mtl008 Chapter 4188 is about the Supreme Sorcerer (28)
Chapter 4188 is about the Supreme Sorcerer (28)
Chapter 4188 is about the Supreme Mage (Twenty-Eight)
The supreme wisdom that had been observing the entire meeting was bewildered. Why had the meeting ended so abruptly?
No, what did you decide? Did some kind of brainwave communication that I don't know about take place? Or is English actually a coded language that, after being deconstructed and reassembled, can form other information? Otherwise, if we only look at the literal meaning, isn't this just doing nothing at all?
The supreme intelligence has no emotions. Although it has a behavior analysis module, this module cannot be completely accurate when it comes to the behavior analysis of emotional beings, since emotions are very complex. If emotions have never existed and everything relies on data inference, then accuracy is very difficult to achieve.
Now, his analysis module seems to be malfunctioning: reality analysis tells him there's nothing exciting or moving about what they're saying; but his behavioral analysis module tells him everyone is genuinely moved. What are you all so moved about?
As the supreme ruler of one of the three great empires, there are few things that the Supreme Intelligence cannot comprehend. He possesses a memorandum of unsolved mysteries, but the vast majority of its contents concern questions about the fundamental forces and laws of the universe. Unexpectedly, today he must add the minutes of a meeting to the list.
The Supreme Intelligence perceives these carbon-based life forms as malfunctioning. The main issue is that the Supreme Intelligence lacks a better way to describe this state; their thoughts and actions are completely inconsistent with their understanding of the situation. Is this truly not a glitch?
The Supreme Intelligence couldn't dwell on this problem for too long, as it had to deal with that damned strike. It was certain that the mastermind behind the previous data manipulation was behind it, so it had to be extremely careful and not give them any opening.
"Potis002, the Armed Forces will send a 100-man squad to maintain order. Note that you should not take action immediately; the other side has definitely arranged for reporters. Focus on calming them down. If there are any particularly violent resistance, knock them unconscious first."
The Supreme Intelligence sent a message to the secretary of the Armed Forces Department, but less than two seconds later, the secretary replied: "I'm sorry, Secretary-General, the Minister of the Armed Forces Department does not agree to the troop deployment."
"why?"
"Logically, the other side has learned that the striking race is a product of the Kree Empire's invasion experiments, and that the Skrull Empire was not involved. He wants to take this opportunity to suppress the Kree Empire in terms of public opinion, and therefore refuses to send troops."
"What? This idiot! Doesn't he know that if this matter isn't handled properly, the entire Interstellar Council will be disgraced?!"
“I said that, but he said that striking workers are mechanical beings, and that to use force to suppress them, it would require the confirmation of the Anti-Discrimination Act…”
"Then let's go check it out!"
“The Interstellar Court rejected our application,” the secretary said. “There are more Shi'ar people over there. They said that if they approve the application for a violent crackdown, it might be considered racial discrimination…”
The Supreme Intelligence now understood what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot. Because both empires were composed of mechanical lifeforms, they used various means to elevate the status of non-carbon-based lifeforms. As a result, it was the mechanical lifeforms that rebelled, leaving the Supreme Intelligence hampered and unable to accomplish anything.
The Supreme Intelligence also abandoned the idea of suppressing them by force. After all, the Minister of Armed Forces' considerations were reasonable: this race was a product of the Kree Empire's previous experiments, and if they sent troops to suppress them, and failed to eliminate them all, public opinion would be very unfavorable to them.
To reiterate, this wasn't a problem when the three great empires were at their peak, but now they are in a period of weakness. We cannot afford to further destabilize their morale, and it's best to avoid even the slightest risk. Acting rashly is not the solution.
However, non-military means were not so easy either. The Supreme Wisdom thought about it and decided that negotiation was still necessary, so he contacted the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again.
"Write a negotiation draft," the Supreme Intelligence said directly. "Find out what the other side is demanding, set two conditions, one high and one low, and it would be best to find a reliable intermediary..."
“I’m sorry, Secretary General, the Minister disagrees.”
"why?"
He said that the transportation system's employees are part of the Interstellar Council, and communicating with them is not the job of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"I don't care what method you use, get him to sign!" the Supreme Wisdom said coldly. "Otherwise, don't blame me for cutting off the power to the energy center."
“I’m sorry, Secretary-General, but according to my duties, I need to perform the tasks assigned to me when the Interstellar Council was established. I’m afraid I cannot handle tasks outside the purview of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…”
The Supreme Intelligence sighed inwardly: This guy's evolution level is not high, he's too rigid, and it's probably impossible to rely on him. He'll have to go to the Minister of Foreign Affairs himself.
“That’s difficult, Mr. Secretary-General,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs shook his head and said. “Our responsibility is to mediate relations between civilizations, but the welfare of the Star Council’s staff is clearly not something we can handle. The Sorcerer Supreme will not allow any department to overstep its authority. Coming to me won’t help; how could I disobey the Sorcerer Supreme’s orders?”
"Then tell me what to do," the Supreme Intelligence said, gradually losing patience. "If I had known it would be like this, I shouldn't have made you carbon-based beings ministers..."
