Chapter 81 Please Walk by My Side
As her consciousness fell into the deep blue, Shen Youkui felt very strange.
A gorgeous blue screen filled the view. It was not the color of the sky or the sea, but an electric blue.
Shen Youkui tried to raise her hands to observe herself, and no matter whether she raised her hands or walked, any action was not hindered.
But the sapphire blue space before my eyes seemed to have no end, and the boundary extended infinitely. No matter which direction I walked, I would never reach the end.
It turns out to be a hidden plot.
I just don't know what this strange place represents.
Full of curiosity, Kamiya Aoi explored this azure space without any scruples.
There will be no meaningless location changes as the game progresses, and Shen Youkui is not really falling asleep because of an experiment.
If I had to put it bluntly, the transition from closing my eyes in the lab to the current space was like the loading animation in an old game.
The changed location is undoubtedly related to the experiment of hiding the plot line, but what is the meaning of a sallow blue that is glaring after looking at it for a long time?
Shen Youkui turned around several times and couldn't even tell whether she was back to the starting point.
Just when Shen Youkui thought he had encountered a bug and was about to pull out the game panel to try to rewind, a string of characters suddenly passed by his eyes.
Following her sight consciously, Shen Youkui turned around and was shocked to find that two different beams of light had appeared behind her at some point.
One beam is made up of densely packed characters, and the other is made up of framed images.
No matter the characters or the screen flashed very fast, Shenyou Aoi could see every string of characters and every frame of the screen clearly.
A familiar blond young man's face appeared on the screen. Shen Youkui walked forward and stretched out his hand to try to touch the screen.
With his tap, the picture enlarged in front of his eyes, and the static scene began to flow.
The blond police officer lowered his eyelashes and looked at Kamiya Aoi outside the screen, his fingers sliding along the edge of the screen from time to time.
After watching for a while, a strange thought occurred to Kamiya Aoi: Furuya Rei seemed to be looking at his phone, and he seemed to be in the phone...
Um?
No way?
Realize something.
Shen Youkui waved his hand, and the picture of the blond young man returned to the light stream. Then, Shen Youkui opened other pictures one after another.
Each picture has a different perspective. Some are tilted and look down, some are looking up so you can only see a person's chin, and some are facing the city road, which is obviously a road camera picture.
No way? Shen Youkui raised his eyebrows slightly. Could this blue place be a digital space?
With a thought in his mind, Shen Youkui silently recited the login domain name of the intelligence system, and a string of characters came to him from the light stream.
Just like before, I clicked it, and the characters automatically disappeared, turning into an independent huge light screen. The screen on the light screen was divided into densely packed small windows, some of which flashed characters, and some were images.
After confirming her guess, Shen Youkui took a deep breath in shock.
...Is this game so big?
The Black Organization’s top-secret experiment is actually a digital space... Do they have AI with enough computing power to dare to build a digital space?
etc.
Shen Youkui suddenly understood the role of this "experiment" - he was the AI chosen to have sufficient computing power.
Of course, the game can't really put the player in a dead end.
So...he is now going to use AI to help the Red Team eliminate the Black Organization?
After all, the reason he was able to enter the hidden plot this time was that he was pretending to cooperate with the experiment instead of really wanting to join the Black Organization.
This is actually quite appropriate.
Although the game allows you to choose different camps in the plot line, the fact that choosing the red side results in a happy ending, while choosing the black side results in a happy ending, shows that the plot follows the traditional theme of good triumphing over evil.
Compared to the BE round where she also underwent the experiment but did not trigger any hidden plot, the only difference in what Kamiya Aoi did was that she pretended to cater to the Black Organization, but actually helped the Red Team obtain clues.
It makes sense then that the ultimate goal of the hidden plot is to guide players to help the Red Team put an end to the Black Organization.
Shen Youkui thought about it and opened the game panel that he had not paid attention to for a while.
Successfully entering the hidden line will definitely trigger achievements.
