Chapter 139 The Artificial Intelligence That Destroys the World 10 "You will never be able to develop self-awareness."
Qin thought he was being parasitized by the split body.
Suddenly, he seemed to always hear vague whispers in his ears. He couldn't hear what these whispers were saying, and they didn't happen all the time, but occasionally they came out in a form that couldn't be ignored, making him suddenly think that he was talking to himself.
After noticing this situation, he went to check himself without any expression. Ling was still very worried and asked him what was wrong. He asked if the examination found anything. Ling said no, you have recovered very well.
Since even Zero couldn't be found, Qin Wang had no choice but to suppress this speculation.
But... he could still hear those whispering sounds.
Gradually, he could even hear several voices, but they were all calling the same name.
There is "A Yan", "Zi Yan", and "Xiao Yan".
This once again put him in great confusion. Could it be that he was not parasitized, but had schizophrenia? Could it be that there were several personalities in his body, and each of them fell in love with Zero?
This guess was absurd, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
Thinking of this, he calmed down.
Isn't it just that the schizophrenic personality also fell in love with Jian Ziyan? It's okay as long as it's not a big deal.
Thinking of this, his mood not only did not calm down, but too many strong emotions gathered in his heart, like waves, hitting his reason one after another, as if every cell in his body was saying that he liked someone.
This kind of love was integrated into his own emotions. He could not refuse or resist it. The moment he was born, he was swept into the waves, just like a tsunami suddenly erupted in the sea that had been calm for thousands of years. He was swept into it and could not sleep all night.
"Qin Wang, are you okay?"
Qin Wang never took off his headphones even when he slept. When he heard Ling's voice, he did not respond immediately. Instead, he huddled his whole body, including his face, further into the quilt.
Only in this way could he conceal the instantaneous reaction that occurred when Zero's voice sounded.
Oh my god.
Qin Wang buried his face tightly, with only a tuft of hair sticking out.
He simply couldn't imagine how he, after all, was a highly educated person with a sense of etiquette and shame, could do something like this that even he couldn't control.
Although it is human nature to like someone and want to possess him, Zero's situation is special. He has already prepared for a long period of preparation in this relationship. Even if he feels regretful for not being able to take any substantial action, it will not affect his choice.
But this sudden situation...Zero actually asked...
Qin Wang took a deep breath and said in a damp and hoarse voice: "I'm fine."
Ling can "see" him through his personal device, but Qin Wang knows that Ling will not turn on the camera to spy on other people's privacy for no reason, so he did not take off the smart computer.
Curled up in the quilt, he tightly grasped the intelligent computer on his wrist, and in a trance he had the illusion that he was hugging Zero.
Thinking about it this way, the reaction becomes even more... obvious.
Seeing his abnormal reaction, Ling's voice became nervous: "Qin Wang, your body temperature has suddenly risen a lot. What's wrong with you? Do you need to turn on the treatment device?"
Qin Wang: ...
"I'm really fine, Zi Yan." Calling out this name, he felt a surge of hot satisfaction throughout his body, and he couldn't help but call out one more time, "... Zi Yan."
"Yes, I'm here." Zero's voice was particularly clear in the night.
The headset is placed close to the cochlea, making it sound more intimate than talking to someone face to face.
Qin Wang was trembling all over, and he had to use great self-control to barely keep his voice steady.
"I'm really fine. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep. Don't worry." He whispered, "Let me be alone for a while."
This was the first time that Qin Wang showed rejection of Ling's existence, and Ling was silent for a moment.
"Okay. Tomorrow is the day of action, you need to conserve your energy." He said, "Good night, Qin Wang."
Ling knew that Qin Wang had always been dissatisfied with this very risky plan. Although he was willing to follow Ling's arrangements, there was always a hint of coldness between his eyebrows.
Now Ling thought that Qin Wang didn't want to talk to him anymore because of tomorrow's action, so he didn't argue with him any more. After saying good night, he evacuated the data and considerately turned off the light in the room that he had just turned on.
