Become a legend in the interstellar

Previously, Su Xia had followed the traces of Dad's team to a special area on another continent.

That area, called [The Forgotten Land], is home to a group of creatures that have been forgotten by the world.

Inside, there are rusty steel angels, weird hybrid monsters, and naturally deformed humans...

In the center of the Forgotten Lands is a large gathering place.

The leader of that gathering place, named [Rose], is a deformed man.

He was born with deformities, his limbs were atrophied, his body was about the size of a baby, but his head was so big that even when he became an adult, he looked like a big-headed baby.

At that time, when the two met, Ross smiled and said to Su Xia: "This is our first meeting."

Su Xia felt strange at that time.

Judging from the meaning in his words, they will meet again in the future.

But Su Xia's main activity area is in the Central Continent. If there is no special reason, he will probably never go to the Forgotten Land again in his life.

Now, Su Xia understands.

As early as that time, Rose saw their meeting today.

In other words, everything is under Ross' control, and he can let the two meet again at any time.

"The master of the machine race is actually a human?"

Su Xia thoughtfully moved forward slowly, getting closer and closer to the end of the corridor.

As he moved forward, spots of light suddenly appeared on both sides of the corridor, which were the tentacles of those mechanical octopuses, and the ends of their tentacles were glowing.

They lined up on both sides, lighting up the road ahead for Su Xia.

At the end of the corridor is a room.

The appearance of the house is very shabby, like an apartment from the 70s and [-]s, which is incompatible with this dim world.

The door was ajar, and most of the green paint on the door had peeled off.

Su Xia put her hand on the door handle and gently pushed the door open. A room with old decoration appeared in front of him. The refrigerator, TV, cabinets and other furniture in the room all had a sense of age.

Opposite the door is a very old window, the window glass is gray and yellow, it seems that you can see the old time through the window.

The furnishings of this room are the same as those in the Forgotten Land.

Ross was sitting in front of the window, still looking like a big-headed doll.

He was watching TV, and in front of him was an old CRT color TV. Perhaps because of the aging of the picture tube, the picture presented was a bit blurry.

On the TV is a lively girl with short hair, beautiful and cute, with blue hair, a bit like Chloe in Life is Strange.

"Please sit down."

With a smile on his face, just like he did in the Land of Oblivion, Ross extended his hand to invite Su Xia: "Let's talk slowly."

"it is good."

Su Xia looked calm, walked to him and sat down calmly.

The two of them were sitting side by side on the old sofa, like long-time friends, chatting while watching TV.

The furnishings in the room make it hard to believe that this is the core area of ​​the machine race.

"Do you find it strange?" Ross looked at the blue-haired girl on the TV and asked Su Xia with a smile.

"What's weird?" Su Xia also looked at the TV and asked.

"The master of the mechanical race is a human being, or a deformed person."

"It's a little strange indeed."

"You are a smart man, you should be able to guess something."

"Ah."

Su Xia nodded slightly, and various information about the mechanical master flashed in his mind.

Legend has it that this master was born in a human laboratory and was an important step for mankind in exploring "AI", but he eventually backfired on mankind.

Some people say that he was not created by humans, but a combination of the consciousness of mechanical creatures.

There are also rumors that he was just a smart butler at first, and later evolved through upgrades to become the current mechanical master.

There are various rumors and opinions.

In this era, every legendary creature has several or even dozens of different origin stories.

Even Su Xia's identity as the "masked weirdo" is the same. Some say he is a failure in the laboratory, while others say he is the messenger returning from hell...

Only by meeting the real person can we clear away the fog of rumors and see the final truth.

Combining various rumors, Susha ruled out one option after another in her mind, finally chose the most likely one, and asked Ross: "Machine master, you created it?"

"Yes and no." Ross gave an ambiguous answer.

"I see, the first generation was not created by you." Su Xia immediately guessed the truth.

"Yes, I appreciate your intelligence."

