Resurrection of all mankind

Chapter 36 Artificial Brain

In Xie Shen's opinion:
Apart from high-tech weapons, the only people who can attack people on a spiritual level are practitioners.

That's why he deliberately used the word "comrade" to test the other party.

But the other party obviously didn't understand the true meaning.

So, Xie Shen simply stopped pretending.

He said, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be a cultivator, right?"

"Cultivator?"

The voice was stunned when he heard this.

Then he said in a slightly fanatical tone: "You are not the kind of immortal cultivator in the novels written by the Chinese, right?"

Seeing that Xie Shen did not respond, he hurriedly said, "Come over here, and you will know what my situation is."

Xie Shen remained unmoved.

He stood still and said, "So, those cyborgs who came to the Europa Space Station for support were all killed by you?"

"I only killed a few of them." The other party replied: "Look at the bodies on the ground and you will know that most of the modified people died after going deeper."

Xie Shen asked curiously, "So why do you kill people? Also, are you a human or a ghost?"

“How about this?”

The voice did not respond directly to Xie Shen.

He changed his mind and said, "Do you have a drone on your spaceship? Since you are so afraid of me, you can just fly the drone over here. That way, you will know what my situation is."

This is indeed a method.
After being reminded by the other party, Xie Shen hurried back to the spaceship to get a drone.

He controlled the drone and flew slowly towards the source of the sound.

At this moment, a light was turned on not far ahead. With the help of the light, Xie Shen saw a laboratory with a diagram of the human brain structure on the drone display.

He shouted towards the laboratory: "Is there electricity in this space station?"

"It's a backup power source, but there's not much left." The voice said calmly, "It's only with this little power that I've been able to hold on for so long."

After he finished speaking, he saw the door of the laboratory opened automatically.

Xie Shen controlled the drone and entered.

——What caught his eye was a human brain placed in a glass container.

The glass container was also equipped with video cameras, microphones, speakers and other equipment. The sound of the previous conversation with Xie Shen came from the speaker.

Seeing the drone enter, the loudspeaker spoke again: "How is it? Can you rest assured now? I am just a human brain in a petri dish. Apart from being able to attack people on a spiritual level, I pose no other threat."

Xie Shen naturally didn't believe this.

He still stood there, and asked the brain in the jar again: "So why did you kill those cyborgs? And me, what is your purpose in attacking me?"

The brain said truthfully: "I killed those cyborgs because they were heading towards me. I didn't want to be discovered, so I killed them."

"As for you"

"The reason I attacked you by surprise is because you are a natural person."

"Natural person?" Xie Shen asked puzzledly: "What do you mean?"

The brain explained: "I remember you just said the word 'practitioner', right? Then you should know the meaning of 'possession'."

He continued, "I just attacked you in order to wipe out your consciousness and then take over your body. I just didn't expect that your mental strength seemed to be much stronger than that of ordinary people, so I failed and exposed my position."

Is this so?
Xie Shen asked again: "Why do you have to take over the body of a natural person like me? Can't you transform a human being?"

"Don't you know?" The brain said without thinking: "In order to prevent the cyborgs from getting out of control, almost all cyborg prosthetic limbs are equipped with control chips. So my possession of the cyborgs is almost the same as volunteering to be a slave."

Is there such a thing?
As for the control chip, Xie Shen felt horrified at first, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was very reasonable. He asked again: "Since you want freedom so much, why don't you just commit suicide? After all, you can be resurrected after death, right?"

"Ah,"

The brain smiled bitterly and said, "The resurrection technique is only for you humans, but I am not. If I die, then there will really be nothing left."

"You are not human?" Xie Shen glanced at the brain soaked in the glass petri dish.

He questioned: "That's impossible, you."

Xie Shen was only halfway through his words when his brain interrupted him, "Are you trying to say that I look like a human brain, so it can't be fake?"

"That's right!" Xie Shen nodded in response.

The brain asked back, "What if, from the day I was born, I had only a brain? Without a body, can I really be considered a human being?"

Xie Shen understood what the brain meant.

He asked incredulously, "Are you the 'artificial brain' that scientists have grown from human cells?"

"You're smart."

The brain replied: "I was not developed from a fertilized egg. I don't have a name or parents, and I have never experienced what it feels like to be a real person. As such, it is highly likely that I cannot be resurrected by the resurrection technique."

Good guy.

Xie Shen had his eyes broadened today.

He said with a hint of confusion: "You told me all your secrets at once, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"First of all, I'm not afraid of death," the brain replied. "Secondly, when I first met you, I had already analyzed your personality traits based on the tone of your voice and demeanor."

"Finally, I came to the conclusion that revealing all my secrets to you is the best way to survive at this moment."

"To put it simply," the brain added, "you are a person who responds to soft words but not hard ones."

"You are quite capable." Xie Shen nodded and said, "Your attitude towards me really gives me a pretty good impression. I don't even want to care about your sneak attack on me before."

The brain continued calmly: "People come together because of their own interests."

"So just leaving a good impression on you is definitely not enough."

"Let me briefly explain my value."

It introduced itself: "I am a researcher from Europa, and this is a byproduct of my research on artificial intelligence."

"To put it bluntly, my brain is like artificial intelligence."

“No matter what the problem is, I can calculate the optimal solution in a very short time.”

"So if you save me, it's equivalent to saving a think tank consisting of hundreds of geniuses."

Xie Shen did not comment on what Dabo said.

He said cautiously: "Then how can I guarantee that you won't plot against me when you help me come up with a plan?"

"It's very simple." The brain replied: "Find me a human body, let me become a real person, and then I will join your team. In this way, there will be a bond of interest between us, and over time, there will naturally be a basis for mutual trust."

"Okay, okay!" Xie Shen praised after hearing this: "Although you are not a real human, you are more capable than a real human."

"I couldn't refuse what you said."

"So, I am willing to save you and help you find a human body."

In the laboratory.

The brain added, "Thanks. But a dead body won't do. It has to be a living human body."

(End of this chapter)