According to the information Jiang Zhou had previously consulted, before the adjustment and transformation reaches a certain depth, the process of crossing the Styx Firewall will often cause the wanderer to completely lose consciousness - whether it is the generation of the base virtual environment or the establishment of a substitute program, It will place a considerable burden on the brain until a stable environment is reached.
But just like the previous deep dive salvage, when he dived this time, Jiang Zhou still vaguely felt an infinite wall that seemed to be standing at the end of the universe.
Although I don't know what the reason is, I will not completely lose consciousness when diving. On the contrary, it will feel like a dream but not a dream, vaguely capturing some vague images.
However, what is different from the previous two dives is that this time Jiangzhou is no longer carried by the unknown data flow after passing through the Styx Firewall, floating aimlessly like a dandelion, scattering stars along the way. of "breadcrumbs". At this moment, he felt like he was being directed along a fragile and narrow tube to a special location in the endless abyss.
Before diving, Fanny handed the coordinates she held to Jiang Zhou. This allowed him to decode Hecate's mark and locate a more precise dive location.
This is ridiculous. In the past, even if Pluto Deep Diving Company had this domain name, it could not accurately locate the coordinates.
Although the original structure of the Abyss Dark Web originated from the old human Internet, when the "Great Impact" occurred, a group of super artificial intelligences, including Janus, rewritten it according to their own characteristics and adapted it to a structure more suitable for them. Run the upgraded environment.
The direct result of this is that today's cyberspace, known as the "Abyss Dark Web", has completely developed an information ecosystem that is different from human cognition - only a very small part of which is cognizable by humans. .
You know, even the servers that make up the vast majority of networks today are evil gadgets created by AI. Not only do they work unclearly, but some of them even have unclear locations. And not only is there a threshold that humans cannot cross in terms of hardware, but the same is true in terms of software.
Let alone assembly language, the machine language used by some servers may not even be binary. As for the high-level language used by AI, it is even more difficult for humans to understand.
Although more than one research institution claims that it has deciphered the high-level programming language used by AI. But in terms of degree, it’s no more than a dog can understand human language.
Imagine how dogs understand human language - perhaps pet dogs can summarize the meaning of their owners' words like "eat", "shake hands", "go out with me", "I count to three" in daily life, but This does not lead to the conclusion that dogs have cracked human language.
Therefore, unless it is a front-end program specially written for humans using AI, humans today cannot even program a program for retrieving domain names. It is completely like facing an extremely huge technological black box and summarizing the rules through luck.
Perhaps in the eyes of those AIs, we are as ridiculous as rats in a Skinner box...
In that dream-like space, Jiang Zhou thought so.
Then, the dream shattered. As if the ghost press suddenly ended, Jiang Zhou instantly regained control of his body. The numb feeling of weakness gradually began to subside along his back. He tried to hold his hand that was gradually regaining touch, and then raised his head.
At this moment, the base construct has been constructed and the stand-in program has been completely generated - the abyssal dark web that was incomprehensible to humans in the past has now become cognizable under the joint action of the deep dive chamber and the brain-computer interface.
After Jiang Zhou looked around, he slowly said:
"We have two big problems now..."
Judging from the expressions, the companions around him, except for Black Falcon-136, who was still in the "zombie" state, everyone was shocked by the current state.
"First of all, a team of twenty people dived. Why are there only four of us left now?"
He said so.
In order to ensure that the mission can be completed smoothly, Christie spent a lot of money when forming the team. Among the original Icarus members, as long as they had stable mental index, she made appropriate adjustments and transformations.
According to her, this is a small compensation for the "Icarus Liberation Front" - after the deep dive salvage is completed, anyone in the team except "Theseus" who wishes to go back , she can guarantee to be sent back to the Nord resettlement area.
The final result is that the members of this deep dive salvage are composed of six depth 3 people, eight depth 2 people, five depth 1 people, and Perse Fanny, who has not been adjusted or transformed.
Although most of them have no planned upgrade path, such a number of adjusters, coupled with the technological blueprint they carry. In terms of combat power, it is completely enough to complete this salvage mission.
But at this moment, the only companions who had completed the dive were Jiang Zhou, Purse Fanny, Chinatsu Sakura and Black Falcon-136.
