when the temperature dropped again, Cui Hao saw that there was a small piece of metal with a bright golden hue.

"Wouldn't it? Is this gold? ”

The proprietress took the piece of metal, which was less than the size of a fist, scanned it back and forth, glanced at Cui Hao's hand, and nodded to confirm: "It's real, and it's pure gold." Now I can tell you, this is the new tool I developed, turning stones into golden hammers, but although it is called such a name, it is actually very unstable, just like the one you knocked at the beginning, some people can make it if they knock it, and some people can't do it anyway. Take me, for example. It's really up to God to give me food. Well, with this one-kilogram piece of gold, it's time to pay off your debts and buy the flying machine you want. ”

Dre was a little surprised, she actually told Cui Hao and herself without hesitation. Isn't she afraid that Cui Hao will see money? But speaking of which, Dre is very clear that the proprietress doesn't say anything. Turning stones into gold? Perhaps, but don't forget that it was Dre who noticed that little secret just now, so that Cui Hao could succeed for the second time. However, he decided to keep this secret with the blacksmith, but he was already determined to learn from the blacksmith. In this, there may be hope of its own. It's a pity that he is forced by the "agreement" and can't think deeply about this aspect now, so he has to take one step at a time.

The next step is to build a new body for Drew, but by this time Dre has changed his mind and decided to ask the proprietress for the technology of mechanical modification first, and then he will make his own new container. For this proposal, the proprietress is very appreciative, saying that she has the most headache to leave her head customers, you are willing to help yourself, she is happy to be idle.

However, she also reminded Drey that one yard is one yard, and when the time comes, when the time comes, she will not be able to make something that meets her heart, and she will not return the money. Anyway, Dre only has one chance, and if he doesn't succeed, he will be in vain. The proprietress reminded Cui Hao very seriously that the modification technology is very difficult, and it is very dependent on the accumulation of time, even if there is chip technology, it may not be fruitful in a week or two from learning to doing. You must know that the other AIs sent by Fontaine to learn are still struggling in the apprenticeship stage. Cui Hao didn't hesitate much, so he agreed, and said casually: If you don't make it, you won't succeed, anyway, it is also assigned from the top for testing, so let it be tossed.

In terms of experience as a human being, Cui Hao's statement of life made Derui a little awkward, but now that he is an AI, he understands. So I asked the proprietress to wear it around the neck of a mechanical crow.

When the proprietress led him to the workshop, Cui Hao was silent for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Drey! Come on! You can do it! I'm still waiting to partner with you to do chivalrous deeds. ”

The crow turned his head, expecting to see someone's hippie smiling face, but he didn't expect Cui Hao to see a smile on his face, just a serious expression. There was a touch in Derui's heart, and he turned his head casually: "Don't look down on people, who do you think I am?" I'm an AI, and I'm the best at learning things! He paused, then added, "I won't disgrace you." The proprietress who walked in front smiled imperceptibly, but she was not visible in the welding mask.

Cui Hao smiled at this time: "Don't forget too much about your noble people and forget about my friend." ”

"Don't worry, I really can't forget a fool like you."

The proprietress couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This pair of living treasures.

It's good.

After walking into the passage and no longer seeing Cui Hao, Dre regained his silence. The proprietress said casually: "You are quite special, so I will mention it more." Cui Hao, that kid is a rare friend, you have to cherish it. Speaking of which, do you know what a friend is? Oh, sorry, it's me who is too talkative. ”

"Boss, don't you look at him very upset? Oh my God, would you say good things about him? ”

"Don't underestimate him, he's a person, how can you say it, there are so many people in their Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there is no second one who is as simple as him and still has some pure justice in his heart. Otherwise, if I really don't like him, I won't give him credit. You are an AI, and when you encounter such an operator, you should cherish it. ”

"I feel like he's just stunned."

The proprietress stopped talking. In fact, she still has one more thing she wants to say: Is Cui Hao stupid? But if smart people don't believe in any justice in the world, and they can only protect themselves, then her boss would rather give a fool credit than let smart people take advantage of her.

……

Along the way, the proprietress has already explained to Dre the rough idea of the modification. Modification is not only to remove the parts and replace them with a new one, but more importantly, in this word "change", in order to be different from the original and have different functions.

