No Man's Sky: One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 10 Never Changes
"Hello, Mr. Li Lin."
As if being lifted up to a shrine, in the center of the room, the mechanical waiter with the lower half of his body missing had a gleam in his eyes and said in a calm voice:
"It has been eighty-nine years since we last met. It is my honor to see the guests of the ship again. Is there anything I can do for you? I will do my best to serve you."
"…You've become a little different. Why?"
"For unknown reasons, the souls of the one hundred and forty-six passengers merged into my core, allowing me to understand what 'I' is."
"Are you a robot or an intelligent being?"
“Is this really important?”
"Important. He can decide who survives between you and that stupid kid."
"Eh? Me?"
Jeanne, who was waiting outside, poked her head out, a little confused.
The machine enshrined on the altar still had that gentle smile on its face, as if the area of conflict spreading around Li Lin did not exist.
Disputes, as long as there are two people and two consciousnesses, there will be disputes. Li Lin doesn't like this mode of constantly attacking. If the so-called robot in front of him has a soul, then it means that there is a huge problem with the entire ship. He can just kill this so-called robot and extract what he wants from the soul. As for the girl, we'll see what happens.
But if it is just a simple machine, it means that there is no special degeneration ritual here, it is just an ordinary accident. Accidents will not lead to the fusion of souls. Only the dominance of a certain will can interfere with the soul. This is the most solid and core theory of degeneration compiled by Li Lin. The machine in front of him has no real self-awareness, so it is an ordinary intelligent machine infected with soul power. And if it has, then it will have a battle of two choices with Jeanna.
Li Lin was too lazy to do those so-called multiple-choice questions. In the form of the White Knight, he was also extremely powerful among the extraordinary. He could easily find some clues and then push forward and directly confirm his guess.
However, the robot gave Li Lin a third option.
The spectrum on the face kept flashing, and the data stream flowed like a waterfall, and finally returned to calm.
When he opened his eyes again, the feeling of his soul was gone, and he had turned into a machine.
"Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"Eh hey hey? Mr. Ancient, what did you do to Mr. Ancient? Why does it feel like you've changed?"
"He just chose to commit suicide to prove his innocence, but does this mean he has a soul or not..."
It’s really strange. I always feel that everything in this spaceship is a little weird.
If there really is no soul, then there is no need to prove it in this way. If there is, then it is no different from suicide for an intelligent life. Would anyone commit suicide because of someone else's words? I'm afraid not?
Looking at the stupid robot and Jeanna who came forward with a curious , Li Lin thought for a moment, then grabbed the girl by the scruff of the neck with magic power and threw her out of the door like a cat. Then he blocked the door with magic power, and remained unmoved even though the girl was scratching the door frantically. He just looked at the robot with sparks flashing in its eyes and thought about his own problems.
"…Tell me everything you know about what has happened since the crash of this ship."
"Applying to the captain for permission - the captain has delegated the authority. Applying to the first mate for permission - the first mate has delegated the authority. Applying to the boatswain for permission - the boatswain has the authority. You can get this news."
The robot's brain suddenly split to the left and right, revealing the broken .
It looked like something was about to be played, but the broken circuit did not support such an operation, and only the sound came out intermittently from the loudspeaker next to it.
"Sizzle-beep-cough, I don't know who received this message, and I don't know if the person who received this message is an intelligent creature. I hope this message can spread to every corner of this ship. The current situation is beyond our imagination, and incredible phenomena have occurred on our side. It is difficult for me to describe what we are experiencing now."
"We couldn't see him, couldn't touch him, we could only feel something growing inside of us. It's really hard to describe, but I just knew it was in our bodies, in our blood and souls. This restlessness and madness made us kill each other. We knew what we were doing, but there was no way to disobey it. It was like an instinct engraved in the soul. The ship was calling us, the black ship in the sky was calling us."
"He killed our people and drove us over. We could feel the restlessness and frenzy from the bottom of our hearts. He was calling me, they were all calling me. This madness and restlessness, time was all messed up, we didn't even know the specific time. How much time has passed now? A year? Fifty years? Three days? Or just a moment? All our senses are confused. I don't know if the person I just killed is my wife or my friend, or if I am dead now. I don't know anything. But I know I have to leave this message, I want to tell this information to those who come later. Don't %@%￥#1"
“I hope those who follow up can find out the truth.”
Finally, there was a deep sigh, and the overlapping screens slowly retracted, and the robot's head changed back to its original state.
"The above is the information left by all the management. The database I left behind proves that as time goes by, although there is support from the Creation Technique, mental weakness is inevitable. In the past twenty years, 146 people have been attacked by those who disappeared or died due to fighting, madness, walking out of the hull, and hallucinations. The others left Jeanne, the child of heaven who was born at the extraordinary level, here for safekeeping, and then went to the Hades. The last person disappeared 46 days ago."
“…I think I understand.”
Maybe it's a ghost ship or a variant of a ghost ship.
Otherwise, there is no need to get stuck at the most critical point. This kind of heart-wrenching feeling is exactly what this kind of space needs.
After figuring this out, Li Lin nodded. But as if he had thought of something new, he suddenly showed a slightly weird expression and looked at the robot with a strange look on his face.
"Well, I have one last question."
Looking at the robot in front of him, Li Lin thought for a moment and asked in a low voice:
"How on earth do you know that I am Li Lin? I don't remember ever showing this attitude."
“…”
No response.
The machine fell into an eerie silence, as if dead.
Just when Li Lin thought there was something wrong with the machine, a mechanical electronic voice slowly uttered a sentence.
"Excuse me, Mr. Li Lin, in my visual system, your posture has not changed at all, now or in the past. In the 146,879 conversations I have recorded with you, there has not been a single change."
"You've never changed. You're the only one who hasn't changed."
