Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 91 NO.005a: Personality Backup

Regarding whether he wants to stay in Tartarus, Jiang Zhou has thought about it for a long time.

There is no doubt that with the help of the "Janus program", relying on the company's resources, he can continuously "smuggle" various printing permissions from the abyss and dark net.

It was only the first dive before, and the technological blueprints he brought out were enough to revitalize the entire Icarus Liberation Front and there was still room left. And strategic resources like "two grams of antimatter" gave them the confidence to touch the company head-on.

In this way, it seems like a good choice for one's own body to continue to stay here to "mine", while the controllable elements grow and accumulate power outside.

It's just... the risk of continuing to stay here is terrifying.

Previously, Jiang Zhou had searched for information about the "No. 1 Deep Diver".

Just like other historical materials, the World Wide Web is full of hundreds of thousands of theories—truth and fiction are intertwined. It can be said that everyone who is interested in this period of history can choose to believe what they want to believe statement.

But Jiang Zhou saw his name and appearance in it.

Of course, due to the big impact, most of the materials from the AD era have sunk into the current abyss and dark net along with the old net. The information I found was only a few words, and the images were blurred like a mosaic.

But Jiang Zhou was still sure that it was him.

In other words, the possibility of revealing one's true identity is by no means non-existent.

And this is only the first level of danger for him to stay in Tartarus.

In addition, being involved in factional strife within the company, in his own capacity, the danger he may encounter inside the company is no less than that outside the company—after all, Fanny definitely didn’t plan to put her in the company because she thought she was good-looking. He was left behind.

Therefore, after considering all aspects, Jiang Zhou finally decided that if possible, it would be better for him to recover his freedom as soon as possible.

Staying in Tartarus is indeed a shortcut to becoming stronger, but if he has no shortage of time, there is really no need for him to take such a big risk to stay here.

But, do you really not lack time right now?

"In addition to enabling you to obtain the 'zombie switch', the depth 3 plug-in Pegasus has another ability - to repair brain damage, even if your brain cells are cut to seventy pieces by radiation at the DNA level Baluo, it can also help to stitch it back completely."

Without denying Jiang Zhou's statement, Fanny said so.

Then, without waiting for Jiang Zhou to reply, she continued:

"Perhaps I say this, and you may see it as a threat. But in my opinion, this is a fact. If your current radiation sickness is treated with the resources that I can use within my authority, even if the operation is successful, probably It can only prolong your life... for two to three years. And after that, you have to take medicines that are close to sky-high prices for you."

"But, as long as I can upgrade to the depth 3 of the Path of Theseus, will my radiation sickness be cured?"

Jiang Zhou asked slowly.

"I've never liked to force others, so it all depends on your choice."

Fanny nodded.

The classic "don't like to force" but really doesn't give people a choice.

Jiang Zhou pouted in his heart.

The other party's remarks were as aggressive as when they came to the Nord resettlement area to negotiate with the Icarus Liberation Front.

"Do I have to give the answer now?"

Jiang Zhou asked after thinking for a moment.

To be honest, after hearing what the other party said, he was really undecided.

"Including you, those who have performed the dive mission before will be the last batch of prisoners to be released... As long as you give me the answer before then, there will be no problem."

This is Fanny's answer.

In fact, Jiang Zhou was not too worried about his radiation sickness.

After all, the brain modification of "Pegasus" also has one in the hands of Black Falcon-136, and he said before that he would give this to himself--Perse Fanny should not know this information, otherwise she Nor will it be used as the key to negotiation.

However, even if 136 has the "Pegasus" in his hands, Jiang Zhou does not have other things needed for the transformation of Path of Theseus depth 2 and depth 3; including the transformation list, adjustment permissions, and printing materials.

In other words, if he chooses to stay, then he can at least be recommended to depth 3.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou nodded and replied:

"I'll think about it carefully."

wait a minute...

But at this time, Jiang Zhou suddenly realized a problem.

