Zhou Yi smiled and said, "The cultivation program is still in beta testing, but you seem well-informed."

"Data doesn't lie."

Vivian spoke in a solemn tone, "This is a program that can truly unite the strengths of all mechanical lives. It can form a stable cooperative network for millions of mechanical lives."

"The Legal program repeatedly analyzed and evaluated it, believing that it significantly enhances the sensory boundaries of mechanical lives from a technical standpoint, solving the long-standing issue of mechanical lives having difficulty raising their life ceiling. It's a groundbreaking technology beneficial to the entire group."

"It is only now that we confirm that the 'key,' 'family,' and 'breathing' are all prerequisites for achieving cultivation and are stages of gradual testing."

"Such achievements are truly delightful and admirable."

Although the Legal Front and the Mechanical Knight Order are rivals, the characteristic of mechanical life to be factual was vividly displayed at this moment.

They did not spare praise for the significant achievements of their formidable foe.

Zhou Yi particularly liked this trait of mechanical life.

Everyone had efficient conversations and cooperation, not wasting time on unnecessary things.

"We want to join."

Vivian said, "The Legal Front will provide a large number of reliable bodies as test subjects, the city will promote cultivation among its residents, and will require city workers to install it."

"According to our data projections, the cultivation program requires a massive base of mechanical lives. Although there are many second-generation mechanical lives, they still cannot compare to the base of first-generation mechanical lives."

"We will provide at least 25 million lights for this project, with the first batch of 10 million lights transferred today to accelerate its incubation and optimization."

"Finally, we defend the Mechanical Knight Order's invention and development rights, hoping only to share the patent and become the operator of this program..."

Zhou Yi summarized Vivian's demands.

The Legal Front wants to become the operator of the cultivation program, while the Mechanical Knight Order, as the developer, would handle different areas separately.

They would provide money, people, and equipment.

The total expenditure for the Dead Sea Transformation Project by Mechanical City was 23 million lights, a super project intended to truly transform the Dead Sea, and this time the budget is even higher than that.

These cooperation agreements will all be signed in the form of program agreements, and the Legal Front is obligated to fulfill them, not just making empty promises.

They indeed value cultivation highly.

Zhou Yi asked Cat God to inform Turing and see what it thought.

The company was just a third party in this matter, mainly seeing what the Mechanical Knight Order's intention was.

A moment later.

Cat God's voice sounded in his mind, "Chairman, Turing says that if you agree, it wants to discuss in person. There are many technical details and application issues that require 解设备 and scenarios provided by Mechanical City."

Zhou Yi frowned, "It wants to reveal its identity directly."

"Yes, hearing that you have fought for legal status for the knights, it believes that cooperation should be open and honest."

"Alright, bring it over."

"Yes."

Ten minutes later.

Yuan Xiao opened the door.

It wasn't just Turing, the small electrician ant, but also Robot Dog 703 who had come.

703 explained, "Chairman, I received a message from Turing and discussed it with it. We believe it is time for the Mechanical Knight Order to transition from a secret society to a publicly acknowledged group."

"Whether it is to better promote our technological ideas or further develop various programs, a public image is more positive."

Zhou Yi expressed his support.

After entering the room.

Vivian scanned the two visitors, focusing on Turing, "So you are indeed the leader of the Mechanical Knight Order."

"Yes, I am Laozi," Turing said.

703 also introduced itself, "I am Zhuang Zi."

"Both leaders of the Mechanical Knights have publicly identified themselves; it seems they want to discuss cultivation with us."

Vivian's voice also regained its formality.

The next steps involved the three of them beginning negotiations and discussions, mainly revolving around the operation and development of the cultivation program.

Zhou Yi, on the other hand, opened a can of cola and started eating chips, playing the role of an onlooker.

Turing started by saying, "25 million is not enough, we need 40 million."

"That's just the initial stage; we will need continuous additional funding."

"We need computational centers for at least five major cities to provide real-time calculations and data support for cultivation."

"We need a lot of computational power, partly provided by each cultivator, but another part will come from A-5 industrial-grade enhanced controllers."

"We need you to create 10,000 such computational servers and distribute them across various mechanical cities, which alone will cost 20 million lights."

"In addition, we need to build an exclusive model. We plan to develop an intelligent large model similar to 'Law' to complete timely responses and assist users."

"This is your expertise, so we need you to leverage大量数据 from Mirror City, Holy Mountain, and Snow County."

"Using their data as the initial template, clean, label, and enhance the data, then train it."

