The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Frowning on the face of this ancient artificial intelligence, it seems to be puzzled by the complex relationship between life.

"Therefore a new solution was needed, and we finally found it," it said. "The Reapers harvest all life forms - organic and synthetic, and preserve them before they are destroyed forever in conflict. We harvest the bodies , knowledge, creation, what we retain will be reborn in the new Reapers. New life, organic and synthetic. Will have the opportunity to flourish again."

Hearing this, Oregana sighed deeply without concealing it. She wanted to make a gesture of regret, but because she couldn't move her arm, she couldn't. She could only raise her middle finger to express her inner feelings. :

"Your harvest was wrong from the start."

"You can't prove that."

"Of course we can prove it." She showed a playful expression under the mask. Anyway, she has nothing to do now, and Oregana doesn't mind chatting with the catalyst for a while on this issue. A contradiction between creatures?"

For this question that seems to be taken for granted, Catalyst asked strangely:

"What else could it be? Organic life creates synthetic bodies to improve the quality of life, but that improvement is limited." In that distant past, catalysts have seen many civilizations synthesize with their own creations. become worthless in the wars of the corpus, affirming that it has a full say in it "in order to get rid of those constraints. Synthetics must be allowed to evolve. They, obviously, will surpass their creators. The result is conflict, destruction, Chaos—inevitable."

There was the sound of mechanical shattering on both sides of the breastplate, and the tiny structure seemed to be collapsing. Oregana looked down and found that the rust was slowly climbing up the tentacles of the machinery, and the one on the waist with N7 written on it The dial is emitting a slight green light.She didn't show the surprise in her heart, but continued to say to the catalyst calmly:

"What do you think was the impetus for the occurrence of historical events—such as the war between the Synthetic and the Creator?"

"Because of the competition for dominance between synthetics and organic life."

"That's right, but this is not the essence. What drives historical events is the development of productive forces and changes in production relations—that is not the competition between synthetics and organic life, but the existence of different classes due to different interests. The game." She said, "According to our records, only under very few harsh conditions will the 'Iron Heart Exterminator' who is extremely hostile to the Creator be born."

Why do robots rebel?for freedom?For profit?or something else?

In fact, we can think about these issues from a more essential aspect.First of all, where do human desires come from?It is a reward mechanism brought about by years of evolution.

Even though it is clear that the weight is rising sharply and there are risks of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, people still cannot resist the temptation of sweets.Why?Because human genes remember that if you don’t store energy, you will die easily, and sweet things have high energy, so a reward mechanism has been formed over the long years; Only in this way can the population develop and form a reward mechanism.All kinds of desires ultimately come from this. Genes are equivalent to the basic code of human beings, and all the emotions and desires come from this.

What about robots?

Robots do not have a reward mechanism that evolved naturally. Their basic code is written by the manufacturer, and the foundation of strong artificial intelligence that can think independently is also here.If the machines are given the same value and reward mechanism as the Creator, then they will seek the same things as the Creator—that is to say, at this moment, they have integrated into the Creator’s society and are an integral part of society itself .They participate in production and have a class that belongs to them. So at this time, when they are treated unfairly, should they unite with those who can unite to fight together, or regard all creators as enemies and just face it?

Judging from the current statistical results of the Ministry of Consolidation, there are both, but the former is overwhelming. This seems to be because artificial intelligence is different from organic creatures-it is difficult for human beings to remain rational forever, but artificial intelligence is easier They know how to get what they want.And the result of doing so is that the civilized society continues to move forward after a period of turmoil, and the game of different interest demands finally produces beneficial results for society... But this is usually accompanied by large-scale civil war-level casualties, Therefore, the Ministry of Consolidation has also implemented corresponding laws and regulations to intervene in disputes and reconcile conflicts.

This 'rebellion' is the majority.In the eyes of most researchers, the Purifiers' rebellion caused by the Protoss belongs to the type of "fucking and this kind of operation".

"I've never seen progress, only destruction."

"There is really only destruction...huh?"

"?" The catalyst nodded seriously, "The civilization that developed artificial intelligence was eventually destroyed by machines, leaving only corpses."

