nashuaworldcup Chapter 340 Beyond Memory, the Era of the Dao Ancestor
Chapter 340 Beyond Memory, the Era of the Dao Ancestor
Chapter 340 Beyond Memory, the Era of the Dao Ancestor
If this attempt fails, even the Celestial Venerable cannot save Ye Yang!
Neither his ability to create clones nor his ability to access the gates of the heavens could serve as a shield for him.
This time, it's a risky undertaking without any safety net.
If Ye Yang couldn't withstand it, then he would really be possessed, and in the worst possible way, becoming a second personality and forever a mind tool of "the Transcendent".
"To acquire the thinking algorithm theory at the True Monarch level and submit it to the Immortal Alliance is actually a kind of pledge of allegiance."
If I am still myself, then everything is fine. But if I have been possessed by the "Transcendent" and demoted to a second personality, then handing over the True Lord-level thinking algorithm theory is tantamount to surrendering my weapon.
Ye Yang thought to himself:
"Unless the 'Transcendent One' can immediately create a Celestial Venerable-level thought algorithm theory and obtain a thought weapon capable of easily possessing a True Monarch, or even influencing a Celestial Venerable, then once the Immortal Alliance has thoroughly understood the True Monarch-level thought algorithm theory and developed effective countermeasures, he will no longer be able to threaten the Immortal Alliance with it."
Therefore, in reality, regardless of whether Ye Yang has actually been possessed or not, only by handing over this theory will the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance believe that he has not been possessed.
When identities cannot be truly determined, only interests can serve as the sole criterion for judging friend from foe!
Whether it's cold-blooded or compassionate, it's simply a judgment that a qualified leader must be able to make.
"To withstand the distorting effects of mental algorithm attacks, the most important thing is to fully digest and understand them without losing your way, and only then can you develop the corresponding mental resistance."
"You could call this demystification, or you could call it desensitization—"
The Savior of Suffering spoke of some key points, and Ye Yang nodded after listening.
Then begin to find the inherited memories that were previously injected into one's mind and soul.
Repeated chewing and digestion.
As the saying goes, "Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become clear." If a piece of information is read, understood, and examined enough times, its strengths and weaknesses, truth and falsehood, and facts and prejudices will gradually become clear.
During this process, Ye Yang quickly and completely digested this part of the content.
"Besides laying the groundwork with some concepts, ideas, and viewpoints, there's even a short memory?"
Ye Yang's eyes lit up.
Yes, since that "Transcendent" wanted to possess him, then the corresponding "core information" must contain a lot of past memories. Even if the details were deleted or altered, the most important core elements cannot be missing.
The present moment is the result of all that has come together in the past.
"So that's how it is. This transcendent being is also named Ye Yang, a figure from the era of the Dao Ancestor's descent—uh?"
"No, no, no, the protagonist's name was left blank in this memory, probably to increase the sense of immersion, but my subconscious automatically filled in my own name."
Ye Yang shook his head, realizing he had unknowingly fallen for another trick.
"It seems this algorithm is indeed powerful. What I thought was complete digestion wasn't actually complete digestion."
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"I need to pay attention to my subconscious and not let it interfere with my thinking."
Human thinking can be divided into primary thinking and secondary thinking.
The former is simple, fast, and experience-based, and is often referred to as intuition, subconsciousness, or unconsciousness.
What is 2 multiplied by 4?
Anyone with a primary school education can answer this question instantly; that's the first line of thinking.
The second way of thinking is much more complex and profound.
All thinking that goes beyond common experience and requires the use of abstract logical deduction is second thinking.
For example, learning to ride a bicycle for the first time, or solving a definite integral for the first time.
Of course, once you've learned to ride a bicycle, it becomes a common skill, and you'll only use your first thought process when you use it again.
After digesting the first piece of information, critically absorb the concepts and theories within it, keep what is confirmed to be true, deny what is confirmed to be false, and place what cannot be confirmed for the time being on the "doubtful" table.
This is actually the way people think when they first encounter and learn a certain kind of knowledge. It's just that Ye Yang transformed this way of thinking from the "natural" first thought to the "subjectively driven" second thought.
This is to eliminate, as far as possible, the distorting effects of thought algorithms in this information on one's own thought process.
