Chapter 515 The Past of Gray Fangyan
While Tilan and others were leisurely fishing and picnicking by the lake, the online world on the other side was not peaceful.
After guessing the identity of 'Bluebird Mask', 'Old Skull' became much more negative, but he did not show this emotion obviously. Perhaps only 'Silver Blue Work' knew his mood at the moment.
Without the reminders and obstructions of 'Old Skull' and 'Silver Blue Work', the 'Seven Sages Council' became calm on the surface. Two of the six people were silent, and the other two listened to 'Bluebird Mask'. Although 'Long-Handed Monkey' had some small thoughts, he rarely fought openly within the organization, so there were fewer and fewer discussions within the organization, and basically 'Bluebird Mask' made the decisions.
"The cat-eared singer has recently invited a lot of people, including giant companies that she is familiar with, forces in the northern star field, and elite hackers that can be contacted by forces around her. With the help of these forces, she has been looking for our real information on the Internet. At present, it has attracted the attention of many people." A subordinate reported the tracking and observation situation to the six people in the council.
"Got it." Bluebird Mask simply waved his hand to show that he got it.
For some reason, compared to some time ago, her interest in the cat-eared singer suddenly dropped a lot, which made the middle-level personnel who had been carrying out the task a little unsure of the mood of this adult.
"Should we take some action, sir?" The member who reported carefully asked.
In response, Bluebird Mask did not answer immediately, but paused and pondered for a while, and then spoke.
"It is definitely not okay to let her continue to make trouble, but this singer is like a cat that smells blood. It is not easy to make her give up the things she is interested in."
"Let the personnel below contact her carefully and find out her true thoughts. If you can exchange some information to appease her, appease her first."
"After that, let the organization be prepared to deal with the strict investigation of the network. The traces and relationships that should be dealt with should be dealt with during this period, and be prepared to switch to a silent state at any time."
"Yes."
After the meeting, which still had no results and was a bit dull, the six people dispersed, but after the meeting, Silver and Blue Work unexpectedly received an invitation from 'Bluebird Mask'.
"Should I go? Is there anything I should pay attention to?" She first came to the 'Old Skeleton' to ask.
The Old Skeleton looked at the brief invitation letter and then told her not to worry.
"Among the few of us, you are the youngest and have the cleanest resume. You have almost no background or power. This is precisely the safest. Go with confidence. I don't think she will do anything to you. In all likelihood, she still wants to recruit you."
"What about me?" The silver mechanical doll turned the gears and wanted to continue asking.
"This kind of recruitment is mostly verbal. You just agree directly. She won't threaten you for such a small matter." The old skeleton fanned his hands and answered with a lack of interest.
For these old-timers, the girl in front of them is still too young and immature. If they say too much, it will only backfire. It is better to let her express her nature and be more likable.
"Go, go, it's okay."
After that, Ge Yin prepared for a while and transferred to the network address left by Lan Que Mask.
This is a fortress in the clouds. The architectural style is quite fantastic. Various towers and round pavilions stand in the clouds, connected by long bridges in the middle, forming a complex of buildings.
Soon after entering, the clouds in front of us dispersed, revealing a long bridge leading directly to the inside.
When the silver mechanical puppet stepped onto the bridge, he quickly came to the other side. At this time, the noble lady wearing the blue bird mask was already sitting at the table in the round pavilion waiting.
"I'm here." Her deep blue eyes showed through the mask and looked at the girl in front of her, as if there was something behind her words.
"I've kept you waiting for a long time." The silver mechanical puppet moved and came to the table.
"Sit down, don't be nervous." The other party gestured, and then a set of steaming tea sets appeared on the table.
"Although the feeling of drinking tea here is not as good as in reality, it's not far off. You can try it." The noble lady with the blue bird mask entertained.
Then she slowly told the reason for inviting Ge Yin this time.
"Come to think of it, you have been in the organization for more than a year now. Are you used to it now?"
"For now, I am used to it." The puppet's words sounded like a mechanical voice, and no emotional changes could be heard.
"It's okay to get used to it. Maybe you are wondering where the 'Gray Fangyan' who invited you is now, and about your position in the organization." She picked up the tea and drank it slowly.
"I have known 'Gray Rock' for a hundred years, which is longer than many people's lifetimes. There are many emotions and experiences that cannot be expressed in just one or two sentences."
"He is a very pure person. He is passionate about technology, likes to share, and likes the new inspiration and opportunities gained from this communication."
"Because he is passionate about and good at network technology, he has gradually gathered a group of people. Most of them are geeks on the Internet. The Internet is the soil of their lives, and they rarely come into contact with reality."
"This group of people set up a loose forum organization out of the need to exchange technology and inspiration, so as to solve various problems encountered in shuttling through the Aijiaka network." "
Today, many frameworks and systems on the Internet are derived from the early discussions of this forum. It's just that over time, some of them have gradually become reality, and people are accustomed to it." "
The Aijiaka network is a very magical existence. It is not a simple information transmission, but a special framework in the Aijiaka Sea that allows people's consciousness to connect to it, and to shuttle and communicate extremely quickly. This certainly brings many benefits, such as communication and learning that exceeds the reality by several times, and directly experiencing certain scenes with consciousness, etc., but it also brings many risks."
