Chapter 114
Si Chen slept only for a short time. He went to bed at eight o’clock that evening and woke up at two o’clock in the early morning.
However, at this hour, it was still five hours before it was time to wake up.
In a normal world, everyone would have simply passed the time by playing on their mobile phones.
But here, a ghost could come calling as you played. You’re be forfeiting your life for a game.
Si Chen thought for a while, raised his hand and touched the ceiling.
A projection appeared on the white wall.
Movies are actually one of the channels that supernatural creatures could use. However, the movies here were all edited by Turing himself and there was no chance for them to appear.
The movie being played was called “A Brief History of Machines 2”.
Truthfully, when he’d seen this title, Si Chen felt as though he were back in that Radiant base. “There’s actually a sequel?”
A Brief History of Machines 1 told the story of Carol, a companion nanny robot, who took out the brain of its owner who died of illness, put it into its own body, where it fused with its chip, finally gaining intelligence.
A Brief History of Machines 2 did not seem to be a sequel to 1. The actors looked completely different.
But interestingly, the robot in the movie was still named Carol.
In this movie, the protagonist was a weak but intelligent human being. In this world, carbon-based life forms existed like pets.
Every Machine was proud to be raising a weak and fragile human.
If they were able to raise their humans to be big and strong, their status in the Machine community could also be improved.
The protagonist was one such pet, and his owner was Carol, a Machine.
The environment of this planet was very harsh and was unsuitable for the survival of the human pets. Human pets can only stay within air globes their entire lives.
The environment in the air globes were sterile and clean. Only in this way could the weak humans survive.
Carol liked its pet very much and kept him fat and fair. But the human pets loathed the Machines. They especially hated their cold touch and omnipresent imprisonment.
Machines didn’t need sleep and could work all the time. So long as they were properly maintained, they could exist near indefinitely.
But this was not the case for the human pets. They got old, got sick and died.
After years of companionship and interacting with each other, the protagonist finally accepted Carol, this emotionless Machine and got used to its unique protection.
But the protagonist was dying of old age.
He curled up in the air globe and said in a weak voice, “Carol, I want to be with you forever.”
This was the same line in “A Brief History of Machines 1”.
The protagonist closed his eyes, thinking that death was waiting for him.
Si Chen, before the movie, would have thought so too.
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However, after a brief period of darkness, the screen lit up again.
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Director: Turing
Screenwriter: Turing
Actors:
Human – Brilliant No. 0
Machine – Brilliant No. 1
…
…
Though they had the same director and screenwriter, the cast had changed.
Last time, in the cast list, both humans and Machines had been played by “Radiant Machines”.
This time a new name appeared, “Brilliant”.
Si Chen lay on the bed and muttered to himself, “The three top figures in the mechanical world are Turing, Zeus, and Nuwa.”
Turing is Englightened; Zeus is Radiant.
It was obvious that this Brilliant corresponded to Nuwa.
“In “A Brief History of Machines 1″, the Machines removed human brains and produced intelligence. This can correspond to Zeus using human brains to produce biochips…”
“In this movie, the Machines transformed humans into Machines just like themselves. Then it seems that the name Nuwa came from, ‘Nuwa created humans’?
The ones created were not Carolians but robots transformed from Carolians.
Any creation inevitably carries the creator’s consciousness and emotions.
-Carol, I want to be with you forever.
If you de-personalize Carol and think of it as the entire civilization then…
This sentence was probably the voice of Turing.
He has always been attached to the Carolian civilization that created “itself”.
Si Chen: “Tsk.”
This was unexpected. Turing, who seemed so objective and rational, was, at heart, a mama’s boy, just like Si Abyss.
He wanted to see if there were any other movies but at three o’clock in the morning there came a knock on the door.
A knock in the middle of the night, in a haunted world no less, is a bit scary no matter how you think about it.
But before Si Chen could feign sleep, Ji Chuyao’s voice came from outside the door. “It’s me, Turing.”
Si Chen didn’t answer.
He had read the “Rules for Human Survival in the Safe Zone”, one of which was that it was forbidden to talk to others at night.
After all, no one knows whether the speaker is a human or a ghost.
Turing asked, “Can I come in?”
Si Chen’s hand instinctively went for his gun, looking for a little sense of security.
But he soon remembered that his weapon did not enter the world along with his consciousness.
Not even the Eternal Life Abyss had followed him in.
Turing waited for a moment but still didn’t get an answer.
He thought for a moment and then opened the door directly.
