Deep Sea Embers

In fact, the moment Pilot Two opened his mouth, Duncan had already noticed that the status of the "God of Wisdom" was very different from that of the Storm Goddess - this was not due to the "pollution" displayed by its host array. The state lies in the fact that it remains "awake" like this.

Duncan did not hide his curiosity: "We have already seen Gemona. She sealed her 'death' and 'rot' in a temple to prevent erosion of the interior of the sanctuary. I thought you were all similar. situation, but it seems that your situation is different now?”

"We are all facing similar problems - decay and corrosion spreading in our 'existence'," a buzzing tremor came from the central host, "It's just that our methods of delaying this process are different."

"As the matrix of the world, Gemona was under the greatest pressure, so she had to choose the extreme method of 'splitting herself in two'. Tarijin's method was to sleep in the fire and imprison herself. In a closed-loop dream to delay decay, Bartok built a prison for himself, a borderless wasteland from which he could never leave.

"As for me, I am probably the most special one of all - as you can see, I am just a machine made by mortals. It's just that the Great Annihilation gave me the characteristics of life, death and corruption, so in order to fight against it, I The approach is to 'iterate'. "

The lights of the central host flashed, and Duncan was surprised after hearing these words: "Iteration?"

I am currently on the v1608102-beta version," Pilot Two said calmly and seriously. Then he probably noticed the subtle expression on Duncan's face and explained patiently, "The number in the front is the generation, the middle is the big version number, and the number at the end is The number is a small version update beta version because I just updated my light disc motor not long ago, but it is still unstable - those light effects that keep flashing on the surface of the secondary server, now they can be grouped in 4096 customizations Flashing. "

After it was explained, the expression on Duncan's face became more subtle:

After two or three seconds of silence, Duncan finally couldn't help but tremble at the corner of his mouth: "I thought those lights were important status indicators.

I can tell myself whether my status is good or not, or an external monitoring unit can output the signal - of course, that was when my creators were still there, and no one will come to check my execution status now," Pilot 2 didn't seem to notice the change in Duncan's tone, and remained calm and serious, "As for those lights, they were added by one of my creators after I was born."

It paused, and the buzz in the central host fluctuated a bit. I still can't understand his intention of doing this, but he seemed to think it was important. I still remember his happy expression after seeing me learn to 'flicker'." So over the years I've been diligently learning more 'flickers' and I've kept those lights no matter how many iterations of it. "

Behind the central host, the lights on the surface of a series of secondary servers standing like tombstones flickered, and the flickering light spots were like shining stars.

Duncan suddenly recalled the scene he saw in the deep sea, and recalled the countless lights of unknown meaning on the surface of the Deep Saint-Pilot One's body that grew as large as a mountain due to continuous growth.

Alice's eyes widened slightly. She looked happily at the small flashing lights on Pilot 2's body, and couldn't help but exclaim softly: "It's so beautiful!"

'Yeah, they're pretty, that's probably what they're for. "Pilot No. 2 said softly. At this moment, Morris, who had been quiet for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak. He had been restraining his overly excited mood and only now found the opportunity to speak: "So, you rely on 'Iteration' delays the process of one's own 'rot'. But I don't quite understand what you mean by 'iteration'?"

The red light above Pilot 2 deflected slightly, and it seemed to have its "eyes" on Morris, while a gentle trembling sound sounded from its body:

"The body is fragile, but knowledge lasts forever - so only the continuous transformation and transformation of the self can carry those eternal truths

Roars and tremors suddenly came from all directions, and countless large and small shadows on the distant sea began to shake in the mist. Morris looked around in panic. The next second, he saw a scene that he would never forget. The countless black crystal clusters standing on the calm sea are gradually "blooming", like the crystals in the blade jungle peeling off and cracking,

And from the depths of those crystal clusters, many outlines that could only be seen vaguely before were revealed - countless huge black hosts that looked like tombstones.

They are buried in crystal clusters and seawater in a criss-cross pattern. Many of them have shown severe distortions and distortions. The remains of metal and flesh are piled up in clumps. The eyestalks and nerve cords of death are wrapped around the server host. Due to some kind of The shell that was damaged by the huge external force exposed the internal structure that had long been unrecognizable, and the spaces between the slots and the panels were filled with proliferating biological tissue.

