[CtOS development progress:] [Traffic surveillance model completed, traffic routing AI algorithm development completed] [Cross-dimensional data transfer channel opened, current capacity: 20%] [Laboratory achieved a breakthrough, tech points +500] [Current tech points: 800]
After arriving at the Coast of Preaching, the three sat on a bench beside the river, watching the factory across from them belch thick smoke.
Just moments ago, Lier had used the connection node between the Charter Hill and Arroyo traffic networks to hack into this district's traffic network.
After he uploaded the final portion of data to the other side, Skye had also done a respectable job of finishing development of the traffic routing AI.
It was not a particularly difficult project-but in this world, developing an AI like that still carried risks. Besides, general-purpose AI was unpopular; if anyone developed AI, it would be military AI.
Companies like Arasaka and Militech preferred tinkering with the Blackwall, digging through Old Net data for technological breakthroughs.
With this technology, Lier no longer needed to calculate traffic conditions himself. He could simply use this AI to "summon" a suitable dump truck from a distance.
The "cross-dimensional data transfer channel" currently had very little bandwidth, but it was useful-just enough for Lier to use the demon: Dump Truck Iaido.
More importantly, this feature was free.
"Nice... I always feel a little uneasy without a dump truck protecting me."
Images of all the heavy vehicles traveling along Arroyo's road network surfaced in Lier's mind, filling him with a sense of security.
When he was not using this demon, Lier would selectively transmit data generated during their operations to the other world for processing, then send the results back to this world and pass them on to various facilities.
The result was gaps in the three of them's movement trails