Author: Sevenfold Body

Chapter 23 NO.0017: Paradox

What is going on?!

Jiang Zhou, who was originally sitting on a chair to rest, now stared dumbly at the two people who fell in front of him from the starry sky - Booker Eyre, who had previously connected the brain-computer interface to the universal printer and planned to restart it.

Erwin and... Liao Qi.

Or should I say, myself?

It's not like Jiang Zhou has never thought about what kind of strange situation it will be like when he meets his "controllable factors" one day.

But he never expected that this day would come so quickly and suddenly.

He was so startled that he almost sat up from his chair.

Fortunately, he restrained this impulse and calmed down.

Don't panic first, don't panic on both sides of yourself...

The person who should be panicking right now should be the third party besides himself...

Through Liao Qi's sight, Jiang Zhou saw what he looked like in their eyes at this moment: a vague human figure made up of countless broken color blocks. Every detail on the body was constantly being disassembled and reorganized, so that a dynamic balance was maintained.

One's own form as a human being.

It looks very similar to the "Janus" I saw more than ten hours ago and a hundred years ago.

Jiang Zhou lowered his eyes and looked at his hands pressed on the armrests - they were still precision models generated by the avatar program based on his own body in the deep dive chamber.

So, for those who are not in the abyss of the dark web, their image is distorted?

In any case, while that person is still immersed in shock, pretend to be a master and gain the initiative first.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Zhou imitated the opening line of "Janus" a hundred years ago and said flatly:

"Good evening……"

To Jiang Zhou, it sounded like his normal speaking voice, but the sound he received through Liao Qi was an extremely distorted and distorted sound, like the whistling sound of electricity.

One sentence echoed in his ears in two voices without any delay, which made Jiang Zhou feel very strange.

Suppressing the strange sense of disobedience, he looked at the two people in the audience and continued:

"Liao Qi, and Booker Irvine."

He named the two of them respectively.

He knows who we are…

Hearing the sound like the roar of electricity, Booker felt as if his scalp was going to explode.

In electronic warfare, a person's real name is the only key to his destiny, second only to the Mandala Code. However, because the Mandala Code has almost no possibility of being cracked based on its underlying design, for hackers, the real name is the key to success.

His last name is his biggest weakness. Once his real name is grasped by others, he will basically declare his failure in the field of electronic warfare.

Therefore, when this being said their two names in an understatement, the last trace of luck in Booker's heart was blown out like a candle flickering in the cold wind.

This was not an accident or coincidence, the other party came to find them.

But how on earth did the other party know their names?

"Why do you know our names?"

A stupid young man helps Booker ask the questions deep in his heart.

It was Liao Qi who was standing aside, looking up at that existence.

Is this kid crazy?

Hearing such a straightforward question, Booker's heart suddenly tightened.

He wanted to stop the young man who usually acted recklessly, but it was too late at this moment.

"There are many things I need to know, but none of them require me to explain to you how I know them."

That being didn't seem to be offended at all, and he still answered in a calm tone.

Don't ask me such boring things.

This is what the other person meant.

Able to communicate normally, and whether it is disguised or not, the other party shows a certain humanity in the communication...

After breathing a long sigh of relief, Booker analyzed the conversation just now and came to a preliminary conclusion.

No matter who the other party is, he at least has a personality interface with which he can communicate. Although in today's era, for those beings that transcend human intelligence, their external communication personality interface is not equivalent to their essence. But this at least provides

These laggards who have been left far behind by their peers on the evolutionary track of life have a chance to glimpse the wisdom of the leaders.

Now that you can communicate normally, start by asking the other person's name.

"Then may I ask, what should I call you, Your Excellency?"

Although he didn't think that the other party would care about these red tapes of human society, Booker still pressed his chest and bent slightly, asking in a very respectful manner.

"My name?"

Hearing this question, Jiang Zhou paused slightly.

This is indeed a question. If I want to show myself in this identity again in the future, what kind of name should I choose?

First of all, exclude his real name Jiang Zhou.

This name appears in this era. If it is exposed, God knows how many enemies will come looking for it.

Then exclude Janus.

First of all, I don’t quite believe it now. Janus really fell under the siege of other super artificial intelligences as the public knows. Secondly, I am active with this identity. If he is exposed, it will lead to

His hatred is estimated to be more than ten times more than that of "Jiang Zhou".

How about just using Theseus as your title?

Jiang Zhou thought to himself.

The famous "Ship of Theseus Paradox" is quite consistent with my current situation, but it still has that problem, and I must consider the possibility of being exposed. Now I am in the body of Tartarus, taken by the guy named Ye.

His name is Theseus. Even if the probability is so low that it can be ignored, he does not want to create the risk of his true identity being exposed just to pretend to be X.

However, following the idea of ​​the "Ship of Theseus Paradox", Jiang Zhou quickly thought of a suitable title.

He straightened his body slightly, then continued to use the calm tone before, and replied nonchalantly:

"I don't have a name, but if you must find a name, then my name can be...

"paradox."

paradox……

The moment he heard the name, Booker's eyes were slightly out of focus.

Whether the opponent is an adjuster who has surpassed the limit of Deep 7 human intelligence, a self-disciplined electronic warfare weapon developed by a super enterprise, or an out-of-control program left over from super-artificial intelligence in the past... he can hack into a multi-purpose printer and pull them here.

The existences from this area must be "upgraded lives" that have transcended the human way of thinking, making them "new homo sapiens" incomprehensible.

For normal people like them, the way of thinking, behavior patterns, values, and world view of these beings... have all entered an incomprehensible realm.

Human thinking is attached to language, and because of the inherent incompleteness of language, the numerous and complex paradoxes that arise are enough to prove that human thinking is also inherently incomplete.

Therefore, for Booker himself, Liao Qi beside him, all members of Icarus, and more than 99.99% of the human beings living in the entire world at this moment...the best way to call these existences is indeed "paradox"

The word "on".

This is really a...perfect title.

Booker sighed.

Calling himself a "paradox" does not mean that He is expressing the absurdity of His existence.

Rather, it reminds them of the shallowness of their own existence.

"Ah, I understand..."

Booker nodded with a heavy face and whispered.

What do you understand?

Jiang Zhou looked at the man in front of him, whose aura suddenly became deeper and more enlightened. He tried hard not to ask any questions.
Chapter completed!