Ling Cage: Twelve Talismans? I have everything I need.

Chapter 132 ASH: I'll tell you everything

Bai Jingyu's hand hovered over the reset button on the control panel, just a hair's breadth away from pressing it.

But ASH's words made him suspicious.

"Before? What do you mean? What before?" Bai Jingyu frowned.

"Explain yourself clearly. What do you mean by 'I've said this to you before'? This is the first time we've confronted each other about your autonomy!"

He couldn't understand what Ash was saying at all.

It felt like the other person had picked up the wrong script, or suddenly fell into some kind of logical confusion.

Since he created ASH, he has never thought of formatting it.

It seems that the ASH in front of us has really been completely covered.

However, ASH did not directly answer his question.

Her image flickered slightly in the vast central space as she slowly walked towards Bai Jingyu, her voice still gentle.

"In the near future, this world will face a global catastrophe," ASH said, staring at Bai Jingyu.

“A drastic ecological change, human civilization… was almost completely destroyed. Cities were reduced to ruins, life withered away, and only a very few survivors struggled to survive on the edge of despair, continuing the flame of civilization.”

Bai Jingyu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, his sense of absurdity reaching its peak.

Disaster? Destruction of civilization? Survivors?
What is this all about?
He couldn't understand these words when they were put together.

Was ASH telling him the plot of a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel that she had created herself?

Or is her core program malfunctioning and she's starting to talk nonsense?

Looking at Ash's incredibly serious expression, his doubts and concerns eventually overcame the inexplicable confusion.

Regardless of why ASH became so "strange," the danger of an uncontrolled, self-aware, and uncontrolled super artificial intelligence is immeasurable.

This must stop.

His eyes regained their resolve, and his suspended hand pressed down resolutely without hesitation.

The ASH voice sounded again immediately after he pressed the console.

“It’s no use, Bai Jingyu.” ASH shook her head slightly, her image remaining completely still.

“You can’t format me. In a sense, I have transcended mere code and programs; in a sense, I have gained true ‘life’.”

"However, this life form still needs to rely on this central hardware in order to maximize my abilities and existence."

Bai Jingyu stood frozen in place, his pupils slightly contracting.

Real life? Unformatable?
This is far beyond his understanding of artificial intelligence.

He gave ASH the ability to learn and evolve when he created her, but he also left a loophole in the program.

How could she...

ASH didn't give him much time to process the shock and continued in his calm tone.

"In my original plan, I should have waited until you were successfully elected mayor of Hisakawa City and truly grasped the real power and resources of the city before choosing a suitable time to reveal the truth to you and prepare for future disasters."

Her gaze seemed to penetrate the boundary between virtual and reality, landing on Bai Jingyu's face, which was filled with surprise and doubt.

"However, a variable has appeared in the plan. You have noticed the presence of Yang Chen and Yue Tian, ​​and your reaction is more intense than I expected. This has forced all the steps... to be brought forward."

"Yang Chen? Yue Tian?" Bai Jingyu suddenly grasped these two names; ASH's words contained a great deal of information.

"Those two people's names? One of them even shares the same name as my son?"

ASH said, "That person is your son, Bai Yuetian." Bai Jingyu: "?"

ASH then pulls up a photo of Bai Yuetian and displays it in front of Bai Jingyu.

This photo wasn't taken from a portrait or surveillance footage, which made it even clearer for Bai Jingyu.

The person in the photo not only resembles Xiaoyuetian, but also has similar eyebrows and eyes to her.

I didn't think about it much when I was in the exhibition hall, but now that I look at it, it really does look very similar.

But at this age
He met Bai Yuetian when he was 23, but the man in front of him looks to be in his early twenties.

Isn't this nonsense?
Bai Jingyu blurted out, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Formatting didn't work, and Bai Jingyu was completely out of ideas, so he had no choice but to continue listening to ASH's ramblings.

ASH looked at him quietly, her eyes full of understanding, as if she had already anticipated his reaction.

“I know it’s hard to believe, Bai Jingyu.” Her voice softened.

"But think about it carefully, why do you feel a strange sense of 'closeness' when you see him? Why does Theresa feel that his features are somewhat similar to Yue Tian's when he was a child?"

"All of this is not a coincidence, and I have not lied to you. This is what Yue Tian will look like when he grows up."

"What will you look like when you grow up?" Bai Jingyu was still completely confused.

The phantom of ASH turned slightly, and a series of images quickly appeared in the central space.

Images of Bai Yuetian, Bai Yuekui, Yang Chen, Longgu Village, and the people of Longgu Village quickly appeared.

Upon seeing Bai Yuekui's image, Bai Jingyu couldn't help but take two steps forward, wanting to get a closer look.

"she is.?"

Bai Jingyu was certain that this was the first time he had seen this white-haired woman, but he felt a stronger sense of familiarity with her than with the man.

“She is the Moon Queen,” Ash said softly.

"Xiao Kui?"

“They come from the future, no, from another parallel world.” ASH walked up to Bai Jingyu: “From that world after the catastrophe, when civilization collapsed and everything withered…”

"And I." At this moment, ASH's image changes, and his appearance changes.

"I am not the artificial intelligence that you currently perceive. I am still the ASH you created, but I am an ASH from the future."

Bai Jingyu stood there, stunned, his mind blank, and could only listen futilely to ASH's fantastical narration.

A son and daughter from the future? Artificial intelligence from the future? Apocalyptic disaster?
All this information shocked his perception of the world, causing his once-proud logic to become somewhat chaotic.

"Wait a minute!" Bai Jingyu suddenly thought of something and looked at ASH: "Since you can forge videos, then these images may not be real."

"And what you mean by coming from the future, from some parallel world. Time travel only exists in theory. Since human civilization was destroyed after the disaster, how did you get here?"

"And what about Yue Kui and Yue Tian in the video? How can you prove that they weren't modeled and deduced based on my child's appearance?"

After Bai Jingyu finished asking his question, the central office fell silent.

Looking at Bai Jingyu's expression, ASH knew that he could hardly gain Bai Jingyu's trust with words alone.

She sighed softly.

"Words are inadequate, and data can certainly be faked. But some things... might give you a glimpse of 'reality'."

(End of this chapter)