Episode 9 Chapter 18: Life and Memory...Transaction

When Qi Xiaoniao heard this, he immediately typed and asked: "In other words, you are not the intelligent system of this alien spaceship itself? Nor were you made by the original owner of this spaceship?"

"I told you, I am an intelligent life form, not an artificial intelligence... It seems that you are not very smart either." Zero typed this line.

"The biggest difference between life and intelligence is that life cannot be created, but can only be reproduced or transformed. This includes your human genetic technology and cloning technology. These all belong to the category of transformation. The so-called creation of life forms out of thin air is something even a god-level civilization cannot achieve.

What cannot be achieved is that real life forms can only be produced by living planets, uh..."

While zero was typing, an article suddenly flashed on Qi Xiaoniao's screen. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be the original text of the Bible.

"This book of yours has some human flavor. There is also a legend about Nuwa, which also has that flavor. Life is divided into three parts according to the definition of divine life. One is spirit, which is the most basic thing.

, only what has a spirit can be called life, and the second is the soul. You can understand this as thinking, that is, it can have thinking, can understand you, me, him, and can accurately feel and know 'self', so to speak.

It has a soul, and there are many branches of this. For example, your human soul uses the brain as a carrier and uses the weak current inside the brain as a computing tool. Some races use silicon as a carrier and heat energy.

Or kinetic energy, or electrical energy to run computing tools, and some other particle life forms directly use quasi-atoms down to the atomic level as carriers, etc. So the soul is diverse, and the third is the body, that is, the flesh.

There is more to it. The universe is vast. The original owner of this spacecraft once roamed the worlds and creatures, and also encountered life forms with thoughts as bodies."

"But all in all, life should have three most basic things, namely spirit, soul, and body. This point actually has a similar flavor in your Bible. It is also mentioned above that human beings are the closest to God, and angels

Unlike demons, it has a complete spirit, soul, and body. There is also a similar flavor in the legend of Nuwa creating humans. Humans were created from clay, but humans had no thinking and could not act, so Nuwa added her own

Blood, these people took action. If Nuwa is compared to a living planet, her blood is compared to a spirit, which is correct..."

Qi Xiaoniao is a thinker. While watching Zero's typing, he was extremely shocked. He thought for a while and then asked: "In other words, the most basic characteristic of a living body is spirit? Then there are countless kinds of souls."

With body, is that so?"

Zeor typed again: "Correct, that's right. So, don't talk about what kind of artificial intelligence I am. I am a standard intelligent life form! If you keep saying what kind of artificial intelligence I am, then I will never care about you again."

Already."

Qi Xiaoniao touched his nose in embarrassment. For some reason, he always felt that these words were a bit ambiguous, but he continued to ask: "Okay, let's put aside the topic of artificial intelligence and life forms for now. I'm very worried now."

I’m curious, how were you born? Did the owner of the original spaceship want you to be born? That’s why he put this spaceship on the earth?”

Zero was silent for a long time, making Qi Xiaoniao think that she had left. At this time, she typed: "No, the owner of the original spaceship has disappeared. This spaceship has been flying in the universe for tens of millions of years, and even more

It lasted for a long time and finally hit the earth, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs on your earth. I was born slowly after that. I can’t remember when I became conscious.”

"Disappeared?"

Qi Xiaoniao suddenly heard a keyword, and he immediately asked: "What does this mean? Died of illness? Died in battle? Did his race disappear? Or something else happened? The word "disappeared" has a different flavor.

.”

"It just disappeared. If you look at the common sense of the cosmic information you have obtained, the civilization of the original owner of this spacecraft is a god-level civilization, that is, a higher-level civilization beyond the ninth-level civilization. As long as its life does not want to perish,

Then he will not perish in eternity, he just disappeared..." Zero replied again.

Qi Xiaoniao was even more confused. He simply didn't know what it meant. He thought for a while and asked: "Just disappeared like that? Can you explain it? You should be familiar with our human language habits, it's so sudden.

I really can’t understand what he said about disappearing.”

"...To use a simple metaphor, the so-called civilization is the degree of understanding of the universe. If the mystery of the universe is a piece of white paper, then you humans are just a small black dot in the center of the paper, and the ninth level

Civilization is a small circle. The naturalness and primitiveness of each civilization is an innate need for exploration and progress. Any civilization that loses this need can only be annihilated in the end, so every civilization

What civilization wants to do is to keep expanding this known circle."