Those "mountains" of crystal clusters that appear to be spectacular and mysterious all over the entire sea area are actually countless graves!

"Those are all the old versions of 'me'," Pilot 2's voice suddenly sounded, finally waking Morris up from his huge stupor. The voice of the "God of Wisdom" seemed to always be like that, "Every time Each version iteration will generate such waste. "

Morris turned around, but there was still great shock on his face.

Lucretia, who was not far away, was equally shocked. When she set out, she was already mentally prepared to face the ancient god, and even the remains of the ancient god. She actually saw it in the palace of the Storm Goddess. The huge remains of ancient gods, but even with her extreme imagination, she never imagined that she would see such a scene of mountains of ancient Kobe bodies!

"This iteration method is amazing." Even Duncan was a little confused at this time. The scene in front of him was obviously not what he had imagined when he heard Pilot 2 say the word "iteration", "The version in my mind Upgrading is not such a big undertaking

'Yes, there will indeed be a lot of movement,' Pilot 2 said calmly. 'Every time the version is upgraded, I have to find a way to get rid of the old version of myself, but very occasionally, the new version will be unable to win. , then the upgrade will fail and a version rollback will occur. But I usually prepare more alternative upgrade plans. Once the upgrade fails, the alternative plan will be enabled, and then multiple new versions will beat the Japanese version together, and finally I can upgrade. successful

Duncan:

"?

Is the "system upgrade" process of Pilot 2 a bit too hard-core? ! Co-authoring is a physical upgrade, a true "hardware update", right?

However, when Duncan had a question mark on his face, Maurice and Lucretia next to him lost their initial expressions of surprise. Even Nina beside him nodded thoughtfully and whispered. Muttered: "The teacher did say that a strong body and a will like a duelist are indispensable on the road to exploring the truth."

Morris looked pleased when he heard this: "The process of chasing knowledge is the process of fighting. You already understand this truth."

After hearing this, Shirley couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "Then I'm pretty good at fighting, and I don't have any knowledge in my head -

Agou immediately emerged from the shadow at her feet and muttered: "Your situation is different. Knowledge cannot catch up with you."

Alice looked at Pilot 2, then looked back and forth between Morris, Shirley and Agou. She didn't know if she understood the current topic, but just smiled to herself.

Fanna, who was standing at the stern of the boat, folded her arms upon seeing this, shook her head helplessly and sighed.

Duncan suddenly felt a little subtle. His eyes glanced between Shirley and Alice (and glanced at Vanna who was shaking her head and sighing), and a series of strange associations inevitably appeared in his mind - one by one in this In the world, scholars are chasing knowledge, and knowledge is chasing mortals like wild beasts. However, for the followers around him, the situation always seems to be a little wrong - knowledge cannot catch up with Shirley, but it can catch up with Alice, but in There is no place to get into Miss Doll’s head, and as for Vanna—

Fanna is amazing. She probably mastered knowledge to death in the year she graduated from sports school.

Duncan shook his head vigorously, quickly getting rid of the increasingly outrageous associations in his mind. Then he raised his head and his eyes fell on Pilot Two again.

Now he finally figured out one thing - he knew where the scholars in this world came from with such a strong style of painting.

The dangerous environment may not only be part of the reason, but the God of Wisdom’s physical upgrade by opening his own brain may be the root cause——

Pilot 2 also lowered its "eyes" at this moment. It seemed to have discovered something. The red light shining above the central host moved slowly on the boat where Duncan was, and then finally stopped on Agou.

"This dog head looks familiar."

Agou confirmed it, and then he seemed to suddenly recall some past events. He immediately shrunk his neck and hid behind Shirley.

Shirley also reacted immediately and quickly reached out to grab the chain near Agou's neck. She then raised her head and looked nervously at the strange "god" in front of her.

"Don't be so nervous," Pilot Two saw this scene and made a gentle voice, "You are already here, and you don't have to worry about any force separating you - I was just a little surprised. What happened on Pilot One created There is such a special individual among those defective offspring. "

Its red light gradually became brighter, and there was finally a slight change in its tone.

That's curiosity.

"What happened to you?"

it asked softly.