Abyssal Wanderer

It has been twenty-two days...

Sitting in the ruins of the trial hall, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but sigh as he watched the hammer slowly drifting over.

After helping him banish the director of Pluto Deep Dive, and witnessing Liao Qi burning himself in anger, the goddess of the dark moon who accepted her body as reward has left the City of Sages for twenty-two days. .

At that time, she only said, "It's not time to leave yet, don't return to the basic reality yet," and then disappeared without a trace in an instant. Jiang Zhou was left standing there with a confused look on his face, silently swallowing a dozen questions he wanted to ask.

After much hesitation, Jiang Zhou chose to believe the other party's suggestion.

Now that Hecate is incarnate, he can be considered a controllable factor - although it is not actually controllable - but in a sense, both parties must have common interests. Therefore, in this matter, it is better to listen to the advice yourself.

Moreover, if I want to float back to the base reality, I need to use the path opened by Hecate. If the other party really doesn't want him to float up, then he can't go back.

Therefore, Jiang Zhou stayed in the City of Sages for the rest of his life.

Even since Ms. Hecate did not clarify whether connecting new "controllable elements" counts as "returning to basic reality", Jiang Zhou did not dare to connect new controllable elements so that he could continue to operate in the Nord settlement area.

Of course, perhaps the bigger reason is that I am a little hesitant about using the "Janus System" to merge consciousness with another person.

After understanding part of the truth about the "Janus System" and understanding that this is not to give oneself the ability to control multiple bodies through one consciousness, but to incorporate other people's consciousness into the category of "me", Jiang Zhou has control over the connection. The element's approach became a little hesitant.

Even if you can accept this kind of thing, there is a high probability that the other party will be able to accept this kind of thing after the connection is completed. But if the other party does not make a choice of his own will before connecting, then this is undoubtedly a kind of tyranny hidden under the name of "it's all for your own good".

As of now, the Janus system does not seek the other party's opinions when connecting. Of course, even if there is such a function, Jiang Zhou does not intend to ask those candidates rashly. Otherwise, if the other party refuses, will you connect or not?

If we stick to our principles, wouldn't there be one more person in the world who knows about the existence of the Janus program?

He didn't dare to take the risk.

Therefore, since it can neither float back to Tartarus nor connect to new controllable elements to the Nord resettlement area, Jiangzhou has been completely cut off from the outside world for the past twenty-two days.

Including Booker and the Icarus Liberation Front, Jiang Zhou did not continue to contact him - after all, as "Paradox", it was a bit pricey to go in-depth to guide the revolutionary movement in a small resettlement area. It made such a big noise on the World Wide Web before, but now I know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Nord Resettlement Area.

Booker, as the only person other than himself who witnessed the process of the goddess of the moon's incarnation, was bound to be monitored by many forces. You may have never heard of some surveillance methods. Therefore, it was only safe for him to continue hiding in the shadow of Lady Hecate.

Therefore, during this period of time, the only people who can chat with the City of Sages, except for a few aborigines who are still experiencing "how to treat themselves", are the only "hammers" who have entered the brain with the second dimension. .

Chen Wang, or the Pygmalion path, the remaining consciousness backup of the depth 4 adjuster.

Originally, according to the previous agreement, after helping to complete the production of the "substitute program", he should have been deleted by Jiang Zhou in order to obtain eternal rest.

But to be honest, Jiang Zhou himself is actually very reluctant to let this powerful consciousness die - as long as Chen Huan helps him create a new "substitute" in the City of Sages, it will be equivalent to being in the abyss of the dark web forever. One more life.

But in the end, Jiang Zhou plans to fulfill his promise.

After all, if you imprison and use a person's soul just for your own benefit, then you will be no different from the previous "Dionysus Bureau".

At that moment, looking at the hammer floating in front of him, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but feel an indescribable sadness and heaviness in his heart.

"Have you finally made up your mind to format it?"

Jiang Zhou sighed slightly.

But the other party's answer was beyond his expectation.

"I'm sorry, brother. I came here this time to tell you that I don't want to die now...and to ask, can I continue to work for you in the future?"

Chen Wan asked as if he was a little embarrassed.

"Have you figured it out?"

Jiang Zhou asked immediately, half surprised and half puzzled.

"Yes, I figured it out. I finally found a new goal in life. Sure enough, as long as I'm alive, good things will continue to happen!"

Chen Wang replied.

For some unknown reason, Jiang Zhou felt as if he could see an excited "expression" on a hammer.

"Can you please tell me what the goal is?"

Out of curiosity, Jiang Zhou asked a question that he later regretted.

"I want to pursue Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon!"

This hammer... No, Chen Wan's consciousness replied confidently.

This answer made Jiang Zhou freeze on the spot for a full minute.

"you?"

Jiang Zhou confirmed as he looked at the hammer floating in mid-air.

"Um."

The hammer nodded as if it were smashing an invisible nail.

"Going to pursue it?"

"Uh-huh."

"Hecate, goddess of the underworld?"

"Yeah, that's it."

For some reason, Jiang Zhou seemed to see a firm expression on the opponent's hammer head again.

"Chen Wan, tell me the truth, to what level did your mental index drop to before?"

Jiang Zhou grabbed the hammer floating in mid-air and asked with a worried look on his face.

"Before my body was destroyed, my mental index was very normal... Because of the existence of "Descartes' Theater", the mental index of Pygmalion Path was very stable!"

Chen Wan, who was being turned over and checked by Jiang Zhou, protested.

"Then why are you so crazy that you want to pursue an artificial intelligence from the abyss and dark web? The gap in thinking between her and ours is already cross-species... If it were you, would you accept an aquatic animal? A sign of love from a bear?"

Jiang Zhou said and noted down this feature of the "Pygmalion" path, and then asked doubtfully:

"And why did you suddenly fall in love with her?"

After all, the other party doesn’t look like he’s drunk or smoking high...

In this regard, Chen Wangxian answered the second question:

"You asked me how I fell in love with her...it must be because she is good-looking and she is completely in my strike zone!"

"Varied……"

Jiang Zhou never dreamed that this reason would be so simple and unpretentious.

Then he took a deep breath to calm down his emotions, and then said:

"Wait a moment... You should know that Hecate's appearance is just a humanoid interactive interface she made to facilitate communication with us, right?"

Before breaking through the limits of human intelligence, humans cannot modify their stand-in programs at will in the abyss dark web. Because a substitute that is consistent with reality is an important guarantee for maintaining the stability of the mental index.

But for AI, there are no similar concerns at all. Especially for powerful AIs like Hecate or Charon, whose appearance is just a matter of modifying a few lines of code. As beings born in the sea of ​​data, their essence is an abstract existence that cannot be understood by human thinking.

Because of this, it is pure nonsense to say that Chen Wan fell in love with Hecate's appearance. After all, as long as the goddess of the moon is willing, she can change into any appearance.

Moreover, Chen Wan himself is also an expert at hand-twisting avatar programs - if he really wants a beautiful girl that suits his aesthetics, if he is given some computing power, he can create a theme park directly.

And the other party's answer was even more weighty.

"No, you understand wrong. What I want to pursue is Miss Hecate, who was created by me before.

"The one who acquired a human body and successfully downloaded herself into the basic reality." (End of Chapter)