Honkai Impact: Saving the Pre-civilization by rubbing black technology

V2/Chapter 41: Wheelchair weapons are unhealthy

'Civilian field...?'

Hearing Ai Yue's words, Einstein couldn't help but blink her eyes—to be honest, she had never considered this direction.

Of course, other people in the laboratory would sometimes joke and say, "I really want to take one of these cute dolls home," but Einstein had never thought about this question.

You have to know that military and civilian use are two completely different concepts. Especially in the current situation where we are facing the Honkai and humanity is becoming increasingly exhausted, the military field only needs to consider how to effectively reverse the situation, but the civilian field has many more issues to consider.

The first is the cost issue. The cost of armed dolls is too high. Even if the initial R&D costs are not taken into account, the production cost of an armed doll alone is frighteningly high. Civilian use must consider the issue of recycling costs. In this way, the unit price of an armed doll will be an astronomical figure. Even if it can be mass-produced, it will only become a luxury item.

This doesn't even take into account the R&D costs. If that were the case, the price would be even more terrifying.

In other words, armed dolls do not have the conditions to be transformed into the civilian field.

However, today Einstein must face this problem, because if she does not change the direction of research and development, the only outcome that awaits the Armed Doll Project is complete closure.

Moreover, Ai Yue's words did indeed move Einstein, because what the other party said was indeed something she had never considered before.

She looked at the display screen. Among the data and reports listed by Ai Yue, there was one about the results of a questionnaire survey distributed worldwide by a United Nations organization.

It shows that when people were asked "Are they still willing to participate in concerts, music festivals, film festivals, and other entertainment events?", almost 80% of them chose "no."

Just as Ai Yue said, people are gradually losing hope for the future. When survival becomes the only purpose of life, entertainment and hobbies will gradually disappear from people's lives.

Einstein was not familiar with sociology and did not know what impact the loss of entertainment would have on civilization, but she was also very clear that when a person's stress accumulated to a level that was enough to crush their spirit, even an ordinary person could cause a tragic case.

When the vast majority of people in the world have to bear tremendous pressure to survive, I am afraid that this civilization will be about to step into the abyss of destruction. At that time, what future will there be?

"If this can help civilization, I can make a decision on behalf of our laboratory." After sorting out her thoughts, Einstein looked at Ai Yue with a worried look in her eyes, "But, with all due respect, this plan may have many unimaginable difficulties."

Mobius at the side couldn't help laughing, which attracted Ai Yue's glance.

"Ignore her. She might be thinking of something happy." Ai Yue explained for Mobius. Fortunately, Einstein didn't care about these things. "In fact, Dr. Einstein, the only difficulty in this matter is whether you are really willing to make changes."

"Of course, I am willing." Einstein responded decisively, "The Armed Doll Project is my hard work. Now it has been replaced by your project. I am very sad, but I have to admit that your project is more valuable. Now you have given me a chance to continue the Armed Doll Project. No matter from which angle I consider it, I will firmly grasp this opportunity."

"Very good," Ai Yue snapped his fingers. "In that case, I will also show my sincerity. After all, we can't let your laboratory pay unilaterally."

Einstein was still thinking about what Ai Yue meant by sincerity when she heard a strange voice coming from her computer: [The voiceprint command has been confirmed, and the new plan is being optimized.]

[The person in charge of the Armed Doll Project, Dr. Nikolai Einstein, has her authority upgraded.]

[The funding restrictions have been lifted, and the funds that can be used are currently: unlimited.]

[The Fire Moth technology catalog is fully unlocked. After calculation, I recommend the following technologies to you for optimizing the armed doll project—]

Layer after layer of new pages unfolded before her eyes, like new doors suddenly opening, inviting Einstein to enter a completely new realm.

In a place she couldn't see, with Prometheus' extension as the center, countless new information was pouring in all directions along the veins of the Internet. The name Nikolai Einstein began to appear in the vision of more people and was recorded in special files. Her authority increased, and hundreds of confidential information were released, becoming content that she could browse at will.

Einstein still knew nothing about all this. She just looked at Ai Yue with a blank expression: "Dr. Ai Yue, what is this?"

"A little sincerity." Ai Yue took out another Prometheus extension from his arms and put it on her arm. "Next, you will get the full support of the Fire Moth. At the same time, I will also delegate some of Prometheus's authority to you. With her help, I believe your project will face fewer difficulties."

"Prometheus?" Einstein pushed up her glasses, a cold light flashing across the lenses. "Could it be the super artificial intelligence you created?"

"Yes, after all, the development of armed dolls also requires the exploration of artificial intelligence." Ai Yue tapped the keyboard, "Finally, I'll give you a little advice. Don't try to use basic rules to constrain AI's thinking. Rigid rules will only make them produce logic beyond your expectations in the future."

A moment later, Ai Yue and Mobius left the laboratory, leaving Einstein alone to familiarize herself with the new content she was about to encounter.

"You take this project very seriously?" Mobius asked her initial doubts at this time, "I've never seen you take any project so seriously before."

"Because this project is really useful." Ai Yue smiled, "Why, are you jealous?"

"What are you talking about?" Mobius rolled her eyes. "I just don't understand. Isn't this project perfectly replaced by your Bee Colony? Armed dolls can only assist humans in combat, while drones don't require human participation at all."

"You're wrong. The good thing about armed dolls is that they are just auxiliary." Ai Yue explained, "From crawling to walking, children need the support and guidance of their families. People with limited mobility can rely entirely on wheelchairs to solve travel problems, but if they want to recover, they must use crutches and other tools to exercise themselves."

"For civilization, drone swarms are wheelchairs, and armed dolls are crutches."

Mobius was no fool. She quickly combined Ai Yue's previous words and guessed the other party's purpose: "Do you think that ordinary people will fall into despair after knowing the truth of the Honkai and want to use armed dolls to cheer them up again?"

"That's about it. Of course, the armed dolls are just one part of the process." Ai Yue nodded. "We still need to think about how to do it in detail."

Mobius didn't say anything, just waiting for the other party to continue. Who knew that Ai Yue lowered his head to look at his phone, turned around, and walked in another direction: "Let's go, Dr. Mei said she has something to talk to us about."

"Wait, what's your long-term plan?"

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