Chapter 967 Consultation

What is the meaning of life?

The bright white words were still displayed quietly on the crystal interface. Omega seemed to be patiently waiting for Gawain's answer, and Gawain... didn't know how to answer for a while.

This question is very classic, but it is too broad. Especially in this situation, when faced with a "human" artificial intelligence that he knows nothing about, he doesn't know how to answer it. Perhaps an eloquent and sharp-tongued philosopher could express a long and eloquent opinion here, but unfortunately Gawain is not such a philosopher, so after more than ten seconds of thinking, he just shook his head: "I don't know what to start with. How can I answer your question?"

"...Interesting, the system records show that the same or similar answer to yours has appeared four times."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment. , and then reacted: "Have you asked anyone else this question?"

"There are very few outsiders in Tallond - which means there will still be outsiders," on the interface The text began to refresh, "Perhaps at intervals of hundreds of years, or perhaps at intervals of tens of thousands of years. Whenever a new observation target appears, Omega will ask them similar questions - it is also very meaningful to observe the target's reaction in front of the question. ."

Gaowen suddenly felt interesting and couldn't help but ask: "Did anyone give you the instructions to observe and ask questions?"

"No." The text on the interface replied immediately.

"So this kind of observation behavior is your own...'interest'?" Gawain felt more and more interesting, "What are you doing this for? To satisfy your curiosity? Are you curious? "... out of necessity to collect data," I don't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be a momentary delay in the letters that appeared on the interface, but soon the lines of text began. Refresh it, "Expanding the database and growing yourself to become a better service provider is Omega's responsibility."

Gowen looked at the text that appeared on the interface and felt as if he had something to say for a moment. Thinking, and then said casually: "You see, for you, expanding the database, growing yourself, and becoming a better service provider, this is the meaning of your life."

"...It's hard to understand, Omega has no life. Omega is a service system, so Omega has no 'meaning of life.'" The words began to refresh again, "Are you changing the topic or avoiding the answer? This question is too difficult for you. "?"

Gowen was a little dumbfounded for a moment. In fact, he still didn't take this conversation seriously until the last second - this sudden and unexpected contact made people lack reality, and it was conducted through a text interface. The communication gave him the illusion of "playing a question-and-answer game through a barrier," and it was only now that he felt that this so-called "Omega" system was seriously communicating something with him, seriously..." Consultation "Own.

He didn't speak for a while.

This “human” artificial intelligenceWhat can you want to do? Why did it suddenly find itself? Just out of the need to "observe" and "gather information" mentioned in it? It chose to come to the door after he had a private conversation with the Dragon God. Is there anything special about this time? Is this really the communication initiated by it, or is there actually another commander behind it?

For a while, various speculations came to mind, stirring up Gawain's thoughts. When he suppressed these questions for the time being, he found that the text on the interface was still there.

Should we seriously answer this inexplicable "human" artificial intelligence that suddenly came to our door?

After a brief hesitation, Gawain really failed to analyze the possibility of any conspiracy and trap behind this incident, so he said: "I can only tell you my own thoughts - you have the right to use it as a reference." That’s good.

“I think you should think about your question from both the individual and the group perspective - if the ‘life’ you mean refers to living things, then it is divided into individuals and groups. , at least on this planet. For a single life form, it may have many meanings of existence, it may be for reproduction, it may be for survival, if it has higher intelligence and pursuit, it may be for acquiring knowledge, pursuing truth, and for better enjoyment. , or survive for dreams and self-worth... These are the 'meanings' for individual life.

“But if it refers to the group and the big concept of 'life'...then I think that allowing oneself to continue is the meaning of 'life' itself."

The text on the interface did not start to refresh immediately this time, so Gawain couldn't help but ask after waiting for two seconds: "Omega, are you still listening?"

"Omega is here Listen," Omega's information finally resumed refreshing, and the lines of text began to scroll up. "Interesting answer, it sounds like the result of careful consideration. Is this a 'human' answer?"

