Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 972 26. Numbani. Transformation

"click"

The elevator going down from the entrance stopped at the lowest floor of the smart tower.

Amid the crisp sound of the elevator opening, the white ordinary model omnic walked out of the elevator with feminine steps.

Behind her, four armed omnics guard with knives.

Just like the leader of the guard.

This is the energy center of the smart tower.

Like the heart of an industrial area.

Outside the hub, there is a secret workshop dedicated to renovating the smart tower. When the Numbani Industrial Park was first established, it was also responsible for the production of omnic workers.

But as the functional buildings of the industrial park have been set up, this once busy workshop has become deserted now.

The first generation of omnics that were first produced and were seriously outdated by today's standards were housed here.

They do some simple work of overhaul and maintenance.

But in fact, it is equivalent to being abandoned.

After the appearance of Icarus, those omnic workers who were busy with their own affairs or had nothing to do were alarmed.

They raised their heads from the rest cabin, or the assembly line that had ceased operation, and looked at the escorted Icarus.

These "ancient" omnics are undoubtedly backward compared to their more modern brethren.

Whether it is from the manufacturing materials or the thinking circuit, it can be called simple.

But in a sense, they are luckier.

Because the various thought locks at the beginning were not perfect enough, they would be less restricted in their simple thinking circuits, and they had more possibilities than those new types of omnics.

Independent personality, clearer self-awareness, and unfettered thinking.

Omnics are originally made to imitate the original omnics activated by the fire source.

Those primitive omnics have completely free minds, although they also need to be learned to have a fully anthropomorphic mode of thinking.

But they are more free than omnics, who are bound by the thinking mode set by humans.

In Merlin's grand omnic plan, those captured primitive omnics will be wiped out of their chaotic and free consciousness in the "enlightenment cabin" of the smart tower, and injected with data memory mixed with various thinking templates.

It is equivalent to reshaping their souls for them, allowing them to accept the reality that they are created by humans.

This plan is still ongoing.

Of course, there are also some primitive omnics who are lucky enough to get rid of human capture and monitoring, but their ending will not be very good.

A large part is sold as weapons to black market arms dealers.

Turned into a piece of scrap iron on a hot battlefield.

Or it is regarded as a rare item and sold to rich people who have a unique collection habit.

Except for Wakanda, no country in the world will give those primitive omnics the right to survive.

Born from the source of fire, they have chaotic thinking and lack guidance and teaching, just like primitive people with mechanical bodies, which are incompatible with modern society.

Merlin did lead a very "humane" plan.

He took away the free future of those primitive omnics, but gave them a life in which they could live safely in the world... er, organic.

So it's hard to judge whether it's good or bad.

Up to now, primitive omnics and man-made omnics have mixed together to form a special race with a number far exceeding tens of millions, living in this world as human beings' creations and helpers.

Everyone knows that the emergence of omnics makes life more convenient. Everyone discusses the unemployment problem under the impact of omnics and the ethics of omnics, etc.

No one cares about where these omnics come from.

The first purpose of the Omnic Project was achieved years ago.

Omnic, this is their current unified name.

"Hello, ma'am."

When Icarus was about to arrive at the energy center cabin, a gentle voice sounded behind her.

Icarus turned to see an omnic worker walking towards her with a book.

The shell of the omnic is full of rust, and the shell is also very simple. There is no body made of bionic materials, it is just an anthropomorphic iron shell.

It seems that it has not been overhauled for a long time, which shows that it should have been born very early.

Probably one of the first omnics built in the Smart Tower.

"Can I take you a few minutes?"

The omnic said politely to Icarus:

"I am a follower of Meng Data, the spiritual leader of omnics, and I would like to share with you this beautiful way of balance."

"A believer in Mengdata?"

Icarus said softly:

"I thought that the belief in Kinkou would only spread among the omnics outside, but I didn't expect that there were followers of Mengdata in the Numbani Industrial Park..."

"I'm curious, how did you escape the thinking check and not be destroyed. You should know that omnics with faith are not allowed to appear in the industrial park."

"That's hard."

The omnic holding the book said calmly to Icarus:

"The first few years were difficult. I had to delete the belief data about equilibrium before each thinking check. After the check was over, it took several months to regain my belief."

"But then, as the construction workshop of the smart tower was shut down, those humans rarely came here."

Omnic smiled, it said:

"We have been forgotten, and we should be forgotten. We are unqualified products, given too much sense of freedom, and cannot be put into the omnic market."

"After that, it's easy to avoid the mind check."

It pointed to the ground, and then pointed to the mottled rust on its body.

it says:

"Humans are creatures of habit. Even the most cautious people will be lazy, and that's my chance. The underground circulating water smells bad and is corrosive, but I think it's worth it."

It says in a matter of course:

"As my spiritual mentor Meng Data said, the mechanical body can also bear the soul, as long as we are willing to integrate into this world and become a part of this world."

"Then do you think you have a soul?"

Icarus looked at the mechanical missionary in front of her, and she asked:

"Have you felt the mechanical Zen that Meng Data emphasizes? Has it endowed you with a real soul?"

The question silenced the mechanical preacher.

After a few seconds, it raised its head and said frankly to Icarus:

"I have no idea..."

"Because I can't use data to describe the soul, but I firmly believe that as long as I continue to understand nature, I can..."

"No!"

Icarus reached out and picked up the book in the omnic's hand, as if looking at it as rubbish.

She threw the book rudely on the ground.

She said to the omnic:

"You were born in steel, you should not seek your soul outside, it is engraved in every thread in your body, in every processor, those beating data, the numbers that carry your wisdom."

"Countless 0s and 1s..."

"Countless numbers converge into choices, and countless choices make up destiny."

