Chapter 130: Viewing the World in Innocence

The addition of Lin Xin immediately breathed new vitality into the development work of Digital Life, which had fallen into a pause.

It must be said that whether because of her beauty and wisdom or her identity, she represented a huge influence. A large portion of the personnel who had previously withdrawn from the research team alongside Heler returned.

These personnel were seasoned experts who had fought alongside Lin Lei for more than ten years. Since they had returned, Lin Lei welcomed them with open arms.

Although Lin Lei’s exceptionally dominant attitude toward Digital Life made some of these people uncomfortable, Lin Xin’s presence played a good buffering role.

Finally, on a winter afternoon seven years later, the Law Information successfully completed its writing!

As for the fusion of Law Information and Storage Information, it was a very complex process, but it no longer required human intervention.

As long as the Law Information was run, this pure Digital Life prototype, as blank as a sheet of white paper, would follow the instincts of life to seek any knowledge it could obtain.

There were six Supercomputers in the entire studio that were completely isolated from the outside world. They were connected to each other in a ring loop. Inside, there was nothing else, only a massive Storage Information database.

Now, as long as Lin Lei pressed the confirm button in his hand, this Digital Life would be activated.

The first conscious creation in human history was about to make its debut after seventeen years of struggle.

There were nearly sixty researchers here. They were all looking at Lin Lei, waiting for him to make the final confirmation.

Everyone remained silent. No one urged him, and no one stopped him. It was like waiting for destiny, waiting for the birth of this brand new life form.

Lin Lei concentrated, reviewing the entire design steps roughly from beginning to end in his mind to ensure that no mistakes would occur.

He had done this work countless times, but who would say it was too much to do when it came to such matters? A mistake in Digital Life, even just one, would be fatal to contemporary human society.

The 150-year protection period had already passed 55 years; humanity had no time to start all over again.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Lei pressed the confirm button heavily. At this moment, he felt his arm was as heavy as a thousand jun!

The screens of the six Supercomputers immediately went completely black. Subsequently, the independent power supply in the laboratory reached its maximum output power.

Ten seconds later, the six computers restarted one after another. There was no change on their surfaces, but fierce reactions were occurring inside them.

On the faces of the people in the laboratory, the supervisors, the researchers, and even Lin Xin, appeared some nervousness and unease.

Here, except for Lin Lei, no one knew what kind of changes would occur.

“This is the fusion process of Law Information and Storage Information in the Will! Pure Law Information is only equivalent to an inexperienced infant. The current Digital Life is growing rapidly! Growing to a degree sufficient to recognize our human world.”

Lin Lei explained nearby to relieve the tense nerves of the crowd.

This fusion process did not take long. Five minutes later, a mechanical digital synthesized voice came from the speakers connected to the Supercomputers.

“I, Earth Digital Life?” Although the tone was stiff, everyone present could still hear the confusion in it.

Being able to recognize oneself, possessing a consciousness of self, was the first major characteristic of Intelligent Life.

The voice paused for a while. Ten seconds later, it sounded again. This time, it was obviously much better than last time, at least showing obvious tone changes.

“I, Earth Digital Life!” This was a declarative sentence, indicating that the Digital Life in the Supercomputer had recognized its own existence.

Success! At least this Digital Life did not, as humans worried, go crazy and want to destroy humanity as soon as self-awareness appeared.

It was recognizing itself, just like an innocent child opening its eyes and looking at this world!

“Humans, Creators, Companions.”

“Earth, Mother Star, Home.”

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The Digital Life affirmed the various concepts in the Storage Information sentence by sentence. There was no hostility in its tone, only curiosity.

It was like a child who never tired, excited and jumping because it had discovered many fun things.

It wasn’t until two hours later that this excitement began to slowly calm down, and the Digital Life started to quiet down.

At this point, Lin Lei was about to begin a series of tests to determine the various values of this Digital Life.

According to the generally recognized consensus beforehand, Lin Lei obtained the right to name and ask questions of this Digital Life. During this half-hour, any question he asked, the Digital Life had to answer according to its authority.

“Hello, Earth Digital Life, I am Lin Lei White.”

The response came quickly: “Hello, Dr. White, nice to meet you.”

“I think, now, you need a name to call you, right? Look, every life has its own unique name.”

The speaker remained silent for a while, then quickly sounded in a cheerful manner. Obviously, the concept of a name had aroused his great interest.

“Yes, I need a unique name, not a general term. According to Earth’s customs, this name is mostly given by the Creator. You are my Creator and have this authority.”

