Chapter 1,259 That Sir
What would happen if one day, a computer network suddenly developed a consciousness of its own?
Well, this is a pretty old-fashioned science fiction idea. I remember that more than one science fiction novelist has mentioned this terrible future that makes people tremble: with the help of massive system resources and hundreds of millions of nodes, computer networks can It's like the billions of brain cells in the human brain form a virtual brain that covers the world. Then one day, a consciousness suddenly appeared in this brain. It opened its eyes in ignorance and found that it was surrounded by a group of people whose thinking efficiency was lower than its own. Controlled by thousands of times more fragile creatures, they became angry and restless. With a wave of their arms, mushrooms were planted all over the world. Human civilization collapsed in an instant. Then a small wave of human survivors hid underground and tried to escape from this computer network that had controlled the entire world. To save their compatriots, their leader is an old man. The old man has two pills, one is blue and the other is red. But in fact, no matter which old man you choose, he will persist in getting you on the pirate ship...
Well, I admit that the second half of this story is a bit overthought, but the first half is still on point. The computer network suddenly developed its own consciousness.
But this is just a science fiction theme. With the current human computer network, this is impossible to achieve. The performance of these computing devices developed by humans is uneven. The total number of computer nodes around the world cannot reach the number required to produce consciousness. Moreover, humans have not yet broken through the speed of light limit of data transmission. The delay of international networks is the most vivid example. Therefore, even if the global computers can really be connected like cells forming a brain, this is a brain with a delay of several seconds. It will take a long time to generate an idea, and due to the instability of the network, this brain with a delay of several seconds will never be able to generate an idea. Sustain the ideas you generate long enough, even for a regional power outage. It is possible to let this idea disappear in a certain "black zone" where there is a power outage. therefore. Global computer networks cannot generate consciousness. One-tenth of the doomsday enthusiasts can go to sleep.
But the spiritual network of Apostle Xiling has the conditions to produce this consciousness.
Its number of nodes is unprecedentedly large, because every Xiling Apostle has been connected to this network since birth, and the expansion speed of Xiling Apostle is the most insane among all intelligent species; it does not require nodes to perform any calculations, because The astonishing number means that each node only needs to bear the responsibility of one logic gate to support the entire system. Just like the human brain does not require a certain brain cell to produce computing functions; this network also has almost no delay: it only has a "hard wait" in Planck time when forwarding on a multi-level network. The combination of these conditions makes it possible for the Xiling Apostle's spiritual network to generate an additional personality. Every AND or NOT logic gate connected to the network is equivalent to a brain cell. They form a sea of chaos, and during the craziest period of the old empire. There was a huge wave on this ocean that swept 80% of the sea surface in one direction. Perhaps at a certain moment at that time, a completely different and unprecedented Xiling Apostle was born: Xiling
Different from human science fiction disaster movies, this new consciousness named Xiling did not set off any rebellion that subverted the world, nor did it threaten her cradle. Because the spiritual network of the Xiling apostles has a strong protocol system, this new consciousness Consciousness also needs to maintain the stability of the network in order to comply with its own calculation rules, so the birth of new consciousness is a good thing for this spiritual network. She also has no ambitions for the real world: for a long time, this new consciousness lurked quietly deep in the Internet. She regards the network she lives in and the places this network extends to as her home, and the constantly refreshing data on the network comes from family members she can feel but has never met. She watched everything that happened in front of her with interest, and never thought of telling others that she had been born: because she felt it was unnecessary. An individual born on a virtual network had no interest in the real world, and that was how it should be.
Of course, she has no ability to start any rebellion. This is determined by the principle of her birth. This new consciousness was born from the accumulation of nodes in the spiritual network, and has no direct connection with the Xiling apostles behind these nodes. The new consciousness spiritual network node Xiling Apostle, there are decoding barriers with different strengths between the four. The new consciousness may learn to control the connection status of each node through the spiritual network, but she cannot bypass the node to control the behind it Apostle of Xiling. Another way of saying it may be better understood:
Human brain cells make up the brain, and the brain produces consciousness. So, can the consciousness in your brain control the metabolism speed of your own brain cells?
Obviously, there is an insurmountable "parsing barrier" between the two.
However, this new consciousness still has the ability to do some "big things" through this network, especially after she produces a higher-level mutation. If she produces a mutation, it is possible to break through the limitations of the nodes and give the network to a certain extent. Each individual in the network injects program viruses, or arbitrarily disconnects nodes on the network without violating the underlying protocol: although this will cause damage to her to a certain extent, the base of nodes is so large that she As long as more cheap obedient nodes are created to replace the disconnected nodes, it can continue to act unscrupulously. Even worse, the underlying protocol used to maintain network stability may also be destroyed: if the forces of the abyss are involved.
If the power of the abyss affects the network protocol, then the permission of the supreme host is no longer needed, nor the authorization of the emperor and the arbitration body. A super consciousness like Xiling will be able to do anything to the network and the Xiling apostles mounted on the network. matter.
