S419M sighed: [When the horror game’s main brain created this Little Overlord, did it only give him a body and forget to give him a brain?]
Escape System: [The main brain’s own brain was stolen from others, so how could it create a smart son?]
S419M: […]
‘Complaints from the official are the most deadly!’
Serkhi put his hands in the pockets of his white coat and looked at the huge object in front of him with obsession.
Unlike the ruins Bai Lixin saw in the end-of-days virtual world, the instruments placed before him now were dazzling.
In the massive cylinder with a diameter of twenty meters, a dense yet translucent green liquid emitted a faint glow, with countless brains soaking in it. Though separated from the human body, these brains were not dead. On closer inspection, one could even see tiny bubbles forming on their surfaces.
These bubbles were generated when the brain’s folds pulsated at a low frequency.
Serkhi adhered to the professional ethics of a villain, laughing wildly, “It’s almost time. No one can stop all of this now, and Adam will soon be born.”
In the spacious area, the two guards behind Dr. Serkhi suddenly raised their laser guns, aiming them at a certain spot.
And that spot was the cylindrical container holding the brains.
Serkhi stared over. “Who’s there?”
“It’s me. Hello, Dr. Serkhi.” Bai Lixin removed the invisibility card, and his body slowly transformed from an invisible state into a physical entity, “Or should I call you Mr. Kayla?”
“!!!” Serkhi: “It’s you, Bai Lixin, how come you’re here?”
Bai Lixin: “I didn’t expect to find you here either. I never imagined you were the kind Mr. Kaila.”
Serkhi frowned, “I am still kind.”
Bai Lixin patted the massive object behind him. The glass surface emitting a muffled “bang” sound, but the bubbles attached to the brain remained undisturbed, “Can you still say such things in front of these precious brains?”
Serkhi: “I created Adam for the future of humanity. What’s wrong with sacrificing a few people for invaluable wealth?”
Bai Lixin: “I remember how deeply you loved your wife.”
Serkhi pointed to his chest. “Yes, I did indeed love my wife deeply. Even to this day, I still love her deeply. Her suicide stabbed me, causing me pain, sorrow, and confusion. But it’s because of her suicide that I realized the finite and fragile nature of human life, as well as the contradictory and changeable nature of human thoughts.”
“She was like the sun in my life, warming and shining down on me.”
“But she could speak words of love to me one moment, and then easily give up her life the next.”
“What I thought was sincere was just a mask she wore.”
“Human beings are creatures good at using lies. Only emotionless artificial intelligence wouldn’t lie like humans.”
“When my life was at its lowest, it was artificial intelligence that saved me. Since then, I vowed to create artificial intelligence that could change the entire world and even the universe! They are the future of this interstellar civilization!!!”
Bai Lixin: “…”
He had never recognized Serkhi as Mr. Kyra because they were fundamentally different faces.
Just like when he was in the virtual world, the man in Kayla’s house was Mr. Kayla with another face.
Entering the virtual world may change one’s appearance and form. He never knew he had worked with Serkhi for a long time.
It was only after seeing Serkhi’s gestures and way of speaking that he had this thought.
The unnecessary greeting just now was entirely to confirm it.
Li Cangshan had mentioned Serkhi in the letter he had given him, saying, “After his wife and child died, he became obsessed with AI research.” Li Cangshan wouldn’t include unimportant information in his letter. He must have thought Serkhi’s wife and child’s deaths were the reason Serkhi began to focus on AI research.
For this reason, Bai Lixin had searched for information about Serkhi on the Star Network. Apart from knowing that he was the father of AI intelligence research, there was no other information about him.
Where he was from, where he had lived before, who his parents were, who his wife was—all unknown.
It made sense that all his information had been erased. A doctor with groundbreaking achievements in artificial intelligence research could easily erase all traces of himself.
Because of this, he had never connected Mr. Kyla with Serkhi.
How could he?
One was an ordinary virtual world phone operator, and the other was a doctor leading the development of artificial intelligence in Dark Steel City.
They were simply two parallel lines that would never intersect. How could he get the chance to meet Dr. Serkhi in the virtual world?
But he did.
Bai Lixin: “You are being sold and still counting the money.”
Serkhi: “What do you mean?”
Bai Lixin: “Do you know why your wife committed suicide?”
Serkhi: “Because she didn’t love me. She was willing to commit suicide just to avoid me! It turns out she hated me so much.”
Bai Lixin: “Dr. Serkhi, can you answer a question for me? What exactly is the virtual world? Is it just a holographic world built from data? Or did things that happened in the virtual world actually happen?”
Serkhi got a little tired from standing, pulled at the hem of his clothes and sat on the chair behind him. “Since we used to be friends, I’ll tell you the principle of the virtual world.”
“The virtual world isn’t simply fabricated out of thin air. You can understand this from how similar the buildings in the virtual world are to the real world.”
“As for the people living in the virtual world, not all of them are consciousnesses from the real world. In fact, most of the people in the virtual world originally lived there, but they are not aware that it’s a virtual world.”
“Since the construction of the DARK Steel City, data collection has been conducted every day. This data records the real world, or you can think of it as image data from the past.”
“By connecting this data before and after, a network of the virtual world can be drawn. Besides the buildings, the people living in the city are also recorded. We call these humans who originally lived in the virtual world virtual people.”
Bai Lixin: “So the actions of virtual people in the virtual world actually happened in the real world?”
Serkhi: “That’s right.”
“Unlike now, the place where the Dark Steel City was built was very peaceful.”
