Chapter 144

Episode 144 [ Revenge VS Revenge (1) ]

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A new mana stone has been installed on the mobile phone.

Ugh.

The phone booted up with four stars appearing on the screen.

It was the first reboot screen I had seen in a long time. A complex pattern unfolded behind the four stars.

Eve’s voice was heard.

[The mobile phone has been tested. There is no problem.]

A sound was heard from the speaker on the wall. It seemed to have been linked to the building system in a short period of time.

[New mana stones total 9 times. You can use the Samjeonggeom Overcharge technique.]

Kyung-hoon was impressed by Eve’s words.

“The frequency has decreased.”

[There is nothing we can do. This is not a cell phone originally made for that purpose. Aging is inevitable.]

Kyung-hoon glared at his phone.

What was sitting on the desk was a heavy industrial flip phone.

It contained a futuristic AI called Eve inside, but on the outside, it was an old cell phone that was 10 years older.

“If obsolescence is the problem, can’t I switch to another cell phone?”

[It is possible to some extent, but SG Electronics’ technology has not yet reached that level.]

Kyung-hoon’s expression relaxed a little at Eve’s words.

“Are you saying that we can move on once the technology is developed? Then, if you keep changing your body, you might be able to live forever.”

Eve responded to Kyung-hoon’s words.

[You can change your shell, but you cannot live forever. Core modules cannot be replaced.]

The answer was completely different from what Kyung-hoon thought.

[Unlike the AI in the other world, I am a mana-based AI.

Depends on the first installed glyph core. If you copy and move it to another device, the AI will become a different entity from you.

Just as the Mana Core Network’s Eve and I are different.]

The Mana Core Network’s Eve is the telecommunications company AI that first copied Eve to mobile phones. It was referring to the body of Eve.

I thought it was just because my phone didn’t have enough space, but that wasn’t the only reason.

[Mana-based AI has a lifespan like other living things.]

As Eve finished speaking, the room became quiet. Kyunghoon’s face hardened again.

But Eve continued speaking with a lively voice.

[But I still have a long way to go. You don’t have to worry about its lifespan.]

Kyung-hoon, who was staring at his cell phone, sighed. There was no reason for Eve to hide this.

But one problem still remained.

“Then isn’t it the same for Shane?”

[....]

Eve couldn’t immediately answer Gyeonghoon’s question.

*

After changing the mana stone on his phone, Kyung-hoon went to see Shane.

Shane was looking inside the building for a while.

The dome, which was once an indoor amusement park, was used as an awakened training center not long ago, and is now being transformed into an automated fortress.

Armories, automated factories, repair facilities, surveillance equipment, and even automatic defense weapons.

It seemed like it would be a truly amazing fortress when completed.

Kyung-hoon, who met Shane, opened his mouth.

“Get Eve to fix it. “I’m going to visit the other side.”

The cell phone was not in Kyunghoon’s arms. The cell phone was already connected to the restored control room of the building.

Shane tilted his head at Kyunghoon’s words.

“Are you okay? “I heard that we always went together.”

As Shane said, after getting Eve, the two have never been apart.

But I couldn’t continue to wait here while Shane was repaired. As Eve was missing, I had to move more.

“it’s okay. Even Eve can defend herself here.”

Shane wasn’t worried about Eve. But Kyung-hoon pretended not to know.

The time has come for dimensional travel. Kyung-hoon opened the dimensional door.

A black hole was created under my feet.

[Please be careful.]

Eve’s voice came out of the speaker.

Kyung-hoon jumped into the hole.

When Kyung-hoon disappeared, Eve’s voice was heard again.

[Let’s go. I will guide you.]

Boom. thud.

The golem took Shane and entered the lower door in the vertical wall.

Until recently, it was a place where awakened theory training took place.

Those who were dissatisfied with the training calmed their dissatisfaction by looking at one side of the training ground.

A huge pit was created on one side of the parade ground.

It was a pit created by an awakened person throwing out his fist. It clearly didn’t even touch the ground, but a large hole was created.

Everyone present could only nod their heads enthusiastically when told that they could do the same if they trained hard with mana.

Otherwise, it seemed like the fist would fly towards him.

In particular, the four people who caused the disturbance were so frightened that they wet their pants after receiving the gaze of the man who created the hole.

After that, the training went on quietly and well, and the skills of the EV awakeners grew rapidly.

***

[Attitude control system stabilizes.]

[Gyroscope restarts. Nothing more.]

[New sub camera linkage completed, performance increased by 30%.]

[Infrared camera linkage complete.]

[Mana line connection 99.5%.]

[....]

Messages that turned green continued to flow on the screen.

The camera light came on. Shane’s vision cleared again.

It was different from before.

The old and dirty body was shiny. Although some scratches were visible, it still seemed no different from when it was first made. Shane tried to move his body. The creaking body moved smoothly.

Boom.

Even when I punched, I could hear the sound of the wind breaking, and my body’s balance did not break.

The movement of the motor also changed from before. The pattern became intact and mana flowed throughout the body.

At this level, it seemed like his body was much stronger than when it was in its prime.

[The mana line was redrawn and the parts were replaced with as good as possible. The camera and some more advanced electronic equipment were replaced with those from the other world.]

[It would be able to see further, move faster, and be more solid.]

It was just as Eve said.

“That’s amazing.”

Shane was very surprised. I would have been satisfied with just returning to my original body, but it has become even more upgraded.

[But I couldn’t touch one thing.]

As she said, a red message remained in Shane’s vision.

It was a message I had seen for over a year already. His brain didn’t know when to stop.

Eve felt sad, but Shane remained calm.

Shane also knew that mana-based AI had a lifespan.

And he’s already past his useful life.

“It’s okay because it’s a bonus time anyway. Do you know what else? Will it last another 100 years? And it’s quite thrilling not to know how much time is left.”

Contrary to Eve’s thoughts, he was quite satisfied with the current situation.

After a while, Eve opened her mouth.

[...I think I still have a lot to learn.]

End of Eve’s speech. Before I could, Gyeong-hoon opened the door and came in.

He had been here for a while and was waiting for the repairs to be completed. He

had a lot of work to do in the other world, but he returned here right after his troubles on the island.

I guess there is nothing he can do without Eve. It wasn’t much.

He had a cell phone with Eve in his inner pocket. After returning, I immediately brought back what was connected to the computer room of this building.

“Oh, it looks like a completely new body?”

Kyunghoon admired Shane’s body. Even to someone who didn’t know him, the new body didn’t look bad.

“It’s pretty good.”

Shane also nodded to the camera at Kyunghoon’s words.

“Then shall we go? “I wonder where the portal carved in Sajik Stadium is connected to.”

Kyung-hoon spoke in a lively voice.

The issue of Shane’s lifespan had not yet been resolved, but there were some things people couldn’t do anything about.

In times like that, I had to do what I could.

“Okay, let’s go.”

Shane also agreed with Kyunghoon, and Kyunghoon created a silver hole in the floor.

However, the robot and the awakened person could not enter the hole.

Eve hurriedly stopped the two.

[There is a problem.]

Eve displayed the image on the monitor hanging on the wall.

[Caught on a surveillance camera left in Busan.]

A pillar rose above the stands at Sajik Stadium.

It was a huge pillar that was alive and moving.

The owner of Cheonggyecheon was moving within the screen.

Kwasik! Kwasik!

A one-eyed earth dragon was eating the corpse of a spider monster left behind at Sajik Stadium.