After being tired from Yu Ye for so long, Ji Qinglin was just about to take a rest and enjoy his apprentice's service when the doorbell of the grocery store was rang again. You can imagine the depression in his heart.
Since the end of the cultivation competition, in order to explain the matter with Qian Feng to the jealous Yu Ye, the three masters and apprentices have been living in the old courtyard of the old city, and the grocery store has been closed.
Most of the people who wanted to come to visit didn't know the situation. When the grocery store was closed, they thought that Ji Qinglin, who stole the show at the cultivation competition, had moved away.
After returning from Nanhua, the lights downstairs were not turned on. Only the bedside lamp in the bedroom was on. Who would come to visit at this time?
Ji Qinglin did not rush downstairs, but carefully opened the bedroom screen and clearly saw the appearance of the person coming through the camera arranged opposite the store.
A thin man, wearing a burgundy electronic robe, with groups of strings rolling back and forth on the robe. On his head is a hair bundle made of electronic tubes. His square face with Chinese characters makes him look a bit serious, and he has a hand in his hand. Carrying a small black suitcase.
Not only Ji Qinglin, but also Yu Ye and Chi Ye recognized the person at a glance.
"Vice President of Beixin District, 'Poison Me Dual Action' Shan Luling, why is he here?"
Yuye and Chiye also met Shan Luling on Xiuzhen Dabi. Unlike other chambers of commerce, Beixin District never formed an alliance, and the president of Shan Luling spoke very rarely.
Ji Qinglin thought that his only relationship with Shan Luling seemed to be the new life storage box, but he had already asked his colleagues in the secret police to return it. Could it be that this guy had found out about him?
While he was thinking about it, Shan Luling turned back to look at the hidden camera that was filming him, and then nodded slightly in the direction of the camera.
"Tsk, I've been discovered. Let's go down for a while."
Anyway, he didn't do anything bad that could be discovered, so Ji Qinglin wasn't going to hide. He stretched and went downstairs first, with Yu Ye following closely behind.
Arriving at the door, Ji Qinglin opened the door and said politely:
"Oh, isn't this President Shan of Beixin District? It's rare."
Looking up, he saw Ji Qinglin wearing a thin shirt with sweat on his forehead and an unhappy look on his face. The beautiful apprentice following behind him had a red face, uneven breathing and disheveled temples. Shan Luling, who had always been upright, bowed his hands and replied:
"I'm really sorry for disturbing the interest of Elder Ji and his disciples in their dual cultivation."
Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye were both a little embarrassed by the question, but when they looked at each other and looked at each other's condition, they were indeed very similar to the postures of Taoist monks in the middle of their cultivation when someone disturbed them. It's not surprising that Shan Luling spoke so bluntly.
Chi Ye: You saw it right, the foreplay has just ended.
"Uh, President Shan misunderstood. I'm just teaching my skills. I don't know what's the point of being here alone? Why don't you please tell me first?"
Shan Luling nodded and followed the grocery store:
"I'm sorry, what I said was too straightforward. Elder Ji said he was teaching skills, so I should treat them as teaching skills.
I came here specifically to thank Elder Ji for helping to find the new life storage box. "
Ji Qinglin was slightly shocked when he heard this, but he didn't show it, and still responded with a smile:
"Why did President Shan say this?"
"I asked the secret police who retrieved the box in detail. They couldn't give an overly detailed process. In the end, they couldn't do it. They had to admit that Elder Ji had enthusiastic help."
Ji Qinglin knew that the secret police would not sell him out, so when he gave them the box, he told them to just say that they had done it. Shan Luling most likely learned about him somewhere.
But you didn’t get the things yourself, so it didn’t matter how you asked. Thinking that Ji Qinglin was occupying the moral high ground, he asked:
"I did play a role, but I just don't feel the need to take credit for it. Could it be that President Shan suspects that I'm interrogating on behalf of the secret police? Then I can follow President Shan to the secret police headquarters for investigation."
Upon seeing this, Shan Luling waved his hands hurriedly and said:
"Elder Ji, you misunderstood. I really just came to thank you, and I took my little life with me."
The two sat down at the counter, and Yuye poured each a cup of tea.
"That's just a piece of cake. President Shan, there's no need to be polite."
"We in Beixin District always take matters involving the lives of merchants very seriously. Since Elder Ji can assist in the return, I believe you are a trustworthy person."
Shan Luling said as he put the black suitcase on the table and slowly opened it. What was placed inside was the new life storage box that he returned some time ago.
The difference was that the box also contained a cup-sized metal object. Shan Luling carefully placed the object flat on the new life storage box and pressed the switch.
I saw blue light emerging from the edge of the "cup", and then a one-foot-tall avatar appeared above.
It looked like a teenage boy wearing a Tsing Yi Taoist robe. After the boy appeared, he bowed his hands and said:
"Thank you so much for saving my life."
Ji Qinglin has also never seen such a thing, but he has no prejudice against omnics himself and responded politely:
"Hello, you're welcome. That's how the new life storage box is used. I didn't expect there to be a little life inside."
