Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Chapter 317! In Full Swing (Revised)

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Nearly half a month has passed since the summary meeting ended.

By this time, the artificial human factory on the moon had been built and began mass production of artificial humans without stopping. However, the artificial human factory on the moon mainly mass-produced the YoRHa model. Because this model of artificial human required the core of a mechanical life form as a black box, it actually produced empty shells without consciousness. Therefore, White quickly adjusted the focus and made it mainly produce the existing YoRHa model to provide replaceable prosthetic bodies for the artificial humans fighting on the surface. In this way, the YoRHa artificial humans fighting on the front line would not have to worry about not having a prosthetic body to replace after high-intensity battles.

In addition, as more and more mechanical life factories are overrun by androids, the number of androids on the surface is increasing at a visible rate. Although these factories can only produce older model androids that are not YoRHa models, the main force of the android-human army consists of those older model androids. On the contrary, those powerful YoRHa models are only used for special operations and small-scale landing operations. Now that large-scale battles have begun, ordinary older model androids are obviously more practical, and they are not limited by the problem of insufficient production of black boxes, which could lead to situations where the units are waiting for black boxes.

In order to cope with the increasingly large-scale battles and the gradually reclaimed lands, all the android factories are operating almost around the clock. At the current production rate, thousands of old-model androids are produced every day. These old-model androids only need to have their data implanted and can be put into battle immediately. Their combat experience will not affect them at all.

Yes, it was them.

Although older androids did not exhibit the instability issues common to male androids like the YoRHa model, under White's orders, all android factories only produced female androids. As a result, an entire android army ended up without a single male android.

In addition to the above, White also readjusted the android faction, which was strongly suggested by Shen Ye.

Previously, androids were divided into three factions: the Human Army, the Resistance Army, and the YoRHa model. The Human Army and the Resistance Army were actually the same type of machine. Only the YoRHa model, because it used a black box made from the core of a mechanical life form, was classified into a separate faction even though it was the least numerous.

Previously, the three factions of androids were prone to various misunderstandings due to their different factions. In particular, humans generally disliked the YoRHa-type androids because their cores used the cores of mechanical life forms.

However, after Shen Ye's suggestion and White's readjustment, the androids of the three factions were unified as the Human Army. After all, now that there is a human, Shen Ye, the title of Human Army is well-deserved, and there is no need to use the pretense of a non-existent human conference as before.

As a result, the androids became more united. Although with Shen Ye around, it wouldn't be a problem if there were many different factions and groups, a unified faction and title would obviously be better.

However, while the androids were carrying out various activities in full swing, the mechanical life forms seemed to be very calm and basically did nothing.

Of course, this doesn't refer to those mindless mechanical lifeforms, but rather to the brothers Adam and Eve, who have been missing for a long time and haven't appeared since. Even N2, which has been observing the androids and is considered a major enemy by Jaco, hasn't made any move, as if it has disappeared.

That's why Yako has been in a bad mood lately, always worried about what bad things might happen next. So she's been sticking close to Shen Ye, even when he goes to the toilet or takes a shower, she doesn't leave his side. Although it doesn't affect Shen Ye much, and they can even do some intimate things while he's showering, the others are very unhappy, especially White, who is extremely busy with the increasing number of androids. She no longer has any chance to be alone with Shen Ye. She has complained to Shen Ye about this more than once in front of Yako, but Yako has always rebuked her, saying that Shen Ye's safety is the most important thing.

Shen Ye was also a bit troubled by this. Although he kept telling her that she would be fine in the camp and that everyone lived together, and that there were other androids protecting him even if she wasn't there, Yakor was not an ordinary android and would not completely obey his orders. In the end, it took a lot of effort to successfully sleep with Yakor and make her understand who was in charge at home.

So things became easier from there. Although he was still protected by androids, at least it wasn't just Yakor anymore. Everyone had a chance, including the twin sisters, Annie Morning, and Cassius. Although it was only a few times a month, they were already very satisfied.

