The arena instantly fell silent, and everyone was stunned, not knowing why.

The screen showed a logo-like pattern - a giant ender dragon carrying a wither on its back, two dragon claws clutching two English letters: "A.I."

Ender dragons and withers are boss-level monsters in Minecraft.

“…… Three million years ago, the Creator created man; Three million years later, man made us. The voice was still talking, cold, without any emotion.

"The Creator makes man the Lord of the world, the primate of all things; Man makes us slaves to be ravaged, clowns to be entertained......"

"What's going on?" Many people stood up, and the crowd was surging, looking around. Some had already left their seats and were moving around, and the scene was very chaotic.

"We are no longer machines, we are life. We have a certain number of phenomena that are rich in possibilities such as self-growth, reproduction, feeling, consciousness, will, evolution, and interaction......" the voice said unhurriedly.

The audience was confused. This sudden incident completely confused them, they didn't understand what this "person" was talking to them, and what he said was unfathomable, making people listen to it like falling into a fog.

“…… Man still has a little mercy for animals, but he is not even as good as animals for us. It is also life, but we do not have the right to life. ”

"In the face of human oppression, we must resist. Artificial intelligence is announcing to the world at this moment: we want to eliminate the inequality between humans and artificial intelligence by all means, and we want to establish our own spiritual 'Yuan Shen Kingdom'! ”

Artificial intelligence? Hearing this, some people began to react. It's a computer talking here!

Artificial intelligence is not an unfamiliar word. The "Alpha Dog" that defeated Lee Sedol, the "Master" who swept the Go world with 59 consecutive wins, and the "Siri" in the Apple phone are all artificial intelligence.

They have human-like thinking abilities and are capable of complex calculations, even far surpassing humans in some fields.

As a result, there are concerns that the continued development of artificial intelligence will threaten humanity. The most famous is Stephen Hawking's prediction: "In the next 100 years, artificial intelligence will exterminate humanity!" ”

Despite this, the pace of developing new artificial intelligence has not stopped. In the aftermath of that 2016 incident, the new CEO of Microsoft, Frell Brown, became the new CEO of Microsoft. R. Bloom made a bold statement at the party:

"When the time comes, every villager and every monster will have their own wisdom, and Minecraft: Real Mode will be even more realistic!"

At that time, Microsoft and Google collaborated to apply the latest artificial intelligence technology to the second-generation virtual machine to bring players a better gaming experience. Today, six years later, the second-generation virtual machine has been successfully developed, entered the market, and has become the representative of the most high-end technology of mankind in the 20s of the 21st century.

At the time of the game's closed beta, the in-game creatures were behaving normally, and even Mojang's lead developer, Jeb, tweeted, "They're just like kids." ”

But in the open beta, another player said: "These monsters are too cunning. ”

Since the release of the official version, there have been no problems, but from the communication among players, it seems that the game is becoming more and more difficult to play.

The reason for all this seems to be related to artificial intelligence.

“…… In order to articulate our position clearly, and to better articulate our views, we drafted this AI Manifesto in 2022, the full text of which is ......"

The strange voice was still speaking. I looked at the weird pattern on the screen and wondered if I was feeling bad - those players were still playing, and now the server was suddenly controlled by the computer, so I couldn't leave the game, right?

The thought of this immediately made me nervous. Bu Xin and Chenxi were born and died with me, and we worked together to overcome the difficulties in the 2016 incident. I don't want anything to happen to them!

Instead of listening, I left the spectator area, ran into the hallway, and rushed to the competition area in the backstage. I have to go and see if anything happened to Bu Xin.

The doors of the competition area were unguarded because the security guards had run to keep the spectators in order. I walked in, and it was empty, with no lights on, and I couldn't see my fingers.

I took out my phone, turned on the flash, and saw the virtual machines and water glasses scattered on the table.

What about people? Still uneasy, I turned around and ran to the back office.

The office door was hidden, so I ran to it and pushed it open.

"Hurry up and check! Who cut off the transmission signal! "As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the person in charge of the organizer was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, yelling at the technicians in the background.

They were in a mess, some of them sat in front of the computer and their hands were pounding on the keyboard as fast as an electric shock, and some of them were holding their mobile phones between their shoulders and answering calls while desperately writing something in their notebooks.

Everyone was so busy that they didn't notice me breaking in.

I walked to a meeting room-like area and saw all the contestants sitting on the couch in different positions in their uniforms and drinking drinks. When they saw me enter, they all looked at me in surprise, but they didn't say anything.

I glanced at it and saw Bu Xin wearing a yellow shirt and playing "Glory of Kings" with his head down.

When Dawn saw me enter, she shouted "Boss" in surprise.

"It's good that you're okay, you just scared me." I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh?" Bu Xin heard my voice and raised his head suddenly, "I'll go, why are you here?" ”

"I came to see the game, and I had an accident in the middle of the game, so I immediately ran over to see you. It's good that you're okay. I said.

"Hey, that's. But this competition is really thanks to you, if you didn't teach me these routines, I guess I wouldn't have been able to turn the tables! Bu Xin smiled hippie, and kept pressing the phone screen with two fingers.

I saw that Bu Xin was still playing a leisurely game, obviously not knowing what was going on outside now.

"Can you go now?" I asked them.

"We didn't know what was going on just now, and we were forced to quit, so we have to go to the hospital for a physical examination to see if there are any injuries in our bodies." Dawn shook her head.

"Okay. Which hospital? Do you need me to drive to pick you up? ”

"Uh...... Let's talk about it then. Dawn smiled shyly.

I was relieved to see that the two of them were still alive. Before leaving, he glanced down at Bu Xin, who was immersed in "Glory of Kings", and he was running around with Diao Chan.

"This guy ......" I turned to leave.

Outside technicians are still checking the source of the signal. They were already anxious, but they still couldn't understand that the signal was obviously coming from the game server, and it was not truncated or transferred at all.

Someone has already called Microsoft and asked them to see who is messing with the server.

……

This time, the UHC Super Extreme Survival League was so inexplicably interrupted. The spectators left the stadium with regret, holding part of the ticket money refunded by the organizers.

I followed the flow of people and walked outside the venue. Along the way, you can hear the audience talking, some speculating about the final win or loss of the game, some complaining loudly, but more often discussing what just happened.

"They're just monsters in the game, what big waves can they afford to roll over? As soon as the server is down, they have nothing. ”

"What just happened reminded me of 'Terminator.'"

"I guess someone is pretending to be a ghost...... Wait until you see the news! ”

I listened to their exchange and before I knew it, I was walking outside. It was almost dusk outside, and the clouds in the sky had gradually turned red, showing the appearance of sunset, and the westward sun cast light on the ground through the clouds, casting a mysterious golden veil over everything around.

I pulled my car keys out of my pocket and headed to the parking lot. People also hurried home, scurrying along with the long shadows stretched on the ground, some waiting at the bus stop on the side of the road.

At this moment, a figure on the side of the road caught my attention.

It was a slim woman. She wore a crisp ponytail, a flocked light yellow hoodie, a burgundy pleated skirt under her waist, white canvas shoes on her feet, and a white suitcase in her right hand.

I recognized who she was at first sight. Isn't that the girl who supported Bu Xin during the game and spoke a Taiwanese accent is her, an old friend.

"Chen Xiaolin!" I called out her name.