The situation became even more absurd.
He had originally thought.
That with a beep.
Artificial intelligence would be generated directly and project a three-dimensional stereoscopic visualization, saying to Meng Hao, "Thank you, Lord Meng Hao, for creating me."
But the result?
The ideal was plump.
Reality was extremely skinny.
On the originally pitch-black feedback screen, a parameter feedback interface more complex than an Android phone's root interface appeared.
On the interface.
The progress bar in the center was as slow as an old lady with bound feet, moving gradually.
Meng Hao waited for a full ten minutes, and only 0.03% of the progress was completed.
Good heavens.
Ten minutes, 0.03% generation progress.
This artificial intelligence would take at least thirty thousand minutes to fully generate... converting that would be over five hundred hours, twenty-odd days, before it could be fully born.
Meng Hao yawned, feeling somewhat annoyed.
If only he had known.
He shouldn't have completely twisted off the heads of these artificial intelligence morons earlier.
At least leave one or two robots to help him build the Dangui submarine!
As Meng Hao was regretting, he decided to leave the dry dock, which was more than a hundred meters underground, and return to his office on the surface.
A line of text jumped out from the screen.
"Dear Lord Meng Hao."
"Due to the low efficiency of the computing core, it will take more than five hundred hours to complete the artificial intelligence generation."
"To avoid affecting the construction speed of the Dangui submarine, after completing the initial 0.1% loading program, remote control of robots with remote antennas can be performed... However, the intelligence and efficiency of the robots will be greatly reduced. Please forgive us!"
Good heavens.
This artificial intelligence moron was quite thoughtful.
It even knew to leave contingency plans.
According to the explanation of these few lines of text.
These robots, which had lost their powerful computing cores and were semi-artificial intelligences, would be like feature phones in smartphones, performing extremely simple and mechanical tasks.
For example—
Installation of the hull casing.
Connection of wires.
Maintenance of damaged areas.
And so on.
Of course.
This was already sufficient.
Don't look at the Dangui submarine's current dilapidated appearance.
But in reality.
The core components of this submarine were almost all assembled.
What was needed next was to complete the final assembly and pass the final test.
Meng Hao, satisfied, hummed a little tune and went upstairs.
It seemed.
The time for his journey home was one step closer.
...
Several days after Christmas.
The military base serving as a research center stationed in Australia welcomed an expansion.
Of course.
No one interfered with Meng Hao's actions. In fact, fences were erected around several buildings, including Meng Hao's workshop.
According to William, a guy with a flexible mind, the explanation was that they were worried that the messy gravel and noise during the base expansion would directly interfere with Meng Hao.
As for the actual reason.
Bruce, this brainless fellow, revealed it without reservation.
These walls were precisely to prevent Meng Hao from escaping.
However.
Whether it was to protect himself or to prevent Meng Hao from escaping,
It didn't matter.
After all.
As long as Meng Hao was not moved from his place, continued to work on the construction of the Dangui submarine, and waited for the artificial intelligence to fully awaken.
But.
It wasn't entirely true that this expansion had no impact on Meng Hao.
According to William.
This military base expansion was in preparation for the upcoming joint military exercises of a multinational fleet led by the United States.
Due to the attention of too many important figures, many second-generation individuals comparable to William and Bruce were involved.
William certainly couldn't take care of Meng Hao as he had before, allowing Luna and Zhang Xijin to come for "visits"!
Meng Hao expressed his understanding of this.
Without the disturbance of women.
His work progress had actually improved.
In fact, taking advantage of the chaos, he had applied for several more personal terminal computers, giving the reason that it was too noisy here, and he planned to increase his workload to quickly complete the latest vehicle research and development by Testers, and then leave this cursed place and head to the mainland of the United States.
In response.
High-ranking US officials, including General Tommy, expressed their pleasure.
They even thought that confining Meng Hao to a seaside town in Australia would not only test Meng Hao's loyalty but also urge him to speed up his research and development to leave this cursed place.
...
United States.
The location of the White House.
A private villa occupying a vast area.
Several high-ranking officials who were good friends were chatting.
Among them was General Tommy.
"Currently, the expansion of the military base is proceeding in full swing."
"And at the same time, interventions with various Western allies are also underway."
"It can't be said to be without obstacles, but it can be said to be smooth sailing."
"It seems that this time, whether it is to use the joint military exercises to intimidate the Great Xia's double-carrier fleet into retreating... or to take this opportunity to directly disrupt the Great Xia's plan to establish a regional economic circle, both can be perfectly implemented."
General Tommy.
Crossed his legs.
In his hand was the best green tea available on the market in the Great Xia.
This old fox.
He had only had a little wine to celebrate a few days ago after "dealing with Meng Hao," but most of the time he absolutely did not touch alcohol.
In the old fox's words—
Alcohol can paralyze the brain and lead to wrong judgments.
Therefore, it is the tea from the Great Xia that is truly refreshing and good for the mind.
"Thanks to General Tommy, you are truly a blessing to our United States!"
"Without General Tommy's promotion, things would not have progressed so quickly and smoothly."
"Speaking of which, only General Tommy is the most important, I even think he is more important than Meng Hao."
"Having General Tommy is truly heaven-sent for the United States."
Good heavens.
This wave of commercial flattery.
It almost gave General Tommy a severe case of awkwardness.
Although as humans, everyone likes to hear flattery.
However.
This flattery was already a bit excessive.
Too much is as bad as too little.
"Alright, alright."
"You are all high-ranking officials of our United States. This flattery is truly nauseating."
Although a bit awkward, General Tommy still smiled and indicated that everyone could stop.
Indeed.
These high-ranking officials were all from Tommy's faction and followed Tommy's lead.
The commercial mutual praise temporarily came to an end.
It was replaced by putting important matters on the agenda.
"Great Xia has already realized our actions, but there has been no move yet..."
"The effect of this joint military exercise is still there. Although the countries around Great Xia that were planning to join the economic circle have not announced the termination of cooperation, their pace has slowed down considerably."
"They seem to be waiting for the final outcome, to see who wins and who loses between us and Great Xia... whoever wins, they will help!"