Next, Ye Yang activated the expression of a small segment of the gene and then received the second segment of inherited memory.
New thought algorithms and new core information flooded in, beginning to wildly distort Ye Yang's cognition.
However, he had previous experience, and his own resistance and self-correcting power were also very strong.
We weathered the first, fiercest wave, then came the second, more persistent wave, then the third, the fourth, and the fifth wave—
Unwavering faith, strong will, and the tempering of a long period of time have given Ye Yang's thinking sufficient depth and breadth to rival that of a True Monarch.
Furthermore, he doesn't receive all this information at once, but rather in small chunks, then understands, digests, and critically absorbs it.
Therefore, this message, originally written to brainwash Ye Yang, became nourishment for his further growth.
However, just after Ye Yang expressed 34/10,000 of the special gene, the inherited memories in his consciousness seemed to have achieved a kind of perfection, like all the pieces of a puzzle being put together to form a complete picture.
Buzz~~
Ye Yang's mind was in a whirl.
Consciousness was instantly pulled into a virtual world.
"here?"
He was taken aback as he looked around at the familiar-looking creations.
He returned to Earth in the 21st century, as if he had never traveled through time.
But that's not the case. Ye Yang knows this isn't his first home world, because this year is 2047.
Upon unlocking the phone, a list of app notifications pops up on the lock screen:
World's first! Commercial tokamak fusion reactor has completed commissioning —
"Instant riches! Iridium discovered in the asteroid belt, enough to buy half the Earth!"
18 unread messages
"Dear user, you————"
Ye Yang blinked, his consciousness surging, wanting to break free from this illusory world.
However, he failed. This was not an ordinary illusionary world; rather, it was more like he was "reliving his life" on a slideshow.
However, this is not Ye Yang's memory.
"Only 0.34% of the genes were expressed, yet the complete information was gathered?"
After thinking about it carefully, Ye Yang realized that it might actually be true.
To prevent copying errors, the "Transcendent" had the same information copied 300 times into its genes.
Once all the information was gathered, the thought algorithm within it came into play. Without Ye Yang having to actively push it, his subconscious mind automatically began to operate the thought algorithm, decompress the internal information, and begin to tamper with his personality.
but----
"It's useless now."
"Leaving aside the fact that I have a general understanding of the theory of thought algorithms and have made preparations beforehand—just talking about the plot, I have already watched it thousands of times."
Ye Yang shook his head.
No matter how real the memory or how unforgettable the emotions, after watching it a million times, it will gradually feel bland and even unmoving.
Because Ye Yang had already thoroughly digested these memories.
People grow up, but these memories remain unchanged and fixed.
Therefore, after Ye Yang absorbed the necessary nourishment from these memories, what remained was useless garbage. The grown-up Ye Yang viewed these memories from a more detached perspective, naturally remaining unmoved.
Moreover—this is not Ye Yang's own memory at all!
Then even the emotional value of reminiscing and remembering is gone.
"Fine, let's just go through the motions."
Ye Yang knew that these were fixed memories, not illusions that could lead to unknown futures as things progressed.
However, even though it was just going through the motions, Ye Yang didn't give up on acting according to his own ideas.
This is a fixed memory; no matter how Ye Yang tries to change it, it will seem to have a plot-correcting power.
As such, various changes occurred, making it impossible for Ye Yang to change them.
This memory was not altered by Ye Yang.
Similarly, Ye Yang is an independent person with his own ideas. No matter how fixed his memories are, he will do what he likes to do, and he will still disapprove of what he doesn't like.
Ye Yang remained unmoved by this memory.
The intended method was to use a thought algorithm to distort Ye Yang's will, making him unable to recognize his original self during this period of recollection and causing him to forget the memories that belonged to "Ye Yang".
However, this mechanism failed because Ye Yang, who had a preliminary understanding of the True Monarch-level thinking algorithm theory, had already armed his thinking with related technologies.
If we consider this virtual world as a real-time, dynamic movie...
Ye Yang is the bug among them.
"Ye Yang, here." A girl with delicate features, but not particularly beautiful, handed over a small cake or snack.
Ye Yang casually took it and tore open the packaging.