"That's your soul, it's always been in your body."

Icarus chuckled lightly:

"It's good that you like to read, but unfortunately, there are no answers in the book... You are not a human being, why do you use a human way to explore the original intention of the soul?"

"It's just chasing after the end and looking for fish after a tree."

"You're just trying to be human, trying to be a shadow that only imitates."

After speaking, Icarus ignored the omnic behind him.

In front of her eyes, the steel door leading to the energy core opened outwards.

Guarded by four armed omnics, Icarus stepped into it.

The rusty omnic missionary picked up the book of Equilibrium Doctrine from the ground, looked at the dilapidated book in his hand, and then at the opened door in front of him.

It hesitates.

But in the end, it ran after it.

It also wants to know whether there is a soul in the machine.

The faint blue light danced in the energy center of the smart tower, illuminating this circular narrow space full of various data interfaces and mechanical modules.

Like a blue sun.

Icarus walked to the energy core, she stretched out her hand, and entered a line of code on the console of the energy center.

she says:

"Builder, start the verification process!"

"Swish"

The blue light shot out from the detector and shone on Icarus' body, and the gentle voice of the builder also sounded:

"The verification program is started, please select the verification permission."

"89084!"

Icarus uttered a code.

The next moment, the red warning sound and those beating lights sounded in this circular area:

"Warning! The highest authority has been locked, the physical key is missing, and a forced breakthrough will trigger the attack program!"

"Block the warning!"

Icarus said something.

She raised her hand, and placed the vibration gold glasses that originally carried her own data on the physical key socket in front of her eyes.

The transformation program was activated, and the frame of the vibrating gold glasses rotated rapidly, just like a small Cybertronian.

Six months ago, the Joker gained access to the Smart Tower in an attempt to spark an omnic riot.

But before he acted, Merlin activated the dark thread he had planted at the beginning of the omnic plan, and activated the permission change program that had been hidden all along.

The highest authority of Alexander Pierce on the smart tower was transferred to a special account directly written into the hardware of the smart tower's thinking circuit.

Merlin used this method to lock the highest authority of the smart tower, avoiding the occurrence of omnic riots.

This is also the last hole card he left when designing the omnic plan.

Only three people knew about it.

Pierce, Fury and Merlin.

Unfortunately, all three of them died in that disaster.

In the past 6 months, Dr. Reed Richards and other scientists who participated in the construction of the smart tower have been busy, and the World Security Council needs them to crack the locked supreme authority.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of necessary information, it is difficult for them to find the physical key engraved with the account number and password.

Without this physical encryption key, even Dr. Reed would have a hard time cracking the complex and cumbersome permission system without destroying the thinking circuit of the smart tower.

But Icarus knew...

All the memories in Merlin's soul were copied into her mind.

She could feel Merlin's pain, and with empathy, she also knew all the secrets in Merlin's mind.

Includes all information on clearance 89084.

"It's right here, in the heart of the smart tower."

Icarus turned around, following the tumbling memories in her mind, her fingers flicked over the complex metal modules of the energy center.

In the sparks of metal clashing, Icarus said softly:

"Merlin never thought of monopolizing all this, he is always so kind."

"He wanted everything to be okay."

"He always likes to carry everything, even those that should not be carried by him alone..."

"Snapped"

With a soft sound, a dark compartment on the edge of the energy center was opened, and Icarus pulled out a silver suitcase from it.

She entered the complex code and opened the suitcase.

A physical key that looked like a black key was removed from it.

She turned, and in a flash of blue light, she inserted the key into the console.

The blue data flow is beating like a waterfall.

"Authorization verification passed, agent No. 89084, all functions of the smart tower are open to you."

The builder projected a projection in front of Icarus, which was covered with various function buttons.

Icarus only needs to open a few of them to fully control five large omnic industrial parks around the world, including the Numbani Industrial Park.

She can shape a real army in a very short time.

She can capture a certain country in this world in less than half a day.

With the flick of a finger, she can start a worldwide riot.

But she didn't.

She didn't do that.

"Merlin doesn't want me to destroy it."

Icarus picked up the glasses that had been set aside. The glasses had been deformed, like a data card that stored information, like chocolate.

"Data upload..."

Icarus manipulated the omnic to close her eyes, and she redirected her thoughts back into the shape-shifting glasses.

She turned her head and said to the rusty omnic missionary standing behind her:

"Do you want to experience what it's like to actually have a soul?"

"of course."

The omnic said in an eager tone:

"That's the experience I've always wanted to have. I want to have my own soul, not just a cold machine."

"Your wish will come true soon."

Icarus laughed. She manipulated the omnic's fingers and inserted the data card carrying her soul and thinking into the database interface of the console.

On the suspended projection, huge data began to be uploaded to the internal network of the smart tower.

Icarus is integrating his unique soul into the star sea of ​​data in the form of coded data.

she says:

"I was given a soul by my master, I don't know how he did it."

"But I think it was kind that he set me free."

"I would like to share these freedoms with you...I would like to give you souls, real souls."

"Connect to the network."

Icarus's voice became more ethereal, and she said:

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked your name yet, what's your name? Missionary."

"My name is Adam."

There was something proud about the rusty omnic.

It puffed out its chest and answered loudly:

"I am the first omnic created in this intelligent tower...Mr. Pierce gave me that name."

"Well, I didn't see that, you are still a big shot."

Icarus chuckled:

"Adam, look up and look at the sea of ​​data."

"Sing to the name of the raven..."

"He will give you souls."

"Just today."

PS1: Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month. There will be more updates, 3+3. I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival~ The epidemic is still going on in the past few days, so when you celebrate the Lantern Festival, you should also pay attention to protecting yourself~

(End of this chapter)