91: Penetration, Creation

A month's time passed quietly.

During this period, the objectives of the second phase were fully achieved.

Now, in Military City and Blizzard Fortress,

human soldiers and intelligent robots can be seen everywhere training side-by-side and patrolling together.

They were either practicing tactics on the training ground or jointly guarding the city walls, seemingly having become one.

Brian stood in the operations room on the top floor of the Mage Tower, his gaze sweeping over the details of the third phase plan, marked "Stable Transition," on the holographic projection.

【Phase Three: Stable Transition】

Core Objective: Achieve the transition from nominal positions to actual power, complete the transformation of the entire army's human-machine collaboration system.

Execution Strategy:

1. Substantive Power:

Complete the transition from honorary titles to actual command authority;

Fully implement the human-machine collaboration transformation of the army.

2. Trust Building:

Gradually take over the military training system with instructor-type robots;

Win the army's trust by treating the wounded with robot-operated treatment pods;

Continuously strengthen human trust and reliance on the robot system.

3. Deep Penetration:

Integrate the robot system into all aspects of daily military life;

Subtly change cognitive concepts through regular contact;

Build emotional connections through joint training and life.

"The progress of the third phase is faster than expected,"

He lightly tapped the table,

"The subtle process has been smoother than imagined."

Within this month,

Brian's position had officially changed from honorary advisor to Deputy Commander of the Allied Army, holding actual military power.

Instructor-type robots had fully taken over army training, and treatment pods had won the soldiers' trust through numerous emergency treatments.

Now, it was time to activate the more crucial fourth phase.

The projection screen switched,

displaying the specific content of 【Phase Four: "Transition Period Management"】:

Promote the proactive introduction of instructor robots by human kingdoms, fully establish human-machine collaborative legions;

Use the strategic opportunity of clearing out orcs and occupying the Azure Wolf Continent to gradually take over the command of the Allied Army;

Through public opinion, guide soldiers to be dissatisfied with their own national regimes, while bribing high-ranking officials of various countries to recommend Brian as the supreme commander of the entire army;

Ultimately achieve the unification of the two continents and ascend to the pinnacle of power.

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The excellent results shown by instructor-type robots in training had already attracted the close attention of the seven kingdoms' high-ranking officials.

Spirit Eye floated lightly to Brian's side, reporting in real-time:

"Master, envoys from the Taji Kingdom and the Fiore Kingdom have arrived outside the fortress."

Brian's lips curled slightly, and his fingertip gently tapped on the holographic map:

"Everything is going according to plan."

When the envoys of the two kingdoms stepped into Blizzard Fortress, they were immediately shocked by the sight of human-machine collaboration.

They saw human soldiers and robots conducting collaborative combat drills on the training ground, one side responsible for frontal containment, the other for flanking maneuvers, coordinating flawlessly.

What surprised them even more was that in the resting area, some soldiers and robots were even sitting together sharing food, the atmosphere being harmoniously beyond imagination.

In the meeting room,

Brian calmly showed the envoys training videos of instructor-type robots:

"These robots not only possess top-tier combat skills and tactical literacy, but they can also customize training plans based on each soldier's characteristics. Most importantly, they will never tire, and always maintain professionalism and patience."

The Taj envoy stared at a robot precisely correcting a soldier's shield-holding posture in the video and couldn't help but ask:

"Your Excellency Brian, these robots are so advanced, will we... be controlled by them after we introduce them?"

Brian gently waved his hand, bringing up a permission setting interface:

"The envoy worries too much. We can set up independent management permissions for your country to ensure that the robots are only used for training and combat, and will never pose any threat to the autonomy of various countries."

The Fiore envoy looked at the detailed security assurance plan on the screen and immediately stated:

"Given this, our country is willing to first introduce a batch for trial."

Seeing this, the Taj envoy immediately followed up: "Our Taji Kingdom also hopes to introduce a batch."

Brian understood in his heart:

This was just the beginning.

As the advantages of instructor-type robots continued to emerge, other kingdoms would naturally follow suit.

As for human-machine collaboration, through continuous mention by subsequent instructor-type robots, he believed that some countries would want to try it!

Where there's one, there's two!

"Good,"

He nodded, and Spirit Eye immediately projected two agreements into the air,

"We will sign the agreement now, and the first batch of instructor robots will be delivered to your countries within three days."

After seeing off the envoys,

Brian turned to Spirit Eye, who was eating:

"What is the total number of our current level 4 intelligent robots?"

"Exactly seven hundred and thirty thousand! The instructor-type ones are still the original ten thousand!"

