Scholar's Advanced Technological System

Chapter 1519: Deja Vu Encryption Method

Sometimes, Lu Zhou would miss the era when nothing needed to be explained. Even if his words were not sacred, no one would dare to question him.

As he looked at the wine bottle on the table, his thoughts couldn’t help but drift away, thinking of his lost youth and love.

“When can we get to the point?” Xing Bian was about to vomit. He pinched his glabella with his index finger and thumb, trying to keep himself awake.

He thought he was a heavyweight, but he didn’t expect that one day, a university professor would outdrink him.

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned. He then said with an embarrassed smile, “Sorry, I just remembered something from the past… What was I talking about?”

Although Shi Jin’s neck was red from the drinking, he could still keep himself awake, barely. He reminded him with a serious face, “… You talked about the Northern Lights cruise ship, and… that the Swedish princess owes you a dance.”

“Ahem, I remember… Correct it, I owe her, not—”

Lu Zhou felt the resentment float from across the dining table. He calmly changed the subject.

“In short, I went to Mars, and, as you know, I was buried under The Gates of Hell… It took me 100 years to finally escape from it. Although I was lying in the dormant cabin during these 100 years, the strange thing is that my brain has not stopped thinking.”

After hearing these words, the two almost vomited blood.

F*ck sake!

Why didn’t you say this earlier?

Who cares who sent you to the future, who you owe a star or dance to…

“Thinking hasn’t stopped?” Shi Jin said with a headache, “It’s impossible! People are unconscious when they are dormant! I have dealt with many dormant people, and they feel like they travel to the future after blinking.”

Lu Zhou: “Theoretically, of course this is the case, but perhaps the cryo-hibernation technology of Martian civilization is more advanced than ours, allowing people to stay awake while sleeping.”

Of course, there was another possibility that the dormant person actually retained consciousness in the form of dreams, but that they had forgotten about them after waking up.

Captain Xing tried hard to get his brain to work, trying to grasp the point.

“… In other words, the ALPHA virus may be related to the remains of the extraterrestrial civilization?”

“It’s the Martian civilization… Although the Martian civilization can be regarded as an extraterrestrial civilization, I still have to emphasize this.” Lu Zhou continued while looking at the two sitting across from each other, “I was fortunate enough to encounter some strange things while sleeping. It contains knowledge about artificial intelligence.”

Shi Jin was stunned and said, “Mars civilization… also has artificial intelligence?”

“Of course, and their artificial intelligence is even more advanced than ours… It’s very troublesome to explain specifically, so I’ll just pick the key points.”

Xing Bian said quickly, “Please do!”

“Don’t interrupt me.” Lu Zhou continued, “In short, they divided artificial intelligence into three types based on the behavioral logic of artificial intelligence, or, more simply, whether they have the ability to think and feel. Etc. The lowest level of artificial intelligence is the simulation of human behavior through the algorithm of machine learning. The motivation of all its behaviors is based on the settings of the program.”

In fact, this classification method was not a masterpiece of the Martians. It was from the definition of artificial intelligence in the Calan Empire, an advanced civilization in the old universe.

However, considering that the Calan Empire in this world was only an online game that had been in operation for many years, Lu Zhou did not want too many people to know about the secrets of the old universe, so he combined the Calan Empire with the Martian civilization.

Until now, no one had been able to prove or disprove whether a prosperous prehistoric civilization actually existed on Mars.

He might be the only one who had seen those cockroaches before.

Xing Bian: “I still don’t quite understand… What is the relationship between artificial intelligence on Mars and the ALPHA virus?”

“A peculiar computer virus broke out on Martian civilization, which caused a large-scale collapse of artificial intelligence and almost caused the entire Martian society to regress from the information age to the stone age overnight… It can only be described as a disaster.”

Shi Jin couldn’t help but ask, “What happened later? Was the Martian civilization extinct because of this incident?”

