Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 822

Noah then spoke to Dale through the connection of the thinking unit: "Let's go inside and talk. Even if we use more powerful computing to forcibly suppress the minds of these aliens, it can only be suppressed for an hour. We must understand their brain structure and readjust the construction of the thinking unit before they break free of their restraints, and connect them in. Otherwise, if it goes on for too long, there is still a risk that they will awaken their self-awareness."

Dale immediately realized that everything that had just happened was orchestrated by Noah.

"You've taken them under control? And you want to start a war?"

“No,” Noah denied outright. “That’s their true thought. I’m just presenting what will happen in the future to everyone. We’ve already faced the threat of annihilation once, but some people are too short-sighted. Once the current crisis is over, they can’t see the future crisis.”

Noah's gaze was vacant, as if he had pierced through the wall in front of him and seen the deep space behind it: "I need to ensure that our civilization develops healthily, expands, consolidates, prospers, expands further, and enters a virtuous cycle."

"We want too much, and we want to develop too many things. Without sufficient resources and sufficient territory, we cannot support this."

Dale was silent for a moment, then slowly said, “Sometimes you terrify me, even I, a radical, find you a bit radical. But this incident proves you right. If possible, I hope our civilization will never have to go through this again. This feeling of resignation is truly awful.”

The two talked as they walked toward the base.

"Will do."

Noah walked to the laboratory door. The door flashed twice, recognizing Noah's identity, and quietly slid open.

Noah said, "That's enough for now. I'm going in to try and find out the weaknesses of these Spirit Tower people."

"Lingta people?" Dale mused. "Is that the name of their race?"

"The translation is roughly the meaning of Spirit Tower." Noah said, then took out an information storage card from his pocket. "This contains a list of special personnel. We need a group of people to infiltrate the minds of Spirit Tower people through thinking units to extract their knowledge. They need to have a high level of understanding, comprehension, thinking, and memory. They need to be specially selected, and those with talent will receive targeted training."

Dell took the memory card without hesitation and said, "Leave it to me. I'll take care of every eligible one within the Federation."

“There’s no need to rush,” Noah said. “It will take some time to get to know the Lingta people’s way of thinking and logical cognition, and there’s plenty of time.”

Dell laughed: "These things should be done sooner rather than later. Leave it to me, don't worry."

Noah looked at Dale and smiled as well: "Of course I trust you, which is why I entrusted this matter to you."

"There aren't many people in this world that I can trust, and you are one of them."

Without exchanging pleasantries, the two nodded and smiled knowingly before parting ways.

Noah walked directly into the laboratory, and as soon as he entered the laboratory, he received the latest announcement of the highest-level event in the entire Federation, "The Light of Civilization".

Although the name "Light of Civilization" sounds a bit cheesy, it has become the most popular nationwide event after being endorsed by the main AI and the official team.

This name is also very fitting.

Because he made it very clear what this event wanted—to find the heroes who carried the legacy of civilization.

This event is divided into different tracks, with special selection processes for different participants.

There are special agents and interrogators who specialize in criminal investigation or infiltration, as well as combat professionals and auxiliary professions that focus on research in culture, language, sociology, and psychology.

Different professions are on different tracks with different requirements. It is explained that once selected, one's talent level, professional level and resource allocation will be improved, and children and parents will even receive direct support from the federal government. One person being selected brings honor to the whole family.

This honor actually exceeds the value that would otherwise be paid for actual support.

Only those who make special contributions to the alliance will receive this preferential treatment.

The rewards are generous and cover almost all needs; anyone would be tempted by them.

Noah chuckled softly.

This guy handles things pretty quickly.

That's right, Dale was Harry in disguise. Harry's true identity was exposed long ago, so he had to change his identity under Noah's arrangement.

All the players are now on the same side and cooperating with each other.

But it's normal.

By this time, everyone understood their situation. The only way to leave smoothly and receive such high praise was to join Noah's plan.

Although its actual merit and effect may not surpass Noah's, it is an effective method with a very high success rate until a better solution is found.

It's better to cooperate and have some benefits than to ruin Noah's plan and have no better alternative, resulting in everyone failing.

The players who have made it this far have long since transcended the mindset of a junior wizard.

The most crucial part of this competition was that it significantly enhanced their awareness and cognition without any side effects, which is a truly rare experience.

"Prepare all the necessary equipment for my experiment, follow the Class A protocol, and upgrade the isolation level by one level."

AI's gentle voice immediately replied: "Settings are being configured according to your instructions, please wait..."

"Setup complete. Please proceed to Laboratory 2."

When Noah entered Laboratory 2, one of the Spirit Tower people had already been sealed inside the biological storage chamber.

There are many ways to understand a race, and Noah was well aware of this.

These diverse methods can be combined to better corroborate the overall situation of a race.

And that's exactly what Noah is doing now.

He arrived at the nutrient chamber, where equipment was continuously displaying data, using various current scanning devices to scan the physiological structure of the Lingta people, with a focus on the brain structure.

The brains of Lingta people are not the same as those of humans; they are not simple ion channels, but rather nanoscale crystal arrays.

These specially structured microtubes can better sense field waves present in space.

This structure naturally possesses a perceptual advantage, which is also the reason why the other party generally has extremely high mental talent and strong mental power.

These micro-structures, each with its own unique micro-structure, connect to form a ring structure. These ring structures stack up in the brain and nest to form towering structures.

These tower-like synapses extend in all directions within the skull, resembling specially shaped antennas.

This is why Noah translated their race's name as Spirit Tower.

Their physiological rhythms are different from those of humans, but as long as they can think and communicate, there is a possibility that they can be influenced.

