The night before the promotion

Chapter 20 Corpse Execution Immortal

Li Weiyun sat in the driver's seat. He did not drive away immediately. Instead, he gripped the steering wheel with both hands and closed his eyes in thought.

There were bursts of door closing sounds, and Zhou Si and Xiang Ji also got into the car. The atmosphere was a little depressing, which made Song Qiliang, who was sitting in the back seat, feel a little uneasy.

He asked cautiously, "How is it going?"

"It went well, probably."

Li Weiyun opened his eyes and glanced at the Skyline Building across the street. On the steps at the entrance, several security personnel were still standing there to prevent Li Weiyun and others from making a surprise attack.

“I don’t think it’s going well.”

Opposition voices rang out from the back row. Xiang Ji said as he sorted out his weapons, "This negotiation almost turned into a full-blown violent conflict."

Li Weiyu rubbed his temples with a headache. He had nothing to refute about this point. If Xiang Ji had not suddenly appeared and intimidated Shan Jun, all this would probably not be so easy.

"What did you do?"

Thinking of this, Li Weiyu glanced at Song Qiliang through the rearview mirror.

Song Qiliang made a phone call gesture, "If Xiang Ji fails to solve the problem, someone has to contact reinforcements here."

Zhou Si, who had been silent the whole time, said, "So we don't have any armed avatars?"

Xiang Ji asked back, "Do you think this SUV can accommodate an armed avatar?"

The atmosphere fell into a strange silence and awkwardness until Zhou Si laughed nervously, and the others followed suit and laughed inexplicably.

Even the extremely serious Xiang Ji raised his lips and patted Song Qiliang's shoulder vigorously, "Although we don't have an armed avatar, we have a professional operator here."

Xiang Ji looked at Zhou Si again and asked curiously, "Is this why you can defeat those out-of-control avatars?"

Zhou Si raised his left arm and showed it, "I got this arm before I left Shenwei Technology. It is said to be from an armed avatar that was still in the experimental stage."

Xiang Ji suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. I guess its power must be terrifying, right?"

He realized that this arm was Zhou Si's greatest confidence when he went out to practice medicine. After all, no one could have expected that under Zhou Si's flesh and blood body, he actually hid the power of an armed incarnation.

It’s a pity that the conflict with the tiger did not break out completely, and Xiang Ji was unable to witness the power of this arm.

Zhou Si recalled, "At that time, I had already decided to resign, and Chen Wen-Ge and I had an in-depth discussion on future career plans."

"I told him that I wanted to become a doctor who could treat leukemia. He felt that my future was dangerous and full of unknowns, so he privately gave me this arm as a token of support."

Zhou Si deftly turned his left hand over, and its flexibility was no different from that of his natural arm. "From a technical classification point of view, this is actually also an incarnation shell. It maintains an uninterrupted cognitive connection with my consciousness, so I can control it so freely."

"A semi-immersed avatar shell, this is a rare thing." Song Qiliang came over and commented.

As the incarnation body expert second only to Zhou Si, his words carry a lot of weight.

"Common avatar bodies are fully immersive," Song Qiliang explained. "The user needs to enter a deep sleep and stop controlling his or her own body to avoid one consciousness controlling two bodies at the same time. This can easily lead to confusion, brain overload, or even loss of control."

"The semi-immersive design is widely used in the field of prosthetics," Zhou Si continued. "It can perfectly complement the defects of the human body and maintain the unity of consciousness because it is regarded as a part of the body. This design is safe and will not cause dissociative disorder."

The prosthetic arm brought back Zhou Si's memories. "That immortal meteorite accident not only took away my left arm, but also caused me to suffer from severe cognitive impairment. It also affected many of my organs."

He revealed Xiang Ji's doubts, "I have indeed not undergone any biological enhancement, but I have transplanted some artificial organs... more powerful artificial organs."

Zhou Si said self-deprecatingly, "Although the immortal project has failed, as the person closest to becoming an immortal, Shenwei Technology will never let me die for the experimental data on me.

Fortunately, after I left the company, they didn’t ask me to return the items, and they didn’t send me any bills, which I’m very grateful for.”

Everyone fell silent again, and soon laughter broke out.

Li Weiyu started the car, and it drove slowly, merging with the dense traffic flow, and passing through this behemoth called Aniyan City along the road like blood vessels.

While driving, Li Weiyun briefly recounted what had happened and sorted out the scattered information.