From beginning to end, the other party did not mention at all that the "Road of Theseus" would be manipulated by others...

But in the eyes of the other party, he should be a puppet that Ye Qian can control his emotions, right?

Could it be that the other party doesn't know the specialness of this promotion path?

This is unlikely, after all, the other party even knows what adjustment authority is required for the depth 3 of this path.

Or, the biggest reason she wants to keep herself is actually to deal with Ye Qian?

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou tentatively asked:

"In addition, can I ask, what is the meaning of the path of ascension? And, what kind of ability will the path of Theseus have in the future?

"After all, if I don't even know what my future will look like, it's really hard to make a rational judgment."

After hearing this, Fanny walked to the side of the hospital bed and sat down, then said in a very natural tone:

"I believe someone has told you about some basic concepts before, so I won't waste time introducing them again... In a word, the upgrade path is the different evolutionary directions designed for human beings by the super artificial intelligence Janus. Of course , not all directions are acceptable to human beings. Many of them are no different from destruction according to our value standard.

"Therefore, we will use the 'mental index' as a standard to judge whether each individual is suitable for continued adjustment and transformation. This will avoid the emergence of individuals or groups that will cause serious damage to the current social order."

Jiang Zhou nodded slightly.

This is very close to what I understand - the degree of evolution needs to adapt to the current development of human society, too radical evolution will lead to destruction.

"As for the path of Theseus... I don't know much information. After all, this is one of the nine upgrade paths listed by the Human Intelligence Ethics Supervision Committee to 'satisfy the situation of human intelligence collapse'. This path only allows Adjusted and remodeled to a level of depth 5."

Fanny said so.

"Why?"

Jiang Zhou asked immediately.

"I'm going too far... You don't need to know such high-level things as the 'human intelligence collapse situation'. But in a word, you already know the ability of the path of Theseus at depth 1; and the core ability of depth 2, It is a sub-machine that you can implant a puppet circuit into other people's bodies, so as to gain the ability to control other people's behavior by affecting their emotions.

"As for Depth 3, in addition to obtaining the 'zombie switch', it is to further strengthen the control of the puppet circuit. Not only can it affect the emotions of others, but it can also expand the boundaries of one's own perception by sharing the emotional feedback of the other party."

Of course, whether it is controlling or getting feedback, there will be delays due to changes in the distance between them.

Fanny spoke.

In this way, a loosely connected consciousness matrix is ​​gradually built...

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

He still remembered that Hecate had said before that the real "Road of Theseus" was the evolution of hive consciousness.

The bee colony can pass information to each other through the pheromones left behind and the dancing gestures.

The way of Theseus is to complete the sharing of information through emotional connection.

This sounds somewhat similar to the fact that I can control two bodies at the same time through the Janus program. But just as if both the Erkiaojiao and the anti-gravity aircraft can go to the sky, the actual difference between the two, in Jiang Zhou's view, is a huge difference.

There is no delay or loss between yourself and the controllable elements, and at the same time, all information that both parties can feel is completely shared. Moreover, based on the strengthening of both parties' cognition, immediate support can be given to each other.

But the path of Theseus, at least up to depth 3, still can only rely on "emotions" to connect.

However, if the final evolutionary form of this path is hive consciousness, is it really only the emotional connection that is used for the connection between individuals?

"What about depth 4?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou asked.

Fanny was silent for a while, then said:

"Do you know why this upgrade path requires the installation of 'Pegasus' at depth 3?"

Then, without waiting for Jiang Zhou to answer, she answered by herself:

"Because at depth 4, they will need to conduct a deep scan of their brains every once in a while to save their personality data. For this reason, their brains need to be repaired all the time."

"You mean..."

Recalling the information Hecate shared with him before, Jiang Zhou thought of a possibility.

"The depth of the path of Theseus is 4. It is necessary to save and backup one's personality data at any time to ensure that the ship of Theseus will not completely collapse.

"It is said... this upgrade path is the evolution path designed by Janus for the first deep diver."