Master, what path do you cultivate?

After being tired on Yu Ye for so long, Ji Qinglin was just about to rest and enjoy the service of his apprentice when the doorbell of the grocery store was rang again, and one could imagine the little depression in his heart.

After the end of the Cultivation Competition, in order to explain the matter with Qian Feng to the jealous Yu Ye, the three masters and apprentices have been living in the old courtyard of the old city, and the grocery store has always been closed.

Most of the people who wanted to visit were unaware of the situation. Seeing that the grocery store was closed, they thought that Ji Qinglin, who had stole the limelight at the Cultivation Competition, had already moved away.

After returning from Nanhua, I didn't turn on the lights downstairs. Only the bedside lamp in the bedroom was on. Who would come to visit at this time?

Ji Qinglin didn't go downstairs in a hurry, but cautiously turned on the bedroom screen, and saw the appearance of the person coming through the camera installed opposite the shop.

A man with a thin physique, wearing a wine-red electronic Taoist robe. Groups of strings are rolling back and forth on the Taoist robe. On his head is a bundle of hair tied with electronic pipelines. A square face with Chinese characters makes him look a little serious. Carrying a small black suitcase.

Not only Ji Qinglin, Yu Ye and Chi Ye also recognized the person at a glance.

"Vice President of Beixin District, 'Poison Me and Two Actions' Dan Lu Ling, why is he here?"

Yuye and Chiye also saw Shan Luling on the Dabi of Cultivation. Unlike other chambers of commerce, Beixin District never formed an alliance, and the chairman of Shan Luling rarely spoke.

Ji Qinglin thought in his mind that the only relationship between himself and Shan Luling seemed to be the new life storage box, but he had already asked his colleagues in the secret police to return it. Could it be that this guy found him?

While thinking about it, Shan Luling turned his head to look at the hidden camera that was shooting him, then nodded slightly in the direction of the camera.

"Tsk, I was discovered, let's go, go down and meet."

Anyway, he didn't do anything bad that could be discovered, so Ji Qinglin didn't plan to hide, so he stretched his waist and went downstairs first, Yu Ye followed closely behind.

In front of the door, Ji Qinglin opened the door and said politely:

"Oh, isn't this the president of Beixin District? It's rare."

Looking up, he saw Ji Qinglin wearing a thin shirt with sweat on his forehead and his expression was displeased. The beautiful apprentice behind him was flushed with uneven breathing and his temples were scattered. Shan Luling, who has always been upright, bowed his hands and replied:

"I'm really sorry to disturb the interest of Elder Ji and his disciple's double cultivation."

Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye were both a little embarrassed when they asked a single sentence, but they looked at each other's situation, and it was indeed like the attitude of a Taoist couple in the middle of their double cultivation after being disturbed by others, and it's not because of Shan Luling's bluntness.

Chi Ye: It's really accurate, the foreplay has just ended.

"Uh, President Shan misunderstood. I'm just teaching skills. I don't know what's the point of coming here alone? Otherwise, please come forward and talk about it?"

Shan Luling nodded and followed the grocery store:

"Sorry, I said it too bluntly, Elder Ji said that it is to teach skills, so I should teach skills.

I came here today to thank Elder Ji for his help in retrieving the new life storage box. "

Hearing this, Ji Qinglin was slightly startled, but he didn't show it. He still responded with a smile:

"Why did President Shan make such a statement?"

"I asked the secret police who retrieved the box in detail. They couldn't give an overly detailed process. In the end, they couldn't do it. They had to admit that they had Elder Ji's enthusiastic help."

Ji Qinglin knew that the secret police would naturally not sell him, and when he gave them the box, he also told him to just say that they completed it when asked. Shan Luling probably learned about him from somewhere.

But I didn't take the things by myself, so it doesn't matter how I ask. Thinking of Ji Qinglin occupying the moral high ground, he asked:

"I did contribute, but I don't think it's necessary to take credit for it. Could it be that President Shan suspects that he is here to investigate on behalf of the secret police? Then I can go to the headquarters of the secret police with President Shan to accept the investigation."

Seeing this, Shan Luling hastily waved his hands and said:

"Elder Ji, you have misunderstood. I really just came to thank you, and I brought my little life with me by the way."

The two sat down at the counter, and Yu Ye poured each a cup of tea.

"That's just a matter of little effort, President Shan, you don't have to be polite."

"The North New District has always attached great importance to matters involving the lives of merchants. Since Elder Ji can assist in the return, I believe you are a trustworthy person."

Shan Luling said as he put the black suitcase on the table and slowly opened it. Inside was the new life storage box he had returned some time ago.

The difference is that the box is also equipped with a cup-sized metal object. Shan Luling carefully placed the object flat on the new life storage box and pressed the switch.

I saw a blue light emerging from the edge of the "cup", followed by a foot-high virtual portrait appearing above.

It looked like a ten-year-old boy in a Tsing Yi Taoist robe. After the boy appeared, he cupped his hands and saluted:

"Thank you benefactor for saving your life."

