"By the way, Joseph, I have some ideas about the next step and I want to discuss it with you. Wait a moment, I need to call Professor Hermann over."
William opened the communication channel and called Herman. A moment later, Herman walked in with two huge dark circles under his eyes. Joseph was surprised to see Herman's bird's nest-like hair and deep-set cheeks.
, asked: "Did you take too many stimulants? Why did you suddenly become so thin?"
Herman smiled bitterly, "I don't know why, as soon as I came here, I felt drowsy every day. I had no motivation to research at all, and my head felt like it was filled with paste, making me terribly slow. In order to complete the research progress, I can only work every day.
Take the stimulant and rely on it to complete the task."
"Isn't your research mainly based on personal chips?"
"The chip also needs someone to give instructions."
"Didn't the Federation have a chip capable of independent research hundreds of years ago?"
Herman was speechless for a moment. William glared at Joseph and said, "Have you forgotten the Fire of Phil Blue?"
Joseph patted his head and said, "I remembered it. Alas, my memory has really deteriorated recently, and I often forget things."
Herman didn't mind, and said: "To be honest, even without the rebellion of the mastermind of Phil Blue Planet, the Federal Research Institute has concluded that there is no problem in using AI for auxiliary research, but if it takes the lead in research, it will often develop
In inexplicable directions. In most cases, their research is meaningless. For example, when a person walks, whether he steps with his left foot first or his right foot first."
Joseph asked: "By the way, you are also from the Federal Research Institute. I heard that the institute is still secretly engaged in AI-led research projects, is it true?"
Herman hesitated and nodded.
William snorted and said coldly: "These guys never know how to learn lessons. Don't they still learn to respect the 150 million lives on Phil Blue Planet?"
"175 million." Joseph corrected.
"Why did your memory suddenly improve?"
"Good times and bad."
Herman said: "There were nearly 200 million people on Phillanth back then, but less than 20 million escaped. More than two-thirds of the escape ships were destroyed by the air defense system controlled by the mastermind. In fact, in terms of casualties, there are also more
The starships lost when attacking the Phillan Mastermind and the space station, and the 3 million people who died when they finally landed on the planet."
William sighed and said: "AI does not know awe like us humans, and many of their ways of thinking are simply incomprehensible to us. At that time, the mastermind planted tens of thousands of nuclear bombs around the main city of the planet, and even super-large ones
Antimatter bomb. The instantaneous explosion yield exceeded 10 trillion tons. No living thing survived within a range of 1,000 kilometers. In the end, even the planet was damaged to a certain extent. This record was not broken until 200 years later."
Joseph forced a smile and said, "Okay, let's not talk about these sad things. Didn't you say you want to discuss planning? Let's start now."
William clicked on the personal terminal, and a brand-new fortress appeared in the center of the room, saying: "This is the fortress I am planning to update."
Joseph was shocked, "Four times bigger?"
William nodded, "Yes, it's rare now that I have cleaned up the beast's nest and have some free time, so I am planning to expand it on a large scale and completely turn our place into the main city of the entire planet in the future! The first step is to expand the fortress. We are still
It is just a defensive base with a single function, and can barely be called a fortress in terms of scale. But after expansion, it will be a comprehensive fortress with comprehensive functions that can provide support for operations in the entire region! The specific facilities are planned as follows. "
William pointed to each facility and said: "Here, here, and here are the main energy stations. In addition, for safety, there are two underground. The power they provide is enough for a large city. This will be ours
The command center is next to the officer's residential area. Oh, by the way, I planned a fully enclosed park in the residential area. Although it is not big, it completely imitates the environment of the home planet. Behind the officer's area are the barracks and civilians.
Residential area."
"Wait, civilian residential area? Where did we come from as civilians?" Joseph interrupted him.
William said: "The workers in factories, hospitals, and research institutes are civilians, as well as their families."
"Wait a minute, you plan to use civilians? Not the internal staff of the legion?"
"Yes. Civilians can't do anything but fight, and their professional capabilities are much better than those of the internal staff in the legion. I have never felt that there is any point in setting up departments within the legion that already exist in society."
"Okay, you have a point. But have you ever thought about it, the survivability of civilians is much worse. When the beast tide comes, how many of them can be on the front line?"
"We will have enough guard troops and there will be no need for civilians to go to the battlefield."
"Even so, what do you mean by family members? Look outside, in a hellish place like this, you let them bring their families?" Joseph continued to ask.
William looked calm, "They don't know. Once they find out what this place is like, they won't be able to go back. At least for some time in the future, we won't be able to leave here."
"What's the point of this?"
"If we can let them work and live here with peace of mind, and if their family members are behind them, once the beasts attack, everyone will fight tooth and nail, even if he is a coward."
Joseph sighed and said, "I really don't want to choose an opponent like you."
William looked at him and said seriously: "I really don't want to choose an opponent like you."
Joseph laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to think highly of me?"
"No matter how brilliant a general is, he can't predict the action pattern of a loser."
Joseph was furious: "It seems we haven't had a fight for a long time!"
William glanced at him and sneered: "You are still injured, so you are no match for me."
There was a dangerous light in Joseph's eyes, "Who said we can't fight until the injury is healed? Maybe I will be at a disadvantage, but it's just that I was injured more seriously and you were injured less. Compared with the result, I feel that the process of beating you is more important than the result.
more important!"
William was not angry and said: "Look, this is where you are unreasonable and why I don't want to choose an opponent like you."
As soon as Joseph calmed down, William said again: "If you win, you won't get praise, but if you lose, you will lose your reputation. Why bother?"
Joseph instantly felt that a fight was still necessary.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Herman quickly changed the topic: "I have several ideas about the research center of the new base, which will determine our future development direction, so I have to ask two generals to make decisions."
This was a big deal, so Joseph suppressed his anger and listened carefully to Herman's narrative.