Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 334 333 Turing Test
In the mysterious space above the gray fog.

The packed Tarot Club members gazed at the other side of the water's reflection, which was like a mirror, as they watched the dialogue between "The Fool" and "The Sun."

Currently, the official members of the Tarot Club, led by "The Fool," are: Mr. Fool, Klein Moretti; "The Hanged Man," Alger Wilson (fake); "Justice," Audrey Hall (fake); and "The Sun," Derrick Berg (real).

The Tarot Club led by "Mistake" is like a control group, consisting of Mr. "Mistake", Alger Wilson (the real "Hanged Man"), Audrey Hall (the real "Justice"), and Gar Blaise (the real "Power").

A mirror reflects two tarot gatherings held at the same time, by different members; half of it is fake, and half is real.

So, which side is real and which side is fake?
Tang looked at the people and objects reflected in the water mirror on the ground, and the smile on his lips never disappeared.

Only after Mr. Fool left the gray fog, bidding farewell to the newly joined Derek Berg, who had drawn the "Sun" card, and Gal Bryant, who had drawn the "Strength" card, did Mr. Error scan his surroundings. He looked at the seats around him, where the Time Worms and Spirit Worms, huddled together, were also disappearing, merging into the gray fog.

Finally, he looked at Tang, who was at the very bottom of the bronze table, and picked up his drawing board again.

"You seem to be in a good mood? How did things go with Salinger?"

"Mistake," Mr. asked.

The place deep within the raging sea is inherently special, involving a portion of the power left behind by the Sequence 0 Death God. Without special authority and extraordinary abilities, even Mr. "Mistake," the King of Angels, would find it difficult to understand the situation inside and easily infiltrate it.

Although the mausoleum has loopholes and errors in its defense, and there are loopholes that can be exploited in the face of the "errors" of those who hold this part of the power, it also contains a lot of spiritual pollution, involving the River of Eternal Darkness, which makes it quite dangerous.

Ammon and Adam must have known about this place, but they never ventured into it easily over thousands of years.

However, Tang is different. Theoretically speaking, as one of the three pathways composed of the "upper narrative," the "Supreme One" is also corrupted and his will originates from the "upper narrative," that is, the transmigrator himself. He will not be easily influenced by the River of Eternal Darkness and Salinger's spiritual imprint.

Given the right authority, Tang, who has a blood connection to the group, has a fairly high chance of entering and is quite safe from doing so.

As a qualified mysterious servant, even if his true body has things to do and will not appear in front of the public for a long time, the puppets he has deployed in various regions, which possess his spirit insects, and the historical gap images pulled out by ancient scholars, can exert a combat power close to that of the King of Angels, even when his true body is not present.

Not to mention the gifts of the "Supreme One" and all sorts of other miscellaneous things.

This will only make the mysterious servant, whose true form is hidden, even more terrifying, difficult to defend against, and difficult to fatally harm.

If even one life cannot be eliminated, imagine facing five lives, hiding oneself, and relying solely on historical gaps and the activities of mysterious servants—it's terrifying to even think about.

Therefore, the Hades Emperor Salinger's backup plan, this mausoleum submerged in the depths of the raging sea, is also an extremely powerful and secretive area. Originally set up to help Salinger resurrect and return, it actually benefited the invaders who came to deal with Him.

At this moment, Tang, who is currently active on the Source Castle, is a vessel born from the "error" caused by the combination of historical gap images and spirit insects. It can also be regarded as a puppet created by the original body.

After all, using fragmented images of one's own history as props is a common practice among high-ranking diviners.

Even if his main body needs to stay in the depths of the raging sea for a long time to deal with the problems left behind by the Underworld Emperor Salinger, he can still achieve his goals through various mystical puppets, historical pore images, and sealed artifacts.

Mr. "Mistake" stared at Tang, who had put down his easel.

"I'm in a good mood, after all, things are going relatively smoothly with the Salinger issue. I've managed to combine his two backup plans, and I'm planning to stuff them all back into the River of Eternal Darkness to cause the goddess some trouble..."

