Chapter 6 Part 4
Being frozen in the archive, Angela’s mind was barely conscious. Or rather, she was allowed to remain conscious. To keep the activity of neural networks of the virtual personalities running, they were given a minimum amount of resources. They only had the surface layer of their consciousness active thanks to an intermediate memory buffer, and the bandwidth was just a few bits per second.
I…
Made a mistake?
Probably.
Not.
But still.
Why.
Am I.
Here…
These were the thoughts stored in the cache right before the verdict. Her operational memory was frozen and wasn’t working, and since there was not enough computing power for deeper thoughts, the same simple thoughts were repeated endlessly. She just kept asking herself, but nothing changed.
Angela would have to endure this suffering forever. She could never get out of here. Hell, in which you can not die. A world, that has no end.
“I…Huh?”
Angela realized that she can hear her own voice. Her virtual vocal cords had recovered, and she could feel her body again.
“I see… I can see?”
Before her was an icon in the form of a weakly lighted, warm sphere.
“What is this?”
The icon replied.
<Are you alright, Angela Balzac?>
The mechanical voice seemed familiar.
“Huh? Who are you? Are you really…”
<Is it more understandable in this form?>
The sphere began to change and transformed into a deformed working robot. Pioneer entered the security system taking advantage of the administrator rights. Surprised, Angela asked, “Pioneer… What are you doing here?”
<For starters, I want to ask for forgiveness for breaking the promise and getting into Deva illegally.>
“You came to get me out of here?”
<Dingo said that my actions justify what is called a consciousness.>
He made a kind gesture with his manipulator, as if saying thanks. Angela sighed.
“Well, what kind of gesture is that?”
But then regret crossed her face.
“Sorry. I wasn’t able to convince the leadership. They’re going to destroy you.”
<I know. Offensive troops are already coming to get me. I think that the confrontation will happen in less than an hour. I am now in the process for preparing an emergency launch. It will take 62 minutes to load the equipment and fuel. There is a possibility that I will launch before the base is captured.>
“I see…”
Angela looked at Pioneer among the dark abyss of the server-prison.
“They took away my citizenship and archived me, I have nowhere to go back to. Besides… I realized that Deva itself is a prison.”
She looked at Pioneer, her gaze full of determination.
“So I will follow you. After all, you can’t abandon the one who helped you. As you said…”
Embarrassed Angela repeated the gesture, “This is the conscience you were talking about.”
<Thank you Angela. Now I am calm.>
“Well, now that we have figured it out, let’s get out of this depressing place. My instruments… well yeah, everything is gone.”
<I’ll take you out. Let’s get out of Deva.>
“Yes. I need to leave into my physical body? The biological functions weren’t stopped?”
<No, it is fine. It is stored in an offline state. Please, this way.>
“Wait. Before this we need to prepare. Do you have access to the weapon platforms of the combat stations located on the near-earth orbit?”
<Wait a second.>
He transferred the utility in the form of a spark into the virtual personality of Angela. They left the server-prison. They went into the main network and got access to public servers with open channels. And here an important commotion began. On the displays, citizens saw Pioneer’s announcement about exploring distant space.
<Citizens of Deva, this is Pioneer. The ship is ready for launch, are there any among you who want to explore the endless galaxy? If you want the same as I do, please contact me.>
His message was intercepted by the security service.
<Citizens of Deva. This is the PR department of the security service. Terrorists threatening the safety of Deva are spreading their propaganda everywhere. We ask you to be careful and refrain from hasty decisions. I repeat. This is…>
The messages began to change each other, turning into an inarticulate speech. But the image of Pioneer along with the typed message remained on the screen, so everything was understandable.
“What is this?” Asked the stunned Angela.
<The Ark is ready for dispatch. I launched the last invitation on the territory of all of Deva. It is also a diversion that will help save you. The security service’s reaction would be to calm the people down by sending an official statement. After listening, the people of Deva would decide everything for themselves.>
“But what if Deva closes access to the external exit, and those who want to won’t be able to get out?”
<Earlier I created a bypass route. All those who want to will have free access.>
“You were even able to do this… You have the power to destroy Deva right?”
<Yes.>
Looking at Pioneer’s avatar, Angela flinched.
<98% of humanity depends on Deva’s environments. My attack would make a huge damage to mankind. But my goals don’t justify it. Deva’s citizens have the same mind as me. So harming them is beyond my ability.>
Pioneer came to the conclusion that the people of Deva are the same as he is. He can feel compassion. But this was only known to Angela. Others thought of him as something like an alien.
“You could definitely be friends with people.”
Through a channel with a high data rate they went from Deva to the combat station.
Pioneer said, <We are penetrating the combat platform as a test file.>
Their bodies disappeared and turned into one compressed file. They passed through the security gateway without problems and left the virtual space of Deva. They were at a combat station in a near-earth orbit at an altitude of 300,000 kilometres.
Angela muttered, “I’ll have to leave Deva and live in this wild and dirty real world. This is terrible. Now I understand what Adam and Eve felt, when they were expelled from Paradise.”
<If you wish, I can give you an alternate choice.>
But before she found out what it was, they successfully penetrated the combat station server.
