Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 273 Truth and Falsehood

This "Ao Wu" sound didn't affect the "Advanced Heartless," whether or not Long Yuehong knew, he only knew that he must have looked completely dazed.

This guy is trying to communicate with the target using animal language?

But the problem is, you don't even know it!

On the other side, Jiang Baimian's lips were stiff for a few seconds before recovering.

It must be said that Shang Jianyao had once again exceeded her expectations.

Of course, logically speaking, Shang Jianyao's actions had a certain degree of rationality:

Beasts don't necessarily have no intelligence at all, only instincts. They can also use roars, gestures, tail states, etc. to communicate with similar creatures to a certain extent.

Collaboration is an objective phenomenon that exists between many animal groups.

If beasts are like this, then it goes without saying that humans who have contracted "Heartless Disease" and whose intelligence has regressed.

Based on this inference, you can indeed try to communicate with them in a way that "Heartless" people can understand, to achieve the prerequisite for the "Reasoning Clown" to take effect.

But the problem is, no human scholar has yet deeply studied the communication and collaboration of the "Heartless" group to figure out what their different roars and body language mean.

Moreover, this is a "tribe" that has only existed for a short time, and it is questionable whether it has developed its own communication methods.

In the Marsh No. 1 ruins, Jiang Baimian noticed a similar situation, but that was far from normal and was a special case formed under Xiao Chong's influence, which cannot be generalized.

In addition, if that "Advanced Heartless" has been acting alone after contracting the disease, it is unlikely that it will spontaneously generate its own "beast language" and body language.

In other words, regardless of whether Shang Jianyao has mastered "Heartless Language," the other party definitely cannot understand this roar.

It's useless... Just as Jiang Baimian was about to say this, Shang Jianyao had changed his tune:

"Resistance is met with strictness, confession with leniency.

"Abandon illusions, accept reality."

He took the loudspeaker and shouted in different directions, but no creatures came out to "confess."

After thinking about it carefully for a while, it might be that he was tired of playing, so Shang Jianyao once again aimed at the road leading into the mountain, using the loudspeaker to communicate with the expected target:

"Look:

"You are a man, and I am a man;

"You have an attachment that you can't let go of, and I also have an attachment that I can't let go of;

"So..."

As the voice echoed, the mountains were silent.

Shang Jianyao kept changing the areas he could influence, repeating it over and over again, but received no response.

"It seems it won't work..." Jiang Baimian exhaled.

"We can't blindly believe it." Shang Jianyao skillfully used the "Vigilance Sect's" catchphrase, and then grafted the "Mirage Dragon Sect's" philosophy, "This may just be an illusion."

"If it's an illusion, then it proves even more that it's not working, otherwise, we would have already escaped the illusion." In this regard, Jiang Baimian was still meticulous in her thinking and rigorous in her logic.

"I mean, what I just did, what I said, are all your illusions. Actually, I didn't even move." Shang Jianyao was very argumentative.

Jiang Baimian was too lazy to pay attention to him and discussed with Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to consider the feasibility of other plans.

Just at this moment, Shang Jianyao sighed regretfully:

"It's a pity that I didn't try to fool him when I was chatting with the fake Bai Xiao before."

This... Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, and an idea flashed through her mind instantly.

She asked Shang Jianyao and the others in a confirming manner:

"Who do you think was playing the fake Bai Xiao who was talking to us at the time?"

"Of course, it was that 'Advanced Heartless.'" Long Yuehong felt that this question was inexplicable, and they had already discussed it.

He somewhat suspiciously wondered if he was caught in a hallucination of reliving yesterday.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"We said before that the performances of the fake Bai Xiao and fake Lin Tong were all simulated by that 'Advanced Heartless'.

"But he couldn't predict what we would ask or say, especially with a certified guy like Shang Jianyao present. And the illusion he created at the time had questions and answers, reasonable expressions, and normal reactions. Except for not knowing those more private things, it was incredibly real.

"Is this something that a person with no intelligence at all, only animal instincts, can accomplish?"

Creating illusions is a technical skill.

"Team Leader, your judgment at the time was that the subconscious of that 'Advanced Heartless' was close to an artificial intelligence state, collecting external signals and retrieving the required reactions from a huge memory bank." Long Yuehong reminded Jiang Baimian that this was an issue that had been discussed.

Bai Chen thought and replied:

"So, in the illusion, he acted more like a human."

"That's right." Jiang Baimian smiled. "The focus now is not on this, but whether talking to the fake people in the illusion is the same as communicating with that 'Advanced Heartless'?"

Long Yuehong thought hard for a while and said:

"Theoretically, it is."

"Similarly, the fake people in the illusion are equivalent to a part of his consciousness, and are the kind that can be 'communicated' with." Jiang Baimian further said, "This is communication based on a 'large database', but in any case, it's much better than not being able to talk, you can't understand me, and I can't understand you."

