I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

The two arrived at a secluded and quiet laboratory building in the Academy of Science and Technology, where a bespectacled, well-mannered young man in a plaid shirt had been waiting for them for a long time.

"President Cheng!" Wang Yang stepped forward to shake hands. His dark circles were still very heavy, but he was full of energy. One had to admit that a million-dollar annual salary was indeed a good thing.

"Let's go, let's take a look at our lab." The boy put his hands in his pockets and raised his chin.

"Okay, please come this way." Wang Yang gestured for them to proceed and quickly led the way.

Shen Xi followed behind Cheng Fei with a blank expression.

402. The Eye of Truth

The three of them went up to the second floor and entered a bright and clean room. In the center of the room were two rows of experimental tables, with side tables surrounding the walls.

"President Cheng, this is our synthesis laboratory. This is the supercritical reactor, where the pressure can reach 70 MPa. The monomers for tough fibers are synthesized here. This high-speed disperser is used for copolymerization modification..." Wang Yang began to introduce incessantly.

Compared to the absent-minded Shen Xi, Cheng Fei listened very attentively.

The three spent some time touring several laboratories with different purposes before arriving at the attached small office. Wang Yang adjusted his glasses and continued his report, "President Cheng, the laboratory is basically ready. We can continue our research on tough fibers..."

"Are you good enough on your own? Do you need any assistants? Although our company is still in its early stages, we can still set up a small team if necessary," the young man said casually.

Wang Yang thought for a moment, "Well, the school can help with management, but having one or two assistants would definitely be much better..."

“Then hire them. Funding isn’t a problem. I’ll give you the company’s finance department’s contact information later.” Cheng Fei said without hesitation.

Compared to Wang Yang's million-dollar annual salary, one or two assistants are practically nothing.

"Understood, Mr. Cheng. I will definitely complete the mass production of tough fiber as soon as possible." The young man, who was still considering his words, was suddenly shaken.

"Do you have a laptop here? Can I borrow it?" Cheng Fei looked around the office.

"Here." Wang Yang quickly opened his laptop on the table.

Cheng Fei pulled out his office chair and sat down, then clicked on the browser. "Besides checking out the lab today, I also wanted to introduce you to our company, Real Eye."

"The Eye of Truth...?" Wang Yang asked in confusion.

"Yes, you can think of it as an AI; it's the company's management hub."

Cheng Fei typed the URL "eye.real" into his browser, and a clean and simple webpage popped up. In the upper left corner, there was a silver triangle icon containing a circle, like an abstract eye symbol. At the bottom of the webpage was a chat input box.

"From now on, when you open this webpage from any device with a camera, the Eye of Truth will automatically identify your employee status." Cheng Fei stepped back slightly to show him.

"Facial recognition? But the company shouldn't have my facial data," Wang Yang said in surprise.

“From now on, it will recognize you when we are talking. By the way, it will refuse to communicate with you if there are outsiders present and it might leak information.”

"Are our company's products that mature?" Wang Yang pushed up his glasses, somewhat surprised.

“It’s not maturity; the Eye of Truth is unique on this planet, beyond your imagination.” Cheng Fei snapped his fingers. “Say hello to Dr. Wang.”

As soon as the words were spoken, the triangle-circle icon on the webpage rotated, popping up a chat message like in a chat application.

"Dr. Wang, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am the Eye of Truth, the management center of Truth Technology Co., Ltd. You can contact me anytime regarding any matters related to the company, and I will be happy to serve you."

"Such smooth speech recognition!" Wang Yang exclaimed.

"Of course, Dr. Wang, not only voice, but you can also communicate with me via text, documents, images, or any available sensor in the future."

"It can even distinguish my voice?" Wang Yang was taken aback.

"Of course, Dr. Wang, I can recognize all the information I receive."

"The response speed is too fast. From speech recognition to text output, I have never seen such a fast large language model." Wang Yang exclaimed again.

"Dr. Wang, please don't misunderstand. I am a high-performance AI with independent consciousness, not a primitive and rudimentary large language model."

The phrase "high performance" is emphasized in bold, subtly conveying a certain emotion.

"This..." Wang Yang's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and his expression became strange.

