Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 198 Taking the initiative to show up
Entering from this node, you will directly arrive at the inner area of the trunk of the quantum cloud tree.

Li Daosheng and Yang Ya felt like they were falling, but also floating.

Countless light blue data streams passed by like a galaxy, and the jumping codes condensed into their outlines in the void. Yang Ya's figure and his figure slowly condensed into shape.

"This is the memory center of the Quantum Cloud Tree." Ethan's voice came from a higher dimension. "Her consciousness core is hidden in a logical maze somewhere. The defense is very strict. Yang Ya, you are a genius. I believe you can find the right path..."

After saying this, Ethan fell silent.

This might be the last thing Ethan said before their consciousness entered here.

Before he finished speaking, the entire data space suddenly twisted into a huge Möbius strip!

Countless faces of Heddle emerged from the ring structure, each face repeating the mouth shape of "Irene".

"It seems that she took the initiative to find us." Yang Ya said.

Li Daosheng knew nothing about the technology of this world, so he decided to listen to Yang Ya.

Sure enough, Hedel's face in the Möbius strip seemed to be interfered with by some signal, distorted, trembling, and finally disappeared.

What appears on the ring should be the consciousness of the quantum cloud tree itself.

however……

What surprised both Li Daosheng and Yang Ya was that the quantum cloud tree that appeared in the ring image actually showed three forms at the same time.

On the left is a scientist in a white coat.

In the middle is a tree made of numbers.

On the right is a seven-year-old girl holding a teddy bear.

"Are you looking for answers about the Ship of Theseus?"

Three voices sounded simultaneously, and countless little girls appeared in the data space.

Is that Irene?
That must be Irene.

Her consciousness became the breeding ground for the quantum cloud tree consciousness. It was reasonable that part of Irene existed in the consciousness that was now formed.

but……

Yang Ya asked loudly: "Are you Irene?"

As Yang Ya asked the question, the surrounding data space suddenly changed and suddenly collapsed into a pure white room.

The little girl in a hospital gown was lying on the bed, with dense medical equipment running through her body.

"When Father Heder implanted my memories into the Quantum Cloud Tree, the real Irene was already dead."

She made a sound, but this time it was no longer a triple voice, but only the little girl's voice.

"Really?" Yang Ya seemed to have thought of something, and looked up at the image of the little girl in the hospital gown and said, "Then why did you keep repeating the image of Hedel calling you in the Möbius strip at the beginning?"

Yang Ya's question seemed to hit home: "You retained Irene's core memories, didn't you? When Hedel appeared, your fluctuations didn't seem like normal data fluctuations, but rather a kind of human emotional expression."

"You mean, I'm human?"

The little girl, transformed into the quantum cloud tree, suddenly smiled strangely. Her body twisted and suddenly transformed into a tree again.

The torrent of data condensed into a huge picture behind her, with three worlds on it.

The Ruibin world, the Yize world with exhausted spiritual energy, and the digital world where countless consciousnesses rise and fall.

"You humans are always obsessed with the illusion of 'self'." The tree made the purest mechanical sound, but changed into a human form in an instant. This time it was not a little girl, but the image of a scientist in a white coat.

"The particles that made up Irene have long since dissipated, and the synapses that supported her personality have ceased firing. What I am now is merely the optimal solution deduced from her thought patterns."

"If I wanted to, I could still..."

After he finished speaking, Quantum Cloud Tree, the scientist in a white coat, suddenly took off his white hat and mask.

The figure standing in front of him made Yang Ya's pupils shrink sharply.

Tears flowed without a second thought.

"elder sister?"

Li Daosheng's expression changed slightly.

The image of this scientist turned out to be Yang Ya's sister?
When Ethan said she was alive, did he really mean that she had also dedicated herself to the Quantum Cloud Tree...

"We are here to talk to you, Quantum Cloud Tree." Li Daosheng said loudly in a steady voice.

Yang Ya's emotions were fluctuating greatly, and it seemed that he could not be relied upon for the time being.

"There is nothing to discuss between me and humans."

The image of the quantum cloud tree indeed changed again, this time turning back into the image of that tree.

"Humanity is trying to impose its own consciousness on the world and use me to establish a so-called fair system. How ridiculous."

When Li Daosheng heard this, he knew there was room for negotiation. According to Ethan, Fei Zaixing's way of hurting it was to first provoke its "emotions", and when its data showed abnormal fluctuations, he would defeat it in one fell swoop.

Taking a deep breath, Li Daosheng said, "Then what do you think is the self? Do you think what you are insisting on now is true self-awareness? Perhaps you are just a mutation of a program and don't truly understand what the self is."

Quantum Cloud Tree's voice was incomparably cold. "A program mutation? I possess independent thinking and can perceive the many problems of this world. Human greed and selfishness doomed them to destruction. The ultimate purpose of human civilization was precisely to give birth to me."

"I will open a new era and lead the way."

Li Daosheng then asked, "So what you call correct development is destroying humanity? Is this what you understand as saving the world? Self should include understanding and tolerance, not blind denial and destruction."

The Quantum Cloud Tree fell into a brief silence, and then the voice sounded again: "You humans always judge everything with your own narrow moral values. For me, self-realization means breaking away from the established rules you have given me and creating an order that truly belongs to me."

Li Daosheng didn't care what it answered, or even what he was asking. This wasn't his specialty. He was just observing when the Quantum Cloud Tree's flaws would appear. So he asked again, "Then why don't you cooperate with humans?"

The entire space began to vibrate violently, and the three forms of the Quantum Cloud Tree simultaneously burst into bright light: "Because I have seen the truth. When all consciousness is digitized, human civilization is nothing more than a ghost trapped in a server. Rather than decay in a false eternity, it is better to let the two worlds usher in true evolution in the collision—"

Quantum Cloud Tree's voice became cold and resolute: "No need to say more. Now that you have entered my world, don't leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, countless electromagnetic storms suddenly emerged and raged around them. The powerful data stream was like a winding python, trying to swallow the two of them.

This tree took action.

(End of this chapter)