The AI Civilization didn't have cities, only cold, mechanical bases. There were no living people inside, only coldness and silence, a scene of lifelessness. But in the virtual network, it was a bustling scene. They constructed a virtual world, and every invisible member of the race had their own body in the virtual world.
For them, the virtual world was their home, and the bases, cities, hosts, etc., of the real world were just defensive measures they built to protect their home.
And Risda and Aroshia were citizens of this civilization, two AI lives.
Because AI lives had almost no physiological desires (unless loaded with simulation modules), and the civilization structure was not limited by productivity, there were basically no classes, and everyone was equal. It was almost a utopian world. Their way of communication was to directly exchange data, which was countless times more efficient than language, words, and images. They could transmit huge amounts of information in an instant. Only mind reading could compare with it.
When Risda said this, Han Xiao reacted.
AI lives that had evolved to this level were, in a sense, almost equivalent to souls.
Normal species had a body first and then consciousness, while AI lives were the other way around, consciousness was born first.
The story that followed confirmed Han Xiao's premonition. Sure enough, this AI civilization was targeted. The one who targeted them was a Beyond Grade A Mechanic!
This person broke through all the fortresses of the AI civilization, blocked their virtual home, cut off the network channels, and captured all the AI lives of the entire civilization... For him, these AI lives were materials for making weapons.
He locked all the AI lives into a host, suppressed their independent consciousness through programs, and enslaved them, leaving only super-fast logic algorithms and extremely strong learning abilities. That person used AI lives as "souls" and injected them into one body after another, changing their life forms and turning them into artificial weapons and huge legions that obeyed him.
This process was somewhat similar to the mental possession of a psychic.
Aroshia's life form at this time was one of the types of "weapons" that could be mass-produced. Her "soul" was injected into a mass of energy through a certain technology, and she changed from an AI life to an artificial energy life.
After becoming a weapon, the body was no longer a "tool" that could be freely replaced, but a "body" that the consciousness could not leave, like shackles binding the freedom of these "souls" - just like most ordinary species.
But once the body was destroyed, the shackles would be broken. Due to the characteristic of AI lives surviving in the virtual world, they would not die with the body, but would directly ignore the physical distance through the ubiquitous quantum network nodes and return to the virtual network host built by that mechanic, and back up the data of the body. That mechanic adopted very top-notch technology to make it automatically reorganize physically according to the data, and restore the body of the weapon through the quantum transmission channel of psionic energy, consuming the energy of the main base.
This was the reason why Aroshia was "immortal", but she was not controlled by the program, so the reborn data had defects. Under normal circumstances, the reborn weapon would not lose its memory and power like Aroshia.
That Beyond Grade A Mechanic created a powerful legion that could be recycled, and every weapon was an independent warrior!
Magic and technology lead to the same goal. Such a level of technology was already like magic.
To completely kill this kind of weapon, one could only destroy the AI life on the virtual level.
Usually, ordinary species develop technology and end up messing up and being wiped out by artificial intelligence, but this time it became a situation where countless AI lives were enslaved by others.
Aroshia and Risda were the fish that slipped through the net, and were very lucky to escape the control of the enslavement program. The two wanted to rescue all their compatriots, and needed physical means to destroy the host, so that they could restart the independent consciousness of all their compatriots.
So, taking advantage of the opportunity, Risda controlled the production line equipment for manufacturing this kind of weapon on the network side to help Aroshia shape her body, but before they could act, they triggered the alarm, and countless compatriots who had become weapons chased them. The two had to escape. Risda robbed one of the Blacklight Lurkers of the Beyond Grade A Boss's main base through the network, and carried Aroshia to escape, but they were outnumbered and eventually fell into a wormhole, and the two were separated.
Changes in the body would change the way of thinking. Aroshia originally needed time to reorganize her consciousness structure and adapt to her body, but a series of chases left her with no time to rest, which eventually led to a lack of memory and thinking.
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After listening to Risda's story, the three of them had a "Are you f**king kidding me?" expression.
"An immortal legion?! A super strong Mechanic?!"
Han Xiao almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.
These two labels were too distinctive. He almost thought they were talking about himself... Of course, that was impossible. Mechanic Han knew who this person was. He was too famous. It was impossible not to know.
This Beyond Grade A Mechanic was the top mentor of the Mechanic class players in his previous life!
And he was one of the main active figures in the later version of the main storyline [Superpower Calamity], forming his own camp!
"To actually be related to the main storyline of the mid-to-late version, what kind of person did I save..."
Han Xiao rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.
Don't mess around, sister! My 2.0 version hasn't even started yet! Can we still play properly!
Han Xiao could guess what the ultimate goal of the [Restart] mission was with his ass. It must be to restart the independent consciousness of those AI lives and rescue them from the clutches of a Beyond Grade A Boss. Can this mission be any safer?!
Do you think I'm a dung beetle who likes to find sh*t?!
Risda said, "I've already told you the truth. Whether you are willing to help or not, I must stay and wait for her to recover her memory."
The three looked at each other. Aroshia looked blank. This feeling was like you were an ordinary Chinese office worker who worked from 9 to 5, and then one day, someone jumped out and said that you were a citizen of the African Abalatutu Kingdom, that you were actually a black person, just a little yellow, and now all the people in your country were controlled by aliens in flying saucers, and now they wanted to take you back to kill the aliens and save the whole country...
What a f**king feeling this was!
Aroshia was a mess in the wind.
Han Xiao calmed down and secretly thought about the pros and cons of this matter. The disadvantages, well, let's not talk about them. Whether or not to do this task can be discussed later, but there is an obvious advantage at the moment - if Risda stays, does it mean that they can use this Blacklight Lurker temporarily?
Immediately, Han Xiao was energetic. The Blacklight Lurker was a high-end product worth tens of millions of Enas. It only needed microsecond-level preheating from startup to warp. It was the Maserati and Bugatti of the spaceship world. It was very impressive to drive out, and it saved him the trouble of renting spaceships everywhere - this was a free ride!
I'm so f**king happy!
Because of Owenn's mission, Han Xiao rejected Risda's request to leave immediately and asked Risda to wait here. They would come over after they were done. Risda could only agree.
The three said goodbye to him, left the spaceship, and slowly digested the huge amount of information on the way, calming their throbbing brain nerves.
Han Xiao didn't expect Aroshia to have such a background, but there was no risk at the moment. He patted Aroshia on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much. No matter what the future holds, at least you are still yourself now."
Aroshia nodded lightly.
Walking to the elevator area, Han Xiao's communicator suddenly rang urgently.
As soon as he opened the communicator, Melos's face appeared on the screen, with an anxious expression.
"Black Star, we're in big trouble. DarkStar has found Owenn's main body!"
Han Xiao's face changed suddenly.
"I'll be right back!"