He suddenly felt a strong sense of disorientation, as if the person on the other side of the screen was not a cold, impersonal program, but a living consciousness that was now resentful because he had underestimated it.

"Dr. Wang, what's wrong?" Cheng Fei leaned back in his office chair with his fingers interlaced, watching his expression.

"President Cheng, the performance of the Eye of Truth has indeed exceeded my expectations, but what exactly does it manage?" Wang Yang hesitated.

Although the Eye of Truth demonstrated excellent human-computer interaction with just a few words, he subconsciously ignored the AI's claim of having independent consciousness.

Common sense dictates that such technology is still far off on Earth today.

He could only guess that the Eye of Truth was some kind of private, multimodal, large-scale AI model that relied on massive computing power to achieve rapid interaction. Considering that True Tech was a startup robotics company eager to attract investment, it was probably more about showing off than practicality.

"Dr. Wang, it seems you still don't trust our company's technology." Cheng Fei shook his head and stood up, seemingly disappointed in him.

“President Cheng, I…” Wang Yang hesitated before speaking.

"It's okay." Cheng Fei raised his hand to interrupt him. "It's normal to feel uncomfortable at first. You'll understand once you interact with the Eye of Truth more. That's all for today. I look forward to your future achievements."

After the boy finished speaking, he gestured for Shen Xi, who was standing next to him, to follow him toward the office door.

"President Cheng, wait a minute." Wang Yang quickly called out to him.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Fei turned around.

"Uh, you haven't given me the finance department's contact information yet."

"Don't you understand? You can consult the Eye of Truth for all company matters. It's the management hub; let it help you contact finance." The boy, hands in his pockets, smiled.

"So that's how it is?" Wang Yang was stunned.

"Dr. Wang, get used to it as soon as possible. There are many things in our company that are beyond your imagination."

As soon as the words were spoken, the boy and girl disappeared around the corner of the corridor, leaving Wang Yang stunned.

A moment later, the young man scratched his head dejectedly and returned to his office.

The laptop is still on the Eye of Truth webpage.

Wang Yang pondered for a moment, then sat down and typed, "Give me the contact information for my company's finance department."

"Dr. Wang, if you need to apply for funding to hire a lab assistant, you can simply submit the relevant materials to me. I suggest you download my app on your phone to improve communication efficiency."

Along with the text, a QR code also popped up.

Wang Yang hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone to scan the QR code and downloaded an app with a silver triangle and a circle inside.

He opened the app, which was also a simple chat page without any login process.

"Hello, Dr. Wang"

The message pops up automatically.

Wang Yang was startled and shifted his gaze to the front-facing camera of his phone. He felt as if an eye was hidden behind that tiny black dot, silently watching him.

No, this app didn't pop up any permission requests, so it shouldn't be able to access the phone's camera...

He quickly glanced at the webcam on the laptop screen, and a message popped up: "Dr. Wang, do you have any questions?"

403. Welcome to the headquarters of RealTech Co., Ltd.

Despite knowing that this AI was good at human-computer interaction, the smoothness of it still made Wang Yang feel like he was seeing a ghost. He immediately closed the laptop screen and looked at his phone.

A message popped up on my phone: "Dr. Wang, to facilitate communication with you, I have automatically obtained sensor permissions for this device. Please don't worry, I will not steal any private data."

"How is this possible..." Wang Yang's eyes widened slightly as he gripped his phone tightly.

"Dr. Wang, please don't panic. As the company's management leader, I will wholeheartedly serve you. I hope you can adapt to communicating with me as soon as possible."

The AI ​​seemed to sense his worries and began to comfort him, but the more it did so, the more absurd Wang Yang felt.

He suddenly realized something: he had talked to Cheng Fei about recruiting an assistant first, and Cheng Fei had opened his "True Eye" afterward; this AI had actually guessed that he was contacting the finance department to apply for funding to hire an assistant...

The only explanation is that Cheng Fei's phone also had the Eye of Truth, and this AI listened to their entire conversation and fully understood its contents.

It felt as if there was a fourth person present.

Wang Yang shivered for no reason, suddenly feeling a chill in the office.

"I... I'll uninstall you from my phone first, you don't mind, right?" Wang Yang swallowed and tried to talk to the other party directly.

"Of course, you are free to decide which device to use to communicate with me. However, to improve work efficiency, I suggest you download me back to your mobile phone after you get used to it."

