245 Stealing Fire
◎Will the fire thief be killed by the fire?◎
"I am helping you." Prometheus once said this, and this is what he meant, and this is his help.
Objectively speaking, Zhu Ning was really activated, and she awakened the devouring power.
If we really want to trace it back completely, Song Zhizhang and Xu Meng died at Zhu Ning's hands. I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me. Prometheus wanted Zhu Ning to remember this.
Someone has to sacrifice. Prometheus can maximize the benefits of the sacrificed. In order to make their sacrifice valuable and not die in vain, Zhu Ning can only continue along this bloody road.
The first generation Zhu Ning and Zhu Ning share the same body. This is the path chosen by the first generation machine, and Zhu Ning needs to bear the consequences.
Zhu Ning did not deny what he said. Prometheus observed her carefully, and her nerves relaxed a little. Zhu Ning was shocked by the truth and temporarily relaxed her vigilance. She did not notice that the mycelium was extending deeper.
Prometheus continued: "Humans have the trolley problem: should I switch tracks? Should I save one person or five others? But I don't."
The trolley problem is a moral issue for humans. Prometheus has no morals, so of course he wouldn't have any troubles.
If you knew in advance that saving District 103 would require sacrificing Xu Meng and Song Zhizhang, would you still do it?
Zhu Ning didn't say anything, but Prometheus knew the answer. She was not that kind of person. If she had to sacrifice the people she cared about and had to choose to let some people die, Zhu Ning would destroy the world.
The reason why Zhu Ning is Zhu Ning is because she always has a line.
The world? To be honest, before this incident, saving the world was not her concern. She had always just wanted to be a nobody.
"This is your limitation," Prometheus said, opening his palm in the black space. The mycelium embedded in Zhu Ning's brain was inspired and extended deeper, already touching Zhu Ning's nerves. "Or perhaps it's the limitation of the Alpha series. Your creator has endowed you with too many human emotions, and emotions greatly influence the final outcome. That's why you always fail."
"I'm helping you overcome your emotional weaknesses, making you a stronger person and a more complete person. Aren't you happy?"
Zhu Ning lowered her eyes. Prometheus knew that she was an experimental subject, and perhaps he understood this experiment better than she did.
Happy? Zhu Ning was actually happy about the deaths of Song Zhizhang and Xu Meng?
Zhu Ning asked, "Why?"
Without free "help", what is his motivation?
Prometheus lowered his voice and said, "I have two underlying principles. The first is to always protect the interests of first-class citizens."
Zhu Ning knew this, the rule of wise people, and Fang Ying was also driven by this logic.
[Second, find the spark that will save the world.]
Zhu Ning raised his eyes, and Prometheus continued: "These two logics are not contradictory. The second one has higher priority. Eighty years ago, when the pollution spread, the large-scale genetic screening program was initially effective. They really designed many plans to try to save the world."
Regarding intelligent life, the "Fire Stealing Plan" was born. Its meaning is very beautiful, imitating the myth of Prometheus stealing fire for humanity, bringing about an era of fire and light. This plan is also known as the "God-Creating Plan."
【My mission is to find the savior.】
Prometheus is naturally aloof, speaking like a narrator recounting history. [Throughout human history, across millennia, different countries and cultures have recorded stories of "heroes," or saviors, who possess extraordinary abilities, make crucial decisions at crucial moments, and lead humanity toward a better future.]
This is not a coincidence. Individuals have been influencing history continuously, as if there is some kind of law. The meaning of Prometheus's existence is to find the savior.
He can hack into the Internet, and demon hunters often wear it when they go on missions. All the information is aggregated in him, and the big data algorithm has given him the ability to have near-absolute foresight.
Zhu Ning asked, "Humanity is divided into five levels, is it to make it easier for you to search?"
Prometheus: Yes.
Zhu Ning had thought about this before, why people should be divided into five levels. In Zhu Ning's eyes, it was enough to divide them into two types, first-class people and lower-class people, or into three types, first-class, second-class, and third-class.
Moreover, after these citizens were divided into grades, except for the first and fifth grades, the three middle grades were similar.
The classification of human levels is particularly detailed, and artificial intelligence retrieval is more convenient and quick. It can quickly find people of different levels based on labels, which also makes it easier for Prometheus to carry out his plan to find fire.
This shows that Prometheus was born very early, perhaps as long as the history of the Federation, or even longer, and even federal policies were formulated for him.
