The Universe's First Hide and Seek

A few days later, the awards ceremony came as scheduled.

Of course, this kind of ceremony is easier to hold online and can produce more special effects, but it shows the strength of the company that it can be held offline.Not to mention that the company also invited the top ten of each project to the scene, including food and accommodation.Regardless of whether these people are all in place, at least the company's budget is there.

Of course, those who didn’t show up can watch the holographic live broadcast on Starnet, and the contestants who won the prize but didn’t show up can receive the award via projection. Anyway, the combination of virtual reality is good.

Ling Xiao got off an online dating spaceship.

The three-piece suit he was wearing today, and his hair was done, his whole person looked completely new.There is a badge on his chest, which was issued to him by the organizer. On the one hand, it can allow the security system to independently identify his identity as a contestant, and on the other hand, it can also allow others to find out who he is from the number on the badge. Which intelligent author.

In the hall is the product exhibition of the host company. Ling Xiao was still visiting, when he heard someone talking to him next to him: "Ah, you are the creator of the lover system!"

Ling Xiao turned his head and saw a young man around 25 years old smiling at him.He is also very formally dressed, wearing a pair of glasses, and looks like a noble young man.There is also a brand pinned to his chest, with a string of numbers on it, highlighting his identity as a contestant.

"Hello."

The other party reached out to Ling Xiao first: "My name is Xu Xingyan."

"Ah." Ling Xiao shook hands with him, "I'm Ling Xiao."

——I know you are Xu Xingyan.

——Those who wanted to crack the snail powder actually delivered it to their door on their own initiative.

"I didn't expect you to be so young." Xu Xingyan smiled softly and pretty, with a mole under the corner of his left eye, "I thought the creator of this virtual lover was a person with rich emotional experience and a very mature age. people."

Ling Xiao said casually: "You may not have guessed wrong."

"Really?" Xu Xingyan smiled, "So, I'm 25 years old, what is your age?"

Ling Xiao: "21."

"So much younger than me!" Xu Xingyan said, "Look, she's still younger than me, right?"

Ling Xiao: Let me tell you my real age. There is basically no difference between being 21 and not.

Xu Xingyan said again: "I think you seem familiar, and your name is also familiar...It seems a bit impolite to scan you directly with my artificial intelligence, maybe you can explain it to me? Have you been on any news before?"

Ling Xiao: "...the social news about being beaten during the live broadcast?"

Xu Xingyan thought for a while, then came to his senses: "The man from M890?!"

Ling Xiao nodded: "Yes."

"Oh my god, you..." Xu Xingyan was shocked, "Are you really that good? If you were so good, wouldn't you have left M890 long ago?!"

Ling Xiao said casually: "The equipment was not very complete before."

Xu Xingyan's eyes were complicated: "M890 delayed you."

"It's okay, it's time to turn around." Ling Xiao pointed to his badge, "Which project are you from?"

"Life intelligence." Xu Xingyan smiled, "Come and experience it when you have time. If you have any comments, please let me know. I still want to improve."

Just as Ling Xiao thought about what I should tell you, Xu Xingyan said: "Meeting is fate, and I also want to know you for a long time, add a friend? I also want to discuss your virtual lover system with you."

Ling Xiao really added it.

"Thank you." Xu Xingyan pointed in the direction of the venue, "It's almost time, let's go in?"

Ling Xiao pondered the reason why Xu Xingyan approached him, but his face was still very calm.

"Let's go."

***

The seats in the venue were arranged in advance. Ling Xiao and Xu Xingyan had different projects, so naturally they couldn't sit in the same place.

After Ling Xiao sat down, he sent a message to Ling Yi: [I met Xu Xingyan. 】

Ling Yi said: [Normal, he will also attend the award presentation today. 】

Ling Xiao: [He took the initiative to find me. 】

Ling Yi: 【What kind of active method? 】

Ling Xiao sent him the recording at that time.

Ling Xiao didn't turn it on when he realized something was wrong, but the snail fans kept monitoring and recording and cleaned it up regularly.

After a few minutes, Ling Yi replied: [He seems to be interested in your virtual lover system. 】

Ling Yi: 【Be careful of his motives, it might be for your code. 】

Ling Xiao smiled silently: [Don't worry.What I don't want to give him, he can't get at all.If he can get it, it means that I think I can give it to him. 】

Ling Yi: [I've turned on the live broadcast of the awards ceremony. 】

Ling Xiao: [No need?Be careful not to be discovered when you fish at work. 】

Ling Yi: [The military department is paying attention to this game, and outstanding people will be recruited. Now I can watch it openly. 】

Ling Xiao didn't reply, and always felt that Ling Yi's sentence "Excellent people will still be recruited" had something to do with it.

- No way...

***

The awards ceremony went smoothly.

No.1 in the emotion category is indeed Ling Xiao.When the organizer released the promotional video, what was shown in the front was indeed a sweet love, but then there was a sudden change, and some real experiencers who seemed to have just cried appeared.

These people have lost their loved ones.

Relatives and friends, the person in memory, are separated from them.They saw a lot of information from other strangers or acquaintances on the star network, saying that there is a place that can "completely restore" the person in their hearts, so they all went to experience it.

"Virtual lover" has become "restored memory".

