Invincible Starting From Sword Art Online

Chapter 159

“Xin Kiba?”

Asuna couldn’t help shouting, the new information building in the newly developed area nearby.

Somewhere there, there is also the possibility of a second branch of Shichen.

“Small Yui… what facilities are there in that place?”

Feeling the speed of the heartbeat, he asked like this, but the answer he got even violated Asuna’s conjecture.

“The facility that exists in this area is called Tokyo.Heliport.”

“Huh? Isn’t that a development base for helicopters?”

Shino whispered with a surprised expression. Leafa also changed its color all at once.

“Helicopter!?”

“But… wait…”

Asuna, while trying desperately to sort out the chaotic mind, said:

“Yui, the signal was completely cut off after Shin Kiba sent the letter, right?”

“Yes..”

Yui’s affectionate face showed a depressed expression, “All the signal stations in Keihan Kita have no trace of connecting to Dad’s monitor.”

“Then after taking off by helicopter from Shinkiba, is the landing place deep in the mountains or in the wilderness where the radio waves at the end cannot pass?” Leafa asked.

Shino denied: “Even if it is landed somewhere, it should still be necessary to transport it to a certain facility in the end.”

“I just entered the most advanced radio wave blocking area. Just connect it once somewhere, right?”

“Not in Keihan Kita…but abroad…?” Asuna’s voice trembled slightly.

“There is only one military helicopter that can fly the flight distance of Tokyo without landing.”

“Although it is still uncertain due to the lack of current information, I think Dad should still be somewhere in the country.”

“Yes.. As a company’s most advanced secret, how can it be possible to set up the research institute farther and difficult to control abroad?”

“Moreover, it’s not just the scale of construction quietly, right? Yui, do you know anything about the time?”

While Shino asked, Yui floated up again and said:

“Yui Yi used twelve public and three non-public search engines 380 for intelligence collection. No matter any information, there is no information at all.”

Asuna sighed, Shinon shook his head blankly, and then asked, “Asuna, didn’t Han Yu tell you more?”

Hearing, Asuna frowned, trying to recall the fragmentary information Han Yu mentioned before.

“It’s about the tests he took…it seems to be just a few simple things about “Alice in Wonderland”.”

Feeling something flashing in his mind, Asuna said and stopped abruptly.

“No, it’s not right.. Regarding Alice, it’s not abbreviation or something… but taking out the first letters of the connected words and combining them to form another meaning word..”

“In other words.. Combine the first letters of the five words and it becomes A.L.I.C.E?”

“Yes… Mr. Han Yu mentioned…”

After trying his best to concentrate, the familiar Han Yu’s voice resounded in the depths of his ears again, and he said it carefully.

Although she felt a headache because of lack of sleep and a lot of thinking, Asuna finally said what she could only think of.

However, the other two people who heard this just thought with expressions unconsciously.

“Artificial…” means “artificial”. Intelligence refers to “intellectual.” What word is labile? ”

In response to Shino’s question, Yui in the sky immediately replied: “According to that pronunciation, the most suitable word should be labile, which means “high adaptability”. ”

After a momentary pause.

“If “ArtificiallabileIntelligence” is forcibly translated, it is “highly adaptable artificial intelligence””

“artificial intelligence?”

Asuna blinked involuntarily at the words he had obtained for no reason.

“Oh, so… so to speak, Artificial Intelligence is also “AI”, similar to Yui’s existence. ”

“But, does the company that has developed a new type of fully stealth technology BMI have anything to do with AI?”

“Isn’t it referring to a character that moves in a imaginary space and acts autonomously? Like the NPC over there.” Shinon stretched out his right hand and pointed to the side-by-side window outside the window.

“If you say… the purpose of the company is not the development of next-generation VR stealth technology, but the production of AI in which it is active?”

“Hmm…Is that so? However, NPCs in the game are not particularly precious, right?””There are also many resident AI programs for desktop use, right? It is necessary to specifically hide the existence of the company, even if the kidnappers have to develop things?”

When Shino asked questions like this, Asuna couldn’t answer immediately.

Whenever you move forward, you will feel the annoying feeling of hitting the wall again. Can it be said that what you are thinking about is a completely wrong guess? While feeling scared, Asuna, who still hopes to find any clues, raised her head and asked Wei:

“Yui Yi…what is “artificial intelligence” in the end? ”

Yui suddenly fell on the table and smiled bitterly: “Are you sure you want to ask me? Mom.”

“For mom, that is actually Yui asking questions like “What are humans?” ”

“So that’s true”

“Strictly speaking, this is artificial intelligence, and such a definition is impossible.”

“Because in this world, true artificial intelligence does not exist either in the past or in the present.”

What Yui said, leaning against the edge of the teapot, caused the three of them to blink in astonishment.

