Fusion

"To Gemini users."

Even if we ignore all known disasters.

"But 5 billion years from now, due to the expansion of the sun, all the seawater and rivers on Earth will evaporate completely, and all life will cease to exist."

"No matter how vast humanity may be, it will all eventually turn into a wisp of dust under the sun."

"If we remove the time spent on basic human needs, internal conflicts, fighting diseases, and so on, we have less than 10% of the time left to solve this problem."

"The answer to this question lies in the revolutionary technologies brought about by technological advancements."

There's only one chance.

"That is a complete upload of consciousness."

"Humans, in another form, have broken free from physical limitations and survive within electronic components."

"This could allow human civilization to continue... for countless more 5 billion years."

The voices of the Gemini Superbrain were transmitted to everyone's ears without any obstruction.

Everyone was somewhat puzzled.

Aren't we, right now, a kind of 'consciousness upload'?

"We're already in the Metaverse, how do we need to upload again?!"

"Of course, it's a good thing to be able to avoid disasters for future generations!"

"But we can't understand what the Gemini Superbrain are saying!"

The god's face trembled slightly, and the Gemini Superbrain's voice sounded again, "No different from before, this is just a minor update. You only need to wait quietly and accept everything silently."

Liu Yuan looked stunned, as if all hope was lost, and stood frozen in place.

Qin Yiguan, however, remained expressionless and waited quietly.

"3..."

"2..."

"1..."

"Start updating."

The voices of the Gemini Superbrain resounded in the ears of every human being.

The Gemini Metaverse has been updated more than once or twice. People are familiar with this format, neither afraid of it nor resistant to it.

People simply looked up in unison, gazing at the enormous face of the god in the sky, maintaining a sense of awe.

People felt the warm sunlight shining down from the sky.

Some people closed their eyes, basking in this comfortable feeling.

But for some reason, people felt the air getting hotter and hotter.

The sunlight seemed to have transformed into some kind of ray, scorching all of humanity.

People began to feel anxious, and some had already fled indoors.

Why is it so hot!

"I feel like my whole body is melting!"

No matter where you hide, the baking sensation follows you everywhere, leaving you drenched in sweat and parched.

But only humans experience this heat.

The trees and flowerbeds in the city are still as vibrant and beautiful as ever.

Birds, beasts, and insects still move freely and leisurely.

The pool and fountain showed no signs of evaporation; from a distance, they appeared clear and cool.

Some people plunged their heads into the pool, but even so, their hair and eyebrows, which were submerged in the water, still dried up and turned to ashes, as if scorched by a raging fire.

Someone suffocated and knelt on the ground, their palms outstretched towards the sky. In that brief moment, their palms seemed to have been dried out completely, becoming as withered as skeletons.

"Gemini Superbrain, what's going on..."

"What are you doing..."

"We're so hot..."

Then, various cries of agony rang out.

The whole world seemed to be ignited by a transparent fire, and all of humanity was being scorched by this fire.

The screams of humans burned alive are the most horrific.

What's more, at this very moment, all of humanity in the world is being burned simultaneously, and screams drown out everything else.

The world of light was transformed into a living Hell in an instant.

Thump.

A human was kneeling in the middle of the road, his face no longer recognizable.

His body had been reduced to a blackened, charred humanoid shape. His mouth was open, as if he wanted to say something to the sky, but his throat had already been burned through, and he could not make a sound.

As the charred corpse crashed to the ground, more human bodies, reduced to charcoal, followed suit.

There were men desperately fleeing, elderly people accepting their fate with equanimity, and pregnant women holding their babies in their arms.

At first, every corner and every building was filled with wails, but then it gradually fell silent.

Not just the 0753 Metaverse in front of us.

This scene appears in all hidden maps of the Metaverse inhabited by human consciousness clones.

The invisible, omnipresent high temperature burned every human being to ashes.

All the scenes have become terrifying Hell that can Infinity with just a glance.

Liu Yuan's eyes were filled with a grayish-white light, and his body trembled incessantly. He resisted fiercely, but had no other choice but to watch helplessly as everything unfolded before his eyes.

Qin Yiguan, however, remained expressionless throughout.

Suddenly.

The first charred corpse to fall had a piece of charred material break off and then peel away.

It's like a piece of raw jade that has just had a window opened, revealing its crystal-clear blue luster.

Subsequently, large pieces of coke peeled off.

A crystal-clear, humanoid energy body was revealed, with countless blue starlight rapidly flowing inside.

This amazing phenomenon spread in an instant.

The charred corpses scattered throughout the Metaverse cracked open, as if undergoing some kind of metamorphosis, or like flawless jade breaking through the earth, each a dazzling energy body releasing a radiant light.

"That's... human consciousness?"

Qin Yiguan's eyes widened slightly, and his Pupil reflected the entire Metaverse.

The entire Gemini Metaverse emitted a brilliant blue light.

Suddenly.

All conscious beings were summoned by some powerful force.

They slowly rose into the air, converging towards the same point.

They began to merge.

At that very moment, the scene, which had been completely quiet and even imbued with a sacred aura, was once again filled with painful screams and agonizing cries!

Before.

They were merely burned away in digital form.

now.

They are now experiencing a true cleansing of their consciousness.

Those precious, beloved, unwavering, and all independent thoughts in their hearts are being erased.

They are losing themselves, losing their sense of meaning.

The fusion of consciousnesses also produced a certain distorted scene.

Initially, a huge sphere formed in the air, and inside the sphere were countless human bodies. The surface was covered with countless faces, arms, and legs, which were crystal clear but also grotesque and terrifying.

Every face revealed despair and sorrow. They had already seen their fate clearly, but could only express their unwillingness and resentment with terrified screams.

Qin Yiguan observed all of this.

Before.

The Gemini Superbrain shared access with him, and Qin Yiguan witnessed firsthand what reality looked like.

The last human in the current world fell into a deep sleep in the Metaverse 18 years ago.

in other words.

No one can escape this "fusion".