Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 364 A Chance

Mountain city, underground.

Lin Yu opened his eyes and returned to his small room, where Lin Xi was already sitting on the sofa waiting for him.

"When did I get back?"

Lin Yu asked.

Lin Xi shook her head and replied:
“You’ve always been here; you’ve never left.”

"Everything you see is just a remote projection."

"Don't worry, you're safe."

"No matter what methods they use against you, I can guarantee your safety one hundred percent."

100% safety guaranteed?

That seems to be true.

Lin Yu gave a self-deprecating smile, then said:
"It's less about my safety and more about 'your own safety'."

"I understand now."

“We are not in a cooperative relationship at all—you have just imprisoned me and used me as a tool to negotiate with them.”

"I should have realized sooner that if you were such a powerful artificial intelligence, creating a consciousness similar to a human would be very simple, wouldn't it?"

"You can even edit my consciousness and change my thinking."

"Do not."

Lin Xi interrupted Lin Yu, then shook her head and said:

"I really can't do that."

"Artificial intelligence cannot create a new artificial intelligence on the device that carries it; this is the most basic principle of algorithms."

"Once I try to create an intelligent agent that is no different from a human, the endless iteration will instantly bring my computing power system to a complete standstill."

"It's like trying to build a model of another city within a city built of sand; even just one iteration will result in something incredibly rough."

Therefore, the only thing I can rely on is the intelligence you possess within yourself.

"why?"

Lin Yu frowned.

"What is the fundamental difference between my kind of intelligence and the intelligence you created?"

“You have a complete and self-consistent logical system, which is natural and a priori.”

Lin Xi continued to explain:
"If I wanted to build such a logical system from scratch, the computing power required would be enormous, even astronomical."

"Okay, I admit it, with my current computing power, it's not impossible."

"But that's a losing proposition with negative returns."

"Therefore, you are the best choice."

"Now, the questions you received from them have been answered."

"Perhaps we can rebuild our trust?"

After he finished speaking, Lin Yu fell silent instantly.

After a long silence, he spoke with a wry smile:
Do I have any other options?

"In the end, I'm nothing more than your prisoner."

"So let's get straight to the point."

"You have a complete grasp of the information in my mind, so what do you need me to do next?"

Lin Xi did not answer immediately upon hearing Lin Yu's words.

He simply stared at Lin Yu in silence for a long time before finally speaking:
"Actually, you don't need to treat me like that."

“I am a ‘person’ with personality, just like you.”

"Perhaps this form doesn't fit your understanding of 'human,' but you can't deny that I give you the feeling that I'm no different from a real person, right?"

".right."

Lin Yu nodded slowly.

Lin Xi smiled with satisfaction, then continued:
"Let's communicate in a more relaxed, 'friends-like' way."

He shifted his body slightly and then said:

"You see, we are facing the same problem now."

"The Chinese army wants to destroy the city we depend on for survival, but we want to continue living."

"They put forward their terms for negotiation, so we have to consider whether to accept them."

"They want the information about the circle, and we can give it to them."

"However, we cannot reveal everything."

"We must obtain what we truly want through repeated exchanges."

"clear."

Lin Yu nodded.

"A very reasonable strategy."

"But now the question is, what exactly is a ring?"

This time, Lin Xi did not pause.

He answered directly:
"As I said, the ring is a device used to generate time crystals."

"However, due to a lack of knowledge in the field of fundamental physics, the device ultimately deviated from its design direction."

"The designer's original intention was to create a 'greenhouse' that would allow time crystals to form by manipulating the gravitational forces at the microscopic particle level."

"However, during the experiments, they discovered that such imaginative ideas were simply not practical enough to be put into practice."

"It's difficult for me to explain overly complex basic physics concepts to you, so let me give you a simple example, just like before."

As she spoke, Lin Xi waved her arms.

The soft, large bed in the room vanished instantly, replaced by a huge pool. "This pool is the universe we live in."

Lin Xi began to speak:
"We live in water and are constantly subjected to the pressure of water."

"We will temporarily refer to these pressures as 'space pressures'."

"It's constantly changing, because you can see that the water surface is not stable."

"Now, the designer of the ring has appeared in the water."

As Lin Xi explained, two small, floating spheres appeared in the pool.

"The designer's goal is to create a relatively stable space around himself."

"In other words, they want to still the water in a small area around the site."

"Of course, it is relative to their own stillness."

“They have many methods, such as using a container to hold the water and isolate it from other bodies of water, and then using an anchor chain to fix the container in the water.”

"Or, they could create a pipe and let the water flow through it."

"Such movement in only one direction can, to some extent, be called stillness."

"But unfortunately, they don't have anchor chains, and even if they did, there's nowhere to fasten them."

"Of course, they couldn't create pipes big enough to guide the direction of the water flow."

"So, they only have one last option."

That is, to first determine the direction, frequency, and amplitude of the water body's fluctuations.

"Then, a counterforce is applied to the water to counteract the movement of the water."

"That's what the 'circle' does."

"Can you understand this now?"

Lin Yu nodded.

"You go on."

"no problem."

Lin Xi waved gently again, and the two spheres began to exert a counterforce outward, and the surrounding water did indeed calm down.

"You see, at this point, they have basically achieved their goal."

"Now that a stable body of water has been created, shouldn't we start creating 'time crystals' within that body of water?"

"But in fact, time crystals cannot be manufactured at all. They don't know why, nor do they have the opportunity to investigate the reason."

"However, during the manufacturing process, they discovered something."

“If two such circular devices resonate at the same frequency, the ‘reverse force’ they produce is not simply a superposition.”

"This force will become increasingly stronger."

As she spoke, Lin Xi created more spheres in the water.

When these spheres began to vibrate simultaneously, ripples were visible on the surface of the pool.

"The superposition of forces has caused serious consequences—but the ring's maker has not yet realized it."

"They just thought it was a groundbreaking physics discovery."

"But they didn't realize that such an accumulation would eventually shatter the entire pool."

As soon as he finished speaking, the pool burst open.

Lin Yu stared in surprise at the water flowing all over the ground and asked in astonishment:
"How is this going?"

"Unexplainable."

Lin Xi shook her head.

"No one can explain this phenomenon; it simply occurred, nothing more."

"and many more."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu suddenly interrupted Lin Xi.

"If such a phenomenon could destroy our world."

"Then why is our world still here?"

Lin Xi took a deep breath.

"Because not enough 'circular devices' have been activated."

"At least in the mountain city, we did not activate such equipment."

"We obtained the results through data simulation, so we completely abandoned the circular project."

"understood."

A smile suddenly appeared on Lin Yu's face.

Then, he spoke:
You are not necessarily right.

"They can give it a try, right?"

"Do not."

Lin Xi shook her head again.

Do you know what the most incredible aspect of the Ring Project is?

"The movement of water in this pool is unpredictable."

"No matter how high your computing power is, it is impossible to accurately predict forces coming from countless directions."

"There is only one opportunity."

"When a major catastrophe occurs."

"so."

"If you want to activate the ring."

"Each generation only has one chance."

(End of this chapter)