Another world!

He's talking about "worlds", not other planets!

Parallel worlds? Parallel universes?

Damn, either one of them can drive people crazy for it!!

The black mist-like figure suddenly trembled, as if a gust of wind had blown away the mist, and it kept spilling out strange mist.

This peculiar performance couldn't help but make Lin Mo curious... Could it be that Bartmoss, who has become an AI, will have mood swings similar to "shock"?

After a while, the black mist that quickly shook and drifted away quickly coalesced again, forming a larger humanoid shape, from which miserable green eyes were revealed.

The green eyes stared straight at Lin Mo, and after a long time, he asked loudly:

"Is it a parallel universe? That is, you are from Earth in another world, where there are the same humans? Or was your previous race not human? ”

I'm a little too excited... Lin Mo looked at Bartmoss in surprise, pondered for a while, and suddenly smiled:

"Okay, I'll ask and answer, since I've answered you, it's my turn to ask questions now."

"Ask!" Bartmoss was impatient.

"What is your purpose in asking these questions?" Lin Mo asked bluntly.

Buttermos didn't hide it, and replied almost as soon as Lin Mo finished speaking:

"I want to see the wider world."

"Oh?" Lin Mo's eyes froze: "Can you tell me in detail?" ”

"Forget it, it's too much of a waste of time to ask and answer, let's just talk about it." Bartmoss stared straight at Lin Mo, as if looking at some kind of treasure:

"Since becoming a data consciousness body, whether it is cyberspace or the real world, there is basically nothing that can puzzle me, such as confidential information of major companies, secret technology and other data information, I can swim freely in their data fortress."

"And now, it's been more than 50 years since I've been what I am, and after a long time, I can't help but feel bored..."

"Wait, aren't you AI? How can you still be bored? Lin Mo asked in surprise.

Even the worst AI can have a good intelligence, but instead they tend to think in a way that is so rational that it's almost impossible to mix it with other emotions.

But now Buttermoss is actually "bored"?

Bartmoss said indifferently:

"This is the functional module that I added to myself after becoming a data consciousness body, after all, I am not stupid, it is my own will to become a data consciousness body, but this does not mean that I am willing to lose my unique style, and stupidity will turn me into an emotionless machine."

"I see." Lin Mo nodded.

"Anyway, after becoming like this, this world has no secrets to me, and I chose to become a data consciousness because I wanted to see the wider world of cyberspace... But after staying for a long time, it is inevitable that you will feel tired. Bart Moss said.

So this is the cyberpunk version of "The world is so big, do I want to see it?" ”

Lin Mo's expression was a little strange, and he now understood Bartmoss's thoughts.

Thinking about it, the other party is not a person who can be idle, in order to better see the excitement of the online world, the other party in the past can be willing to become a data consciousness, abandon the flesh to become a god... In a sense, it can be regarded as "hearing the Tao, and dying at night".

And judging by Buttermoss's past experience, he can indeed abandon everything for the sake of what he seeks... Such as human nature and the identity of the human being.

Seeing that Lin Mo seemed to have somewhat understood what he meant, Bartmoss didn't explain too much, and said concisely and clearly:

"Figuratively speaking, my situation is like suddenly seeing a spring in the monotonous and lonely desert, and you are the spring that I have been looking for for a long time, whether it is your prophetic ability, the mysterious way to improve my strength, or the phrase 'from other worlds' you just said, it is worth my long-boring time to spend some energy to explore the truth."

It's amazing how much action... Lin Mo thought to himself.

Just by discovering the slightest hint, the hacker god in front of him can immediately abandon everything and run to the White House to discuss the plan with President Miles, just to find out what is unique about him.

The other party is the maker of the black wall, and the entire cyberspace is almost at his mercy.

Although the online world is rich enough, the deep web area beyond the black wall has a specific program that can transform this virtual world into a realistic scene that is not inferior to reality in every aspect.

But over time, no matter how wonderful and rich the world is, it will eventually become monotonous and boring.

It is almost foreseeable that this high-flying hacker god will one day choose to close his feelings and avoid falling into a boring state.

But now that the truth has been ascertained, that's all Bartmoss has to offer?

"And then, tossing for so long, even at the expense of using the new American president as a pawn, just to find out my true identity and ability?" Lin Mo asked:

"If you have any requests, just ask for them, I don't believe you have done so many things just for fun."

