Chapter 1253 The Origin of the "Spark" and the End of Civilization

"What?" The individual who called himself Doctor, an entity with a flashy title, was stunned upon hearing Lincoln's words.

"I said, have you realized that you're already dead?"

Lincoln knew it was somewhat impolite, but he repeated it word by word nonetheless.

This was related to what he had been contemplating most recently—after the advent of [Intelligent Life] and [Digital Life], how should one define whether an existence is "alive" or has already "died"?

If it's not "Forced Deletion" or "Self-Deactivation," can digital life die?

What if it's formatted? What if it loses the "Consciousness Chip" that serves as its carrier?

He had so many questions.

But he couldn't possibly take a digital life to perform an experiment on death, so the questions remained just questions.

However, just a moment ago, he discovered a very crucial clue from this "Doctor."