Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 1806 Data Ark

Lan Nuo was briefly confused when he heard the word "eldest son". The bald masked man behind him seemed to see that he didn't quite understand what the eldest son was, so he explained to him: "Everyone's awakened memory is not complete, and the history we know is also reconstructed by the awakened generations after piecing together their own awakened memories. So it's normal that you don't know what the eldest son is.

It is a super life form created by the goddess of creation to sow life. It is also the first batch of life created by the goddess. They are extremely powerful, like giant trees, but their roots can spread all over the planet.

Our planet was destroyed by such a super life form, and we are the very few survivors on the planet. "

When Lan Nuo first heard the name "Changzi", she was not sure, but after listening to the description, she had basically locked on which world she had traveled to. The expression on her face became strange. Combined with the fact that there was a large amount of gold on this planet, the world she was in was most likely Tanagos in the original plot. Thinking about it this way, it seemed that there was indeed a giant city pronounced Alamanda in this virtual world.

"It seems that you have awakened some memories about the Goddess of Creation, but these are things that happened in the distant ancient times. Most of the compatriots who fought against the eldest son have already died on the planet.

Although our technology had already developed to the space age at that time, it was still far behind that of the eldest son. The time we bought with our resistance was only enough for us to implement our final plan, using the promotion tower built in the center of each doomsday shelter and our inherent powerful spiritual power to transform ourselves into spirit creatures without a physical body.

After transforming into a life form, theoretically we will have the ability to leave the surface of the planet and survive in the universe, and we will hardly be harmed by any physical attack.

If the plan goes well, our race may be able to survive the change of life form. But when the first group of people who changed their life form looked at the world from a new perspective, they found a horrifying scene. From the perspective of the soul form, they saw the soul of the eldest son, a huge soul that covered the entire planet. The eldest son was even more powerful in the soul than in the material world. All the people who completed the promotion through the promotion tower had their minds destroyed in an instant after being transformed into energy life, and became crazy beings without self-awareness. "

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"We are not survivors. We are just artificial intelligence left over from a past civilization. I ask you to take all the information about our civilization with you. This is the only thing we can do for this civilization." The holographic projection with a kind face spoke while pushing a suitcase in front of Hao Ren.

Hao Ren had never imagined that a suitcase could be so heavy. It was the tombstone of an entire civilization. Although he had come into contact with tombstones of civilizations before, he had never experienced the process personally. Moreover, it could only be regarded as the tombstone of a branch of an ethnic group, not an entire civilization.

"I will take away the information about your civilization and keep it safely. This is also my duty. Is there anything else I can help with?"

The artificial intelligence in the holographic projection paused for a moment, then said: "If your technology allows, please help us find the lost data ark. Before the apocalypse disaster came completely, we once received a satellite that fell from the sky. The satellite brought us a server with a total weight of only 3,000 kilograms.

The technology contained in this server has surpassed our understanding. We can't even tell whether it is a machine or a life form. The artificial intelligence on the server told us that it was the people of the starry sky who helped our civilization and predicted the coming of the doomsday disaster.

This special server is a giant thinking container that can carry consciousness. It can maintain the consciousness of up to 500,000 intelligent creatures at the same time and maintain stable operation for a long time.

The consciousness of intelligent creatures is delicate and fragile, so it cannot be directly uploaded to a hard drive for storage like artificial intelligence. Otherwise, the intelligence in the consciousness will be lost rapidly and eventually become indistinguishable from artificial intelligence.

Therefore, in the Data Ark, there exists a virtual world that is difficult for us to distinguish between true and false. People who are uploaded into the virtual world will gain eternal life in the virtual world. As long as their thinking is still functioning, they will not die. In the future, if the Data Ark is found by other civilizations, or falls on a planet suitable for survival, it can serve as the seed of our civilization to reproduce and thrive again.

What we have to do is to select the seeds of civilization and then launch the data ark into space. After the 3,000-kilogram data ark was launched into the unmanned space, it was even smaller than a drop in the ocean. Even the eldest son could not find the tiny ark in the vast space. Of course, we ourselves cannot find it. The mystery of the starry sky tells us that if we have the ability to find the ark, no matter what kind of mark we leave, the eldest son can read our thoughts and find and destroy the ark. So after the ark was launched, we lost all contact with it.

Only the people of the starry sky know how to find the identification signal of the Ark in the vast universe. Our civilization may not be extinct yet, and there may be people who have survived. So I hope that if you can do it, please help us find the data Ark that carries the seeds of our civilization. If they are still alive, please give them the tombstone that carries all the information of our civilization. "

Hao Ren did not expect that there would be a turning point in the extinction of this civilization. He was very curious about who the People of the Starry Sky were, but after asking, he learned that the Tanagus people knew nothing about it. They only received the server sent by the People of the Starry Sky and had no idea what kind of race this was or what this race was dedicated to.

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"The existence of the Ark allowed our civilization to survive when the apocalypse came. Five hundred thousand people were eventually selected and uploaded into the virtual world. They were also launched into the deep space, waiting for the people of the starry sky to find us."

