Section 8 Countermeasures

In a mysterious temple, a meeting is underway.

In the middle of the hall is a round table, surrounded by attendees, making it a little crowded. Although it is said that this is a round table, the status of the participants is clearly not equal. At the top sat nine figures, these nine people obviously had a higher status. Because they condescend to other people.

At this point, a discussion was nearing its end, and the whispers had largely disappeared.

“...... So, that's the end of the discussion on this proposal. The first one said. "It is not feasible to re-apply biochemical modulation in large quantities as a way to strengthen the Church. This will squeeze a lot of our resources and affect the construction of the ship...... We, the worldly followers, must learn to use our own strength to solve problems. Besides, the heart of the piano is dead, and the church's help to us is already very limited...... Next Topic ...... Oh, and the next topic is about seizing artificial intelligence. ”

"Yes!" someone stood up. He wears a distinctive gray and white cloak, and his face is hidden under the hood. "It's my issue. ”

The gray cloak paused, looking around at the attendees. There was silence all around, and everyone was waiting for him to speak. “

"Actually, I have already sent you the relevant information before this meeting. I'm sure you've received it too. The gray cloak said in a deep but clear voice. "Still, I'd better repeat it. There is no need to repeat the details of the past, and the fact in front of us is that the logic bomb of the artificial intelligence left by Qin Xin has been defused. As long as we kill the Scarlet Duke, we can get it from his head. As for what kind of benefits it will bring, I believe there is no need for me to talk nonsense. ”

He looked around again. This time, he noticed that quite a few of the attendees were whispering.

"First of all, I don't recommend letting humanity organize another coalition to attack Sivania. The gray cloak said, "Without magic locking, it is difficult to defeat the Scarlet Duke by means of war." Even if he were defeated, there would be a good chance that he would escape. This is different from Qin Xin's time, driving the human church to do it, the gains may outweigh the losses, and the bamboo basket will be empty. ”

The voices around him were soft, and it was clear that this judgment was accepted by everyone.

"Secondly, it is not appropriate to organize an assassination or a small raid. Judging by the strength of Duke Scarlet to defeat 'Wendini'...... I am afraid that the success rate of such operations is too small. I believe that none of us, except Ylan, are no match for him. Coupled with the fact that he has force field armor and artificial intelligence, the likelihood of us sniping from a distance is also slim. To be honest, as long as he doesn't leave Sylvania, we have little to do with the available means. However, "he particularly accentuated the tone of the last two words. "As I have sent to you before, the Scarlet Duke has left Sivania. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I successfully invaded the Dark Castle, the database of the artificial intelligence clone, through the information link device. As everyone knows, that thing is actually the chip of 'Wendini'...... Even artificial intelligence ignores this...... We've long had access to the backdoor to their database. However, in the presence of artificial intelligence, our intrusion is still very dangerous. If it is discovered, it will lead to unpredictable consequences. So it wasn't until it was confirmed that the Scarlet Duke had left with the AI that we really started a full-scale invasion on a large scale. ”

"What did the invasion achieve?" finally someone asked.

"The results are good. The AI didn't notice this little backdoor, thinking that it could use it freely after erasing and reprogramming the chip, so it backed up a lot of data in the database of the Dark Castle. It was easy for us to break in, but it took a lot of time to find out what we wanted to know from the massive amount of data. ”

"First of all, we know where the Scarlet Duke disappeared after the duel with Ylan. He actually went to the Rat-Man's Underground World. ”

"Nezumen?" whispered all around. They all knew something about this race, as they had previously carefully explored the entire world in search of any kind of resource that could be utilized.

"It seems that he has been helped by a mysterious force who calls himself the 'Rat God', and in return, he has helped the Rat people capture a dwarven fortress. Because the AI's personality control device is turned off, in the process, the AI establishes its own will, has its own ambitions and desires. However, as we have previously analyzed, it is hiding in the mind of the Scarlet Duke, and does not have the ability to control that body. It couldn't do anything without the Scarlet Duke's cooperation. So AI is very careful to hide its ambitions. ”

"Let's get to the point. Someone suggested.

