Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 479 - 85: Origin of Talents (1st Update)_2

It's as if a supercomputer, without consciousness, remains forever in standby mode. It lacks purpose and waits for someone to use it.

However, the Pyramid's various indications show that humanity is being dominated by the Orderers.

The Orderers have even created something akin to religious belief for the lords.

They refer to the Orderers as the great Masters of Order, the same self-proclaimed title on the Stele.

If it is as Xi He says, then the Orderers, these mysterious mechanical bodies without life or consciousness, must be manipulated from behind the scenes by a living, conscious being.

That person might have died, but the programs they left behind, like a precision gear instrument, have begun to slowly turn, until the day their purpose is fulfilled.

But there is another possibility.

Everything Xi He has said could be false.

Song Que was even more inclined to the latter.

"I don't believe what you say."

"That's within reason. After all, my existence and the things I've elucidated are inconsistent. If the Orderers lack life and consciousness, then what am I supposed to be?" Xi He said with a smile.

Song Que mocked:

"You're mystifying things. I know you have great power, a power humans cannot possess at this stage.

But as the leader of the Evolution Zone, it's not surprising that you have such strength. However, if you want to convince me to join your side, you need to at least reveal some substantial cards."

After a pause, Song Que continued:

"You have to prove to me that you possess something unique to the Orderers. I think if you were the Orderers, in terms of style and class, there would be value for me to align with you."

Xi He shook his head:

"Mr. Song Que, you're not being forthright. Testing me or trying to provoke me is pointless. These human emotions, I only possess a part of them, that is, the purely rational part.

But I do envy your complete reactions. Among us, there were similar anomalies before. He was the weakest, yet he received the best opportunity."

Song Que, for some reason, thought of Tang Xian.

This sudden thought made his scalp tingle.

He was enveloped by an undeniable and indescribable fear.

Xi He continued:

"Tyrants are the embodiment of human emotions taken to the extreme. On those perfectly matched with evolution genes, their hair color turns white.

Most are born that way, while a few change during their youth.

These individuals have extreme emotions, something we do not possess, and thus they hold power capable of contending with the mightiest of beasts.

All of this has been possible thanks to our research. Although the Tyrant kind of humans would have emerged hundreds of years in the future, we have at least accelerated this process."

Song Que listened in silence.

Xi He also was very patient. If it weren't for the life force Song Que could sense from Xi He, he might even think that the monotonously speaking Xi He was a non-living entity.

"We envy the ability of life to evolve. You see, machinery cannot evolve.

Machinery lacks life; it can only enhance its performance and capabilities by constantly modifying itself and incorporating new programming formulas.

However, modification and programming are processes that must be operated by living beings.

What the Orderers can do is to calculate and parse known rules within known rules at the fastest speed.

But when facing unknown rules, they are incapable of calculation.

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For example, imagine a computer that can perform addition but is unable to perform root extraction or squaring.

Until it has the logic formulas for root extraction and squaring implanted, even if it can perform addition at a hundred million times the speed of human calculation, it will not be able to comprehend new algorithms."

From the beginning until now, Xi He has emphasized the Orderers' weakness twice.

That is, machinery does not understand flexibility and lacks the capacity for progress.

The advancement and modification of machinery must rely on assistance from living entities.

Song Que vaguely grasped the true meaning behind Xi He's lengthy exposition.

"Are you saying that the Order Keepers are actually dependent on humanity?"

Xi He nodded and said,

"You are indeed a very smart person for this. I suppose you've also realized that there is a Prophet behind the Order Keepers."

"Although I don't believe what you're saying, let's assume it's true, if the Order Keepers are just a machine, then there must be someone controlling it."

"You can call that controller a Prophet, or a creator? It's all the same, they are protecting us and also protecting humanity. The technology inside the Pyramid is a relic of a civilization, it's the last trace of that civilization's bloodline.

And this technology is powerful enough to change the whole world, powerful enough for humanity to leave their depleted planet in search of a new home.

But there are creatures trying to destroy this technology as well."

"The Myriad Beasts?" asked Song Que.

"Exactly, it is the Eden Tribe within the Myriad Beasts. Of course, another power within the Myriad Beasts is no good either, and their intentions towards humanity are even more malicious."

Song Que was certain of one thing, Xi He was probably telling some truth, but he must be concealing an extremely important part.

"If I wanted to inquire about the Prophet's identity, I suppose with my current status, I am not yet qualified to know?"

"You must understand that you hold a very unusual significance in the entire human history, but you cannot meet the Prophet, I am sorry, Mr. Song Que. Moreover, the order of the topics is wrong," said Xi He.

Xi He's words seemed erratic, but they were actually underpinned by strict logic.

Song Que nodded and said,

"What you've said sounds like an interesting science fiction story. I think if I am ever free in the future, I might adapt it a bit and tell it to my friends."

Xi He's expression remained unchanged, he said softly,

"Mr. Song Que, I have said that such probing is pointless, I will prove everything to you that needs to be proven."

Xi He continued,

"The talents of humanity are a treasure left to us by the Order Keepers. But I think every gifted person has wondered what exactly the data they see is all about. You are no exception."

Song Que did not deny this, saying,

"This data is like precise instruments. Displaying a species' life value, defensive power, attacking strength, it's like a game program written by humans.

I have indeed doubted the given talents, they should not be as accurate as machinery, setting all sorts of numerical values so clearly.

Talents should be similar to certain animal instincts, like thermal sensing, barometric sensing, and so on. An abstract, general feeling, rather than such precise, list-like data."

Xi He nodded and said,

"In the world conceived by the Prophet, everything is in perfect order, from the moment of birth, people are implanted with a type of micro device.

With this device, we can perform some computations in our sea of consciousness, and the images of these computations project onto our retinas.

For example, credit ratings, wealth predictions, preferences, dislikes, behavior pattern calculations, and so forth.

You just need to look at someone to naturally display these things.

And when facing a combat target, this program can provide another set of feedback, which can clearly project the combat attributes of any living being through the various biological senses you've mentioned, numericalizing their precise values.

For instance, life value, defensive power, attacking strength.

Of course, all of this requires permission. The grantor and designer of these permissions, that is the Prophet."

Song Que was startled, exclaiming,

"Is this the secret... of the talents?"

"The term 'talent' is actually a concept created by humans later on; let's just use your term for now.

Talent is like a micro device embedded within the genes. Its size is comparable to that of deoxyribonucleic acid. To be precise, it's an embedded program.

It is also the most magnificent research in the Prophet's life — electronic genes.

It can integrate all environmental feedback more swiftly, performing micro calculations on the entire macro world. Or else, it can perform macro expansions on micro matters."

(More to come, still writing.)