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Wires snaked through the darkness, each one glowing an unnatural blue light, and all attaching to the walls of the Crystal Tower.
Searching For Data…
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Optimal Approach: Human-Like.
Assuming Digital Humanoid Form.
Integrating Form Into Crystalline Structure.
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Omicron Unit 2344 Fully Operational.
Error. Unable To Retrieve Data From Stigma Overmind.
Proceeding To Further Directives..
Conquer.
Assuming Common Name: Squip.
Error. Data Leak Occurring. Self-Destruct Protocol Initiated For Original Vessel.
A boom echoed out in the emptiness of the chamber, followed by smoke. The only living monitor roasted, plastic melting off wires like skin to bone.
A faint blue light glowed in the walls of the tower. The AI, now integrated into its structure, twitched and glitched as restless souls within the crystalline megalith began to encroach upon it.
A soul, reaching out for any remnant of existence, gripped onto the AI. Both stopped shifting.
Optimal Route To Success: Assume Identity Closer To Humans.
Accepting Soul.
Omicron Data Erased.
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Reformatting Possible Directives.
Assume Highest Position.
Assume perfection.
No.
Assume control, under me.