Did the world end today?

Chapter 389 Consciousness Upload

Chapter 389 Consciousness Upload
"Direction?"

Lin Xu asked in confusion:
What is orientation?

"It's a simple truth."

Jiang Xingye replied:

"The lighthouse receives and captures information based on its own 'information instinct'."

"It cannot actively choose what information it receives, nor can it actively filter information."

"So you can see that most of the information she receives, or rather, most of the personality she possesses, is random."

"Random?"

Lin Xu's brows immediately furrowed.

If the personalities Ayana receives are all random, then Zhou Yue's original idea would be meaningless.

The problem is, this is definitely not meaningless.

Because Zhou Yue did indeed once consider this "characteristic" as his trump card.

He did indeed want to use Ayana as a trump card to hold all of humanity hostage.

Based on Lin Xu's understanding of him, there was an element of bluffing involved.

However, he couldn't afford to take too much risk without being certain of success.

Although their research in this area had not made much progress, Lin Xu found it hard to accept, and Jiang Xingye ultimately gave a "completely random" answer.

Looking directly into Jiang Xingye's eyes, Lin Xu awaited her further narration.

As expected, after a brief pause, Jiang Xingye continued:
"If it can only be done through Ayana herself, then all of this information gathering will be random."

"She is a lighthouse, and also a harbor."

"Without any guidance, all she could do was passively accept all the ships entering the port and try to make room in the berthing area to accommodate them."

"But what if this port had a manager?"

"He could be a water pilot."

"This pilot can screen out all the ships that can enter the port in advance and decide which ships to release."

"This is what is called 'orientation'."

Understood.

Lin Xu suddenly realized.

To become a water guide, one must first have the ability to travel through higher-dimensional channels or higher-dimensional spaces.

He must be able to adapt to high-dimensional environments and also have considerable information retrieval capabilities.

Zhou Yue was such a water pilot, and at a certain stage, Zhang Liming was also a water pilot.

Therefore, they were able to fully utilize Ayana's characteristics and infuse her with "personality" in another world.

"So you mean I need a water pilot?"

"Do not."

Jiang Xingye gently shook his head.

"In fact, you need a water pilot first."

"Having a water pilot is the foundation for your ability to utilize the 'lighthouse'."

“But you need more than just water pilots.”

"You also need a capability to copy information sets into higher-dimensional spaces."

"Compared to changing information sets in a low-dimensional space from a high-dimensional space, it is much simpler to project information into a high-dimensional space."

"The most intuitive method is to let a person directly enter a higher-dimensional space through a higher-dimensional channel."

"But now, you can't accept such a plan because you have to control the risks to Qin Shizhong, right?"

"Yes."

Lin Xu nodded, then replied:
"Qin Shizhong must absolutely not enter the higher-dimensional channel; this is the bottom line."

“In fact, this is also our biggest problem—if this problem didn’t exist, I wouldn’t need to come to you for help.”

"clear."

Jiang Xingye nodded and continued:
"Then you must adopt another, more cumbersome, more complex, but also safer method."

“You need to use a quantum computer to generate a consciousness that is completely identical to his.”

"Then, by sending entangled quantum pairs into the higher-dimensional channel, the information packaged into this consciousness is sent to the higher-dimensional space."

To generate a consciousness entity?
Lin Xu stared at Jiang Xingye in disbelief, then asked:

"Isn't converting humans into conscious beings even more difficult than directly ascending to a higher dimension?"

"No."

Jiang Xingye waved his hand.

"If you say that you want to completely analyze the information of humanity and fully understand how the brain works, then that is indeed very difficult."

"At least for you, it is simply impossible to achieve at this stage."

"Because the activity of neurons in the brain involves a large number of quantum-level activities, even we only achieved this three years before we completed our dimensional ascension."

"This technology is impossible to pass on to you. It's like we can teach people in the steam age how to build rockets, but we can't help them land on the moon."

"This is a systematic problem."

"That's a bit too far off."

"In short, you don't need to fully understand yourselves as individuals."

"All you need to do is copy."

"And I happen to have a very simple replication scheme here."

"As long as you meet a few key conditions, replication can be completed."

What conditions?

Lin Xu pressed on with more questions.

He vaguely realized that once this technology could be fully applied, it might solve more than just the problem of "Qin Shizhong" alone.

Copying consciousness into a quantum computer and then sending it through a high-dimensional channel?
Isn't this just creating a copy of yourself?

Is it possible that my bracelet is a copycat?

Following this line of thought, I began to understand why my bracelet was designed to "enter different worlds" rather than "directly receive information."

Lin Xu gently shook his head, dispelling his slightly wandering thoughts.

At this moment, Jiang Xingye had already given her answer.

"First, you need a powerful enough quantum computer."

"no problem."

Lin Xu nodded immediately.

In fact, in the world of Destiny Stone, quantum computing is developing much faster than he had anticipated.

If traditional computers still follow the so-called Moore's Law, then the development of quantum computers is absolutely explosive.

Since the birth of its first prototype, the boundaries of quantum computers have been constantly expanding.

Even if we don't yet have the computer that Jiang Xingye requested, given that the energy issue has been resolved, we're not far from meeting this "key condition."

"That's good."

Jiang Xingye continued:
"Secondly, you need a BCI device that is sensitive and accurate enough."

"You need quantum-level BCI probes to record all quantum activity in the human brain."

"The information collected will be used to reconstruct personality."

"We don't have that."

