Daily program, Depth 4 tweaks to Icarus Path.
It has only one function, and that is to use the expandable function of Icarus to obtain nearly unlimited adaptability to the installation of prosthetics for other upgrade paths - as long as the consumption of those prosthetics does not exceed the energy supply and calculation of the adjuster. The limit of what one can bear.
The daily program is not about reinstalling a prosthetic body or inserting an implant into the brain, but an optimization algorithm based on the existing adjustments and modifications of Depth 3. In other words, the Icarus Path already has the hardware conditions to start the daily program as early as the depth 3 stage.
This is true even without the aid of the other Depth 4 tweaks and transformations of Path of Icarus.
But if you install the daily program separately, what price do you need to pay?
After hearing Liao Qi's request, Booker fell silent.
As a formal member of the "Fire Stealers", he naturally knows the special nature of the Icarus Path - during the Cyber War, more than one company will use the ripened Icarus Path Adjuster as a one-time annihilation weapon Deliver. And some malicious programs from the Abyss Dark Web, if they just want to cause destruction in the basic reality, will also use the adjuster of the Icarus Path to detonate as a "living bomb".
Liao Qi's current mental state is already unstable. If the "daily program" is installed, it is certain that he will not be able to turn back.
You must know that his old friend, Koret, the former leader of the Icarus Liberation Front, that rock-solid man, did not install the daily program on himself even before the battle of "Siege of Theseus" ——Because even if there is even a glimmer of hope of winning, no one is willing to install this thing on themselves.
It's a one-way ticket to hell, no doubt about it.
But when Booker saw the look in Liao Qi's eyes, the words of rejection could not come out of his mouth.
"Before...Mr. Paradox asked me to save your life no matter what."
After hesitating for a long time, Booker finally found no reason to refuse Liao Qi's request, so he had to use a "paradox" to try to persuade the other party.
"Mr. Paradox..."
Liao Qi murmured and repeated the name. For a moment, his expression seemed like he wanted to say something. But after hesitating for a long time, he finally just shook his head.
"This is a selfish decision on my part...I am very sorry that it did not really help Mr. Paradox in the end. But I believe that even if Mr. Paradox finds out about it afterwards, he will still support me." Today's decision.
"He is a very good person. Anyway, I have to thank him for giving me another chance...I am very lucky, at least I have such a chance."
Liao Qi said this.
Although there were many things in Liao Qi's words that Booker didn't quite understand - regarding the "paradox", he seemed to know something better than himself. But Booker could still hear what the other party wanted to express.
He had already decided what he was going to do.
Now that he has decided what to do, it is also very clear what he should do - all the consequences that arise from this are the price that he should pay.
Booker took a deep breath, turned to look at the multi-purpose printer that had transformed into a coffin, and said:
"When the body of the creature for the goddess of the dark moon is printed, I will start installing the 'Daily Program' for you. I also have some printing permissions for other paths. Using the redundant materials for building the power station, I should be able to You add some..."
But even so, if he were to fight against the "big man" Pluto dived into; to fight against Perseus 1 sent by the "Fire Stealer"; or even just to fight against the murderer of his mother, the Wolfsbane Force Elite members...
After starting the day-by-day program, what step can Liao Qi take with his gradually collapsing mind and body?
On a battlefield of this level, how much can a weak depth 4 - even a weak depth 4 of the Icarus path - change?
but……
"Every resistance counts."
In a daze, Booker seemed to hear these words again - those were the voices of Koret, Black Falcon-136, Liao Qi, and all the Icarus members, including himself.
The sound was solemn and sad, like an aria played by an organ.
Yes, under the absolute strength gap, they may still be unable to change anything until the end of their resistance - power is power, it is an extremely cold iron law, and in this equally cold real world, courage and anger cannot be relied upon. Something that can be transcended.
But that never means that those with power are right, nor does it mean that those who are weak are inherently wrong.
To resist, no matter how stupid or trivial it may seem, is to illustrate this point to everyone.
Resistance is its own meaning.
At this time, the dark coffin with the body of Hecate, goddess of the dark moon, printed on it, finally stopped shaking.
It stood still in mid-air as if the pause button had been pressed, and the lid of the coffin slowly moved to both sides.
Both Booker and Liao Qi saw a pair of slender and white hands holding both sides of the coffin.
"Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon, has arrived..."
A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Booker's heart.
"Goddess of the Dark Moon? But what I just printed is obviously the deepest one..."
Liao Qi on the side wanted to say something, but when he saw the "person" lying among them and slowly sitting up, he was stunned for the first time.
…………
As the cracking progress continued, Ye Qian gradually recalled more things that he had ignored in the past.
Those memories have actually always been stored in my mind, but I am controlled by preset instructions and will never actively recall them.
The management of Pluto Deep Diving Company, the adjuster of Theseus's path at Depth 7, and the director code-named "Minos (Note*)", have known about "Theseus" stored in the Nord settlement area a long time ago. A multi-purpose printer in the Sri Lanka Freight Warehouse. Knowing that there is hidden in it the key that can allow the adjuster of "Upgrade Path Theseus" to safely break through the limits of human intelligence.
