Free Web NovelChapter 830: Chapter 514: Reconstruction and Conflict
"Hermit? What hermit?"
The notification that appeared before his eyes instantly left Wang Zhifan, who was still on the road, puzzled. freewebnovёl.ƈom
He couldn’t understand why he suddenly received this title. The introduction said that NPCs had given him this title, which made him think it might be related to the few people he spared earlier.
"Earlier, I almost got the ’Break Up Lovers’ title after fighting a flying ghost head, and now suddenly there’s another ’Hermit’...
It seems titles are easy to get in this instance. It doesn’t matter; even a slightly useful title is better than none."
Unable to figure out the key point, Wang Zhifan didn’t bother with it. He used his Lightweight Skill to travel through the Land of the Dead Soul at night, heading to the second important target he had previously found by divination.
Based on his experience solving the first target, he could speculate that he would have a decent reward at the second target.
After all, he obtained one epic and three exceptional items at the first target, matching the benefits from many instances.
In terms of reward quantity, he felt that the Land of the Dead Soul instance was quite generous; he acquired several pieces of equipment in less than a day.
The only downside was that the equipment attributes tended towards specialization, all related to ghosts and supernatural phenomena, which were not very useful to him.
While traveling, Wang Zhifan noticed his AI Xiaohong emerging from the smart watch and speaking:
"Honorable Sphere Leader, I have discovered many logical errors in my statistical data; I suspect that my system has been affected by an unknown virus and hope you can help format and restart my system."
"Is that the case? What errors?"
Wang Zhifan was intrigued; he didn’t think an advanced AI from an urban planet would malfunction so easily—there must be another reason.
"Honorable Sphere Leader, the errors are a massive violation of basic scientific statistical data. I received them through external sensors but cannot interpret them normally because they all conflict with known laws..."
AI Xiaohong began explaining, citing several significant examples, gradually helping Wang Zhifan understand the problem she mentioned.
In simple terms, AI Xiaohong had recorded and analyzed all of Wang Zhifan’s experiences, including his encounters with various ghosts that he defeated instantly, battles with NPCs and zombies in the crypt, leading to a serious issue. Coming from the urban planet, she couldn’t comprehend the existence of the supernatural side, thinks her data was chaotic and began doubting herself.
For instance, regarding the ghosts he encountered, she couldn’t understand what they were, as they completely defied fundamental physical laws.
Similarly, when Wang Zhifan used a protective golden light covering the smart watch in combat, she couldn’t grasp what physical phenomenon it was, as it violated multiple basic definitions of optics.
The occurrence suggested that AI Xiaohong’s intelligence level was indeed very high; if she were merely a mechanical program without autonomous thinking, she wouldn’t experience these troubles, just record external inputs and report errors without analyzing beyond that.
She delayed expressing these issues until now, indicating she had undergone extensive reviews and analyses, tried every data parsing model, and only approached Wang Zhifan when no solution appeared.
Of course, Wang Zhifan wouldn’t follow her request to format and restart the system, knowing it wouldn’t do any good. So, he said to Xiaohong:
"Xiaohong, actually, the data you collected is all correct, and the external sensors of the smart watch are functioning normally. The reason you can’t comprehend it is because you underestimated the universe’s mystery and diversity.
The universe is vast beyond measure, and our known scientific knowledge far from encompasses its entirety. Just as we are now in a galaxy extremely distant from the urban planet, where physical laws have diverged from those of the urban planet considerably..."
Through a bit of talk paired with solid facts, Wang Zhifan soon updated AI Xiaohong’s fundamental understanding, realizing it wasn’t her programming at fault but a major change in the external environment.
AI Xiaohong, as an advanced AI, has the significant trait of continuous self-enhancement, rather than rigid adherence to fixed data. Hence, she finally said to Wang Zhifan:
"Honorable Sphere Leader, I fully trust your judgment, and thus, I have decided to enter autonomous learning mode henceforth, reconstructing my understanding of the external world..."
Wang Zhifan promptly praised her decision, happy to see this outcome. Perhaps after Xiaohong’s self-study and learning, she might not only excel in the technological world but also lend a hand in the mysterious world.
This minor episode passed quickly, with AI Xiaohong falling silent, focusing on analyzing and learning from the data acquired, as Wang Zhifan continued his stable journey.
On the way, he noticed numerous evil entities appearing in the night but, as before, the ghosts were unwilling to approach him, possibly deterred by the scary aura he carried.
He didn’t bother dealing with all he saw because he knew ordinary ghosts wouldn’t yield good equipment, so he would instead target those of high quality.
After some time, he reached the vicinity of his second target in the dark, the brightly lit mansion on the wasteland discovered by divination.
At that time, the silhouette of a woman combing her hair could be seen through the mansion’s windows; now, the woman’s image had disappeared, but two groups of players were confronting each other outside, seemingly disputing the ownership of the haunted mansion.
