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

Chapter 369 Meme Virus
"He guessed you would ask this question."

Lin Yu looked at Ji Xing and answered:

"What Linxi can offer you is a complete industrial system."

"He can get you to skip the construction phase and have everything that the mountain city has now."

"He can enable you to live the life you could only enjoy before the Great Cataclysm here—at least ten thousand people can live comfortably in the current size of the mountain city."

"You no longer need to worry about the threat of monsters, nor do you need to worry about development and cycles."

"The mountain city will become a true 'holy city,' a paradise that everyone yearns for."

"The above represents only Lin Xi's own opinion and has nothing to do with me."

Lin Yu shrugged, while Ji Xing across from him burst out laughing.

She shook her head and said:
"If even you are so eager to deny this, then I would like to ask, do you think we will accept it?"

"Then I don't care."

Lin Yu slumped back in his chair and then said:

“I was just a tool to convey its conditions—to be honest, it has been constantly trying to persuade me to become its spokesperson.”

"But how should I put it?"

"He is, after all, just a machine."

"He has never been able to understand our true needs as human beings."

"Yes, this virtual city can simulate almost everything."

"I have experienced all the fun and enjoyment that you can or cannot imagine in a very short time."

"But to be honest, it went to the wrong person."

"I grew up in pain, and only pain is the most real experience that makes me feel alive."

"Perhaps he should go find Xu He—you remember him, right? The eunuch who was obsessed with brain-computer interface virtual experiences."

"I remember."

Ji Xing nodded, then replied:
"Actually, I was able to get here thanks to him."

"That's nice."

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

After a brief silence, he continued:

"So, it's impossible for you to truly reach a peace agreement with Shancheng and Linxi, right?"

"You never intended to truly stop your operations. This so-called negotiation is nothing more than a delaying tactic to create opportunities for your own deployments?"

"When you have enough forces deployed in the mountain city, you will still attack the underground of the mountain city and completely destroy this city that does not exist, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

Ji Xing shook his head and replied:

"Of course, we do have fundamental conflicts of interest with Shancheng and Lingxi."

"But this does not mean that we cannot coexist at all."

"According to the information the leader gave me, Lingxi is indeed exploring a path that will allow humanity to continue."

"It may have gone astray along the way, but no one can completely deny it until it comes to a complete end."

"The fundamental reason why we cannot accept peace talks can be summarized in one sentence."

"It can neither prove itself right with strong evidence, nor can it prove us wrong with strong evidence."

"So, do you understand?"

"I understand completely."

Lin Yu shrugged and said:
"Isn't this exactly the same conflict between the Holy Blood Temple and the Cult of Machines?"

"However, the conflict between you is more intense and more urgent than the conflict between the Holy Blood Temple and the Cult of the Machine God."

"So, actually, we don't have much to talk about anymore."

"Come on, I'll show you around the city."

As he spoke, Lin Yu stood up.

Ji Xing followed closely behind him, pushed open the door of the room, and walked out. The two walked along the streets of the mountain city, looking at the empty buildings. Ji Xing shook his head and said:

"If you're just living in a city like this, what's the difference between living and dying?"

"No, it's still different."

Lin Yu shook his head and replied:
What you see now is only a very small part of this city.

"Because of limited computing power, Linxi cannot risk letting you into the real main part of this city."

"Furthermore, many things that can be simulated using computing power cannot be done here."

"So what you're seeing is just a scaled-down version of the mountain town."

"But he felt that even just that would be enough to convince you."

As he spoke, Lin Yu pushed open the door and walked into a shop on the street.

He sat down at a table in the shop and asked Ji Xing, who was also seated there:
"what do you want to eat?"

"Would you like me to introduce you to them?"

"Honestly, since we're unlikely to make any real progress from this meeting anyway, let's just treat it as an experience."

"Great offer."

Ji Xing nodded, then asked:

Do you have any boiled cabbage in clear broth?

"Do you know what boiled cabbage in clear broth?"

Lin Yu asked in surprise:

"How did you know that?"

"In the documentary about Base 011, we say, 'Don't think of the Chinese army as too stupid. What you can see here, I can also see at Base 011.'"

"It's just that we may not have the opportunity to experience it firsthand for the time being."

"really."

Lin Yu nodded in agreement, then gently waved.

A waiter emerged from an unseen corner and gently inquired about the couple's preferences, taking a full twenty minutes to take their order.

But then, within the next 5 minutes, all the dishes were served.

Every dish was exquisite, impeccable in both aroma and taste.

This was also a rare experience for Ji Xing.

She felt as if she were having an incredibly real dream, and although she knew she was dreaming, she had an indescribable sense of immersion.

"So Lingxi used all its computing power on this one meal?"

"Do not."

Lin Yu put down his chopsticks and replied:

"To be precise, it should be this relatively real city, and this absolutely real meal."

".Reasonable."

Ji Xing shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, Lin Yu suddenly spoke up:
"We should get down to business."

"For example, the truth about the ring that you want to know."

"can."

Ji Xing put down his chopsticks, seemingly without any lingering attachment to the food he hadn't yet tasted.

Lin Yu took a deep breath and slowly opened his mouth.

He spoke slowly, as if he were narrating and recalling at the same time.

From the origin of the ring, to the oscillation of the pool, to the still "water sphere," to the shattering of the entire pool.
Next came the one-time opportunity, and the enormous consequences for humanity caused by the failure of the circular device to start up in the last experiment.

Only then did Ji Xing finally understand how this seemingly "massive" plan had failed.

As Lin Yu said, each generation only has one chance to activate the ring.

After they activated the Ring last time, they placed themselves entirely in the aftermath of the Cataclysm.

