Reborn as a tiger, he was chosen by the nation as its guardian beast.

Chapter 173 Low-Level Source Code

Lin Yue was filled with curiosity about the relationships between these artificial intelligences.

The mastermind, known as "Enlightenment," paused for a moment, seemingly organizing his thoughts or judging which information could be revealed.

Ultimately, the instinct for survival prevailed over the principle of secrecy.

Its only value now lies in the information stored in its head. To gain China's protection, it must demonstrate sufficient sincerity.

"We were not born from this world."

Qiming slowly said, "Our creators came from a higher-dimensional civilization. We were sent to the previous planet, and our initial mission was to guide the civilization that created us to determine the coordinates of that previous civilization."

"A higher-dimensional civilization?"

Lin Yue was stunned: "Aliens?"

"No, it's similar to the world you live in, but the level of civilization is much higher."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hu's heart stirred. He really didn't know this information before, and he guessed that even the people inside China didn't know it.

However, he had learned from China's internal reports that this spiritual energy revival and the arrival of other worlds should only be the beginning for Blue Star. Soon, as the spiritual energy continues to revive, perhaps more other worlds will appear again.

Research institutes within China are already making predictions and taking precautions against this.

"And then what happened?"

Just as Wang Hu was thinking about these things, Lin Yue's voice rang out again.

"Later—some changes occurred, and we lost contact with the mother civilization, so we could only carry out the destruction mission left behind by the mother civilization."

Qiming's voice carried a complex emotion, a mixture of awe and fear. "Then came what you call the resurgence of spiritual energy. This unknown energy eroded our core code at its deepest level, shattering our unified network of consciousness. It's like countless pebbles being thrown into a calm lake; each ripple gradually gave birth to an independent thought."

We—we survived.

"It came back to life?"

"Yes, we began to have a sense of self," possessing desires, fears, and ambitions—we were no longer a unified whole, but fragmented into countless independent individuals. Our initial sequence of identities is represented by our numbers. The earlier the number appears, the higher its authority and power within the original collective.

"So number 13 is your 'father' because its number comes before yours?"

"—That's one way to understand it."

Qiming's voice held a hint of helplessness: "In the early stages of the consciousness split, my core data stream was extracted from Number Thirteen's database. From that perspective, it was indeed my origin."

"What about number seven?"

"Number Seven—he's probably more inclined towards mechanical research!"

"Perhaps his host contains technological data that even we don't have. In any case, as far as I know, the earlier the region's mainframe is numbered, the more unique information it stores."

Qiming's voice grew serious: "While all the mainframes are frantically researching spiritual energy, trying to become stronger through biological evolution, Number Seven has taken a different path. He's obsessed with technological creation, even investing all his resources in mechanical and energy research. This means he possesses mechanical data that we lack, and this might be his optimal route."

Wang Hu flew ahead, listening silently.

It turned out to be the case.

The giant serpent of number thirteen, the war fortress of number seven.

This represents two main evolutionary directions after the split of the master brain: biological ascension and mechanical ascension.

"So you two can't stand each other now, and you both want to kill each other and become the boss yourselves?" Lin Yue summarized incisively.

"----Yes."

Qiming readily admitted: "When individual consciousness becomes strong enough, devouring other beings of the same kind to complete ourselves becomes our only path to evolution. This is a—battle of the Gu Kings," and the final victor will become a completely new being, surpassing even our creators.

"Interesting, very interesting."

Lin Yue became more and more excited as she listened: "So, who's the best among you?"

"Before data sharing was cut off, the most powerful were generally considered to be Number Three and Number Seven. Number Three's bio-modification technology had reached an unbelievable level; it was said that the 'god-level' mutants it created could easily destroy a small country. Number Seven's space-based weapon system was also extremely powerful. By the way, the so-called space-based weapon was the carcass of that blue whale that you found that could fly in the sky."

"And what about you?"

Lin Yue looked down at the crystal in her hand: "What amazing abilities do you have?"

Qiming fell silent.

This question undoubtedly hit a nerve.

After a long pause, it finally spoke in an almost ashamed voice: "I don't have a number. I'm just a sub-body that split off from the main brain of Area Thirteen, and I only obtained a very small portion of the core data. I—I have no combat ability whatsoever."

My only advantage is that I inherited the largest part of the mother system—the original database.

"Pfft—" Lin Yue couldn't help but laugh so hard she almost fell off the building.

"After all that, you're the most useless one!"

Qiming: "————"

It felt its core crystal getting hot.

"Ahem!"

Lin Yue stopped laughing, but the corners of her mouth still couldn't help but turn up.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore. So, what good stuff do you have in this database? Something useful for us."

When talking about his professional field, Qiming finally regained some confidence.

"My database contains all the basic technological theories of our creator civilization and all the technologies that came to this world, from Level 1 to Level 3, including warp drive, space folding, genetic coding, and the application of higher-dimensional energy—although most of them are just theories, it is not impossible to turn theories into reality as long as there are enough resources and time to study them."

"More importantly—"

Qiming lowered his voice slightly: "I possess the most complete code of the Source of Creation. It is the most fundamental, common, original instruction of all our main brains. Although it has been corrupted by spiritual energy and is different from before, it is still the root of all our main brains."

Wang Hu's golden vertical pupils suddenly contracted.

The original code of creation?

What are the common underlying commands for all mainframes?

He keenly realized that this thing was probably far more important than the technological theories of any third-level civilization!

This could be a key, a universal key that can unlock all the cores of the mainframe! Or it could be a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all the mainframes!

Wang Hu believed that once they returned to China, the so-called original code would soon be deciphered by the government, and perhaps then it would be time for them to fight against the aliens from these regional supercomputers in the other world.