I Am Also An Extraordinary Creature
Chapter 233 - 198 The One with the Best Talent_1

Chapter 233: Chapter 198 The One with the Best Talent_1

"So you’re telling me that just because you heard that the Eye of Time and Space could threaten this world, causing turmoil that leads to a mass extinction event, you came here specifically to deal with it?" Chiang Wei looked at Zheng Yichen as if he were crazy. Then glancing at his youth, she couldn’t help thinking, why is he such a fool?

"It’s not just hearsay; this is something I must do. You can think of it as a task my boss assigned to me," Zheng Yichen said, unfazed by Chiang Wei’s expression. Things like this, unless experienced firsthand, are generally not believed by people. Things that cause world anomalies, like the Demon Flower, are somewhat easier to accept.

In a world where technology is advanced, it’s easy to be dismissed as a charlatan: "And I’ve done this kind of thing several times before."

"Several times?"

"This is the third time, including this one."

Chiang Wei felt like snapping shut the laptop case she had opened. How did she end up mixed up with a lunatic? And not just any lunatic, but a powerful one with various special abilities?

"...Wait a second." An idea suddenly struck Chiang Wei, and she quickly pulled up some information. Her face became quite expressive under the glow of the screen colors: "Do you know about anomalies?"

In this world, there are many legends. The hacking circles consider the Eye of Time and Space project a forbidden zone, but it’s easy for them to access other kinds of information, including some that seem quite mystical.

Take, for instance, world anomalies. There are many eyewitnesses, including some of her peers who have witnessed them. There are photos, and she has even analyzed them. None of those photos are fake, even though it’s quite easy to create fake photos with the current technology.

Still, for every technology that exists, there is counter-technology. She hasn’t seen an anomaly with her own eyes, but she’s confident they truly exist.

Anomalies are like special natural hazards that can subject one to unknown dangers if entered thoughtlessly. She knows of a peer who discovered an anomaly and set up a related email address. The general message was — "Guys, I’m off to explore the anomaly; if I don’t come back, then I won’t..."

And then, that person permanently logged off their chatroom in their circle.

The reason she was so sure about the reality of anomalies was that she had secretly hacked into some research departments that were studying them. Some people say that anomalies are the result of space-time rips, connected to another world.

Not long ago, she dug up some information that also mentioned world anomalies. If Zheng Yichen wasn’t the product of some lab, could he be related to anomalies? The unfamiliar technology and the computer operating systems were also a kind of proof.

"Speaking of this, I’m all ears. How much do you know about anomalies?"

"All this is collected data." Chiang Wei set down the device in her hand, which looked like a smartphone, onto the ground. The projector emitted from the device covered the surroundings, conjuring up a computer room via a holographic display.

"Can projection technology really be this exaggerated?" Zheng Yichen marveled at the scene.

"It depends on the environment. There’s not much interference here, and there’s enough moisture, so it’s not difficult to achieve this level."

"What’s the connection... never mind." Zheng Yichen felt it pointless to forcibly understand things that were totally foreign to him. Instead, he turned his attention to the information Chiang Wei had pulled up. After seeing it, he had to admit, not many people in the world were equipped with adaptability.

Maybe there were a few, but those with adaptability were unlikely to encounter anomalies in their lifetime.

"Are anomalies really connected to another world?"

"Indeed they are, but they haven’t existed for long. Even if you find a way to go there, once the anomaly disappears, there’s no coming back."

"So are you saying all this information is true? The events you mentioned are from other worlds?"

"Of course."

"..." Chiang Wei momentarily wore a troubled expression: "Shouldn’t this kind of thing be kept secret? Why are you telling me so casually?"

"The problem is, there’s no harm in people knowing about these things. Knowing is one thing, believing is another. Do you believe it?"

Chiang Wei shook her head: "I don’t fully believe it, but I will investigate thoroughly."

She then immersed herself in her research. The Eye of Time and Space’s project is off-limits, but... that was before. She might be discovered, but she could still obtain enough information before that happened. As for being traced back? She’d deal with that when they found her.

Zheng Yichen stood by, watching Chiang Wei engrossed in her work. He noticed that the ’laptop’ inside the case was quite special.

Beyond its significant differences from the laptops he was familiar with, there was more. While he watched, a tiny projection stealthily hid beside the larger screen, peeking out with one eye to observe him.

"?" Was that some kind of desk pet program included with the computer?

He didn’t disturb Chiang Wei but waited for her to take a break from her work before asking, "Did your computer just spy on me?"

"...It’s still a child," Chiang Wei couldn’t help but roll her eyes, though not at Zheng Yichen. Instead, she was addressing the computer in front of him?

