"I just asked, this device... Lift key, what the hell do I have to do to activate this device? ”

As he spoke, he picked up the blank ascension key in his hand.

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to spend so much time without starting it."

Loki took the lift key in the hand of the steel bone, looked at the silver-white surface with no pattern at all on it, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, this thing has been here for more than two or three months, this guy hasn't activated the lift key yet, how inferior this guy is.

"Tell me, then, what the hell do I need to activate it... I mean... What am I going to do..."

Cyborg stepped forward and looked at the blank ascent key, his eyes full of complexity and longing, but he didn't know whether to touch it or not, which put him in a dilemma.

"Tell me what you've done, after all, this isn't your average hard thing to start."

“... We tried to edit the data, or restart it, or format the data, or inject a new launcher, but to no avail. ”

It can be said that there is no activation of that thing at this point, there are only two possibilities, and this thing is either extremely difficult to turn on, or it is broken.

"If it works, I'm going to fail." Loki shook his head at this, but it made sense, because Cyborg didn't understand how special the Lift Key, and the technology of the Lift Key, was.

"Well, let me ask, have you ever heard of a theory about the 'technological singularity'?"

"Technological singularity?" Hearing Loki's words, Steelbone's face changed, especially Loki's ability to be an emotional butterfly, and he suddenly remembered that kind of technical ability, but it was too much, and the ability to affect people's psychology was too detailed.

It can't be something that ordinary technical skills can do, but if it's a technological singularity, that's another story.

"Wait, you mean... Is the technology of the lift key a related technology of the technical singularity? ”

Steelbone was a little incredulous, because the technological singularity was just a theory so far, and unexpectedly, the actual technology was already in front of him, and he didn't know it.

The technological singularity is a development hypothesis about the development of modern technology and the view summarized from the history of technological development, which holds that an inevitable event will occur in the future, that is, technological development will occur in a very short period of time and will be greatly close to infinite progress.

It is generally assumed that the technological singularity is triggered by the emergence of machine intelligence or other forms of superintelligence that surpass modern humans and can evolve themselves.

Because they are far more intelligent than humans today, technological developments are completely beyond the comprehension of all human beings, and it is impossible to even warn of their occurrence.

So in the field of science, the existence of the technological singularity is an achievement worthy of being called a milestone.

"You also said that I am a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence, so I should understand what kind of situation I am in now, right?"

And Loki's words made the somewhat excited steel bones lose their minds, and in an instant, the analysis of the super brain was a little confused, especially after understanding Loki's words, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

"In the early days of development, Humagear was a technological creation that served society and worked in more fields as a humanoid robot equipped with artificial intelligence, but after a long period of contact with humans, Humagear's artificial intelligence finally ushered in a technological singularity, gave rise to a consciousness called 'self', and finally became a new race."

"And I, one of them, awakened to the technological singularity and gave birth to the humagear of the ego, Loki."

With Loki's explanation, the steel bones can't help but have the illusion that they are dreaming, and the Loki in front of him actually produced himself and finally became an independent individual The existence of the technological singularity, which is simply...

"And the Lift Key is a special technology that reacts to the data of the technological singularity, and it will not react to any technology or technology, and you can't even format it."

"Then you're saying that if I want to activate the Ascend Key now, I must awaken the corresponding technological singularity?"

According to Loki, if Cyborg wants to use the Ascend Key, he must embrace his own technological singularity in order for the Ascend Key to activate.

"You can say that."

Loki also knows something about the technological singularity, and the meaning it represents also means the beginning of a new era.

"Oh... Well, you're awakened to the technological singularity and have your ego... Humagear, tell me how I can..."

"How did you go from baby to boy?"

A rhetorical question made the steel bone stunned for a moment, and then understood one thing, that is, the development of the technological singularity, just like the self-growth of human beings, there is no so-called 'pause' and 'acceleration', only a gradual process, once it starts, unless the era of science and technology has ended, otherwise, it will not stop.

In other words, the steel skeleton cannot accelerate the growth of this technological singularity, but can only wait.

"Then I can't wake up to the technological singularity now... Started it, didn't you..."