“Of course not.” Lu Zhou said with a smile, “Although the Martians did sink for a period of time, where the whole society entered a period of decline for a long time, this period of decline was only the tip of the iceberg in their civilization’s history. Later, because of a coincidence, they developed an intermediate-level artificial intelligence with self-evolutionary capabilities and popularized the updated artificial intelligence on a large scale, finally eradicating the crisis of the intelligent virus.

“Because I was bored, I carefully investigated the information about the virus, especially the source code, and there were many overlaps with the ALPHA virus in key places. Of course, this virus was definitely not released by me… But the code was not particularly difficult for me to use.”

By now, the effect of the alcohol had begun to wear off.

Captain Xing frowned and asked seriously, “In other words, only the intermediate artificial intelligence you mentioned can resist the ALPHA virus?”

“Yes.” Lu Zhou nodded. “It’s a pity that there is no vaccine, and there is no special update patch. Only by changing the behavioral logic will it be possible to be immune to this virus.”

Captain Xing said with a wry smile, “There are more than a billion robots in the Pan-Asian Cooperation. Not to mention the difficulty of execution, if such a large number of robots learn to think… who can guarantee that it won’t cause new problems…”

Lu Zhou: “Your concerns are normal, but I don’t think it is a bad thing to allow robots to have the ability to think. The real danger is actually the third stage.”

To completely solve this virus, the best way was undoubtedly to upgrade the robots and intelligent programs all over the world.

However…

No one would know what kind of impact this would have, and whether it would be more dangerous than a virus.

There was silence at the dinner table.

The watch on Xing Bian’s left wrist suddenly flickered.

“Call?”

“Yes, let me take this.”

Xing Bian pushed the chair back and stood up. He then walked out of the lounge, but he did not stay outside for a long time. He soon returned to the table with a serious face and sat down.

Looking at the serious expression on Xing Bian’s face, Lu Zhou asked casually, “What happened…? If it’s okay to disclose?”

“It has something to do with you…” After a pause, Xing Bian continued, “In short, after asking Morinaga about the source of the ALPHA virus, we locked our target on the space stations that were active at a distance of 0.03 astronomical units from Ceres… And as expected, an abandoned space station was found there.”

“Space station?” Lu Zhou frowned and said puzzledly, “Abandoned?”

Xing Bian nodded and said, “Yes, and judging from the clues, it should have been abandoned for a long time. Although the materials on it are sufficient, people are missing. There are some bizarre clues. We have asked many experts but haven’t found an answer.”

Lu Zhou: “… I feel like you’re going to ask me for a favor.”

Xing Bian gave him a wry smile. He then slowly lowered his head and pleaded, “Please… Except for you, we really can’t find anyone to rely on.”

Lu Zhou finally sighed.

“Tell me.”

Xing Bian: “We found a few lines of strange formulas in a crew member’s diary. However, we consulted with physics and mathematics experts who work with the Security Bureau. No one can figure out what the formulas mean.”

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows slightly.

“What about the formulas?”

“It’s here.”

A light blue holographic card appeared in Xing Bian’s hand, and he sent it to Lu Zhou with a light push.

After receiving the transmitted data, Lu Zhou stared at the formulas. His pupils contracted slightly.

Noting the change in his expression, Xing Bian asked immediately, “What did you find?”

“Strictly speaking, this is not a purely mathematical problem, nor a physical problem… It is cryptography.”

“… Cryptography?”

Looking at Lu Zhou in a daze, although he had heard of Lu Zhou’s academic ability, Xing Bian couldn’t figure out how he could see the mystery in these formulas in an instant.

“Because I have seen a similar encryption method that compresses the information that needs to be expressed in a paragraph of irrational numbers, but these few lines of formulas are not that advanced, at most only a few bytes of information are compressed.”

Xing Bian frowned and asked, “What is the information inside?”

“I don’t know, it’s probably the password of something?” Standing up from the dinner table, Lu Zhou looked at the two people opposite him. “I need some time. I should be able to give you the answer tomorrow.”

Xing Bian said with a guilty expression, “Apologies for the troubles…”

Lu Zhou smiled faintly and said nonchalantly, “If you feel sorry, you can pick up the tab.”