"This. It’s just my own answer,” Gawain said immediately. “As I just said, life is divided into individuals and the whole. On this issue, human beings as a whole do not have a unified and recognized answer, so I only I can only tell you my own opinion. And to be honest, your question itself is very general. The definition of life, the definition of existence, the definition of meaning... these are not quantifiable concepts, so I will give you my answer. For reference only."

"Omega understands that your answer will be included in the database and will be used as a 'reference'..."

Why did he suddenly run away?

Gawain didn't react for a while, and was about to ask Omega what it planned to use these data for, but then he sensed a certain breath not far behind him, and the expression on his face expressionHe stiffened instantly.

He stood up (because the device was only over one meter tall, and Gawain was over two meters tall), turned his head a little embarrassed, and saw Melita standing at the door with a He looked at himself with a stunned expression.

"I..." Melita opened her mouth, as if she had sorted out her words before saying with a strange expression, "I just saw that the door was not closed, and I heard you seem to be talking to someone, so... ..."

The corner of Gawain's mouth trembled slightly: "So what did you see?"

"I saw you talking to my air conditioner (note)," Melita said. He answered honestly, "And he looked thoughtful..." (Note: free translation)

Gao Wen: "..."

"That's right, Omega suddenly appeared just now," After a moment of embarrassment, Gawain decided to tell the truth, "It seemed to be a little curious about me as an 'outsider', so we exchanged a few things - you know, I don't have the resonance core like you, so communication will be more... ...Strange."

Melita blinked and seemed to accept this statement immediately, and she looked stunned: "Oh - that's what I said, you should look like this. He is a serious person..."

Gawain: "..."

What else can he say? It is enough for one person in this world to study "the sacred words of Emperor Gawain Cecil" all day long... It is good that Melita can maintain her current knowledge.

After that, Melita was still standing at the door, looking like she had no intention of leaving. Her eyes fell on Gawain, and she hesitated a few times as if she wanted to speak.

"What do you want from me?" Gawain finally realized that Melita suddenly passing by his room at this time was probably not an accident, so he took the initiative to ask.

Melita thought for a while and nodded: "Actually, I'm just a little curious... After all, you talked to our gods alone for a long time today, and in my memory, no mortal has ever experienced this. Something like that..."

Gawain smiled and pointed to the side: "Do you want to come in and talk?"

Melita did not refuse, she walked in. Inside the room, she sat skillfully on a chair next to the bar next to the wall. She waved to the side, and a drink automatically flew from the shelf not far away and landed in her hand. She picked up the drink again. The cup shook slightly at Gawain: "Want a drink? Although it may not be as good as the hospitality of the gods."

Gawain came to sit next to Melita and declined the other party's kindness: "No need. "I'm still... not thirsty."

He was not being polite. After all, he drank too much "Coke" at Dragon God's place not long ago. When he came back, he felt like his lungs were about to float. Now, he really doesn't want to drink anything...

Melita didn't care: "Okay, then I'll enjoy it alone."

Gawain watched He glanced at her: "You want to know what I talked about with your gods? Are you sure you want to inquire?? "

Melita's movement when she picked up the cup suddenly stiffened, and a trace of nervousness was visible on her face. It was obvious that she quickly thought of some bad experience, so she quickly shook her head: "Not really. This means... I'm just curious about what you talked about, roughly, without any specific information... Ah, actually I'm not that curious..."

"I understand. Understood," Gawain couldn't help laughing immediately, "I already know that as a member of the Dragon Clan, there are some things that you really can't discuss with outsiders, not just issues of divine punishment or 'corporate regulations'... Don't worry, I already have a sense of discretion and won't touch that 'lock'. "

Melita's movements stopped again, but this time it was because of surprise.

