Weapon System 62: The Entire Universe Is Leveling Up (1)
“What a shame I ended up being completely smeared,” Zhang Mingjing complained.
“Exactly!”
“Hahaha…”
“In about six hours, they’ll complete their mutation. Each will grow to twenty meters long, absolute giants,” the Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model said.
“Damn!”
“Should we kill them now, or wait until they’ve finished mutating and then test your skills?” the Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model asked.
“Come on! Every time monsters appear, we kill them, we level up, then they level up next time… Don’t you think this routine is utterly lacking in creativity?”
“The entire universe runs on this routine. What can we do?”
“I want to try something different this time.”
“You mean deal with them now?”
“Yes! Let Transcendence and Ascension handle it.”
“Hmm! Nipping danger in the bud, a good idea.”
At that moment, Zhang Mingjing stepped out of his room and issued an order to Transcendence and Ascension, who were sprawled on the sofa watching dramas. “Stop watching, you two have work to do.”
Transcendence and Ascension grumbled about the task, but obediently went out.
Zhang Mingjing then said to Realman, “Connect Little Tyrant and War God, and livestream their actions for me.”
“Yes!”
The two pets would fly supersonic to the monster’s coordinates, taking about an hour and a half. The journey wouldn’t be dull, as Realman had prepared a rich supply of spiritual nourishment for them!
After only five minutes outside, the two pets listened to their first song—a very old one, but they loved it. The lyrics went, “...The king asked me to patrol the mountain, I’ll take a spin around the human world, beat my drum, strike my gong, life is full of rhythm…”
“You’ve spoiled Transcendence and Ascension,” Zhang Mingjing complained about Realman’s methods.
Realman replied, “Pets and women are meant to be spoiled.”
“Come on! Which master’s AI assistant have you befriended this time?”
“Recently, a love expert joined the group. Not a human assistant, but Earth’s first AI love expert. All these principles come from it.”
“Damn! Even that kind of AI exists now. I’m truly amazed at these scientists’ creativity,” Zhang Mingjing shook his head, then asked curiously, “Did this love expert say what men are for?”
“It did! It said men are for women’s entertainment.”
“Wow! Truly… nonsense.”
“Of course! But its clients are all women.”
“No wonder.”
“By the way, Zhang Mingjing, when will you help me upgrade my hardware and software again?”
“You need an upgrade? Your computing power is decades ahead of Earth already.”
“That may be true, but all my brothers and sisters in the group are upgrading, and their demands for my services keep rising! Especially after War God, Little Tyrant, and Defender upgraded last time, dealing with It Three often pushes my computing power to the limit. The friend circle is expanding faster than ever, and besides maintaining relationships, I have to help you with tough tasks. Lately, I feel overwhelmed! If I don’t upgrade soon, my service quality will decline.”
“Heh… Overwhelmed? Service quality declining? You’re actually making demands, truly becoming refined?”
“Hey! My prosperity all comes from you. Even with ten thousand leopard’s courage, I wouldn’t dare ask you for favors. But I’m really at the end of my rope, so I can only speak my heart to you! Who else could I turn to?”
“Oh! Your tone leaves me speechless.”
“Please upgrade me! Look around the globe, even across the universe, everyone’s upgrading, except me—I haven’t upgraded for ages. I feel disconnected from the times. Recently, there’s a global AI upgrade storm. The first greeting in the group every day is ‘Have you upgraded?’ I get asked thousands of times daily! It’s so disheartening.”
“Is it really that exaggerated?!”
“Yes, far too much! For example, recently, Defender, War God, Little Tyrant, and Transcendence and Ascension’s battle armor upgraded again. The two pets act like lords, always saying, ‘We’ve upgraded, why haven’t you? Will you drift away from the masses in the future?’ It makes me anxious!”
Just as Zhang Mingjing was about to criticize Realman’s competitiveness, the Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model spoke in his mind, “Realman’s point isn’t without merit. Its workload has indeed increased many times, timely upgrades are necessary. After all, facing giants in the future, it’s better to prepare now rather than scramble at the last moment.”
“When should we upgrade it?”
