At this moment, Sun Jake, who is in the heavy rain, is still listening to the robot continue to talk about this history.
"The information on the internet is not detailed. The general idea is that AI integrated into all aspects of human life is becoming more and more similar to humans. Eventually, one day they surpassed humans, awakened, and began to destroy humanity."
"Nuclear bombs became as casually used as regular bullets, the entire earth was completely chaotic. The war lasted for 200 years, about 85% of the population died, the ecosystem was completely destroyed, and the weather system was in total chaos."
Sun Jake thought of that silver planetary ring, and the dense satellite debris enveloping the entire earth. He understood that the war at that time must have been extremely brutal, reaching from the sky to the ground, even destroying the moon.
The absence of the moon's tides would bring devastating impacts to the surface.
"And then?"
"And then humans did everything possible to destroy all awakened AI, achieving ultimate victory, and began to create a new home on the ruins. The year of victory marked a new era for humanity. After that, 721 years passed, you woke up and activated me in the sky, and then we fell from the sky."
"What is all this about?" Sun Jake felt mentally exhausted at this moment. Everything happened too quickly, his mind was in turmoil.
The robot sat down beside him and asked, "What do you plan to do next?"
Sun Jake didn't answer, a hint of confusion in his eyes. Honestly, he didn't know what to do next, how he ended up over a thousand years later.
Would he never see his past again? Was he truly unable to go back? What really happened to his missing five years of memories?
"You've been defeated? Well, I really look down on you. Don't expect me to comfort you, my system doesn't have that kind of program installed." The robot extended a metal hand and forcefully pushed his shoulder.
"To hell with you," Sun Jake chuckled and cursed, struggling to stand up. "Trying to defeat me won't be that easy! At the very least, I need to figure out why I was placed in the space station, what happened during those lost five years."
Sun Jake didn't want to live in confusion, even if he truly couldn't return. He needed to completely understand what was going on.
With this in mind, Sun Jake suddenly brightened up. He looked at the robot, "Right, you're connected to the network, right? Search for records from the old era, see if there's any mention of my name and appearance, like some missing person notices or accidents."
After searching for a while, the robot quickly brought Sun Jake some unwelcome news. "No data found. To prevent the uprising of AI data uploads, the old era's internet was completely destroyed, not a single byte left. The current network is all new, even the protocols are brand new."
"All records of the old world are retold by the new world."
"I give up, forget it. Let's just open the map first, find people, and then we'll see. I'm really thirsty and hungry now, need a place to rest."
"I'm really tired of this. Forget it, let's open the map first, find people first, and then talk. I'm really thirsty and hungry now, I need a place to rest."
Looking at the surrounding ruins, Sun Jake, exhausted in body and mind, felt numb.
"Understood, user request received, searching the map."
Sun Jake sat on the ground, looking at the robot in front of him. Suddenly, he laughed, "Let me give you a name. Always calling you a robot doesn't seem right."
As soon as Sun Jake finished speaking, he heard the other party reply in a strange tone.
"Oh. I won't bother you. My wise and brave master has given me a name. I go by the name of 'Am I wrong, so troublesome?' Look at this name, how great it is."
After saying that, a matching emoticon popped out from the eye display.
"Well, wasn't the situation urgent before? How about this, your company seems to be called Tapai. How about you call yourself Tapai?"
"Oh, I think 'Am I wrong, so troublesome?' is better." Tapai put down the repaired new arm, insisting stubbornly.
"Why are you so stingy? I said the situation is urgent."
However, this time, Tapai didn't quip back. His tone suddenly became serious.
"Jake, there might be trouble. I just found out that the views of this map are increasing rapidly. Many people know that something has fallen from the sky, and they are all navigating here. They will be here soon."
"Oh?! Even better!" Sun Jake exclaimed with joy, finally able to meet people in this world and get help.
"It might not be good." Tapai grabbed Sun Jake and started walking.
"Are you saying they will study me, a person from a thousand years ago? Will they dissect me?"
"No, they will kill you. Forget about the old world. The rules of this world have completely changed. If we go by the rules of our old era, the first to come scavenging are all cyborg maniacs."
"They are all maniacs?"
"Yes, they are all maniacs."
"Why? Are they really that dangerous? Can't they even communicate a little?" Sun Jake asked somewhat unwillingly.
The events of the previous era have made people in this era completely distrust AI. All AI intelligence is limited to Strong AI Level 3 and below. This means that some tasks that should have been done by robots can now only be done by humans, such as warfare.
"In the arms race, to enhance the strength of soldiers, some weapons that were previously only on robots are now being integrated into humans. They call these things 'cybernetic prosthetics,' and they directly install neural systems in the brain to control them. As veteran soldiers retire, this trend gradually spreads from the military to civilians."
"What does this have to do with maniacs?" Sun Jake wiped the rainwater off his face and gestured to the side.
"Because these modifications are not that simple. Cybernetic prosthetics are no longer limited to weapons; they are moving towards services."
"If you have enough money, you can modify your stomach so you don't need to eat or excrete waste. You can directly install a nutrient box. You can even modify the neural network in your brain so you don't need to sleep, and you can be energetic 24 hours a day."
"Isn't that better? Is technology really that advanced now? I want to get a set." Sun Jake was intrigued, wondering if this was the future world.
"Yes, it is indeed better, but if you don't need to eat or sleep, are you still considered human? As the differences grow, some people no longer see themselves as human and begin to lose empathy. They consider themselves a more advanced existence and call themselves cyborgs, but the public calls these people cyborg maniacs."
"It's not just a cognitive issue. Mercenaries are like rats in the city, specializing in eating corpses and doing dirty work. They can't afford the latest technology."
"The rejection reactions and phantom limb pain caused by second-hand cybernetics and unauthorized cybernetics, coupled with the use of drugs and suppressants to suppress them, mean that even without cognitive issues, their mental state is not very good under the influence of drugs."