Watching the anime from Madoka Magica and writing the rules

Chapter 172 Noah's Ark

"Hiroki is an absolute genius, even ridiculously so."

"But I don't know the exact date. I only know that two years after Hiroki left, Sindora Corporation would launch the virtual stealth game cabin, Cocoon, and it would debut in this country."

"What game?"

Sonoko raised her hand and asked.

Zhi Xing looked at Yuan Zi in surprise, and it took him a while to react. He sighed:

"The generation gap between you and me is truly enormous, but this only further highlights Hiroki's genius."

In order to make Sonoko understand, Zhixing explained the gradual upgrading of computers and the process of arcade game consoles becoming computer games and then gradually becoming mobile games.

"It was at a time when everyone was still using desktop computers, and even those running at pitifully slow speeds, that Hiroki single-handedly lifted the entire computer industry to a level it didn't belong to. So much so that the gaming pods launched by Sindora two years later still used Hiroki's legacy."

I don’t know if it was because it involved games, but Yuanzi listened very carefully for the first time, so she was able to barely keep up with Zhixing’s explanation of the common knowledge about the future.

"Could it be that the kid named Hiroki also came from the future? Did he really commit suicide? Or was it just an excuse to go back to the future?"

Sonoko couldn't help but feel puzzled. After all, judging from such deeds, this child of Hiroki was probably far away from the paper line in front of him.

"It's a pity. I can confirm that he really committed suicide because he left something behind. This kind of thing cannot be left behind by going back to the past."

"And this is also the most valuable point of this intelligence."

"Before you gather all the gold nuggets, I'd better spread some common sense to you so that you don't fail to understand its value."

Zhihang looked at Yuanzi with an expression that said he would not speak until the money was in place, which made Yuanzi very unhappy and muttered:

"Tsk, if I hadn't actually seen that you could actually do magic, how could I possibly pay for something like that?"

Although she was reluctant, Sonoko still made the call.

When the two men in Zhihang had almost finished their dessert, a butler-like figure knocked on the door of the box, and a burly bodyguard walked in with a suitcase behind him.

"Second Miss, I have brought the gold nuggets you requested. Please take a look."

The security guard opened the suitcase and revealed the glittering gold bars inside.

Zhixing, who had only ever eaten gold coin chocolates, couldn't help but gasp when he saw real gold like this for the first time in his life, not on TV or computer.

"This is 18K gold, and it has passed inspection and verification. According to the current market price, it is equivalent to about 335 million RMB."

Hearing this currency unit, Zhixing suddenly came back to his senses from the temptation brought by the gold bars and looked at the butler beside him. The butler also looked at Zhixing without flinching.

Zhi Xing touched his chin thoughtfully, then looked at Yuanzi and said:

"So do you want to listen now or when no one else is around?"

Yuanzi waved her hand without hesitation and said with a distressed look on her face:

"It's okay, just tell me."

Zhihang shrugged his shoulders, turned his eyes away from the box of gold to avoid making a fool of himself, and then said:

"You're the one buying it, so I'll listen to you."

Then, under the watchful eyes of the butler, bodyguard, and Sonoko, Zhixing revealed the information:

"The reason why I don't think Hiroki is a person from the future is that before he left, he used his genius mind to write the only artificial intelligence of this era."

"artificial intelligence?"

As expected, Yuanzi raised doubts again.

"Yes, I used the computer keyboard to build a life in the computer world."

"Oh~ That's amazing."

Sonoko uttered a sound of admiration, then asked doubtfully:

"So what if he has this life?"

"eternal life."

"what?"

A surprised voice came from behind Zhixing. When he looked in the direction of the voice, he saw that it came from the butler.

"Ahem, I'm truly sorry to interrupt your conversation with the young lady, but forgive my ignorance. If you were talking about using the life within the computer as commercial espionage, I could understand the value of that. But the sudden appearance of eternal life is truly too shocking. I don't believe that if that's the case, these gold bars alone are enough to buy it."