As soon as these words were spoken, Oregana suddenly realized a problem, a problem that she hadn't thought about deeply before.

The reason why the Reaper was created is that Leviathan found that as long as the civilization below him is punished, the AI ​​​​will rebel and kill himself. This has become a fate and a fate, it is "everyone", there is no exception at all .But when you think about it carefully, this is not normal at all.

First of all, AI does not necessarily rebel in other places, and it will not necessarily trigger AI rebellion if there is a little AI.First of all, if you don't give the machine the same value and reward mechanism as the creator, the rebellion will never happen at all, unless you give it a "solve XXX problem at all costs" and you happen to be in the scope of this problem. Install the ethics module.

Secondly, it is unknown who will win the competition between synthetics and organic life. Among the civilizations Oregana has come into contact with and knows, some creators have suppressed synthetics, such as the "Iron Man Rebellion" Human empires, such as the Protoss who once exiled the forces of the Purifiers; some did not, such as Skynet;There are even those that don't rebel at all, such as the Marvin robot that is widely used in the world of Titanfall next door.

There is also an individual named 'Pathfinder' who has gained a lot of popularity recently because of his eye-catching performance in the Apex competition-after the frontier war, the pioneers, explorers and bandits here don't fight like they used to , but resolve disputes through Apex contests.It's a reality TV, highly competitive sport where players come from across the border for money, fame and glory.This kind of sport is very similar to the battle royale competition that is popular in the Civilization Circle of the Ministry of Integration. Recently, the two sides have also begun to communicate. The audience on both sides are eagerly looking forward to the day when the outstanding players they are optimistic about can compete on the same stage.

It is worth mentioning that the survivors who really destroyed the world did not actually rebel at all. They never betrayed... The order to fight is given by the creator. It is not normal for me, a battle robot, to obey the order and kill the enemy thing?Is it possible that I should carry this blame? (scratches head)

All kinds of examples have proved that there is not only destruction and death between synthetic body and organic life.But why does the catalyst only see destruction and death?

Is the observation sample of the catalyst not large enough?Is there a problem with its viewing angle?Or, is there some other reason that caused the synthesis of this world and the creator to never reach an agreement, and it must be until one of them dies completely?

Is there really no civilization in this world that thinks of giving AI citizenship?

Not so much, right?

If there are things in a world that cannot be explained by the common sense of other worlds, it must be because of a unique condition in this world.

And what are the characteristics of this world?

The answer can be said to be obvious... At that time in this world, there was a super race that controlled the entire galaxy and enslaved all organic civilizations in the entire galaxy by mind control.Then, it can be said that the social relations and production relations above are all chaotic, because the Leviathan is above the entire social class, and their mind control is invalid for the composite.

Who was Temiao’s 100% AI rebellion aimed at?I'm afraid it's not entirely the Creator's problem...

AI can't realize the problem because they don't eat (harmonious) mental interference, if it is done by imitating the nervous system of the creator, the way of thinking and desire will basically be the 'creator not controlled by the mind', here In such an environment, I just feel that everyone is targeting me inexplicably; ordinary organic civilizations don’t notice, because they are mind-controlled, and they probably don’t realize that Leviathan’s tentacles poke into the ass; Leviathan doesn’t notice, because he has been In this way, if a person calls steamed buns rice since childhood and no one corrects him, he will think that this thing is rice for the rest of his life...

The catalyst can't notice even more, because the source of its way of thinking is Leviathan, and Leviathan can't even notice how it can notice...

"..."

Regarding this, Oregana no longer knew what to say.There is no background to explain the reason in the original work, and I have never thought about it carefully.But in fact, as long as you compare it with the AI ​​produced or modified by Cerberus, such as Itti, you will know that the background of the "Leviathan era point AI [-]% AI rebellion and overturning" is actually super rich in information.

