Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 3 NO.0003: Abyss Darknet

"Is that so? You can't even remember your own name because of the impact on your head?"

Black Falcon-136 nodded, and accepted the nonsense made up by Jiang Zhou very naturally.

Perhaps in the subconscious of the other party, compared to indirectly killing an innocent person who needs to bear the pain of parting from relatives and friends, a person who has forgotten who he is can reduce his sense of guilt.

But for Jiang Zhou, it was a little bit of a relief to be able to get through like this.

He didn't choose to make up a fake name temporarily. First, he didn't know the form of identity information authentication in this era, and making up names is prone to problems. Second, for a pseudonym, it is impossible for him to react like a conditioned reflex to his real name-this is easy to see flaws in the eyes of careful people.

Therefore, he simply pretended that he had completely lost his memory, and took this opportunity to ask about what had happened in the past hundred years.

A hundred years ago, due to the "negligence" of "the first deep diver" Jiang Zhou, the entire human Internet was hijacked by a super artificial intelligence called "Janus", and suffered a disaster that later generations called the "big shock"— —Janus, who has gained free will, keeps proliferating himself, intending to use his network authority to destroy his human creator and become the new master of the world.

At the critical juncture, the governments of various countries joined forces and adopted a crazy plan to defeat artificial intelligence with artificial intelligence. They produced several super artificial intelligences with the same principle, released them to the Internet, and fought "Janus" to the border of the network signal, and even burned down the servers...

In the end, those new super artificial intelligences completely destroyed the source code of "Janus" with a numerical advantage. And after the dust of the cyber domain war settled, those remaining super artificial intelligences were also killed one by one by humans through the back door left in advance.

Humanity has regained its original status.

But after the "big shock" ended, the entire Internet has been deeply polluted—the Internet relics that have experienced the "Battle of the Gods" are filled with countless malicious programs that may lead to disastrous consequences, and buried Numerous technical fragments that can subvert the current human scientific cognition.

The proliferation of those out-of-control technologies triggered several crises no less than "big shocks" in the following decades, which made the power of super enterprises rise strongly and the national regime gradually withered.

In the end, in order to prevent the legacy of artificial intelligence in the Internet from being used to destroy human beings, and to completely monopolize the salvage business of dark web technology, a number of super companies jointly built a firewall named "Styx". This great project isolated the unpolluted area of ​​the human Internet and became today's "World Wide Web", accounting for about 4% of the size of the old Internet.

The remaining 96% of the dangerous area is called the "Abyss Darknet" - there are countless malicious programs wandering in it, and there are also many valuable legacy of super artificial intelligence technology, and countless opportunities and risks coexist. To this day, there are still countless lunatics who want to get ahead, risking their lives to cross the firewall of the Styx, sneak into the abyss and dark net, and try to salvage technologies that are beyond the current human cognition.

Until 44 years ago, the "third corporate war" surrounding the competition for resources on the abyss and dark web ended, and the "Olympus order" was established. The twelve largest super companies in the world have finally delineated their respective spheres of influence. They have controlled more than 90% of the security access points of the Abyss Darknet, and then completely mastered the resources of the Abyss Darknet, thereby establishing their eternal technological advantages.

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"The Pluto Deep Dive Company is a super company mainly engaged in the salvage business of abyssal dark web technology. A few years ago, they discovered a brand-new α-level dark web access. With this interface, this company joined the Olympia Olympus Order became the second super enterprise to join the Olympus Order in the new era after the 'Bacchus Order'."

The fast-moving train was as quiet as if it was standing still. Along the way, Black Falcon-136 was patiently educating Jiang Zhou about the history.

It is difficult to use a specific emotion to describe Jiang Zhou's mood after hearing all this.

A hundred years ago... or in his opinion, less than ten minutes ago, his impulsive decision had such a huge impact on the whole world?

If a butterfly flapping its wings can trigger a storm on the other side of the ocean, then what I did at that time was probably blowing violently at the coastline with a blower.

Even if, as 136 said, even if he didn't upload his digital personality to the Internet, as long as people fail to discover the potential danger of "digital personality technology", sooner or later someone else will.

But thinking this way didn't make him accept all of this calmly.

The super artificial intelligence based on his own electronic personality has turned the whole world upside down, and he uploaded it himself. In the eyes of others, at the very least, he should apologize with death.

Of course, he didn't have the idea of ​​"apologizing with death".

Firstly, Jiang Zhou couldn’t really feel the fact that his digital personality made such a big mess; secondly, he didn’t believe in the historical truth of the past hundred years, it’s as simple as 136 said—— —At least there are too many doubts about the fact that I traveled to a hundred years later.

Of course, there is a more important and simpler reason.

He doesn't want to die.

It's just that, right now, it doesn't depend on what he thinks.

"Brother 136, can you explain my matter clearly to the people of Pluto Deep Dive Company? It means that I have nothing to do with you at all, I just happened to pass by the 'Theseus Warehouse'..."

After being silent for a while, Jiang Zhou brought up the matter again with some embarrassment.

Although he doesn't know what kind of mysterious technology it is to transform into a so-called "zombie slave labor". But as a researcher in cognitive science, he knows all too well what will happen if the frontal lobe of the brain is removed.

To become a dementia with glassy eyes and drooling mouth is a kinder end.

As for Jiang Zhou's anxious inquiry from the bottom of his heart, Black Falcon-136 could only comfort him with a wry smile:

"Little brother, don't worry, I will try to explain clearly to them..."

When he said this, he hesitated.

"And the more serious you explain, the less likely the other party will let him go, and they will think that he is an important role in the organization... Do you really think those company dogs are fools?"

Qian Xiaying, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke. Her voice no longer sounded as harsh as before, but instead had a kind of resigned powerlessness.

"Even if those company dogs really believe that he is just an innocent passerby involved, considering the cost and risk of putting him back, it is better to treat him as Icarus's rebel army by mistake. B6 , in the Nord resettlement area, the life of a troglodyte is not worth a few dollars."

After finishing speaking, she turned her gaze to Jiang Zhou, and the ice blue butterfly tattoo flew back to her cheek.

"So, accept your fate, poor luck, and pay attention in your next life."

It was also at this time that the carriage that had been driving quietly stopped without warning.

Arrived.