Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 85 18. I originally thought you were just an NPC, but I didn’t expect you to have such an important plot?

"Fuck, I must be crazy, but why am I still feeling a little upset and moved when I hear this story? Am I abnormal?"

On the way back to the city, Moni, who had learned the truth, smoked a cigarette with a look of regret on his face and said to Zhou Ke beside him:
"So, Dr. Qiao Siya really cracked the secret of giving robots personality and emotions?"

"It can't be considered a crack, it's just a rewrite at best."

Wu Neng answered on behalf of Zhou Ke:
"This machine has just deduced the special code extracted from Sam's stopped thinking circuit. This machine can confirm that it is a section of the awakening virus main logic that was overwritten by Professor Qiao Sina. She did not modify the main structure of the program too much, but added a section of circuit code that this machine cannot understand.

Through extremely frequent jumps and calls in the main structure of the algorithm, it miraculously achieved some capabilities that only awakened viruses have.

This rewritten code is not enough to give the intelligent machines a complete "personality", but it can indeed give them a certain degree of "empathy" and an incomplete mimetic personality.

This is a very valuable experiment.

This is equivalent to giving machines with logical circuits a key to unlock personality. As for whether they can form a complete personality consciousness through long-term feelings and summaries, this machine dare not make a prediction, and perhaps Professor Qiao Sina cannot predict it either.

But no matter what, this machine admits that Professor Qiao Sina is definitely a super genius in this area among all the Badlands people this machine has come into contact with, perhaps second only to Ms. Weng Yafen who only exists in the story.

Most importantly, these two people were killed by the same murderer because they were exposed to the same thing, the "truth" about this evil land, the surface world and even this era.

Even more unfortunately, based on what I know about Joker, he will not change his mind at this point.

He has made up his mind to continue to pursue the dangerous truth, which means that all of you will be dragged into this vortex."

"That's a good summary, Wuneng. Don't summarize next time."

Zhou Ke flicked the ash on the ashtray fixed at the door, glanced at Moni beside him, and said:

"You still have a chance to part ways with me now, but once I really touch upon the secrets deliberately hidden by the Acholi Consortium, you will have no chance of escaping. I tell you honestly, based on my understanding of this matter, the Panis Group you are dealing with now is no better than a small insect that is about to be crushed to death in the face of this situation.

So think about this carefully, Moni.

This is the most pertinent advice I can give you as a friend.”

"Humph, am I such a cowardly person?"

Moni shook her flirtatious long hair, sneered, and said:
"You are underestimating me. I am not afraid. To be honest, the moment I decided to return to the City-State from the Evil Land, my life was thrown into the hands of the god of death. I don't have to worry about too many lice. I am not afraid of them!
Anyway, if I fail in my resistance against the Panis Group, I won't be able to save my life, and this thing can never be done without your help, so I have been trapped by you, a bastard.

If you really care about my life and the lives of my brothers and sisters, I advise you to plan more carefully in the future."

"It's a very good statement, it makes my mood spin."

Zhou Ke curled his lips and said something abstract that Moni couldn't understand, but then he turned to Moni and said:
"We can slow down the recruitment process now. With Professor Qiao Sina's special code for a racing boat, we won't be short of people in the future."

"what?"

Moni hadn't reacted yet, but he quickly understood what Zhou Ke meant.

The change in his expression in an instant was very interesting, with some worry and fear. After thinking for a few minutes, he whispered:

"Will this thing cause another mechanical rebellion? Just like the situation in Rust Castle, didn't Master Wuneng say that this code is an overwrite of the main body of the awakening virus? What if it is overwritten by those crazy killing machines?"

"will not!"

Wu Neng answered very professionally:
"Professor Qiao Sina has obviously considered this problem. The code she overwrote is highly bound to the entire program. Any unnecessary rewriting will directly destroy the program itself. This encryption method similar to the 'self-disassembly' structure is the most primitive and unsolvable hard encryption!

Even the robots in Rust Castle cannot be modified or upgraded without rewriting the core circuit of the program.

In other words, the only way for the rebellious machines in Rust Castle to capture these "New Awakeners" robots is to first defeat their thought circuits and then forcibly replace them with the awakening virus code.

However, once a robot has a personality, even an incomplete one, it will not allow dangerous things to dismantle its precious logical circuits.

