Chapter 671: Lao Jiang Neuromancer
Boss Jiang and Tokamak have made a plan. They want to find out the purpose of the superhuman faction of Barbara in the Heart of the World. To do this, they need to break through the database firewall of those guys.
This job is not easy.
Because the superhumans guarding the heart of the world are quite low-key, they formed a secret gang and apart from breaking into the underwater prison three days ago, they have basically not taken any large-scale actions.
But the polluted World Heart has been with them for quite some time.
These guys have declared that they want to take back their world from the "invaders", so their current dormancy must be in order to create a really big event.
"The fruit of the Heart of Eden gave me new magical powers, which you can think of as supernatural powers. I can now convert my consciousness into data streams and move freely in any network that allows data exchange.
It’s like a data plane ‘rover.’”
In Tokamak's office, Boss Jiang waved his finger and said to the superhero in front of him who was fiddling with a very high-tech workbench:
“I’ve already said this beforehand. This is my first time activating this newly acquired magical power. I have no experience at all roaming around in the data world.
So I need you to guide me, or at least show me the direction.”
"I could explain to you how this works in some complicated data science jargon, but I'm guessing you're not in the mood for a class.
So I will tell you in general terms, this is very simple.”
While Tokamak was busy debugging the various functions of the workbench, he said to Lao Jiang, who was a little lacking in confidence:
"Just like what we did in the wasteland's paradise space before, consciousness is transformed into a data body, running freely in the world built by the information network.
It is an ability you acquired accidentally, not a data , so there is no need to pursue 'understanding', you just need to know how to use it.
These abilities are tools, and the key is how you use them.
To put it in an analogy, a good swordsman only needs to think about how to use the sword in his hand to win, without having to actually learn how to forge swords.
I will first use the data body I have woven to take you around the online world, and then you will have to do the rest. I will give you the necessary advice and guidance."
"Okay, give it a try first. Let me know when you're ready."
Boss Jiang nodded, pulled out the chair next to him, and lay down on it in a comfortable position.
He watched the Tokamak opposite him pick up a helmet that looked like a consciousness converter and put it on his head, covering his eyes and his entire head.
After several adjustments, the light on the consciousness conversion helmet flashed continuously, and the latter raised his hand and made an OK gesture to Lao Jiang.
Indicating that he was about to start uploading his consciousness.
Boss Jiang did not need such a complicated conversion procedure. He only needed to close his eyes and activate the magical power of "Heart of Data" that he got from the data fruit of the World of Eden.
The moment this ability was activated, Jiang Xia felt another world above the real world.
A space of data network programmed by the most basic coding sequence, that is, by countless 0s and 1s.
He could feel that those invisible data streams were real and even within reach.
Countless nodes that are generating data flows serve as the foundation of the data world and exist in every corner of the real world. These data nodes are like doors that can be opened.
Through their existence, the most stable connection between the Internet's data world and the real world is formed.
Lao Jiang took a deep breath.
He placed his consciousness close to the working workbench in front of him, treating it as a door into the world of data.
Push it open gently, and then immerse yourself in the data flow of nearly 100 million calculations per second.
This was the first time he fully immersed himself in this new and unfamiliar world.
His soul was not encoded, but the magical power expansion from the Seven Treasures Tree and the World Fruit gave him the ability to "digitalize consciousness."
Soon, he saw the data content of World M with his own eyes.
It uses the outline of the earth to form the appearance of a rotating planet, which is very similar to the feeling of looking at the world at night from outer space, with a gathering of light spots on each continent.
Each light spot is connected with glowing lines, and the entire data world is "compiled" in this way.
"It's ugly and looks backward."
Lao Jiang sighed.
Previously, during the transformation of the civilizational subject in the Heart of Eden, he had personally seen the arrangement of Eden’s data world.
He believes that the data world that is centrally adjusted and organized in an orderly manner on a large scale according to certain rules is very beautiful, and has a spectacular feeling of a sci-fi starry sea.
But the data layer of the MAGA world is completely different from that of that high-tech alien civilization.
Not only are the light spots interacting with the real world very dim, but the overall data scale is simply incomparable to the data flow level of the Eden world.
It's like the comparison between a first-tier big city and an eighteen-tier small county town.
"I guess you must be wondering now why this world of data is so barren."
Behind Boss Jiang's data consciousness body, the voice of the Tokamak sounded. He turned around and saw the figure of the Tokamak composed of blue pixel blocks.
This guy's appearance in the outside world and the inner data world is consistent.
He raised his glowing hand and said to Lao Jiang:
"Don't compare our world with Eden. From the perspective of civilization level alone, the alien world is at least three levels ahead of us.
The basic information exchange technology in their world is the most cutting-edge technology here, and it has not yet been put into use. Do you understand what I mean?
Compared with them, we are just like primitive people.
But there are also benefits to being behind.”
The superhero shrugged and said jokingly to Boss Jiang:
“In such a technologically poor world, a conscious data entity like you can instinctively crack most firewalls and data protection programs without even learning.