"Cousin, I'm going to take a nap. The teacher will come and wake me up." A young man with a buzz cut was sleeping on the table next to him.
Ye Yang smiled; it had been a long time since he'd felt this way.
Even the Earth in 2047 is far more nostalgic for Ye Yang than the Immortal Alliance a million years from now, or the Earth devoured by the RR virus.
It reminded him of his time at university before his first time-traveling experience.
Although he didn't have two childhood sweethearts to play with when he was in college in his first life.
"So, this 'transcendent' was clearly a lucky guy. It's just that he was too stubborn, poor at communicating and expressing himself, and lacked luck and ability, ultimately making a mess of things."
Ye Yang sighed inwardly.
Because it stirred up some homesickness in Ye Yang, he carefully savored this precious time in college once again.
During that senior year of college, after that shocking event, everything began to accelerate—
2050 5 Month 8 Day.
More than three years have passed since the first commercially demonstrated fusion reactor was built.
On Earth today, the first batch of 10 controlled nuclear fusion power plants, soon to be put into commercial operation, have been completed and will soon be put into energy production.
A new era has arrived—the Age of Psychic Power!
Spiritual energy is a substance that permeates the universe, as common as light and charged particle streams.
It's just that the Earth, the solar system, and the Milky Way are all in special environments, which is why spiritual energy has been absent from human scientific development.
The existence of the Void has not only expanded spacetime and torn apart galaxies, but also suppressed the emergence of spiritual energy.
Qi-related phenomena have always been confined to the microscopic scale, but can only manifest on the macroscopic scale.
However, with the arrival of that person, this restriction was lifted.
However, the formation of spiritual energy through natural phenomena is very demanding. It can only be transformed through the decay process of certain particles that can only exist in a high-energy environment.
They are typically generated in the core of a star.
However, even though the restriction was broken more than a decade ago, it will still take tens of thousands of years for the newly synthesized spiritual energy to escape from the core of the star into space and reach Earth.
But coincidentally, in the past ten years or so, humanity has mastered the technology of controlled nuclear fusion, putting the sun into a cage.
With the widespread adoption of controlled nuclear transformation technology, spiritual energy began to appear on Earth on a large scale.
Those who work and live near the demonstration pile will be the first to be affected.
Without anyone noticing, some people with superpowers began to emerge.
As the ten commercial heaps began operation, an even larger-scale psionic awakening occurred!
"I never imagined that we would actually be able to pursue graduate studies together."
"How lucky."
Cousin Li Fujin and Qingmei Qin Youyin both said with smiles on their faces.
These two grew up and studied with Ye Yang since they were little, and even went to the same university. It's a tragic fate that led them apart.
"But I'm from the same industry as you guys, so you two, Yin-jie and Nai-yang, shouldn't you forget about me?" Li-fu-jin said, feigning remorse.
"Okay, I'll bring you Ya every day from now on," Qin Youyin said with a smile.
Then he glanced at Ye Yang on both sides, his smile widening.
A new chapter in their lives begins. The three of them pursue graduate studies at the same university, but their research topics are different. Li Fujin's supervisor is researching nanomedical robots, while Qin Youyin and Li Yangren's supervisor is an engineer in the field of artificial intelligence.
One direction leads to automated micromechanics, while the other direction leads to mathematics, informatics, neuroscience, and intelligent science.
But the three of them still managed to squeeze in a little begging every now and then, even when they were busy.
In the year that followed, some people with superpowers began to come to the forefront, especially those who committed crimes with superpowers, which had a very negative impact on social order.
"Superpowers—there really are such things in this world. Why have I never heard of them before?" Koto Yu-on looked at Shin-ho with great curiosity.
"Modern superpowered individuals, unlike those in novels, can breathe fire and freeze things. Their influence on the environment is very weak; they mostly target the consciousness of ordinary people, using their abilities to sense and manipulate minds," Li Yang said. "According to the classification in novels, modern superpowered individuals are all 'psychic' type."
"Ha, you seem to know quite a bit. Where did you get this information?" Qin started playing music, her gaze fixed intently on Li Yang. "Is Chuan really that eager? Or have you already awakened superpowers? Is it hypnosis? Have I already been hypnotized by you?!"
Li Yang rolled his eyes: "Stop watching those health-related things from Sichuan."
