"Tsk, I've been discovered. ”

Looking at the repeated images on the display screen on the wall, the three shadow chasers did not show any nervousness at all. It's better to say that it was targeted and investigated, and the result was only discovered until now, which was already very unexpected, especially according to what the president said, he stared at it more than thirty times, but he couldn't find anything abnormal, and the fusion effect of divine power was really not something that mortals could imagine, well, at least he hadn't found out that there was something wrong with the creature opposite who was shaking his hair and pruning his arm that turned into a branch.

"Yes, it was tough, but I found anomalies, and anomalies that I couldn't understand. The bloated president wiped his sweat, "I'm a very exploratory person, so the more I can't understand it, the more I want to unravel this mystery." ”

"Heh, in fact, Delia has already guessed our identity, much earlier than you. Shul said with a smile, "We're from another planet. ”

"Mr. Sauer. The chairman sank his face and said dissatisfiedly, "You also said just now that you hope you can talk openly and honestly, so please don't say such perfunctory words." ”

"Oh?" Shul raised an eyebrow, "perfunctory?

"This universe ......," the president hesitated for a while before saying, "This universe, we have explored very deeply, except for the mother planet, we have not found any living planets, so you can't be aliens." ”

"Hmm......" Shuer tapped his fingers on his thighs, half-closed his eyes, and muttered for a while before saying, "Elder, since we talk openly and honestly, it should be a two-way street, and Elder's sincerity has just been halfway shown, and it's too early to know the answer now." ”

"It's fine. The old man said thoughtfully, "I want to know where you come from, what you want, and what your purpose is. I'm ...... about the current state of the planet Okay, I'm not very satisfied, but that's the most acceptable status quo, and I don't want anything to change the status quo, so I want to know what you're all going to do, and if there's no fundamental conflict, then, if you used the name of the black market before, we can not pursue it, and then continue to use it, and we can also pretend not to see it. ”

"Are all the people in the black market so easy to talk to?" Shul smiled meaningfully, in fact, he knew very well that the other party may not have always been so good at talking, otherwise those people in the town hall would not be so polite to the members of the black market, it is the ability of the shadow chasers to integrate beyond the scope of the other party's understanding, so that the other party is not sure of their own details, so they will maintain restraint from the beginning of contact, "The Lord said, be honest with your friends, follow the Lord's teachings, and I will also be honest with your new friend." We have come to your planet with a friendly mission. ”

"Friendly?"

"Well, friendliness, both are intelligent species, we live together in this world, and being able to meet can be regarded as the arrangement of fate. Therefore, I hope to communicate with the controllers of your planet, to communicate their knowledge of their own race, to exchange their own experiences in exploring the world, and even to exchange research results, so that we can go a little faster on the road of exploring the unknown. The unique holiness of the priesthood makes Shure's attitude seem extraordinarily sincere, if it weren't for the two Shadow Chaser ladies who knew him too well, they might have been deceived by his performance, "The world is too big, every civilization is lonely, and often from birth to death, there is no chance to contact other civilizations, and since we are lucky enough to have this ability, of course we have to do our part for the exchange of civilizations." ”

"Is that what you're trying to do?" the president's expression showed no joy or anger, just a thoughtful look at the three shadow chasers, "So, where did you come from?"

This question was the key, and it was Shure's instinctive reaction, as he sensitively sensed that when he asked this question, the other person's heartbeat increased by ten percent. Why did he pay attention to this? Why was he so sure that Shur and they would not come from another planet? Shur was sure that there were no civilized neighbors in the world of Parvatiga because the omniscient gods were watching the void, but there were no gods in this world, so why should they have no neighbors? Or was this world not as simple as they thought, but there were still gods?

No, absolutely not, at least not now, otherwise the Courier Lord Osor would have issued a warning.

With all kinds of thoughts spinning in his head, Shuer smiled quietly on the surface: "Elder, this is not a fair way to communicate. ”

"Hehe, that's true, you've already answered a question. The old man nodded, "So what do you want to know in exchange?"

"The truth of the mechanical apocalypse. ”

"You're really greedy. The president didn't expect Shuer to ask such a question, and said angrily, "Is this a problem?"

