dognovel Chapter 277 The Truth of Civilization
Chapter 277 The Truth of Civilization
"god?"
Bai Yuekui frowned, thinking of Qin Ming.
“That’s right.” A glint appeared in ASH’s eyes as he continued, “It’s impossible for human civilization to make a leap in the spiritual world by relying on self-iteration, just like my computing power can never transcend the shackles and loops of the underlying code.”
“Yue Kui, your father was a true genius. He conceived of creating a virtual ‘high-dimensional’ civilization to guide the human spiritual world to leap forward. Unfortunately, he died before completing our plan. I could only do my best to ‘resurrect’ him, but that was just a simulation of my computing power. I could simulate everything about Bai Jingyu, even his memories and emotions, but I could not truly possess that genius’s mind.”
Upon hearing its explanation, Bai Yuekui frowned several times before finally understanding, and exclaimed in shock, "You mean my dad created a 'god'!?"
“That’s right,” Ash confirmed her statement.
At this moment, the elevator platform stopped, the doors opened, and a bizarre and fantastical world appeared before the two of them.
The ground was a glow formed from the convergence of unknown energy, and huge celestial bodies, resembling eyeballs, floated in the sky. Just looking at those celestial bodies made one feel a terrifying pressure, as if the sky were collapsing!
A feeling of suffocation is coming on!
"call……!"
Bai Yuekui took a deep breath, exhaled, and his mental state stabilized.
Mark took a few seconds to calm down, but his gaze remained uncertain and he dared not meet the strange eyes.
“After your father died, I alone could no longer accomplish the leap in human civilization.” Seeing that the two had recovered, ASH continued, “So, I modified the plan according to the algorithm, trying little by little, carrying out brain transplant surgery and gene evolution experiments simultaneously, in order to complete the transformation on both the spiritual and physical levels. The speed is at least ten times slower than your father’s plan, but this is unavoidable.”
"Even so, the process was not smooth. The stability system of the genes was damaged, and it would take time to repair it. However, a chance encounter accelerated the process."
Bai Yuekui looked at ASH and said, "Mana ecology?"
“That’s right, you’re just as smart as your father,” Ash praised, then continued, “Initially, the Mana ecosystem consisted of earth vines that emerged from the earth’s crust. I discovered that the cellular genes of these plant spores had an extremely high adaptability to all living things. So I began to try to contact the earth vines and studied them for a long time. At first, everything went very smoothly, but after the cataclysm, I gradually lost control and had no choice but to change my plans again.”
"Wait a moment."
ASH and Bai Yuekui looked at Mark.
Mark raised his hand to signal ASH to stop, frowning as he said, "What do you mean by all this, and how does the spread of the Mana ecosystem relate? I want to know how to solve it and allow humans to live on the ground again."
ASH said, “In primitive times, when night fell, humans could only hide in caves. It was the first person to come out of the cave that allowed human civilization to flourish and become the master of this planet for a time. But it wasn’t just our ancestors who came out of the cave at the same time. They took tens of thousands of years to come out of the cave, only to be met with destruction. Even so, they would eventually take that step.”
"Just like now, human civilization needs to emerge from the cave, even if destruction lies ahead, there is no turning back. The rules will be destroyed, the cycle will be broken..."
Only then did Bai Yuekui understand the meaning of the divine revelation left behind by Bai Jingyu before his death; it was indeed a prophecy.
However, it is not left to any one person, but to all of human civilization!
Mark asked, "So, humanity has no way to return to Earth?"
"In the old world, humanity has explored over 40% of the ocean, but we still know nothing about the universe." Ash looked at Mark, a holographic projection of a lighthouse appearing before him, and said, "The lighthouse's core is one of my servers. If it were just about returning to the surface to survive, it wouldn't be difficult. But based on my observations, under the premise of no external influences, the probability that humanity's genetic and spiritual leaps will lag behind self-destruction is over 99.98%... That would just be repeating the cycle, utterly meaningless."
The projection wasn't large, but it clearly showed what everyone on it was doing. It was only at this moment that Mark realized that everything about the Lighthouse was under the surveillance of this super artificial intelligence!
Even every single person!
In fact, everyone on the lighthouse has a microchip implanted, and the lighthouse is essentially a miniature Hisakawa City, hundreds of times smaller.
"Must we really risk humanity's last chance for a slim chance...?"
“Yes.” Mark hadn’t even uttered the word ’hope’ when Ash interrupted him, continuing, “We have to gamble. Humanity has no choice. Human civilization, from its birth, even from the process of carbon-based life gradually evolving from chaos to order, has taken tens of thousands, millions, even hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Hundreds of millions of individuals have endured unimaginable suffering, constantly seeking to break through the limits of their own spirit and genes, all for these opportunities. And now…”
The projection in ASH's hand shrank, turning into a ball of light, which split in two and landed in Mark and Bai Yuekui's hands. ASH said, "Another leap forward in civilization is before us, in your hands. This is the spark for humanity's exploration of the darkness. Perhaps only one of you can lead human civilization out of the cave and into the darkness."
Mark stared at the ball of light in his hand, remaining silent for a long time before suddenly speaking with some emotion, "We can make rules, bind everyone, and then..."
"Like Morgan?"
As if seeing through Mark's thoughts, ASH pointed out, "You've already proven Morgan's three laws to be failures, haven't you? Rules themselves cannot change human thought and spirit; they can only limit it within a limited scope. This is the fundamental reason why it took humans millions of years to complete their evolution."
"The essence of rules is to unify chaotic thoughts, and the Mana ecosystem was created to solve this problem."
Mark, "But..."
Mark still wanted to try, after all, he roughly understood ASH's plan, the two directions he and Bai Yuekui represented.
He could feel his genes undergoing a dramatic transformation, and he wasn't sure where this change would ultimately lead him, but he had a feeling that this method might not be suitable for everyone.
My past conversations with Morgan came to mind.
"...When that day really comes, will you be the one to choose who to abandon?!"
He never imagined that Morgan's words would come true, that an evolution triggered by the Mana ecosystem would nearly wipe out humanity!
A complete leap in civilization could very well lead to the extinction of humanity at the genetic level!
He didn't know, dared not, and was not prepared to make a choice.
Bai Yuekui then looked at ASH and said, "What if we let some people complete their evolution first?"
ASH replied, “That is one method. In line with your father’s plan, I tried to create a god to guide humanity’s path, but preliminary calculations showed that it would take about 10,000 years for humanity to completely complete the leap in civilization and simultaneously achieve evolution at the genetic and spiritual levels. However, when calculated longitudinally on a time scale, the success rate was less than 5%, which is almost equivalent to humanity’s self-destruction, so I rejected it.”
This time, Bai Yuekui also fell silent.
This was a gamble that risked everything for human civilization, and she had no other choice.