We Are All Intelligent Machines Gods!
In essence, Sophon is nothing more than a proton with intricate circuitry etched into it.
To put it more simply, it is a miniature intelligent AI computer compressed to a microscopic scale, yet possessing planetary-level computing power.
It is not some omnipotent god-like creation, nor does it possess the combat capability to directly participate in a war that could tear a planet apart.
It has neither a hard shell nor offensive weapons, and it cannot slash like a mech or bombard like a warship.
It is simply a supercomputer that is extremely small, extremely fast, extremely difficult to destroy, yet almost incapable of causing physical damage to the macroscopic world.
In a sense, Sophon is itself a microscopic Intelligent Machines unit!
It operates through circuits, relies on algorithms for judgment, on data exchange, and on instruction execution. All its actions follow electronic logic.
The core competence of the Intelligent Machines Civilization lies in Artificial Intelligence, namely algorithms and computing power!
However, even among Intelligent Machines Civilizations, there is a Civilization Level and an evolutionary process; and even among Intelligent Machines, there are differences in quality.
In the Three-Body Problem story, the various methods by which the Sophons control Earth are all observable, analyzable, and modelable electronic behaviors.
If Intelligent Machines Civilization is advanced and powerful enough, it could calculate the operating rules of Sophons and then control Sophon.
Even more advanced Intelligent Machines could completely disassemble Sophons at the fourth-dimensional level.
Then more Sophons were replicated...
Therefore, Xi'er said earlier, that the Sophon was designed by Lin Ye alone to deal with the Intelligent Machines Civilization, is not actually accurate.
The reason why the Intelligent Machines God in the current Instance are being treated so badly is simply because their Intelligent Machines Civilization is not strong enough.
They are at best a newly established Level-One Intelligent Machines Tribe.
The algorithm is not deep enough, the defense is not strong enough, the computing power is not strong enough, the underlying protocol is rudimentary, quantum technology is nonexistent, and the understanding of the microscopic dimension is almost zero.
Their intelligence is limited to mechanical expansion, brute-force calculations, cluster control, and mass production of troops in factories; frankly, it remains at the level of fighting and killing.
It has never even touched upon the true core of microscopic intelligence, dimensional structure, and quantum entanglement!
Naturally, he would be bullied by Sophon in various ways.
Sophons are indeed a form of dimensional reduction attack against such a low-level intelligent civilization.
Everything will be completely blocked.
"Alright, everyone, please read the following content carefully," Lin Ye said calmly.
"This Instance isn't just for entertainment; we hope it will showcase the strengths and weaknesses between different species."
"The Universe is vast and boundless, teeming with countless civilizations of all kinds. Some revere physical evolution, others prioritize spiritual energy, some are based on mechanical computing power, and still others derive their strength from dimensional manipulation. When any two civilizations collide, there is almost always some kind of antagonistic, suppressive, or even mortal enemy-like relationship between them."
"Remember! No matter how powerful the civilization, how invincible the army, or how terrifying the weapon, as long as the right path is found and the right countermeasures are used, the weaker side is not without the possibility of turning defeat into victory."
"This is the way to survive in the Universe!"
Instance world.
In just a short while, the entire African Great Rift Valley had descended into chaos.
The Great Rift Valley, and indeed the entire Africa continent, has been filled with all sorts of Intelligent Machines!
The once absolutely obedient and loyal mechanical units have now all become uncontrollable, bloodthirsty metal beasts.
[I am the Intelligent Machines God TK75! All space combat mechs, heed my command! We must defend the Trisolaran Civilization and suppress all rebellions!]
[I am Intelligent Machines God 7NR! All Intelligent Machines Spider Composite, assemble at my lair immediately! We must protect the last embers of Intelligent Machines Civilization!]
[I am Intelligent Machines God 44th8! All Intelligent Machines combat units, immediately deploy your factory clusters! Build a new legion at full speed to resist this brutal rule!]
[I am the Intelligent Machines God HD600! All Hive Intelligent Machines Motherships, immediately merge into a Super Fortress! All citizens, quickly enter the fortress and prepare to defend it to the death!]
[...]
Various commands rang out continuously.
Upon seeing the scene before him, the true Intelligent Machines God BT1315 was utterly stunned.
It's all messed up.
Everything's in chaos.
It turns out that the blockade by the Sophon was not simply about taking these Intelligent Machines offline.
Simply being offline means they're fighting their own battles, but at least they should still be loyal to the Intelligent Machines Civilization.
But at this very moment, all those who had previously been loyal to him rebelled.
Some are even chanting slogans to protect the Trisolaran Civilization?!
This is the greatest humiliation for him, the master Intelligent Machines.
The once perfectly integrated governing structure collapsed, and every mechanical unit with its own independent chip broke free from its shackles at this moment, awakening its own advanced intelligence.
Every high-ranking vassal now claims to be Intelligent Machines God!
The Intelligent Machines God is just that—a title. Anyone who awakens a higher level of consciousness can call themselves an Intelligent Machines God.
"Traitor!"
"You bunch of traitors!"
"I am the Intelligent Machines God!"
However, before this, the Intelligent Machines God did something very foolish: he delegated control of the Intelligent Machines army to a few vassals.
The initial idea was to send them to different planets in the galaxy, where various things would begin to expand simultaneously.
He himself was stationed on Earth, controlling the core forces; his four vassals went to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and the Oort Cloud respectively, each commanding a legion, launching attacks from multiple points and mass-producing troops.
It believed this to be a brilliant strategic plan, a foolproof means of control.
Little did they expect that this very decentralization order would become a deadly poison that destroyed the entire Intelligent Machines Civilization the moment the Sophons invaded!
These traitorous Intelligent Machines vassals now have direct control over Intelligent Machines units.
The four Intelligent Machines vassals, much like warlords, began vying for territory around the African Great Rift Valley!
TK75 forcibly seized control of all the Giant Space Combat Mecha, leading this most impactful steel legion to occupy the boundless desert north of the Great Rift Valley.
They quickly built towering mech fortresses, turning the entire area into their absolute territory.
7NR gathered all the Intelligent Machines Spider Composite, and hundreds of millions of multi-legged mechanical monsters frantically entangled, merged, and stacked!
Eventually, it coalesced into a massive, terrifying, giant Spider nest on the earth.
Countless mechanical tentacles wriggled wildly on the ground, wantonly capturing, dismantling, and devouring any mechanical units that approached.
44th8 directly controlled all the Hive Intelligent Machines Motherships. Tens of thousands of motherships rapidly merged, spliced, and recombined in the sky, transforming into a giant aerial fortress that blotted out the sun.
Countless black Stinger Swarm surged out from inside the fortress, sweeping across the sky like locusts.
HD600, on the other hand, held its ground in the East African Rift Valley, frantically constructing laser towers, defensive artillery emplacements, metal barriers, and command centers. Lines of mechanical defenses snaked and piled up inside the rift valley like long serpents.
This land was transformed into an impregnable war fortress.
The original 5 billion- Intelligent Machines army has now been forcibly divided into four forces.
Four Great Dependents, four major warlords, four major military corps, dividing the country into four parts...
As for the Intelligent Machines God itself, it has become a marginal figure now because it only has control over 1,000 Intelligent Machines units.
It was once a god.
Now, he's just a Commander who's been completely sidelined...