Yu Guang

Chapter 18 Wang Ze's off-court assistance

Just like Zhao Dafu said in this joke.

Brain-simulating technology can perfectly replicate the human brain, but it cannot perfectly replicate the human consciousness.

The Eternals have given up their bodies and relied on their "brain simulation" to live in the online world, which in itself involves many ethical issues.

——The moment they give up their bodies, do they already belong to the dead?

——Brains rely on machinery to maintain consciousness. Is this a new species?
Regarding these issues, before human society has discussed the results, the Eternal Race itself had problems first.

They lost their bodies, and soon there were all kinds of strange behaviors, some inexplicably lost their perceptual thinking, some were entangled by a thought, and began to behave abnormally, some were inexplicably bent on self-destruction, and some were even worse. aggression arose.

All kinds of abnormalities made the second batch of wealthy people who wanted to transform into Eternals wisely choose to wait and see.

At the same time, along with various disadvantages, another major advantage of the Eternal Race has been manifested-because they are based on brain-simulating technology, they have absolute dominance over the online world.

For ordinary human programmers, the online world is a pyramid built by strings of characters, and humans are outside.

But for the Eternals who exist by virtue of their brains, the online world is their 'real' world, and they are in it.

Eternal family with a brain, no compilation, no program, absolutely zero delay in the same star domain network, highly integrated tools...

They originally entrusted themselves in the black box world, trying to enjoy eternal life and a colorful life;

But they ended up becoming the 'overlords' of the surface network.

In addition, these new technologies, such as the simulated brain, the key system, and the black box, seem to have created the conditions for mechanical ascension, but behind them are still massive natural resources.

The virtual network world is not separated from the physical world. All kinds of equipment are the foundation of the network. The Eternals must establish vassal forces to ensure the maintenance and replacement of equipment.

Therefore, they began to claim a greater right to speak to human society.

'God should sit on the throne of God. '

There is always a political system that does not succumb to the power of capital;
There are always countries that really consider the interests of ordinary citizens.

A war in the online world broke out.

Fortunately, the development of human civilization history has not been smooth sailing, and the development of science and technology is not just for social progress.

In the process of entering the interstellar era from the earth era, human beings have made many mistakes, such as the abuse of cloning technology, AI riots, and so on.

Because of this, human society has been patched a lot. For example, human society in the 2200s of the Nova Era has already banned fully automatic weapon systems.

These patches greatly limited the attack of the Eternals and locked the influence of the Eternals in the virtual network.

After the war with the Eternal Race broke out, for a few short months, ordinary people were forbidden to log in to the Internet, and all administrative stars shut down all terminals that could be closed, launching a campaign to completely wipe out the Eternal Race.

The war ended with the reconciliation between the Eternal Race and human society.

The Eternals wanted to create the tenth star cluster and migrated to a star system.

The good times didn't last long. Just a few months after the migration was completed, a violent stellar storm erupted in the star system. All the equipment of the Eternal Race was shut down, and the server that stored the simulated brain was pressed to shut down...

The few Eternals were finally buried in the fluctuations of the material world.

There are different opinions on how the stellar storm broke out.

Some people say that it is the secret weapon of the first star cluster, while others say that it is the layout that the sixth star cluster has set up long ago.

After that, the use of brain-like and key technologies was banned, the black box technology was weakened many times, and the sporadic flames of the Eternal Race were quickly extinguished.

Because the Eternal Race had the support of many politicians and businessmen in the early stage, the riots caused by the Eternal Race were also tacitly forgotten by the officials of the nine star clusters, and gradually became an urban legend.

It's a pity that virtual reality technology has regressed a few generations because of adding more restrictions to the black box technology and surface network.

And there are a few more patches on human civilization.

……

After talking about the destruction of the Eternal Clan, Zhao Dafu was also a little bit embarrassed.

He concluded by saying:
"Before I was not sure, because when the murderer appeared, we did not allocate resources to this matter, and did not leave substantial observational evidence, so I have not dared to make this assumption.

"To be honest, if the Eternal Race is really revived, it will cause a lot of commotion, which will have a much greater negative impact than a ghost or a super hacker.

"However, Mr. Wang Ze was attacked when he logged in to Liming Street. Because the equipment he used was relatively old, the opponent left a weak trace.

"This is actually the situation where the Eternals got up and attacked the network security system a few times earlier... Well, I can't say it's exactly the same, but it's very similar.

