Wang Zhifan decided that if he wanted artificial intelligence Xiaohong to assist him, he had to give it a carrier. So at Xiaohong's suggestion, he adopted the method of wearing a special smart watch.
This watch looks like a high-tech silver-gray smart watch with built-in projection, communication, recording and other functions. The energy source is a cold fusion battery, and the protective shell can withstand high explosions. The power of the bullet is an extremely high-end customized product.
If Xiaohong hadn’t reminded him that there was such a ball-length high-end product in a drawer in his office, he would have ignored it forever. After all, he had never had the habit of wearing a watch in the past, and he would have ignored it even if he saw it. Choose to ignore it.
"Mr. Captain, in order to be able to run offline anytime and anywhere, I need to copy all my databases to smart tables. This will take about fifteen minutes. Please wait patiently."
< br>After Wang Zhifan put on his watch, AI Xiaohong started moving. For high-end artificial intelligence like it, it takes enough time to migrate extremely large amounts of data.
"Well, Xiaohong, don't worry. I happen to have something to do, which will definitely be enough for you to complete the move."
After hearing this, Wang Zhifan paused to pay attention to the high-end smart watch worn on his left hand, and turned to look at the computer next to him. Contact the secretary Catherine who was sent by the institute to receive the latest biological samples.
Katherine is a very keen woman. She immediately noticed Wang Zhifan’s gaze shifting to herself. She immediately raised her head and asked with a little confusion:
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qiu, what do you want? Order?"
Wang Zhifan nodded immediately after hearing this, looked at the secretary thoughtfully, and asked her a rather abrupt question:
"Catherine, do you want to have superpowers?"
"Superpowers?"
Katherine raised her eyebrows slightly when she heard him mention this very rare word.
"Yes, it is the kind of personal power that is difficult to explain scientifically."
Wang Zhifan didn't think there was anything wrong with this topic at all, but Catherine felt a little speechless, and then replied:< br>
"Your Excellency, Captain Ball, I think this topic may be a bit too unreal for me..."
"No, Catherine, you now have the opportunity to obtain superpowers, and it is very safe and fast!
I just want to know if you are willing to try. If not, can you help me find some volunteers? "
When Wang Zhifan saw that Catherine wanted to end the topic, he directly stated his purpose and let her know. He was providing her with a rare opportunity, and she could freely choose to accept it or not.
“Are you looking for volunteers to test superpowers? According to the laws of the urban planet, public human experiments must pass a strict review process, and it will take at least three days to recruit people.”
After hearing this, Catherine seemed to subconsciously choose to refuse, but the trouble with time and procedures immediately made her change her mind. She thought about it and said:
“But if it is an individual who voluntarily conducts a non-public human experiment, it will not matter. So troublesome, if you think it is really necessary, I can be the first volunteer."
She made the decision without hesitation, reflecting her personality of being resolute and not messy.
"Okay, don't be so serious, Catherine. The plan for obtaining superpowers I mentioned is actually relatively mature. The possibility of success is high based on your physique. Please wait a moment."
Seeing that Catherine agreed, Wang Zhifan walked to a spacious space in the office, took out the excellent ability stimulating device and placed it on the ground.
His method of taking things out of thin air is very unreasonable in this world, but Catherine and AI Xiaohong have long been used to it, and they have always had a tacit understanding without asking any questions.
Wang Zhifan also saw the full picture of the superpower stimulating device for the first time at this moment. Its shape looks very much like a complex large restraint chair, with several locks on the armrests and pedals. There was also a huge fixed helmet on the top of the head, which made Catherine who followed over couldn't help but look a little suspicious, feeling that the thing Wang Zhifan took out looked a bit like some kind of torture instrument.
Seeing that the power stimulating device looked so unpleasant, Wang Zhifan was embarrassed to let Catherine sit on it directly, so he went up and sat down first, and then pressed the start button on the device.
"Superpower qualification test in progress..."
"It has been detected that your physical fitness greatly exceeds the standard, and you are suspected of being a powerful superpower."
"According to the test results, only the potential stimulation with the highest intensity and longest duration has a small probability of improving the existing abilities. Do you want to perform the potential stimulation?"
After listening to the test report of the ability stimulating device, Wang Zhifan immediately replied :
“Give me the potential stimulation for the shortest time to execute advanced intensity.”
Then the power stimulating device quickly responded with a voice:
“Command confirmation, advanced intensity will be executed. Potential stimulation for 30 seconds.”
Following the order, Wang Zhifan, who was sitting on the "chair", had his limbs and head tightly wrapped in restraints, and then the entire potential stimulator began to operate, making a buzzing sound and regular high-frequency vibrations.
It looked as if Wang Zhifan was sitting in the electric chair, but he did not show the slightest sign of pain. When the stimulation ended for half a minute, his hair did not smoke or stand up, and it was still as normal as it was originally.
After getting off the stimulation device, Wang Zhifan said to the volunteer lady in front of him who looked a little confused:
“Catherine, what I just demonstrated is a complete power activation process. , but the intensity and duration of stimulation needed will vary greatly from person to person, considering your Personal safety and time saving, if the test results are not suitable, just give up the potential stimulation.”
