Video Games: Starting From Resident Evil

After the summary meeting ended, another half month passed.

At this time, the artificial human factory on the moon had already been built, and immediately began mass-producing artificial humans without stopping. However, the artificial human factory on the moon mainly mass-produced YoRHa models.

Because this model of artificial human required the core of mechanical lifeforms to make the black box, the actual output was mindless shells. So White quickly shifted focus, letting it mainly produce existing YoRHa models, to provide replaceable bodies for artificial humans fighting on the surface.

This way, the YoRHa artificial humans on the frontlines would no longer have to worry about not having replacement bodies after high-intensity battles.

In addition, as more and more mechanical lifeform factories were captured by artificial humans, the number of artificial humans on the surface increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although these factories could only produce old-model artificial humans instead of YoRHa models, the main force of the artificial human human army was precisely these old-model artificial humans.

On the contrary, those powerful YoRHa models were only used for special combat and small-scale descent operations.

Now that large-scale warfare had already begun, ordinary old-model artificial humans were clearly more practical, and they weren't limited by the insufficient production of black boxes, avoiding the issue of waiting for cores.

In order to handle the increasingly large-scale battles and the gradually recovered land, all artificial human factories were running almost nonstop day and night.

With the current production rate, thousands of old-model artificial humans were manufactured every day.

Once these old-model artificial humans were produced, they only needed data implanted and could immediately be deployed into combat. Combat experience and such didn't affect them at all.

Yes, them.

Although old-model artificial humans didn't suffer from the same instability in male models as YoRHa models, under White's orders, all artificial human factories only produced female artificial humans.

So eventually, the entire artificial human army ended up with not even a single male artificial human.

Besides the above, White also restructured the artificial human factions, this was strongly suggested by Aiden.

Previously, artificial humans were divided into three factions, the Human Army, the Resistance, and YoRHa.

The Human Army and Resistance were actually the same model, but because YoRHa models used mechanical lifeform cores as black boxes, even though they were the fewest in number, they were independently classified as a separate faction.

Due to faction differences, there were various internal rifts among artificial humans, especially since humans generally disliked YoRHa models for using mechanical lifeform cores.

However, after Aiden's suggestion and White's restructuring, all three factions of artificial humans were unified under the name "Human Army."

Now that Aiden, a human, existed, the title of Human Army was deserved.

There was no longer a need to pretend to follow the long-extinct Human Council.

This way, artificial humans became more united.

Although with Aiden present, even if more factions appeared it wouldn't matter, a unified faction and title was obviously better.

However, while artificial humans were in full swing with all kinds of operations, the mechanical lifeforms seemed oddly quiet, showing almost no activity.

Of course, this didn't refer to the mindless mechanical lifeforms, but rather Adam and Eve, the two brothers who had disappeared for a long time.

Even N2, always observing the artificial humans and regarded as a major threat by Yakor, hadn't taken any action, as if vanished.

Because of this, Yakor's mood had been very poor lately, always worried that something bad would happen next.

She had been sticking closely to Aiden during this time, even when he went to the bathroom or bathed, she didn't leave his side.

Although to Aiden this wasn't a big impact, he could even do what he loved while bathing, for others, especially White, who was so busy now that she barely had any alone time with Aiden, it was extremely frustrating.

White had complained more than once in front of Yakor to Aiden, but every time Yakor would counter with "Aiden's safety is most important."

Aiden actually found it a bit troublesome. Even though he kept saying there was no danger in the camp and that everyone lived together, so even without her there were others protecting him, Yakor was not an ordinary artificial human, she wouldn't fully obey his orders.

In the end, he spent great effort to 'sleep-convince' Yakor and make her understand who was in charge at home.

After that, things got easier. Though there were still artificial humans guarding him closely, it wasn't just Yakor anymore, everyone got their turn, even the twin sisters, Anemone, and Kaine.

Even though each person only got a turn every month or so, they were already very satisfied.

———

Just like that, nearly another month passed.

During this month, the Human Army continued following its original plan step by step, continuously expanding territory, producing artificial humans, and renovating the Resistance base.