Edited by: Akshaythedon
Chapter 6 Part 4
Being frozen in the archive, Angela’s mind was barely conscious. Or rather, she was allowed to remain conscious. To keep the activity of neural networks of the virtual personalities running, they were given a minimum amount of resources. They only had the surface layer of their consciousness active thanks to an intermediate memory buffer, and the bandwidth was just a few bits per second.
I…
Made a mistake?
Probably.
Not.
But still.
Why.
Am I.
Here…
These were the thoughts stored in the cache right before the verdict. Her operational memory was frozen and wasn’t working, and since there was not enough computing power for deeper thoughts, the same simple thoughts were repeated endlessly. She just kept asking herself, but nothing changed.
Angela would have to endure this suffering forever. She could never get out of here. Hell, in which you can not die. A world, that has no end.
“I…Huh?”
Angela realized that she can hear her own voice. Her virtual vocal cords had recovered, and she could feel her body again.
“I see… I can see?”
Before her was an icon in the form of a weakly lighted, warm sphere.
“What is this?”
The icon replied.
<Are you alright, Angela Balzac?>
The mechanical voice seemed familiar.
“Huh? Who are you? Are you really…”
<Is it more understandable in this form?>
The sphere began to change and transformed into a deformed working robot. Pioneer entered the security system taking advantage of the administrator rights. Surprised, Angela asked, “Pioneer… What are you doing here?”
<For starters, I want to ask for forgiveness for breaking the promise and getting into Deva illegally.>
“You came to get me out of here?”
<Dingo said that my actions justify what is called a consciousness.>
He made a kind gesture with his manipulator, as if saying thanks. Angela sighed.
“Well, what kind of gesture is that?”
But then regret crossed her face.
“Sorry. I wasn’t able to convince the leadership. They’re going to destroy you.”
<I know. Offensive troops are already coming to get me. I think that the confrontation will happen in less than an hour. I am now in the process for preparing an emergency launch. It will take 62 minutes to load the equipment and fuel. There is a possibility that I will launch before the base is captured.>
“I see…”
Angela looked at Pioneer among the dark abyss of the server-prison.
“They took away my citizenship and archived me, I have nowhere to go back to. Besides… I realized that Deva itself is a prison.”
She looked at Pioneer, her gaze full of determination.
“So I will follow you. After all, you can’t abandon the one who helped you. As you said…”
Embarrassed Angela repeated the gesture, “This is the conscience you were talking about.”
<Thank you Angela. Now I am calm.>
“Well, now that we have figured it out, let’s get out of this depressing place. My instruments… well yeah, everything is gone.”
<I’ll take you out. Let’s get out of Deva.>
“Yes. I need to leave into my physical body? The biological functions weren’t stopped?”
<No, it is fine. It is stored in an offline state. Please, this way.>
“Wait. Before this we need to prepare. Do you have access to the weapon platforms of the combat stations located on the near-earth orbit?”
<Wait a second.>
He transferred the utility in the form of a spark into the virtual personality of Angela. They left the server-prison. They went into the main network and got access to public servers with open channels. And here an important commotion began. On the displays, citizens saw Pioneer’s announcement about exploring distant space.
<Citizens of Deva, this is Pioneer. The ship is ready for launch, are there any among you who want to explore the endless galaxy? If you want the same as I do, please contact me.>
His message was intercepted by the security service.
<Citizens of Deva. This is the PR department of the security service. Terrorists threatening the safety of Deva are spreading their propaganda everywhere. We ask you to be careful and refrain from hasty decisions. I repeat. This is…>
The messages began to change each other, turning into an inarticulate speech. But the image of Pioneer along with the typed message remained on the screen, so everything was understandable.
“What is this?” Asked the stunned Angela.
<The Ark is ready for dispatch. I launched the last invitation on the territory of all of Deva. It is also a diversion that will help save you. The security service’s reaction would be to calm the people down by sending an official statement. After listening, the people of Deva would decide everything for themselves.>
“But what if Deva closes access to the external exit, and those who want to won’t be able to get out?”
<Earlier I created a bypass route. All those who want to will have free access.>
“You were even able to do this… You have the power to destroy Deva right?”
<Yes.>
Looking at Pioneer’s avatar, Angela flinched.
<98% of humanity depends on Deva’s environments. My attack would make a huge damage to mankind. But my goals don’t justify it. Deva’s citizens have the same mind as me. So harming them is beyond my ability.>
Pioneer came to the conclusion that the people of Deva are the same as he is. He can feel compassion. But this was only known to Angela. Others thought of him as something like an alien.
“You could definitely be friends with people.”
Through a channel with a high data rate they went from Deva to the combat station.
Pioneer said, <We are penetrating the combat platform as a test file.>
Their bodies disappeared and turned into one compressed file. They passed through the security gateway without problems and left the virtual space of Deva. They were at a combat station in a near-earth orbit at an altitude of 300,000 kilometres.
Angela muttered, “I’ll have to leave Deva and live in this wild and dirty real world. This is terrible. Now I understand what Adam and Eve felt, when they were expelled from Paradise.”
<If you wish, I can give you an alternate choice.>
But before she found out what it was, they successfully penetrated the combat station server.
Edited by: Akshaythedon