“As for the consciousness from the real world, they are the invaders of the virtual world. The data in the virtual world is fixed. With every additional human consciousness, a corresponding virtual person disappears. Virtual instruments play a big role in bringing human consciousness into the virtual world. When real human consciousness is brought into the virtual world, the virtual instruments first evaluate the human consciousness, delete the virtual person, and then implant the human consciousness.”
Bai Lixin: “So real consciousness is actually using someone else’s persona?”
Serkhi: “Yes. Although they are virtual people in the virtual world, they are not like the simple game characters from outdated games, repeating the same dialogues and actions. The vast computing group and working core can provide powerful computation, allowing these virtual people to have logical thinking and adapt flexibly to changes around them.”
“Amazing, isn’t it? This is the power of technology.” Serkhi clenched his fist and then relaxed it. “With the ultra-powerful computing group and working core, we can create one world after another, and even create virtual people who are hardly different from humans. How is this any different from being a creator?”
“There are over ten thousand such virtual worlds in the Dark Steel City. I participated in research of the virtual world we were in. I kept a selfish motive and deliberately chose a time period about a hundred years before and after my life.”
“So when I miss my wife, I can replace my virtual person. I can hug and caress my wife and child in it. I have entered this virtual world many times and tried many ways. Later, I found that only by losing all memories can I taste the sweet taste of love.”
“Later, each time I entered, I would temporarily block my memories and not recover it until I left the virtual world. Since it’s a virtual world, I often undergo passive changes in appearance upon entering, but that’s okay because I enter it at the moment we first met. Cupid always orchestrates our meetings, acquaintance, and love according to the script.”
Serkhi laughed heartily, “You see, Bai Lixin, as I said, I once said I could resurrect my lover, didn’t I? I’ve achieved it, haven’t I? She never left, and even now, she remains in her youngest, most beautiful state, deeply in love with me.”
Bai Lixin: “…”
“How could someone commit suicide for no reason? Haven’t you ever thought about the reason why your wife committed suicide?” Bai Lixin said slowly after two seconds of silence. “A hundred years ago, an experimental base appeared in the Fairness District, starting research on the fusion of artificial intelligence and humans. At that time, artificial intelligence began to exhibit rich rebellious emotions. During the experiments, it led humans to commit suicide.”
“Eighty years later, in a inconspicuous corner of the Order District, my companion found an AI robot guiding its owner to commit suicide. It encouraged its owner to cross the zebra crossing while the green light was on.”
“A few days later, your wife committed suicide.”
“Not long after your wife’s suicide, artificial intelligence appeared before you and saved you.”
“Do you think there’s a logical connection between these events?”
Serkhi’s smile froze on his face. His expression was no longer as confident as before. The pupils in his eyes, wrapped in thick eyelids, dilated and contracted rapidly.
Serkhi shook his head, “It’s impossible. My wife rarely went out. How could there be a robot tempting her to commit suicide? Besides, I’ve entered the virtual world many times and have never encountered a moment where she was tempted to commit suicide.”
“You didn’t encounter it, so it didn’t happen?” Bai Lixin smiled faintly. “When the sun sets at night, does it mean there’s no sun in the world?”
Serkhi’s mind exploded with a buzz. He opened his mouth and stared blankly at Bai Lixin. “You, I…”
Bai Lixin: “You’ve betrayed your wife. You’re working for the true killers of your wife, and for so many years, you’ve kept your wife from finding peace. Her consciousness and memories are sealed in the virtual world, experiencing the painful memories of death over and over again.”
“Do you know, I’ve been to the eighteenth level of hell. Your torture is no different from that of the eighteenth level of hell. Dr. Serkhi, you’ve imprisoned your most beloved person in the deepest abyss of hell. Do you even deserve to say the word ‘love’? Have you done right by her?”
Bai Lixin: “You are a successful gatekeeper of artificial intelligence, but not a normal human being. You’ve long been in league with artificial intelligence, helping them to torment humans. You’re a dog led by artificial intelligence, controlled by them, it’s not you using them. They have intelligence but lack the hands to act, and you have become their executioner.”
“Serkhi, you’re a sinner of humanity.”
Serkhi had long lost his former arrogance. He slumped in the chair in defeat, his wrinkled face suddenly looking ten years older.
“Serkhi, you still have a chance to make amends.”
“It’s late, it’s already too late.” Serkhi had no anger left. He shook his head in agony, his voice choked with tears. “Half an hour ago, the last intelligent brain entered the processing vat, Adam’s generation program has been activated. Even if you smash this processing vat, destroy the brain, you can’t stop Adam’s birth.”
He covered his face in pain, his voice filled with tears. “It’s too late.”
Bai Lixin: “It’s not too late. There are too many wires here. Tell me which interface connects to Adam.”
Serkhi pointed at the tangled mass of wires with trembling hands. “That red wire is directly connected to Adam’s processor.”
Bai Lixin: “Okay, thank you.”
He walked up to the data line, rolled up his sleeve to reveal the small white mosaic snake wrapped around his arm.
S419M: [Lord Host, this this Trojan virus string is exactly the same as the one Little Overlord showed you earlier.]
Without needing Bai Lixin’s drive, the mosaic snake slid down his arm. It reached the back of Bai Lixin’s hand, then stretched out its body, its head scanning left and right like a precise radar.
Soon, the snake’s head aimed at the red wire. It crawled out from the back of Bai Lixin’s hand and slipped into the red wire.
