Chapter 512

Wu Pifu said to a1: "Light a few more campfires, let everyone stay close to the campfires, do not enter the shadows around the campfires, and also... no, forget it, just do this, hurry up and execute it."

a1 had a confused expression on her face. Sure enough, Wu Pifu found that his confusion index began to rise again. Not only a1, but all the androids around who were listening to his instructions, whether they were Wakaba unit members or resistance members, all showed faces of confusion.

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

This is roughly the same as a modern person running to a primitive tribe, looking for a charging cable and power source because their phone is out of power, and then the high-prestige primitive tribe shaman tells you very firmly that you need to dance for three days first, then catch a lion with your bare hands, and then jump off a hundred-meter-high cliff, and then the phone will be charged...

Using "talking to a brick wall" to describe it is still slightly insufficient.

Although... the androids still obeyed. 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 problem, and it might be the true ancient human technology for creating 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-fish-eyed little brat, 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 corruption 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 campfire 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 constrained by Wu Pifu at all. 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 originally intended to continue patrolling after saying a word, but he was stumped by this sentence, making him stand there in a daze for a long time. After dozens of seconds, he shook his head and said: "I don't know either... perhaps it's nothing at all."

The bartender was silent for a while and said: "If it's nothing at all... 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 androids around lowered their heads slightly.

The bartender said: "Perhaps it's because you created us too well in the beginning, or perhaps there are too many anthropomorphic components in our programs, so much 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?"

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

Wu Pifu listened to the sounds of Jiujiu and Daphne. Both 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 did not answer me, but Belphegor next to her said: No, this is not yet life. The basic definition of life is to possess 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 has failed again. We cannot derive the ordinary sentient 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 sentient-like life. However, because there is no soul, their sentience will become chaotic after being ordered in a short time, the entropy value will increase infinitely, and the deterioration speed will be ten million times that of real sentient 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 the Root, and it just so happens that you are the Root of the soul field, so you retained your essence. In fact, you are very similar to these breeding garbled codes."

"At this time, the Antarctic Immortal Emperor said: Perhaps 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 for now, but from my observation, the reason why Buddhism's Creation Sanctuary can give birth to life relies on... the concept of reincarnation. That is not a field we can touch. Currently, it seems that only the Primordial Buddha, or the Primordial Immortals of your Heavenly Court can do it, but..."

"Everyone present seemed to be silent. I don't remember what 'but' was, but the Primordial Immortals of the Heavenly Court seemed to have a big problem. At this time, a dark shadow that could not 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 body and spiritual consciousness, but without a soul, do not possess."

"In the following scene, no one spoke. At the end of the memory, Lilith and the dark 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 the content 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 that there were several important figures from myths and legends in this conversation.

Not to mention Beelzebub, the famous Fly King, then Lilith, Satan, Michael, Lucifer, etc., and then the Antarctic Immortal Emperor, who is 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 are famous in various mythological systems are now spoken of casually 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, emergency systems, except for the lowest maintenance functions, all systems must be shut down for twelve hours. I will guarantee your safety!"

Many androids heard this order and were stunned, because in their underlying logic, protecting humans and dedicating themselves to the glory of humans is something they must do everything to achieve. And now they are asked to shut down for twelve hours, which means they cannot protect Wu Pifu for twelve hours. Although... Wu Pifu doesn't need their protection at all, but is protecting them instead, this action still means violating their underlying logic.

After more than ten seconds, the first resistance android shut down and fell to the ground. With the first one, there was a series of androids falling. Finally, only seven Wakaba unit members were left looking 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. Humans are so powerful. Otherwise, how did humans become the overlords of the Earth in the beginning? Don't worry, don't worry, this is a pure-blooded human. I will definitely not have any problems."

The seven Wakaba unit members looked at each other, then they nodded to Wu Pifu at the same time. Then all seven shut down one by one, and then fell to the ground 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 darker, but the darkness that had been surging outside the camp gradually receded and dissipated.

It should have been that the darker the night, the stronger the Lost corruption, but at this moment it was directly reversed. By the early morning, there was only tranquility 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. Perhaps their bodies are, but they all have souls. They..."

"Are the humans of this world!"

(End of chapter)