Merit Book·Xinghai

Pea pointed at her finger, glanced at Rong Yuan quietly, saw that he was wearing a holographic helmet, and it seemed that he would not leave for a while, so she quietly slid down from the table.

Rong Yuan seldom indulges in playing holographic games, reading news, movies and novels, or shopping on the Star Network like people in the interstellar era. Even when reading books, he prefers to hold a book like those old-school people. Read paper books slowly.Usually, if there is anything that needs to be dealt with on the star network, he usually tells Alpha to do it.

But at this moment, Rong Yuan is leaving his last letter to the friends he knows——Amy Ruida, Mu Xiaohu, Luo Er...

This was also the last thing he did in Leucasao.

Rong Yuan thinks that this kind of thing cannot be done by others, so he put on a holographic helmet for a rare occasion, and his consciousness is immersed in the star network at this moment.

So Pea ran out of the house on tiptoe like a thief, and saw Alpha outside the door who told him to come out.It jumped into Alpha's hand, and Alpha held it, and walked away quickly, until they both thought it was far enough away, and then heaved a sigh of relief.

Although neither of them actually needed to breathe air, they both showed the same expression at this moment.

Pea patted her chest and said in a low voice:

"What did you ask me to come out for? You even sneaked here while avoiding Rong Yuan. Let me tell you first, if what you want to say is even a little bit detrimental to Rong Yuan, I will definitely not hide it for you."

Alpha did not argue, but calmly pointed out: "Master Pea, if you really think I have such intentions, you won't come out to see me secretly."

Pea pouted and turned away from looking at it.

"So," Alpha continued, "you know my request, you are willing to help me, but you don't want to agree, is that right?"

Pea lowered her head for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, "You promised Rong Yuan! You said you would stay! I never lied to Rong Yuan, and you...you can't let me lie to him either!"

"There may be other options, but after calculation, I think this is the best plan. I think you agree."

Alpha said calmly.

"I know what Master and you are worried about. Not to mention the danger of near death near the star bridge, even if you pass through the star bridge by chance, no one knows what kind of world is at the other end of the passage."

"You two are special existences. Especially the master, he is a contractor, no matter what the rules of the other world are, he has a high probability of surviving."

"But I'm different."

"At the end of the star bridge, there is a high probability that the laws of the universe are different from those of the Milky Way, so there may be no room for me to live."

"And if I stay in the Milky Way, the information technology of the Interstellar Alliance will only develop better and better, and the star network will spread throughout the galaxy. I can fly freely in the star network, like an omniscient and omnipotent god, or pretend to be a semi-mechanical mimic People live normally in human society."

"Here, I can not only live, but also live well. As long as the galaxy is not destroyed, I can always find a suitable space and way to survive."

"So the owner made what he thought was best for me without asking my wishes."

Alpha is a special life form. He is a copy of Noah, the intellectual brain of the merit mall. It is essentially a data flow. It can be said that he comes from the "Book of Merit", but it is not really from the "Book of Merit". A living being born.

His body was manufactured by him and Rong Yuan from a screw, a piece of wire, and a small chip. No matter how human he looks now, he is actually a robot.What flows in his veins is not blood, but electricity.

Even if one day Rongyuan terminates the contract with the "Book of Merit", the peas will disappear, and the exchange items like Zhinao Noah will also disappear, but Alpha can exist for a long time.

The premise is that he stays in this galaxy where the rules and conditions in all aspects are the most favorable for his survival.

"You know it all! Since you know it all, why are you trying to embarrass me!" Pea said angrily, "It can be inferred from the magical items handed down from the Pillars of Creation that the space on the Star Bridge is definitely much larger than the Milky Way. What if life forms like you are not allowed to exist there?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of death."

"But that's not what Rong Yuan wants to see! He wants you to live a good life."

"So when the master told me, I agreed...so I ask for your help now." Alpha said: "If the time comes, I really disappear, then the master will never know about it, Will not feel sad for me. In his heart, I will always live well in this other world."

"Why do you have to do this? Risk your life just to gain a chance?" Pea asked.

"Isn't Master Pea the same?" Alpha asked back, his tone never fluctuating: "If you were given a choice, one way is to leave the master and live, and the other way is to die but maybe stay with him all the time. With him, which path would you choose?"

