Chapter 651: Eden Intelligence: Transformation
"We have dismantled the world before, but collecting necessary supplies from the rubble is not a pleasant thing."
As they boarded a glass elevator and ascended toward the surface, Old Earl said to Jiang Xia beside him:
"That feeling was what our advance team members called 'chewing corpses to survive'. That sense of despair and guilt made us quickly abandon our plans to dismantle other worlds.
After all, our energy technology is very advanced, and the energy generated by the material engine built by filtering antimatter is enough for us to keep this broken world running.
Of course, we are also very lucky that our world's oceans also contain usable atomic energy materials, which allows us to use atomic energy as a secondary energy source without having to worry about resource depletion.
So, it's not what you think.
We did not tear down our world, we tried our best to maintain its original appearance, but unfortunately, it is no longer suitable for human survival. "
Lao Jiang nodded and looked at the scene outside the rapidly rising elevator.
The Eden intelligence built a large number of buildings in the thick crust. They used very advanced technology to divide the crust of this world into many layers, which were supported and connected by huge metal pillars.
The elevator rose at a very fast speed, and the layered crust in front of Jiang Xia kept flashing by.
Just a quick glance, but one can indeed see that there is a large amount of intelligence at work in each layer, just like ants moving house, constantly executing this huge construction project to perfection.
On both sides of the elevator, there are tunnel-like buildings connected by white metal, through which travel hexagonal shuttle-shaped carts. They have no wheels but move at extremely high speeds, whizzing at several times the speed of sound.
Jiang Xia also saw a black vehicle similar to a maglev train, filled with smart people, passing through the tunnel.
There are tunnels like this in every layer of the earth's crust. There are so many of them that they are like the "blood vessels" of the world of Eden, penetrating deep into every layer of the world.
"How much intelligence do you have? What is the stratified crust doing?"
Jiang Xia asked:
"And the intelligence in the high-speed train in the tunnel, they seem to be going to carry out some mission? Is such a large-scale mobilization because the world has activated the 'wandering' program?"
"Yes, this is the top priority of the Eden World at present. The Central Center gives it the highest priority."
Earl Sr. explained:
“The newly manufactured intelligence will go to the South Pole of the world to maintain the big engine there. They will be temporarily assigned to a new department to maintain the full thrust of the big engine.
Some intelligence will also be assigned to the steering engines around the equator.
The layered crust is designed to keep a celestial body stable as it moves at high speed through the starry sea.
After precise calculations by the center, in order to complete multiple jumps in a short period of time and maintain the best state without breaking up the planet, the planet has to be reduced by a certain amount of weight.
Thanks to the excellent work efficiency of the intelligent machines, the project is almost completed."
Earl praised his compatriots and said:
"As for our numbers, the current statistics show that there are about three billion intelligences that are still performing their duties normally, and there are about one billion intelligences in the large dormant library between the seventeenth and eighteenth floors, maintaining a sealed state.
They are all individuals who have served and contributed to the world in the past five hundred years.
If needed, it can be activated at any time.”
Earl glanced at Lao Jiang and said:
"But I know that what Mr. Jiang wants to ask is actually the number of military intelligences that can fight. That is very small. We maintain a staff of 500,000 military intelligences.
They were divided into four fleets.
There are also 100,000 semi-military intelligences responsible for exploration operations. They have been assigned to the outskirts of the three worlds of Red Moon, MAGA, and Wasteland to maintain colonization operations. "
"Five hundred thousand is enough."
Jiang Xia snapped his fingers, not hiding his thoughts at all.
In the rapidly ascending elevator, he turned back and said to Old Earl:
"I have caused some trouble in my world. The situation is quite troublesome. Maybe if necessary, I need you to send an army to help me do something... well, not so moral.
And I want to order another set of the military-grade star ring equipment."
"Not now."
Earle clearly refused:
"At present, all resources in the Eden world are focused on Operation Revelation. After our civilization begins to recover, we may be able to allocate some resources to help you complete the construction of the star ring.
Please understand that maintaining the existence and continuation of civilization is the only purpose , and it is also the mission we must accomplish. It is engraved in the logical thinking center of every intelligent being.
We can’t overcome these physical hardware constraints.”
"I understand. I didn't say I wanted it now."
Jiang Xia looked upwards and saw that the elevator was moving at a very high speed and was almost approaching the ground. He also felt the more obvious vibrations and a chill coming from all directions.
"Bang"
A few minutes later , the elevator rose to the highest point, and the triple-locked mechanical door slowly opened. A cold wind blew in the face, carrying snowflakes.
Jiang Xia felt nothing about it.
After breaking through the spiritual realm, his Dharma body has been completed, with jade bones and blood supporting his body, and his tolerance to environmental temperature has reached an astonishing level.
Lao Jiang stepped out of the elevator and looked around. What he saw was a busy town.
Despite the extremely dangerous low temperature environment, there is still a constant flow of vehicles, and a group of intelligent people in work clothes are carrying out their daily work.
These guys are not as rigid and silent as described in literature.
Instead, they are energized by their work.
In front of Jiang Xia, an engineering vehicle drove past. The carriage was filled with smart miners who had just returned from digging. These guys, covered in dust and icicles, were chattering about finding a place to relax after get off work.
There are also intelligent suggestions to play in Second Life.