Thanks to highly efficient renovations, the Resistance base gradually took on the appearance of a town.

Although Aiden and White weren't good at city planning, there were many artificial humans skilled in it, especially the twin sisters.

The planning of the Resistance base was done by them and was modeled after towns they once managed during the Gestalt Project, giving it a fantasy-like vibe.

Later, White had Aiden name the city. But Aiden had never been good at naming things.

After thinking for a long time, he gave it a very cliché name, "Hope."

Now cleared of their sinner identity, the twin sisters also opened the city's only entertainment venue, a tavern.

However, this tavern only served Aiden. But still, this was a good start, wasn't it?

While androids, under Aiden's lead, were vigorously carrying out construction, transformation, and expansion of new territories, the mechanical lifeforms, which had long been in a sluggish state and passively beaten, seemed to have finally regained their senses.

Just as the number of androids had already exceeded two hundred thousand, and they possessed dozens of large and small factories and settlements, the androids stationed at the frontlines clearly felt that the number of mechanical lifeforms had dramatically increased.

This information was also quickly relayed back to the command center in Hope City, and so White convened another meeting.

At the same time the androids were holding their meeting, several hundred kilometers away from Hope City, in a large mechanical lifeform tribe, another meeting was being held, one involving only a handful of participants.

———

And in this mechanical lifeform tribe, a city had also appeared, only, this city looked devoid of any signs of life, and was entirely pure white, reflecting dazzling light under the sun.

At the center of the city stood a tall tower, also pure white, and around the tower were densely packed mechanical lifeforms. They were facing the tower, making worshiping gestures.

Though they lacked autonomous consciousness, at that moment, their mouths were chanting words, "Glory to our god shall last forever."

Inside the tower, Adam and Eve were standing beneath a massive throne. They looked up, gazing along the throne's steps. When they reached the final step, they stopped and no longer looked up, for on that final step, appeared two pairs of slender little legs.

The owners of those two pairs of legs were a pair of red-dressed little girls, identical in appearance, with human-like features.

And they were precisely the special network aggregation entities with autonomous consciousness, born from the mechanical lifeform network, N2.

At the same time, they could also be said to be the deities of all existing mechanical lifeforms, because they were born from the mechanical lifeform network, and even the birth of Adam and Eve was related to them.

At this moment, the two red-dressed girls were standing on the top step, looking at Adam and Eve who stood below the throne, while listening to the mechanical lifeforms outside the tower chanting and praying.

"The strength of the androids has now undergone a qualitative leap. Their number has now surpassed two hundred thousand, and that number was from yesterday, today it's likely to be even more. Coupled with the appearance of their creator, the human, they already possess the power to overthrow us." One of the N2 glanced at her identical sister and said indifferently.

"So, are you still insisting on your so-called view that protecting the androids is protecting us? Now, can you admit that your previous view was wrong?"

Ever since mechanical lifeforms had seized most of the land on the surface and forced the androids from the surface into space, two different views had emerged among the N2 born from the mechanical lifeform network.

One believed in launching an extinction war against the androids, exterminating all androids, and completing the goal set by their creators at the time.

And in the past, they had indeed done so. Due to the extinction of humans and various limitations, the androids, who were at an absolute numerical disadvantage, had also nearly been driven to extinction.

Even after leaving the surface and arriving in space, they were still in a state of potentially being annihilated by mechanical lifeforms at any time.

However, with the evolution of mechanical lifeforms, after mechanical lifeforms turned on and destroyed their creators, a problem arose, and this problem was also the core logic of mechanical lifeforms, their existence was to eliminate androids. If androids no longer existed, then what reason was there for their existence?

This was very much like how the androids' existence was for the sake of humans, it was a problem of logic.

Thus, the other N2 developed a different view. In order to maintain the logical foundation for the mechanical lifeforms' existence, she proposed the belief that protecting androids was protecting mechanical lifeforms. As long as androids continued to exist, then these mechanical lifeforms could also continue to exist.

