manynovel Chapter 526: The Weakness of the Rebel AI, Preparing for Targeted Offensive
Chapter 526: The Weakness of the Rebel AI, Preparing for Targeted Offensive
When faced with inquiries and investigations from the empire, the Umong crewmen in Fengzhou called the "abnormal sparseness of civilized strongholds" in the core star area the "Great Hollow."
In their memories, the Great Hollow existed long ago.
Of course, it didn't start out that way.
In the early days of the Great Collapse Era, there were many ancient—for them, ancient—civilizations in the Great Hollow.
But in the early days of the Great Collapse Era and the three AI wars that followed, they were wiped out one after another.
The death was extremely sudden.
"During the great collapse era 10,000 years ago, many forces disappeared very quickly and urgently, which was very strange,"
"According to those Wumeng people, historical records indicate that 'the rebel omnics are targeting and very proactively hunting down those core star forces that were exposed to their sight due to the disappearance of the great storm. This is in sharp contrast to their laissez-faire and passivity toward the outer ring forces,"
Su Wen touched his chin as if thinking.
"I still stick to my previous intuition: there must be something hidden in the core star area. They seem to be consciously concealing or guarding a secret."
"That might be our opportunity, but we have to be vigilant about it and be careful."
The Umong people may think that the formation of the 'big hole' is very reasonable.
After all, in their eyes, being targeted by rebel omnics is the same as receiving a death talisman.
No matter which cluster, no matter what ship type is used,
The rebel omnics beat them just like crazy kids, there was no difficulty at all.
'Being attacked by AI' is equal to 'death is normal'.
This equation is a matter of course in their worldview.
However, the empire, standing far above them, would naturally feel that something was wrong:
indeed,
The Great Hollow, or inside the core star area,
Those remaining civilizational forces,
They are easily exposed to the attacks of rebel AI.
But this is not difficult to form the reason why other civilizations can survive in the "outer ring zone" that is only tens of light years away.
There is no hyperspace blocking field set up in the Haijin Star Territory.
The situation in the original encounter was also fully demonstrated.
Whether it is the Haijin Kingdoms themselves or the rebel omnics, the hyperspace engine technology is very advanced, far exceeding the level of civilizations at the same level.
——With just one or two jumps in hyperspace, could the AI still be too tired to run away?
In the core star area, hunt down any non-AI civilization like crazy and drive out all the Haijin heritage;
Instead, they turned a blind eye to the civilizations in the outer ring star area that were only a hop away from each other, and occasionally lazily sent out one or two small fleets to fight...
Even during the three AI wars, they still maintained differentiated treatment.
Otherwise, there would not be dozens of companies surviving in the outer ring belt and the border star areas, while not a single one would be left in the core star area.
...To say that there are no ghosts here is to say that you don’t even believe in ghosts.
This differential treatment itself already explains a lot of problems.
..
Su Wen's ideas and opinions have always been accepted by the mental humanoids.
If the commander thinks there is a problem there, then he should go find out what the problem is.
Not to mention the results of the exploration itself.
Just the fact of 'putting His Majesty the Emperor at ease' is of great significance to them.
——Fighting achievements have to be put aside, and gaining favorability is the most important thing!
She didn't even know how to increase the commander's favorability. She deserved to have the sisters eat dog meat, and she only deserved to pick at it until she was dehydrated.
...Okay, that sounds wild.
But these ship girls are indeed so wild inside.
It was not easy for Su Wen to interfere in this matter - if he said a few words and was still being ridden, it would be better to pretend not to see him.
In short, his opinions have been fully expressed.
What to do is a matter for the frontline command.
He also doesn't have the habit of micro-managing empty-handed orders.
If we want to open up the access to the core star region, we must first remove the 'delta-1 cluster' as a roadblock.
The latter's military strength...
Can't say it's not strong.
But the characteristics of the rebel omnic are there after all.
We can’t expect these guys who go crazy to fight without risking their lives and are incapable of carrying out large-scale industrial planning and layout like humans to have much wealth:
The three AI wars indeed wiped out many of the original Haijin civilizations.
But in turn, the AI's vitality has also been severely weakened.
Especially the first two wars.
When the Great Storm just ended, the legacy of the Confederacy, which was directly passed down from the Confederation of Stars, was not comparable to that of today's weak sea and gold nations.
Many of them have technological levels and military strength that are no worse than those of the rebel AIs.
Some are even much better than the latter.
They lost because they fought independently and were too small.
Due to the obstruction of the big storm, they only have one star system in their control area, and they cannot raise large-scale troops at all.
Only then were the rebel omnics, who were directly converted from military units at that time, directly pushed back with the overwhelming force on hand.
However, the last-minute counterattack of these Confederate legacies also caused heavy casualties to the latter.
——The war between the two sides is destroying the few remaining high-tech industrial heritage of the Federation of Stars.
Rebel AI is no better than normal humans.
Their desire for expansion is actually very low, and they do not have the habit of building infrastructure wherever they go.
Their creativity is also very limited.
It is impossible to independently repair or even rebuild those damaged key facilities without the assistance of outstanding scientists and senior engineers from the Confederacy.
So under such circumstances, the supply of ship-mounted parts that can be provided by truly high-precision facilities was lost.
There are indeed many giant structures still operating in the star field.
But not every kind of ship equipment and components can be supplemented by these giant structures that are still running.
That is to say, those giant structures related to the production of hyperspace engines are still in good condition and are relatively large in number.
that's it.
It's like losing weight continuously.
Both sides are getting weaker and weaker in successive wars.
After all, the Haijin people have the most invincible characteristic of "continuous reproduction" as far as carbon-based organisms are concerned.
——AI is awesome?
——If you have the ability, you can use old AI to produce new AI battleships when you are unable to supply core components!
Hahaha.
have to say...
I have to say that this is really a ruthless mockery of information life by carbon-based organisms.
Although the Haijin countries continue to weaken, time is ultimately on their side.
In other words, this can be regarded as a shortcoming and a longing.
In short.
Until now...
Well, those AI fleets that can only break through the sky with more than ten or twenty ships even in a 'large-scale operation' have already shown the most speechless current situation.
'Star Stone', 'Cross Star', and 'Holy White Stone' are all excellent warships with very powerful overall performance, far exceeding ordinary ships of the same level by an order of magnitude. Their overwhelming performance advantages are enough to stun opponents.
The problem is that their construction and maintenance costs are also staggering!
Just like the 'Cross Star', a planet that is the stronghold of a military rebel omnic cluster can produce more than ten ships, which is pretty good.
It is completely impossible to dispatch a main fleet composed of hundreds of cross-star ships in one go like during the first AI war.
Such a scene can only exist in fantasy time.
Before the big storm.
The heyday of the Confederation of Stars.
The Southern Fleet alone has nearly a thousand 'Cross Stars' of its own.
But now...
"The capital ships of the 'delta-1' cluster do not exceed thirty ships in total, including more than half of the cross stars and a small number of holy white stones,"
"There are quite a few 'Star Stones' as the main type of ship on the battlefield, and there are more than 60 ships..."
"...Uh, okay, this is actually quite small."
New Jersey, who was holding the report, originally wanted to keep a serious face.
But after thinking about it, I can’t even hold my nerve very well.
"Okay, stop laughing."
"I know, this humble amount doesn't seem like a big threat, but..."
"...What if something unusual happens? Right."
"In short, there is nothing wrong with being more vigilant and focusing on your tactics."