Chapter 827 - 105 Reincarnation (Part 2)

[King: Some of you will surely die.]

[King: Perhaps you’ll die from stray bullets, heavy firepower, or even from your own mistakes, accidents, or simply exhaustion. The high-intensity combat may cause your nerves to deteriorate and be damaged...]

[King: Your life might end right here, in a battle days from now, ending this lifetime.]

[King: But I assure you, you are sacrificing for a meaningful cause.]

[King: Moreover, if you’re willing, I will use a special technology to transform your consciousness, experiences, and expertise into data and, if possible, restart it...]

[King: In a new body.]

In the virtual world, Iron Ride 0034 saw Lille, and Lille’s voice echoed in his ears.

He remembered dying in the Sokovia airborne battle, pierced by anti-tank weaponry through weak armor, being roasted to death by high heat.

His memory lingered on the last moment before death, the moment of his strongest emotions—

It was one of the basic concepts designed by the Soul Killer.

Since mastering Negative Energy, Lille had a sensitivity to human emotional changes far exceeding that of the Soul Killer, and having digitized his own consciousness, he had the best digital information perception ability.

If Otto as a human could create the Soul Killer, then Lille was entirely capable of creating an emotion-capturing program stronger than the Soul Killer!

Before Lille were a total of 47 pods flickering with fluorescence, with the core of each pod being the core of the Titans these Riders once piloted!

In the pods lay the second generation of Atlas’s full-body prosthetics:

Artificial neural networks formed by basic neural implants, tissues, organs, muscles, and bones cultivated by Lizard Serum, with the remaining functional parts composed of bionic machinery—

pods, 47 wisdom cores flowing with cross-dimensional energy, at this moment converging through the newly constructed energy network of the fortress, once again connecting two worlds!

A green light slowly rose from the base of the Floating Fortress communication tower, creeping up the tower body layer by layer like ripples spreading, climbing towards the spire—

This scene was slow and gentle, witnessed by all the Latovians who were celebrating and commemorating.

The faint green light was extremely dazzling in the night, and as their gaze lifted, the gentle light pillar suddenly shot out from the spire, exploding in the air and disappearing!

When the green light exploded, a peculiar feeling arose in everyone’s heart:

It was as if they saw something beautiful, yet they couldn’t remember anything.

After the green energy orb shot into the Void, silvery-white light points began to fall from the air. Although people forgot the glimmer, they clearly saw these white dots descending from the sky with a warm glow, like burning stardust slowly falling, scattering in the wind, gently sprinkling on the earth...

[King: But... I’m a king, not a god. Technically speaking, the new consciousness marked would have subtle differences from your original consciousness.]

[King: You may forget the details of time spent with family, the beautiful scene you saw on a morning awakening, or even forget some important things...]

[King: I won’t deceive you by telling you that you’ll be resurrected in a new body, for it’s hard to explain that you’ve been reborn and that the newly awakened body will be you.]

[King: I can only promise that your experiences, will, and love for this country, for family, friends, and dear ones can continue, protecting the world under this banner in the infinite future as long as this flag can still unfurl.]

[King: You can choose to join this program, but I also respect your wish to rest in peace.]

[King: The blood you’ve shed has already protected your homeland.]

The last words echoed in Iron Ride 0034’s mind as he opened his eyes.

A total of 47 bodies opened their eyes, just in time to witness the beautiful scene of starlight scattering.

"Welcome back, Riders."

...

[Innovative Technology: Iron Ride Rebirth]

[Reward Technology Points: 30000]

[Current Technology Points: 85000]

In the Titan Fall World, information technology is very advanced, to the extent that intelligent AI is ubiquitous and humans often transform into purely mechanical forms.

For example, Ash, the top Hunter Jack killed in the factory, was once a human. After experiencing many things, her consciousness was digitized, becoming the top Hunter she is now.

In a world with a strong military-industrial complex, any advanced technology is applied in military use, so these top combat units, the Riders, also have "posthumous services."

IMC designed a technology called "Iron Ride Rebirth," focusing on using information technology to record the Riders’ combat experience, combat perception, and remove other parts of their consciousness, transferring the data that only contains combat instincts into a new body.

Thus, the new body is inherently equipped with super-strong combat skills and instincts, and with no other memories, is like a blank slate, a blank sheet with super combat power, a natural killing machine!

With the increase of "rebirth," theoretically, the reborn Rider will only grow stronger...

But is creating a natural killing machine humane?

It’s hard to define this issue, as in any world, the intellectual property of the living may not necessarily be in their own hands, let alone the dead’s?

Without a guardian for morality, there’s naturally no need to discuss whether it’s humane.

But while IMC has this technology, the resistance does not, or it is not matured for large-scale use.

Moreover... creating a natural killing machine has ethical and moral issues that they must overcome.

But for Lille, he has the possibility to "perfect" the defects of this technology.

With the help of cross-dimensional information technology, Lille, along with Jack, improved this technology, ensuring that the reborn Rider is not just a blank killing machine but also retains to some extent the emotions and memories of the previous Rider.

"We won..."

The reborn Rider sat on the edge of the fortress, looking at their homeland from afar.

Lille did not immediately send them back to society, as they still needed some time to adapt to their rebirth, to gain initial clarity and understanding of their existence and position.

As for Jack in the other world...

[Jack: ...you’ve really let them retain a lot... of humanity.]

[Jack: This technology is really complex, not just technically, but also in social relationships...]

[Jack: But if one day in the future this technology can be extended to the resistance, I’d be willing to contribute my data after I die.]

Lille didn’t say anything; he merely remembered there was a saying: Jack himself was a reborn Rider, which was why he had the protagonist’s combat power.

It seems IMC’s removal of the "soul" is not so complete.

As for whether the soul exists?

Lille felt that when using cross-dimensional information transmission to assist in starting these Riders, there were still many energy changes he couldn’t explain...

Perhaps it really exists after all.

Maybe some part of the deceased Riders did leave their souls in the new bodies, staying here to continue protecting their homeland.

Lille stood on the deck of the fortress, looking up at the sky, murmuring softly:

"...we will fight back, no matter if it’s the Eastern Covenant, Rocksen, Hydra, Military Technology, Arasaka...

One day in the future, we will take over the entire world."

[Johnny: If the media had caught you saying that, it would be a definite villain’s proclamation.]

"Where am I not the villain in the mainstream world?"

[Johnny: And what about after taking over the world?]

"...I don’t know, but you can go and find a girl you like."

On the edge of the deck, Johnny burst into laughter:

[Johnny: You can too; don’t act like you don’t need it.]

"Yeah, I can too, so let’s keep moving forward."