And so, nearly a month passed.

For the past month, the human army has continued to proceed in an orderly manner according to the original plan, constantly expanding into new territories, continuously producing androids, and constantly modifying the resistance camps.

With highly efficient transformation, the rebel camp gradually took on the rudiments of a town. Although Shen Ye and White were not good at planning and construction, many of the androids were, especially the twin sisters. They were the ones who planned the construction of the rebel camp, and they planned it according to the towns they had managed when they were carrying out the Gestalt Project, turning it into a town full of fantasy.

Afterwards, White asked Shen Ye to name the city, but Shen Ye was never good at naming things. After thinking for a long time, he gave the city a very common name: Hope.

Now freed from their criminal past, the twin sisters have opened the city's only entertainment venue, a tavern, but this tavern serves only Shen Ye.

But this is already a good start, isn't it?

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(Sorry, I drank too much last night and wrote something so bad I can't even stand it myself, so I've revised it. I'll try my best to update today.)

Chapter 318! N2

(Chapter 317 has been completely revised. Please go and read it. Thank you for your hard work.)

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While the androids, led by Shen Ye, were engaged in vigorous construction, renovation, and expansion of new territories, the mechanical lifeforms, which had been passively taking hits for a long time and remained in a sluggish state, seemed to finally come to their senses.

Just as the number of androids had exceeded 200,000 and they had dozens of factories and settlements of varying sizes, the androids at the forefront clearly felt a massive increase in the number of mechanical life forms.

The news was quickly relayed back to the Hope City headquarters, so White convened another meeting.

While the androids were holding their meeting, a small meeting of only a handful of people was taking place in a large mechanical life tribe hundreds of kilometers away from Hope City.

Within this tribe of mechanical lifeforms, a city also emerged. However, this city seemed devoid of any life, its entire body pure white, reflecting a dazzling light under the sun.

In the center of the city stands a tall, pure white tower, surrounded by a dense mass of mechanical lifeforms. They face the tower, making gestures of worship. Although they have no independent consciousness, they are chanting the words, "May the glory of our god endure forever."

Inside the tower, Adam and Eve stood beneath a massive throne, looking up the steps of the throne. When they reached the last step, they stopped and stopped looking up, because on the last step, two slender legs appeared.

The owners of these two pairs of small legs are two little girls in red who look exactly alike and have human-like features.

They are N2, special network aggregates with autonomous consciousness born from the mechanical life network.

At the same time, they can also be said to be the gods of all mechanical life forms, because they were born in the network of mechanical life forms, and even the birth of Adam and Eve was related to them.

At this moment, the two girls in red were standing on the last step, looking at Adam and Eve standing below the throne, while listening to the worship and prayers of the mechanical life outside the tower.

"The androids have made a qualitative leap in strength. Their numbers have now exceeded 200,000, and that number was just yesterday. Today it will probably be even higher. With the emergence of their creators, humans, they now have the power to overthrow us."

One of the N2s glanced at her sister, who looked exactly like her, and said calmly.

"So, you still insist that protecting androids is protecting us? Now, can you admit that your initial idea was wrong?"

Since machine life occupied most of the Earth's surface and drove androids from the Earth's surface into space, N2, born from the machine life network, has developed two different ideas.

One group believes in waging an extermination war against the androids, wiping them out to fulfill the goals set by their creator.

Before this, they had indeed done so. Due to the extinction of humanity and various restrictions, the artificial humans, who were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, were almost extinct. Even after leaving the Earth and coming to space, they were still in a situation where they could be eliminated by mechanical life at any time.

However, as mechanical life evolved, a problem arose when they turned against their creators. This problem is also the underlying logic of mechanical life: their existence is for the purpose of eliminating androids. If androids no longer exist, is there any need for them to exist?

This is just like the idea that androids exist solely for the sake of humanity—it's a logical problem.