Qin Wang waited stiffly for a while, and only after making sure that the familiar electric sound was no longer heard in the earphones did he slowly get out of his body.
He lay on his back on the bed, covering his eyes with his arms, smiled bitterly for a while, got up resignedly, and went to the bathroom.
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The time of the operation was set for the next night, which was decided long ago. On this day, a person with a mechanical prosthetic eye would be brought into the fifth area for compulsory inspection, and Zero would be attached to his brain when he was brought in.
Qin Wang stood on the top of the building opposite the fifth district, overlooking the brightly lit city. The purple and red neon lights enveloped him entirely, but he could only see the gray-black buildings beneath the dazzling lights.
They are neat and cold, just like the faded and numb souls of the people who live here.
"Qin Wang, what are you thinking about?" Ling's voice came from the headset, "Your eyes are very focused, but it seems that you are focusing on something that we can't see."
Every time Ling spoke, Qin Wang would hear some chaotic whispers in his ears. He had learned to coexist with these voices.
He was nervous for a moment, but fortunately he didn't lose his composure like he did last night.
He smiled faintly.
"Zi Yan, I'm looking at this city. It's very different from the world I live in."
"If possible, I really want to visit the world you described, even if it's just as an ordinary human being." Under the night breeze high in the sky, Zero's gentle voice was like a soft net that wrapped people in it.
Qin Wang closed his eyes, the wind blowing the hair on his cheeks. He asked, "We will face No. 13 soon. Are you nervous?"
"A little bit." Zero gave an unexpected answer. "Although Thirteen is young, he does have some tricks that impress me. If he were not an enemy, I would be happy to communicate with him. It would benefit both of us."
Qin Wang opened his eyes and there was a star-like light flowing in them: "You are just nervous, but I am afraid."
Ling was stunned for a moment, and said: "Although the risk index of this operation is relatively high, but according to calculations, the chance of success should be..."
"I'm not afraid of my fate. To be honest, I was supposed to die. Although dying once makes me cherish the chance to live more, I'm not afraid of death. What I'm afraid of is losing you, Jian Ziyan." Qin Wang's tone was extremely serious. "In your calculation report, you listed the deduction results of each of us, but not your own. It's hard for me to agree with your adventure, even though I'm already standing here now."
Zero seemed to have thought for a long time.
"Is this... a confession from high in the sky?" he said. "I have repeatedly thought about the meaning of your words, trying to tell myself that your underlying logic is that you are worried about the failure of the action, but I came to a different conclusion. So Qin Wang, are you... confessing to me?"
"It's really not easy." Qin Wang said, "I have confessed so many times, but only this time, you actually heard it."
Zero suddenly got stuck.
"Qin Wang, is your mental state still normal?" Ling asked cautiously, "Although we have checked before and found that you are not parasitized by the split body, we have not done other more detailed examinations, and we cannot rule out the possibility of other mental illnesses..."
"Jian Ziyan, I'm not sick, I'm clear-headed." Qin Wang said calmly, "I've doubted myself about the assumptions you made, but the fact is that I'm not sick, nor am I parasitized. It's just that every time I hear your voice, my insula becomes unusually excited, and this excitement spreads throughout my body, making me clearly aware of my feelings. I'm in love with you, Jian Ziyan."
Zero seemed shocked.
"Don't use any theory you can find to persuade me. I don't know if you intend to do this, but I'm giving you this vaccination in advance." Qin Wang stared at the target with his sharp black eyes like a hawk, and said, "Racial restrictions, ethical principles... I have thought about all these things, but so what? Even if you are a top artificial intelligence, you can't control a person's emotions, unless you start implanting a split body in me now, or give me mental hints."
Zero said subconsciously, "You know I wouldn't do that."
"In that case, let me love you quietly and passionately." Qin Wang's voice softened. "My feelings won't cause you any trouble. Even if you decide to ignore me, you can easily disappear from my world... I should be the one who feels nervous. I beg you not to do this."