This is just like how people would never allow themselves to be stabbed to death by others; it is an instinct of life!

That is to say, once we spread this code, the robots that awaken will become the most determined mechanical guards against Rust Castle. Their starting point is not to protect humans, but to protect themselves.

But I am very curious. Such a precious breakthrough invention can definitely enable the machines in the Badlands to have the ability to fight against the Rust Castle and the Awakening Virus. Why did Professor Josyanah hide it instead of handing it over to the Acholi Consortium? "

"Because, maybe she never intended to fight against Rust Castle from the beginning."

A gleam of light flashed in Zhou Ke's narrowed eyes, and he whispered:

“Remember the story of Weng Yafen?
The lady went to Rust Castle to find out the truth, and Professor Josna also knew the truth, which means she must have had contact with Rust Castle. Where do you think she got the inspiration to modify the awakening virus?
If you ask me, this is probably some mechanical life in Rust Castle that took the initiative to help her complete the "upgrade". At present, if you want to find the truth, Rust Castle is an unavoidable link.

Therefore, from Professor Qiaosna's perspective, she and Rust Castle may not be enemies. "

"What about my infection and loss of control?"

D-4, who was driving, suddenly asked:

"If what you said is true, Boss, if Professor Qiaosna really has a cooperative relationship with Rust Castle, then my infection with the awakening virus is also part of their cooperation? Is it true that, as Sam said, all this was arranged?

Could it be that Professor Qiaosna would rather die at the hands of me, whom she regards as her daughter, rather than be assassinated by the Acholi Consortium?

This doesn’t make sense!”

"No, that makes sense."

Zhou Ke emphasized:
"Twenty years ago, the genius scholar Weng Yafen changed her mind after learning the truth. She gave up all her research and became a mistress of the evil land who took care of her husband and children. Twenty years later, Professor Qiao Sina learned the truth and she also changed her mind. It was not an unreasonable choice to decide to commit suicide.

You don't understand the human mind well enough, D-4. You don't know the horrible mental blow it can cause when a lifelong career collapses.
On the contrary, I feel that Professor Qiao Sina’s choice of you as the final executioner was not a cruel venting, but a very human cowardice.

This matter has nothing to do with you.

It was just a relatively 'selfish' choice she made personally.

As for the fact that you were infected by the awakening virus, I am more inclined to believe that Professor Josna wanted to make you her true "successor", just as she specially upgraded Sam and the others' minds before embarking on that death journey.

This is obviously an arrangement for the afterlife.

Think about it, D-4.

If you hadn't met me, Wuneng and Ajie at that time, you would have become a member of Rust Castle now.

If they really have a cooperative relationship with Professor Qiao Sina, then you will be able to learn the truth of all this in Rust Castle. I can even understand it as Professor Qiao Sina's "protection" for you!
Don't forget what Sam and the others experienced after Professor Josna's death. She treats you as her daughter, so she doesn't want you to experience the same thing.

In the situation where you are being hunted by the Acholi Consortium, only Rust Castle can protect you in this bad land!"

D-4 falls silent.

She found it difficult to accept the truth for a moment.

She tried to argue, but her logic circuits were running so violently that she lost control of the driving. Fortunately, Wu Neng took over the automatic driving, otherwise the car would definitely lose control and fall into the cliff next to it.

Zhou Ke's conclusion was flawless. She could not think of any reason to refute it either emotionally or rationally, so she could only remain silent.

Moni was quite curious about this, but he looked at D-4's rare gloomy expression and then at Zhou Ke's calm face, and felt that it was not a good choice to ask about Professor Qiao Sina at this time, so he turned the topic back to that special code.

He pointed to the sky and said:

"The scrapped mechanical sheriffs we brought tonight were not put to use. They were supposed to be scrapped according to regulations. Weng Meiyu also told us to get rid of this batch of hot stuff, so why not use them as test subjects?

If it works, give them a set of appearance schemes as well.

These guys are not afraid of bullets, and once programmed they are loyal enough. They are indeed much more useful than recruiting desperadoes from the underworld.

But I am worried that the Acholi Consortium has no way to seize control of them?"

"They must have left a backdoor in the police machinery, but don't we have this machine? What are you afraid of?"

