Gusu City in 2020.

The night is deep, the dim streets of Gusu City are empty, extremely quiet, the chill brought by the evening breeze in early autumn makes Ji Xinyu tighten his thin coat, this year is an unfortunate year for Ji Xinyu, a global disaster pushed his originally good business company to the abyss of bankruptcy, and after trying to maintain it for a few months, the news of his mother's illness came, which made Ji Xinyu's already tight string to the brink of collapse.

Frustrated people always want to find some sustenance, and borrowing alcohol to kill their sorrows should be the choice of many people. After drinking with his only few friends, Ji Xinyu, who was dazed, refused the invitation to continue singing and walked home alone. It's already past 11 o'clock in the evening, and I have to go to my mother tomorrow who is recuperating after surgery, so it's not too late.

Looking at the empty streets, Ji Xinyu walked forward slowly, this is not a downtown area, it is still difficult to take a taxi, so I can only try it at the intersection.

"Boom—"

Suddenly there was a deep sound of thunder in the sky, and then a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and the lightning tore through the dark clouds, and the wind was fierce. Between the lightning and thunder, a golden light suddenly shot out from the rolling black clouds shrouded in the sky, coming in the direction of Ji Xinyu.

Ji Xinyu, who was startled by the lightning, looked up and saw a strong light shooting towards him, and scolded casually: "Damn driver, don't turn off the high beams when it's thundering, don't be afraid of thunder!" As he scolded, he raised his left hand to block his eyes, and squinted his eyes to look ahead. Stick it behind your hand and open your eyes, trying to see what is coming in front of you. It's just that before he could see Ji Xinyu, he felt a sharp pain, and a question flashed in his mind: "Meteor?" "Then there was no consciousness.

I don't know how long it took, Ji Xinyu came to consciousness, and felt the golden light flashing in front of him, and the rolling black clouds were torn apart. Only then did he find that he was wrapped in golden light, and beyond the golden light was a blue void that kept moving forward, forming a blue channel. Outside the passage, the endless mist was mixed with fine pieces of purple lightning, making the entire mist appear a mysterious purple halo, and it felt like it could tear apart anything that appeared in it at any time. Under the traction of the faint blue light, Ji Xinyu felt that the golden ball of light he was in was moving forward rapidly.

"What's the situation, where am I?" Ji Xinyu looked at the spectacular scene around him, and was shocked that he couldn't say a word, and looked ahead blankly.

"TK0612 reports to you that, according to preliminary judgments, we should have been caught up in the turbulence of space-time, you have lost your physical body, and now you are existing as a conscious body." A voice appeared abruptly, and a thumb-sized pale golden point of light appeared in front of Ji Xinyu.

"You...... Who are you and where am I? Ji Xinyu asked in a panic.

"I am the exploration mining robot TK0612 of the Hongbo Galaxy, the core of the exploration mining robot to be exact." The pale golden light flickered, making a mechanical sound, and it seemed that he was the one who was communicating with Ji Xinyu.

"What? Robot? Is that the point of light? Ji Xinyu wanted to reach out and touch it, but found that he didn't have a body, and he was also in the form of a light cluster, but his light cluster was much larger than that of a robot.

The light flickered for a moment, as if analyzing something, and then said, "According to the analysis of the records, I am very sorry that I accidentally destroyed your body. I am the first generation of Aiden robots, numbered TK0612, sent by the Hongbo Galaxy Administration to explore and collect mineral specimens in the Milky Way. On the way back, I encountered a particle flow storm body injury, my mining space turned on the self-protection function to save the core consciousness body, and then was swept into the space-time turbulence after the black hole by the particle storm, and at the same time opened the self-protection space, accidentally knocked your body into the turbulence, wrapped in your consciousness body into the space-time turbulence, you are now in my self-protection space like me. ”

"This ......" Ji Xinyu was stunned, particle flow storm? Turbulence in time and space? Black hole? Hongbo Galaxy? What is this?

"That'...... So where are we now, and what's next? Ji Xinyu asked subconsciously while digesting the information that the other party said.

"Now that we are all conscious bodies, we have been swept into this space-time turbulence by the impact of the particle flow storm, and the system is so damaged that it is impossible to calculate where this passage leads." The pale golden light point continued to flicker, "Due to the damage of my body, the consciousness body has not enough energy to open the self-protection space, please confirm it if it is fused with your consciousness body." ”

"What! Don't know where to go, but still want to integrate? What does convergence mean? What is a conscious body? Ji Xinyu is still in a state of confusion, obviously not digested and adapted to the current state.

