After Tefen left, it took an hour for the shutdown mode of each AI to be gradually解除された.
＜Ringo＞ believes the possibility is almost zero, but is still wary of virus contamination. Just in case, she is isolating them on the local network and performing a full scan on each one.
Since the defense capability has dropped to the lowest level, various aircraft are being dispatched from Fortress Two to compensate for the lack of combat power. It is expected to take at least two days to return to the original combat strength.
“Well, it might be a blessing in disguise that the runway was completed at this timing.”
“Yes, Ma’am. Aircraft produced by ＜The Tree＞ will arrive in a few hours. At the same time, we will start constructing the oil refining plant. It is scheduled to start operation in 40 hours.”
A large oil tanker is being fitted out in the large construction dock of ＜The Tree＞. This is also expected to be completed in a few days.
A large oil refining plant is being prepared at Fortress Two, and most of the refining is planned to be carried out here.
Multiple lava bed mining and resource refining plants, as well as large general-purpose machine tools (printers), are being constructed, and a mass production plant is currently under construction.
Once a stable supply of oil is secured, a large number of machines can be produced.
“The oil mining plant is also going smoothly for now. The processing volume of the simple plant is limited, but it feels good to be able to produce it ourselves!”
The paving work at the Oil Port is using locally produced asphalt. Commander (Eve) is in a good mood because it is being built without reducing stockpiled materials.
The fact that there was no battle with ＜Serket＞ and that the plant construction was hardly affected is also a major factor.
Although there is no room for complacency, it is a relief for the time being.
The sisters, who had been exhausted from their first large-scale operation, fully recovered after a night’s rest. Commander (Eve) thought it was a trauma-level experience, but they seemed to have digested it without dwelling on it too much.
“With this experience, all AIs, including myself, have grown significantly. We are still analyzing what happened, but our responsiveness will improve with this.”
“I see… I think I’ll have them investigate the fantasy creations in the library. Even if it’s not exactly as the stories say, it might improve their ability to consider magic.”
“Yes, Ma’am. We may want to operate a dedicated AI for analyzing and proposing Fantasy Technology. When observing unscientific phenomena, the standard AI of The Tree, including myself, inevitably has a bias towards scientific analysis. Fortunately, we avoided combat this time, so it didn’t become a major issue, but it is a fact that we fell into a critical situation. Even if it’s absurd, I think we need an AI that can make some kind of proposal.”
＜Ringo＞ has various assumptions, but it tends to be difficult to come up with magical ideas. When trying to analyze or predict phenomena that violate the laws of physics, the stress level of the Brain Unit increases.
This is a problem that inevitably occurs because the source of knowledge is science and technology.
It is expected to be resolved eventually by accumulating magical knowledge, but the analysis of that is progressing slowly.
“Okay, let’s go with that. Let’s use stories as textbooks for the education phase. After they’ve grown to some extent, let’s educate them in scientific knowledge. If they can absorb it well, they might become good advisors. Well, if it doesn’t work out, we’ll just start over.”
“Yes, Ma’am. In that case, let’s use a Neural network emulator instead of a Brain Unit. If we are confident in its success, we can transfer it to the Brain Unit without wasting it.”
“…Ah. I was wondering what it was, but I remember we had something like that. ＜The Core＞’s computing power should be enough. According to my knowledge, it’s not usable because its performance is low for the cost, but that’s from the game era.”
“Yes, Ma’am. If we simply compare the costs, the Brain Unit is more efficient, but since it is a pseudo-biological brain, I am a little reluctant to dispose of it easily.”
She nodded at ＜Ringo＞’s explanation.
The Brain Unit is basically a one-of-a-kind item that cannot be copied or backed up.
It is an excellent AI, but it has something that should be called a personality, and it should not be easily discarded just because it is not usable.
No, in the game era, they would have been dismantled and disposed of without a second thought, but in the first place, abilities were limited in the game era, and they had performance inferior to that of a mobile terminal.
Now that it has become reality, it was only natural that ＜Ringo＞ would abhor killing her own kind.
“If the Neural network emulator fails, will it be discarded?”
“The probability of failure is low, but if there is a problem, it will be archived and stored in a corner of the memory area.”
“I see.”
After all, even with the emulator, the personality is recognized as a personality.
For AIs, frozen storage processing does not seem to be something to be avoided.
However, judging from ＜Ringo＞’s tone, she seems to believe that the possibility of that happening is low. Since she has manufactured many Brain Units so far, she seems to judge that the possibility of failing to train them is low.
“Well, I don’t think I’ll be of much use this time, so I’ll leave the education to you.”
“Yes, Ma’am. Leave it to me.”
After it was decided that a new advisor would appear soon, Commander (Eve) reconfirmed the Results of the battle.
They intended to challenge with excessive force, but the result was a complete defeat. A literal annihilation. Fortunately, the combat power is expected to recover in about two days, but they were thoroughly baptized by an unanalyzable (Fantasy) world.
It was such a terrible result that it made them wonder if ＜Rain Croin＞ and the Worm were just tutorials.
Thinking about the cause of the defeat, it was probably because they prepared too much frontal force. The opponent had numbers, and a major factor was that most of the Multi-legged Tanks were placed at close range.
If they had been deployed in a dispersed manner and adopted a tactic centered on long-range bombardment, it is highly likely that this failure could have been avoided. The bombers should have been kept further away in the first place.
And what is needed are anti-ground missiles. To be honest, they had assumed that they could manage with artillery and bombing, so they had not prepared any missiles at all.
They had avoided them because their power was low for the price, but in this case, it would be necessary to prepare missiles as well.
The problem is that GPS guidance is not possible.
“By the way, Tefen left in the end, but what happened after that?”
“We are only observing from a distance, but he seems to be hunting while moving, as before. No particularly unusual behavior has been observed.”
“I see. It didn’t seem like he was retreating, but I wonder if he recognized our existence… Well, it’s good as long as he’s not hostile. If he seems like he’s going to approach, we’ll have to come up with countermeasures again.”
“Yes, Ma’am.”
The AI cleaning of the Multi-legged Tank group was completed, and the combat power of the Oil Port and mining plant returned to the normal line.
From here, they will further strengthen their defense capabilities.
Since it has been found that large Threat Creatures exist in the surrounding area, they decided to install a fixed Multi-Stage Electromagnetic Cannon with a large caliber to counter them. It is a general-purpose cannon that can fire not only ordinary Cannon Shells, but also large bombs and missiles.
However, it consumes a large amount of electricity to operate, so it is necessary to install a Fusion Reactor as well.
In addition, multiple vertical missile launchers will be installed to increase responsiveness.
They prepared supersonic missiles with a final entry speed exceeding Mach 4 so that they could land without being recognized by the opponent. If they were to be fired in rapid succession, even the Monsters with the Defense Membrane could be crushed.
As a characteristic, the Defense Membrane is extremely resistant to instantaneous pressure such as explosions, almost nullifying them.
However, it has been found that it is weak against multiple consecutive pressures, collisions with large masses, and blows, and its strength is rapidly lost.
It seems that the winning pattern is to invalidate the Defense Membrane with attack methods such as continuous bombardment with multiple Cannons and suppression with heavy weapons, and then slam Cannon Shells into it.
However, the problem was that there were too few samples to investigate.