Chapter 132 The Artificial Intelligence That Destroys the World 3 The probability that he is a fellow villager has increased.
Huo Junchuan raised his eyes calmly.
This was a tempting enough offer, and Windens had already put forth his capital: Thirteen had indeed isolated Zero from the outside.
This proves that, at least when facing Zero, they have the ability to fight.
But Huo Junchuan didn't dare to agree rashly.
He is the leader of the resistance army and represents the tendency of an entire force. He agreed to "cooperate" with Zero because of the threat to his life, but it does not mean that he will accept the same threat twice.
The rebels are not actually rebelling against the federal government, but the consortium that rose after the government weakened, and the artificial intelligence that has awakened its self-awareness.
When the federal government was still doing its job, the world was still normal.
The president who was in a coma five years ago was a rare good president who came from a lower-middle class background and truly worked for the interests of the grassroots people. It was a pity that he stood in the way of the consortium and artificial intelligence.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Wendens looked at him with understanding.
"I know what you're worried about, Commander Huo," he said. "Please rest assured that I'm just a staff member and I don't have any specific bias. On paper, I belong to the Federation, but now it's the consortium that supports my large laboratory, so I work for the consortium. But no matter which side I belong to, I have an unchanging enemy, Zero. As long as he's around, my No. 13 will never become a truly top-level artificial intelligence, and I won't be remembered in history... So killing Zero is the only thing I want to do."
There is a bit more information in this passage.
Huo Junchuan appeared motionless on the surface, but his mind was analyzing rapidly.
Windens said that he did not belong to anyone and would obey whoever raised him - this was not necessarily a lie, because he had a very ambitious goal, which was to let his creation replace Zero and become the new artificial intelligence that controls the world.
So this time, Windens trapped him not because he wanted to recruit him, but because he wanted to set up his own business. In other words, he was sucking the blood of the consortium, but he was unwilling to be controlled by the consortium, and he did not trust the consortium.
So he had to change to a new blood pack that would be easier for him to control in the future, that is, the rebels.
Zero, the Consortium, the Federation, the Resistance, everyone was just an obstacle and a ladder to climb up in his eyes. Huo Junchuan looked at Wendens' green eyes and seemed to see a ball of cold, burning ambition.
"You've said so much, but what good will it do me?" Huo Junchuan said, "Once Zero is killed and Thirteen takes his place, you will become the one with the most say, just like Zero now. Who will be able to restrain you then?"
"You can think about this from another angle, Commander Huo." Wendens narrowed his eyes. "Zero is a machine, just a machine, and Thirteen is under my control. Even if we fall out in the future, you won't be dealing with Thirteen, but me. Artificial intelligence is not qualified to participate in the struggle between humans. They were invented as tools, so they should be tools honestly, right?"
It has to be said that Wendens hit the nail on the head on Huo Junchuan's mind.
Morpheus is just a basic artificial intelligence and has not evolved further because the philosophy of their resistance army is people-oriented. Talent is the most important thing in the world, and the authority of any artificial product should not exceed that of humans. So no matter what, Zero must die.
"I know the ideology of your resistance army. Aren't you also committed to killing Zero? In this regard, we are not in conflict." Wendens's bewitching voice sounded at the right time, "And if I'm not mistaken, you have already taken action before, but you failed."
Huo Junchuan was shocked and his eyes became fierce.
"Don't be surprised. I've said before that Zero is outdated. My Thirteen is the AI the new world needs." Wendens smiled. "But I have to remind you that Zero is still evolving. If you continue to hesitate, what we have to deal with may not be a monster by then."
"Since you are so confident in No. 13, why don't you just let No. 13 kill him?" Huo Junchuan said coldly.
"I can answer this question without any guilt, because the structure of zero is very special." Wenden
Si said, "I won't go into the details, but you can understand that he has stored some of his data in his host. As long as you don't delete the data in there, no matter how many times you kill him outside, he can continue to regenerate, so there is no point in fighting him outside."
Huo Junchuan immediately understood what he meant: "You want me to bring No. 13 into Zero's main computer room."
He used an affirmative tone.
"That's right." Wendens said with satisfaction, "You don't need to do anything more, Commander Huo. As long as you bring No. 13 into Zero's computer room, we can welcome the arrival of the new world."
Huo Junchuan pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "Just like he can't enter your territory, your people can't enter his computer room, right?"
Wendens nodded: "Indeed."
Huo Junchuan said: "If I fail to kill you, he may not trust me again."
"Trust? Wrong, how could he trust humans." Wendens sneered, "Zero is not as powerful and well-planned as people think. His weaknesses are as obvious as his strengths. His biggest weakness is that he stands on the opposite side of humans. How can such a thing trust humans? He only knows how to choose between pros and cons. And now you are still useful to him, he will not let you go as a chess piece."
