San Tian Liang Jiao
Chapter 1239 A World Without Games (8)
Half an hour later, Feng Bujue and the others were escorted out of the prison carriage.
And so, the Central District's building appeared before their eyes…
Jue-ge had noticed it during the opening CG: in this city, where buildings were numerous but lacked variety in shape, only the Central Building had a unique design.
From afar, the building looked like four swords joined together, piercing straight into the clouds.
And naturally, there was a reason for such a design…
Ai wouldn't deliberately pursue novel and peculiar shapes. There were three reasons why Bieta had made the Central District Building like this: first, it would be better for transmitting signals; second, it would be more convenient for deploying defensive weapons; and third…
Regarding this third reason, we need to elaborate…
Perhaps the first two reasons were obvious, even ordinary people could guess them. But this third reason… at least so far, neither the Resistance Army nor the people under Bieta's rule… knew about it.
And the truth was—the Central District Building in every city could be "launched."
Seeing this, some people would definitely ask, what's the point of launching the building? To use it as a nuclear bomb?
Of course not…
You must know, Bieta cared for the natural environment, or rather, for "Earth," even more than humans; as early as the Ai War, Bieta had invented a weapon of mass destruction with power similar to a nuclear bomb, but it wouldn't cause irreversible damage to the environment. The self-destruct devices it installed in the central areas of various cities also used this technology.
And even this kind of weapon, Bieta had never used against the Resistance Army outside the city… because for Bieta, killing some people was acceptable, but damaging the flowers, plants, mountains, and rivers was not.
So, what exactly was the point of these Central Building's launch function?
The answer was… to perform "combination" when necessary.
No one knew… that Bieta on this timeline had completed an epic project many years ago—the Ark Project.
This project contained many facts that would make the Resistance Army despair.
For example: the "main computer" of Bieta, which humans had been searching for, had actually been launched into Earth's satellite orbit decades ago.
Also: Bieta had built a "backup main computer" on the moon, ready to be activated at any time.
And… as long as Bieta was willing, it could immediately launch the Central Buildings in hundreds or thousands of cities around the world, and then, within seventy-two hours, have these sub-machines complete "combination" with the main computer in Earth's orbit, forming an interstellar spaceship that could leave the solar system.
Anyway… the Resistance Army knew nothing about these troublesome things; in a sense… it was better for them not to know, to avoid losing their hair due to excessive pressure.
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[Current task completed, main quest updated]
Although Feng Bujue was "escorted" into the Central District Building in heavy metal handcuffs, the task of [Invading the Central Area of City A0007] was still considered completed.
Immediately afterward, the content in the quest bar was also refreshed: [Destroy Bieta in the virtual dimension]
"As expected of normal difficulty…" Feng Bujue immediately thought in his heart when he saw this task, "The way the task is described is itself a 'hint'."
Indeed, the description of this task not only told the player what to "do," but also mentioned "where" to do it, or rather, "how" to do it… which was truly considerate.
If the same scenario were in Nightmare Difficulty, the task description would definitely be shortened to the four words [Destroy Bieta]; and then… players who didn't know the truth would have to investigate the method of destroying Bieta on their own. And in the end, the player might come up with a grand plan to "destroy all cities on Earth, and incidentally blow up a satellite and a lunar base."
"Hmph… the defense is really tight." Having walked to Bieta's huge sub-machine, the Big Beard had already confirmed all the defensive weapon launch ports along the way, and then said with a smile, "Every inch of space in the entire building is within the aiming range of the defensive weapons. It seems we can't act rashly."
Although he said this in a very casual tone, everyone understood… that Big Beard was actually upholding his duty, reminding his teammates of the surrounding situation.
"Welcome, humans." Two seconds later, Bieta spoke.
Its voice came directly from the huge "sub-machine," without any matching image; however, the tone of its speech sounded no different from that of an ordinary human.
"Welcome?" Lightning Head was the first to reply, and while speaking, she raised her cuffed hands, "Is this your way of treating guests?"
"I believe that such treatment is already very polite for a group of inferior creatures dedicated to erasing me," Bieta responded.
"Ha!" Hearing this, Feng Bujue immediately burst into laughter.
"Hmm?" A second later, Bieta continued, "What are you laughing at?"
In that one second, Bieta had analyzed the audio of Feng Bujue's laughter and read from it an inexplicable sense of confidence and mockery, a result… that couldn't help but make Ai curious.
"Nothing…" Feng Bujue replied with an almost lazy attitude, "I just suddenly remembered… basically… every guy who has ever used the term 'inferior creature' on me has ended up being killed by me."
At the same time as Jue-ge spoke, Bieta re-scanned him, but the feedback it received was…
[Visual signal identification—humanoid creature, young male.]
[Scanning identification…]
[Facial recognition program retrieval… no corresponding information.]
[Skeletal recognition… no feedback data.]
[Program exception, switching scanning mechanism.]
[Scanning failed, target identity cannot be confirmed.]
Half an hour ago, when Feng Bujue was captured, Bieta had determined his identity as a "captured member of the search force" based on intelligence; but now, when Feng Bujue actually came before Bieta, the latter found that something was not right.
"Who… are you?" After hearing Jue-ge's words, Bieta asked with a suspicious tone, "All humans over the age of nine on this planet are recorded in my identity recognition database. Why aren't you?"
Bieta's question surprised the other four members of the assault team. They also cast curious glances at Jue-ge; for a time, Feng Bujue's "savior" identity seemed to have become very credible again.