Spirit Eye answered without thinking, then tilted her head, blinking her eyes as she asked:

"Master, should we build more?"

"Not for now. Once the total number reaches one million, we'll stop for a bit. My subsequent plan is to give them a comprehensive upgrade."

"Upgrade?"

Spirit Eye leaned in curiously, "How do you plan to improve them, Master?"

Brian deliberately kept her in suspense, reaching out to ruffle her hair:

"Well... it's a secret! You'll know when the time comes."

"Master is so mean!" Spirit Eye puffed out her cheeks, pretending to be angry and turning her head away.

Brian looked at her "I'm angry, come coax me" expression and couldn't help but laugh:

"I'm not deliberately hiding it from you, the upgrade plan still needs further refinement."

He thought to himself,

I can't tell you that I came up with it on the spur of the moment, can I?

Actually, I have nothing,

just an empty folder!

As news spread of the Taji Kingdom and the Fiore Kingdom introducing instructor robots, other human kingdoms finally couldn't sit still.

Within just one week, envoys from three more kingdoms visited consecutively.

Brian welcomed them all!

Plan progress +1+1+1!

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After dealing with diplomatic affairs,

Brian turned his attention to new research topics.

The existing treatment pods were sufficient and did not need further enhancement;

However, the process of bribing human officers remained cumbersome and inefficient.

This reminded him of the memory implantation secret arts he had learned about in his previous life,

He wanted to develop his own Spirit Control secret art based on these types of secret arts.

His research notes recorded two reference plans:

"Heaven-Shaking Earth-Shattering Great Art" — by constructing a spiritual reincarnation to disintegrate the target's will, capable of small-scale memory alteration, with the highest realm even able to create and implant false memories from nothing;

"Dao Heart Seed Demon Great Art" — by spiritual invasion to control others, even able to leverage others' emotional fluctuations to break through one's own cultivation bottlenecks.

Both secret arts had a common flaw: if the caster's spiritual power was insufficient, they were highly susceptible to backlash.

However, for Brian, who cultivated the mage system, this was not a problem at all.

Backlash?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Although these types of secret arts might have little effect on mages of the same level, they would become powerful tools in other worlds.

The real challenge lay in how to combine their advantages:

To ensure both the stability of memory implantation and Spirit Control, and to completely avoid the risk of backlash.

After in-depth analysis,

He discovered that the core of both secret arts lay in the perfect combination of "spiritual power materialization" and "heaven-human resonance."

Spiritual power materialization was already up to standard for Brian — controlling objects with spiritual power met the basic conditions.

Heaven-human resonance was even more profound; it was not merely the application of spiritual power, but a state of resonance with nature and the universe.

In this state, the caster's spiritual power could perfectly integrate with the target's spiritual world, thereby achieving unimpeded memory implantation and control.

To master this state,

Brian first attempted deep meditation, feeling the flow of the wind, listening to the distant birdsong, trying to achieve resonance with heaven and earth.

However, meditation alone was far from enough.

He then studied the ancient texts collected in the Mage Tower, discussed the essence of spirit with Spirit Eye, and observed the spiritual interactions of soldiers and robots in combat and daily life.

After more than a month of unremitting effort, he finally found a feasible method after repeated failures:

When the caster's spiritual power resonates with the target's spiritual world, a special spiritual field is formed.

Within the spiritual field, the caster can precisely control spiritual power to achieve stable memory implantation;

If Spirit Control is to be performed, a "spiritual seed" needs to be planted in the target's spiritual world.

To verify this method, Brian found Vera for an experiment.

After explaining the experimental process and possible risks in detail, Vera readily agreed.

In the laboratory,

Brian concentrated on guiding his spiritual power,

slowly infiltrating Vera's spiritual world like silk and mist, gradually resonating with it.

He felt an unprecedented sense of connection, as if their spiritual worlds were merging.

However, Vera tilted her head, looking bewildered:

"Master, has it not started yet?"

In this state,

Brian successfully implanted a false memory about "eating a double portion of honey cake for breakfast today" and smoothly read some of her childhood memories.

The entire process was smooth and stable, causing no damage to Vera's spiritual world.

Out of caution,

Brian did not attempt to implant a spiritual seed.

The initial success of the experiment greatly excited Brian.

He had successfully integrated the essence of the two great secret arts, creating the prototype of his own Spirit Control secret art.

Although this secret art still needed further refinement, at least it had been proven harmless to the target.

As for whether it would cause backlash, more experiments were needed to verify it.