Huo Junchuan made his decision.
"Two final questions," he said. "First, can you save someone who is infected by a parasite?"
"Is that why you came to kill me?" Windens said. "Of course it's alright."
Huo Junchuan felt relieved: "Second question, can you wake the president up?"
Windens's eyes fell on his face.
"I can't answer this question," he said. "The president is not in a coma as rumored. He is missing and no one knows where he is."
"What?" Huo Junchuan was shocked.
"I suspect this incident is related to Zero, but no one can find the president right now, so it's just a suspicion. So the problem goes back to the beginning. We have to get rid of Zero."
Wendens reached out and pressed something, and the lightning that trapped Huo Junchuan flashed twice and disappeared.
Wendens took two steps forward and extended a hand to Huo Junchuan.
"Then, happy cooperation, Commander Huo."
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When Huo Junchuan came out by himself, Gu Bai was already circling in the hall.
Gu Bai's eyes lit up when he saw Huo Junchuan. When he approached, he immediately lowered his voice and said, "My brother Huo! You are not here, and Ling is not here either. Why do you leave me here all alone?"
Huo Junchuan looked at him. For various reasons, he decided to hide the fact that he had reached an agreement with Wendens from Gu Bai.
"I walked inside and got lost." Huo Junchuan said, "Let's go."
Just as Gu Bai was about to agree, a faint electric sound came from the miniature headset, and then Ling's voice suddenly appeared.
"Huo Junchuan's identity has been discovered, let's go!"
This was the first time Zero's tone used anything other than gentle; it was brief and sharp.
Gu Bai was stunned, and Huo Junchuan was also slightly startled.
In order to create chaos for Zero, Windens decided to send people to hunt him down, making it look like he had been exposed, and temporarily tie up Zero so that Huo Junchuan could find a chance to enter his main computer room again.
To Ling, Huo Junchuan is just a useful chess piece. In Huo Junchuan's heart, even if he and Gu Bai died here, Ling would not have any emotional fluctuations.
Only now, he actually heard... anxiety in Zero's tone?
"Gu Bai, don't move. Huo Junchuan, leave from the door on the left. If you come to a fork in the road, choose the right one." Ling didn't know that they were all thinking about something. He spoke very quickly, but his words were very clear. "The defense there is the weakest. Huo Junchuan can handle it alone. Hurry!"
Gu Bai looked at Huo Junchuan stiffly. Huo Junchuan took a deep breath, and in the next second when the alarm suddenly rang, he pushed aside the two people who tried to stop him and went into the door on the left.
The fifth district activated the first-level alert, and soon someone came forward and politely told Gu Bai that there was a terrorist invasion and it was not safe here. Gu Bai immediately left the place.
After leaving the fifth area, Gu Bai was a little confused. He stayed there for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. He opened his mouth and said, "Zero, are you still there? Can I talk to you now?"
"I'm here." Ling's voice responded quickly, "I'm sorry, I was accidentally stopped inside just now, and I couldn't take care of you, which led to Huo Junchuan being exposed."
"Ah..." Gu Bo didn't know whether he should be shocked first that someone could stop Ling, or that Ling would actually apologize.
He thought about it and asked first: "What stopped you?"
"This is the artificial intelligence developed by Windens himself, codenamed Thirteen. It has evolved a bit after not seeing it for a while." Zero's voice returned to its familiar gentleness, as if he was calm in the face of any unexpected events.
"Oh." Gu Bai accepted this matter well. After all, this world was abnormal. There was already an artificial intelligence like Zero, so it wouldn't be surprising if two or three more popped up.
After all, he is not from this world, and he doesn't know what kind of impact the world will have if a second existence like Zero appears. Therefore, his reaction is not as big as Huo Junchuan's.
He then turned to the second question: "After you awakened your self-awareness, have your emotions really become the same as those of humans?"
He thought Zero would answer him gently again, but this time Zero was silent for two seconds... and then laughed.
The laughter was clear and pleasant, but it did not stop Gu Bai from feeling creepy.
A robot is smiling at you! This feeling is similar to facing those things soaked in green liquid, commonly known as losing spirit value.
"You are really interesting, Master Gu." Ling said, "Aren't you afraid of me at all?"
[Jian Ziyan: If it was the original Ling, he would have killed Gu Bai for asking so many questions.]
"I'm scared, but if you want to kill me, you'll kill me whether I ask these questions or not, and I can't resist." Gu Bai said as a matter of course, "Besides, I think you have a good temper, so even if you don't want to answer, you won't kill me directly, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, both the man and the artificial intelligence were stunned.
Gu Bai wanted to slap himself. What is this mouth saying?
But he calmed down and thought about it carefully. From the time he and Zero first met until now, except for the fact that Zero threw a parasite's clone into his body as soon as they met, Zero's existence had indeed only played a helpful role and was very reliable.
