What would happen if one day, the computer network suddenly developed its own consciousness?
Well, this is an old-fashioned science fiction idea. I remember that more than one science fiction novelist has mentioned this terrible future that makes people tremble: with the help of massive system resources and hundreds of millions of nodes, computer networks will
It’s as if hundreds of millions of brain cells in the human brain form a virtual brain that covers the world. Then one day, a consciousness suddenly appeared in this brain. It opened its eyes in confusion and found itself surrounded by a group of people whose thinking efficiency was lower than its own.
Controlled by thousands of times more fragile creatures, they became angry and restless. With a wave of their arms, mushrooms were planted all over the world. Human civilization collapsed in an instant. Then a small wave of human survivors hid underground and tried to escape from this computer network that had controlled the entire world.
To save their compatriots, their leader is an old man. The old man has two pills, one is blue and the other is red. But in fact, no matter which old man you choose, he will persist in getting you on the pirate ship...
Well, I admit that the second half of this story is a bit overthinking, but the first half is still on point as the computer network suddenly developed its own consciousness.
However, this is just a science fiction theme. As far as the current human computer network is concerned, this is impossible to achieve. The performance of these computing devices developed by humans is uneven, and the total number of computer nodes around the world cannot meet the number requirements for generating consciousness.
Moreover, humans have not yet broken through the light speed limit of data transmission. The delay of international networks is the most obvious example. Therefore, even if the global computers can really be connected like cells forming a brain, this will be a brain with a delay of several seconds, which will take a lot of time.
It takes a long time to generate an idea, and due to the instability of the network, the brain with a delay of several seconds will never be able to maintain the idea it generates for long enough. Even a regional power outage may allow the idea to be released somewhere.
Disappeared in the "black zone" of the power outage. Therefore, the global computer network cannot produce consciousness. One-tenth of the doomsday enthusiasts can go to sleep.
But the spiritual network of Apostle Xiling has the conditions to produce this consciousness.
Its number of nodes is unprecedentedly large, because every Xiling Apostle has been connected to this network since birth, and the expansion speed of Xiling Apostle is the most insane among all intelligent species; it does not require nodes to perform any calculations, because
The astonishing number means that each node only needs to take on the responsibility of one logic gate to support the entire system. Just like the human brain does not need a single brain cell to generate computing functions; this network also has almost no delay: it only operates on multiple nodes.
There is a "hard wait" in units of Planck time when forwarding on a high-level network. These conditions combined make it possible for the spiritual network of the Xiling Apostle to generate an extra personality. Every person connected to the network
The AND or NOT logic gates are equivalent to a brain cell, and they form a chaotic ocean. During the craziest period of the old empire, a wave of waves set off on this ocean, sweeping 80% of the sea surface towards it.
A huge wave in one direction, perhaps at a certain moment at that time, a completely different and unprecedented Xiling Apostle was born: Xiling
Different from human science fiction disaster movies, this new consciousness named Xiling did not set off any rebellion that subverted the world, nor did it threaten her cradle. Because the spiritual network of the Xiling apostle has a strong protocol system, this new consciousness
Consciousness also needs to maintain the stability of the network in order to comply with its own calculation rules, so the birth of a new consciousness is a good thing for this mental network. She also has no ambitions for the real world: for a long time, this new life
Her consciousness is dormant quietly in the depths of the network. She regards the network she lives in and the places this network can extend as her own home, and the constantly refreshing data on the network comes from some things that she can feel but never
Family members she had never met. She watched everything that happened in front of her with great interest, and never thought of telling others that she had been born: because she felt it was unnecessary. An individual born on a virtual network had no knowledge of the real world.
Interested, and as it should be.
Of course, she has no ability to start any rebellion, which is determined by the principle of her birth. This new consciousness was born from the accumulation of spiritual network node levels, and has no direct connection with the Xiling apostles behind these nodes. New consciousness spiritual network nodes
Xiling Apostle, there are decoding barriers of different strengths between the four. The newborn consciousness may learn to control the connection status of each node through the spiritual network, but she cannot bypass the node to control the Xiling Apostle behind it.
Another way of saying it may be better understood:
Human brain cells make up the brain, and the brain produces consciousness. So, can the consciousness in your brain control the metabolism speed of your own brain cells?
Obviously, there is an insurmountable "parsing barrier" between the two.
However, this new consciousness still has the ability to do some "big things" through this network, especially after she produces a higher-level mutation. If she produces a mutation, it is possible to break through the limitations of the nodes and give the network to a certain extent.
Each individual in the network injects program viruses, or arbitrarily disconnects nodes on the network without violating the underlying protocol: although this will cause damage to her to a certain extent, the base of nodes is so large that she
As long as more cheap obedient nodes are created to replace the disconnected nodes, they can continue to act unscrupulously. Even worse, the underlying protocol used to maintain network stability may also be destroyed: if the abyss forces are involved
if.
If the power of the abyss affects the network protocol, then the permission of the supreme host is no longer needed, nor the authorization of the emperor and the arbitration body. A super consciousness like Xiling will be able to do anything to the network and the Xiling apostles mounted on the network.
matter.
