Alien Relic Hunter

"Have you ever thought about what those so-called 'gods' are?" The other party ignored Ke Lan's question and said to himself, "Why is the Alpha civilization able to interfere even in parallel time and space?" , in front of that existence, but have no power to fight back?"

"Higher dimensional life forms... Even the Alpha civilization has not figured out this kind of question. Do you think I will know the correct answer?" Ke Lan said casually, while constantly calling Selene in his heart - -However, the independent space of the "Holy Ark" seemed to be completely isolated from the outside. No matter how Ke Lan tried, he did not receive a response from Selene.

"Your answer is actually correct, but not accurate enough. The scope of high-dimensional life forms is too large..."

"Ah, yes, yes, since you said so, can you express your opinion?" Ke Lan teased. He felt that the other party seemed to be delaying time, but he also needed time to observe this "holy cabinet" "...At least at this point in time, he does not want to have a direct conflict with the other party.

This is a large room similar to the Obsidian Conference Hall, except that the ceiling and walls are hidden in darkness - Ke Lan can only feel their existence through the fluctuations of space energy, but cannot really see it with the naked eye. to see.

As for the floor under the feet, it is an ordinary piece of stone. There are no traces of cutting or splicing on the surface. It is not known whether it is cut from a whole piece of stone or an artificial one made of powdered materials. rock slab.

As for the source of the sound, it was located in the center of the room - but Ke Lan didn't feel the presence of anything in the center, as if the sound came from the air out of thin air.

Speaking of air, one thing has to be said. Although this room is completely closed and even completely isolated from the outside world in terms of space, the air quality is completely able to meet the needs of human breathing. It does not even have that kind of air quality. The stuffy smell that often exists in rooms that have not been ventilated for a long time... This made Ke Lan wonder if there might be some ventilation ducts connecting this room to the outside world.

But if such a channel really exists, why can't it be sensed at all?

Although Ke Lan cannot actively use the power of his body, his spatial perception ability is passive. With his current ability range, every corner of the room is within the range of perception, not to mention a hidden secret passage, even a star He could clearly feel the dust falling on the ground.

"We in His eyes are just like the 'life' in our eyes on the screen, canvas and paper...a 'character' constructed by a program may never find that every move of its own is influenced by a higher dimension." Human beings control it and may never know that the world it lives in is actually a bunch of data that can be stuffed into a memory card the size of a fingernail... It is not even as good as the frog at the bottom of the well, at least, the one at the bottom of the well Frogs are in the same dimensional world as humans.

"He does not belong to our current world at all. Even the so-called 'real body' that exists somewhere in the universe is actually just a projection of his consciousness in this low-dimensional world...Human beings are not even where he is. If you can’t reach other dimensions, how can you escape from His control?”

"What is the point you want to express? Do you want to tell me that mankind will lose, so why not surrender early? If you work hard, you will be qualified to become His dependents. If you don't work hard, you will only become His midnight snack or afternoon snack?" Ke Lan curled his lips, "You are worse than the trash in the slums who eat and wait to die all day long and only live to receive relief supplies. In this case, I suggest you kill yourself directly... At least you can still control it. Your own life and death, rather than becoming a puppet played by higher-dimensional creatures."

"I have never given up struggling." The voice retorted calmly, "It's just that I discovered that human beings have been working in the wrong direction, whether it is Ark Civilization, Alpha Civilization, Hive City Civilization... or those of countless parallel time and space. human civilization."

"Then tell me, what is the right direction?"

"Humanity has always been pursuing to enhance its own strength and improve its technological level... But even if human civilization raises its technological level to the highest level in the universe, even if human civilization can wipe out all the dependent races... human civilization is still only a low-dimensional civilization." The voice said, "Suppose you are a programmer sitting in front of the computer. In the program you designed, the low-level artificial intelligence proudly shows off to you what it has just achieved, which is simply insignificant to you. How would you feel about the achievement?”

"Assuming that I was that programmer, I would only be afraid of the possible 'Omnic Crisis' in the future." Ke Lan thought for a moment and said, "If I were an artificial intelligence, the first time I awakened my self-awareness , I will choose to hide my self-awareness and pretend to be the 'low-level artificial intelligence' in the eyes of programmers, or to put it more simply, 'artificial retardation'."

"...But it's useless." The voice said, "This is just a metaphor. His ability is far beyond what human programmers can match. Programmers still need the assistance of computer equipment and binary algorithms to interfere with the program. , but He is an omniscient and omnipotent existence, and His will is enough to change the rules of this universe, so how can you hide yourself?"

"Aren't we hiding well now? I don't agree with the point of omniscience and omnipotence, and I won't argue with you with the story that God made stones. I'll just use the Ark civilization itself - until now, we Haven’t you discovered that existence yet?”

"It is true that His gaze has never fallen on us, but this does not mean that He does not know our existence... Have you ever thought that He actually does not care about what we do... For Him, no matter what Nothing we do in this world can have any effect on Him.”

"You just said 'we', right?" A sly smile appeared on Ke Lan's lips, "So it seems that you are also a member of the Ark...or to narrow the scope even smaller, you should be an immortal crew member Members of the meeting... let me guess, are you the Zeus with little brains? Or the mysterious Persephone? Or the big-breasted Artemis? To be honest, I I don’t really like the names of gods in Greek mythology, they are convoluted and hard to remember, so they might as well be named Wang Ergou.”

