The fair-skinned man's right leg was already heavily injured and it was difficult for him to move. In addition, he was focused on pulling out his sword, so he was completely defenseless against Wang Yan's finger. As a result, his genitals were suddenly attacked. After letting out a shrill scream, he curled up like a prawn and covered his genitals with both hands. He did not have the time to pull out his sword, but he did not know that it was this response that would cost him his life.
"Roar!"
Under the pressure of life and death, Wang Yan completely exploded. He let out a beast-like roar and then pounced towards the fair-skinned man like a ferocious tiger. At the same time, he raised the pickaxe in his right hand and swung it down the moment the fair-skinned man's head touched the ground.
Crack.
As if something had broken, Wang Yan felt something warm splashing on his face. He knew it was blood, but he was still worried. He raised the pickaxe in his hand again and swung it down again. When he was sure that the body below him was motionless, he flipped over and sat on the ground, panting heavily.
"Huff, huff, huff …"
As he breathed heavily, the shadow of death dissipated. Wang Yan even felt a little carefree in his heart because he felt something slowly flowing into his body, giving him an indescribable sense of comfort. He really wanted to find out what it was, but he held back because it was not the right time yet. Screams could still be heard from all over the mine. It was obvious that the fair-skinned man was not the only one who came to attack.
"I wonder who came. The Aojian Villa is considered one of the big sects in Nanyue State. These people actually dared to sneak into the back mountain and attack the odd job disciples in the mine. I wonder why they took such a big risk?"
Such a thought appeared in Wang Yan's mind, but he soon felt very surprised. In the past, he never thought about it. Even when he encountered something, he would not think about why. However, today was the second time he thought about why. Wang Yan knew that he had changed in some way, but he did not delve into it. He only shook his head and got rid of the distracting thoughts. He stood up and prepared to go outside to investigate the situation. However, just as he was about to move, he saw a faint silver light from the corner of his eye.
'Jade Water Sword, high-grade mortal weapon, forged by Datong Smithy.'
Fang Jiannian fell to the ground, and the long sword that pierced through his heart was flowing with silver light. When Wang Yan turned his head to look, the information about this sword naturally appeared in his mind. Wang Yan couldn't help but be taken aback. Then, as if he had learned something on his own, he didn't immediately retrieve the sword. Instead, he bent down and searched the fair-skinned man's body.
There was nothing on the fair-skinned man. Wang Yan frowned slightly, but he did not give up. He walked to Fang Jiannian and searched his body. There was a small lotus bag with a few pieces of silver and two fine iron ores. Apart from that, Wang Yan also obtained a rusty copper key from Fang Jiannian.
"Something seems to be missing?"
Wang Yan clearly heard the fair-skinned man mention the "Sword-stepping Steps" before. He knew that it should be the reward that Fang Jiannian got for winning the third place in the Outer Disciple Competition. However, after searching through the two of them, the secret manual actually disappeared into thin air. What was going on? However, before Wang Yan could think about it, he heard a long and crisp whistle coming from the cave entrance, followed by a loud shout, "The patrol team is coming, retreat quickly!"
Patrol team? The patrol team of the Outer Disciple?
Hearing this voice, Wang Yan reacted immediately. The main duty of the Outer Disciple Guarding the Mountain Gate was to guard the Mountain Gate. There were twenty people in a team, and every two or three teams would patrol back and forth at four or five locations. There were a total of thirty such patrol teams in the sect, and there were five patrol teams that would patrol the Fine Iron Cave at the back of the mountain. As long as one patrol team discovered the situation in the Fine Iron Cave, hundreds of Outer Disciple Guarding Disciples would arrive in less than 30 minutes. Does this mean that I will be completely safe as long as I hide here?
As this thought flashed through Wang Yan's mind, he immediately felt much more at ease. However, when he looked at the Jade Water Sword in front of him and the items he had obtained from Fang Jiannian's body, his eyes could not help but light up. He muttered, "Isn't this my chance? If I wait until the Outer Disciple Guarding Disciples arrive, I won't be able to take something from a dead person under their nose. "
With this thought in mind, Wang Yan pulled out the Jade Water Sword and went outside.
