"Xiao Bai." Qi Zhen called softly to the clear sky.
"Here he is." Xiaobai's voice sounded in Qi Zhen's heart, making him feel extremely at ease.
"Can you come out? Talking to the air always makes you look stupid." Qi Zhen said with a smile.
The figure of a pink-haired girl in a black and white maid outfit was projected on Qi Zhen's retina, like a ghost floating in mid-air.
"Where are you when I'm not in the preparation hall these days?" Qi Zhen asked.
He was quite curious about this question. The only thing he could confirm was that after he entered the Medal of Honor game, the black armor disappeared from his chest and disappeared to no one knows where. Xiaobai, who was attached to it, naturally Nowhere to look for it.
"I don't know where I have been, but I haven't been in that completely dark space for a long time, and my data can't interact with that space." Xiaobai said helplessly, "Use what you can understand. In other words, I couldn’t get out, so I could only wait inside, waiting for the time to come out.”
"Aren't you already out of the system's control? Why aren't you with me? Is it possible that the system knows your existence and is still monitoring your every move?" Qi Zhen asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, but the situation you mentioned is the most reasonable explanation." Xiaobai looked a little depressed, "We thought we were separated from that huge program body, but in fact everything is still in that old Under the guy’s control.”
"Then there's a problem." Qi Zhen said after a moment of silence, "If he can really discover and control you, wouldn't he be able to directly obliterate your existence as soon as he discovers you? Why should he give it to you? Are you staying until now?"
"What you are wondering about is also what I am wondering about. Logically speaking, as a cold program, it will only perform actions according to the code preset by its creator. As an 'information turbulence', or... Bug, once discovered by him, will be erased instantly. This is why I could only help you secretly before. Judging from the current situation, the only explanation is that everything he did was intentional. "Xiao Bai analyzed, "But why did he do this? I don't understand it at all!"
The maid looked a little crazy and was twirling her short pink hair with her hands.
"Don't even think about it if you don't understand. If that old guy can be guessed so easily, then we don't have to work hard to improve our strength and survive." Qi Zhen smiled and comforted, "But now you are better than what you were at the beginning. There seem to be more people at this time.”
"Well, I feel like I'm developing something similar to a 'personality'." Xiaobai said.
"Oh? Please tell me carefully." Qi Zhen became curious.
"Let me give you a simple example. You know that no matter how smart a program looks, it will continue to run according to the existing program, right?" Xiaobai asked him.
Qi Zhen raised her eyebrows.
"For example, the NPCs you meet in the game, the words they communicate with you, the logic of their speech must conform to a huge language library. If the program sets this person to only say two sentences, then no matter what If you ask him anything, he will only say these two sentences." Xiaobai said.
"I understand, continue."
"For example, he is only assigned to have two expressions. The two expressions paired with these two sentences are the vitality given to him by the system. As for those who will bleed after being stabbed, or who will be lame if their legs are broken, these are on another level. Showing the problem, can you understand this too?" Xiaobai then asked.
"Yeah." Qi Zhen nodded.
"When a person's expression presets are perfect enough and the language library becomes extremely large, then the language logic he expresses through different expressions is the reason why this NPC looks like a real person, and this is in line with the system's ideas. The character setting shown by you." Xiaobai said.
Qi Zhen was thoughtful.
"The actions are arranged, the expressions are also arranged, and the words are naturally arranged. It's just that the permutations and combinations have a trigger mechanism attached. When you say 'Hello', he will also Answer 'Hello', if he is a gangster, he may ignore you, do you understand?" Xiaobai said.
"Understood." Qi Zhen nodded.
"But his behavior will definitely be designed with a sequence logic that conforms to the action framework. Even if you don't interact with him, he will continue his actions according to this established procedure." Xiaobai did not ask Qi Zhen again this time Do you understand? Then he said, "Humans with independent personalities will not be like this. You can choose to enter the game, or you can choose not to enter, you can choose to talk to him, or you can not talk to him, no matter what, Your life or choices are not restricted by an established process or framework."
Qi Zhen completely understood.
"And this is what I call personality." Xiaobai closed the coffin and concluded, "Now that I have separated from the simple feedback of external information and the inherent actions within the framework, I can think about the ultimate three of you humans. Ask."
who I am? Where do I come from? Where am I going?
