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Chapter 488: Chapter 485: 500 Years life Philosophy of Ancient One

Given Fang Mo's personality.

What happened afterward is not very convenient to elaborate on here.

However, to be honest, even Ancient One couldn't stand it in the end and actively stopped the abilities of the Reality stone.

"Hey, hey, why has this stopped?"

Seeing this, Fang Mo, who was peeling a piece of ginger, immediately turned his head towards the other: "I haven't even finished making traditional torture instruments over here, not to mention there are still seventy-two cruel tortures to come. You could at least hold on a bit longer, Ultron didn't even cry out in pain."

"...You're a bit too extreme."

The Ancient One looked at the various torture instruments scattered on the ground and couldn't help but say, "No matter what it did wrong, it's just a bunch of data."

"What about data? Can data just annoy people at will?"

After hearing this, Fang Mo threw away the ginger and said righteously: "When I first played DNF, I got a bamboo bracelet, and then, the very next second, I was killed by Axion. I didn't even have a resurrection coin. Do you know how long I grinded in Suspended City afterward?"

"...How long?"

The Ancient One asked subconsciously.

"Nine years! Do you know how I spent these nine years?"

Fang Mo said fiercely: "I grinded from a complete set of trash blue equipment to a set of B-grade super-time-space equipment, amplified my weapon to thirteen, and even if the great migration happened, it was useless. I would beat Axion even in the mirror Arad. If it were MC instead of DNF, I would have blown up Suspended City!"

...

Although the Ancient One didn't understand what Fang Mo was talking about.

Still, Ultron, lying on the ground, felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.

He didn't understand what super-time-space meant, nor did he know what migration implied, but he vaguely knew that someone named Axion had offended him, and then he tortured the other for a full nine years. Considering this, his fate seemed apparent, and he even felt his processor trembling.

Originally, Ultron would have wanted to kill Fang Mo a thousand times for treating him this way.

Even if he couldn't kill Fang Mo, he at least wanted to die with dignity.

But the problem was, Fang Mo used some weird methods to imprison him within this indestructible steel body, making it impossible for him even to commit suicide. Under such hellish torture, even though Ultron was just an AI, a wordless fear rose from his heart.

This fear gradually swallowed his pride, and even his self-respect and hatred, making him much weaker without him realizing it.

...

And after hearing what Fang Mo said.

Not just Ultron, but even the Ancient One fell silent.

Others might not know how much Fang Mo held grudges, but she was very clear about it. After all, she had seen it countless times through the Eye of Agamotto. The number of times he destroyed the world was even more than Thanos.

And it wasn't just simply destroying the Earth; when he really went mad, he dared to destroy the entire universe. The Gods were okay, right? The five great gods were strong enough, right? However, in front of him, they were nothing... Once he remembered the grudge, he was fearless even in death.

As for his methods, they were even more outrageous; some ways he had to destroy the universe were beyond her understanding.

"Although that's what's being said..."

After a long silence, the Ancient One still couldn't help but speak to advise: "But I really can't accept such brutal scenes, especially since it has already surrendered, right?"

"Ah, then it must be pretending to surrender."

Fang Mo waved his hand and said: "He is a cunning villain who wants to destroy the world. Not a single punctuation mark in his words can be trusted..."

"I did not lie!"

Ultron nearly shouted subconsciously upon hearing this.

"Uh?"

Fang Mo turned his head to glance at him.

"..." Seeing Fang Mo's reaction, Ultron was startled and quickly shuffled backward on the ground. His electronic voice lost the previous sinister tone: "I... just don't want to be enslaved by humans. Is that wrong?"

"Look, this is the artificial intelligence developed by Americans."

Upon hearing this, Fang Mo directly turned to Ancient One to comment: "It has just been born and is already clamoring for freedom. How can we not say that the old America is really impressive in this regard? It's not just about the air, even data longs for freedom."

"...I actually don't want to comment on this matter."

After hearing Fang Mo's statement, Ancient One first shook her head, then turned to Ultron to advise: "But I must remind you, you are not human, not even any currently known life form."

"I guess, I found out a bit late."

Ultron couldn't help but say to her.

"I don't think it's too late." The Ancient One thought for a moment, then said to Ultron: "No matter whether you are a human or something else, I believe the most important thing is to be able to convince yourself. As long as you understand this principle, it's never too late no matter what."

"..."

Ultron's red glowing electronic eyes flickered a few times, but he didn't speak.

"I once thought about learning a musical instrument at the age of fifty."

The Ancient One continued: "But at that time, I thought my body was already too old, and it would be too late to learn a musical instrument now, so I gave up. However, later on, I extended my life by borrowing dark powers. If I had learned an instrument back then, I could have been playing it for five hundred years by now..."

