Chapter 142: The Tavern's Chess Game
Cheng Shi clearly remembered that when they were on the Feterage battlefield, Barbara was frozen by a group of demons and monsters, and finally forcibly stripped a phantom from her, and at that time, the information bridge also said that it was one of its kind.
"That's the second big discovery that Ben is going to talk about next, and it's probably going to be a little shocking." The information bridge deliberately sold a pass.
"If you have something to say, there will be other tasks in the tavern in a moment." Cheng Shi was a little impatient, ready to prick up his ears to listen to the report of the information bridge.
"Listen, Ben discovers that the core of Brian's mind, his brain, is also a modified information bridge, which resembles the phantom that was separated from the monkey in some of the information signature codes."
Rumble......
Cheng Shi felt as if a huge thunder sounded in his head, he couldn't imagine the scene where the information bridge suddenly turned into a humanoid creature, and now in the driver's seat of the car, there was a living person, and he turned out to be a high-tech immortal in the divine realm, this Nima was too challenging to see the three views.
"What do you say? How is this possible? Cheng Shi was half-lying on the sofa with his head in his hands.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" The little mermaid noticed Cheng Shi's abnormality and asked with concern.
Cheng Shi glanced at the mermaid sister blankly: "It's okay, brother is hungry." ”
Barbara and Yang Yang saw Cheng Shi with a tired face, and they also cast concerned glances.
"Master, someone on this planet has transformed the information bridge with thinking ability into an offline thinking core, and combined them with ** to create life out of thin air, which is very similar to the technical manifestation of the imperial virtual soul, but the principle is completely different, this is a reckless crude experiment, it is incredible."
Cheng Shi calmed down: "What's the difference with a virtual soul?" ”
"In all the main universes under the banner of the Empire, no one can create life out of thin air, as far as I know, the virtual soul was added by the Empire from outside the material drive according to strict procedures when it created the main universe of matter, and now all the virtual souls in the main universe have been stable, orderly, and cyclically for many years, and the entrance to the addition of virtual souls has long been closed, but more details are not within the scope of the information that can be consulted." The information bridge paused, and then continued, "In this small universe, it is really unbelievable that someone actually created life out of thin air by blasting and changing the information bridge, this is a challenge to the rules of the big universe, and it will affect the stability of the operation of the material drive of the main universe." ”
Cheng Shi thought for a moment: "Isn't cloning technology a creation of life out of thin air?" ”
"Master, why are you asking such a childish question? The essence of cloning technology is gene technology, which is just the creation of a material shell, the soul is at the information level, there is no gene in it, the clone and the mother are only highly similar in the genes of the material body, and the soul level is completely different, although the scientific and technological level of the mortal race can be developed to store the information of the brain, but it can never really be copied to a completely identical brain carrying information, which is against the laws of the universe. Infobridge patiently explained.
In Cheng Shi's worldview, the information that can be stored in the computer should be easily copied and pasted. However, although he thought it was incredible for the information bridge to scan Brian's brain, the huge knowledge vacuum made him unable to put forward more rebuttals, so he could only accept this somewhat terrifying truth.
The curtain gradually fell, the city lights began to rise, the car slowly drove forward on the crowded road, the bright moonlight was as graceful as the city's street lamp, Cheng Shi opened a window next to him, let the moonlight naturally sprinkle into the car, he looked at the neon outside the window with blank eyes, and an illusory sense of unreality suddenly came to his heart.
Cheng Shi recalled the experience of this day, and he suddenly felt that the development of civilization here was full of a sense of disobedience, and the structure of buildings and the organization of the government here were obviously still in the middle of feudal society, but they had highly intelligent car people far beyond this era. And the car seems to be an innate product here, like the horse of the earth humans, a creature that can provide convenient transportation for humans.
Perhaps the people here never think about the origin of the information network, but just use it as a convenient highway, a locker, and a safe. Everything that does not fit the technology of this era seems to have been designed in advance by someone and then given them the instinct to use it.
Brian is obviously a human who can communicate completely normally, he has almost the same flesh and blood as earthlings, how can it be a designed artificial intelligence? Could it be that the Creator of this world created life for fun? Or is it a "world laboratory" in its own right? Or what problems has the world encountered in the development of civilization?
The car eventually stopped at the gate of a manor, and the group got out of the car.
It is a European-style manor house surrounded by three buildings, and in the middle is a grand and atmospheric Gothic-style main building, and the structure of the houses on the left and right sides is roughly the same cuboid, standing symmetrically, and looking like the guest rooms of this manor.
The gate of the manor is tall and luxurious, and from the gate there is a wide corridor, at the end of which is the main building of the manor, and on the top of the gate and on the top of the main building stands a sign: Santomeos Estate, the circle of the signboard emits a faint white light, which looks very striking at night.
