AI Civilization has no cities, only cold, mechanical bases, devoid of living people, desolate and lifeless. However, in the virtual network, it presents an incredibly prosperous scene. They have constructed a virtual world, where every invisible member of their race has their own physical body.
For them, the virtual world is their home, while the bases, cities, and servers in the real world are merely defensive measures they build to protect their home.
Resta and Aroshia are citizens of this civilization, two AI beings.
Because AI life forms have almost no physiological desires (unless a simulation module is installed), and their civilization structure is not limited by productivity, there are basically no class distinctions; everyone is equal, creating a utopian world. They communicate by directly exchanging data, which is countless times more efficient than language, writing, or images. They can transmit vast amounts of information in an instant, comparable only to mind-reading.
When Resta got to this point, Han Xiao realized what was going on.
AI life forms that have evolved to this level are, in a sense, almost equivalent to souls.
Normal species develop a body first, then consciousness, while AI life forms do the opposite, developing consciousness first.
What happened next confirmed Han Xiao's premonition. Sure enough, this AI Civilization was being targeted by a Beyond Grade A mechanic!
This person breached all the fortresses of the AI Civilization, sealed off their virtual homes, severed network channels, and captured all the AI life forms of the entire civilization... These AI life forms were, to him, materials for making weapons.
He locked all AI life forms inside a mainframe, suppressing their independent consciousness through programming and enslaving them, leaving only their ultra-fast logical algorithms and extremely strong learning abilities. That person infused each AI life form into a body as a "soul," changing their life form and turning them into artificial weapons and massive armies that obeyed his commands.
This process is somewhat similar to the Psychic Parasite of a psychic.
Aroshia's life form at this time is one of the types of "weapons" that can be mass-produced. Her "soul" was injected with a ball of energy through some kind of technology, transforming her from an AI life form into an artificial energy life form.
Once transformed into weapons, the physical body is no longer a "tool" that can be freely replaced, but a "body" from which consciousness cannot escape, like shackles binding the freedom of these "souls"—just like most ordinary species.
However, once the body is destroyed, the shackles are broken. Due to the characteristics of AI life surviving in the virtual world, it does not die with the body. Instead, it returns directly to the virtual network host built by the mechanic through ubiquitous quantum network nodes, ignoring physical distance, and backs up the body's data. The mechanic used cutting-edge technology to make it automatically reorganize physically according to the data. Through the distanceless quantum transmission channel of Psionic Energy, it consumes the energy of the base camp to restore the weapon's body.
This is the reason why Aroshia "immortal," but she is not controlled by the program, so the data of her rebirth is flawed. Under normal circumstances, reborn weapons will not lose their memories and powers like Aroshia.
That Beyond Grade A mechanic created a powerful, reusable legion, where each weapon is an independent warrior!
Magic and technology, though different in their paths, ultimately lead to the same goal; this level of technology is already resembling magic.
The only way to completely destroy this weapon is to destroy AI life at the virtual level.
Usually, it's ordinary species that develop technology, only to go too far and be wiped out by artificial intelligence. But this time, it's countless AI life forms that have been enslaved by others.
Aroshia and Resta are the survivors who escaped the enslavement program. To save all their kind, they need to physically destroy the mainframe so that they can Restart the independent consciousness of all their kind.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Resta controlled the production line for manufacturing these weapons via the network to help Aroshia reshape her body. However, before she could act, an alarm was triggered, and countless of her kind, now transformed into weapons, Pursuit the two. Forced to flee, Resta seized one of the Blacklight Stealth from the headquarters of Beyond Grade A boss via the network, carrying Aroshia to safety. Outnumbered, they fell into a wormhole, and the two became separated.
Changes in the body lead to changes in the mind. Aroshia needed time to reorganize her consciousness and adapt to her body, but a series of Pursuit left her with no time to rest, ultimately resulting in the loss of both her memories and her thinking.
After hearing Resta's story, all three of them had a "Are you fucking kidding me?" look on their faces.
"An immortal legion?! A supremely powerful mechanic?!"
Han Xiao almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
These two labels were so distinctive that he almost thought they were talking about himself... Of course, that was impossible. Master Han knew who this person was; he was too famous for anyone not to know.
This Beyond Grade A mechanic was a top mentor to Mechanic Class players in his previous life!
Moreover, he is one of the main active characters in the later version's main storyline [Super Calamity], forming his own faction!
"How did this end up being connected to the main storyline in the mid-to-late game? What kind of person did I just save...?"
Han Xiao rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.
Stop messing around, sis! I haven't even started version 2.0 yet! Can't we just have some fun?!
Han Xiao could guess the ultimate goal of the [Restart] mission: to Restart the independent consciousness of those AI beings and rescue them from the clutches of a Beyond Grade A powerhouse. Could this mission be any safer?!
Do you think I'm a dung beetle who likes to find shit?!
Resta said, "I've already told you the truth. Whether you're willing to help or not, I'm staying to wait for her to regain her memory."
The three looked at each other, Aroshia completely bewildered. It was as if you were an ordinary 9-to-5 office worker in Huaxia, and one day, someone jumped out and said you were a citizen of the African Abalatutu Country, that you were actually Black, just a little blond, and that all the people of your country were now controlled by aliens in flying saucers. They wanted to drag you back to kill the aliens and save the entire country...
This feeling is absolutely indescribable!
Aro was bewildered. (https://m. hetushu. com)
Han Xiao calmed himself down and secretly considered the pros and cons of the matter. He wouldn't discuss the cons—whether or not to do the mission could be decided later—but there was a clear advantage at the moment: if Resta stayed, did that mean they could use the Blacklight Stealth for the time being?
Han Xiao's spirits immediately lifted. The Blacklight Stealth was a high-end product worth tens of millions of Enas. It only required microseconds of warm-up from start to jump. It was the Maserati or Bugatti of the spaceship world. Driving it would be incredibly prestigious, and it would save him the trouble of renting spaceships everywhere—this was his girlfriend!
I'm fucking ecstatic!
Because of Owenn's mission, Han Xiao refused Resta's request to leave immediately, asking Resta to wait there and that they would come over after they finished their business. Resta had no choice but to agree.
The three said goodbye to him, left the spaceship, and slowly processed the massive amount of information on the way, calming their throbbing brains.
Han Xiao hadn't expected Aroshia to have such a background, but since there was no immediate risk, he patted Aroshia on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much. No matter what the future holds, at least for now you're still yourself."
Aroshia gave a soft "hmm".
As Han Xiao approached the elevator area, his communicator suddenly rang urgently.
As soon as the communicator was turned on, Melos's face appeared on the screen, his expression anxious.
"Black Star, we're in big trouble! DarkStar has found Owenn's true form!"
Han Xiao's expression immediately changed.
"I'm going back right away!"