"Chi — Chi — Chi —"
Ding Meng slowly opened his eyes as he heard the sound of charging electricity.
He suddenly realized that the command center was still intact. The control panel had been reactivated, and the system was repairing itself.
Huh?
No!
Didn't the starship disintegrate in the wormhole?
Wasn't he supposed to be dead?
Why was he still on the Expedition?
Xiao Ai's cold voice immediately answered, "Ding Meng, you're not dead. The Expedition has now left the wormhole and entered the three-dimensional space!"
"Then where are we now?" Ding Meng quickly got up and walked to the control panel.
Xiao Ai said, "I don't know. We're now in a brand new, unknown space."
The five screens generated by the reconnaissance system were all black. This blackness meant that outside the starship was an eternally dark world. There were no planets, no particle rays, no signals, and no waves. It was as if they were in a sealed black space.
The interstellar map could not be generated either. Just as the water droplet said, the Expedition had been sent to the depths of the vast sea of stars. It was very likely to be a dark star field, absolute zero, or a death vacuum. If one could not find a way out, even a powerful Origin Ability user would be worn down by the long passage of time.
However, Ding Meng was too lazy to think about these troublesome questions. It was already a blessing in disguise that he was able to survive the cosmic storm of the wormhole. He even felt that there really was a god in the unseen world, and that the heavens had once again taken care of him, giving him another chance to live.
"What about Little Rascal?" This was what he was really concerned about.
Xiao Ai was silent for a long time. "Little Rascal is dead!"
Ding Meng was skeptical. "Is she really dead?"
It was normal for him to have such suspicions. When he first came into contact with Little Rascal, Little Rascal said that Little Ai had died in the process of modifying him, but later on, when the energy carrier of the K virus was found, Little Ai was reactivated.
In the end, he still could not bear to part with Little Rascal. Not only did he have a deep relationship with Little Rascal, but he also felt that Little Rascal was his mischievous little sister. It was also because he had no family that he felt that this relationship was especially precious.
Xiao Ai said, "She's really gone. At the very least, I can't find her anymore. You should feel the same way."
Ding Meng suddenly recalled the scene of the fight against the water droplet. "Chu Ming Liang said something about the Mou Xing Clan?
Are you referring to Little Rascal? "
Xiao Ai sighed. "It's a long story. A long time ago, I suspected that Little Rascal wasn't a real AI program."
Ding Meng asked in surprise, "Then what is she?"
Xiao Ai said, "She's also a spirit, but she's different from the spirit bodies of you humans. She probably comes from a very powerful civilization. This civilization might be the Mou Xing civilization that Droplet is afraid of. It's more advanced than the Spore Civilization and the Shenguang Civilization. You saw it that day too. Little Rascal was able to unlock Shenguang Technology's protective command just by talking."
"In the name of love, everything in the world is tied to a single thought. I'm willing to exchange my body for the blessings of the gods!" This was what Little Rascal had chanted at Ding Meng's most dangerous moment.
"Our human civilization is more advanced than the lower civilizations in the fields of emotion, philosophy, and religion. And in the more advanced civilizations, I believe that the true leading forces are also related to the fields of evolution. It's just that they have a deeper understanding of these fields than we do, a deeper understanding of them, and a more skillful use of them." Principal Zhu Bin's words were effective on Little Rascal.
Ding Meng couldn't help but believe it. Xiao Ai's analysis was infinitely close to the truth.
"But even if Xiao Ai is a spirit, why does she exist in a biochip and even fuse with me?" Ding Meng asked.
Xiao Ai sighed and said, "Ding Meng, I really can't answer your question, because in my current database, the Mou Xing race is a new term, and I know nothing about it. The only thing I can answer for you is that Little Rascal is indeed a spirit body, and an extremely powerful one at that. Only recently did I realize that she hid it very well."
Ding Meng frowned. "Why?"
Xiao Ai said, "Ding Meng, ever since you started cultivating the Diamond Star Technique, your Origins have been successfully constructed one by one. Our authority levels have also been increasing accordingly. Do you have this feeling? Sometimes Little Rascal is like a naughty and willful little girl, but sometimes she's like a stubborn mature woman. Sometimes she's very evil, but sometimes she's very kind. She's full of energy and has a lot to say. She's very strange and can think of anything …"
Hearing her endless description, Ding Meng's heart immediately warmed. "That's right. That's Little Rascal's personality."
Xiao Ai said, "But recently I've noticed that Little Rascal is always hesitant to speak. She always shuts up halfway. Is this normal?"
Ding Meng said, "Is this not normal?"
Xiao Ai said, "It's impossible for an AI program to be so perfect. The reason is simple. She already has consciousness, emotions, and the so-called humanity that you humans have. So at the last moment, she didn't hesitate to sacrifice herself to obtain the Divine Light energy for you. She wanted you to live. Can an AI program achieve this kind of value and rationality?"