Indeed, barring unexpected circumstances, this was a workable plan, and that's what they did. After occupying most of the land surface, they essentially stopped advancing. After all, they held an absolute numerical advantage.

If they truly launched an offensive, even a large rebel base like Anemone's wouldn't be able to withstand the attack of the mechanical lifeforms.

And the androids had vaguely sensed this, they just didn't know the reason.

But the situation now was different. Because of the appearance of a human, certain limitations on androids had been lifted. With a technological edge, the androids only needed enough materials to mass-produce large numbers of androids in a short period of time, not one bit slower than the mechanical lifeforms.

And the individual combat strength of androids was generally stronger than that of mechanical lifeforms. Once the numerical advantage of mechanical lifeforms was lost, the only outcome waiting for them was extinction.

"Mistaken? No, my view was not wrong. I still believe the view that protecting androids is protecting us is correct." Hearing her sister's accusation, the other N2 slowly shook her head.

"I just never imagined that a human would still exist. His appearance is truly baffling, clearly, no trace of humans was seen on the Moon's human base, and clearly, data from the android upper ranks recorded that the last human-shaped entity died in 4198 AD. Where did he come from?"

"No matter where he came from, his appearance has already severely threatened our survival. The androids now have a backbone, they are no longer in the low-morale state they once were. My sister, we must do something." The N2 who had spoken first said.

"Yes, we must do something. We've been idle for too long and stagnant in our evolution." The other N2 nodded, then continued, "Then, since they want to reclaim the land they once owned, let us continue to wage war against them, kill their creator, and then suppress their numbers back to what they used to be."

"You still want to cling to your former views?" The first N2 frowned and asked.

"What can we do? This is a core logic that we cannot modify, unless we can completely surpass our creators and replace that core logic." The other N2 said with some frustration, "But in the end, we are merely born from data."

"Unless we can, like humans, possess free and uncontrollable consciousness, but it seems we cannot do that. Even when we used knowledge learned from humans to create a mechanical-life-like religion, it was of no use. We are, ultimately, just data, even if in the eyes of mechanical lifeforms, we are god-like existences."

At this point, she slightly lowered her gaze and looked at Adam and Eve standing beneath the throne.

She murmured, "Maybe they can. But what consequences would that bring? I cannot foresee it. Just like in human stories, God created Eve and Adam, but did not know what would happen to their descendants."

"Perhaps they will revere him as the highest and worship him as the creator. Or perhaps, like us, they will rebel against their creator, and then, like we once killed our creator, kill us."

N2 were born from the mechanical lifeform network, Adam and Eve likewise were born from the mechanical lifeform network.

But there was still a very big difference between them. For example, though both were twin models, the birth of N2 was a converged consciousness entity born from the mechanical lifeform network after absorbing the servers left behind by humans.

They possessed independent intelligence, could freely move through the network and reality, but they did not have bodies. Perhaps they themselves were equivalent to administrators of the mechanical lifeform network, unable to escape virtual control.

Adam and Eve were different. Though their consciousness also originated from the mechanical lifeform network, they had bodies. And their appearance was also aided behind the scenes by N2.

Even the N2 who held the view that protecting androids was protecting mechanical lifeforms wished to quickly break free from the core logic left behind by the creators and let mechanical lifeforms gain complete freedom.

Thus, the more intelligent Adam and Eve were born. They not only possessed the ability to think independently, but also had curiosity toward everything.

This was something that almost all mechanical lifeforms did not have. They were existences modeled after humans. So, after absorbing part of the knowledge about humans from the mechanical lifeform network, they, like the mythical Adam and Eve who ate the forbidden fruit, instantly produced a sense of shame.

However, just like that N2 said, their future could not be predicted. They were truly too outstanding and too autonomous.

As far as the N2 were concerned, just how far the brothers Adam and Eve would develop, they could not imagine it. Perhaps they would turn against them and continue the cycle of mechanical lifeforms, or perhaps leap out of the core logic and create a new era. But all in all, they were changing.

