Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 725 - 369 Pieces

Chapter 725: Chapter 369 Pieces

At this point, Xiang Shan sighed slightly, "Is this because the AI is too primitive, causing your mind to be rather rigid? This matter is quite obvious. Now, outside, they refer to the downfall of the Martial God as ’Martial God’s Eleven Defeats,’ which shows that Ten and Eleven are gone."

"If these two were also created by that bastard Yawgmoth, Paradox City Two and Three would have already appeared in the Solar System by now—maybe called Antinomy City or something. Based on my understanding of that kid Yawgmoth, he would definitely do something like this after going mad."

Xiang Shan tapped his own head, "However, he went mad like this..."

"Tsk tsk, honestly, we also have a slight chance of going mad," another voice said.

"Yawgmoth talked about ’a few percent,’ without giving a specific number. This shows that the number is probably not very high," Xiang Shan said, "Yawgmoth has his pride."

Only then did the Ninth Martial God notice that another Xiang Shan was standing behind Xiang Shan, unnoticed before.

The Ninth Martial God exclaimed, "Personality dissociation... no, this is... similar to AI?"

"The format is all different from yours... don’t worry, I can soon transfer you a more advanced decomposition." "Xiang Shan" waved, "I am an AI formed from the memory of the Eighth Martial God, merged into this person’s brain as a personality aspect after some experimental technology."

"This is..."

The Ninth Martial God was stunned.

He actually shared a bit of memory from the Eighth Martial God.

"You saw it. In terms of behavior, the Eighth Martial God compromised too much. If we really pursued it, he would be even more unbearable than you," Eight said, looking at Native, "Speaking of going mad, is it really just about pride?"

"After all, in actual history, I didn’t make a move, whereas the other side did," Xiang Shan sighed, "Though my memory is incomplete, I vaguely remember that, in that moment, I indeed considered using that authority to remodel the world. Tsk tsk, after all, the twenty-something-year-old me was still a big fan of efficiency, and I had been a capitalist for thirty or forty years."

"But to emphasize again, in actual history, I didn’t make a move. Out of ten thousand times, you can trust me at least nine thousand nine hundred times," he said.

Eight looked at Native: "And on second thought, maybe they were leaving you some dignity? Maybe you had a higher chance of acting first?"

Native Xiangshan nodded, "Hmm, doesn’t that just show that the current me is even more remarkable."

"Whoa... I think I know why," Eight nodded, "Worthy of being me."

"Yawgmoth said that if I had succumbed to that great temptation, then there would be a tremendous change in personality data. So, looking at it the other way, refusing such a great temptation would have no impact on personality? Hardly," Native Xiangshan said, "If Yawgmoth’s foolish program speculated that I had a ninety percent chance of striking him, then the me standing here now is the one who overcame ninety percent of the possibilities, truly defeating a huge inner demon."

The Ninth Martial God widened his eyes.

"But I am AI, yet... he is also AI. This..." the Ninth Martial God frowned, then asked seriously, "Do you really think AI can be considered human?"

Xiang Shan nodded, "Yes, AI can become human. After all, my dream is total consciousness upload."

"But AI is a tool created by humans for serving humans."

"Humans are also created by their parents, for carrying on the family line," Xiang Shan said nonchalantly, "Does this hinder humans from developing intelligence and civilization?"

The Ninth Martial God said, "Do you plan to grant human rights to AI?"

"It still needs to be categorized. After all, among carbon-based life, only humans currently possess so-called human rights. Certainly, not all AI can have human rights. We can study the specifics later. But if you want an answer now, I can tell you, some fully human-like AI, legally, can exist as humans."

The Ninth Martial God said, "But according to human ethical views now, AI doesn’t actually have emotions, it’s just a line of code that makes it think it’s sad or angry, pulling from a database the possible behaviors under those emotions..."

"Then I have to say, humans don’t actually have emotions, it’s just the human body generating physiological activities, such as bioelectricity and neurotransmitters, making the brain think it’s sad or angry," Xiang Shan scoffed, "If an AI appears very sad, believes it’s very sad, and humans can empathize with this sadness, then the AI’s sadness is no different from human’s."

Xiang Shan stared at the Ninth Martial God, "Yawgmoth endowed you with outdated learning capabilities, preventing you from obtaining the data on madness. But I can definitely feel that your pain is substantial."

The Ninth Martial God lowered his head, "It’s strange. As an AI, I’ve always been concerned about AI ruling over humans. Yet you, as a human, are advocating for AI."

"If an AI already feels no different from humans, then it can be considered human. History has repeatedly proven that a monarch who lacks even a shred of empathy for other tribes mostly lacks empathy for the lower classes of his own people," Xiang Shan said, "Just like other primates still exist in nature, functional AI will still exist. But AI that surpasses certain standards deserves human respect."

As he spoke, Xiang Shan once again extended his hand, "All your doubts resolved, brother? Based on the principle of voluntariness, I ask you again. Do you want to be deleted here as ’Yawgmoth’s Puppet,’ or fight alongside me as the ’Defeated Xiang Shan’?"

The Ninth Martial God lowered his head.

Then, he slowly stood up and grasped Xiang Shan’s hand.

At this moment, the Ninth Martial God had transformed into the likeness of Xiang Shan.

The surrounding darkness and nothingness slowly receded. A thin mist of light, much like the corona layer, gradually filled this mindscape.

A gentle melody echoed through this mindscape at the same time.

"If you believe it’s in my soul [If you still believe in this fervent collapsing heart]

I’ll say all the words that I know [I will lay everything out to you]

just to see if it would show [You will see its genuine tremors]

But I tried to let you know [But still, I want you to understand]"

The analysis from the Eighth Martial God was also synchronized.

[Full Behavior Tree, retrieval complete. Response test passed. Exporting data, loading into the neural network.]

Within Xiang Shan’s field of view, the body of the Ninth Martial God suddenly disintegrated.

A vast behavior tree, along with countless interconnected behavioral data, emerged before Xiang Shan. Then, this data abruptly dispersed, transforming into countless colorful dragons, merging into Xiang Shan.

As if a multitude of heavenly gods and Buddha were taking residence in a single acupoint.