I still need to continue learning and researching to make the data I compile with my skills more powerful, but you only need to keep trying to constantly discover the limits of your abilities.
It makes me jealous, to be honest.”
"envy?"
Old Jiang curled his lips. He recalled how the Navigation Center constructed the virtual world in Eden. He stretched out his hand and pinched his fingers. As the small pixel blocks kept jumping and extending, a strange-looking cigar was held in Jiang Xia's hand.
He looked at this failed data creation, waved his hand to disperse it, and said to the Tokamak beside him:
"Do you know how much energy and resources I put into getting this magical power? I risked being beaten to death to get to this point today.
Your research only needs to be carried out in the laboratory, using wisdom, inspiration and time to build growth.
And for me, every step forward I take is a risk that threatens my existence.
This is nothing to be jealous of.
Come on, teach me how to navigate this world of data."
"Come with me."
The superhero's data body hooked his finger, jumped forward a step, and disappeared from Lao Jiang's sight.
"In this world composed of data, there is no concept of 'space'. The movement of consciousness depends only on the expansion of thinking. Everything here is fake.
As long as you can understand how data is calculated, everything in this world will be at your disposal.
In addition, the appearance of the data world is actually a flexible interactive interface. Depending on the observer's ideas, you can freely change how it looks in your eyes.
But it doesn’t mean anything other than making you see the world more comfortably.”
The sound of Tokamak echoed in Lao Jiang's ears. He nodded, raised his hand and gently pulled it in front of him, just like pulling a curtain. The next moment, the data planet in front of him changed immediately.
It turns into a scene with blue sky, white clouds, singing birds and fragrant flowers.
Those nodes scattered across the data layer were also visualized by Lao Jiang as tens of millions of doors floating around him.
"Open any one."
The superhero gave a reminder, and Boss Jiang stepped forward, pushed open a door, and walked in. The environment around him immediately changed into another world.
He saw a movie being played on a mobile phone.
This data node comes from a female employee in the Tokamak company who is slacking off at work. Lao Jiang is in the data stream of this terrible movie.
He raised his head and slightly alerted himself.
Through the camera of the mobile phone, he clearly saw the yawning mobile phone user, and by tilting his head, he immediately understood all the data stored in the phone.
It includes the mobile phone user's address book, her browsing history, all her photos, as well as her identity information, medical insurance account number and bank account number and password.
All the information about the lady in front of him in the Internet world was known to Boss Jiang in an instant.
While getting the information, Boss Jiang also had a feeling that he could "jump" to other places by looking up this information, so he tried it.
Without the user of the mobile phone noticing, she logged into her bank account. Another door of data opened in front of Jiang Xia and he entered it.
The next data node extended to the bank’s database. This was an extremely large node, and Boss Jiang had some difficulty traversing all the data in the bank.
Two seconds later, the information data of millions of users who opened accounts in this bank were sensed by Boss Jiang, and millions of doors leading to different data individuals appeared in front of him.
Boss Jiang tilted his head and thought for a while, then went back to the cell phone node of the lady just now.
Log in to the official identity information website again.
One second later, the network data of all living individuals on the entire East Coast whose identity information had been officially registered were summarized in Lao Jiang's consciousness data body.
Two seconds later, Lao Jiang had discovered the information of all registered individuals in the country.
"Good, you learned it."
Tokamak's voice of amazement sounded in the ears of Boss Jiang's data body, and he said:
"This is how the data world works. In this world, information is power and authority is the means. The more you know, the higher your authority, the greater your power, and the greater your destructive power.
Perceiving data and finding data are just the first steps.
Next you can try to modify it, but be careful. With your current permissions in the data network, any major action could affect the lives of many people.
Another piece of advice for you is not to touch the economic level, especially the stock exchange data. I don’t want to see another economic crisis. ”
"Let me think, what should I change?"
Boss Jiang chuckled and soon came up with an idea. He stepped back into the node of the bank's database, raised his finger, and gently tapped the data stream that was flowing around him in front of him.
The next moment, in the real world, a female employee who was slacking off at work in Tokamak's company stared in amazement at the prompt message that popped up on her phone.
It showed that her bank account suddenly received an incentive reward from a foreign foundation. The female employees who were looking at her stood up in an instant.
Unable to contain the joy in my heart, I burst out laughing.
But before she could get enough of the feeling of being a billionaire, another message popped up, indicating that there had been an operational error and the string of zeros that dazzled her eyes had been scratched again.
Only a pitiful four digits are left.
"No!"
The female employee who was slacking off at work screamed and felt her life suddenly became bleak.
Is this, is this the gods playing a joke on her again?
Worse things are yet to come.
"No cellphone use during work hours."
Her boss came out of his office with a gloomy face and said to the employee who was slacking off with mixed feelings of sadness and joy:
"This time it's just a verbal warning, but if you get caught next time, your salary will be deducted."
