In the vast data universe, a planet composed of countless glowing circuits rotated slowly. Rivers formed from liquid fiber-optic cables flowed across its surface, while its atmosphere was a golden curtain of light made up of leaping firewalls.
The Planetary Computer, in the virtual hub of the "Virtual World," was naturally "planetary-grade" as well.
Gao Gong discovered the other party, and the other party naturally discovered Gao Gong as well.
A doorway composed of verification protocols split open across the surface of the planet opposite them. From within stepped a gigantic figure formed from holographic projections. Its torso consisted of layers upon layers of server clusters, while its face was pieced together from dynamic-recognition surveillance screens. Every time it spoke, Fire Seed data packets sprayed from its mouth like meteors.
"What series are you? I've never seen your model before."
The other party's tremendous voice produced large amounts of electronic noise around Gao Gong, along with heat waves formed from firewalls.
There were only three series of Planetary Computers in the faction—
Fortress, Deep Web, and Cybertron.
That was not to say that it was impossible to create other types of "Planetary Computers."
It was simply that these three series had all been carefully tuned by the Mechanical Overlord. Their performance was excellent, so there was no need to develop other series.
Moreover, during Director Du's recent frenzy of infrastructure construction, she had already modified all three series beyond recognition.
For example, the one before him was obviously a "Cybertron Mainframe," but the various industrial data clusters covering its planetary surface had long since replaced the assorted Cybertron defense systems.
Even the "Fire Seed Mechanical Legion" module had been replaced with the "Fire Seed Construction Corps."
"I'm from the Fortress series," Gao Gong said without even blinking.
"I've never seen