Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 230 Winter Sleeping Serpent, Primordial True Name

After unlocking the third-tier Word of Power, Lin Bo performed surgery on the seagulls, especially the neural coding process, which became much faster and more efficient. In the past, he could only modify a maximum of thirteen or fourteen seagulls in a busy night, but now he implanted brain-computer interfaces into one hundred and twenty-two Fungus Language seagulls in one night.

As the number of users grows, the information density and abundance of the Lighthouse Network also increase. However, the evolution of intelligent life forms falls into a marginal effect, and the rate of evolution begins to slow down.

If we follow the original ideal model, the birth of ultimate artificial intelligence should have taken only one month, but now it has been indefinitely delayed. The reason is simple: computer hardware is unable to support it. The upper limit of this electronic universe is insufficient, restricting the future path of all beings.

Even if Lin Bo keeps building servers up to the maximum capacity of the data center, the computing power will not increase indefinitely, while the needs of intelligent life evolution are growing exponentially.

If we continue to stack computing power using traditional silicon-based computers, perhaps covering the surface of Baishi Island with servers would be enough to meet the needs of the ultimate intelligent life envisioned by Lin Bo.

Even so, the Lighthouse Network is now a free-roaming place with countless species and a wide variety of programs and functions that are difficult to count.

It's fair to say that Lin Bo has begun to struggle to understand the evolutionary process of these intelligent life forms.

Originally designed to serve the user's practical needs, these devices have gradually evolved to include a large number of functions that are unnecessary and impractical for humans.

Some programs simply run in a cool way to greet other intelligent life forms, or simply to let the program idle, entering a sleep-like state of inactivity.

However, it is precisely these kinds of impractical abilities that make them exhibit a high degree of biologicality, developing a more complex and agile thought structure than many artificial intelligences, and possessing an almost realistic "animalistic" quality.

Although the conditions for ultimate intelligence to emerge have not yet been met, several powerful intelligent life forms already exist in the electronic universe, each with its own strengths. Some are adept at analyzing images, some at observing human micro-expressions, and others at calculating weather models.

Their forms have gradually deviated from their original animal appearance. Some have humanoid structures, with animal heads and human bodies being the most common. Others have become objectified, some resembling swirling clouds, and others resembling a square sand table. There are many different kinds.

Their external structure represents both their aesthetic sense and hints at their capabilities.

When Lin Bo practices the "Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual", he will consult different types of prophecies based on the specialties of each intelligent life form, thereby increasing the success rate.

One day, these top-level intelligent life forms will merge and create the most comprehensive data entity in the electronic universe, but for now, they are still confined by the low dome of this world.

As he left the East Cliff Grottoes, the stars and moon that had been clamoring in the monk's ears all night gradually disappeared, and a more magnificent and clear voice occupied the throne of the heavens.

The blazing sun rises on the southeastern horizon.

Being able to hear the language of light means that Lin Bo is able to capture a vast amount of information through his vision.

The sunlight shining directly on the Earth's surface told the sorcerer what major events had occurred eight minutes earlier in the star that was hovering a astronomical unit away, such as signs of solar flares and sunspots, and the number of solar winds blowing into space.

The azure light refracted in the atmosphere tells the story of convection, dust and water vapor movement in the atmosphere. The tens of millions of square kilometers of sky above Lin Bo's head has never been so noisy, vivid and complex, like a transparent kingdom inhabited by billions of living beings.

The light falling on everything on the earth's surface bursts forth with countless colors. In the eyes of the mage, it reveals the surface structure, temperature, and other information of the illuminated objects.

Look at a piece of transparent glass; light shines through, clearly revealing the density distribution and fracture zones throughout its interior.

Pick a leaf from an evergreen tree in winter, and sunlight shines through the leaf, telling the story of its visit to the cell kingdom: the enormous cell nucleus, the wall-like cell wall, the ocean-like vacuoles, and so on.

The vast and the minute worlds converged in the light, speaking together in the mage's ear. The richness of information received by the senses exploded.

If you find it noisy, simply calm your mind, and the noise of everything will dissipate and subside.

However, Lin Bo was already used to listening.

He was pondering how to learn the true name of the Light.

Since we are not yet familiar with the language of dragons and cannot use the command to silence the ancient things, we need to use a simpler method to find out their true names. The key is to find something that can suppress the light.

Lin Bo knew that what could silence light was obscuring, absorbing, and devouring it. Whether it was using opaque objects or shadows created by magic, they could all suppress the light.

He rummaged through the player's inventory for materials and remembered that a piece of related material had dropped when he opened an affix chest before. He took it out and used it.

Lin Bo took out a dull, dark pearl from his backpack. It was about the size of an adult's thumb and was constantly radiating black rays of light.

This is a giant clam shell pearl from the Shadow Dimension, whose magical energy spontaneously transforms into light-absorbing rays.

The dark rays, like sea urchin spines, clashed with the sunlight in the environment, waxing and waning, and the boundary between light and darkness seemed to expand and contract as if it were breathing.

The black light emanating from the pearl fell into Lin Bo's eyes, and it also murmured in dragon language, which was the voice of the magical energy within it.

Although both appear dark, the light-absorbing rays created by magic and the shadows commonly found in nature are two different concepts.

The shadow in nature represents the "lack of light." It is an empty state of non-existence, like the empty set in mathematics. Things that do not exist have no real name and cannot be manipulated.

The shadow created by magic is a miraculous entity derived from the concept of nothingness, like a bucket of pure black paint, which can be perceived and controlled.

That's why Lin Bo needs to use the Shadow Tridacna Bead to silence the light, instead of just going into a dark room.

The mage held the shadowy pearl in his hand, gazing at the boundary line where light and darkness clashed.

He needs to enter a meditative state, silenting his mind and body, so that the True Name Rune can be revealed.

The Lv3 Black Serpent Meditation Technique cannot be entered into a meditative state while the eyes are open and the mind is clear. Fortunately, the proficiency level of this skill had already met the upgrade requirements a few days ago, but he had been holding back from doing so.

Upon reaching level 4, the Black Serpent Meditation Technique reaches its pinnacle, allowing one to enter a meditative state while walking, sitting, or lying down.

Lin Bo opened the integrated network panel.

"upgrade."

Ding--

Black Serpent Meditation: Lv4 (Max) Unlocks the trait "Gift of the Sleeping Serpent," activating the Sleeping Serpent state, continuously and slowly increasing the body's maximum vitality and mental speed until the blessing effect disappears.

The mage lowered his eyelids slightly. In his mental field, the vitality of his mind and body merged, transforming into a transparent and slender long snake that coiled around the True Name Rune, moving silently.

The thumping pulse gradually slowed down to only a dozen beats per minute, the bright light in the eyes dimmed, as if the eyes were sleepy and dazed, the limbs were limp and weak, the organs were functioning slowly, the metabolism was slowing down, the breathing was barely perceptible, and no sweat dripped from the pores of the whole body.

For Lin Bo, although he had already put on a sweater under his trench coat, winter had only officially begun at this moment, marking the start of a long period of hibernation.

For some time to come, he will remain in a state of slumber, which is also a stage of cultivation that facilitates the exploration of the true names of all things.

After staring at the shadowy giant clam shell bead for a moment, Lin Bo clearly saw the runes of the Light Dragon Language.

This was also the first true name of an ancient thing that he discovered.

The mage casually put away the precious pearl, formed a sword-finger seal, and strolled across the sea, slowly making his way to the lighthouse.

(End of this chapter)