When Garfield said this, Luo Binhan finally understood whose story he was listening to. He asked a little doubtfully: "Is this your birth?"
"One of the versions I heard in the lab." Garfield replied heavily.
"They also make up a new life story for you every day?"
"I think they were running some kind of test on me," Garfield explained. "Once they noticed that I was trying to think about myself, they started trying to give me that information, usually as a reward for cooperating with some kind of experiment. … But they always had reservations and often changed their stories and presented conflicting evidence. They wanted to know if I could identify the lies and deduce the most correct answer.”
Luo Binhan found it difficult to understand the motivation for this behavior. He asked Garfield if he had guessed the correct answer, but Garfield slyly avoided answering. Luo Binhan didn't pursue the absolute correct answer, so he just shrugged and said, "I think the one just now is definitely not it."
"I'm curious about your reasons."
"If it were true, you wouldn't tell me, would you?"
"This is a strange idea," Garfield commented, "but very similar to my creators. From what I have observed, you always tend to hide true information from others, and you also believe that others will adopt the same strategy. "Even if there is no clear evidence that it is necessary, you believe it will provide advantages in the future."
Luo Binhan, who has concealed his name many times, cannot refute this. He had no choice but to argue that it was to guard against future contingencies, because no one knew whether trouble would come from telling the truth. Garfield is quick to point out that misunderstandings can also lead to unforeseen misfortunes, but they nonetheless prefer to cover them up.
Luo Binhan really didn't want to get entangled in this disgraceful topic, so he raised a second reason - the story sounded too incredible. A woman who only appeared in the fog made all witnesses fascinated by her. When a strange machine closely related to her was taken away by a higher civilization, the civilization itself disappeared inexplicably.
"If this is true," Luo Binhan said, "then who do you think you are? Are you a descendant of the Flying Island people? Or did that woman summon you and eat all those people?"
"I have no recollection at all," Garfield declared. Its serious tone convinced Luo Binhan that it was true, so he became increasingly disbelieving in the authenticity of the story. But Garfield also claimed that it had found some corroborating information in the laboratory. Although the silver mechanical creation that could crawl like a spider has disappeared, it did find records about it stored in the laboratory.
The strange object that brought the girl in the fog - named "Key to the Mist Lake" in the laboratory's information - has never been found physically, but there are many similar legends. The key elements of these legends are mostly some kind of small and exquisite machinery, similar in shape to common types of primitive currencies: a shelly coin that looks like a moving eyeball, and each owner disappears in the darkness of his home; A triangular pyramid geometry composed of twelve metal coins can float and flip over in the fire, creating a shaking bright light and the illusion of a huge, macro-whale-like figure that can swim out of the flames. If the fire is not extinguished at this time, the lives or objects swallowed by the illusion will disappear.
Garfield had read nearly a hundred cases like this in the laboratory. They could still have been fabricated, but at least they were fabricated from the archives in great detail, thorough and unnecessarily rigorous. Garfield has seen physical pictures of each case, along with corresponding mechanical structure analysis instructions. It euphemistically means that those designs are often extremely subtle and complex, most of which may not be understood by Luo Binhan.
Luo Binhan didn't mind being looked down upon for his mind. On the contrary, he was very interested in this matter and remembered the two ancient coins that Jing Huang had thrown to him. The disappearing coin - the so-called key, where did it take those people? Were they dead long ago, or were they also thrown into a strange world that Shadow Mist longed for?
He discussed the matter with Garfield with great curiosity, and kept talking with his mouth throughout the process. That wasn't necessary, because he could have communicated directly with Garfield in his head, but he didn't want to let Asabam enjoy the peace alone.
"I think this is another magical event." Luo Binhan said, "Demon and ghosts, you call them Yolu, right?"
"I won't jump to conclusions easily." Garfield said thoughtfully, "There are many incomprehensible things working in this world... Sometimes it's not that it makes no sense, it's just that we haven't caught up yet."
"for example?"
"ourselves."
Luo Binhan admired its modesty, but thought it was unfair. As a mediocre trap-belt spaceship decoration from a non-elite academy, it can be said that he is very ignorant of the outside world and himself, and that doesn't bother him at all. But Garfield's understanding of brain structure obviously cannot be confused with his. It obviously requires an extremely good understanding of Luo Binhan's physiological structure in order to use his brain nerves in every possible way. And since Garfield is so great, the laboratory that created it is obviously full of great people who are extraordinary. If they didn't understand life, how could they create Garfield?
Garfield was a little confused and said hesitantly: "I'm not sure the intention was to express praise..."
"No, no." Luo Binhan said casually, "I'm just praising you. Why don't they develop more of your kind?"
"It's full of chance. Making life is easy, but designing life... requires a lot of wisdom." Garfield said, "I still don't know if they created me or discovered me. Maybe I said this. Not objectively enough, but I think it was difficult to engineer my life form. The people in the lab were very smart, but they often made mistakes that seemed obvious to me. I think they also tried to copy and modify my form, It just didn’t work out in the end.”
"I've seen a lot of artificial life." Luo Binhan said nonchalantly. He just mentioned it casually, but Garfield took it seriously. It asked Luo Binhan to elaborate, so Luo Binhan cited ∈, Popa and Ohot. In his opinion, they are all designed beings, but they are also very humane, no different from those who were born. As a result, Garfield disagreed.
"That's very different." It explained, "The examples you gave are only about creating life, not designing life... They are all copied based on a certain process that has been determined to be feasible, but the principle of the process has not been fully revealed. That's actually not much different from physical reproduction like yours. It's not design, it's just random creation."
"Is there a difference? Why does it have to be so precise?"
"For some definite purpose," Garfield said cautiously, "It's called 'imminent evolution' in that lab."
"What's coming?"
"Perfect."
Luo Binhan curled his lips unconsciously: "Could you be more detailed?"
"That means the form of life has reached its peak," Garfield said. "They believe that if a design becomes perfect, it means that no optimization or improvement can be applied. It must naturally contain several elements, such as Adaptability and self-transformation to all imaginable environments, rapid, simple and precise self-replication and reproduction capabilities, the most efficient logical thinking mode and a high degree of self-control, and it is best to possess relatively advanced emotions. Mechanism... I think they dispute this last point because some of them argue that this condition is inconsistent with the need for rational design."
Luo Binhan thought carefully. He found that if according to this standard, Garfield was indeed a much more perfect creature than he was. Even if it failed to reach "perfection", it might as well be regarded as a "perfect" buyer's show. He told Garfield this idea, and Garfield was speechless after figuring out what a buyer's show was. Luo Binhan was amused. He laughed loudly and deliberately until Asabam commanded him to shut up.
"Nothing to laugh about," Asabam said.
Luo Binhan didn't know if she could somehow learn about Garfield's conversation with him, but her tone sounded like she knew everything. He was now in an inexplicably happy mood and continued to ask her: "Do you know the term 'imminent evolution'? How did they come up with this thing?"
"There are those who succeed." Asabam said coldly.
Luo Binhan found her very reluctant to participate in this topic very interesting. He walked deliberately bumpily and said in an exclamatory tone: "Who! Who succeeded! Oh my God, this is amazing! Buy it, buy it, buy it!"
Asabam said: "The mother of all insects and butterflies."
Luo Binhan's smile was wiped away without a trace.