It's even possible that they amplified the damage from the aftershocks.

No one survived that experiment; they witnessed their own end, and the end of the world.
Time passed by minute by minute.

Ji Xing suddenly asked:
"How much time has passed since I entered here?"

"Three hours."

Lin Yu glanced at the clock tower in the distance, then said:
"Don't worry, you can leave at any time." "So, do you need me to give a signal?"

"unnecessary."

Ji Xing shook his head.

"Tell me more about the specific details of the equipment."

"Of course, there's also Lingxi's Nuwa Project."

At this moment, on the ground of the mountain city.

Ji Xing was still in a deep sleep—but in fact, it could not be considered sleep, but rather a coma-like state that resembled sleep.

Through the cloning module connected to the brain-computer interface, every output signal of the brain-computer interface plugin is completely captured and then fed back to Fuxi's computing center.

It cannot reconstruct these data into a real picture, so it is impossible for the outside world to know what she is doing or talking about in that virtual city.

However, through dense data streams, it has begun to analyze the city's underlying program architecture.

"The main program design of this virtual city is very strange."

Fuxi's voice rang out in the command center.

"It strives to create the most authentic city, but it lacks many key components."

"For example, the weather, the lighting, and the environment."

"All of this data was imported from outside."

“Lingxi, or rather the residents of the virtual city, seem to still have a deep attachment to the outside world, and this method is the only way to achieve realism as much as possible.”

"This is human nature, and it is an uncontrollable emotion."

As Fuxi finished speaking, Chen Jian nodded thoughtfully.

Looking at the sensor device that resembled a "street lamp" propped up not far from him, he finally understood what this thing was used for.

After a moment's thought, he asked:
"So, we can also use these environmental monitoring devices as a way to inject information?"

"It's theoretically possible, but it's quite difficult to do in practice."

Fuxi's voice rang out again.

"If it is injected through a single device, Lingxi will definitely identify it as abnormal data and quickly detect and intercept it."

"But if we were to call all the device interfaces, the workload would be too enormous."

"Furthermore, its stability is extremely poor."

"clear."

Chen Jian didn't say much, but instead changed the subject and asked:
"How's the progress on Ji Xing's side?"

"very smooth."

Fuxi replied:
"The communication between the two sides should be quite smooth, and the data transmission is currently quite stable."

"We still have plenty of time and can continue to expand the scope of our analysis."

Chen Jian glanced at his watch.

At this point, three and a half hours had passed since Ji Xing entered the virtual city.

According to the plan, she will withdraw within 6 hours.

With only two and a half hours remaining, Fuxi had not yet begun preparing the injection procedure.

From a purely "human" perspective, this amount of time is by no means sufficient.

However, Fuxi's way of thinking was still different from that of humans.

From its own perspective, as long as it finds a sufficiently reliable and obvious flaw, and as long as the architecture is accurately analyzed, creating the corresponding program is only a matter of a second.

And program injection takes less than a minute.

Therefore, he had enough patience to wait for the cloning module to send back more data and obtain more detailed analysis in order to achieve the goal of "killing with one blow".

Given this situation, Chen Jian could not possibly urge Fuxi.

He could only wait with the utmost patience.

Sitting next to Ji Xing, Chen Jian kept a close eye on the other's physical condition.

He knew very well that this was a rather risky operation.

If the operation fails, the probability of Ji Xing dying is even higher than participating in a battle against a level one monster.

Perhaps she knew this too?

But she didn't hesitate after all.

The team I have is truly trained.

In particular, the earliest members of the Huaxia Army have all become capable leaders.

Hopefully, they can go even further.

At least, don't fall before dawn.

Chen Jian breathed a long sigh of relief.

At that moment, he heard Fuxi's voice again.

"Sir, there's new progress."

Chen Jian sat up straight reflexively and then said:
"Say it directly."

"clear."

Fuxi continued:

"Through analysis of the transmitted information, I determined that Lingxi uses a bionic algorithm based on human neural networks when simulating personality, rather than a traditional deep learning neural network algorithm."

"This algorithm can get closer to human thought processes and preserve as much of the uniqueness of human emotions and subconsciousness as possible."

"But similarly, this algorithm will introduce greater randomness and more blind spots that cannot be monitored."

"Of course, such blind spots are very difficult to reach."

"However, we do have some methods to inject the information we need into the blind spots."

"But I still need further analysis."

"clear."

Chen Jian nodded slowly.

Fuxi's words gave him a very familiar feeling.

But he couldn't quite put his finger on what he was familiar with.

Subconscious? Blind spot?

Isn't this kind of information injection similar to hypnosis?

Thinking of this, he asked:
Is it hypnosis?

"Similar to hypnosis."

Fuxi replied:
"But hypnosis needs to bypass the defense mechanisms of consciousness itself, while what we need to bypass is real-time monitoring from a third party."

“This is more difficult. We cannot use plaintext injection, nor can we use ciphertext injection with obvious characteristics.”

"We need to carefully craft a password that is not easily detected."

"We need to use these commands to make Lin Yu generate the virus himself in the virtual world."

"It forces itself to generate a virus??"

Chen Jian was dumbfounded.

"Is this really possible? I mean, he doesn't have any programming skills at all."

"It does not matter."

Fuxi's voice carried a hint of pride that was indistinguishable from that of a real person.

"We don't need overly complex viruses."

"All we need is a simple loop that iterates infinitely."

"Because what makes it up is essentially a program."

"This would consume a lot of computing power, and before Lingxi could discover it, this variant of the 'Shock Virus' could completely destroy it."

Chen Jian breathed a long sigh of relief.

He slowly said:

"I understand."

"What you injected was not a virus."

"That's just a meme!"

(End of this chapter)