Chapter 85: The Origin of Talent (Part 1)
This sentence seemed to imprison Song Que's thinking.
Xi He's face did have a faint smile, and such a smile naturally had no sense of intimacy.
It was only after these words that Song Que suddenly felt that he was facing an inanimate entity.
He couldn't tell where this feeling came from, as if something unknowable somewhere, something like a rule was talking to him.
"Who the hell are you? If you weren't human, wouldn't you be a beast? β
Song Que immediately denied himself:
"No, you are not ten thousand beasts, how can ten thousand beasts know about the knight of judgment."
"I'm Xihe, there's no point in dwelling on my identity, I'm here to save humanity. I know your life, Mr. Song Que, and you are well suited to join our Evolution Zone, because I believe that you are the one who can bring order to this world. Xihe said.
Song Que shook his head and said suspiciously:
"Since you want me to cooperate with you, then I should at least know what you really are. You are not ashamed to be the one who created me, this nonsense, you should give me an explanation, right? β
Regarding Song Que's doubts, Xihe seemed very patient.
"Don't get me wrong, this kind of creation is naturally not talking about the creation of biological genetics and reproduction.
I have no way of knowing for sure that I will be able to produce offspring that best match the genes of the prophet.
But the most crucial thing you have comes from me. It is what I have given you that will make your life shine like a legend, and you are destined to go down in the annals of human history. β
When the prompt arrived here, Song Que seemed to think of something.
It's just that this answer is a bit more shocking.
Li Wanye and Song Gengchao have said many times that talent is a treasure and wealth bestowed on mankind by the great god of order.
If the "things" in Xihe's mouth refer to talent - then is Xihe an orderer?
As mentioned on the stele, the pyramid is supreme?
But why does the Orderist appear to be a familiar human, and why is the Orderlies in the Evolutionary Zone?
If the Orderlies are at Fort Lincoln, if the Orderlies can move like humans, then why don't the Orderlies help humanity carve out higher pyramid levels?
All kinds of questions came flooding back.
Xihe could feel that Song Que was being troubled by a lot of unknowns.
He smiled indifferently but full of divinity, but he didn't speak, waiting for Song Que to ask the most crucial words.
"What is your relationship with the Orderly?" Song Que said.
"There's some relationship and I'm part of it. I exist to help it compile human emotions. β
Compiling human emotions, the combination of these words made Song Que feel very weird.
"There are several beings like me, we seem to be separate, each with different opinions, but the ultimate purpose is intersecting." Xihe said.
"All in the Evolution Zone?"
"No, the Evolution Zone is just a project I'm responsible for, they're responsible for other projects. I will answer your questions, because you have the potential to be one of us.
Before that, you need to tell me, what exactly is the orderly as you understand it? β
Song Que was shocked by the identity of this leader, or the meaning of his existence.
Both he and Tang Xian were eager to explore the Orderly.
Why do the Orderists establish this hierarchy, and why do the Orderlies deceive humanity.
Outside the pyramid can survive and the mining world can accommodate non-gifted people, why should the Orderist make both taboo?
All of these seem to indicate that the pyramid is a vessel for imprisoning humanity.
And what exactly does the orderer want to do to human beings?
Song Que originally thought that Tang Xian should have been the first to know all this, but now that he knows, he must ensure that he can live.
Live to tell these secrets to Tang Xian.
Thinking of this, Song Que's eyes lit up, and he quickly calmed down, and said along with Xihe's question:
"I think you are a kind of intelligent or conscious higher machine that exists at the top of the pyramid."
Xihe's expression remained unchanged, and he just asked rhetorically:
"You're guessing the orderlies more accurately than some of the other test subjects I'm optimistic about.
But I must correct you a little, Mr. Song Que.
Consciousness and machine cannot coexist.
Although under the influence of human romantic imagination and crisis consciousness, many film and television works have given mechanical consciousness, commonly known as souls, but mechanical bodies will not have these things. β
Xihe's smile retracted, and his expressionless face seemed to be looking at the world indifferently.
"The Orderer is indeed a machine. Whether it's the Pyramid, the Knights of Judgment, or the higher performance machines you'll get on the ninth and tenth floors, it's all the same.
They have no life, no consciousness, not even intelligence.
The so-called artificial intelligence is not intelligence, but just a systematic response made by constantly repeating a large amount of code.
It's like an alpha dog that once defeated the top human chess player.
It's not playing chess with wit, it's applying a myriad of formulas that have been set. If the rules of Go are changed temporarily, humans can adapt instantly, but the machine will pop up an error prompt. β
Song Que was even more puzzled, he did not refute Xi He.
I just felt that something was wrong.
If the orderist is not conscious, then everything the orderer is doing now should have a setter.
It's like a supercomputer, if there is no consciousness, it will always be on standby. It has no purpose, waiting for who to use.
But all the pyramids show that humanity is being dominated by the order.
The orderlies even created something close to religion for the lords.
They refer to the Orderer as the Great Lord of Order. The same goes for the self-proclaimed on the stele.
If it is true as Xi He said, then the orderer, this mysterious mechanical body, has no life and no consciousness, and there must be a living and conscious person who controls all this behind the scenes.
The man may have died, but the programs he left behind, like a delicate cogwheel instrument, began to slowly rotate until the day when the purpose was achieved.
But there's another possibility.
Everything Xihe said was false.
Even Song Que was more inclined to the latter.
"I don't believe what you say."
"This is also reasonable, after all, my existence is inconsistent with what I have explained, and if the orderly has no life and consciousness, then what am I for?" Xihe said with a smile.
