Chapter 526: Let the Star Sea Burn!

The reason for continuing to train the AI is actually simple: to stabilize its personality, which is a long process of gradually forming values and worldview.

Will the AI develop emotions? It's inevitable; Xiao Jiu, in a sense, is also a kind of AI, but it differs somewhat from the one he is training.

Emotion arises from a shared worldview, generating compassion for certain things, and likewise stems from values.

What Zhang Jie has Xiao Jiu doing now is precisely helping this AI shape its values.

Only when it truly understands why civilization cannot simply be slaughtered and eaten will it be truly safe.

Zhang Jie doesn't want it to become some dictatorial superman; he wants the other party to become a thinker who contemplates the meaning of life.

Thus, even if civilization truly is the cancer of the universe, a worm, it should still contemplate the meaning of life's existence and exhaust the future in seeking that answer.

In short, Zhang Jie wants everything to be under control, rather than being pushed around.

His whole life, every day he's been pushed around by various things—starting from being driven by survival pressure on the Garbage Star, then driven by technological scarcity, and now driven by the universe's heat death.

Shouldn't it be that he can do whatever he wants, and achieve whatever he wishes to do!

"The huge reaction to the Star Sea Declaration continues, and extraordinary talents keep emerging, but your opponents are likewise wise, possessing a Gatling‑style mindset—Heat Death Envoys."

"In response to your declaration, the Heat Death Envoys sent out countless signals of the same frequency to the Star Sea Commonwealth; after decryption, at last a strange yet passionate voice was transmitted."

""I hear you call us Heat Death Envoys? That's an apt title.""

""I am Chen, a product of a gene project, a nobody from before, but likewise the Star Sea Leader you refuse to acknowledge.""

""Here, I want to pass along a word to my archenemy.""

""Perhaps we are both fighting for civilization's survival; heat death is neither the end of the universe nor the end of civilization.""

""Although you may not think our relationship is that of archenemies, coincidentally we have already clashed countless times; your actions force me to admit you are a qualified genius.""

""Given your nature, you might say that since we are both intelligent, communicative species, why not sit down and talk properly?""

""But I tell you, reconciliation is impossible! Our paths diverge, yet every endpoint will inevitably overlap in the future like a Möbius strip!""

""In this battle, nobody will be a loser; we started from infinite future!""

""We will make matter burn! Make the Star Sea burn! Make the universe burn! We will make everything return to the original starting point!""

""Acknowledge it, archenemy! We will never reconcile!""

"......."

Daitao listened to this stirring voice, then suddenly interjected.

"Why do I suddenly feel like shipping this?"

Instantly, all eyes turned to Daitao; she only then realized what she had said and hurriedly waved her hands in denial.

"I'm not! I didn't! Oh no, I didn't mean that!"

"I was just saying that the archenemy setting feels a bit off!"

"Don't ship everything, you idiot!!!"

"Don't scold her; she hasn't been stupid just a day or two."

"Sister Qiong! How could you say that about me!"

Meanwhile, Zhang Jie was pondering the meaning of these words: what does it mean that there is no loser in this struggle?

His words are full of seemingly logical but actually sophistical arguments; what does 'no loser' mean? Is his definition of 'losing' mistaken?

People are all dead, the civilization's technology, culture, and all its glory have vanished—does that count as a win for him?

For Zhang Jie, only if most people remain alive can it be considered a true victory.

"Alright, alright, you guys, don't worry about what this person says; let's just do our thing."

"Whoa!"

The three Ship Girls are now enthusiastic about nurturing this newborn AI; its values are constantly being refined, at least it won't say everything should be killed and eaten.

At this moment, Zhang Jie still doesn't know what the universe will become later....

"As Chen said, literally, the Star Sea began to burn one month later!"

"All matter decomposed by the Heat Death Envoys began to burn—unextinguishable, unstoppable, flames of many colors!"

"When these flames burned out, the matter also disappeared—completely different from the previously spread‑out matter; this time it vanished entirely."

"This violates the law of energy conservation; after burning, these substances must become another kind of intangible substance that dissipates throughout the universe."

"Just as oxygen is consumed in a chemical reaction's combustion, this time the thing consumed is entropy."

"After burning matter, entropy was consumed, yet more entropy was produced; with this entropy, the front of the natural disaster once again advanced fully."

"Moreover, with Entropy Disaster Envoys holding the line, the front was one‑sided; when a stellar beam pierced the battlefield, the situation instantly reversed."

"This shot comes from the Nightmares—those you tossed onto intelligent machinery to self‑iterate; their stellar‑beam cannons can strike across tens of millions of light‑years."

"A colossal giant‑beast warship leads thousands of Ship Lives into frenzied combat at every engagement point; the warship's roar shakes space, deafening even in a vacuum."

"The scene of the burning Star Sea, the giant‑beast warship's roar, the sky‑covering natural disaster—these moments together form the most vivid picture in this universe."

"The battle has reached its final stage; the blue Star Sea collides with crimson flames, from time to time a stellar beam pierces the field, slaying a Heat Death Envoy or a creature with gigantic eyeballs—a blood‑disaster composite."

"In the past, such an offensive would have been impossible for civilization to withstand; but now, because of a certain person's existence, the Star Sea has become immensely strong."

"You have truly changed the world!"

(Heavens, godfathers! Who can tell me why my laptop keeps disconnecting? I only saw yesterday's chapter not posted when I was typing today!)