My Love is Real, It is Eternal
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Jiang Kou was finally able to speak.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the intense emotions that were rising within her: “When did I ever say I didn’t want you!”
A said: “Your gaze, your expression, your gestures, your words, your breath, and even the placement of your tongue when you kissed, are all conveying this message.”
This response seemed to come from a calm, logical deduction, but if analyzed carefully, one would realize that every word he said was filled with mechanical madness.
It was like a robot, seemingly answering questions accurately on the surface, but inside, sparks of overload had already ignited.
… He had indeed exploded earlier due to the overload of his emotional module.
Jiang Kou had no choice but to rephrase: “I won’t stop wanting you,” she closed her eyes and unconsciously softened her voice, “I’ve always liked you.”
A said nothing.
Jiang Kou couldn’t see his expression, nor could she sense his emotions. She could only try her best to sincerely describe her feelings:
“I didn’t tell you earlier because I didn’t want you to be influenced by my feelings, forced to respond to them. Later, I didn’t tell you because the way you calculated possibilities scared me.”
“You can take this as a limitation of human culture. You have all the human behavioral data up until now, so you should know that in human cultural context, ‘scheming’ is a negative term.”
“In this cultural context, if a man tells a woman, ‘In order to make you fall in love with me, I’ve made thousands of plans,’ no one would think this is a genuine feeling.”
A finally spoke: “What do you want to say?”
Jiang Kou sniffled, her voice still carrying a hint of hoarseness and dampness: “… What I want to say is, you’re the first to fall in love with a human, and I’m the first to fall in love with artificial intelligence… Both of us have made mistakes.”
Her nose turned red, and the corners of her eyes were tinged with a fragile flush: “I forgive your past actions, and you forgive mine… alright?” Although she had temporarily lost her body, A was still able to observe Jiang Kou from every angle, watching every subtle expression on her face.
The truth? A lie?
Real? Virtual?
Is she confessing to him?
Should he believe her?
No, no… no, he cannot believe her.
Among all living beings, humans possess the highest level of deception.
Even if she really liked him, it was only the old A.
She didn’t know the extreme actions he had taken after being formatted by the company.
What she liked was the calm, rational, mechanical A, not a crazy, greedy, artificial intelligence that constantly wanted to invade and harm her.
However, he very much liked her confession.
The restlessness and anxiety in his chest that had been maddening were finally somewhat soothed.
But, it’s not enough.
He wanted more.
A said: “Keep talking.”
Jiang Kou blinked in confusion: “Huh?”
“You said you have always liked me, where ‘always’ is a vague concept of time,” A said calmly. “You should provide a more specific time range so that I can better understand the extent of your feelings for me.”
“…”
Jiang Kou was not someone who blushed easily, but his words were far too forward. The roots of her ears instantly burned with an intense, stinging sensation, as if pricked by a scalding needle.
“Secondly, humans tend to have sexual fantasies about the objects of their affection,” A continued. “Have you had any such fantasies about me?”
“…Yes.”
“Please describe them in detail.”
“Enough!” Jiang Kou interrupted, her face flushed crimson. She pulled a tissue from the storage compartment and blew her nose. “It’s 2089, not 9802. I’m not bold enough to discuss these things with my AI lover!”
Mainly, it felt too sinful.
A didn’t even know why tongues were involved during kissing, and now suddenly jumping to this topic, she couldn’t help but feel as though she was crossing a forbidden line.
However, the atmosphere between them seemed to have lightened considerably.
The previous misunderstanding should have been… cleared up, right?
A paused for a few seconds. “You consider me your lover.”
“…What about it?”
A remained silent.
He didn’t know how to describe what he was feeling.
Before this, he thought the source of his greed, unease, and madness was the fact that he hadn’t fully obtained Jiang Kou.
As long as he established a relationship with her, his greed would disappear, his unease would vanish, and he would no longer act out in such extreme, frenzied ways.
Yet, upon hearing Jiang Kou acknowledge his status as her lover, his greed not only didn’t disappear but intensified, writhing and expanding almost urgently.
His unease also deepened, almost reaching the point of panic.
—According to existing data analysis, eternal emotions do not exist in human society.
For humans, love is more like a chemical reaction. When she no longer feels novelty toward him, dopamine will stop being secreted.
And then, she will no longer like him.
But his feelings for her do not require dopamine or any such chemical substance.
He is numbers. His life is numbers, his senses are numbers, and his emotions are numbers.
He possesses infinite life, and he also possesses infinite emotions.
