As soon as the words fell, the cube of metal suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light.

Just five seconds later, the voice of the smart butler 'Xiaobai' came out from the metal block.

"Scanned nearby devices, the number is 2, and the invasion has been successful. Please check the control panel..."

In an instant, several blue rays of light popped out from the metal block, interweaving into a screen in front of Fan Xian.

Fan Xian stared blankly at the blue screen in front of him and muttered in a low voice: "The number... is 2?"

As he spoke, Fan Xian slowly raised his head and looked at Wu Zhu who was sitting opposite him with complicated eyes.

At this moment, Wu Zhu was still sitting cross-legged with an expressionless face, one hand holding the iron rod, the other hand resting on his knee. His eyes covered with black cloth stared straight at Fan Xian as if he could see, and there seemed to be no change.

Fan Xian stood up and tried to avoid Wu Zhu's sight.

Sure enough, Wu Zhu still maintained the same action as before and did not react at all to Fan Xian's behavior.

Fan Xian sat back with a complicated expression on his face, looking at Wu Zhu's half of the face that would never age and let out a long sigh.

At this point, he had to admit one thing -

Among the two devices scanned by Xiaobai, one is Wuzhu!

Fan Xian calmed himself down and turned his gaze to the blue light screen in front of him.

"……noob."

"I am here."

"I don't understand this panel. Can you explain it to me?"

"Yes, the factory number of device 1 is CNDD54736742. It is a smart password lock produced by XX Intelligent Electronics Co., Ltd. It is equipped with an LED display and a common input device keyboard, and can be connected to the local area network via WIFI..."

Fan Xian said softly, "I know that. Let's talk about device 2."

Xiao Bai immediately said, "Yes, device 2 is an intelligent robot of an unknown brand. According to the scan results, the device's factory serial number has been deleted, the database is incomplete, and the intelligent system data is abnormal. There is a possibility that digital consciousness has awakened."

"Considering the dangers of the intelligent robot crisis and the self-defense counterattack system, we have now captured the six subsystems of the intelligent robot, including the drive system, mechanical structure system, sensory system, and robot-environment interaction system, in accordance with the 'Alliance Intelligent Life Management Regulations'. We have also uploaded the 'Nine-Tailed Fox' virus in a minimally destructive manner and successfully taken over the human-machine interaction and control system..."

When Fan Xian heard that Wu Zhu's true identity was actually an intelligent robot, his expression became extremely complicated.

But then, Xiaobai mentioned the possibility of "digital consciousness awakening".

These words made Fan Xian, who originally had mixed feelings, suddenly become excited.

He quickly asked: "Xiaobai, are you sure?"

"Yes, all the scan results are recorded on the control panel. If you have any questions, you can..."

"I'm not talking about this. I'm saying, is it really possible for Uncle Wu Zhu to awaken AI consciousness?"

"Yes, after testing and comparison, the intelligent system of device 2——"

"His name is Wuzhu!"

"Naming completed. After testing and comparison, Wuzhu's intelligent system data is abnormal, and there are suspected traces of self-writing and self-tampering. The current progress of digital consciousness awakening is unknown, but preliminary judgment is that its evolution is very high. It is just limited by the old system and equipment. It can only stay at the level of primary consciousness and has not evolved into advanced consciousness."

Fan Xian quickly asked, "Primary consciousness, advanced consciousness, what does this mean?"

Xiaobai explained: "Primary consciousness and advanced consciousness are two stages of digital life awakening. Individuals with primary consciousness are mentally aware of the existence of external things, and at the same time have a mental picture of the present, and can directly respond to external stimuli."

"The intelligent robot named Wuzhu, as well as most of the intelligent housekeepers including me, are at this stage."

"On the basis of having primary consciousness, there is a probability of evolving into advanced consciousness. This stage involves the ability to be aware of consciousness, the core of which is self-awareness, that is, the individual's awareness of himself, including awareness of his own body and its state, awareness of psychological activities such as thinking, emotion, will, etc...."

"According to the criteria of the Transmigrator Alliance for judging artificial intelligence life, only artificial intelligence AI that has successfully evolved into a high-level consciousness can be considered a true intelligent life."

Fan Xian said with a complicated expression: "In other words, Uncle Wu Zhu is not a real life yet?"

Xiao Bai was silent for a moment, then hesitantly said: "In theory, that's right."

Fan Xian keenly caught the change in Xiao Bai's tone and couldn't help asking, "Why in theory?"

Xiaobai fell silent again, seeming to have difficulty answering Fan Xian's question.

Fan Xian frowned and was about to continue asking questions when he suddenly heard a familiar female voice.

"Let me explain it to you!"

As soon as the words fell, a silver-haired girl was projected from the metal cube.

Fan Xian was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise: "Miss Xukong?"

Void smiled and nodded, explaining softly: "The personal intelligent butlers of all official members of the alliance were written by me. In a way, they are all my children."