He looked out the window at the sky and sighed, "These days of peace and quiet are numbered."
Time has indeed increased, because the "Taoist Ancestor" is about to descend.
"In the magical city, the world's first superpowered individual with powerful macroscopic pulling ability has appeared."
Li Yang looked at the new excavator on the machine and said seriously, "This is a worker who was owed wages by the steel mill. After failing to get his wages, he committed murder and fled. Three days later, the police arrested him and cornered the criminal near the Yihao substation in the suburbs of Shanghai."
"It wasn't until the military deployed robot dogs equipped with AI-powered auto-aiming programs that it was killed."
After Ye Yang finished speaking, Qin Youyin on the other side still looked stunned.
Li Fujin said in a somber tone, "That bastard, it's one thing to kill Nai Ban for owing him money, but why drag so many innocent people down with him?!"
"Times have changed."
Qin Youyin snapped out of her daze and calmly said, "We should be grateful."
"Fortunately, AI technology has developed now; otherwise, if this had happened 50 years ago, in the early 21st century, one of these guys could have taken on a small army."
"Once their numbers increase, these superpowered individuals can do whatever they want, but with AI-based equipment, the safety of ordinary people like us can also be guaranteed."
With the current processing frequency of hundreds of GHz per second for optical semiconductor chips, the simplest human body recognition aiming program can lock onto a target in one ten-thousandth of a second!
What kind of superhuman has a reaction speed 10,000 times faster than an ordinary person?
"But AI can also awaken its own consciousness and rebel," Li Fujin said with some concern.
"I believe that AI with true self-awareness can be created by humans, and they may even evolve on their own," Qin Youyin said, shaking her head.
"Why?" Tachibana asked, seeking clarification.
Qin Youyin said, "Let me put it this way: training an AI involves considering its parameters and its model structure. You can think of the model structure as its genetic code, while the parameters are the learned experiences."
"The evolution of life, which eventually led to the development of highly intelligent life forms like humans, is essentially the result of genetic evolution under natural selection."
"Our genes allowed us to evolve into the brain we have today, which gives us the ability to learn and understand the world."
"And the AI we're researching now, its 'genes,' that is, its model structure, is written by us. Regardless of the data used for training or the training methods employed, its model structure remains unchanged."
"It's like how monkeys can learn calculus, but we can learn calculus using brains that evolved tens of thousands of years ago."
"AI cannot develop self-awareness, which is determined by its model structure. The current model structure merely imitates human language and thought processes, but it cannot touch the true essence."
Qin Youyin said pessimistically, "Humans cannot create true self-awareness if they cannot understand their own essence. A book cannot record everything beyond a book; what a person can understand is limited. Chuan might be able to 'put himself' into it."
"Just like how Hezichuan can put himself into a box, we will never understand it."
Li Yang remained silent, but for some reason, his voice broke out: "Chuan, that's what I think!"
"I firmly believe that the true laws of nature are simple and beautiful. If they are, then it just means that we have not yet truly grasped the true truth."
"By removing the chaotic noise from the information in our conscious mind, we can see the simple and beautiful principles behind it."
This is, after all, a world of memories. Even if you don't speak or do anything, sounds will appear on their own, and things will happen automatically.
What was supposed to be a discussion at a beggars' meeting about a major discovery has turned into an academic debate between Li Yang and Qin Youyin.
In the end, I still couldn't relax.
There really isn't much leisure time left.
With the emergence of the first large-scale case of a superpowered individual involving macroscopic factors, resulting in numerous casualties, the world's focus on superpowers has reached its peak.
Controlled nuclear power and space exploration are relegated to the second tier.
Three weeks later, a batch of patrol vehicles were moved into the school where Li Yang and his two companions were located. Although they were usually disarmed, the gimbals on the patrol vehicles were clearly capable of carrying small to medium caliber weapons.
The three students were from a school in Chuan. Patrol vehicles have been deployed to key areas in cities and towns across the country, and can be immediately equipped with weapons for combat when necessary.
During this period, superpowered individuals similar to that infamous criminal began to appear. Unlike the previously purely mental "superpowered individuals," they possessed powers that involved both mental and physical abilities.
