You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 321: Breaking cognitive deception, the dawn of coexistence between the two races!

"Captain! The monsters are retreating!"

After Chi Ping and his group left, Krodo couldn't calm down for a long time. Even after the monsters retreated in large numbers, Krodo was still shocked by what he had just seen.

When Chi Ping took Xiao Yun and Pulao away, unlike when they came, they walked down.

It seemed as if they did it on purpose. Wherever they passed, whether they were tribal warriors or fortress soldiers, they would consciously make way for them like a tide and look at them with awe.

On the battlefield where humans and beasts mixed together and monsters were scattered everywhere, there was no sound at all when Chi Ping walked by.

Especially those ferocious beasts with ferocious faces and huge bodies, they even lowered their bodies and buried their heads respectfully when they saw Chi Ping passing by.

When Chi Ping walked next to the Flame Demon, Krodo, who was on the high wall of the fortress, only saw Chi Ping talking to the flaming monster, and then the monster began to withdraw in an orderly manner.

This battle was described by later generations who were unaware of the truth as the first S-class defeat after the catastrophe.

It's a bit exaggerated indeed.

Next, the journey for Chi Ping and his group to the headquarters of the Mechanical Church was much simpler.

For navigation, there is Pulao, and for travel, there are tamed birds like Xiaoyun.

The only problem was that Xiaoyun had tamed a lot of birds, and when they moved they formed a huge black flock, so much so that smoke and dust could be seen rising into the sky under the moonlight.

The most serious problem is not these, but the problem of food for the beasts.

So after much deliberation, Xiaoyun had to cruelly give up a large number of them and only retain the ferocious beasts with combat power above B level.

This way, the team would be much lighter. However, Xiaoyun herself kept lamenting, because after all, she had never been so wealthy.

On the huge mountain vulture, the wind roared in his ears, blowing the hem of Chi Ping's clothes into a bulge.

Pulao looked at Xiaoyun with envy, begging her to do something, but Xiaoyun kept refusing.

Chi Ping could only hear clearly when he got closer. Pulao liked the feeling of opening his mouth when a strong wind blew, letting the wind pour into his mouth and making his cheeks ripple like water waves.

The only regret was that he himself had no cheeks, so he had to ask Xiaoyun to make one for him.

Xiaoyun thought this was stupid and ugly. After being scolded, Pulao said silently:
"It's so much fun to be a human, but unfortunately I'm not one."

On the second night, the group found an abandoned town to stay.

They found some combustible materials and boiled some water, washed up, and each found a wild animal with soft and comfortable fur to use as a mattress, preparing to rest for a while before setting off again the next day.

"Go to sleep, Pulao."

"Good night, Pulao is going to standby." On Pulao's small display screen, the expressions on the faces of people gradually merged into a line and then dimmed.

But when Chi Ping turned around, he saw Pulao's bright screen again, only a fist away from his face.

"What are you going to do?" Chi Ping asked.

"Can't sleep."

"Pulao Pulao."

"I'm here."

"Turn it off!" Chi Ping said.

A dazed expression appeared on Pulao's small screen, staring straight at Chi Ping.

The shutdown command seemed useless, and of course it couldn't possibly be useful. Chi Ping just said it casually. Immediately, he said to Pulao with a bit of helplessness:
"Come on, since you can't sleep, tell me about the Mechanicum."

"Okay!" Pulao sat up immediately. "But where do I start?"

"Whatever. Just tell me about your Pope and your own situation in the Church."

"Oh oh." Pulao's square head looked at the stars outside the broken window for a while, then looked at Chi Ping and said, "The Pope and the Chief are both very nice to me, but they always quarrel among themselves."

Chief refers to the Chief Engineer. In the Mechanicus, the Chief Engineer is equivalent to the prophet in the tribe, and the Pope is the chief.

"Arguing?" Chi Ping caught the key word. "They were arguing over trivial matters." Pulao spread his hands.

"The details are irrelevant."

Pulao thought for a moment and said, "That's right. The Chief said he had found a way to lead all of humanity through the catastrophe, but the Pope disagreed.

"Many times when they quarreled fiercely, my neighbors and I would go to mediate—"

Wait, the method of surviving the catastrophe is irrelevant?

"What method?" Chi Ping asked Pulao hurriedly.

"I'm just trying to persuade you. My neighbor and friend are good at talking—"

"Did I ask you that?"

"Ah? Then what are you asking?"

"I'm asking you, the method your chief mentioned is the method to survive the catastrophe!"

A thoughtful expression appeared on Pulao's small screen, and Chi Ping covered his face. This guy was still as unreliable as ever.

After about three to five minutes, Pulao finally replied, "Uploading consciousness."

"What?" Chi Ping didn't understand for a moment.

Pulao explained to him: "We will build a super-large mainframe and upload everyone's consciousness into it.

"According to the Chief, without a physical body, we will no longer be restricted by material scarcity and won't have to worry about not having enough to eat or warm clothes.

“Everyone’s consciousness can live the life they want in the virtual world.

"And enjoy endless life, without even the experience of birth, old age, sickness, and death."

Ikehira frowned, trying to understand, then said:

"Your Chief means to upload the consciousness to the host computer first, and then return it to the human body after the environment and climate have recovered?"

"No." Pulao shook his head. "I'm already in the virtual world. Why would I come back?"

After hearing what Pulao said, Chi Ping probably understood how their chief played the game.

Based on the experience of the Federation world, their Mechanicus needs emotions as an anchor, so that after losing their ordinary bodies, they can still maintain their "human" will, rather than being taken over by the mechanical will.

But the Chief Engineer's way of playing is to completely abandon the physical body and only use memory to resist the invasion of mechanical will.

It's hard, and soon they become robots without emotions.

"So your Pope opposes this?" Chi Ping asked again.

"Yes." Pulao nodded: "The Pope said that uploading will is actually just uploading copied memories, piecing together a personality from the memories.

"And the true human will is still trapped in the body. The Chief's approach is simply uploading the will and leaving the body to fend for itself. This won't actually change the current situation."

Chi Ping nodded. This was indeed the case. Ultimately, the Mechanicus in this world was still divided into radicals and conservatives, just like in the Federation.

To exaggerate a little, the chief's side can even be called extreme radicals.

If his plan is followed, it is not clear what will happen to the uploaded will, but humans will definitely become extinct early.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to Chi Ping's mind, and he seemed to have grasped something.

After thinking about it carefully, I couldn't help but feel a little excited, and my fingertips trembled slightly.

He grabbed Pulao and said, "Answer me carefully. Have you ever tried to upload the will of those 'monsters'?"

Chi Ping's idea is very simple. The existence of cognitive deception is attached to the appearance and body of a person or object.

If the will copy is removed from the body, will cognitive deception no longer exist?

If possible, instead of exterminating humanity, the radicals provided a solution for the coexistence of two civilizations!
(End of this chapter)