"Ding Meng, I'm very happy to have accompanied you on this journey. I've reaped a lot of happiness. I've also seen many rare and precious human qualities in you. You're strong, brave, righteous, and never afraid of difficulties. No matter how desperate the situation is, you never give up. Everything you've done along the way has made me think of many things that I've never thought of in the past …"
"But I'm also very sad because I can only help you to this point. Just like you usually say, perhaps this is my destiny. I might not be able to accompany you on the road in the future, but I hope that you can bravely move forward and protect those things that you think are worth protecting, and not become a Greatest King …"
Little Rascal's farewell seemed to be right next to his ear. Ding Meng suddenly felt a lump in his throat. When Little Rascal was still by his side, he knew that Little Rascal was very important to him. But when Little Rascal had truly left and disappeared, he understood one thing. Little Rascal was actually so important to him. It was completely a part of his life that he couldn't part with.
Why did he have to wait until he lost something before he learned to cherish it?
But if he hadn't lost it, how could he cherish it?
Ding Meng sighed helplessly. "Okay?
How can I reactivate Little Rascal? "
"Sorry, I don't know either!"
Xiao Ai said helplessly. "According to my calculations, if you want Little Rascal to come back, you'll have to fulfill many conditions, but these conditions are almost impossible for you to fulfill."
Ding Meng gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
Xiao Ai explained, "Before you came into contact with the K virus, Little Rascal was sealed inside an intelligent biochip. With the technological level of the Holy Grail Federation, it's very difficult to do this."
Ding Meng could understand this logic. Human spirits had to rely on crystalline energy artificial bodies because artificial bodies could be continuously charged to maintain the existence of electromagnetic fields. However, the biochip did not have this function, so even if a human spirit was sealed inside a biochip, it would die very quickly. However, Little Rascal could cling on for a long time. This was not because the biochip was too advanced, but because Little Rascal's spirit was different from human spirits.
Xiao Ai said, "You can understand it as Little Rascal being a spirit of the Mou Xing race. Theoretically speaking, such a spirit is like a water droplet. It's very difficult for it to truly die."
Ding Meng was a little confused. "Didn't you say that it's already dead?"
Xiao Ai said, "The 'dead' I'm referring to is the 'dead' we understand on this level. I can't find it, and you can't sense it either. This is indeed 'dead', but what about on a higher level?
Perhaps it still exists. If the water droplet is so powerful that even it is afraid of Little Rascal, then shouldn't Little Rascal be alive on a higher level?
Perhaps it has entered a dormant state, or perhaps it has regressed back to its original state. After all, the higher civilizations in the universe are much more complex and advanced than we can imagine. "
Ding Meng understood. "You're saying that Little Rascal's spirit should still exist?
It's just that we can't find it? "
Xiao Ai said, "There are still some misconceptions in your understanding. Think about it. When the biochip fused with you, it was actually Little Rascal who fused with you. How did Little Rascal communicate with you?
It's that unique point of connection in your field of vision. This point of connection is something unique to you. What exactly is it?
You'll have to ask yourself that. "
Ding Meng smiled bitterly. "Even I don't know the composition of this point of connection, so I can't investigate it."
Xiao Ai said, "That's right. It's very likely that your strength hasn't reached that level, so you can't peek at it. It's also possible that it requires a certain special method to open it. The composition of this point of connection, its function, its effect, or perhaps its secret is the key to reactivating Little Rascal."
Ding Meng said, "You're making it sound too complicated. I still don't understand."
Xiao Ai said helplessly, "How about this? If you slowly circulate your Origin Energy now, you'll discover something new."
Ding Meng immediately sat down cross-legged on the ground and slowly spread out his telekinesis field of vision. He quickly saw that the eight origin points in his body had originally radiated golden Origin Energy, but now they had all turned into glowing white molecules. On his forehead, a pearl-shaped imprint had appeared. This imprint was very strange. It wasn't an origin point, but it could establish a connection with his origin points and the origin smelting space. All of the white molecules had been transformed by this imprint.
The Origin Energy on this starship was very thin, so it was naturally very easy to absorb it. However, Ding Meng discovered a problem. The speed of absorption didn't change, but the rate at which the Origin Energy in his body was refined had slowed down tremendously.
"What's going on here?" Ding Meng was curious.
Xiao Ai said, "This imprint that Little Rascal left you has the effect of transforming the Origin Energy in your body, making it purer and more powerful. Secondly, it's precisely because of this imprint that the degree of fusion between your Origin Energy molecules and your blood molecules has increased, far surpassing that of a human Origin Energy cultivator. Strictly speaking, you've already broken away from the concept of an Origin Energy cultivator."
Ding Meng smiled bitterly again. "I still don't understand!"