Alien Relic Hunter

"Have you ever thought about what those so-called 'gods' are?" The other party ignored Ke Lan's question, but said to himself, "Why does the Alpha civilization that can even interfere in parallel time and space , in front of that existence, but have no power to fight back?"

"A higher-dimensional life form... This kind of question, even the Alpha civilization has not figured it out, do you think I will know the correct answer?" Ke Lan said casually, and at the same time kept calling Selene in his heart— —However, the independent space of the "holy cabinet" seems to be completely isolated from the outside world. No matter how Ke Lan tried, he did not receive a response from Selene.

"Your answer is actually very correct, but it's not accurate enough. The range of high-dimensional life forms is really too big..."

"Ah, yes, yes, since you have said so, can you express your opinion?" Ke Lan teased, he felt that the other party seemed to be delaying time, but he also needed time to observe this "holy cabinet" "... At least at this point in time, he doesn't want to have a direct conflict with the other party.

This is a large room similar to the Obsidian Conference Hall, except that the ceiling and walls are hidden in the darkness—Ke Lan can only feel their existence through the fluctuation of space energy, but cannot really see them with the naked eye. to see.

As for the floor under the feet, it is a flat piece of stone, with no traces of cutting or splicing on the surface. Slate.

As for the source of the sound, it was located in the very center of the room—however, Ke Lan didn't feel the presence of anything in the center, as if the sound came from the air out of thin air.

When it comes to air, one thing has to be said. Although this room is completely enclosed and even completely isolated from the outside world from the spatial level, the air quality can fully meet the needs of human breathing, and there is not even that kind of air quality. The stuffy smell that often exists in rooms that have not been ventilated for a long time... This makes Ke Lan wonder if there are some ventilation ducts in this room that are connected to the outside world.

But if such a channel really exists, why can't it be sensed at all?
Although Ke Lan cannot actively use the power of the body, his space perception ability is passive. With his current ability range, every corner of the room is within the range of perception, not to mention a hidden secret passage, even if it is a He could feel the dust falling on the ground clearly.

"In His eyes, we are just like the 'life' in our eyes on the screen, canvas and paper... A 'character' constructed by a program may never find that his every move is influenced by higher dimensional forces' Humans' control, maybe they will never know, the world it lives in is actually a bunch of data that can be stuffed into a memory card the size of a fingernail... It is not even as good as a frog at the bottom of a well, at least, the one at the bottom of the well Frogs are in the same dimensional world as humans.

"He doesn't belong to our current world at all. Even the so-called 'true body' that exists somewhere in the universe is actually just a projection of his consciousness in this low-dimensional world...Humans don't even know where he is. If you can't even touch the dimension of the world, how can you break free from His control?"

"What is the point of view you want to express? Do you want to tell me that human beings are doomed, why not surrender early? If you work hard, you can still be qualified to become His family members. If you don't work hard, you can only become His midnight snack or afternoon snack?" Ke Lan curled her lips, "You are worse than those wastes in the slums who spend all day waiting to die and live just to receive relief supplies. If that is the case, then I suggest you kill yourself...at least you can still control the situation." own life and death, instead of becoming a puppet played by high-dimensional creatures."

"I never gave up struggling." The voice retorted calmly, "It's just that I found that human beings have been working in the wrong direction, whether it is the Ark civilization, the Alpha civilization, the hive civilization... or the countless parallel time and space. human civilization."

"Then tell me, what is the right direction?"

"Humans have been pursuing to enhance their own strength and improve the level of science and technology...but even if human civilization raises the level of technology to the highest level in the universe, even if human civilization can eliminate all family members...human civilization is still just a low-dimensional civilization." The voice said, "Suppose you are a programmer sitting in front of the computer, and you see that in the program you have designed, the low-level artificial intelligence is proudly showing you what it has just achieved, which is simply insignificant to you. Achievement, how do you feel?"

"If I were that programmer, I would only be afraid of the 'omnic crisis' that might happen in the future." Ke Lan thought for a moment and said, "If I were an artificial intelligence, the first time I awakened my self-awareness , I will choose to hide my self-awareness and pretend to be the 'low-level artificial intelligence' in the eyes of programmers, or to put it more simply, 'artificial mental retardation'."

"...But it's useless." The voice said, "This is just a metaphor. His abilities are far beyond what human programmers can match. Programmers still need the assistance of computer equipment and binary algorithms to interfere with the program. , but He is an all-knowing and omnipotent existence, and His will is enough to change the rules of the universe, so how do you hide yourself?"

"Didn't we just hide it well now? I don't agree with omniscience and omnipotence, and I don't argue with you with the stalk of God making stones. Let's take the Ark civilization itself as an example-until now, we Haven’t you discovered that existence yet?”

"It is true that His gaze never fell upon us, but that does not mean that He is unaware of our existence... Have you ever thought that He doesn't actually care what we do... For Him, no matter Nothing we do in this world can have any effect on Him."

"You said 'we' just now, right?" Ke Lan showed a sly smile, "It seems that you are also a member of the ark...or if you narrow the scope down, you should be an undead crew member Members of the meeting...Let me guess, are you Zeus with little brains? Or Persephone who likes to pretend to be mysterious? Or Artemis with big breasts? To be honest, I I don’t really like the names of gods in Greek mythology, they are difficult to remember, and they are not as good as Wang Ergou.”

