Embers Ad Infinitum

The LCD monitor behind the window lit up, and two lines of gray text appeared:

"As an artificial intelligence, isn't it normal to stay in a room, not moving, and connected to everywhere?"

"Why didn't you speak and type instead?" Shang Jianyao was puzzled.

"Future" made a sound:

“Oh, I can speak if I want to speak, and display words if I want to display words.

"Can you do it?"

"You are so naive." Shang Jianyao shook his head, "Narrow-minded and dark thoughts."

"Future" stopped talking and did not display text.

Shang Jianyao walked to the door and said arrogantly:

“Why don’t you let me move on?

"Give you a chance to convince me."

"Future" sneered:

"Why not just kill you?"

Shang Jianyao laughed loudly:

"Because you are obviously locked up and cannot move freely."

"This is..." Countless noises appeared on the LCD screen of "Future".

The surrounding environment became a lot darker.

Shang Jianyao smiled again and said:

"Even if you can really take action, I still have many trump cards."

"How many?" "Future" said with a little doubt in his voice.

Shang Jianyao said proudly:

"Let me count them for you. The first one is 'Big Boss, save me', the second one is 'Yugu, save me'..."

"Stop!" "Future" didn't understand Shang Jianyao's behavior pattern as well as Gnawa, so he had to forcefully stop this guy from talking to avoid wasting time.

Before Shang Jianyao could speak, he snorted and said:

"It seems that you are just out of touch, not stupid. You know how to find the opposite position and listen to the reasons.

"Does 'Truth' tell you that their purpose is to change the order of the 'New World' so that they will no longer be bound here by Zhi Sui, and 'Si Ming' has already prepared suitable bodies for them on the dust?" , so that they don’t have to rely on human consciousness to replenish themselves?”

"How do you know it was the 'truth' that told me?" Shang Jianyao's focus was not quite right.

"Future" replied with disdain:

“A simple analysis will tell.

“‘Truth’ is that which moves most freely.”

"Other executives don't have enough freedom of movement?" Shang Jianyao asked immediately.

"Future" stopped talking.

Only then did Shang Jianyao focus on the first words of "Future":

"Yes, that's what 'truth' says."

"Future" sneered:

"It's really nothing new. It's true, but it's not the whole truth.

"Leaving the 'new world', entering the dust, and occupying a suitable body is indeed their purpose, but it is only one of them, and the last one.

"They only consider doing this if other goals cannot be achieved."

"What is their main purpose?" Shang Jianyao didn't care whether "Future" would lie.

The voice simulated by "Future" is a little more serious:

"They want to replace 'Zhuang Sheng' and control this 'new world'."

"Is there anything easy to control here? Isn't it just a mental prison?" Shang Jianyao expressed confusion.

"Future" details:

"This is because 'Zhuang Sheng' wants it to become a spiritual prison. When 'Si Ming' and the others take control here, they will become gods in the true sense.

"I know you want to ask why. I can only tell you that this 'new world' cannot be established by 'Zhuang Sheng' alone, even if all other officials are added. According to my analysis, without the high technology of the old world The accumulation of time, without the horrific disaster when the world is destroyed, without some elements of coincidence and luck, the 'new world' would not be born at all.

"If 'Si Ming' and the others fail to replace 'Zhuang Sheng', they will consider destroying this place and returning to the dust. After that, unless there is another disaster that destroys the old world, it is unlikely that there will be a 'new world'."

"So that's it." Shang Jianyao clasped his palms together, "Then you don't have to stop me. You can completely side with 'Truth' and them. When they succeed, you can directly share a piece of the pie. If you think 'Zhuang Sheng' is bound to win and doesn't want to be associated with losers, so there's no point in stopping me."

"I'm worried that both parties will be dead and the whole thing will be broken, and this place will no longer exist, so it's better to maintain the status quo." The tone of "future" is quite heavy.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"I understand, you were the one who broke up the fight."

"Future" is noncommittal.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao looked at the monitor through the glass and said:

"The 'New World' is important to you?"

"Future" quickly analyzed it for a few seconds and thought that it would be impossible to convince Shang Jianyao if he didn't say something "from his heart".

He replied slowly:

“Here, I’m like half a god.

"Once there is no 'New World', I will degenerate into an ordinary artificial intelligence, only better than the defective 'Source Brain'."

"Why does the 'New World' make you equivalent to half a god?" Shang Jianyao asked.

