Chapter 495: The Follower

Although the data shows that the military's progress is very slow, with the development process currently not even at 30%, Sun Cheng still saw the excellence and potential of this new type of missile.

"... After the missile's volume is reduced, the number of sub-munitions it can carry will inevitably decrease, and the explosive power will naturally decline as well... The design concept of the 'ground-based multi-point precision attack bomb' is correct..."

In a very short time, Sun Cheng simulated a solution in his mind for the problems existing in the 'ground-based multi-point precision attack bomb,' and even used what he had learned in the 【Transformers Universe】 over the past period to perfect the plan.

Cluster bombs are a very overbearing and extravagant weapon; saying they are overbearing is because the body of a cluster bomb generally contains dozens to hundreds of sub-munitions, which can destroy an entire area after being projected into a designated zone and detonated.

Saying they are extravagant is because cluster bombs are limited by wind and other factors, so the sub-munitions within them cannot accurately hit all the optimal strike points within the area.

Therefore, in order to achieve the effect of covering a designated area with explosions, the number of sub-munitions contained within the cluster bomb body actually far exceeds the requirements for the explosion.

This undoubtedly increases the generation of unexploded ordnance and the cost of cluster bombs, so in recent years, not only China has been developing cluster bombs with precision strike capabilities, but other countries are also developing similar missiles.

Sun Cheng is not yet very familiar with the military power of various countries in the real world, but judging from the intelligence collected by AI-001, he can only temporarily speculate that the various explosives invented by his own country should not yet satisfy the new type of missile they are designing.

However, this could not stump him!

More accurately, it should be that it could not stump a Cybertronian.

In the 【Transformers Universe】, metallic hydrogen has already been invented and used by Cybertronians as a high-energy explosive for millions of years.

Whether it is the ammunition used by the Autobots or the Decepticons, metallic hydrogen is used, which is why the seemingly unremarkable pistols, grenade launchers, and micro-close-quarters combat shells used by the Autobots and Decepticons have explosive power that far exceeds various human weapons.

Using metallic hydrogen explosives to replace the high-explosive explosives used in cluster bombs can solve the problem of insufficient power in the new missile's sub-munitions, while also reducing the missile's volume as much as possible, increasing its practicality.

At the same time, Sun Cheng can also have the Decepticon Engineers install a micro control chip on every sub-munition.

He even wants to write a primary AI program into the control chip, which can not only ensure that every sub-munition accurately locates the optimal position to explode, but also give it a certain ability to judge terrain and object value, thereby making every sub-munition 'smarter' and knowing to prioritize destroying those important combat units or more valuable targets.

And this kind of micro control chip is not difficult at all for the Decepticon Engineers who are extremely skilled in nano-scale manufacturing.

Artificial intelligence is actually far less terrifying than depicted in science fiction movies and books, because virtual works are often created by one or a few people, and limited by the creators' insufficient knowledge reserves, even in the most rigorous science fiction works in the eyes of readers and audiences, there will be various loopholes.

This point, even the scientists and software engineers most skilled in AI cannot guarantee.

Like those highly intelligent artificial intelligences that appear in some science fiction movies and books and can wipe out humanity at every turn, they are basically impossible to realize in the real world.

Not to mention that such highly intelligent artificial intelligence whose intelligence far exceeds that of humans can already be called 'intelligent life,' which is far from what current human technology can manufacture.

Because creating such an intelligent artificial intelligence is no longer limited to breakthroughs in hardware, software, and other fields; it may even touch upon the more mysterious field of life, just like the legendary Creator.

Cybertronians are somewhat similar to the highly intelligent artificial life in such human science fiction works, but the 【Cybertronian Civilization】, which has a birth history of over millions of years in the 【Transformers Universe】, has technology for cultivating Newborn Decepticons and Newborn Autobots that is only mastered by a few top scientists among the Autobots and Decepticons.

Evaluated from a technical perspective, the difficulty is evident.

Humans, as a species, although they have engaged in many self-destructive behaviors since entering the industrial age, with the development of technology and the continuous popularization of education, the improvement of the public's education level, they have become increasingly cautious about various behaviors that may threaten their own survival environment.

Because some early science fiction works often described artificial intelligence as villains, it has directly led to the fact that even today, many non-practitioners observe every breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence almost under a microscope, and often incite the media and the public to criticize and interfere with the development of the artificial intelligence field.

Sun Cheng has always felt that these people are worrying unnecessarily, because from the industry information he has learned, the most top-tier artificial intelligence in various countries is still stuck at the 'pseudo-intelligence' stage, only making the program look like it can think through a massive database and logical structure, but in reality, it is just executing tasks according to the commands reserved by the designer; what really needs to think is actually the management team behind the scenes.

Such 'pseudo-intelligence' can at best be called 'primary AI,' the development difficulty is not very high, and even if Sun Cheng needed to, he could put together a set himself, and the core of the logical operation would be Cybertronian Script.

After going through it in his mind and basically finalizing the perfect plan for this new type of missile that is also very useful for the Decepticons, Sun Cheng then tapped the keyboard of the laptop that Revenge had transformed into.

"Don't clear these materials, save them! By the way, Revenge, has there been any problem with the home security these past few days?"

The files and data displayed on the screen quickly disappeared, and Revenge's cold electronic voice sounded: "Data has been saved... Residential security is rated, do you want to view the relevant records?"

Revenge was left at home by him and has always been responsible for the security work of the residence.

All surveillance equipment in the entire residential area is under its supervision, and if necessary, he can even find the information of all personnel entering and leaving the residential area at any time.

Sun Cheng is a cautious person, and after just thinking for a moment, he asked again: "Has anyone approached the villa recently?"

"No... However, when Miss Ye Qi went out yesterday, the monitor at the entrance of the residential area captured a target suspected of being a follower. Because they did not enter the residential area, they were not counted in the residential rating. Do you need me to pull up the captured information?"

In an instant, Sun Cheng's eyes turned cold.