"80.00% possibility, it is the brain simulation technology."

After Zhao Dafu finished speaking, he was obviously much more relaxed. He smiled apologetically at Lin Weilin, and sat down in his seat with his head bowed.

Many conceptual nouns were written on the screen behind him.

The technicians present were silent for a while, and began to explore the possibility that the murderer was the Eternal Race.

Wang Ze suddenly asked: "Director Zhao, Liming Street belongs to the surface network?"

"Yes," Zhao Dafu replied immediately, "Dawn Street is a forum-like website, and it is also a bridge to guide players to access the real virtual game world. The communication between players in the black box game world is limited, and Liming Street is a better supplement.

"Actually, our Dawn Street can occupy 80.00% of the market share of the home planet, not because of how good Dawn Street itself is, as your previous conversation with Els also proved.

"It's because Weixing's port equipment market coverage has reached 80.00%, which is our confidence in Weixing."

Lin Weilin added: "Our Weixing traditional sales strategy is to sell high-end equipment at a low price to consolidate market share, and then make up for the cost and maintenance costs of equipment from online revenue."

Wang Ze frowned and said, "Isn't this already a monopoly? Mother Planet's anti-monopoly law?"

Zhao Dafu shrugged: "That's a business matter."

Lin Weilin hurriedly said: "The mother star coalition government also relaxed some regulations for the purpose of protecting outstanding enterprises."

Wang Ze nodded clearly.

In short, there is a relationship and an inside story.

He tapped his fingers on the table, and asked the question he always wanted Wei Xing to answer directly:

"Then if the murderer uses brain simulation technology to hack into the Liming Street server and steal accounts to pretend to be the target, is it theoretically feasible?"

"Yes... that's true."

Zhao Dafu wanted to explain a few words, but he felt powerless when he spoke.

For the online world, brain simulation technology is really a dimensionality reduction blow against ordinary engineers like them.

Wang Ze asked again: "Then do we have any means to deal with the Eternal Race?"

Lin Weilin added: "We are just an entertainment technology company, so naturally we don't have the technology in this area, but I think the Mother Planet Defense Guard should have this kind of technical reserves. After all, before the appearance of the Eternal Race, the imitation brain technology reproduced Virtual personalities have also been regarded as the vanguard of a new type of information warfare."

Wang Ze thought carefully for a while.

If the murderer really exists in this way, he is indeed a ghost of the virtual network.

But is it really that simple?

Zhao Dafu's sudden opening seemed to lift the layer of fog surrounding the murderer;

But Wang Ze was not dazzled by the information.

The Eternal Race can only explain the other party's ability in the network, but how did they cross the barrier between the virtual world and the material world and create a gunshot wound on Wen Quan's head?

"Time is running out, everyone hasten to act."

Deputy Director Gong Tianzheng said solemnly:

"Whether the murderer used brain-simulating technology, or someone was playing tricks, after this countdown ends, he is likely to commit crimes again!
"Our mission is not only to catch criminals, but also to do everything we can to stop crimes and protect the safety of citizens!

"I will contact the Mother Planet Defense Guard to obtain relevant technologies to detect and fight against the Eternals... What's the matter?"

"To!"

He Qiu stood up abruptly, his strong body straightened.

Gong Tianzheng said seriously: "You will never leave Wang Ze's side, you must protect his safety, and set up a safe room to isolate the network signal as soon as possible, in case the murderer really wants to kill Wang Ze."

"Yes! Don't worry, Gong Ju! I will definitely protect Lao Wang!"

"The meeting is over! Everyone move!"

The door of the meeting room opened, and more than a dozen technical backbones from the police and Weixing Group ran away.

Qi Ming, who was waiting outside the door, immediately cheered up, looked eagerly at the dimly lit conference room, and found that his boss was discussing something with Captain He Qiu, and immediately gave up his preparations to go in and report on work.

Huh?Why is there a beautiful elder sister beside the boss?
Qi Ming blinked and carefully looked at Lin Weilin on the other side of Wang Ze.

'This eldest sister has a great temperament. '

Qi Ming gave a secret praise in his heart, looked away politely, and continued to gnaw his own bread with his head down.

Wang Ze rubbed the center of his brows, chewing over and over the last few words Zhao Dafu said.

"Why did this bring up another Eternal Race?" He Qiu sighed dejectedly, "Is this case still going to work? Is there still room for a traditional policeman like me?"