"Otherwise?" Shul smiled sincerely, "no matter how complicated it is, it's just 'one' problem. ”

"Well, satisfy your greed this time. The old man snorted and said to himself, "The mechanical apocalypse is actually a farce induced by the fear of death. ”

"Uh......" The three of them looked at each other, although what the president said was an understatement, but behind the simple sentence, there was a lingering tragic atmosphere.

"Brown Star was originally a planet with an infinite future, and we have not only completely conquered Brown Star, but also fully explored the nearby galaxies, and if it were not for the lack of habitable planets, we might have successfully immigrated to the outside world. ”

"However, we have not yet conquered ourselves, and we will still be plagued by aging and death, and even if we try all kinds of ways, we cannot get rid of their shackles and change the inevitability of death. ”

"Praise the nature, praise the Holy Spirit. Shul drew a circle on his chest, "Life and death are the basis for maintaining the balance of the world, nothing can escape, only the gods can live forever." The only result of trying to artificially change the cycle of life and death is to upset the balance and let destruction come early. ”

"Oh, maybe. There was a slight disdain in the president's laughter, and it was evident that even now, he still did not know how to revere the laws of nature, perhaps this is the common disease of the world without gods," in order to escape death, a group of the best scholars in the world at that time gathered together for a long study, and after twenty years of research, the scholars were divided into three factions. ”

"Radicals believe that life is like a ship, and that the spirit of the ship represents everything about it, so they advocate the abandonment of the body, the digitization of the mind, and the integration of the mechanical network, so that as long as the equipment is maintained, the spirit will never disappear. The neutrals, on the other hand, are not as reckless as they are, believing that a ship that replaces all its parts may be considered the original ship, but if it is replaced even in its form as a ship, it will completely change its essence. Therefore, the neutrals advocated the modification of the body, replacing the original body with various artificial organs, although all organs were replaced, but at least the flesh and blood remained, at least the essence of the human being. ”

"As for the conservatives, they have forgotten the purpose of the research and are content with the results of the extension of life, they believe that only the original ship is themselves, and after its replacement it loses the purity of life. Therefore, they focus on replicating the body, repairing the broken parts with the same organs of origin, and even transferring memories directly into the duplicated body, so as to maximize the purpose of lifespan. ”

"And then a war broke out between the three factions?"

"No, everyone is very sensible, although they can't convince each other, but they all allow different voices to exist, after all, academic things, no one dares to say that they must be right, so everyone does not interfere with each other and continues their own research. ”

"Hmph, if all scholars can think this way, then academic disputes can be reduced by at least 90 percent. Mia sneered, she has a deep understanding of this, this truth is actually understood by everyone, but including herself, sometimes she can't control herself for various reasons, and then disputes break out, "In this case, it's good for everyone to conduct their own research and experiments, how can the mechanical apocalypse break out?"

"Originally, it was true, the conservatives successfully completed the development of memory chips, and they could smoothly transfer memories to their own replicas, I ...... Ahem, the Neutrals have done most of the artificial organs, including the electronic brain. As for the radicals, they also succeeded, and several researchers successfully uploaded their consciousness to the Internet, successfully freeing themselves from the shackles of their bodies. ”

"That's good, and then let the people choose for themselves. Shul frowned, he really didn't understand why the world was in a good situation.

"Alas, everyone thinks that we know life and ourselves very well, that we can control everything, and only when something goes wrong do we realize that we don't know anything. The chairman smiled wryly and said, "After uploading my thoughts, the radicals are actually no longer human. ”

"What do you mean?"

"You should also understand that people's emotions are often imaged by trace substances secreted by glands. ”

I'm sorry, we don't understand, the three of them kept a mysterious smile, but they shook their heads frantically in their hearts.

"Anger, fear, despair, including love, all emotions are the result of the secretion of glands. The president sighed and said softly, "Originally, they thought that after giving up their bodies, they could also get rid of emotional influences and make research and work more efficient, heh, indeed, they successfully got rid of negative emotions, but at the same time, other positive emotions were also eliminated. ”

"They have become sets of emotionless data, sympathy, pity, morality, affection, friendship, which have been discarded to them. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid it's more than that. Shuer was stunned, shook his head and said, "You haven't said the most terrible yet." ”

"Yes, the most terrible thing is that they have completely lost their ability to control themselves, and what we thought of as bondage emotions is actually a safety valve that prevents us from destroying ourselves, and when they let go of their emotions, they can do anything to achieve their goals, including...... Kill all the lives that oppose them. ”