"This..."
Hearing the explanation given by Halsey, William couldn't help but sigh. "Could it be that the Ancient Humans were just like those experimental pigeons?
Or..."
Is it more like the Ancient Humans received gifts from a higher civilization, and thus began to worship those 'gods'?"
"Perhaps." Halsey shrugged indifferently.
She continued, "Skinner selected the most hardworking one of those eight pigeons for individual observation.
He extended the interval between food dispensing to one minute, and something interesting happened.
This hardworking pigeon actually created a specific dance to worship the 'god' Skinner had created.
Since it could create, Skinner wanted to try destruction to see how long it would take for the pigeon to give up its worship.
So, no matter how hard this pigeon worked, Skinner stopped feeding it.
In the end, the hardworking pigeon persisted in repeating the dance over ten thousand times before giving up the meaningless action.
'Superstition' was broken.
It gave up its reverence for that god."
"Hmm..."
William rubbed his chin, speculating, "It feels like the Ancient Humans always maintained a sense of reverence for gods.
However, by modern times, people gradually began to think that gods were just fictional creations."
"Heh~" Halsey smiled slightly at this point.
"Of course, Skinner's experiment was only to prove that human behavior can be controlled.
Compared to gods, I'm more inclined to agree with the higher civilization theory you just mentioned, Boss.
It could be a civilization from Earth itself that developed rapidly, or it could be a civilization from another Planet.
After all, according to existing technical inferences, the Universe has existed for fourteen billion years, while the Solar System is just a 'youngster' of four point six billion years.
The Universe is vast and boundless.
So, humans cannot ignorantly believe they are the only existence.
Moreover, I also feel that NASA's Pioneer and Voyager programs will eventually bring disaster upon humanity."
Speaking of this, Halsey showed a slightly annoyed expression and said:
"Recording Earth's coordinates, human DNA, and all sorts of important information onto their so-called Golden Records.
What is that for?
To tell other civilizations that we humans are right here and welcome them to come?
Tch!"
William said nothing.
Like 'The Three-Body Problem' from his original World, it made the Dark Forest Law public knowledge.
Even Hawking repeatedly warned humanity not to actively expose Earth's existence.
While one cannot rule out that all civilizations are hostile, looking at human modern history, contact between high-level and low-level civilizations is often a devastating disaster.
Suppose there really were gods in the era of Ancient Humans.
It's likely that because Ancient Humans were like ants, posing no threat to them at all, they would bestow various gifts upon them.
Like feeding dogs or cats.
Keeping a pet.
But modern humans possess nuclear power; they are like a bratty child who doesn't understand anything but is holding a gun that can kill."
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*Swish—*
As the automatic door opened and closed, Halsey led William to her living quarters.
William looked around and nodded involuntarily.
Hmm...
Still the same.
Documents piled everywhere, clothes and junk thrown about randomly, and even an empty food container on the sofa.
"Hmph... ahem!"
William suppressed a laugh and cleared his throat to hide the awkwardness, looking at Halsey as she continued toward a partition, and asked:
"Catherine, I asked you to help me open the Sarcophagus to study the demigod; why did you bring me here first?"
"Because I need an assistant to help me with the analysis."
As Halsey spoke, she turned and walked into the office area behind the partition, disappearing from William's sight.
"Assistant?" William was stunned.
She needs help?
With a skeptical attitude, William followed her into her office.
It was similar to her room in the Hive, complete with a simple bed.
But besides the two of them, there was no one else there.
Where was the assistant?
*Clap clap~*
Halsey didn't act mysterious and lightly clapped her hands, saying calmly, "Cortana, come out."
Cortana?
William was shocked again.
"Yes, Dr."
While he was still in shock, a female voice similar to Halsey's came from the computer desk.
He followed the sound.
He saw a silver chip next to the keyboard, and the chip had a high-tech holographic 3D display, generating the image of...
A young girl with a graceful figure, blue electronic skin, and short hair that didn't reach her shoulders.
She looked like a younger version of Halsey.
"This!"
Looking at the palm-sized Cortana, William's perception of Halsey's creative abilities was completely refreshed.
[Detected that Catherine Elizabeth Halsey of this World has created Cortana without relying on any hints from this system.]
[Thus, the system's hidden reward has been triggered. Exchanging now...]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a lucky draw for a physical attribute enhancement. Would you like to use it now?]
Hidden reward?
WTF?!
Halsey is practically his lucky star.
First, she rapidly advanced Umbrella's biotechnology, then she got the Space Fleet project on the schedule, and now she's even created artificial intelligence.
She even triggered a system reward.
At this moment, William's mouth hung open slightly as he looked at Halsey with a face full of shock.
He really didn't know what to say...
"What's wrong? Are you dazed?"
"Huh? Oh, no, not at all."
William was pulled back to reality by Halsey's question. He first said calmly to the system:
'Not for now.'
Then he glanced at Cortana on the desk and looked back at Halsey. "How... did you create an artificial intelligence?"
"This?" Halsey walked to the desk and reached out to cradle Cortana. "I first..."
"I first cloned myself, then extracted the brain for scanning to obtain a complete neural structure and convert it into a digital framework.
In fact, she (looking at Cortana)...
Is, to some extent, another me."
When this woman Halsey gets ruthless, she's even willing to kill herself.
Thinking of this, William's hair stood on end, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
That's too terrifying!
Regardless of how William viewed her, Halsey looked at the quiet Cortana and continued:
"Her primary task, when the five frigates launch, is to use the network to breach the firewalls of various countries around the World and take complete control of the media.
Wherever an anomalous event occurs, she can lock down the information immediately and coordinate troop containment, etc.
She is an all-purpose AI."
Indeed.
William fully believed what Halsey said.
In the games, Cortana was implanted with all of human knowledge from the moment of her creation, and she took only two hours to analyze and understand it all.
The existing firewalls of various nations would definitely be more fragile than paper in front of Cortana.
At this point, William looked at Halsey and said calmly, "With Cortana's help, we can open Achilles' Sarcophagus now, right?"
Halsey tilted her head and smiled. "Of course."
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{Everyone, the U.S. originally used pigeons to guide bombs against warships, and they hired Skinner.
Furthermore, this psychologist once claimed he would use his findings to control human behavior and create a utopia.
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