"It's refreshing to deal with smart people, unlike those bullshit politicians, who obviously have the intention of cooperation and bold enough ambitions, but they still have to pretend to be reserved."

Bartmoss seemed to be quite satisfied with Lin Mo's attitude, and immediately asked straight to the point:

"I want to ask you, you are not from this world, so where is your original world, and how did you get here... The most important point is, can you still go back? ”

It's a very spicy question...

As for the original world... One is Blue Star before the time travel, when he was still playing the game Cyberpunk 2077; Then he travels to another unknown cyberpunk world for no reason.

In the latter world, he got the simulator and came to the game world.

However, thanks to adapting to the unknown cyberpunk world for more than 20 years in advance, I didn't have a mental breakdown because of "traveling to Cyberpunk 2077".

So, now he has to answer where he came from?

After pondering for a long time, Lin Mo couldn't help but smile a little.

He stared straight at Buttermos, and laughed inexplicably:

"It seems that our hacker god and old web destroyer has become tired of this world... You ask me this, do you want to travel to my original world? ”

"That's right!" Bartmoss did not hide his purpose in the slightest, and even moved a few steps forward excitedly:

"A completely unknown world, myriad mysterious and alluring things... Even with the development of human society and science and technology, transgalactic space navigation is still far away, and now... You otherworldly man is right in front of my eyes! ”

"Answer me, Lin Mo, can you still return to the original world, even if you are trapped here and can't return, it doesn't matter, I can provide you with all the help and find a way to return!"

Lin Mo smiled: "This won't bother you, although I have lived here for more than ten years, I still have a way to return." ”

"And what are your conditions?" Bartmoss directly pointed out the meaning of Lin Mo's words.

Now that he has said it so clearly, Lin Mo is still hiding, and there is no meaning of "bringing people back to the original world" in his words.

You don't have to think about it, the other party must be making a condition with this.

But Buttermoss didn't care.

No matter what the conditions are, as long as you are willing to lead him to another world, he can agree to all the conditions!

As a data-conscious person, he doesn't have any need for external things, and all he can pursue is more and more of the vast data world.

And now, it is possible to add a completely strange world to the things to be pursued.

The unknown is what he is most eager to explore.

For him, who has become a data consciousness and has the ability of a god in cyberspace, many things are handled at a level of difficulty.

And by browsing Lin Mo's past life records, it is easy to find that he is not an overly selfish person.

This boy is very good at borrowing the connections and power of others, is used to cooperating with others for win-win results, and has many followers who trust him and even rely on him.

Buttermoss was looking forward to what conditions Lin Mo would make to him.

"Conditions? What conditions do I have? Lin Mowei laughed and joked:

"Is it possible that if the world I used to live in was actually a world without the Internet and electronic devices, how would you deal with yourself?"

"This possibility is very low, after all, if you want to travel through the world, the technology of the world must not be too low, and you must not be able to bypass the network-related technology, otherwise how can you develop to the stage of having a crossing machine?" Bartmoss was convinced.

Yes, if you can invent a world that crosses machines, how can the development of science and technology be low?

It's just a pity that the emulator is indeed a supernatural thing.

Lin Mo shook his head and sighed, did not delve into these unthinkable issues, and continued to return to the topic:

"Actually, it's not so much that I'm proposing conditions, it's that you have to help me meet all the conditions, and only then can I do what you want."

"Tell me more." Buttermoss was interested.

"You can take this process as a test, there is no pie in vain, all kinds of strange abilities in me are exam stationery, and I must accomplish many great achievements in this world in order to hand in a satisfactory answer." Lin Mo said.

Bartmoss suddenly realized: "I see, you have made so many things in order to accomplish as much as possible... Accomplishment? ”

Become a marginal person, complete various commissions, become a legend, assist Kangtao Company in ambushing AI, reach a cooperation with Yeshi Company AI, and plan a big drama that will shake the world...

Looking at the deeds that Lin Mo has done, Bartmoss also has a doubt, that is, what is the purpose of this boy?

At the beginning, I became a marginal person, and I kept making friends by throwing money, which can be said to be experiencing life and satisfying my own needs.

Later, it was difficult to predict Lin Mo's thoughts and intentions by attacking the Moore Technology Building, killing the chief CTO, assisting Kang Tao, assisting the Night Company, and so on.

Now everything is finally clear, this world is not the other party's "hometown" after all, and many things can't be taken away at all, so it's better to manage more contacts and forces here, and complete some "conditions" and "achievements" by the way?