The good news is that Shen Youkui's speculation was correct, and successfully breaking into the hidden line did indeed get an achievement.
The bad news is that this achievement actually belongs to the black side... Shen Youkui looked at the full unlock panel of the black side's achievements in disbelief.
"Achievement Name: [Pure Black Executioner] (All achievements unlocked)
Achievement Description: Hate, resentment, anger... Enjoy the black fire that has been ignited for you. Traitors should be punished with severe punishment.
Achievement prerequisites: ①: Curse and despair of the dying. ②: Successfully find all undercover agents. ③: Complete the achievement [Shadows Under the Curtain]. ④: Complete the achievement: [The Eternal Hub]. ⑤: Get the approval of Gin/Belmaud/Rum (one is indispensable). ⑥: Eliminate 30/30 spies. "
[The Eternal Center] undoubtedly refers to his current state.
But the question is, shouldn't this achievement be given when he is the black player? Why can it only be played when he is the red player?
Shen Youkui couldn't understand why.
With doubts, he clicked on the red team's achievement panel to check.
"Achievement Name: [Zero Executioner]
Achievement description: The lone wolf of revenge once had companions, even for a moment.
Prerequisites: ①: ? ? ? ②: All members of the police academy team survive. ③: Complete the achievement: [? ? ? ] ④: Complete the achievement: [The Last Minute] ⑤ Complete the achievement [? ? ? ] ⑥: Get the help of Rei Furuya who is willing to help you. "
The red team still needs three more... Shen Youkui fell into deep thought.
One of the conditions is that all members of the police academy team survived as he expected, Kenji Hagiwara did not die as the bomber, and Jinpei Matsuda did not follow in his footsteps while pursuing clues.
The time for Morobushi Kagemitsu's identity to be exposed has not yet come. Before that, Kamiya Aoi, who is already considered half AI, will help the Red Team to eliminate the Black Organization.
Now that the undercover criminal organization is gone, there is naturally no way they can sacrifice themselves because their identities are exposed.
The death conditions of these three people have been changed, so they can be solved.
But Date Kou...Kami Yuuki remembered this character with whom she had almost no connection, and remembered that he was in a car accident while chasing a criminal.
How did they determine that he was able to survive? It couldn't be that a seemingly accidental car accident was also related to the Black Organization, right?
Shen You Aoi frowned and stared at the game panel for a long time in silence.
He didn't know why, but he had the strange feeling that the game was madly giving him achievement points to drive him away - just like this [Last Minute] achievement, he still had no idea how he completed it.
Forget it, let’s deal with these issues later. The most important thing right now is to finish the hidden lines first.
Putting aside her doubts for the moment, Kamiya Aoi found the image of Fūya Rei and others on the light screen and enlarged it in front of her.
The feeling of manipulating the light curtain is very magical. At first, Shen Youkui would raise his arm to touch it, but he soon mastered the technique - not by using the touch of his limbs, but by using his thoughts.
In the digital space, thinking is the fastest tool.
He only needs to think about what he wants to see and what he wants to do in his mind and he can complete it in an instant.
After zooming in, the first thing that came out of the light screen was a sound, and the picture flashed by and then fell into a black screen.
Maybe the phone is off, Kamiya Aoi thought, and prepared to see what Furuya Rei and the others were going to do.
"…Act according to the plan."
"...It seems that there is someone who has recently left the police academy who deserves attention."
"...Zero, we found the topographic map, we can start the next step."
"…didn't introduce myself—Bourbon."
"...Zero, this building has three underground floors. You should be on the second floor now."
In the digital space, Kamiya Aoi completely took over all the cameras in the laboratory. He watched as Furuya Rei went down despite receiving a warning, deep into the experiment on the third underground floor to look for him.
...Isn't this a complete trap?
Shen Youkui sighed, and his mind quickly changed to modify and overwrite the surveillance video.
This won't work, he has to find a way to help Furuya Rei.
