Chapter 1561 About Inheritance
Humanity is dying.
If those cells and tissues sealed in test tubes, leaving only twisted pieces of flesh, could still be considered human beings.
Even without any instrument detection, Hao Ren could tell that the pieces of meat in the container were gradually losing their activity. Something that had been rooted in the genes from the beginning was changing under the influence of the eldest son's anger. This change spanned The distance in space has directly affected these "survivors" who once escaped from their home planet - in fact, they never survived. The destruction had already begun, but it was only completed later.
It seems that "lucky ones" like Horleta are in the minority after all, and most civilizations cannot escape the killing of the eldest son.
"After humans die, the entire society of agents will be finished." Vivian shook her head. "Their birth is based on serving humans. All task systems, all ways of thinking, and even their social structure They all serve this goal. Once this basic goal is lost, the operation of the entire society will collapse. The mastermind conceals the truth about human beings to prevent this from happening."
Lily's ears drooped a little listlessly: "But the mastermind itself can't escape this framework - when human beings really come to an end, it itself will be the first to malfunction."
Hao Ren didn't interrupt this time because he was thinking about something else - from the mastermind's series of actions and the word "agent", he seemed to see another side of the matter.
"You're not willing to accept this outcome, are you?" After thinking for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and said to the air.
The mastermind's answer was as rigid as ever: "I follow human orders, and there is no option in my program that I won't accept."
"But when you failed, a server issued an order to let N-4 lead a team to search for crashed extraterrestrial visitors on the surface of the mother planet - although you quickly rejected this order yourself, this still shows that your There is a part of the program that is still unwilling to give up. Humans call this phenomenon 'subconscious'. Subconsciously, you still hope for a turnaround, even if you don't know what the turnaround is."
The mastermind was silent for a few seconds, and finally asked a question: "Can you cure humans?"
Hao Ren glanced at the pieces of meat in the culture container. Through the scanning of the data terminal, he has now confirmed the true condition of these pieces of meat: the human parts actually no longer exist, and now they are just twisted and stacked together in large quantities. They are just proliferating cells, and each cell is the result of mutation.
In a sense, humanity is already dead - even as early as the day they entered this cultivation vessel, humanity on this planet was already extinct.
The agents are simply fighting for a ghost from the past.
Hao Ren believed that the mastermind itself knew this very well. However, driven by loyalty or obsession, this powerful artificial intelligence had kept these cells that once belonged to humans alive for thousands of years. Hao Ren seemed to have lost all meaning.
"I can't save them," Hao Ren shook his head, "because they have died long ago. In this tube, I can't see humans, not at all."
Lily shook her ears and looked over with confusion: "Landlord?"
Hao Ren waved his hand, indicating that he still had something to say: "Although I can't save your humans, I believe that if they knew that they would eventually become like this, they would not be willing to continue to live like this. 'Go down.
"And I also want to believe that when humans first created agents, the reason why they were given this name was not just to let them work and fight instead of humans.
"The survival of a civilization is not just about people living. If one day the entire ethnic group really faces the crisis of extinction, then they will often choose to do their best to preserve the civilizational heritage they have created - the legacy created by countless generations. Knowledge, culture, and the way of thinking about the world are the most precious inheritance of a civilization. You just mentioned that humans only created agents when they realized that their own race was declining, and then they spent a thousand years Teach the agents how to think freely, and then they spent a thousand years building a large think tank, converting all their knowledge and thinking into data that the agents can download and read. You know this process among humans What does it mean?"
The mastermind didn't respond, but Hao Ren continued: "It's inheritance, parents educate their children, and the previous generation trains the next generation."
"The agent is not a human being and cannot be a descendant of humans." The mastermind said stubbornly.
"But they can become the descendants of human civilization," Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed to N-6, "These are the agents, who can think, have feelings, and are full of curiosity about the world. Your creator gave them as much power as possible when creating them. In addition to all their human characteristics, except for life forms, they are enough to take over the entire civilization created by your creator - I think this should be the ultimate goal of human beings in creating agents."
Vivian already understood what Hao Ren meant, and she took over the next words: "Your creators realized very early on that there was no way they could survive. From the day the deadly mutation began to get out of control, they knew that they Time is running out, so what if Galactus is eliminated? The mutation that happened to them cannot be reversed. They are destined to perish sooner or later. So why should we care about a group of people who are destined to perish? Take back their home planet? They have no chance to continue living there."
"They just want to find a place for the agent to settle down," Hao Ren shook his head, "I learned about your technological level from N-4. With your space navigation capabilities and the distribution of celestial bodies in this area, at this stage you still have It is impossible to find a second planet suitable for survival. Even if the vitality of the agent is much stronger than that of carbon-based organisms, you will not be able to survive on a bunch of planets that are too hot or lack metal resources. Therefore, the home planet is the best one you can find at present. Good home.”
"They gave you the order to retake your home star. They just hope to see you live well in your lifetime." Yzaks added the last sentence in a sullen voice.
N-6 had been silent for a long time since just now, standing there sluggishly as if she had stopped. It was only then that she seemed to wake up from Yzaks' words, and turned her head somewhat sluggishly: "We... …Have you failed your creator?”
Vivian shook her head: "No, as long as you are still alive, you have not let them down."
"Mastermind, you can actually think of this yourself," Hao Ren said into the air, "And I believe that after realizing this, you are also working hard to let the agent have the ability to escape from program control. It's just your own The logical structure makes it difficult for you to do this, so I'm curious what you did."
After a long silence, the mastermind finally spoke again: "Yes."
Hao Ren didn't say anything. He felt that the main brain should have something to say. Sure enough, a moment later, another electronic synthesized sound came from around the hall: "The entire agent system is under the control of my system. At the same time, they themselves are also under their own control." A series of original instructions. In the early days, this was a necessary condition for the agents to develop smoothly - because the original form of self-growing artificial intelligence seriously lacked stability, they had to rely on a strict supervision system and a simple and clear initial It takes instruction to grow and thrive.”
Hao Ren took over what the mastermind said: "But this system has huge limitations - because one day, the agent's growth will exceed the capabilities of this guardianship system, and they must also face the reality after the complete destruction of mankind. They initially grew up with 'service to humanity' as their core directive, but sooner or later, they had to learn to find a purpose for their own survival."
"I have updated a piece of code in the logic circuit of each agent. That code was left by my last programmer a long time ago," the mastermind said quietly. "This code allows them to Get rid of the control of the original command, and when it takes effect, the agent is free. N-6, I have detected that the final code in your body is activated, and it is precisely because of this that you can remain intact after witnessing the true state of humanity. Normal operation. Congratulations, little soldier, you are the first to be free in the new era."
Hao Ren looked at N-6 curiously, and the latter suddenly remembered what happened when he was walking through the fortress before: after witnessing the mess in the main brain's secondary server room, he learned the truth about the fortress. , her brief crash and restart process.
At that time, she felt a strange code appear in her logic circuit, and then her system began to operate in a completely new way.
Even after witnessing the true form of a human immersed in a cultivation vessel, she still stood here in the face of this reality that could theoretically cause the agent's core to be burned.
Richer and more stable emotional modules have replaced those fatal logical conflicts, and those original instructions that were originally unshakable have disappeared without knowing when.
N-6 suddenly realized that that was the last gift that humans gave to the agents.
Hao Ren also realized why the mastermind refused his help before, and said that the entire society of agents did not need help from outsiders, and they would complete their mission on their own——
Because they really can do it all on their own, at least regarding their own internal issues, this battle-hardened civilization doesn’t need any “rescue” from outsiders.