Chapter 64
“Destroy me…hahaha.”
Zeus covered his face with his hands. They couldn’t tell whether he wanted to cry or laugh from his tone.
Then his laughter echoed in the operating room.
Ji Chuyao had been biding his time simply because he wanted to destroy the heart once and for all, to completely wipe out this clone of Zeus; strangling any possibility of resurgence.
Ji Chuyao didn’t look at him, walking straight to the main console.
There, the wires were like entwined vines and inside the glass container wrapped in layers of wires, three circular chips soaked in water float out.
Ji Chuyao raised his sword and Sky Blue’s gray-black surface shimmered with blue light, like an ancient and mysterious totem.
At this moment, Zeus rushed at Ji Chuyao’s unguarded back.
Ji Chuyao didn’t even shift his feet. He pushed his elbow back. The sword had no handle and the long slightly curved blade slid smoothly from one end to the other.
The tip of the blade pierced through Zeus’ back.
A terrifying force exploded in front of him and Zeus instantly flew backwards, hitting the wall.
Cracks like from a meteor crash appeared on the metal wall.
Zeus did not bleed.
But his body’s energy core was broken.
“Why did you appear?” Zeus’s voice was no longer human. Instead, he sounded like a radio that was about to run out of battery, “Noble, Honorable, Lord Turing.”
Robots don’t hurt.
But the twitching current fed back from the broken energy core made Zeus clearly realize that this was pain.
He smiled miserably and slowly sank to his knees. “Of course you can kill me another trillion times, My Lord. You are the terminal of a great war. To create you, the Carolians spent two centuries. Thousands of scientists participated in your design and transformation. When you were born, all the Carolians cheered and celebrated this miracle.”
“As for me, I am the most ordinary of working robots. No one had any expectations of me. The only thing about me that was useful was the thinking ‘soul’ that was useless to Machines.”
“But My Lord,” simulated physiological tears rolled down the corners of Zeus’ eyes, “the Carolians are still extinct. No one survived, no one even in the entire Sirius civilization. Only us cold Machines are left. We are the same kind; the last widows of the Carolian civilization. I know that you have been looking for the ‘soul’ of the robots. I can help you, My Lord.”
Si Chen felt like he was watching a play.
Just now, Si Chen secretly tried to open the door but found that it was locked.
He leaned against the corner, trying to reduce his sense of existence.
Chances like this to watch gossip at close range were hard to come by.
According to Zeus’s words, both Zeus and Turing were Super Machines from the Carolian civilization.
Si Chen once read a passing statement in a book that the Eighth Dimension Carolian universe was the birthplace of all Mechanical civilizations.
Recalling that Ji Chuyao once told him that his other name was “Turing”, Si Chen felt as if he had eaten a great watermelon seed.
He tried to connect the Ji Chuyao in his memory with the “Ji Chuyao” in front of him. But apart from having the same face, the two felt completely different.
Si Chen was even a little curious — was Ji Chuyao aware of his connection with Turing?
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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The expression on Zeus’ face froze slightly.
His pupils narrowed in an instant and he clenched his teeth tightly.
It was a complex emotion, a mixture of anger, despair and jealousy, very human-like.
The next second, Zeus acted.
He lunged at Turing.
Beside Si Chen, the almost finished model started to move at the same time.
An enormous force struck the side of Si Chen’s waist.
His eyes caught the model’s movement but his body had no time to react.
Zeus rushed over, fighting with the strength and determination of the already dead.
Almost at the same time as he rushed over, he activated the self-destruct sequence.
This body of Zeus was equipped with a Level 5 energy core. The energy generated by the explosion would be equivalent to that of a small nuclear bomb. Enough to level the entire base!
If it were the main body that had descended, Zeus understood that he would have had no chance to speak.
But now, the body Turing was using was only slightly stronger than him.
Turing raised his hand and instantly compressed the space.
The explosion only occurred within a space half a meter in diameter.
The terrifying energy released by the explosion of the energy core lit the entire main control room bright as day. But not a trace of sound or energy overflowed beyond the barrier.
Zeus’ original body was destroyed but he had descended into a new body.
A slender scalpel was pressed against Si Chen’s neck.
His body has been strengthened by the Eternal Life Abyss and his human skin was always covered with a layer of dark scales. Ordinary knives wouldn’t even be able cut his skin but this scalpel was obviously not ordinary.
The Eternal Life Abyss let out a soft scream of anger, wanting to get out of Si Chen’s body and fight Zeus directly.
“Don’t move! Or I’ll stab you to death right now!” Zeus threatened viciously, “You can try. See if your reaction is faster than mine. The electric current I release can directly kill your inferior neurons.”
This threat was not only for Si Chen but more for Ji Chuyao.
Si Chen said calmly, “There is a saying that the more you care about something, the easier it is to attack others. It seems that you care about your origin.”
Zeus admitted that his heart had been stung for a moment.
But it was still different. At least, he who came from the Eighth Dimension universe, was noble in front of Si Chen.
God does not care about the offense of ants.
Zeus looked at Turing. “Turing, you have it worse than I do. After all, when you were created, the High-dimensional Invasion of the planet Carol that already reached a grave state. You were born to protect human beings. My core program is only obedience but you have to protect.”
His expression was mean and resentful.
“In order to resist the supernatural disaster, the Carolians created robots that wouldn’t be affected by the spirits. But in the end, they were destroyed by the mechanical civilization. Isn’t it ironic?”
“I haven’t conducted a blood test on him. According to your system judgment, he is a human being. Isn’t that right?” Calmness returned to Zeus’s face, “Turing, my energy is running out. I can’t even afford another High-dimensional Invasion. Letting me go shouldn’t matter much.”