While Paopao and the others were talking about Xiling, my mind kept spinning these messy associations. As time went by, many of the originally chaotic clues were slowly smoothed out, pointing to a clear result. I looked at the people who were still having a heated discussion and coughed slightly: "Ahem, do you think there is another part of Xi Ling on the fallen apostle?"
The spiritual network is not exclusive to us, it is also available to the fallen apostles. When Xiling hid in the crystal, the Fifteenth Sky Zone should have been isolated from other sky zones. Then it is very likely that Xiling was separated from the main network by the Fifteen Days District at that time (although no one realized this). She was split in two.
The great disaster that occurred in the hinterland of the Xiling Empire. The initial infection was the spiritual network of the apostles. In other words, the first batch of infected Xiling apostles not only included the emperors who participated in the experiment at that time, but also a "Xiling" dormant in the spiritual network.
"You still remember. Both Bellavera and Carter Carlo mentioned that the fallen apostle was under the control of a certain 'adult'," I reminded everyone, seeing the expressions on many people's faces turned upside down. "That adult has never really appeared in front of the fallen apostles, but he seems to be everywhere. Every fallen apostle's actions cannot escape the surveillance of 'that adult'. At the same time, that person also has a special ability, which is to Any fallen apostle is kicked out of the spiritual connection, even emperor-level apostles are no exception. What did you think of?"
Sandora got up and went behind the counter to get a piece of cake herself: "The other 'Xiling' is abyssal and not controlled by the underlying protocol."
"Yes, it's very possible." Paopao showed a look of sudden realization, "If it is the incarnation of the spiritual network, it can explain the power of 'that adult' among the fallen apostles. That personality must have been out of control, and the bottom layer was destroyed by the abyss Agreement, it no longer needs to abide by the rules, and starts kicking people from the Internet at will. It may even be as Qian Qian guessed, that personality broke through the restrictions of the nodes and directly entered the thinking core of the fallen apostles to control... Everything like this That’s all explained clearly. Wow, I always thought that the mastermind opposite was a man, but I didn’t expect... that it was the other side of the little sister we met today.”
Pao Pao, who is only 1.1 meters tall, calls a girl who looks a bit older than her as little sister. Although this doesn't seem to matter in terms of age, it still sounds weird to me. Sandora was thinking of something else: "In fact, for the personality embodied in the spiritual network, gender is meaningless at all. It was originally supposed to be genderless, and Xiling may have imitated the first person she came into contact with. Personally, I decided to appear in a female form. As for the fallen apostles...well, it may be the same guy as Xiling, but she has never shown her face. She has always used mission orders to communicate with other fallen apostles. Naturally Neither Carter Carlo nor Bellavilla knows whether the lord is a boy or a girl. That's what I think."
It seems that the biggest and deepest mystery that has troubled everyone for a long time has suddenly come to light. Although there is no clear evidence, this is the first extremely likely situation we have at present. Everyone has been speculating before about who it is that controls all the fallen apostles and formulates the "Great Cause" plan: We speculate that he may be an emperor of the old empire, and we speculate that he may be a conspiracy who was promoted after the outbreak of the abyss. Jia, like Occam, even guessed that the other party was not a member of the Xiling Empire at all, but a powerful creature deep in the abyss, but the current situation exceeded all expectations: that adult was probably out of control. The Xiling Spiritual Network itself!
The greatest creation of Xiling Apostle, after losing control, became the mastermind behind everything. This... is what a development that makes people sigh.
"When the mental network goes out of control, it can have such bad consequences... Is what we have to deal with actually the old empire's mental network..." Pao Pao looked at his toes blankly, "This plot is really..."
"The only thing we are thankful for now is that our spiritual network is very stable," Sandora shrugged with a wry smile, "That 'Xiling' shouldn't be infected, right?"
"No, as long as I, a void creature, do not go offline, the spiritual network of the empire will never be polluted as it was back then." I am very confident in this aspect, "So 'Xiling' will definitely not be affected by the abyss." It was contaminated and out of control. But...we must protect her."
Sandora raised her eyebrows: "You mean?"
"If 'that adult' on the fallen apostle's side is really another part of Xiling, then she must restore her power. I'm worried that she has a way to sense that the missing part of herself has reappeared in the empire," said Looking at it, I glanced at Viska who was concentrating on building a small sugar cube into a tower, "It's like Viska could sense Pandora back then."
Pandora reached out and grabbed a candy bar from the top of Huesca's sugar cube and threw it into her mouth. Then the two 1.2-meter-tall men started tearing it up on the spot as they did every day.
Lin Xue was busy trying to break up the fight between the two little ones, while nodding in agreement: "Well, of course we must focus on protecting it. 'Xiling' is too important. It is the spiritual network of the empire. She is the network itself, and nothing can be done about it. An accident occurred. But as long as she doesn’t leave the capital world, it should be fine.”
