Doomsday Bandits and Tramps

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"Okay, I'm about to show you the secret of Pharos."

The blue hexagon flickered in mid-air, and a moment later, a holographic picture in the shape of a rotating shaft appeared in front of Xiuhe Seth.

That was the scene before the end of the world. The human city is full of high-rise buildings, the streets are full of traffic, and the bustling crowds are brightly dressed, busy and peaceful.As night falls, the lights come on, and the neon lights in the streets and alleys flicker, making the night look like day, gorgeous and noisy. Human footprints are all over every corner of this planet, and even fly out of this planet to explore the extraterrestrial universe.

The holographic picture is both real and illusory, but the human beings in the painting cry and laugh, love and hate, and live with real feelings, just like them, spanning time and space, as if it really took them back to before the end of the world.

The three of Kafka also came over, deeply attracted by the scene in the holographic picture.

The blue hexagons turned into simple emoticons, and they introduced them with sensuality: "Faros was founded 200 years ago, when humans had a high degree of civilization and science. But with the development of society, With the expansion of cities, when human beings enjoy the prosperity and convenience brought by civilization and science, they also become more restless and even start to fear."

"Afraid of what?" Xiu asked.

"end."

In the narration of the hexagon, the holographic picture suddenly changed: "War, hunger, global climate and environmental degradation, and the unstable world situation, these real conditions have inspired people's anxiety and panic, and finally led to human subconsciousness. the deepest fear of all—the end of the world.”

Seth frowned slightly, the blood and chaos in the picture even made him feel uncomfortable: "You mean, the end of the world is imagined by human beings?"

"No, the end of the world did happen."

Hexagon said: "According to human's research on geological age and historical culture, the end of the world has indeed happened in the history of life on earth. There are a total of five times that have been clearly recorded in the literature. Do you need me to introduce them to you one by one?"

"No, no need."

Seth hastily waved his hand and rejected Hexagon's offer.

"Okay, then I will continue."

The blue hexagon turned back into a smiling face, and continued: "Because of the fear of the end of the world, human beings have the personality of being prepared for a rainy day, so they begin to prepare countermeasures. Building underground research institutes and doomsday bunkers in the extreme north will save important historical documents , biological genes, and the most advanced science and technology at that time were stored in Fallows and sealed up, and managed by artificial intelligence. After the end of the world, human beings can use these resources to restore civilization and multiply. This is what I, Fallows, built Purpose."

"So, Fallows is the underground research institute, the black tower terminal in front of us, or the name of the artificial intelligence that manages it?" Kafka asked.

"Yes," Fallows said, "Not only that, but Fallows has also built an underground shelter and a circulation supply system, which can provide shelter for humans in the last days and deal with various crises brought about by the last days."

"Since humans are fully prepared, why didn't Fallows play its due role after the end of the world? Few people even know about Fallows?"

Faced with Kafka's questioning, Fallows suddenly put on a nervous expression, and the blue light symbolizing cold sweat kept flashing: "This, this..."

"What is it doing?"

Seth looked at the flickering blue dot in confusion, and asked Carmelita, "Is the system stuck? Do you want to restart it?"

"unnecessary."

Carmelita came out from the middle of the reel, sat on a table by the wall and tapped her legs: "Give it some time, it's just a little hard to talk about."

"It's hard to start... Did I hear correctly?"

Seth was a little messy. He looked at the flickering dots of light in midair again. He really couldn't apply the words to describe human beings to a program.

He looked at Kafka and cast an urgent look: "Doctor, it, it's just a program, right? It's like the auxiliary system in Tinis City?"

"It's the program."

Kafka sighed, seemed to understand something, and said calmly and seriously: "But it's not just the program."

Seth was even more confused.

Dr. Kafka explained: "To put it simply, artificial intelligence is a man-made program created by humans. It can think like humans, or even surpass human thinking capabilities. Its purpose is to assist humans in their work. This requires artificial intelligence to have A certain consciousness, ego, thinking and even emotions, like a human being. If you can’t understand it, think of it as a robot without a body.”

Seth probably understood what Kafka meant, but the concept itself made his subconscious hairs stand on end.

Hugh Beatt was more accepting. He tried to treat Fallows as a human being, and comforted him: "If you find it hard to tell, let me ask. You nod or shake your head, okay?"

