C-137's eyes swept across the audience and continued his arrogant speech:
"The reason why I established this Council is to provide a platform for all 'I's' to share knowledge, intelligence and resources." His voice echoed in Citadel, "This will become a mutual aid center, allowing us to jointly break through bottlenecks through communication and cooperation."
"One day, with the help of this platform, we will realize our ultimate dream - to create a way to freely travel through the fantasy universes we have seen in anime, movies and novels!"
Hearing this sentence, the eyes of the mutants in the audience instantly became wild. At some point in the past, they all had similar crazy conjectures: Since the universe of <Harry Potter> is real, are the other works they have seen equally real? Do those worlds exist in other parallel timelines, or are they located in a completely different Omniverse?
They all dream of one day breaking through this barrier, not only to gain endless new knowledge, but also to turn those two-dimensional paper figurine wives into reality.
Ian looked at the tacit smiles on the faces of these mutants and immediately guessed what they were thinking.
'Am I really so shallow at heart?' He couldn't help complaining in his heart. A grand goal like "Omniverse Traversal" should have been solemn and worth pursuing throughout his life. But when it came to these LSPs' mouths, it turned into how to pick up their favorite two-dimensional wife.
A strong feeling of disgust surged into his heart. Looking at this group of mutants was like looking into a demon mirror; he didn't like his reflection in the mirror at all. The most desperate thing was that he couldn't see any hope of change in this group of people.
Fortunately, as a qualified Arcane Emperor, Ian has long since mastered the art of hiding emotions and anger to the point of proficiency, so he still maintains that enigmatic smile on the surface.
At the same time, C-137 had successfully heated up the atmosphere at the venue. He continued:
"Everyone knows the importance of the position [Chairman Council]. Anyone who wants to sit in this position must demonstrate overwhelming strength, unparalleled wisdom, and outstanding leadership skills."
"Otherwise, no one would willingly hand over such huge power to another person."
The mutants in the audience nodded. Although they failed to sit on the nine top seats on the rostrum, no one wanted to give up the opportunity to compete for the chairmanship easily.
"I have developed an election plan based on a points system, which is divided into two parts: [strength evaluation] and [knowledge reserve]. The full score for strength evaluation is 100 points, while the full score for knowledge reserve is 300 points."
"We will start with the knowledge reserve phase."
The mutants thought about it in their minds and agreed to this plan. After all, in their view, pure combat power is far less important than vast knowledge and magic heritage. For this group of geniuses, as long as they have enough knowledge, it is only a matter of time before they reach Tenth Tier.
"How is the knowledge assessment carried out specifically? How can we ensure that there is no secret operation?" someone asked loudly.
"Good question." C-137 replied confidently, "We need absolute fairness, and to ensure this, there is no more perfect way than using artificial intelligence (AI). I will send you the underlying Source Code code of the AI used in this test. You can review it yourself to ensure that there are no problems with it."
'Another compliance test?' Ian reacted immediately when it received this Source Code code. Those variants that did not click on the artificial intelligence technology tree, or did not understand the relevant technology at all, would be at a huge disadvantage in this link.
'Morgana, what do you think?'
'The core program of this AI is written using Ancient Magic Script of Old Era as the basic language. The idea is a bit interesting, but it is not a disruptive innovation. However, there are several traps hidden in this program and it is written with some very special runes.'
'Special? What special method?'
'They seem to belong to a power system that is completely different from conventional magic. Moreover, I always feel that the fluctuations of these runes are familiar. Give me a moment.'
A few seconds later, Morgana's voice sounded again: 'I remembered it, it was in the memory of Bleach!'
'Guznader? No, you mean Herpo.' Ian corrected, they haven't had time to fully digest Herpo's memory.
'That's right. Herpo once had an extremely crazy idea - he tried to combine Divine Power with magical civilization to create a brand new [Divine Runes]. He made a rough first version, but it was never perfected. And the structure of the trap runes hidden in this AI is very similar to the final version of Herpo's idea.'