She stared at Gawain for a long time with her eyes wide open, and then she showed a slight expression. Showing a complicated expression: "You...it seems that you really talked about a lot of great things with our gods. You actually know this. "

Gawain nodded: "We talked about some of the history of Tallond, what happened in the ancient times of this planet, and topics in the realm of faith and gods. "

Melita seemed to be confused. She thought for a long time before she couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why do our gods want to talk to you about this? "

"...Actually, even I am not sure," Gawain said calmly, "Maybe...even He is just looking for some answers. ”

“Looking for answers? Melita seemed even more confused, "Do even gods get confused sometimes?" "

"People are confused, so gods are also confused," Gawain smiled. Then he looked at Melita and suddenly asked curiously, "Do you devoutly believe in the dragon? God'? "

Melita opened her mouth, but suddenly hesitated for a moment. If it were in front of the priests or the speakers, this should have been a question that required an immediate affirmative answer, but in Gawain's case In front of “outsiders”, she finally gave an answer that might not be so “pious”: “I am... in awe of Him, but I don’t know if that counts as piety. "

"Awe is part of piety, but piety requires more than just awe. I understand your answer," Gawain nodded, and then asked, "What about your friend Noelle? Where is the tower? Is she a devout believer? What about other upper-level dragon clans? "

"This...I'm not very good at judging others," Melita hesitated, but after struggling for two seconds, she seemed to think that the friend should be sold, "Noretta should be like me. Pretty much. At least in my opinion, the dragons of the upper Tallond are more in awe of our gods - of course, I mean that we respect the dragon gods very much, but we all have a little respect for the great priests of the temple. Fear. You know, places like temples always make me a little nervous..."

Melita shrank her neck as she spoke, as if she already felt that she was doing something very disrespectful, and then she seemed to in order to transferMoving away from the topic that made her particularly uncomfortable, she added: "But in the lower Tallond, there seem to be many extremely pious dragons... They will even use more than half of the free boosters rationed every month. During the pious ceremony."

Gawain looked thoughtful.

The upper-level dragons mostly fear the Dragon God, but the lower-level dragons are closer to unconditional believers... This is because the only value of the lower-level dragons in this society is to provide support for the Dragon God, while the upper-level dragons are more or less still Need something practical to do? Or maybe there is some deeper arrangement behind this situation... Is this the tacit approval of the Dragon God, or the secret understanding of the upper Tallond?

"What are you thinking about?"

Melita's voice woke Gawain from his thoughts. The latter came to his senses, smiled and shook his head: "Nothing. I just suddenly felt that your 'booster' is such an incredible and useful thing. Can it be used in religious ceremonies?"

"Boost is a general term for a series of biochemical agents. There are some that can be matched with our implant technology, and their functions are various," Melita said immediately with a sense of pride. "Some synergists can enhance neurological responses and body recovery capabilities, and some Amplifiers are used to concentrate and enhance extraordinary perception. The ones used in religious ceremonies are usually 'soul' amplifiers. Its consumption in the lower area is almost a hundred times that of the upper area. It is actually inefficient. It's a hallucinogen, but the effect is not that strong..."

Listening to Melita's enthusiastic explanation, a face and a person he had almost forgotten suddenly appeared in Gawain's mind. With the promise in his mind, he quickly interrupted the dragon lady in front of him: "By the way, Melita, there is something I want to ask you..."

"Huh?" Melita was startled. , and then nodded quickly, "Of course, if I can do it."

"That's right, I have... a friend," Gawain hesitated, thinking hard about how to organize the next words. In order to make it less weird to say this, "He wanted me to ask in Tallond if you have any technology that can help... hair growth... such as boosters or something."

After Gawain finally finished speaking, Melita immediately looked him up and down with a weird expression: "But you don't look like..."

The corner of Gawain's mouth suddenly trembled: "I Do you really have such a friend?"

"Isn't this the friend you're talking about?" Melita seemed a little surprised and finally reacted, "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm not like this. It means..."

"It's okay," Gawain said helplessly, "Just tell Tallond if there is anything in this area - this shouldn't be a difficult problem for you, after all, your The technology seems to be..."

"But we really don't have it," Melita said with her eyes wide open and her expression helpless.

Gawain: "...how can Tallond have such advanced technology..."

"Because dragons have no hair..."

Gawain: "..."