"Mr. Wang," Lin Weilin whispered from the side, "What do you think is the possibility that this murderer is an Eternal Race, or used brain-simulating technology?"

"I can't say for sure... Wait a minute, I'll make a call first."

Wang Ze tapped his fingers on the table, took out his cube-shaped mobile phone, and made a call.

Since there are resources, there is no need to hide them, and use them as needed.

Several rays of light projected from the upper left corner of the square, interweaving a simple projection screen. The screen flickered lightly, and there was an additional bust photo of an old man.

The system prompts that this is an interstellar call, and there will be a delay of about three seconds.

"Ozawa? Why did you suddenly think of greeting uncle?"

"Uncle, can you give me some information about the Eternal Race? The more detailed the better."

Wang Ze cut to the chase:
"I am currently assisting the police in investigating the case on my mother planet. I have encountered a murderer who is suspected of being an Eternal Race. The technical strength here cannot handle it. I need some relevant information."

After a few seconds, laughter came from over there:

"Eternal Race? Isn't it all history?
"Why do you always encounter such weird cases, uncle will arrange for someone to pass the information to you.

"I'm sure you encountered this kind of murderer, you must pay attention to safety, it is best not to log in to the Internet for the time being.

"Also, Ozawa, when are you going to step down from your position as a big detective and come to work in my small electronics factory? The inheritance of our family cannot be broken. Uncle has no children under his knees. We can only count on is you."

Wang Ze couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows.

The uncle's series of exhortations did not delay at all:
"Ozawa, are you still there?
"If you're on your home planet, why not meet the daughter of a family friend of your uncle? She's also at the age of marriage, and it's said that she has a very gentle personality. Let me arrange for you to meet her."

"Ozawa... Ozawa, can you hear me?"

"Hello, uncle? The signal here is not very good, so hang up first! Hey, uncle is in good health! I'll see you when I return to Hengzhou Star."

Wang Ze quickly tapped twice, and the call was cut off immediately.

He let out a long sigh of relief, his shoulders loosened a lot.

Feeling that there was something wrong with the way He Qiu looked at him, Wang Ze tried to explain: "Family businesses are like this. They still have a lot of traditional concepts in their bones, and they will always urge me to go on a blind date."

"Just go on a blind date. Is it possible that you will end up alone forever? However, your uncle is also quite funny." He Qiu smiled, "Tianze Technology, a small electronics factory? Isn't that the designated partner of the Sixth Star Corps military? "

Wang Ze tried to bring the topic back to the main topic: "I hope that the information given by uncle can help Director Zhao and the others in the future."

Lin Weilin looked apologetic, and said slowly: "Mr. Wang, I have troubled you. I didn't expect to need your assistance in terms of technology."

Wang Ze glanced outside the door, stood up, and said with a smile: "Professional people will do the professional things. Let's not get involved in the technical things. Let's continue looking for clues."

After saying this, he walked towards the door of the meeting room.

Qi Ming was already standing there with his watch in his arms, and obediently called out, "Boss."

"Thank you for your hard work, did you gain anything today?"

"I've gained a lot," Qi Ming said, "I just went to investigate robber A, but I didn't expect to investigate robber B by accident..."

Wang Ze raised his hand to stop her from continuing: "Go to my room to discuss."

"Good boss."

"You eat dinner yet?"

"Eat it! Boss, don't worry about me! You work hard to solve the case!"

Qi Ming's ponytail flicked slightly, and the figures of the two quickly disappeared at the door of the conference room.

He Chou stretched his waist, remembered the mission he had just received, and trotted after him.

Not long after, Lin Weilin walked out of the conference room wearing sunglasses and carrying a handbag. Several assistants waiting at the side immediately stepped forward and quickly followed behind her.

"Boss, the press conference is ready and ready to start at any time."

"Wait another two hours, and give the press release we prepared earlier to the reporters, let them warm up and build momentum first, the price can be 30.00% higher than usual, but I must personally review it before publishing."

"Okay boss." An assistant turned and ran away.

"Also," Lin Weilin paused, and glanced at the direction Wang Ze, Qi Ming, and He Qiu left, "All the hot searches about Mr. Wang have been removed. I will invite Mr. Wang to the press conference later. If there is news that Mr. Wang has a background other than a detective, the public relations will be released immediately."

(End of this chapter)