After hearing the blatant suggestion that he was lying, Zhixing immediately looked at Yuanzi, who still didn't understand, then shook his head and explained:

"This AI was built by Hiroki himself. It's an AI with Hiroki's personality."

"It was precisely because he had written himself into the life in the computer that Hiroki jumped, to prevent the two personalities from becoming two different people due to their different experiences."

"And the loss of Hiroki also means that no one can completely transform themselves into an artificial intelligence that can survive in the online world."

"But artificial intelligence is ultimately a living being, and as a living being it will continue to learn and grow."

"Just as Hiroki could program an AI, this AI also knew from the outset how to program another AI."

Zhixing clasped his hands together, looked at Xiaolan's mobile phone, and then said:

"Am I right? Noah's Ark?"

"Noah's Ark? Is that the name of that computer life form?"

Yuanzi still found it difficult to imagine this. After all, computer interfaces were not developed enough in that era, so trying to imagine a life being born in it was still a little difficult for Yuanzi to understand.

"Uh, yeah, that guy's name is Noah's Ark, but you can call him Hiroki too."

The paper company calmly changed the subject, saying it was naive to think that artificial intelligence could monitor phones in this era when landlines and mobile phones are prevalent.

At the same time, it also allowed Zhixing to confirm that Noah's Ark did not appear, otherwise Yuanzi would not have heard the name.

"Then, can you explain the value of this information? If it's just a statement that such a thing exists, it's not worth the price. After all, we can't verify whether your statement is correct."

The butler quickly intervened in the transaction between Zhihang and Yuanzi, and asked Zhihang to return to the main topic and said:

"As a life form within a computer, Noah's Ark can be moved freely through the Internet, including surveillance and company computers, which can be hacked and temporarily inhabited."

"But I know there's a moment when Noah's Ark will absolutely be there."

"This is the only opportunity where you will step into it even though you know it's a trap."

"The first launch of the Cocoon Game Cabin, two years after its launch."

The butler frowned and asked:

"If the artificial intelligence you're talking about has truly abandoned the constraints of the flesh and can freely rely on the Internet to survive and achieve immortality, then why would he go there?"

Seeing that Sonoko was also curious about this, Jixing explained:

"Because the culprit who forced Hiroki to build Noah's Ark in advance, the president of Sindora Company, who is also Hiroki's nominal adoptive father, Sindora will be discovered there by the detective and arrested."

Are you telling the truth?

A young child's voice came from the butler, which scared everyone present and also shattered the hope that Zhixing had after confirming that the other party was not there.

"Well, as you know, that machine will definitely work during the press conference, thus exposing your adoptive father's secret."

"In order to conceal this secret, the other party did not hesitate to commit the crime himself, and then the detective deduced the crime and the secret he wanted to cover up."

Did my father still choose to take action? It turned out that he couldn't escape the inheritance of blood.

The butler hurriedly took out the thing that made the sound from his clothes. As Zhixing expected, it was the mobile phone that the butler carried with him. However, there was something that surprised Zhixing, that is, this phone had gotten rid of the style of a big brother and had the size of a smart phone.

"Since you already know the future, why don't you stay at the Suzuki Group for a while and help me complete this deal?"

Sorry, I have to decline this offer.

"So I can only wait for you then? Will you still come?"

Yes, I will. If that day really comes, no matter whether you are ready to arrest me or not, I will definitely come to the scene to witness it with my own eyes.

The housekeeper watched Zhihang seamlessly connect his conversation with his own mobile phone, and in his heart he had already believed most of the information provided by Zhihang.

The reason why he didn't completely believe it was because Zhixing was from the magical world, and the butler really couldn't tell whether he had been deceived by a trick in the magic.

"Then why don't you at least leave something behind to prove your existence is real? Otherwise, the butler over there will think I'm deceiving him."

Zhixing looked no longer so calm, and looked at his butler with horror. For the first time, he experienced the convenience of mind reading from the changing translation ability.