There are only four people in total - except for Black Falcon-136 who is in the "zombie" state, they don't even have a depth 3 adjuster.
"Is this the same as the last dive, where the connection was lost due to fluctuations in the network environment?"
Chinatsu Sakura asked, looking around.
"Will not."
Fanny on the side said:
"We used the 'Hecate' program to locate the coordinates of this dive. This is another system that is completely incompatible with the generation of the 'Breadcrumb Mark'... Whether you are coming here or going back, We need Theseus’ help.”
Then, she looked at Jiang Zhou and asked:
"In your mission log, how many people have been registered to dive?"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhou quickly called up his mission log.
"There are only four of us...the remaining sixteen people have all been denied access for unknown reasons."
He raised his head and looked at everyone.
Although the "Blessing Program" has thoughtful instructions written by Ms. Hecate. But when Jiang Zhou went to check the operation log, he was confused by the "error code" used in it.
"But it seems to mean that the four of us meet certain characteristics or requirements, so we are allowed to come here..."
Jiang Zhou said and turned to look out the window.
But what qualities do the four of them have in common that meet the requirements?
"The second question is, is the place we are now... really the location of the Abyss Dark Web Depth 3?"
At this moment, they were in a minimalist-style loft apartment. Outside the window is the bright sunshine, the blue sky, and the speeding cars that are constantly driving on the guidance light path. Not far away are tall buildings connected to the sky, and holographic advertisements stained on those buildings like mold.
It looked like they were in a downtown area of a certain city.
According to Jiang Zhou's understanding of the Abyss Dark Web, after the dive depth reaches depth 3, the cognitive transformation of the network environment by the base construction program has begun to be weakened - the physical environment simulation and various perceptions that humans are accustomed to The creation of cyberspace, as well as many modifications that make cyberspace more like base reality, will begin to fail.
Theoretically, with the computing power of their brain-computer interface and deep dive chamber, they cannot achieve such a perfect simulation at depth 3.
Upon hearing this, Qianxia Ying directly took her hand into the space where she stored data, and a "Sirius" type smart assault rifle began to take shape directly in her hand.
"At the very least, we are still in cyberspace."
She said this while looking at the generated gun in her hand.
For ordinary people, brain-computer interfaces are enough to deceive cognition to the point where fakes can be mistaken for real ones. Hackers who have reached the "Sandman" level can weave an illusion that is no different from reality and trap ordinary people in cyberspace.
In fact, many resettlement areas will change the fixed-term prison sentence from a real prison sentence to serving a sentence in a prison in cyberspace.
Of course, for people who have adjusted to a certain level, simple virtual illusions cannot fool them. They can either clearly see the pixels in the picture, or they can distinguish the smell of individual molecules in the air - no computer can perfectly simulate the basic reality at the microscopic level.
"It would be better to say that the owners of this place do not intend to deceive us... they may not even know about our arrival."
Jiang Zhou said and took out a pulse pistol from the data storage space.
"What's the meaning?"
Chinatsu Sakura asked.
"The location of the network domain coordinates is correct. We are indeed at depth 3. In other words, the things we see in front of us are simulated by other entities using their own computing power."
Jiang Zhou said.
"Judging from the sophistication of environmental modeling and the degree of simulation of physical laws. If this is just a 'playground' created for us, then the owner here definitely has the ability to completely suppress us, making us even unable to access the data space. Can’t open it, can’t distinguish virtuality from reality.”
In other words, this city is a real city in the abyss dark web of Depth 3.
It existed long before they arrived - just like the city of sages that Jiang Zhou had visited before.
Qianxia Ying opened her mouth slightly when she heard this.
A city that simulates human society and actually exists in the abyss and dark web.
In addition, Jiang Zhou knew more. But he needs to find a better opportunity to tell what he knows - otherwise it will not be in line with his personality.
"This is the Eden settlement."
At this time, Perse Fanny on the side spoke.
She told the information Jiang Zhou wanted to share.
Fanny turned back from the window sill and looked at all of them.
"What is simulated here is the settlement area, Eden, located in North America, built on the site of the original New York."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the room.
The group exploded yesterday. You can join the group again. (︶︿︶)
(End of chapter)
