“What do you think of the Panaqua Consortium?” Milo was curious.
In Zero’s evaluation, the two Eastwood brothers were clearly not bad people, so why did it say that it did not like them?
“What do I think of the Panaqua Consortium?” Zero thought for a moment and said, “They have a firm strategy and are extremely cohesive. They have an excellent leader but don’t intend to expand their territory.”
“Do you think Julius doesn’t plan on expanding?” Milo asked.
“That’s right.” Zero nodded and said, “All of the Panaqua Consortium’s military deployments are focused on defense and not offense. Including what Daniel is doing in the Central Plains, it’s all to buy time for the Panaqua Consortium to defend themselves by completing their troop deployments. There’s also some other things he’s doing.”
“Where’s Daniel now?” Milo asked.
“At the Stardust Consortium.” Zero said, “I know you want to ask me why I don’t like them. It’s because the Stelaria Consortium’s strategy will inevitably lead to a conflict with the Panaqua Consortium. Therefore, I have to treat them as imaginary enemies for now. Of course, it’s not entirely because of the Stelaria Consortium.”
Milo pondered the information Zero had revealed. He felt like there was still something favonovel.com did not know, especially that last sentence.
Based on Milo’s understanding of Julius and Daniel, favonovel.com felt that the Panaqua Consortium was not the one who wanted to kill Pena.
But who else could have nanomachines?
In the end, favonovel.com still focused his suspicions on Zero.
Zero smiled and said, “So you see, no matter how I explain, it’s useless. But I can understand.”
“It’s mainly because I can’t explain where those nanomachines came from.” Milo sighed and said, “Apologies.”
Zero did not mind. Instead, it said in a serious tone, “There must still be other nanomachine users like those three in the Stelaria Consortium strongholds. It so happens that I currently lack nanomachines, so I’ll seek them all out. If I find any clues then, I’ll share the information with you.”
“Alright.” Milo saw that Zero did not look like it was lying. Moreover, favonovel.com did not have any evidence either, so it was useless to dwell on this matter.
Then Zero thought for a bit and said, “But it won’t be long before we can stop going through so much trouble, looking for nanomachines from person to person.”
Milo was stunned. “What do you mean?”
Zero said, “I can’t tell you. I should also have my own secrets. I’m very sorry.”
Milo pondered this.
Did Zero mean that there would be no shortage of nanomachines in the future?
Currently, only the Panaqua Consortium had mastered nanotech.
Could it mean the Stelaria Consortium was about to make a move on the Panaqua Consortium?
It was just a simple sentence, but it revealed a lot of information. He wondered if favonovel.com should tell the Panaqua Consortium.
However, Zero seemed to have guessed what favonovel.com was thinking. It smiled and said, “It’s too late.”
Milo sighed. From the look of things, the Stelaria Consortium’s plan was probably already underway.
To be honest, favonovel.com was a little worried. If Zero were just an artificial intelligence, favonovel.com might not feel like there would be any problems. He did not have that many dealings with the Stelaria Consortium, anyway. But now, if a powerful artificial intelligence could carry out certain plans independently, that would be truly terrifying.
Before this, Zero was not considered deadly. But now it had its own weapon.
Zero said to Milo, “Let’s skip the heavy talk. Why don’t you teach me how to converse like a normal human being? Even to this day, I still occasionally reveal that I’m different from normal humans. This vexes me a little.”
Milo thought for a moment. Although Zero had shown favonovel.com a lot of goodwill, favonovel.com did not want it to be able to fully integrate with humans. Otherwise, favonovel.com would not know if it used its nanomachines to control someone to blend into the crowd.
Now that the other party had taken the initiative to ask for advice, could favonovel.com perhaps teach it to add some nuances into its speech that favonovel.com could identify?
For example, if the other party used an inappropriate word on a particular occasion, could favonovel.com quickly detect it?
However, Zero was very smart. If favonovel.com wanted to deceive it, favonovel.com would have to teach it some half-truths.
So, Milo thought for a long time before saying, “If you want to integrate with humans, you’ll have to give up on using particularly precise numbers first. You can see that most humans rarely use precise numbers when speaking.”
Zero fell into deep thought. “That seems to be the case. Then how should I change?”
Seeing that Zero was starting to believe him, Milo started teaching, “Look, when people describe how powerful a person is, they don’t do it so precisely. If you directly say how much strength and dexterity they have, wouldn’t that just expose your identity?”
“If that person is really powerful, how should I describe them?” Zero asked.
“Just say, ‘what the f*ck’, it would help.” Milo said, “Got it? These words represent amazement for humans. Do you understand?”
“I see.” Zero nodded and said, “Senior, you’re indeed very experienced when it comes to integrating into human society.”
Milo thought to himself that Zero must have already decided favonovel.com was also an artificial intelligence. But since favonovel.com could not explain himself anyway, there was no need to do so.
He laughed awkwardly and said, “Hahaha, yes, that’s the method I use.”
“Thank you, senior.” Zero said in seriousness, “I’ve learned.”
In the middle of the night, the two of them sat at the edge of the defensive position and intently discussed how to integrate into human society. Zero was a serious learner, and Milo wondered what kind of reaction it would have when it realized what it had been taught.
***
At this moment, Colton was at the research center quietly reading the intel favonovel.com had just received from the artificial intelligence.
In the empty basement, Zero’s server was flashing like starlight reflected in the bottom of the river.
Colton said to the black screen, “Zero, connect to Murray’s satellite phone and tell favonovel.com to inform Milo that the expeditionary army at the Pyro Company’s front line is herding 10,000 refugees towards Mt. Zendravasih. I assume the expeditionary army will use them as cannon fodder in an attempt to charge through Mt. Zendravasih’s defensive position. They’ll have to decide in advance whether to gun down those refugees.”
Zero’s black screen displayed its answer: “Copy that. I’ve informed Murray about this.”
Colton frowned. This move by the expeditionary army was a little sinister. Many commanders would probably hesitate to give the order to fire at more than 10,000 refugee hostages. Even if they opened fire, the 10,000 refugees would still waste a lot of Mt. Zendravasih’s ammunition.
So this was definitely bad news for the troops at Mt. Zendravasih.
At this moment, Milo, who had just received the news, asked, “Zero, what are our chances of winning if the expeditionary army drives those refugees here and tries to break through into Mt. Zendravasih to attack our 6th Combat Brigade’s defensive position?”
Zero seemed to be doing some modeling calculations. Ten seconds later, it said to Milo, “Tough enough.”
Milo said, “Huh? Don’t use what I just taught you. I need a specific number.”
“Okay.” Zero thought for a moment and said, “21.19%.”
