Chapter 347 The Road to Expedition: Helen’s Treasure

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Magnus's red face was illuminated by the faint blue light, and his red-gold eyes reflected the blue light. It was like a group of tiny fireflies floating in the air, lighting up the red giant's cheeks.

and the golden crown worn on the head.

But I am also certain that a small firefly will not make Magnus, the Primarch of the Thousand Sons, show such a shocked expression. You can see it through the reflection of the pupils in Magnus’s shocked eyes.

Seeing what he saw, a small lady of blue light appeared in his eyes.

Magnus looked at the woman. She stood on the disc and looked at him with a calm and cold expression, as if she had no emotion. Magnus could not rule out this possibility.

Because he knew that the woman standing in front of him was not a real person.

He could clearly see the small data flow rolling on the blue eyes. Her entire body was also composed of countless linear information flows. She had a name, of course not the name Vito told him, but another name.

A name that can sum up his entire existence.

"Let me introduce you, this is Helen." Vito held the CD in his hand and raised his power claw with a smile to signal the little girl in his hand. Helen nodded in agreement.

"Hello, Mr. Magnus, it's an honor to meet you." Helen greeted Magnus with a smile, but even Magnus himself could see that it was an automatic response of the purely etiquette system.

There was no trace of sincerity at all, and after Magnus subconsciously nodded in response, the smile quickly solidified. In the blink of an eye, Helen's smile disappeared and became like an iceberg again, but Magnus's focus was

Not at all in this regard.

"She is an artificial intelligence, or AI. Don't try to deceive me Vito. You are holding a hateful intelligence in your hand." Magnus shouted sharply, while Vito scratched his own with the smooth back of the power claw.

Head, he looked at Magnus.

"Really? You also use that outrageous name? I think Electronic Demon sounds better." "This is not the point. The point is that you are holding an AI in your hand, an AI that is expressly prohibited by the Emperor."

"Yes, I can see that. No need to shout loudly. Why are you like those people from the National Church? You are from the rebel side. Calm down." Vito smiled mockingly and leaned on the console on the side.

, holding Helen in his hand and raising his head slightly to indicate that Magnus could continue to ask. He guessed that Magnus had a lot of questions.

The Cyclops looked at Vito above, and then he lowered his head and looked at Helen. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Have you secretly hidden an artificial intelligence from everyone, including the Emperor?"

"The answer is, yes, we each have our own secrets, Magnus, and I are no exception, but the Emperor. He knows, he has always known, he just doesn't want to reveal it. He knows that I will not give up on Helen.

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"In order to erase artificial intelligence, he destroyed every branch of human civilization, just because they continued to retain artificial intelligence technology, Intre, Holmes Technology Alliance, etc., but he acquiesced to you and held a

AI?"

Magnus asked questioningly, sounding like a trial, but Vito could understand his thoughts, so Vito just shrugged and didn't pay attention to the uncomfortable words in Magnus' words.

Questioning tone.

"Yes, that's right."

"Then, why? Just because you are his marshal? You are his eternal brother who has walked together for tens of thousands of years?"

"Seriously, why do you always think of him as my brother? We have no blood relationship at all. I am a Slav and that guy is a Semitic. How can we become brothers?"

"That's not the point, Vito, answer my question, why did he allow you to do this? He killed countless people, but he only spared you? Selfishly? Or did he have other motives?"

Magnus took a step forward and continued to ask. His tone sounded very excited. This is not surprising. As a person who was tried at the Micaea Conference for pursuing forbidden knowledge, he was also punished for exploring technology banned by the Emperor.

When it came time to punish the person, when Magnus knew that Vito beside the Emperor had mastered these forbidden technologies, and the Emperor did not punish or confiscate him with clear knowledge, but tacitly allowed him to continue to possess them.

, will indeed be very angry, this is naked prejudice.

Vito raised a hand to signal the excited Magnus to stop, and the latter indeed stopped and stood two steps away from Vito, "I know you are angry, and others will be the same if they know, but I believe

I’m not doing it out of selfishness. The old man is indeed a little selfish sometimes, but believe me, he is very separate and will never bring it into his career, so yes, it’s not out of selfishness.”

"What is that for? Is there another purpose?" "The reason is simple, because Helen's data terminal stores all the technology, science and history of the golden age of mankind. If the emperor wants to rebuild the golden age, he will need these things.

And such huge technology and science cannot be remembered by the human brain, not even the emperor."

Magnus was startled. He lowered his head and looked at the little girl in Vito's hand in disbelief. He could not believe that there were all human beings in this lady of light and shadow as big as a finger, in this dark galaxy.

All the treasures dreamed of by all those who pursue knowledge and technology.

This artificial intelligence lady staring at her expressionlessly is a treasure. Her whole person, her entire existence is a precious thing in this galaxy. It is the door and key to countless palaces of knowledge and a golden future. What is contained in her body

, is a precious thing that is difficult to describe in words.

"Helen was the artificial intelligence adjutant when I was the federal marshal. She connected with the database of the entire federation, coordinated scientific research, military dispatch and weapons and equipment installation, and recorded all the technical data of the golden age in her data core, as well as

Research and development process, and she is also, so far, the last outstanding artificial intelligence in this galaxy with computing power strong enough to allow the Emperor to transform the computing power of the entire empire's industrial and technological industries."

"But the Emperor clearly told us about the Iron Man Rebellion. Artificial intelligence is dangerous and uncontrollable. She records those knowledge and technologies, but she may also use them at any time to turn her guns and point them at us." Magnus frowned.

He raised his eyebrows and continued to ask. He stared into Vito's eyes and continued to ask.