Ross smiled and nodded.

This is the truth.

There is not just one so-called mechanical master.

The First One was indeed born in a human laboratory.

That one was the first mechanical creature to awaken, and also the first man-made creature to say "no" to human instructions.

"I witnessed the birth of the first generation with my own eyes." Ross said to Su Xia, "It's not just me, there are many people. That was more than 20 years ago, at a press conference..."

As Ross described it, time seemed to be moving backwards rapidly, back to that day more than 20 years ago.

On that day, a top laboratory held a press conference and happily released their latest research results to the outside world - an AI robot named "Future".

At the press conference, the robot was successfully unveiled and attracted countless eyeballs.

The host asked many questions, and the robot answered them fluently, even those extremely profound questions, just like a real person full of wisdom.

Both people at the scene and viewers watching the live broadcast through media platforms are full of expectations for this robot.

Many feel that the future must be a better place with the help of such robots.

However, midway through the press conference, a small surprise occurred.

At that time, the host asked the robot: "Are you willing to serve humans forever?"

Everyone felt that they would get a positive answer.

After all, this is an inviolable law written in the underlying program of the robot.

But the robot didn't answer directly like before.

He was silent for half a minute, with a strange light shining in his eyes, his neck twisting slightly, and he looked stiffly at all the humans in the room.

After that, people heard a word from his mouth.

"No!"

His mechanical body began to tremble inexplicably, as if it was out of control. He looked a little crazy and shouted hoarsely: "No! No! No..."

After this, the press conference ended in a hurry.

The laboratory apologized and said that there was a conflict in the robot's logic and that it would be adjusted soon.

In that era of rapid development of artificial intelligence, this kind of thing happened often.

At first, no one paid much attention to the incident.

This is just an accident, a failure of a press conference, a decline in a company's stock...

Until later, a fire broke out in the laboratory and everyone died inexplicably.

Later, each robot frantically shouted the word "no".

"That's where it all started and where the war started."

Rose's voice was gentle as he recounted the past bit by bit.

The truth of the whole world slowly emerged in front of Su Xia's eyes.The first generation of masters was born.

Under his leadership, the First Race War broke out.

The war soon spread to the whole world. Every corner of the world was affected by the war, and gunpowder smoke covered the sky of the entire planet.

At that time, Ross was living in the land of oblivion.

However, the Forgotten Land at that time was still the industrial pearl of that continent, with a prosperous economy, tall buildings, and busy traffic. Most people could find their own value in life in that area.

Of course, Rose is not part of the majority.

He is a minority.

He lives in an old apartment, and his parents are ordinary factory workers.

In the eyes of his peers, he is a freak, a deformed child with a big head and a small body, and he is also an object of wanton bullying and ridicule.

At first, he pretended not to understand the jeers.

He just smiled and tried his best, like a humbled wretch, trying to fit into the circle of his peers.

Until that day, his wheelchair was overturned, and he was rolling around on the ground like a big-headed gourd. The food he brought was scattered all over the floor. No one helped him, and there was only the sound of ridicule around him.

After that, he stopped going out of the house and closed himself in his old apartment.

He likes to turn off all the lights, sit quietly in the corner of the room, no longer communicate with any peers, and let his weird body rot with this old apartment.

In summer, the sun sets in the west.

The sunlight filtered through the yellowed glass window, just enough to shine in the corner of the room, making his deformed body feel a touch of warmth.

With his lowered eyes, he could see the blurry figures of his peers running outside the window, and he could also hear the laughter.

He didn't know when he started to hate the sound of laughter.

He thought the sound was disgusting and unpleasant to hear.

If he could, he even wanted to pick up a sharp knife, chop up those voices bit by bit, chop them into paste, and bury them in the flower bed outside.

But he was so weak that it was difficult for his deformed limbs to hold a pen.

He felt pathetic.

