Chapter 995 - 395: Hera's Confession
The Enlightenment No.1 Ship successfully completed its first warp test and entered the designated space zone.
Yang Ming actually planned for the Enlightenment No.1 Ship to take Hera and her mechanical thought body experiment team to the edge of the Milky Way for an extended stay;
But Lyu brought a true-to-scale map of parts of the Milky Way, allowing his boss to intuitively feel the vastness of a large star system with a trillion stars.
At this scale, a ten-thousand-meter giant ship and a few millimeters of dust are actually 'not that different.' You could hide this giant warship perfectly in an empty cavity left by a supernova explosion.
In the bridge of the Enlightenment No.1 Ship, Kolev was expressing some rather 'cautious' sentiments:
"Is it true that this warship doesn't have a single person on board?"
"I really can't imagine what kind of enormous fine the International Intelligent Machine Development Association would impose if they found out."
"Oh, of course, we won't let them find out. Moreover, before they do, the dreadnoughts of the Galaxy's Four Great Rogues would have their gun barrels pointed at your head."
Yang Ming looked at the old chap with a smiling face... the robot under his control.
Three robots took their seats under the watchful eyes of a crowd of robots.
They were using ordinary guard robots, while the eleven thousand three hundred mechanical thought bodies working in this giant ship were using humanoid simulation robot bodies.
Thus, there were now hundreds of 'humans' with excited expressions standing around, watching three silver-white skeleton-like 'robots' sitting on the sofa chatting.
There was a certain absurdity of postmodernism in all of this.
Yang Ming explained: "Rest assured, First Officer, these aren't ordinary intelligent machines. Their self-cognition is based on virtual humans of natural humans. I won't let such a thing as intelligent machines slaughtering innocent civilians happen."
Emilia asked from the side: "Are we going to use these mechanical thought bodies to participate in war then?"
"How do you think I managed to disrupt the rear of the Nonar United Kingdom back then?"
Yang Ming laughed:
"In the past, present, and future, they would exist in the form of secret troops of the Wind Alliance.
"Emilia, you don't need to feel pressure from this matter, have you heard of the most powerful and mysterious semi-permanent material fleet of the Sherman Empire?"
Emilia frowned and asked: "The rumored Levi Fleet... is essentially the same?"
"Of course, the crew of that fleet is also semi-permanent. Otherwise, why do you think that fleet has never been leaked in thousands of years?"
Yang Ming said with a smile:
"My main competitor at the moment is actually Levi. His will has spanned thousands of years and still rules the Sherman Empire.
"The pressure you should feel is that if I lose in the competition against Levi's will, Wind will cease to exist.
"This is the risk that Wind must bear while riding the wind and growing stronger."
"It sounds pretty thrilling," Emilia thought seriously, "But I think if I could have a contest with a legendary figure like Levi Sherman, spanning thousands of years, it would be, it would be... pretty cool."
In her eyes, Yang Ming seemed to have found a shadow of Edwan from back in the day, and he unconsciously showed a gentle smile.
Emilia asked: "So, the sacrifices we've made in the past, present, and future are meaningful, aren't they?"
"Yes," Yang Ming nodded, "We will give these sacrifices meaning."
"I really hope you're not just talking big, bounty hunter."
Emilia replied calmly.
Boss Yang could only shrug with a helpless expression.
Having been around for a while, Kolev, with a sly smile, picked up the topic and began discussing the future development plan of the Wind Alliance and how to deal with the approaching insect swarm crisis.
In the face of such a great crisis, it's impossible to make human civilization in the Milky Way unite.
Small political bodies will huddle together for warmth, while large political bodies prioritize their own protection. Wind Alliance will also prioritize protecting its most core star domains.
With the Dark Star System around, Wind's own pressure isn't really that great.
The only pressure is that the videos related to Dark Star fighting the insects absolutely cannot be exposed.
As they chatted, Yang Ming suddenly asked: "Is Hera still busy with her experiments?"
Lyu's voice came from the side: "Boss, Miss Hera is still grooming, she'll be here soon."
"Ask her to hurry up a bit," Yang Ming said, "I need to return to the Emperor Star soon, can't keep drifting outside with the East Wind, the longer I stay, the more suspicious they'll become... Does she not want to see me that much?"
"I'll hurry her up."
...
The sound of running water soothed the tired nerves of the researchers.
In the semi-transparent rest cabin, Hera stood in the water curtain, lowering her head and closing her eyes, regulating her breathing, seemingly in some kind of meditation ritual.
From the nearby cabin wall came a beeping sound, and when Hera looked up, a line of text appeared.
'Boss is waiting for you.'
The water stopped, warm air blew from all around, quickly removing the moisture from Hera's body.
She calmly walked out of the bathroom, slowly dressed in comfortable and plain-style underwear and work clothes, then put on the white coat with comprehensive protective features.
Originally, Hera thought she wouldn't care much about her appearance anymore, but she couldn't help standing before the half-length mirror for a few seconds before leaving the rest cabin.
The figure in the mirror hadn't changed much compared to a few years or more than a decade ago.