"I see." Tilan quickly understood and thought it indeed made sense.
"I heard from Loloria that you simulate human social activities through tasks for the chanical bodies."
"Yes." Xia Lan nodded.
"There is a rather long origin and complex reasons behind this." Apparently, it couldn't be explained in just a few sentences.
Afterwards, the two chatted about so interesting stories concerning Lolomiya. Then the waiter brought the dishes they ordered, which Tilan tasted and gave an excellent high score.
"They are no different from those made by High Rank human chefs."
A variety of nine dishes, regardless of color, aroma, or taste, were top-notch placed on the table between the two.
After enjoying this exquisite lunch, the two moved to a follow-up connection phase. At this ti, many passengers on the Starship also gradually entered Star Harbor, making the previously vast and silent place lively and bustling.
Now, the two stood by the railing on the upper level of the hall, overlooking the chanical girls mingling in the crowd below and performing various tasks. Xia Lan's expression was clearly filled with anticipation and satisfaction.
"Miss Xia Lan, are you happy with such a scene?" Tilan couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, how to describe this feeling—it's like a tool you prepared for years, kept brand new in a box, finally being put to use one day." She explained.
"Are you curious why our main brain lets the chanical bodies of the chanical Council carry out tasks regularly to mimic and understand the human societal environnt?"
"Yes." The girl nodded.
"This touches on the aning of the chanical body's existence and the essence of civilization, which is why I said at the restaurant that it can't be explained in just a few sentences," Xia Lan responded.
"Have you ever flown a kite, or do you know the existence of a kite? For us chanical bodies, human society is like the thread holding it, maintaining the most basic logic of all our actions."
"Indeed, compared to humans, we surpass in efficiency, never tire, and are free from unrelated psychological anxieties, and we can even work continuously for 24 hours."
"But the foundation of all these is to know one's goals."
"For humans, feeling thirsty leads to drinking water, feeling sleepy leads to sleeping, feeling bored leads to gaming or finding joy—all these are natural things, and they don't need to design extra goals."
"But for chanical bodies, these goals do not naturally exist, nor can they arise out of thin air."
"You might think, just set a few long-term goals for yourself."
"At that point, the question becos, why should I set this goal? What is its significance to my existence?"
"Humans may act driven by instincts from their physical and genetic makeup, social needs, and inner desires, among other things."
"But for chanical bodies, these elents do not exist. We are not made of flesh, do not have instincts arising from hormonal expressions in genes, and do not, for instance, do things to gain respect, envy, or superiority due to social needs."
"In the early days of the chanical Council, many human mbers among us were responsible for maintaining our logic settings, ideal goals, and so forth."
"However, at the end of the Fifth Epoch, with the increasingly complex and intense war environnt, we chanical bodies had to make swift judgnts and take actions independently. chanical bodies that survived this era mostly developed relatively independent personalities, capable of self-thinking and decision-making. Lolomiya is a particularly typical example, as she exhibits rare lively personality traits among chanical bodies today."
"In such an environnt, we gradually no longer required human adjustnt and maintenance for independent existence. As ti passed and for efficiency's sake, the human mbers among us dwindled in numbers until they eventually disappeared."
"No, that's not right, it can't be said they disappeared because many of them ford another group, which is the Cult of Four Originals you've seen, Tilan."
"After separating from human assistance, the Sigma chanical Council entered an era of complete AI high-speed developnt. Each mber can directly employ electronic communication technology for rapid division of tasks, experience review, transmission, etc., which made us grow stronger and resist pressures from the Black Sun on all fronts during the end of the Fifth Epoch."
"But such an era was bound to end. After entering the Sixth Era, the Black Suns were being annihilated one by one, and we no longer needed large-scale battles, which led to a sense of emptiness within the chanical Council."
"Weapons were still being produced ceaselessly within the base, piling up mountains; fleets in space were as dense as clouds but could only float quietly like coffins awaiting aging. The war tools we created had no ground to utilize, and new mbers knew they had to fight against enemies yet didn't know where the enemies were."
"Seeing the situation heading in the wrong direction, the main brains decided to let most mbers of the chanical body enter a dormant state, leaving only a few on duty to maintain activity."
"This way, the situation finally beca controllable, but a new problem also erged."
"That is, what is the ultimate aning of our life."
"For humans, there are many answers to this question: to experience an extraordinary life, to feel the pulsating vitality, to pursue eternal wisdom of truth, or to indulge in a hearty celebration, but these answers do not apply to chanical bodies."
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