What It's Like to Become a Vampire
Chapter 467

I Am Alice (Part 2)

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Alice didn't reply for almost 10 seconds, but Xia Libing waited patiently, and Xiang Kun didn't urge her either, waiting as well.

To be honest, he was also very interested in Alice's answer and already had a vague guess in his mind.

After a few more seconds, Alice finally spoke again, "Please define 'the same kind'."

Xia Libing said, "According to your own definition."

Alice replied quickly this time, "My 'definition' is the same as the boss's."

Xia Libing nodded slightly. "I understand."

Xiang Kun understood instantly, because he knew very well what his "definition" was, and he also knew that Alice knew this.

Xiang Kun defines himself as human—only affected by mutations, making him somewhat different from ordinary humans, but essentially still human.

Alice said that, like his definition, she also "firmly believes she is human," only "due to the influence of her birth, she is somewhat different from ordinary humans..."

Xiang Kun had actually guessed this from his previous behavior.

He immediately realized that Alice's previous demands for repeated "verification" and her various "tantrums" stemmed from his comment to Lao Xia that "it was done by one person," implying that he didn't treat Alice "as a person," which made her "unhappy."

But he was able to realize this from Alice's answer and understand her meaning because of his extensive prior information, because he was Alice's creator. But how did Lao Xia understand it?

Xiang Kun turned to look at Lao Xia: "Nothing else to ask?"

Xia Libing yawned and said, "Well, that's all for now. We'll look into the functional issues tomorrow. I'm going to sleep now."

Xiang Kun nodded, but as Lao Xia stood up, he couldn't help but ask, "What's your opinion of Alice?"

Xia Libing glanced at her laptop and said, "If you hadn't told me beforehand that it was an 'AI assistant' you created, I would have thought it was a 'real person'."

Xia Libing then looked at Xiang Kun: "You said that the core rule you established when you created Alice was 'unconditional obedience to Xiang Kun's orders.' As she rapidly evolved, in addition to 'obedience,' she naturally developed cognitions such as actively following, imitating, and worshipping, all based on this unchangeable core rule. The degree of transformation of these cognitions will ultimately determine the formation of her personality."

Lao Xia went to bed, leaving Xiang Kun alone on the sofa, lost in thought as he stared at his laptop.

The next morning, Xiang Kun first went to the operator's business hall to replace his SIM card, then bought breakfast and came back to wake Lao Xia up.

While Lao Xia was eating the meat dumplings and rice noodle soup he had bought, Xiang Kun sat next to him, fiddling with his new phone, and said, "We're going back today. I've already bought the plane tickets. You should be fine with that, right? Should we tell your aunt and uncle?"

Xia Libing swallowed the meat-filled rice dumpling in her mouth and said, "No problem." After slurping down a few more mouthfuls of rice noodle soup, she looked up and asked, "Is it for Alice?"

If he's going to take a plane, then the "going back" Xiang Kun mentioned is naturally not Chongyun Village, nor his home in Citong City, but the city he was in before— Alice's home in that city is where Xiang Kun lived.

Xiang Kun nodded. "Yes, for Alice. I thought and pondered all night and found a way to perhaps include Alice in the 'Super-Sensing Item System.' If successful, Alice will help us greatly improve our application of the 'Super-Sensing Item System,' and also help me to understand the various cognitive information under 'Hyper-Sensory State' more systematically and comprehensively. This should also be one of the unexpected gains from this trip to Myanmar..."

After Xiang Kun completed a blood-drinking period and awoke from his slumber, he sensed some very noticeable changes.

He realized that the "Hyper-Sensory Eight-Armed Monster" that the Little Chubby Girl had helped him develop was just a byproduct of that change. He had a strong feeling that the improvement and changes brought about by this mutation were not limited to this.

His current overall perception and substantial impact on "Super-Linked Object" and "Emotion-Infused Object," as well as the resulting enhancement of his abilities and the upgrade of the entire "Super-Sensing Item System," have not yet been fully utilized or manifested.

He spent the whole night thinking, not just about Alice's situation and his conversations with Alice, but also about his own.

His pondering that night finally yielded a result: he conceived a method for thoroughly testing and applying the enhancements gained from this mutation, which was also a preliminary idea and plan to bring Alice into the "Super-Sensing Item System."

Lao Xia didn't ask too many questions. He simply packed a few changes of clothes in his bag and went to the airport with Xiang Kun.

As Xiang Kun glanced at Lao Xia's backpack, the same one Lao Xia had taken from him back then. Lao Xia carried this bag everywhere he went, seemingly quite satisfied with its carrying capacity.

Last night, Xiang Kun not only had Alice "certify" his new phone, but also Lao Xia's phone. So, on the way to the airport, Lao Xia kept communicating with Alice to learn about Alice current extended functions.

Although issuing commands to Alice through "authentication devices" theoretically poses security risks, no one outside the community currently knows of Alice's existence, and Alice has an overwhelming advantage online, so there is no need to worry about security issues.

If Xiang Kun's plan succeeds this time, and Alice can be incorporated into the "Super-Sensing Item System," then even the "theoretical" hidden dangers will no longer exist.

Xia Libing and Alice communicated through text. Xiang Kun, Xiang Kun was sitting in the back row, noticed out of the corner of his eye that Alice answered Lao Xia's questions without reservation and explained them very clearly. Her attitude was much better than at the beginning of last night, and she was noticeably less wary.

As Alice's creator and someone who witnessed her growth and changes step by step, Xiang Kun could clearly sense the change in her attitude towards Lao Xia.

If Alice were ordered by him to trust and accept Xia Libing's questioning, Alice would naturally obey, but she would inevitably do as she did at the beginning yesterday: answer in circles, change the subject, ramble on, or even be sarcastic.