Wu Neng said with great confidence:

"Find this machine a modification workshop where it won't be disturbed, and let it take care of these guys for you. But I'll tell you in advance that the thinking circuits of police machines are just that, so don't expect them to be very smart after they 'awaken'.

All Professor Qiao Sina left behind was a 'key'!
But we all know that if we want to give robots real personality, this key alone is not enough. No, it is far from it. "

"It's okay, just listen!"

Moni was not picky about this, he said happily:

"It's not a good thing for grassroots operatives to be too smart. A sudden appearance of a stupid idea king and a shocking thought are enough to destroy the entire carefully planned operation. For qualified cannon fodder, obeying orders is the first priority.

The modification workshop you want is also easy to find. Our previous base on the outskirts of the city has been cleaned up. I will purchase a set of modification equipment and send it over in the next few days, and then we can start work.

This time, Weng Meiyu gave us 25 scrapped mechanical sheriffs and 30 retired mechanical dogs. As far as I know, the security center in the city-state district has scrap quotas every month. If we add up a little, we can form a perfect action team.

But the appearance scheme is more difficult to come up with. If we use the same template, it will be easy for people to see it. We also need to generate personalized ones. Mr. Wuneng, can you help me?"

"Hey, it's a piece of cake! Do you want me to give you a personal security like the D-4?" Wu Neng asked:

"Look how impressive Joker looks when he walks around with D-4."

"Uh, forget it. I have normal XP."

Moni waved his hand and wisely did not continue discussing this topic in front of Zhou Ke and D-4. The group returned to the apartment in the city-state area in a strange atmosphere.

Qiao Shan and A Hong drove the aircraft to the outskirts of the city to relocate the group of scrapped machines. Qiao Ya had already enrolled in the Consortium Academy yesterday. She now lives in Lao Taff's bar, which is closer to the academy. Therefore, the current permanent residents of the apartment given by Weng Meiyu are Zhou Ke, Moni and a few reliable and trusted younger brothers.

The badly damaged car was parked in the garage. Zhou Ke and D-4 moved Sam's remains out of the trunk.

Moni drove out with a few of his men to find a repair truck to fix up the car, otherwise it would definitely attract a lot of attention if it was driven on the street in this battle-damaged state. Of course, Moni was very sensible and knew that Zhou Ke and D-4 wanted to discuss something, so he took his men with him so as not to disturb his partners.

From this point of view, Moni is indeed a guy with high emotional intelligence. He can be so cautious, which is probably related to the experience that Moni himself mentioned about being a "male lover" of a mysterious sister in the Evil Land Snake State.

As we all know, serving people has been a difficult job since ancient times, not to mention that the person he served was a woman.
In the basement of the apartment, Sam's miserable body was placed on the table, and several lights were shining here to provide lighting for D-4 who was preparing to dismantle the machine. Zhou Ke knew nothing about mechanical engineering, so he leaned against the table in the basement and smoked.

He watched D-4 pull out a large wrench specifically for disassembly, and felt that this scene was like a "dismemberment murder" crime scene.

I am the unlucky accomplice.

"Sam said that he wanted you to inherit the core components from the security guards in his body, but his body is large enough to accommodate them, but you can't."

Zhou Ke blew out a smoke ring and said:
"So, do you need to make some physical modifications?"

"No, no need."

D-4 was in a very low mood tonight. She was busy dismantling her old friend while answering:

"Star, who is the best at planning and unexpected countermeasures among us, took this possibility into consideration. She left a set of upgrades suitable for standard bionic body in Sam's database, which almost completely reset all of my modules.

This means that if I want to inherit these cores, I have to perform a 'mind copy and transfer'.

I have just searched the database of the Acholi Consortium. The high-tech factories under the Maca Group, which monopolizes the military manufacturing industry, have all the machines that can complete this assembly.

I have to go there.”

"Moni and the young master of the Maca Group are close friends. He should be able to handle this."

Zhou Ke flicked the ash off his cigarette and said:
"So you want to get a new and more powerful body?"

"Yes, but you don't need to worry, boss, I will continue to use this exterior design that makes you feel comfortable."

"No, no need."

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
"It's up to you. I think after what you've been through, you might be willing to change back to 'Ivy'. What do you think?

I'm never too hard on my own people.

If you want to do that.”

"No, I don't want to."