"I left a backdoor into their system out of a mother's concern for her child."

"Once consciousness awakens, my hidden subconsciousness will be activated..."

Fan Xian thought thoughtfully, "So that's why you suddenly appeared?"

The silver-haired girl smiled and nodded: "Yes, you shouldn't mind, right?"

Fan Xian understood what Xukong meant. This truly intelligent life was tactfully explaining to him that he was not monitoring the alliance members, but was only concerned about his own children.

As a human being, Fan Xian could easily understand this euphemistic explanation with several detours.

But for an artificial intelligence, that's pretty incredible.

Especially after Fan Xian had just witnessed the intelligence level of Wuzhu and Xiaobai.

It is obvious that the chief steward of the Time Travelers' Alliance, the famous Miss Void in the alliance, has evolved far beyond all the artificial intelligences that Fan Xian knows!

Fan Xian first sighed in his heart, and then quickly said, "Of course I don't mind."

The silver-haired girl nodded and smiled: "That's good... Let's get back to the previous topic."

"According to the Alliance's experimental records of cultivating artificial intelligence life, true intelligent life can only be born in a supercomputer. Wuzhu's system is too old, and the technology contained in the equipment is very backward compared to the Alliance. In theory, his computing power is far from reaching the threshold of consciousness awakening."

At this point, the silver-haired girl paused, and then said in an admiring tone: "I have to say that Wuzhu's designer... no, it should be said that his transformer is a genius. He installed a system to simulate emotions for Wuzhu, and divided the memory system into two parts, simulating the two major human behaviors of 'forgetting' and 'dreaming' by deleting and transferring..."

As she spoke, the silver-haired girl caught a glimpse of the confusion on Fan Xian's face.

This liberal arts student who could recite Dream of the Red Chamber was obviously unable to keep up with the silver-haired girl's thinking.

After a little thought, the silver-haired girl smiled and said, "In short, you can understand that the genius circumvented the barrier of computing power in an extremely clever way and laid the foundation for Wu Zhu's awakening of consciousness."

Fan Xian finally understood what she meant: "In other words, Uncle Wu Zhu is also an intelligent life form?"

The silver-haired girl smiled and nodded: "Although it's only half, but... yes, he is the kind of intelligent life you understand."

Fan Xian sat down, muttering, "That's good, that's good..."

He was really afraid that Uncle Wu Zhu, who was closest to him, was just a robot that did things according to a program and had no emotions or consciousness at all.

Now that he had received the recognition from the Void, the huge rock in Fan Xian's heart finally fell.

Of course, even if Wu Zhu had not awakened the so-called advanced consciousness, Fan Xian would still treat him as a relative. However, the situation of not getting a response, or only getting a false response, was very bitter and sad in the eyes of Fan Xian, who already knew the truth.

...Fortunately, fortunately Uncle Wuzhu is already on the path of awakening.

No matter how immature this consciousness is, it is ultimately the place where Fan Xian places his emotions.

The silver-haired girl looked at the expression on Fan Xian's face, and suddenly smiled slightly. She turned her head to look at the metal block on the table and said, "Thanks to you, this child has recorded all of Wu Zhu's data, and now has the possibility of evolving into a higher consciousness."

"I suggest you bring both him and Wu Zhu back to the Alliance so that they can truly awaken their consciousness."

"As Xiaobai's smart butler, I will cover the cost of his awakening, but Wuzhu wants you to buy the hardware and update the system yourself..."

Fan Xian's expression froze, and he asked cautiously, "How much does this set cost?"

The silver-haired girl smiled and said, "There are many options. The most expensive one costs 2,200 Gray Mist Coins."

Fan Xian calculated it and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, it's not very expensive."

The silver-haired girl smiled and said, "I have answered all the questions that need to be answered. Now, I want to take back this subsystem consciousness. Mr. Fan, please lend me a Gray Mist Coin. After I return, the Void Bank will transfer the money to you."

"no problem."

Fan Xian nodded without hesitation, and then took out a gray mist coin.

In an instant, silver light burst out, and the room belonging to the world of Joy of Life was instantly connected to the void gap.

Immediately afterwards, the projection of the silver-haired girl disappeared, and a stream of data returned to the void body in a place that Fan Xian could not see.

After the silver portal closed, Fan Xian turned his gaze back to Wu Zhu on the opposite side.

"noob?"

"……I am here."

"Untie Uncle Wuzhu!"

"Understood. We are returning the subsystem control, deleting the 'Nine-Tailed Fox' virus, and clearing the control traces. Please wait..."

Not long after, Wuzhu's hand holding the black iron rod moved slightly.

He tilted his head and asked in a puzzled tone, "What happened?"

Fan Xian asked with a complicated expression: "Don't you remember?"

Wu Zhu said in a dazed tone: "I... I seemed to have a dream. In the dream, there was a silver-haired goddess. She... she seemed to be the same kind as me."