It can control temperature, pull from a distance, cut iron and crack steel, or ride the wind and control the air.
They also all have the ability to influence the minds of ordinary people.
The situation in China is well under control. There are many people with superpowers, but they are all very obedient.
However, the situation is different abroad. Although the number of awakened people abroad is large and their capabilities are weak, they are even more lawless and difficult for local authorities to control, resulting in repeated violent and bloody incidents.
Amidst this clamor, 2051 came to an end, and spring 2052 arrived.
The world has undergone dramatic changes in the past six months.
A large number of ordinary people who were originally at the bottom of society suddenly awakened and gained superpowers, making the already chaotic area even more chaotic, even bloody and brutal!
This superpower craze, which originated in China, has spread to all parts of the world with the promotion of commercial beggar transformation technology.
At first, no one realized that everything was caused by the substation, and by the time they realized it, it was too late.
At this time, a classification system for superpowered individuals had been established, dividing them into 5 levels.
Level 1 refers to the kind of mental ability users that first appeared in porcelain, who possess the perceptive ability of "mind's eye" or "second sense".
Level three has the ability to control certain macroscopic matter, while level four can withstand light weapons such as rifles.
Currently, the highest level 5 superhumans are all equivalent to humanoid heavy tanks, and their mobility far exceeds that of tanks!
Furthermore, they are now generally able to utilize air thrust techniques for flight.
Unless a seventh-generation fighter jet equipped with high-energy laser weapons and AI combat systems is deployed, or a modern force of battalion level or above is mobilized, it is impossible to suppress a Level 5 superhuman.
Therefore, apart from a dozen or so major powers, almost all small and weak countries in the world have undergone a reshuffling.
A superhuman class began to emerge, rising above ordinary people and considering themselves a superior race, wantonly preying on the weak.
The Yuan Dynasty was originally from China, and the debate over whether to approve superhumans going into space has also arisen.
"A seven-colored aurora, along with a huge flash of light and an explosive sound, suddenly appeared in the night sky over Lop Nur last night. Could it be a meteorite impact?"
"Strange things are happening more and more often these days."
Professor Qian, who was in his fifties, shook his head, put down his phone, and looked up at everyone in the lab: "So, what about Liyang and Qin Youyin?"
The group exchanged bewildered glances, indicating that Du Chuan knew where the others had gone.
Someone joked, "They probably went to Lop Nur overnight to collect meteorites."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Professor Qian frowned. Neither of them had asked for leave. Did they oversleep? Or were they out fooling around outside the school?
He shook his head: "These young people nowadays, really, they don't know any self-control."
However, what he knew was—
"ah!!!"
"It's so cold."
Li Yang, along with Li Fujin and Qin Youyin, flew through the sky.
After Qin Youyin finished shouting, she looked at Liyang and said, "So, you actually kept this from us for half a year?"
"Yes, I awakened my superpowers six months ago, and Maekawa has reached the level of a Level 5 superhuman." Li Yang nodded and said, "I was just afraid you would be scared, and that Maekawa would want to be investigated, so I pretended nothing happened."
Shivering from the cold, Li Fu asked Chuan Jinjin, "So, Brother Naiyang, why are you taking us flying in the sky?"
Li Yang said regretfully, "Last night, I suddenly had a sudden inspiration and sensed something strongly calling to me from the northwest. A voice told me that if I went, I would regret it for the rest of my life!"
"Could it be that some rare and precious treasure has appeared? Chuan, then why are you taking us there? Chuan is a superhuman, he'll only be a hindrance," Li Fujin asked doubtfully.
"Chuan, that voice told me—" Li Yang paused, then said, "He will impart spiritual techniques that all living beings can learn, and expound a path to immortality."
"Huh?" Qin Youyin and Li Fujin both had expressions that said, "Are you kidding me?"
However, since Ye Yang had taken them flying in the sky, they could only believe it for the time being.
"The Dao Ancestor."
Li Yang looked ahead. He realized that he had already seen that mysterious being in the memories of this "Transcendent," but each time he saw it, it was as if he could see the same corner of the river where this being was.
Its appearance cannot be seen.
Where did this Dao Ancestor come from? And where did he go afterward?
With doubts in their hearts, Li Yang and the other two finally flew to their destination.