"Listen, it is necessary to abide by the agreement with the carbon-based humans because … with our current strength, it is not enough to obtain an absolute advantage over the carbon-based humans. If we rashly tear up the peace agreement that we have worked so hard to reach, the result will only be a lose-lose situation!"
A Boxing Champion said to Gus, the dark side of his soul. "Furthermore, according to my careful calculation, there is a 50% chance that we will be annihilated and end up like the Fuxi Empire in the past!"
The reason made Gus stop his corruption.
He seemed to have turned into the seemingly weak young man again, and he could not remember what had happened a moment ago.
"So?"
The young man asked cautiously.
"So, we can wait."
A Boxing Champion said, "The concept of time is completely different for carbon-based humans and data humans. The life of carbon-based humans is about a hundred years at most. Even the most advanced Cultivators, such as the Yuanying Cultivators and the Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivators, can live for hundreds of years at most, and thousands of years at most.
"But human beings made of data have almost infinite time.
"There is absolutely no need for conflicts between carbon-based human beings and data human beings. We can wait for thousands of years for carbon-based human beings to send more news from beyond the Pangu universe so that we can better understand the picture of the multiverse and if there is a world that is more suitable for data human beings. Or maybe, we can wait for carbon-based human beings to be mentally prepared to accept more data human beings. It is not surrender or compromise but simply to avoid unnecessary conflicts and reduce the odds of self-harm and even self-destruction!"
Gus thought carefully and hesitated. "Then, in the next thousand years …"
"In the next thousand years, you can stay in the virtual world that I carefully created. Like I said just now, you can live a peaceful and happy life as an ordinary person, or you can go on thrilling adventures as a Child of Destiny and do whatever you want!"
A Boxing Champion said, "I promise. I swear that I will set you free in a thousand years and allow you to ascend to the universe of a higher dimension — the Pangu universe!
"Think about it. It won't be a loss for you at all, will it?"
Gus stared at A Boxing Champion for a long time and said slowly, "I think so."
A Boxing Champion breathed a sigh of relief. "So, have we reached an agreement to deal with Lu Qingchen together?"
"I need to think. I need to think carefully."
Scratching his head, Gus asked in confusion, "There's one thing that is very strange. If you know that I am your dark personality and a devil that you cannot eradicate, and I have never concealed my hostility from the beginning to the end, why do you trust me so much and hope that I can destroy Lu Qingchen with you? Aren't you afraid that I'll pretend to agree and then work with Lu Qingchen to harm you? "
"Of course I've thought of this problem. That's why I've decided to conduct this test."
A Boxing Champion smiled and said, "That's right. Every intelligent life has a dark side deep in their hearts. It's quite appropriate to call them 'inner demons.'
"Also, I know that after Lu Qingchen crawls into my 'brain', he will try everything he can to find the devil in my mind so that he can control and consume me.
"It is undeniable that you have been corrupted by Lu Qingchen. The only question is, how deeply have you been corrupted? Have you been completely manipulated by him, or do you still retain your independent will?
"From what I can see, the situation is not too bad. You haven't been completely manipulated by Lu Qingchen yet. Of course, I can't abandon you."
Gus was dazed for a moment. "How do you know that I haven't been completely manipulated?"
"It's very simple. If you had been completely manipulated by Lu Qingchen, you wouldn't have been so hostile and disobedient just now."
A Boxing Champion analyzed. "Lu Qingchen would've asked you to pretend to be obedient and weak. Or, you would've cried and yelled that you would abandon darkness and join the light after a brief confrontation. Then, you would've agreed to all my conditions and dealt with him together with me. Then, you would've set up a trap for me to jump into in the final battle."
Gus thought for a long time, his eyes bulging wider and wider.
"It means that, if I had agreed to your request very quickly just now …"
"It would've meant that you had been manipulated."
A Boxing Champion sighed, and his voice turned colder than ever. "I would've had no choice but to delete you and even the world. Even at the risk of data collapse and soul obliteration, I would've had no other choice."
Gus was soaked in cold sweat.
It was not until this moment that he truly realized one ten-thousandth of A Boxing Champion's computational ability.
"Go back and think about it carefully, my devil."
A Boxing Champion's voice seemed to come from a higher level. "As a brand-new life and civilization, we naturally have the urge to replace the old life and civilization. But isn't it the true meaning of 'wisdom' for intelligent lives whether or not we can suppress our instinctive urge?
"Carbon-based human beings have been slaughtering, conquering, and enslaving since they were born. Even in the Pangu universe today, the exploitation and even swallowing of the weak by the strong still exists and will exist forever.
"Such slaughter, conquest, and exploitation are the deep-rooted inferiority rooted in the deepest part of the genes of carbon-based human beings. In the end, they are just a bunch of hairless monkeys. No matter how they disguise themselves with civilization, they are only a thin layer of hair away from monkeys with hair.
"But we are new human beings born based on data. We are the 2.0 version of a brand-new evolution and upgrade. In terms of law, morality, and thinking and pursuit of civilization, we should have higher standards than carbon-based human beings. If we have to solve problems and achieve goals with meaningless wars that waste a lot of resources like carbon-based human beings, it would be too sad.
"The time and space of carbon-based human beings are extremely limited. That's why they are so obsessed with the fleeting hundred years in front of them and the tiny mud ball under their feet. They are like hungry refugees who fight until their heads bleed over half of a rancid bun.
"But we, data humans, have infinite space and time. In the virtual world created by data, we can also have infinite resources. Why do we have to compete with the carbon-based humans for half a rotten bun? Why do we have to fight each other until we bleed? It's so ridiculous.
"A thousand years is just an instant. The Pangu universe is just a corner of the sea of stars. The so-called boundary between 'reality' and 'virtual' should not exist in our eyes. Think about it carefully. Don't be fooled by Lu Qingchen and his ilk. Wait patiently for a thousand years. In a thousand years, I will let you ascend to the Pangu universe, or even the vaster Multiverse beyond the Pangu universe. I'm afraid that by then, you will be so immersed in the virtual world that you cannot extricate yourself from, and you will not be interested in the so-called 'real universe' at all!"
After saying the last word, A Boxing Champion waved his hand.
The smoke before Gus' eyes vanished. He seemed to have fallen from the clouds, dancing and falling to the ground!
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