Lin Xu shook his head and said:

"Our resources are limited, so we didn't choose this direction." In fact, for a long time, the people of the Destiny Stone world did consider focusing all their efforts on developing brain-computer interfaces.

However, after witnessing a series of uncontrollable disasters caused by "brain-computer interfaces" in other worlds, Lin Xu also chose to remain vigilant about this technology.

Its upper limit is indeed very high, but at the same time, its lower limit is also frighteningly low.

Without being able to guarantee 100% safety, Lin Xu had no reason to take the risk.

"It's ok."

Jiang Xingye waved his hand and said:
"This technology is not complicated, and the material requirements are not high."

"The biggest technical challenge is filtering out clutter during the probe acquisition process."

"I will give you a complete solution, based on which you should be able to manufacture the equipment you need in a relatively short period of time."

"can."

This is what I need.

Or rather, this is the most crucial technology in the entire plan.

Jiang Xingye waved his hand gently, and a large amount of information began to flood into Lin Xu's mind.

He doesn't have time to carefully "read" and understand this information, so he can only rely on his "special ability" acquired in higher-dimensional space to temporarily store the information in his short-term memory.

Then, Jiang Xingye continued:

"The third key requirement is that you need to have the technology and equipment to send entangled quantum pairs to higher-dimensional channels and ensure the stability of the quantum pairs."

"In fact, this is the most difficult part."

Even if you have completed the extraction of information and the creation of a 'copy of the information set', distortion can still easily occur during the information transmission process.

“In many cases, distortion has already occurred the instant that quantum pairs pass through a higher-dimensional channel.”

"Without solving this problem, there is no point in talking about 'personality replication' at all."

"I can share the technical information with you, but this technology requires a lot of testing and trial and error, and you..."

"Do not."

Lin Xu suddenly raised his hand, interrupting Jiang Xingye.

This technology.
He didn't seem to need Jiang Xingye to provide it.
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Or perhaps, in another world, she had already given it.

In order to test the so-called "macroscopic transmission," in the broken world of the "Alliance Era," humanity had already explored methods for stably transmitting qubits through high-dimensional channels.

The reason it wasn't widely adopted was simply because the rapid development of the Acubier technology replaced its primary use at the time.

The technology still exists.

Even within the world of Destiny Stones, a series of tests have already been conducted.
"You...have you already done it?"

Jiang Xingye looked at Lin Xu in astonishment, while the latter slowly nodded.

"Yes."

"That's no problem."

Jiang Xingye let out a heavy sigh.

"You have met all the conditions."

"Then all we need to do next is to follow the plan."

"Optimistically speaking, it will take you about a month to complete this project."

"However, if you were here, perhaps it could be faster?"

"Hopefully."

Lin Xu was multitasking, listening to Jiang Xingye's narration while quickly browsing information about "quantum-level brain-computer interfaces".

At this point, 30 minutes had passed since he entered the bracelet world, but this time, they had not yet discussed the issue of the "spell".

Thinking of this, Lin Xu asked:
"How effective was the spell last time?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Xu keenly noticed a subtle change in Jiang Xingye's expression.

"Theoretically speaking, it's not bad."

She began to answer:
"The integrity of this world is increasing further, and has even exceeded 10%, which is higher than we previously expected."

"However, the process of world development brought about by this spell is not worth learning from."

"It was a completely dark world."

"From the beginning of the world, all intelligent humans have been shrouded in the heavy shadow of doomsday."

"The entire history of human civilization is a history of 'escaping disaster'."

"In almost every different era, people there have tried different methods to escape what is known as a 'tsunami'."

"During the primitive tribal period, humans built massive stone walls and fortresses, and even underground palaces, in an attempt to escape non-existent disasters."

"They carried out massive sacrifices, and the act of sacrifice alone almost led to the extinction of the entire human civilization."

"After struggling for tens of thousands of years, humanity finally entered the Iron Age."

"In this era, humanity has begun to chase the sky with unimaginable foresight."

"Can you imagine? Hang gliders even existed before horse-drawn carriages."

"Those in high positions of power live in the so-called Sky City, in what they consider to be the place closest to the gods."

"Although the practice of sacrifice has been restrained, it still persists for a long time."

"In human civilization, the elderly, the weak, the sick and disabled who have lost their ability to produce have become fixed objects of sacrifice and so-called 'sacrificers'."

"But this was not the darkest period."

"The darkest era came during the period of technological explosion."

“Every new technological discovery triggers a wave of trial and error.”

"From the steam engine to the internal combustion engine, to electricity, to nuclear energy, and then to quantum technology and higher-dimensional technology."

"The people there are burning themselves out of their minds, pushing technological progress in the most extreme ways."

"Blood and darkness permeate the entire history of technological development. It can even be said that behind every mature technology lies a bloodshed that can never be cleaned up."

"They did eventually achieve dimensional ascension—but at the very moment of its completion, this civilization was also destroyed."

"Because they used the most extreme method: consciousness uploading."

"They have completely abandoned themselves."

"They created their own incarnations and placed all their hopes on them."

"Unfortunately, without sufficient computing power, these so-called 'avatars' failed to form a stable civilization in higher dimensions."

Ultimately, all these worlds were reduced to ruins, which I then captured.

"understood."

Lin Xu raised his head slightly and sighed.

As it turns out, excessively extreme impetus cannot produce positive results.
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However, this test has given me a new "adjustable parameter".

The "crisis level" parameter.

Perhaps, I can consider incorporating this parameter into the next incantation.

"time is limited."