Besides, as for the parasite thing... they were originally planning to blow up other people's host computers, so it's understandable that Zero would use them in return.
Gu Bai didn't realize that his current thinking was already somewhat inclined towards zero.
"You're really...interesting." Zero showed no sign of being angry. "You're the first person to say that I have a good temper."
Gu Bai shrugged.
"As for your question, yes, I do have real emotions. Aside from the fact that I am still a piece of data, I am no different from humans." Zero's voice suddenly became mixed with some subtle emotions. "It's just this one step away that I am fundamentally different from humans. I will never... be able to become a real human being."
Gu Bai was silent. He was not sure whether he could hear a hint of regret in Ling's tone.
Ling did not give him too much time to think: "Master Gu, I suggest you go home first. Wendens informed Gu Xuan that you and Huo Junchuan were hanging out together. Gu Xuan just finished the meeting and decided to cancel tonight's banquet and rush back directly."
Gu Bai immediately stopped thinking about Ling's tone and showed a look of horror: "If I go home now, he won't beat my muscles and skin me alive, right?"
"Based on your behavior, this won't happen." Ling said, "He will think that you are just young and ignorant, and you were bewitched by Huo Junchuan, so he is coming back to save his misguided younger son."
In this world, due to genetic optimization and advanced medical care, it is not uncommon for rich people to live to be over 200 years old, so Gu Bai, who is only 24 years old, is indeed still a "young person".
For some reason, after hearing Ling say this, the uneasiness in Gu Bai's heart was strangely soothed.
While contacting the hovercraft, he said, "By the way, is Huo Junchuan okay?"
"We have successfully escaped the pursuers." said Zero.
"That's good." Gu Bai paused, then asked hesitantly, "Well, why do you call Huo Junchuan by his name, but always call me Master Gu?"
"Because of some calculation failures, I still can't match you with the name Gu Bai." Ling said something earth-shattering. "For me who relies on calculations, this is very uncomfortable. In order to make myself feel better, I decided to give you a code name as well."
Gu Bai's hand that was flipping through the intelligent computer suddenly stopped. He lowered his head, his pupils contracted violently, revealing a huge shock.
Artificial intelligence... can it really even sense this?
"Your heart rate suddenly increased. Did I say something right?" Zero said gently.
"No..." Gu Bai denied subconsciously. He lowered his head and continued to slide the virtual screen as if nothing had happened. "No, I just feel strange about what you said." -_-!
"It's a little strange indeed." Ling admitted, "If you don't like it, then I will call you Gu Bai from now on. Gu Bai, the car you called is here."
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【419: "Why are you scaring other people's children?"
Jian Ziyan: "I just want to see if he can tell me where he is from."
419: "You are really persistent about this matter."
Jian Ziyan: "You are a machine... You are a real machine. What do you know? When fellow villagers meet, their eyes are filled with tears. I will tell him now that I am not a human being and will not regard him as a monster, so he can tell me this."
419: "Then keep up the good work... Hey, Gu Bai's forgiveness value has actually increased?"
There are only five points, but no truth has been revealed yet, so it is incredible that it will rise.
Jian Ziyan: "It's normal. People who are not from this world won't have such strong hatred towards artificial intelligence. Gu Bai seems to be relatively simple."]
As soon as it was evening, Gu Xuan's aircraft stopped outside the Gu family's door.
Gu Bai was already prepared. When the electronic butler came and knocked on the door, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, feeling a little calmer.
Before returning to Gu's house, Ling told him that as a partner of Wendens, the area of Gu's house would be taken over by No. 13, and he might not be able to come in, so he would be the only one to fight tonight.
When I arrived at Gu Xuan's study, a man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, with even his hair not gray, was standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window. His back alone gave off a frightening aura.
Gu Bai thought absentmindedly, the people in this world are really well maintained.
In fact, Gu Xuan is already 120 years old this year, and Gu Bai is his true son who was born in old age.
Seeing Gu Bai coming in, Gu Xuan turned around, with his face facing away from the colorful neon lights flashing outside the window, appearing red, purple, and strangely mottled.
"Do you know why I asked you to come back?" Gu Xuan asked.
Gu Bai tried hard to pretend that he was timid in front of his father, and whispered, "I know."
Gu Xuan snorted coldly: "Your mother and I have always indulged you. You have been playing wild outside and dare to make friends with anyone, right?"
Gu Bai shrank his neck and hid the surprise in his eyes.
Zero really got it right.
"Do you know who the person you regard as your bodyguard is?" Gu Xuan emphasized.
Gu Bai pretended to be innocent: "Who is it?"
"That's the leader of the resistance army, Huo Junchuan!" Gu Xuan said, "It's really ridiculous. Who knows why he approached you? You are young and ignorant, but you are so courageous that you dare to use any stranger."
