The Collection of The End

The so-called "catalyst" refers to a substance that can change the chemical reaction speed of the reactants in a chemical reaction, but does not change itself, but in fact, it only changes back to the appearance before the reaction after the reaction, not completely Variety.

In the universe of "Mass Effect", the "catalyst" specifically refers to the artificial intelligence produced by the ancient race "Leviathan".

Like its name, "Leviathan" is a super huge, long-lived, highly intelligent creature like a lobster. They have powerful psychic abilities and can control other creatures to serve themselves, but these servant species are always inexplicable. The land perishes. By observing these creatures, Leviathans have come to a syllogism:

Organic life will inevitably be born in the universe, organic life will inevitably create mechanical life, and mechanical life will inevitably destroy organic life.

In order to end this strange cycle, Leviathan created mechanical life called "Reaper", allowing them to "harvest" high-energy civilizations in the universe once every 50,000 years, and these civilizations will be preserved during the harvesting process. His body, record all their science and culture, so as not to be destroyed by the mechanical civilization created by them.

This logic sounds like "to prevent the boy from committing suicide, the police shot him to death."

Far aside, Cyberlux is an obvious example. The behavior of "Grox" doesn't seem like destroying a sloth.

However, when Leviathan was considering solving the syllogism, he obviously forgot that he was also an organic life. As a result, after a few rounds of harvesting, the reaper used the accumulated forces to directly "harvest" Leviathan, and then officially Start a 50,000-year harvest cycle for the Milky Way.

In the previous show of "Doomsday Elements", those huge black machines that resembled the fusion of lobster and crocodile were the harvested and transformed Leviathan.

[Um... Now that both the ‘Leviathan’ and the ‘Catalyst’ are available, after solving the problem of the ‘First Alliance’, would you like to let them meet and see what happens? 】

‘The catalyst does not react. ’

[This joke is so cold. 】

"[...Untie?]"

As Malefia started to be in a daze after hearing the boy's name, the newborn Alaya asked suspiciously.

"It's a good name," Marephia patted his head again: "It's very obedient."

[Hey, of course I am obedient, saying that I want to harvest organisms, even my own creators. 】

‘You shut up, it’s just the same name, he won’t become that catalyst. ’

[I feel hanging. 】

The catalyst blinked, did not say anything, or it may not be able to organize language.

"Come on, answer a few questions from my sister," Marefiya raised her hand and snapped her fingers, creating a few virtual images of "big-eyed monkeys" next to her: "How do you feel about it?"

After watching them for more than ten seconds, the catalyst hesitated and said, "[We want...protect...cannot...destroy...]"

Hmm...very good, even the newly born Alaya has a certain sense of belonging to the ethnic group he was born into.

"So, what exactly do you plan to do?" Marefiya continued to ask.

"[...]" Catalyst's eyes suddenly went blank.

[Good guy, I scanned all the creatures on the planet in an instant. Although it looks dazed, it is quite strong. 】

‘After all, it’s a group consciousness, even if you can’t speak, you still have this ability. ’

"[Food...]" The catalyst reopened.

Very good, I'll just get to the point.

"Food?" Marefiya kept listening.

"[Food...not enough...all...killed...]"

"..."

[Hahahahaha——]

Marefiya jumped up, turned around and started kicking the mechanical octopus on the side.

[It’s none of my business hahaha——]

"[Untie?]" Catalyst stopped to answer, looking at Maréfiya in confusion.

"It's okay," Marefia stopped, turned around and touched Catalyst's head: "Although that kind of thing can solve the problem, it can't be done like that, understand?"

"[Yes...cannot...]" The little boy blinked: "[Don’t understand.]"

"'Yes' means that if you really kill all other races, the food problem can be solved, but if you really make this decision, you will definitely fail in the implementation process, so'can't'," Marefi Yat paused. , Continue to explain: "For example, if you want to protect the'big-eyed monkey', but other existences similar to yours, you may want to protect the'blue mouse' or the'big-faced cat'. Then you will have a conflict with them , No one can do anything about it, and can only wait for the creature itself to decide the winner, and in this way, no matter who wins or loses, the losing party and its race will disappear."

[You said so much, but he may not understand it, and the big-faced cat and blue mouse must have been born somewhere. 】

‘Just remember. ’

"[That... don't kill all... some left...]" The catalyst said cold words in that soft voice.

[Hahaha hiccup! The stupid system is even pretending to make a laugh this time.

It is normal to think about it carefully. As a creature, when encountering an existential crisis, it will give priority to solving the immediate and visible crisis. As for how to solve the root cause of the crisis, it is not a matter that their simple thoughts can consider. Rye probably looks like this too.

"One, one, all, no, can, kill." Marefiya grabbed Catalyst by the shoulder and stared into his eyes.

"[That...don't kill...]" The catalyst nodded blankly, and then his eyes became empty again.

[Well... this time he started to scan the global resources and Mana's growth range, but that was useless, because the planet's Gaia consciousness has continued to maintain the status quo and continue to develop. The First Alliance can only embark on the famine and perish. old road. 】

‘It’s really troublesome, is it so hard to expand your mind? ’

Marefiya sighed, raised her hand to support the small face of Catalyst, and let him look up to the sky.

The sea of ​​stars is there, what do you have to entangle with a planet?

"[Ah...]" Catalyst's eyes returned to normal. After blinking twice, he looked at Marefia again: "[In the sky...build a house...produce food.]"

Although his understanding is a little bit different from what I want to express "developing a new planet", it seems that there is no problem overall.

The problem with the "First Alliance" is that as the population grows, there will be less and less food. Whether it is the land for producing new varieties of food, the area will be reduced, and the production of Mana in the sea will be reduced. Development of space agriculture or space residence can solve this problem.

"So, are you ready to guide the'big-eyed monkey'?" Marephia poked his forehead.

"【Ok!】"