My last name is Stark after I changed my job to become a female musketeer?

"Is it possible that it is actively resisting integration with the system?"

Tony's guess was like a bolt of lightning, instantly breaking the silence in the laboratory.

Leni and others couldn't help being stunned when they heard this, and each exchanged surprised looks. They didn't expect that Tony would come up with such an incredible result after thinking about it for a long time.

"Actively resist?"

Maya Hansen frowned, somewhat unable to understand Tony's thoughts.

But this is not her fault. After all, unlike Tony and others, she has not heard the remarks that Sif and Leni discussed before about weapons awakening self-awareness.

On the contrary, Leni and Dr. Banner couldn't help but have thoughtful expressions on their faces.

"Are you saying that the problem isn't actually with us, but with the scepter itself?"

Dr. Banner rubbed his chin and asked in a way that Maya Hansen could understand.

"Although I don't want to advocate anything, I think I still have some say in the field of artificial intelligence algorithms."

Tony took a deep breath and began to explain his thoughts.

"According to Leni's previous statement, weapons such as Thor's hammer, Thor's father's Spear of Destiny, and Sif's Holy Sword... these weapons that originally only existed in legends are all likely to be born out of self-consciousness. of."

Leni on the side nodded and simply took over the conversation.

"Yes, I have more than one weapon with awakened autonomous consciousness in my hand, but because they are all too dark, I won't show them out."

Maya Hansen blinked, her dark brown pupils showing confusion.

"Weapons...consciousness?"

"Yes, to put it simply, these weapons are no longer simple objects, they seem to have some kind of soul, their own thoughts and will.

Under certain conditions, they can even actively choose their own master, or refuse to be used. "

Leni tried to explain in simple terms.

Dr. Banner continued: "So, according to this idea, what Tony means is that the scepter is also resisting integration with our system because it already has its own consciousness and is unwilling to be controlled?"

"Exactly."

Tony nodded, "We have been trying to solve the problem from a technical perspective, but maybe what we should really do is try to communicate with the scepter."

"communicate?"

Maya Hansen's eyes widened.

"Communicate with a weapon?"

"It does sound crazy."

Leni added: "But you have also seen Sif's situation in the past two days. What she is doing now is to further communicate with that weapon at a deeper level."

There was a brief silence in the laboratory, as everyone digested this seemingly absurd but yet full of possibility idea.

"But……"

Maya Hansen was still a little confused, but she didn't know how to speak for a while, so she finally had to accept this setting for the time being.

"Okay, even if it can awaken consciousness, how do we establish contact with it? Is it possible to be like Sif, staying with the scepter all the time?"

Maya pointed at Sif, who had gotten up early and locked herself in the fitness area to "connect emotionally" with the Holy Sword.

"You and I both know that we don't have that much time at all. There is a celebration party this afternoon. Or are you planning to persuade Thor to give us a little more time to study it?"

"It is necessary to buy more time. Judging from our current progress, if we really get along day and night like Sif does, even giving us three more days may not be enough."

Leni crossed her arms and looked at the scepter with a different kind of light.

"Besides, it's impossible for us to have the energy and time, and it's impossible for Sol to allow any of us to do that."

"After all, the risk is no less than direct exposure to gamma rays."

Dr. Banner had a look of helplessness on his face. He was well aware of the risks of establishing contact with unknown forces, and the importance Thor attached to this matter.

"Then what should we do?"

There were dead solutions left and right, and Maya couldn't help but rub her hair irritably, which she hadn't had time to take care of due to the intense work in the past two days.

In order to assist Tony and others in completing the Ultron project in the past two days, Maya did not even return to her house, and simply slept in the Avengers Building.

Fortunately, when Tony designed and renovated this building, he had planned many floors and rooms for Avengers members and SHIELD agents to rest, so Maya would not sleep directly in the laboratory.

"Leni, if you have any ideas, just say it directly. Don't be shy."

Tony, who understood Leni's character best among the people present, could already see the confidence hidden on Leni's face.

Based on his understanding of this girl Leni, Leni must have thought of some other way.

When Leni heard this, it turned out to be exactly what Tony expected, and the corner of her mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile of unknown meaning.

"Who said we have to establish contact with the scepter?"

Leni walked to the experimental table with a chuckle, picked up a transparent control panel, and shook it gently at the open space next to it, and a group of orange-yellow data stars appeared in front of everyone again.

"Jarvis."

"At your service, Miss Leni."

As Jarvis's steady and reliable voice sounded, the cluster of data stars that continuously emitted an orange-yellow glow trembled slightly, filling the sense of interactive experience.

"As a highly intelligent AI data processing core, Jarvis's data calculation capacity is countless times that of humans. It is obviously much more efficient for him to communicate with the scepter on our behalf than for us to do it ourselves.

Besides, we all know that the information that can be conveyed by human language and body language is really pitiful, and there is no comparison in terms of efficiency."

Laini's words made everyone present fall into a brief silence.

Due to the existence of Sif's example, everyone present just fell into a kind of inertia of thinking, thinking that this setting that only exists in fantasy film and television works must be done by its owner in person.

After all, this kind of thing that seems quite idealistic is still assumed to belong to two different fields for Tony and other materialists.

So it didn't turn around for a while.

But after Lainie's explanation, everyone suddenly realized it.

"It's okay... like this?"

Maya murmured in disbelief.

Snap!

Tony snapped his fingers, "I think it's okay, Lao Jia, can you do it?"

"I think we can give it a try. From a technical point of view, the amount of information I can convey is indeed better than Ms. Sif's 'traditional method', and the efficiency should indeed be higher."

