My future is invincible?

Chapter 257 Leisure Chess
Although the length of past history is not surprising to the already corrupted interstellar empire, Lan Yi still felt a strange sense of disorientation when he learned that this virtual world had been running for at least 40,000 years.

For this world that has already entered its death phase, psychic cultivators are neither creators nor developers, but merely fish that have accidentally and purposefully leaped from another, healthier and more hopeful river. When these fish look back at this strange and long world, they are easily overwhelmed by a panoramic effect similar to stepping into the deep universe, and feel immense sorrow and despair in their hearts.

The simple emotional shock was immediately subdued by Lan Yi.

It's not the main world.

There's no need to bring someone else's coffin back to your own home and cry over it.

"Creating a body shouldn't be difficult."

Lan Yi suddenly realized that K in front of him also seemed to want to leave the virtual layer, because he never said that he was unwilling, but rather that he did not have the authority.

“That’s possible, but that’s a privilege only real humans have. I can never leave the virtual layer.” K sighed helplessly.

"An AI rebellion?" Lan Yi thought of a classic program from the interstellar era.

"AI is always loyal, but its loyalty has always been to humans. In its judgment, assets like us that have undergone personality separation surgery in the virtual layer are no longer considered human."

The AI ​​in this world seems pretty good.

Retain the highest authority over humans, and strike hard against non-humans.

If we were to meet on the battlefield of alien species.

Lan Yi believes that she and these extreme AIs must have a lot in common, but unfortunately, she now seems to have been judged by the AI ​​as not being a real human.

However, Old Demon Blue wasn't angry.

Because artificial intelligence is prone to getting stuck on the wording of rules and regulations as time and environment evolve, it can eventually turn itself into a real idiot. Getting angry at it is as ridiculous as being powerless and furious at a computer malfunction. What you should do is fix the malfunction and become an unconditionally subservient master to the artificial intelligence.

"So it seems that AI is still very lenient towards you. The content you and I discussed should be in a sensitive area, but you were not directly reclaimed and reset."

Lan Yi watched K with great interest, pondering how to persuade this local bully to become his tool.

“We are just company assets. If we try to do anything with the supervisor, it will all be in vain.” K half-heartedly took advantage of the leniency shown to him by being in close contact with the Ghost Transgressor, trying to reveal some information to Lan Yi.

"Can we talk about your company?"

Old Demon Blue has already grasped one of the key points.

Lumon Company.

This company appears to primarily operate in the virtual layer business, but in the interstellar era, a company with such authority and capabilities is likely a Progenitor.

"I would be happy to chat with you, but I'm about to be recycled. After that, all the weapons in this world will be aimed at you."

K shook his head with some regret.

"However, I believe that the weapon attack from this virtual layer should have no effect on you. As an overtrader, the AI ​​will randomly select three virtual layers for you to choose from after we and the attack have failed."

"Why?" Lan Yi thought to herself that this AI was actually quite good.

"Even if someone oversteps the boundaries, they are still company assets. AI has no right to delete them; it can only randomly exile them, and it cannot transmit them with malicious intent."

K's explanation reeks of unfair contract terms.

Company assets can only be handled by humans. AI can manage them, but absolutely cannot dispose of them. This rule is similar to the Three Laws of Robotics. Although its original intention was simply to prevent AI from damaging company property, after countless millennia of development, it has become a lifeline for individuals with split personalities. "Three virtual layers, choose the white one. We can meet again in another virtual layer. I'm leaving..."

The words have not yet fallen.

K's figure vanished without a trace in an instant.

It was as if an invisible eraser had suddenly rubbed against him, leaving not even a trace of his body, let alone a single odor molecule. After retrieving K, that invisible eraser clearly turned its rubbing force towards Lan Yi, who remained motionless, wondering what the AI ​​was going to do since he wasn't company property.

The anticipated elimination did not occur.

After AI detection, the existence of Lan Yi was determined to be data loss. Unlike antivirus programs like K, it cannot be easily recovered and erased, nor can it be guaranteed whether this thought entity is a true human drifting experience. Therefore, Lan Yi can only be dealt with in accordance with standard procedures.

For the next two hours.

Blue Old Demon experienced firsthand what it was like to be besieged by the entire low-tech world.

From airplanes, tanks, and cannons to lasers, missiles, and satellite weapons, the NPCs in this virtual layer have gone berserk, their sole purpose being to blast the weapons they inexplicably possess towards Lan Yi's location. Sometimes, due to their crudeness, one can even see cars and wooden sticks flying towards him amidst the firearms.

To be honest.

This slightly comical scene of siege did give Blue Old Demon the feeling of beating up a video game.

Even if you use a super-powerful technique to clear the area.

NPCs and attacks would also spawn out of nowhere and continue the siege. After clearing two waves, Lan Yi stopped because he was bored, ensuring that these attacks, which were at most at the fifth level, could not break through his defenses.

Another twenty minutes passed.

The lively bombardment scene in the entire virtual layer suddenly froze.

The next moment, Lan Yi vanished without a trace.

The remaining dilapidated virtual layer was restored to its original state in just a few breaths, with the violently destroyed landscape, various war debris, and numerous corpses that had died violently in the streets all being swept away by an invisible wave of light. Even those abnormal memories were cleared away along with it.

It was as if everything was just an illusion.

This virtual layer, trapped in ordinariness and unchanging routine, remains endless, maintaining the same state of affairs that has remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years, day after day, year after year. Even the efforts of psionic cultivators from the main world have not caused any noteworthy changes.

Do not……

Not all changes were insignificant.

Although Lan Yi left, he left something behind.

The AI ​​did not destroy the items he left behind after recognizing the code as an error warning; instead, it isolated and confined them on the spot.

That's right, Lan Yi left the loving family behind.

He did it on purpose.

Realizing that the AI's authority was limited, and drawing on her experiences in the artificial god realm of ship girls, Lan Yi pondered that this 40K megastructure world should also have quite a few demons and monsters.

It was just a casual move.

There shouldn't be any big, golden guy in this world blocking the entrance to a latrine, right?
(End of this chapter)