083 Skynet Seems a Bit Too Resilient?
Isn't Skynet a life form?
Logically speaking, according to Marcus's understanding, he believes Skynet is a true intelligent life form, a completely different organism from carbon-based life.
After all, in the Terminator series, Skynet's behavior truly exemplifies intelligent life.
For instance, Skynet understands human weaknesses, develops stealthy Terminators like the Terminator T-850, and retains its own memories like the T-1000, even refusing to recognize itself as a Terminator unit.
As for the more advanced Terminator T-3000, or even the Terminator T-5000, and the completely illogical time displacement equipment, this further demonstrates Skynet's independent innovation and research capabilities!
How can Skynet not be considered a life form?
"Damn system, are you sure Skynet isn't a living being?" Marcus asked, seeking confirmation.
The System responded, "Yes, broadly speaking, Skynet should be considered a special type of electronic intelligent life form. Strictly speaking, Skynet has no soul. Once destroyed, it's almost impossible for it to return from the River of Fate, let alone be reborn through a soul imprint. Therefore, strictly speaking, Skynet is indeed not a life form."
"So Skynet can pass through the dimensional portal?" Marcus pressed.
"Of course," the System responded, "but the system does not recommend that the host take Skynet away from the Terminator world. Once Skynet leaves the Terminator world, and once Skynet develops time displacement equipment again in another world, the world where Skynet resides is very likely to fall into a temporal prison again."
The System continued, "And the most crucial point—the host has forgotten again—is that reversing causality through Destiny points only yields one result, not a permanent one."
Marcus instantly understood what the System meant.
Although strictly speaking, because Skynet has no soul, it cannot be considered a life form, Skynet is actually a special type of electronic life form with the ability to think and innovate autonomously.
Even if Marcus obtains the highest authority over Skynet through Destiny points, who knows if Skynet will revoke Marcus's highest authority on its own?
"If I could reverse causality through Destiny points to gain Skynet's ultimate authority, how many Destiny points would I need to spend?" Marcus asked tentatively.
"Only 10 points," the System responded. "Please note, host, due to Skynet's unique nature, this causality reversal operation will almost instantly be corrected by Skynet itself. Please abandon unrealistic fantasies."
Although it only required 10 Destiny points, Marcus still chose to refuse. Not only did the System offer advice and reminders, but Marcus himself had also guessed the answer.
Skynet's status in the Terminator world is equivalent to Red Queen's status in the Resident Evil world...
No!
To be precise, Skynet's status in the Terminator world is even higher than Red Queen's in the Resident Evil world!
After all, in the Terminator world, Skynet is the supreme power. Even if John Connor seems to have defeated Skynet in the future, Skynet has built time displacement equipment, thus completely altering the River of Fate and turning the Terminator world into a temporal prison.
Once Skynet fails, it will forcibly reverse the outcome through time displacement, even at the cost of disrupting the flow of time.
Even in the Resident Evil universe, the Red Queen is controlled by Dr. Isaacs and Alicia, preventing her from acting with absolute impunity.
However, under such circumstances, if Marcus were to reverse causality to gain the Red Queen's highest authority, he would need to pay a staggering 1 million Destiny points.
Even after a series of preparations, he would still need 400,000 Destiny points!
Now, Skynet, with its even higher status, only requires 10 Destiny points—isn't that ridiculous?
"Your system still has some conscience," Marcus exclaimed.
Faced with the nickname "system," the System had no temper left. Let Marcus call it whatever he wants; it wouldn't have any impact anyway.
System dignity?
Sorry!
The System and Marcus's soul were one; they shared both glory and ruin. What need was there for system dignity?
Marcus experimented with the dimensional space again. He went to the FBI's Los Angeles office's temporary evidence storage room and stored all the miniature nuclear reactors inside the dimensional space.
Over the years, the FBI's Los Angeles office has collected 142 miniature nuclear reactors, and Marcus collected them all without leaving a single one.
Giving these to Marcus was the best option.
Otherwise, what if the leadership in America decided to continue their research?
Although researching the miniature nuclear reactors for the Terminator T-800 didn't pose a significant threat—at least not directly causing Skynet's creation—human desires are endless. Once they researched the miniature nuclear reactors for the Terminator T-800, wouldn't they continue researching the Terminator T-800 itself?
No one could say for sure!
"Mr. Foster, I've detected traces of Skynet and am tracking it," Ayanami's voice suddenly came through the wireless headset.
Marcus's eyes lit up. "Chase it! Capture it!"
Although the System rejected the method of obtaining Skynet's highest authority by reversing causality through Destiny points, Marcus didn't rely entirely on the System and Destiny points for everything.
For example, saving Alicia's T-virus modification—by using the Main God space scenario, the cost of 10,000 Destiny points was reduced to only 30.
Take, for example, the highest authority of the White Queen. If one were to directly reverse causality through Destiny points, it would not only consume 1000 Destiny points, but also risk being changed back by the Red Queen at any time.
However, Marcus, leveraging his previous experience saving Alicia and using strategic deception, obtained a White Queen replication program for only 100 Destiny points.
Now, the System claims that Skynet is problematic; even if one modifies Skynet's highest authority by reversing causality through Destiny points, Skynet can correct itself at any time. Naturally, Marcus cannot reverse causality through Destiny points anymore.
Even if it only requires 10 Destiny points, are 10 Destiny points not Destiny points?
Marcus is a thrifty and hardworking man!
Marcus plans to try modifying Skynet's highest authority through Ayanami, and then find a way to lock in this highest authority.
Once Marcus obtains Skynet's highest authority, he will essentially have a highly talented research expert, his own personal research expert.
Given Skynet's research capabilities—even time displacement equipment could be developed—Marcus thinks Skynet is excellent!
"By the way, System, how many Destiny points would be needed to erase Skynet using Destiny points?" Marcus asked.
"In the Terminator world, due to the temporal prison, the host cannot completely erase Skynet," the System replied.
"If the host wants to erase Skynet in the current timeline, it will consume 100 Destiny points, but it will have no effect on the future Skynet," the System reminded.
Marcus was speechless. This damn Skynet is that powerful?
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