Bai Chen showed a thoughtful expression:

"Team Leader, do you mean that Shang Jianyao can directly influence that 'Advanced Heartless' by talking to the fake people, using 'Reasoning Clown'?"

"But isn't this equivalent to using 'Reasoning Clown' on 'artificial intelligence'?" Long Yuehong looked at Shang Jianyao. "I remember Shang Jianyao said that he couldn't sense consciousness from Genava and the others, and couldn't use his abilities to influence them."

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"Didn't you say it yourself? Genava and the others don't have consciousness, but that 'Advanced Heartless' does!

"Since most of the prerequisites are met, except for whether it can really understand, I think the chances of success are still quite high and worth trying."

"That's what I mean." Shang Jianyao, who had been listening, nodded in satisfaction.

"Heh, you be the team leader!" Jiang Baimian laughed in anger.

This guy was acting like a leader.

Shang Jianyao immediately turned his head and looked at Long Yuehong:

"Haven't you changed your pants yet?"

"..." Long Yuehong almost vomited blood.

Jiang Baimian offered a suggestion:

"At this time, you should say, 'Everywhere is a dream, why be serious? Maybe me not changing my pants is just your illusion.'"

But it's really uncomfortable to wear... Long Yuehong quickly took out another pair of pants from his tactical backpack and changed inside the jeep.

After coming out, he couldn't help but complain:

"Why is that 'Advanced Heartless' always targeting us?

"Again and again, creating illusions here, not going to Zhou Guan's place or anything."

Jiang Baimian showed a thoughtful expression:

"That's a good question."

Bai Chen weighed his words from his usual perspective:

"Maybe it's because he thinks we are the weakest and the most suitable breakthrough point."

"That's really a sad answer." Jiang Baimian laughed self-deprecatingly, "Well, other places are all combinations of cults and robots, maybe there are 'Shattered Mirror', 'Scorching Gate', and 'Golden Balance' these appointed star gods providing deterrence."

"I see." Shang Jianyao hit his left palm with his right fist.

He quickly found a large sheet of white paper and a fountain pen, and leaning against the jeep's window, quickly sketched something.

Long Yuehong curiously peeked a few times, but failed because Shang Jianyao's body blocked it.

After a while, Shang Jianyao put away the pen and clipped the paper to the car door facing Mount Qi'ral.

Compared to before, there were many more patterns on the white paper, including:

A simple drawing of a baby, a faceless human face, an iron tower, a pair of eye-like suns, a furnace with a door, a woman hidden in the shadows behind the door, a giant dragon symbol, and a scale.

"Now it's safe." Shang Jianyao nodded in satisfaction.

One, two, three... Long Yuehong silently counted a full eight holy emblems of the appointed star gods.

Jiang Baimian certainly wouldn't believe this method, but she had to admit that it amused her a bit and made her feel happier.

"I remember that some appointed star gods, some cults, seem to be incompatible and have great conflicts." Bai Chen evaluated Shang Jianyao's "Blessing Chart of the Heavenly Appointed Star Gods" from a reasonable perspective.

"At this time, They won't care so much." Shang Jianyao "replied" on behalf of the appointed star gods, with an unusually sincere expression.

Whether it really worked or that "Advanced Heartless" had changed its breakthrough point, next, until the next morning, the "Old Task Force" did not encounter any more illusionary influences.

Long Yuehong was very fortunate about this. He didn't think he could overcome the "death experience" brought by illusions.

After the sun jumped out of the horizon, a member of the Robot Guard team led several auxiliary combat robots from the direction of Tarnan, ready to take over the "Old Task Force" and guard the new day.

After the handover, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief, got into the car first, and turned the jeep around.

At this time, Shang Jianyao said to the member of the Robot Guard team:

"Look:

"You are a man, and I am a man;

"You have an attachment that you can't let go of, and I also have an attachment that I can't let go of;

"So..."

Ha, what's the point of using "Reasoning Clown" on a robot? Just as Long Yuehong flashed this thought, he saw the member of the Robot Guard team and its auxiliary robots disappear in an instant!

"This..." Long Yuehong's pupils suddenly dilated.

In the next second, he discovered that the jeep was not facing Tarnan, but the intersection with the most landmines!

He looked around blankly, only to see that the sky was still dark, and only the light bulbs providing illumination for the wooden signs and mirrors were still on.

Illusion... From what point, we have entered an illusion... Fortunately, Shang Jianyao is a persistent person and hasn't forgotten what to do... Soon, Long Yuehong woke up and breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived a disaster.

Bai Chen also had a similar reaction.

Jiang Baimian looked around and nodded slightly:

"This illusion is a bit powerful.

"It can even affect our sensory experience of the passage of time..."

Before she finished speaking, she noticed that Shang Jianyao had fallen into deep thought.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Baimian asked curiously.

Shang Jianyao replied solemnly:

"I'm wondering if I've made friends with him."