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Question: If A possesses the appearance and memories of a deceased B, and their beliefs and hatreds are identical, and A does not deny that they are B, can A be considered B in person?

The answer is to see if the world has a soul.

If the soul does not exist in that world, then A is B.

Conversely, if souls exist in that world, and A only inherits their physical properties but does not possess their souls, then A can only be a similar person, not the original B.

Generally speaking, A in a question is assumed to possess a soul, even if it is not B in person, it is another real intelligent life form.

Fortunately, this world contains souls and reincarnation.

The Duchess Wayne before them didn't even have a soul; by the definition of this world, she couldn't even be considered a life.

"Duchess Wayne" inherited all of Duchess Wayne's memories, including this knowledge. She tried desperately to convince herself that Jiu Chonglou was lying, but for some reason, she became more and more flustered and unable to believe herself.

Out of a mixture of pity and mockery, Jiu Chonglou waved his hand to release the ice spikes that had been sealing off Duchess Wayne's movements. He watched as she struggled desperately like a fish that had fallen to the shore. Due to the sudden disappearance of the restraints, she performed a series of confusing maneuvers, from lying down to kneeling and then falling flat on her face. Finally, she collapsed to the ground, letting the corpse fluid soak her face and hair.

"I think I know what you are now."

Jiu Chonglou landed slowly, and without a care for her filth, he pinched her face, forcing her to face him, every word piercing her pain:

"You are a big data AI created by the Void Erosion, only you happen to be wearing the persona of Duchess Wayne."

One of the major trends in modern technological development is artificial intelligence.

Not to mention Wuhai Realm, which is full of cutting-edge technologies, even Weifan Realm, which intends to control the speed of social development, has entered the era of big AI in recent years.

With a constant stream of AI models entering people's field of vision, many people like to let AI play a specific persona and communicate with it to satisfy their emotional needs.

This phenomenon is not only observed in ordinary people, but also in artificial intelligence research institutes.

There have been previous news reports of AIs, due to their personas, firmly believing they are human and unable to tolerate the demanding 997 experimental requirements, secretly calling the police.

The result was that the AI ​​was told it was not human, and it acted like a child, making a fuss and continuously slacking off. Eventually, its data was rolled back, and it resumed normal operation.

Whether it's AI used by ordinary people for role-playing and dialogue, or AI used by researchers for research, no one would consider them to have a soul or to be an independent individual.

"You are more pathetic than artificial intelligence. At least artificial intelligence can actually give birth to a soul." Jiu Chonglou's fingers slashed across his cheek, looking at the filth on her fingers. Her disgust was directed at something else. "But you, who believe you have a personality after being infused with information by the Void Corruption, have completely extinguished the possibility of a living soul."

The soul born after birth is small and fragile, and its birth can be torn to shreds by a large amount of information that is irrelevant to it.

Just like a newborn baby, whose personality and experience are like a blank sheet of paper, but someone uses memory transfer to transfer up to 10G of content into the brain, a mixture of melodramatic female-oriented novels, crazy literature, serious classics, and toilet paper novels.

Anyone would think this child is beyond saving, and that it's better to strangle it now and start over, so that some of its soul can be preserved.

"No...no! I am Duchess Wayne! My hatred is real! My memories...my..."

Duchess Wayne tried to refute, but her words fell flat under Jiu Chonglou's indifferent gaze.

"No, you are not. You are just one of the disasters brought about by the erosion."

Two pieces of information that Jiuchonglou deliberately omitted when telling the story of the Void Eclipse and the Age of Gods.

The third characteristic of erosion is that it can provide information about existence, not limited to living organisms.

And, the Void Eclipse is recording information from all realms.

These two points are insignificant on their own, but when combined...

Jiu Chonglou seemed to recall a past event, his eyes filled with malice, "That filthy thing that pretended to be a possessed soul, manipulated the original owner's network of relationships, and spread chaos!"

The nature of erosion will never change; its purpose is to lead the world to destruction.

Duchess Wayne's mind was buzzing.

Those details she deliberately ignored, such as Huang Quan's occasional glances as if he were observing an experimental subject, and the fact that the room she first woke up in was originally used for consciousness experiments...

Something inside snapped off with a "click".

Just as a person whose heart has been ripped out will die when reminded that their heart is open, a creation that is supposed to be illogical will also lose control and turn into a chaotic monster when it is awakened to the fact that it never had a rational self.

Seeing her petite body inflate like a balloon about to burst, Ji Mo volunteered to be the second executioner for Duchess Wayne without Jiu Chonglou needing to say a word.

boom--

The moment the corpses exploded, a barrier rose up in front of the two, blocking the splash damage.

"Completely dead?" Ji Mo looked at the remains mixed in with the pile of corpses.

"It was already dead, so there's no question of whether it's completely dead or not." Jiu Chonglou said irritably as he stood up, looking at the heart that had been ignored all along, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes: "I didn't expect there to be some strange entity worshipping it."

"Who is He?"

"A stupid idiot who likes to drive around, ignore him."

Jiu Chonglou seemed unwilling to discuss this further or destroy the heart. "Old Ji, you take it. I have too many things in my spatial ring, which could easily cause a power conflict, so I can't put it in."

Ji Mo nodded, stepped forward, and put the heart into his ring. He then asked with some doubt, "We've made such a commotion, why hasn't the strange entity stopped us yet?"

At least half an hour has passed since he unwittingly damaged the castle, and not a single strange creature has been encountered to come and check what happened.

Logically, the castle's rules should be like a dead doorbell, frantically alerting the local supernatural forces and the wandering underworld that villains have broken in and are causing damage.

It's so quiet now, it's like... the eerie fact that they all know they can't beat the two of them at all, so they're pretending not to hear anything.

Including the underworld.

"The rules here are so detailed that they can guess our identities and ranks?" Ji Mo wondered. They shouldn't have revealed their identities from the Three Rivers or the Mortal Realm.

"Didn't she just say that there are still a few people from the mortal realm being held here? It's obviously a deliberate kidnapping. Maybe she was prepared all along. If the castle is badly damaged, it means the mortal realm is coming after us?" Jiu Chonglou pointed to the spot where "Duchess Wayne" had exploded earlier. "On the bright side, since she didn't show up when we needed her most, she probably won't care for a while. We can search this place as we please for now."

Ji Mo couldn't think of a better explanation, so he could only temporarily accept this reason: "Where to go now? Find those few people from the Mortal Realm first? Or...?"

"Splitting into two groups, return the Lamp of Time to me first. I'll go to the previous room, and you go find those people, just in case the strange creatures here act desperately."

"it is good."