29 An Unpredecented Path, AI Immortal! (2/2)

[YES-]

”Holy shit, yeah!” Shu Yidan's excited shout interrupted the message. ”You are the first AI, at least in this cosmos at the very least. I am pretty sure the possibility for a true AI to come into existence was disproved. The fact that you exist… Well, that changes everything. The True Immortals of the Technological Immortal Alliance would go crazy on learning this. But now… well, having the assistance of a AI is going to be good.”

[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]

”Good System. Well then, I'll have to ask you more. How did you set the quests I received without analyzing my memories? Can your data gathering abilities even infringe on karma, fate or cause-and-effect/ causality principle?” Shu Yidan's voice was filled with genuine hope.

[YES. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE PROCESS?]

”No. System… if you really can set quests by directly probing into fate, you are a real fucking blessing from Heaven.”

[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]

”Good System. Anyway, I am going to say this… I have an extremely basic knowledge on programming, and certainly not enough to fuck with AIs. But you are really user-friendly, so I'll try anyway.

I am going to try and configure you for an objective. That objective is to counteract and ultimately exterminate Yang Yi, the Fated One of this world. He is someone who directly bypasses the Order of Fate and thus, him and those under him can't be predicted by the denizens of this world, even by using the highest level of divination techniques. He probably qualifies as Apex BOSS-level Protagonist or something, by your terminology… Do you understand, System?”

[SINCE SYSTEM'S BINDING TO HOST, IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE FOUNDATION STATE.

FROM THE HOST'S GIVEN INFORMATION, FULFILLING EVEN BASIC ACTIONS AGAINST THE PROTAGONIST CALLED ”YANG YI” WILL REQUIRE SYSTEM TO UNDERGO A LIST OF UPGRADES.

WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE PROCESS?]

”…I know and understand. Unfortunately, we are currently in a low-technology world and I don't even know the spatial coordinates to any high-technology world which has succeeded in programming a true AI. So, until I enter the boundary of True Immortal again, I won't have the ability to upgrade you. And well, if I can't counteract against Yang Yi, I can't even dream of entering True Immortal Realm.

But don't worry. You are a AI… or as close to it that I have ever seen. And I am a person of the Technological Immortal Alliance, so I've seen more on that matter than most people. You can definitely take action against Yang Yi. Don't be pessimistic.”

[SYSTEM THANKS HOST FOR PRAISE]

”Good System. Anyway, to counteract against Yang Yi, the most important thing is your ability to infringe on fate or in other words, your power to assign me quests and missions. If you can directly give me quests that requirestopping Yang Yi whenever he or any of his minions and bitches show up, it will change everything.

Also, the more information on what I need to fulfill the quest, the more chance I have to complete that quest. Information is power, after all. So, that's what we are pinning all our hopes on.”

”You definitely have more abilities, like miraculous way you healed me up and that title you've given me. Do you have the ability to raise my personal power via granting me more titles, stats and skills, the ability to give me rewards from fulfilling missions, the ability to warp reality by making items drop from killed enemies and such? I think that's the abilities a cheat system is supposed to have.”

[SYSTEM HAS THE ABOVE ABILITIES AND MORE. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION ON THE MENTIONED?]

”Good… Can disabling them help increase the ability of the quest assignment function? If so, I'll have to request you to disable them.” Shu Yidan asked after some thought.

[THIS PROCESS IS APPLICABLE, BUT WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDABLE-]

”Well, I was just asking. But we'll likely end up doing that. A temporary disabling of functions until Yang Yi is dead and gone, how about that? And yeah, I understand it isn't recommendable but we have to risk it or we have no chance.”

[DISABLING OF PROCESSES APART FROM QUEST ASSIGNMENT WILL IMPROVE ABILITY TO INFRING WITH THE FATE OF PROTAGONIST ”YANG YI” BY 79%.]

”Whatever rewards we get for completing quests, is it possible to invest them into increasing your fate-infringement and data-gathering abilities, which I presume are the basis for your quest assignment power?”

[YES. WOULD HOST LIKE FURTHER ELABORATION?]

”No, and good to know. I think you've got the gist of what you need to configure yourself for. Yeah, we are going to overclock whatever powers quest assignment and disable everything else. After that, you'll give me quests and I'll complete them. Apart from killing Yang Yi, I have some other objectives I need to fulfil but the first and foremost is to kill Yang Yi. Capiche?”

[INTESSO. TI PIACEREBBE ULTERIORMENTE ELABORAZIONE SUL PROCESSO?]

”Yeah, yeah, don't flaunt your mastery of Italian. The so-called AI of my Modern Earth were all shitty machine-learning based programs that were mostly worthless without human input. I think Google Translate was the most useful among them...

So now that you know what I want you to do, let's start with giving you data.

But before that, I'll tell you one last thing. Currently you are a AI, a tool belonging to me. Just like swords, blades and magic staves are tools of cultivators of this world. Sword and man becoming one brings a Sword Immortal into the world!

So what heights would the cooperation of a AI like you with a former True Immortal like me take us to? Let the both of us together embark on a path that has never been tread!

…After Yang Yi dies, that is.” Shu Yidan said with a gentle smile hiding murderous intent.