"I think Lin Biao would be happy to discuss these three questions with you." Qi Zhen spread her hands.
"I don't want to discuss this issue with you, but I want to tell you that I have become more and more free now and can start to take the initiative to do some things." Xiaobai said.
"Congratulations then." Qi Zhen said with a smile.
"It's easy to say, but I think the biggest benefit of these changes in me for us to escape from this world is that I can do some things I want to do to help us." Xiaobai chuckled.
"Have you not done a lot before?" Qi Zhen asked.
"Do you understand the program? Program! It used to be about what I could do, but now it's about what I have to do. It's different. I can't explain it to you clearly." Xiaobai said angrily, feeling like he was playing the piano to a bull.
"Okay, okay, then I'll wait and see what other earth-shattering things you can do in the future." Qi Zhen apologized.
"It's not earth-shattering. At least I have to give that old guy some face. If one day he doesn't like me and wants to wipe me out, then I won't have anywhere to cry, but I think I can learn from him. I'll 'borrow' some data there, and as long as it doesn't affect the difficulty of your challenge in the game, I guess he won't make things difficult for me," Xiaobai said.
"Then can I understand that as long as you are by my side, our team is destined to not die?" Qi Zhen asked tentatively.
"What are you thinking?! With that old guy's ability, once something like this happens, he won't be able to destroy the world and wipe out all the scum you brought with me in seconds?" Xiaobai said angrily, The figure instantly disappeared from Qi Zhen's sight.
"But I can try to save your life." A whisper sounded in Qi Zhen's heart.
Qi Zhen's smile was extremely bright.
"The next game will start in ten days. Players please prepare in advance."
The system's cold, mechanically synthesized sound then resounded throughout the entire world.
"The next game is "Journey to the West", captain, please be prepared." A voice sounded in Qi Zhen's ears.
"Huh?" Qi Zhen was a little confused and immediately stood up and walked to the preparation hall. There were some things he had to confirm.
Touching the opening screen, Qi Zhen browsed through the game list carefully, her expression becoming more and more solemn.
Finally, the screen stayed on that inconspicuous entry, and Qi Zhen looked frustrated and speechless.
Everyone in the team arrived in the preparation hall one after another, including Nuo Lan, who was often missing.
They did not disturb Qi Zhen immediately, and just watched his back touching the light screen.
Since there are still ten days before the game starts, it means that Qi Zhen already knows the name of the game, and it also means that the reward money can be spent.
The usual rule is to make a list of things that everyone may use in the game, exchange the rest for the supplies needed for self-improvement, and use most of the rest to water the wisdom tree. In the end, there should always be some leftover for preparation. When needed.
"Cai Fan, you look so scary, what's wrong?" Wang Jianguo asked doubtfully.
"I didn't find that game." Qi Zhen said bluntly.
"What?!" The expressions of everyone in the team became solemn at this moment.
"You can't say that. In fact, there is such a game in history, but it is only this one. It is a side-scrolling game released by Nintendo on the FC platform. If you don't understand it intuitively, this game is It looks a bit like Super Mario and MapleStory," Qi Zhen said.
"So simple?" Zhaka asked.
"The problem is, it's definitely not that simple." Qi Zhen sighed.
"So it's the system's fault again?" Liang Sicheng asked.
"Well, it must be, but I'm not sure where such a moth came from." Qi Zhen said helplessly.
"Why don't you go check out the strategy for the Wisdom Tree?" Lin Biao suggested.
"Okay." Qi Zhen responded, turned around and walked towards the back hill, and everyone followed him and filed out.
When she came to the towering tree, the trunk was already like a thick wooden wall. Qi Zhen stretched out her hand and put her palm on the trunk, and information poured into Qi Zhen's mind.
As Qi Zhen expected, there was no additional information for him to refer to.
The information in the wisdom tree is the information of that game and nothing else.
Everyone in the team returned to the preparation hall, and they all felt worried.
"I know the system did this on purpose, but if it's as you guessed, it's a bit too much." Zhang Chi said with a frown.
"This guy has gone too far for a day or two. Haven't we adapted yet?" Nuolan chuckled disdainfully.
"Are you sure the name of this game is "Journey to the West" and not something else?" Liang Sicheng did not believe in evil and continued to ask.
"How could I have heard this kind of information wrong?" Qi Zhen said helplessly.