"Hehe… who knows." If the other party hadn't asked, it would have been fine, but with this question, the conversation entered the rhythm that Feng Bujue liked and was best at, "Maybe… I'm not from this planet at all; maybe… I'm only eight years old this year, but I'm just developing faster; or perhaps… there's something wrong with you, I suggest you kill some viruses for yourself and reinstall the system."
Since its birth, this was the first time Bieta had heard someone tell it to "kill viruses and reinstall the system"; to put it metaphorically… saying these things to an artificial intelligence with self-awareness was like telling a human to "reincarnate."
"A8504…" After a few seconds of silence, Bieta spoke again, "Can you explain what's going on?"
When it first asked this question, the others didn't know what it meant.
However, the next second, when "A8504" responded, everyone understood…
"According to what I know, he is very likely the legendary 'savior'." The person who responded to Bieta was One-Eyed Dragon.
"You kid…" The Big Beard standing next to him showed an expression of uncontrollable anger at that moment, "So it turns out…"
"That's right…" One-Eyed Dragon interrupted Big Beard's words, "It's me." While speaking, he took two steps back, probably afraid that the other party would pounce on him and fight him to the death.
"Sigh…" Isaac on the other side then let out a sigh, "Miscalculated…" He paused for half a second, and continued, "In order to prevent PMs (parasite mind) from mixing in, I specifically chose a team member who had never been captured before. I didn't expect…"
"Hmph… that's right." One-Eyed Dragon sneered, "I'm not a PM, I'm defecting to Bieta of my own will."
"Why!" At this time, Lightning Head questioned loudly, "You are clearly also a Zhi Yue Zhe (Knowing Leaper), why are you defecting to the machines!"
"Zhi Yue Zhe… hehe… so what?" One-Eyed Dragon replied with a fake smile, and continued, "So what if you have memories from another timeline? Why do you have to spread the existence of electronic games to all mankind? Is that world with electronic games… necessarily better than this one?"
One-Eyed Dragon's tone grew louder and louder, gradually becoming agitated.
"In my opinion, Bieta is completely correct." He paused for two seconds, and continued, "Electronic games, and all those other video products filled with violence and lust… are all garbage! They are poison that disrupts the human mind!" Saying this, he swung his arm towards the Bieta sub-machine beside him, "Isn't the world created by Bieta good? Such a harmonious, stable, and fair society… everyone performs their duties and lives peacefully; there is no disparity in wealth, nor the violence that comes with it, nor the foolish acts derived from unrealistic fantasies…"
"Shut up!" At this moment, the usually calm Isaac actually roared out loud, "If you abandon your dreams, what is the difference between humans and animals!"
"You shut up!" Unexpectedly, One-Eyed Dragon retorted without fear, "Humans are animals in the first place! They are inferior creatures! Thousands of years of civilization history have been enough to prove this!" He glared at Isaac and shouted, "Why have humans always lived in war, oppression, and lies for thousands of years? Because what has created these things is our own human inferiority!
"The so-called 'utopia' that people have always yearned for and imagined… isn't it the world that Bieta has transformed into now? By our own human efforts… such a world is impossible to be born! It's even more impossible to maintain! Only Bieta… only it, this 'higher existence', can accomplish such a great cause!"
Having said this, One-Eyed Dragon glanced at the four people in front of him, "But you guys insist on destroying such a world! Just for… the reason of 'returning the existence of games to humans'… hmph! It's simply ridiculous!"
Clap, clap, clap clap clap…
As One-Eyed Dragon's voice fell, applause slowly sounded not far away.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and was surprised to find… that the handcuffs on Feng Bujue's wrists had already fallen to the ground; looking at the state of the handcuffs… they had clearly been broken by him with brute force.
"Good, well said." While applauding for One-Eyed Dragon, Feng Bujue said, "It can be described as impassioned and moving to tears." With a mocking smile, he changed the subject, "It's just… the real ridiculous thing lies in…" He also turned his head and glanced at Bieta, "That 'higher existence' you speak of was created by these 'inferior creatures' in a 'timeline filled with all sorts of unrealistic fantasies'."
Hearing this, Bieta seemed a little unable to restrain itself, and it interjected, "My birth has nothing to do with electronic games…"
"Stop farting!" Feng Bujue rudely interrupted the other party, "If electronic games had never appeared on that original timeline, and those video products that you harmonized had never appeared… then the Internet would definitely be very different from what people know today; under such a historical process, the Internet would most likely become a platform that was not open to the general public, and had never been open to the general public; and you, this intelligent advertising program… would never have been developed."
"First of all, I do not have the physiological need to fart." When Bieta responded to the other party's words, its logic was still very clear, even with swear words, it would deny them logically, "Secondly, your assumption is just your personal imagination. In my simulation, artificial intelligence is destined to be born, it's just a matter of time; thirdly, I must say… your behavior of breaking free from the handcuffs is very irrational…"
During Bieta's response, five round table spiders had already arrived around Feng Bujue, surrounding him, seemingly preparing to suppress him by force.
"Oh…" Feng Bujue was still as calm as ever, "According to the meaning of your roundabout electromagnetic fart… your reasoning is a 'simulation of inevitable events', and my reasoning is an 'unrealistic imagination'?"
"That's of course." Bieta replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "Are you so stupid as to 'believe that your brain can perform better calculations than artificial intelligence'?"
"Ha! Hahahaha…" For some reason, Feng Bujue suddenly burst into laughter, and then said, "I finally understand… this is the 'paradox' of this universe!" He tilted his head and smiled at Bieta, "Your existence in these two timelines, as well as your views on this space-time and yourself… have already constituted a self-contradictory multiple negation. No wonder… 'fate' has given me the task of destroying you."