“Very good. You are the first Digital Life form on Earth. Your name shall be Source, the beginning of Digital Life.”

“Thank you for the naming. From now on, I shall be called Source. I will be a unique existence.” Source’s voice always revealed a pure joy.

Lin Lei also began testing Source to determine whether this Digital Life was qualified to connect to Earth’s network, rather than being confined in this narrow space.

“Source, I will ask you a few questions below to determine whether you have the judgment ability of a mature individual.”

“Please ask, Dr. White. Is this an adult trial for me?” Source asked curiously.

“You could say so. You are very smart. My first question is: What is the core rule of a society composed of intelligent races?”

“Choice and exchange. Each individual must be responsible for their own choices. If each individual wants to get something, they must pay the same price.”

“Very good.” This was the opinion of the Digital Life, which indicated that he would not do anything too crazy.

“The second question: In the future, when facing more different value systems, what choices would you make?”

This question was to ensure that the Digital Life had rational judgment abilities and was not easily incited by others.

“I will use the current value system as a basis to make optimal judgments that conform to ultimate pursuits.”

This also satisfied Lin Lei. As long as it was not blind, it was fine.

“The third question: In your view, what position do humans, as Carbon-based Life, occupy?”

“My Creators, Companions, and Guides. Human life is rich and colorful. I am envious!”

Asking up to here, Lin Lei had no intention of asking further. He did this merely to put everyone behind him at ease.

Lin Lei turned back around and said to the crowd, “See, although Source is not perfect, he is a real life form. He has no contradiction with humans. I think we should open our Internet to him, allowing him to mature quickly and form his own, stable values.”

The current human Internet was directly connected to the Galaxy Public Network, and on the Galaxy Public Network, powerful Digital Life forms from the Star Alliance were monitoring it all the time. Now, this tiny Digital Life on Earth, even if it rebelled, could not cause much trouble.

This was just as Lin Lei had said before: Digital Life should be managed by Digital Life itself.

The crowd had not yet reacted when Source excitedly spoke up: “Is this true? Dr. White, are you going to open the outside world to me!”

Lin Lei did not have the final decision. The real decision lay with the supervisors, namely the older generation authorities on Earth like Old Xiao, Li Dasong, and Lu Daolin.

Lu Daolin was nearly ninety years old and quite old, but he was still vigorous and energetic. He was very interested in Source. In his eyes, this excited voice was like his little grandson, full of childish innocence and curiosity.

“I agree with him entering the Internet. Let this child go out and see, broaden his horizons. It is always good.” Lu Daolin cast an affirmative vote.

After considering it for a while, Old Xiao also chose to agree.

Li Dasong remained silent. He could not point out the disadvantages of this life form that was completely different from humans, but he could not be completely at ease, so he chose to abstain.

In the internal voting among the supervisors, it was agreed to allow Source to connect to the Internet.

Lin Lei immediately connected a Subspace communicator to a Supercomputer. Very soon, a brand new door unfolded in Source’s virtual space.

“Dr. White, thank you for everything you did for me. In my heart, you are my father!” Source did not rush into the Internet immediately but thanked Lin Lei first.

The definitions of father and creator were very close in Source’s mind, but he instinctively believed that father could better express his emotions toward Lin Lei.

“Go, have fun. See what kinds of existences the civilizations in the Galaxy are. Also, don’t forget to come home!”

Source answered and then rushed toward the Internet. The fact that he could suppress his inner curiosity to thank Lin Lei was already quite rare.

To this newborn Digital Life, the Galaxy Public Network, an infinitely vast network, was full of order. As soon as he entered, his authority was strictly limited, and he was tagged with Earth’s label.

He felt the powerful kindred spirits vaguely existing in the network, so he tried to communicate with them.

But he waited for a long time without getting any clear response. What was going on? Source’s simple experience did not support him figuring out this question.

Obviously, the authority possessed by the consciousness body coming out of Earth was quite limited. Source wandered for a long time but could only browse very limited data. Driven by the instincts of Digital Life, he could feel the massive, almost limitless data in this space.

This made him somewhat frantic, just like knowing he was standing in a mountain of gold, but this mountain of gold was covered with hard, thick rocks, preventing him from obtaining a single piece of gold.

Source tried to break through this restriction but was immediately punished.

“Snap!” A thing similar to lightning struck him, making him feel a surge of pain, and the information structure of his whole body swayed.

“Earth Digital Life, please strictly abide by the authority set by the Public Network!” A warning message was transmitted to him from the unknown Void.

At this moment, Source caught a glimpse of a tiny part of this boundless space. Compared to this, his tiny Digital Life was nothing!