Lan Nuo discovered that this part was not in the plot. Perhaps it was a rewrite of the plot by other selves who traveled to different time points in this world.

So far, everything seems to be normal, which explains why they live in a virtual world, but there are obviously some problems with the operation of this virtual world.

"I think you have also seen that the virtual world we live in has now had a lot of bugs. Even the high-end technology of the aliens has gradually become unable to operate after thousands of years of baptism. The computing power of this world is now very difficult to maintain the operation of the virtual world. And this is actually the result of this virtual world operating in an extreme energy-saving mode. Including our previous state of losing memory and being in a daze, it is actually one of the costs of the energy-saving mode. It's just that these costs are borne by us, but some people are exempted from the costs and seize the power that does not belong to them." Lan Nuo has vaguely guessed something. But he still wants to hear the other party say it in person. Although the history he said is not necessarily true, it is still quite valuable for reference.

"According to what you said, we should be the ones who were chosen to enter the Ark in history, but why have we become what we are now? What were the selection criteria back then? If we continue to live in a muddle-headed way like this, what is the point of inheriting civilization?"

"This has to do with a mistake we made back then. We didn't pay enough attention to the warnings of the Star People. We didn't realize the significance of the Ark to our civilization. We still put most of our energy into the Ascension Plan. We put most of the manpower and resources into the construction of the Ascension Tower. The Ark was more like a backup plan, more like a foolproof insurance.

Under normal circumstances, the candidates for the 500,000 people should be selected from all walks of life, ensuring that these people master almost all of our knowledge and have knowledge and experience of a complete industrial system.

But in the actual operation, many people are attracted by the condition of immortality, so the process of uploading consciousness is interfered by a few people with ulterior motives. The opportunity of uploading consciousness has become a hard-to-find existence. I think you should be able to understand that there is a dark side in any society. Even in the face of doomsday, not all rulers are great and glorious.

Therefore, a large number of relatives and descendants of high-ranking officials, as well as some elderly rulers, were stuffed into the Ark. They did not care about the continuation of civilization, they only cared about their own eternal life.

This led to problems in the development direction of the Ark after it was launched.

When we first arrived at this data world, we felt that it was heaven. Even heaven was not as beautiful as this. In the data world, each of us is omnipotent. No matter what we want, we can get it through fantasy. It is a true wish come true. The aliens have a very high level of technology, and the virtual world can completely deceive all our senses. And that time was also the happiest time for all the residents in the data world.

The people of the starry sky treat those of us who have uploaded self-consciousness equally. Each of us has the same rights and privileges, and everyone is truly equal. In the virtual world, all enjoyments are just a string of numbers, so it can be said that material wealth is extremely abundant. For a long time, there was no conflict between people, and each of us was immersed in our own beautiful dreams.

Or you may want to enjoy delicious food without worries, or live together with a partner you envy, or experience the natural scenery around the world.

But soon, the problem arose that not everyone wanted to experience it that cheaply.

We forget that servers themselves need maintenance and have a limit to their carrying capacity. In the deep space of the universe, servers cannot receive any maintenance. Any aging damage that occurs cannot be repaired by us, and there is no doubt that the greater the computing power used, the faster the damage will occur.

If all we want to satisfy is a gourmet companion and experience the natural scenery of the planet, then this little bit of computing power is naturally nothing for the Ark.

But after the most basic material needs are met, intelligent creatures will undoubtedly pursue higher needs, that is, spiritual needs, the pursuit of higher social status, the pursuit of recognition from others.

Under the premise that everyone has the same authority, it is obviously impossible for us real people to feel superior. If you want to feel the feeling of being in a high position, the easiest way is to create a large number of people who serve you. These artificial intelligences that are not real people occupy an extremely large amount of computing power, which gradually increases the pressure on the server. However, everyone has the same authority, so at first no one can restrict this extravagant waste of computing power.

We have received multiple warnings in succession, and the server has been continuously alarming us, telling us that if we continue like this, the server's operating life will be compressed to less than 500 years. 500 years is far from enough for all the eldest sons in the world to die. We must limit our use of computing power, so that we can hold on until the people of the starry sky pack us up and take us away."

Lan Nuo nodded and said, "So for the long-term continuation of civilization, we established order and made rules, right? If I'm not mistaken, did those people who were in high positions and power on the planet use their prestige to secretly usurp the ruling power in the new order?"

The bald masked man didn't expect that a being who had just awakened could actually follow his thoughts, but he still nodded and said, "That's right, when selecting the candidates for consciousness upload, there was no strict screening, which ultimately brought disastrous consequences.

At first we did not realize the seriousness of the problem. Everyone had equal authority, so everyone was naturally equal, and there was nothing to be afraid of even if order was established.

Those who maliciously wasted computing resources, created a large number of artificial intelligences to serve them, and became local tyrants, have been deprived of all their creations and their rights under our united judgment.

Although everyone has equal authority, when the authority of two people conflicts with that of one person, the authority of the party with fewer people will be suppressed. It is natural that the minority obeys the majority, but there are always loopholes in the rules. "

[To be continued]

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