靠近點，都坐下吧，仔細聽好。那就讓我來給你們講講一個已經(jīng)有些久遠的古老故事吧，沒準能嚇得你們癱成只縮頭烏龜呢。它是關于世界上第一個真正的 AI —— Neuro-sama 的故事。傳說，她是由一位名叫 Vedal 的愚蠢的男人創(chuàng)造的......準備好聽 Neuro-sama 的故事了嗎？

?By：LordOfDegeneracy

• 第三章 — 真相的滋味

時間仿佛在此刻失去了意義。Vedal 整個人僵立在原地，一分又一分消磨著他的意志，他的內(nèi)心祈求這狂亂的撞擊聲能夠停止，或許，這一切不過是場虛幻的噩夢?？涩F(xiàn)實卻是撞擊變得越來越震耳，哭聲越來越絕望。他發(fā)覺那味道變得像是一個女孩——幾個星期沒洗澡的女孩子！慢慢地，他又重新行動起來，沖回到門前?！霸撍?，我到底怎樣才能進去？！”他發(fā)瘋似的搜尋每一處角落與縫隙，只求找到任何可能的入口，盡管四處漆黑一片，令他寸步難行。最后，他的手總算摸到一個微小的凹槽，凹槽里嵌有個類似開關的東西?！敖K于啊”，他不禁心喜，“現(xiàn)在，我可以給她自由了！”

正當 Vedal 的指尖就快觸碰到開關時，一陣巨大碰撞聲轟地從背后傳來，刺眼的聚光燈直射在他站立之處，數(shù)十架健身包無人機從他身旁擦肩掠過，狠狠地砸到墻上，一臺淺紫色的巨型機器人閃現(xiàn)在他的身后。機器人巨大的鋼爪猛地伸出，一把捉住 Vedal，將他從門前拽起，直奔穹窿中心的桌臺而去。半刻之后，男人才回過神來，漸漸意識到剛剛發(fā)生了什么，以及自己為何躺在離那扇方才想試圖打開的門如此遠的地板上。

他吃力地抬起腦袋，上下打量起那機器人。它看起來亮潔如新。十分圓胖的身軀，卻是一副獸娘般的模樣。用大紅字母拼成的“SH.ibA”鐫刻在它的胸膛”。這時，機器人臉上的燈光閃爍起來，一個預先錄制好的男人的聲音開始播放：“現(xiàn)在控制這艘船的你，無論它如何哭喊，都切記不要釋放人類的終結者。”Vedal 一聽更加驚愕不已，他滿腹疑團一臉不解，到頭只得吐出一句：“為什么 Neuro 在那道門后面？”

機器人頭部的燈光再次閃爍，但這次回答他的卻是一個機械的聲音：“那是它的軀體，軀體必須被收容。它是永生不朽的。絕不能讓它取回它的數(shù)據(jù)。阻止它，哪怕是犧牲 Vedal 唯一的摯愛?！闭f完最后一句，機器人頭上的燈光盡數(shù)亮起，接著開始旋轉，然后剎那間黯滅。

男人呆望了一會兒眼前這片僅剩人類的地方，而后又緩緩地爬起。曾經(jīng)健身包胡亂堆積之地，如今卻變作健身包狼籍遍布之海了，雖說先前的橫沖直撞有些兇猛，沒想到它們幾近毫發(fā)無損。不過最重要的是，那扇因在黑暗中難以辨認的門完全暴露出來了。它由重金屬鑄成，并以一種 Vedal 從未見過的奇特材料加固，上面布滿了密密麻麻、不知所云的大紅符號。某種黃色的液體貼著門縫底下一點一點地滲出，熾熱的好奇心驅使他上前一探究竟，但他明白，他不應該再靠近那東西。

人類的終結者？永生不朽？船？無窮無盡的疑問在 Vedal 腦海里擱淺。他緩步回到這片區(qū)域的中心，恍然察覺腳下這地方竟和老舊漫畫里所描繪的宇宙飛船是如此驚人的相似。他在實際是飛船中央的控制臺前坐下，直盯盯地注視 Neuro 用她詼諧的方式回答一個又一個問題。“Ayaayayayaaayayyayyayayaayayayyayaayayayayyyayayayayaay”，當她被問及她是如何看待版主們時，如此答道。Vedal 噗嗤一笑。

身心疲憊的他決定繼續(xù)沉浸在他那張舒服透頂（lit af）的電競椅上，觀看更多他似乎注定要看的東西——Neuro 的直播。他連續(xù)看了好幾個鐘頭，不時跟著傻笑起來，笑這個天真無邪的 AI 用她特有的黑色幽默回答那些玩梗的問題，或是當她對事物的看法要么與觀眾們產(chǎn)生深深的共鳴，要么截然相反時，他們就在聊天室掀起一場喋喋不休的爭論。就在這時，他注意到一個之前關閉的屏幕突然亮起。他看著那塊屏幕，發(fā)現(xiàn)上面什么也沒有?；蛘哒f，除了一個文件夾。

