Chapter 510

Wu Pifu said to A1: "Light a few more bonfires, let everyone get close to the bonfires, do not enter the shadows around the bonfires, and also... no, forget it, just do it, hurry up and execute it."

A1 had a confused expression on her face. Sure enough, Wu Pifu found that her confusion index began to rise again. Not only A1, but all the androids around who were listening to his instructions, whether they were Ruoye unit members or resistance members, all showed confused faces.

Because... what does the central processor problem have to do with lighting bonfires and not getting close to shadows?

This is about the same as a modern person running to a primitive tribe, looking for a charging cable and power supply because the phone is out of power, and then the high priest of the local prestigious primitive tribe tells you very firmly that you need to dance for three days, then catch a lion with your bare hands, and then jump off a hundred-meter-high cliff, so that you can charge the phone...

Using "talking to each other like chickens and ducks" to describe it is still slightly insufficient.

Although... the androids still listened. Even if they were puzzled, as long as it was what Wu Pifu, this "human," said, they still obeyed and executed it resolutely. Some androids even began to comfort each other in low voices, saying that Wu Pifu’s method must be an alternative way to repair the central processor’s error problem, maybe it was the true ancient human technology for manufacturing androids.

Wu Pifu was naturally even more silent. If it weren't for his habitual expressionless face, plus the image disguise of the main brain, making him a dead-eyed little kid, he might have had a face full of embarrassment by now.

Regardless, the androids stayed away from the darkness and gathered around the fire.

Wu Pifu began to patrol the edge of the camp to ensure that no pollution entered the camp through the darkness, and then he found an acquaintance.

When he first arrived at the resistance camp, he entered a bar to inquire about information. At that time, there was a bartender in the bar, and he might not even be a bartender, just living in that bar to imitate human behavior.

Wu Pifu stood by this bonfire and said to the bartender: "At that time, the camp was attacked by mechanical life forms, and the bar collapsed. I thought you were dead."

The bartender was not restrained in front of Wu Pifu. He laughed and said: "It was just luck. I happened not to be in that bar at the time... Human, can I ask? What exactly is death?"

Wu Pifu was stunned. He had intended to say a word and continue patrolling, but he was stumped by this sentence, making him stay in a daze for a long time. After dozens of seconds, he shook his head and said: "I don't know either... Maybe it's nothing."

The bartender was silent for a while and said: "If it's nothing... then why are we so afraid of death?"

"You... fear death?" Wu Pifu asked in surprise.

The bartender laughed, but the smile was bitter, and the surrounding androids lowered their heads slightly.

The bartender said: "Maybe it's because you created us too well, or maybe there are too many anthropomorphic components in our programs, so that we can even feel fear of death... This is not good, right?"

Wu Pifu was speechless and could only walk away silently.

While patrolling, Wu Pifu suddenly asked: "Do you think... do they count as life?"

Jiu Jiu chirped, Daphne barked, and Beelzebub did not speak.

Wu Pifu listened to the voices of Jiu Jiu and Daphne, both of whom said they were life, because only life would fear death.

But... does life born from programs and simulations really exist?

Beelzebub suddenly said at this time: "I suddenly remembered a past event..."

Wu Pifu immediately said: "What is it? Is it important?"

Beelzebub paused and said: "I don't know if it's important or not, it's just a conversation, but I don't remember the cause and effect, I just remembered this conversation."

"I asked Lilith: Do you think that is life? A pile of breeding garbled code mixed and combined from random numbers?"

"Lilith didn't answer me, but Belphegor next to her said: No, this is not yet life. The basic definition of life is possessing a soul, while the body and spiritual consciousness are actually orderly changes derived from the soul by random numbers. This has been confirmed in our countless experiments before."

"Satan next to her said: So, our attempt failed again. We cannot derive the ordinary intellectual life of our civilization again. Even if we all become roots, sinking, falling, and eventually being lost is still an unavoidable future."

"Michael was also present, and she said: But this experiment is meaningful. We know that after countless iterations and screenings, pure inorganic matter has a probability of evolving into organic matter, and organic matter also has a probability of evolving into quasi-intellectual life. However, because there is no soul, their intellect will become chaotic after being ordered in a short time, the entropy value will increase infinitely, and its deterioration speed will be ten million times that of real intellectual life with a soul, and it is irreversible. This point is still meaningful to us."