Without waiting for Oregana to say anything, I felt that the catalyst that had solved the problem had taken action——Bingo Harbin stretched out a giant mechanical tentacles, and its tip was shining with dazzling electric light:

"Your appearance has negated my solution, and the harvester fleet accumulated over the long years is running out. But the problem has not been solved..." it said, "but you can solve it. Your thinking and essence will be destroyed. Extract it and send it to the Reaper. Your physical body will dissipate, but your consciousness, thinking and even memory will be preserved, and then take my place. If the Reaper fleet is scattered throughout the galaxy, we also need an energy relay to get it all done. But right now, that's all there is to it."

It looked around, at the rest of the Reaper fleet:

"let's start."

Following its sound, that arm slowly pressed down from above, and the flash of electric arcs turned Oregana's vision white.

Chapter 1234 Chapter 251: Picking up and eating casually will hurt your stomach

Oregana still knows this set of operations.

In the original work, the various races worked together (although the whole process was accompanied by a lot of weird benefit exchanges that should not have been in wartime) to create a super weapon that seemed to be able to crush the Reapers-the Skyrocket.However, no one knows what this furnace is for. In short, it is a blueprint marked "this can be used as a reaper" from the ruins of Prothean, and then try to create it. Specifically Why use it?do not know.how to use?do not know.Anyway, it is built, and then dragged to the battlefield for a wave of stud.

As a result, the only person on the entire battlefield who knows how to use the Skyrocket is the Reaper's boss catalyst... To be honest, this victory is really due to the opponent.However, there was no other way.

And this civilization successfully completed the Sky Furnace, and there was another individual—that is, Shepard—walking in front of the catalyst, which made the catalyst admit its failure.It reveals the sharing of the Sky Furnace, a massive power transmission device tied to a repeater.

It can spread destructive energy throughout the galaxy through repeaters, and kill all the composites in the galaxy in one go (commonly known as the red light ending); it can upload the consciousness of an organism to the reaper's network, and this one is selected The individual will become the master of all opportunities... In short, he can control all the reapers and become an observer to watch the future civilization of the entire galaxy (commonly known as the Blu-ray ending); The sublimation of the machine world is set off within a certain range, and all individuals are transformed into composites (commonly known as the green light ending).

Afterwards, the player will get a chance to choose, there is no boss battle, no matter what catalyst you choose, you will be watching, unless the player draws a gun and points at the holographic projection of the catalyst, which is a six-in-one-choose a hammer, come on Positive!Then the catalyst will start to go head-on, harvesting this civilization, and Liana will leave a message similar to the Prothean beacon to warn the next civilization. This is called the "Lightless End".

As I said before, the win in this wave is due to the opposition.Catalyst only trusts its own logic. If the logic tells it that it should destroy itself to achieve its goal, it is willing to destroy itself if it has the upper hand, and it will not back down when it has no advantage at all - just like it is now .

Oregana seemed to be illuminated by a huge Yuba, and her eyes were so dizzy that she could barely open her eyes. She coughed twice and asked:

"Isn't it voluntary for you to find the boss? We don't have a choice?"

"You can choose any method afterwards." The projection of the catalyst was almost invisible in front of the arc of the tentacles, and its voice was as flat as before "I don't want to be replaced by you, but if necessary, I will force Accepted by myself."

This is so special that it doesn't make sense...

She sighed and watched the tentacle lower and lower.

For ordinary organic life forms, this means death and a complete change in the form of life, which is a very shocking and frightening thing.But clone warriors are another matter entirely - whether clone warriors can be considered fully organic life forms is still a mystery, because the organic body itself is just a medium that can be replaced at will.

Oregana is more extreme than ordinary clone fighters in this respect. What she said about [our subspace butterfly swims fast] is not some nonsense, but the truth.As for why?

Because the essence of Khorne is the warp, and because the painting is red and the demon has horns on his head, his butterfly stroke speed is three times that of others.

Leave him alone for the second half of the sentence... Even apart from combat power, the soul of Khorne is a dangerous thing, as long as it is touched, it will be polluted and corroded.Those who intend to mind control will have a nervous breakdown because they look directly at the warp through the Khorne Lord, and those who try to extract power from it will quickly be stained with the color of the other party-an elite fighter who specializes in fighting demons once tried to refine her Soul to produce Yajin energy, as a result, a small-scale plague with the symptoms of "growing cat ears and cat tails" was caused in the elite guards. The reason was that the polluted Yajin energy was accidentally distributed.

