VCRMM: Chapter 310

Xu Sili couldn’t help being overjoyed after learning the news.

There was an unknown magnetic field interference around Escher Star. Even if a spaceship entered it, the spaceship needed to advance through the path opened up by the Interstellar Alliance in order to not be affected by the interference.

Under the influence of such geographical factors, artificial satellites hadn’t been able to be launched into space.

He had the artificial intelligence called Xiao Wu, but he was unable to utilize his maximum capabilities.

It was because Xiao Wu lacked a pair of ‘eyes.’ He could only use various monitoring devices. This meant the wilderness without monitoring devices became its blind spot.

It was just like the Siasa Forest. That was a place that Xiao Wu couldn’t monitor.

If a satellite with artificial intelligence could be launched, the imperial family’s control over the nation and even the planet would be qualitatively improved.

At the most basic level, the map of Escher Star, the distribution of interstellar beasts in each place, and the characteristics of these alien beasts and plants could all be known in advance with Xiao Wu’s powerful analytical ability.

In addition, if there were any abandoned villages on Escher Star or any clues to other traces of native life then it would be discovered as soon as possible.

Just thinking about it revealed the importance of satellites with artificial intelligence .

This was in contrast to now where the army could only recover the territory by slowly exploring and expanding bit by bit. This could easily lead to situations like what happened when encountering the screaming dryads, causing unnecessary casualties.

After all, it was impossible to rely entirely on players to clear monsters.

It was because the number of players was limited and it was difficult to improve the strength of NPCs without actual combat.

Their learning speed was originally slower than that of the players. if they lacked practical experience and understanding of the difference between life or death, it would be extremely difficult for them to improve and maintain an advantage over the players.

However, Xu Sili would never disregard their lives and send them to the most dangerous places. That would go against his style of doing things.

He still hoped to gain great benefits with minimal casualties or even no deaths.

Even if he took a step back, population was also a type of resource. In the short term, it was impossible for the population to grow rapidly.

Escher Star had an area of one billion square kilometers while the population of the Roland Empire was less than 100 million.

To put it in more intuitive terms, Earth’s area was 510 million square kilometers but it had a population of 7.5 billion. In addition, more than two-thirds of its area was ocean.

Therefore, the population resources of the Roland Empire were extremely scarce.

No matter what aspect, he had to ensure the safety of people’s lives and put people first. This was the real way to make the empire strong.

Xu Sili couldn’t help wondering. Would there be a situation in the future where the number of players was greater than the local NPCs?

After all, more than 90 million NPCs were really too few compared to the population of Earth.

However, he wasn’t too worried for now. The production capacity of game cabins and game helmets was limited. There was still a long way to go to reach more than 100 million.

It felt like the time to break through 10 million was still a long way off.

If artificially intelligent satellites could obtain map information in advance, it would greatly reduce the danger in the process of the army recovering territory. It would not only effectively protect the lives of the soldiers, but also speed up the recovery process.

After all, sometimes information was the most crucial thing.

Xu Sili and Si Sheng rushed to the Imperial Research Institute together. The successful development of the artificially intelligent satellite was inseparable from the institute, in addition to the participation of Ms Aina and the little sprite.

Even the newly arrived Yi Minkang and his wife played a significant role.

They weren’t experts in this field but they knew people!

After settling down in the Roland Empire and discovering that it was truly a magical land, they soon thought of their best friends.

During their time on their home planet, several friends who helped them were also implicated by them.

It wasn’t as bad as theirs, but the situation wasn’t much better.

Mr and Mrs Yi Minkang had always been grateful to their good friends. Unfortunately, they were unable to take care of themselves and had no ability to help. Now that their lives were getting better, they thought of these old friends.

The Roland Empire was now in a state of recovery, or rather, it was originally a wasteland. Even though there were several extremely bright pearls on this wasteland…

In short, this was exactly the time when talents were needed.

Sure enough, after they made a request, His Majesty Roland readily agreed and soon found the scientists under house arrest and surveillance on their home planets.

They had achieved some success in their respective fields and made significant contributions to the construction of the Yi Minkang couple’s home planet, but they hadn’t received the corresponding respect.

They were even more ostracized after helping the Yi Minkang couple escape.

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, the local government took stricter measures against those people. It was said that one of them couldn’t bear it and tried to commit suicide. Fortunately, he was stopped.