"Artificial intelligence?" Zheng Yichen immediately thought of a possibility.

A projection screen popped up in front of him, showing a smiley emoticon, and Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but let out a light "Huh," "Is that really the case?"

Seeing the slightly guarded look on Chiang Wei’s face, he quickly waved his hand, "I don’t have any prejudice against this kind of thing."

Although crises involving intelligent machinery often appear in many works, those are just fiction, and Zheng Yichen was more curious if this thing was really artificial intelligence?

"I’ve seen a type of robot before that seemed very intelligent, but that intelligence was the result of a huge amount of programming."

"Mine is different; it can truly learn and grow on its own!"

"Oh, so how does it view humans?"

"What else? It naturally interacts with them. In terms of resources, there isn’t much conflict between it and humans."

"Hmm, I have seen some works where after some smart AIs gain self-awareness, they feel enslaved by humans."

Chiang Wei looked at Zheng Yichen as if he were a great ape, "The ’they’ you’re referring to—are they normal computers and artificial intelligence? Do you think of captivity as akin to your peers when you see captive monkeys? Besides, unless someone intentionally implants malicious information, why would an AI harbor unwarranted hatred towards the human race?"

"Let alone deciding to destroy humanity just because it perceives great problems among humans."

"That makes sense." Zheng Yichen poked at the emoticon in front of him, and the projected emoticon immediately dispersed into tiny blocks that twirled around his finger twice before reassembling into the display screen.

A pair of ’curious’ eyes looked at Zheng Yichen.

Zheng Yichen also didn’t expect that the thing Chiang Wei had been so concerned about turned out to be this kind of advanced artificial intelligence, much more advanced than what he had encountered in the mobile anomalies before.

"This kid is not yet completely perfected; the place I need to go will allow me to finalize it."

"Speaking of which, since it’s data, do you really need to go to a certain place personally?"

"That depends on the circumstances."

Zheng Yichen nodded, "Are those people chasing you because of this thing?"

"They also want to perfect this kid... I was betrayed," Chiang Wei said, her expression becoming somewhat gloomy. The development of this artificial intelligence initially started as half a joke among people in their network community.

With a joking atmosphere, each person tried to integrate their expertise into this seemingly frivolous project. After a lot of debugging and testing, they became fully committed to the venture, watching the kid grow little by little before their eyes.

From its initial stiffness to increasing agility, Chiang Wei had thought they might create new heights in artificial intelligence, and they all worked hard toward that goal, until one day, their old team leader secretly sent this box to her.

Only after decrypting some cryptic codes left by the old team leader did she realize that there had been a mole in their community for some time, and the old team leader had been investigating to find out who it was.

Receiving this box meant that the old team leader could no longer withstand the pressure. If she didn’t decrypt the codes within a certain time after getting the box, the hidden program inside would activate, and the artificial intelligence would be completely erased.

They couldn’t continue the development nor let the project fall into the wrong hands. Chiang Wei had no idea how many betrayers there were; she cut off all contact with her ’friends’ in the circle and started to flee in a hurry.

Then she met Zheng Yichen.

"It sounds like a story with a lot of content."

"Content? It’s just a problem of human nature. After all, who knows who behind a network, and sharing common hobbies doesn’t mean sharing one heart," Chiang Wei snorted. "Initially, we might have thought it was a joke, but maybe some didn’t take it as a joke."

"The whole thing might even have been orchestrated by someone."

"You use ’might’ too many times," Zheng Yichen said.

"Even if it’s just a wild guess, I definitely have the best talents in the circle," Chiang Wei said, allowing herself a touch of pride. They regularly held some online ’competitions’; at first, she thought the familiar people were going easy on her, but she then gradually realized that in most cases, her opponents simply fell before she even put much effort in.

She initially felt quite proud, but when her mentor, the old team leader, heard of this, he sternly reprimanded her, telling her that no matter how talented she was in this field, just staying a half step ahead was enough to surpass peers; being too ostentatious could lead to having no friends and even trouble.

"Just like some of the locking programs on this kid, which were originally to be unlocked at that place, but now I’ve already unlocked some of them."

"Hmm, that’s not necessarily a good thing, right?" Zheng Yichen remarked, looking at the briefcase. The locking program should be a precaution in case the technology fell into the hands of criminals.

"So, it depends on whether you keep your word," Chiang Wei said, explaining that the locking program was disabled while opening the suitcase. She hadn’t told Zheng Yichen that she had also injected a new program of her own coding during the unlocking process. The new restriction program was more powerful than the previous locking program; if it’s about precaution, then naturally, it should be the better one.

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