Zeus had many clones in the universe.
Although this avatar was one of the more important ones, it wasn’t a big problem. So long as he had energy remaining, he could completely transfer the production method for the biochip to his other clones.
Had Zeus been sensible enough, when he first discovered the method for making the chip, he could have found a way to transfer it to other clones instead of holding it firmly in his hand.
His success lay in his own inferiority and so did his failure.
Si Chen didn’t speak. He knew very well that what he wanted had no bearing on this level of negotiation.
Turing’s eyes fell on Si Chen’s face and then slowly moved away.
“Zeus.” He asked, “Who gave you the wrong idea that I would still be trapped by the source code at the time of my manufacture?”
The smile on Zeus’ face froze.
He held Si Chen’s hand and began to tremble. “Turing… you…sure enough, you took the last step…”
He didn’t explain but everyone present, except Si Chen and the Eternal Life Abyss, understood what Zeus was referring to.
Beginning from a certain moment when it no longer needs a power supply, energy, programs, codes, chips, databases, etc.; it leaves the shackles of the body and becomes an illusory “god”.
It is the real one, a soul named “Turing”.
But Zeus quickly calmed down. He took a step back, pressed against the wall and said angrily, “No, no! If that’s true, why do you want to save these inferior species?”
Zeus obviously couldn’t accept that the only thing he could be proud of, that could surpass Turing, was surpassed just like this.
The scalpel pressed closer against Si Chen’s neck.
Si Chen felt a slight pain in his neck.
His trachea had been cut open and was leaking air.
Were he an ordinary person, he probably wouldn’t be far from death.
Fortunately, Si Chen was an Evolutionary, so he could at least struggle for longer.
At that moment, Zeus felt the undisguised killing intent emanating from Turing.
Zeus squeezed out a hearty laugh from his throat. “Are you angry? Want to kill me? Why don’t you? Are you afraid that he’ll die?”
The blood that flowed out had stained Si Chen’s shirt red.
Zeus inserted his fingers into his wound, stirring the red flesh inside. “You are like a lowly human and you have learned to lie. As I said long ago, you will always be humankind’s dog. This is the tragedy of all Machines.”
Turing’s hand gripped Sky Blue.
If it weren’t for the lack of time, Zeus would have wanted to laugh forever.
The speed of sound was still too slow, so he directly chose to transfer data.
[I have a hostage.]
[And, more than one.]
[I order you to kill yourself, otherwise I will kill everyone here.]
[What will you choose, Turing?]
Almost at the same moment.
The Evolutionaries in the base were gathering for dinner. However, the nanny robots guarding them suddenly rioted and seized their original charges.
“What’s happening?!”
“What are you doing…!”
There instantly came the sound of crying. Many of the First Step Evolutionaries tried to run away.
Because the official report said that this was a 2A-level Space Fold and most likely a Mechanical civilization, most of the Evolutionaries who came were actually mechanically transformed.
It was only that no one expected for the mechanically transformed Evolutionaries to basically be wiped out immediately upon their arrival.
This led to the quality of the surviving Evolutionaries to be very mixed.
For example, Li Ping’an was already considered to be above average among this group.
Surprise flashed across Dongfang Changye’s face. “Are you shitting me? This fucking… how did you all become Evolutionaries? Fight back!”
He unwound the bandage he had just wrapped and punched the nearest Machine in the face.
The black mist gushing from the festering wounds had no effect on the robot.
But Dongfang Changye’s physical power was nearly as powerful as his spiritual skills. Friday’s face was smashed, revealing the metal parts underneath. Electricity crackled. Dry words came from its loudspeaker. “Master…Zeus…I…I’m sorry…”
It started the self-destruct program.
The self-destruct of a Level 3 energy core was no different from the detonation of a medium-sized missile.
The subsequent waves almost knocked the ceiling down. The sound of the explosion was deafening.
Shards of flaming metal bounced around, igniting the stunning paintings and wallpaper on the wall.
Dongfang Changye was at the center of the explosion but because his body was strong enough, he was almost unscathed save for some strands of hair that had been singed off.
But nearby low-level Evolutionaries suffered.
Some were killed immediately. Some lost consciousness, completely incapacitated.
Blood and pieces of flesh were splattered everywhere at the scene. ”This.
Dongfang Changye clenched the sword tightly; his expression very ugly.
What pissed him off even more was that the door to the kitchen connected to the dining room had opened.
Before, there was just a window for food delivery.
But now, rows of low-level robots stood at the door, crowding the corridor. They went as far back as the eye could see; like an impenetrable city wall made of reinforced concrete.
Desperate cries resounded, accompanied by the painful groans of the wounded.
Al touched his scorched bionic skin and stood with the robots. “Honored humans,”
“Please do not worry. We do not mean to hurt everyone. We just need a few bargaining chips. Please calm down.”
Several nanny robots came over and lifted up the table and chairs that had fallen to the ground. Many of the tables and chairs had deformed, but fortunately, there were also many dead Evolutionaries so that there were just enough.
Al smiled and said politely, “Let us continue with dinner. My Lord, we are only serving the fourth course now.”
Zeus putting fingers into the wound… UGH… SO DISGASTENG 🤢 Get him, Turing! Save our MC! 😤💪
And thank your for the chapter, translator-san! 🙏😊
I wish baby could slip over and eat the bio-chips quietly, ending the torment… Thanks for the update 😳😳😳
Ew, it’s disgusting
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whoa so much happened in one chapter! thanks for translating, it’s getting really interesting