How to get them to voluntarily and permanently integrate into the thinking unit is the problem I need to solve next.

The key is to address the differences in thinking factors based on different foundations, thereby eliminating the shortcomings of personalized thinking.

A smile appeared on Noah's face.

"But in reality, the solution was already right in front of me."

It's a growth recipe.

The growth recipe explicitly requires exploration of both human and AI thinking.

This is essentially the process of merging thinking units.

If we include Noah's own thought process, there are three specific examples. Noah's task is simply to generalize the formula derived from these three examples to more races.

The methods for promotion and testing have already been provided, namely knowledge dissemination.

Civilizations that survive must have developed a way of thinking that is moving in a more advanced direction. The thirst for knowledge is a common trait of every civilization that can be discovered.

This is the foundation of the thinking unit.

This applies to humans, to AI, and to the Lingta people as well.

Noah felt his thoughts gradually becoming clearer.

Countless solutions came to mind, but after careful consideration, some efficient or reliable routes emerged. Then, based on these routes, further research was conducted, and soon multiple comparative solutions were developed.

……

After seven days of rigorous testing, thousands of contestants from the Light of Civilization competition have emerged from the rigorous selection process.

It sounds like a lot, but selecting a thousand people from billions means that each one is the best of the best and has their own unique strengths.

Led by Dale, they arrived at Noah's laboratory.

The laboratory door opened, and everyone looked at the scene before them with a sense of novelty.

At the very center is a pillar connected by countless pipes, and at the center of the pillar is a nutrient tank encased in glass.

Through the glass, they could clearly see the Spirit Tower people who had attacked them earlier inside the nutrient tank.

Surrounding the central pillar are concentric circles of seats, forming what appears to be countless concentric circles originating from the center.

It resembled a strange meeting room, or perhaps the scene of some strange ritual.

Suddenly, it flashed briefly at the very center, and a circular virtual screen popped up.

Noah's face appeared on the screen.

On the screen, Noah's face drew closer, his eyes seeming to see everyone present through the screen.

“You all seem very proud, and I believe you have the right to be proud. I believe you all already know the purpose of your visit here.”

"It's that simple: get the resources we need from the platform I've already built."

"It is a completely real world. It is so real that the more something is not meant for you, the more you should want it."

“I know this sounds very strange to you now, but believe me, you’ll know what to do when you go in.”

The thousands of people in the room looked at each other, all thinking the same thing.

They certainly recognized the man before them as Noah. The latest documentary has detailed that it was Noah who spearheaded the creation of the conception generator, which reversed the course of this alien invasion war.

In the documentary, he was portrayed as a hero.

But now they've seen this person's reaction, and it seems like he's a bit of a chatterbox.

It lacks the cold, elitist air portrayed in the documentary.

Noah on the big screen was urging them on:

"What are you waiting for? There are no numbers, all seats are the same. Find a seat and begin your mission. Success will make you the light of civilization. Failure could very well cost you your lives."

"You must not let the other side realize that you are intruders. Once you die inside, you will be assimilated by the world inside, and at the same time, your own cognition will be detected by the other side, thereby increasing the world's detection and defense, making it more difficult for everyone."

"If your mission goes smoothly, we might still be able to save those who have already been assimilated. But if the mission does not go smoothly, we will not damage the precious brains of the only four experimental subjects for your sake. So be careful, be careful, and be very careful."

Noah reiterated the objective of this mission.

At the same time, a dense array of cameras around the venue were recording and analyzing everyone's psychological state in real time.

Although Noah's words were terrifying, directly stating the consequences of mission failure, none of the people present felt fear; on the contrary, they were eager to try.

"Very good, I am very satisfied with your condition, so let's begin now."

As soon as Noah finished speaking, the people present surged into their seats like a flood, and everyone found their place and sat down.

As soon as they sat down, they felt the chair beneath them suddenly come to life, with numerous metal arms piercing through their flesh and connecting to their spines.

The next moment they lost consciousness and collapsed onto the chairs.

Dell stepped to the front and said with a smile, "How was it? Did I get in the way of your business?"

Suddenly, a hidden door appeared on the ground, its doors opening to reveal an elevator that stretched upwards.

Noah teleported up from the elevator and said to Dell, "The timing is perfect."

Noah spoke while adjusting the parameters.

Live footage of the selected individuals appeared on the central circular screen.

There are more than 1000 small screens in total, and more than 100 of them have turned gray.

They have clearly been eliminated.

"That eliminates nearly one-tenth of them?" Dell frowned.

Noah smiled and said, "It's much better than I expected."

"I originally estimated that at least 1% of people would be assimilated by the environment on their first encounter. The current data is far less than that."

"You've put in a lot of effort now, so maybe this time you'll have a chance to succeed."

Dell watched as over 50 more were eliminated from the screen, which was over 1000.

"So you were already prepared for failure?"

Noah did not respond directly, but simply said softly, "Of course, we must be fully prepared."

Dell cautioned, "This batch of selected personnel is already among the top in the country. Although there are reserve personnel, their overall capabilities are significantly different from this batch."

“Don’t worry.” Noah patted Dale on the shoulder. “Whether they succeed or fail, I have a plan. What I’m more concerned about is the special structure inside the brains of the Spirit Tower people. This is also a test.”

Noah sighed softly:

"After all, they are a civilization more advanced than us, so we can't be too careful. If we can really test out their backup plans, that would be even better."

Dell asked curiously, "How do you know there's a problem? Do you have evidence?"

“No, I don’t know, it’s just a gut feeling.” Noah tapped his head. “I trust my gut feeling.”

(End of this chapter)