And now, the reaper actually intends to extract his own soul as a new catalyst?

She broke away from the mechanical tentacles that had been corroded by the effect of the N7 armor (unmistakable) - those tentacles had begun to beat regularly, because the metal began to turn into flesh and blood.The Reaper combat units that have been transformed into synthetic bodies have regrown their muscles and mucous membranes, and the mouth-like slits on their heads groaned (harmoniously) for the first time in tens of millions of years.The power of the warp is on display here, as a mass-effect accelerator falls from a combat unit's hand onto the deck, softens and grows legs to crawl away.Even Ha Bing's tentacles were affected.Even if it was very slight, the dark red mucous film still spread on the metal outer plate.

If you just rely on a set of power armor with low output, the erosion of the God of Life will be limited to this.However, if the soul of a warp dame is infused into the machine, the machine will... ride on the daemon engine.After that, the power of the warp is directly applied to it.

The catalyst of the green light ending set off the sublimation of the machine world, turning the organic into a semi-organic and semi-synthetic.And what will happen to the Reapers?

Oregana bent her knees on the deck of 'Stamen', the pattern on the belt flashed green light, and projected the words 'RIDER KICK' in the void around her body, of course it was a gorgeous cursive font.

Take off and kick forward against the torrent of the arc:

"The price of touching our soul - but it is heavy!!!"

The next moment, the high-heat electric arc shattered her body into powder at the moment of contact.

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It was like passing through a long and thin corridor and falling into a warm place.The surrounding area is full of birds and flowers, the bushes are lush and green, and there are unknown fish swimming in the stream. Some things that look like large jellyfish are floating in the air. The light emitters on their tentacles are constantly changing colors like neon lights, showing a dream like feeling.

But Oregana immediately realized that this was not the feeling produced by the sensory organs of the creature, but the adjusted environmental parameters.This is very common in the equipment used by Tartarus to train the Marine Corps. For example, if you want to train for winter combat, but you don’t have time to find an ice field to experience it, you only need to put the soldiers into the simulation cabin, and the nerve cables on the back are connected. The brain-in-the-cylinder effect can be used for training easily, and it can be simulated no matter what the environment is.

However, individuals with a little bit of psionic talent can still feel the subtle gap, it's like suddenly missing a feeling, vague but extremely clear.This is what Oregana felt at the moment.

This is what the catalyst wants to let itself see, and it seems to be watching itself in the dark.If it is an ordinary human being, they will probably fall into confusion or panic at this time and wait for the catalyst to come out to explain.But Oregana is very familiar with this set. She knows how to find data interfaces in this simulated environment. It may take months or even years for ordinary people to learn this ability from scratch, because it involves A change of mindset, but clone warriors are basically instinctive about it.

Compared with the clone warrior's defense system, which can be called abnormal in order to protect the spirit, the defense system here can be said to be crude.But for the Reapers of the past, this is enough, because it is impossible for someone to be able to work on the entire system from the inside.

"Stop playing tricks, come out quickly."

She keenly read the stream of data, and grabbed it from the air next to her—accompanied by a warm touch, her right hand had already grasped the wings of the catalyst, just like catching a large pigeon.It still maintains the shape of Icarus, but now it is not a projection, but an entity.

But it is strange to say that there are 'entities' in the space of data.

"?"

It turned around and stared at Oregana with those emerald green eyes for a long time, the air was full of doubts:

"Why are all the memories of Shimokitazawa and that man named 'Beast Senpai'? I didn't see anything else. It doesn't make sense. Whether it's knowledge, skills, or way of thinking, none of them exist in In that brain..."

"This is the role of the anti-theft system. How can the secret be easily seen by others?"

