Saying "like a tiger with wings" completely understates it. For him, it was a level of existence greater than 10. By any means necessary, he had to get this tool.
Buy it?
What could he possibly afford to buy? The starting bid was already 100 billion units of iron ore. The people here werenât strapped for cash, and he only had a few coins in his pocket. Where would he get the confidence to compete with these people?
Butâ
He couldnât afford it, but he could steal it.
Moreover, instead of stealing from the auctioneer, he would directly steal from the auction before it even started. He would first send those "Fiery Sun" clothes into the auction for appraisal to see if he could find out where the Special Tool was placed.
Then, after seizing all the permissions of this city, heâd start the heist!
For example...
Disabling the auctionâs automatic alarm so that the Law Enforcement Bureau canât receive any information.
Or freely controlling the speed of the "sky-high-speed tunnels," along with the number of entry and exit permits. Or freely controlling the traffic lights on the ground roads, and adding advanced permissions to their teamâs information, etc.
And behind Ai was an open refrigerator, with a power cord extending from it, connected to Aiâs back.
Itâs a pity.
Aiâs main body was still the "Train Assistance AI," unable to remotely utilize all AI computing power across tens of thousands of light-years and unleash its full potential. It could only implant a robot in Neon City, just like creating an avatar before, but the information couldnât be shared, belonging to a slightly advanced artificial intelligence.
The Constant Star Train was still stationed near the Furong Star in Star System No. 27.
So...
The only way was to take some silly steps, like physical connection.
Through a power cable, connecting the Train Assistance AI with this specific robot body of Ai. In a sense, the data transmission speed inside this power cable surpassed the speed of light, transmitting information across tens of thousands of light-years in the blink of an eye.
At this very momentâ
"I found it!"
Appearing on Aiâs cheeks were the words "Excited": "All the infrastructure in this city is controlled by AI, including all the âfirepower configurations.â I tried it just now. No need to upgrade, Level 200 is more than enough."
"I only need five minutes to take over all the permissions of this city."
"All infrastructure permissions."
"All the commands executed by this cityâs Law Enforcement Bureau on a daily basis also come from AI commands. For instance, if AI sees a bad event happening somewhere through surveillance, or if a shop automatically alarms, AI will immediately pass the information to the Law Enforcement Bureau."
"Which means we can completely mobilize this cityâs Law Enforcement Bureau resources, direct them somewhere, clear the way for us, even have them work for us."
"Besides thatâ"
"All the cameras in this city, every skyscraperâs rooftop, automatic fire control weapons on the utility poles, and even the three Star Core Level foundational defensive weapons positioned in the suburbs, I can freely mobilize."
Chen Mang was slightly taken aback, his eyes gradually shining, realizing he had struck gold. The Kasha Civilization really was different, with even cities fully automated.
Automation was great.
The biggest downside of automation is that if you encounter an AI that crushes you, itâs like laying all your cards on the table.
But the upside is that it can manage a city better than humans.
Star Core Level defensive weapons.
Those are weapons used to counter cosmic attacks when a planet faces imminent assault, meant to engage directly with trains, not people at all.
Of course, you can still target people.
Just lower the barrel for a horizontal shot, but... that scene, well... itâs easy to end up in a military court if the Kasha Civilization Federation has such things.
"No."
Ai suddenly shook her head: "I checked, and those three âStar Core Levelâ foundational weapons canât be directly mobilized with just AI permissions. In emergencies, AI needs to apply upwards and obtain permissions from above to activate."
"However..."
"I found this cityâs strategic reserve resources."
"10 trillion units of iron ore, 10 trillion units of copper ore."
"Whew..."
Chen Mangâs breath gradually quickened, his eyes slowly reddening. Damn it, just one cityâs strategic reserve resources in the Kasha Civilization already exceeded all the resources accumulated by the entire âBlack Tortoise Civilizationâ over nearly a century!
The gap between a Level 1 Civilization and a Third-level Civilization was greater than he imagined!
trillion units of iron ore!
Thatâs a damn whopping 10 trillion!
This "Gemini Star" is located at the core of the "Kasha Civilization Federation," a directly subordinate planet of the Kasha Civilization, meaning that even if war broke out, enemies would have a hard time penetrating here.
Even if they did penetrate here.
Relying on those few "foundational weapons" wouldnât turn the tide of the battle, nearly pointless.
Yet even under these circumstancesâ
They still reserved 10 trillion units of iron ore!
If he could get his hands on this batch of iron ore, and scrape a little more, he could essentially upgrade the "armor" directly to Level 200!
With Level 200 armor, even if the Kasha Civilization and Insect Race Civilization were fighting intensely, he could swim in the middle of the battlefield, virtually invincible!
And "Extreme Night City" is merely one of the thriving cities on "Gemini Star."
There are a total of 17 such cities on this planet.
If each city of this scale had reserved this amount of resources, combined, it would be 170 trillion units of iron ore and 170 trillion units of copper ore!
My goodness.
The Black Tortoise Civilization gave him all their resources, yet only provided 5 trillion units of iron ore!