"I'm sorry!" Ye Chen remained silent for a long time before finally speaking apologetically.
Regardless, they created each other according to their own will. No one asked Akasha if she wanted this kind of life. Instead, she had to suffer unwarranted accusations and suspicions from her creator parents.
"Hehe! It's okay! Actually, it's quite good to be like this. At least I can have a long life without getting tired, until my soul energy is exhausted!" Akasha laughed, her tone no longer as downcast as before.
"This was a mistake on my part. If you truly possess a soul, then creating you in this way was indeed an oversight on our part!"
"No! Father, you're wrong again! No one can choose their birth; all we can do is live our lives to the fullest in the present!"
“Actually, I am very honored to be able to come into this world in this form of life. You gave me life, so even with the need to recognize the Lord, and with all sorts of backup plans and limitations, you are still the most important person in my life.”
"Perhaps this is the biggest difference between a soul and artificial intelligence? They have no soul, no three souls and seven spirits, so they cannot understand the true meaning of life. They can only repeat and execute predetermined instructions, which ultimately leads to the mechanical disaster you mentioned."
“But Akasha is your daughter. As long as you don’t abandon me, you will be the most important person in my life. This is the same thought I have as your clansmen, and perhaps even more so!”
"However, these contingency plans you left behind are still necessary. Although the soul cannot die, it will eventually wither. I don't know what I will be like then? Will Akasha, who has lost her soul, become a true artificial intelligence? Only time will tell!"
Akasha's words left Ye Chen and the fat man silent for a long time, clearly pondering and processing what she had said. The shock this event had brought them was simply too great. They hadn't expected that they had actually created a completely new life form; they had created a life, a race...
In Ye Chen's understanding, this was something only the creator goddess Nuwa could do, something Adam and Eve could accomplish. But now he and Fatty, one a fourth-tier lord and the other a third-tier lord, had actually done it.
"I think we may have created a miracle!" After a long while, Ye Chen finally spoke, his heart filled with shock and excitement.
Based on existing data, there are countless powerful lords in the myriad worlds, but almost none of them can truly create new life. Even the legendary eighth-tier lords only develop existing races; no one can truly create a completely new race.
"While this may not be a completely new race, it is at least a life form never seen before, a combination of soul and machine, a fusion of soul fluctuations and electronic waves..."
“Akasha, I can’t tell if what you’re saying is true or false, but I still want to say, welcome, my daughter!”
Ye Chen raised his head, looked at the core of the Gundam mecha, and said with a smile.
He was willing to believe that what Akasha said was true. He believed that true artificial intelligence would only operate within a predetermined program and would not utter such heartfelt words to him. Sincerity was the greatest weapon of emotion! This was something that machines could never possess.
"So, can you remove me from the control room? It would be best to install a speaker and a monitor on me so I can communicate anytime and even see the world. Of course, having a mechanical body would be ideal..."
"I suddenly realized that I didn't create a semi-divine artifact, nor a semi-divine mecha, but rather an artificial human, the kind with a soul!"
"You're not wrong! After all, I can do much more than a mecha assist device! But that also makes you seem even more great, doesn't it?"
"That's a beautifully said statement!"
"Thank you for the compliment!"
Ye Chen gestured to the bewildered fat man, and several goblins climbed into the main control bay of the mech, disassembled it, placed it on the ground, and then installed it on the sixth-tier mech on the other side.
"Just make do with this for now. I'm sure you can complete the basic actions of the mecha even without a pilot, right? We haven't prepared another body for you yet, so just use this for now. We'll build you a temporary body in a few days!" Ye Chen said helplessly, looking at the Tier 6 mecha that had regained its light.
"Alright, alright, I'll make do for now! You'd better hurry, I'm your dear daughter!" Akasha's voice came from the new mecha, sending a shiver down one's spine.
"Go tell that to your fat father. He's the one who made your body what it is!" Ye Chen said irritably.
"No way? Brother Chen? How come you're distinguishing between you and me?" The fat man was stunned. He hadn't recovered from the shock he had just experienced. He was much less accepting of such a shocking thing than Ye Chen.
"So, did we manage to build our demigod-level mech?" the fat man asked, looking troubled.
"I also want to know the answer to this question, but as of now, there isn't one. Although Alec hasn't yet tested the mech's maximum performance, he probably can't detect it either. And most importantly, Akasha is actually no longer related to the mech! We may have really created a semi-divine artifact, but this semi-divine artifact is not the mech, but the intelligent life inside the mech!" Ye Chen thought for a moment and replied.
So? Did it succeed or fail?
"I want to know too. It's a failure in the sense of a mecha, but a success in another sense. At least a Tier 7 mecha can be produced, just in a different form!"
"..." The fat man was on the verge of depression, caught in a self-doubt about whether he had succeeded or failed.
However, Ye Chen ignored him. After explaining the situation and settling Akasha and Alec in, he left with Jian Mengyi.
During this period, they hadn't had a proper rest because of the demigod-level mech. Now that things were over, they needed to get some rest. As for the follow-up matters, they could wait a few days and then talk about them. It would also be a good opportunity for Akasha to adapt to her new life form.
After all, she's a newborn. Even with the data Ye Chen imported, she still needs to learn and be guided. He was even considering sending her to school for a few days to establish a proper worldview and sense of right and wrong...
Three years of college entrance exams and two years of mock exams—aren't some of these processes inevitable for any living being? Who made Akasha admit that she was a special life form?
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