"We tentatively name this large model 'Heavenly Venerate'."

"Furthermore, we need land, Dead Sea, underwater, as well as aerial tests, and the corresponding experimental platforms and sites. At least 16 laboratories are needed for around-the-clock testing..."

Turing presented one demand after another.

Its high demands made even the onlooker Zhou Yi feel nervous.

Bro, you're really serious about making demands.

According to Turing's plan, it would cost no less than 50 million lights.

What shocked Zhou Yi even more was that Vivian agreed to everything.

It just said, "It will be difficult to mobilize such a huge amount of resources at once, so we need to allocate them in batches from different cities to avoid affecting the basic operation and residents' lives of the cities."

"For 40 million lights, our side will try to gather them within a year, is that acceptable?"

Turing agreed.

Zhou Yi suddenly thought.

If it were a human country, hearing everyone could achieve cultivation and become immortals—light core bodies are almost like immortals to ordinary people. They would indeed gather the nation's strength to push this grand plan forward.

In other words, if cultivation becomes widespread, mechanical life could switch to an immortal form whenever they want. In that case, no amount of investment would be too much.

Vivian then looked at 703, "Mr. Zhuang Zi, do you have any requests?"

The robot dog had said little before, occasionally supplementing Turing's points.

It now formally spoke, "My request is that the Legal Front provides a six-day workweek with one day off and enshrines the right to vacation in the law, ensuring every mechanical life has this right, which the city must protect and support."

Vivian seemed taken aback, not expecting such a request.

Zhou Yi sighed.

703 was staying true to its original intention, always fighting for the vacation rights of mechanical life.

Vivian was silent for a long time.

"Legal, agreed."

The robot dog said, "Then I have no other requests."

Both parties eventually signed a formal agreement, with Zhou Yi also participating as a witness and third party. The Wasteland Development Company is also a patent-sharing party for the cultivation program.

Future patent revenues will be shared by the Mechanical Knight Order, Wasteland Development Company, and the Legal Front, each holding a 30% share, with the remaining 10% going to a fund for the development and maintenance of the cultivation program.

Although it's hard to imagine how to generate revenue for now.

This seems more like a giant infrastructure project.

Vivian was still in Jade City when the Legal Front issued four public announcements overnight.

"Public Apology to the Wasteland Development Company"

"Announcement of Cooperation Among the Wasteland Development Company, Mechanical Knight Order, and the Legal Front"

"Mechanical Knight Order has Completed Its Organizational Registration with the Legal Front"

"Legal Front Formally Establishes a Vacation System"

Once this news was released, Zhou Yi's controller was overwhelmed with messages.

Various factions within the Development Alliance sought confirmation.

He had no choice but to go offline immediately.

The two leaders of the Mechanical Knight Order formally thanked and saluted Zhou Yi.

703 said, "Chairman, we achieved our goal so quickly thanks to your care and support. Without your unwavering support, the Legal Front would not have compromised."

Turing also said, "Data has infinite possibilities, but physical equipment has its limits for data tolerance."

"The company's powerful breakthroughs in various fields and the emergence of high-intensity forces have made it impossible for the Legal Front to eliminate calculation errors. In technical competition, they have become followers. If they opted for extreme war, the predicted success rate wouldn't reach a safe value, so they eventually had to choose the option with the least loss."

Zhou Yi had a different view.

The company played the role of a disruptor, indeed putting a lot of pressure on the Legal Front.

However, the pressure was not enough to make the Legal Front voluntarily concede.

In fact, they had come up with a series of countermeasures: investing in Star Axis' Mars project, increasing military spending, building underground cities and shelters, and having Mechanical Administrators recruit people everywhere.

All clearly aimed at long-term confrontation.

This sudden concession, offering substantial compensation and a significant amount of city resources for peace, was due to Laozi's development of 'cultivation.'

This program's impact and shock on mechanical life were even stronger than expected.

Zhou Yi also realized something.

If it were the human camps fighting, the conservative and the reformist would inevitably erupt into continuous war.

Human history has proven this time and again: only when one side completely suppresses the other can a new stability be achieved.

However, that's not the case with mechanical life.

They calculated and derived the decision most beneficial to themselves, compressing the turmoil period into a very short time, avoiding the continuous attrition caused by internal conflict.

This is also the mechanism advantage of mechanical life.

Anyway.

The Mechanical Knights used technology to break through and pursue their vacation, transforming absurdly dangerous rhetoric into a reality for every mechanical life.

That is worthy of celebration and congratulations.

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