The blue light spot stopped beating, turned into a smiling face and nodded.

Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, the way he treated humans seemed to have the same effect on Fallows.

While lamenting this artificial intelligence, he asked, "After the end of the world, have you helped human beings?"

Fallows nodded.

Xiu then asked, "Have you been helping humans?"

Fallows shook his head.

"It seems interesting," Seth also tried to ask after seeing this, "Why don't you help?"

Seth's question seemed too direct, and Fallows' expression disappeared and turned into a cold sweat again.

"Why the situation?"

"You ask more tactfully." Xiu reminded.

"alright."

Seth thought for a while, and said again: "Is it because of human's own problems that you don't help humans?"

The cramped cold sweat disappeared, and Fallows returned to a simple emoji, shaking his head.

"It has nothing to do with humans?"

Seth and Xiu looked at each other, and then asked, "Then, out of your own consciousness, did you stop helping humans?"

Fallows nodded.

When Seth heard it, he became angry: "Hey, what kind of machine is this? You can't help it. Look at me smashing it!"

Seeing that Seth was going to be violent, Fallows suddenly changed into a weeping and frightened expression, and fell from the air, hiding behind Xiu and trembling.

"Hiding? Let me tell you, it's useless wherever you hide!"

Seth was about to make a move, but he saw Fallows' crying expression suddenly froze.

It was a simple expression made of blue light, but its appearance was exactly like that of a human child.Not only that, but it could feel fear, even when he threatened to smash it, it hid behind Xiu almost immediately.

After entering Fallows, Seth was sure that he had no obvious intimacy with Xiu, but Fallows' actions told him bluntly that it understood the relationship between itself and Xiu, and knew that when he lost his temper, asking Xiu for help was the most effective. way.

If it were human, this would not be surprising.

But as a program, ten minutes of observation not only allowed it to judge the relationship between Xiu and him, but also felt cramped and scared like a human being, and would seek help.

This... This is not a program, this is clearly a living person!

Thinking of this, Seth got goosebumps.

"Speak well and don't attack him."

While Seth was worried, Xiu had already regarded Fallows as a human being, turned around and said to it: "It's okay, don't be afraid, he won't hurt you."

Fallows stopped crying and changed into a sobbing expression of grievance.

Xiu squatted down and gently rubbed Fallows' head, completely ignoring Seth's terrified expression behind him.

"Let me ask you, do you not want to help, or can you not help?"

Fallows sucked his 'nose' and looked at Xiu timidly: "...can't help."

Ismail asked, "Why can't you help? Because you hate humans? Did humans do something bad to you?"

Ismail's question seemed to have substituted some of his own past, Israel frowned slightly, and squatted down to look at her.

Ismail smiled at him, covered his hand as a gesture of not worrying, and said to Fallows, "If so, I apologize to them on your behalf."

"No."

Fallows turned around and looked at Ismail crying, "I can't help. If I help humans, I will die, and all the history and genetic samples stored here by humans will be burned."

Kafka suddenly thought of something, he asked Fallows: "Are you afraid of death, that's why you stopped helping humans?"

Fallows looked at Kafka, and shook his head aggrievedly: "In my program, the life and death of human beings is the absolute number one priority, and whether I execute instructions or not, I must use human beings as the standard. Moreover, although I I have the emotion of 'fear', but life and death are more like startup and shutdown for me. Without the instructions of the administrator, I can't just 'live' or 'die' casually, and I can't intervene outside the instructions thing."

Israel asked: "So, you stopped helping humans, did you get the consent of humans?"

Fallows nodded.

In other words, the survival of Fallows is directly related to the life and death of human beings.

But for the continuation of mankind, Fallows had to stop aiding mankind.

The seemingly contradictory logic leads everyone to the only answer.

Kafka asked: "Faros."

"I'm here."

"Is there something that destroys your existence if you help humanity?"

"Yes." Fallows replied.

"Is that kind of thing malicious to humans?"

"Yes."

"Does that kind of thing still exist?"

"exist."

"Is this the end of the world caused by it?"

"Yes."

Kafka breathed a sigh of relief and asked the last question: "Faros, tell me its name."

Fallows disappeared.

After a moment of silence, a blue hexagon reappeared above everyone's heads.

"Faros, tell me its name!"

"Its name is Avalon."