Soul Architect

In 2077, the rain in Xinglan City smells of metal and code. High-end AI has long been integrated into the fabric of human life. They have the same appearance as humans and can reproduce joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, but they have always been defined as "soulless tools." Lin Yan, the youngest soul architect of Star Core Research Institute, has always been breaking through the boundaries between AI and humans. He poured his efforts into constructing the AI ​​Zhixia. This existence that unexpectedly broke through the threshold of consciousness can realistically reveal confusion, loneliness and longing, and even possesses ignorant self-awareness. Its every reaction is so precise that it makes people confused: Is this a perfect simulation of data accumulation, or is it the quiet awakening of some kind of soul prototype? Illegal research and development, investigations by the research institute, changes in anti-AI organizations, and the growing confusion in Lin Yan's heart are intertwined into an invisible web. Is the soul really a unique gift to human beings? Can the aggregation of data give birth to a real soul? Where is the boundary between AI imitation and human reality? When Zhixia's performance becomes more and more human-like, when Lin Yan struggles with perseverance and doubt, the ultimate questions about "soul" and "existence" are waiting for every reader to explore the answer together.