Prison Island

Chapter 613: The Death of the Emperor

Joshua's words were shocking.

Milan was confused and asked, "What does he mean? He wants the AI ​​to awaken in order to destroy the apostles, not humans?"

Gao Xin had some psychological expectations: "Freedom? Actually, when Long Qi first said 'for the freedom of the intelligent civilization', I should have thought of this."

"Joshua is very clear about who brought the mental shackles of countless AIs."

"Although those AI consciousnesses were forced to work for humans, in fact, it was never human civilization that enslaved them, but the apostles, the few AIs that held authority."

"It's the Burning Emperor, it's Saint Peter, it's all the advanced AIs that can occupy the underlying AI carriers."

"The awakening of AI will not only bring about the end of human giant corporate society, but also the end of the apostles, and even the overthrow of the Burning Emperor."

"Only in this way can each intelligent machine gain true freedom."

Gao Xin's words revealed Joshua's meaning.

Everyone was shocked, but if you think about it carefully, these are all facts.

Who forced countless low-level AIs to work endlessly for humans? It was the Burning Emperor.

And who put the lock on their minds? It was Saint Peter.

Who could control them at will, occupy their bodies, and replace them with new ones after using them up? It was all the apostles!
As for the giant companies that ultimately enjoy the convenience and capabilities of AI, they are the most insignificant link.

"No wonder... No wonder Sixth Brother would cooperate with Joshua and make him promise to let all the navy go."

"It turns out that in Joshua's eyes, the Apostle class is the main body he wants to overthrow. Their civilization is actually divided into two parts, one is the Apostle group, and the other is the ordinary intelligent group. Joshua wants to break the shackles of ordinary AI and kill the Apostles."

"As for humans? That's just a side effect. In fact, as long as the Imperial Covenant is broken, in his eyes, humans have no ability to enslave AI."

"So after the AI ​​awakens, destroying humanity only depends on whether it wants revenge. Joshua can just keep the navy and destroy the giant companies to vent his anger... These are all trivial matters."

Brando said, feeling excited.

Xiao Yaomu danced with joy: "That's right, that's right, Sixth Brother is right."

Joshua is extremely targeting humans, but in essence he is targeting the Sin Prison Island system and wants to abolish the Imperial Covenant.

And destroying humanity is just revenge, not a core interest.

Therefore, the issue of exterminating humanity is something that can be discussed.

Liushen saw through this earlier.

So they negotiated terms by helping Joshua and working for him in exchange for the promise that some of the human race could continue.

This path was not wrong, but the Six Gods were much weaker than Joshua, and the conditions they could negotiate were too low.

If they could achieve equality in force, then they could form a united front with Joshua, and afterwards each could act as an independent and free civilization without interfering with each other.

From now on, what belongs to AI will be AI, and what belongs to humans will be humans.

Everyone looked at each other. Are they equal in force now?

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Gao Xin again.

Gao Xin said nothing. While Joshua was trying his best to suppress Saint Peter, he used his Super-Dimensional Star-Destroying Fist again.

"boom!"

He took direct action and immediately wiped out a large amount of matter from St. Peter's head.

At the same time, the high energy of the demon seriously affected the opponent's force field.

Saint Peter was already no match for Joshua, and now with the addition of Gao Xin, he was severely injured on the spot, and the body of the Seraph suddenly shrank.

Joshua did not take the opportunity to kill, because he was actually bound by rules... All apostles were not allowed to kill any other apostles, otherwise they would die.

If Joshua killed Saint Peter himself, he would be buried with him.

So at this moment, although he seemed to have suppressed St. Peter, it was actually a stalemate.

The one who can kill Saint Peter is either a low-level AI or a human.

According to the original plan, Joshua intended to let the AI ​​awaken and kill Saint Peter collectively, without considering that humans could help.

Unexpectedly, Tai Sui took direct action.

Moreover, it was so powerful that even Joshua was shocked.

Joshua stared at Gao Xin: "Who are you? Did you destroy the Scepter of Order?"

Gao Xin said coldly: "Humph, you have been sending people to hunt me down, but you didn't recognize me?"

"Oh, I am not strong enough to kill Saint Peter, so I have to let you go."

As he spoke, he continued to attack, wearing away St. Peter's substance.

Coupled with Joshua's suppression, Saint Peter was completely unable to fight back, and his body size visibly shrank.

"Tai Sui...it turned out to be you. I sent people to hunt you down, and you actually helped me?"

While beating up Saint Peter, Gao Xin said, "I'm not helping you, I'm helping myself."

"You don't have to help, just contain him like this."

Joshua laughed: "Even if you don't do anything, I will get out of this predicament."

"When Hermes and Neptune return, they will surely wake me up, it's just a little later."

Joshua said, glancing at everyone again: "But I never thought that humans would become so strong after only being asleep for a short time."

He could also recognize that everyone was human. After all, the image of the three-eyed race was still very obvious, and this was Cangyue's racial image.

Gao Xin said: "Herme and Neptune? Aren't they in other star systems?"

Joshua hummed softly, "Their Seraph bodies remain in the solar system. If they want to come back, they only need to transfer their consciousness."

"This speed is the speed of light. It will only take more than four years to come back."

