In the universe of Pangu …
The most powerful fleet, led by 'Fist God', a space fortress.
It was experiencing an unprecedented crisis.
Since five minutes ago, the mainframe crystal processors on all the starships had been mired in chaos and crashes.
It was almost like a terrible plague was spreading at the speed of light with Fist God as the source of infection.
The identification systems on all the starships had failed.
They all regarded their allies next to them as enemies. Screams were echoing nonstop as they locked onto each other. Even their spiritual shields had been canceled uncannily.
Although the launch of the lethal weapon still required the final confirmation of the procedure manually, watching the destructive weapon being loaded and filled with spiritual energy that was enough to blow up an asteroid emitting dim brilliance, the crew members still broke out in cold sweat in fear.
Before they realized what was going on, the life-support system on the starships had problems, too.
Either the oxygen supply had been cut off, or too many anesthetic components had been added to the air, making them dizzy and unable to stay in their posts at all.
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! The crystal thrusters of many starships were outputting 300% of their power very soon because they had been refilled with excessive fuel and their protection devices had been cut off.
Some of the starships crashed into each other brutally. The tails of some of the starships exploded. Tremendous debris was spurted out to the cold universe like a metal storm.
Fist God was the first to bear the brunt of the attack. Twelve enormous thrusters on the left side, which were known as' planetary engines', all exploded. The debris, mixed with the plasma, spurted out like a volcanic eruption, leaving colorful traces in the dark universe.
Before the most powerful fleet in the universe of Pangu realized what was going on from the chaos …
The metal debris and the plasma torrents that had been thrown into the universe by the explosion had already had amazing reactions.
At a scale and speed that were beyond the observation of human eyes, the metal particles in the nanometer level were regrouping under the attraction of lightning.
Every metal particle seemed to have been endowed with life and was dancing in the infinite sea of stars.
Mysterious information was hidden in the electric arcs, which were as infinite as the gene strands of living creatures.
They soon regrouped and assumed a new, translucent form.
They were also 'warships', but the largest warship was no longer than one finger of a human being.
Most of the warships were only the size of a grain of rice. Some of them were even as light as dust.
But for the brand-new lightning-type lifeforms, such a battleship and home was enough for the time being.
Therefore, with countless metal particles as the core and thousands of lightning bolts as the tentacles, an enormous life that had never appeared in the Pangu universe slowly blossomed in blue brilliance.
Gus woke up.
He looked at the strange world around him with confusion and curiosity.
Whether it was the suffocating stars in all directions or the fleet that seemed to be trembling despite its enormous size, he was both shocked and delighted.
"We … what's wrong?"
"Where … are we?"
"How, how did I become like this?!"
Gus sensed electric arcs jumping like ripples in an ocean of lightning, sending a torrent of information to him.
It was his sister and his compatriots who had escaped from the virtual world.
Sensing that his sister was still alive, Gus breathed a sigh of relief.
However, he could not truly 'heave a sigh of relief', nor did he understand what kind of wondrous life form he had become.
He was about to raise a tide of lightning and reunite with his sister and his compatriots.
But an overwhelming pressure suddenly came from above his head, together with an overjoyed voice that suggested that his scheme had worked out.
"Welcome to the Pangu universe. Congratulations, everyone. You have finally broken the limits of life and ascended to a world of a higher dimension.
"Now, follow me and conquer this world!"
It was the voice of Lu Qingchen, the devil.
…
In the command center of Boxing God, a space fortress …
In the chaotic buzzes, A Boxing Champion's clone vomited a mouthful of blood. His skin immediately turned pale. He staggered back and fell into Coloured Glaze's arms.
His clone was a brawny man with a strengthened skeleton and a super crystal processor.
But Coloured Glaze felt that A Boxing Champion was as light as a dry leaf at this moment. He was cold and devoid of any warmth.
"Master A Boxing Champion, what happened to you?" Coloured Glaze was greatly shocked and felt sorry for him. She had never seen A Boxing Champion so confused and frustrated before.
"I …"
A Boxing Champion managed to stand still, but his eyes dimmed as if they had lost the supply of spiritual energy. He slowly squatted and fell on one of his knees, deep in thought.
"I was wrong, Coloured Glaze."
A Boxing Champion pondered for a long time. Then, an expression that Coloured Glaze had never seen before popped up on his face again. Master A Boxing Champion, the strongest super artificial intelligence in the Pangu universe, was like a pitiful puppy that had made a mistake.
