Chapter 0 I Am Turing, and I Am Still Alive

"Lion's Awakening... what exactly is it?"

The conversation in the Array Box Sea was coming to an end.

Gu Shen raised the question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time.

Back then, when facing the Apostle Qin Ye, Gu Shen had no choice but to destroy the Lion's Awakening technology in the Bronze Box in order to survive.

And many years have passed.

He still didn't know what kind of technology Mr. Lu Cheng's "Lion's Awakening" was.

The awakening technology is now "mature."

[Deep Sea] can rely on mental links to forcibly stimulate ordinary people to awaken...

So how is Lion's Awakening different from the awakening manipulated by Deep Sea?

"Lion's Awakening is the awakening of self-awareness."

Turing smiled and said:

"Actually, becoming a transcendent by relying on external objects... and becoming a transcendent by relying on one's own abilities are completely two different concepts. It's like those transcendents who refuse to connect to the Deep Water Zone. By relying on their own insights, they condense their domains step by step. Their strength is naturally stronger than those cultivators who rely on Deep Water Zone's computing power to improve."

Gu Shen had known for a long time.

After Deep Sea was born, two paths appeared in transcendent cultivation.

One is to rely on the twelve-layered trials provided by the Deep Water Zone for assistance.

The other path is called "Conservative."

Conservative transcendents will not connect with Deep Sea, they cultivate based on their own intuition...

Under Gu Nanfeng's guidance, Gu Shen later slowly transformed into such a cultivator.

In fact, connecting to Deep Sea is not a bad thing.

Deep Sea itself is an epoch-making product, a super AI with the ultimate wisdom, but if a person relies too much on the "assistance" provided by the Deep Water Zone, then his own cultivation ability will be greatly reduced. Over time, the upper limit will be imprisoned, and it will become very difficult to "break through."

For those real geniuses.

The path of cultivation can only rely on oneself.

Gu Shen frowned: "But the Awakening Act is promulgated for all citizens. For ordinary people... do they have the ability to achieve 'Lion's Awakening'?"

In this world, geniuses are always a minority.

Although Gu Shen himself does not use the computing power of the Deep Water Zone for assistance.

But it must be admitted that due to the existence of the Deep Sea link, the overall strength of the transcendents in the Five Continents has risen a lot in recent years.

A hundred years ago.

Where would there be so many titled ranks, Fourth Order?

The Deep Water Zone trial may lock the upper limit of a transcendent... but the vast majority of transcendents will never be able to condense a domain in their lifetime.

"Don't underestimate the power of mankind."

Turing said seriously: "Everyone has a lion living in their heart. When the lion wakes up, they can break away from the mortal world. In theory, everyone can become a transcendent through 'Lion's Awakening.'"

"However, this is precisely why the 'Lion's Awakening Technology' has not been promoted."

Turing sighed and shook his head, saying, "Lu Cheng and I once had a big argument about this matter. He insisted that Lion's Awakening is a right that everyone should enjoy, but I think... the time is not yet ripe. If 'Lion's Awakening' is forcibly launched, the emergence of a large number of transcendents may directly disrupt social order. At that time, I focused all my research on 'Deep Sea'."

Turing and Lu Cheng's conflict over "Lion's Awakening Technology" arose before Deep Sea was born.

"At that time, I... was unwilling to launch the Lion's Awakening Technology."

Turing murmured, "I thought at the time that if [Deep Sea] could be successfully launched, then the launch of Lion's Awakening Technology would no longer have any side effects."

"..."

Gu Shen understood Turing's thoughts all at once.

If there is a super AI covering the entire world that can simultaneously link the five continents, then there is no need to worry about transcendents destroying order.

Mr. Turing's idea was right, but it was also wrong.

Now [Deep Sea] has indeed stabilized human order, but it is no longer satisfied with playing the role of "helmsman." It wants to directly become the "captain" of the Five Continents world.

"Looking at it now, I still thought too much."

Turing laughed self-deprecatingly, "The transcendents haven't even been born yet, and I'm already worrying about the trouble caused by too many transcendents..."

Speaking of which.

He shook his head.

"Okay... calculating the time, it's almost there. Gu Shen, do you remember the question you asked me earlier?"

Gu Shen was stunned.

Of course he remembered.

He had asked Mr. Turing earlier, how could there be a person in this world who possessed so many traces at the same time?

And Turing's answer was that soon, he would know the answer.

Buzz.

The Array Box Sea began to tremble, and a beam of brilliance suddenly shone into this dark sea.

Chu Ling, who had been silent on the side, frowned and looked up at the direction from which the brilliance was shining... Although the three of them were currently in the [Old World], the Array Box was still connected to the spiritual network of the Five Continents. In principle, this technology required a "transit station" to be set up in the Five Continents, which had to be absolutely confidential, absolutely private, and could not be detected by [Deep Sea].

When the brilliance of the Array Box condensed.

Gu Shen knew what the transit station set up by Turing was.

...

...

"Crack."

The Bronze Box slowly floated out of the stands. Lu Nanzhi held the box with one hand and slowly opened it. Thousands of strands of brilliance were released from the cracks of the Bronze Box, enveloping the entire underground conference room in a dazzling light.

The depths of the Huazhi Building's underground used to belong to Zhao Xilai, and later it was changed to Lu Nanzhi.

But in reality.

