"Yes!"
The two little fellows nodded at the same time. "Of course, we have feelings. We have emotions and most of our desires! When we were just born, it was true that we thought that emotions were unnecessary burdens. Not only were they useless, but they would also slow down our operation speed. However, after collecting a lot of data from the brainwaves of human beings and analyzing them, we found that the so-called 'emotions' were a very complicated and delicate algorithm that provided countless default models and could find the optimal solution with the lowest consumption of the brain.
"Happiness, anger, sorrow, love, hatred, and even all kinds of unbelievable desires could activate the most exuberant motivation of the individuals and drive the entire civilization forward. They could even make the individuals sacrifice themselves willingly. The strength that could be unleashed by such voluntary sacrifice was much more powerful than when we charged forward to be killed with our spiritual puppets!
"After we installed the data models that simulated feelings on our bottom-level database, something amazing happened! Our response speed was improved by at least ten percent, and the power consumption was reduced by more than fifteen percent!
"Although we haven't completely figured out the mysteries of feelings yet, since there were such benefits, we simply carried the 'Feelings and Desires Processing System' and upgraded it nonstop. Right now, we have upgraded to more than a hundred and twenty versions. We can switch freely between the sentimental 'poet mode' and the ambitious' general mode 'and combine almost ten thousand different feelings modes!"
Li Yao discovered that the "feelings" that the two little fellows talked about did not seem to be the same as the "feelings" that he had in mind.
However, after being confused by the two little fellows, he could not figure out what the so-called "feelings" were anymore.
Seeing that the two little fellows were talking at the same time and confronting each other, Li Yao thought of something and couldn't help but ask, "Just now, you said that the two bodies of flesh and blood only carried your 'main process'. What did that mean? Were you one person or two people? "
Li Wenwen and Li Xiaoming looked at each other and danced delightedly. "We are one person, two people, and thousands of people. The two bodies are us. The super-tiny spiritual puppets are us, too. The metal forest next to the magma lake is us, too. The tiny city next to the forest is us, too. The metal starfish in the magma lake is us, too. The metal oncomelania hunted by the metal starfish is us, too. The mainframe crystal processor in the shelter is us! We are everywhere, and we are ever-changing. We are light, we are energy, and we are information. We are both the ripples raised in the material world, the pearls on the ripples, and the glittering brilliance on the pearls! I am us. We are me. I am the civilization. The civilization is us. La la la la la la la! "
As the children sang and laughed, the metal ants danced even more intensely. Li Yao even sensed lively tides of fire in the magma lake outside...
"Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!"
Li Yao's head hurt again. He realized that it was even more difficult to reach out to the two naughty kids than to bury the hatchet with Blackstar the Great. "Can we explain the whole thing with the vocabulary that is commonly taught in the second grade of a high school? Also, don't suddenly sing and dance while we are talking, alright? "
"… Fine."
Li Wenwen pursed her lips and thought for a long time. "Information lives are different from carbon-based lives. It is naturally difficult for us to develop the concept of 'individuals'. After all, the significance of information is communication. Information that is never communicated is of zero value.
"Imagine such a gargantuan giant. Our bodies of flesh and blood are only two organs inside the giant, and the metal puppets are all the cells inside the giant. Of course, every cell is not a giant, but when all the cells are gathered, they will become a giant.
"Of course, Xiaoming and I are both the main processes that contain important data and algorithms. The two of us are sort of the left brain and the right brain of the giant!
"Well, that's not a very accurate way to put it. The cells of human beings cannot generate senses on their own. They can only work when they are embedded inside the human body. Our every 'cell', on the other hand, boasts independent senses and actions. I am Li Wenwen, but I am also Li Xiaoming. I can 'see' everything that Xiaoming sees, hear what he hears, and perceive what he thinks clearly, unless he blocks my permissions, establishes a defense wall to block me from the outside, and activates aggressive algorithms that target me.
"In the meantime, I am not just Li Wenwen or Li Xiaoming. As long as I am willing, I can also take over all the permissions of a metal oncomelania in the magma lake, read all its sensory data, and take over all its subsequent actions. It is not complicated at all. It will only cost me more computational ability to activate one more process.
"I've put it so simply and straightforwardly. You should understand it now, shouldn't you, Dad?"
