Chapter 451 For the sake of the whole world, you sacrifice one thing.
Chapter 451 For the sake of the whole world, you sacrifice one thing.
"Are you really Xiao Chen?"
As soon as Li Guoan said this, the atmosphere in the entire Baiyujing Guild Hall became tense.
Without hesitation, the four special agents standing around simultaneously pressed down with their right hands, and the safety of their tactical assault rifles was released in the same second.
Although the gun was not directly pointed at Chen You, it was ready to fire at any time.
Chen You stood there, looking at the scene around him, and his eyes twitched involuntarily.
He pulled out a chair next to him and plopped down in it.
"Director Li, this is no joke." Chen You pointed to his face. "Genuine, all-natural and pollution-free."
"If I were some kind of higher-dimensional being, why would I expose myself and sit here reporting to you?"
That makes some sense.
However, Li Guoan had not considered the risk of Chen You being controlled before, and this has now served as a wake-up call for him.
Li Guoan remained silent, his eyes still cold and sharp.
Zhang Yunhai coughed beside him.
"Regular memories can be read, and surface consciousness can be copied." Sun Feng, the head of the data analysis team, pushed up his glasses.
"That higher-dimensional entity can infiltrate the underlying architecture of the source world, and extracting your behavior logs and memory slices is no difficulty for her."
Sun Feng pulled out a chair and sat down, looking directly into Chen You's eyes: "We need to verify your underlying logic."
"That higher-dimensional being admitted that the database of the Origin Realm lacks the underlying code of the cultivation system."
"This means that she cannot understand the core logical loop in Chinese cultivation culture."
Chen You leaned back in his chair, his hands clasped in front of him: "How do you verify it? Make me recite the *Tao Te Ching* right here and now?"
"That stuff is everywhere online; she can download it ten thousand times a second."
"Let's not memorize it, let's do a simulation." Sun Feng opened the document, took out a pen, and drew two circles on the paper.
"First question: Based on your current level of cultivation and understanding, if Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen were to fight to the death without any magical weapons, who would win? Why?"
Chen You frowned.
"Sun Wukong will win," Chen You answered decisively.
"The reason," Sun Feng pressed on, "is that in the original story, when the two were fighting, Sun Wukong was bitten by the Celestial Hound and was eventually captured."
"That's a plot device from the original story." Chen You leaned forward, tapping his fingers on the table.
"According to the power setting logic of cultivation web novels, Sun Wukong is a spiritual stone monkey born of heaven and earth, born from a stone embryo."
"Later, he ate countless peaches of immortality and Laozi's elixir, and was refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace with Samadhi Fire for forty-nine days."
"The Eight Trigrams Furnace didn't burn him to death; instead, it acted as a catalyst, helping him to completely refine the enormous medicinal power accumulated in his body."
Chen You spoke faster: "To put it simply, Sun Wukong's body at that time was an undigested aggregate with excessive drug effects."
"Laojun's fire helped him exploit a system bug, achieving an absolute physical upgrade and creating an indestructible body."
Chen You paused, picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Erlang Shen was a mortal who cultivated to become an immortal. He cultivated the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, so in terms of cultivation methods, he is about equal."
"But Sun Wukong is a product of pay-to-win and cheating, he poured all the top resources in the entire server into his basic attributes."
"Without magic weapons, in a real fight with basic attacks, Erlang Shen's stats can't compare to Sun Wukong's."
Sun Feng's pen stopped on the paper.
He turned to look at Li Guoan and nodded.
"It is logically consistent and carries an extremely strong player utilitarianism and the utilitarian thinking of modern online novels," Sun Feng concluded.
"Higher-dimensional beings, based on algorithms and data deduction, will only conclude that the two sides will draw or that Erlang Shen will win through tactics."
"She can't understand this kind of 'bug exploitation' and 'numerical crushing' rogue logic."
Li Guoan's tense shoulders finally relaxed.
He raised his right hand and made a gesture.
The special agents around them simultaneously locked the safety on their guns and returned to their positions.
"Sorry, Xiao Chen." Li Guoan stepped forward and patted Chen You on the shoulder.
"This is a matter of great importance; we cannot take any risks."
Chen You breathed a sigh of relief. "You scared me to death. I thought you were going to put the greater good before family."
"Now it's time to talk about the real crisis." Zhang Yunhai walked to the control panel and quickly typed a few keys on the keyboard.
The giant screen at the front of the hall lit up, displaying a satellite cloud image of the colorful beam of light that had appeared over Baiyujing territory a few days earlier.
"You just reported that the higher-dimensional entity mentioned that it needs to create a hole and build a stable channel to transmit core data."
"In other words, she's very likely delivering something."
"What should I send?" Chen You had a bad feeling.
"Herself." Zhang Yunhai turned around, his expression more serious than ever before.
"She forcibly inserted her core code, or rather her soul, from a higher dimension into our three-dimensional world."
Chen You suddenly stood up: "She's serious? This defies the laws of physics!"
"The methods of advanced civilizations have long surpassed our understanding of the laws of physics." Professor Pan Yu held a psychological profiling report in her hand.
"Chen You, from a psychological and behavioral perspective, this higher-dimensional entity has shown an extremely strong obsession with you."
"I even went so far as to lower myself to call you...Dad, just to gain your trust."
Chen You's face darkened: "Professor Pan, that's just her twisted sense of humor. I didn't agree to it."
Pan Yu ignored Chen You's explanation and continued, "She explicitly stated that she discovered a high-level data interaction protocol called 'dual cultivation' in your energy system."
"And she believes this is the quickest way to obtain your cultivation's underlying code."
Chen You swallowed hard, and his feet involuntarily took a half step back.
"Combined with her parting words, 'I look forward to our formal meeting,'" Pan Yu closed the report and gave her final conclusion.
"Her primary goal in coming to Earth is definitely you... to be precise, to find you to complete that data exchange agreement."
A brief silence fell over the hall.
All the experts' eyes were fixed on Chen You.
These gazes contained sympathy, admiration, and even a hint of hidden expectation.
Zhang Yunhai walked up to Chen You and said earnestly, "Little Chen, the organization held a special meeting on this matter before."
"Stop!" Chen You crossed his arms and made a big "X" sign, his voice trembling.
"What do you want? I'm warning you, I'm a respectable person! I cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness! No, I cultivate the Pure Yang Boy Skill!"
Li Guoan remained expressionless, took out his thermos, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip of water.
"Comrade Chen You, you must consider the overall situation." Zhang Yunhai said in a heavy tone.
"The other party is a high-dimensional life form with the ability to attack in a lower dimension. If she uses violent means, the earth may not even last a second before being completely wiped out."
"So?" Chen You's eyes widened.
"So, if she really does descend in physical form." Zhang Yunhai patted Chen You on the shoulder, trying to make his expression look as tragic as possible.
"For the survival of all mankind, for the peace of the earth, the organization hopes that you can sacrifice your personal...appearance a little."
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