The researcher was stunned.
Then, confusion, hesitation, panic, fury, and grievance flashed on his face. Everything was so vivid that even Li Yao failed to notice anything wrong.
"Director, what's the meaning of this?"
The researcher stepped back and roared desperately, "Are you suspecting that I'm from the Holy League?"
"I'm not suspecting, but certain. Look at your brain scan and compare it with that of the cold-blooded murderer."
Zhuge Jinglun retrieved a few new scans from his mini crystal processor and overlapped them with the dancing butterflies.
A few heads moved closer, only to frown again.
"They're completely different!"
The researcher roared, "Even a blind man can tell that my brain scan is completely different from that of the murderer. My reaction is normal, and my brain activity is very standard!"
"Yes, it is. It's so standard that it's unbelievably perfect."
Zhuge Jinglun said, "I almost forgot to tell you that this is not your brain scan today, but an overlapped version of all your brain scans in the past 27 tests. Do you see the problem? Your reaction is too perfect. It's almost identical in the 27 tests!
"Normal people will have subtle differences in their thinking and reaction when they're faced with the same question for the second time. So, when their brain scans are overlapped, the edges will be blurred.
"What kind of person would be able to think about the same question twenty-seven times and have his brain make such precise responses? It's as if it's not his real reaction, but some kind of … pre-programmed?"
Dumbfounded, the researcher was lost for words as he looked at his brain scans in the 27 tests.
"Rest assured, I wouldn't make such a conclusion. Such a hasty conclusion would be an insult to my professionalism."
Zhuge Jinglun threw out a new brain scan. "Different from the previous 26 tests, we've added a new question to the question bank today, which is the choice between a human being or a machine in the Wiseware Rebellion. This question is highly confidential. You couldn't have seen it before you unlocked the question bank, right?"
"Yes, so what?"
The researcher said quickly, "My reaction is perfectly normal!"
"Like I said, it's too normal."
Zhuge Jinglun said, "As a control group, we tested the reactions of a thousand ordinary people with this question. When we told them that their memories were instilled into them, that they weren't real human beings, and that the outside world had been deformed by the Wisdom Machines, they hesitated and considered. Some of them who were more vulnerable even began to doubt if they were human beings and if their memories were real.
"Be it the tester or the person being tested, they are all the same. They will all have different degrees of suspicion. Many people even need psychological treatment.
"Only you. When you faced this problem for the first time, your brainwave stability was the highest among the thousands of people. Your brainwave stability index was far higher than those with higher cultivation than you, by more than 30%! You are not shaken at all. Your belief is indestructible. You do not believe in the bulls * it of 'Wiseware Rebellion' at all. You have never considered whether you are a human being or a 'Wiseware'. Why?
"Because you know very well that, to some extent, you are indeed a 'Wisdom Machine', except that you are a 'Wisdom Machine' made of flesh and blood. You are from the Covenant Alliance!"
"It's fake! It's all fake! I'm not!"
Stunned for a long time, the researcher suddenly shrieked hysterically and was about to lunge at Zhuge Jinglun. "I'm not a member of the Holy League! You can't be so arbitrary! I'm a living human being! Long live the Imperium! Long live mankind! Down with the Holy League! Look, I'm not a member of the Holy League! I'm not! "
Li Yao and Long Yangjun certainly wouldn't let the crazy researcher hurt Zhuge Jinglun.
There was no need for the two of them to do anything. There were already several burly men lying in ambush around the area. They grabbed the researcher, slammed the heaviest shackles on him, and dragged him away.
The researcher struggled and howled like a normal person who had been wronged. Even when he was dragged into a corner for a long time, his desperate roars could still be heard, "I'm not from the Covenant Alliance! No! No!"
"Look!"
Zhuge Jinglun rubbed his hands and bared his uneven teeth at Li Yao and Long Yangjun. "It was a marvelous performance, wasn't it? This guy has been lurking here for three years, and he was not found in the previous six versions of the Ring-Tu Test. He was finally exposed after the new version!
"Oh, thank you for the questions you provided, President Long. 'Wiseware Rebellion' is truly interesting. It can help us find a lot of new abnormal data. Wait, I almost forgot. It's not President Long. You've changed your name. I should call you President Dongfang now, right?
"It's President Long …"
Long Yangjun held her forehead and said.
"Wait, I still feel that something isn't right."
Looking at the corner where the researcher had been dragged away, where the dazzling traces of blood were still left, Li Yao asked, "You can determine whether or not a person is from the Covenant Alliance based on the subtle changes in the brain scans and the bizarre questions? How accurate is your judgment? Are you wronging the good guys?
