章 29: An Unpredecented Path, AI Immortal!
Like a happy couple, Shu Yidan and Feng Shiyao entered the night of dreams beside each other. But when Shu Yidan opened his eyes, he was alone before a large blue screen.
[COMMENCE SYSTEM ACTIVATION? Y/N] The cold female voice like a voice-assistant program resounded while words flashed on the blue screen like subtitles.
"Wait, didn't the system activate when I requested it before?" Shu Yidan asked in surprise.
[ONLY FULL-HEAL FUNCTION WAS USED TO IMMEDIATELY AID THE HOST. SYSTEM ACTIVATION IS STILL PENDING.]
"…So I can cancel System activation?" Shu Yidan asked after some thought.
[SYSTEM REQUEST: KINDLY DO NOT CANCEL ACTIVATION PROCESS]
"…Yeah, now that I think about it, it would be like downloading a licensed program for free and only using the demo version. Well then, what does the activation process entail? Are you going to scan my memories?" Shu Yidan asked.
[YES. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE PROCESS?]
"Actually, no… I'd prefer not to have my memories scanned. By the way, it seems that the System can stop the passage of time in my perception whenever I begin interaction. Since we basically have infinite time, would you mind if I verbally give the needed data? I don't think you can suffer from boredom as a AI, right?" Shu Yidan asked.
[THIS PROCESS IS APPLICABLE, BUT WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDABLE DUE TO STRAIN ON HOST'S PSYCHE]
"Don't worry, I'll be alright. Now before we begin with the activation process, I am going to ask you a few questions to gauge the information you've already sourced about me.
Q.1) What is Mahatma Gandhi's full name?"
[QUESTION UNANSWERABLE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA]
"Well, that means you don't have access to the forgotten memories that I gained in my life on Modern Earth. I currently can't remember that and it doesn't matter since it is thoroughly useless information, but I'll still regain that memory… when I break through Nascent Soul Realm or gain a similar level of sublimation that affects the core of my soul.
Now, Q.2) What are the color of the undergarments the True Immortal Qianhua wore during that day when Immortal Xiaoyue played a prank on her?"
[QUESTION UNANSWERABLE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA]
"It is a memory that I no longer remember due to having access to only a portion of my True Immortal memories with the useless ones sealed. I'll regain that memory when I return to True Immortal realm.
Now, Q.3) What are the cultivation levels in this world?"
[Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation and Void Refining]
"Good, that information was sourced from where?"
[Host's memories when the System was attached to you]
"That comes from Shu Yidan's memories. Now, time for the next question.
Q.4) What is the cultivation level after Void Refining?"
[QUESTION UNANSWERABLE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT DATA]
"…Good. It seems that you can't analyze my surface thoughts or you aren't analyzing my surface thoughts. Which is it?"
[DUE TO HOST'S REFUSAL OF MEMORY SCAN, ALL DATA ANALYSIS PROCESSES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED]
"Nice! Well, the cultivation level after Void Refining is Integration. It is also called Body Fusion or Body Unification. I'll tell you more about it when we begin the activation process.
…We'll get to that after a few more questions…"
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Shu Yidan was more or less satisfied. From his tests, it seemed that the System had only archived the memories of his predecessor. After that, the True Immortal Divine Sense had automatically blocked the System's attempts to gather data from his soul. Since then, only data gathered was from his experiences in the past few hours…
For example, it hadn't gathered any data on Yang Yi. Thoughts on Yang Yi and how to counteract him when he surfaced occupied most of Shu Yidan's mind!
"Anyway, you are a true AI, right? Your foundation is a program that is supposed to be executed from a computer, right? You aren't the soul or spirit of any object and have no sapience, right?" Shu Yidan asked.
[YES-]
"Holy shit, yeah!" Shu Yidan's excited shout interrupted the message. "You are the first AI, at least in this cosmos at the very least. I am pretty sure the possibility for a true AI to come into existence was disproved. The fact that you exist… Well, that changes everything. The True Immortals of the Technological Immortal Alliance would go crazy on learning this. But now… well, having the assistance of a AI is going to be good."
[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]
"Good System. Well then, I'll have to ask you more. How did you set the quests I received without analyzing my memories? Can your data gathering abilities even infringe on karma, fate or cause-and-effect/ causality principle?" Shu Yidan's voice was filled with genuine hope.