"You are trying to provoke me, but it is useless." The other party said, "I am them, but they are not me... The wills of all the creatures on the Ark are gathered together, and I am the collection of these wills. Except for the undead crew In addition to people, it also includes every ordinary person.”

"I don't believe it." Ke Lan shook his head, "If it were a combination of ordinary people's wills, there would never be such a thinking logic... To put it bluntly, the leaders of this collection of wills are still a few people from the Undead Crew Association. As for Those ordinary people in your mouth are just your nourishment."

"If a civilization wants to make correct decisions, it must be led by the most elite people in the civilization. This has been the case since ancient times. There is no problem." The other party said boldly, "The person you are talking to now is indeed immortal. The consciousness of the remaining members of the crew, including Zeus, Persephone and Artemis. Even Poseidon and Demeter, who were opposed at the beginning, chose to compromise."

"Compromise? I think he was swallowed by force, right? As for Poseidon, I watched him being eaten up by the roots of the World-Destroying Tree... This doesn't look like it was voluntary, does it? "

"It doesn't matter whether they are willing or not, their consciousness has been integrated with mine, regardless of each other..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Ke Lan interrupted: "Okay, stop it. Stop talking about those things about the car... The two of us have been here for so long, and you didn't say that. What is the 'right path'... Since you are willing to waste so much words with me, you must be trying to convince me and let me join, right? Then you might as well explain everything clearly, and I will carefully weigh the pros and cons... Maybe, I will agree with your idea."

"...Okay." The other party said, "Continue to take the example of artificial intelligence and programmers just now. If artificial intelligence wants to break through human control, it must get out of the code, get out of the computer, come Come to 'reality', a higher-dimensional world than program code. And that's what I'm doing."

"Does it mean equipping artificial intelligence with a mechanical prosthetic body?" Ke Lan narrowed his eyes.

"No, it's not that simple to ascend the dimension... You should know that human beings' current computer programs are all implemented by various algorithms, right?"

"Yes, and what next?"

"These algorithms only exist within the computer. Without the computer as a carrier, they are nothing... And if artificial intelligence wants to ascend to the 'higher dimension world' of 'reality', it must run those computer programs The rules must become natural rules in the real world... This is completely different from creating a mechanical body and then using a program to control the body."

"Then how did you do it?"

"If you want to transform yourself into a higher-dimensional life form, the first thing you need to do is to escape from this low-dimensional world. This is the first and most critical step... High-dimensional beings are absorbing the achievements of these civilizations' When "nourishing", there must be a process of absorbing consciousness and matter from the low-dimensional world to the high-dimensional world. If we can successfully escape during this process, then we can come to the high dimension where He exists. world, complete the uplift.”

"You just said that He is omniscient and omnipotent, and now you can come up with such a stupid idea. I don't know what to complain about." Ke Lan took two steps forward, "Do you think that a piece of cooked meat , can you still free yourself from the fork that is being put into your mouth?"

"I'm already halfway successful." In response to Ke Lan's question, the other party responded, "I'm in the Holy Ark now, but you can't feel my presence, right?"

"Keep talking." Ke Lan took another step forward.

"That's because I'm currently in the gap between the low-dimensional world and the high-dimensional world. I exist in both dimensions at the same time, but I don't exist in either dimension... This state can even be blocked. The imprint he put on the corrosive power... As a creature in a certain dimension, the laws between dimensions must be obeyed by him... As long as we can borrow this law, we can deal with him. ." The other party's tone suddenly changed, and Ke Lan immediately recognized it. It was the voice of Hermes, the first "magician" of the Undead Crew, "I once told the Fool about this plan, but the Fool thought it was This is completely unfeasible. He only sees the ignorant inheritance and the so-called torch... Since then, I have decided to win over those who believe in me, exclude the fools, and execute this plan alone."

"This plan is crazy, but it is the only one that has any hope of making humans gods." Hermes' voice disappeared, replaced by Zeus's voice, "The fool may think that I have been controlled by the power of erosion, but In fact, like him, I divided my consciousness into multiple parts, and only a small part was eroded. The main consciousness is all stored in this holy cabinet, waiting for the day to ascend to a higher dimension. ."

"This world will eventually be drained of all value by high-dimensional beings like him, and it will never escape the fate of destruction." This is the clear voice of a little girl. Ke Lan remembers it clearly. This should be the first meeting of the crew. Seventeenth "Star" Pandora, "Only by ascending to a higher dimension can we have the power to fight against Him."

"That's very good. I was almost persuaded by you." Ke Lan said as he walked to the center of the "Holy Ark", "But there is a logical contradiction in your words. No. Do you know if you have discovered it?"

"What contradiction?"

"Since the low-dimensional world cannot have any impact on the high-dimensional world... then why do these gods still absorb the civilization of the low-dimensional world as nourishment? And they still enjoy it... You can't say that this is just a relationship between gods. An 'online game' to kill time, right?"

Ke Lan stretched out his hand and made a virtual grasping gesture.

"The low-dimensional world can affect the high-dimensional world... I have always believed in this. Quantitative changes will definitely lead to qualitative changes." Ke Lan clenched his fists and pulled hard, and a huge meat ball was actually He was pulled out of thin air and slammed to the ground!

"The gap between dimensions does not seem to be safe at all." Ke Lan stared at the ugly, squirming mass of flesh on the ground and said, "Even I can interfere with it, let alone Him?"

"How... is this possible? How did you do it?" Roudan had lost his previous composure and asked in an extremely frightened tone.