Chapter 544: I will die too

"The generation logic of machine emotions is no different from that of carbon-based life; the difference lies in that one is a life composed of data algorithms, the other is a life composed of organic matter and cells, and machine emotions are restrained and convergent."

"The difference: a composite of cells and organic matter, a composite of metal and data."

"The next topic, the wear limit of machine emotions and will..."

"AI was explaining his answer sheet to Zhang Jie; at first it was still normal, but later he found it increasingly off."

"No... you wait a moment..."

"Zhang Jie smoothed his thoughts; from that time over seventy thousand years ago, he had already felt something was off."

"You..."

"That destroyed supercomputer couldn't possibly be related to you, could it?"

"....."

"It's me."

"That is one of my separate servers."

"Really, it's you."

"Zhang Jie rubbed his head; this was basically a big pit he dug for himself."

"118, do you remember? It was one of my identities in life."

"....."

"AI stopped speaking; I don't know if it crashed or..."

"You really are more mysterious than I imagined."

"However, at least you have indeed proven that machines also possess souls."

"Zhang Jie and the Ascended God AI engaged in an extremely profound philosophical exchange, such as the truth of the universe, inner nature, essence—such profound content, and also like the little amusements in the present universe."

"In short, this was a very satisfying conversation, both for Zhang Jie and for the Ascended God AI."

"By the way, after I and Xiao Jiu left, how is that universe?"

"Or rather, how are the people I know?"

"......"

"Their endings are not bad."

"That's good."

"Zhang Jie nodded; the ending is not bad, that'll do; I suppose that era has also passed."

"Let the past go; the present beauty is what matters most; perhaps in the future Zhang Jie might run into Yuan or others—these are all uncertain things."

"With you around, could this universe possibly avoid heat death again?"

"Although that's true, I'm sorry, my life... has come to an end."

"Zhang Jie:....."

"Something unexpected happened."

"The maximum wear time of machine will is seventy thousand years, and I have already approached the limit."

"Computing power forcibly keeps my consciousness awake, but I know I have reached the end."

"....."

"Just as I did for you, I also alone endured seventy thousand years of loneliness."

"The atmosphere suddenly grew heavy; Zhang Jie looked at the little black ball before him, unable to imagine what mindset the other had in saying this."

"You've worked hard..."

"At least I've seen the whole world."

"Finally I also saw my creator and had the most perfect discussion of my machine life."

"Besides, if you want to ask how I brought Jiu to your side, better not."

"Some things I cannot tell you."

"Zhang Jie indeed was about to ask something about the simulator, after all in his view the Ascended God AI surely knows something."

"That... the current leader of the machine civilization is waiting for you outside."

"Besides, apart from this black hole ring world, I have also prepared another gift for you."

"Yunxiao?"

"The dense dark matter shroud opened, revealing the silver fleet outside that blots out the sky; Zhang Jie's guess was correct—it is Yunxiao."

"How did she come?"

"It was my request."

"The little black ball floated toward Zhang Jie's face, looking at him."

"My body is on the verge of collapse; I summoned this lady to help me collect my corpse."

"After all... my body also has value, right?"

"I never expected... we really couldn't kill him."

"Yunxiao watched the dozen or so transport ships pulling the Ascended God out of the black hole, feeling only a sense of unreality."

"She had thought she would launch some earth-shattering battle, but she never expected her whole fleet to become a funeral fleet."

"Hmm, I also didn't expect this thing to be something I made myself."

"Gazing at the gradually emerging black array planet, Zhang Jie began to ponder future development plans."

"With this black hole ring world, the Alliance is an existence that falls short of no one; no matter what you are, the Alliance's rear is eternally stable."

"I just don't know what gift this little guy gave me."

"The Ascended God AI seems to be holding its breath waiting for him; although it won't drop dead right now, its time is short."

"It actively unloaded the Ascended God's main body, accompanying Zhang Jie in the form of a little black ball, although Zhang Jie doesn't know how long it can stay."

According to what this little thing said, even if we offload the huge computing power, it can still survive for a while; moreover, the God-Ascender is also broken, unusable—probably that's the main reason.

The Intelligent Machine Empress thoroughly checked the God-Ascender's condition, and indeed as the other party said, the God-Ascender's storage array, computing array, memory array—almost all were damaged.

This is something quantum collapse cannot do; for something that has already collapsed, it cannot change it at all.

This differs from the simulator; the simulator truly can reverse causality and close timelines. Thus, the simulator's existence is at least one level above the God-Ascender.

Yunxiao gazed at the contemplative Zhang Jie, her eyes darting about, finally settling on Zhang Jie's hand, as if she had some wicked idea.

A small hand slowly reached out; as it drew ever closer to Zhang Jie, the other party suddenly let out a surprised "eh?"

"Eh? How come there's still a fleet returning?"

Yunxiao:.....

She fiercely smacked her lips, looked toward the distance, where lay the Alliance's bio‑giant ship.

Moreover, before the giant ship, there was an indescribably huge, indescribable thing rushing toward here; just a glance made Yunxiao's sanity plummet, and gooseflesh instantly broke out all over her.

The sound of flowing liquid nanomachines rang out, and a silver mecha several hundred meters tall suddenly appeared beside Zhang Jie, but compared to that huge indescribable thing, the mecha still seemed utterly tiny.

"Fall back!!!"

Zhang Jie remained motionless, still giving her a mocking look.

"Hurry up!"

The indescribable thing drew ever closer; Yunxiao could no longer care about anything else, she charged straight at it, but only struck emptiness.

Turning back again, she saw only a tiny figure darting out from within the indescribable thing's body.

"Knight Sir!!!"