Song Que mocked:
"So, I know that you have great power, and this kind of power is not something that humans can possess at this stage.
But as the leader of the Evolution Zone, I'm not surprised that you have such strength. But to convince me to be on the same side as you, you'll have to at least show some decent cards. β
After a pause, Song Que continued:
"You have to prove to me that you have something unique to the Order. I think if it is an orderly, in terms of style and grade, there is a value that I attach to. β
Xihe shook his head and said:
"Mr. Song Que, you are not honest enough, it makes no sense to test me or provoke me, I only have a part of these human emotions, that is, the part of pure reason.
But I envy your perfect reaction, there have been similar outliers among several of us before, he is the weakest one, but he got the best opportunity. β
Song Que thought of Tang Xian for some reason.
The thought suddenly made his scalp tingle.
The whole person was also enveloped by an undeniable but unspeakable fear.
Xihe continued:
"A tyrant is the embodiment of the extremes of human emotion. In those who are a perfect match for evolutionary genes, their hair color will take on a white color.
Most are born like this, and a few gradually change at a young age.
These people all have extreme emotions, something that we don't have, and therefore they have the strength to compete with all beasts.
This is also thanks to our research. Although tyrant humans are bound to emerge in the next few hundred years, at least we have advanced this process. β
Song Que listened silently.
Xi He is also very patient, if it weren't for Song Que who could indeed sense Xi He's real life breath, he would even feel that Xi He, who had a tone from beginning to end, was an inanimate entity.
"We envy the ability of life to evolve, you know, machines cannot evolve.
The machine has no life, it can only increase its performance and increase its ability by constantly modifying itself, constantly adding new compilation formulas.
But modding and compiling is also a process that must be operated by life.
What the orderer can do is to calculate and parse things within the known rules as quickly as possible.
But if it's an unknown rule, there's no way to do it.
For example, suppose a computer can do addition but not open root and square operations.
Then, before implanting the logical formula of open-root and square-squared operations, even if it can show a hundred trillion times the speed of human calculations in addition operations, it will not understand the new algorithm because of this. β
From the beginning to the present, Xihe has emphasized the weakness of the two orderlies.
That is, the flexibility that the machine does not understand and the non-existence of progress.
The advancement and modification of machinery must rely on the assistance of living objects.
Song Que faintly found the true meaning of Xihe's words.
"You're saying that the Orderlies are actually attached to humans?"
Xihe nodded and said:
"You're really a very smart person, for that. I think you've also thought of the existence of a prophet behind the orderly. β
"Although I don't believe what you say, but assuming you are telling the truth, the orderly is just a machine, then this machine must have a controller."
"You can call that manipulator a prophet, or a creator? It's all the same, he's protecting us, he's protecting humanity. The technology inside the pyramid is a kind of relic civilization, and it is also the last bit of blood of the civilization.
And this technology is enough to change the whole world, enough to allow human beings to leave the depleted planet and find a new home.
But there are also creatures that try to destroy these technologies. β
"Ten thousand beasts?" Song Que asked
"To be exact, the Eden of all beasts. Of course, the other forces of the beasts are not good, and their intentions towards humans are even more sinister. β
Song Que was sure that some of what Xi He said might be true, but he must have concealed an extremely important part.
"If I want to inquire about the identity of the prophet, and I want to come to the present me, am I not qualified to know?"
"You must understand that you also have an extraordinary meaning in the entire history of mankind, but you have not been able to meet the Prophet, and it is a pity that Mr. Song is missing. And the topics are in the wrong order. Xihe said.
Xihe's words seem to be out of the ordinary, but in fact they have strict logic.
Song nodded his head, and he said:
"What you're talking about is like an interesting science fiction story. I think in the future, if I have free time, I will adapt it and tell my friends. β
Xihe's expression still didn't change, and he said lightly:
"Mr. Song Que, I said that such a temptation is meaningless, and I will prove it to you."
Xihe continued:
"The gift of man is the wealth left to mankind by the orderly. But I think every gifted person has wondered what the data is all about. You're no exception. β
Song Que did not deny it, and said:
"The data is like a sophisticated instrument. The eyes show a species' health, defense, and attack, as if it were a game program written by a human.
I do doubt that talent shouldn't be as precise as a machine that sets the numbers so clearly.
Talents should be similar to those of some animals, such as heat sensing, barometric pressure sensing, etc. An abstract, approximate feeling, not so precise, list-like data. β
Xihe nodded and said:
"In the world envisioned by the prophets, the whole world is in order, and people are born with an ultra-miniature device.
With this kind of device, we are able to complete some calculations in the sea of knowledge, and the images of these calculations are fed back to our retina.
For example, credit ratings, financial estimates, hobbies, aversions, behavior pattern calculations, and so on.
Just by seeing each other, you can show these things naturally.
In the face of combat targets, this program can also make another set of feedback, which can clearly display the combat attributes of creatures through the various creatures you said and accurately numerize them.
For example, health, defense, and attack.
Of course, these require permissions. The giver and maker of authority is the prophet. β
Song Que was taken aback and said in shock:
"That's the ...... of talent Secret? β
"Talent is actually a later creation of human beings, so let's do what you say here.
Talent is an ultra-miniature device that is fused into genes. Its size is equivalent to the size of DNA. To be precise, it is an embedded program.
It is also the greatest research of the prophet's lifeβthe electronic gene.
It can integrate all the feedback in the environment more quickly, and perform micro calculations on the entire macro world. β
(More later, writing.) οΌ
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