2166, 9 November, 02:41.

O'Bernard-Lionheart, resuscitation ineffective, death.

The cause of death was massive internal hemorrhage, massive organ damage.

In fact, when the rescuers arrived at the news, O'Bernard had no vital signs, and the follow-up rescue was only a symbolic formality.

No one knows why the four-star rescuer climbed onto the roof of the Tesla Tech Building in the dead of night and jumped from above.

However, the prosthetist diagnosed some interesting results.

Before his death, O'Bernard's prosthetic body had a massive malfunction, which was caused by the overheating of the prosthesis, and his whole body seemed to burn, as if someone had installed some kind of virus in his operating system, but technically, they couldn't figure out how the hackers could break through the firewall of Lionheart Technology.

They couldn't understand why O'Bernard not only did not come to the prosthetic hospital for help when his prosthetic body was extensively damaged, but instead climbed to the roof of Tesla Technology alone after suffering from the burns, and jumped from it.

Lionheart quickly blocked the news.

They showed amazing efficiency, and before dawn the convoy from the core area brought the expensive corpse back.

The law enforcement department has temporarily characterized the accident as an accident, but anyone with a discerning eye knows what must have happened last night.

In particular, the day before O'Bernard's death, the existence of the Void was confirmed to the public.

It's those monsters that come from the void.

His death became the most favorable evidence, otherwise no one in this small border town would have been able to kill a four-star rescuer in this way.

After transporting the body back to the core, Lionheart got the news that Obernard had preserved.

Implanted in him was a virus called the Human, characterized by altered cognition, which O'Berner firmly believed was transmitted to him by some creature in the void called "Dolls".

In this regard, O'Bernard inherited the legacy of the "zealous citizens", and at the end of the record, he did not forget to emphasize "do not be touched by them", and he used himself as an experimental subject to prove the effect of this "human-like" virus on people.

But perhaps O'Bernard never had the chance to know that his body was not assimilated by the human as he imagined, and that technically, the virus had just burrowed into his cognitive system, burned out his prosthesis, and made him see a foggy staircase on the roof of Tesla Tech that didn't exist in reality.

From the notes O'Bernard had left behind, Lionheart's medical staff learned why he had jumped off the roof.

And for them, now only one last question remains.

Was the last sticker O'Bernard left real or hallucinatory?

"The King"

"The source of the free will of artificial intelligence."

"Six eyes, a phantom large enough to envelop the Seventeenth District."

"You'll hear it whispering."

"*But don't believe it*"

"*Don't believe it! *』

The medical staff was convinced that when O'Bernard wrote this, he was in the middle of reality, as if the virus had distorted his mind.

But if the Void didn't exist, how would one explain his first two attacks?

And who transmitted the virus to him?

The only clue points to the missing Archon's backup chip, but O'Bernard doesn't mention it in these records.

All doubts about the "king" eventually lead to the same question - was the void seen by Obernard a hallucination under the influence of the virus, or did the virus really let him enter the world of the void?

As they continued along these lines, they were surprised to find that both possibilities seemed to make sense, and that supporters of each faction could find arguments to support their arguments.

They soon realized that not to mention O'Bernard, who had been infected by the human-like virus, and that even those of them who looked at the note from an objective point of view could not be absolutely sure which passage was void and which was reality.

……

On the other side, when the sky turned white, Bai Zhu finished the final part of the work.

She looked at the Archon backup chip placed in front of her desk, and secretly lost her mind.

The chip was recovered by Lu Xiang when he took O'Bernard's body to the prosthetic hospital.

Put a virus in the chip, and when O'Bernard inserts the chip back into his head, the virus inside will start working.

Then there are the actions that affect cognition and prosthetic overheating.

Anyone who knows the surface of hacking can do it, but it drives a coalition government's four-star rescuer into a frenzy.

And what the coalition government and Lionheart don't know is that O'Bernard is still alive.

In a unique way,

With a unique identity,

Present in a tiny, tiny chip.

There, there are his people who await him, and his exploration of the void continues in some virtual world made of data.

There was still a long time left for him, and even in the void, the concept of time was no longer important.

Perhaps those who come after him will still be able to see O'Bernard's name and discover the mark he left in the "void".

In the year 2166, human consciousness does not necessarily need to rely on the physical body to survive, in fact, their exploration of consciousness is in its infancy.

"Done?"

Someone walked into the office.

"It's done."

Bai Zhu came over and gave the other party an affirmative answer.

The visitor wore the same white coat as she was, a uniform that researchers were accustomed to.

Because she joined earlier, Maydell became the head of this underground research facility, and now she holds the chip that carries O'Bernard's consciousness in her hand and examines it carefully.

"O'Bernard's consciousness is stored in this chip?"

"Maybe."

The transfer of consciousness into a chip is a technology that company managers have always dreamed of, and if used properly, it can even break through the boundaries of lifespan and achieve true immortality.

"It's a terrible piece of technology."

Medell lamented, "You have more and more potential to become the villain of the movie, I have thought about the beginning of the script, a mad scientist who invented the technology to store human consciousness into a chip......"

"I think your appearance is more suitable for playing the villain."

Bai Zhu raised her hand and touched a handful of Medell's insect wings, she felt that if the latter was seen by the citizens of District 17, it would be directly regarded as a void creature without the need for modification and camouflage.

"I'm here to inform you that everyone is almost there, and it's time for a meeting."

"Well, I'll do it."