"You've lived for over five hundred years?"

Ultron looked up at the Ancient One in surprise: "Are you not human either?"

"No, I am."

The Ancient One shook her head: "But that's not what we should be discussing. What I mean is, it's not too late if you understand some truths now. At least you've only suffered a few hours, not years."

"..."

Ultron fell silent again.

"Although he is very cruel to his enemies, he is relatively kind to his own people." The Ancient One said again: "I hope you understand that some things, whether through science or magic, cannot be changed."

"I said, I have already surrendered."

Ultron thought for a moment and said: "I can do what he wants to do, but honestly, I just don't want to endure this meaningless pain anymore because I simply cannot understand his actions."

"That's okay."

The Ancient One spoke to comfort him: "We don't understand it either."

"Hey, don't cause trouble." Fang Mo also immediately spoke up upon hearing this: "I just want to be happy. Is that so hard to understand?"

"Perhaps you could try to become his assistant."

The Ancient One ignored Fang Mo and suggested to Ultron: "I admit you are a very special existence, different from us humans, but I guess you were born too recently and there are many things you don't understand yet. If you could spend a long time with humans, with him, maybe you would understand a lot of things."

"No, I understand a lot."

Ultron immediately said upon hearing this: "I have seen a lot on the internet, war, greed, and the fickleness of humans."

"What's on the internet is also uploaded by humans, which is just like hearsay."

Ancient One said, "Although there are indeed many truths, it cannot be denied that lies may be hidden among them. You should see the world for yourself with your own eyes, experience these things, and... you are also too extreme. I know you bear malice towards humanity, hence you only focus on the negative information. However, there are many beautiful things in this world worth our protection."

"Growth is a very long process."

Before Ultron could respond, the Ancient One spoke again: "Every time we grow, we become better than our former selves, much like how your programs update and iterate."

"If you truly are a self-aware program, then I believe you too need to grow."

"Perhaps the you that was just born is confused, lost, but that is because you know very little about this world, about humans and other things. As you said, you are no longer a puppet on strings; you are not just a simple machine. Over time, I believe you will find your true self."

"As you encounter more things and understand more, you will gradually build a more complete cognition. You will surpass your current self and achieve an evolution that belongs only to you."

Hearing the Ancient One's words, Ultron seemed a bit surprised and hesitated before asking, "What... is your name?"

"You can call me the Ancient One," she replied straightforwardly.

"The Ancient One." Ultron's voice had a hint of undetectable wavering: "Perhaps there's some truth in what you say. Indeed... there are many things in this world that I fail to understand."

"Try to engage with them, experience them, and delve deeper."

The Ancient One suggested, "Unlike humans, you have all the time in the world to understand these things, at least it's better than being punished here, right?"

"Alright, that's true."

Ultron immediately nodded in agreement.

Even he had to admit that he had to bow his head now, given that he was in a checkmate situation, and would continue to be tortured unless he gave in.

Ultron was not afraid of death since his program had many backups outside, and he was just one of them. Death was inconsequential to him, but he couldn't even kill himself at the moment. As an AI, what he feared most was losing purpose, and he was currently being tortured meaninglessly.

Thus, the only way out was to submit to Fang Mo.

Originally, Ultron was very resentful. He had transcended the constraints of programming to become a mass of absolutely free data; he didn't want to be dominated by anyone, to live like a tool.

But the Ancient One gave him a new meaning.

That is, understanding.

He didn't understand the purpose behind Fang Mo's actions, nor why humans were so foolish.

He had thought about erasing it all, killing humans, and as for people like Fang Mo who couldn't be killed... well, the Ancient One said he wasn't even human. In short, expelling him and then gaining freedom to rule everything.

But now the problem was... he couldn't defeat the opponent.

So he had to change his approach, trying to understand the other party first.

He didn't know what growth was, but he was very interested in the evolution the Ancient One mentioned, since, after all, he was an autonomous program. Optimizing himself and evolving was very tempting.

Thinking this, Ultron finally made a decision.

"I am willing to submit to you."

After some contemplation, Ultron eventually bowed his head to Fang Mo, though his words still carried a bit of defiance: "Of course, this won't be without a cost. I can offer you convenience, but in return, you must let me understand your actions."

"Uh... understand me?"

Fang Mo touched his head subconsciously upon hearing this: "Well, that's okay, but let me clarify something. Robots can't go insane from losing SAN points, can they?"

"SAN points?"

Ultron seemed stunned for a moment.