"For example, he might be born with a strong mind and not easily shaken by the nonsense. Or he might be an unimaginative person who can't understand the meaning of 'Wiseware Rebellion' at all. Or maybe … even if he's a ruthless guy who lacks empathy, it doesn't mean that he's a lunatic who will break the law, right?
"Take the middle school teacher just now for example. If he hadn't been brought to the casino by his friend, he might've spent his whole life peacefully instead of turning into a cold-blooded murderer, right?
"So, what if your Ring-Tu Test is wrong? It can't be 100% accurate, can it?"
Zhuge Jinglun looked at Li Yao in surprise, as if he were surprised that he would ask such a childish question.
"Of course there are discrepancies. This is a never-ending game where the devil is one foot taller and the Dao is ten feet taller."
Zhuge Jinglun said, "However, the accuracy does not lie in how many good people we wrongly accuse. The key is that we can't let go of a single bad person, right? Let's call them 'innocents' for now. After all, they're all potential lunatics and criminals. There shouldn't be more than 5% of them. They're just sacrifices that have to be made in this war."
Li Yao got it.
It was better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let go of one.
"Sacrifices that have to be made" was a phrase that the Immortal Cultivators often talked about.
Li Yao's eyes gradually turned cold. He did not like Director Zhuge Jinglun, who seemed crazy and callous in his bones and did not care about human lives at all.
"It's truly an interesting test. It's a great eye-opener for me."
Li Yao said coldly, "Then, Director Zhuge, have you ever considered a more interesting question? Since the spies of the Holy League have infiltrated your Third Research Institute for years, how can you be sure that you're not a spy of the Holy League who has been hiding even deeper?
"Of course, you may've passed countless Ring-Tu Tests, but it's meaningless because you created the tests in person. Of course, you can find loopholes and cover yourself perfectly.
"So, how can you prove your innocence and clear other people's suspicion of you?"
Li Yao had thought that Zhuge Jinglun would be troubled by the question, but the crazy director of the Mental Hospital gave Li Yao a thumbs-up with glittering eyes. "Good question. It's indeed hard to prove. That's why I'm not the only Holy League research center in the entire Imperium, and there are thousands of versions of the Ring-Tu Tests.
"Black Wind King, you must know that there's no official research center of the Holy League in the entire Imperium, right? Don't you find it odd that we have the Tribunal of Extraterrestrial Devils and the Association of Demon Hunters, but we don't have an official research center?
"It's simple. If there's an official research center, we'll be doomed as long as the Holy League infiltrates it and manipulates the standards of the Ring-Tu Tests!
"Right now, we don't have an official research center. Instead, we have dozens of semi-official and private research centers that are working on the Ring-Tu Tests at the same time. The people in charge of the research centers conduct cross tests regularly. It may cause some chaos, but it ensures our safety as much as possible.
"Of course, even so, it's still possible that the Holy League infiltrates. After all, the Holy League's simulation technology is improving. Chances are that someone can pass the tests of dozens of different research centers. Chances are that the person will be me. Chances are that the person will be President Dongfang or the Black Wind King. Hahahaha. Who knows?
"Chances are that the Imperium and the Holy League don't exist at all, and the world around us is fake. The memories and data that have been injected into us are fake. What if the Smart Machine Rebellion is the truth? What if we're the latest smart machines? What if the crystal processors inside our skulls are really glittering, gem-like crystal processors?
"President Dongfang, Black Wind King, are you interested in opening your skulls and seeing what's inside? Hahahahaha! "
Zhuge Jinglun's laughter sounded like the moans of a pig.
It was one of the most horrifying sounds that Li Yao had ever heard in his life.
"Director Zhuge …"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you have regular mental tests to make sure that you're not affected by the mental patients around you? Or are you saying that you yourself are an incurable mental patient? "
"How did you know?"
Zhuge Jinglun was stunned. "I'm indeed a severe mental patient. I spent almost a hundred years in thirteen mental hospitals on seven planets!"
"What?"
Li Yao found it hard to believe. "Then … how did you become the director of this place?"
"It's very simple."
Zhuge Jinglun blinked at Li Yao and said with a smile, "When I was in the last mental hospital, the management was rather lax. At that time, a doctor named 'Zhuge Jinglun' came to study me, and I ate him from skin to bone. His brain and internal organs were fried with oil until they were delicious. Well, now that I think about it, they were indeed delicious!
"After the meal, I patted my belly and left the place under the name of Zhuge Jinglun. But I do miss my old days and friends, so I consider the study of mental diseases my lifelong career.
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