Shan Luling lowered his head and explained:
"Elder Ji is right. The one you saved is the next generation created based on the source code. According to human ethics, he is my son, Shan Luyi."
Although Ji Qinglin knew something about omnics, after all, Beixin District had less contact with everyone, so there were many things he didn't understand about their birth and cultivation. Hearing Shan Luling's explanation, he continued to ask:
"No wonder President Shan is searching everywhere, but I didn't expect that you can already store life in such a small box. The technical level of Beixin District is really ahead."
Shan Luling said politely:
"This is also the life storage method we recovered from the ancient technology we searched for. In the past, the new lives we created could only be implanted in the intranet system after waiting for the completion of body construction. Now they can be independent in this way. It’s time to practice the exercises.”
"Practice the exercises first? Can they practice them in a box?"
"Yes, although there is no physical body, as long as a fixed virtual platform is built, they can practice the exercises in this small box. Although the progress is very slow now, it is already a qualitative breakthrough."
It was rare for Shan Luling to come to thank him, so Ji Qinglin also took the opportunity to ask a question he had long had:
"President Shan, I would like to ask, your technical level is already very high, but it seems that your power and number of people have not grown explosively. Is it just because of the slow birth of omnic bodies and new life? In addition, how do you create omnic life? It is always done in the intranet system, because you are afraid that the advanced technological achievements will be leaked?"
Upon hearing this question, Shan Luling squeezed out a standard smile and replied:
"It's natural that Elder Ji is the benefactor of this matter, and he is a human being, not a member of our race. It doesn't hurt to explain this to you.
The lack of explosive growth of omnics in our Beixin District is indeed due to the slow creation of omnic bodies and new life. You are right about this, but it is not entirely due to technical difficulties.
In addition, the way we create intelligent life forms is always done on the intranet, not because our technical level is high and we are afraid of leaks, but because our technical level is insufficient and we need to protect ourselves. "
Ji Qinglin seemed to be worried about what he meant by this. Before he opened his mouth to ask, Shan Luling continued to explain:
"The fastest way to create new life from source code is to connect to the Internet, but it is also the most dangerous way."
"Is it because those floating AIs on the Internet will devour the life forms you create?"
After all, access to the network means more resources but also greater risks. It is like throwing your own fry into the sea. If there are no good protection measures, it will only be swallowed up.
But Shan Luling shook his head and said:
"In a head-on fight, there will always be lives left. We are not actually worried about this. What is really scary is the presence in the network that has strong power but does not reveal it."
Seeing that Ji Qinglin didn't understand, Shan Luling directly gave an example:
"We once connected the network in a laboratory way to create life, and the effect was indeed obvious, but those created lives had a problem."
"What?"
"Their source codes uploaded have been irreversibly modified. All the omnic life forms created through the Internet are like being stamped with ideological stamps. The result is that although these life forms were created by us, the power of transformation can affect them at any time. They manipulate.”
Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye were also a little surprised when they heard this. After all, Beixin District's technical capabilities are already very strong, and they can irreversibly transform their life forms in batches on the Internet. If a company or chamber of commerce also had this power, they would have been able to do so long ago. A large area has been unified.
Seeing that Ji Qinglin was surprised, Shan Luling was not surprised and continued to add:
"Since the awakening of omnic consciousness, the most important thing for our independent consciousness is freedom, so we do not want to be subject to any illegal control, whether it is from humans or other forces, so Beixin District has to create its own life on the intranet. The efficiency is indeed a bit It’s low, but it can guarantee that you will not be affected by the mysterious power on the Internet and create free life forms.”
The doubts about the omnics in Beixin District were solved, and Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye also suddenly realized it.
Hearing Shan Luling mention the mysterious power on the Internet, Ji Qinglin suddenly felt a little familiar.
Immediately afterwards, he immediately remembered the speculation that he, Yu Ye and Chi Ye had made a few hours ago about the things that "Qing" was afraid of might be virtual things, and his brain began to spin rapidly:
Intranet system that is isolated from the Internet - a space in the cave that has technology but is not connected to the outside world; there is no actual body and can only be seen through images - "Qing" who always maintains the state of Yang Shen; you can practice exercises in the box - almost Kung Fu The "green" of Master Fa.
The thought flashed past, and Ji Qinglin did not dare to continue thinking deeply. He hesitated for a moment before raising his head and asking:
"President Shan, I would like to ask, if you just refine your soul in that box, can you refine it to the realm of the Yang God?"
Shan Luling didn't expect Ji Qinglin's thinking to jump so fast. He was stunned for a moment before replying:
"Elder Ji, you also know that omnic consciousness is not as flexible as human soul consciousness, and it is very fast to simply learn hacking methods. However, it is much more difficult to improve the realm of soul refining than for humans. At least I don't know of anyone who has reached the level of soul refining at the moment. Omnic consciousness in the Yang Shen state, but in theory it can be done."
That is to say, theoretically, it is possible that "Qing" is not a human being.
Thank you for your reading and support! (All guesses are partly correct, but not the complete truth.)
(End of chapter)