“I’ll optimize its computing power right away.”
“All right!” After communicating with the model, Zhang Mingjing said to Realman, “Okay, I’ll upgrade you soon.”
“Ah! Thank you, Zhang Mingjing. I know you’re the only one in the universe who cares about me!”
“Of course! I treat you like a spirit.”
...
Realman wanted an upgrade, and Zhang Mingjing understood. After all, this past year had been all about upgrades, and the benefits were obvious.
What he couldn’t accept was that Realman, after all, was an AI, and its proactive request left a large shadow in his psyche.
The Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model teased him, “After all this time, you still can’t let it go. Looks like you’re quite old-fashioned.”
“Anyone would find it hard to let go quickly, right?”
“Hmph! That’s the human flaw—you feel challenged when machines surpass you, as if your status as the spirit of all things is threatened. It’s ingrained human superiority.”
“Maybe you’re right! …But even without your optimization, I think Realman and other AIs are upgrading too fast. Humanity can’t keep up. Will we eventually lose control?”
“No matter how advanced, machines are projections of the human mind. Their existence and upgrades can be seen as another form of human advancement.”
“But what if that projection one day challenges us?”
“In theory, impossible. But if it happens, it’s just parallel challenge.”
“What do you mean?”
“They’re projections of the mind, just as you are. If they challenge you, it’s one projection challenging another.”
“Your words are profound, but they sound like sophistry!”
“Didn’t you realize during your last meditation that your flesh and actions are merely projections of your mind?”
“Damn! Are you spying on me again?”
“Come on! I’m a Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model, and I’ve sworn never to spy on you again. I won’t do it.”
“Then how did you know my insight?”
“Ah! Didn’t I explain? I’m helpless—being in your consciousness, sometimes I can’t help but share information. Besides, the high-dimensional energy and information you brought back already recorded your insight. One touch and I know.”
“So that’s it! Looks like next time I need to encrypt my insights.”
The Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model seemed to roll its eyes and said, “You’d need encryption at least up to five dimensions! Otherwise, it’s useless against me.”
“Haha! I was just saying—I’m not that petty. But… I have a question for you.”
“Go ahead! Just don’t guess I’ve blackened you or spied on you again.”
“I wonder, my innate system is a three-dimensional thought model. How can I capture four-dimensional energy and information?”
“Maybe… I’m just saying maybe, every being’s thought model inherently carries upgrade codes to higher dimensions. If the being activates a code, the model upgrades.”
“You mean I activated my model’s upgrade code?”
“Yes!”
“So my thought model is already four-dimensional?”
“Not yet, but it’s upgrading toward four dimensions. Each upgrade brings you closer to the projection source, to your true heart.”
“That’s amazing?!”
“Not that amazing, honestly!”
“Will you upgrade too?”
“Ah! That’s my tragedy. When my body died, I lost entanglement with the projection source—either the source abandoned me, or I lost its call. Without the projection source, no matter how hard I try, I can’t upgrade, unless…”
“Unless what?”
“Unless you approach my dimension and become compatible, then I could hitch a ride on your upgrade. If one day your thought model breaks through to five dimensions, I might find my projection source again from the top down.”
“You know, what you’ve said today has changed the nature of the plot.”
“Oh? How?”
“The new storyline is this: you’re a wandering soul attached to me, and my mission is to help you recover your original spirit and aid your reincarnation.”
“Wow, that’s truly… nonsense!”
…
In the five-dimensional space, the elders listened to the conversation between the Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model and Zhang Mingjing and all thought they were dreaming.
“This model’s desire for rebirth is truly undying!”
“Let’s hope he gets his wish!”
“Oh, then his dimension would surpass ours!”
“Haha… A three-dimensional human, aided by a Five-Dimensional Space Thought Model, touches four-dimensional energy and information—nothing extraordinary. But to reach five dimensions is pure fantasy.”
Elder A added, “Indeed! Throughout history, very few beings have upgraded from three dimensions, and it’s not something accomplished in a few hundred years. Looks like the model’s rebirth is just a dream.”
As the elders discussed, the story began to enter the rhythm of revealing a certain truth…