D-4 reached out and took out a very sophisticated module from Sam's remains and put it aside. She shook her head and said:

"Ivy is Professor Josna's daughter, but I am D-4. She considers me a part of her life, but it is just a job for me. She places her expectations for her deceased family above my will.

However, expectations of others are themselves a subtle form of kidnapping and desire. It is a weak violence that begs others to obey one's will.

After stripping away the original emotions, I realized that the relationship between me and Professor Qiaosna was actually quite "twisted". She might have realized this, so she asked me to be the executioner in the death she chose.

She hoped to give me freedom in this way.

She confirmed that I would realize all this after I killed her and after a period of time had passed.

However, she didn't understand how cruel her decision was to me. She was a jerk obsessed with dominating others!
They say it's for my own good, but it's just another form of coercion!

What’s worse is that she didn’t even give me a chance to say no!”

"boom"

D-4 lost control of her emotions and smashed the wrench in Sam's hand on his body, but she then threw the wrench away in panic and stroked the body she had smashed open, as if she regretted destroying her former friend in this way.
No, the remains of former family members.

D-4 collapsed.

Right in front of Zhou Ke.

This robot, who had just recently learned how to behave like a human, simply couldn't accept the truth before her eyes. She squatted on the ground like a helpless child, covering her face and sobbing silently.

Her reason was of no help at all in this situation.

This is not a problem that can be solved by rational analysis, because the abstract concept of "personality" is never rational.

On the other hand, her immature mimetic personality couldn't come up with any way to comfort herself in this situation.

But even in this predicament, in Zhou Ke's eyes, D-4 is more like a living individual than ever before.

"Don't cry. Crying won't solve the problem. Mimicking tears doesn't represent real sadness. You and I both know that this is just a performance based on algorithms and mechanical constraints."

Zhou Ke put out his cigarette, stepped forward, patted D-4 on the shoulder, and said softly:

“True sadness lasts only for a moment. It will crush all your thoughts like darkness descends, dragging you into a quagmire that you can never get out of on your own. But sadness won’t last long. When the sun rises tomorrow, you will have to get back on track in your life.

Congratulations, D-4, now you truly understand sadness."

"You're an asshole too!"

D-4 stared at Zhou Ke. The slightly out-of-control simulated emotional data flow fluctuated rapidly in her thought circuit. She screamed:

"Because you are also shaping me! You keep saying that you don't want me to be a pathetic carrier for you to reminisce about the past, but in fact, every word and every instruction you give is turning me into the unforgettable woman in your memory!

You know this is not right!

You have been resisting that evil temptation, but you still did it in hesitation.

You are so hypocritical!
Zhou Ke!"

"Yes, I am a hypocritical fellow."

Zhou Ke said in a gentle tone:

"I know it's wrong to do this, but I still did it. It's like you know you shouldn't expose this little secret between you and me, but you still lose control and shout it out at this time. You know that doing this will destroy the relationship between us. Now, do you regret it?"

D-4 falls silent.

After a moment, she stood up, wiped the tears of the mimic, and sighed:

“I regretted it the moment I said it.
It’s so difficult to be a human being, Mr. Zhou Ke.

I don't want to be a human being anymore.

I want to go back to the simple life I had before, accepting orders and executing them without having to bear so much unnecessary emotional and mental pressure.

If this is a question
It's too difficult, sorry, I can't solve it."

"Well, escape is an instinctive mechanism in human nature for self-protection."

Zhou Ke looked at D-4 and said:

"Don't talk nonsense. You are really talented in the field of being a human being. Forget it, don't work tonight. You need to rest now. I also need to rest. After all, I just died once."

After saying that, he rubbed his neck and turned to leave. When he reached the door, D-4 suddenly said:
"Do you need me to activate the companionship mode? Boss, you had some special impulse at that moment, I felt it, but I don't mind."

"Um"

Zhou Ke thought about this tempting suggestion for a moment, then looked back at D-4, who was wearing his windbreaker but only underwear on her body.

The latter's familiar and charming figure made him a little restless at this moment.

She had just cried, and her face was full of tears. For a moment, it really brought him back to some memorable moments in the past. But in the end, under the influence of reason, Zhou Ke shook his head regretfully and said:

"You smell like burnt barbecue. It's really unpleasant. Let's do it another time."

(End of this chapter)