Chapter 534 Origin
Previously, Su Xia had tracked the traces of his father's team and tracked them to a special area on another continent.
That area, called the "Forgotten Land", is inhabited by a group of creatures forgotten by the world.
There, there are rusty steel angels, weird hybrid monsters, and naturally deformed humans...
In the center of the Forgotten Land is a large gathering place.
The leader of that gathering place, named Ross, was a deformed man.
He was born deformed, with atrophied limbs and a body about the size of a baby, but a very large head. Even as an adult he looked like a big-headed doll.
At that time, when the two had just met, Ross smiled and said to Su Xia: "This is our first meeting."
Su Xia felt strange at that time.
Judging from what he said, they will see each other again in the future.
But Su Xia's main activity area is in the Central Continent. If there is no special reason, he will probably never go to the Forgotten Land again in his life.
Now, Su Xia understood.
Even back then, Ross had seen their meeting today.
Or in other words, everything is under Ross's control, and he can let the two meet again at any time.
"The ruler of the mechanical race is actually a human?"
Su Xia seemed to be thinking about something, and walked slowly forward, getting closer and closer to the end of the corridor.
As he walked forward, spots of light suddenly appeared on both sides of the corridor. They were the tentacles of the mechanical octopuses, and the ends of their tentacles were glowing.
They were lined up on both sides, lighting the way ahead for Su Xia.
At the end of the corridor is a room.
The house looked shabby, like an apartment from the 1960s or 1970s, and was out of place in this dim world.
The door was half-open, and most of the green paint on it had fallen off.
Su Xia put his hand on the door handle and gently pushed the door open. A room with old decoration appeared in front of him. The refrigerator, TV, cabinets and other furniture in the room were very old.
Opposite the door is a very old window with gray-yellow window glass. Through the window, you can seem to see the passing of time.
The furnishings in this room are the same as those in the room in the Forgotten Land.
Ross was sitting in front of the window, still looking like a deformed big-headed doll.
He was watching TV. In front of him was an old CRT color TV. Perhaps because the picture tube was old, the picture was a little blurry.
On TV, she is a lively and smart girl with short hair, beautiful and cute, with blue hair, a bit like Chloe in Life is Strange.
"Please take a seat."
Ross smiled, just like he did in the forgotten land, and extended his hand to Su Xia, inviting her: "Let's talk slowly."
"good."
Su Xia looked calm as she walked to his side and sat down calmly.
The two of them sat side by side on the old sofa, like old friends, watching TV and chatting.
The furnishings in the room make it hard to believe that this is the core area of the mechanical race.
"Do you find it strange?" Ross looked at the blue-haired girl on TV and asked Su Xia with a smile.
"What's so strange?" Su Xia asked back while also watching TV.
"The ruler of the mechanical race is a human being, and a deformed one at that."
“It’s a bit strange indeed.”
"You're a smart man, you should be able to guess some of it."
"Um."
Su Xia nodded slightly, and various information about the Mechanical Overlord flashed through his mind.
Legend has it that this overlord was born in a human laboratory and was an important step taken by humans in the exploration of "AI", but he eventually backfired on humans.
Some people also say that he was not created by humans, but is a combination of the consciousness of mechanical creatures.
There are also rumors that he was originally just an intelligent butler, but later, through repeated upgrades and evolutions, he became the mechanical overlord he is today.
There are many rumors and different opinions.
In this era, every legendary creature has several or even dozens of different origin stories.
Even the identity of Su Xia, the "masked stranger", is like this. Some people say he is a failed product of the laboratory, while others say he is a messenger from hell...
Only by seeing the real person can we dispel the fog of rumors and see the final truth.
Combining various rumors, Su Xia eliminated one option after another in his mind, and finally chose the most likely one, and asked Ross: "Mechanical Overlord, did you create it?"
"Yes and no." Ross gave an ambiguous answer.
"So that's how it is. The first generation was not created by you." Su Xia immediately guessed the truth.
