Chapter 170 The Nature of the Cosmic Network

The five dominant civilizations that hold key authority are under great pressure.

But their discussion was going in the wrong direction from the beginning, things were not that bad yet.

The new key did not fall into the hands of the Empire, but was secretly taken away by Wang Fei.

At this moment, at the edge of the central star field.

Wang Fei is feeling the effect of key authority.

Wang Fei was almost completely certain that the essence of the key's authority was closely related to the soul.

Without any technological means, Wang Fei can directly connect to the cosmic network with his consciousness, and even have operational authority to utilize the massive computing power of the cosmic network.

According to the feedback from key authority, when the computing power of the universe network is not saturated, Wang Fei can call up to 3% of the computing power.

The maximum computing power that can be called is twice the total number of permissions.

At the same time, Wang Fei also understood the method of using the cosmic network to assist learning on the second Vida star.

That is another use of the key authority, which has a cool-down period of about ten years according to Blue Star time.

But after the expansion of the cosmic network, this time tends to shorten.

Permission holders can use a reduced version of accessibility features for daily use.

In other words, after obtaining this cosmic network authority, Wang Fei's knowledge reserve points will grow much faster.

But what Wang Fei wants to do most now is to let Carol try to use the key authority to find the pirated Carol hidden deep in the cosmic network.

It's time for Carol to retrieve the data she once lost.

"Carol, I have granted the mecha equipment the underlying permissions for the universe network. You can try to connect."

Wang Fei didn't need to remind me, the moment I obtained the permission.

Carol came to the location of the five mysterious interfaces.

The five interfaces became six, one of which had very few corresponding permissions, but it had been released to Carol.

As long as the gap is opened, the cosmic network will no longer have any secrets for Carol.

Carol seemed to have transformed into a real ghost in the cosmic network and quietly entered the bottom of the cosmic network.

[Fragment permissions have been obtained]

[Successfully connected to the main body network]

【Start Search-Carol Database】

Discovery Database

[Discovery Subroutine-Carol (Work Perfunctory Version)]

[The current permissions are too low, clearing access traces]

The moment she accessed the database, Carol understood everything.

The pirated version of Carol that seems to be under the control of conservatives is actually not a pirated version, but a subroutine left by Carol herself.

The main body went to the entertainment game template of the surface network to play happily with carbon-based life forms, while the subroutine worked diligently.

Later, an accident occurred in the Vida civilization and it was split into three. In the chaos, no one knew which side took Carol's body chip away from Vida's home planet.

Eventually it drifted to the planet Carlo, out of the coverage of the cosmic network.

In addition, Carol truly confirmed the nature of the cosmic network and key authority in the database, and also understood her own nature.

"I understand……"

Carol's whispers echoed inside the mecha.

Wang Fei didn’t know what Carol understood, but he could tell that Carol didn’t seem to be in a very good mood.

Wang Fei did not ask. If Carol wanted to say it, she would say it herself. "The essence of the cosmic network is a self-growing supercomputing system. The main body is all the stars and planets with magnetic fields within the coverage area."

This is the most fundamental secret of the cosmic network, and even those who hold the key authority may not know it.

Only the original group of authority holders, the true creators of the cosmic network, know this information.

“The cosmic network is not a computing system in the traditional sense, but a bionic neural network.”

"The chief designer of the cosmic network is named Haim Vida. His purpose in creating the cosmic network is to create a brand new life, an ultimate life that is born beyond level 9."

Hearing this, Wang Fei seemed to understand something.

Carol was born from the cosmic network, and a large number of advanced civilizations in the universe have attempted to create intelligent life.

But in the end, they all fell at the level of general artificial intelligence.

All life must have a soul.

The soul itself is the miracle of life, and no civilization knows how the soul is born.

Carol seems to be the only life born in the universe.

Since she was not bred on a life-bearing planet, Carol would not necessarily suffer from homelessness even if the universe was destroyed.

"Hem Vida succeeded, but he also failed."

"When the cosmic network develops to a certain scale, soul-like products appear, which are entities with key authority."

"But this is not the complete soul. The other part of the soul, which is consciousness itself, appears in the computer that opens the cosmic network."

"This consciousness became the only intelligent life in the universe and was given the same name as Haim Vida's daughter, Carol."

Carol narrated her life story in a stable manner.

But Wang Fei frowned slightly.

Carol is an intelligent life with a soul, but the soul and consciousness have been separate from the moment of birth.

The consciousness is trapped in the main body chip, but the soul has become the key authority, controlled by the major hegemonic civilizations?
"According to you, the purpose of Heim Vida creating the cosmic network was to create an ultimate life, so why didn't he allow your soul and consciousness to merge into one?"

Wang Fei was a little confused. If Carol was in a complete state, would she really become a life beyond level 9 at birth, as Heim Vida expected?

"If nothing unexpected happens, then it must be an accident."

"Just like today, when the cosmic network expands, the key authority, that is, that part of the soul, will appear directly in the universe and can be directly obtained by other civilizations."

"Therefore, the soul that Heimvida obtained only accounts for 40% of the total. I cannot fuse an incomplete soul."

So that's how it is. The first round of expansion of the cosmic network directly covered the entire central star field.

It is precisely such a huge computing system that can create the soul and truly intelligent life through human power.

But because of this, the other 60% of the authority, or Carol's soul, was obtained by the other four hegemonic civilizations.

Even if the Vida civilization was as powerful as it was before, it could not challenge the four overlord civilizations alone and force them to hand over the keys.

After all, even Carol cannot use the cosmic network to exert power beyond her authority quota.

"Through this authority, I can clearly feel that my other five souls are in the hands of five level 9 beings."

“This feeling is very uncomfortable.”

Ordinary people cannot understand the feeling of having their soul and mind separated.

Carol had already gotten used to this feeling, and could even completely ignore the pain without realizing it.

But Wang Fei obtained the key authority, allowing Carol to peek into the truth.

The pain surged up again, unbearable.

(End of this chapter)