The people in this experience room are exactly the same as those in the experiencer's memory.They will not become gentle, caring, and obedient according to the reaction of the experiencer.They swear when they should swear, flinch when they should, and laugh when they should laugh.The tears of the experiencer are surprising and inexplicable to the recovered person.They will ask the experiencer why they are crying, and they will not mention the fact that they have died.When it was time for them to leave, they would go upstairs, to the garden, as if they were just leaving for a while, and they would come and go.

The room of this "virtual lover" has been given new meaning.

——The old man returns.

Such a human design and powerful functionality made Ling Xiao win the first place in this project without any dispute.

Some psychological intervention organizations have even contacted the organizers, wanting to cooperate and make targeted improvements to the intelligence of this "virtual lover".

After Ling Xiao received the award, many people sitting in the audience and watching the live broadcast thought that he had basically won the championship trophy.

However, the final championship fell to Xu Xingyan.

Ling Xiao wasn't surprised, but the others found it a little unbelievable.Because from the perspective of effect and social significance alone, Ling Xiao's technology is revolutionary and of great significance.Although Xu Xingyan's life intelligence is powerful, it is not as impactful as Ling Xiao's "virtual lover" in physical sense, so when everyone hears that he won the championship, they always feel a little bit disappointed.

Faced with doubts, the organizer said that everyone felt that Xu Xingyan's work was not impactful enough because the duration of the experience was limited.The truly outstanding aspect of Xu Xingyan's work is its growth.

That is to say, if one gets along with Xu Xingyan's intelligence for a longer period of time, it can grow into various forms according to who it wants to be with.Exclusive customization, thousands of faces.

Moreover, the goal of growth is not just a fixed number of templates, but fact generation.In extreme terms, as long as the time spent together is long enough and enough information is input, Xu Xingyan's life intelligence may also become Ling Xiao's "old friend returns" model.

This answer, on the surface, makes sense.But what people really think in their hearts is a matter of opinion.

In short, the awards ceremony ended amidst discussions.

As Ling Xiao walked out, many people came to chat with him, and some even sneaked in to "poach corners" and asked him to develop an artificial intelligence for their company.But Ling Xiao didn't stop to talk, he just said that he needed to send private messages and emails, and went straight out.

When Ling Xiao reached the door, Xu Xingyan yelled from behind: "Ling Xiao, wait!"

Ling Xiao turned his head and watched Xu Xingyan running towards him holding the trophy.Xu Xingyan was also chasing a group of people behind him, but he ignored everyone, ran up to Ling Xiao and said, "I rented a spaceship, let's go together? Shall I see you off?"

Ling Xiao originally planned to call an online car-hailing car, but now that Xu Xingyan said so, he simply nodded: "Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome." Xu Xingyan smiled, the electronic key called the spaceship, and quickly boarded with Ling Xiao.

The people who were chasing them saw that both of them had slipped away, so they dispersed angrily.However, Xu Xingyan and Ling Xiao walked together, giving everyone a feeling that the relationship between the two is good, and there are fewer people who scold Xu Xingyan for winning the award online.

On the other side, Xu Xingyan, who was controlling the spaceship with a key, asked Ling Xiao: "Where are you going? It's almost time for dinner, how about having a light meal together at night? Is it convenient?"

"..." Ling Xiao thought for a while, "...don't be too expensive."

"You don't need to pay." Xu Xingyan smiled, "Just treat it as me stealing your championship."

Ling Xiao leaned against the back of the chair and glanced at him: "Why did you take it away from me? If it was mine, no one else could take it away."

"Haha, okay, isn't it because I'm afraid that you will have an opinion on me?" Xu Xingyan said with a low smile, "Then let me decide where to eat? I will be responsible for sending you home after eating."

Ling Xiao was sending a message when he heard the words, "No need, I'll go by myself."

"What? The address is kept secret?" Xu Xingyan said, "Aren't the contestants from the alien planet staying in a few hotels this time? I live on this planet, so I have another place to live. Don't you live in a hotel?" ?”

Ling Xiao glanced at him.

"Okay, I won't ask any more." Xu Xingyan asked, "Are there any allergies? Do you like Chinese dishes?"

Only then did Ling Xiao say: "Yes."

Xu Xingyan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

***

Ling Xiao agreed to have dinner with Xu Xingyan because he wanted to see what tricks he was trying to pull off.

In the end...it was really a meal.

At most, it is to discuss the intelligence of the two.Because Xu Xingyan's state seemed very sincere, Ling Xiao didn't feel that he was looking for something, so he said everything he could say.When Ling Xiao made this intelligence, he didn't use technology beyond the alliance level, but it was well balanced, so Xu Xingyan never thought that Ling Xiao in front of him was the creator of the "snail powder" in the military.

From Xu Xingyan's point of view, Ling Xiao can play the existing technology to this extent, so there is no reason why he should not use it when he masters higher technology.

Therefore, Xu Xingyan asked for more advice, it was Ling Xiao's extremely brilliant balance skills.

"It's amazing, how did you come up with such a match?"

Xu Xingyan kept sighing at the dinner table: "It's no wonder that as soon as you enter the door, the person you think of can appear immediately, and there are basically no mistakes...You are an ultra-precise combination of psychology and technology!"

"Thank you." Ling Xiao was touted by him all night, and he didn't understand what this guy wanted to do, so he decided to ask an offensive question, "By the way, who did you see in the room? You would like it so much This room should be someone you have a deep impression on?"

Xu Xingyan froze for a moment, then laughed: "It's hard to say. A very complicated guy."

"Uh, he died?"

Xu Xingyan thought for a while, then laughed at himself.

"It's... maybe."