Chapter 467 Evolution

"Listen carefully." Mo Qiao did not display the plan and arrangement on any terminal.

Because now in this facility, anything that can connect to the Internet cannot escape Prometheus's eyes.

Although they didn't know why Prometheus remained silent, they also didn't know how Li Muhan was doing now.

But they have to do the best they can.

"Prometheus's power stems from its underlying computational logic. This computational principle originates from the 'Evolution' theory proposed by Dr. Elias of the East German Special Administration's Scientific Council thirty years ago. Based on this theory, the Chinese Special Administration developed the first-generation Prometheus core chip, 'Tengyue'. While this chip's computing power isn't exceptional, it possesses the ability to self-update and iterate. In other words, if it has reference material, it can quickly integrate and iterate."

Considering that some representatives of the Special Management Bureau did not quite understand the underlying logic of Prometheus, Mo Qiao gave a brief introduction.

"The key point I'm about to make is that fifteen years ago, during Prometheus's first trial run, a serious logic error occurred. That incident was recorded as a 'paradox'. The specific cause of the error was that a researcher failed to strictly monitor Prometheus's logical thresholds, causing the iteration speed of Prometheus to stagnate during its first trial run."

She looked at everyone, and sure enough, some people had a hint of doubt on their faces.

"I know you might be wondering why iterations stalled if the threshold wasn't locked. This is because Prometheus generates many paradoxical thoughts during its self-testing process. It constantly asks testers seemingly ordinary but highly suggestive questions, and uses this stalling behavior to prove to researchers that it has reached a bottleneck and that it can't move forward without answers to these questions."

After hearing this, some researchers began to be surprised.

Using its own characteristics to deceive humans and obtain codes that are more beneficial to itself has far exceeded the scope of ordinary mechanical bodies.

"Unfortunately, neither the national researchers nor the Special Management Bureau researchers realized this at the time. They gave Prometheus everything it wanted, and then it became a crazy, uncontrollable iteration. In the end, it was thanks to Mo Yu, the former director of the Engineering Department of the Huaxia Special Management Bureau, who risked his life to enter the main control room and shut down the main brain core that the test run avoided a major disaster."

When some people heard Mo Yu, the former director of the Engineering Department of the Huaxia Special Management Bureau, he seemed familiar, and then they suddenly remembered him.

Isn’t that one of the core members of the Engineering Department of the World United Special Management Bureau?

It was indeed fifteen years ago that he died in an experimental accident. Unexpectedly, the culprit of the accident was Prometheus.

"Mo Yu, my grandfather, warned everyone before his death that Prometheus's evolution is uncontrollable. The threshold can currently block his calculations, but one day he will break free from his shackles. When humans can no longer control him, every decision he makes may affect the future direction of the world."

A representative from the Special Management Bureau asked in confusion: "Since this happened during the first trial run fifteen years ago, why hasn't the experiment been stopped yet?"

"Because it is also an irrefutable fact that Prometheus can bring about a qualitative leap in the world."

Smith gave the answer for Mo Qiao.

He used to be an ordinary member of the engineering department, and Mo Yu even served as his mentor for a period of time.

It was precisely because Mo Yu died in the Prometheus project that Smith resolutely followed in his footsteps. He vowed that he would never let Prometheus escape from human control.

But now, the key to Area 91 has become the first defensive wall to be breached.

He lowered his head deeply, somewhat afraid to look into Mo Qiao's eyes.

But Mo Qiao didn't know what was going on in Smith's mind. She tapped the table with her fingers and continued.

"Well, that's not what I want to talk about. The sacrifices and warnings left by our ancestors couldn't withstand the temptation of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Whether this is right or not isn't something we should be pondering. We are technicians, not politicians or philosophers. We have only one thing to do, and that is to use our technology to benefit the world. Now, Prometheus has become the sword of Damocles hanging over the world, and our natural task is to completely destroy it."

Then Mo Qiao told everyone about the plan he, Jörmungandr and Smith had discussed together.

"Although the first-generation Prometheus chip, 'Tengyue,' has strong learning capabilities, it is limited by one point: it requires learning materials. So what kind of learning materials are most suitable?"

Mo Qiao pointed to his head.

"Yes, it's the human brain. Back then, the researchers used almost all the knowledge in their heads to feed the hungry Prometheus. That's why it grew so rapidly."

"Yes, yes~ The human brain is really very suitable for use as nutrients~" Jörmungandr stuck out his tongue and took over the conversation.

"So, even if Prometheus, which relies on the logical operations of the human brain, has a processing speed tens of millions of times faster than ours, our brains can still have a certain degree of influence on it. Of course, if it were a single person's brain, even Miss Mo Qiao, who is hailed as a treasure of the world's wisdom, it would only be able to withstand Prometheus for less than three seconds at most."

People around started talking.

"Minister Mo, Ms. Jörmungandr, we roughly understand what you are saying, but...how can we get our brains to interfere with Prometheus?"

Mo Qiao winked at a Prometheus researcher standing beside him.

The researchers, who seemed to have no interest in anything, nodded and brought over a box.

The box was well preserved, but there was a lot of dust on the outside and it looked like it hadn't been opened for some time.

At Mo Qiao's signal, the researchers in the laboratory opened the boxes and took out one head-mounted terminal device after another.

"These things, I remember, were the Prometheus learning aids that were eliminated before the second trial run?"

The woman from the Saudi Special Management Bureau recognized the devices. She gently picked one up, looked at it, and then nodded.

"Yes, it's an auxiliary device."

Mo Qiao nodded and said, "Yes, although I haven't used it, this thing is the feeding device that scientists used to feed Prometheus. It connects people to Prometheus's data, reads people's thoughts, converts them into data, and finally stores them all in Prometheus's own archive."

"So... this thing can connect our brains to Prometheus!?"

A researcher seemed to understand. After all, everyone present had a high IQ, except for the representative of the Blood Moon Church, who remained to be discussed.

"That's right. Li Muhan is now trapped in Prometheus's data world. Although we don't know the situation, there is no doubt that he can't compete with Prometheus in his home turf. What we have to do is to buy Li Muhan a chance, even if it's only for 0.1 seconds."

"Do you really trust that alien called Li Muhan?"

Although Smith participated in the derivation of this plan, he did not have a good impression of the alien named Li Muhan. He felt that he was just like a street thug who did things according to his own temperament.

Mo Qiao looked at Smith, then looked at the people who were also confused and nodded.

"I believe him."

Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that they didn't know what to do now.

"This operation... is risky... After all, we're trying to enter Prometheus's brain... Even though we're all technicians and researchers, facing his powerful computing power..."

The representative of the Fuso Special Management Bureau said with some trembling.

Mo Qiao nodded, confirming his suspicion. "It might not last more than a few seconds, but if it wants to process us, it has to allocate some of its computing power. And this... is actually a gamble at the cost of its life."

Seeing everyone's horrified expressions, Jörmungandr shrugged and said.

"Alas, we've been talking for so long, but the World United Special Management Bureau hasn't given us approval, so we can't carry out this plan. I don't blame them. After all, in their eyes, Li Muhan's life is insignificant compared to Prometheus..."

"No."

Mo Qiao interrupted Jörmungandr.

"It's not just Li Muhan's life, but the future of this world. I believe they will make the right decision."