A Brand-New Cognitive Model

The plane arrived after midnight, Xiang Kun looked somewhat dazed as he stood in front of the conveyor belt waiting for his luggage.

Ever since he drank the blood of that mutated spider and woke up, he had felt that his perception had been greatly enhanced and that he was acquiring more information. However, when he tried to analyze exactly what perceptions he had gained or what specific sensory information he had received, he couldn't find the answer.

After waking up, during the two days he stayed in the Qinling Uninhabited Zone, and on the way back from the deep mountains, Xiang Kun explored the specific manifestations of his enhanced senses, but it remained a vague and indistinct feeling.

On the flight back from Star City, Xiang Kun impulsively collected information about the plane he was on, including various sounds and smells, images of the plane's shape and structure seen during boarding, and information observed through infrared thermal imaging. He then made a comprehensive judgment to construct a complete picture of the aircraft.

Unconsciously, Xiang Kun went from casually thinking about it to becoming increasingly focused. The Boeing 737-800 Winglets, which he had not previously researched, was slowly being constructed in his mind in a very unique way.

When the plane began preparing to land and lowered its landing gear, Xiang Kun finally snapped out of his intense focus. Then he experienced a severe dizziness, as if his head was about to explode, with a throbbing pain all over his body. It took about ten seconds for the pain to subside.

Fortunately, Xiang Kun had been frequently injured and endured all kinds of pain since his mutation, so his endurance was relatively strong, which prevented him from screaming in agony.

This feeling was somewhat similar to when he first underwent targeted auditory training and received enhanced mutations. At first, when he was trying to listen to various sound details, his brain couldn't handle too much information, but the discomfort and pain were several times stronger.

Although the feeling was extremely painful, Xiang Kun was also somewhat delighted, because he now roughly understood why he had experienced such a significant enhancement in his sensory abilities after drinking the blood.

In fact, in terms of traditional sensory abilities such as hearing, smell, and sight, only his close-range dynamic visual ability has been significantly enhanced, while the improvement in other aspects is very limited. However, in terms of cognitive patterns, he seems to have basically mastered the cognitive patterns that he could only experience through the Little Apple dream and that worked on a limited number of things in reality.

However, this cognitive pattern doesn't exist in isolation; rather, it's mixed with information from his sight, hearing, and smell to jointly build a cognitive model. Therefore, it's quite different from Little Apple's cognitive pattern, a feeling he had never experienced before. That's why he hadn't realized that his perceptual improvement was actually in this area.

Xiang Kun knew that this cognitive pattern was equivalent to installing a new "decoding software" in his brain.

Ordinary people perceive information through sight, smell, hearing, touch, and other senses, and have a set of cognitive patterns.

Because Little Apple was born without visual input, its cognitive pattern is different. It also relies on auditory, olfactory, and tactile sensory information, and this pattern yields more and more complex cognitive information.

Xiang Kun has now essentially combined the two modes, using a new "decoding software" to perceive all external sensory information from a more comprehensive perspective.

In terms of the actual sensory information received from the outside world, there was no significant increase. However, after being processed by the "decoding software," the cognitive information obtained became much more abundant. Since his senses, such as hearing and smell, are already much stronger than those of ordinary people, and he also has visual modes such as night vision and infrared thermal imaging, he receives much more sensory information. Therefore, the comprehensive cognitive information obtained through the "decoding software" will also surge and double again.

Therefore, after waking up this time, he will have a feeling that his senses have been greatly enhanced.

It's like before you learn a language, when you listen to other people speaking that language, it's just the sound itself; you only focus on its volume, timbre, and so on. But once you learn the language, when you listen to those sounds again, you can understand more, you can understand what the sounds are expressing, and so on.

Xiang Kun believes that this entirely new cognitive pattern, this newly added "decoding software" in his brain, is not an ability gained from this mutation, nor does it come from the mutated spider.

Rather, it was the result of his brain evolution after he slowly and deliberately trained himself through the special cognitive pattern he experienced in Little Apple's dream, and after several blood-drinking mutations.

However, each previous mutation from drinking blood resulted in only minor improvements, so it could only affect things that had appeared in Little Apple's dream, and the knowledge it developed was all imitating Little Apple's cognitive patterns. But this time, after drinking the blood of the mutated spider, it was finally able to establish this completely new cognitive pattern relatively completely.

It's like installing a new game on your computer, but the original hardware can only utilize 2% of its performance, so you have to turn off all the features and effects, making it basically unplayable. Later upgrades only provided minor improvements, so you could never truly experience the game.

After finally making a fortune, I upgraded several key components, maxing out all features and setting the graphics to 75%. But when I actually played it, I was shocked by the completely different experience. "Was this the game I installed before?"

However, it is clear that his "hardware" is not yet in optimal condition, so on the plane, when he is collecting all kinds of sensory information and using the new cognitive mode to build a cognitive model of the 737, he still experiences strong discomfort.

For him, this kind of thing, which was not very well understood, too large and complex, was still beyond his current ability to handle.

So after getting off the plane, Xiang Kun seemed a bit dazed and blank. In fact, he had been observing his surroundings, constantly listening to and sniffing out various information, and then using that new cognitive mode to make judgments.

After picking up his checked suitcase, Xiang Kun walked outside the airport, but instead of queuing for a taxi or calling one on his phone, he stood by the roadside in a daze.

As he watched the passengers pass by, Xiang Kun rapidly built new cognitive models of them in his mind.

A passenger walks past him and disappears into the distance in just a few dozen seconds, during which he has already derived several layers of analysis and combined them to form a cognitive model.

The first layer is constructed from the external body structure. The torso, limbs, and joints are like lines and points. The changes in the joints when he walks, the points of force on the body, the patterns of force exertion, etc., form the data of the first layer.

