Lin Miao returned from the weapon testing ground and sat on a chair. He had been busy handling the aftermath for the past few days, with his head spinning non-stop, and only now did he get a moment to rest.
This is why he was so eager for an intelligent assistant to ease his burden, but for Lin Miao, the highly confidential [System] could not take on this public role.
Even [Sea God] would be more suitable than it.
And seeing the rewards after completing the mainline mission, Lin Miao was even more frustrated. He would rather get a ten-draw or something else instead of this thing masquerading as a reward, which is actually another task.
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[Mission Reward: AI Tracking System has been activated]
The system panel added a new item: [Wandering AI Hunt]
Opening this interface, there was a swoosh, and a long, unknown list appeared, endless to the eye, with the only one having a clear icon being a Brazilian turtle [Sea God].
The meaning was self-evident; who knows if this is five-or six-digit or maybe even more blank frames waiting for Lin Miao to capture AI and fill them in.
[WTF? You need to come out and explain this to me.]
[System: Explain what?]
[You’re using me as a slave, with so many AIs—was Earth’s network genetically mutated 50 years ago?? Can it even fit them all? Are you preparing to build Maria’s Wall or something?]
It’s no wonder Lin Miao is angry; this is ridiculously absurd, even Ubisoft wouldn’t dare to put so many question marks on a map, right?
Lin Miao didn’t understand networks or code, but he knew software needed hardware support. With so many AIs on Earth, being able to escape hardware constraints and run around in Cyberspace is already absurd enough. What kind of computer could possibly handle them?
And there were some things he always wanted to criticize; the computer technology here didn’t seem to surpass the other side by much. Over there, even GPT created from tens of thousands of graphics cards was still being treated like anime cat girls, while here you’re already starting the ["Too Late, Organic Entities"] campaign. Is the gap really this big?
[System: See, you’re impatient again]
[This is not something I force you to do; it’s something you will have to face sooner or later. The existence of many wandering AIs doesn’t shift due to human will, and you’re not entirely without benefits.]
[Just time, the more wandering AIs you capture and assimilate, the higher your compatibility with Black Wall will become. At the same time, these AIs can fulfill that little wish of yours and become your loyal workers. Isn’t that a reward?]
[Moreover, most wandering AIs are not even as powerful as Sea God; they’re just residual data fragments after a hacker’s death, not even as strong as an elite hacker, so capturing them isn’t difficult.]
[My evaluation is, it’s not even worth a strand of Lucy’s hair as a reward. Give me an Intermediate card pool ten-draw instead, that’d be better.]
The system played dead, not responding, knowing full well that Lin Miao was only complaining.
The player community will eventually encounter those AIs anyway, and they probably wouldn’t be happier than when presented with full map question marks.
Right now, let’s look at the legitimate rewards. He had hoarded one Intermediate five-draw and two Basic ten-draws, and with the expansion of the office, the daily draw rate increased to 2.2.
Hopefully, his luck wouldn’t become non-existent just because he had been in contact with the Haitians.
Lin Miao rubbed his hands and prayed he could smuggle himself to Europe.
Maybe then he’d draw a Big Ivan and blow up the whole Night City with everyone in it.
Draw this one, this one’s strong. JGP
However, the system’s rewards are rarely useless; even canned goods could sell for quite a respectable price in Night City.
This Intermediate draw, although it didn’t immediately reveal such usable items as the previous two times, still showed its utility was significant.
[Hibernation Freezer Design Blueprint]
[Edible Fungus Reproduction Spores]
Also, half a ton of beef, half a ton of chicken, and a medical gel synthesis table.
As for the Basics, besides everyday items like second-hand firearms and canned goods, there were five transformation pods, which could be considered a fair haul.
The hibernation freezer could stabilize the player bodies generated from transformation pods over the long term, mitigating future concerns as the number of players faces a rapid growth period.
As for the spores, they’re akin to the vegetable seeds drawn before, except they differ in variety, quantity, and reproduction speed, softening the veil before the former, once the water plant is established, these will all come in handy.
The office door was pushed open, Lucy walked in.
"What do you need me for?"
She was just in the newly constructed server room debugging that [Sea God] industrial AI, building a database for it, filling in data, and constructing a firewall, and as soon as she heard Lin Miao calling her, she rushed over immediately.
"It’s , I need you to help me with something."
Lin Miao told Lucy about his ambition to create a massive data AI to precisely manage every bit of production resources and handle tedious affairs for him.
"Huh? You haven’t just woken up, have you?"
Lucy lying on the sofa thought Lin Miao was joking.
"Mussels, mussels must die."
Even an idiot should know this is impossible, let alone Lucy who has been navigating the grey area for over ten years and speaks in a lethargic tone.
"I know, right now we have a high computational capacity, but computing power isn’t everything. Some things can’t be managed even by AI, you should know the hardest thing to handle in this world is people; they won’t obediently record every transaction."