Chapter 517: Everything for Survival

After escaping the planet earlier, Zhang Jie noticed Nightmare's controllable, strong self-iterative ability and took it as another major trump card.

The deduction and iterative abilities of AI are absolutely terrifying—deducing biological structures, improving mechanical structures; there is nothing AI cannot iterate.

But why isn't such powerful AI used? Because anything with slightly higher computing power gets plundered by the Intelligent Machine and becomes part of the Heavenly Disaster.

Thus, current Intelligent Machine civilizations dare not raise their computing power too high, fearing the Intelligent Machine Empress will conscript them as fodder.

But for some reason, with Zhang Jie it's different—he can max out his own Intelligent Machine computing power without issue, possibly because of Nightmare, letting him hit a bug, after all Nightmare counts as a Heavenly Disaster.

In short, Zhang Jie's Intelligent Machine is not limited by computing power! But there are drawbacks: Nightmare isn't true AI, so boosting its power doesn't reach quantum-computer levels.

Zhang Jie had long approved three planets for independent development; within just over a year he had transformed them into fully metallized worlds and founded the Interstellar Group—something no one knows.

Regarding this newly emerged Intelligent Machine civilization, many have no idea of its direction, only knowing it as an Interstellar Group doing recycling work, but in fact it has always been developing toward megastructures.

Building a second God-Ascender is completely not difficult.

Moreover, even if he hands the first one over to the computer mind, he still has a backup.

Before the true ending arrives, he will never admit defeat.

Soon after, the human female's body was repaired; by the time Zhang Jie arrived, she had already awakened.

「....... 」

«Xiao Jie, you..... cough, you've matured a lot. »

Zhang Jie learned the situation on his way over: the human female's brain was damaged, losing many years of memory; her memory now is exactly from shortly after leaving Garbage Star.

The long-unseen cheap uncle stood nearby watching, eyes full of helplessness.

«You came? The situation is thus; from now on there should be no chance of recovery. »

«Fortunately, your mother's behavioral history is clearly recorded; let her read it, and basically there will be no generation gap. »

Zhang Jie learned the situation on his way over: the human female's brain was damaged, losing many years of memory; her memory now is exactly from shortly after leaving Garbage Star.

«Mom, how do you feel? Any discomfort? »

«Abundant..... »

Faced with the sudden little thing that had grown two heads taller than herself, the human female seemed somewhat unaccustomed.

In her memory, she had just left Zhang Jie to seek his future, and the distant figure she saw before the airship took off is something she can never forget.

But in the blink of an eye that little thing had grown up and stood before her.

«Xiao Jie.... over these many years, you've suffered a lot, huh? »

«Look at your brow, all twisted into knots... »

She cannot imagine, from a little guy on the Scrap Star all the way here to now a world-renowned great scientist equal to Yuan, how much hardship he endured on that distant road.

Feeling the human female's familiar tone and touch, Zhang Jie instantly dreamed back to when he was still a trash brat.

«No, no I haven't suffered any hardship. »

«Well, just died seven times, exiled to the edge of the universe, barely able to return. »

Yuan walked up from behind and directly pierced through Zhang Jie's bravado in his words.

Zhang Jie:......

«What are you doing, Teacher? »

«Did I say it wrong? »

«...... »

The human female looked even more depressed, because she knew she seemed unable to change anything.

«I.... haven't helped you with anything? »

«Don't listen to my teacher's nonsense.... »

«Alright alright, I admit, without you we couldn't possibly mobilize the whole Star Alliance's power. »

That sentence made the human female a bit happier; perhaps her mental age is still less than Zhang Jie's....

«The world is undergoing drastic change; the human female has had an incident and can no longer serve as a legislator; normally power would shift again, but clearly they have set their sights on you»

«The Star Sea Leader exists in name only; the legislators hold power, and you are the best choice»

«Since no vote is needed, as long as the outside knows you're running for legislator, it will likely pass unanimously; your influence is too high—as the first person to slay the Heavenly Disaster, you never know how much you're admired»

«You naturally became a Star Alliance legislator; they tried to curry favor and keep you, even creating a new position especially for you, called 'Council Chairman'; in this great crisis, they all clearly know their own weight and, without prior agreement, gather their available strength into your hands»

«Now we must speak the two words 'Iron Law' of the Iron Law Star Alliance; with education assured and the great enemy before them, they finally set aside internal strife, knowing what they should do and what they should undertake, acting together outward»

«The entire Star Alliance has now become a violently running war machine.... »

«You're so busy your feet don't touch the ground, but now no one knows how many bodies you have, nor where your true body is; nowadays you're even more mysterious than Yuan»

«What exactly is the Heavenly Disaster? »

«And what exactly are we? »

Feeling the ever-fuller power within, Chen's mind is now extraordinarily clear.

After enduring the Heavenly Disaster's constant erosion, he seems to have gained some kind of..... 'sublimation'?

From that moment on, the world seemed to have switched to high definition, his thinking also began to become clear, yet deep down something seemed to have been altered, making him different....

Now he is contemplating the meaning of the Heavenly Disaster's existence, the meaning of his own existence, and his future path.

And at this moment, a clear and definite consciousness came from the will of the Heavenly Disaster.....

«Become the.... hourglass of civilization? »

«Everything for survival? »

He slowly chewed over the meaning of this sentence, and only after a while did he suddenly understand.

The meaning of the Heavenly Disaster's existence exactly matches everything he is doing now; his initial choice was correct!

Curved salvation, embodying the Heavenly Disaster—his choice is no mistake! The world ought to be reset just like this!

The essence of the universe ought to be like this as well!

He understood, he completely understood!

The... secret of this world.