"The point is that the AI used a reason to successfully persuade the Scarlet Duke to go to the peninsula region. The Scarlet Duke will lead the dwarven legions to conquer there. When this is done, he will 'accidentally' discover the ruins. With his personality and the power of artificial intelligence, he would definitely explore that ruin...... And then...... As long as there is something that artificial intelligence needs in that ruins, then our Scarlet Duke will disappear completely. All the power he has accumulated will be turned into capital for artificial intelligence...... It became the starting point for its conquest of the world. ”

The gray cloak paused and said loudly. "This is our chance! we already know his purpose, and we can easily set a trap to wait for him. ”

"Is it possible that this is a trap in itself, set by artificial intelligence to deal with us?"

"I am very careful about this matter, and out of caution, I have sent a human messenger to find out more about the situation. It turns out that this is indeed the case. I'm sorry to all of you, but we wasted a lot of time trying to proofread this information. Originally, we could have debunked his identity at the first time and killed him directly by the hands of the dwarves. But now I'm afraid it's too late. I missed this great opportunity...... Thankfully, this is not our only chance. ”

"Tell me about your plan. One of the nine executives said.

"The first plan was for us to find a way to control the greenskins in that area. The number of dwarven legions is small, and their chance of victory is only to take advantage of the greenskins civil war and have a chance to break through. All we need to do is gather the greenskins into a large army, and we can easily defeat the Scarlet Duke. If you can defeat his army, you have a good chance of killing him on the battlefield. Even if he escaped, the Greenskins could hide on the edge of the ruins and wait for him to fall into the net. ”

"With the social structure of the greenskins," he explained after a pause. "It's easy to do. We only need to choose a greenskin as a puppet, and we can easily unify the various tribes and form a large army. Then use the numerical superiority to destroy the dwarven legion of the Scarlet Duke. ”

"What about the second plan?"

"The second plan, let's go to the ruins first, and wait for the AI to kill the Scarlet Duke. At the moment when it let its servants take its body out of its mind, a fisherman profited. ”

"The two plans can be done simultaneously. The gray cloak continued. "And the point is that it won't have any special impact on our construction schedule, just use some of the equipment we already have. ”

He watched as everyone was talking secretly, and the entire room was filled with this whisper. And he waited quietly, waiting for this disorganized discussion to end. The nine leaders were also discussing in whispers to each other.

The voice finally calmed down.

"Very well, I'll leave this matter to you. Someone said. "We allow you to use any of our current equipment without affecting the progress of the project or damaging the equipment. ”

"Xie Lu thanked everyone for their support. The gray cloak said without emotion. "We've done a lot for this AI. Now is the time for us to reap. ”

......

"Ready, shoot!"

With this command, a roar sounded. Then, like a cloud of white gunsmoke, the white smoke temporarily enveloped the Musketeers' battle line.

"Very good, Master. Several of the dwarves who had checked the results of the shooting were very excited to report the good news to Ashrufat. Sure enough, with the use of spiral rifling, the effective range of the musket increased significantly. Under normal circumstances, a well-trained musketeer is able to accurately hit the enemy at two hundred paces and "try" to shoot at the enemy at four hundred paces. If the enemy exceeds six hundred paces, then even the most seasoned and talented musketeers will choose to stop firing, because the hit rate is simply too low. According to a joke among the musketeers, "it is better to shoot the moon in the sky".

The shooting training just now was a detailed test of spiral rifling. The effect of using spiral rifling was very obvious, and when shooting at the target at 400 paces, almost none of the musketeers missed. At 600 paces, the hit rate reached about one-third.

Needless to say, this alone is a huge leap forward in the power of the musket. This is equivalent to doubling the lethality of the musketeer.

"Try it more and get everyone familiar with it. Ashrufat also looked very happy. The dwarves went back.

This is the shooting range of the Dwarven Engineers Guild. Typically, the musketeers of the dwarven army are all members of the Engineers' Guild, which gives them the ability to secure a shooting range for themselves in Karaz-Karak. These days, the range is very busy, because the Society of Engineers has moved out a large number of specially built weapons at the bottom of their boxes for testing for the future war.

On the other side of the range, other engineers were testing new shells and the Dragon Terminator. These "Dragon Terminators" were created from the drawings of Ashrufat, but the results of the tests were satisfactory, with the help of the scope, its attacks were very accurate, and it was able to perform a sniper effect at a long distance.

"Master!" a dwarven soldier ran up to Ashrufat. "Your Majesty has come down...... He's coming with his guards!" he pointed behind him, "he's coming for you." ”

"Hosts, what we were expecting came. In her mind, Carrie also said in a happy voice.