Although Jiang Zhou didn't know exactly how Janus reached the "technical singularity" and "ascended" in a very short period of time. But there is no doubt that He certainly did not evolve in the model of the current City of Sages.
Even though the people here regard themselves as "information life", they think highly of themselves and think of themselves as "landed fish". But in essence, their operating mechanism is still the same as that of humans in basic reality - they just replace the exploited slaves with copies of themselves.
Fortresses are always captured from within, and human history shows that no matter what advantages the exploiting class has at the moment, as time goes by, there will always be seeds of change sprouting from within.
Kingship is not eternal.
However, under the system of the City of Sages, no personal identity can connect enough power, and slave owners have the same roots as slaves, which allows every "citizen" to enjoy the benefits of this system with peace of mind. The many benefits that come with it - "The hardships I need to endure are being borne by my own copy."
People who really can't live with it in their hearts can even choose to just download a copy of themselves to work for themselves - there's nothing wrong with me exploiting myself, right?
In this way, a class emerged that was unable to complete self-renewal iterations, but was able to continuously assimilate human intelligence.
Although this is indeed a very tempting development path in the short term, it is far from evolution.
After all, development can only rely on assimilation and consumption of human intelligence, and there will always be a visible end in the end.
"so……"
Regarding Jiang Zhou's previous words, the voice of "Madeline" drowned out the boos in the venue. She asked in a serious and solemn voice:
"Your final choice is...refuse?"
At this moment, she still held the scroll and ink pad that symbolized "confirmation of the agreement" in her hands, and her tone was full of the meaning of "I will give you one last chance to regret."
At the venue, thousands of eyes focused on Jiang Zhou, and invisible pressure spread throughout his body like the high pressure of the deep sea.
Whether you are scanning and uploading a digital personality or handing over your own source code, Mandala's certification is required. If the other party is unwilling, they have no way to enforce it.
"Yes, I refuse."
Jiang Zhou nodded calmly and answered.
"Just like those low-tech people who are conservative and refuse an opportunity to evolve?"
"Madeline" confirmed again.
"To prevent misunderstanding..."
In response, Jiang Zhou corrected:
"The reason for my rejection is not that I cannot accept your so-called 'radical'. On the contrary, in my opinion, if you want to call yourself 'information life', you are too conservative."
After speaking, he stood there, silently accepting the curses from the audience.
Even if you are opposed, even if you are unwilling to cooperate, it is really not wise to refuse in such an almost provocative way. As his taunt came to fruition, the entire venue began to commotion - Jiang Zhou even saw someone crawling along the wall like a spider, but was ultimately blocked by an invisible wall of air.
And "Madeline" looked back at the commotion of the audience behind her. When she turned her head again, the last trace of a business smile on her lips had disappeared.
She looked deeply at Jiang Zhou and said:
"Your mental model has not been uploaded or entered into our database. According to the regulations of the City of Sages, even if you have not become a citizen here, out of the protection of the diversity of mental models, we will not destroy it. Your stand-in program...
"But this doesn't mean that you can leave safely after knowing everything about us."
it is as expected……
Jiang Zhou thought.
He knew that they couldn't just let him go so generously.
So, he asked:
"Then how do you usually deal with people who refuse to join?"
"To use the terminology of the old days...that's protective custody."
"Madeline" replied:
"You will be taken to the Japanese Bureau and imprisoned in a 100×100×100 closed space, and a certain amount of computing power resources will be allocated to you. Except that you are not accompanied by the clone, basically you can Satisfy all your sensory needs. Of course, if you can produce something new, the computing resources allocated to you can continue to increase, depending on your performance.”
Doesn't sound too bad?
Jiang Zhou thought this, but then he saw a mocking expression flash across "Madeline's" face, so he asked:
"I think I'm not the first one to refuse to join you, right? My 'seniors' are in there, how about it?"
It could be seen that the other party was waiting for me to ask this question. The woman answered with an expression that seemed to relieve her hatred:
"The vast majority of people changed their minds within half a year and chose to upload their personality data. Of course, there were a handful of people who continued to insist, but without exception, they all fell into Crazy - specifically manifested in that in order to confirm the reality of one's own existence, one starts to self-mutilate, and finally has a complete mental breakdown, becoming the 'last person'... and becoming the last person, after the mental model is irreversibly damaged, we will It’s cleared up.”
So, you don’t have to choose to join us, but you are responsible for the consequences.
"Madeline" concluded.
Jiang Zhou nodded and asked the final question:
“Then before I am imprisoned, please allow me to ask one last question.
"Since all of you here are digital personalities, without the support of hardware devices such as deep dive chambers, brain-computer interfaces, and biological brainware, I want to know what your computing resources are. Where did it come from?”
"Madeline" was about to open her mouth to answer when Jiang Zhou, who was opposite her, answered himself:
"Let me guess...the Dionysian Bureau and the Dionysian Bureau? The guy who created this city promised to provide you with computing power support. Therefore, the Dionysian Bureau is responsible for the operation of all of your mental models, and the Dionysian Bureau is responsible for the operation of all of your mental models. The Japanese Bureau of Science and Technology is responsible for providing the computing power required for infrastructure.”
"Madeline" nodded subconsciously to Jiang Zhou's questions and answers.
Seeing that his suspicion was confirmed, Jiang Zhou nodded thoughtfully, then clenched his fists and raised his hands forward, as if waiting for the other party to put handcuffs on him.
He did not choose to resist - what he was facing now were thousands of digital personalities, and more copies that could be summoned at any time. Unless the Dionysian Bureau's mental model database can be destroyed in one fell swoop, these people can continue to be resurrected even if their stand-in programs are defeated.
In contrast, he only has one life... In this case, it is undoubtedly an extremely stupid thing to try to resist violently.
But on the other hand, Jiang Zhou also got the information he wanted - that was the goal of his trip to Narcissus Plains. At this moment, Jiang Zhou could finally determine where the "steed" that Charon asked him to bring out was.
The logic is simple. Charon's horse definitely did not upload his own digital personality and become a "citizen" of this city.
First of all, the opponent's upgrade path is not the "Path of Theseus", and it is difficult to say whether he has re-repaired the function of the biological brain.
Secondly, if she really uploaded her digital personality, with the opponent's depth of 7, Jiang Zhou really didn't think that the database of the "Dionysus Bureau" could run her mental model, and also copied her for other citizens to use as slaves. .
In other words...
"Then, let's go. In the Sun Bureau, in that wall-facing room, I think you have enough time to think about your own problems and finally make the right choice... I wish you good luck."
"Madeline" said this before teleporting Jiang Zhou away.
The next second, Jiang Zhou felt his eyes blur. The scenery of the Colosseum faded like a tide, and he had arrived in a room that seemed to be the embodiment of the word "empty".
Everywhere he looked, his top, bottom, left and right were pure white. There was not even light or shadow as a boundary between the floor, walls and ceiling - Jiang Zhou felt as if he was facing a piece of white paper as big as a cross-section of the universe.
This is the inside of the Sun God Bureau, or in other words, if Jiang Zhou guessed correctly... this is the inside of Charon's Horse.
Thinking of this, he took out the ancient scroll data pad that looked like it had been eaten by insects that Charon had given him before, and once again read the other party's many names:
Upgrade Path: Charon Depth 7 Adjusters. During the Second Domain War, two adjusters at the limit of human intelligence fell. In the end, several companies jointly strangled them because they exposed their identity as "steeds". The missing female god of death - Christie of the Abyss. (End of chapter)
