Luo Nan stood on the lectern. His hands were motionless, and the blood red ring had already outlined its overall shape. From the looks of it, it was already a little like a configuration. When it was placed next to the enlarged Condensation Ring that had been demonstrated previously, it didn't look much different at first glance.
But Luo Nan understood more than anyone else that this was just a toy used for demonstration. Even the structure of the main body, which was temporarily stabilized on the mental plane, was at least two levels lower than the true configuration.
According to Luo Nan's stumbling translation of the Virtual Brain System's user manual these past two days, a qualified configuration should represent the transcendence of the form and soul of life within the system. It should be stable and could be constructed.
Just like the current ring. It basically belonged to the category of group consciousness. The mental worlds of over a thousand people overlapped together. Under the influence of internal and external forces, it formed a special form that possessed extraordinary significance. It also possessed a certain function. But this wasn't a configuration. It was formed under the guidance and pressure of external forces. Its body wasn't stable, and its interior was rather chaotic. Once it disintegrated, it would be impossible to reassemble it in a purely structural sense.
Luo Nan's stability was admittedly the number one priority in order for it to become a configuration. But how to restore it to a reasonable functional structure was a key problem that needed to be solved.
Luo Nan didn't mention these things. He spoke with confidence and composure on the stage. No one could tell that he had no experience in configuration design at all. Today's demonstration on the lectern was the first time in his life.
"Now we have the framework and the design ideas. What we need to do next is to refine the structure … … The goal is very simple. We need to guarantee the stability of the configuration. We need to eliminate the interference of the internal and external turbid flows as much as possible. This is the only function, so there's no need to make it too complicated. We just need to rely on a simple basic structure to prop up this frame."
"We should pay attention here. We look like architects, but the mental plane and the material plane are different in the end. We can't substitute a material structure inside. What we need is an effective structure in the mental world … … "
Bamboo Pole in the front row raised his hand once more. "Is there a standard for this so-called 'effective structure'?"
Luo Nan smiled at him. "Do I look like someone who can set a standard for a configuration?"
Bamboo Pole also smiled. "It's hard to say today. It's hard to say tomorrow."
Luo Nan wasn't prepared to expand on the side issues. He shook his head. "If I were to say it now, the so-called 'effective structure' only needs to be able to realize the circulation and operation of extraordinary power. But I feel that instead of trying to figure out new structures that have no foundation, it's better to borrow the existing results for the time being. "
He made a gesture, and a table appeared in the work area behind him. On it was a series of separate structural comparisons. The participants who had gone through the first half of the course vaguely remembered that Luo Nan had mentioned this when he had analyzed the Tower of Babel. It was dismantled from above.
"This is a simple analysis I did with the help of the computational space during my break. The idea was very simple. It was to see how much of the basic structure dismantled from the Tower of Babel was meaningful to the Condensation Ring. As I said in the first half, if I was given some time, I might be able to use the idea of the Tower of Babel to put together a Condensation Ring. This analysis was a proof of feasibility.
"For this reason, I tried to disassemble the Condensation Ring, but I failed miserably. I won't show you the specific results for now. I'll show you when I have the chance. But then, I used this foundation to compare the basic structures dismantled from both sides. The results are quite interesting. "
Luo Nan circled the key points with his digital pen. The structure at the very top of the table was a pair of curved and wedge-shaped structures. Looking at them with the naked eye, they were about the same. The data behind them was 92.4%. It was labeled the coincidence rate.
"This pair of similar structures. The one on the left comes from the Tower of Babel. I talked about it in the first half of the course. The one on the right comes from the Condensation Ring. This is the result of my rough dismantling. Everyone can see that the coincidence rate between the two is very high. "
"Though the conditions set up might be a bit simple, and the results are only for reference, I feel that there is only one point that proves the value of the connection between them. They both play the role of a stable framework in their respective configurations.
"This provides us with an excellent choice."
Luo Nan's speech was extremely frank. It was tantamount to erasing all mysterious factors. He completely presented his design train of thought to the thousands of participants and the tens of thousands of spectators.
So when he talked about this place, Deep Blue Base, Jeff directly contacted his subordinates from every division. He only had one request: "Immediately analyze the feasibility."
Herman, who was in Luo City, shouted at his legal team: "Record it! Record it all! This is plagiarism! When the product hits the market, I'll make him go bankrupt!"
In the outer seas of Xia City, Dan Yi was gradually getting into a good mood within the program group Face Reading. She tried to obtain a clear evaluation: "Does Mr. Che believe that it will succeed based on the current train of thought?"
Ghosteye didn't give her the chance. Instead, he flipped through Luo Nan's information even more seriously. His mouth was still muttering sentences that no one could hear clearly.
