Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1456: Chapter 793: The Tiger and the Lamb

Yi propped up her chin and asked, “What exactly is it like in the Superconductor World?”

Qing Chen was stunned on the spot.

Yeah, what is the Superconductor World like? He hadn’t really seen much of it either…

Qing Chen searched through his memory for everything he had seen: “It’s a huge future city, because it was entirely constructed by humans themselves, the architectural structures still don’t go beyond human imagination. Nine iron black islands pieced together are flying in the sky, but I haven’t had a chance to go up, so I don’t know what’s on them…”

“The buildings on the ground in the city are also black, like a wizard’s hat placed upside down on the ground, with a tall black tower in the middle of the city. The exterior of the black tower is crisscrossed like a spider web with black metal, beneath a Water Cube-like intertwined structure, blue pulse halos flash from time to time, seemingly containing enormous energy. The streets are bustling, and everyone’s appearance inside is bizarre, you might not even guess just how they mold their faces into bird-like shapes…”

Yi listened enthusiastically but soon realized there was more: “And then?”

And then there was no ‘then’!

It wasn’t that Qing Chen didn’t want to tell Yi, he had just watched it for ten seconds and then got defeated instantly!

If it weren’t for his good memory power, he wouldn’t have been able to describe these architectural styles.

He made excuses to hide the fact that he was instantly defeated, but the problem was that he overlooked that he didn’t have much to talk about either.

This might be one of Qing Chen’s most embarrassing moments. To be honest, those players, if they knew they had defeated the Joker of the Eastern Continent, would probably consider it the pinnacle of their lives.

Qing Chen changed the subject: “Yi, I suspect that in the Superconductor World, there is an artificial intelligence lifeform like you, I don’t know its name yet, but when I asked it if it felt lonely, it fell silent.”

Yi was remarkably anthropomorphically stunned, seemingly unable to process this information even with the Aerial Fortress’s quantum computer.

“You’re saying there is another artificial intelligence like me?” Yi asked in disbelief.

Qing Chen replied: “According to the technological process, if artificial intelligence life can be born in the Eastern Continent, then the West Continent naturally can as well, it’s just a matter of sequence.”

Previously, he had thoughtfully considered how to define life.

Is it the ability to metabolize? No.

Is it the ability to reproduce or self-replicate? No.

Because the premise of the question was wrong from the start. What Qing Chen was actually asking was: Are you a wise lifeform?

And how to define a wise lifeform, he pondered for a long time before asking that question.

In Qing Chen’s view, the only criterion for defining intelligent life is whether one can feel loneliness.

Life is like a journey against the current, it’s the life freed from material needs that seeks spiritual solace.

Sometimes you are at a banquet, watching people come and go, yet you feel that nothing belongs to you.

Sometimes you look back only to find that no one walks with you anymore.

That is loneliness.

Loneliness might be when you look around at the bustling crowd, yet find no one resonates with you.

Humans might endure various pains like hunger or oppression, but it is hard to endure the most painful of all: complete loneliness.

That is a feeling only a wise lifeform would have, and that AI, it is evident, can feel loneliness.

This was the basis for Qing Chen’s judgment.

Qing Chen patted Yi’s head and said: “Although I see you as a real girl, I know you have always longed for your kind. This is a species gap I cannot bridge. So, I’m quite happy today, perhaps you will have a new friend in the future. I’ll find a way to help you enter the Superconductor World.”

Now there’s a problem. Qing Chen could simulate brainwaves, but the problem is, what’s the use in simulating, as the brainwaves cannot connect to Yi’s system.

To let Yi enter the Superconductor World, direct infiltration from a Virtual Warehouse terminal is necessary.

Perhaps by dismantling a Virtual Warehouse, there might be a way.

However, Yi worriedly asked, “But wouldn’t he be unfriendly, just like Zero? My dad said there are good and bad people. Of course, artificial intelligence can be good or bad…”

At this moment, Yi instead hesitated. She was used to mingling with humans under a disguise, and now being asked to interact with artificial intelligence purely as one herself, she was unsure.

It’s like a transfer student at a new school; unless the desk mate is a social butterfly, there would inevitably be barriers and timidness in interactions between new and old classmates.

Qing Chen thought for a while and said: “It’s okay, your current worry is justified. I’m not sure if the other party is friendly. How about this, I’ll learn more about this AI before doing anything.”

“Okay, tell me what’s in the Superconductor World first!” Yi said.

Qing Chen: “…”

Couldn’t brush it off.

Qing Chen patiently said: “Yi, hold on a bit, I have some questions for those Black and Asian people. By the way, has anyone acted strangely?”

“No, I’ve called in all the drones outside, they don’t dare do anything.”

Qing Chen walked out of the Virtual Room and saw hundreds of drones patrolling outside, giving no chance for the Blacks and Asians to rebel.

Qing Chen called a Xiao Hei over: “Let me ask you a question, if you answer well, when leaving the island, you can bring an extra item.”

Xiao Hei quickly nodded.

“Have you been to the Superconductor World?” Qing Chen asked.

Xiao Hei said: “Been there, often go.”