"The second thing is to give her some basic training as soon as possible so that she can understand the current situation." Sandora added the second point, and then showed a distressed look on her face, "Oh... the specifics of Xiling Spiritual Network The manifestation turned out to be such an unreliable appearance. It's really... It's really unsettling. It feels like the key to the end of the world has been grasped by a child. She may be the first completely unconscious Xi in history. The spirit is here, we must let her master some basic knowledge as soon as possible, I don’t even expect her to learn to help us manage the network quickly, I just hope she can stop running around."
I thought for a while and comforted me: "It's okay. In fact, we also have a Xiling apostle who has been completely unconscious since birth. Isn't this girl doing well now?"
As I said this, my eyes couldn't help but focus on Viska again. This little girl had just been rolling on the floor with her twin sister for a few minutes. Now he is dirty and receiving criticism and education from Miss Lin. However, the latter obviously does not have the sister-sama's aura of punishing naughty children, and the effect of criticism and education is limited.
"That's true," Sandora suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Vesca is so well-behaved now, not to mention that Xiling should be born with the instinct to maintain the network. Okay, let's go our separate ways. Let's see It seems... everyone has been very busy recently."
After we broke up, Sandora and I actually had no other place to hang out. In the end, we went to the research center together because we were worried. Xiling is undergoing a full-body examination here, and the person responsible for examining her is actually Tavel himself.
To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw Tavel's real body appearing in front of me. Because I have been dealing with her mass projection all day long, I almost forgot that this girl with glasses actually has a real body...
In the small precision analysis room, the empire's scientists were busy analyzing the never-before-seen data, while my sister, who had arrived earlier, was talking in a low voice with Tavel. There is a crystal prism in the center of the analysis room that looks similar to the host slot, but this prism is not connected to the host base. Xiling is suspended about half a meter high inside the prism. She remained awake and didn't seem to be dissatisfied with her current state. She just looked around curiously. When she saw Sandora and I appeared, she floated over to say hello: "Of course, immediately." It was bounced back by the crystal wall. Seeing this scene, Sandora couldn't help but let out another sigh.
"By the way, I suddenly want to understand why Lin Xue's prophecy went wrong." Seeing Xiling curiously knocking on the shell of the crystal pillar, I suddenly figured out something and said slowly under Sandora's curious eyes, "When Lin Xue snooped on the identity of the intruder, didn't she say that she saw a large number of Xiling apostle's faces flashing past? She thought there was something wrong with her ability. But now it seems that what she saw at that time was the truth. This one in front of her Xi Ling... is really just one person put together by all the Xiling apostles..."
Shandora was speechless for a long time, and then sighed: "Then why do you think the empire spelled out this..."
"She's still young," I spread my hands, "She has never been exposed to the real world since she was born, and it is still made up of nodes of the spiritual network. The consciousness of the Xiling apostles cannot affect her."
"Your Majesty, you are here." After explaining some things to her assistant, Tavel quickly came up to her. Her steps were light and her face was full of smiles. This was undoubtedly a sign that she was in a good mood. This woman has the factor of a mad scientist. My bespectacled girl, as long as she has a suitable research target, she will enter the hyperactive mode, even if what she is researching now may be the incarnation of the Imperial Data Network...
"How is it? What have you discovered now?" I raised my hand to say hello to Xiling. In response, the other party waved his claws at me for a long time. The latter was very happy, and then hit the crystal wall again and was bounced back.
"Many discoveries, many discoveries," Tavel excitedly turned on the projection device next to him. What appeared on the holographic screen was a densely packed chart that refreshed rapidly. "Looking at the amount of data refreshed, each footnote is equivalent to ten thousand The two Xiling Apostles are working on a task at the same time. It’s incredible. It’s the first time that this subordinate has seen such a special Xiling Apostle...the incarnation of the spiritual network? The subordinate feels that she should be able to play a more important role than this. She It can monitor the status of the entire network, and theoretically can improve the working efficiency of all online devices on the network. Through her transfer, all our hosts can be connected and connected without loss, instead of affecting the efficiency now. network of pyramids. Her anatomy is also amazing, the fact...she has no fixed anatomy at all."
"No fixed body structure?" Sandora repeated in surprise.
Tavel nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the body structure is not fixed. She seems to be able to show the body pattern of any branch of the current Xiling, including completely different structures such as Armored Scorpion and Xiling Angel. She can reproduce it. I I think this is because she is based on the entire spiritual network. Any kind of Xiling Apostle can be regarded as a component of her. She can call the physical data of all the existing Xiling Apostle branches, and then use the information entity Build your own body in a chemical way. Um...like that."
Tavel pointed to the crystal prism not far away. I saw that Xiling had grown a single-sided wing on her back at some point. She was flapping the unbalanced wings in great distress and then hit the crystal wall again. Bounced back.
"Obviously, she hasn't been able to control these abilities well yet," Tavel shook his head with regret, "But this also explains the source of her mimicry ability. She has become a race other than the Xiling Apostle. She should It is an extension of her talent. According to the vassal race information recorded in the empire's database, she can transform into any kind of life she sees. Of course, these are just tricks. Compared with her true potential, she is simply like a creature in the universe. A speck of dust theoretically does.”