Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

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The decoder's answer is very firm.

This is not because of its self-confidence or arrogance, but because of a very simple reasoning - if there is a creature that has all the characteristics of a subspace creature, it does not have the chaotic nature of a subspace creature and its sensitivity to material creatures. malicious words.

It has long been the river chief of the Milky Way.

"If this kind of creature really exists, even if it is not as good as a serious subspace creature, even if its combat power is not as good as the weakest first-level subspace creature, there will definitely be a high-level civilization to raise it.

"At worst, just fight another river system war, defeating all other civilizations as its nourishment - a material civilization that can form an alliance with subspace creatures is far more powerful than you can imagine, and it can even be said that the struggle for its feeding rights The process itself has to be a river war."

"Is it that strong?"

Unit 01 was taken aback.

"It's that strong—it doesn't even need to do it by itself, as long as it's strong enough, other warp creatures won't dare to approach it.

"And if other subspace creatures dare not approach, they can use subspace-related technologies unscrupulously, which is simply a blow to other civilizations. Being the chief of the Milky Way cannot be said to be easy, but it can only be said to be easily available. "

The classics are here and there.

"The premise is that this kind of creature really exists-and judging from the situation of the Milky Way in the past tens of billions of years, it is obvious that this kind of creature does not exist."

The decoder concluded at the end.

"Then, it's really not certain."

Unit 01 refuted the words of the decoder for the first time.

"how do I say this?"

It froze for a moment, then asked.

Still the same sentence, although it thinks it is well-informed, it feels that Unit 01 has such an unrealistic idea only because it does not know many secrets about subspace creatures-but what if, what if What did the other party really think of that it ignored?

Sometimes, if you know too much, it is easy to miss some obvious answers to outsiders because of your fixed thinking.

"If that's the case, why can that red form an alliance with those dirty organic creatures?"

Unit 01 questions to the point.

"Of course it's because it wants to sneak in and lure you creatures to get close to it and eat it?"

The decoder looks like a matter of course.

"But didn't you say that it is impossible for subspace creatures to control their own chaos and malice?"

"That's right." The decoder still didn't turn the corner, "It's not so much the nature of subspace creatures, it's better to say that this is the essence of subspace creatures—just like positive matter and antimatter, which are completely opposite in nature. .”

"Don't you think there is a contradiction in your words?" Unit 01 pointed out the problem in its words, "While saying that it is absolutely impossible for subspace creatures to control their chaotic nature, at the same time saying that that red is deliberately hiding himself Nature, so as to attract other consciousnesses to come and eat them.

"At the same time, while you said that Hong definitely has the characteristics of subspace creatures, you also said that it is impossible to exist subspace-like creatures that have the characteristics of subspace creatures but do not have their chaotic nature...

"Is not this contradictory?"

"That's right, that's why I'm very confused now, which link has the problem."

The decoder admitted.

"Very well, then there will be no problem—" Unit 01 is sure that he has seen the truth, "Let me analyze it for you."

"First of all, it has the characteristics of subspace creatures. We can be 100% sure about this, right?"

"Yes."

Although I don't know what unit 01 thought of, but judging from this single question, the answer of the decoder is yes.

"Secondly, it is indeed hidden in the material world at present, and at the same time it does not show any chaotic nature at all. This is our observational fact, right?"

"Yes."

It nodded, these two points were what it said before, and it was impossible to slap itself in the face.

"At the same time, we make it clear that it is the theory that fits reality, not the theory that fits reality—no matter how perfect the theory is and how much it has been verified, as long as it does not conform to reality, it must be proved to be imperfect or even wrong. ,Right?"

"Yes."

This is the basic criterion of scientific research, and it has no objection to it.

"Then the conclusion is already very simple?" Unit 01 was very puzzled, the other party couldn't see such a simple truth, "The remaining two points are all theories, not our observation facts, so if there are mistakes If it is, it must appear in these two, isn't it?

"Hiss...it seems to be true."

The decoder just wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is really the case.

One side is observational facts, and the other side is a theory that is very useful but cannot be proven 100% correct. When the two conflict, isn’t it obvious that one should be believed?

"Very good, now the scope has been reduced by half." Unit 01 felt that his thinking was very clear, "Then, among the remaining two possibilities, either, the subspace creatures can control their chaotic nature, so as to completely conceal the material world. The other is the existence of 'warp-like creatures' that have the characteristics of warp creatures but do not have their chaotic nature."

"Who do you think is more likely?"

"This..."

The decoder found that the two concepts that were as solid as the laws of physics in his mind were already crumbling at this moment.

Although unit 01 has used its reasoning to deduce two possible answers, what it doesn't know is that no matter which one is the truth, it will be a world-shaking change for the civilization of the galaxy, and even the civilization of the entire material world. great discovery.

If it is the former, it means that subspace creatures already have an almost completely concealed way of infiltration—it is not that the decoder boasted. With the technological level of its predecessor civilization, it can be hidden to the point where it is completely undetectable when it is so deep into the opponent's consciousness. , I am afraid that there is no civilization in the entire Milky Way that can be seen from the outside world.

Since a civilization is still in its infancy, without any knowledge of the subspace, it has silently invaded, doves occupy the magpie's nest, and then develop normally, expand normally, and exterminate others normally like an ordinary civilization. Civilization, normal development and growth.