No matter how the spectators evaluated, Luo Nan's explanation and demonstration weren't affected in the slightest. He had already begun to 'make his move' on the podium right now. He drew a new outline next to the frame of the ring body he had drawn earlier. His mouth was also explaining:
"The Condensation Ring needs to pay attention to the condensation efficiency of water molecules. Its functions are more complex, so it only takes a few limited cycles to complete the entire structure. The optimization within is incomparable. But it doesn't matter if we drag things out a bit. Frankly speaking, we're just piecing together the basic structure over and over again. It's quite stupid, right? I think so too. "
Luo Nan drew very slowly and very carefully. He was more cautious than any of his previous operations. But in the eyes of the participants and spectators, this structure was much simpler and cruder than the Condensation Ring or the Tower of Babel.
Frankly speaking, Roland had taken the curved wedge-shaped structure and made a slight mutation. He had stacked and arranged them together to form a complete ring body.
Such a structure could be said to be concise and flat in a nicer way. To put it bluntly, it was like building blocks. Even a three-year-old child playing with Lego would feel that this train of thought was far too low.
The conference room was quite quiet at first, but after this detailed diagram structure was repeated two or three times, a buzzing sound gradually began to rise.
Octopus, who was in the front row, twisted his head. He turned around and covered his mouth. He whispered, "This isn't good. Why do I feel like the atmosphere is about to collapse?"
Bamboo Pole didn't reply. Papercut asked him, "Have you verified it yet?"
"I've verified it, and I've completed it. It's not difficult, but I can't see any results." Octopus was a member of the Xia City branch operation team. Even though he was famous for his drugs, his basic abilities were quite solid. It was easy for him to follow Luo Nan and walk through it.
In fact, he completed it faster than Luo Nan.
A total of eight curved wedge-shaped structures were needed in order to complete the ring body. They were stacked upside down from top to bottom.
They were divided into four groups of two. The drawing method for each structure was the same. The stacking method within each group was the same. The connection method between each group was the same as well. And so on and so forth, cycling back and forth. In the end, a complete structure that wasn't complicated was formed.
Luo Nan had purposefully slowed down for the sake of demonstrating and to take care of the majority of the non-Awakened present. He had only drawn three groups up until now. He was at least four or five seconds away from completion.
The Awakened present, especially the mentally Awakened, most of them didn't have this patience. They finished drawing early, but they couldn't see any results. It was hard to avoid being a bit impatient.
This was most likely what Octopus heard from the discussion behind him.
The inner world was like this. As long as you had concrete evidence, even if you spouted shit, people would still listen to you. But on the other hand, if you didn't have any results, then you would be slapped in the face no matter how extravagant your words were.
Octopus didn't want to be slapped in the face. He was just worried: Don't work hard all night and end up getting blown away by the wind and rain. That would be too vexing!
In fact, there were already people on the internet who couldn't wait to jump out and announce the result: "Three seconds to complete, then … …. That's it?"
"The legendary anticlimactic ending. I've finally seen it."
"Is there a follow-up? Who hasn't finished drawing yet!?"
"Are you sure he's not thinking about how to wrap things up?"
At this time, the nearly forgotten REE shrugged her shoulders in front of the camera. She suppressed the joy in her eyes and put on a calm expression: "This kind of result from a completely uncreative patchwork. It's not a pleasant surprise, nor is it unexpected … …"
The clamor outside the venue didn't matter to Luo Nan, but the buzzing noise inside the venue affected him. He finished his demonstration five seconds later and his brows furrowed:
"Quiet. There are still people who haven't finished. This configuration is primarily prepared for the Unawakened. If the Awakened present have spare energy, you can try to increase the difficulty yourself. For example … … "
He snapped his fingers, and a third blood-colored ring appeared in the work area. The ability users watching the live broadcast didn't understand what was going on, but the buzzing noise in the venue had already changed.
Octopus's eyes went wide. "This speed … … Hold on. How many sets?"
Papercut closed his eyes and observed from the mental plane: "It seems like sixteen sets? Thirty-two sets! It's four times the number in an instant. "
"There's this kind of operation?"
Luo Nan looked around the venue and said calmly, "Everyone can try again. Continue to stack the number. But you must pay attention. If you want this configuration to be meaningful, it must be tested so that its group, remember, 'group', will appear exponentially higher.
"The simplest is four sets. I just demonstrated sixteen sets. Next will be sixty-four sets … … Like this."
Following a finger snap, Octopus cried out involuntarily:
"Holy crap!"
A fourth blood-colored ring appeared in front of Luo Nan at this moment. It was meaningless to discern it with the naked eye, but many people could discern its internal structure on the mental plane.
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