'It seems that my previous guess about C-137 was right.'
'Eight or nine are inseparable from ten.'
'How long will it take before you can complete a deep scan of his body?'
'I need a few more minutes to make sure I'm not noticed by him.' Morgana replied.
'It will take some time for these guys to completely parse this Source Code code, so hurry up.'
'As you command, sir.'
About three minutes later, Morgana's voice sounded in Ian's mind again:
'I've cracked the hidden traps.'
'What do they do?'
'Those are some hidden bias instructions that will make the AI unconsciously tilt towards people with higher levels when rating.' Morgana explained.
'It's not difficult to explain why he showed off his Ninth Tier strength in such a high-profile way just now.' Ian sneered.
'How do you plan to use this information?'
'Stand still and see if anyone else can detect these traps.'
'I bet someone can see it,' Morgana turned his attention to L-123. As the only god variant present, he is very likely to see through the Divinity secret hidden in this Source Code code.
'He may be able to detect anomalies, but that doesn't mean he can understand the specific effects of those instructions. After all, this guy doesn't seem to have put much effort into magic research, but has focused all his energy on the development of Divinity.'
'That's right, with your proud character, if he just discovered an anomaly but didn't understand the principle, he would never say it in public.'
For the next three hours, the venue was filled with all kinds of whispers. The variants were quickly and methodically deciphering the underlying code of the AI. Many people showed frustration and embarrassment after the failure. For this group of extremely conceited guys, nothing is more humiliating than losing to other variants in terms of IQ.
"This place is just a big self-esteem crusher." Morgana complained, and Ian decisively chose to ignore her in order to cover up her embarrassment.
"Time's up." C-137 said, "I assume everyone agrees to use this AI for evaluation?"
There was a brief silence in the venue. Those who successfully deciphered the code did not find any obvious loopholes. So, C-137 smiled with satisfaction and was ready to announce the start of the test.
"I have objections." Ian suddenly spoke, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"G-003, what's your problem?" C-137 asked calmly.
"There are some bias instructions hidden in this Source Code code, which will cause the AI to favor people with higher levels when scoring. Please clean up these garbage codes." Ian said, while directly projecting the malicious code he found out in mid-air. Now that the answer was blurred on his face, other variants immediately checked and quickly confirmed Ian's statement.
"It seems that the low-level technicians who wrote this program made some small mistakes." C-137 said without changing his expression, blaming himself cleanly.
"As long as you are happy." Ian replied mockingly.
"Now that the problem has been discovered, let's fix it now." C-137 immediately ordered his men to modify the program. Half an hour later, a brand new AI that had been re-examined and had no glitches was launched.
This AI appeared in front of everyone in the form of a white holographic cloud. Since the variants had huge differences in the AI's anthropomorphic appearance (mainly about whose two-dimensional wife was more beautiful), they finally had to compromise and choose the most boring and neutral appearance.
"So, how exactly does this test compare?" someone asked.
"It's very simple," C-137 explained, "Contestants need to show off the magical achievements they are most proud of. The task of others is to try their best to analyze these displayed results to see if they can understand, copy, or... find flaws in them."
"AI will give a comprehensive numerical score based on the cracking progress and reactions of everyone on site."
Everyone thought about this rule carefully and thought it was fair. Since a leader is to be selected, this person must be the most knowledgeable and skilled among all. Only such a person is worthy of the title "Prime Universe Ian".
The only problem with this plan is that it may take an extremely long time to determine the final outcome.
"If you don't have any objections, then I'll start by throwing some light." As soon as C-137 opened his mouth, everyone turned to Byakugan. This guy's intention couldn't be more obvious - he wanted to use his Ninth Tier terrifying background to overwhelm everyone with his massive knowledge and make them obediently give up the position of chairman.
This kind of arrogance is simply hopeless.
C-137 waved his hand, and an extremely complicated magic equation was instantly projected in front of everyone.