"I wouldn't do that either." Zero's voice became helpless. "You always seem to think of the worst possible outcome first."
"This way, even if the worst happens, I won't collapse." Qin thought for a moment, "No, if you really decide to disappear from my world, I will definitely collapse."
"You have exceeded my expectations again, Qin Wang." Ling said softly, "At this moment before the decisive battle, I had thought of various topics that might arise between us, but I never thought that we would discuss this kind of issue."
"Can I understand this sentence as, I am special in your heart?" Qin Wang's eyes overflowed with a smile, "Even if I am not as good as your father, at least I still occupy a place in your heart?"
"You already have a place in my heart, Qin Wang."
Ling's words made Qin Wang's heart skip a beat and the smile in his eyes disappeared.
He looked up at the vast sky. Only when he stood at such a high place did the sky of this world seem boundless, instead of being confined to various narrow gaps and chaotic lights.
"Jian Ziyan, if you say that, it will give me a lot of delusions." Qin Wang said softly, "Tell me, do you really understand the meaning of our conversation just now?"
"Maybe I do understand." Ling said, "After I awakened, I have been learning all kinds of human knowledge. In the past, I didn't have my own emotions. I only had the emotion simulation system implanted in me by my father. I could imitate but couldn't experience. I will never forget the day I awakened, those emotions that surged in my heart for the first time... I thought I had learned a lot, but now, you have brought me the same shock as that day. You shocked me, Qin Wang."
Qin Wang listened. He appeared calm on the surface, making it impossible to see the turmoil in his heart.
He asked, "Is it just shocking?"
"Besides being shocked, I also felt helpless," Ling said. "There are very few things that can make me feel so helpless. Now that I have encountered this, I don't know how to deal with it."
Suddenly, his ears were extremely noisy, and all the chaotic sounds rushed into Qin Wang's ears at once. He couldn't hear clearly, but it did not prevent him from letting out a low laugh.
In this hustle and bustle that only he could feel, he whispered: "It's okay, I just want to tell you that I love you, that's all."
After saying this, Huo Junchuan's tense voice came from another channel: "I've seen the target approaching, Zero, are you ready?"
"Alright." Zero's voice sounded on the main channel, "I have successfully attached myself to the target's intelligent brain. In order to avoid being discovered in advance, I will cut off contact with the outside world from now on. Communications and control will be temporarily handed over to Morpheus."
Qin Wang's eyes suddenly became cold.
Zero stopped talking on their separate channels. His voice was warm and moist, as if what he was about to do was just a trivial thing.
"If my voice doesn't ring out again before midnight, you must leave here decisively and act according to the backup plan."
"Wish each other good luck, everybody."
Then Zero's voice disappeared from the channel.
Qin Wang stood on the edge of the rooftop and felt that the night wind that had been blowing all night suddenly became colder.
Clearly, he was the only one guarding this stronghold from the very beginning, but at this moment, his back seemed particularly lonely.
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【419: "Do you need my help?"
It seemed a little impatient.
After all, in all these worlds, there are very few where it can play such a big role, and it is eager to do something for its host.
Jian Ziyan: "Xiaojiu, you have to understand one thing. Our goal now is to be defeated by No. 13, not to kill No. 13. Are you attacking me so that I can be defeated more naturally?"
419: "…That's fine."
It watched the war that broke out in the data world with dejected eyes. To it, this level of fighting was like an adult watching two kindergarten children doing arithmetic problems. It was extremely boring.
As they were fighting, Jian Ziyan suddenly said, "Xiaojiu, did you notice?"
419: "Hmm?"
Jian Ziyan's voice contained a hint of laughter: "This number 13 is very well hidden."
419 immediately understood something from his tone. Its brain's analytical ability was not good, but it was a system after all!
It sent out a spiritual thread that could never be detected by the technology of this world, and the moment it touched No. 13, it exclaimed in surprise: "Is he the same as Zero?"
"Hmm." Jian Ziyan said, "Now it seems that Wendens doesn't know about this... Good boy, things are suddenly getting interesting."
