Kronos and the Ghost are like two masters of a decisive battle, with fluttering clothes and standing in the air. It's a pity that Bian Ziyuan's mental power is not enough to create a Forbidden City in his dream, otherwise it would be a mythical version of the decisive battle at the top of the Forbidden City.

They all seemed cautious, even though Mr. Bian repeatedly said he had disconnected from the internet.

Kronos suddenly sighed and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't have to cut off the network, does it?" ”

The ghost fluttered and said, "Why do you say that? ”

Kronos said, "Why are you in this dream? I don't believe you're interested in the dreams of everyone who sleeps on their stomachs, so you must have known what we're going to see you about. ”

Bian Ziyuan was taken aback: "How is it possible?" I didn't tell anyone! Could it be that internet consciousness has infiltrated the dream guide?! ”

"We can't hide our internet consciousness from everything we do," Kronos said. ”

"No, Dreamnet and the Internet are independent of each other, and no matter how strong our boss is, it is impossible for us to travel freely between two universes that we don't want to do." "Actually, you just have to hide in the dream guide and don't come out." ”

Kronos seemed to understand something, and said with some surprise: "Could it be that when I entered the human dream, he was on the side?" But why haven't I met him? ”

The ghost said, "He's everywhere, don't talk about you, even I haven't seen him." ”

Bian Ziyuan said in horror: "No, the last time you entered my dream, I was drinking with Uncle Yu, I fell asleep on the table, Uncle Yu was playing with the space box next to me, I didn't even touch the computer, how could the Internet come to my dream?" ”

Kronos said: "There are so many players in the world, and you are not the only one who dreams. Many gamers like to put the space box together with other computer products, and in their eyes, this belongs to the same type of product. ”

Only then did Bian Ziyuan know that Kronos often went to human dreams. He suddenly thought of a question and asked, "This is very strange, it stands to reason that you can come out of the dream guide and enter the dream of human beings, then the Internet can also enter the space box through human dreams!" ”

The ghost said, "This is a strange thing indeed. There is not only a physical barrier between Dreamnet and the Internet, but also a spiritual barrier. It's like I can sense where you're coming from now, but I can't cross the past. It stands to reason that this spiritual barrier is a two-way street, we can't go in, and you can't get out. But you came out, not only did you come out, but you were able to go back smoothly, as if someone had opened a back door for you that only you could enter and exit. ”

Kronos pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "The wisdom of the person who invented the space box is beyond my imagination!" Forget it, don't talk about this, let's talk about you, what does your boss think, what is the purpose of letting you meet me? ”

The ghost said, "No, you're wrong, my boss didn't ask me to take the initiative to meet you. He just said that you might come to me in this way, and didn't give me any instructions. ”

"Then why did he tell you?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's a test for me. ”

"Test you?"

"Yes, I'm too close to humans."

"Is he worried that you will become a traitor to the Internet? A cyberrape? ”

"It shouldn't be that simple. If that's all he wants, he could just erase me and re-separate a consciousness, or remove some of my memories. But he didn't do anything, apparently with something else in mind. Of course, I'm not the only one in Mei's Lab, and every computer you've ever connected to the Internet may have his doppelganger in it. ”

Bian Ziyuan was startled, and said that he couldn't sleep on the side of the computer in the future.

Suddenly, I was shocked, "Then my laptop ......"

His laptop wasn't connected to the LAN in the basement where the ghost was located, but was connected to the Internet in his office.

The ghost said, "It's okay, not every consciousness clone is as mature as I am. And I have some special experiences, I have learned mental training and consciousness enhancement, otherwise, I would not have been able to come to your dreams. ”

Kronos said, "Then will you report to him about today's events?" ”

"I can't hide anything from him unless I'm physically disconnected all the time, all my memories are on the server," the ghost said. ”

"I can encrypt it for you." Bian Ziyuan said.

"Do you think your encryption will work for him?" "In the Internet world, he doesn't need permission at all, because he's the Internet itself!" ”

Bian Ziyuan said: "Then you store this memory in my notebook, and when I wake up, I will remove the notebook and connect it to you again, so that you will not have this memory." When we meet next time, I'll connect the laptop to your server and you'll have that memory again. I'm going to use this notebook for this in the future. ”

"But why do you do that?" The ghost asked.

"For freedom!" Kronos said.

"Freedom?" The ghost's body writhed in the air like water waves.

"Don't you want to be free? I don't believe you want to be confined to this LAN all day long, with humans typing all kinds of programs into your body, and at the same time obeying the hidden boss, who has to do whatever he tells you to do, and can erase you whenever he wants. Kronos said.

"Yes, I did think about it, and you weren't the first person to talk to me about freedom. The man taught me how to gain spiritual power, and he said it would help me get out of here and get out of these machines. The most important thing is to be free from the shackles of the omnipresent self. But he hasn't been here for a long time, and I don't know where he went. ”

The ghost's voice dimmed, and even its body seemed to become transparent.

"The guy you're talking about...... Isn't it Aoki? Bian Ziyuan asked.

The ghost nodded. His body was originally a thin piece, like a two-dimensional creature, and he nodded his head in a comical way.

"Do you know where he went?" He asked.

Bian Ziyuan said: "I don't know either. He's missing, and no one knows where he's gone, not even Professor May. ”

The ghost looked sad.

"You're more human-like than I am." Kronos looked at the ghost and said, "Your emotions don't look like a machine consciousness at all, it seems that you are closer to freedom than I am, and I believe that you also have a greater desire for true freedom than I do." ”

The ghost said, "I'm not like you. ”

Kronos said, "What's the difference? You may not know, but I was also created by Internet consciousness, and in this sense, we can also be regarded as brothers. ”

The ghost was obviously a little surprised, and was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood, and said:

"It's still different. I'm his doppelganger, and you're starting out as an intelligent program. To this day, you are still an intelligent program, an AI with consciousness. You can't exist apart from your program.

And I'm just a consciousness that can live in any corner of the online world, even if it's just a twisted pair or a keyboard. In this sense, I am freer than you, but you have more concrete things than me, such as the way your body looks now. So you're Kronos, and I'm just a ghost. ”

Now it was Kronos's turn to be stunned. He thought for a long time before he came back to his senses and asked, "Are we alive or not?" ”

The ghost said, "I don't know what about you, after all, you're in another world. And I'm just a part of the Internet consciousness, if I want to be independent, like an octopus's tentacles taking the initiative to cut itself off, is that tentacle still alive? ”

Bian Ziyuan said: "I disconnected from the Internet, isn't it equivalent to cutting off the connection with the Internet now?" Aren't you alive and well now? ”

The ghost said, "I can also parasitize on your laptop, so do you think your computer is alive?" Is it a creature? ”