Ji Qinglin has never seen such a thing, but he has no prejudice against omnic himself, and politely responded:

"Hello, you're welcome. The new life storage box was originally used in this way. I didn't expect there to be a little life inside."

Shan Luling lowered his head and explained:

"Elder Ji said it right. The one you saved is the next generation created based on the source code below. In terms of human ethics, it is my son, Shan Luyi."

Although Ji Qinglin knew about omnics, after all, Beixin District had little contact with everyone, so there were many things he didn't understand about their birth and cultivation. After listening to Shan Luling's explanation, he continued to ask:

"It's no wonder President Shan is searching around, but I really didn't expect that you can already store life in such a small box. The technical level of Beixin District is really leading."

Shan Luling said politely:

"This is also the life storage method we recovered from the ancient technology we searched. In the past, the new life we ​​created could only be implanted in the internal network system after the body was completed. Now they can be independent in this way. I have practiced exercises."

"Practice the exercises first? Can they practice in the box?"

"Yes, although they don't have a physical body, as long as they build a fixed virtual platform, they can practice exercises in this small box. Although the progress is very slow now, it is already a qualitative breakthrough."

It was rare for Shan Luling to come to thank him, and Ji Qinglin also took the opportunity to ask a question he had long ago:

"President Shan, I would like to ask you a question. Your technical level is already very high, but it seems that your power and number have not grown explosively. It is just because the birth of omnic bodies and new life is slow? In addition, the way you create omnic life It is always carried out in the intranet system, is it because we are afraid that the advanced technological achievements will be leaked out?"

Hearing this question, Shan Luling squeezed out a standard smile and replied:

"Elder Ji is the benefactor of this matter, it is natural to be credible, and he is a human being rather than our own race, so it doesn't hurt to explain this to you.

The lack of explosive growth of omnics in our North New District is indeed due to the slow creation of omnic bodies and new life. You are right about this, but it is not entirely due to technical difficulties.

In addition, the way we create omnic life is always carried out on the intranet, not because our technical level is high and we are afraid of leaks, but because our technical level is insufficient to protect ourselves. "

What Ji Qinglin said meant that they seemed to be afraid of something, and before they opened their mouths to ask, Shan Luling continued to explain:

"The fastest way to create new life through source code is to connect to the Internet, but it is also the most dangerous way."

"Is it because those wandering AIs on the Internet will devour the life forms you created?"

After all, access to the network means more resources and greater risks, just like throwing your own fry into the sea. If there are no good protection measures, it will only be swallowed up.

But Shan Lu Ling shook his head and said:

"There will always be lives left in a frontal fight. We are not worried about this. What is really scary is the existence of powerful but undisclosed existence on the Internet."

Seeing that Ji Qinglin didn't understand, Shan Luling directly gave an example:

"We used to connect the network to create life in a laboratory way, and the effect is indeed obvious, but the life created has a problem."

"What?"

"The uploaded source code has been irreversibly modified. All the omnic lifeforms created through the Internet are like stamped with thought stamps. The result is that although these lives are created by us, the power of transformation can destroy them at any time. They manipulate."

Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye were also a little surprised when they heard this. After all, the technical capabilities of Beixin District are already very strong, and they can irreversibly transform their living bodies in batches on the Internet. Unify large areas.

It was not surprising to see Ji Qinglin surprised by Shan Luling, and continued to add:

"Since the awakening of omnic consciousness, the most important thing for our independent consciousness is freedom, so we don't want to be subject to any illegal control, whether it comes from humans or other forces, so Beixin District has to create its own life on the intranet. The efficiency is indeed a bit Low, but it can be guaranteed that it will not be affected by the mysterious power on the Internet to create free life forms."

The doubts about the omnic in Beixin District were solved, and Ji Qinglin and Yu Ye also suddenly realized.

But when Shan Luling mentioned the mysterious power on the Internet, Ji Qinglin suddenly felt a little familiar.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately recalled He Yuye and Chiye's speculation that the thing that "Qing" was afraid of might be a virtual thing a few hours ago, and his brain began to spin rapidly:

Intranet system that is isolated from the Internet - although there is technology in the cave, it is not connected to the outside world; there is no real body and only through the image - "Qing" who always maintains the state of Yangshen; you can practice exercises in the box - almost gong Master Dharma's "green".

Thoughts flashed by, Ji Qinglin didn't dare to continue to think deeply, he hesitated for a while and raised his head to ask:

"President Shan, I would like to ask, if you just refine your soul in that box, can you reach the realm of the Yang God?"

Shan Luling didn't expect Ji Qinglin's thinking to jump so fast, he was taken aback for a moment before replying:

"Elder Ji, you also know that omnic consciousness is not as flexible as human soul consciousness. It is very fast to simply learn hacking methods, but it is much more difficult to improve the realm of soul refining than human beings. At least for now, I don't know of soul refining Omnic consciousness in Yangshen state, but theoretically it can be done.”

That is to say, in theory, "Qing" may not be a human being.

Thank you for your reading and support! (All guesses are always partly right, but not the whole truth.)