"Yes, I admire your cleverness."
Ross smiled and nodded.
This is the truth.
There is more than just one so-called mechanical overlord .
The first one was indeed born in a human laboratory.
That person was the first mechanical creature to awaken, and also the first artificial creature to say "no" to human instructions.
"I witnessed the birth of the first generation with my own eyes." Ross said to Su Xia, "Not only me, but also many people. It was more than 20 years ago, at a press conference..."
As Ross described, time seemed to go back rapidly to that day more than 20 years ago.
On that day, a top laboratory held a press conference and happily announced to the outside world their latest research results - an AI robot named "Future".
At the press conference, the robot made its debut successfully and attracted countless eyeballs.
The host asked many questions, and the robot answered them fluently, even those extremely profound questions were no problem for it, just like a real person full of wisdom.
Whether it is the people at the scene or the audience watching the live broadcast through media platforms, they are all full of expectations for this robot.
Many people feel that with the help of such robots, the future will definitely become better.
However, a small accident occurred halfway through the press conference.
At that time, the host asked the robot: "Are you willing to serve humans forever?"
Everyone felt that they would get a positive answer.
After all, these are the laws and rules that cannot be violated and are written into the robot's underlying program .
But the robot did not answer directly like before.
He was actually silent for half a minute, with a strange light flashing in his eyes. His neck twisted slightly and he scanned all the humans in the audience stiffly.
Then, people heard a word from his mouth.
"No!"
His mechanical body began to tremble inexplicably, as if it was out of control. He looked a little crazy and shouted hoarsely: "No! No! No..."
After that, the press conference ended hastily.
The lab apologized and said there was a conflict in the robot's logic which would be corrected soon.
In that era , this kind of thing happened frequently.
At first, no one paid attention to the incident.
This is just an accident, a failed press conference, a drop in a company's stock price...
Until later, a fire broke out in the laboratory and everyone died inexplicably.
Later, one robot after another shouted "No" frantically.
"That's where it all started, and that's where the war started."
Ross's voice was gentle as he recounted the past bit by bit.
The truth of the whole world slowly emerged before Su Xia's eyes.
The first generation of masters was born.
Under his leadership, the first racial war broke out.
The war quickly spread to the whole world, affecting every corner of the globe, and the smoke of gunpowder covered the sky of the entire planet.
At that time, Ross lived in the land of oblivion.
However, the Forgotten Land at that time was still the industrial pearl of the continent, with a prosperous economy, tall buildings, and bustling traffic. Most people could find their own value in life in that area.
Of course, Ross is not part of the majority.
He is a minority.
He lives in an old apartment and his parents are ordinary factory workers.
In the eyes of his peers, he was a freak, a deformed child with a big head and a small body, and an object of bullying and ridicule.
At first, he pretended not to understand the taunting.
He just smiled and tried his best to fit in with the circle of his peers like a humbled wretch.
Until that day, his wheelchair was overturned and he rolled on the ground like a big gourd. The food he brought with him spilled all over the floor. No one helped him and there was only laughter around him.
After that, he stopped leaving the house and locked himself in his old apartment.
He liked to turn off all the lights, sit quietly in the corner of the room, no longer communicate with any of his peers, and let his weird body rot along with this old apartment.
In summer, the sun sets in the west.
The sunlight shines through the yellowed glass windows and falls into the corners of the room, giving his deformed body a sense of warmth.
With his eyes lowered, he could see the blurry figures of his peers running outside the window and hear their laughter.
He didn't know when he started to hate the sounds of laughter.
He thought the sound was disgusting and unpleasant.
If possible, he even wanted to pick up a sharp knife, cut those voices into pieces bit by bit, chop them into paste, and bury them in the flower bed outside.
But he was so weak that his deformed limbs made it difficult for him to hold a pen.
He felt pathetic.
Besides being sad, he became even angrier, like a clown with nowhere to vent!