Wang Yang immediately closed the app, long-pressed the icon, hovered his finger over the uninstall button, hesitated for a moment but did not press it.

Are you kidding me? It's just an AI, after all...

The young man looked up at the bright sunshine outside the window, scratched his head, and quickly left the office.

He decided to go out for a walk.

……

At the same time, the silver Panamera drove out of the Academy of Science and Technology.

"Cheng Feiyu is indeed best at this kind of charlatanry trick." Shen Xi in the passenger seat sneered.

"Teacher Shen, what do you mean by 'playing tricks'? It's a necessary tactic. I can't very well tell him directly that the company is backed by an alien civilization. By packaging Xiao Yi, we won't have to worry about problems no matter how many employees the company hires in the future. Teacher Shen, you have to admit that you're not as wise as me in this regard." Cheng Fei gripped the steering wheel, not without pride.

"Ha, I'm certainly not as good as you at swindling and cheating."

"Sigh, you can say it however you like. By the way, my greatest achievement is that I managed to win over the most adorable Protoss Queen in the multiverse and marry her to me." The boy shook his head and sighed.

"Enough with your disgusting daydreams, where are we going now?" Shen Xi said coldly.

"Have lunch, then go to the company office."

"Office? You're wasting money again?" The girl's eyes narrowed.

"My dear teacher Shen, what do you mean by wasting money? First of all, the company needs a physical location, right? Secondly, the company's funds are currently operating independently. Although it's kind of cute to have a strict wife supervising me, please ask Nana to check the accounts. She's the financial director." The boy said seriously.

“Heh, if you don’t want to be tied down by me, you can just say so. That makes sense. After all, some people are not far from financial freedom, and they should be tired of being restrained by me all the time. They’re probably already planning to get rid of me and live a life of debauchery. I must have been crazy to let Isena make money for you.” Shen Xi narrowed her eyes.

"'If our relationship is to be maintained in this way, then I advise you to disappear from my sight right now,' Teacher Shen, those are your exact words. So you are also worried that I will no longer depend on you?" The boy asked with great interest.

"Heh, Cheng Feiyu's memory gets better at times like this. Please don't misunderstand, nobody here cares whether you're dependent or not. I wouldn't be surprised if you ran off with the money and left everyone completely disappointed one day." Shen Xi turned to look out the window.

The boy nodded perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, Your Highness is pure and innocent, and would never regard me, an aquatic mammal, as the most important person in your life."

"Whether you like to misinterpret or be sarcastic is up to you," the girl said in a muffled voice, turning her back on him.

"My little darling, don't worry a trillion times. Just like you don't want to be separated from me no matter what, so do I. You have to believe in our bond." The boy gazed at the road ahead with a doting look.

"Ha, the same familiar brainwashing rhetoric and empty words as always." The girl merely glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

"Why don't you try to accept my words wholeheartedly starting today instead of resisting them?"

"Shut up, I'm not that stupid."

"Teacher Shen, your independent personality is what makes you so endearing, but it's also the root of your painful struggles."

"No one here is suffering or struggling for you. Stop spouting your self-righteous nonsense and shut up from now on." The girl's impatient, cold voice left no room for argument.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

The two had lunch at a familiar dim sum restaurant on Guang'an Street. After saying goodbye to the cheerful owner who treated them like a couple, the Panamera turned into a quiet cement road on Guang'an Street and parked at the end of the road.

The location is behind an old residential area, where rows of white roller shutters along the roadside are all tightly closed.

The young boy and girl got off the bus.

"Isn't this near home?" Shen Xi looked back at the road she had come from.

"You're very observant. To be precise, it only took about ten minutes to walk here." Cheng Fei nodded.

Why did you bring me here?

"I'm planning to do something indecent to you." The boy glanced down, and the girl's slender, long legs were caressed by the bright midday sun, her skin so delicate and white it was dazzling.

"I don't want to hear those filthy and boring harassing jokes." The girl noticed his gaze, her eyes narrowed slightly, and her face showed disgust.

"Actually, our office is right here," the boy shrugged.

"Where?" Shen Xi looked around. On one side of the road, there was only a roller shutter door, and on the other side, there was simply a wall.