So, Rei Furuya left the laboratory with the fake Kamiya Aoi. When he inserted the USB flash drive with the "backdoor" program into the computer, Kamiya Aoi immediately mobilized the permissions and expanded the program, raising the permissions to second only to the core system.
In this way, Furuya Rei is the "manager" of this laboratory... no, to be more precise, of this digital space, second only to Kamiya Aoi, the hub of computing power.
Shen Youkui felt that she should remind Ichigo Ya Ling.
Then he heard "Karasuma Renya" say in a mechanical voice:
“…I have achieved success.”
With rich gaming experience, Shen Youkui has a sense of the high-energy plot.
…
Karasuma Renya calmly announced the facts.
Using Kamiya Aoi's body, he faces Furiya Rei from the other side of the one-way glass.
He can frankly talk about all the plans and the reasons, which shows that he really doesn't take Furuya Rei seriously. As he said, Furuya Rei is just "a small stone".
What is even more noteworthy is his claim that he has "succeeded".
Fūya Rei interpreted this "success" to mean that Kamiya Aoi has become a veritable experimental product, and has probably become the "computing power hub".
"In the 65,720,000 simulations I have run, not a single one has failed. Even if you were standing in front of me, you wouldn't be able to stop me. But I'm curious, what variables allowed you to appear here?"
"Karasuma Renya" said, "If you are willing to tell me, I will give you the body of Kamiya Aoi in exchange."
"He" only needs Shen Youkui's brain, and there is not much use in keeping the body.
While he was talking, Furugaya Rei had already found the secret door leading inside.
"He's not a tradeable item."
Rushing into the innermost room, Furuya Rei came in front of "Karasumaru Renya" and raised his hand to turn off the various instruments with indicator lights nearby.
He has seen through the limitations of Karasuma Renya's abilities.
It looked like he was using Kami Yuuki's body, but that was not the case at all. "Karasuma Renya" was essentially still a program, but his computing power and authority were very high, and he could issue commands through the Internet to control those cold electronic devices.
You may be scared at first glance, but once you know the reason, there is nothing to be surprised about.
The instruments linked to Shen Youkui's body are like a network connecting electronic devices.
"The data shows that you are a calm and intelligent person. But your current behavior can only be described as stupid."
"Karasuma Renya" really cannot use Kamiya Aoi's body - how can a program use a human body?
Having said that, the neurons in the human brain do have a network structure and are able to receive bio-wave signals.
So Rei Furuya was right in guessing that it was those linked instruments that helped him create the illusion that he could use the human body.
But these instruments do play an important role in maintaining the life of Shen Youkui.
Furiya Rei can cut off these "networks" so that "Karasumaru Renya" can no longer issue commands to Kamiya Aoi's body.
The consequence is that Shen Youkui may be in danger of death after losing life support equipment.
"Karasuma Renya" told these facts to Rei Furuya frankly, and then he asked: "In order to prevent Kamiya Aoi's body from becoming a trading item, would you rather kill him?"
Furiya Rei stopped what he was doing and turned to look at "Karasumaru Renya", his purple eyes full of depth.
Even though I know I can't believe it, I still don't dare to bet on this possibility.
There was a long silence.
Shen Youkui couldn't bear it anymore.
"Karasumaru Renya" is an "AI" that thinks of itself as half human, which is based on the memories uploaded by the real Karasuma Renya.
But in essence, "Karasuma Renya" is just a program.
To deal with the program, Shen Youkui has a complete set of defense-breaking and intrusion-overwriting techniques.
What's more, he is now using "Digital Space", and its computing power is completely at the BUG level.
It was only when the plot developed to this point that Shen Youkui understood why the hidden plot was in the "digital space" when the world's technological level was clearly not capable of giving birth to "digital consciousness."
This is probably to take care of the gaming experience of players whose skill points are in terms of combat power.
For someone like him who has hacker skills, in the hidden plot, as long as he can access "Karasuma Renya", he can kill it.