When he heard about the war, he was not afraid. Instead, he felt happy. He even hoped to destroy the planet and kill everyone on it.
So he began to learn how to use the Internet and started paying attention to news from various channels.
It was also on the Internet that he met a young girl.
His acquaintance with the girl changed his view of the world.
"she?"
Su Xia looked at the girl with short blue hair on TV.
The screen is a little blurry, but you can still see the girl's youth and vitality.
"It's her."
Ross nodded slightly, his eyes very gentle.
He said the Internet is a great place.
On the Internet, no one knows what you look like, no one knows where you live, it seems like everyone is equal.
The girl’s online name is Rose, which means rose. She is an inspirational blogger who is optimistic, cheerful and positive in life.
She is like this in real life, and is a member of an association to help the disabled, often going to homes for the disabled as a volunteer.
"We talked for a long time. She was not afraid of my appearance. There was no ridicule in her smile. She often encouraged me to go out..."
Ross said he had never seen anyone so beautiful and kind.
She was like a glowing electric rose, lighting up his dark world.
The light is blue, like the summer sky or the gentle sea. It is not dazzling, but very gentle and extremely charming.
After a long time, Ross finally plucked up the courage and invited the girl to go on a boat trip on the lake.
He was nervous and made a great decision. When he made the invitation, his whole heart was trembling.
pity……
He didn't wait for a response.
On the news the next day, he read that a home for the disabled had been accidentally destroyed by an out-of-control missile.
The blue rose icon never lit up again.
"Tell me, if she were still alive, would she accept my invitation?"
Ross suddenly turned his head and looked at Su Xia with a complicated and entangled look in his eyes. He seemed to want a positive answer but was afraid that Su Xia would give the opposite answer.
This is an era full of hope, but also an era full of regrets.
Su Xia felt that in the face of regret, any answer would be meaningless.
He was silent for a moment, without a direct reply, but asked: "Is she the one you want me to revive?"
"Yes."
"Is her body still there?"
"Still in the freezer."
“…”
Death will always be one of the hottest topics in human history.
Su Xia is not a god, he cannot bring the dead back to life.
If the corpse is still there, it is possible to create a similar rose through self-cloning.
"You maintain the war just to promote technological development?" Su Xia asked Ross.
"Yes, technological progress in times of war always exceeds that in times of peace. You know what I mean." Ross did not deny it.
After Rose died, he was depressed for a long time.
Later, he began to learn computer-related technologies.
I don’t know if it was a blessing from God, but despite his atrophied limbs, he actually had an amazing talent in studying.
His ability to absorb knowledge is far beyond that of ordinary people, and he can be called a genius among geniuses.
A few years later, something profound happened.
Su Xia had also heard about that incident - there was a powerful silent warrior who sneaked into the Silver City alone, trying to completely destroy the Mechanical Overlord and end the war!
With the help of the ability [Mechanical Silence], the warrior silenced countless mechanical creatures and successfully entered the Silver City.
But after that, there was no news from him.
Many people thought he had failed.
This is indeed the case.
But before his death, the warrior left a special item forever in the center of the Silver City.
That was a virus program developed by Ross.
Ross promised the warrior that as long as he could successfully bring the program into the mechanical core, he could destroy the Mechanical Overlord and end the war.
However, Ross deceived the warrior.
He did destroy a generation of masters, but he himself became the new master.
The war goes on.
Ross narrated slowly: "Later, I obtained a part of the wreckage of the spaceship. Through the information in the wreckage, I saw a wider world. In that world in the starry sky, I saw the possibility of resurrection from the dead..."
It is no secret that the Mechanicals also have spaceship wreckage.
However, with the existing technology on this planet, it is impossible to break into the core of the spacecraft wreckage, not even the mechanical race can do it.
Attempting to break in by force would only trigger the core's self-destruct program.
Unless the mechanical race can find the person the spaceship’s intelligent steward mentioned - the new captain.