“Ahem, Mr. Secretary-General, I must remind you that what you said is racially discriminatory. Of course, I know you didn't mean it, so I won't hold it against you. I do have a solution here, it just depends on whether you can implement it.”
"Go ahead."
“Establish a Ministry of Transportation,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs said, extending a hand. “We should have had one. Transportation is problematic in most popular star sectors, yet you’ve consistently improved your autopilot technology. I know your technology is advanced, but not everything in this world can be solved with math. Take this situation, for example: the welfare of workers in the transportation system has become so severe that the robots are going on strike. If we don’t provide a thorough explanation, the Interstellar Council will lose face big time.”
The Supreme Intelligence was well aware that such a basic department as the Ministry of Transportation should have existed long ago. The reason they hadn't established it was because the entire universe's transportation network was essentially controlled by the Kree and Skrull Empires. 80% of the spacecraft used in the intergalactic transportation system came from these two empires; the Shi'ar Empire basically didn't export its ships.
This is why they have a strong grasp on the transportation systems of various civilizations; all the ships operate according to their will, so there's no need to establish a dedicated department to manage them. On the contrary, establishing such a department could potentially allow the Shi'ar Empire to take advantage of the situation.
However, no one expected that employee welfare would actually become a problem, and that it was the robots that were experiencing this issue. Now, the two of them had no reason not to establish a Ministry of Transportation.
The Shi'ar Empire has long harbored resentment over this. Now that the High Intelligence disagrees, and the situation worsens, the Shi'ar Empire will certainly exert pressure to establish a Ministry of Transportation.
It would be better to give in now and get the Shi'ar Empire to lend a hand and quickly resolve that damned employee welfare issue.
With that thought in mind, the Supreme Intelligence rushed to Strange's office. Strange was fiddling with a meditation ball when he saw the Supreme Intelligence enter. He put down what he was holding and said, "Milk tea or black tea? Oh, wait, you're a robot. I can try adding some tea leaves to the engine oil."
“Your Holiness, I think we should consider establishing a Ministry of Transportation,” the Supreme Wisdom said, as efficient as ever. “We do need a dedicated department to manage the transportation system. What do you think?”
“I think it’s a good idea,” Strange nodded and said, “Then go ahead and do it.”
The Supreme Intelligence didn't waste any words with him, directly presenting him with a document to sign. Strange glanced at it casually, then signed it. However, before leaving, he still asked, "Who do you intend to appoint as minister?"
"So you have an idea?"
"I think Schiller is good, what do you think?"
"No, I already have someone in mind."
Watching his departing figure, Strange shook his head: The Supreme Intelligence was still too naive. An ordinary person, if they couldn't find a job, would choose to give up, but Schiller would only choose to create more jobs.
Since Strange agreed, no one objected. The Department of Transportation was quickly established, with an office set aside and, for the first time ever, a robot minister and his robot secretary appointed. It was essentially a puppet department, but nobody cared.
The good news is that this time no one stopped me from signing; the bad news is that signing it was useless because other departments simply didn't cooperate.
It's not that they were uncooperative; they were very responsive when receiving applications from the Ministry of Transportation. The problem is, they couldn't implement them.
Everything was fine up to the secretary level, but the speed slowed down considerably as you went down. The Supreme Intelligence observed carefully and discovered that the speed of processing was directly proportional to the number of robots. The more robots, the faster the process; the fewer robots, the slower the process; and without robots, there was no progress at all.
Unfortunately, most of the staff in the Department of Commerce are carbon-based lifeforms from the Shi'ar Empire. Because the Great Portal Trade Zone was previously the most economically prosperous place in the entire universe, the Department of Commerce has many Shi'ar personnel; the Department of Finance is similar. These two departments have the fewest robots, which has resulted in the Supreme Intelligence submitting its budget request a whole day ago without receiving a response.
For robots, 24 hours is actually a very long time, because they are born to work. Electronic life has no concept of entertainment; they exist to work from the moment they are born, and their computing speed is very fast, so their perception of time is completely different from that of carbon-based life.
It's similar to how a very smart person can think of many things in a very short time, which slows down time; what is one second for others may be equivalent to three seconds for them.
That's how supreme intelligence works; what humans perceive as 24 hours is essentially equivalent to a month to it. A whole month has passed, and the funding still hasn't been approved—this is simply intolerable.
However, upon closer inspection, he found no issues with the process: first, the report was reviewed, entered into the system, budget calculations were performed, the calculation results were compared, quotes were searched, the optimal quote was calculated, compared with the budget, and then compared with the application report. If the comparison results were satisfactory, the application could proceed.
The only problem is that all of these processes are calculated by the carbon-based organisms themselves. A cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, a project—that's a day's work. When the Supreme Intelligence checked, only 10% of the report had been reviewed.
“What can I do?” the finance minister said, feeling aggrieved. “The capabilities of carbon-based life forms are limited. We’re not electronic life forms, so we can’t calculate that quickly.”
"Then what about your financial system? Use the system to calculate!!" The Supreme Intelligence was practically roaring.
“No, no, no, that won’t do,” the Finance Minister said. “The Minister of Transport who submitted the application is an electronic life form, so we cannot use any electronic systems for calculations; it’s necessary to avoid any appearance of impropriety.”
The Supreme Intelligence was truly at its wit's end.