"The target of our investigation is more complex and dangerous than we expected."

Li Weiyun concluded, "I can confirm that the Elysium we investigated is a group of incarnated killers, and they are related to Luo Yong."

Zhou Si recalled the immortal fate that Shanjun had mentioned, as well as the night when Luo Yong was obsessed with becoming an immortal before he lost consciousness.

Li Weiyun continued his summary, "I think they are not only supporting Luo Yong, but also treating him as an experimental subject, and the goal of the experiment may be the metamorphosis technology that Shanjun mentioned.

What do you think, Dr. Zhou? "

Xiang Ji and Song Qiliang looked at the rearview mirror, and Zhou Si's profile looking out the window caught their eyes.

When it comes to the legendary metamorphosis technology, Zhou Si is a real professional. He was once a core member of the immortality project and the person closest to becoming an immortal.

Zhou Si replied, "If that's the case, it would explain why Luo Yong's spirit was damaged to that extent."

"In short, the process of consciousness upgrading requires first scanning the connection mode of neurons in the human brain, converting these constructed consciousness into data, and then uploading them through the Internet. Just like what is described in many science fiction novels."

Zhou Si spoke slowly and leisurely. This knowledge was like a treasure to him, deeply imprinted in his cerebral cortex, and he hardly needed to recall it deliberately.

"However, due to technical limitations, the risk of consciousness upgrading is extremely high. In order to ensure success, Chen Wen-Ge proposed three principles of metamorphosis."

Li Weiyun turned down the volume of the music, and everyone listened to Zhou Si's story intently. Song Qiliang even rolled up the car window to block out the outside noise, just to hear every word more clearly.

“Principle one: complete and continuous memory.”

Zhou Si's tone was old-fashioned, like an unsympathetic teacher. "Memory, as one of the core functions of the brain, not only stores our information and experience, but also builds the cornerstone of our thinking and cognition."

Li Weiyun responded in a low voice, "A person is the sum of past experiences... the sum of memories." "Principle 2, the uniqueness of the mental model."

Zhou Si pondered for a moment, and tried to explain this profound knowledge in a more understandable way, "Mental model can be understood as each person's unique thinking logic and personality characteristics.

It is the key to our understanding of the world, our thinking and our decision-making, and it is what makes you who you are.”

Xiang Ji said thoughtfully, "If a person does not have his own personality and way of thinking, and only has a long memory, then he is no different from a cold and empty zombie."

"Just like Dr. Zhou without a white coat doesn't look like Dr. Zhou?" Song Qiliang added.

Zhou Si ignored what the two said and continued, "Principle three, the integrity of the brain structure."

"I think this is easy to understand. A healthy brain is the basis for achieving consciousness upgrade. Just as it is impossible to upgrade consciousness for mentally ill people or people with brain damage, a healthy brain is the framework that is the key to determining the integrity of consciousness and the uniqueness of the mental model."

"Luo Yong obviously does not meet the third principle," Li Weiyun analyzed, "He has suffered from the disease of consciousness separation. In this case, he cannot upgrade his consciousness."

"Don't rush to think about the part about upgrading consciousness," Zhou Si said slowly, "I think that apart from Chen Wen Ge, no one in this world can perfect the technique of metamorphosis."

Chen Wen-Ge, the father of consciousness network and incarnation body, the creator of the era.

Zhou Si had fantasized countless times that if there really was a god of technology in the world, then Chen Wen Ge must be his incarnation on earth.

Retracting his thoughts, Zhou Si criticized, "The immortal fate that Shanjun mentioned, in my opinion, is more like a poor imitation of the feathering technique."

"What's more, even if he meets the three principles, Chen Wen Ge also classified the mental models based on the three principles. Only a certain group of people can adapt to the feathering technology to the greatest extent and complete the consciousness upgrade."

He added, "It can also be understood that, limited by the current level of technology, the feathering technology can only enable a certain group of people to complete the upgrade."

Everyone remained silent and listened patiently to Zhou Si's story.

Zhou Si suddenly changed the topic and asked, "I think everyone has had similar experiences, taking some childish tests and then classifying their own human beings into a certain category."

"Are you talking about the Jungian test?" Song Qiliang seemed very experienced. "I remember the result of my test was..."

"I don't care what type you are. What I want to say is that humans, both ancient and modern, have the habit of classifying themselves according to their own characteristics."

Zhou Si's serious and professional attitude made several people temporarily forget his image of a mad doctor, and instead they thought of him as a bald teacher in a university classroom.