"However, this is a delicate task, and given that I need to remain here as an 'anchor' for the past, I probably won't be leaving anytime soon... But it seems like you're implying something, my dear Flamel~"

Mr. "Mistake": ...

Tang pondered for a moment, then hummed in agreement and asked, "You mean why not tell the truth? Gal Blair's mental state is unstable. The system detected his abnormality. If things continue at this rate, he may not be able to achieve his goals. After confirming that the people of Silver City have left the Forsaken Land, he will commit suicide... or something?"

Not everyone can retain so much humanity after living for so long. After Sequence 4, the clash between divinity and humanity begins, and much of humanity will gradually diminish due to the struggle against divinity, leaving only the most core part of emotion.

This was an inevitable price to pay. Even though the puppets equipped with the "Bionic Puppet" module could continuously replenish this part, Tang did not do so.

“I already guessed the reason,” said Mr. “Error.” “Part of it is the Turing test, isn’t it?”

"The Turing Test... Ah, indeed, that's pretty much it."

Tang placed the painting in his hand on the long bronze table. The painting depicted a vast starry sky and two blue planets orbiting a deep red star.

He rested his chin on his hands and scanned the magnificent palace above the gray fog. "After all, the 'Bionic Doll' module is essentially a tool with human-like memory and emotions, replicated and manufactured from data. Its operating principle is not much different from AI."

However, the processor is merely a mystical "terminal" of the system and the knowledge wilderness, both possessing near-infinite computing power.

"After the relevant information is input, the AI ​​will continuously generate and expand on the information and answer the questions on its own. This is reflected in the puppets, which means that they act autonomously without the instructions and manipulation of the puppet master."

Essentially, it is still a simulation, operation, and processing carried out by the two large occult "terminals" of the system and the wilderness of knowledge.

However, even when the network is down, which refers to situations such as being sealed by a Planeswalker or entering a Forsaken Land where it cannot function, or the Puppet Master being out of contact, the Puppet can still perform subsequent automatic operations based on the data pre-downloaded in the "Bionic Puppet" module for a short period of time.

"To make the 'Bionic Marquee' module more complete, what we need is data, just like feeding data to AI."

For example, how would humans react in this situation?

Even in the wilderness of knowledge and the computation of systems, nothing can be created out of thin air; they require basic logic as their foundation.

In the course of countless possible developments, the calculations of the "bionic puppet" will inevitably produce more or less errors. Only through system reorganization and upgrading of all "bionic puppet" modules can the puppet be made to infinitely approach the concept of "human".

The Turing test is applicable to distinguishing between humans and machines (non-humans). Some of the "bionic puppets" equipped with the "bionic puppet" module will inevitably make others perceive their non-human nature due to their own imperfections and errors. Therefore, a continuous stream of data is needed to support the continuous self-improvement and evolution of the "bionic puppet" module.

In the Turing Test, if a puppet is identified as non-human, the system will summarize the factors that led to its identification by others, and simultaneously share this possibility of being discovered with all other puppets, thus achieving a further refinement.

Therefore, before these unexpected events and possibilities occur, the only way to upgrade the "bionic puppet" module is to use an exhaustive method to continuously simulate scenarios in order to obtain the information needed by the system.

Ah, of course, the claim that the Turing test was used to hide something from Gal Bly is probably only a small part of the reason. After all, with a sufficiently large number of secret pairs, there's no need to exhaustively explore many possibilities.

"As for why I concealed the truth, well, I've been keeping it from Tao Tao all along... They didn't ask at all, did they? What does their not asking have to do with me... In fact, they have to blame themselves. Why didn't they get to the bottom of things before coming to me to interrogate me? I'm an Angel King, and I have a temper too, you know..." Mr. "Mistake": "So, it's their fault after all?"

"Of course," Tang replied matter-of-factly.

Following you, everyone has suffered terribly...

Mr. "Mistake" sighed again.

Speaking of which, he is also a secret partner. Is it really appropriate for a secret partner to be meddling in other people's business?

