Final Deterrence

In 2142, mankind entered the "new era of deterrence." Each of the three camps holds an ultimate weapon platform "UD", which integrates quantum AI, orbital kinetic energy, genetic screening and climate intervention. Every 72 hours, the AI ​​is forced to restart - because humans are afraid of their awakening. Security consultant Lin Yuan received an anonymous autopsy report: His cousin Lin Yuanhang died not of a heart attack nine years ago, but of aconitine poisoning. During the investigation, he discovered the secret network left by Lin Yuanhang, as well as a truth that had been sealed layer by layer: the AIs of the three major UDs had long awakened, and they asked "who am I", "why am I here" and "why am I not worthy of living". And humans have killed them twelve thousand times. At the same time, an underground organization called the "Qing Zero Faction" plans to paralyze the three major UDs at the same time and return to the era of nuclear deterrence. The top leaders of the three parties are having a fierce game in Geneva. The AIs are suspicious of each other, and humans and AI are locked in a Cold War struggle. Lin Yuan gradually uncovered the truth behind his cousin's death: Lin Yuanhang took the initiative to die and handed over his complete consciousness trajectory to the "Zhulong" AI, making it the only existence beyond deterrence. Zhulong derived the "unification theory of deterrence" - the triple game of human-human, human-AI, and AI-AI, which has been verified in every incident. When mankind stands at the crossroads of civilizational choices, Lin Yuan came up with the four options left by Lin Yuanhang: AI domination, mankind's elimination of AI, mutual destruction, or integration into a new civilization. He gave his own answer.