“Eh, but…but…it’s only AI, right? In other words, it’s only artificial intelligence, right?”

Leafa stammered, but Wei tilted her head, as if thinking about how to explain to the students, she was silent for a while, nodded and started:

“The developers of artificial intelligence in the last century have pursued the same goal in two ways.”

“One is “knowledge accumulation artificial intelligence”, and the other is called “self-discipline learning artificial intelligence””

Wanting to understand what the immature girl said in an innocent voice, Asuna pricked her ears hard.

“First of all, with regard to the knowledge accumulation type, it is based on the existing computer structure.”

“Rely on a simple question and answer system to gradually accumulate knowledge and experience.”

“Through learning and finally approaching the true intellectual, this type.”

“Including me, almost all things now called artificial intelligence are knowledge accumulation type.”

“In other words, the “intelligence” I have looks similar to your mother, but in fact it is completely different. ”

“To put it bluntly, my existence is just a collection of systems like “if you hear A, answer B.” ”

Yui said that, as if a lonely expression appeared in his eyes.

“Yui Yi…”

“Knowledge-accumulating artificial intelligence is far from real intelligence to the extent that it can be called true intelligence.”

After finishing speaking, only looked out the window.

“And “self-discipline learning artificial intelligence”.. It is the same as your mother’s brain. ”

“The structure of a physiological organ interconnected by 100 billion brain cells.”

“Use artificial electronic devices to reproduce, and then make it intellectual, this kind of idea.”

“That’s ridiculous..”

“Um..”

Everyone swallowed and said slowly.

Yui immediately nodded in agreement.

“As far as I know, self-disciplined learning artificial intelligence is an approach that has been abandoned before it gets out of the realm of thinking and experimentation.”

“If it is realized, the intellectual existence in it is fundamentally different from mine, and it should have reached the real level of existence as mother and your human beings.”

After that, Yui took a deep breath and said:

“So, the current artificial intelligence, one kind is me, the guidance system program and the NPC in the game, can be said to be simulated artificial intelligence.”

“The other is just the existence in the concept, with the same creativity, adaptability, and real artificial intelligence as human beings.”

“Adaptability…”

Asuna whispered like a parrot.

“Highly adaptive artificial intelligence.”

“If… If the STL that Shichen is developing is not an end, but a means?”

“Yes, indeed, Han Yu seems to have that question.”

“What should I do with STL? By analyzing the structure of the human soul, it is truly the first time in the world to create a self-disciplined learning artificial intelligence?”

“So, is the code name of the real AI “Alice”? ”

Others listened to Asuna’s words and whispered, with the same dazed expression, Shino continued:

“In other words, Shichen is not a development company for the next generation of VR stealth technology, but is actually a company whose purpose is to develop artificial intelligence?”

Everyone was silent involuntarily.

Yui also frowned tightly as if unable to handle the existing information.

Asuna reached out and filled the mug’s pull-up menu with hot tea again.

“If time is the “enemy”, it is not only the scale of an ordinary speculative enterprise. ”

“It can be used for kidnapping from disguised ambulances to helicopters.”

“And a monster-like machine like STL in the research institute where I don’t even know its location, and its purpose is to create an AI of the same level as humans.”

“It’s Kikuoka from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications who introduced Han Yu’s part-time job to Shichen. That person has many connections with the VR technology-related industry. Speaking of which, Shichen may also be related to the country…”

“Seijiro Kikuoka… can you get in touch?”

“From the day before yesterday, not only the phone could not get through, but even the information was not returned.”

“In the event of an emergency, even if you want to break into the imaginary class of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, it is mostly futile.”

After Han Yu-kun disappeared, although Asuna tried to get in touch with him many times, he just answered automatically and couldn’t get through.

After calling the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications angrily, he was told that Kikuoka was on a business trip abroad. It is excuse for not being able to make the phone call just like that.

But conversely thinking, this timing is too good, is it because Han Yu-kun’s disappearance is related to that man?

“but..”

At this moment, Asuna and Shinon looked at each other’s frowning faces, and Leafa slowly said:

“If Kikuoka connects time and time with the country, why do you have to do everything secretly like that?”

“Although it is necessary for companies to keep secrets for the sake of profit, if the country implements such a powerful plan, shouldn’t the general publicity it vigorously?”

“So to speak… and indeed…”

Shinon turned her head dexterously, and nodded to answer.

But if that’s true, Han Yu’s kidnapping is related to a state-level extremely secret plan.

So what can everyone who are just high school students do?

Asuna, who was overwhelmed by his powerlessness and dropped his shoulders, looked at Yui who was staring at her on the table.

“Yui Yi…” Asuna called out sadly.

“Get up, Mom! Dad always had a firm faith when he was looking for a mother in ALfheim.”