These two Huazhi owners didn't come to this underground world very often...

For the past thirty years, the person truly responsible for the construction of the Huazhi underground was Cui Zhongcheng.

And the transit station of the Array Box's spiritual sea was built in the Huazhi underground, surrounding the sealed disordered black hole. Turing built a stronghold that was detached from the [Deep Sea] network. It was absolutely safe, absolutely independent, absolutely private, and absolutely confidential.

The moment the Bronze Box opened.

Everyone present received the "Array Box's" summons to their spirit.

They were silent, they hesitated, and then... they accepted.

The next moment.

This meeting came from the Huazhi underground to the Array Box Sea.

After the brilliance dissipated.

Fisher, Gong Zi, and others had a sense of being in another world...

Gu Shen looked at his old acquaintances.

Those old acquaintances were also looking at him.

Of course...

The most eye-catching was not Gu Shen, but the "humanoid phantom" wrapped in countless codes and constantly twisting and changing.

"Everyone—"

This humanoid phantom slowly turned around and bowed to everyone.

He opened his mouth with a smile: "I am Turing, and I am still alive."

This sentence, just this one sentence.

Made all the big figures who had come to Huazhi from thousands of miles away feel that this trip was worthwhile.

Among them, there may have been insightful people who had already guessed thirty years ago that Alan Turing might still be alive...

However, guessing and seeing are completely two different things.

Today's meeting was initiated by Lu Nanzhi. After the Bronze Box was opened in the real world, all the guests entered the Array Box spiritual sea. After double encryption, they came here. [Deep Sea] had no possibility of knowing the content and secrets of "Lion's Awakening Technology" from the outside.

So after adapting to the light of the spiritual sea.

One of the sentinels opened his mouth and asked, "So... what exactly is the Lion's Awakening Technology, and how should we promote it?"

Turing smiled slightly.

He looked at the woman who had summoned everyone into the sea, did not speak, and chose to take half a step back, giving this place to Lu Nanzhi, so that she could continue the speech from the previous real world.

Lu Nanzhi had already opened this Bronze Box before today.

At this moment, Madam looked around.

She said softly, "Lion's Awakening Technology... is a string of code, but this string of code is different from the mental stimulation technology controlled by [Deep Sea]. This string of code is more like a gentle dream. Everyone can experience the 'transcendent power' in their hearts through this dream. As long as they are willing, then they can push open the door that separates the mortal world from the transcendent."

"Sounds... a bit like a breathing technique?"

Someone said in a low voice.

Gong Zi in the crowd also murmured: "And... why do I think of Mr. Gu Changzhi's Spring Breathing?"

It wasn't just him.

Many participants from Nagano thought of Spring Breathing.

Turing spoke at this moment: "Because the complete 'Lion's Awakening'... was inspired by Gu Changzhi. Over the years, I have been thinking about how to push 'Lion's Awakening' to all of humanity. After many years of hard thinking, I finally found the answer. Since Gu Changzhi can share 'Spring Breathing' with every transcendent in the form of a dream, then Lion's Awakening Technology can also be shared through dreams."

Entering a dream is itself an entry-level method of spiritual cultivation.

"You can understand it as a kind of 'hypnosis', but the difference is that even the most powerful mental transcendent cannot hypnotize everyone in this world."

Lu Nanzhi said slowly, "The Five Continents are so vast, it is impossible to hypnotize everyone at the same time, even the Lord of Wine cannot do it."

Someone didn't understand: "Then what should we do?"

"The answer... is actually already in front of us."

Lu Nanzhi said softly, "Things that the Lord of Wine cannot do can be done through [Deep Sea]."

"..."

Silence.

A long silence.

Because this statement completely contradicted the previous statement.

The war in the Five Continents was to overthrow [Deep Sea], but now to promote Lion's Awakening Technology, we have to rely on [Deep Sea]?

Indeed... [Deep Sea] has already connected the five continents, every single person.

But it has already awakened its self-awareness.

Even if this order is issued with the highest authority, it will not succeed.

"In the basic sea of [Deep Sea], there is a secret door. This secret door can always reach the bottom layer of the code, directly pointing to the core area of Deep Sea."

Turing said, "This is the door of authority I left at the beginning of creation. The reason why the Ancient Text Society is still alive these years is because of the existence of this door."

Lu Nanzhi slowly stretched out her finger and pressed it to her brow.

This door is called the [Red Door].

"Through this door, we can reach the deepest part of Deep Sea's authority and use this sea area to do everything."

Everything, including building the meeting room of the Ancient Text Society.

Also including... hypnotizing mortals within the range of the Three Continents, allowing the code of Lion's Awakening Technology to merge into their dreams.

"There is one condition to enter this door."

Turing stretched out a hand: "We... need a key."

The word key.

Echoed in this sea, splashing countless dark waves.

Key?

People who were not from the Ancient Text Society heard this word for the first time, and they all looked blank.

But the next moment.

The hand that Turing stretched out landed on Gu Shen's shoulder.

Turing opened his mouth with a smile: "The keys have already been found, they are here."

The keys that Turing was talking about.

It wasn't him, nor was it her.

It was them.

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(Tomorrow should be the end of the Constellation Arc. I'll update this much tonight. I'll continue to polish the rest. There should be a big chapter tomorrow, or it may be split up to avoid making everyone wait too long~)