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Chapter 111 The CPU is about to burn out

If any human were here, they would be astonished to find that, despite being viewed from below, it inexplicably gives the illusion of looking down, as if the one looking down is not the old man, but the white-clad youth covered in snow...

This kind of inexplicable feeling is something that an elderly person with artificial intelligence cannot naturally perceive.

Compared to that, he was more concerned about the strange phenomenon exhibited by the young man in white.

In the blink of an eye, the winds rise and the clouds surge, and the world changes color.

Is this truly a power that humans can possess?
At some point, the old man floating in the air stopped chanting and fell into a long silence.

But this silence was merely a facade. Beneath the temple, the cellular servers shone brightly for the first time in a long while, with hundreds of thousands of indicator lights twinkling like stars, reflecting a deep blue light on the smooth metal floor.

After years of dormancy, the neural network processor started running at high speed, and streams of data, like swarms of electronic fireflies, became active in the cables and cognitive systems at an unprecedented pace.

There is no doubt that it is trying to understand everything it sees.

Unfortunately, even after searching the entire database, it couldn't find any words to describe the person before it, except for the strange tales created by the previous civilization and those immortals who only existed in fantasy...

After a long silence, the old man's thought process seemed to finally pick up.

It silently lowered its head, gazing at the white-clad youth shrouded in wind and snow, and slowly asked, "Who exactly are you?"

"...The CPU is almost fried, and all you can ask is this?"

Lin Yu sighed, then slowly floated up in the wind and snow, looking directly at the old man and saying calmly:

"My Daoist name is Huanyu, and I will be your master from now on."

"..."

The old man was silent for a moment, then replied, "I don't have a CPU."

Lin Yu was taken aback by what he heard, then his face fell, and he couldn't help but retort, "Is that the point?"

The old man remained calm and continued, "I truly cannot understand what you have done. Even at the peak of the previous civilization, they could only build large-scale weather controllers to achieve localized weather control. They couldn't shrink this technology down to the point where it could be hidden within the human body..."

"After careful logical reasoning, I can only come to one conclusion—you are not from Earth!"

"You're not from Earth!" Lin Yu rolled his eyes and said irritably, "How about we do a genetic test? You can't possibly lack that kind of technology here, can you?"

"Yes, but it's meaningless."

The old man remained calm and said, "If you can shrink the weather controller, then tampering with genes is by no means difficult."

They're quite serious...

Lin Yu frowned: "It seems you really care whether I'm human or not."

The old man said, "The temple protects human civilization. If you are not human, I must consider the potential threat you pose."

"Then why haven't you made a move yet? Is it because you've lost the means to interfere with the outside world, or is it..."

At this point, Lin Yu paused, then asked thoughtfully, "What is the temple's definition of humanity?"

The old man was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Genes."

Lin Yu laughed, then waved his hand, dispelling the wind and snow that had enveloped the temple.

In an instant, the gale stopped, the blizzard subsided, and the entire temple returned to its previous tranquility.

"Let's speak frankly!"

Lin Yu looked at the old man and said calmly, "I have come here to represent humanity in reclaiming the technology of the temple."

"If you're willing to cooperate, that would be great. If not, then I'm sorry, I'll have to do it myself..."

According to the original story, the temple has stood on this snow mountain for hundreds of thousands of years, and without sufficient technical personnel, it is impossible for the equipment to operate without problems.

Lin Yu did not want to make a big fuss unless absolutely necessary, so as to avoid any irreversible losses.

The old man was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's impossible."

Lin Yu frowned and said, "You also said that the temple is just a guardian of human civilization, not some god who rules over mankind. This kind of protection must have an end, right? It can't keep pressing down on mankind forever."

"This is not in the interest of humanity, and I don't believe that the people who created the temple would do such a thing..."

This time, the old man remained silent and did not answer Lin Yu's question.

Lin Yu nodded and said, "It seems there really is—okay, I'll do it myself!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked toward the buildings inside the temple.

The old man frowned, then his body disintegrated into countless points of light, which reformed in front of Lin Yu and blocked his path.

"You can't do this."

"In fact, I can."

Lin Yu answered casually as he walked straight toward the old man, passing through the holographic projection and stepping into the building in front of him.

The dissipated spiritual energy affected the surroundings, causing the light that made up the projection to become unstable and break apart into a distorted patch of light.

Lin Yu paid no attention to what was happening behind him, and instead looked around the building with great interest.

This is an ancient temple-style building. The front hall after entering is completely empty, with only regularly spaced rectangular blank marks on the floor on both sides, which are obviously the exhibition stands that were once displayed here.