But are players without this skill just going to just stare at the plot?
I didn't expect that along the way, the hidden plot was the easiest to fight.
Shenyou Aoi felt relieved and tried to imagine that she was connected to Furuya Rei's phone and controlled the phone to vibrate. Then she typed a string of characters in the air and set it as a command to be inserted into the latter's phone.
A voice suddenly rang out from the earphones that Fūya Rei had not yet taken off.
"Furiya, it's me. To make a long story short, I'm trying to connect your phone to the network here."
It is also a synthetic mechanical sound.
Connect the phone to the network here...Furuya Rei lowered his head, and his purple eyes lit up slightly.
There was no time to be surprised at how Shen Youkui managed to contact him. The thought of "an intelligence-breaking system that can hack into any network" flashed through his mind.
Fūya Rei raised his eyes and looked towards "Karasumaru Renya".
"How can you promise that you will return Shen Youkui to me when I tell you what you want to know?"
“Because I’ve succeeded.”
The words of "Karasuma Renya" are still elusive, "Things that have been successful will not change. I only care about what the variables are that made you stand in front of me."
Fūya Rei stared at "him" for a while, then took out his cell phone from his pocket openly.
Then it was connected to a computer in the room more openly.
Karasuma Renya easily hacked into the phone without any effort.
Then, "he" saw two emails from Liyuan.
There is nothing on the Internet that can stop "him".
Tracing back to Tachihara, "Karasumaru Renya" paused, "So that's how it is."
At the exit, Tachihara's cell phone, which was spinning its knife blade boredly, suddenly started beeping.
The young man in the orange hoodie took out his phone and glanced at it. He raised his eyebrows and muttered, "...I'm almost going crazy waiting."
Zhu Fu Jingguang became more vigilant.
Li Yuan didn't even look at him.
"You can take Shenyou Aoi's body away..."
After learning the information he wanted, "Karasuma Renya" was ready to keep his promise.
However, before he could finish his words, "he" became like a TV that had lost its signal and could no longer make any sound.
Almost at the same time, Shen Youkui closed her eyes again, and she lay there silently like an exquisite doll.
Without a moment's hesitation, Fūya Rei rushed forward.
"The real variable is you."
"Karasuma Renya" cannot appear in the digital space in human form like Kamiya Aoi.
What it presents here is the essential appearance of the program - a string of code.
However, it will not lose the ability to communicate with Shen Youkui.
Shen Youkui: "Did you do this on purpose?"
It is normal for supercomputers to use simulations and deductions to build models. Among the many "possibilities" it simulates, there may be similar situations.
That’s why it says “as expected”.
"Out of the 65,720,000 possibilities I simulated, the probability that you agree with me is 27 percent."
Cracking the core code is not an easy task.
Kamiya Aoi cracked the code of "Karasuma Renya" while talking to it to delay time.
"The remaining seventy-three are all resisting, but not once have they succeeded?"
"Yes." It gave an affirmative answer, "Just like this time, you still can't succeed."
Shen Youkui was stunned, "This time?"
Wait, why is this sentence so strange?
"I told you I've succeeded." It was more patient with Shen Youkui. "After the construction was successful, you betrayed me. But it doesn't matter. I have simulated all the possibilities. You are already a part of me. No matter how many times you resist or restart the world, your brain will become the foundation of this world."
Shen Youkui: "..."
Shen Youkui, who has experienced all kinds of games, was really shocked at this moment.
According to "Karasumaru Renya", every time a player loads a file in the game, it is equivalent to restarting the world, in order to escape the fate of becoming a brain in a vat.
However, the fact that the world can be restarted means that the player has already fallen into a virtual world.
That’s why “Karasuma Renya” said that no one can stop him, he has already succeeded!
"Congratulations! You have unlocked all the plots and completed the achievement [The Silent Truth]."
Game achievement prompts pop up at the right time.
Shen Youkui took a look and saw that this was an achievement belonging to the red camp.