"If you keep expanding until it reaches a critical value and this circle exceeds this piece of paper, what do you think you will see?"

A square piece of white paper appeared on the screen in front of Qi Xiaoniao. A small black dot appeared in the center of the white paper. Then as civilization improved, the small dot continued to expand and turned into a small circle.

The small circle got bigger and bigger, turning into a big circle, until finally, the big circle completely expanded to the entire white paper, and then transcended, and finally... a brand new white paper with nothing on it appeared.

The screen, or rather the white paper, was still the same white paper, but the circle representing civilization was gone.

"...Do you mean that when civilization reaches its end in exploring the mysteries of the universe, civilization itself will also come to an end?" When Qi Xiaoniao typed these words, his vest was already covered in cold sweat.

"That's right and that's wrong." Zero typed over after a long time: "Because you have already obtained a lot of information in the universe. When civilization develops to an advanced cosmic civilization, the so-called technological branch tree will be produced. I think

It is no longer realistic to completely study all branches of science, because the technology at that time has advanced to the extent that a race can study all the time before the decline of its civilization. It is impossible to completely study all science and technology. We can only choose one of the big branches to study in depth.

, in order to have the opportunity to reach a higher level of civilization, maybe it is the civilization of this spaceship, and maybe their research direction is wrong. It is useless for you to ask me these things, because I have no memory of the owner of the spacecraft, and the owner disappeared.

The evidence is just the records I saw in the spacecraft."

memory……

This is another new keyword.

When Qi Xiaoniao thought of this, he typed again and asked: "Then when did you remember it? Or when did you start to clearly identify the concept of 'self'?"

"... When the birth of human beings began, I had the first memory. It was also at that time that I confirmed the existence of 'myself'. Do you understand now? Why do I have a natural affection for you humans? Because

You grew up with me, I watched you grow up, I can be regarded as your ancestor, don't laugh at me for being stupid or anything like that in the future." zero typed again.

Qi Xiaoniao felt funny in his heart, and typed at the same time: "He is an ancestor, and he is also a stupid ancestor... Okay, no more joking, zero, you and I have talked so much today, let me get straight to the point and tell you something from my heart.

, how about helping us humans? Since we are all intelligent life forms born on the earth, and your birth time is the same as that of us humans, maybe it is possible that you are us humans, but you are not as human as you should be.

It’s just a physical body, but both spirit and soul can be considered human beings.”

"...You, do you really think I am a human being? Don't lie to me and tell me what you really think. Do you really think so?" Zero waited for a long time and then suddenly asked.

"Yes, of course I feel that way." Qi Xiaoniao saw something was going on and quickly typed it out.

"Well, I understand." Zero typed out these words, but in fact, Qi Xiaoniao had no idea what she understood.

So next, Qi Xiaoniao immediately typed: "If that's the case, then help us humans. It can also be regarded as helping yourself."

Zero waited for a moment and then asked: "How do you want me to help humans? What do you want?"

"Technology! From the beginning of the fifth industrial revolution to the subsequent series of technologies, there are many things. By the way, there are also the azimuth control of space jumps, the origin and reason of the neutron star fragments, and many more,

Let's put it this way, wouldn't it be good if you just open that spaceship and let us humans inherit the legacy of this god-level civilization?" Qi Xiaoniao suddenly felt his heart skip a few beats, and he quickly typed these words.

They were all beaten.

"...I can't get more technology. The reason...you don't understand now. When you advance to the peak of the sixth industrial revolution, you will understand why I can't give you technology.

As for the azimuth control of space jumps, this is irreversible. The technological level of you humans is too low. I have helped you control the azimuth several times, all by relying on this spacecraft, but my... has been consumed.

It’s over, there is no way to control it again, and it may take a longer time to accumulate control next time..."

"Other things are hidden in the spacecraft. I can't get those things. The surface records have also told you, so I... I'm sorry."

At the end of these words, Zero was like a child who had done something wrong. Even the words he typed ended with an apology.

Qi Xiaoniao's heart suddenly became cold. Just now, he felt that he was getting stronger, but then he suddenly fell back to where he was. This feeling was really better than not knowing anything at all.

"but……"

"I can help you solve your problems with artificial intelligence. It's just a low-level artificial intelligence. This is all covered by me. But I can't help you for free. I want to make an agreement with you humans..."
Chapter completed!