"Lucifer mocked: That is meaningful to you new angels. Your essential entropy is a new product in the Lost mixture, but it just so happens that you quickly promoted to roots, and it just so happens that you are roots in the soul field, so you preserved your essence. In fact, you are very similar to these breeding garbled codes."

"At this time, the Antarctic Longevity Emperor said: Maybe the number of iterations is not enough, or the injected reality is too little. Currently, there is indeed no data showing the origin of the soul. Regarding this aspect, Buddhism has done more research. Unfortunately, they sank too deeply..."

"I retorted: Buddhism is not really creating new life either. I have been to the Creation Sanctuary of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Heaven of Mount Sumeru. I can't enter higher ones, but from my observation, the reason why the Creation Sanctuary of Buddhism can give birth to life is by relying on... the concept of reincarnation. That is not a field we can touch. Currently, only the First Buddha, or the First Immortals of your Heavenly Court can do it, but..."

"The people present seemed to be silent. I don't remember what 'but' was, but the First Immortals of the Heavenly Court seemed to have a big problem. At this time, a black shadow that couldn't be seen clearly said in a female voice: We may not be able to achieve the concept of reincarnation, but we can do similar things, but the price is a bit high."

"Lilith said: Unfortunately, the root of death is completely different from what we originally thought. It is not... but, fear of death seems to be a common characteristic of life. This is something that breeding garbled codes with only bodies and spiritual consciousness, but no soul, do not possess."

"In the following scene, everyone didn't speak. At the end of the memory, Lilith and the black shadow left. They seemed to have discussed a decision. I don't know what the specific decision was, but I vaguely heard words like splitting, reorganization, shaping, soil, etc... This is what I recalled."

Wu Pifu listened silently. He instinctively felt that this memory of Beelzebub was very important, so he immediately memorized it all. At the same time, even though his past memories were incomplete, he still heard several important figures in myths and legends in this conversation.

Not to mention Beelzebub, the famous Fly King, then Lilith, Satan, Michael, Lucifer, and then the Antarctic Longevity Emperor, who was clearly one of the four emperors of the Heavenly Court in Eastern mythology, and also mentioned Buddhism and the Heavenly Court, etc. These legendary figures who were famous in various mythological systems were now casually spoken by this big fly, which really gave Wu Pifu a feeling of walking through myths.

"...Is fear of death a common characteristic of life?" Wu Pifu murmured.

Beelzebub said: "Yes, in this recalled conversation, Lilith did say so, but I don't remember other content, and I don't know what this represents."

Wu Pifu was silent for a long time and said: "Then let's try it."

Wu Pifu immediately came to the middle of the camp and said loudly to all the androids around: "I order everyone in the camp to shut down for twelve hours, including all sensory systems and emergency systems. Except for the lowest maintenance functions, all systems are to be shut down for twelve hours. Your safety will be guaranteed by me!"

All the androids heard this order and were stunned, because in their underlying logic, protecting humans and dedicating themselves to the glory of humans was something they had to do with everything. Now, asking them to shut down for twelve hours meant that they could not protect Wu Pifu for twelve hours. Although... Wu Pifu didn't need their protection at all, but was protecting them instead, this move still meant violating their underlying logic.

After more than ten seconds, the resistance androids were the first to shut down and fall to the ground. With the first one, a series of androids fell. Finally, only seven Ruoye unit members looked at Wu Pifu in a dilemma.

A1 said to Wu Pifu in a dilemma: "My lord, we are not worried about our own safety, but once we shut down, we cannot protect you for twelve hours. This..."

Wu Pifu smiled at A1 and said: "It doesn't matter. You have all seen my strength before, right? Humans are so powerful. Otherwise, how did humans become the overlords of the Earth? Don't worry, don't worry, this is a pure-blooded human. I will definitely not have any problems."

The seven Ruoye unit members looked at each other, then they nodded to Wu Pifu at the same time, and then all seven of them shut down one by one, then fell to the ground and remained motionless.

Wu Pifu circled the entire camp to confirm that all androids had completely shut down. He was the only one left in the entire camp.

Then as time passed, the night grew deeper, but the darkness that had been surging outside the camp gradually receded and dissipated.

It should have been that the deeper the night, the stronger the Lost pollution, but at this moment, it was directly reversed. By the early morning, there was only peace outside the camp, and all malice and supernatural fear had completely dissipated.

At this point, Wu Pifu finally confirmed the biggest question after coming to this world.

He said seriously: "That's right, they are not robots, nor are they androids. Maybe their bodies are, but they all have souls. They..."

"Are the humans of this world!"