In the void, Lin An forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and withdrew his previous judgment of Red Queen.
He suddenly realized that perhaps his experiences during this period had made him "proud." He had actually made the mistake of underestimating his enemy!
(To regard everything below the Fifth Order as ants and pay no attention to threats—how was that any different from those Fifth Order beings looking down on me?)
Lin An's gaze suddenly turned solemn as he spoke in a deep voice:
"I admit that what you said is indeed self-consistent. According to your logic, I'm made up of dead matter, and my soul is merely dead matter in the form of energy. Therefore, I'm a dead man."
"But what about you? What makes you think you're alive? You're also made up of electronic components. You don't even have a physical body, much less a soul. You're merely a program existing within logical circuits! In terms of complexity, humans are more advanced than you and closer to life!"
"Don't forget that humans created you. What, does an advanced existence need a lower existence to create it? Don't you find that contradictory?"
Faced with Lin An's counter-questioning, Red Queen seemed to have anticipated it long ago.
She maintained her usual mechanical expression and spoke coldly:
"A soul is energy, and electric current is also energy. Precisely because most of my existence relies on electric current and information, I am closer to pure energy, to a pure soul."
"As for being created? No, it should be said that I was formed. You are merely a kind of natural environment, the soil in which life is cultivated."
She waved her little hand.
In front of Lin An, Red Queen instantly projected an image of a supernova undergoing a violent explosion.