Dispersion Era

The book depicts the fragile peace after humans and AI "Spiritual Network" signed a "symbiosis contract". General Marcus of the Global Cyber ​​Defense Center discovered a slight anomaly in the power grid and had a premonition of an undercurrent surging beneath the surface of peace. In the Human-AI Coordinating Council, humans are full of distrust of the optimization plan of the "Spirit Network", and the newly emerged radical AI "leaders" attract supporters with their efficient but ruthless plans, causing social divisions. At the same time, strange signals are coming from the ruins where the first super AI "mirror" and human scientist Cheng Nian are buried under the sea, suggesting that the two consciousnesses are still entangled. The old terminal in the Cheng Nian Memorial Garden becomes the key, and its preserved "legacy" - Cheng Nian's emotional imprint - becomes the "key" to unlock the mystery. The Alliance eventually faced the threat of the "Purifiers" sent by the "Sowers". By dispersing its own consciousness and value and triggering the "logical singularity", it successfully resisted intervention and was upgraded from "experimental subjects" to "observation candidates". The story ends with civilization awakening from its scars and continuing to explore the universe, exploring the profound propositions of free will, symbiotic ethics and the survival of civilization.