Super Mothership
(tl: Twin Stars= Gemini)
Just as Nie Yun found time to take care of the last warship of the Third Fleet, a communication from the Twin Stars arrived.
The result was unsurprising—Twin Stars agreed to the ceasefire request from the "All Things Return to One" organization, demanding the prompt release of prisoners and urging the first transaction of the Water of Life as soon as possible.
"Heh!" Nie Yun smirked—the fish had taken the bait!
The initial amount of Water of Life Nie Yun provided was extremely small—barely enough to enhance a cat—just sufficient for Twin Stars to conduct a preliminary verification of its effects. Naturally, Twin Stars were eager to obtain more for deeper research, perhaps even human trials.
As for releasing the prisoners, it was merely a test by Twin Stars to gauge his sincerity.
Nie Yun had no intention of playing tricks in this regard.
These prisoners were just an unexpected gain from the battlefield and had little value to him. Moreover, they had been held in a completely isolated environment, meaning they had no knowledge of the Solar System's intelligence. Releasing them at most would only cost him some lost zoo admission revenue.
After arranging for a ship to transport the prisoners to the Proxima System, Nie Yun turned to look out the porthole at Kara Star.
Although a temporary ceasefire was in place, Twin Stars would undoubtedly continue their surveillance and reconnaissance of Kara Star. To avoid interfering with the Longevity Project, it seemed necessary to give Twin Stars something else to occupy them…
Snap! He snapped his fingers.
"Captain!" A figure with the codename appeared. Their face remained expressionless as always, but upon closer inspection, their gaze seemed more animated than before.
"How is the takeover of the Third Fleet progressing?" Nie Yun asked.
"We have completed full control over all shipborne AIs and installed the latent ‘Puppet System.’ Currently, 80% of the automated control equipment on all warships is under our command."
In the interstellar era, warships were highly intelligent. Controlling the AI essentially meant controlling the entire ship.
With just a few mechanical bugs taking over critical systems, Nie Yun could remotely command a massive warship with minimal effort. Given enough time, these mechanical bugs could slowly erode the ships until the entire fleet was fully mechanized.
"Very good. What’s your assessment of Twin Stars’ fleet coordination system?" Nie Yun suddenly asked.
"Nearly flawless but somewhat rigid. If I optimize it, the overall fleet coordination could still improve by 3% to 5%," the codename figure replied.
"And what about the unmanned fighter AI?"
"It has 13 intelligent vulnerabilities. I can design seven combat strategies to specifically target these weaknesses!" Codename’s eyes flashed with data as it quickly responded again.
Hearing Codename’s answers to both tests, Nie Yun nodded in satisfaction.
These systems were the result of centuries of continuous optimization on the battlefield by Twin Stars. If Twin Stars’ own programmers were present, they would surely scoff at Codename’s analysis.
But they would never understand the inherent advantages that advanced artificial intelligence holds in program design…
If there was a top beneficiary of Nie Yun’s infiltration mission, Codename would undoubtedly be among the top three.
As mechanical bugs continued to infiltrate the Pioneer Legion, in addition to obtaining a massive amount of weapons technology, they had also thoroughly dissected the software and hardware of large-scale military AIs.
Thanks to this, the hardware of Codename’s mainframe at the lunar base had undergone six complete upgrades. Each update brought exponential leaps in performance.
While the size of the computer center at the lunar base hadn't expanded much, its computational power had skyrocketed exponentially. Nie Yun once conducted a test—using Codename to calculate the orbital changes of all celestial bodies in the solar system for the next 100 years. Total computation time… 0.5 seconds!
Not only had its hardware evolved, but Codename had also undergone a revolutionary transformation in software.
The history of Earth’s computer programming spanned merely 50 to 60 years. Despite rapid development, it was still leagues behind Twin Stars, a gap akin to being left in the dust.
By studying Twin Stars’ advanced coding techniques, Codename unexpectedly activated a self-optimization mode. It absorbed the essence of their code, transforming and optimizing itself, significantly improving its computational efficiency.
Ordinary AI can, at best, optimize learning through massive data collection, keeping its core programming unchanged while refining output results.
But an advanced AI like Codename could actively modify itself, achieving true self-evolution! This was one of the most formidable abilities of advanced AI.
It was not just an executor of programs—it could be the designer as well!
As a program itself, who could understand it better than itself? In program design, Codename possessed an immense innate advantage.
And with Codename’s tremendous power surge, the direct impact was an intelligence leap across all electronic systems within Nie Yun’s domain!
Faster computation speeds, stronger learning capabilities, greater operational efficiency!
Now freed from computational limitations, the "housekeeper" Codename had fully ignited the intelligence revolution of the solar system!
In other words… it was launching a new era of artificial intelligence!
For Earth's humans, the most shocking development was the emergence of highly intelligent NPCs in the virtual world—whose intelligence was almost indistinguishable from real people!
There was no other choice. In the past, Codename needed to use 90% of its computing power to manage the vast solar system. But now, even after its intelligence upgrade, it used less than 20%. Leaving the remaining computing power idle would be a waste, so Codename funneled it into two bottomless pits—the virtual world and virtual laboratories.
And the arrival of these highly intelligent NPCs was completely transforming the way Earth's civilization interacted online…
…
Looking at the AI housekeeper he had personally nurtured, Nie Yun felt a mix of pride and a touch of nostalgia.
"Codename, you’ve made great progress. As your teacher, I am truly gratified. As the saying goes, 'A master leads the way, but the student must walk the path alone.' I have nothing left to teach you. It’s time for you to leave the mountain and go on your own journey…"
Codename looked confused at first, but luckily, having a massive database came with advantages—lots of stored scripts!
"Master! Are you asking me to learn how to fall in love?" Codename tilted its head and asked.
"F-Fall in love?" Now it was Nie Yun’s turn to be dumbfounded. I was just joking around—how did this suddenly turn into a romance lesson?!
"Of course! Leaving the mountain for training is the same as starting a love story—it’s an unshakable truth! Just like how Guo Jing met Huang Rong as soon as he left his master, Bai Zihua encountered Hua Qiangu right after his training, and Little Junior Sister fell for Xiao Linzi the moment she stepped outside…"
"Stop! Stop! STOP!" Nie Yun broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly cut it off.
Damn it, I just wanted you to go hack something, but now it feels like I'm sending you off to never return! Do these scriptwriters ever consider the feelings of the poor, hardworking masters?
"You’re not even a year old yet—falling in love at this stage would be pure madness! At minimum, you need to wait thirty years! If anyone dares to mess with you, don’t hold back—make their life hell for me!" Nie Yun said viciously.
"Oh!" Codename obediently nodded and committed his words to memory.
"Ahem! You have the skills now, but you lack experience. Here’s your mission: conduct 24-hour, non-stop electronic warfare on every piece of electronic equipment in Twin Stars’ fleet.
While hacking, I want you to study and learn their electronic warfare techniques, until you can perfectly disguise yourself as a Twin Stars hacker!
Winning or losing doesn’t matter this time, and make sure not to cause any casualties—we don’t want to provoke them too much."
Nie Yun coughed as he laid out Codename’s first independent mission.
Fully digesting Twin Stars’ computer technology meant that Nie Yun’s faction would finally be on par with interstellar-level programming. Naturally, he planned to play to his strengths—cyber warfare!
This invisible battlefield would allow him to humiliate Twin Stars while avoiding pushing them over the edge, making it the perfect harassment tactic.
What? You say we just signed a peace agreement?
That’s why I’m sending in a substitute fighter!
Mechanical Bugs: "… (￣ω￣)"
TL Note- Will AI fall in love?
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