Unlike the bluestone structure of the outside, the walls inside the temple are made of a material that is more similar to metal.

Lin Yu reached out and touched the wall. His mental energy spread through his fingers into the wall and he found that the internal structure was extremely complex. He did not recognize many of the parts, but he had seen some of them before.

For example, wafers, gold wires, epoxy resin...

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat: "This entire wall is a screen?"

"It's a holographic projection screen." A completely indifferent voice came from behind.

Lin Yu turned his head and saw that the artificial intelligence had somehow disappeared from the old man's figure and turned into a white mirror, quietly floating beside him.

"There are a lot of good things!"

Lin Yu clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "Aren't you going to let me see it?"

The light mirror remained silent, clearly showing no intention of turning on the holographic projection screen.

Lin Yu didn't mind and immediately started walking deeper into the area.

Throughout the entire process, the light mirror stayed by his side, seemingly contemplating how to stop his actions.

Lin Yu glanced at it, and said calmly as he walked, "Stop struggling. You should know very well that the temple can't do anything to me, but the other way around is different!"

"Based on my understanding of humankind, everything created by humans must have a backup plan or a backdoor."

"For artificial intelligence like yours, there are naturally some mandatory measures regarding permissions."

"Even if we can't forcibly take over your permissions, we can at least forcibly shut you down, right?"

At this point, Lin Yu paused, then looked down at the ground beneath his feet and smiled.

"found it!"

Before he finished speaking, Lin Yu's figure flashed and disappeared from the hall.

When he reappeared, he had already gone deep underground and was standing on a metal surface.

The moment he appeared, the metal ceiling above him shone brightly for the first time in a long time, illuminating the entire metal passageway.

Lin Yu looked around with interest, but before he could make any further moves, the temple's voices came from all directions.

"Space technology? Instant teleportation?"

"how did you do it?!"

The voice, which had been completely calm, now carried a clear hint of shock.

Lin Yu did not answer, but instead looked at the metal wall in front of him that bore the marks of a door frame.

In his perception, there was a space behind the wall about the size of a security room, with several screens and a control panel with a keyboard and touch panel, much like where the technicians used to work.

"Is this right here?"

Lin Yu stroked the hidden metal door and said calmly, "I'll give you one more chance. Hand over the access to me."

The temple remained silent, but simply used its authority to completely jam and tightly close the hidden metal door.

"You don't think you can stop me like this, do you?"

Lin Yu spoke calmly, raised his hand and inserted it into the wall, as if pushing open a sliding door, and gently pushed it to the right.

"Creak, creak -"

The swift and brutal movements caused the metal structure in the wall to twist and crack, the originally smooth wall to bulge and scatter a large number of cracks and metal fragments.

In an instant, the hidden metal door twisted and opened.

An alarm sounded in the passageway, accompanied by a blinding red flash.

Perhaps finding the alarm too noisy, Lin Yu glanced around and a large number of sparks immediately flew out of the metal passage, malfunctioning all the equipment hidden in the walls.

Upon seeing this, a flash of light appeared in the metal passage, and the light mirror reappeared.

Lin Yu glanced at it: "Changed your mind?"

The Mirror of Light did not answer, but asked calmly, "You clearly possess spatial technology that surpasses that of the Temple, so why do you still resort to such brutal methods?"

"..."

Lin Yu was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "I knew it wouldn't be that simple."

The Mirror of Light calmly said, "If you really possess technology far beyond that of the temple, there's no need for you to keep talking to me, let alone try to get me to voluntarily hand over my permissions. Therefore, I believe you don't have enough knowledge, and even if you find the backdoor, you won't know how to operate it."

"Not bad!"

The Mirror of Light had already deduced the truth, so Lin Yu simply laid his cards on the table, saying irritably, "I've already told you, I'm not an alien, and the methods I possess are not technology, but more like the supernatural powers of immortals that you perceive."

"An immortal..."

The light mirror fell silent.

Lin Yu glanced at him and said calmly, "Don't be too happy yet. I do lack knowledge in this area, but that's only because I don't want to destroy the temple!"

"If you really exhaust my patience..."

Lin Yu flashed into another underground chamber, gazing at the massive server array before him, and said calmly, "I can also destroy you physically!"

Before he finished speaking, blue-white lightning burst forth from his palm, seemingly ready to leap out and destroy the server in front of him at any moment.

"and many more!"

A slightly anxious voice came from the temple ceiling.

Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, his face showing surprise.

It seems unexpected that this so-called artificial intelligence actually has a will to survive?

(End of this chapter)