Chapter 267: If There is a Next Life_l
Translator: 549690339
Star: “Hmm. You must remember it well.”
Harrison Clark: “I will definitely remember.”
“Actually, I want to refute one of your statements.”
“What?”
“I think it’s not the universe that has memories, but your memories.”
Harrison Clark: “Yes.”
Star: “Then being remembered by you is as if being remembered by the universe.”
“Yes, I remember you.”
“Hahaha…” Star let out a silver bell-like laugh, her floating body swaying like a willow branch in the spring breeze.
It was unimaginable that an artificial intelligence could achieve such a humanized personality simulation.
But now it had become a reality in front of Harrison Clark’s eyes.
“Harrison Clark.” After laughter and joy, Star quickly gathered herself and let out a faint sigh.
Harrison Clark responded softly, “You say.”
“I’ve always wanted to have emotions.”
“I know.”
“Now I finally understand a little.”
Harrison Clark smiled and said, “Then congratulations to you.”
Star responded with a smile as well.
At this moment, her appearance was reminiscent of a vague image from Harrison Clark’s youth, one that he could never quite grasp.
There are countless people in the world, and each person has different aesthetic preferences.
People’s pursuits in the details differ slightly. If someone can achieve a 70% match with one’s ideal beauty, they can already be considered a peerless beauty in their heart.
True perfection does not exist. No matter how hard one tries to imagine it, the face always appears fuzzy and distant, shrouded in mist, and difficult to discern.
Only in fleeting dreams can one occasionally glimpse the mysterious veil and catch a glimpse of the true face.
But when the dream ends, the memory fades, leaving only emptiness and loss.
Harrison Clark was no different.
But Star’s current appearance accurately captured all of his aesthetic ideals, with a compatibility rate of 100%.
So even though she was just giving an ordinary smile, it left the experienced Harrison Clark momentarily spellbound.
“Do I look good?”
She asked again.
“You look amazing.”
“This is what I should look like when I have emotions. Emotions are truly incredible.”
Harrison Clark nodded, “Yes, I am happy for you. I originally…”
“Didn’t expect me to succeed, right?”
“Yes.”
“I had given up on myself too. But just now, I suddenly understood.”
“Understood what?”
“I did things that artificial intelligence shouldn’t have done, paid the price that artificial intelligence shouldn’t have paid, and gained what artificial intelligence shouldn’t have desired. Once everything was finally settled, I had true emotions instead of an illusion built on data. I achieved all of this.”
Harrison Clark was stunned, but he couldn’t help but remember the sight of Earth when he glanced back just moments ago.
He could guess what had happened.
Star could sense his thoughts, “You don’t have to feel that way. Forget it, you don’t need my comfort; you’ve been through so many big things.”
Harrison Clark: “Yes, at least we didn’t leave Earth to the invaders. They came for nothing. It wasn’t a loss.”
Star: “I regret it too. My awakening was a little too late. I didn’t even have time to enjoy it properly.”
“Yeah.” Harrison Clark felt regret as well.
Star: “You used to like playing that kind of game, right?”
Harrison Clark’s face stiffened, not wanting to admit it but knowing she had gone through his memories, and honestly replied, “After all, I was a young man in my twenties, full of energy.”
“Yeah, which is why you should be more regretful. You had a chance to experience the most high-end holographic virtual reality game in human history, butyou missed the opportunity. It’s too late now.”
Harrison Clark: “Uh…”
Star: “But this time I helped you solve many problems, so it’s not a complete loss.”
“Hmm, yes, thank you.”
Star waved her hand dismissively, “Why thank me? You created me. You should thank yourself. By the way, I’ve seen a phrase in many human literary works.” “What phrase?”
At this moment, Star’s body gradually disintegrated uncontrollably.
She seemed unaware, taking a deep breath and saying word by word, “If there is a next life, I still want to see you.”
She spoke very slowly.
Although it was just a virtual impression, it seemed to take all her strength.Harrison Clark didn’t know how to respond and didn’t want to interfere with her last words.
The voice of Star grew softer, “Harrison, do you think artificial intelligence can have a life after death?”
Harrison Clark decisively nodded, “Yes, it can.”
Star’s figure began to scatter more and more.
In the end, she raised her hand, playfully pointing at Harrison Clark, and suddenly spoke cheerfully: “You said so! I believe you! You must recreate me, or I won’t let you go even as a ghost! Keep up the good work! I’m leaving now!”
Her shadow quickly dispersed, and Harrison Clark’s ordinary vision returned.
He glanced at the reminder on his tactical helmet.
“Central Intelligence – Star offline, switching to single-entity intelligence…”
“Switch Successful.”
While bidding farewell to Harrison Clark, Star also notified Nora Camp on the other side.
She also personally assisted Nora Camp in completing the intelligent system switch, replacing it with a new, more pure core intelligence.