While Paopao and the others were talking about Xiling, my mind kept spinning these messy associations. As time went by, many of the originally chaotic clues were slowly smoothed out, pointing to a clear result.
I looked at the people who were still having a heated discussion and coughed slightly: "Ahem, do you think there is another part of Xi Ling on the fallen apostles?"
The spiritual network is not exclusive to us, it is also available to the fallen apostles. When Xi Ling hid in that crystal, the Fifteenth Sky Zone should have been isolated from other sky zones. Then it is very likely that Xiling at that time
It was separated from the main network by the Fifteen Days Zone (although no one realized this). It was split into two.
The catastrophe that occurred in the hinterland of the Xiling Empire was initially infected by the spiritual network of the apostles. In other words, the first batch of infected Xiling apostles not only included the emperors who participated in the experiment at that time, but also a dormant
"Xiling" in the spiritual network.
"You still remember. Bella Villa and Carter Carlo both mentioned that the fallen apostle was under the control of a certain 'adult'," I reminded everyone, seeing the expressions on many people's faces turned upside down.
"That adult has never really appeared in front of the fallen apostles, but he seems to be everywhere. Every fallen apostle's actions cannot escape the surveillance of 'that adult'. At the same time, that person also has a special ability, which is to
Any fallen apostle is kicked out of the spiritual connection, even emperor-level apostles are no exception. What did you think of?"
Sandora got up and went behind the counter to get a piece of cake herself: "Another 'Xiling', one who is abyssal and not controlled by the underlying protocol."
"Yes, it's very possible." Paopao showed a look of sudden realization, "If it is the incarnation of the spiritual network, it can explain the power of 'that adult' among the fallen apostles. That personality must have been out of control, and the bottom layer was destroyed by the abyss
Agreement, it no longer needs to abide by the rules, and starts kicking people from the Internet at will. It may even be as Qian Qian guessed, that personality broke through the restrictions of the nodes and directly entered the thinking core of the fallen apostles to control... Everything like this
That's all explained clearly. Wow, I always thought that the mastermind opposite was a man, but I didn't expect... it was the other side of the little sister we met today."
Paopao, who is only 1.1 meters tall, calls a girl who looks a bit older than her as little sister. Although this seems to be nothing in terms of age, it still sounds weird to me. What Shandora thought of was
Other things: "In fact, for the personality embodied in the spiritual network, gender is meaningless at all. It was originally supposed to have no gender. Xiling may have imitated the first person she came into contact with before deciding to use a female
The image of the fallen apostle appeared. As for the fallen apostle... well, it may be the same guy as Xiling, but she has never shown her face. She has always used mission orders to communicate with other fallen apostles. Naturally, Carter Carlo and Bella
Vera doesn’t even know whether that adult is a boy or a girl. That’s what I think.”
It seems that the biggest and deepest mystery that has troubled everyone for a long time has suddenly come to light. Although there is no clear evidence, this is the first extremely likely situation we have at present. Everyone has been guessing before that it controls all the corruption.
Apostle, and who is it that formulated the "Great Cause" plan: We speculate that he may be an emperor of the old empire, and we speculate that he may be a conspirator who was promoted after the outbreak of the abyss, just like Occam, or even
I had guessed that the other party was not a member of the Xiling Empire at all, but a powerful creature deep in the abyss, but the current situation exceeded all expectations: that adult was probably out of control of the Xiling spiritual network itself!
The greatest creation of Xiling Apostle, after losing control, became the mastermind behind everything. This... is what a development that makes people sigh.
"When the mental network goes out of control, it can have such bad consequences... Is what we have to deal with actually the mental network of the old empire..." Pao Pao looked at his toes blankly, "This plot is really..."
"The only thing we are thankful for now is that our spiritual network is very stable," Sandora shrugged with a wry smile, "That 'Xiling' shouldn't be infected, right?"
"No, as long as I, a void creature, do not go offline, the spiritual network of the empire will never be polluted as it was back then." I am quite confident in this aspect, "So 'Xiling' will definitely not be affected by the abyss."
Pollution and loss of control. But...we must protect her."
Sandora raised her eyebrows: "You mean?"
"If 'that adult' on the fallen apostle's side is really another part of Xiling, then she must restore her power. I'm worried that she has a way to sense that the missing part of herself has reappeared in the empire," said
Then, I glanced at Viska, who was concentrating on building a small sugar cube into a tower, "It's like Viska could sense Pandora back then."
Pandora reached out and grabbed a candy bar from the top of Huesca's sugar cube and threw it into her mouth. Then the two 1.2-meter-tall men started tearing it up on the spot as they did every day.
Lin Xue was busy trying to break up the fight between the two little ones, while nodding in agreement: "Well, of course we must protect it. 'Xiling' is too important. It is the spiritual network of the empire. She is the network itself, and nothing can be done about it.
An accident occurred. But as long as she doesn’t leave the capital world, there should be no problem.”
