"Replay the complex scene of the mutated nerve bundles." Wu Chen said again.
"Yes." Zhi Nao Ai immediately reproduced the original scene captured by the three overhead hunters in the front window of AE86. I saw bundles of mutated nerves, struggling to break free from the remains of the prosthetic body, first reconnecting with the blown-up companions, and then slithering toward the Hanhua skyscraper like an electric eel. There are even horrifying scenes of mutated nerves that cannot break free, standing tall like a cobra, crushing the prosthetic head with such force that the brains splatter out.
Seeing many details, Zhinao Ai couldn't help but feel horrified: "The prosthetic body is just a breeding ground for mutations. The mutant AIs bred are continuously converging towards the Hanhua skyscraper through neural complexation. Is this what the master said they were together?" "
"Maybe not entirely." Wu Chen thought thoughtfully.
"Why not use the Internet?" This is something that the digital life forms born in New Hong Kong cannot understand.
"This is related to the technological background of this plot fragment." Wu Chen expressed his understanding: "Just like 'upload' and 'download', these are similar epoch-making new technologies that were born before the wide-area Internet. Just like many years ago Internet cafes are not called Internet cafes, but are called computer game rooms. I remember at that time, I did something that seems very funny now, which was to use dozens of 1.44M floppy disks to copy the original "Monopoly" game. Ghost in the Shell The background of the creation of Mobile Team is roughly the same. Even almost all cyberpunk plot worlds fail to show the wide-area Internet based on 5G wireless transmission technology and the broader Internet of Everything based on 6G technology. So' Implanting a storage hard drive in the brain and going to a specific terminal to download or upload data has become the conventional world view of cyberpunk. Of course, it is also due to the limitations of the times. In fact, in our opinion, mutant nerve bundles do not need to be physically modified at all. Internet. As long as they can connect to each other through wireless networks, they may become more advanced AI intelligence under ANN rules, or even digital life."
"So, this is actually the rule of the world of Ghost in the Shell." Zhi Nao understood why the mutant nerve bundles were rushing to climb towards the Hanhua Skyscraper.
"Yes." Wu Chen nodded slightly: "In other words, it is the innate origin of mutant AI."
"Just like the insertion of human flesh, it is also the most primitive connection." Zhi Nao Ai suddenly understood: "This is what (intelligent) life looked like at the beginning."
"Usually it can be understood this way." Wu Chen nodded lightly.
The Hanhua Skyscraper has a saucer-shaped central computer room built around a bottomless matrix of prosthetic server columns.
The dense line of fire chased the escaping mutant nerve bundles, blasting everything in its path into pieces. Passing through the flames blooming in the sky, Major broke through the blockade and flew to the ground.
The reason why the doctor and the major had to arrive at the computer room was because it was the only place in the entire Hanhua Skyscraper where the prosthetic server could be operated. If you want to shut down the server and make all mutant prosthetics go offline collectively, you can only use the brain-computer interface in the central computer room. And there are only a handful of people with this operating authority.
At the same time, the facade of Hanhua Skyscraper has been densely packed with mutant nerve bundles that are constantly climbing up to the waistline. At a glance, the skyscrapers from the waist down are covered with clusters of mutant nerve bundles that are wrapped around and around, layer after layer, constantly squirming, twisting, rolling, entangled, and sizzling. The feeling was like a swarm of snakes scrambling to climb, or like countless leeches smelling the smell of blood. Or maybe it’s the schools of salmon that bravely migrate to their spawning grounds.
It is also similar to salmon that migrate thousands of kilometers into the upper reaches of rivers to spawn and continue their populations. The mutant nerve bundles that are scrambling to climb up have only one purpose. Upload the mutant AI you carry to higher-level nodes. Continuously improve more advanced swarm intelligence. Even become "righteous".
"Master, look quickly." Zhinao immediately switched the screen back to the central computer room.
"Ah, long time no see. Major Mira." A familiar greeting came from inside the giant jellyfish's shell.
"Dad, it's really you." With the help of armored radar imaging, the major saw it. The special outline of the electronic superbrain of Laboratory 3 is revealed in the umbrella-shaped crown of the gigantic jellyfish that shines with electric light. So this is the trinity of "100% full-body prosthesis", "experimental advanced attack shell", and "electronic super brain". It is also the "Founding Project 2573" that was successfully launched.
"It's my fault for not telling everyone in advance." Daisuke Aramaki said in a calm and patient tone.
"Why?" Major couldn't understand at all.
"Major, do you know what is the most terrifying thing about the plague?" Daisuke Aramaki asked.
"Highly fatal, easily contagious, and difficult to cure." Major blurted out. This is her personal experience.
"No." Daisuke Aramaki said in an unchanging tone, saying it was nothing to do with himself: "I think the unpredictable fear is the most terrifying thing about the plague."
"Unpredictable fear," the Major repeated softly.
"Yes. When electronic sclerosis breaks out, everyone in the city is in danger. Even if it turns out that some people can indeed be cured. However, the unpredictable fear still makes people avoid it. I want to use the metaphor of 'rabies' here . Many people know that not every wild dog carries deadly germs. Science has long proven that the incidence rate is less than 1%. However, for people who are unfortunate enough to be bitten by wild dogs, even if there is a 1% chance, they will do 100% expected. So from that point of view, the fear of rabies is not 1%, it's 100%."
"Even if you know there is only 1% threat, you must defend 100%." This is the major's understanding: "Society should be like this."
"So in the final analysis, is electronic sclerosis a plague?" Daisuke Aramaki has been secretly guiding the major's thinking: "Take the same subway with the infected, go to the same pub, even if you happen to pass by someone in the crowd. People. Is the fear 1% or 100%."
"100%." Major gave the answer given by most people.
"As the Major said, even a 1% chance of infection will bring 100% absolute fear. And this is the plague." Daisuke Aramaki said in his usual calm tone: "So, as humans, we can never cure."
"Since fear (plague) cannot be cured, what should we do?" the major asked.
"By becoming a more advanced species, you can be 'naturally immune' to the plague that infects lower species." Daisuke Aramaki gave a solution.
"Is he the 'righteous man' that Michiko Hana calls him?" Major was not convinced at all.
"No, Major. We are new humans." As he said that, the jellyfish's long tentacles suddenly reached down. Uproot a mutant nerve bundle that climbed nearby. Like an electronic beast with its mouth wide open, the jellyfish tentacles are forcibly connected with the mutant nerve bundles, and with the laser light, the mutant AI is swallowed up.
It's like a body whose soul has been swallowed. The body twisted by the mutated nerve bundles first drooped down limply, and then was discarded upright by the tentacles. Before it could hit the ground, it turned into ashes in mid-air.
"You devoured the mutant AI it carried."
"For higher wisdom." Daisuke Aramaki finished the second half of the sentence that the major had omitted.
"Then what?" Major steadied his breathing.
"Then, together." Michiko Hanaka's voice suddenly sounded from behind Jellyfish Ghost in the Shell. I saw a huge human face woven by countless mutated nerve bundles, and Michiko Hanaka's "facial muscles" were squirming weirdly with laughter.
"Where is the doctor?" Major asked through gritted teeth.
"I told you, let's be together." Dr. Olette, with his mouth wide open and his body covered with mutant nerves, is being imprisoned in Michiko Hana's mouth!
"Damn it!" The major started his engine at full speed and threw himself in front of the person.