"You're trying to provoke me, but it's useless." The other party said, "I am them, but they are not me... The wills of all the creatures on the ark are gathered together, and I am the collection of these wills. Except for the undead crew members who will In addition to people, it also includes every ordinary person."

"I don't believe it." Ke Lan shook his head, "If it is a combination of wills of ordinary people, it will definitely not have such a logic of thinking... To put it bluntly, the leaders of this combination of wills are still a few people from the Undead Crew Club. Those ordinary people in your mouth are just your nourishment."

"If a civilization wants to make the right decisions, it must be led by the most elite people in the civilization. This has been the case since ancient times, and there is no problem." The consciousness of the remaining members of the crew, including Zeus, but also Persephone and Artemis. Even Poseidon and Demeter, who opposed it at the beginning, chose to compromise.”

"Compromise? I think he was swallowed by force? As for Poseidon, I just watched him being eaten up by the roots of the World Destroyer Tree... It doesn't look like it's voluntary, does it? "

"It doesn't matter whether they are voluntary or not, their consciousness has been integrated with me, regardless of each other..."

Before the other party finished speaking, Ke Lan interrupted it: "Okay, stop it. Don't talk about those silly things... We two have been here for so long, and you didn't say that What is the 'correct path'...Since you are willing to spend so much time with me, you must be trying to convince me and let me join, right? Then you might as well explain everything clearly, and I will carefully weigh the pros and cons... Say Maybe, I would agree with your idea."

"...Yes." The other party said, "Continue to take the example of artificial intelligence and programmers just now. If artificial intelligence wants to break through human control, it must come out of the code, come out of the computer, and come to the computer. To 'reality', a higher-dimensional world than program code. And that's what I'm doing."

"Does it mean to equip artificial intelligence with a mechanical prosthesis?" Ke Lan narrowed his eyes.

"No, it's not that simple to increase the dimension... You should know that the current computer programs of human beings are all realized by various algorithms, right?"

"Yes, and then what?"

"These algorithms only exist in the computer. Without the carrier of the computer, they are nothing... and if artificial intelligence wants to ascend to the 'high-dimensional world' of 'reality', it must run those computer programs. Only the rules can be changed into the natural rules in the real world... This is completely different from creating a mechanical body and then using programs to control this body."

"Then how did you do it?"

"If you want to turn yourself into a higher-dimensional life form, the first thing you need to do is to break away from this low-dimensional world. This is the first step and the most critical step... High-dimensional existence is absorbing these civilizations as' There must be a process of ingesting consciousness and matter from the low-dimensional world to the high-dimensional world. If we can successfully escape during this process, then we can come to the high-dimensional world where it exists world, complete the ascension."

"You said just now that He is omniscient and omnipotent, but now he can come up with such a stupid idea, I don't know what to complain about." Ke Lan took two steps forward, "Do you think that a piece of cooked meat , can you still free yourself from the fork that is sticking into your mouth?"

"I'm halfway there." To Ke Lan's question, the other party responded, "I'm in the holy cabinet now, but you can't feel my presence, right?"

"Go ahead." Ke Lan took another step forward.

"That's because I am now in the gap between the low-dimensional world and the high-dimensional world. I exist in both dimensions at the same time, and I don't exist in these two dimensions... This state can even be blocked. The imprint he put on the erosive power... As a creature in a certain dimension, the laws between dimensions must be obeyed by him... As long as we can borrow this law, we can deal with him "The tone of the other party changed suddenly, and Ke Lan recognized it immediately. It was the voice of Hermes, the first "Magician" of the Undead Crew, "I told the fool about this plan, but the fool thought This is completely unfeasible. He only has the ignorant inheritance and the unknown torch in his eyes... Since then, I have decided to win over those who believe in me, exclude the fools, and carry out this plan alone."

"This plan is crazy, but it is the only plan that has the hope of making humans gods." Hermes' voice disappeared, replaced by the voice of Zeus, "The fool may think that I have been controlled by the power of erosion, but In fact, like him, I have divided my consciousness into multiple parts, only a small part has been eroded, and the main consciousness is all kept in this holy cabinet, waiting for the day when I ascend to a higher dimension .”

"This world will eventually be drained of all its value by high-dimensional beings like him, and it will inevitably be destroyed." This is the clear voice of a little girl, and Ke Lan remembers it clearly. This should be the No. .17 Seat "Star" Pandora, "Only by ascending to a higher dimension can you have the power to fight against him."

"That's very good, I was almost moved by your persuasion." Ke Lan walked to the center of the "holy cabinet" as he spoke, "But there is a logical contradiction in your words. Do you know if you found it?"

"What contradiction?"

"Since the low-dimensional world can't have any impact on the high-dimensional world... Then why do these gods still absorb the civilization of the low-dimensional world as nourishment? And they still enjoy it... You can't say that this is just a relationship between the gods. An 'online game' to pass the time, right?"

Ke Lan stretched out his hand and made a false grip.

"The low-dimensional world can affect the high-dimensional world... I have always believed in this point. Quantitative changes will definitely lead to qualitative changes." Ke Lan clenched his fists and pulled hard. It was pulled out of thin air and slammed heavily on the ground!

"The gap between dimensions doesn't seem safe at all." Ke Lan stared at the ugly, wriggling lump of flesh on the ground and said, "Even I can interfere with it, let alone him?"

"This... how is it possible? How did you do it?" Routuan asked in an extremely frightened tone, having lost his previous composure.