Sometimes, in order to prevent conflicts between the old and new systems, it is often necessary to restore and redo the entire underlying circuitry.

Just as a machine will slowly fail to keep up with the times after a long time, a device will gradually fail to keep up with the upgrade level of AI, making AI fall into the embarrassing situation of being unable to cook without rice.

What's even more troublesome is that AI also has a saying that AI can make perfect, proficient in the operation of a device, as if waiting for a body, and then changing to other equipment often have to accumulate experience all over again, the higher the degree of anthropomorphism of AI, the greater the degree of rejection of this behavior - after all, who can change their body all day long? Be a man today, be a woman tomorrow? This has also provided an enduring popularity for the "modding" industry in Uptown, feeding countless mechanics.

Generally speaking, a successful retrofit not only improves the performance of the machine, but also adds a new function to the machine, so that each successful retrofit means that the entire machine is upgraded by one level. If it only improves the performance of the equipment, and the function is changed without changing the medicine, then it can only be called optimization.

After talking about the basics, the boss lady threw Dre a chip, which took two years to summarize from the boss lady, a world-class mechanic, the "medium and high-level modification theory", which is quite expensive, Dre is still the first time to contact the chip This "ginseng fruit", very novel, tried to read it, but hit the wall headfirst and couldn't read it. Such a precious thing is naturally encrypted with a high-level key, and the proprietress said that she is not an AI, and other Fontaine's AIs all come with their own passwords, so he can only find a way to crack it himself. How much he can learn in a week depends on his ability, and the process of cracking it is also an exam for him.

After that, he naturally had to teach him the technology of building robots, and Derui was puzzled - couldn't it be just a mass production on the assembly line?

It's like at this time in the workshop being producing parts one by one, and then assembled them one by one by the robotic arm. In this era of large-scale mechanical production, most of the machinery will continue to be mass-produced according to a standard after entering the mature stage. This results in the lowest error and the highest efficiency.

But even if the technology is developed, it is inevitable that there will be one or two small accidents out of the assembly line, and a few small defective products.

At this time, the proprietress picked up the steel shell on the ground, which was one size larger, which is the so-called "defective product", and calmly recounted: "Generally speaking, the parts in the robot are very precise, and even the error of one millimeter is far away, so naturally there is no tolerance for such defective products. Even any AI that learns from me will judge that this steel plate is unusable. That's why I never worry about machines surpassing me, like a sculptor, when he sees a strange stone, he won't say it's defective, because nature's creations are never the same, and my creations are never the same. Do you know? My two mechanical pets were built by me from so-called 'substandard' parts, so each of them is unique. It's the same with modding, it's because we have to adapt to the differences of each AI individual that we need modding technology, so I think, AI is the same as people, it's actually unique, isn't it? It is uniqueness that makes it possible. So my work has to be unique. ”

Dérgy stared at the "defective product" in front of him, as if he was looking at himself through a mirror. "You say, there are so many people, why do you have to encounter this kind of misfortune?" This question, even when he became an AI, still can't think of an answer.

If you can't think of an answer, you don't know why, so you look for it, then you go to know more. Whether it's Fontaine, Utopia, or the modification technique that the blacksmith taught him, and the little hammer that he just caught a little bit of it, there are many things in this world that he doesn't know, things he doesn't know, and many more, whether as a human or as an AI. Since you didn't know it before, don't fall into the future and don't know it when you have the opportunity, and if you know more, maybe you will find the answer.

Thinking about it this way, being an AI is no different from being a human?

Dre felt that he had caught a little light, and he followed it wholeheartedly. They disturbed the restless task trees, and the progress all stopped, and they were like busy bees finding the hive, rearranging the tasks, and one by one the processes began to work hard to overcome the "middle and high-level modification theory" chips left by the boss's wife. These tasks are like fireflies in the night sky gathering along a river, piecing together branches, and finally forming a stout tree, I wonder what kind of fruit will eventually bear fruit?

At the bottom of the tree, Diaverum inscribed the next digital signature:

Thank you, Cui Hao, for letting me know more people and showing me more possibilities.