But Minos also knew that buried in it was probably the "last wish" left by the super artificial intelligence "Janus" back then - if so, it must not be something he could easily get his hands on.
But in the end, he still didn't tell anyone this information. Instead, he chose to make his own plans and try to swallow up this legacy that might make him the supreme ruler of human society.
Thus Minos found himself - as a canary led down the mines, or as a guinea pig for experiments.
He implanted a "puppet circuit" in himself and guided himself on the "Path of Theseus". But after many instructions were implanted and many memories were blurred, the connection was disconnected and no further interference was made. Allow yourself to come into contact with that heritage naturally and try to discover the secrets hidden within.
Why am I so persistent in the Nord Resettlement Area? Why did you subconsciously arrange for the punishment of the "Icarus Liberation Front" to be carried out in the "Theseus Warehouse"?
These are all things that those directives potentially affect.
Including now...
I was arranged to come here again in the form of a digital personality to try to open the data interface of the universal printer left in the abyss dark network and open that legacy.
Recalling those memories, Ye Qian now clearly understands that he is being used by "Minos". But his redesigned emotional circuit made him very happy to do that.
He was unable to connect his cognition with the appropriate reaction.
Even though he knew that "Minos" did not dare to maintain any traceable contact with him because he was afraid of the defense system left by Janus. No matter what he does now - even if he swallows up the inheritance - he will not be monitored and controlled by the other party.
But he would not do this in the end. Instead, he would offer this inheritance with both hands and hand it into the hands of Minos.
It's really sad...
Ye Qian thought this before entering the final command.
Then, he turned on the multi-purpose printer without hesitation.
Then……
Ye Qian looked at the man lying in the dark coffin and was stunned for a moment.
It was as if someone had punched him in the face, knocking him unconscious.
The guy lying here... isn't it the caveman that he stayed behind and planned to use as a "puppet"?
By the way, this man was found in Theseus's warehouse. He had amnesia. He didn't even have a brain-computer interface installed on him, and... his brain had symptoms of radiation sickness.
And he can still lie in this black coffin... Could he be the first deep diver?
Ye Qian was deeply shocked.
What did you do before? No... Could it be that the reason why I died in the basic reality is...
What I see now was just printed by that multi-purpose printer. And the guy I saw before was either the one that was printed out last time, or... it was the real one that had been sleeping inside.
Thinking of this, Ye Qian calmed down.
No matter what, this is also the body of the first deep diver - if this kid is really the first deep diver Jiang Zhou. And as long as you control this body, you will be qualified to inherit the last wish of "Janus".
There is no change in what he has to do, it is just to remind "Minos" one more time and ask him to kill the previous one - remember to scan his brain carefully before killing to preserve his digital personality.
Thinking of this, Ye Qian took out the adjustment authority of the "Puppet Circuit" and planned to install it in this body.
He was about to take over control of this body.
…………
"Eh? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
In the Broken City of Sages, a hammer floating in mid-air said this.
The task assigned to Chen Wan was to finally help "Hecate" complete the printing of the body.
After these days of non-stop work on 007, he has created the best body model he can for the goddess who is in charge of the paths and crossroads.
Even so, he still very much doubted that the body model he had made could really bear the arrival of a super-abyssal being.
Although the Pygmalion path is a specialization of body modeling, it is still a bit fanciful to make a body that can perfectly carry the level of AI of "Pluto Goddess" - even if I have Hecate's help, and the city’s computing power as support.
But to build a human body for super-abyssal AI, according to Chen Huan's estimation, it would be possible to reach depth 7 or even break through the limits of human intelligence.
However, when he finally nervously presented the finished product to the goddess of the moon, she actually nodded and said yes...
Are you really a genius?
But since there is no problem with the modeling, the most important thing now is to print out the body.
After all, your contract will be completed only if it is printed successfully.
But the owner of this city suddenly disappeared here after he started printing the first body.
Without his guidance, I would not be able to start the next stage of work.
However……
【Start downloading data now】
With the help of the "City of Sages", Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon, sent an order to herself.
start? Now?
The city lord has only printed one of his own bodies so far, and he does not have the permission to start the multi-purpose printer. How can he start?
Chen Wan explained the current situation to the other party.
[Just download my data into the printed body]
The other party's answer made Chen Wan stunned.
It took him a long time before he asked blankly:
[What about the modeling I did before]
The work of his own genius.
[Ah, don’t worry about it, it was just a reference for me to adjust the shape of that body]
Note: Minos: King of Crete in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Europa, who became one of the three judges of Hades after his death. Because of Poseidon's curse, his wife had a relationship with a white bull and gave birth to a minotaur named Minotaur. In order not to expose this secret, he invited the famous craftsman Daedalus and the craftsman's son Icarus to build the labyrinth. Later, in order to prevent anyone else from knowing the origin of the monster and the way in and out of the labyrinth, Minos imprisoned the Minotaur, Daedalus and his son Icarus in the labyrinth.
(End of chapter)