"No matter how fast the traditional network is, when it interacts with humans at the final point, it still relies on visual signal conversion such as screens or projections. This is equivalent to setting an upper limit on input and output, restricting the speed at which humans exchange information."
"So, even if there are risks, everyone finally accepted this new immersive network and believed that it was a key node for future technological breakthroughs in civilization."
"In order to protect the stability of the cyber world and keep this model going, it became his wish when he was young."
"So, under his initiative, the prototype of the 'Council of Seven Sages' slowly emerged."
"In the earliest days, the managers of this organization were all senior members of the forum at the time, and they were all people who were extremely good at technology." At this point, Bluebird Mask paused and waved his hand.
Then the scene around them changed. The two of them were like being in a hall where giants were. There were members of different images sitting in the stands around them. Some of them were sculptures, some were animals, and some were non-living fantasy images.
These members gathered in the hall, talking to each other and arguing fiercely.
"Give the technology to the Federation? Never! Those guys will only take it for themselves and set up layers of prohibitions and supervision in the name of security needs. Where will there be freedom?" A member wearing a scholar's robe shouted loudly.
"Shut up! You can only oppose this and that. Have you ever thought about how much manpower and material resources are needed to build such a huge network? This is an astonishing number. We can never do it by ourselves!" A walrus with a long white beard lay on the middle pillar and roared.
"Besides, our concept is still just a prototype. The specific implementation still requires a lot of verification. It is not enough to rely on small-scale experiments alone."
"It's like you can't build an aircraft carrier in a pond or grow a big tree in a house. Without massive data and environmental testing, many problems cannot be discovered." Another glass ball wearing glasses rotated on the stage, and the color inside kept changing.
"I'm not saying I won't do it, but I'm against us handing over all the technical data. This means we won't be able to control them anymore. What if the federal officials get the data, kick us out, deal with us offline one by one, and keep the results for themselves? Those guys will do anything for political achievements."
"You think too highly of those guys. With their group of lazy network technical officers trying to understand what we have worked hard on for many years, I'm afraid they will fall into many traps. As developers, we don't even know where some bugs are. We have to keep checking and backtracking to find them. They don't have the previous experience, so I don't think it's possible for them to achieve success overnight."
"So, even if they hand over the technical information, they still have to rely on us in the end. This is our confidence. Those who live for money will never understand our love for technology and the efforts we put into it."
The quarrel continued in the hall of the forum. Finally, a familiar figure appeared. His virtual image was a transparent cube with a little starlight. When it jumped onto the highest pillar in the center of the hall, the light radiated from itself, illuminating the entire venue, making everyone quiet down.
"'Cube', why are you hiding so much? You want to be a show-off again, right?" The big glass ball that had been quarreling before also raised the pillar under it and rushed into the air, keeping pace with the transparent cube with starlight.
"If you all go up, then I must not be left behind!" As the voice fell, a crystal triangle virtual image also jumped up.
In this way, the three people stood on the three pillars in the middle of the hall, overlooking the members below. They were the three early leaders of this organization and the three people with the highest authority in the forum.
Looking at the quiet meeting place, the transparent cube began to speak.
"I know everyone has some ideas and opinions, but this is not the central parliament of the Federation, nor is it a place where problems can be solved by voting."
The corners of the crystal triangle changed color and spoke, "It would have been better if this had been done earlier. I said at the time that it was bound to be fruitless if it was brought up for discussion. Some people would like it and some would hate it."
"You should say less. Although the three of us have discussed it, this is a huge matter after all. No matter what, we still have to discuss it with everyone to see if there are any serious bugs." The glass ball on the side commented.
"Since we have discussed for a long time and it is not as serious as we thought, let's just announce the decision now."
"Cooperation with the Federation is inevitable. Everyone should know that if we want to realize the future network we envision, we must rely on the official. This is not a question of resources and strength, but a question of sovereignty."
"A country cannot be born in another country, and the Federation will not allow a completely out-of-control and independent network world to appear."
"Even if we don't give it now, it's only a matter of time before technology is leaked. Even if it's a fool, you can slowly understand and learn it after giving it to him for decades. If we give it now, we can take the initiative." The transparent block explained.
"Instead of falling into a passive position at that time, it's better to take the initiative now and find the right official force to cooperate."
"Don't treat the country as a person. It is a complex aggregate with various people and forces inside. We need to find someone we trust enough to entrust this technology to, and let him take the lead in achieving our ideals."
"Next, let me tell you about the detailed plan and confidentiality arrangements..."
After that, the pictures beside the two of them flowed, like fast forward, and quickly flipped through.
"This is a record from more than a hundred years ago. What do you feel after reading it?" Bluebird Mask said.
"..." Ge Yin thought for a few seconds.
"Very rebellious, but inexplicably touching." She commented.
"Yes, very touching. Although they each have some shortcomings and often quarrel with each other, they are a group of simple people." Lan Que Mask sighed.
"At that time, they really wanted the Aijia Ka network to be built. It was like a beautiful grand plan, a vision full of fantasy and expectation, which made people yearn for it."