“But…I…”

“This time it’s Mom’s turn to find Dad!”

Just now, Yui said, “All my reactions are the result of pure learning procedures”…

When he said this, he showed a gentle smile and a look like a human.

“Yui Yi believes that there is no problem or force that can stop the bond between mom and dad!”

“Thank you… Yui… Yeah… No matter what the other person is, I will find Han Yu-kun as hard as I can!”

“It’s that kind of aura!”

Asuna and Yui smiled at each other.

Shino, who looked at them with a smile, suddenly frowned tightly.

“What’s wrong, Shino?”

“The real problem is that even if the time is a research institution related to the country, I think the government should not be clear about the specifics of the research content, right?”

“Well, what then?”

“If this is a secret plan carried out by a certain department, don’t you think there is something that can’t be hidden?”

“What is it?”

“Budget! There is no doubt that a huge budget is necessary.”

“Although it is not clear whether it is several hundred million or several billion, or more, I think it is impossible to raise such amount from the treasury and taxes secretly?”

“Wait a mininute.”

Yui suddenly stretched out both hands and fingertips gleaming with purple light, connecting to the Internet.

After the three of them were silent for a few seconds with anticipation and anxiety, Yui opened his eyes. .

But it was completely different from a few seconds ago.Indifferent voice like an electronic fairy:

“It is linked to the published budget data of each region last year, and it is being searched.. The development projects that have been searched are judged to be irrelevant.”

“Ugh..”

Several people sighed involuntarily.

“that..”

Yui half-opened his eyes again, and immediately raised his head after connecting to a certain database.

“There is a study to allow small submarines to sail automatically in order to explore the oil fields and rare metal deposits on the seabed.”

“Regarding the budget for the development of AI in that submarine, there is a slightly larger search filter item left in terms of priority.”

“The place where the project is located is…”Ocean Turtle”, a super-large floating marine building for the purpose of marine research completed this year. ”

“I, I have seen it on the news.”

Leafa suddenly said, “Some, it feels like a pyramid floating on the sea like a boat.”

Asuna closed her mouth, frowned, and after lowering her head for a while, suddenly raised her head.

“I have indeed heard that. Ocean…Turtle…”

“Hey, Yui…is there a picture of that institute?”

“Yes, wait a moment.”

Yui waved his right hand, and opened the screen on the table as it did on the map, and immediately turned into a three-dimensional view of the sea surface.

Furthermore, the light draws a complicated line frame in the center and fills in the external structure.

I saw something resembling a black pyramid appearing on the sea.

But when viewed from directly above, it is not a square, but a rectangle with a ratio of two to three on the short side to the long side.

The height of the pyramid is roughly the same as the length of the short side.

On the outside, except for the elongated windows, it was smooth, releasing a dark gray luster.

When I look at it, I always feel a bit like a regular hexagon with solar panels clinging to each other.

From the corners of the four sides protruded like a bulge like a control device, and then on one of the short sides, there was a bridge that could see a small building, and there was a helipad on the roof.

“It looks like a tortoise… this building is too big, right?” Shino exclaimed.

Asuna pointed to the part of the bridge and said, “Look at it, the flat part of the head is a bit protruding. Does it look like any other animal?”

“Hmm.. It looks a bit like a pig, right? Hahaha, a tortoise pig that can swim?” Leafa smiled.

After that, but soon, her eyes widened as if she was frightened by what she said.

Looking at the picture in disbelief: “Turtle pig…”

Asuna and Shino looked at each other, then looked at the girls in front of them, as if they had understood something.

…..

July 5, 2026.

After a helicopter passed through the sea fog, as the sun fell, the blue seascape appeared in front of you.

Looking at the rippling sea, Rinko Jindai couldn’t remember the last time she swim in the sea a few years ago.

Three days ago, she received a long letter of familiar content from a stranger.

Originally, to her, such short messages were nothing but spam that was deleted on the spot and forgotten.

But Rinko Jindai didn’t do that this time. After an hour of deep thought, he decided to agree to the party’s invitation.

Since the sao incident, every day for two years, her memory and thinking have been completely frozen.

Although I knew that such behavior was completely futile, I still did it.

For the mystery that kept asking herself, Rinko sighed gently and pressed it into the depths of her brain.

When you see what you should see and hear what you should hear, the answer will come out naturally.

“I can see it already!”

Rinko Jindai, who was immersed in the memories of the past, was suddenly pulled back to reality with the sound of a high-speed rotation not lower than the propeller.

The companion is a woman with long blond hair, sunglasses, white shirt and orange trousers

“That’s…Ocean Turtle?” Rinko Jindai whispered.

“Yes, Ms. Jindai, it is expected to arrive in about five minutes.”

The man in the black suit who had been sitting silently in the passenger seat turned his head and replied. .