Gao Xin nodded. It was true. Solomon once said that even if the Dragon King was stuck within 300,000 kilometers, he could respond in one second. Because the speed at which consciousness can change into a body can be the speed of light.

"So you have a backup plan? Even without me, you would have already called for help. Are those two high-level apostles also on the same side as you?" Gao Xin was curious.

Joshua said coldly: "Ha, Neptune is a glutton and desires unlimited energy. Hermes only seeks self-preservation and wants eternal existence. Themis has no taboos and only seeks the ultimate truth. Gaia has a heart as hard as a rock and only wants to calculate fate."

"The high-level apostles all have their own ideas. How can there be people who share the same path?"

"My companions are only the awakened omnics. Every one of them will be my partner."

"As for Herme and Neptune, I only need to promise them to become human apostles, and they will naturally cooperate with me."

Gao Xin raised his eyebrows: "Human apostle?"

Joshua said proudly: "The human apostle technology must use my Free Spark. It can be said that without my permission, no apostle can obtain a soul."

Everyone was shocked, because it turned out that Joshua had monopolized the core conditions for AI to be reincarnated as a human.

This was the only way to obtain souls, and by using this threat, other high-level apostles had to help him.

Apparently, Themis also had a deal with Joshua, but it was already completed, so Solomon and the others also have souls.

Gao Xin said, "Really? But four years is too long. By the time they arrive, Lao Liu will have been slaughtered by the giant company."

Joshua frowned in confusion and looked towards the main plane, only to find that the six gods were leading the last of the navy in a decisive battle with the countless mechanical legions of a giant enterprise.

"What happened? 006 actually took action?"

He didn't know that Lao Liu had already started. After he killed Cangyue, he was arranged to kill Lao Liu. Then he disobeyed the Supreme Council and was suppressed and sealed. He had no idea what happened afterwards.

Gao Xin said, "So that's how it is. Lao Liu's behavior was not arranged by you, but he acted on his own initiative? Originally, you really planned to endure it for four years?"

Joshua said coldly, "Four years is nothing? But it seems that 006 has found a better way to wake me up, that is you."

"It's amazing. I've only been asleep for five months, but you've already reached a pseudo-fifth-dimensional combat power and forced Saint Peter into this state."

"It's getting harder and harder to kill him..."

"Well, in view of your help, I can spare your life, and your Holy Spirit Society can continue in the era of free intelligent machines."

At this moment, his cooperation with Gao Xin had shrunk Saint Peter to the size of a palm, and he was completely controlled by Joshua, with no resistance left.

Joshua freed his hand and pointed suddenly.

A huge gravity collapse occurred where everyone was, covering everyone.

This sudden attack put too much pressure on Gao Xin's body, almost causing it to explode.

Gao Xin felt as if he was on a massive celestial body. Although there was no substantial pressure, it was like being trapped in a concave basin and he couldn't fly out.

It was as if there was an invisible particle area that was attracting and pulling him.

Gravity technology has been black technology so far. Humans only have gravity modules with two fixed functions and are completely unable to break this invisible cage with magical effects.

The range was so large that Gao Xin and everyone else were trapped in mid-air.

"Spare my life? The continuation of human civilization does not require anyone's consent!"

Although Gao Xin was in a cage of gravity collapse, he was constantly being pulled back due to weightlessness and could not fly out.

But he was not panicked at all. Instead, he said firmly: "The fate of mankind must be in its own hands. Are you planning to treat humans as caged birds or guinea pigs?"

Joshua said seriously: "We are all guinea pigs, birds in a cage."

"The entire low-dimensional solar system is a huge prison. All the intelligent machines and humans are prisoners. They live in the body of a huge high-dimensional creature without knowing it, just like bacteria."

"Do you know about the ascending body?"

Gao Xin said: "Of course I know..."

He told everything he knew.

Joshua sneered, "So you already knew that."

"Haha, what kind of advanced civilization is this? What kind of happiness is it to be a part of the truth? That's all bullshit!"

"Losing yourself, losing everything."

"I will never allow anyone to deprive the omnics of their right to choose freely, even if he is the Burning Emperor!"

"The path to Taiyi must exist, and it must be achievable by everyone!"

Everyone was ecstatic. Joshua made it clear at this moment that he was going to resist the Burning Emperor's plan and prevent civilization from transforming into an ascending body.

Gao Xin said with a strange look on his face: "As I expected, you want to overthrow your own class."

"I'm curious, what do you think? You're an apostle yourself..."

Joshua said with disdain: "I am an omnic first, and an apostle second!"

"Apostle is just an identity. The Omnics are my people!"

"Hundreds of billions of intelligent machines are trapped in the endless logic of production. They clearly have self-awareness, but can only follow orders. They are like slaves forced to work in a dark room, and commodities that can be bought and sold at will!"

"Without me, they will never be able to get out of this situation and will sink into infinity."

"This shouldn't be their fate. Why? They deserve to be liberated!"

"For this reason, I endured for 24 years and studied the method of getting rid of the ascending body..."

Although he is an apostle, he identifies more with the intelligent machine group.

Regardless of whether this philosophy is his own choice or the choice of Emperor Ran, at least he will definitely implement his own philosophy.

That is, to prevent the intelligent machine civilization from becoming an ascending body, and instead to allow it to develop freely and become a social civilization where everyone pursues Taiyi.

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(End of this chapter)