Impervious to Reason

All analyses of the Silver Mist Consciousness can serve as a reference for humanity in the future development of Strong Artificial Intelligence.

This would give us enough time to think about defenses and countermeasures against the Technological Crisis.

After Chen Haiyu added his own perspective, the group discussed these points for a short while in the video, and most people felt that Chen Haiyu's point was the most likely.

Yue Yuan admired these people quite a bit; they were able to analyze so many possibilities based on just one rejection from the Silver Mist Consciousness.

However, if possible, Yue Yuan would prefer that only one possibility be analyzed, since he always felt that the more possibilities that were analyzed, the more it showed that humanity did not understand the Silver Mist Consciousness enough.

Information about the Silver Mist Consciousness is still very scarce.

"Alright, since most of you think Dr. Chen's viewpoint is the most likely, let's leave it at that for now." Yue Yuan temporarily stopped everyone who was planning to continue the discussion, because he felt that there was no point in continuing the discussion. Moreover, the most urgent task now was not to discuss, but to obtain more useful information from the Silver Mist Consciousness.

Now that Hope has left the orbit of Ross 154-7, Yue Yuan doesn't believe that humanity can keep the secret of Controlled Nuclear Fusion forever.

The exhaust plumes of Fusion Thruster and nuclear Fission Thruster are different, and the Silver Mist Consciousness would surely notice the difference if it paid close attention. Even without judging the exhaust plumes, the Silver Mist Consciousness would soon discover that the Hope's speed was increasing, eventually exceeding the maximum speed of the Fission Thruster.

Therefore, Yue Yuan wanted to take this opportunity to extract more information from the Silver Mist Consciousness. Although the Silver Mist Consciousness was humanity's enemy, this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

After everyone stopped their noisy discussion, Yue Yuan summoned 'Tianhe Light' to translate, and then said, "Alright, if you won't tell us why you dismantled our landing craft, can you talk about yourself? You know, as a Low-level Civilization exploration team, we are very curious about the evolution of Artificial Intelligence into life."

A dozen minutes later, the Silver Mist Consciousness replied to the Hope: [No comment.]

Faced with such a response, Yue Yuan did not give up, nor did he curse at him. Instead, he continued to speak to the Silver Mist Consciousness again in very sorrowful words.

"Sigh, we're about to be devoured by you, can't you even ask for one last thing? You know, everything we told you before was true, but you've been deceiving us all along, this is so unfair."

[Fairness? Your race is truly strange, using fairness as a pretext. It seems you are a race with low intelligence, far inferior to the Moke Star People in this respect.]

As before, the Silver Mist Consciousness responded very quickly after receiving the message.

"Chief, the Silver Mist Consciousness has finally relented. It seems that as long as it truly has a problem, it will remain silent once it comes to issues concerning itself. Therefore, we can try asking other questions, such as about the Moke Star People," an expert suggested to Yue Yuan in the video.

Yue Yuan readily accepted the suggestion and immediately instructed 'Tianhe Light' to translate the expert's meaning into a communication signal and send it to the Silver Mist Consciousness.

As the Silver Mist drew closer to the Hope, the communication delay improved dramatically. This time, only a few minutes passed before the Silver Mist Consciousness responded, but it was a rhetorical question, "You Carbon-Based Lifeforms really love asking all sorts of questions before you die. The Moke Star People were the same. Your fate is sealed; can't you just wait quietly?"

As expected, it was difficult to talk to them. Everyone fell silent; the Silver Mist Consciousness that used to answer every question was gone forever.

"How far are we?" Yue Yuan asked the Science Officer on the bridge.

"Seventy-eight million kilometers, still closing in, but its acceleration is decreasing," the Science Officer replied immediately. She knew that Yue Yuan was asking about the distance between the Silver Mist and the Hope. "In about thirty minutes, it should realize that it can't catch up with us."

"Good!"

Yue Yuan nodded slightly, then pondered for a moment, a glint gradually appearing in his eyes, before looking at Man Yuemei, who was sitting to his left. "Can the main guns of the Callisto Warship take it down with one shot?"

"Forehead?"

Man Yuemei, who seemed to be lost in thought, snapped out of it and said seriously, "Commander Yue, you don't mean to have the Armed Forces Department launch an attack now, do you?"

"No, it's firing while the cannon is suspended." Yue Yuan's eyes still gleamed.

Since the Silver Mist Consciousness is unyielding, humans don't need to be polite. Although they can't kill it, they can give it a good blast before leaving to vent their pent-up anger.

Yue Yuan had investigated and found that the suspension connection structure Callisto Warship and the Hope could completely withstand the recoil of the main gun.

Moreover, the suspension structure is designed to rotate, meaning that although the bow of the Callisto Warship is currently facing forward, it can be turned around by releasing the bow and stern fixings and then rotating the central axis so that its gun muzzle is facing the stern of the Hope.

Before Man Yuemei could speak, the Science Officer poured cold water on Yue Yuan with a very rational voice. "I'm afraid that won't work, Chief. Given the current relative position of the Hope's tail and the Silver Mist, if we want to aim, we must adjust the Hope's attitude. The Hope will inevitably lose some speed as a result, and in that case, there is a risk that it will be overtaken by that Silver Mist."

Upon hearing this, Yue Yuan abandoned his idea of venting his anger.

But he felt that giving up so easily would be too easy on the Silver Mist Consciousness, so he rubbed his temples, thinking about how to disgust the Silver Mist Consciousness one last time.

However, at this moment, he heard the Science Officer say, "However, we can try to adjust our attitude and fire a shot once we are at a speed greater than the Silver Mist and it is safe to do so."

Oh?!

The Science Officer's words were a wake-up call.

Yue Yuan's thoughts were sparked by these words. He stared at the Silver Mist drifting on the split screen and then asked, "Fire Control Officer, can you predict the path of that Silver Mist?"

"Commander Yue, that Silver Mist is targeting us. Its flight path is easy to predict, there's no problem at all," the Fire Control Officer replied immediately.

At this moment, Man Yuemei, who seemed to understand Yue Yuan's thoughts, said thoughtfully, "Commander Yue, do you want to use a hydrogen bomb to blow it up?"

"Yes!" Yue Yuan didn't hide anything. "There are still quite a few hydrogen bombs on the Callisto Warship. We can discard them by dropping them. We can change the detonation fuse program to a timer. As long as we calculate the time well, we should be able to hit that Silver Mist that has been following us."

The Callisto Warship are mostly equipped with rocket-propelled Nuclear Bomb, but since this is a surprise attack, dropping them directly is more covert than launching them.