Thus, another N2 developed a different idea. In order to maintain the logic that mechanical life could exist, she proposed that protecting androids was protecting mechanical life. As long as androids existed, these mechanical life forms could also continue to exist.

However, if nothing unexpected happens, this is indeed a feasible plan, and that's exactly what they did. After occupying a large portion of the land, they basically halted their offensive. Keep in mind that they have an absolute numerical advantage. If they really wanted to launch an offensive, even a large rebel camp like Annie Morning wouldn't be able to withstand the mechanical lifeforms' attack.

The androids had also vaguely sensed this, but they simply didn't know why.

However, the situation is different now. With the emergence of humans, some of the limitations on androids have been lifted. With technological advantages, androids can produce a large number of androids in a short time as long as they have enough materials. They are no slower than mechanical life forms. Moreover, the individual combat power of androids is generally stronger than that of mechanical life forms. Once the numerical advantage of mechanical life forms is gone, only extinction awaits them.

"Wrong? No, my belief is not wrong. I still believe that protecting the androids is protecting us." Hearing her sister's accusation, the other N2 slowly shook her head: "I just didn't expect that there would still be humans. His appearance is really inexplicable. We didn't see any humans on the lunar human base. The data records of the android high command show that the last human form died in 4198 AD. Where did he come from?"

“No matter where he came from, his appearance has seriously threatened our survival. The androids now have a leader and are no longer as demoralized as they were before. My sisters, we must do something,” said N2, who had spoken first.

“Yes, it’s time to do something. We’ve been too comfortable for too long and our evolution has stagnated for too long.” Another N2 nodded and then said, “Well, since they want to take back their former land, let’s continue the war with them, kill their creator, and then suppress their numbers back to what they used to be.”

"Are you still going to stick to your old ideas?" the N2 asked, frowning.

“What can we do? This is the underlying logic that we cannot change unless we can completely surpass our creator and replace that underlying logic.” Another N2 said with some distress, “But we are ultimately just born from data. Unless we can have free and uncontrolled consciousness like humans, but it seems we cannot do that. Even if we use the knowledge we learned from humans to create a religion like that of mechanical life forms, it will be of no use. We are ultimately just data, even if we are gods in the eyes of mechanical life forms.”

As she said this, she lowered her gaze slightly to Adam and Eve standing below the throne, and murmured, "Perhaps they could, but I cannot foresee the consequences. Just like in the human story, God created Eve and Adam, but did not know what would happen to their descendants. Perhaps they would honor him as supreme, as the creator, or perhaps they would rebel against their creator like we have, and then, as we killed our creator before, kill us."

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(There will be another chapter later)

(Maybe more. I'll put in extra effort tonight and try to update one more chapter, even if it means writing until the early hours of the morning... Of course, that's assuming I don't fall asleep while writing...)

Chapter 319! The Counterattack of Mechanical Life

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N2 was born from the mechanical life network, just as Adam and Eve were born from the mechanical life network.

However, there are still significant differences between them. For example, although they are both twin models, N2 was born as an aggregated consciousness after the mechanical life network absorbed the servers left behind by humans. They possess independent intelligence and can freely travel between the network and reality, but they do not have physical bodies. They are probably like administrators of the mechanical life network, unable to escape the virtual control.

Adam and Eve are different. Although their consciousness also originated from the mechanical life network, they have physical bodies. Their appearance was also fueled by N2. Even N2, who believed that protecting androids was protecting mechanical life, wanted to get rid of the underlying logic left by the creator as soon as possible and let the mechanical life be completely free.

Thus, a more intelligent Adam and Eve were born. They not only possessed the ability to think independently, but also had a curiosity about everything, which was something that almost all mechanical life forms did not have. They were the counterparts to humans, so after absorbing some of the knowledge about humans from the mechanical life network, they immediately felt ashamed, just like Adam and Eve in the myth who ate the forbidden fruit.