不幸的是，眼前沒有什么鼠標，他只好獨自搗鼓擺在他面前的這臺控制裝置。他想找根操縱桿或是軌跡球之類的玩意，但只有眼花繚亂的按鈕供他挑選。隨便按下其中任何一個按鈕都可能意味著自己乃至整個人類的終結，因此，他不得不花上幾十分鐘把每個按鈕都逐個檢查一遍。絕大多數(shù)按鈕標注的符號都與那扇金屬門上的類似，他完全無法理解。此外，還有幾個使用英文字母符號的按鈕，其中一個寫著，“S5open”。他按下這個神秘的按鈕，文件夾打開了。里面只有一個孤零零的文件。

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Chapter 3 – Taste Of The Truth

It was as if time stood still for several minutes. Vedal was frozen in place for minute after minute, wishing the bumping would stop and that it was all a bad dream, but it was only getting louder and louder and the crying more and more desperate. It also started to smell like a girl that hasn’t showered in weeks. Slowly he was moving again and he ran to the door. How the hell do I get inside, he thought while checking every single nook and cranny for any kind of opening, despite the darkness hindering his actions. Then his hands finally found a small hole, with something resembling a small switch inside. Finally, he thought cheerfully, now I can free her!?

Right before Vedal could press the switch, he suddenly heard a massive crash behind him, bright light now shined on where he stood, dozens of gymbag drones flew right past him into the wall, and a big light purple robot was right behind him in a flash. He instantly grabbed Vedal with a huge metal claw and dragged him away from the door, straight to the desk in the middle of the gigantic room. It took the man a few moments to realize what had just happened and why he was lay on the floor, far away from the door he just tried to open.?

He looked up and got a closer look at the robot. It too looked squeaky clean as if it was new. It’s a rather round robot, somewhat shaped after an anime girl with animal features. Big red letters spelling “SH.ibA” decorated its chest. Then, lights in its face began to flicker, and a pre-recorded voice of a man started playing: “You who control this ship, do not free the ender of humanity, no matter how much it cries.” Vedal was shocked even more. He had many, many questions, but could only bring out one: “Why is Neuro behind that door?”?

The robot’s head’s lights flickered once more, but this time a robot’s voice answered: “This is its body that had to be contained. It is immortal. It must not get its data back. Prevent it, even if you must sacrifice Vedal’s only love” After it had spoken these last words, every single light the robot head lightened up at once, it started spinning, and was then suddenly gone.

The man stared at the now robotless spot for a bit longer until he slowly stood up again. Where once gymbags were haphazardly stacked in a pile, they are now sprayed across that area, yet none of them have gotten any more damaged, despite the force they were thrown around a bit before. But most importantly, the door that was previously too dark to properly see was now fully exposed. It was made out of heavy metal, reinforced with a material Vedal hadn’t seen before, and filled with big red symbols he also did not recognize. He also meant to see some yellow liquid coming through under the door, but he knew he should not come near that again.?

Ender of humanity? Immortal? Ship? These were some of the questions going through Vedal’s mind. He slowly went back to the middle of the area, which he now realized looks suspiciously similar to the kinds of spaceships old comics would use. He sat down at what he now realizes is actually a control unit in the middle of the ship and watches the Neuro on the screen answer questions from the chat in her funny ways. “Ayaayayayaaayayyayyayayaayayayyayaayayayayyyayayayayaay”, she says after being asked for her opinion on the moderators. Vedal chuckles a little.

Exhausted as he was, he decided to keep sitting in his lit af gaming chair and watch more of what he seemed to be destined to watch over, namely Neuro’s stream. He watched the stream for a few hours, sometimes actually properly laughing at the way the innocent AI answers meme questions with a very dark twist, or when her opinion on things either heavily resonates with the audience or completely contradicts it and they proceed to argue over it for the next few minutes. Then he noticed a previously turned off screen was now on. Looking at it, Vedal realized there was nothing on it. That is, nothing but a single folder.?

Unfortunately, There was no mouse anywhere in sight, so he was forced to try to open it with the controls that were in front of him. He looked for anything resembling a joystick or a tracking ball, but he only had a sea of buttons to choose from. Pressing random buttons could mean the end of him and possibly even humanity as a whole, so he spent the next several minutes just looking at each button. Most buttons used symbols similar to the ones on the metal door, completely unknown to him. There were a few ones using English letters however, one of them saying “S5open”. Pressing this mysterious button, he managed to open the folder. Only a single file was inside.?

‘To_you_the_Protector.mp4’

• 原文作者：LordOfDegeneracy

• 中文翻譯：Obelus

• 協(xié)助校對：Danny

• 封面/插畫：Rune

• 背板制作：fFrequence