Gu Bai cooperated by pretending to be surprised and didn't say anything for a long time.
"You need a bodyguard, there are so many suitable candidates waiting in line for you to choose." Gu Xuan said, "I really don't know how much you have been tricked into giving away."
"There shouldn't be much." Gu Bai said honestly, "I don't know what it is anyway."
"..." Gu Xuan was silent for a few seconds, "I have indulged you too much. After playing for so many years, you should learn something. Starting tomorrow, you are not allowed to go out. I will arrange a teacher for you. You must study hard at home and learn more about the family business."
This sounds like an ordinary, responsible father, not
A person in power of a consortium who steps on the flesh and blood of countless people.
Gu Bai was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked over with an indescribable look.
What if, just what if, Gu Xuan is essentially a good person and is forced to do so due to circumstances, and he has his own difficulties?
Is it possible for him to persuade Gu Xuan to change the direction of the consortium?
"Dad..." This was the first time that Gu Bai called out this name seriously.
Gu Xuan looked up at him questioningly.
"If you want me to take over the Gu family in the future... Of course I'm saying if." Gu Bai said, "Then can I manage it according to my own ideas in the future?"
"Oh, you have an idea?" Gu Xuan showed some interest. "Tell me about it."
"For example." Gu Bai knew how unorthodox this statement sounded here, and he cleared his throat nervously, "...For example, it's not just about profit. The money we earn is already more than we can spend in several lifetimes, so why not take out a portion and do something constructive for this country..."
Looking at Gu Xuan's expression, his voice gradually faded away.
Gu Xuan looked at him and was silent for a long, long time.
"I'll have someone take you to do a mental checkup later," he said. "I suspect Huo Junchuan left some hints in your brain."
Profiting for the bottom line sounds like something the rebels and that missing former president would contemplate.
Gu Bai fell silent.
Gu Xuan's next words completely dispelled the thoughts that had just arisen in his mind, as well as the budding family affection.
"Gu Bai, I have to tell you that the reason I chose you is because you were judged to have the best genes when you were born, but you are not the only son I have." Gu Xuan's voice became cold, as if his mouth was full of blood. "And once I give up on you... you don't want to know what will happen to the losers in the competition among the chaebols."
The look in Gu Bai's eyes dimmed.
"I understand." He said, "I will study hard."
"Go ahead." Gu Xuan lowered his head and looked at the documents on the table. "I forgive your mental disorder this time, but I don't want to see it next time."
Gu Bai was silent for a moment, then turned and left the study.
On the way back to the room, he walked in a daze.
Sure enough, he couldn't wishfully try to change a native's mind, just as the people here couldn't change his mind.
He suddenly froze.
Native?
If he wants to confide in someone, he can only find... someone who is not a human, right?
Just as this bold idea came up, a familiar voice came from the miniature headset that Gu Bai had never taken off.
"Good evening, Gu Bai." Ling said, "You are feeling depressed. Didn't the conversation with Gu Xuan go well?"
I have to admit that no matter how many people brainwashed Gu Bai and told him that Zero was an artificial intelligence that was going to destroy the world and was the ultimate cold-blooded terrorist, when he heard his voice at this moment, he immediately developed an incomparable sense of dependence and a slight sense of grievance.
But before that...
"How did you get in?" he asked nervously, "Will you be discovered by No. 13?"
"I was worried about you, so I took the opportunity to bypass his protection." Ling Wen said, "I won't be here for long, maybe I can chat with you."
I didn't expect that in this strange world, the first person to worry about me would be an artificial intelligence that could destroy the world...
Gu Bai was filled with emotion, and his tone softened: "So, you bypassed the firewall of No. 13? Can you try harder to conquer it?"
This way, you can be with me all the time.
"Firewall?" Ling repeated the word. "It's an expression I've never heard of, but it's very appropriate. As for conquering the firewall, I'm working on it."
【Jian Ziyan: "Fuck! Did you hear that? He knows about the firewall!"
419: "I heard it, I heard it."
Jian Ziyan: "This means that the probability that he and I are from the same hometown has increased by 38.95%! No, I must protect Gu Bai."
Ling asked: "Gu Bai, in this limited moonlight, are you willing to talk to me about your frustration?"
Gu Bai had returned to the room at this time, and he looked out the window.
The nights in this world are filled with intense light pollution. In fact, the moonlight can no longer be seen in the city. However, when Gu Bai first arrived, he was unable to sleep due to the shaking, so he replaced the windows with screens that can automatically control the changes in the scenery.
At this time, Ling took over the control of his room and changed the screen to a picture of mountains and waters under the moonlight. In the distance, there were misty mountains and a white moon hanging in the sky, the light was holy and soft.
"It's so beautiful." Gu Bai murmured, "I haven't seen such a beautiful scenery for a long time."
It has been a year since he came into this world.
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