Zhang Yingying felt that she had missed too much during her philosophy class, her theology class, or when Luo Nan was giving his all in teaching.
She suppressed her doubts towards her own intelligence and tried to integrate Luo Nan's explanation. She once again seriously and carefully observed the single and infinite mode of Sand Demon Number 33.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but when she focused her gaze on the pile of sand that was dehydrated and almost couldn't be seen clearly, the top layer of sand, which had the outline of "Sand Demon No.33" on it, seemed to have moved.
It was like a camouflage cloth. It trembled and shifted in the direction of the sea breeze. Its speed was at least three times slower than its normal state, but it possessed a subtle sense of rhythm.
Luo Nan nodded his evaluation. "It seems that it understands its current situation quite well."
"Are you saying that it's very smart?"
"I can only say that it's very sensitive." Luo Nan indicated for Zhang Yingying's camera to follow. He gave Sand Demon Number 33 a close-up view of the area it had stayed in before. "Look here. The sand particles on the surface have actually been blessed... But right now, their basic configurations have collapsed. They can be considered dead."
Zhang Yingying moved her feet to follow behind Sand Demon Number 33. She faced the camera, wishing that she could stick her own eyes in. But she really couldn't distinguish the difference between these fine white sand particles.
"The 'death' of these sand particles is not meaningless. Through 'death', they send a certain kind of information to their surviving 'companions' … "
What？
Zhang Yingying's eyes widened innocently. She lost the courage to even inquire further.
Forget it. Whatever you say, Professor Luo.
Fortunately, Luo Nan began to condense water vapor at this time. He used the configuration method to express his explanation.
This way... I have even more reason to not understand!
Alright, Zhang Yingying actually understood a bit.
Luo Nan's main idea was that Sand Demon Number 33 was an accumulation of sand particles. The individuals within its community were currently attempting to survive in a state of low energy supply.
Since they were born from energy configurations, the first choice they made to survive in a state of low energy supply was to reduce the consumption of energy from their bodies. They needed to do subtraction for themselves, to get rid of unnecessary consumption structures. They sought a balance between the double red lines of survival and conservation.
In other words, they were cutting themselves.
After a few cuts, those that could still preserve their basic structure and functionality would be left behind. The rest would naturally be finished.
The thousands of individuals of Sand Demon No.33 were eliminated internally in such a simple yet tragic way. There was no need to talk about the ones who were eliminated. The ones who succeeded had to pass on the experience of their success to the entire tribe through a highly efficient mechanism.
"That's so complicated, it's like a configuration designer … and you're saying that they don't have brains!"
"You were the first to question them."
Luo Nan played it down and changed the topic in an instant. "But I still want to say this. This has nothing to do with the brain. It's just a sort of superposition of sensing. Yes. At most, it's the efficiency of sensing. And these are not things that it learned in a short period of time after coming out of the pit … I have already talked about this. "
"Of course not!" Zhang Yingying questioned instinctively.
"I really did. It's just that before Sand Demon No.33 was formed in the sandpit, the dozen or so aggregates in the internal competition stage had gone through at least forty to fifty rounds of similar screening. All the sensing efficiencies that couldn't keep up were eliminated completely. "
"Actually, after Sand Demon No.20, this sort of mechanism has already been embedded into the basic configuration. It can be considered an artificial selection inheritance. Afterwards, it's just endlessly strengthened …. Look, the relevant configuration records are still floating over there."
Luo Nan extended his hand to point at a certain area behind the sandpit. The series of diagrams there had already piled up into a large maze. Just a glance was enough to make Zhang Yingying dizzy.
Zhang Yingying was a bit stupid. She turned the camera for the first time, letting herself face the global audience:
"Is there really such a thing?"
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People knew very well that Zhang Yingying couldn't see it, but there were quite a few people who fiercely nodded from all over the world.
In the end, Zhang Yingying received some feedback from her circle of friends. But they were all extremely negative things like "I'm crying from being stupid", "I've lost face to the entire world", and there was even "Pregnancy makes you stupid for three years" ….
"Bah! I've been working hard to raise them …. You did quite a bit of work when I was raising them."
Luo Nan squinted his eyes and laughed, "Sowing good karma, reaping good results."
"Enough. You're already being weird. Now you're putting on the posture of a charlatan. Are you preparing to establish a religion?"
Zhang Yingying's mentality was about to collapse. She wasn't prepared to get to the bottom of things. She just wanted to speak frankly, "Just tell me clearly what Stupid Sand is going to do next!"
"Stupid Sand?"
"Uh-huh. My son is Stupid Sand." Zhang Yingying simply smashed the broken jar. She answered boldly and confidently, "I'm going to raise it. Of course, I have to give it a name. It's quite fitting, right?"
"I think that you …."
"Get to the point."
Luo Nan put his hands on his hips. He moved his head to two different positions, but he felt that it was not the right place. In the end, he could only smile helplessly and bitterly, "Okay. I'm guessing that Sand Demon No.33, cough, Stupid Sand's correct behavior has changed direction. It should be because it knows that simply seeking size is meaningless to it. It needs to pursue something more practical …."
