Chapter 245

"Ah?"

"Don't worry, the reason I didn't do it is not because I forgot, but because the technology is outdated."

Seeing everyone's reaction, Ai Yue explained as he walked towards the android, "That was the plan before the final battle, but now that I have surpassed the Cocoon of Finality, how can I let Ai Yi continue to use that outdated thing?"

"Leaving aside whether that technology is outdated or not,"

Vill-V narrowed her eyes, somewhat displeased, and said, "Are you saying this to mock me?"

It's important to understand that even this "outdated technology" remains something that Vill-V can only dream of.

"Look at you, always in such a hurry."

Ai Yue stretched out a hand and gently placed it on the android's chest. "If you want to learn, I'll teach you later."

"As for now—"

Ai Yue closed his eyes, and the internal structure of the bionic doll gradually became clear in his mind.

It was a rather complex and intricate mechanical system. The fact that it could be made to operate showed just how much effort Vill-V had put in. It could be said that her previous boasting was not exaggerated at all, and she had even toned it down a bit.

However, at the very center of this complex structure, there is a blank space, a space reserved specifically for the heart of the android, waiting for its true creator to ignite the spark of life within it.

So, now is the time.

A powerful force surged in Ai Yue's palm, yet under his incredibly precise control, it silently seeped into the android's body without the two people standing nearby noticing.

Driven by this power, something resembling a heart gradually took shape within that cavity.

Soon, Pardofelis and Vill-V finally realized what was going on.

Because within this space, a fourth heartbeat, besides those of the three of them, was heard!

"Alright."

At this moment, Ai Yue withdrew his hand, looked at Ai Yi beside him, and waved to her with a smile, "Ready, Ai Yi?"

Ai nodded gently, then walked over. Her figure overlapped with the android, just as a wandering soul had finally found its own body.

The next second, Ai opened her eyes.

Initially, her eyes were lifeless, with only her pupils mechanically contracting, as if she were still familiarizing herself with every detail of this body.

But soon, those eyes began to move, first sweeping over the curious Pardofelis, then over the slightly excited and nervous Vill-V, and finally locking onto the smiling Ai Yue.

Finally, those eyes blinked again and again, and with the subtle expressions driven by the facial muscles, they finally revealed a hint of spirit.

That is an emotion called "joy".

Ai's mouth opened slightly, and the simulated vocal cords in her throat vibrated as she uttered the first syllable after the super Artificial Intelligence acquired a physical body. "Ai... Yue... Doctor."

Then she looked at Vill-V beside her. "Vill-V... Mom."

Pardofelis was already impatient, moved closer to Ai. Although she didn't speak, the desire to be called by name on her face was almost overflowing.

Then Ai blinked again. "Pardo."

Her voice went from being awkward at the beginning to flowing smoothly at the end, all in just three short names.

Immediately afterwards, Ai's hands and feet began to move. Since she was still fixed to the workbench, she was just getting used to controlling her body. But after the containment object was detected to have the ability to move on its own, the workbench was released, freeing Ai Yue.

So Ai stepped on the ground, and her whole body swayed, almost falling forward to the ground.

Clearly, she had not yet fully adapted to this physical body.

Vill-V and Pardofelis almost instinctively wanted to step forward to help Ai, but they were suppressed by an inexplicable force and could only stand there and watch Ai's movements.

Fortunately, the bionic dolls created by Vill-V were of excellent quality, and Ai's performance was also extremely powerful. Therefore, they took advantage of this imbalance to fully adapt to the body.

She struggled to take her second step, her two feet firmly planted on the solid floor, preventing her from completely losing her balance. Then she took her third step, swinging her arms as well, regaining her sense of balance.

Then came the fourth step, the fifth step...

Her movements became more and more vivid and agile, from stiff steps at the beginning to smooth walking later, and finally she simply started running in the room.

After circling the field halfway, Ai Yi changed direction and ran towards Ai Yue and the others. Facing the workbench blocking their way, Ai Yi crouched slightly, used her legs to push off, and then performed a graceful somersault, clearing the obstacle and landing lightly in front of the three of them.

Seeing her excited expression, Ai Yue couldn't help but smile slightly, "How do you feel?"

"Very good."

Ai nodded and replied with a smile, "It feels... like I've really become human."

Ai Yue wanted to say something more, but Vill-V rushed over and hugged Ai Yi tightly. "That's amazing! As expected of the body I created! Come here, Ai Yi, let Mommy give you a good hug!"

Even Pardofelis circled around Ai and curiously touched her. "I was just wondering, is Ai's hand hard or soft...? Hmm, it's so bouncy!"

"Of course, the bionic muscles and simulated skin I created are upgrades based on the original plan that Ai Yue gave me!"

As she spoke proudly, Vill-V picked up Ai and spun her around, "And the weight control is superb, even a little lighter than a human of the same size!"

"Mama Vill-V, please put me down,"

Ai gently patted Vill-V's back and said in a calm tone, "This feels a bit strange. Is this what you call dizziness?"

