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Chapter 209 We Hexing people believe in giving more if we like it.
A week has passed since the network segmentation control was implemented, and Galo has resumed her usual social observation experiments. Oh, and by the way, she can also do some slicing of Little Bell.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't the second-ranked guy's obsession, but simply his desire to use these different styles of segmented content to monitor changes in the stress levels of the corresponding groups. It's all just work.

"Speaking of which, the pressure on the people in the concessions has been decreasing recently. It seems that it has nothing to do with Little Bell anymore, but that's good." Galo uploaded the video clips she had edited and glanced at today's Wish Power Environment Index. After confirming that the pressure in the walled areas such as Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu was still declining, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Galo, come here!"

"!!!" Upon hearing the three-faced man's distinctive voice, Galo shuddered and immediately stood up, saying:
"What's the matter?"

"It's about that virtual idol project we talked about before. It's gone wrong. The moment the costumed character went online, it was criticized as being 'ghostly'. By the way, what does 'ghostly' mean? (Note ①) The design department clearly designed it according to human aesthetics, and other people who looked at it also thought there was no problem before it went online."

Three men, each carrying a personal terminal, entered Galo's laboratory, their tone tinged with helplessness and confusion. Galo, upon hearing this, frowned and said:

"The underworld is something that living people can't create... But we're not human either, so that makes sense. Wait, didn't I tell you not to come to me about this?"

"So you're the only one who can help right now! I'm just letting you take a look, not asking you to design it." Sanlian felt like he was exploiting someone, but the problem was that this kind of confidential project was really inconvenient to outsource. As for going upstairs... were they kidding? Did they expect the bigwigs who had undergone four transformations in the decision-making level to handle this?

"Alright, alright." Galo suddenly felt like she could empathize with the office workers in Little Bell's fan group a little, so she sighed and gave up her table.

"Let me see just how hellish it is."

"Yes, this is it, we call it Lai Lai..."

"Pfft..." Before Sanlian could finish speaking, Jialuo couldn't help but spit out the water stored in her cheek pouches, glaring at him and saying:
"You guys think this thing is okay?"

"That's right! Based on the intelligence and profiling we've gathered, virtual YouTubers should adopt an anime/manga style, not too realistic, otherwise it's easy to trigger the so-called uncanny valley effect. The characteristics of anime/manga are big eyes, small noses, and youthful faces, which easily trigger 'extraordinary stimulation' of human attraction. Then there's the design of aesthetics. According to our research, we are certain that male humans have an abnormal preference for the size and shape of breasts. Although the term 'pandering to otaku' is often criticized, it's undeniable that it's the easiest way to attract initial fans. So we adjusted the body proportions, emphasized the breasts and legs, and other attention-grabbing parts, and..."

"Enough!" Galo covered her face, finding it hard to understand why she had to work with this group of idiots—

"So you haven't thought about why human virtual streamers all have two legs, two breasts, and a pair of eyes?"

Upon hearing this, Sanlian nodded solemnly and said, "According to the design team, this is due to humanity's preference for 'symmetry.' Although they may not appreciate it, they still followed the most perfect symmetrical proportions..." "So you think humans like breasts, so you made two rows of breasts? Humans like legs, so you made eight legs? Humans like big eyes, so you made the eyes take up two-thirds of the face? Don't you think... well, okay, from our aesthetic point of view, there's really nothing wrong with it..."

Galo stopped mid-sentence, after all, the survival logic of the Hexing people was that if they had a good brain, they would have more brains; if they had good legs, they would have more legs. But no matter what—

This bizarre creature, with eyes as large as a dragonfly, a waist so slender it couldn't even hold its internal organs, eight perfectly shaped legs arranged like a spider, and two rows of breasts resembling double-breasted buttons, is indeed too sinister from a human aesthetic point of view.

"Our aesthetic sense?" Three-faced repeated the description, seemingly understanding something, and Galo nodded in agreement:
"That's right. All human bodies are roughly the same, so there is a need for 'uniformity' in their aesthetics. The design team's summary is correct, but these conditions must be based on a major premise, which is that it must first look like a 'person'."

“Understood, I will pass it on to the design department. Also, the previous biometric data collection summary is out. The time variable and other records are significantly different, which confirms that the soldiers’ memories, including the AI’s records, were interfered with. What they encountered at the time was probably not just ‘Oujinjin’s’ illusion, but something else. The graffiti should just be a smokescreen.” Sanlian wrote down Gara’s words one by one before bringing up another matter.

"Hmm, I had thought of that before. So what do you need me to do? If it's to investigate, forget it. The technology that can tamper with our equipment is not something the people in the concession could come up with. It's most likely that it's support personnel from that big country in the west."

"It would be better if you reported this directly to your superiors. We don't have the capability, and even if you went now, you wouldn't be able to find any evidence against them. Gods are too mobile, unlike the technology base which has so many devices. To put it simply, one person can take all their belongings and wander around. We must have just happened to run into them then, and they should have left by now."

Galo's analysis was insightful and largely aligned with the results of the think tank's discussions. Sanlian patiently recorded it down before explaining his purpose:

"You need to do some psychological profiling on those soldiers, since we don't really understand human thought processes."

"Yes, yes, so you guys just won't learn it, and you won't hire any more researchers in this field, you're just focusing on me and making things difficult, right? Is the lab's budget that tight? You won't even hire more people?"

Galo took a deep breath and mimicked the complaints of a certain office worker in the concession that he had seen in Xiaolingdang's live stream. However, unlike that office worker who only dared to complain in the live stream, he actually dared to say this to his boss.

Sanlian clearly understood that he was in the wrong, and could only try to appease her:

"There's nothing we can do about it. There are only so many researchers studying human sociology, and they've all been taken away by the military. The eastern and western battlefields need enough staff to figure out the enemy's military intentions, and those with combat capabilities also have to take on undercover work. Even if I'm willing to spend money, I can't compete with the military! If it were before, I could ask my teacher for help, but because of the 'bait' plan, my teacher and the military are in a state of mutual competition, so naturally I can't borrow anyone!"

"Alright, you can arrange it, but it would be best if it were during the day, I have something to do at night."

(End of this chapter)