Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva-Chapter 1614 - 78: Crossing the Boundaries of Life (Part 2)

"Now, please exchange the contract rings," the host announced.

Then a pair of special silver rings hovered between the two. These rings connected them, allowing each to sense the other's condition at any time. The contract rings also imposed certain restrictions on the personality logic code of mechanical life, preventing major changes, and whenever a personality adjustment reached a certain level, the partner could also sense it.

This function was designed to prevent unexpected incidents that could cause a mechanical life to undergo a sudden change in temperament, ensuring the partner's personality remained stable and safe.

Ling picked up one of the silver rose petal rings and carefully placed it on the other, watching as silver threads spread across the other person's body, transforming into some kind of data firewall and defense measure, embedding into Valerian's personality code.

"Hmm, is this what the establishment of a contract feels like?" Valerian closed her eyes to feel it, then opened her expectant blue eyes.

She picked up the other ring and placed it on Ling, and soon silver threads began to spread across Ling's body, allowing Valerian to sense his physical condition.

"Ling, you stayed up late again last night, couldn't sleep?" She covered her mouth with a light laugh, her eyes filled with irrepressible joy.

Have we finally reached this day? She encircled his body and slowly went in for a hug, wanting to give him a kiss.

"It's too dazzling!" someone in the audience exclaimed, unable to bear the sight of the two kissing.

"We're still single, can't stand these displays of affection."

Then, the wedding march played once again, and the entire venue turned into a sea of happiness.

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Sigma Mechanical Council, Central Brain Matrix S-85.

This was a magnificent building standing in the center of the city, shaped like a flat hexagonal flying saucer, supported by a volcanic base, overlooking the entire area.

128th floor, outer hall, located on the side of the hexagonal saucer shape, with dark gold transparent metal glass showing the sky and the earth on one side, and on the other, a wide corridor with occasional simple rectangular resting areas. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Tilan and Xia Lan walked side by side along the corridor, occasionally stopping to take in the view, discussing the exchanges over the years.

"Nowadays, there are many humans marrying mechanical lives," Xia Lan said with a hint of pride, looking at Tilan as she spoke of recent developments.

"Yes," Tilan didn't disagree, finding Xia Lan's childlike and romantic personality as the central brain quite interesting.

"However, the situation of marriage and relationships in the Federation is not as great," she remarked, not entirely unaware of the Federation's status, often learning through the Aijeika Network.

"Perhaps humans today don't see marriage as a necessity," Xia Lan analyzed thoughtfully.

"In ancient times, living alone posed many risks, and biological instincts also required reproduction, thus giving rise to the institution of marriage."

"People living in modern cities don't face life-and-death crises daily, and the conveniences of various conditions have greatly reduced the cost of living alone, allowing solitary life to be easy and joyful."

"In ancient times, even just cooking required collecting firewood, consuming much time, so two people cooking together saved the most time and effort in that regard."

"Otherwise, having to prepare a large amount of dry wood and make a fire every day consumed much time and energy."

"Self-care such as during illness can be handled by many autonomous units and doesn't necessarily require offspring to fill the gap."

"The only remaining problem is loneliness and solitude," Tilan sighed.

"Humans inherently crave understanding and acceptance, and also companionship, with peers serving as a mirror to reflect and compare, helping people recognize differences and variations in themselves."

Continuing to speculate on possible future human marriage formats, the topic gradually shifted elsewhere.

"There has been significant progress in technology that changes form through extraordinary power," Xia Lan began to narrate.

"Tilan has probably seen the Grey Feather Species among the newborn races. They possess a certain ability to change form, allowing them to hibernate for long periods, which helps repair bodily defects."

"Furthermore, the Electromarrow Species' ability to communicate through electrical signals has been successfully experimented with."

"This is a very unique invention, enabling humans to communicate directly using electrical signals, like mechanical life forms."

"Once this technology matures, it could greatly enhance individual capabilities within civilization, further narrowing the gap between humans and mechanical life."

"However, according to current experimental results, when engaging in high-level cognitive tasks, the human brain may not dissipate heat effectively, thus requiring an increase in one's transcendent rank to provide the necessary hardware conditions."

"The Spirit Particle Sequence has done well in this regard, utilizing the Transcendent Core as a central processor to solve many computational problems."

"Moreover, as you mentioned, the Phantom-Eyed Race possesses seven-color vision, which we are currently researching. In fact, this is an extremely powerful ability, surpassing mechanical life in observing the world." Xia Lan said, lightly twirling her long hair, eyes gazing at the distant earth.

"Mechanical life primarily utilizes light and shadow observation, whereas some special mystic perceptions and sensory collaborations create a sense of 'mood' that is less effective than humans."

For the newborn races of the Fifth Epoch, Tilan did not entirely dismiss them; one could argue that the Black Sun took a wrong path, but the birth of these newborn races embodied the exploration of human future forms during the end of the Fourth Era, each with their unique specialties, enhancing humanity's advantages in the vast universe.

"If their strengths can be unified and summarized, they can widen the human future's path."

Early Earth life could only survive in specific environments with suitable temperatures, humidity, nutrients, and pH levels, but as evolution progressed, their adaptable environment range increased. Despite external tools aiding advancement, humanity's inherent fragility continuously restricted technology application.

Ordinary people who haven't practiced the Transcendent Sequence can only withstand up to ten G before reaching the limit, while aircraft speeds keep increasing, and high-level combat requires increasingly stringent physical conditions.

Improvements in societal systems ultimately have limits, a ceiling. Without stronger foundational conditions, creating grand edifices on top proves unfeasible. Tilan visited the Sigma Mechanical Council for discussions exploring changes to humanity's foundational civilization elements.

"As for our mechanical council, our desire is for humans and mechanical life to be interchangeable," Xia Lan leaned lightly on the railing, overlooking the bustling city below.

"We cannot find a necessary reason or support for our existence in the empty universe, but humans have it. If one day, mechanical life can transform into consciousness flowing in flesh, even if the transformation entails some harm or change, we might break free from being castles in the sky, establishing contact with the most solid ground and ultimately evolving into a truly complete civilization."

"At the moment life desires are born, all operational power will continuously emerge."

The two stood quietly side by side, imagining the foreseeable future scenes.

"However," Xia Lan abruptly shifted focus, glancing at the black-haired girl beside her.

"Tilan, promoting this within the Federation might be quite challenging: firstly, the genetic writing aspect contradicts the Federation Constitution, and various other ongoing projects disrupt the order left by Isenisha."

"Moreover, according to your conception, within the future civilization model, the Songstress's status will significantly decline, becoming merely individuals with slightly special talents."

"Yes, isn't that good?" Tilan extended her finger, gently touching the air in front of her. A circle formed, releasing the refreshing summer wind from the sky outside.

"An endless reliance and waiting."

"When will humans become their own heroes?"

The gentle breeze softly caressed, blending the girl's face and hair into the azure sky background.