After Vill-V let go, Ai took two more unsteady steps, as if she had really been dizzy from Vill-V's spinning.

Indeed, this was the case. After all, with all her senses focused on this body, Ai's perspective inevitably changed.

Just as she said, after having a body, her sexuality was manifested and she began to resemble a human.

Of course, even when confined to a single body, Ai's abilities as a super Artificial Intelligence can still be fully utilized. However, she will need to figure out how to balance the contradiction between the two.

After all, she is the first and only super Artificial Intelligence in the world to possess a physical body.

"Unfortunately, my abilities are ultimately limited. Even with my best efforts, this is all I can do."

As she sighed, Vill-V glanced at Ai Yue out of the corner of her eye. "If someone were willing to put in the effort, Ai Yi, your performance would definitely be ten times stronger... no, more than a hundred times stronger!"

Faced with Vill-V's hint, Ai Yue simply turned his head slightly, pretending not to hear.

"It's okay. The advantage of Artificial Intelligence is that it can update and iterate itself. Even if it has a body, this will not change."

Ai said with a smile, "I can learn from you and then update my own physical functions—perhaps that's what Father meant."

Upon hearing this, Ai Yue couldn't help but smile.

It has to be Ai Yi; she understands her own thoughts better.

Chapter Eleven: Will androids give birth to electronic babies?

For Ai Yue, creating a body for Ai Yi was not a difficult task.

With his current knowledge, even if he were to start from scratch to write genetic information and then use it as a basis to cultivate cells and thus customize a pure human body, it wouldn't be an impossible task.

Even the blueprint he gave to Vill-V to reproduce was actually a product of the period before the Herrscher of Constraint incident. If we calculate that Ai Yue's technological level would rise by one step for each Herrscher defeated, this technology was at least three generations behind.

The reason for doing this, besides giving Vill-V a sense of participation, is more importantly that Ai Yue hopes to use this as a starting point to let Ai Yi explore a brand new direction of evolution on her own.

Since absorbing the power of the Herrscher of Aberration and thus breaking through the Third Technological Singularity, Ai's evolution has stagnated.

Because it seemed there was nothing in this world that could keep her going.

Even super Artificial Intelligence cannot evolve without the word "learning". However, in this world, the only things that can still help her learn are Ai Yue herself and the Cocoon of Finality.

Even now, Kevin has no secrets under Ai's powerful computing capabilities. Artificial Intelligence that has crossed the third singularity can be regarded as a virtual god, capable of calculating and analyzing all things and forces in the world. Even Kevin, who has the blessing power of Ai Yue, would not have difficulty simulating his power.

In fact, having acquired some of the powers of the Herrscher of Erosion, Ai is now among the top fighters on Earth, even in terms of combat strength alone. The reason she wasn't involved in the final battle was partly to protect the people on Earth, and partly because the number of combatants on the moon was already saturated, so there was no need to add more people.

Therefore, when Ai evolved to this level, she suddenly realized that there was nothing left for her to evolve further. Although she could analyze the power of the Herrscher of the End, this power was fundamentally different from the path of super Artificial Intelligence. Even if she could analyze it clearly, it would be difficult to bring her a qualitative improvement, so it was not very meaningful.

As for Ai Yue —not to mention that Ai Yue's current status is still above the Cocoon of Finality, the system he possesses is neither capable nor acceptable for Ai Yi to analyze.

It's actually a good thing if nothing can be analyzed, but what if something is actually analyzed?

Therefore, Ai is now in a state of confusion, not knowing how to move forward or in which direction to go.

However, Ai Yue soon realized that Ai Yi still had room for improvement in some aspects.

For example, living like a human being and facing the enormous changes of this era from a human perspective may not allow her to break through to the fourth singularity, but it can give her a deeper understanding of the "human" race.

This realization may be the turning point that allows her to transform from Artificial Intelligence into a real life.

Admittedly, Ai Yi can now be considered an electronic life form, but this is not enough for Ai Yue —a virtual electronic life form is clearly far from sufficient; he hopes that Ai Yi can become some kind of real, existing silicon-based life form.

Perhaps when things reach that point, Ai will be able to find a way to break through the fourth singularity.

Of course, Ai Yue kept all these complicated thoughts to himself and never mentioned them to anyone. After all, these were his own considerations, and there was obviously no need to involve too many people in such matters.

However, Ai was, after all, the best support who accompanied him in defeating the Eighth Herrscher to the Twelfth Herrscher. Their long-term interaction, coupled with the analytical abilities that Artificial Intelligence is good at, allowed her to understand Ai Yue's various thoughts from his behavior.

So this time is no exception.

However, even if Ai Yi couldn't guess Ai Yue's thoughts, he still had to say it himself. After all, his next arrangement for Ai Yi was to stay temporarily in the Spiral Workshop in Vill-V and act as her assistant.

"Once you've mastered all of your mother Vill-V's skills, you can start trying to upgrade yourself."