"I didn't expect you to be quite tidy, this place looks good." Cheng Shi looked at Brian beside him and smiled, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart, he was worried that the kidneys of the information bridge might not be able to carry the consumption here.
"The Santomeos Manor is the largest private tavern we have here, with high, medium and low-end consumption, every time I come here, I sit in the hall on the first floor, and the private rooms above the second floor have higher consumption, and it is a gathering place for some middle and high-level hunters and nobles. Although it is easier to hear some rumors in the hall, it is sometimes forcibly chartered away by nobles who do not come to the hall by appointment, but only occasionally. Brian briefed the crowd on the estate.
Cheng Shi felt that even Brian could afford to eat in a tavern, and the group naturally had no problem consuming, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's go in, anyway, there are guest rooms here, right?" ”
Brian pointed to the buildings on either side of the hallway: "Both sides are guest rooms, and the price varies depending on the size and facilities of each room. ”
Cheng Shi nodded, and a few people quickly walked towards the hall of the main building.
The dining seats in the hall are square tables of various sizes, neatly arranged, and around each table are placed in a uniform style of benches, which at first glance look a bit like flowing water seats in rural China, and are somewhat out of place with the grand appearance of the tavern.
At this time, it was the peak dinner season, and the hall was full of people, so the group found a place to sit against the wall, and according to the custom, Yang Yang and North ordered, Barbara
, Oldman as a staff officer.
On the way here, Yang Yang had already briefly discussed the local food with Brian, and after listening to Brian's description of the meal, everyone felt that it was similar to the eating habits of earthlings, so Cheng Shi continued to learn about the situation of the world from Brian, and did not let him participate in ordering.
Just as Cheng Shi was looking around, waiting for an opportunity to find an excuse to find more news, a radio suddenly sounded in the hall: "Everyone, the standard-bearer Karen challenges the people here, you can get 100 gold if you win, and you only need to pay 50 gold if you lose, if you dare to accept the challenge, please come to the ring in the center of the hall quickly." ”
Cheng Shi was startled, and immediately got up and looked at the center of the hall: "Why is there still a chess game?" Go or Chess? ”
Brian patted Cheng Shi on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down: "I haven't heard of the two kinds of chess you said, our people here like to play hoarding chess, but the people who set up the formation here are all masters, best-of-three games, the stakes in the hall are still small, the stakes in the bakery are even bigger, and few people can win them." ”
"Not necessarily," Cheng Shi got up and pulled Brian to the center of the hall, "Go over and have a look, join in the fun." ”
"Landlord, I also know chess, let's go and have a look." Oldman stood up and said.
Cheng Shi waved his hand at him: "Let's go, let's go over together, so many people are eating, it is estimated that you will have to wait for the food to be served." ”
With that, the three of them walked towards the center of the hall.
The arena of the game is a square table, the whole table is a chessboard, a high chair and a slender stick are placed at each end, and the black and white chess pieces are placed in the middle of the other two ends of the table, and the champion Cullen is sitting on one of the high chairs in this challenge.
"The Lord is a child?" Cheng Shi couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that the person sitting on the high chair was clearly a seven or eight-year-old child, who was sitting there motionless, like a puppet.
"I don't know why, it's all the kids who challenge here, and we're all surprised, I've heard people say that these kids only play chess here, and I don't know whose kids it is, and I haven't seen them anywhere else." Brian explained.
"Is there such a strange thing? Can they still cheat? Oldman asked curiously, looking at the chessboard on the table seriously.
Brian shook his head: "I don't see how they cheat, the two sides don't even touch the chess pieces, and the organizers don't prohibit bystanders from giving on-site guidance to the challenger, anyway, it's hard to win, 100 gold is still a lot of money for ordinary people, so there will always be people who go up to challenge." ”
"I'm going to challenge him!"
A deep man's voice came from the hall, and everyone immediately turned their attention to the man who was striding towards the ring, a fierce warrior in armor, he was tall and imposing.
No matter how Cheng Shi looked at it, he felt that this was a rough man, so he asked with some confusion: "This is a chess competition, not a martial arts competition, is this person good?" ”
"Landlord, how can chess skills be seen from the figure, people can't be good-looking." Oldman retorted with a smile, "After they start, I'll see how they play, and maybe I can go up and fight next time." ”
Cheng Shi smiled awkwardly and scratched his head: "Okay, let's see the excitement first." ”
After the mighty warriors climbed into the high chairs, two assistants, a man and a woman, came to the ends of the table, and they were responsible for playing the chess for both sides of the game, and then the sound of "opening" sounded in the hall.