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"What exactly is a memetic effect?"
This was a big question, and also the biggest research direction of the Renegades Organization: memetic effects.
The first discovery of the memetic effect was a network IP address seized by the Renegades Organization from the C Organization. In fact, after a worldwide network search, it was found that the network IP address itself did not exist, but it could be accessed through any connected network. It seemed to be a Tieba forum or something, and there seemed to be nothing special about it.
However, after anyone logged into the webpage of this IP address and registered a message, no matter what they typed, it would become: "I'm a newcomer. I'm not very good with words. If I offend you in any way, come and beat me up!"
From then on, no matter if this person spoke in reality, wrote anything, or even communicated in any way, including sign language, semaphore, Morse code, or any other form of communication, anything said would become this sentence. The only way to remove the memetic effect and return to normal was to find a person who was infected with the memetic effect in reality and beat him up as he said.
This was the first case of a memetic effect discovered by the Renegades Organization. Its infectivity was only based on the existence of the IP address, and it was not fatal. There was also a way to deal with it, so it was not taken seriously at the beginning. It was only treated as a case of hypnosis, analyzed by personnel, and mobilized the Renegades Organization's own forces to ban this IP address from all over the world.
But then, anomalies with memetic effects appeared one after another, similar to this: "I'm a newcomer. I'm not very good with words. If I offend you in any way, come and beat me up!" There were joke memetic effects, memetic effects similar to infectious diseases, and memetic effects similar to ghost curses. There were even many more terrifying and indescribable super memetic effects that surpassed ghost curses. For example, the space-time fault memetic effect currently sealed in the North Pole was recognized as the most terrifying memetic effect currently known, and also the one most likely to destroy mankind, destroy the Earth, and even destroy a wider space …
So far, the Renegades had come into contact with at least a dozen memetic effects, but no matter how the Renegades Organization analyzed and dissected them, they were still clueless. Even the lowest level memetic effect was unsolvable. Its existence was beyond the scope of current human technology, and many high-level memetic effects were beyond the scope of physics. They looked more like supernatural phenomena that could not be explained by common sense.
"What is a memetic effect?"
Chu Hao spoke again to Li Ganglei on the other end through the headset. "I have a few guesses in mind, but I don't have enough information at the moment, so I won't say for now. Once the computing resources of the Trinity supercomputer are in hand, I can prove the possibility of my guesses."
Li Ganglei was silent for a moment before saying, "The headquarters base has already started the operation. After all, the Trinity supercomputer is too important. It's not enough for the three O6s, you, Ling Xin, and me to make the command. More than two-thirds of the O5s have to make the decision at the same time. It wasn't until ten minutes ago that the voting results were decided. After that, the internal personnel of the headquarters base, as well as our 'younger brothers and sisters', began to evacuate. Only when there is no one else other than the core guards will the Trinity supercomputer be able to provide computing resources for your use.
Chu Hao nodded in understanding. He didn't say anything, but he was deeply moved.
Not all of the anomalies in the Renegades Organization were harmful, as there were a few that were beneficial to both humans and the Renegades Organization. So far, among all the anomalies in the Renegades Organization, there were three that had been determined to have powerful beneficial effects that could be used and controlled. Of course, there were definitely more than three anomalies with powerful beneficial effects that could be controlled, but these three were the most precious of all. They could be considered the core of the Renegades Organization. Using a description from a Xianxia novel, these three anomalies were the Luck Suppressors of the Renegades Organization. Only by possessing these three anomalies would the Renegades Organization have the qualifications to resist the C Organization, as well as the qualifications to continue to exist for a long time.
Of these three, the Trinity Supercomputer was the third core anomaly. It wasn't a computer made by humans, and it didn't even look like a computer from the outside. It was made of three large stone statues that looked similar to the stone statues on Easter Island, but slightly smaller. The three stone statues faced each other to form a triangle, each representing a problem and a calculation. As a result, the Trinity Supercomputer could only be used when a person or their video projection was within the triangle. At the same time, because it was an anomaly, it wasn't completely under the control of the Renegades Organization. This Trinity Supercomputer would accept a life sacrifice every year, and would then reward computing resources according to the quality of the sacrifice. Generally speaking, the effects of a primate's sacrifice would be the best, while the effects of a human's sacrifice would far surpass that of any other primate's sacrifice. Because of this, computing resources were actually equivalent to life. This was a very, very precious resource that wasn't normally allowed to be used. Every time it was used, it would require the confirmation of an O5-level command.
