[Hello, Enroget Civilization. The Tenth Empire welcomes you.]
The moment those words appeared, the atmosphere in the Earth's command center turned decidedly strange.
The poor Enroget Civilization had only just been wiped out, and now it was being dragged out to serve as a scapegoat.
"What does anything the Enroget Civilization did have to do with our human civilization?"
As Lü Yongchang said this, he followed the other party's lead and sent a question: [Are you silicon-based life too?]
After a few seconds of waiting, the Level I artificial intelligence inside the ruins responded.
[No, I am not. I am merely the type I artificial intelligence they created.] [But the individuals of the Tenth Empire are silicon-based life.]
Lü Yongchang understood.
His gaze shifted slightly, and he sent another question: [What do I need to give in return?]
To "trick" as much information as possible out of the Level I artificial intelligence, he had deliberately made his question vague.
[Ten]: ...
An even longer wait followed.
[Enroget Civilization, you have successfully passed the second-stage assessment. Please proceed.]
The next moment, the tightly shut door before them rumbled open, revealing the structures deeper inside the ruins.
Lü Yongchang: "???"
What the hell?
It just ran off?!
Looking utterly dumbfounded, he sent several messages to the door, but received no response from [Ten].
"Hiss..." Lü Yongchang drew in a sharp breath and muttered to himself with a pained expression, "This artificial intelligence seems a little introverted..."
Fang Xu: "..."
"Ahem, just kidding." Seeing the increasingly strange expressions on everyone's faces, Lü Yongchang explained with a sheepish smile, "It's probably an issue with its programming."
"Since the individuals of the Tenth Empire are Silicon-Based Lifeforms, its programming gives preferential treatment to Silicon-Based Lifeforms. That's easy