The alloy door, which was said to be un-openable, was gently pushed open.
Turing walked into the room. The lights above turned on and the door behind him closed automatically.
The sudden light made Si Chen feel slightly uncomfortable.
This Turing looked like Ji Chuyao, who’d been at least 90% mechanized. The upper half of his face was covered with metal. The structural skin could only be seen above the neck. His entire body was covered with particularly obvious mechanical structures.
He carried a long silver sword on his back.
Si Chen had seen it several times before — Sky Blue.
Si Chen subconsciously glanced at Turing’s crotch. Naturally, it was all metal but there was a circular groove left there. He had no idea what it could be for.
He climbed down from the upper bunk and asked, “Why are you here?”
Turing replied, “I came over when I saw you woke up.”
…
The dorm room was so small that a chair in front of the desk took up almost all the space.
Si Chen stood against the wall to prevent the tip of his nose from touching Turing’s chest.
Si Chen looked away and asked, “Why did you become like this?”
Turing: “This is my original body. But this is a virtual space and what you see is only an entity simulated by data.”
Si Chen had never been so aware before that Turing was actually a metallic life form.
Planet Carol was the origin of the mechanical civilization and Turing is a super omni-machine created to protect mankind; he is practically the condensed crystallization of the wisdom of the entire civilization.
His body is perfect down to every visible detail.
It was only to be expected that Zues, a laborer of the lowest level, would hate him upon sight.
Which intelligent Machine wouldn’t be jealous of this?
Si Chen: “…So, what’s going on with this Space Fold?”
“A complex database that I abandoned. Over the long years, I developed intelligence and began to simulate the world in the database.” Turing said slowly, “But after entering the Space Fold, I have regained control of the sovereignty.”
Si Chen focused on his last sentence. “Then can you close this Space Fold?”
Turing: “Your real world is a level 1 world; the Space Fold is a level 2 world; this virtual world is a level 3 world. I can turn off the level 3 world but those in the level 2 world will not wake up.”
“You can think of the Level 3 world as a holographic online game. I can force the main body of the game to shut down but the consciousness that entered the Level 3 world will also be shut down along with it. Humans in the Level 2 world will become brain dead.”
Si Chen frowned slightly, “Then how do we leave the Level 3 world?”
“The first method is to pass the game. The second method is simpler. My presence will accelerate the consumption of energy in the Space Fold. There is still one week left before the energy in the Space Fold is exhausted. Converted to game time, it is about thirty years.”
This was why Turing felt that Si Chen could have come or not.
In any case, he could make it out.
Si Chen asked, “If you’re here, where is Ji Chuyao…?”
Turing paused. “He is me.”
Perhaps because he thought it a bit difficult to understand, Turing added, “Our consciousness is one.”
He lowered his head and looked into Si Chen’s eyes.
“The end of the Carolian civilization, the last pregnant Carolian.”
Turing clenched his hands into fists. “I couldn’t protect her. In the end, even breathing caused her to mutate…”
“She died and was reborn as another life form. But the child in her belly was born a few months later.”
“The baby came out a stillborn.”
“I used various means to try to extend its life. But I could only ensure that its body would not rot.”
Si Chen seemed to realize something and his pupils narrowed slightly.
“I invaded other worlds, looking for ways to bring carbon-based life forms back to life. Finally, I made a deal with the House of the Mind.”
“I gave them my body and asked them to help me resurrect the dead baby.”
Turing: “I agreed. The result was that part of my data woke up in the body of this fetus.”
Turing demanded that the dead baby be resurrected. In a sense, it had indeed been resurrected and given a new life.
Contained inside was a soul called Turing.
But even without the high-dimensional invasion, the current Planet Carol was no longer suitable for human survival.
Therefore, Turing asked Ji Sicheng, who had entered by mistake, to take the baby out.
He was named Ji Chuyao.
Oh so JC is the last carolian and Si Chen is probably has his tail attached to him? Who needs a wedding ring?
P.S. I just love that little abyss is being referred to as Si Abyss now, like a proper part of the Si family ❤️
Huh, interesting to finally get that backstop. Thanks for the update!
Whoa so complicated… but the most important thing: Turing is a mamas boy
finally more info on turing 🤩
Ah, the threads are weaving together… Thanks for the update ❤️
Explanation, thank you
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I love how all the babies in this novel are not made the right way 😹💀
+1
I KNEW Si Chen’s tail was Turing’s/Ji Chuyao’s!!