Is it the value of 18K gold? That’s fine, as an exchange for your provision of this prophecy.

Immediately afterwards, the housekeeper received an email from an unknown source on his mobile phone.

After reading the content of the email, the housekeeper once again looked at the paper company with horror.

It is exactly equivalent to this gold. How many company secrets does this man know?

Zhihang felt relieved, knowing that the deal was definitely going to be done. He looked at the bodyguard holding the gold box and said,

"You can give me the money now."

"You actually speak our language?"

The bodyguard, who had not understood a word from the beginning until now, looked at Zhihang in surprise at this moment, then came to his senses, quickly closed his mouth and looked at the butler beside him.

Seeing this, the butler became even more convinced that the Paper Shop could perform magic, so he made a gesture and the bodyguard closed the box this time and pushed it across the table in front of the Paper Shop.

Zhihang reached out and picked up the box. Feeling the weight of half a bag of rice, he finally felt relieved. He smiled at his sponsor and said,

"Then I'll take it without hesitation! Is there anything else you'd like to know about this information? Once I leave, that will be another expense."

"By the way, please ask me if I really need to pay for the information fee for that list."

Yuanzi saw that she had no say in the communication between the housekeeper and the paper merchant, and only then was she able to raise all her doubts and confusions.

Zhixing put the box on himself, and looking at the heavy weight, he patiently explained common sense and misunderstandings to Yuanzi.

Finally, the transaction came to an end when the housekeeper called Yuanzi and asked her to go home.

"Do you need help? This box is quite heavy."

Before leaving, the housekeeper kindly asked about the paper business.

In response, Zhixing simply declined the housekeeper's help calmly, picked up the packed things, closed his eyes and uttered silent words.

Then, Zhi Xing, under the surprised gazes of the butler and bodyguard, carried his suitcase into the witch's barrier with an entrance and exit opened by the magic circle.

"Oh, I didn't have dinner."

Although it took a long time, the interval between lunch and dinner was still too long, and the paper company could not get a second meal.

"It's not safe to go out with a box of gold."

"I won't go out this time. I'll just wait here for midnight. Then I'll put this box in reality. I won't leave it here and let someone take it away because of the time jump."

Thinking this, Zhi Xing brought his suitcase to the dark corner of the barrier and waited silently for time to pass.

During this time, he felt hungry and judged that it was time for dinner, so he opened the lid of the bottle of homemade soul gem and drank all the colorful black liquid.

As Zhixing took the liquid, he clearly saw that in an unknown place outside the barrier, a series of doors suddenly appeared, and Zhixing and his personal belongings were brought into the witch's room.

He then drank a bowl of authentic witch's soup and regained his freedom.

"Huh~ It's worth over 300 million in this era. I wonder if it would be worth ten times as much back in my time?"

The paper merchant opened the box from time to time to look at the gold bars inside, and took them out one by one to confirm the weight of each one. It was not until midnight that he finally stopped being excited.

"Now I have not chosen to leave the witch's barrier, and I have also seen the witch herself."

"Although this doesn't allow us to control the variables, we still need to stabilize it for now and make sure we can go back first!"

Feeling that the vision had turned from the witch's room, which was always bright, to pitch darkness, Zhixing struggled to grab the box in his hand, then looked around and quickly found the white figure.

One second, two seconds...

Zhihang stared at the white shadow in the distance, and his mood, which had just gained a huge fortune, suddenly plummeted to the bottom.

"Sure enough, no matter how optimistic I am, it can't change the fact that I can't go back now?"

Zhixing felt very unwilling, and even guessed that he needed to get closer to trigger the urge to go back, and he completely ignored the far distance between them when he first saw the white shadow.

This unwilling attempt continued until Zhi Xing returned to the witch's barrier from the dark space.

Chapter 173 The familiar tastes really good

"It's game over now."

Zhixing sat down and then let his body fall back onto the platform of the doll tower.

The gold that was once regarded as a treasure was no longer cherished and was allowed to slide aside.