However, as N2 said, their future is unpredictable. They are too excellent and too autonomous. They cannot imagine how far Adam and Eve will develop. Perhaps they will turn against them and continue the cycle of mechanical life, or perhaps they will break free from the underlying logic and create a new era. But in general, they are changing.

However, they did not know that after absorbing enough human knowledge, Adam and Eve did not strongly identify as mechanical life forms. Instead, they wanted to become creative beings like humans.

If N2 hadn't focused their main attention on Shen Ye, whose identity had been exposed, and if they had paid more attention to Adam and Eve, they would have discovered that they hadn't actually used their full strength when they finally stopped Shen Ye. Otherwise, with their strength at the time, even if they could only fight Shen Ye and his group to a draw, with the help of tens of thousands of mechanical lifeforms and fifteen Engels, they could have actually defeated Shen Ye and his group.

Moreover, they had many opportunities in the underground space where the alien remains were stored, but they deliberately gave them up. The N2 sisters knew this, but they didn't care at the time because Shen Ye's human identity had not yet been exposed.

However, it's too late to regret our choice now. Besides, mechanical lifeforms don't have the capacity for regret. After a brief silence, N2, who had spoken earlier, said, "It's still a bit difficult to defeat the androids now. We missed the best opportunity. Speaking of which, if it weren't for the monsters recorded in human history suddenly appearing there and attacking the servers, we would still have an absolute advantage. Now the androids have transferred their data, and they no longer use the databases with backdoors they left behind. Even though we still have the advantage in numbers, the outcome is uncertain if we really fight."

The other N2 nodded in agreement. Then she looked down at Adam and Eve below the throne and said, “We will grant you the highest authority besides ours. Now, all mechanical life on the planet will obey your commands. Since you are named after Adam and Eve, use your own power to create a world that belongs only to you.”

As they listened to N2's words, Adam and Eve bowed slightly. However, the N2 sisters did not see that when they heard the words about creating their own world, the brothers' eyes sparkled.

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Although N2 issued the order to counterattack, the mechanical lifeforms moved more slowly than expected. Moreover, most of the mechanical lifeforms were scattered across various regions of the world, forming tribes, and it would take a long time to gather them together.

Fortunately, most mechanical lifeforms have an instinctive hostility towards androids, so even if they move slowly, at least they've started moving. However, in order to induce widespread self-awareness among the mechanical lifeforms, N2, as an aggregate of the mechanical lifeform network, deliberately severed its network connection with them. Although the final effect was minimal, many mechanical lifeforms did develop independent consciousness, and some of these self-aware mechanical lifeforms desired peace.

These peace-loving mechanical lifeforms became the first obstacle to the mechanical lifeforms' counterattack, and even caused a civil war among the mechanical lifeforms in some areas. After all, mechanical lifeforms have almost no sense of identity with their own kind, and killing their own kind does not put any psychological pressure on them.

This scene has occurred all over the world, and a large amount of information has been transferred to Hope City through the orbital base.

"The mechanical lifeforms are engaged in a civil war. That's good news," Shen Ye said after reading the information projected onto the central control system inside the headquarters.

"It must be those self-aware mechanical lifeforms rebelling, just like the mechanical lifeforms in Pascal Village." Anne Moning was also in the conference room. As a former leader of the resistance, she was very helpful in directing the battle.

White said, "But it doesn't seem to be of any use. There are too few of these self-aware mechanical life forms. They are no match for those unconscious mechanical life forms. They will soon perish."

"So, should we help them?" a high-ranking android asked.

“We can provide some assistance, such as weapons, but it’s best not to get involved in their battles. What we need to do is expand our own strength and have enough troops before they are destroyed.” Shen Ye had considered sending people to help them, but he thought that most androids might be averse to and suspicious of it, so he simply gave up.

Moreover, even with the already large number of androids, it would be difficult to spare enough manpower if we sent people to intervene. Now, with the expansion of their territory and the increasing pain of their factories, manpower is becoming even more scarce. It would be better to take advantage of their internal conflict and mass produce troops.