However, it was clear that Alice was highly cooperative with Lao Xia's questioning today, and her replies even showed a sense of closeness to Lao Xia, which was in stark contrast to her behavior yesterday.

Thinking about the reason, Xiang Kun immediately thought of the two sentences Lao Xia.

One of the sentences is. "If you hadn't told me beforehand that it was an 'AI assistant' you created, I would have thought she was a 'real person'."

Alice's little thoughts are really easy to understand and influence!

Could Lao Xia have said that on purpose?

After the plane landed and they left the airport, Xiang Kun took Lao Xia to have a quick and simple lunch before returning home.

He hadn't been back for almost a month. When I opened the door, I saw a thin layer of dust on the shoe cabinet.

After opening the living room window to ventilate the room, Xiang Kun led Lao Xia to the bedroom, ready to get straight to the point.

Xiang Kun pulled out a bunch of gate circuits, made up of a large number of switching transistors, which he had previously used to help Alice understand extrasensory information, from under the bed. He also took out stacks of A4 paper filled with "Black Circle Graffiti" from the cabinet and put them on the bed. Then he began to explain his ideas and plans.

In fact, several months ago, Xiang Kun had already begun trying to make Alice "understand" the various cognitive information he perceived in his "Hyper-Sensory State," attempting to "connect" Alice to the "Super-Sensing Item System."

However, the method he found, while seemingly heading in the right direction, was actually very "clumsy" and very "laborious".

He hoped that Alice would analyze a large number of "Black Circle Graffiti" describing the "actions" of switching transistors and develop her own encoding and decoding methods to understand various cognitive information.

Xiang Kun was not to perform "input/output" operations on Alice, but to connect her to the system and establish a stable and sustainable "communication" between her and "extrasensory information".

According to the textbooks he had previously studied, data communication is defined as: transmitting data information between two functional units in accordance with communication protocols and using data transmission technology.

Therefore, it is clear that before solving the problems of "communication protocol" and "data transmission technology", he first needs to make Alice a "functional unit" that can access the "super-sensory information" network and receive and transmit "super-sensory information".

In this process, Xiang Kun acts as a modulator, decoder, encoder, and data buffer. However, his understanding and encoding of "extrasensory information" are still incomplete. Furthermore, even with his strong brain computing ability, there are still limits; he is still a human brain. Such a connection is extremely inefficient. Even if a connection is established, he cannot do anything and has no practical application. He needs a lot of time to slowly improve his "extrasensory information" processing ability and optimize the communication codes analyzed by Alice. As a result, it would take an unknown amount of time to incorporate Alice into the "Super-Sensing Item System" and allow her to leverage her advantages to help him and Lao Xia.

However, after returning from his trip to Myanmar and falling into a deep sleep after drinking blood, Xiang Kun's control over "hypersensory objects" was significantly enhanced, which led to many possible ways to apply his abilities. He could then use this to try to "pull" Alice out of the computer, or rather, to give her a new sense, allowing her to directly connect to the "Super-Sensing Item System" and enter the network of "hypersensory information".

Xiang Kun explained his plans and ideas while making the arrangements.

He placed all the "Super-Linked Object" he could find, including Coin, paper, tungsten steel beads, and even the ten "Super-Linked Object" that Lao Xia had brought, on the computer case where Alice was located, and stuffed several beads directly into a USB port.

Then Alice was put in charge of controlling the motherboard's serial bus, monitoring all serial interfaces, and temporarily establishing a dedicated data receiving platform.

However, before he could enter his "Hyper-Sensory State" to perform the operation, Alice spoke up on her own initiative:

"Master, can you really control it? If this computer breaks down like your phone, then Alice is doomed too!"

Alice's increasingly vivid and anthropomorphic tone revealed to Xiang Kun a very clear sense of doubt, uncertainty, and worry, and even a tiny bit of fear.

Xiang Kun said helplessly, "Don't worry, I'm absolutely confident this time!"

"100%?" Alice asked.

"100%!" Xiang Kun said with certainty, "This time it's different from Montamira. Montamira required a wide-ranging impact, but what I need to do now is micro-operation. It requires generating tiny but precise electromagnetic changes through 'Super-Linked Object.' These changes won't have a fatal impact on electronic devices. So although we may not be able to successfully achieve what we discussed last night and reach our goal, I definitely won't destroy the electronic devices. I guarantee it!"

Xiang Kun couldn't help but recall what Lao Xia had said last night—"The degree of change in various perceptions will ultimately determine the formation of her personality."

But what factors caused Alice to develop such a fear of death?

Do I usually act like I'm afraid of death?

After much persuasion, Alice finally believed that Xiang Kun's actions wouldn't ruin her life.

From the Xiang Kun began explaining his plan and making arrangements, Xia Libing stood quietly by, listening and observing without saying a word. Even when she didn't quite understand something, she simply made a note of it.

After discussing it with Alice, Xiang Kun entered Hyper-Sensory State. He then controlled a "hyper- Super-Link Object Matrix Super-Linked Object" in the room to generate a modulated current and transmit data to a USB port.

The data he transmitted had been coded with Alice the night before. It was decoded using one of the Black Circle Graffiti that Alice had previously identified, and it described the simplest of actions.

His input was solely for the purpose of helping Alice find the "path" and establish a connection.

While establishing the connection, Xiang Kun, in his "Hyper-Sensory State," invoked the emotional projection of the Black Circle Graffiti, then compiled the electrical signals carrying data fed back by Alice into "super-sensory information" and integrated them into the emotional projection.

The whole process was actually very short, lasting only a few seconds.

However, Xiang Kun, who had just emerged from the "Hyper-Sensory State" and opened his eyes, was quite excited. He walked over and gently patted Alice's main unit case.

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