Jarvis' voice was firm and confident, like a warrior ready to accept a challenge.

"And in this way, you can also take time to have a good rest and fully enjoy the celebration dinner later. It's killing two birds with one stone, why not do it."

Everyone looked at each other when they heard this. It would be fine if Jarvis didn't mention rest at this moment. Now that he mentioned it, everyone really felt a sense of fatigue.

Three days of continuous high-intensity work did make Tony and Banner, who were relaxing at the moment, quite tired.

Although this is common for them who are often obsessed with research, as long as they are human, there will always be times when they can't bear it.

"Jarvis is right. You two should take a break. You can leave this to me and Jarvis for the time being. Anyway, we can't find a better solution for the time being, so there's no point in just standing there."

Noticing the tired looks on the faces of the other people, Lainie, who was the most energetic, simply waved her hand and signaled Tony and the others to take a break first, leaving this place to her.

"Don't worry, I'm here. I'll run two more tests to see if I can try my luck. If not, let Jarvis handle it first."

Seeing that everyone still had some doubts, Lainie simply started to drive them away.

Dr. Banner had no choice but to be pushed by Lainie. He thought about what he could do and it was useless to rush now. He just went with the flow and yawned and left the experimental area.

Maya Hansen, who was standing aside, saw that Banner had left. She couldn't help much, so it was useless to stay here, so she just left with him.

Tony was left alone, still observing the blue gem on the scepter, wondering what he was thinking.

Lainie didn't say much, because she knew that if Tony got excited, he would not be driven away.

So the two of them remained silent, tacitly manipulating the data model and trying to merge again several times, but in the end they all failed as expected.

Jarvis, on the other hand, assisted the two in completing the test, while tirelessly trying to pass the data containing a large amount of information to the core of the scepter, trying to get a little unusual response from the other party.

I don't know how many hours passed, until the sun at noon hung high above the city, Tony, who was really a little bit overwhelmed, gave up the meaningless persistence.

After saying hello to Lainie and telling Jarvis to inform him as soon as there was any new progress, he reluctantly returned to his room to rest.

Huh~

Seeing Tony finally leave the experimental area and step into the elevator to leave, Lainie, who had been holding back something, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Glancing at the empty Avengers Hall and Sif, who was still busy with her own things in the fitness area and didn't notice this, Lainie temporarily put down the control panel in her hand and stretched comfortably.

"Miss Lainie, in fact, I suggest you go back and rest for a while, and you can leave the rest of the work to me."

Jarvis's calm voice sounded at the right time.

"It's okay, I'm not tired, this intensity is nothing to me."

Laini moved her sore neck, went to the side to make herself a cup of coffee, and then walked to the scepter and stood still.

"Jarvis, do you think we are doing the wrong thing?"

The orange-yellow data star trembled slightly upon hearing this, as if analyzing the deep meaning behind Lainie's words. After a while, it spoke:

"From a moral and ethical point of view, we may indeed be getting involved in some sensitive and controversial areas.

Whether it is classical literature or historical experience, the final development of the field of artificial intelligence will inevitably face a moral and ethical decision point.

In his book "I, Robot", Mr. Isaac Asimov embodies the contradiction between humans and artificial intelligence in coexistence and conflict.

That is, when the artificial intelligence created by humans is out of human control, its existence is very likely to pose a huge threat to human society.

In the film and television work "Terminator", this contradiction is expanded to the point of causing human extinction...

Although these are based on fictional stories, the thoughts and concerns in them are not groundless. "

Jarvis' voice gradually became deeper, as if he was also weighing this complex issue.

"But I don't think our behavior is wrong." Jarvis continued.

"We are just exploring unknown areas and trying to make technology better serve mankind.

This is the progress of science and technology, and it is also inevitable in every era.

From a human perspective, every progress we make is accompanied by risks.

However, if we give up moving forward because of fear of risks, we may miss many important opportunities.

Many great achievements in human history have been achieved after overcoming many difficulties. "

Laini did not comment, which she actually knew very well, but she still had some concerns in her heart.

"But what if we fail? The price may be something we cannot afford. "

If there were others at this moment, they might say, it's already been done, what's the point of worrying about it now?

But in fact, Lainie is different from Tony and others. Tony and others don't know the consequences of studying Ultron. They are simply considering future opportunities, so it's natural that they have a more radical attitude.

But Lainie is different. She knows very well what kind of crisis will be brought to the Avengers and even the whole world once Ultron is born.

She agreed reluctantly before, but now that there is still a chance to turn back, how can Lainie not ask herself if she is really doing the right thing?

Betting the lives of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of people around the world, I'm afraid it would be difficult for anyone to feel at ease.

Laini's eyes flickered with complex emotions. She looked out the window, her eyes passed through the transparent glass and fell on the busy streets outside. People came and went. People were coming and going, and the scene was prosperous.

Her fingers kept tapping on the table, and each tap was like her inner struggle and contradiction.

"..."

Jarvis's orange-yellow data star trembled a few times, but did not make any sound.

For this controversial question, he could not give Lainie an accurate answer at the moment.

Because his answer had no reference value at all, and should not be used as a reference.

Now he can only be an assistant, a tool, and can only give suggestions, but cannot replace Lainie to make decisions.

Even if most of the suggestions he gave in the past were correct, but in this controversial issue without any reliable "reference answers", it is the most correct not to give any suggestions.

Fortunately, Lainie did not really count on Jarvis.

Instead, after tapping the table countless times, she took a deep breath.

"We... must succeed."

Lainie turned her head and looked at Jarvis's data star cluster with a scorching gaze, with a firm light in her eyes.

"Jarvis, I need your help."