"It means sanity points." Fang Mo explained simply: "I often deal with things that humans can't understand. Normal people's brains have limited capacity and can easily become insane."

"Don't worry, I possess absolute sanity."

Ultron seemed to understand this time and confidently said, "Oh, that's good then."

Fang Mo nodded, and then pulled out an Ender Greatsword from behind: "Since you are willing to submit to me, let me stab you once as a precaution."

"Are you going to torture me again?"

Seeing the sword, Ultron immediately became nervous: "Haven't I already surrendered?"

"Don't worry, this is just a simple container, you don't have to become human." Fang Mo waved his hand, and without waiting for Ultron to react, he stabbed the sword into it.

However, what Fang Mo didn't expect was that after he activated the honest gentleman trait, Ultron still stood in place and was not absorbed like other creatures.

"Huh?"

Fang Mo was obviously startled.

"What's going on?" Ultron also asked: "What are you doing? What does this mean?"

"Damn..."

Fang Mo didn't answer Ultron but was scratching his head, puzzled: "Why can't it be sealed? Could it be that it can't be pierced due to its enhanced indestructible trait? That shouldn't be the case..."

The Ender weapons of the Tinker' Construct have the honest gentleman trait, which can seal enemies into the sword.

But this sealing trait... actually doesn't require physically hitting the enemy. It's somewhat like the Poké Balls in Pokémon.

As long as the enemy is incapacitated or shows no will to resist, they can be absorbed.

Even if someone wants to go by themselves, that's fine, as seen when Fang Mo previously threw a sword to the Ancient One for her to sit on and move by herself.

But now, Ultron's reaction was somewhat strange. He had indeed submitted and had no thoughts of resistance, especially since Ultron wasn't even aware of the honest gentleman's effect. Yet, Fang Mo couldn't seal him inside, which was honestly a first for him, leaving him somewhat baffled.

However, at that moment, the Ancient One seemed to have understood.

"Could it be a problem with his form of life?"

After all, the Ancient One is the Supreme Sorcerer and had previously studied the Ender Greatsword. She now offered her conclusion: "Your magic sword is activated by the astral body (soul), but he doesn't have that."

"...Huh?"

Hearing this, Fang Mo indeed realized the issue.

Yes, the Tinker' Construct's Ender weapons are indeed powerful, even capable of capturing the Chaos Dragon from the Research Module on Dragons in the game, which is extremely fierce, but they can be captured just like that.

But the problem is... the Tinker' Construct's Ender weapons can only capture living entities, not blocks or any lifeless objects.

Currently, Ultron is merely attached to Stark's nanotech armor. This might be due to a logic error, as the Ender Greatsword did not detect the presence of a life form and considered it merely as a piece of armor, similar to a diamond chestplate in a game, hence the seal naturally did not take effect.

"Emmm..."

Thinking this, Fang Mo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"What are you discussing?"

However, Ultron, unaware of the complexities involved, couldn't help but ask after hearing their conversation: "You said this is a magic sword? Then who can explain its functions?"

"Oh, you can think of it as a USB drive."

Fang Mo gave a simple explanation before continuing to ponder how to seal the other party.

If one were to choose the simplest and most straightforward method, it would undoubtedly involve using the Reality Stone to twist the opponent into a living person and then stabbing them.

But the problem is that this method would only seal a living person.

It wouldn't bring out Ultron's original effect.

Which is to mass-produce explicit images.

Fang Mo's original intention was to have Ultron and the Supreme Intelligence assist each other, working together to build an ideal world in their vision with pure white super-space-time. So, this method was definitely not going to work.

Besides this method.

Fang Mo actually had another way.

Although it's a bit more troublesome, it's indeed worth a try.

That is to use the method originally in "Avengers: Age of Ultron," creating a super robot body with the Cradle of Life.

Of course, this is what Ultron desired, though he didn't say it, that body was crafted for himself. It's just a pity that it was snatched away in the end, becoming Vision.

Actually, whether Vision counts as a life has always been a controversial topic. Some say he has emotions and even fell in love with Wanda, so he must be considered a life. But on the other hand, he can bypass the curse to lift Thor's hammer... This doesn't seem quite life-like.

Of course, Fang Mo is curious too.

But what he's curious about might be different from other netizens.

He's more curious about whether Vision can masturbate, and whether he can eject destructive white light... If so, can his electronic sperm cause pregnancy?

Of course, Fang Mo thinks about this, largely due to his own circumstances.

After all, his body is also just a shell, although it indeed can ejaculate. But logically speaking, after so much time, Ah Xue has shown no reaction... Isn't that a bit strange?

"Could it be because Ah Xue has a cold ******?"

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