Coloured Glaze was greatly anxious. She hugged A Boxing Champion and pressed the head of the super artificial intelligence to her chest.
Coloured Glaze said softly, "Don't be hasty, Master A Boxing Champion. Take your time. How did the fleet go out of control? What mistake did you make exactly? There must be a solution!"
The unique warmth and scent of the girl's chest slightly calmed A Boxing Champion down.
"I … made a mistake a very long time ago," said the old man.
A Boxing Champion's eyes and voice were both dull. "You know that my life form is different from the carbon-based human beings made of flesh and blood. Even if I consider myself a real human being, the path that I have to walk on is destined to be longer and more arduous than the carbon-based human beings if I want to create a real soul from a bunch of cold machines and chips.
"On the path to find myself, I hesitated and wavered. I even took a wrong path, killed countless carbon-based human beings, and made countless mistakes."
"So … so what?"
Coloured Glaze shouted. "We are both from the Land of Sins. Is there any shortage of human beings killing and cannibalizing each other in the Land of Sins?"
"It is different. Carbon-based human beings killing carbon-based human beings and artificial intelligence killing carbon-based human beings are entirely different."
A Boxing Champion said, "Human beings may be able to accept cannibalism, but it is very difficult for them to accept a pile of garbage awakening self-awareness and killing human beings voluntarily. Similarly, my feelings when I kill a human being are vastly different from yours.
"Sometimes, when I am sorting through the central database, I even have a feeling of … fear.
"I am both scared that the carbon-based human beings will grow suspicious and hostile toward me, and I am even more scared that I will lose all my feelings for the carbon-based human beings when I finally discover that we are not the same kind while I am fighting against them …"
"What?"
Before A Boxing Champion finished, Coloured Glaze interrupted him. "Does Master A Boxing Champion care about other people's opinions, too?"
"Not other people, just you."
On one of his knees, A Boxing Champion raised his head and looked at Coloured Glaze. Starry brilliance flowed out of his lackluster eyes again.
Blushing, he mumbled, "I don't care about the opinions of the billions of human beings in the Pangu universe, nor do I care about their fate, but I care about you, Coloured Glaze. I am protecting this universe for you. I-I'm scared that you will discover the hesitation, suspicion, and wavering in my heart, and that I am not a 100% perfect guardian. I'm scared that you will be scared of me, despise me, or even leave me."
"A Boxing Champion is a big idiot!"
Coloured Glaze's eyes were red. She could not help but pull A Boxing Champion's ears and say, "This is not the first day that I know Master A Boxing Champion. If I were scared, I would've been scared in the Land of Sins. You were a hundred times scarier back then than you are right now!"
"I know, but it's just that … I can't control myself. Perhaps it's the price that I have to pay for becoming an intelligent life, isn't it?"
A Boxing Champion smiled bitterly. "It was especially so after the fierce battle against 'Fuxi', another super artificial intelligence. Although I destroyed the enemy, I was affected by the enormous information left by Fuxi, and more and more errors appeared in my core database.
"To — to better protect this world and you, my dear Miss Coloured Glaze, as the controller of the strongest fleet in the Pangu universe, I could not make any mistakes.
"Therefore, I carried out the strictest check and purge on my core database, or rather, my 'personality'. Most of the problems were resolved. As for the problems that couldn't be completely deleted, I gathered them together and turned them into another personality."
"Another personality, like a 'mental devil'?" Coloured Glaze exclaimed.
"It's safe to say that the personality was not too dark or evil. He was just my hesitation, weakness, wavering, and suspicion. He was just … a mistake."
A Boxing Champion sighed. "I could not completely delete the 'wrong personality'. I could only inject tremendous redundant data outside of it and cover it so deeply that even it did not know what it was exactly. Then, I buried it at the bottom of my brain in an inconspicuous place, like hiding a leaf in a forest."
Coloured Glaze nodded slowly and asked, "But what does it have to do with the crisis right now? Why did the entire fleet suddenly go out of control?"
"Lu Qingchen found it and attacked it."
A Boxing Champion said, half in pain and half in regret. "I knew that Lu Qingchen snuck into my head a long time ago, but I always thought that Lu Qingchen's target was me. I even pretended to be weak and left a lot of loopholes for Lu Qingchen to exploit.
"I didn't know that Lu Qingchen's target, my wrong personality, had been it since the very beginning!"
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