The entire Dragon Country, from top to bottom, was abuzz with discussions about the movie series.
"The robot army from the artificial intelligence central system is truly terrifying."
"Exactly. Billions of races were wiped out. Even our Dragon Country population doesn't reach billions."
"The robot army is getting stronger and stronger, and their numbers are growing. What's more, they don't die of old age. After finally destroying one artificial intelligence central system, a second generation emerges."
"Do you think there will be a fourth movie?"
"The announcement said no more fourth movie."
"In the three movies, the robot army was too powerful for even a united supergalactic cluster to defeat. Making a fourth movie would be pointless. The fourth movie would surely be like the third, with the entire universe conquered by the robot army. There would be no need for further filming."
"If they were to make a fourth movie, how do you think it would be filmed?"
"If they were to actually film a fourth movie, they would have to introduce cultivators. Cultivators as powerful as Minister Su Han would have to appear. Then it wouldn't be a pure science fiction film."
"How do you think those robot armies can ever be destroyed?"
"They are likely indestructible. Humanity itself created the root of its own demise, a root that also exterminated other alien races."
"Perhaps in a few thousand years, the robot armies within could conquer the entire universe."
"Alas, if only humans hadn't allowed artificial intelligence to gain self-awareness. The root problem is artificial intelligence gaining self-awareness. We absolutely must not let artificial intelligence achieve self-awareness."
"..."
These were the very sentiments Su Han wanted the Dragon Country to understand: over-reliance on artificial intelligence is detrimental.
Following this fervor, the Dragon Country's meeting on personnel shortages reconvened.
At this meeting, the experts who had previously advocated for the vigorous development of artificial intelligence remained silent.
The host stated, "Now, for this second meeting, what are everyone's opinions?"
One of the experts who had previously proposed aggressively developing artificial intelligence changed his tune, saying, "I believe the development of intelligent machinery should be controlled. We cannot allow machinery to become too intelligent."
Another chimed in, "Indeed, we cannot let machinery become too intelligent, otherwise, we'll face robot rebellions."
"..."
After several individuals had spoken, all eyes turned to Su Han.
One person asked, "Minister Su Han, what do you think should be done?"
Su Han replied, "I've said it before. If the Dragon Country lacks people, we must solve it at the root: increase the Dragon Country's population. Of course, increasing the population should also be about quality. Giving birth to healthy Dragon Country citizens would be even better. Furthermore, intermarriage between Dragon Country people and elves should be strongly supported, with elves eventually becoming true Dragon Country citizens. Naturally, artificial intelligence should also be developed, but development must be controlled. We cannot reach a point where robots completely replace our Dragon Country people. In terms of military affairs, we must be even more cautious. Even if artificial intelligence doesn't rebel, there's a possibility of advanced hackers controlling our spacecraft. And we certainly don't want Dragon Country people to become so lazy that they can't even..."
This time, they genuinely took Su Han's suggestions to heart. Although Su Han could have forcefully implemented his ideas at the previous meeting, many people were undoubtedly dissatisfied internally. This time, their internal dissatisfaction was gone.
After gathering many suggestions from this meeting, the relevant departments of the Otherworld Development Bureau compiled them and began soliciting opinions from across the Dragon Country.
After a month of this process, the Dragon Country's law encouraging childbirth was enacted.
The Dragon Country then launched a comprehensive campaign to promote the new law.
Dragon Country citizens could see news reports on their televisions:
"Hello everyone, this is Dragon Country News. Following... encouraging childbirth. For every two children born, the Dragon Country will help raise one and offer a reward... For every three children born, the Dragon Country will help raise two, and offer a reward..."
In essence, there was no need to fear having children without support; the Dragon Country would help raise them. Of course, if parents wished to raise them themselves, that was also an option.
Following the enactment of this law, the Dragon Country immediately began establishing numerous childcare facilities, all funded by the Dragon Country.
In addition to this, the Dragon Country organized matchmaking events in cities of various sizes across different worlds.
The number of marriages in the Dragon Country surged, and it was anticipated that there would be a significant increase in newborns in the coming year.
The Dragon Country's ability to implement such a law was primarily due to the substantial improvement in its material living standards. Of course, implementing these measures led to a temporary slowdown in the Dragon Country's construction speed. However, this slowdown was temporary. Once the Dragon Country's population grew significantly, development would accelerate.
With these tasks completed, Su Han returned to the cultivation world, World 4, Xiuzhen Star, to continue his cultivation.
Currently, Su Han's portal system had been inactive, and the fifth world had not yet opened. Su Han could only use this time to gradually improve his cultivation.
During this period, the Dragon Country's strength continued to grow.
Six months after the implementation of the childbirth encouragement law, the Four-Armed Xi people made a comeback, this time with a massive army.
The number of large spacecraft alone exceeded a thousand.
There were over ten thousand medium-sized spacecraft, and hundreds of thousands of small spacecraft.
At this time, the Dragon Country had only just begun constructing ten kilometer-long large spacecraft. Therefore, it was once again the cultivators who had to intervene.
The commander of the Four-Armed Xi people's grand army was a lieutenant general of the Four-Armed Xi race.
Before the Four-Armed Xi army even reached the star system where World 3's planet Tatajiao was located, the lieutenant general issued an order:
"After spatial jump, immediately fire the main cannons at planet Tatajiao. We will blast the entire planet in one shot, thereby eliminating the unidentified force without a base."
The captains of the various fleets within the Four-Armed Xi army responded:
"Yes."
"Yes."
"Yes."
"..."
The thousand large spacecraft began to charge their energy and prepare for spatial jump.
At this moment, ten large spacecraft and over a hundred medium-sized spacecraft suddenly performed a spatial jump into the midst of the Four-Armed Xi army.
"Alert, enemy units detected."
The Four-Armed Xi lieutenant general said, "Ignore them. Continue the spatial jump. Do not stop."
At this point, only a few seconds remained for the spatial jump. These few seconds passed quickly.
The spacecraft of the Four-Armed Xi army began to perform spatial jumps.
Suddenly, alarms blared throughout the Four-Armed Xi army's spacecraft.
"Alert, spatial jump failed, please check."
"Alert, spatial jump failed, please check."
"..."
The Four-Armed Xi lieutenant general exclaimed, "What is going on? Why can't we perform spatial jumps?"
At this moment, the main cannon of one of the Dragon Country's large spacecraft fired. The main cannon, imbued with both magic and cultivation power, pierced directly through a row of the Four-Armed Xi's large spacecraft.
The explosions in space were more brilliant than fireworks.