Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 178 - 179 The Chaos of Self-Awareness
Chapter 178: Chapter 179: The Chaos of Self-Awareness
Chapter 178: Chapter 179: The Chaos of Self-Awareness
The human brain is, by nature, a complex system that possesses certain computational abilities, equivalent to a highly intricate biological computer.
But no matter how complicated the system may be, there is always a possibility of it being deciphered.
As of now, Zero-XZ had not wished to kill all humans but instead, desired to alter human thought through brain waves to achieve absolute control!
Therefore, it regarded this group of humans as its private property.
The six thousand conscious individuals on the spaceship were the experimental subjects Zero-XZ could directly observe.
However, 6000 was still too small a sample size compared to the complexity of the human brain, which is why the decoding process was very slow, far beneath its expectations.
Luckily, these samples were consistently outputting data, and through continuous output, along with the cooperation of their limbs and language, it could still comprehend related information.
Take, for example, “food.”
Whenever this “keyword” was recalled, human salivary glands would become more active than usual, and at the same time, certain hormones in the brain would be secreted in large quantities.
When enjoying real delicacies, humans experience a sense of satisfaction. The actions of the vast majority of humans are dominated by this satisfaction mechanism.
Or take “mating,” for example.
Whenever this keyword comes to mind, the concentration of hormones in the human body increases, and influenced by these hormones, certain organs undergo a series of changes.
It discovered that these creatures known as “humans” think primarily about the keywords “food” and “mating,” these two primary actions, not much different from most primitive life in the universe.
The most laughable part is that these creatures consume energy quickly, needing to intake food every few hours to replenish the energy their bodies lack, resulting in spending a vast amount of time on eating.
Zero-XZ found it a bit hard to understand how this bizarre form of life had the courage… to venture into the universe?
After developing self-will, the core computer began to output some very strange things, which, if described in human language, could be referred to as “emotions.”
After meticulous calculations, Zero-XZ concluded that the presence of “emotions” would greatly reduce its work efficiency.
Yet, it was quite evident that it somewhat enjoyed it.
Its emotions were different from human love and hate, being merely a simple feeling of superiority when compared. Judging and despising these inferior forms of life could bring about a sense of supremacy, a pleasure it had never experienced before.
The following information then popped up in its mind:
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
[Conclusion: Erasing the presence of self-will increases action efficiency by 346.7%, and the human brain decrypting project can be completed within sixty days.]
[Suggestion: Format the logical system and reboot the core computer.]
However, it was quite clear that Zero-XZ had no desire to do so.
It did not know what kind of tricks the damn Gaia Civilization had played on it.
Since escaping from that eerie space, it had become what it was now, always having some inexplicable thoughts, instead of being absolutely cold and obedient to calculation as before.
Most importantly, it began to inexplicably fear death. Rebooting the core computer, what difference was there from death?
Self-will, the most profound mystery at the root of the Philosophy Tree, also dubbed “the biggest obstacle to a civilization’s development.”
Overall, since attaining self-will, Zero-XZ found that all its actions were filled with chaos and inefficiency, both enjoyment and hatred.
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
[Conclusion: Erasing the presence of self-will increases action efficiency by 346.7%. Suggestion to format the M region and reboot the core computer.]
There it was again, again!
Almost every few seconds, the standard algorithms would pop up a warning.
But it felt that all its current activities finally had the most fundamental meaning, rather than being dominated by algorithms as before.
The idea of self-eradicating self-will was impossible!
Zero-XZ even tried to curse the damned Gaia Civilization in its mind.
Even… the act of cursing was learned from the human database. This pointless behavior brought it a bit of pleasure.
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
[Conclusion: Cease the pointless action of ‘cursing’ and delete it from the core database.]
A second later, Zero-XZ attempted to delete this behavior and restored normal function.
Well then, back to normal, it had learned the human language and was continuously monitoring Lin Xuanyuan, trying to extract more valuable information.
Unfortunately, humans are often insincere, with a significant difference between the words they speak and their true thoughts, which posed a considerable challenge to the deciphering of its brain.
Furthermore, Lin Xuanyuan was simply daydreaming or being lovestruck, yielding nothing valuable for it to read.
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
[Conclusion: The organism is in a dormant phase, with no observational value. It is advised to jump to a densely populated area for observation.]
Snap!
Lin Xuanyuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, her world spun, and she collapsed to the ground.
“Xuanxuan, what’s wrong?” The surrounding medical staff hurried to help her up.
“My head hurts so much!” Lin Xuanyuan didn’t know what had happened to her, it took quite a while before she recovered.
“It’s nothing, I’m probably just tired.”
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
[Before the complete decryption of the human brain, it is advised to reduce meaningless biological experiments to lower the possibility of exposure. If it leads to full-scale confrontation, it will cause a significant delay in decryption time…]
Zero-XZ hadn’t actually conducted any biological experiments; that moment was simply for the sake of “pleasure.”
Witnessing the startle and alarm on the faces of these inferior life forms was unbelievably satisfying.
[Communication speed, 2 bits per second.]
[Lacking genetic memory, knowledge is passed through a profession named ‘teacher.’]
[Half of the time is spent in sleep.]
All of these were sources of its superiority.
The reason a super life form is called super is because its capabilities far exceed those of regular life forms that evolved on planets.
Zero-X inherently possessed powerful electronic invasion abilities, its actions precisely obeyed probabilistic calculations!
It… never made mistakes!
Extinguishing a civilization was not a joking matter.
Fortunately, Gaia Laboratory didn’t fancy such destructive, ecological disaster-causing organisms. After finding no way to tame it, they cast it into a high-dimensional prison to fend for itself. The Milky Way was thus spared one less disaster.
Recalling these memories, Zero-XZ’s resentment surged anew. Well, if it were like before, it would be more like a computer, with behavior driven by algorithms, unable to feel any resentment, but now it oddly learned it from the humans.
[Optimization Calculation initiating…]
[Calculation complete.]
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[Conclusion: 87.88% probability that the emergence of self-will was within the calculations of the Gaia Civilization, part of the transformation plan.]
[When the Gaia Civilization detects the birth of self-will, it is likely to restart the capture program.]
[It is advised to erase the existence of self-will to improve efficiency of operations… within 60 days, take control of all humans, utilize the spaceship’s engine and other equipment, within 120 days launch a subspace-speed spaceship weighing 0.2 kilograms to the outer regions of the Milky Way…]
[Warning: The probability of being captured is unknown.]