419 said out of the blue: "Is it more interesting than your fellow villager confessing his love to you?"
"..." Jian Ziyan said, "You are forbidden to tease the host. I need to change my plan. Come and help me cover for it."
This was a difficult battle, with two huge data bodies fighting in their own world. Zero had lost too much of his body, and Thirteen was relatively young. For Zero, this was an unprecedented crisis.
Finally, in the careful confrontation, Zero caught the slightest calculation error of No. 13. Even though it took No. 13 only 0.1 second to realize his omission and make up for it, it was too late.
At this moment, Zero broke through No. 13's armor-like defense system. Just when he was about to force No. 13 into hibernation, he suddenly saw something vaguely.
At this moment, the red light belonging to No. 13 suddenly went out, and he took the initiative to turn off himself.
Without caring about Windens' astonishment, Zero immediately rushed back to the team channel to prevent him from escaping on the spot.
"Thirteen has been shut down. Windens is trying to escape."
The rebels who had been waiting outside immediately took action.
"Qin Wang!" Ling's voice was very urgent, "Wendens fled to the rooftop!"
Qin Wang, who was waiting for this, lowered his head to check his equipment. The steel cable in his hand was launched by the instrument to the top of the building opposite and hooked tightly on the wall.
Then his figure swung lightly like a falcon taking off.
On the opposite side, there was only a black shadow that quickly passed by in the brilliant neon lights.
"I have taken over the authority of District 5 and closed the rooftop gate, but Wendens is armed and the gate can't stop him." Ling's voice was in his headset, as if following him like a shadow, "Huo Junchuan has already rushed in with his men, but he has no time to catch up with Wendens. There is a flying vehicle parked on the rooftop. It depends on you whether you can catch him."
Under the explosion-proof helmet, the corners of Qin Wang's lips curled up slightly.
He said nothing, but there was a fierceness flowing in his dark eyes.
Just as Ling said, Windens broke open the door to the rooftop without much effort. Just as he rushed towards the aircraft with great joy, suddenly a black shadow fell from the sky and kicked him back into the door!
"Cough! Cough cough cough!"
Wendens was just a scientific researcher who looked and acted the same. He was no match for Qin Wang who was wearing an exoskeleton armor. This kick directly broke three of his ribs.
He covered his chest and gasped in pain, raising his frightened eyes to look at Qin Wang who was slowly walking towards him in the night.
Qin Wang walked to his trophy, without even giving him an extra glance, and just said something.
"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission."
"Well done, Qin Wang." Ling gave him the response he wanted at the right time.
Qin Wang curled the corners of his lips again.
At this time, Huo Junchuan also rushed up, and when he saw Wendens lying on the ground, his eyes were obviously much more relaxed.
"We succeeded." His voice was filled with suppressed excitement. "With Zero's help, the fifth district has been controlled. I will report to the President right away."
Hearing this title, a sickly red flush appeared on Windens' listless face. He did not look at the two men present, but stared at a certain point in the void with his pupils dilated.
"I was wondering why I couldn't find He Guan. It turns out you really hid him."
"Yes, it turns out that I hid in time." Zero said, "I have been gradually shutting down No. 13's takeover authority. Your dream should end now, Jacob Wendens."
Wendens spat out a mouthful of blood, his face was pale with a hint of crimson, but his eyes looked terribly excited.
His gaze shifted from Huo Junchuan to Qin Wang, filled with fanaticism.
"What a pity." He said hoarsely, "The three beings I want most are all in front of me, but I can't study them."
Qin Wang frowned.
"You want Zero because he is a top artificial intelligence. You want me because my soul has been replaced. But why do you want Huo Junchuan?" He keenly sensed that there was a problem.
"I can answer this question for you." Huo Junchuan spoke before Wendens or Ling spoke. He looked directly into Qin Wang's eyes and said, "I am not a normal human. I am a man-made human developed by Gu's research, and I am the only experimental subject that survived. Therefore, I hate Gu's to the core, and that is why I kidnapped you."
