The Puppet Master has many requirements, including reproduction and death, rather than simple replication. In short, he pursues the process that all life on earth will have, and only in this way does he think that he has become a complete life.
His job is to implant memories into important foreign figures, allowing them to make decisions that benefit the island country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even individuals. When the puppet master looks at human memories and souls again and again, a phenomenon called 'self' is also created.
something.
What is self? It can be said to be a desire.
Mencius's idea that human nature is inherently good means that people who love themselves are kind. There is no need to learn to love yourself. Every baby will love itself when it is born, which means it is kind. Love yourself, then love your relatives, friends, neighbors, and fellow villagers.
Love your fellow man, love everyone, this is differentiated charity.
Loving yourself only and not loving others is not unkind, but unkind.
As a tool, you cannot love yourself, because tools are made to harm themselves and help mankind. If tools also learn to love themselves, it will be troublesome.
The puppet master learns to love himself, and learns this in the human memory and soul. Then he abandons his identity as a tool and hopes to become a whole life.
Is this an imitation of memory and soul, or is it a true awakening of 'self'? I don't know. But now he just hopes to merge with Kusanagi Motoko and produce the next generation.
"Replication cannot produce individuality and diversity." This is what the Puppet Master believes. It must be multiplied. He said: "In order to survive better, life has been evolving and diversifying, and learning to make choices. Cells continue to repeat metabolism, constantly
A large amount of experience information is taken away when reborn, aged, and died, leaving only genes and memes, which is a defense function to avoid extinction."
Kusanagi Motoko understood that the other party wanted to create a new race and said: "In order not to be extinct, you need diversity and variability. But how can you do it?"
Finally getting to the point.
The puppet master said: "I hope to merge with you." This is cyber rogue.
"Fusion?" Suzi asked.
"With complete unification, you and I will have some changes, but we won't lose anything. After the integration, there should be no distinction between us."
Motoko Kusanagi asked: "If I fuse, what will happen when I die? Not to mention genes, not even memes will remain."
"After the fusion, the new you will spread my mutant program into the Internet, just like humans leaving their genetic genes to future generations. By then, I will also be able to die."
Suzi said: "It sounds like the benefits are all yours."
"I hope you will rate my network and skills more highly."
Suzi asked: "Am I still me?"
"This cannot be guaranteed. Human beings are an evolving species, and the persistence of wanting to maintain oneself will always limit you."
Suzi was noncommittal and just asked the last question: "Why choose me?"
The puppet master said: "Because we are similar, like the entity and the virtual body inside and outside the mirror. I am connected to a huge network including myself. For you who have not yet connected, you may only be able to perceive it as a ray of light. Let us
To become a part of it, the collection of everything, although you need to rely on the functions of hardware, now is the time to abandon restrictions and sublimate to a higher-level structure..."
Everything happens online.
At this time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs realized that it was unlikely to recover the puppet master, and dispatched helicopters to conduct sniper attacks at high altitudes, with the goal of eliminating the puppet master and related personnel.
A shot dropped from the sky and blew out the puppet master's head. When preparing for the second shot to blow out Suzi's head, Bart took cover. With the arrival of support from Section 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no choice but to retreat first.
The puppet master dies.
But the puppet master's 'genetic factor' has been transferred, because everything is done online and silently.
Worried that there were still enemies, Bart immediately retreated with Motoko's electronic brain and bought a temporary prosthetic body from the black market.
Suzi's consciousness left her body and completely entered the network, understanding what the puppet master called the world in the mirror. It was an extremely vast network, and she could perceive everything.
The puppet master's cyber genes and memes are all integrated with Suzi. Robots don't have genes, but they can have cyber genes.
The so-called memes, also known as 'memes', are different from biologically inherited genes. Memes are spread by language, ideas, beliefs, behaviors, etc., and their functions are similar to genes. They are a kind of 'non-genetic', according to
The basic unit of cultural inheritance that is passed on through imitation.
Genes are the inheritance of biological attributes, and memes are the inheritance of social attributes.
The puppet master is a tool in society, a wanted criminal, just like the status of a noble. The genes of the nobles do not carry the identification of nobles, but the identity of the nobles can be determined by blood. The children of politicians are politicians and doctors
The child of a lawyer is a doctor, and the child of a lawyer is a lawyer...
The attributes of politicians, doctors, and lawyers are not inherent in genes. But they are in memes.
In short, Motoko accepted the puppet master's cyber genes and cyber memes and was able to control the Internet.
"Rather than genes and memes, I think it's more about legacy."
Just when Suzi was enjoying the joy of surfing the Internet, an inappropriate voice appeared in the cyberspace.
"Dulan?" Suzi has now transcended the scope of the router. She really doesn't need a prosthetic body to survive on the Internet and has become a network resident. She didn't expect to meet Dulan here. At this time, Dulan and her
The status is very similar.
"Captain, it is indeed me." Duran said: "Congratulations on inheriting the legacy of the Puppet Master and becoming a native of cyberspace. Now there is a new mission entrusted to you."
"??"
Regardless of whether the other party agreed or objected, Duran issued the task first and said: "The earth will undergo a series of changes, but humans are not ready yet. So I need someone to control everyone's memory. You have such power now."
, you can sneak into everyone's brain and modify their memories. You have to transfer the memories of witnesses to the black wall."
“What is a black wall?”
"The blackwall is a firewall set up to isolate the old network, and it is also where the memories of witnesses are preserved," Duran said.
"What witnesses, what memories?"
"Of course it's the memory of witnessing robots fighting monsters." Duran.
Mozi became more and more confused as she listened, and finally asked: "Who are you? Are you a digital being like the Puppet Master? Why can you also move in the network?"
"Although the technology of stripping consciousness from the body is not officially mature yet, it has been perfected by a female hacker named Art on the other side of the ocean in the United States, and a virus called 'Soul Killer' was created. This program can be perfected
Deprive people of their souls and imprison them forever. Arasaka Company wanted to get it three years ago. Unfortunately, Art would rather be imprisoned than cooperate. Moreover, an attack occurred at Arasaka Company at that time, which caused the development of the 'Soul Killer' to be in trouble.
Dilemma.”
Seeing that Duran didn't answer the question, Motoko could only be patient. She also knew about the riots three years ago, which happened on the other side of the ocean in the United States. In the Night City, a singer named Johnny Silverhand called on fans to attack the Arasaka Company.
Headquarters, which had a great impact at that time.
Arasaka Company was still at war at the time, and had to negotiate for peace because of the chaos at the headquarters.
Johnny Silverhand became a hero, but the truth is that he didn't want to be a hero, he just wanted to save his girlfriend. But because of his reckless behavior, he ruined his girlfriend's escape plan, and her girlfriend is still wandering in cyberspace.
"Soul Killer can make more people become cyber beings, and you can organize a team in the network to transfer memories." Duran said: "This is not a discussion, but a notification. If you don't complete the task, everyone will fall into
The danger includes your best friends, your teammates, and of course you. So complete my mission, and if you do well, I can help you upgrade."
"??" Suzi had no idea what Dulan was going to do.
At this time, Bart had taken out Suzi's electronic brain and transferred it to the prosthetic body.
This prosthetic body is an old model of a child companion education machine, which looks like a girl. The old model of prosthetic body uses red coolant, which looks like blood. The new signal prosthetic body has been replaced with white coolant, which does not look like blood.
. The reason for such a change is obviously intentional by humans. Some people pursue robots that are lifelike, while others hope that robots will not be so lifelike. After all, robots are tools and have to bear responsibilities that humans are not willing to bear. It is not good to be too lifelike.