Despite Vill-V's protesting gaze, Ai Yue smiled and said, "When that time comes, you can return to the Star of Light. I will prepare a research lab just for you. How you design it and how you use it is entirely up to you."

"To obtain a research lab that is entirely your own on the Star of Light."

A look of longing appeared on Ai's face. "This is something I never even dared to dream of before!"

"It doesn't sound very generous,"

Vill-V, standing to the side, wore a somewhat subtle expression. "Even without learning my abilities, Ai used to have the authority to manage the entire Star of Light. Now that she has her own body, you're just going to give her a research lab to get rid of her?"

Upon hearing this, Ai Yue and Ai Yi exchanged a glance and laughed simultaneously.

Indeed, this is true. In the Star of Light, Ai's authority is second only to Ai Yue's. It can be said that the entire Star of Light experimental base is under Ai's management for 90% of the year. A research lab is hardly a decent reward.

However, this research room belongs solely to Ai Yi, and she can completely control it independently, without needing to use it according to Ai Yue's wishes.

Even if Ai Yi turned this room into a gaming room and stayed there playing games all day, Ai Yue wouldn't say anything—well, if that were really the case, Ai Yue would probably still give her a lecture.

Of course, even so, Ai Yue would not interfere with Ai Yi's choice, because the true meaning of this reward is that Ai Yi has changed from the original manager to a scholar like Ai Yue and others. She can use her knowledge to turn her ideas into reality through this research lab.

This is a recognition of ability, and for Ai Yi, who can be considered omnipotent within the scope of human civilization, this recognition from Ai Yue is more important than anything else.

So after confirming this, Ai didn't hesitate to drag Vill-V into the workshop, completely ignoring Vill-V's protests of "Can't I rest for a bit?", determined to learn all of her skills as quickly as possible.

Ai Yue and Pardofelis naturally had no reason to stay any longer, and after enjoying Vill-V's wails, they left.

Whenever Vill-V has free time, she does some troublesome things. Keeping Ai by her side is partly to allow Vill-V to contribute to Ai's growth, and partly to prevent her from doing some ridiculous things.

Ai must have guessed what I was thinking, which is why she was so eager to drag Vill-V into the workshop, right?

However, Ai Yue was unaware that when the two of them boarded the aircraft and left, Vill-V and Ai Yi had already stopped pulling and entangled, and watched the aircraft disappear into the distance from the perspective of the monitor.

They were standing side by side, intimately, with Vill-V's arm around Ai's shoulder. They looked like a loving mother and daughter, a far cry from their earlier reluctant demeanor.

If Ai Yue were to witness this scene, he would surely realize that his plan had completely failed, and he might even be suspected of aiding and abetting evil—after all, judging from the scene before him, Ai Yi himself was definitely harboring some inexplicable thoughts.

I thought I could use Ai to keep the other side in check, but I never expected that I would leave my most perfect assistant in Spiral Workshop. It's hard to imagine what kind of amazing things these two could do if they were to work together.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Only after the aircraft completely disappeared from the monitor screen did Vill-V breathe a sigh of relief and reveal a smug smile. "Hmph, that guy Ai Yue must have let his guard down because the world is in harmony, right? He just left like that, it's not like him at all!"

"That's because I'm here, Mother Vill-V."

Ai said calmly, but her hands were clenched into fists, and she didn't look so calm. "Doctor Ai Yue is not so confident in you, but he thinks I can keep you in check, which is why he is so confident."

"He never imagined that his most trusted daughter and assistant would be the most destabilizing factor!"

Vill-V patted Ai's shoulder, beaming with pride, "But this is my good daughter! I didn't create this body for you in vain!"

When she first heard that Ai wanted to cooperate with her, Vill-V was quite surprised. After all, she knew very well that although she was indeed one of Ai's creators in name and had always considered herself Ai's mother, in reality, both Prometheus in the past and Ai now could be said to have been nurtured by Ai Yue.

If we had to analyze it, it would be more accurate to say that she was merely a donor rather than a mother.

Even so, Ai always treated her like a mother, at least on the surface, which made Vill-V very happy. She never treated Ai's affairs perfunctorily.

As for the cooperation, although she didn't know what Ai's purpose was, Vill-V immediately agreed when she thought that she could collude with the actual administrators of the Star of Light... oops, I should say work together.

With her knowledge and Ai's abilities, who in the world could rival them? Even Dr. Mei is not invincible!

As for Ai Yue... hahaha, that kind of ridiculously strong guy is totally out of the question, okay?

So after confirming that Ai Yue was completely unaware of this, Vill-V immediately began excitedly searching through her computer—many bold and radical plans had been sealed away for various reasons, and now it was time for them to see the light of day again!

She, Vill-V, is determined to build her own mechanical empire!

However, before Vill-V could finish her movement, her hand was stopped.

The mechanical master turned his head and met a pair of calm eyes. "Alright, Mrs. Vill-V, now that we've confirmed that Doctor Ai Yue is completely unaware of our cooperation, you can begin the lesson now."