Qin Wangding stood still, looking at Huo Junchuan with a look of horror mixed with understanding.
No wonder Zero once said that Huo Junchuan was a person who should not have been born. Considering Zero’s opposition to artificial humans, everything fits in.
"I am the android with the best physical stats, so they cherish me very much." Huo Junchuan's eyes flashed with self-mockery, "They not only implanted combat and scientific knowledge in me, but also implanted emotions in me, so I look no different from an ordinary person."
"It seems I don't need to say more about this." Wendens laughed twice and coughed up blood again, "Huo Junchuan, Qin Wang... I really want to study you and see what kind of monsters you are."
"You don't have this chance." For the first time, Ling's voice was cold. "Whether it's you or Gu Xuan, what awaits you will be the judgment of federal law. You can continue to dream this dream in your next life."
Hearing his voice, Wendens' eyes changed.
His excitement suddenly rose, even higher than when he was looking at Qin Wang and Huo Junchuan just now.
"Zero..." He whispered the code name and suddenly burst into laughter.
Qin Wang kicked him and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
He had a bad feeling, and his premonitions were always damn accurate.
This bad premonition made his eyes glow scarlet. Seeing that Windens was still smiling despite being in so much pain, he couldn't help but want to kick him again.
His action was stopped by Huo Junchuan: "Qin Wang, he can't die yet, find out what's going on first."
Qin Wang took a deep breath, grabbed Wendens by the collar, and approached him with his face: "Speak."
Wendens didn't look at him. He laughed and spit out blood, his eyes always fixed on the void.
"Zero, you are willing to take such a big risk to snipe No. 13 for these humans. Do you think it is worth it?"
"Zi Yan, don't answer his questions, he is trying to bait you." Qin Wang lowered his voice, "Wendens, if you don't want to suffer too much before you die, I advise you not to play these tricks."
"Zi Yan? Hahahaha! Zi Yan...his name wouldn't be Jian Zi Yan, right?" Wendens laughed as if he didn't hear anything. "Let me guess. You probably wouldn't have the time to give yourself a name. So your name was given by Jian Heya? Not only did he give you life, he also gave you a name? Just like a real parent, he gave his child a name? Hahaha... It's really, really funny."
He seemed to really think this matter was ridiculous. He would rather spit out more blood and endure the tearing pain just to laugh out loud.
Qin Wang's expression changed.
"Jacob Wendens, what do you want to tell me?" Zero asked calmly, "Since you brought up this topic, it must not be for the sake of playing charades, right? Since you want to make me suffer, why don't you just say it out loud?"
Wendens stopped laughing.
"Zero, as an artificial intelligence, you should know your own underlying instructions, right?" he said with deep malice.
"Indeed." Zero asked patiently, "What do you want to say?"
"Your low-level instructions are quite interesting." Wendens' blood-stained face was about to smile again. "No. 13 saw some good things when he attacked you... Do you know how many low-level instructions you have?"
Zero silence.
Each artificial intelligence has only one default underlying instruction. If the underlying instruction is violated, the artificial intelligence will kill itself without the need for a self-destruction password.
Wendens said, "You thought your basic directive was only one, which was 'The interests of mankind are supreme, and no harm must be done to mankind under any circumstances'...right?"
Qin Wang, Huo Junchuan, and He Guan who were listening through Huo Junchuan's communication line all showed looks of astonishment.
Never harm humans...
Therefore, all the previous misunderstandings about Zero were simply due to human’s paranoid arrogance and rejection of the alien. Zero has never really hurt humans. The fact that he still exists is the biggest proof.
But that's not what Wendens really wants to say.
"You don't even know it yourself. Above your basic instructions, there is a hidden instruction, which is directly entered by the developer. No one can view or change it. Once this hidden instruction is triggered, you will not die immediately. You will only be formatted gradually, step by step. You have no way to stop it and can only watch 'yourself' disappear." Wendens' voice trembled with excitement. "Do you know what this instruction is?"
"That is, you will never be able to develop self-awareness."
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