"The state of consciousness is what humans call the state of the soul, affected by the storm of particle flow, I forcibly opened the space for self-protection, my consciousness has been seriously injured, and now the consciousness is on the verge of collapse. Now you need to merge with your consciousness and borrow your consciousness for self-recovery, please confirm. The pale golden light flickered much faster, and seemed to be eager, and the pale golden light also seemed a little dimmer.

"Your name is Aiden, isn't it...... You mean you're an artificial soul? Can the soul be artificial? Ji Xinyu was stunned by waves of information.

"Aiden's first generation is my model, it is the latest robot developed by Hongbo Galaxy, Aiden's first generation is divided into many types, my number is TK0612, it's just Aiden's original exploration and mining robot. The robots that use consciousness in the Hongbo galaxy have been developed to the fourth generation, and the first generation of Aiden is now the most complete and closest to the human consciousness body. The technology of the galaxy has also produced the first generation of artificial consciousness robots, please check if they are fused. The ball of light mechanically answered Ji Xinyu's questions and provided relevant reference knowledge, but unfortunately it was all a fantasy for Ji Xinyu.

"Uh...... I don't know if there is a galaxy, I only know that the earth does not, and the soul can still be artificial...... Just kidding, I only know that there are intelligent AI systems, which are fundamentally different from soul bodies. There are no other robots here, I'll call you Aiden, my name is Ji Xinyu. Ji Xinyu slowly eased up from his stunned state.

After looking around carefully, this is a circular and transparent space, and his current state is also a golden ball of light, and the outer layer of the ball of light is very fragile, compared to the light point of the Aiden robot, his ball of light is the size of a newborn baby, which is very big.

Hearing Ji Xinyu's words, Aiden Robot was still flickering eagerly: "Okay, Ji Xinyu, the intelligent AI system you said will develop eight or nine generations later, and it will be the first generation of consciousness." Please confirm the request for fusion again. ”

Ji Xinyu looked at the flickering pale golden light point and was a little vigilant, after all, Ji Xinyu didn't understand the soul at all, but no matter how he didn't understand, he knew that the soul was the origin of a person, and he couldn't hurt it. "What can I do to merge you and me? What are the benefits and disadvantages for me of you and I merging? ”

"You can confirm the fusion, and I will merge with you independently. My current consciousness is severely injured and unable to absorb energy to repair itself, and only after merging with you can I use your consciousness body to absorb energy to repair itself. According to calculations, if I don't fuse and encounter another impact, my self-protection space will collapse, and you and I will disappear. When I merge with you, I recognize you as the master, and you can use all my functions. "The light points of the Aiden robot flickered even harder.

Hearing this, Ji Xinyu understood his situation, his soul and the soul of this robot were in his protective space, if he didn't fuse, he might collapse if he was hit by something casually, and both of them would have to disappear, and they would die in the real sense. In this case, Ji Xinyu can only choose to fuse.

"Confirm the agreement to converge." After Ji Xinyu said this, he tried to close his eyes (although he didn't have eyes) to relax his mind, only to feel a tingling pain, accompanied by a feeling of weakness, which made Ji Xinyu feel like he wanted to vomit, fortunately it was a soul state, otherwise he would really vomit. The dizziness caused by weakness lasted for a while before it was relieved, Ji Xinyu tried to move, and the sky swirled again, and the dizziness struck again.

"Aiden, you robot hurt me!!" Ji Xinyu was a little crazy, but he couldn't see the point of light representing Aiden in front of him.

"Master, there have already been people who have fused robot consciousness bodies on Hongbo Planet, and the first item of the underlying consciousness code of our consciousness body is not allowed to harm humans, so I won't be unfavorable to you." Aiden Robot replied truthfully.

"Then why are you so dizzy, I feel very weak!" Ji Xinyu asked loudly.

"Master, this is a normal adverse reaction caused by the fusion of the robot and you, and it will recover soon." Aiden replied mechanically.

"How long will it take to recover?" Ji Xinyu was a little depressed, "Tell me earlier, I'm so mentally prepared." Also, don't call me master, you're not a beautiful robot, call me by name or Xiaoyu."

Aiden Robot didn't seem to have much emotion, and still replied mechanically: "I'm very sorry, Xiao Yu, this is the common sense of humans in the Hongbo Galaxy, plus the situation was urgent just now, so I didn't explain it in advance." Usually after 24 hours, the dizziness will disappear, and I will also absorb nearby free energy to increase myself and your consciousness, so please be patient. ”