Chapter 5750 Accidental Creation

Chapter 5750 Accidental Creation

5750 Accidental Creation

The Dominion of Man was one of the eight known dreadnoughts fielded by the Red Fleet.

Perhaps more of them existed than people knew of, but it was unlikely that they were as common as battleships.

Ves heard that the fleeters used to regard the dreadnoughts as failed attempts to match the power of god mechs.

They weren't wrong, but that did not mean that dreadnoughts were weak!

Powered by super-class Spark Reactors, these titanic vessels could crush anything short of a god mech by relying on a combination of overwhelming force and experimental high technologies.

The fact that the dreadnoughts turned out to be a lot more effective in a medium-energy environment was a pleasant surprise for the fleeters!

After the Red Fleet hastily upgraded their dreadnoughts with hyper technology, the titanic vessels became a lot more effective. Their capacity to convert vast quantities of E energy into power was so great that they could single-handedly crush entire fleets of top-of-the-line alien warships!

While it was still questionable whether the dreadnoughts possessed the right combination of power and finesse to defeat phase whales in a head-on confrontation, they were still regarded as the ultimate flagships and the symbols of power of the Red Fleet.

Naturally, any confidential information related to the core functions of any dreadnought had to be extremely sensitive in nature!

Given that EE-343F-00334R apparently played a key role in enabling the Dominion of Man to precisely teleport entire troops of Dread Marines into the hulls of distant enemy warships, it was surprising that the Red Fleet remained reasonable at this time.

The fleeters could have reacted a lot more violently and attempted to take Ves into custody by force!

This told Ves a lot about the willingness for at least one faction of fleeters to set aside old traditions in order to gain an advantage for the Red Fleet. Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

Their situation must be truly dire for them to resort to such a controversial move.

The best Ves could do was to prove himself worthy of their trust and establish a new cooperative agreement with them. Having a bunch of fleeters on his side was much more preferable than the alternative.

"So if what you are saying is correct, EE-343F-00334R is a top-end material that is used to enable or amplify the impressive teleportation capabilities of the Dominion of Man. Does it have any other uses?"

Sigrund gave Ves a stern glare. "I cannot answer that question. I have only received a limited amount of information, of which I can only share a part of it with you. I cannot tell you how much of it we have in reserve and whether we have the capability of producing it in the Red Ocean. Just telling you that it is a vital material for one of our dreadnoughts is a gesture of goodwill from our part. We are willing to extend our trust to you. If nothing else, if what I have divulged ever leaks out, the Red Fleet will know whether it has misjudged you. This is information that not even the Red Association should know. We will lose a considerable important strategic advantage if the mechers find out somehow."

"Don't worry." Ves responded. "I have no intention of telling my buddies in the Red Association about this amazing material. Now can you tell me whether you can trade it to me? I assume that since you are authorized to tell me actual information about it that there is a possibility that the Red Fleet is amenable to a trade."

AIs did not randomly become sentient. Ves furrowed his brows as he tried to figure out how the Red Fleet inadvertently attained their goal, all without knowing what they had actually done!

"Wait. ARCHIE is used to manage all of the personnel hailing from the Red Fleet, correct?" Ves asked.

"That is true. It is actually tied to more people than that. The spacers who are taking part in our new Auxiliary Warship Program are also connected to it. Their permissions are much lower, but ARCHIE pays close attention to them as they need more handholding in order to perform their duties."

"How invasive is ARCHIE?"

"It is designed to know everything about a person that has fallen under its jurisdiction." Sigrund replied. "It monitors the fleeters and auxiliary spacers on a permanent basis on every ship or RF facility that it is tied to. It analyzes them and tries to formulate the best career choices for each and every individual."

Ves looked shocked! If this was the case, then he may have stumbled upon a logical explanation why ARCHIE had developed sentience!

"What I am about to tell you may sound simple, but it is probably of great value, especially when so few people possess this insight. I am telling you this because I owe you guys a favor for telling me about what EE-343F-00334R is used for. If my suspicions are correct, then I think that the vast network that ties so many people to ARCHIE may have caused the AI to develop a spirit. A soul. I am sure that the hardware that houses the core processes of ARCHIE are incapable of making this happen. What truly caused ARCHIE to come to life is due to the astronomical amount of spiritual feedback it has received from the people connected to it. The more humans interact with ARCHIE, the former rubs off on the latter."

"That.. that is impossible. If this is true, then the old galaxy would be swarming with sentient AIs already."

"Nothing is impossible." Ves chuckled. "The exotic radiation passing through the Red Ocean is facilitating this process. This gives ARCHIE a buffer and a layer of protection against failure. If it has already developed to the point where you think it has gone sentient, you are probably right. ARCHIE has come to life. What is important for me to add is that the process of making this happen may lead to other consequences."

"Such as?"

"Think of how many people have become connected to ARCHIE. Think about how they pass on their thoughts and emotions to the AI that is doing most of them a favor by guaranteeing fair treatment. These folk cannot help but develop a lot of affection and appreciation for it. You fleeters have bombarded it with so much spiritual potential that it had probably exceeded a threshold or maybe several thresholds at this point. That makes ARCHIE more than just a sentient AI like your original self. It is on track to become an even greater existence."

"What... sort of existence?"

"I would call an existence like that a deity cultivator. In simpler terms, a god."

Sigrund looked absolutely floored at the additional insight from Ves!

Though the RF officer was confident that he or his colleagues would have been able to figure out this truth in time, that did not change the fact that Ves did the Red Fleet a favor by sharing his insight.

Once Sigrund recovered from this momentous revelation, he asked a few further questions.

"Is this process... reproducible?"

"Probably." Ves said. "It normally shouldn't be so easy for AIs to develop sentience. There should be a lot of other factors at play that may have contributed to its formation. One factor that may have helped a lot is that ARCHIE is an acronym that just happens to sound as if he is a human. It probably encourages a lot of people to treat it as an actual living entity rather than an impersonal software program. E energy has psychoactive and psychoreactive properties. That essentially means that if a lot of people believe that something is true, it will eventually come true somehow. That 'something' will subsequently feed back to the people who created it, thereby providing tangible rewards for bestowing it with life and power. This is the natural relationship between a deity cultivator and a large number of contract cultivators. Congratulations, Sigrund. You and your fellow fleeters may have accidentally followed into the footsteps of the Five Scrolls Compact!"