"In order to realize this wish, they began to constantly collect intelligence, summarize the distribution of various forces in the federal high-level, the demands of different congressmen, the direction of interests, etc."
"Finally, they found a suitable partner, and then there was a long negotiation, proposal, voting, debate, etc."
"By the time the Aijia Ka network was truly built, it was already 20 years after this video."
"You may be curious about where those people went back then. There is no record in the organization, and no one will tell you about the past history."
"Let me tell you." She raised her hand again, and the surrounding picture darkened.
"90% of those people died an untimely death."
"Researching technology is one thing, but when what they control is no longer technology, but real power, things change fundamentally."
"When the proposal to build the Aijaka network was passed, as the initiators and those who mastered the core technology, they naturally had power. This power can command and allocate the flow of hundreds of billions or trillions of resources and determine the birth of a certain Internet unicorn company in the future."
"The huge benefits involved are beyond ordinary people's imagination. How would ordinary people spend 100 billion? What kind of temptations and threats will 100 billion attract? The impact of this test almost instantly broke the will of the early members." "Some of
them surrendered to giant companies and became spies and spies within the organization. Some were betrayed by friends, their true identities were exposed, and they died at home. Some could not resist the temptation and became personal consultants and subordinates of certain senior officials. Only a very small number of members are still struggling to persevere, but this is also precarious, because those friends in the past are not only not helpful, but will be the biggest threat."
“When ten people can interpret the technology, the power to hold it will be equally shared by the ten people. But if only one person can do it, he will enjoy the power alone.”
“Brutal infighting broke out within the organization, which resulted in the organization being almost in name only for more than a decade. Countless people were displaced, disappeared, died, or were missing.”
“When the Aijika network was truly built, this early forum organization had disappeared, and the technical bureaucrats who were in charge of the Aijika network were almost nowhere to be seen.”
Hearing this, Ge Yin was silent for a long time, and finally asked.
"What about Senior 'Gray Fangyan'?"
"He... hid for a long time. When everyone thought he had been dead for more than ten years, he quietly reappeared in the Aijaka network, and then his virtual image slowly changed into the one you are familiar with today."
"After coming out again, he gathered the few remaining members of the forum and started to build a new organization. Because they had participated in the establishment of the Aijaka network, they were far more familiar with this world than ordinary people. The organization they established, both in terms of concealment and intelligence acquisition capabilities, far exceeded other budding network platforms."
"It was also during this stage that he began to gather strength and slowly recruited different forces to enrich the organization, such as those network mercenaries you are not familiar with, marginal offices, and so on."
"These armed forces greatly enhanced the strength of the organization, gradually dealt with those who sold out and betrayed the organization, and intimidated other Aijaka network forces, allowing the organization's status to be established. Later, layers of 'shells' and puppets were built to slowly hide the organization, forming the stable appearance it has today."
"If you ask me whether 'Gray Fangyan' was a pure and passionate person back then, I would answer yes. But if you ask me if he is still that kind of person a hundred years later, I would say I don't know."
"Although we have known each other for more than a hundred years, to me, he is actually slowly becoming a stranger. It was not until he invited you into the organization that I was finally sure that he had not forgotten his original intention."
"You are very similar to him in his early years, very young and exceptionally smart. Don't look at Gray Fangyan being very enthusiastic in front of you, that's because you are smart enough, extremely talented, and can easily understand what he teaches. If it were someone with a slightly lower IQ and a little stupid, he would get impatient if you asked him to teach, and would be very reluctant to do such 'inefficient' things."
"Compared to him in his early years, your mentality seems to be more stable. Even I have never seen your emotions fluctuate drastically. With you like this, you can probably avoid the tragedy of that year."
"Mastering the most advanced technology means you have the right to interpret 'science' and 'truth'. When no one else understands and you are the only one who understands, what you say becomes some kind of truth. This kind of temptation will shake and corrode people's hearts."
"I don't know where he found this rough diamond in you. You appeared almost overnight, and then he brought you to us and said that you will be one of our core members in the future." "
Surprise is inevitable. After all, you have no qualifications and are absolutely unfamiliar."
"However, every label on you shows that this is his choice and his ideal, so no one in the organization objects anymore."
"Compared to us who are already old, you are young enough. It is a good thing that you are immature and inexperienced now, because it will not threaten other core members who hold power. When they are really old one day, you will slowly grow up and can take over. If we have any wishes at that time, we will also entrust you to realize them." "
So, as long as you don't deliberately offend others, everyone will be willing to show some goodwill in front of you."
"Like what I'm doing now." After saying that, the noble lady rarely smiled.
"Let's stop here for today's conversation. I think you may need a lot of time to absorb it. You can go to the Red Scimitar when you have time. It's not a good thing to have been in the organization for so long but never said a word to them."
"Thank you for the reminder, senior." Ge Yin nodded.
Seeing that her calm heart was only slightly rippled at this moment, the noble lady felt a little emotional.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing to have a child with such little emotional ups and downs?
Well, at least for the organization, such a stable and intelligent child is the best choice for the future.
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