"What do you need me to do?" Bartmoss asked directly.

"You come to help me secretly supervise the Night Clan Company to see if they keep their promises and if they will make Night City an ideal utopia..."Lin Mo said slowly:

"However, the so-called ideal utopia is actually not ideal, and I don't expect him to really be able to do it, but at least don't let my efforts go in vain."

Even though most of the corporate power has been expelled from the city, Night City is still far from "beautiful".

All the beautiful ideas still need to be worked on and built by Knight and the Yeshi Company.

And in order to prevent the Night Company from becoming the "dictator" of Night City, he also took a lot of precautions.

Stay in the city and cooperate with Yeshi Company to seek common development; China that is internationally willing to establish friendly relations with Night City; The incoming president of the United States - Solomon Reed...

All of the above factors doomed the Night Company to be difficult to do anything wrong in Night City, and it would not let the power in Knight's hands act recklessly.

But that's not enough.

Although everyone is a partner in "sharing hardships", Lin Mo has never fully trusted Knight and Ye's company, and he must guard against it.

He had to hang a sword of Damocles over the head of this blue-eyed gentleman!

"Overseer, this is easy to do, if he breaks his promise, I can help you deal with him at any time." Buttermoss said in a casual tone.

Lin Mo smiled for no reason.

This mysterious and extraordinary blue-eyed gentleman in the game, even he himself was a little jealous at the beginning, and in order to avoid premature contact with him, he had to go to Huaguo for further study for a period of time.

And now, in Bartmoss's mouth, the other party seems to be nothing more than a lamb ready to be slaughtered?

However, now that he also has 20 attribute intelligence and the expertise of the [God of Hackers], he will not be too cowardly even if he faces Buttermos head-on.

"Then I'm bothering you."

"Is that all you have to ask for?" Bartmoss wanted to double-check.

Lin Mo chuckled:

"Well, that's all for now... After all, you are the god of hackers, as long as you don't come out and cause trouble, it will be the greatest help to me. ”

"Then you're granting my request." Buttermoss's humanoid mist body trembled slightly.

Lin Mo nodded slightly, put his hands in his pockets and said relaxedly:

"Let's tell you the truth, Lord Batmoss, a dangerous person like you has the terrifying ability to do whatever you want in cyberspace, and the people you are targeting will not be able to escape your pursuit unless they hide in the mountains and live the life of a savage."

"In this case, if I don't take you away from this world, how can I rest assured that my friends will be safe?"

Buttermos laughed out loud, stared at Lin Mo and said meaningfully, "So I'm glad I'm so dangerous?" ”

"Whatever you think, I just want to ask one more question now, before you pretended to be Spider Murphy, but now where is the real Spider Murphy?" Lin Mo's tone was a little more solemn.

He didn't give the other party a chance to answer, and replied on his own:

"Since we've both talked, let me guess if she was swallowed by you?"

He was met with silence.

After a while, a female voice full of electronic sounds sounded again:

"Interesting, quite interesting, Lin Mo, you are really smart, is this also what you predicted through your ability?"

This was the voice of the spider Murphy that Lin Mo had heard before

"Sure enough." Lin Mo groaned, not knowing what to say.

But Bartmoss didn't leave him any room to think.

Seeing that Lin Mo saw through this, he simply confessed:

"You guessed it right, Spider Murphy did become a data personality like me, we traveled together in cyberspace, and my relationship with her can be compared to the relationship between a couple in human society."

"Then, for a variety of reasons, more out of curiosity, the two of us merged, literally, she integrated her own data into my body, and successfully achieved that you have me, I have you."

What a value that is not to be complimented...

"Now it's you in the driver's seat, so she's dead?" Lin Mo asked.

"The digital consciousness does not have a strict concept of death, we are just a string of digital codes, and I can reshape her back at any time if I want to, and she is not half different from the original her." Buttermoss didn't care.

Lin Mo was dumbfounded, although he felt that this seemed a little wrong, but he inexplicably felt that the other party's remarks were indeed reasonable.

The essence of life is infinitely mysterious, and AI beings that can be transformed into data consciousness bodies exist in the form of strings of extremely complex code data.

In cyberspace, there can be many AI Xu Shiming, and there can be many Arasaka Saburo, and there is no difference between them in essence.

This kind of question, comparable to the "ship of Theseus", makes no sense to delve any further.

Lin Mo sighed and didn't pay attention to these questions anymore.