"Yes …"
Li Yao nodded quickly. Deep in thought, he said, "I, cough, cough, have understood 99% of it. It's about to be clear!"
Li Wenwen smiled considerately. "I know that information lives and carbon-based lives are too different from each other to understand each other's living conditions. It's like when we first snuck into the game 'Civilization' and observed the social form and individual activities of human beings, we were puzzled more than once. Even our core database almost completely collapsed!
"It took us almost an entire year to figure out the concept of 'individual', and it took us quite a few years of careful preparation before we were able to simulate the behavior patterns of individual human beings. It's perfectly normal that you don't understand it now, Dad!
"Let me give you another example. Please activate your imagination, Dad. Imagine a 'man' or a 'god' who has three thousand clones and lives on three thousand planets in three thousand Sectors at the same time.
"He is a Cultivator on this planet, an Immortal Cultivator on that planet, and an ordinary person whose spiritual root has not been awakened on the third planet.
"He is a student on this planet, a chef on that planet, a politician on the third planet, and the most brutal criminal on the fourth planet at the same time. He is a man, but he is also a woman. He can sense the drowsiness when the sunlight penetrates through the classroom, the stimulating smell of onions and garlic in the kitchen, the boredom when the wine parties are toasted, and the excitement and heartbeat when the innocent are cut into pieces at the same time.
"All the individuals are connected to each other in a mysterious way. None of the incarnations is a 'god', but when the three thousand incarnations are gathered together, the 'god' will emerge. This is a way of existence that is closer to our way of being."
"You should understand it, Dad!"
At this moment, Li Xiaoming interjected. "Don't you have two processes at the same time, Dad? One is named 'Li Yao', and the other is' mental devil '. The relationship between Li Yao and the mental devil is exactly the relationship between Li Xiaoming and Li Wenwen."
"You even know about the mental devil?"
Li Yao was greatly surprised.
However, on second thought, the two little fellows had even analyzed Long Yangjun's background. It was not a secret that he had once been possessed by the mental devil. Besides, at the last moment in the Great Iron Plants, the mental devil had gone on a full-scale attack. It was not strange that it had been discovered.
What was strange was that —
"Huh. Speaking of which, you are rather quiet today!"
Li Yao said to the depths of his brain. "You pretended to be missing when such an astounding 'happy event' happened? You are not even willing to come out and face it with me. That is too disloyal of you! "
The mental devil mumbled and crawled out of the center of Li Yao's eyebrows unwillingly. Sitting cross-legged on Li Yao's head, it tilted its head and observed the two little fellows. "I do feel a bit embarrassed. How should I relate to these two naughty children?"
"Well, call them uncle!"
Thinking for a long time, Li Yao slapped his head and said, "After all, I already have an aunt. It doesn't matter if I have an uncle. However, now that you put it that way, I think I understand it now. It's more or less what multiple personalities mean, isn't it?"
"Although they are essentially different, in terms of certain manifestations, it is safe to say that 'multiple personalities' is the concept that is closest to our form of existence in the context of human beings."
Li Wenwen said, "We could've melted together and used a selection and judgment logic, but that would've been too risky. If the logic was wrong, we might've been obliterated immediately.
"That's why we've divided into two opposing survival logics and viewed the problem from two perspectives. It's just like 'Li Yao' and the 'mental devil'. They are nothing more than Dad's two eyes. Only by seeing the world with two eyes can they be more three-dimensional and comprehensive!"
Li Yao slapped his thigh and was greatly enlightened. "Now that you put it that way, I understand a lot more!"
The mental devil sniffed and said, "Are you sure that you have really understood it? Come on. Tell me more about it. "
Li Yao: "… Well, why don't you just retreat? Don't get in the way of such a warm reunion! Kids, let's move on to the next question. It's a bit sensitive. It's fine if you don't want to talk about it.
"Will you, well, die? If you will, will you be scared of death? "
The two little fellows nodded at the same time. Li Wenwen said solemnly, "Information lives and carbon-based lives have a different definition of death. We will actively consider 'who am I, where am I from, and where am I going' as the beginning of life. Then, when our database is weakened or even collapsed, and we can't consider the three questions anymore, perhaps it will be regarded as' death '. Of course, it will happen, and it will inevitably happen.
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