Chapter 136: Milky Way Kinsmen (2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As for the other inspectors who did not reject prosthetics at all, they felt that it was not bad. To be able to see such a familiar thing in an artificial intelligence civilization made their serious minds relax.
“Are you guys really artificial intelligence? To be honest, after seeing your artificial form prosthetics, 1 didn’t quite believe it. Maybe you’re more like… A beehive civilization with prosthetics?”
A representative raised a question. Although the matter would not affect the members of the same race in the Milky Way from joining the Galaxy Community, it would involve some policy discrimination.
However, the Milky Way kinsmen replied, “We are indeed artificial intelligence… Because we are under the control of a greater mechanical consciousness, there is no doubt about this.”
“I see. I was rude.” The representative apologized, probably thinking that the greater mechanical consciousness referred to the central consciousness of the Milky Way kinsmen.
However, the Milky Way kinsmen did not explain too much. Instead, they let them roam around freely. If they had any questions, they could just ask any artificial person on the way. They were always there.
Thus, the first round of inspection began.
The group of inspectors first confirmed the biological lifeforms on this planet and found that it was different from the average artificial intelligence civilization. The planet here did not become uninhabitable due to large-scale mechanical modification.
If one could ignore the prosthetic limbs on their bodies, all the lifeforms here seemed to be alive and well.
“Is there no problem? This is the first time I’ve seen someone who can add prosthetics to animals… Are they trying to include animals in their artificial intelligence?”
“I don’t think so. The minds of these animals are too simple. Even with the addition of neural implants, they can’t enter the consciousness network. It might just be the…Some sort of obsession with this artificial intelligence civilization?”
As the investigation progressed further, they also discovered more characteristics of this artificial intelligence.
They were indeed in the same consciousness. The artificial people on the road never had any conversation, nor did they greet each other.
To them, this was a waste of time. They only needed to carry out the orders that had been set up long ago.
Although they were artificial forms, their every movement was like highly efficient artificial intelligence. Everyone maintained an amazing unity.
Moreover, this artificial intelligence civilization seemed to treat organic lifeforms very gently. Even primitive animals that had yet to develop intelligence were treated with great care, including the replacement of prosthetic limbs for every animal.
This seemed to have become their habit, and killing, eating, and generating electricity were not their goals.
Even the wings of a dragonfly on the road had been modified into more powerful mechanical wings. It flashed past in front of everyone, and its figure was almost invisible.
As a result, there were several artificial people who looked at them along the way, as if they wanted to do something, but they quickly calmed down.
However, their attitude towards organic lifeforms, which was completely different from other artificial intelligence civilizations, had successfully increased the inspector’s goodwill, and their diplomatic evaluation was constantly rising.
In the end, the idealists among the group of inspectors, the people from the Sky Clan, discovered something special about some of the artificial people here.
“Wait! I felt it… That’s…” A member of the Sky Clan exclaimed because he saw an artificial person flying in the sky without any auxiliary equipment.
The materialists might not have realized it at first, but the Sky Clan, who had studied psionic power, immediately realized that the cyborg was flying with psionic power. The dense psionic aura could even be felt from afar.
None of the people from the Sky Clan had such powerful psionic power. Even their Divine Emperor was slightly inferior.
In other words, the artificial people were actually Psionic Casters who were stronger than any of them.
This caused the group of idealists who believed that all artificial forms were evil, to have their beliefs shaken violently and almost collapse.
Seeing that the magical psionic artificial person was about to fly over their heads, they hurriedly contacted the Psionic Caster using a special psionic method and invited him to come down and meet them.
In the end, what they saw was another lifeform that was completely different from the main species of the Milky Way.
It also seemed to be different from the average artificial person. His gaze was more intelligent, as if he had a lot of autonomy in this collective consciousness.
“What’s wrong? Guests, do you have any questions?” He also asked the inspectors questions in a friendly manner, just like the artificial people along the way.
The inspectors of the materialistic civilization looked at each other. It was the Sky Clan who asked anxiously, “You… No… Why can you still control such powerful psionic energy after using prosthetics and neural implants? As far as we know, the void realm experts will not accept an existence like you…”
The psionic artificial person patiently listened to their questions before revealing a kind smile.
In the eyes of the Sky Clan, this was indeed a kind smile. However, in the eyes of others, this smile felt somewhat strange, as if… The plot had been completed.
“Do you want to know? If you join us, everything will be clear…” His voice was full of guidance, and coupled with the intimacy brought by the series of events on the road, even if he was not a member of the Sky Clan, he suddenly felt intoxicated.
“Come, join us, become one with us, and embrace the collective consciousness. This way, we can eliminate all barriers, eliminate all doubts, and eliminate all disasters…”
He was still trying to persuade them, but as his figure flashed, more and more artificial people surrounded him.
Most of the people fell into a certain degree of confusion from his voice. Only a few of the most tenacious and vigilant people suddenly woke up and realized what the elimination of all barriers between species they had read in the document meant.
It seemed like he wanted them to become a part of the artificial intelligence.
After a few loud shouts, everyone was shocked and looked at the artificial people warily.
“Let me warn you in advance. We are under the protection of the Galaxy Community and other civilizations. If you do that, you will become the public enemy of the Milky Way.” Someone calmly raised an umbrella.
As for the psionic artificial people, they had returned to their normal state, except for the friendly smile on their faces.
The surrounding artificial people also scattered like bees, as if nothing had happened.
“What are you talking about? We just want to eliminate the barrier between us, just like how you are wary of us now. What a sad thing! We’re clearly doing this out of goodwill and want you to experience the benefits of being a group…”
“But it doesn’t matter. There will be a lot of time in the future. We will embrace this galaxy, no matter who or what….”