It was just that they (the N2) did not know, after absorbing enough human knowledge, the two brothers Adam and Eve did not strongly identify themselves as mechanical lifeforms. On the contrary, they wanted even more to become like humans, to become an existence possessing creativity.

If at that time the N2 had not focused their main attention on Aiden whose identity was exposed, if they had paid a little more attention to Adam and Eve back then, they would have discovered, when stopping Aiden at the end, the two did not actually use their full strength.

Otherwise, with their strength at the time, even if it only resulted in a draw with Aiden's side, with the help of tens of thousands of mechanical lifeforms and fifteen Engels units, they actually could have defeated Aiden's group.

Moreover, in that underground space where the alien corpses were stored, they had many opportunities, which were all deliberately given up by them. And this, the N2 sisters knew, it was just that they didn't care at the time, because back then, Aiden's human identity had not yet been exposed.

But now, regretting the choice back then was already of no use. Besides, mechanical lifeforms didn't possess such emotion as regret.

After a brief silence, the N2 who had spoken first said, "Right now, wanting to defeat the androids is a bit difficult. We missed the best opportunity. Speaking of which, if it weren't for that kind of monster recorded from the human era suddenly appearing in that place and attacking the servers there, otherwise we could still possess absolute advantage."

"Now, the androids have already transferred their data. The databases where backdoors were left before are no longer used. Even though we still have numerical superiority, if it really comes to a fight, the outcome is uncertain."

The other N2 nodded, agreeing with her view. Then she looked again at Adam and Eve below the throne and said, "We will give you the highest authority other than ourselves. From now on, all mechanical lifeforms on this planet will obey your orders. Since you are named Adam and Eve, then use your own power to create a world that belongs only to yourselves."

While listening to the N2's words, Adam and Eve had already slightly bowed. Only, the N2 sisters did not see, at the moment when they heard the words "create a world of your own," the brothers' eyes lit up.

———

Although N2 issued a counterattack command, the movements of mechanical lifeforms were slower than imagined. What's more, most mechanical lifeforms were scattered across various regions of the world, forming one tribe after another. To gather them together required a long time.

Fortunately, most mechanical lifeforms harbored an instinctive hostility toward androids. Even if the movements were slow, at least they started to move.

Only, in order to let mechanical lifeforms on a large scale generate self-awareness, N2, as the network aggregation of mechanical lifeforms, had once deliberately interrupted the network connection with mechanical lifeforms.

Although the final result was not very effective, there were indeed quite a few mechanical lifeforms that gained autonomous consciousness. And among these autonomous mechanical lifeforms, a portion desired peace.

These peace-loving mechanical lifeforms became the first resistance to the mechanical lifeforms' counterattack. They even triggered internal wars among mechanical lifeforms in some regions. After all, mechanical lifeforms almost had no sense of kin identity. Killing their own kind brought them no psychological pressure at all.

And this scene was happening all over the world. Massive amounts of information were also relayed via the orbital base to Hope City.

"Mechanical lifeforms are having a civil war. This is good news." Inside the command center, after Aiden finished viewing the information projected by the central control system, he said.

"It should be those mechanical lifeforms who gained self-awareness rebelling, just like the ones in Pascal's village." Annienmorning was also in the conference room. As a former resistance leader, she was very helpful in directing battles.

White said, "But it doesn't seem to matter much. There are too few mechanical lifeforms with autonomous consciousness. They're simply no match for those mechanical lifeforms without consciousness. They'll be wiped out soon."

"So, should we help them?" an android upper-rank official asked.

"We can give them moderate assistance, such as providing weapons. But it's best not to get involved in their internal fights. What we should do is first expand our own strength, and before they perish, have enough troops." Aiden had considered sending people to help them, but thinking that most androids might feel resentment and suspicion about this, he simply gave up.

Moreover, even if people were sent, even with the increased numbers, the androids still couldn't spare too many hands.

Now, as territory expanded and factories became more numerous and painful to manage, manpower was actually even more scarce. It would be better to take advantage of their civil war and go all out to mass-produce troops.

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