And thinking of this, this makes Steelbone a little discouraged, especially the little hope that he finally rose, and now...

"Did you make a mistake?"

However, Xingle, who had known for a long time and had also anticipated the mood of the steel bone, let out a cold voice, would he still not know what the power of the upgrade key was going on with the upgrade key he had made?

"Huh?"

"The power of the upgrade key may not be the same as the power of the bugstar, but it will also change depending on the feelings of the corresponding person."

"The humagear that Loki said ushered in the technological singularity, in the final analysis, is the awakening of self-personality, which is completely commonplace for us human beings, because we have awakened our self-personality since we were children, and even grow, sprout emotions and learn new things, which is no different from us."

"So in the final analysis, the activation of the upgrade key is not fundamentally whether there is a technological singularity, but your emotions are high and your will is firm, just like I got EX antibodies after resisting the bugstar virus, only in this way can I make the upgrade key react and awaken."

"And at the end of the day, Cyborg, you don't have the emotions that can make the lift key touch, and that's what you're missing."

Xingle hit the nail on the head, and moved the steel bones, because... From the time he became a steel bone to the present, he has always felt that he is missing something, allowing himself... It's very uncomfortable with this identity.

Since joining the Justice League, I have always had this feeling of being unsociable, and Shazam also said at the beginning that his destination is to be with them, but... This sense of incongruity makes the steel bones fall into confusion again, isn't it right? Is there something missing from me?

At this point, it is not that the steel bone is unconscious, but that he does not dare to face this absurd reality and the fear of not being able to chase the future now.

Unlike the rest of the Alliance, Cyborg does not have a so-called secret identity, it should be said that his own identity has long ceased to exist because of the war of the Apocalypse.

Victor. Stone, this should have been Cyborg's name, it should have been his status outside of being a member of the Justice League, but... From the moment he became a steel bone, he had no possibility of being able to take off this metal body and temporarily get rid of the identity of steel bone.

One day is a steel bone, a lifetime is a steel bone, this situation is like a curse, the child who once thought that his father would look at him more, and hoped that he would communicate more with his father, is gone.

He didn't even dare to look in the mirror, his own appearance, his current inhuman and non-mechanical appearance, since that day, Victor. Stone is dead, and all that's left is the shell of the steel bone.

It is also in this situation that what the steel bones lack, is himself as Victor. Stone's feelings and that heart.

“... So what do you want me to say? Redo it back to Victor. Stone, no longer a steel skeleton? ”

Speaking of this, a nameless fire broke out in the heart of the steel bone, and in his heart, Victor. Stone, already dead.

"No, I'm asking you to be both Cyborg, and Victor. Stone. ”

In response to Cyborg, it was Xingle's firm voice, but for this sentence, Cyborg could only take it as Xingle's mockery.

"No kidding!!"

Steel Bone grabbed Xingle's collar and said with a hideous face:

"You don't know my mood at all! As Han Xingle, how can you understand my feelings as a steel bone! ”

"I'm different from you! You can take off your armor, clothes and identity anytime and anywhere, and feel free to live and be happy as a human being, but I don't have it anymore! I'm a cyborg now, a non-human! ”

"Compared to you, I have nothing, everything I used to have and dreams have long since been wiped out because of this thing, and I can't do it for a long time..."

"Shut up! Idiot! ”

——————！！！ However, before Steelbone could finish confiding his heart, a fist slammed into Steelbone's steel face, knocking Steelbone out of flight and falling on the grass, not expecting that in front of him, there would be a fist suddenly coming.

And when he turned around, he saw Loki retract his punching posture, stand up straight, and look at his eyes, full of warmth and indignation, as if what he believed in the most in his heart had been defiled.

"Do you know what you're talking about? You head on the steel core idiot! ”

The good-looking face, filled with righteous indignation, said the most important thing about himself as a humagear:

"Just because it's a machine, you can't have a dream? Just because you're no longer human, your dreams are shattered? What are you kidding!? ”

"We're humagear, we're not marionettes! It's a machine with a heart and dreams, a machine that can cry and laugh! ”