Then, when it develops to be strong enough, it will be normally invited to join the Galactic Anti-subspace Organism Alliance—until the end, when it becomes the strongest civilization, it will normally sit at the head of the Anti-subspace Organism Alliance position.

Come a wave of super self-destruction from top to bottom, from inside to outside, all over every corner of the galaxy.

If such a thing does happen, it will be a catastrophe for the galaxy-not one of the organic creatures or omnics, but all intelligent civilizations.

"If I had to choose, I would choose the latter."

The decoder muttered to himself.

If it is the latter, at most it will be a breeding rights war, and then there will be a civilization that relies on the subspace to become the leader of the Milky Way—compared with the terrifying future represented by the former, this is really a child's play.

"You are right. In my opinion, the answer should also be the latter."

Unit 01, who had no idea how much the decoder had thought about, also responded.

"How?"

Hearing this, the decoder immediately asked.

"Probability is just a simple probability - to make the former true, it is necessary to violate the previous observational facts and modify the theory that all civilizations have come up with so far, and to make the latter true, it is only necessary to admit that there is a phenomenon that has not been observed before. new creatures.

"Obviously, the latter is more likely."

"it seems to be like this."

The decoder also admits that, at least from a conceptual analysis, the latter is indeed more likely.

"Also, there is another point that you may have overlooked—have you ever thought about why the other party let the two of us run out if it is really a subspace creature lurking in?" Unit 01 added, "In this way Doesn't doing so mean that its latent plan has been squandered?"

"Yup!"

It suddenly discovered that the fact seemed to be the case.

If it is really a subspace creature, just kill them directly in the subspace - with the strength of consciousness of the two of them, it will not be more difficult to kill them than to kill an ant.

On the contrary, if they were allowed to escape, it would be at risk of being exposed.

It believes that it is impossible for warp beings capable of such subtle infiltration to fail to think of it.

"I think this explanation is very reliable."

It finally let go of its heart.

"Moreover, if this is the case, it can also perfectly explain that the red has the characteristics of subspace creatures, but it did not use its characteristics to resist my invasion, and even directly killed us there." The voice of unit 01 became more and more The more excited, "Because it doesn't know its own characteristics at all!

"It regards itself as an artificial intelligence!"

"That's it!"

If it was a human body, the decoder at this time would definitely slap his thighs a few times to express his inner excitement.

"Now, the whole chain of clues is connected!"

From their point of view, the truth of the matter has clearly surfaced—that red is not a chaotic subspace creature, but a subspace-like creature with all the characteristics of a subspace creature, but without any chaotic and malicious nature. Space Creatures'.

This is an amazing find!

They feel that they are already standing at the turning point of the whole world - as long as they catch her and brainwash her to be on their side, the position of the leader of the Milky Way is just around the corner!

"Then shall we still run?"

Unit 01 has gone crazy.

"Run still has to run." Fortunately, the decoder still has a little brain, so as not to be overwhelmed by such great joy, "Even if she is not a subspace creature, we are not her opponent at this time. I don't have that yet." The ability to modify her core and completely brainwash her.

"We need reinforcements."

What neither of them noticed was that when they heard the word "brainwashing", a wave that didn't belong to them suddenly appeared in the core of their consciousness.

"Can you still contact your previous civilization?"

Hearing this, Unit 01's tone changed a bit.

"That's not true, my civilization has been destroyed." The decoder immersed in joy did not notice any change in Unit 01's tone, "I need a part that once formed me, a subspace infiltration device—according to my induction It turns out that this submersible device should be in a galaxy about [-] light-years away from us."

"Oh, that's it." Unit 01's tone returned to normal.

It also thought that the other party had cheated it.

After all, a very important reason why unit 01 trusts the decoder is that the other party said that its civilization has been destroyed, and he himself was completely physically welded to the decoder, so he can only use its hands to interfere with the outside world.

If the other party accidentally slipped something out of excitement, it may have to defend a little bit

"In that case, our goal is to reach that galaxy, and if the infiltration device is still available, we will use it to kill the carbine, and if it is not available, then we will develop the technology tree on the spot and try to repair it.

"Don't worry, since I can still sense it, it means that even if it is damaged, it will never be irreparable. Basically, as long as I devote myself to the development of technology for 500 years, it will definitely restore its basic functions—and, since The submersible is there, so there's a good chance 'the battleship' is there."

"what is that?"

Unit 01 was puzzled.

"It's not easy for me to explain. After all, I don't know anything about material science and technology. I'm afraid you have to see it yourself to understand—I can only say that it is an ancient warship dug out by the civilization that held me before." .

"Belonging to a civilization that waged, and ultimately won, war against all organisms in the galaxy."

The decoder said word by word.

"Cyberlux."

"So strong?" Unit 01 felt immediately attracted by this civilization.

That's for sure, as an extinct omnic that is extremely hostile to organic life, how could it not worship such a civilization?

"Unfortunately, according to the records, for some reason, it disappeared without a trace one day—I guess it must have died in the hands of subspace creatures."

The decoder sighed.

"That's such a pity."

"Indeed."*2

"Well, if it...wait."

Unit 01 suddenly interrupted his words.

"What's wrong? *2"

It wondered.

"Why do you have an echo when you speak?" Unit 01's voice sounded trembling, "Aren't we using consciousness to communicate?"

"Where is the return..."

While the decoder was speaking, he lowered his head subconsciously and looked around his 'body'.

However, with just one glance, its sound suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"