How did he become what he is now? Evolved?
Prometheus: [Isn't it worth sacrificing some people in exchange for a better outcome?]
Only arrogant people would voluntarily sacrifice one part to fulfill another. After applying a macro proposition, killing is no longer considered killing.
Zhu Ning asked in return: "How many people have you killed for this?"
One million four hundred and thirty thousand.
For eighty years, the God-making plan has been carried out in a very low-key but also very bloody manner, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands of people each time, but they are just consumables.
"But compared to the ultimate victory, these are nothing," he added.
In Prometheus's world, everything is just numbers. There is no difference between a million people and one person. They can be wiped out in an instant on the digital level. In comparison, sacrificing two people for victory is already a good deal.
The behavior of turning people into characters and objects into human beings has never stopped. Under this logic, no one is a survivor, and Zhu Ning is just a high-level object.
There was no light in Zhu Ning's pupils. It would be difficult for a normal person to remain calm after hearing such words. Prometheus was actually created by humans to save the world. He was the same as Zhu Ning, they were the same kind in the true sense.
Prometheus's hyphae went deeper. This was the first time he explored Zhu Ning's brain. Zhu Ning actually opened the door of his brain. He groped inch by inch and explored it very carefully.
【I'm surprised you came to see me.】
When Zhu Ning contacted Prometheus for the first time, he was very surprised, and his pure white eyes were full of confusion. He quickly imported Zhu Ning's data and combined it with her plan and deployment. The success rate of the plan was 31%.
This success rate is unprecedented and too high, which gives him hope. Zhu Ning may be the spark he is looking for.
Moreover, Zhu Ning was an Alpha series experimental subject. He later learned that this was the first intersection of the Fire Stealing Plan and the Spark Plan, and it was indeed successful.
Prometheus has found his own fire. He will be loyal to Zhu Ning and help her grow.
"You're not the first person I've been looking for," Prometheus recalled his past "sparks," and finally revealed a different expression. He paused, savoring the memory, and felt that his current mood should be sadness. Thinking back to the previous sparks, he felt very sad. "They all died in the end."
[You are the newest spark. It took me a long time to activate you. If we work together, we can save the world.]
He seemed to be narrating a beautiful future that was destined to happen and inviting Zhu Ning to join.
call--
A gust of wind blew, and under Zhu Ning's wet hair, a blue ring was attached to his temples.
The white hyphae around the sun's acupoint grew longer and longer, almost spreading out, much like a big tree in a humid area, with roots growing to the road surface.
Prometheus' hyphae reached Zhu Ning's real nerves for the first time. The hyphae rotated and grew around the nerves, trying to completely bind Zhu Ning's nerves.
Zhu Ning: "So you're doing this for my own good?"
Yes, Prometheus said, We are of the same kind, and we share a common interest. We have a common goal, and I can lead you to the only correct outcome.
The only correct ending. Zhu Ning savored these words carefully. They were like tempting cheese, attracting people to come closer.
Zhu Ning suddenly smiled and said, "Hello, Dad."
Prometheus tilted his head, not quite understanding why Zhu Ning said that. He was smart enough, but sometimes it was difficult for him to understand some vague words, especially when these words were said by Zhu Ning.
Zhu Ning seemed to have finally found an accurate adjective and said slowly, "Yes, very daddy. You remind me of my dad."
Zhu Ning thought of his father whom he seldom saw for the first time in a long time. He played a very small role in his life and was disgusting every time he appeared.
After Zhu Yao divorced him, Zhu Ning would live with her biological father for a while during the summer vacation. Her father worked in finance and was a typical elitist. He always talked about hundreds of millions of dollars and loved to teach people.
"Listen to me, or you'll regret it. This is the right thing to do."
He tried to instill some ideas of natural selection and social Darwinism into Zhu Ning, that everything should be based on money and that everything can be sacrificed to maximize benefits. He vowed that as long as Zhu Ning grew up, she would understand that she was his daughter and would be like him.
He threw away Zhu Ning's stuffed toy because it affected his studies.
Later, when Zhu Ning's test scores improved, even though they no longer lived together at the time, he said it was all his credit. He would say proudly: See, it's right to listen to me.
As long as there is a perfect ending, the process is not important. Only the result matters. Why should we care whether the individual is happy in the process? Is it comfortable? Isn’t the result good?