"Like phrenology, phrenology and Jung's personality type theory in modern psychology, the mental and personality traits of individuals can also be classified according to their different thinking styles."

When talking about professional knowledge, Zhou Si is like a university teacher. "In academic terms, when an individual faces external stimuli, his brain neurons will aggregate in a unique way, reflecting his unique thinking logic and personality traits."

“Based on a large number of tests and studies, Chen Wen-Ge divided the human way of thinking, namely mental models, into three categories.

The first is the 'Thinker', which represents a type of thinking that is highly active, associative and creative.

The second is 'thinkers', which is used to describe individuals whose thinking is rigid and lacks flexibility and change.

Finally, there are the "Thinkers," whose way of thinking is between the first two, showing a stable and moderate state, neither too active nor too rigid, representing the moderation and rationality of thinking. "

"These three types should be easy to understand. To put it in a stereotyped way, the Thought Streamers are those artists and researchers with active thoughts, the Thought Condensers are those stubborn, old-fashioned guys, and the Thought Balancers are in between the two, maintaining absolute moderation and stability."

“These three types are just a rough classification. I won’t go into more details about the more detailed types.

After rigorous testing and analysis, Chen Wen-Ge discovered that both thinkers and thinkers tend to go to extremes. The former, due to their excessively active thinking, can easily lose control during the process of consciousness upgrading, while thinkers, on the contrary, have a lifeless mental model that makes it difficult for them to adapt to the new form of consciousness in the process of consciousness upgrading.

Therefore, Chen Wen Ge found that the mind model of the Si Heng people is most suitable for consciousness upgrading. The stability of their mind model enables them to maintain absolute rationality and clarity during the consciousness uploading process, thereby increasing the success rate of uploading. "

Li Weiyun stood under the traffic light at the intersection and turned to look at Zhou Si. The eye-catching red light shone on Zhou Si's face, as if it was stained with a layer of blood.

"So your mental model is that of a thinker," he said belatedly, "and it is because of this that you were able to miraculously recover from the disease of dissociation?"

"That's another matter." Zhou Si neither confirmed nor denied.

Song Qiliang blinked. "It sounds like those immortal cultivation novels. Your three mental models are like spiritual roots. Some are suitable for becoming immortal, and some are not."

Everyone ignored Song Qiliang's words at the same time.

"It is not enough to just adapt the mental model. In order to further stabilize the mental state of the ascenders, Chen Wen Ge has also developed a set of mental training programs that can enable you to remain rational and stable under tremendous pressure."

Zhou Si fell into deep thought about the past that seemed neither distant nor unfamiliar.

"I went through numerous rounds of selection and training before I became a qualified participant in that experiment. Luo Yong rashly accepted the metamorphosis technology and attempted to upgrade his consciousness, which was undoubtedly a path doomed to failure," he said slowly.

Zhou Si suddenly recalled a piece of news that he had seen on the forum. He whispered to himself, "Maybe Luo Yong is actually trying another new method that he thinks is a 'level up'."

The red light turned green and the car drove through the intersection. Li Weiyun asked curiously, "For example?"

"For example, since it is difficult to upgrade and digitize consciousness, we should start by abandoning the body, removing the flesh and blood, breaking the bones, and completely replacing ourselves with bionic machinery and engine oil until the original consciousness is reborn in the steel body."

Zhou Si's voice gradually became ethereal, "Just like the Taoists, discarding flesh and blood, and transforming the corpse into an immortal."

The bright stars stretch out like flowing water, and the drone swarms are like the city's guardian satellites, drawing tracks in the night sky. The city's high-rise buildings are particularly dazzling under the neon lights.

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhou Si's mind. He gathered the existing clues and let them collide and intertwine in his mind.

If at the beginning, Zhou Si only regarded Luo Yong's "becoming an immortal" as a meaningless dream talk, then now, this sentence will become the key to connect all the clues.

Zhou Si fantasized about a story like this: an incarnation killer group called the Land of Bliss was constantly spreading the so-called immortal fate. They contacted Luo Yong and funded him, and even said that they had conducted a round of upgrading tests on Luo Yong's consciousness.

Is that why Luo Yong's consciousness was shattered like that?

Zhou Si's voice revealed a little uneasiness, and he sighed, "Those people in the Land of Bliss are reproducing the technique of transformation, eager to become immortals."

(End of this chapter)