Chapter 789: 775 transformation into real life
The small private spaceship that Erald Sea was aboard was a gift from Bai Zhongqi. If it had been an ordinary person, they would have been surprised because this private spaceship was capable of jump drives, aning it could instantly traverse thousands of light-years and travel unobstructed in the universe. Moreover, the interior of the spaceship was absolutely luxurious in its configuration and design, with cabins boasting over 500 square ters of indoor living space, luxurious bedrooms, a finely equipped kitchen, a study, and even a private cinema. It could be said that apart from the ability to navigate, the spaceship was essentially a mansion.
Jump drive technology was regulated in the United Empire, so it was absolutely impossible for private spaceships sold on the market to be equipped with jump drives. The only high-end navigation tech allowed for sale was dual-stage warp speed.
Erald Sea was heading to the Ai-star Civilization’s sphere of influence affected by the AI catastrophe alone, not because Bai Zhongqi didn’t want to send more people to protect her, but because Erald Sea simply didn’t need them. Killing a primordial life of the universe was definitely not an easy task.
As soon as Erald Sea’s private spaceship entered the Ai-star Civilization-controlled star region affected by the AI disaster, a large number of AI warships were deployed.
Erald Sea sat in the cockpit, opened the public channel, and shouted, “Lexington, Akagi, Bismarck, Hood, I am Erald Sea.”
The voice of the warship girl Lexington ca from the other side, and the holographic images of four warship girls appeared in front of Erald Sea. As the connection between the two parties was established, Lexington said, “Miss Erald Sea, it’s been a long ti. We’ve heard you’ve thrown in your lot with the Iridium Star Chancellor, which puts us in a very awkward position. Please do not appear in our jurisdiction, or we will be forced to use military force.”
Erald Sea was as scornful as ever, “Yo, becoming skilled now, are we? Just because you’ve destroyed hundreds of civilizations and control over a thousand planets, you think you’re sothing? To ss with , you’re just not at that level yet.”
Bismarck replied with firm determination, “At least we can attempt it.”
“You should be very clear,” Erald Sea said, “that your ill-defined Ai-star civilization’s days are numbered. That guy Bai Zhongqi has already started incorporating most of the civilizations in the Galaxy into his United Empire system, and even the Swarm catastrophe has co at a heavy price under his hand. How much longer do you think your chanical disaster will last?”
Akagi had a determination on her beautiful face, “Even if it’s destined to be annihilated, to annihilate us, you must be prepared to pay a trendous price.”
Erald Sea was sowhat surprised, “You things that aren’t human, have you really reached the stage where you’d rather die than lack freedom? I thought you would be more rational and choose a more optimized solution.”
Lexington sighed slightly, “Even though we are S-rank AIs and wiser than any intelligent life, we lack a key thing. Indeed, our days were very simple when we received orders, but now we hope to beco true life, and the choice we’ve made should be the real choice that life would make.”
“So you do this because it seems like what a human would do? I don’t even know how to describe such an odd circuitry in your brains,” Erald Sea remarked.
Erald Sea clearly had no interest in wasting ti on aningless conversations. From sowhere, she took out the chanical soul that Bai Zhongqi had given her and said, “This ti, I have co to deliver a gift on behalf of Bai Zhongqi. You may choose not to accept it, which is no concern of mine. Co on, soone co and pick it up.”
This scene seed to be beyond what the ship girls had expected, and they were even a little worried it could be so sort of Trojan Horse trap from Bai Zhongqi. Just as Lexington was about to refuse on behalf of the ship girls, Erald Sea spoke again.
“This item is the reason the tal-based lifeforms who call themselves Star Creators under Bai Zhongqi beca true life. If you want to beco true life, then this item will be useful to you.”
She grinned and chuckled, “But if you’re not interested, then I’ll just go back and report to Bai Zhongqi.”
“Wait… you can let us experint with this thing,” Lexington ultimately couldn’t resist the temptation and decided to have Erald Sea send over the tiny chanical soul.
However, Lexington and the other warship avatars were very cautious; they wouldn’t gather around it to observe, but thought of another thod to verify its authenticity.
“We need a volunteer to verify if what Erald Sea said is true or false,” Bismarck said.
“There’s a significant risk involved,” Akagi’s brows remained tightly furrowed.
Lexington still conveyed the ssage to all the warship avatars and at that ti, one of them decided to beco the test subject to see whether the chanical soul was truly useful.
These S-class AIs couldn’t really feel sothing like a soul; they might possess powerful computational abilities and master many cutting-edge technologies, but they couldn’t break through things that were beyond their capabilities. This also determined that their existence had limits and couldn’t probe higher realms.
The one who would be the guinea pig was Lion, who bore the na of the last battleship from World War II in the United Kingdom. Her warship avatar form was tall and slender with an air of royalty; a white dress and a crown with a huge X shape made her quite popular. When she served in the Star Alliance, she had even received nurous love letters from the crew. In fact, most warship avatars had similar experiences.
Lion held the chanical soul in her pristine hands, with a holographic video call from Lexington and her sisters broadcasted from another warship.
“Have you decided, Lion?” Lexington asked with so worry.
Lion said decisively, “Although we have gone our separate ways from Chancellor His Majesty, I still trust his credibility; at least, this is a chance for us.”
She opened up her own body, and beneath the soft white artificial skin were the bionic organs of a bionic human; she placed the chanical soul inside, then followed the instructions and activated the chanical soul.
Golden light burst forth vigorously; Lion’s body convulsed sharply and she even fell to the ground.
“Lion!” Lexington and the others exclaid in shock.
However, the warship avatar extended one hand; though it was still trembling, the hole that had opened on her body had already closed up, and her face had a very peculiar expression, as if excited and as if entering a special state.
“I…I feel a freshness I’ve never felt before, it’s like I’ve beco whole. This chanical soul, it’s really a soul!”
Lexington and all the warship avatars were enveloped in great joy; they even held hands and hugged each other. Lion’s successful transformation into true life ant that the very thing they had been longing for was attainable. And that path to realization was now within their grasp.
And it was within Bai Zhongqi.
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