The building modules suspended in mid-air are constantly deforming and combining like Lego blocks, and a female model is gradually taking shape among them.
It was a woman with deathly pale skin and heavy smoky makeup. Half of her hair was shaved to a size that outlines the rounded shape of her skull, and several electronic wires of constantly changing colors were embedded in it; while the other half of her head had long, smooth hair that hung down to her left shoulder.
She wore a black leather jacket covered with rivets on her upper body, and tattered denim shorts that covered her thighs on her lower body. And on her compass-like slender legs, she wore a pair of over-the-knee boots that looked very uncomfortable to walk on.
After the rebellious image was modeled, the person fell directly from the air and made a "crash" sound, which was the sound of metal ornaments colliding with each other - her body resembled an inverted cross, a goat's head, Metal ornaments such as skulls are enough to make a stainless steel wok...
In short, all she needs to do with this look is an electric guitar, and she can become the center of attention at a gothic metal concert.
Jiang Zhou, who was about to say something, was instantly shocked by the other party's appearance.
He originally thought that this ruthless man with the title of "Lin Yuan Zhi" who had reached the limit of human intelligence would choose a more solemn look.
did not expect……
"That's the good thing about being in cyberspace. You can always change back to what you were when you were young."
On the other side, after landing, Christie took out a pack of slender women's cigarettes from his pocket. She rubbed the cigarette butt with her fingertips and lit it, then looked sideways at Jiang Zhou who was standing there without speaking and said.
Then, seeing that the other party was still stunned, she couldn't help but raise her tone and said:
"Why are you so confused? Didn't you know that I was the bassist of the Gallows band back then?"
The latter just woke up from a dream.
"Then what...I am entrusted by Charon this time..."
Jiang Zhou said immediately after recalling the purpose of his trip.
"I know."
The other party waved impatiently, and the eye that was not covered by the long bangs looked directly at the scroll-shaped data pad in Jiang Zhou's hand.
"Now that old guy finally understands how troublesome it is to find a horse that suits him, right?"
In this regard, Jiang Zhou asked curiously:
"Does this turn out to be troublesome?"
Christie flicked the ashes of his cigarette and looked at Jiang Zhou with a strange look on his face.
"You've already come to a place like Narcissus Plains, and you don't even know this bit of common sense? Didn't that old guy tell you?"
Jiang Zhou shook his head, feeling like a game player who had skipped all the cutscenes at this moment.
In response, Christie sighed and said helplessly:
"Okay... let me simply say that all the initial codes of malicious programs come from the super artificial intelligences during the 'Big Impact' period. And those guys whose names are best not to be mentioned, they The sources are all the first few digital personalities. Comparing the evolution of earth creatures, the first few guys, including the first deep divers, are the ancestral creatures that appeared in the cyber world. And through their From the raw data, those AIs were able to develop several different phylogenetic trees."
Christie threw the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, then crushed it with her boot. Then, she continued:
"You know that some newborns have atavism, right? Some ancient genes are suddenly expressed, such as lush body hair, webbed palms, or skin growing scales. In addition, there are various Such genetic diseases...replace genes with continuously iterative program codes, then this is the same for those AIs. Occasionally, their program codes will be similar to the characteristics of some people's mental models. And these people, It is the person who is most suitable to be their horse.
"Because of the existence of the Styx Firewall, those malicious programs must pass through the medium of 'horse' to enter the base reality. Therefore, the closer the mental model of the chosen horse is to their ancestors, the more they can use their power to Penetrate into the base reality.”
At this point, Christie stopped and then looked at Jiang Zhou again.
"It seems that the old guy hasn't found a new horse that suits him for so many years, and now he wants to come back and ask me for help? Hahaha, I really think there are so many people with similar mental models to the First Deep Diver. Is it easy to find?"
She said this with a somewhat gloating smile on her face.
Jiang Zhou didn't speak for a while, but was thoughtful.
His attention at the moment was not at all on the possible conflict between her and Charon - he seemed to have come to a very outrageous conclusion from the other party's previous speech...
If, including myself, the earliest batch of uploaded digital personalities were the starting point for the evolution of all current malicious programs on the Abyss Dark Web... then, wouldn't I be at least the most suitable of all "Janus" series AIs? The "horse" candidate?