The second layer, using infrared thermal imaging, analyzes changes in body heat and heat transfer to infer the manner and extent of muscle exertion, as well as the body's overall condition.

The third layer involves using previously studied information about human anatomy to complete the diagram of energy transmission throughout the body at this stage.

The fourth layer involves using smells and sounds to deduce information about internal organs and the endocrine system, thus completing the information collection.

The fifth floor,...

By rapidly integrating various pieces of information layer by layer, Xiang Kun could quickly build a cognitive model in his mind and make many direct calculations after a passenger had passed by and gone.

For example, he could know that this person had previously suffered a knife wound to the calf, injuring the Achilles tendon, and the approximate angle of the injury; which soft tissues in his body were severely worn, what habits he had when walking or running, and how these habits affected him; which organs he had problems with, and the approximate causes; his physical fitness, athletic ability, and strength; his possible occupation and the level of threat he posed; what methods could be used to subdue him with minimal effort and without causing injury, and how to quickly render him unable to resist...

In the past, Xiang Kun could deduce much information through normal observation and analysis of various sensory information, but it was far less direct and faster than it is now. The new cognitive model has the advantages of being more efficient and comprehensive, enabling him to see things he could see before more quickly, and also to see things he couldn't see before from completely new perspectives.

However, the downside is that it is extremely mentally taxing; after observing for only a short while, he began to feel dizzy.

Xiang Kun stopped observing and rested for more than a minute. After the dizziness subsided, he took out his phone to call a car and prepared to go home.

While waiting for the bus, a tall woman pulling a suitcase passed by. As she walked over, Xiang Kun subconsciously began to observe her, and then his gaze was immediately drawn to her, which he kept fixed on her.

The woman was clearly used to being stared at like that; after all, he was a man, so she didn't pay much attention and simply pulled her suitcase past.

But after he had passed her by a couple of steps, Xiang Kun couldn't help but say behind her, "You should go to the hospital for a check-up when you have time."

The woman frowned, glanced back at him, muttered "crazy" under her breath, and then quickened her pace to leave.

Xiang Kun knew this reaction would occur, but he genuinely couldn't help himself. Based on his cognitive model, he judged that the woman's internal organs had suffered from a very serious lesion. The specific cause and condition were still unclear, but he knew that if it continued to deteriorate, it might soon become life-threatening, so he subconsciously mentioned it. As for whether she would see a doctor or whether she would recover, that was not Xiang Kun's concern.

Soon after, Xiang Kun got into the car and subconsciously began to build a cognitive model of the car he was riding in, from the car's external physical structure, to the structure of the chassis, transmission system, and gearbox, to the structure of energy conversion and transmission, and then to the car's current trajectory and state.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the residential area, Xiang Kun the car and stood for a while, recovering from his somewhat dizzy state.

He now basically understands that this "new model of cognition" is not a panacea. To successfully build an effective cognitive model, sufficient sensory information collection and a thorough understanding of the subject are still required.

For example, regarding that 737, he had not conducted any prior research or understanding of these aircraft. Relying solely on sensory information gathered while temporarily sitting in his seat on the plane, he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't even build an effective cognitive model.

For example, he knows more about cars than airplanes, but his knowledge is still limited, so he hasn't been able to build a complete cognitive model along the way, thus limiting its effectiveness.

For example, regarding other humans, because he has read a lot of medical-related materials, he has a relatively detailed understanding of the human body's shape, movements, muscles, bones, internal organs, and energy transformation methods, so he can build a relatively effective cognitive model.

If he could learn more about various diseases, make sufficient observations, build a large enough sample of cognitive models, and have sufficient comparative references, the cognitive models he could quickly build would be more comprehensive and efficient. For example, he could identify the specific symptoms and lesions of a woman he saw outside the airport, even if it was just a few dozen seconds of passing by.

Xiang Kun then thought of the item that enabled him to establish "Super-Sensory Link"—the process of establishing "Super-Sensory Link" is actually somewhat similar to building a cognitive model now; the more comprehensive and thorough your understanding of the goal, the easier it is to succeed.

He believes that with this new cognitive model, he should be able to establish "Super-Sensory Link" with objects faster and easier.

Furthermore, the entirety to which the objects possess "Super-Sensory Link" belong should be more easily understood by him, allowing him to establish new cognitive models.

The combination of these two elements can help Xiang Kun manage some more complex matters.

For example, the idea of controlling a car could be to disassemble it and establish "Super-Sensory Link" with most of its parts or key components, which might help the driver or repair the car better.

Now, by gaining a sufficient understanding of the car's structure and performance, and then establishing "Super-Sensory Link" with a few parts, he can develop a new cognitive model, making it easier for him to drive and repair the vehicle.

The same applies to other things.

Upon returning home, Xiang Kun's first priority was naturally to check on Alice's condition.

I've been away for almost ten days. Tasks 1, 2, and 3 have been completed, Task 4 is underway, further improvements to the voice system are in progress, and long-term tasks are also underway.

Xiang Kun then used Alice to input his observations of the mutated spider, his analysis of the memories he gained after drinking blood, and various information about the mutated spider, as well as the characteristics of the two mutated plants in the spider's memory, into the "Vampire Mutation Model".

He then measured and statistically analyzed his current data, as well as other changes after drinking the blood, and entered them into the model.

Then Xiang Kun, "Alice, what are your thoughts on my mutation trend?"

Actually, he didn't expect to get any effective answer to this question, after all, Alice is still too "green" and many of her functions are not yet mature and she still needs to grow.

However, he needs to talk and communicate with Alice more, because although Alice's core is constantly changing, growing and improving, the only thing that can truly have a significant impact on her is the interaction with him.