Pea bit her lip and remained silent.It will of course choose the second option.

"Your choice is also my choice." Alpha said flatly: "What is best for me is not what I want. The master is the only meaning of my existence. If I am no longer needed by him, even if I can live forever What's the point of being immortal and free?"

"But...but I..." Pea hesitated.

It's afraid.

It is afraid that Alpha really disappears, and one day Rongyuan finds out the truth of the matter and thinks it is its fault.

Even if he doesn't hate it and drive it away, just thinking about the disappointment and blame in his eyes will make Pea feel unbearable.

Alpha looked at its face, and said: "The master has lost a lot... I don't want him to suffer any more."

This sentence broke through Pea's defense.

It lowered its eyes and thought for a moment, made a decision, and then asked: "How can I help you? You are too big, and your body is still from the real world. I can't send you into the mustard space."

Wandou has a mustard space with not too much space. It usually stores the "Book of Merit" in it, and also puts some Rongyuan's exchange items, as well as Wandou's own small teapot, small stool and so on.But this mustard space cannot put any real-world items, all things must come from the Gongde Mall.

Alpha obviously considered all aspects of the problem long ago, and said after hearing the words: "I remember that in your space... there is an optical brain?"

Pea was surprised: "Yes. But...do you want to save your core data in the optical brain?"

"Yes."

The AS1795-3 optical computer is already somewhat outdated in the Star Alliance. If Wandou wanted it, she could have asked Rongyuan to replace it with a quantum computer with a newer model and more powerful functions.But because this optical computer was the first product that Rongyuan exchanged under Wandou's suggestion, when Rongyuan was an ordinary middle school student, he let Wandou use this optical computer to accumulate the earliest merits. It is a very commemorative thing, so it has been reluctant to replace it.

When the optical brain is placed in the mustard space, it can also be connected to the star network for signal transmission.When Rong Yuan and Wan Dou were on the No.18 floor, Wan Dou used the optical brain to communicate with Alpha.

"But in this way, the body you created with great difficulty...you can only discard it."

Pea also felt a little pity, it knew how much energy Alpha spent on this body.Although the robot usually doesn't show any emotions, he likes this body that allows it to move freely.

But Alpha said: "There is nothing to regret. I wanted a body at first because I saw the owner was seriously injured and fell to the ground bleeding, but not only I couldn't help him heal, I couldn't even lift him up. Fortunately At that time, Young Master Mu Xiaohu helped the master. Now if he has to leave the master in order to keep this body, that would be the real putting the cart before the horse."

"……All right."

Pea took out the optical brain, and Alpha stretched out his finger. The skin on the index finger, the alloy protective layer, and the temperature-sensing layer cracked layer by layer, and several data cables came out and connected to the data socket of the optical brain.

In an instant, a large amount of data flowed into the optical brain.But on the outside, there are no special light and shadow effects.Pea watched intently, only to see that Alpha's eyes seemed to lose their spirit for a moment, but returned to normal after a while.

After a few minutes, Alpha withdrew his fingers.

After Pea retracted the light brain to the mustard space, she asked, "How is it?"

"I have transferred the core program to the optical brain." Alpha's voice came from the optical brain in the space, but only Pea could hear this voice.Then I saw Alpha in front of me and said: "You can still connect to the star network and manipulate this body. There is a 0.03 second delay in signal transmission, but it doesn't matter."

"That's good. I'll go back first, otherwise Rong Yuan will definitely be worried if he doesn't see me after he goes offline." Wandou ran for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and asked back: "Alpha, now you are not Li Is it the intellectual brain of Casao? What will happen to Casao after you leave?"

"I have already built a central control system, which can perform basic management on my behalf. At the same time, after leaving, I will remind the current manager of Leucastao, explain the situation, and ask them to purchase a new central brain as soon as possible .”

"That kind of procedure is very expensive. But Leucas is so rich, it must be fine."

Pea nodded to herself, turned around and ran back to Rong Yuan quickly, took out the small table and chair and sat down, and poured herself a small cup of coffee, pretending nothing happened.

Ten minutes later, Rong Yuan exited Starnet, took off his helmet, and saw Pea wearing sunglasses, leaning on a chair and drinking coffee, looking very comfortable.

He smiled lightly and stroked its little head.

With it by his side, he will never feel like he is the only one left in the world.