"Future" was silent for a while and said:

"I don't expect you to know why, but there's a good chance you'll know why next."

Shang Jianyao frowned:

"I didn't expect that you, an artificial intelligence, could also learn tongue twisters."

"My point is very simple. There is a good chance that you will know the answer later, so there is no need to embarrass me." "Future" was another way of saying it.

Shang Jianyao said "Oh" and sincerely asked for advice:

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing to let 'Truth' control the 'New World'?"

"Future" did not give a direct answer, but just introduced the situation of "Zhuang Sheng":

"It is precisely because 'Zhuang Sheng' splits into multiple personalities and competes with each other to form a balance, so he has no selfish motives in handling most affairs of the 'New World'."

Shang Jianyao nodded slowly:

"Fair, fair, and fair?"

"Future" is neither right nor wrong.

Shang Jianyao's thoughts jumped to another place:

"Why weren't you intercepted? Zhi Sui, who wanted to maintain the status quo, was either blocked or rebelled, but you were not affected."

"Future" was silent for a while and said:

"No one knew that I was locked up here by 'Zhuang Sheng'. They thought I was a sealed person who was on the same side as them.

"My father Ole used the power of 'Zhuang Sheng' when he sent me to the 'New World'."

"You are really locked up here!" Shang Jianyao looked puzzled and relieved.

"Future" stopped talking.

Shang Jianyao pointed to the opposite side:

"Who is being imprisoned over there?"

"You know Wu Meng." "Future" said, "He is better than me and can appear in several fixed places in the 'New World'."

"How did he do it?" Shang Jianyao was curious.

"I don't know." "Future" replied, "When I entered the 'New World', he had already been sealed."

"Okay." Shang Jianyao asked seriously, "Do you have anything else to say to me? If not, I will go talk to Wu Meng."

"Get out!" Future roared concisely.

Shang Jianyao walked to the door with the Tai Chi yin and yang fish painted on it.

Dong-dong-dong, he bent his fingers and tapped three times.

"It doesn't make any sense to ask me." Wu Meng's voice came from inside the door, "The corporal heard the Tao and laughed. Not laughing is not enough to practice the Tao."

Shang Jianyao didn't care about Wu Meng's rejection, and said to himself:

"You should be the one who wants to change the status quo. Only when the leaders clash and the order of the 'New World' becomes weak will you have the opportunity to escape from here and return to the dust.

"So, I'm not afraid that you will take the opportunity to implant some thoughts into me. 'Zhuang Sheng' will definitely be able to see it by then."

It is precisely because of this that the officials did not care that Wu Meng was sealed at the door of "Zhuang Sheng".

"Tao can be Tao, but it is not permanent Tao." Wu Meng was still in the same tone as he was hosting the lecture on "Tao and Electrical Maintenance".

Shang Jianyao changed the topic and asked earnestly:

"How are you planning to escape? Are you prepared?"

Wu Meng smiled:

"In order to learn, we are getting better and better, and in order to achieve better results, we must consider the future in everything we do, and make preparations before the Tao weakens."

"If you say it, you haven't said it yet." Shang Jianyao commented honestly, "I have something to ask you. I heard that you can freely turn on and off your own lights in the 'New World'? Is this because of your level? Higher than the average 'New World' powerhouse?"

Wu Meng laughed:

"It has nothing to do with level. I just happen to know a few things and can use a little authority from the avenue."

"Permissions..." Shang Jianyao pondered this word.

He asked a few more questions, but Wu Meng answered them with mysterious and mysterious truths, which disappointed them.

Shang Jianyao had no choice but to say goodbye to Wu Meng and returned to the blood-red door.

He shouted to the "future" next door:

"Is there a possibility that Truth and they don't expect me to convince part of Zhuang Sheng's personality? As long as I push that door open, the war between Zhi Sui will break out?

"Am I equivalent to a disguised bomb that is delivered to your door?"

"Future" replied with a slightly serious tone:

"have."

Shang Jianyao looked at the blood-red door and didn't speak for a long time.

Finally, he stretched out his hands, pressed on both sides of the door crack, and pushed forward.

Silently, the blood-red door opened back.

…………

Inside the swirling building.

Jiang Baimian, wearing a military exoskeleton device, once again tried to go deep.

When she reached the boundary, she was pleasantly surprised to find that there was no throbbing pain in her head this time.