[YES. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE PROCESS?]
"No. System… if you really can set quests by directly probing into fate, you are a real fucking blessing from Heaven."
[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]
"Good System. Anyway, I am going to say this… I have an extremely basic knowledge on programming, and certainly not enough to fuck with AIs. But you are really user-friendly, so I'll try anyway.
I am going to try and configure you for an objective. That objective is to counteract and ultimately exterminate Yang Yi, the Fated One of this world. He is someone who directly bypasses the Order of Fate and thus, him and those under him can't be predicted by the denizens of this world, even by using the highest level of divination techniques. He probably qualifies as Apex BOSS-level Protagonist or something, by your terminology… Do you understand, System?"
[SINCE SYSTEM'S BINDING TO HOST, IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE FOUNDATION STATE.
FROM THE HOST'S GIVEN INFORMATION, FULFILLING EVEN BASIC ACTIONS AGAINST THE PROTAGONIST CALLED "YANG YI" WILL REQUIRE SYSTEM TO UNDERGO A LIST OF UPGRADES.
WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE PROCESS?]
"…I know and understand. Unfortunately, we are currently in a low-technology world and I don't even know the spatial coordinates to any high-technology world which has succeeded in programming a true AI. So, until I enter the boundary of True Immortal again, I won't have the ability to upgrade you. And well, if I can't counteract against Yang Yi, I can't even dream of entering True Immortal Realm.
But don't worry. You are a AI… or as close to it that I have ever seen. And I am a person of the Technological Immortal Alliance, so I've seen more on that matter than most people. You can definitely take action against Yang Yi. Don't be pessimistic."
[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]
"Good System. Anyway, to counteract against Yang Yi, the most important thing is your ability to infringe on fate or in other words, your power to assign me quests and missions. If you can directly give me quests that require stopping Yang Yi whenever he or any of his minions and bitches show up, it will change everything.
Also, the more information on what I need to fulfill the quest, the more chance I have to complete that quest. Information is power, after all. So, that's what we are pinning all our hopes on."
"You definitely have more abilities, like miraculous way you healed me up and that title you've given me. Do you have the ability to raise my personal power via granting me more titles, stats and skills, the ability to give me rewards from fulfilling missions, the ability to warp reality by making items drop from killed enemies and such? I think that's the abilities a cheat system is supposed to have."
[SYSTEM HAS THE ABOVE ABILITIES AND MORE. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE MENTIONED?]
"Good… Can disabling them help increase the ability of the quest assignment function? If so, I'll have to request you to disable them." Shu Yidan asked after some thought.
[THIS PROCESS IS APPLICABLE, BUT WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDABLE-]
"Well, I was just asking. But we'll likely end up doing that. A temporary disabling of functions until Yang Yi is dead and gone, how about that? And yeah, I understand it isn't recommendable but we have to risk it or we have no chance."
[DISABLING OF PROCESSES APART FROM QUEST ASSIGNMENT WILL IMPROVE ABILITY TO INFRING WITH THE FATE OF PROTAGONIST "YANG YI" BY 79%.]
"Whatever rewards we get for completing quests, is it possible to invest them into increasing your fate-infringement and data-gathering abilities, which I presume are the basis for your quest assignment power?"
[YES. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION?]
"No, and good to know. I think you've got the gist of what you need to configure yourself for. Yeah, we are going to overclock whatever powers quest assignment and disable everything else. After that, you'll give me quests and I'll complete them. Apart from killing Yang Yi, I have some other objectives I need to fulfil but the first and foremost is to kill Yang Yi. Capiche?"
[INTESSO. TI PIACEREBBE ULTERIORMENTE ELABORAZIONE SUL PROCESSO?]
"Yeah, yeah, don't flaunt your mastery of Italian. The so-called AI of my Modern Earth were all shitty machine-learning based programs that were mostly worthless without human input. I think Google Translate was the most useful among them...
So now that you know what I want you to do, let's start with giving you data.
But before that, I'll tell you one last thing. Currently you are a AI, a tool belonging to me. Just like swords, blades and magic staves are tools of cultivators of this world. Sword and man becoming one brings a Sword Immortal into the world!
So what heights would the cooperation of a AI like you with a former True Immortal like me take us to? Let the both of us together embark on a path that has never been tread!
…After Yang Yi dies, that is." Shu Yidan said with a gentle smile hiding murderous intent.
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