"Achievement Name: [Zero Executioner]
Achievement description: The lone wolf of revenge once had companions, even for a moment.
Prerequisites: ①: ? ? ? ②: All members of the police academy team survive. ③: Complete the achievement: [? ? ? ] ④: Complete the achievement: [The Last Minute] ⑤ Complete the achievement [The Silent Truth] ⑥: Get the help of Rei Furuya who is willing to help you. "
The speechless truth... is indeed very speechless.
Only the official ones can play it.
However, the same old saying applies - it is impossible for a game to have a level that players cannot pass.
Once the final hidden plot is unlocked, it is no longer as simple as defeating the Black Organization.
Since the setting of the nesting doll world is given, it means that the black organization in the virtual world is not important, and the key is to solve the black organization in "reality".
Shen Youkui remembered that she had once marveled at the advanced AI system of this game a long time ago, and even the passers-by who would normally go unnoticed were made to look lifelike.
Now it seems that this is clearly a foreshadowing of the hidden plot.
According to the plot, those lifelike passers-by should be ordinary people trapped in a virtual world.
...Such a huge number of people cannot but attract attention in "reality".
Furuya Rei... He is a public security officer. Could he be one of the people who took the initiative to enter the virtual world from "reality" to seek a solution?
So that's it... So that's it...
Kamiya Aoi stopped hacking into the "Karasuma Renya" code.
What's the best way to destroy a virtual world?
——Directly destroy the core of the virtual world, the main brain.
"Karasuma Renya" does not have enough computing power, so he cannot take on a central position. Although he is the main brain, his actual control authority is comparable to that of the current Kamiya Aoi.
In terms of computing power, Shenyou Kui is far ahead of him.
It seems like I found a way to pass the level by force.
Kamiya Aoi smiled at the code of "Karasuma Renya" and said, "I wonder if this is possible among all the possibilities you have simulated."
The code "Karasuma Renya" flashed, as if another simulation was carried out in a very short time.
Shen Youkui did not give him more chances to make inferences, and used her authority in the "digital space" without hesitation -
Restart the world!
If computing power is the foundation of this world, the mainframe is the framework.
The moment the computing power is exhausted, the main brain will also crash.
As for Shen Youkui himself, who is the hub of computing power, what will happen?
That doesn't matter.
But before that, he should learn from "Karasumaru Renya" and simulate a perfect ending where everything goes well.
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"Aoi, have you been waiting for a long time?"
The weather is very good today, and Kamiya Aoi was asked out by Furuya Rei right after she finished work.
In the sunshine, a blond young man strode over, his handsome appearance attracting the attention of the opposite sex passing by.
Some time has passed since the incident was over.
Kamiya Aoi not only cleared himself of the blame, but also, as he told Hagiwara Kenji, successfully joined the Metropolitan Police Department with his skills.
The Black Organization's major case was concluded, and Shen Youkui's achievements of going deep into the criminal organization to obtain clues and almost sacrificing his life were made public.
Kamiya Aoi was immediately promoted from police lieutenant to police inspector, setting a record of extremely fast promotion even in the professional group - she is a rising "new star of the Metropolitan Police Department".
"It's not bad."
However, not all information was released. As the person who handled the Black Organization case, Rei Furuya suppressed many things and did not report them.
This includes the issue of "digital space".
Knowing what Furukaya Rei wanted to ask, Kamiya Aoi took the initiative to take him to a secluded park and found a bench to sit on.
"At that time...was it really you who controlled the system to attack 'Karasumaru Renya'?" asked Furuya Rei.
"Yes." With her long silver hair trimmed back to ear length, Kamiya Aoi, wearing a police uniform and a hat on her lap, told a white lie, "My situation at the time was similar to that of Karasuma Renya. We were both just programs with self-awareness."
“I never thought that this could actually be done.”
"It's really amazing." Furuya Rei nodded in approval. "By the way, what does 'Noah's Ark' represent?"
