NO00de: Body and Selection

The fog gate dissipated, and Jiang Zhou was the only one left in the huge trial hall.

He bowed his head and pondered Hecate's warning before leaving. After a while, he sighed deeply.

Hecate was right. Ever since he knew part of the truth about the "Janus Program", he has been finding various reasons for himself not to use it.

Perhaps deep in his heart, he was afraid of this legacy.

Jiang Zhou thought.

Fear that it would become the cornerstone of the unprecedented ultimate tyranny; fear that it would be exposed and used by the Olympus Order; and even more fear that his choice would once again trigger a terrible disaster like the "Big Impact"...

After all, this legacy left by the original super artificial intelligence is so powerful that if used properly, it can become the authority to subvert the entire human society today.

Therefore, he always thought that he had to control it in a foolproof way to complete his mission step by step with the lowest intensity.

He subconsciously wanted to control everything.

But in this way, a paradox arises - if humans are to be controlled to connect into a system, then an "independent self" outside the system must exist.

Jiang Zhou needs an "entity" to monitor at all times to ensure that everything is going according to plan.

In other words, he is still afraid that "the current self" will be changed - not because he thinks "self-consciousness" is sacred and inviolable, but because he is afraid that the self-consciousness of others will bring disaster.

In other words, he does not trust humans.

Therefore, he blocked his heart before everyone else, fearing the influence of other people's minds on his plans.

"But this won't work..."

Jiang Zhou murmured, looking at the empty judgment hall.

As Hecate warned herself at the end - the premise of all this is that she must be able to get to that step.

In fact, let alone to complete the unfinished business of the past, even if he just wants to survive, he must rely on the help of the "Janus Program".

Jiang Zhou lowered his head with a self-deprecating smile.

If he can't even guarantee survival, then there is no need to talk about other things.

After figuring this out, Jiang Zhou summoned the startup interface of the Janus program and silently stared at the ancient two-faced god image.

The old god looked at the past and the future.

Did He see his current situation?

Or was this also part of His plan?

With his thoughts flying, Jiang Zhou sighed and started the Janus program again.

If he could explain that he connected to Liao Qi before and said it was unintentional, then this time he really wanted to use his will to open Pandora's box and impose unprecedented "tyranny" on another independent soul.

The moment it was opened, fear and excitement intertwined. Jiang Zhou silently watched the Janus icon fade in the air, and the surroundings turned into a white and infinite space in the blink of an eye.

Since Jiang Zhou obtained the "Moon God Realm" authority of the Janus program, he can open this special space and check those spare controllable elements.

At this moment, sixty-six human figures composed of countless changing color blocks appeared in front of Jiang Zhou at the same time.

There were sixty-six different souls, sixty-six unique identities, sixty-six different lives... They were all displayed in front of Jiang Zhou like carefully tied sacrifices.

At this moment, they were continuing their ordinary or legendary lives, completely unaware that their fates were about to change drastically because of someone's light finger.

Thinking of this, Jiang Zhou's hands trembled slightly at this moment.

Whether this was fear or excitement, he couldn't tell, but the more important question at the moment was, which person should he choose as his controllable element?

Linking controllable elements is not possession, so personal ability is not the first thing he should consider.

The key lies in whether the other party has the potential to become stronger, and whether they are willing to provide help to the main body that is still trapped in Tartarus.

In addition, given his control over the "Ikaros Liberation Front", it might be a wise choice to choose someone who clearly supports the struggle of the lower-class people in the Nord resettlement area.

In this way, after a series of conditions were screened, the constantly changing color block figures disappeared one after another, and only four people were left in the end.

It is not known whether it is a coincidence or a subconscious guidance, but the four people in front of him are exactly the four people Jiang Zhou was most interested in before.

Hong Wu, an adjuster of unknown depth, a street wanderer, that is, a lone wolf urban mercenary without a fixed employer. This person acts cold-blooded and cruel, but is calm and rational enough, has no special political inclination, and is a model of doing things for money. What Jiang Zhou values ​​most is his persistence in becoming stronger - if he has the opportunity to use the Ikaros universal printer, the other party has great potential to become stronger in the future.

Ji Mu, a cyber witch who practices in the New Tenli Sect, has a quirky personality and a clear mind. She usually makes a living by doing "soothing spirits" and "exorcism" for the housekeeper AI's runaway house. Although she is not an adjuster, she is a hacker at the level of the sleeper. If the support of the Sage City is excluded, her hacking skills are much better than hers. And more importantly, the other party is also a supporter of the "Ikaros Liberation Front" and has participated in the data destruction activities of the above-ground branch of the organization many times.

Frank Overload, on the surface, is a data center security officer of the eleventh-level Apollo Biology, but in fact, he is suspected to be a horse selected by a dark web existence. This person belongs to the extreme AI advent faction - that is, a crazy person who hopes that AI will rule mankind - if he finds that he has merged with the master version of Janus one day, then his self-consciousness will most likely not affect his decision too much, but he will regard Jiang Zhou's voice as a divine revelation and silently execute it.

Finally, it is Jim Ritter.

Jiang Zhou's eyes swept over the first three people and fell on the figure of the last middle-aged man.

A licensed private detective who has undergone biological enhancement, but it is unclear whether he has been adjusted or transformed, at least Jiang Zhou cannot tell from his performance.

It is not just about the adjustment and transformation that cannot be seen - among the alternative options of the sixty-six controllable factors, Jiang Zhou feels that Jim Leiter is the one with the most different thinking mode from himself.

As a detective, this person neither insists on procedural justice nor cares so much about factual justice, but uses a set of judgment criteria that Jiang Zhou finds difficult to understand and is almost free of judgment. In terms of political inclination, the other party not only expresses disdain for the "Ten-layer" government, but also ridicules Ikaros's career, as if he doesn't like both sides, but he has many good friends on both sides.

Not as a network of people, but as a real friend - this is another concept that Jiang Zhou finds difficult to understand. In his past life, it seems that there has never been such a "friendship" that has no mutual interests and is maintained purely because of mutual appreciation.

Jiang Zhou feels that if they meet in reality, they will definitely not like each other.

Therefore, according to common sense, Jim should be eliminated in the first round.

If two people with completely different personalities connect their minds and become indistinguishable, Jiang Zhou can hardly imagine how much negative impact the internal friction will have on the mobility of the entire system...

To put it bluntly, even if a normal person has such internal friction, he may have to split into two personalities to take over the body in turn.

However, now, Jiang Zhou finally decided to choose Jim Leiter as his controllable factor.

He walked to Jim's "side" and squatted down, and slowly stretched out his hand with some hesitation.

There are two main reasons for Jiang Zhou's choice:

First, as Hecate said before, if his goal is to include all mankind in the Janus system, then those people with opposite personalities will inevitably be integrated into the same network.

The so-called mutual understanding between people must be achieved by letting completely different people reconcile with each other, rather than just looking for people who are similar to themselves to form small groups to keep warm together, making the gap between different groups bigger and bigger.

Therefore, whether it is an experiment or a test, Jiang Zhou believes that he needs to combine with such a person who is so different from himself to see if the Janus program can fulfill the wish he made that year.

The second reason is more realistic.

At this moment, Jiang Zhou squatted next to Jim Leiter's "corpse". At this time, the other party's human figure composed of countless color blocks was about to completely dissipate.

The other party suffered a fatal attack not long ago. If he did not take action, he would probably die soon.

I hope this choice is not wrong...

Before he was no longer just "himself", he thought so. (End of this chapter)