The researcher's words made Xiao Yun's heart sink suddenly: "Self-destruct device? All the key parts of the interior have been destroyed? Is there a possibility of recovery? If you can't recover it, what else can you learn from it? ”

"Most of the damaged parts can be restored, after all, those are technologies that are within our understanding." The researcher had a better message, "but...... Xiao Yun, you are an artificial intelligence expert, so you should know that although most of its body can be restored, the brain chip responsible for directing all its body movements cannot be restored. Oh, it's not accurate to say that the chip can be restored, or even remanufactured, but the information carried on the chip is completely lost. ”

Mechanical damage is always the most complete form of damage. The core component that directs a robot's actions is a small chip, but the value of this small chip is greater than the entire body of the robot. Because all the design ideas of the person who designed these infinitely replicated robots, the implementation methods of various functions, the coordination between robots, etc., are all stored on the chip. It can even be said unceremoniously that if that vital chip can be obtained, the probability of human civilization finding a way to deal with infinite replication robots will increase by at least 30%.

But...... The chip is gone.

"Okay." Xiao Yun said with some disappointment, "What about the rest of the information?" ”

"General, you and Xiao Yun can come in and have a look." The researcher spoke, leading General Emek and Xiao Yun into the research room.

There are still a lot of staff members busy in the research room. In front of them was a pile of parts that looked scattered, but clearly organized between them. It was clear that the robot had been completely disassembled by the researchers.

The researcher pointed at the parts with a long stick and introduced Xiao Yun at the same time: "Look here. After our preliminary analysis. We confirm that this is its power plant. Like our human civilization, it is also driven by decay energy. This is its mineral gathering and refining unit, this is the parts processing unit, this is the assembly workshop ......"

It took a long time for the researcher to finish the presentation. After talking about the role of the last part, the researcher turned around and said to Xiao Yun, "Yes. Everything is as it says in the report you submitted...... The internal structure and functional modules of this robot are basically the same as the ones you had in mind. It's a robot that can replicate itself infinitely. ”

After the researcher said this conclusion, both General Emmerk and Xiao Yun were a little heavy. Before that, no matter how many ideas and speculations the two made, and no matter how solid the logical speculation was to support those guesses, neither of them could be sure that they would face something as terrible as "infinite replication robots" in the future. Because speculation is always just speculation, and as long as there is no actual evidence, it can only be speculation forever. And now, speculation has become a reality.

The researcher continued: "Inside this robot, we have detected a large number of structures and components that are made in the style of human civilization, and most of the technology used is already within our human civilization. A small number of technologies that are applied to this robot, which our human civilization has not mastered, also have a very obvious inheritance relationship with our human civilization, that is, those technologies are developed on the basis of our science and technology. So...... I can say with absolute certainty that this thing was made by a human, or an alien who is very familiar with human technology. ”

Xiao Yun turned around and began to carefully examine the scattered parts again. The researcher followed Xiao Yun and continued: "The working mechanism of this robot is very sophisticated. Because of the lack of information about the core chip, even if we have disassembled it for the most detailed analysis. We can only grasp the general idea of how it works, but not everything about it. I can responsibly say that it is extremely well designed, even to the point that there are many places that we simply cannot understand. The guy who designed and built this robot...... A genius without a doubt. ”

Each of the components that make up this robot has a function. In order to achieve this function, human civilization may need an entire production line, or an entire factory. And the genius who designed and built the robot. The whole factory was condensed into a small box with a volume of no more than five cubic decimeters, and all the functions of a factory were realized with this small box. Although there is a difference in yield between the two, they are essentially the same.

To achieve this, the foundation of science and technology, or the accumulation of knowledge, is no longer the first priority. The most important thing is scientific thinking. An ordinary scientific researcher can also master the scientific and technological foundation or have sufficient knowledge accumulation through hard work, but scientific thinking is different. And the gap between geniuses and ordinary scholars lies precisely in scientific thinking.

Just like the great genius who first came up with the idea of computer design in the history of human civilization. There was no shortage of people of his generation who possessed the same depth of knowledge as he did, but it was he, not others, who ultimately came up with the idea of computer design. Genius is responsible for creating ideas, others ...... You can only learn the mind.

The same is true for this robot now. Although he was born in the same era as that genius, neither Xiao Yun nor anyone else in the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute could do the same thing as that genius. The genius created this idea, creating a robot that could be replicated infinitely, and Xiao Yun ...... Like everyone else, he can only analyze and learn the genius's mind through this robot with a shocking mood.

This creates a very complex mindset for everyone. No one wants to admit that they are worse than others, but in the face of this reality, no one can not admit it.

"That guy is a genius." Xiao Yun said with a sigh.

"yes, he's a genius." The researcher also said, "All of these features are fully implemented...... It was a difficult thing to do, but the genius did it. ”

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Xiao Yun shook his head, "I want to ...... Because you're not a scholar of artificial intelligence, you're ...... I don't really appreciate the power of that genius yet. Here's where that genius is really powerful. ”

Xiao Yun said, taking the long wooden stick from the researcher's hand, and then pointing to a part of the robot's body. That part is used to store the core chip, and at this moment, the chip that has been completely damaged is lying there quietly.

"It is necessary to use a program to realize the coordination and operation of all parts of the robot, to realize the understanding and judgment of information from all external sources, to realize the coordination and linkage of the robot group, and to realize the communication between robots...... It's a much more difficult thing to do than to make the parts inside its body. Obviously...... That genius did just that. But because the chip has been damaged, we can't get any information from it, and we can't get a more precise picture of his genius. ”

General Emak said coldly: "I don't care how genius that guy is. All I know is that he is a sinner of our entire human civilization, and he has committed heinous sins against the entire human civilization. As a soldier, my job is to catch him and put him on execution. ”

Xiao Yun and the researcher looked at each other and smiled bitterly together.

After a moment of silence, the researcher said, "Oh, yes, there's one more thing. Through our analysis and research, we have confirmed one thing, and that is ...... The robot is actually about the same level of technology as the power transmission fragment we obtained earlier. ”

"Huh?" General Emmerk's eyes immediately narrowed: "In other words, this robot doesn't actually have the ability to travel interstellar, right?" ”

"Yes." The researcher nodded: "Not only does it not have the ability to travel interstellarly, it doesn't even have the ability to go into space, and it doesn't even ...... None of it can fly within the atmosphere. It can only crawl on the ground like a bug. ”

Xiao Yun's heart sank again. And General Emmerk obviously hasn't figured out the key point yet: "Then tell me, why can those robots destroy the Tarzan-class spacecraft and large research ships located in orbit around the planet in a short period of time, and why can they leave the Raqqa system before we arrive?" ”

The researcher was silent, and Xiao Yun said slowly, "This means two possibilities. ”

"The first one may ...... The genius who created these infinite replica robots has been with them all along. These robots have a certain data interface in their bodies, and that genius can continuously upgrade the program and hardware performance of these robots through this data interface, so as to make these robots more and more capable. So...... This long-lived robot does not have interstellar capabilities, while the rest of the upgraded and modified robots do. ”

"The second possibility ......" Xiao Yun hesitated for a moment and did not continue. But both the researcher and General Emek saw a trace of fear in the depths of Xiao Yun's eyes. (To be continued.) )