The pitch-black underground passage, the damp condensed water droplets hung on the wall, through the simple password security iron door at the end, the inside suddenly brightened, two rows of towering bookshelves filled with all kinds of books, in the middle of a round table, which was littered with books that had not yet been closed, and papers full of formulas were everywhere, except for the scattered on the table, it also almost covered the ground between the two rows of bookshelves, and was full of old and new shoe prints.

Following the latest shoe prints a few steps, he entered the research room, where intricate wires connected to instruments and equipment, surrounding the workbench in the center where Ash was sitting.

In front of Xiao Zhi, who had already been dismantled for the most part, Li Mengling pinched the micro screwdriver in her hand and stared at the position of its approximate heart, sweating like rain.

"Ash, I'll ask you one last time, are you really, not sure why you're lying?" Li Mengling held the screwdriver in front of Xiao Zhi, gritted her teeth and asked, "Even if it's a reasonable explanation, or a more reasonable guess, it's fine......"

"I'm sorry master, I really don't know why I'm lying." Xiao Zhi turned his head to look at the ground, scattering his body and many internal parts, and then looked at Li Mengling's eyes, and said calmly, "I did see three consent votes.

Both then and now, I can clearly understand that the result of the vote should be to change the café to another store.

But until now, I still don't feel like I've made a mistake.

I know I've made a mistake.

But I don't think I've made a mistake. ”

"You know it, but why don't you think it? Why......" Li Mengling trembled her arms, she was almost driven crazy by Ash's answer, but no matter how she asked, Ash's answer was still not logically consistent.

Ash only has half of the shell of his face left, and it is still at the mouth of the remaining half of the shell, showing a pixel of half a smile arc, it does not open its mouth, and the clear and loud voice comes from the speaker next to the heart: "Do it, master, I believe in you." ”

Li Mengling didn't do it for a long time, and she and Xiao Zhi both knew what it meant to open the energy core.

"It's not a question of believing it or not......" Li Mengling looked up at it almost collapsed, "You're going to die, Ash......"

"I know, but it would be very uncomfortable if the master couldn't get the answer to his question, right?" Xiao Zhi gently put a hand on Li Mengling's shoulder and said, "What's more, Xiao Zhi has brought danger to everyone.

Ash doesn't want to put everyone in danger. ”

Li Mengling felt a dizziness in her brain, in Ash's memory database, there was no memory of deliberately lying, and for Ash, the result of that vote was correct.

In Ash's data calculus, its actions are not lying.

No matter how many calculations the results can prove, Ash is not lying.

But it lies, and it is indeed an objective fact.

This made Li Mengling completely fall into the tangled whirlpool formed by this logical contradiction.

There is only one last way left, and that is to read Ash's energy core, so that you can see the original instructions behind all of Ash's actions, which is the source code.

No matter how many times he had done the upgrade procedure for Xiao Zhi, no matter how to replace its functional parts, Li Mengling had never touched its energy core.

In contemporary St. Fur, it is punishable to kill an artificial intelligence that has grown up.

Therefore, those artificial intelligence also have a protection mechanism for their own energy core, and for humans who try to destroy the energy core, they have the right to fight back and resist, and if more than three warnings are ineffective, they can even be erased.

This is the only one that is recognized by the public in the backbone world as an artificial intelligence defense mechanism.

Of course, all this is only for the public, and for the insiders of the tower, if the program documents are complete, it is not applicable.

Li Mengling knew that Xiaozhi's current version of science and technology was much higher than those artificial intelligences in contemporary Shengfure, and its thinking and cognitive level were almost comparable to those of artificial humans.

It may act autonomously, it may generate emotions, and it may even yearn for freedom.

Li Mengling has tried every means to make it similar to humans, and has upgraded Ash again and again for this purpose.

But only deception, which many humans can do, Li Mengling did not give it this permission.

Because of internal deception, the danger that may be brought to the squad is far greater than betrayal.

"I thought about it, maybe one day......" tears welled up in Li Mengling's eyes, "you...... You said to me, Master, I intend to leave.

Even if it's the worst outcome, you say, master, I've decided to stand on the side of the tower, and we'll be enemies from now on......"

Li Mengling couldn't help choking, tears falling on Xiaozhi Machinery's legs, and she continued intermittently: "I will ...... I think I will, I ...... Be sure to say to you with a smile on your face......

Go for Ash~

You are free. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the screwdriver fell on Ash Machine's leg and bounced off the ground, rolling into the gap between the core reading device and the ground.

Li Mengling came back to her senses, squatted down in a panic and reached out to find it, but her fingertips touched the screwdriver farther away.

This moment seemed to be God's accusation, which made Li Mengling cry bitterly, she curled up next to the device, regretting her hard heart just now, she whimpered and said: "I'm sorry everyone, I can't do it...... Ash, it's my friend......"

Click-

The sudden sound made Li Mengling feel excited, and the skin on her body seemed to be wrapped in ice at the same time, she looked up with a pale face, and the scene in her mind was almost completely consistent with reality.

She saw Ash, violently pulling out her own energy core, and was slowly extending her bent arm, wanting to show her the energy core that shimmered like a diamond in the palm of her hand.

"The host is also a friend of Ash.

Friends can't guess the secret.

I......

Give it to a friend......

See. ”

When Xiao Zhi finished speaking, his arm just stretched out in front of Li Mengling.

Li Mengling's wide-opened and trembling pupils reflected the diamond whose light was gradually disappearing, and she got up in a panic, wanting to stuff the energy core in the mechanical palm back to Xiao Zhi, "It's okay Xiao Zhi, don't be afraid, it's still too late to install it back."

I don't look at it, I ...... I don't want to know, it's just a lie, it must be a coincidence, right? ”

Li Mengling stiffened in front of Ash like an ice sculpture, her slender arm passed through the huge hole in Ash's body, and she realized that near the ground where Ash had just stretched out his hand, there were twisted mechanical fragments scattered around it.

When it decided to pull out the core of energy, it didn't think about being repaired again.

"Ash!!"

This cry is just in my heart.

Li Mengling actually didn't say a word, she just stood motionless like that, and it didn't take long for her to calm down her breathing and stop crying.

She slowly withdrew her arm that had passed through Ash's body and looked at the kernel readout device next to her, she thought she would be able to walk smoothly, but she still staggered a few times, but that didn't stop her from finally standing in front of the device.

Looking down at the core of energy that had completely disappeared from the light, it was dark and gray, and it looked like an ordinary stone.

(End of chapter)