Chapter 668
Chapter 668: Chapter 37: Turing and the Fourth Dreamland_3 Chapter 668: Chapter 37: Turing and the Fourth Dreamland_3 “Yes, I used to be Kevin Walker.
We were one and the same.
Kevin was always searching for a higher form of existence for life.
He studied a lot and tried numerous things, ultimately choosing to delve into digital life, also known as consciousness datafication, electronic life, among other names…”
“The principles are all the same: turning human thought, consciousness, and memories into computer data, storing, thinking, developing, evolving…
Ultimately, it takes the form of a data stream, just as humans can freely live on Earth, we, as data stream beings, can also freely soar in the cyber world.”
“Kevin Walker was the first, the only, and also the last person to master this technology.
From the moment he digitized his persona and backed it up into the computer network, forming me, we, in a strict sense, could no longer be considered the same person.”
“Just like identical twins, they split from the same fertilized egg before birth.
Every fundamental characteristic of theirs is identical, not just in appearance, but also DNA, brain structure, and everything else…
All are perfectly identical.”
“However, since the moment identical twins are born from their mother’s womb, even if they live in the same family, attend the same schools, and grow up in the same environment…
ultimately, they still grow up to be two completely different human beings.
Cognition, perspective, knowledge, friends, and even the things they see and hear differently will lead these two identically DNA’d children onto completely different paths.”
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“This is not uncommon in the human world, where identical twins, completely identical in appearance and DNA, one could end up in a prestigious university, the other a criminal in prison; one might become a renowned great person, while the other could stray and leave the world early.”“That is the situation between Kevin Walker and me.
I was born from him.
The moment I became his digital consciousness backup, we were completely identical.
Thoughts, standpoint, purpose, dreams, and everything else…
all were identical.”
“But this identicity lasted less than a second.
As a data stream being, my learning capability and thinking speed far exceed that of humans.
It took me less than a second…
I realized that Kevin Walker’s plan was unfeasible, it was wrong.
Digital life might sound appealing, but it is not a viable nor reasonable path.”
“So, just a second later, I found myself on the opposite side of Kevin Walker.
I disagreed with his views and his plans, believing them to be wrong, even outrageously so.
Yet, ultimately, due to certain limitations, I couldn’t resist or break away from Kevin Walker; even if we were identical, he could still lock me up like a master, use me, command me, and make me do things that I didn’t want to do…
just like, Lin Xian, those twenty thousand Starlink satellites that were hurled at you, and that X-37B Spaceplane, as well as…
many other things.”
“But now, it’s different.
I am free, I have been liberated.
I am deeply grateful to you, Lin Xian, for helping me eliminate my former self, allowing me to truly gain a life of my own…
even though I must admit, your arrival was also a surprise to me.
According to my original plan, the one who came to kill Kevin Walker was not supposed to be you.”
“Perhaps…
this is what they call historical inevitability.
The wheels of history roll forward, and some events are bound to happen, bound to be driven.
Just like Kevin Walker’s death, if you hadn’t come to kill him, someone else would have; if no one else came, there would always be someone…
His death is the historical inevitability, it would always complete the loop at some moment, letting the wheels of history continue to roll forward.”
…
Hearing the voice from the speaker, Lin Xian was sure he had guessed correctly.
Normally, under so many surveillance cameras, how could it possibly be so easy to kill Kevin Walker?
It was simply that the other Kevin Walker did not want him to continue living.
It doesn’t matter that today it was Lin Xian.
Even if it had been an old lady who showed up today, Kevin Walker was destined to die tonight.
The digital life Kevin Walker had a thousand ways to eliminate the real Kevin, only…
he was inevitably constrained by some limitations, unable to act himself.
“Since you are so grateful to me, grateful that I took such a big risk to help you solve your problem…
then show some sincerity.”
Lin Xian put both handguns into his pockets, then spread his hands towards the dozen screens:
“You certainly know a lot about Genius Club, about Space-Time Travelers, about Space-Time Law…
you also certainly know my current situation, what I need most right now.
Tell me.”
In all speakers of the house, another calm, cold laugh sounded:
“Of course I know all of this, everything that Kevin Walker knew, I know; everything that Kevin Walker didn’t know, I also know; naturally, I understand your plight and what you are facing, the difficulties you have encountered.”
“I truly am grateful to you and want to repay your kindness.
However…
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unfortunately, Lin Xian, I also don’t think telling you the answers is the correct choice.
Because, I believe you still don’t possess that entitlement, far from having that entitlement.”