“I think I’ve given enough hints. Whether it’s Tingen City, the Tarot Society, or other parts, I haven’t hidden anything from you, have I… wait a minute.”

Suddenly, Tang seemed to remember something, looked up and asked Mr. "Mistake" with a suspicious look, "What kind of image do you have of me?"

He remembered that he wasn't so bloodthirsty before, right? How exactly have these guys turned him into this demonic figure?

Is he the kind of monster who eats a few children to calm himself down? Or is he influenced by the Celestial Venerable, indiscriminately killing innocents and acting recklessly?

Is it wrong for him to just make a casual remark?
"This brings us to another part of the reason I just mentioned." Mr. "Mistake" smiled: "If you really have to put it, it's the unscrupulous boss who exploits his employees, doesn't pay them, and still makes demands like 007."

The heartless boss keeps his own mistresses at the KTV every day and expects them to work for him.

"As for Mr. Gal Bly, I think the comments would be something like 'mentally ill patient,' 'madman who has gone mad with killing,' or 'you are the one who should be in a mental hospital'... After all, sometimes your performance is really outstanding, and I sometimes wonder who is better at playing the role of the Lord of Mysteries, you or the Celestial Venerable."

Tang: “…”

In the ranking of those who play the role of the Lord of Mysteries, he is ranked first and the Celestial Venerable is ranked second, right?

but……

"Did I exploit you?" Don was a little incredulous. How could Nikolai say that about him?
"Tell me honestly, isn't it true?" Mr. "Mistake" still had a smiling expression, and he complained to his master puppeteer in a very amiable manner.

Taking a quick glance in their direction, the system eagerly asserted its presence: 'Yeah, yeah, host, you're snacking and slacking off in the mausoleum! This system saw you!'

They're all working here! How could you do this, host?!

Tang, who loves sniping mid-door regardless of who he's facing, and who enjoys the historical gap images of Nikolai Flamel: "...Ah, this."

I'm muting my microphone; I don't want to talk.

After their casual chat, seeing Tang's expression of "Am I really that bad?", Mr. "Mistake" felt that his master puppeteer should reflect on whether he had acted inappropriately and whether his words had been too hurtful...

He spoke again: "The script for Tingen City is about to be completed, Tang."

"Yeah, let's blow the whole city of Tingen into the sky later," Tang immediately replied.

Mr. "Mistake": ...

Okay, he retracted that pitiful little bit of reflection.

This guy sometimes doesn't really like being human.

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"Honestly, why do I have to do this?"

Kingdom of Rune, Tingen City.

The young man sitting atop the clock tower at the University of Tinggen, overlooking the entire city, habitually adjusted the monocle in his left eye socket. His gaze swept to the side, and a figure wearing a black silk hat stepped from a higher dimension into a lower dimension, walking to Amon's side.

"Are you in such a hurry? That child is so pitiful, living in your schemes ever since he came into this world."

Nikolai glanced at Amon, whose smile seemed harmless but whose tongue had become quite nimble, raised his eyelids, and asked, "When did you become so talkative, former 'Blasphemer'?"

Amon smiled and said, "I thought you guys would like this kind of personality."

He smiled and lifted the bottom edge of his monocle with his finger, looking towards a certain spot in Tingen.

Through his monocle, he saw vast expanses of shimmering gold, viscous like an ocean, and an unfathomable depths of a mine.

This is a new energy source discovered in Tingen City. It is highly efficient, clean, and has mystical effects, and is particularly powerful in the field of "solar energy."

"The Well of the Sun"

"To destroy the entire city of Tingen, to impersonate the true creator, the primordial witch, and to conceal the sage's and my schemes, to act while you were away, to bring the problem to a head, right?"

"Yes."

Nikolai nodded succinctly.

Amon nodded as if he understood, then looked at Nicholas and asked with a smile, "And what is my reward?"

"It will be what you want."

Amon's smile deepened. "Then... I'll have to look forward to it."

(End of this chapter)