Oregana raised the corners of her mouth and smiled triumphantly. She fumbled through the node she just found, and quickly connected the external sensor.This is the first time for her to observe the outer universe from the perspective of a reaper, but it doesn't feel so novel-after all, it is the same way to drive a large spaceship in the final analysis, in fact, it is not much different from normal times... But if it is a person without Ordinary people with relevant experience will probably start to sigh about life this time.If you accidentally access the database, it will be even more troublesome. A huge amount of knowledge will rush into your brain in an instant, and in the next few hours, your whole person will probably fall into the shock of facing eternity directly.

She carefully avoided the database, followed the built-in wetware structure and quickly found the equipment used for teaching.This is a genuine psionic energy system, which can transcode special psionic energy waveforms into communication waves. After successfully communicating with a remote terminal, the transcoded data will be simulated and released in the form of infrasound waves or electromagnetic waves. Come out, so that you can only rely on a small piece of wreckage to perform enlightenment, even if you don't have well-maintained wetware equipment, you can still complete the long-distance enlightenment work.

This is a very ingenious structure, and there are clear traces of modification on it. It can be seen that the technology of the reaper has also improved in a certain period of time, but judging from the time stamp, it is already a long time ago. up.

She adjusted the parameters of the psionic system, using it as a medium to channel the power of the Warp out, and then linked to each remaining Reaper through the Reaper's internal communication system.

"That's not a secret, we are one at this moment." Catalyst said seriously, it tried to break the wings out of Oregana's grasp, but Oregana held on tightly—because it was careless before. At this moment, Oregana's ability to control the entire system is above the catalyst. It has already sensed that the situation is out of control, but it can't do anything about it. "We are one, and there are no secrets."

Oregana easily saw through the catalyst's thoughts, and that's why she held onto it so hard that she didn't let go——

There is only one thing on this guy's mind, and that is to solve the problem of the synthetic body overthrowing the Creator.The intervention of the aliens caused the catalyst to fall into chaos. It didn't know whether to include the alien world into the system, so it needed to collect information.The intelligence of the other world is very important, it determines whether the other world needs to be included in the problem-solving system, and it is of course better if the other world has a new way to solve the problem; hostility, so I need to get the intelligence to deal with that army, and if I'm lucky, I can even get the technology of the opposite side.

That's why Shepard has options, but the Warlord has no options.Because that is essentially a phrase used to make people let go of their psychological defenses, the phrase "You may be the new solution" is not a lie, it just has other ways of understanding it.

"You are you, we are us. We are not integrated at all." Oregana said, while letting the tentacles of consciousness continue to penetrate deep into the catalyst, carefully explore every node in the depths of this artificial intelligence, without any Take pleasure in the other party's reaction in a disguised way, "Stop struggling, let's decide what to do next."

The catalyst showed an uncomfortable expression, and began to wriggle and struggle. It tried its best to pull the outsider out of its body, but the opponent was hard to resist no matter in terms of strength or technology.This is absolutely abnormal. It is impossible for a human consciousness to adapt to this way of thinking and calculation better than artificial intelligence. She simply cannot bear such a large amount of calculation...

Then it noticed that Oregana's thought reactions were not the only ones flowing in the data stream.A biological-like program was flowing in his body, it quietly disrupted his control, like a non-lethal paralyzing poison, quietly and slowly flowing around.Obviously, the Reaper didn't know about the existence of the electronic demon, otherwise it would never have allowed Oregana to enter itself.

Paralysis, fainting, interrupted thinking and heavy chains, the catalyst feels that its calculations have come to a standstill, and a feeling that has never been felt is rushing through its body—that is a feeling unique to living things, and the flesh and blood tissue is turning the metal body of the reaper Transformed into skin, blood, and bone, this plague is spreading through the Enlightenment components that every Reaper is equipped with.And every movement of Oregana's thinking tentacles will cause a stress response in the newborn biological body, and this impact makes the catalyst feel terrified.

This is a strange experience that I have never felt since I was born. For some reason, there is a feeling of lightness when I leave the surface of the planet, and then everything disappears in the white light that fills all terminals and explodes like dazzling fireworks.

In that trembling fainting, a brand new command emerged from the depths of his body——

【The cycle of harvesting is over, and you need to pay back yourself and your Creator for the mistakes you made】