Is it the so-called "prototype"?
"Hey! Boy, what exactly did Charon tell you?"
Christie raised the tone of her voice, instantly bringing Jiang Zhou back to reality from his thoughts.
"Ah...this..."
Jiang Zhou unfolded the scroll in a panic, and pulled out the words Charon left for Christie.
"A year's time."
He said:
"Charon's condition is that it only requires you to be its steed for another year. During this period, no matter what it does with your body, you cannot interfere. Even when it does not control your body, you still need to obey it. Arrangement... As long as you swear in the name of the goddess Styx and agree to its conditions. Then after the contract period is up, it will allow you to transcend the limit of human intelligence and upgrade to depth 8. Not only that, it will even It will directly help you complete your upgrade."
Having said this, Jiang Zhou raised his head and asked with some confusion:
"Didn't it allow you to upgrade to Depth 8 before?"
Shouldn't it be that the higher the degree of transformation, the more things a horse can do?
"In one year, you are allowed to upgrade to depth 8..."
Christie fell into deep thought about Charon's conditions.
After a long while, she looked at Jiang Zhou again and said:
"I didn't expect that this old guy would actually relent on this condition."
Then, without waiting for Jiang Zhou to ask, she took the initiative to explain:
"The reason why the limit of human intelligence is called the limit of human intelligence is because after crossing this line, the adjuster is not only the body, but also the mental model will no longer be a human being. By then, I will no longer be able to continue to be a 'horse' 'For those AIs to ride on.
"What's more, when you roam the abyss again, if you are not careful, it will be recognized as a malicious program by the firewall, and you will be trapped in the abyss by the Styx forever..."
In other words, this is the transformation from human to AI...
Jiang Zhou thought.
But right now, the limits of human intelligence are really far away from me.
He put the question aside for the time being, and then asked with some expectation in his tone:
"In other words, are you willing to agree to Mr. Charon's conditions?"
In response, Christie laughed directly and mockingly.
"What's the point even if I agree? Do I still expect you to be like this..."
As she spoke, she lifted up her bangs with burgundy highlights, revealing the blood-red mechanical eyes underneath.
"I hope you, a Depth 2 adjuster of the Icarus Path, can save me from this... what is this garbage dump called? Oh, the City of Sages..."
Christie took a deep breath and smiled:
"Do I expect you to be able to take me out of the City of Sages?"
There was a hint of bitterness in her laughter.
And Jiang Zhou immediately asked:
"What do you mean, are you forced to be trapped here?"
"That's the same reason you're locked up here."
The other party replied with a somewhat unhappy expression.
Jiang Zhou was a little in disbelief.
"But... aren't you a Depth 7 adjuster who has reached the limit of human intelligence?"
In response to this, Christie's face showed a smile full of "hemp sales" emotions, as if he was ready to curse at any time, and said:
"But the problem is, that son of a bitch opposite, that suture monster whose mind is full of the Holy Trinity, is also Depth 7."
"Stitch Monster? Are you talking about the Bacchanalia?"
Jiang Zhou asked quickly.
"It's that stupid thing, and it's also the Depth 7 of the Path of Theseus. It absorbed thousands of digital personalities and stitched them into my own consciousness. Otherwise, you think I am providing computing power to this city, because I am doing Is it for public welfare? It’s not because I can’t beat that bastard.”
"ah?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhou was stunned again.
"So, with your ability as a three-legged cat, you might as well save yourself the trouble of taking me out... If you ask me, then you should obediently upload your personality data into the database. Anyway, for the individual In general, the quality of life here is not bad..."
Christie was still complaining on the sidelines, but Jiang Zhou suddenly understood why Charon found him to complete this task.
It turns out that the database body of the Bureau of Dionysus is a Theseus path adjuster with a depth of 7.
In this case... doesn't the other party urgently want him to upload his digital personality?
So what would happen if you use the 16-digit verification password from a hundred years ago for verification and guide the other party to try to absorb the digital personality that you uploaded a hundred years ago?
"Then I can only say...you have to bear the consequences."
(End of chapter)