Vito chuckled softly, leaning on the instrument with his arms folded, "Yes, but Helen is the "loyal artificial intelligence" that ended the Iron Man rebellion. She ended the rebellion with me on Jupiter. You don't know

Right? Of course, the Emperor will not tell you. The effect he wants is for everyone to firmly believe that artificial intelligence is evil, so as to prevent some people from opening their minds and holding dangerous rebellions and electronic demon fantasies.

Use them safely."

"Although black and white, good and bad are extreme, for the ignorant humans after the Dark Ages, perhaps rigid and dogmatic dogma is the best way to ensure safety, rather than explanations."

Vito looked down at Helen in his hand, who also turned slightly and looked up at Vito, "For the Emperor, the knowledge recorded in Helen's mind must be valuable, but more importantly, Helen is the only artificial intelligence among all

An AI that did not go crazy and paranoid in the later era of strife and human civil war. Her system is still stable and controllable, and more importantly, I can control her."

Magnus looked at Vito who raised his head with a confident smile. He patted his chest and looked arrogant, "Yes, your second uncle is so awesome! Look at it, I'll give it to you.

Demonstrate here, Helen, change your bikini skin."

"I refuse, sir."

Magnus opened his mouth slightly and looked at Vito, who overturned just as he was about to demonstrate, hesitated to speak. The latter raised his head and looked at Magnus with a wry smile and shrugged, "Well, at least most of the time.

You listened to me."

"So let me summarize, the reason why the Emperor allows you to hold Helen is not selfish, but because Helen's core contains the science and technology that the Emperor needs, all the technologies, and she is controllable and cannot be controlled.

Will cause unrest like other rebel intelligences, so the knowledge is safe in her hands, and you are her administrator."

"Correct, I know you have a very flexible mind. You don't need the kind of explanation I asked for to the Mechanicus. It will last for several days and you may not be able to convince those idiot motor oil guys in the end."

This is why Vito has always chosen to hide the fact of Helen's existence from most members of the Mechanicus. Even Omega, who has been with Vito for decades and has an extremely strong relationship, chooses to hide it, but

Not everyone shares Kaul's "techno-heretic" enlightened attitude.

Most of the time, when you bring out a new technology, tell the Mechanicus that it works, and then use it, what you have to face is endless technical discussions, religious and philosophical speculation, and ultimately, a high probability of plagiarism.

A brief firefight broke out with each other.

This is the reason why there has been no new technology in the Mechanicus for a long time. It is not simply that no one is researching and developing it, but in today’s Mechanicus, the birth of any new technology requires thousands of years of endless debate.

With wrangling, even if your technology has not passed the review, you will die, and then the new technology will be forgotten in the vast technical files.

What is even more characteristic of the empire is that when you develop a new technology, your colleagues within the Mechanicum will be jealous of you, and they will prevent your technology from passing, obliterate the technology, and even you, a classic imperial-style political struggle.

When the Accords of Olympia were signed, the Empire converted to the technical worship of the Mechanicus, and the Mechanicus also converted to the Empire. After a long period of time, it was finally assimilated by the imperial bureaucracy. Today, the Mechanicus is complex, hierarchical, and has strict political rules.

Internally, it is no longer the enlightened organization it was back then. The first thing that comes with any new technology is not hope and change, but confrontation and dispute.

Therefore, Vito was cautious about using the Iron Man and hid the Sky Blade. Helen in his hands, her existence and the amount of knowledge of the technology at its core were enough to set off a storm that tore half of the empire apart. Without the Empire,

With the Emperor at the helm, the Empire's ship would have been torn in half by the tsunami and sunk.

Many times, it's not that Vito doesn't want to help the empire, but because his help, the truly useful help will bring disaster. Today's empire is like a crumbling house, its structure is already on the verge of collapse. If you move any

A brick or any stone may cause the entire building to collapse. Maintaining the status quo is the only choice in these ten thousand years, although it is painful.

Magnus ignored the meaningless teasing in the second half of Vito. He looked at Helen in front of him and was silent for a long time. After thinking for a long time, he slowly spoke, "The Emperor deceived us all, and again

Once, he kept talking about banning artificial intelligence, and went on a killing spree to do so, but he did not choose to tell us the truth. He himself also hid an AI, one thing on the outside and another on the inside."

"He is doing it for your own good. After all, most artificial intelligences are dangerous. Helen is the most special case. He must prevent people from using other dangerous intelligences without thinking clearly and inserting them into the system to cause harm.

It’s a big disaster, so we can only cut it off with one cut.”

"But, Vito, isn't Helen just a tool to him? It's just a storage that holds knowledge, and you are her administrator, the marshal responsible for conquering the entire galaxy for him. Aren't you also his?

A tool? If the Emperor successfully uses Helen to rebuild human civilization one day, he will most likely destroy Helen for "safety", and will you allow it?"

Magnus' words suddenly silenced the atmosphere. Vito, who had been smiling just now, suddenly lost his expression. He looked up at Magnus expressionlessly, and the latter also looked at him silently.

This uncomfortable silence lasted for a while, and Helen in Vito's hands was also silent for a while. She slightly raised her head and looked at Vito aside, who was still looking at each other with Magnus without saying a word.

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"You are also a tool to him. All of us are just tools to him. Use them when they are useful, and discard them when they are useless, especially when you resist." Magnus

He said slowly, his voice was low, and he spoke every word, as if he was trying to make Vito hear him clearly.

Vito looked at Magnus. After a moment, he turned around and started clicking on the interface in front of him with his fingers. "Helen knows how to operate the Eldar system. We will connect her to it, and then she will open the Webway portal."

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He chose to avoid and avoid the question, but Magnus just looked at his back and sighed silently, his eyes full of pity and lamentation, but in the end Magnus also chose to let the topic go by.
To be continued...