Chu Hao originally had the right to use it. As one of the three O6-level leaders of the Renegades Organization, he was allowed to use 10% of the computing resources every year. However, his current situation was a little strange. He was currently in the middle of the Ghost Curse Memetic Effect, so he couldn't go to the organization's headquarters. Furthermore, this memetic effect could be transmitted through video, sound, or even images, so even projecting a video projection to the headquarters was very difficult. This was why he had been delayed for so many days, but fortunately, he could finally use it now.
"Trinity Supercomputer is ready to be activated. O6-3 video projection is approved to connect to the headquarters … Connecting countdown commencing, ten, nine, eight, seven …"
Chu Hao stood quietly in the light source. When he heard the countdown timer reach zero, he opened his eyes abruptly. He saw that there were three black stone statues around him. One of the stone statues suddenly spoke. It sounded like a young man's voice. "Currently, there are still computing resources … 4741 spirits. I'll listen to any questions …"
"I'll calculate …" This was the voice of another black stone statue, and it sounded like the voice of an incomparably old man.
"I'll determine the results …" The last black stone statue also spoke, and it sounded like the voice of an elegant woman.
Chu Hao was silent for a moment, and then said, "First, connect to my mind's consciousness and perfectly duplicate this three-dimensional model, then project it to where I can see it." After that, Chu Hao closed his eyes and began to visualize the spell model of Mage's Hand in his mind.
"Consuming 10 spirits … Complete duplication successful. Now project it to where you are."
When the stone statue finished speaking, a three-dimensional image formed by a strange beam of light was projected in front of Chu Hao. He could see it clearly, and he could even touch it with his hand. Of course, there was no sense of touch, but this three-dimensional image could be moved and swayed by his touch.
Chu Hao looked at this three-dimensional image for a moment, and after a few seconds, he said, "Completely decompose it into the most basic runes, images, and individual words. Requirement one, the individual runes, images, and words must be intact. Requirement two, record the combination of all the individual runes, images, and words."
"Consuming 70 spirits … Complete duplication successful. Now project it to where you are."
Amidst the sound, the 3D model immediately disintegrated and turned into hundreds of densely packed runes, images, and words. Some of them looked similar to hieroglyphs, while others looked like Tai Chi, dragons, beasts, and other creatures. There were also some that looked like tadpole characters, letters, or similar words. Each of them was floating in the air, big or small.
(It's very expensive. The computational resources consumed have already exceeded the computational capacity of the Mars Lander spacecraft … and more than three times as much. As expected, I'm starting to approach the true meaning of magic, or rather, the true meaning of another "scientific" path!)
Chu Hao's mind was full of thoughts. He continued, "Now, copy the energy in my heart, order it to be arcane energy, and use this arcane energy as the starting power source. Inject it into all the existing runes, and then observe the effect …"
In the voice, the runes in front of Chu Hao's eyes all glowed, but in just a few seconds, dozens of runes shattered, dozens of runes did not change at all, but the remaining six runes all had different changes. Some of them produced new energy, some of them grew bigger, some of them shone brighter, and some of them became dim and small …
"Consuming 60 spirits … All the effects are as shown."
Chu Hao carefully looked at all the effect runes and asked about the meaning of the effect. After that, he continued, "Then, with these six runes, images, and words as the starting point, use their effects to connect the rest of the runes, images, and words, and perform the second round of demonstration. Right, at the same time, form a complete spell model, inject arcane energy, and slow down the effect to a speed visible to the naked eye. The camouflage effect begins."
"Consuming 130 spirits …"
Just as Chu Hao began to use the Trinity supercomputer to perform calculations, in a primitive rainforest located in Southeast Asia, a girl who looked to be about eight or nine years old was standing on top of a huge tree. She was wearing a set of ancient Chinese clothing and holding a jade pendant as she looked around. After a while, she seemed to be unable to find the direction. She could only take out a pineapple and bite it in distress. However, at this moment, the jade pendant in her hand flashed again. However, this time, the light that was flashing was greenish-purple.
"This is … the true meaning of runes!?"
"This world … also has Cultivators?!"
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