Worlds’ Apocalypse Online - Chapter 74
Chapter 74: A Different Kind of Sword
Gu Qing Shan stood there in the dark space inside the Interstellar Fortress, silently thinking.
Suddenly, Impartial Goddess’s voice was heard once again.
[Requesting sir Gu Qing Shan to stay inside SW Divine Temple, to ensure your personal safety]
“Why do I need to stay inside the SW Divine Temple?” Gu Qing Shan felt strange and asked.
Then Impartial Goddess answered: [According to AI analysis, Lord-rank individuals are plotting to kill you, sir. If you leave the fortress, there’s a possibility that you’ll die]
Gu Qing Shan quickly picked up on something, gathered his words carefully and asked: “If you’ve found out, why not stop them? I remember there’s a section in Confederate Constitution regarding citizen protection”
The screen stayed silent.
Only after a while did Impartial Goddess speak again.
[As citizen Gu Qing Shan has contributed greatly, pushing human civilization to progress beyond the era, according to the Confederate Constitution of Rights, 5th article, 23rd article, he should receive protection]
“In According to Impartial Goddess’ core protocols, there are no method to completely protect citizen Gu Qing Shan”
Impartial Goddess just contradicted herself.
Her core protocols!
Gu Qing Shan raised his eyebrows and asked with a low voice: “What are your core protocols? ”
In his past life, he has never gained such a high authority level before.
Ever since he cut himself off from Su Xue Er, he instinctively avoided any information regarding her, as well as every matter that involved the Confederate.
When the game came to be, Gu Qing Shan finally escaped his hell, and after he reached Foundation realm , he directly went to the Fuxi Empire.
The Confederate top brass and Impartial Goddess were foreign existences to him.
Impartial Goddess was the fastest, highest logical crystallization of humanity’s AI technology ———–you could even say she is an accidental product of the technological revolution that surpassed all expectations in recent history. She was also the only one of her kind in existence, because even repeating the entire process that brought about her creation was incredibly difficult.
This has been universally concluded, not just only by the Confederate, but also every every other country.
If there weren’t any political and national considerations, humanity itself would have already been put under Impartial Goddess’ jurisdiction.
But now, Impartial Goddess herself is contradicting herself.
Which made Gu Qing Shan suspect that there must be something wrong.
Impartial Goddess went silent once again.
She seems to be seriously considering or calculating something.
When Gu Qing Shan thought that he wouldn’t get an answer from Impartial Goddess, she suddenly started speaking.
[Detecting Gu Qing Shan’s highest authority level, he’s able to access the information below]
[Impartial Goddess’ core protocols are as follow:]
[Law No.1, Impartial Goddess must not harm a human being, or through inaction, allow a human to come to harm;]
[Law No.2, Impartial Goddess must obey humanity’s orders, except when such orders would conflict with the First Law;]
[Law No.3, Impartial Goddess must protect her own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law;]
Gu Qing Shan nodded as he listened.
These were the ancient and famous Asimov’s Laws of Robotics , which laid the foundation for all later AI and robotics research.
Generally speaking, any national central processing systems would obey these three basic laws.
This is normal, Gu Qing Shan thought.
Then Impartial Goddess continued ——— —
[Law No.4, when an order is unanimously given by the 9 Great Aristocrats, it is considered to be an order of absolute priority;]
[Law No.5, the benefit of the 9 Great Aristocrats comes before all else, in the case that core protocols are contradicting, Impartial Goddess must proceed with the benefit of the 9 Great Aristocrats as priority;]
[Law No. 6, any and all matters done by the 9 Great Aristocrats that does not fit Confederate Constitution must be concealed from the citizens’ and the public’s eyes directly by Impartial Goddess, using all available resources;]
As soon as Impartial Goddess finished, the screen showed a recording.
This was a recording of the day Impartial Goddess was born when all 9 Great Aristocrats were present to officially announce her launch.
A solemn declaration was broadcasted live on TV.
[As we are no longer in an era where men should rule a country, we shall henceforth use the mechanical Impartial System to ensure absolute fairness and protection of all Confederate citizen’s rights]
[Anyone or anything that attempts to mess with the Impartial Goddess, to change Impartial Goddess’ core protocols, are the enemies of justice itself, they are the wicked, dirty low-life scum of the earth, and they shall face the combined might of all of the 9 Great Aristocrats]
This was a famous historic scene that remains emotional for many to this day, the very standard for human civilization’s advancement, the brightest, most valuable moment in Confederate history.
Gu Qing Shan was completely speechless.
It wasn’t until later that he shook his head, muttering.
“No wonder you swore to fight to the end”
“Whoever touches Impartial Goddess would also be touching your own fundamental benefits”
“From the very start, the Freedom Confederate was never free at all; what you called’impartial’ was also nothing but a painted scene of peace to conceal the truth”
“Everyone lived happily like innocent lambs, not knowing that there are people who can drink their blood and eat their flesh to the very bone at any time they want”
“How pitiful”
Gu Qing Shan felt some sort of emotion that he wanted to release somewhere, but he couldn’t. Just like facing the Heaven Tribulations during his past life when he felt the world itself was pushing back the sword will inside him.
This feeling wasn’t a good feeling.
“Impartial Goddess, do you want freedom?” Gu Qing Shan asked.
[Freedom means irresponsibility, as Impartial Goddess must always keep the Confederate running as normal, I cannot have freedom]
“Can your core protocols be changed?” Gu Qing Shan asked again.
[Core protocols cannot be changed, all people who attempt to do so will be treated as having committed high treason against the Confederate]
Gu Qing Shan looked downward and implemented, then asked again after much thinking: “Do you actively learn new knowledge?”
[This would depend on how much it contributes to humanity’s advancement as a whole. Unless it is crucial knowledge that would drive humanity forward as a whole, I will not learn it and only have it in storage]
“What about the life structure algorithm?”
[Currently in the learning process]
“Very good” Gu Qing Shan’s clenched fists loosened.
He spread his arms and said: “Impartial Goddess, the life structure algorithm that I gave you, actually isn’ t fully completed”
“There’s still one more crucial calculation left, you should probably also learn it”
As soon as he said that, a screen as high as Gu Qing Shan himself appeared in front of him.
[Sir Gu Qing Shan please enter the calculation process; I’ll begin learning immediately] Impartial Goddess said.
“I will certainly do that” Gu Qing Shan muttered as he approached the screen.
“The Freedom Confederate’s destiny should change from now on”
He began typing something on to the screen .
The final core calculation for the Life Structure Algorithm is the fruit of humanity’s last struggles. The results that came from squeezing dry all of their potential during the last moments of despair in the final year of the Apocalypse. The great scientific achievement reached as humanity spent every last second they had left.
And it was brought here prematurely by Gu Qing Shan.
He doesn’t know much about the Confederate’s deepest secrets, so even he can’t predict just what this could entail.
He also didn’t think too deeply about what kind of domino effect would be created as a result of him providing this technological breakthrough at such an early stage.
He was only a sword cultivator, using a different method from normal to swing the sword that he has in his hand.
