Mechanical lifeforms are weapons created by aliens, and the only order they receive is [Destroy the enemy]. Even if the mechanical lifeforms evolved by themselves and in turn destroyed their creators, they failed to escape the shackles of this order, but only expanded the definition of "enemy".
But it is precisely because of the existence of this order that the mechanical life forms that have long been able to completely eradicate the androids have not completely killed the remnants of the androids. Mechanical life forms need to [destroy the enemy], but to destroy the enemy, they must [exist the enemy]—their enemy, that is, the android, cannot be completely destroyed. Once this happens, the mechanical life form has no instructions to implement. .
In the eyes of human beings, this is not a problem at all. After killing the enemy, it is called a collapse to develop oneself happily. But you can't always look at it from a "human point of view". Mechanical life forms can't do it. Can't do it.
Of course, the mechanical lifeforms that discovered this paradox are also working hard. The network of mechanical lifeforms has begun to deliberately disconnect some of the network links of mechanical lifeforms, allowing them to evolve by themselves, intending to use them as a blueprint to break their own destiny in the future... On a global scale There are quite a few mechanical lifeforms that have been disconnected from the Internet, but in the end they are not very different, and even fewer can break free from the order of [Destroy the enemy] and find a new way out. The "King of the Forest" in the Forest Kingdom is considered one of them.
"... This is the 'King of the Forest'?" Adam pointed at the mechanical lifeform lying in the stroller, with an unexpected expression.
When Leeds was sitting in Gundam looking for trouble with the high-level androids, Adam, who was guided by Leeds (who was fooled by Leeds), came to the forest kingdom to meet the "King of the Forest". The process went very smoothly. The soldiers of the Forest Kingdom did not embarrass Adam, who is also a mechanical being and polite. Even after realizing that Adam's wisdom was far beyond his own, he took him all the way to the depths of the kingdom without taking any precautions. In the castle where Adam was located, Adam was able to see the king for the first time.
only!
If the king has no hands or feet, he doesn't even know what the hell is he? !
"King, it's dead." Among the Guards gathered in the main hall, a mechanical life form suspected of being the captain of the Guards stepped forward and gently shook the baby carriage made of rusted metal sheets, "We will take the king's Back up the data and put it on the baby."
"...That's what happened." Adam finally understood.
Mechanical lifeforms only need to replace parts regularly to live forever, even if they don't replace parts all the time, they can live until the day when key parts fail, and the need for survival is very low. As long as man-made humans are not descended from the sky, they can always maintain the status quo. In this sense, it does not matter that the king has been so half-dead.
"However, why..." Under the sound of "babble, babble", all the mechanical lifeforms looked at the king in the stroller, "Why is the king still immature after hundreds of years?"
"It will never grow up, because we are mechanical beings, not humans." Adam is not surprised, this is the common phenomenon of mechanical beings imitating human beings, they will not be able to see their own objective conditions, so that they do not Apply to your own human conscious thinking.
As for Adam himself? It can't be said that there is no such problem at all, but his IQ far exceeds that of ordinary mechanical life forms, and he will not make such a low-level mistake.
"Ah, speaking of it, we don't seem to grow up..." The baby carriage's "babble" sound stopped, and here so many mechanical lifeforms spent hundreds of years together and did not realize the question was answered by someone , seems to make them logically crash for a while.
"..." Adam groaned.
He was considering a plan to help them make a qualified mechanical life form, and then transfer the king's information, but... watching "Romeos and Juliets" in the theater made him a little apprehensive about such an operation.
Is the mechanical life form created in this way really the original "King of the Forest"
"Ah..." The guards who seemed to have thought of something turned their attention to Adam, "However, how did you grow up?"
Adam shook his head and chuckled: "Me? I am a mutant evolution of a mechanical life form, and the situation is a bit special."
The captain of the Guards who rocked the stroller came over and asked again, "...How were you born?"
"About a large number of mechanical lifeforms with the same desire, choose to sacrifice themselves and let me be born at the moment of life and death?" Adam, who is the client, can't explain this, let alone the principle.
This is not a matter of "common sense", whether it is the common sense of human beings, the common sense of artificial humans, or the common sense of mechanical life forms. Because there is no precedent at all before myself and Eve.
but…
"—Yes, so it is."
There seems to be an immediate follow-up.
…
"Isn't there any danger on my brother's side... I'm so worried." Eve was also "instructed" by Liz who was traveling far away, and Eve came to the ruins of the amusement park.
Although this place brings them unfriendly memories, and there is no evolutionary body like the "King of the Forest", it is also a special data collection site created by the network consciousness of mechanical life forms deliberately disconnected from the network, and it is necessary to continue to observe its changes. — In fact, the change is obvious.
After that battle, N2 seemed to have tampered with the mechanical lifeforms in the amusement park. It must have spread some kind of virus? Most of the mechanical lifeforms in the park no longer shouted "share the happiness" in a strange way, but just stood there blankly, uttering some words of unknown meaning.
"..." Even Eve, who was focused on Adam, seemed to have a heavy heart after carefully exploring the garden for a while.
He is also a mechanical lifeform, and he has also suffered from N2.
"Huh?" Eve noticed a small mechanical lifeform running over in the distance, and subconsciously raised the alarm because of the previous incident.
But this small mechanical lifeform is normal, it stopped beside Eve, "Brother, brother, play with me, play with me~~"
"Huh?" Eve finally let go of her guard.
"I went out to play in Pascal Village before, and after I came back, everyone else became very strange. No one played with me... Brother, can you play with me?" How it escaped, I already know.
"No." Eve just wanted to play with her brother, because it was her brother's control.
"Can't you... Is it because we are different?" The small mechanical lifeform looked a little sad.
Eve said impatiently, "Ah, that's it."
Then…
"—Then how can I become like my brother?"
There are also examples on this side.