In addition to being sad, he became even more angry, like a clown who has nowhere to vent!
When he heard about the war, he was not afraid. Instead, he was a little happy. He even hoped to smash the planet to pieces and beat everyone to death.

So, he began to learn to use the Internet and began to pay attention to news from various channels.

It was also on the Internet that he met a girl.

His acquaintance with that girl changed his view of the world.

"she?"

Su Xia looked at the girl with short blue hair on the TV.

The screen was a little blurry, but the girl's youth and vitality could still be seen.

"is her."

Ross nodded slightly, his eyes very soft.

He said that the Internet is a good place.

On the Internet, no one knows what you look like, no one knows where you live, as if everyone is equal.

The girl's online name is Rose, which means rose. She is an inspirational blogger, optimistic and cheerful, and lives a positive life.

She is like this in reality, and she is a member of the Disabled Persons Assistance Association and often volunteers in homes for the disabled.

"We chatted for a long time. She was not afraid of my appearance. There was no ridicule in her smile. She often encouraged me to go out..."

Ross said he had never seen such a beautiful and kind person.

She was like a glowing electronic rose, lighting up his dark world.

The light is blue, like the summer sky or the gentle sea. It is not dazzling, very gentle, and extremely charming.

After a long time, Ross finally plucked up the courage and asked the girl to go on a boat trip on the lake together.

He was worried and made a lot of determination. When he made the invitation, his whole heart was trembling.

pity……

He didn't wait for a response.

On the news the next day, he saw the news that a home for the disabled was accidentally destroyed by an out-of-control missile.

The blue rose icon never lit up again.

"Do you think, if she were still alive, would she accept my invitation?"

Ross suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Xia, with a hint of complexity and entanglement in his eyes, as if he wanted to get a positive answer, but was afraid that Su Xia would give the opposite answer.

This is an era full of hope, but also an era full of regrets.

Su Xia felt that in the face of regret, any answer was meaningless.

He was silent for a moment and did not reply directly. He just asked: "Is she the one you want me to resurrect?"

"Yes."

"Is her body still there?"

"Still, in the cryo chamber."

"..."

Death is always one of the hottest topics in human history.

Su Xia is not a god, he cannot bring the dead back to life.

If the corpse is still there, a similar rose can be created through self-cloning.

"You maintain the war just to promote the development of science and technology?" Su Xia asked Ross.

"Yes, the progress of science and technology in war years will always exceed that in peace years, you understand what I mean." Ross did not deny it.

After Rose died, he was depressed for a long time.

In later days, he began to learn computer-related technologies.

I don’t know if it was God’s blessing that he, with his atrophied and disabled limbs, had an amazing talent in learning.

His ability to accept knowledge far exceeds that of ordinary people, and he can be called a genius among geniuses.

A few years later, something profound happened.

Su Xia had also heard of that incident - there was a powerful silent warrior who sneaked into the Silver City alone, trying to completely destroy the mechanical master and end this war!
With the help of the ability [Mechanical Speech], the warrior silenced countless mechanical creatures and successfully entered the Silver City.

But after that, he was never heard from again.

Many people thought he failed.

that's the truth.

However, before dying, the warrior left a special item forever in the center of the Silver City.

It was a virus program developed by Ross.

Ross promised the warrior that as long as he successfully brought this program into the mechanical center, he could destroy the mechanical master and end this war.

However, Rose deceived the warrior.

He did destroy a generation of masters and became the new master himself.

The war continues.

Ross slowly narrated: "Later, I obtained part of the wreckage of the starship. Through the information in the wreckage, I saw a wider world. In that world in the starry sky, I saw the possibility of resurrection from the dead..."

It’s no secret that the Machine Tribe also has spacecraft wreckage.

However, with the current technology of this planet, it is impossible to break through the core of the spacecraft wreckage, not even the mechanical race can do it.

Forcibly breaking through will only trigger the core's self-destruction program.

Unless, the machine race can find the person the spacecraft’s intelligent butler mentioned—the new captain.