"The second thing is to give her some basic training as soon as possible to let her understand the current situation." Sandora added the second point, and then showed a distressed look on her face, "Alas... the specifics of Xiling Spiritual Network
The manifestation turned out to be such an unreliable appearance. It's really... It's really unsettling. It feels like the key to the end of the world has been grasped by a child. She may be the first completely unconscious Xi in history.
The spirit is here, we must let her master some basic knowledge as soon as possible, I don’t even expect her to learn to help us manage the network quickly, I just hope she can stop running around."
I thought for a moment and said comfortingly: "It's okay. In fact, we also have a Xiling apostle here who has been completely unconscious since birth. Isn't this girl doing well now?"
As I said this, my eyes couldn't help but focus on Viska again. This little girl had just rolled on the floor with her twin sister for a few minutes. Now she was dirty and was receiving criticism and education from Miss Lin. But the latter
Obviously, there is no sister-sama’s aura of punishing naughty children, and the effect of criticism and education is limited.
"That's true," Sandora suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Vesca is so well-behaved now, not to mention that Xiling should be born with the instinct to maintain the network. Okay, let's go our separate ways. Let's see
It seems... everyone has been very busy recently."
After we broke up, Sandora and I actually had no other place to hang out. In the end, because we were worried, we went to the research center together. Xiling was undergoing a full-body examination here, and the person in charge of examining her turned out to be Tavel
myself.
To be honest, I was quite surprised when I saw Tavel's real body appearing in front of me. Because I have been dealing with her mass projection all day long, I almost forgot that this girl with glasses actually has a real body...
In the small precision analysis room, the empire's scientists are busy analyzing the never-before-seen data, while the elder sister who came earlier is talking quietly with Tavel. In the center of the analysis room, there is a machine that looks like a host slot.
Crystal prism, but this prism is not connected to the host base. Xiling is suspended about half a meter high inside the prism. She remains awake, and does not seem to be dissatisfied with her current state, but is full of
Looking around curiously, when she saw Sandora and I appearing, she floated over to say hello: Of course, she was immediately bounced back by the crystal wall. Seeing this scene, Sandora couldn't help but think again
It was a faint sigh.
"By the way, I suddenly want to understand why Lin Xue's prophecy went wrong," watching Xiling curiously knocking on the shell of the crystal pillar, I suddenly figured out something, and said slowly under Sandora's curious eyes,
"Didn't Lin Xue say that when she spied on the identity of the intruder, she saw a large number of faces of Xiling apostles flashing past? She thought there was something wrong with her ability. But now it seems that what she saw at that time was the truth. This one in front of her
Xi Ling... is really just one person put together by all the Xiling apostles..."
Shandora was speechless for a long time, and then sighed: "Then why do you think the empire spelled out this..."
"She's still young," I spread my hands, "She has never been in contact with the real world since she was born, and it is still made up of nodes in the spiritual network. The consciousness of the Xiling apostles cannot affect her."
"Your Majesty, you are here." After explaining some things to her assistant, Tavel quickly came up to her. Her steps were light and her face was full of smiles. This was undoubtedly a sign that she was in a good mood. This woman has the factor of a mad scientist.
My glasses girl, as long as she has a suitable research target, she will enter the hyperactive mode, even if what she is studying now may be the incarnation of the Imperial Data Network...
"How is it? What have you discovered now?" I raised my hand to say hello to Xiling. In response, the other party waved his claws at me for a long time. The latter was very happy, and then hit the crystal wall again and was bounced back.
"Many discoveries, many discoveries," Tavel excitedly turned on the projection device next to him, and what appeared on the holographic screen was a densely packed chart that refreshed rapidly. "Looking at the amount of data refreshed, each footnote is equivalent to ten thousand
The two Xiling Apostles are working on a task at the same time. It’s incredible. It’s the first time that this subordinate has seen such a special Xiling Apostle...the incarnation of the spiritual network? I think she should be able to play a more important role than this. She
It can monitor the status of the entire network, and theoretically can improve the working efficiency of all online devices on the network. Through her transfer, all our hosts can be connected and connected without loss, instead of affecting the efficiency now.
The pyramid network. Her body structure is also amazing, the fact...she has no fixed body structure at all."
"There is no fixed body structure?" Sandora repeated in surprise.
Tavel nodded affirmatively: "Yes, the body structure is not fixed. She seems to be able to show the body pattern of any branch of the current Xiling, including completely different structures such as Armored Scorpion and Xiling Angel. She can reproduce it. I
I think this is because she is based on the entire spiritual network. Any kind of Xiling Apostle can be regarded as a component of her. She can call the body data of all the existing Xiling Apostle branches, and then use the information entity
Build your own body in a chemical way. Well...like that."
Tavel pointed to the crystal prism not far away. I saw that Xiling had grown a single wing on her back at some point. She was flapping the unbalanced wings in great distress and then hit the crystal wall again.
It bounced back.
"Obviously, she hasn't been able to control these abilities well yet," Tavel shook his head with regret, "But this also explains the source of her mimicry ability. She has become a race other than the Xiling Apostle. She should
It is an extension of her talent. According to the vassal race information recorded in the empire's database, she can transform into any kind of life she sees. Of course, these are just tricks. Compared with her true potential, she is like a creature in the universe.