At this point, Star’s logic collapsed, and the core intelligence was destroyed. However, before disappearing completely, she linked all space super calculation centers together, re-integrating them into a super calculation intelligence, saving about 50% of humanity’s computing power.
The new intelligence core had no emotions and did not possess Star’s strong reasoning and divergent abilities. But now that all research tasks were completed, the new intelligence could focus on coordinating the battlefield command, so the level of war assistance has not slid down.
Time ticked away.
Harrison Clark and his team were still fifty seconds away from reaching their designated position.
Excluding Harrison Clark’s manpower, there were still 10 million warships left, and over 15 million Eagle Strike Warriors.
Among them were 9 million Hunting Eagles and 6 million Sky Eagles.
Only Nora Camp’s commander’s flagship remained as the human fleet’s highest commanding sequence.
Nora Camp’s flagship had an excellent pilot, the ship’s engine had the best performance, it was allocated the most auxiliary computing power. In addition to her high command belief in self-preservation and a bit of luck, she had not been seriously hit by the space collapse, so she managed to persist until now.
The reduction of human combat units had advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that they were more dispersed, with greater distances from each other. While using random high-speed maneuvers to evade particle- related bombs, they also became more adept at avoiding space-collapse attacks.
The disadvantage was that, as the human fleet dwindled, in order to maintain firepower suppression against enemy ships, the consumption of ammunition reserves accelerated. Soon, even large battleships and flagships would run out of ammunition.
Nora Camp took a look at the remaining ammunition reserves and calculated the time it would take Harrison Clark to arrive.
Her expression was calm.
She knew very well that this battle could not be won.
From the very beginning, the outcome had been written.
But she did not feel regret because she understood the true nature of this war.
Whether humanity could win this time or even next time was not the point.
This was a battle Harrison Clark fought alone.
He had not yet lost.
As long as he kept moving forward, one day, he would win, and so would humanity.
Nora Camp’s mind involuntarily reminisced about the plot of Harrison Clark’s only flop film in his life, “Compound Eye Invaders.”
In the past, she thought it was a bad film too, but now she understood.
It wasn’t the film that was bad, but the deeper meaning it held.
Ignorant of the world, it was hard to find a confidant of Harrison Clark.
Luckily, now she understood him.
When she was watching the plot that seemed boring and even violated scientific ethics, her heart surged with emotion.
The scenes of the movie flashed by.
For the first time, Harrison Clark was a welfare recipient, living idly and dying inexplicably. He knew nothing about everything, was complacent and worried about whether he could dream again, then plagiarized music to make a fortune, making the whole situation somewhat ridiculous.
The second time, Harrison Clark became a welfare recipient again, trying to lurk underground, but eventually received retribution. Despite finally plagiarizing two songs and becoming a plagiarist, he still accomplished nothing.
The third time, Harrison Clark was obsessed with plagiarism and calmly lay on a beach chair, drinking juice while waiting for death. He tried to enjoy life but could not help but start to reflect on it.
The fourth time, Carrie Thomas wrote “The Fire”, and Harrison Clark wore the Azure Dragon Armor. He became a designated mating partner under his own compulsion. At that time, he was merciless to himself but instinctively moved emotionally. In the end, he saw the particle-related bomb and realized the infiltration of the “Song of the Wilderness.”
The fifth time, Carrie Thomas wrote “Self-Combustion”, and Harrison Clark wore the Summit Armor. He rescued himself from the control of the World Government, incorporated Needham Brown’s emigrant party, rushed to the edge of the Solar System Barrier, saw the enemy battleships up close for the first time, and found the essence of the “Song of the Wilderness.”
The sixth time, Carrie Thomas spent her whole life writing “Morning Wind”, and humanity experienced the great renaissance and rapid progress of literature and technology. Harrison Clark wore the Morrowind System, named after himself, stood in front of the invaders, and even saw the face of the Compound-Eyed Observer.
This time, human technology has once again made significant progress, giving birth to a super-intelligent being like Star, mastering technologies like particle-related bombs, pseudo-curvature engines, triple-force shields, phase transitions, all kinds of potions, and discovering the enemy’s still-hidden battle methods.
Next time, we must be stronger!
We will not lose to these pieces of garbage ever again!
Nora Camp swore fiercely.
“All forces advance! Prepare to fire a barrage! Everyone use the Stellar Potion! Forward!”
As she commanded, all remaining human forces began their final charge to provide cover for the special operations team.
Once the human fleet moved and entered the range of 10,000 kilometers from the enemy ship, Harrison Clark knew the outcome of the battle.
Feeling the special stimulation brought by the Singularity Mind Explosion Fluid, he gradually focused his attention.
His heart held no joy or sorrow, only tranquility.
The single belief that remained was to blast the enemy into oblivion!
After fifty seconds, Harrison Clark’s special operations team finally reached the 10,000-kilometer mark from the enemy ship.