Upon hearing the news, Yi Minkang and his wife felt extremely guilty. They quickly asked His Majesty to rescue them as soon as possible.

Compared to persuading Yi Minkang and his wife to come to the Roland Empire, it was much easier to take these people away.

Yi Minkang just had to appear in front of them and it would prove that his words were true.

At their age, who didn’t have some type of illness? The old friend who tried to end his life was left with very serious aftereffects.

Their experiences during this also made them disillusioned with their motherland, or the new regime.

If they continued to stay in their motherland, there would only be two results: either continue to live like this, waiting for the slim hope of the new regime being overthrown, or die in this struggle.

Their lives were indeed not in danger, but people should not live just to survive! No one could endure this type of life without freedom.

In this case, it would be better to leave the motherland and go to the barren planet mentioned by Yi Minkang to open up the land. Perhaps they could create other achievements.

The only thing that made them hesitate was their relatives in their motherland…

They weren’t alone like Yi Minkang and his wife. If anyone knew they had defected, their families would be greatly implicated.

Finally, after a lot of discussion, they chose to escape.

That night, fires broke out in several places of the capital of the Yi Minkang couple’s motherland. Several scientists who had made outstanding contributions to the nation died in the fires.

The top executives had their doubts because it was too coincidental. However, the surveillance cameras did capture the images of the scientists being burned to death in the fire.

There was no evidence to prove that the scientists had defected en masse, so the matter was left unresolved.

After making sure that the ‘evidence’ didn’t arouse suspicion, Xiao Wu withdrew with success.

The so-called surveillance video was naturally faked by him.

As an artificial intelligence, it was very easy to synthesize such videos.

After arriving in the Roland Empire, these scientists finally understood what type of place the ‘wasteland’ that Yi Minkang mentioned was!

A magic civilization? F*k, it actually appeared.

Yi Minkang was committed to letting them know about the Roland Empire, a magic nation.

He felt particularly relieved every time he recalled the stunned looks of his old friends. He wasn’t the only one who had such an experience!

These scientists didn’t disappoint Xu Sili. The artificially intelligent satellite was successfully developed, and one of them gave a lot of very useful suggestions.

This satellite was also the product of the combination of science and magic.

Among them, he had to mention the role of inscription masters.

Small Round Biscuit had engraved a protective inscription on the satellite that could greatly protect the satellite.

Inspired by Yin Xing’s big hammer, he successfully engraved a second inscription with an invisible effect on the satellite, making it almost disappear from sight and can only be detected with special instruments.

In addition to the inscriptions, there were also alchemy and formations. This cost Ms Aina countless efforts.

Unlike traditional satellites, it wasn’t launched directly. Instead, Si Sheng turned it into a card and took it to outer space using the Starry Sky spaceship.

After complicated operations, it was put to sail into a specific orbit.

In front of the institute’s light screen, Ms Aina and a group of researchers were waiting nervously.

The difficulty that needed to be overcome now was how to capture images of the planet’s surface under the influence of the magnetic field around Escher Star and transmit the data back.

Ms Aina tried countless methods and finally got inspiration from the teleportation circle.

The images taken by the satellite weren’t taken directly but refracted through space. The images were taken after passing through the magnetic field and returned along the original route. Then it was received and processed by the satellite.

Once the scientists at the institute heard her explanation, it was like listening to a foreign language.

What spatial refraction?

Could it pass through objects and take pictures of what was behind them?

Ms Aina proved that she could.

Among them, Chamo was able to control space and gave her a lot of help.

Now it was time to verify the research results.

This satellite, named ‘Roland 1’, slowly started to move after entering orbit.

Its camera was aimed in the direction of Roland’s Imperial City and started to move closer.

Everyone held their breaths. Even Xu Sili couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.

This satellite was so important. If it succeeded…

A minute later, a bird’s eye view of the Imperial City appeared clearly on the screen!

“Ahhh, it worked!”

Almost everyone cheered excitedly!

In front of the light curtain, Ms Aina wasn’t calm either. However, she tried her best to control herself. Then she controlled the satellite to locate the Siasa Forest.

Once the camera zoomed in, she could easily see the distribution of the screaming dryads in the Siasa Forest and the battle scenes of the players. Finally, she felt relieved and her eyes became a bit red.

She stood up, faced Xu Sili, and said with suppressed excitement, “Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission!”