.....
In a spacious room with four metal walls, large computers were placed neatly next to each other. Hundreds of light screens were filled with all kinds of data, and more than ten staff members were busy. This was the backstage computer room of China's most popular holographic simulation online game, Immortal Martial Era. Such a computer room did not look small, but in fact, it could only fit one unit. There were more than a hundred units like this in the Immortal Martial Era, or else it would not be able to hold such a huge amount of data.
"Professor, we found another self-evolving monster."
A bespectacled man in a white coat stopped what he was doing and looked back at the center of the computer room. There stood a white-haired, hunchbacked old man in a white coat. The hunchbacked old man's hands were moving rapidly across the light screens, checking various data. Hearing what the bespectacled man said, the old man's hands did not stop, and he just said calmly, "What's the specific situation?"
"It's a low-level cannon fodder experience monster. It should be a simple cyclic intelligence, but it has X additional variable program. At present, the degree of evolution is very high. Not only has it simulated emotional changes, but it also has obvious thinking behavior. It even has a tendency to evolve autonomously, completely breaking away from the preset cyclic intelligence and beginning to act autonomously."
"What?"
Listening to the bespectacled man's detailed description, the hunchbacked old man could not help but exclaim. He stopped what he was doing, turned to look at the bespectacled man, and said excitedly, "Are you sure it's a low-level cannon fodder monster?"
"That's right."
"Hurry up and send the data and relevant information over, I want to see it personally."
The conversation between the two attracted the attention of others in the room. Many people stopped what they were doing and waited for the bespectacled man to finish sending the information. There were even a few people who gathered behind the hunchbacked old man, staring straight at the wide light screen in the center.
The huge light screen in the middle of the room was divided into two. The left side showed various data, while the right side showed the situation of Wang Yan in the mine.
"An attack that broke away from the preset routine, and the movement is unusually sharp. This is obviously an attack with thinking."
"It even learned to search for loot on its own. More importantly, it seems to be aware of the 'player's' death rule. This degree of autonomous intelligence is really hard to imagine. This is something that even a hero level NPC can't do."
"The changes in the eyes and expression are very realistic, and the emotional changes are very natural. It's almost no different from the players in the game."
The staff gathered behind the hunchbacked old man began to talk. They were all shocked by what was happening on the light screen, but the hunchbacked old man's face was full of joy. When he saw the scene of Wang Yan slowly walking out of the cave with his body hunched, cautiously scouting the surroundings while looting the corpse, the old man smiled and said, "I really didn't expect a low-level cannon fodder monster to have such a performance. It turns out that 'Life Activation,' which is also known as the X program, is effective. Back then, we went against the majority's opinion and programmed a hundred thousand low-level monsters into the X program."
Everyone nodded in agreement with the old man's words, but the bespectacled man said, "But the X variable's coefficient is too large, and there are too few individuals that can be observed evolving on their own. The few isolated examples aren't universal. If we want to apply for the higher-ups to agree to increase the use of 'Life Activation', it's unlikely. After all, the variable program brings too much data, and the current unit's capacity is limited. The higher-ups might even treat these examples as bugs and ask us to remove them."
The bespectacled man's words caused everyone's expression to change. The hunchbacked old man immediately snorted and said, "Those people only know about money, money, money. How would they understand the importance of the research and development of artificial intelligence?"
As he said that, he looked around at everyone in the room and said coldly, "Shut your mouths. Everyone knows the rules of the research team. Whoever spills the beans knows the consequences."
Everyone in the room immediately fell silent, and they hurriedly nodded. When the hunchbacked old man saw this, he turned his gaze to the bespectacled man and said, "You'll be in charge of following up on this Derivative. Label 'it' as Superbeing 009. Make it a third-level observation target. With its current situation, we can add 'Vigilante Mode' to it. "
The bespectacled man nodded and then turned around to input various data on the light screen. The hunchbacked old man's voice came from behind him again. "Also, prepare to inject the Y additional program into Superbeing 009. It's too weak now, and I don't want the precious Derivative that I obtained with great difficulty to be easily killed by the 'players'."
"What about the timing of the infusion?"
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