novelsite Chapter 66: Transformation
Chapter 66: Transformation
"Chief Engineer Guo, has the system inspection of the crashed bus been completed? Have any problems been found?"
"Both the hardware and software are fine."
Guo Yi gave an affirmative answer without hesitation, and then explained: "I checked the system logs of the bus that crashed. The system judged that if emergency braking were performed at that time, it would cause injuries or fatalities to the passengers inside the bus. In addition, there was no one in the back seat of the front bus. Therefore, the system did not execute the emergency braking command, but instead used the rear of the front bus as a buffer to brake."
"Is it possible to completely prevent this from happening again?"
"How can this be prevented?"
Guo Yi laughed and cried at the same time, then complained, "That damn thing suddenly changed lanes and braked without warning, it was obviously intentionally causing the driverless bus to rear-end it, how can you prevent that?"
To be blunt, it's a miracle the driverless bus didn't kill him; the self-driving system is truly amazing!
"Elder, on this point I support Chief Engineer Guo. That bastard is just deliberately causing trouble!"
After Guo Yi finished speaking, Yue Mingyuan became more and more excited as he explained to the elder: "The driverless bus not only has multiple sets of miniature vehicle-mounted radars, but also a mobile path prediction system and a vehicle-mounted infrared ranging system. At the same time, it is also connected to the traffic information of QueDe Map."
In addition, we have conducted comprehensive testing and application of this technology in the shipyard to this day.
Therefore, for an autonomous bus to rear-end another vehicle, either the vehicle in front must have a stealth coating and an optical camouflage system that enables full-spectrum invisibility, rendering the autonomous bus "blind" and causing a rear-end collision.
Either at high speed, within a very short time and distance, the driverless bus brakes suddenly in front of it, causing the driverless system to determine that the accident damage caused by a rear-end collision is smaller, thus leading to a rear-end collision.
Either someone tampered with the driverless bus's "eyes," causing it to become "blind" and rear-end another vehicle.
Otherwise, driverless buses would never rear-end another vehicle.
This concerns the safety of people's travel, and we cannot agree to its widespread adoption without knowing whether there are potential safety hazards.
After Yue Mingyuan finished speaking, Li Mu also took the initiative to corroborate, saying, "Elder, I checked the bank accounts and activity records of that internet celebrity and his relatives and friends."
Although no huge sums of money of unknown origin were found in those people's domestic accounts, it was discovered that all of his family members had traveled to Canada under the guise of tourism.
Furthermore, I also found out that the internet celebrity had contact with a maintenance worker of an unmanned bus.
Based on the information from Chief Engineer Guo and Director Yue, I speculate that the internet celebrity was very likely instructed by someone to deliberately create a rear-end collision involving an unmanned bus to spark heated public discussion.
The method used to cause the rear-end collision was related to the unmanned bus maintenance worker.
"Understood."
The Grand Elder nodded, then asked Li Mu, "Minister Li, how is the review process for in-service engineering engineers progressing?"
If we compare this propaganda war to a meal, then the public opinion about Zhou Luming's personal character is just an appetizer, while the technical controversy caused by the internet celebrity is the farewell course. The real main course, which is what the Squid Consortium is really up to, is the mecha malfunction accident!
Only when a mech goes out of control, causing significant economic losses and casualties, will it truly attract global attention and generate global public opinion.
Only when it reaches that level can the Squid Consortium achieve its goal: to guide international public opinion, make the public believe that the existence of mechs is more harmful than beneficial, and thus make the public spontaneously resist the widespread application of mechs and destroy the mech market.
Since they couldn't obtain the cockpit technology, the Squid Consortium would rather smash the mecha market and leave the auctioned technology to gather dust than allow the Anza Consortium to alleviate its pressure through mecha technology, and even less would they want Fahd and the Anza Consortium to get involved together.
The only way to cause a mech to go out of control is to mess with the engineer pilot.
After all, military and police mechs are under very strict surveillance, so there is no chance for the Squid Consortium to cause trouble. Therefore, only engineering mechs, which are under relatively less strict surveillance, have the opportunity to cause trouble for the Squid Consortium.
However, since the engineering mechs themselves have anti-disassembly and modification capabilities, it is impossible for them to experience software or hardware malfunctions. Therefore, the only way to create malfunctions is for engineering pilots to operate the mechs artificially.
Although the effect is slightly worse, mass production leads to a qualitative change, and the effect will be the same after several attempts.
"The entire review has been completed."
Li Mu nodded and replied solemnly, "Currently, it has been discovered that thirteen active engineering pilots have been controlled by multiple different forces in various ways, and another thirty-three engineering pilots have already defected to different forces."
We are still investigating which forces are causing trouble and what their respective purposes are.
Therefore, apart from preventing the on-duty engineer pilots from accessing the mechs and placing them under 24/7 surveillance, we haven't taken any other action against them.
The elder frowned slightly and pressed, "How long do you estimate it will take to thoroughly investigate this?"
"It is impossible to predict at this time."
"...Heh~"
After pondering for a while, the Grand Elder suddenly chuckled self-deprecatingly, and then directly ordered Li Mu: "We don't need to dig any deeper into the current engineers and pilots. We don't need to know who's behind it or what their purpose is. We just need to know that they have ill intentions."
Those who are found will be dealt with one by one, severely, strictly, and swiftly.
Regarding public opinion, arrest the ringleaders on espionage charges, and I will have the police severely punish the others who instigate the conflict!
"Elder, isn't it inappropriate for us to arrest people directly like this?"
Li Mu frowned in distress and said worriedly, "After all, this is a public event, and we don't have enough evidence yet."
If we were to directly arrest people, not only would it be difficult to gain public support, but it could also fuel and spread conspiracy theories, disrupt unity, and damage our international image.
"If it's damaged, it's damaged. At this point, our international image isn't that important to us anymore."
The elder shook his head slightly and explained, "In the past, we needed an international image for four reasons: first, to avoid being isolated and helpless; second, to repay the kindness of those who helped us return to the ranks of the five giants; third, to occupy the moral high ground; and fourth, to provide a place for the people to escape the chaos of war."
Now, we have the confidence to live well even when we are isolated and helpless.
At the same time, we will soon have a place where people can escape the war.
Furthermore, the enemy's internal structure has been completely fractured, and our "new friend" is someone who fears power but not morality, and values profit over righteousness.
Therefore, we must now take a zero-tolerance attitude and deal with these petty actions decisively and cleanly, without being restrained by the sake of international image.
As for conspiracy theories and other opinions...
Those who speak do not represent the masses, and those who raise their voices loudly are not necessarily right. I believe the eyes of the masses are discerning.
Seeing the elder's radical and domineering attitude, everyone couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.
Then, everyone suddenly held their breath, looking at the Grand Elder with anticipation and excitement.
Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, the Grand Elder smiled and nodded, announcing in a relaxed but solemn manner, "Although the money is still slightly insufficient, the time has come."
I hereby announce the official launch of the Heavenly Court Project!
The Heavenly Court Project is not a single, isolated project, but rather a combination of dozens of large and small projects, including the Great Exploration Project, the Southern Heavenly Gate Project, the Tushita Palace Project, the Magpie Bridge Project, the Road to Heaven Project, the Heavenly Soldiers Project, and the Heavenly Generals Project.
Therefore, when the Grand Elder announced the official launch of the Heavenly Court Project, the awakened dragon turned its gaze to the universe and began warm-up exercises, preparing to rush into the universe.