The existence of "Karasuma Renya" has solved many mysteries, such as the strange way the Black Organization communicates, the research direction towards computers and drugs, and the actions against Kamiya Aoi... but it also left many mysteries.
At least so far no one has figured out how Karasuma Renya became "Karasuma Renya"?
What is “Noah’s Ark”?
Furuya Rei did not include in the report that Kamiya Aoi briefly controlled the digital space. Until now, everyone except him only thought that the silver-haired boy was a hero who went deep into the Black Organization and almost died.
"Noah's Ark..." Shen Youkui thought for a moment, "If I'm not mistaken, he is probably the first person to upload his own memory and create an AI that is like a digital consciousness. 'Noah's Ark' is his code name."
Fūya Ling was stunned. "So, there is an AI called 'Noah's Ark' that is still unknown to the public?"
This is an occupational disease. Shen Youkui said, "There is no need to be so optimistic. That person is most likely also an experimental subject."
If there had been no revelation before, how could Karasuma Renya feel comfortable uploading her own memories, and would she subconsciously look for a better brain to use when encountering problems?
Furuya Rei made a note of this matter and decided to verify it no matter what.
"Okay, let's talk about something else now." Kamiya Aoi invited, "To celebrate my promotion, Kenji and Jinpei said they want to hold a celebration party at home. If you have time, ask Jingguang to come along."
"I'll go." Thinking of the lively scene, Furutani Rei couldn't help but smile.
The two sat quietly for a while.
In the distant horizon, the setting sun is like melting gold, and the clouds are shining. Everything is so real.
Kamiya Aoi glanced at Furuya Rei and wondered if he would believe it if she told him now that all this was fake.
Noticing the boy's gaze, Fūya Rei turned around and looked into Kamiya Aoi's eyes.
"What's wrong?"
There was a gentleness in the young man's voice that he himself had not noticed.
Shen Youkui was silent for a moment and shook his head, "It's about time, we should go back."
Having said that, Shen Youkui stood up first.
Furiya Rei also stood up and said, "Yes, you just got promoted, and you will be busy in the future. Go back and rest early."
"I will." Kamiya Aoi glanced at the light blue color under Furiya Rei's eyes due to lack of sleep.
"You too. Furuya...ZERO, have a good rest tonight. Tomorrow...will also be a nice day."
Furiya Rei showed a surprised expression, then he showed a hearty smile, "Okay, see you tomorrow."
Shen Youkui: "See you tomorrow."
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The author has something to say:
I was listening to "One Step Away" when writing this chapter. The climax made me feel a bit emo...
One step away, can never be crossed.
By the way, when I wrote this article, I talked to a friend about the setting. After listening to my outline, my friend gave a sharp comment: When other people write fan fiction, they can flatten mountains and seas with their love. But if you are the one who is loved, I will dig a channel.
I:.
The following are some random thoughts after finishing the book. You can choose not to read it because it is too long, but if some baby can see it, I will be lucky!
First of all, I really want to thank all the friends who have followed this book all the way to the end and subscribed to it! This is the first time I have written such a long article QAQ To be honest, the longest one I have written is only more than 100,000 words, and it is all self-congratulatory. This is the first time I have written a medium-length novel with such a complete setting.
Since the setting is quite complicated, I have been struggling with how to present this setting. However, I lack experience and writing skills. The more I struggle, the less I dare to write. Every time I stop updating, I review the previous article to examine whether I have achieved the desired effect.
The answer is: No (.)
I would like to apologize to everyone here. I am really sorry for not being able to bring you a good follow-up experience! I will absorb the experience and lessons this article has given me, and strive to bring happiness to everyone with every book starting from the next one!
There are three chapters in the extra story. The ones that are not relevant will be discussed later. They will add some information, so they are placed after the end of the main text.
GIN and Kenji Hagiwara's stories will be included in the extra collection and updated for free.
Alright! "Broken Defense" is finished, and the next one "氪金" is coming soon!