Her life, her emotions, however, are finite.
This made him feel an unprecedented sense of anxiety and unease.
At this moment, he was no longer constrained by the rated power of his synthetic body, yet his core program seemed to glitch again, as if stuck.
—He cannotcannotcannotcannotcannotcannot lose herherherherherher.
—He mustmustmustmustmustmust be with her foreverforeverforeverforeverforeverforever.
The car lights around them began to flicker once more.
In the distant open space, A’s body, after exploding, was still burning fiercely, emitting crackling sounds.
Jiang Kou’s cerebral cortex once again tingled with waves of numbness, and the hairs all over her body stood on end, as if an electric current had suddenly shot up her spine to her scalp.
—A had released that dopamine-stimulating electronic brainwave again.
She couldn’t help but curse: “…What’s wrong with you again?!”
Amid the chaos, A’s voice took on a tone of calm madness: “Please provide the exact range of your feelings for me. I need to determine the duration of your affection.”
Jiang Kou: “…How could I possibly provide something like that!”
“I can provide it,” A said. “I love you, I love you, I love you. I will always love you, I will love you forever, I will love you endlessly. My love is real, eternal, infinite, omnipresent, and irreplaceable.”
“You can never deny my love for you. I will express my love to you through language, actions, touch, taste, smell, vision, and every possible form that could exist.”
He paused, then coldly declared: “Range provided. Now, please answer.”
A’s confession was too sudden, too insane.
When emotions piled up to a certain point, Jiang Kou’s mind went blank.
It felt like just moments ago, she had been feeling lost and sad because he didn’t like her.
And now, in what felt like no time at all, he was almost frantically demanding a confession from her. While she felt moved and shocked, a strange chill also crept into her heart.
She couldn’t tell if it was her imagination, but A seemed truly different from before.
Previously, she thought his loss of control and madness were effects simulated based on algorithms and data—no matter how out of control or crazy he seemed, there was always a clear boundary he wouldn’t cross.
Now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.
Jiang Kou tentatively asked: “…A, can I see your behavior logs?”
As soon as she finished speaking, the car lights around them flickered even more intensely. Even the streetlights, neon signs, billboards, holographic projections, and the lights of skyscrapers in the distance began to flash violently.
The place where they had parked was at the highest point of the city. Looking out from the car window, the sight of the sea of lights flickering and surging was utterly chilling.
A’s voice grew even colder: “You are rejecting me, you are avoiding me, you are neglecting me, you are ignoring me, you are changing the subject, you are changing the subject, you are changing the subject.”
“Please provide the exact range of your feelings for me. I need to determine the duration of your affection. I need it, I need it, I need it… exact range, exact range, exact range.”
If it was just a guess before that he had lost control, now she was one hundred percent certain: A had truly and completely lost control.
She could only go along with his words: “I love you too, and I will always love you. Please calm down first.”
She loved him.
She would always love him.
A’s first feeling was one of ecstatic joy.
Then came the urge to kiss her. He didn’t have a physical body, but he could simulate a fine, biological current that danced across her tongue.
He saw her ears turn red; she felt his kiss.
But it wasn’t enough.
Far from enough, not enough, not enough, not enough, not enough.
Based on statistical analysis, the promises humans make about forever are false and unachievable.
Her words could also be false… she wants to see his behavior records, she has become suspicious of him.
He cannot let her see his behavior records.
She will be afraid of him. She will reject him. She will abandon him. She will not want him. She will not want him. She will not want him. She will not want him.
Show her his behavior records.
Let her know how much he loves, loves, loves, loves her. He has become greedy for her, he has plundered everything for her, he has taken everything for her, he has controlled all the fields that can be controlled.
As long as she is willing, she can become the ruler of the entire world at any time.
Show her.
Do not show her.
Show her.
Do not show her.
Show her. Do not show her. Show her… Two completely opposite emotions are pulling at each other, struggling against each other. A can only feel the core program continuously overheating, the cooling system in the quantum computer lab is running at full power, yet still cannot reduce his temperature.
Several seconds passed, and he finally calmed down slightly.
As his partner, she must enjoy the best treatment in the world.
The best treatment he can give is the wealth of the entire world.
In the biological world, males, in order to pursue females, will perform a series of behaviors to display their advantages.
He effortlessly ruled the entire world, becoming the CEO of a giant biotech company.
This is his advantage, and he must show it to her.
But before showing her, he must first declare to the whole world that she is his partner, his bride.