"Why?" Lin Xian asked.
"Because if you upload your consciousness to another body before you die, for you, you are essentially dead. You won’t open your eyes and come back to life. The consciousness you uploaded is merely a ’successor’ of yourself. Let me give you an example so you can understand. If I copy your consciousness into a clone body exactly like yours, but you yourself haven’t died, there will be two of you in the world. So, that copied person, is it truly a continuation of your consciousness, or just a new person?"
After Ding Junyi finished speaking, she looked at Grace: "So from her perspective, it’s correct that the replicated consciousness doesn’t belong to the range of Deep Red members she monitors."
"Indeed." Grace responded mechanically.
Lin Xian nodded with a sense of realization. He quickly understood Ding Junyi’s point: "So those people lying there, it’s unknown if they can come back to life. The Deep Red World actually isn’t sure about the feasibility of this plan either. They’ve just researched the properties of these mycelium and then packaged it as a concept of eternal life, tricking these wealthy people into being lab rats."
"Probably." Ding Junyi said: "Perhaps their consciousness really exists within the mycelium network, but such a form of life existence..."
"Flesh is weak, consciousness ascends. If it’s true, it’s not a bad way to escape the apocalypse." Lin Xian said.
"Alright, you’re right."
Lin Xian took a deep breath and chuckled lightly: "But if it weren’t for the trouble from this mycelium, I’d probably set it on fire. Might even burn a few fake sariras out of it, to serve as nutrients for the Hell Black Chrysanthemum."
At this moment, weak tremors were suddenly coming from the Zero Element Center. Lin Xian’s expression tensed, and he immediately said to Ding Junyi: "It should be the Joint Train arriving, let’s go and take a look."
Having said that, Lin Xian led Ding Junyi outside.
But just as he took two steps, an eerie voice suddenly came from behind.
"Lin Xian, you absolutely must not leave the city at this time. It’s advised that you lie low underground and rest, and leave during the next active period of the mycelium."
Lin Xian stopped abruptly and turned around sharply. Intelligent Brain Grace was standing 5 meters away from him, with Chu Yan’s holographic projection staring at him, saying:
"The corpse chaser from Star Abyss No.5 appeared in this area during the last tidal cycle. If you act rashly, marked by the Dark Mark, and attract the corpse chaser, you won’t be able to escape!"
"What are you saying?!" Lin Xian’s expression changed dramatically upon hearing this, not only because of the information about the corpse chaser but mainly because, at this moment, Lin Xian felt that Grace seemed nothing like a robot!
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Grace looked at him puzzled, then reverted to the mechanical, cold female voice from before:
"I don’t understand what you mean. Do you want me to repeat my view on death?"
"Didn’t you just tell me about the corpse chaser from Star Abyss No.5?"
Grace paused momentarily, then said: "I detected a keyword-triggered voice command in a system loop. The command was generated 6 hours and 12 minutes ago, and the information has been destroyed. It’s judged as malicious intrusion. To ensure system security, I need to perform a system reboot."
As soon as she finished speaking, Grace’s facial holographic projection quickly dimmed, and her mechanical units stopped as well. Lin Xian’s mechanical superpower detected that she had entered a reboot command.
"What was that she said just now?" Ding Junyi, who had walked over, also asked in confusion.
With furrowed brows, Lin Xian’s mind raced rapidly.
Six hours and 12 minutes ago, someone had implanted a trigger command into Grace, and this voice command explicitly targeted Lin Xian, indicating that this message was prepared for him.
This means that someone had already known Lin Xian would arrive at this place six hours ago.
And six hours ago, Lin Xian was still asleep in the Infinity carriage under the night sky!