Zhang Yingying raised her eyebrows. She confirmed the conclusion she had already reached before, "Energy?"
"It's energy."
The current Sand Demon …. Fine, Stupid Sand's behavior target and the corresponding sensing configuration change were already extremely clear. Luo Nan added a few simple strokes on the blackboard and explained.
"You are currently its only energy provider, and you are relatively stable most of the time. You can be considered a fixed quantity. However, its sensing mode is becoming more and more complex. It clearly needs more and more energy to be ingested. This forms an energy gap, and this leads to its desire …."
"Who is it leading to? Me? "
"In a certain sense, you, or perhaps your energy provider, is already a part of Stupid Sand's system. Moreover, you are the part with the lowest efficiency in sensing and mutation. According to its behavior pattern, it won't waste its effort on this."
Zhang Yingying's camera continued to track Stupid Sand's movement trajectory. She made a random guess, "Then it's you …. Uh, it went around?"
Stupid Sand had practically spread out into a thin layer in the camera. It seemed to be riding a relatively strong sea breeze. Its entire body spun in a whirl as it went around Luo Nan's heel. It practically didn't make contact at all.
"Yeah. Maybe it's afraid. After all, I've always existed as a strong interference force."
"You're adding drama to it! Inner drama! "Zhang Yingying immediately caught onto Luo Nan's words. She gave him a taste of his own medicine.
Luo Nan's reasoning was ample. "Fear is a very basic reaction. It is possible to develop a similar avoidance mechanism after the desire side and the experience side are in embryonic form.
"Especially now. Stupid Sand's internal mechanism is already very complex. We can only decipher a portion of the clear veins. Most of it is hidden within the chaos. "
"Perhaps it's just a flash of inspiration. We can find a relatively stable structural carrier and store it for a long period of time. Who knows …. This requires a more detailed reduction and segmentation."
Zhang Yingying's eyebrows shot up. "Segmentation? You're going to cut it off later? "
"Uh, this is follow-up research."
"It's so stupid, yet you still want to cut it off!?"
…. Where's the logic?
"Don't even think about it. I said that this is my son. I'm going to raise it!" Zhang Yingying's attitude was resolute and decisive. There was no room for discussion.
Luo Nan was tongue-tied.
Just as this little dispute was taking place, the extremely lowly Dumb Sand could not understand the debate that was happening above its head, which involved its or "their" life and death. It only followed its established behavior pattern and slowly moved forward in a "energy-saving" state, even borrowing the push of the sea breeze.
"Where in the world does it want to go?" Herman suddenly raised this question within the video conference. "It's not just now. It tried to head into the sea before. It only turned back after suffering injuries …. If what Luo Nan said is true, what method does it use? Or what method does it hope to use to obtain energy?"
Raising this question proved that Herman was listening very seriously. He had his own thoughts.
However, not everyone was interested in this sort of technical question that involved supernatural powers. More people were concerned about the more direct question of investment returns. A certain representative immediately shot back in anger.
"Come on, Mr. Herman. Are we having a meeting today just to let people mock our ignorance in the field of scientific research?"
"Yeah. Even though I'm a professional researcher, I don't have any intention of mocking you."
Bald Jeff straightforwardly and fearlessly inserted himself into the dispute. He ignored the peculiar gazes cast at him from all sides and directly proceeded with the next round of operations.
Only half a second passed before the scene of the solemn video conference suddenly changed. The sea breeze, the beach, the thin mist, and the fine waves were like a classical oil painting. The light and shadow pattern that was infinitely close to reality was projected before everyone's eyes.
And soon, the participants discovered that all the scenery before their eyes moved according to their own natural rhythms. Not to mention the twenty or thirty familiar faces on the beach. They stood and walked, displaying a familiar scene.
Herman temporarily forgot to quarrel with others. He was a bit pleasantly surprised: "Zeolite Beach's virtual reality? Zhang Yingying probably can't support the materials needed for this kind of reality with just a single shot. "
That's right. All the participants had entered the virtual reality created from the live broadcast. It was as if they had traversed thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers to arrive at the focal point of Zeolite Beach.
They themselves transformed into incorporeal souls and seeped into it. Aside from being unable to get too close and directly touch it, everything seemed to be real.
"Of course, the materials for one seat aren't enough. However, Luo Nan's required experimental equipment has already passed by more than one wave. The people on the periphery are all bored to death. Also, drones have already piled up in the air above Zeolite Beach. Thank God the Bloodflame Order didn't shoot them down. However, a mid-air collision could happen at any time. "
Bald Jeff displayed a control ability that far exceeded his predecessor's by a hundred times. He was able to play different tricks with the same technical explanation service.
He didn't create this virtual reality just to enhance the perception of the participants … … He wanted to improve it by another level!
In the next second, a halo similar to an AR effect was cast onto the body of Sand Demon Number 33, which seemed to be wrapped in the sea breeze as it moved forward.
Oh, now it was called Stupid Sand.
At the same time, there was a dotted line that extended forward from the halo. It crossed a distance of around ten meters and arrived at the nearly forgotten former focal point area.
"I can answer your question right now, Mr. Herman. This monster's destination is right there. It's a place that we've already lost control of."
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