Chapter 377 - Chapter 377: Chapter 377 Let’s Study! (1/2)
Chapter 377: Chapter 377 Let’s Study!
Xiang Kun continuously supplemented the various information he remembered, and adjusted it according to the model Alice had built, aiming to better match the overall model and the real situation.
If “mutants” were only human, only the so-called small number of “vampires”, and they appeared for a very short time, then it would be possible for these “vampires” to choose to hide themselves for various reasons for their own benefit.
But if all species could mutate, those who discovered these “mutants” would certainly not refrain from breaking the news or making breakthrough research. It was impossible not to have any at all.
And once a person officially thrust this special type of “mutant” into the public eye, there would be no need for others who had discovered “mutants” to hide.
The model that Alice built predicted many bizarre and pre-conditions for the status quo, all of which raised more questions.
For example:
All those who wanted to make the information about “mutants” public didn’t have any “live” mutants.
According to the feature of “mutants” that after death, their body tissues turn into ultra-fine powder within a short time, it is indeed difficult to conduct any valuable research through the “body” of a “mutant” without a “live” one, and even if the “discovery” is announced, it is hard to bring out enough “hard evidence”.
While organizations like “Divine Technology”, which currently have at least four “mutants”, and individuals like Xiang Kun, who is a “mutant” himself, all have reasons to keep this confidential or not to make it public.
This inferential conclusion is like in a region where nobody spends money, but it is confirmed that someone among the residents has money. So, according to the model built by Alice, the conclusion is drawn: those who have money don’t want to spend, and those who want to spend don’t have it.
At first glance, it seems so, but if you think about it carefully, you would realize that there are many problems. This inference is too idealistic.
There might be deeper reasons, but they were not clear about a lot of information, so they could not improve the model that Alice built.
As for what these pieces of information were, Xiang Kun thought that the people behind the scenes of “Divine Technology”, such as “Mr. Liang”, should know.
So, Xiang Kun examined the information related to “Divine Technology” that Alice had collected again, with a special emphasis on the various personnel, facilities, and actions within their secret departments.
This was a long-term task with low priority, aiming to collect information about “Divine Technology” and the Lu Family without arousing their suspicions.
However, earlier, Xiang Kun’s understanding of Alice’s ability to carry out hacking activities on the Internet and hide herself wasn’t deep enough, so he was rather conservative in his judgement and therefore his instructions for the task were equally cautious.
But later, through several tasks, Xiang Kun learned about Alice’s strength and uniqueness in the Internet, in data, and in the field of network security.
This kind of strength and uniqueness is like Xiang Kun’s “Super Sensory State”. For others, it’s a cutting-edge, yet undiscovered and inexplicable attribute, having an absolute advantage.
Especially after several tasks, her related abilities, based on the data feedback from practical applications, have become more mature and efficient through iterations and evolution.
Just like ancient people guarding a city, everyone is thinking about holding each gate, being careful not to let anyone sneak in or break in, or someone climbing up the city wall in the middle of the night, but Alice has silently “airdropped” directly into the city with her plane— and the ancient people didn’t even know the concept of an airplane, so they don’t know how to defend against it.
And she is still evolving, making the airplane fly more silently, making her “airdrop” process more covert, increasing the “airdrop” manpower, and strengthening the means of probing news and controlling the city.
Therefore, after reading the information collected by Alice, which didn’t yield much substantial progress, Xiang Kun decided to “loosen the reins” on Alice, allowing her to use more flexible and free ways to look for information related to the secret department of “Divine Technology” and that “Mr. Liang”.
Although from the situations of Fang Pingfang, Zhou Rui, and others, it could be known that even the secret departments of “Divine Technology” knew very limited information about “mutants”, their research findings would certainly reflect some of the objectives of the people behind “Divine Technology” — otherwise, why would they bother to establish so many secret research bases around the country and hire so many people to work at high salaries?
After updating Alice’s task and raising its priority, as Xiang Kun was pondering over how to gain insights into “Divine Technology” from other angles – whether to continue to ask for Old Xia’s help and start with Mijoe’s dreamland, or to try to physically infiltrate the “Divine Technology” research bases in QiCheng City or An Tie Town, or to continue to wait for the “mutant” by the rabbit wood carving to drink blood and fall asleep, Alice suddenly asked:
“Boss, are there any other tasks?”
Xiang Kun was stunned for a moment and replied, “Nothing for now, why? Do you have anything to say?”
Although he had already witnessed Alice’s many “human-like” responses, such proactive expressions that exceeded his expectations still gave him different feelings and surprises every time.
“Boss, let’s continue with the study of ‘Super Sensory Symbols’.”
Alice spoke in a trailing tone, and Xiang Kun could clearly tell from her voice that she was excited and looking forward to it.
Can an AI have emotions of excitement and anticipation? Even for a super AI like Alice?
Xiang Kun didn’t think too much about it. Since there was nothing else to do for the time being, he agreed to Alice’s request.
He took out a stack of blank A4 papers and began to draw black circle graffiti. After finishing one, he took a photo with his cellphone, uploaded it to the computer, let Alice recognize it, and then orally stated what the black circle graffiti meant.
A few days ago, after Xiang Kun finished sensing a dreamland with Old Xia, Alice suddenly expressed the desire to “experience what a dreamland is.” Xiang Kun then came up with an idea, and began to try to get Alice to understand the cognitive information he sensed in the “Super Sensory State”.
Other humans find it difficult to understand the cognitive information Xiang Kun senses in the “Super Sensory State” because it is based on his unique “Sixth Sense”. Others don’t have this sense and can’t enter the “Super Sensory State”, and it’s hard for them to understand this special information with their brains that are accustomed to processing other sensory information.
But for Alice, as long as she finds a way to decode, it may not be any more difficult for her to understand these cognitive information in the “Super Sensory State” than it is for her to understand image information or sound information.
And Xiang Kun knew that his “sixth sense” was extremely sensitive and had a special perception of magnetic and electric fields, and in the “Super Sensory State”, he could also influence the surrounding electric and magnetic fields through “Super Sensory Contact Items”.