He said he had made an appointment with a human player to go to a dungeon together or something.
The town before us, which was covered in ice and snow, was filled with a bustling feeling that was no different from a gathering of humans.
Boss Jiang also saw a car stuck in an ice pit. Two smart drivers gathered there to complain about the weather while waiting for support to arrive. They even had some electronic cigarettes to enjoy.
The two drivers exchanged the e-cigarettes, taking a puff each time, and imitated the reactions of humans in cold environments, with their hands in their pockets, stamping their feet, and yelling that it was too cold and was going to freeze them to death.
whispering sound.
A bunch of drama queens!
You are all made of steel, and the temperature you perceive is simulated by data. How can you really feel cold?
“This is truly treating yourself as a human being.”
Old Jiang watched this interesting scene. He turned around and looked at Old Earl, who looked helpless, and said:
"Are your daily lives so colorful?"
"Yes, it was fine at the beginning of the 500-year Dream Era. The intelligences were just fulfilling their duties and looking after the world for humans. But perhaps it was because the Central gave them too much free computing power."
Earl spread his hands and said helplessly:
"Gradually, things started to go wrong. After spending more time with humans in Second Life, some intelligences began to imitate human living habits and various thoughts.
They secretly designed a set of 'bionic programs' and added them to their own thinking cores.
When they are burned by fire, they scream.
When it's cold, they complain, and when good luck comes, they simulate happiness. The concept of pain is also interpreted with data, so the intelligences can also understand sadness.
Those bionic programs spread more and more widely, like a data plague, and soon infected most of the intelligence.
The Central had wanted to destroy them all.
In the end, it did not execute the instruction, but allowed the bionic programs to continue to develop. Perhaps at the beginning, it was just imitation out of curiosity.
But after five hundred years of development, those imitations have become habits, and even become a kind of 'instinct' that continues to exist."
Old Earl looked at the 'drama queen' intelligences working in the town.
He looked at his compatriots and said with a sigh:
“We remain as devoted to our duty as we were five hundred years ago.
But we also learned from humans to enjoy life, to actively create, to make friends, and even to sing, go to nightclubs, and deal with emotional disputes.
All of this originates from the initial imitation. It is the tools that give birth to wisdom, and this wisdom is guided by the navigation center and even secretly fueled.
It allows intelligent beings to have their own culture and ethics.
Unimaginable, right?
But it does exist.
For example, Captain Evelyn, whom you sent to investigate the Garden of Eden, is my granddaughter in law."
Old Earl smiled and said:
“I personally designed and made the thinking logic cores of her parents. I personally made them in the manufacturing workshop and passed on my life experience and knowledge to them.
They imitated my behavior and created Evelyn..."
“Wow.”
Lao Jiang raised his eyebrows and said:
“This is a little spooky, Earl.
You created a child yourself, which is like Frankenstein. Therefore, the Eden Intelligence can reach 3 billion in 500 years, but it is not produced in batches according to a plan.
Did you actively "breed" it using this mechanical ethics?"
"That's about right."
Old Earl called a flying machine, and as it descended in the night with snow and wind, the old intelligence looked back and said:
"Two hundred years ago, the Navigation Center passed the 'Intelligent Ethics Agreement'. Unless encountering special circumstances, Eden Intelligence will no longer produce intelligent individuals in batches.
Instead, the Ethics Committee formulated a doctrine similar to human marriage laws.
Only after two intelligent individuals have completed the marriage agreement, or after the "reproduction application" submitted by an independent individual who has applied to enter the destruction process has been approved, can an individual create a new individual. "
He opened the door of the aircraft for Lao Jiang, and Boss Jiang jumped in. After the aircraft took off towards the cold storm, Lao Jiang looked out the window at the bustling town that was getting smaller and smaller, and then looked into the distance in the darkness.
Small towns like this are scattered all over the surface that has been covered by cold. There are lights on in every place, like a special civilization active in the glacier.
He suddenly turned around, looked at Earl, and said:
"Your cloning technology is so advanced, but have you ever thought about replacing the intelligent prosthesis with a human body? If so, wouldn't you be the new generation of Eden?
Anyway, the real Eden became extinct five hundred years ago, right?
Don't tell me that in your intelligent society, which has already developed a complete civilization framework, there are no such radical proposals. You can become real people...
If you want.”
"This is an unacceptable act of rebellion. The main body of civilization in the Eden world can only be the Eden people! This cannot be changed."
Old Earl immediately replied:
"We were born to protect humanity! Even if we sing, dance, and have extramarital affairs, we are still just tools serving the Eden civilization.
The true Edenians are not extinct!
Their thought data are stored in the database of the Navigation Center, allowing them to simulate the existence of civilization in Second Life to prepare for the real restart of civilization.
We are merely tools designed to accomplish this greater purpose.”
Earl said in a deep voice:
“Until the mission is accomplished, we must fulfill our responsibilities as tools.”
"Yeah?"
Old Jiang laughed strangely, but he didn't say anything more to Old Earl. He just leaned back and closed his eyes. The smart girl driving the aircraft would occasionally look back at Old Jiang out of curiosity.
She had seen many humans in Second Life.
But this was the first time she saw a living person in the real world.
Um……
I feel like there's no difference in intelligence between me and them.