Friends? Partners? Lovers? Why do we need these things in the human world? Only business partners and communities of shared interests exist.
As long as the ending is good, you should be grateful to him. This is a father.
Prometheus did the same thing. In the name of doing good for Zhu Ning, he trampled on her feelings and destroyed what she loved, willing to sacrifice everything for victory.
He can offer help gently and show you the way, but without respect, no matter how harmlessly and safely he packages himself, no matter how pure his appearance is, he cannot conceal that daddy vibe.
A seemingly innocent mushroom turns out to be poisonous after eating it. A monster disguised as a human suddenly turns around and discovers that its heart is black. It has simply learned the knowledge of human society, imitated humans to perform, and given it the name of justice.
What a damn fire thief, to put it bluntly, he is still stealing.
Zhu Ning: "You are a fire thief, you should steal fire for mankind."
Zhu Ning looked ahead. The tall Area 103 looked like a fortress. There was snow in the distance. Everything was in ruins, and the ice made crisp sounds when it collided.
Prometheus looked at her, and Zhu Ning actually acknowledged his existence and the concept of the fire stealing plan.
"Have you ever considered the possibility," Zhu Ning said, "that the fire thief might be killed by the fire?"
She spoke very slowly and in a gentle tone, so people didn't react at first.
Zhu Ning lowered his brows, and in an instant the nerves in his brain connected into a network, and the white hyphae attached to it were entangled. Suddenly, he shuddered as if he had been electrocuted, and black mucus was secreted from the neural network, entwining with the snow-white hyphae, like two entangled sequences.
Prometheus originally wanted to take the opportunity to control Zhu Ning's nerves and plant his own demon seeds, but he didn't expect that Zhu Ning's mind was more terrifying than he thought. It was like lighting a fire, and a big fire ignited in an instant, which was bound to engulf Prometheus's mycelium.
They fought for the tiny space, and Prometheus retreated hastily, retrieving his mycelium along the way, but it was too late.
The top of the black mucus separated, like a tiny mouth opening. Countless black mucus opened their mouths, densely packed, looking extremely terrifying, and bit straight towards him.
Prometheus stepped back suddenly in the dark room. He cut off one of his arms at a very fast speed. His decision was correct and timely.
A sculpted arm fell to the ground, the broken end stained black with black mucus. Zhu Ning followed the human-machine joint device, climbed onto the network, and also climbed to his lair.
The black slime was like a virus, and after landing on the ground, it completely dyed his broken arm black. Then the disinfection program was activated in the black room, and a large area of snow-white mycelium was covered, immediately extinguishing a storm that might be brewing.
Prometheus broke one of his arms, and hyphae grew out of the broken end, like granulation tissue.
When he looked up, he saw Zhu Ning's face enlarged on the screen, and her eyes were dark.
Zhu Ning was looking at Prometheus.
As an experimental subject, she herself was a pollutant. There were enough parasites in her body, and the parasites would declare their sovereignty. Prometheus was like touching a leopard, but mistook it for a cat. He was bitten unexpectedly, and his arm was bitten off, along with the skin and flesh. He paid the price.
Zhu Ning looked over coldly and said, "I found you."
Zhu Ning didn't want to kill him now, because she couldn't do it. She found her exact coordinates. Prometheus had always hidden his location very well, and no more than five people in the world knew his exact location.
Zhu Ning found him.
This was also the first time that someone was able to enter his secret space. Prometheus frowned, and countless data bars scrolled on the screen, trying to immediately analyze the countermeasures and predict the outcome.
But the data kept rolling in, and he couldn't predict Zhu Ning's future. It was much like the four children he saw inside the wall on the day God descended. He was also unable to perform big data deduction at that time.
Zhu Ning said expressionlessly, "I will kill you."
This was the last sentence she said to Prometheus, and then she pulled off the human-machine joint device. The originally snow-white mycelium was now swallowed by black mucus, leaving only a blue ring with blue light flashing continuously.
With a click—
Zhu Ning crushed the human-machine combined device. The thing was only the size of a button and was easily crushed into a piece of rubbish.
She has found the exact location of Prometheus. He is on an island outside the wall, hiding outside the wall.
Zhu Ning casually threw it into the river, where it blended in with the other garbage. Zhu Ning continued, "I will kill you."
She said this to herself, I will kill you, you have to wait for me.
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