The frank demonstration and caring words immediately gave Catherine the courage to believe in herself. The boss she trusted most would not harm her, so she quickly sat on it and started the testing process.
"Superpower qualification test is in progress..."
"It is detected that your physique meets the standard and is a non-superpower person."
"Based on the test results, it is recommended to perform medium-intensity for a long time or high-level Intense short-term potential stimulation will have a higher probability of stimulating superpowers.”
As soon as the test results come out. Come, Wang Zhifan, who was watching from the side, suddenly brightened up his eyes and said to himself:
"My idea is indeed right. Humans in the interstellar world like Catherine are very suitable for using this power stimulating device, because the people who produce it are The dungeon world has a relatively similar world view setting, and the two naturally fit together.”
So under Wang Zhifan's expectant gaze, the brave secretary sitting on the electric chair-like stimulation device ordered without hesitation:
"Please perform high-intensity short-term potential stimulation."
Different Can trigger the device to respond immediately:
"Instruction confirmation, based on the test results, we will perform advanced intensity potential stimulation for you for 7 minutes and 34 seconds."
Immediately, the potential stimulation process that Wang Zhifan demonstrated before was repeated on Catherine, except that Catherine needed It's longer, close to eight minutes.
Wang Zhifan waited patiently during this period. On the one hand, he carefully sensed Catherine's physical condition to prevent unexpected situations. On the other hand, he carefully observed the effectiveness of the power stimulating device and deepened his understanding of the device from the perspective of a bystander. "Catherine is a human being who has been improved by many generations of biotechnology in this world. Her physical fitness is stronger than that of many professional athletes on Earth. She should be able to withstand high-intensity potential stimulation. I wonder what super powers she can acquire..."
When things got to this point, Wang Zhifan predicted that Catherine would successfully activate her powers and get the experiment off to a good start.
This is not because he has the ability to predict the future, but because he chose to test the power-activating device on the urban planet because he expected that the humans here would have the best chance of activating powers, allowing him to see the results of the test as quickly as possible.
The reason is the same as mentioned before, which is that the world view of the urban planet is very similar to the copy world produced by the power stimulating device.
If someone were to test it on Earth, which has not yet truly entered the interstellar era, Wang Zhifan felt that the probability of failure would be much greater.
Time passed by, and with Wang Zhifan's close perception, he gradually discovered that there was some change in Catherine's body sitting on the restraint device.
To be specific, special energy was generated in her body that was not there before, and this energy was slowly growing and began to flow and merge, as if streams gathered into a small river.
"This feeling of energy...could it be the force?"
For a moment, Wang Zhifan remembered his experience in the last dungeon, when he was fighting against several people with powers. I had seen something similar, but later I learned that it was the most common Force power.
After a while, the superpower stimulating device finally completed its operation and released Catherine's physical restraint.
But Catherine obviously did not adapt to the changes in her body. She stood up and said in a very confused tone:
"Your Excellency, I feel like I have changed." It's a little different, but it's a little hard to describe exactly where it is. Different..."
"Yes, Catherine, your feeling is right, you will understand everything when you look at your feet."
Wang Zhifan, who had been observing from the side, listened. He replied with a smile, raising his hand to point out someone who had overlooked something due to confusion.
After hearing this, Catherine immediately lowered her head and looked down at her feet. This sight almost startled her.
Because she suddenly discovered that she was not standing firmly on the ground, but floating steadily in the air on tiptoes, but she did not feel any difficulty and did not notice anything strange.
"This is... the power I gained? A power that can levitate and move? Is it an ability related to magnetism or gravity?"
She then followed her feelings and raised her body further. , realized that both feet were completely off the ground, and then tried to slowly float forward, backward, left, and right, and realized that he had really gained a magical power. His expression instantly became a little more excited, and there was also a little bit of confusion hidden in it.
"Your ability should be more than just levitating yourself. Catherine, try picking up your files on the table over there."
Wang Zhifan immediately gave suggestions after hearing this.
He wasn't entirely sure what the power she gained was, but it was most likely the Force. This common power behaved a bit like gravity and magnetism, but was more manipulative.
"Okay, Mr. Ball Director, let me give it a try."
Katherine then maintained her suspended state in the air while reaching out to grab something on the table more than ten meters away. report file.
But the process didn't seem to go smoothly. She didn't immediately pick up the files on the table. Instead, the table continued to shake. A water glass placed on it almost tipped over, which scared her and she hurriedly used it. The power righted the water glass.
"Very good! Catherine, you are very lucky to have awakened the power of the Force! If you practice more in the future, you will definitely find that it has a variety of practical effects!"
Wang Zhifan can basically confirm that Catherine is really good at this. Awakened the Force, the reason is that the manipulation of the Force is very skillful, and those with powers who have just awakened it will be a little uncomfortable, but once they become proficient, it will be a different world.
Of course, there is a big difference between the upper and lower limits of the strength of superpowers.
Especially for those with Force powers, the strongest ones are said to be able to easily explode stars, while the weakest ones are almost the same as ordinary people without Force powers.
According to Catherine's current performance, she is definitely not the weakest, but she is not even close to the strongest. She is probably at the average to lower level.
At this moment, Catherine had passed the initial freshness, and she dropped her feet to the ground and frowned, thinking deeply. She slowly said to Wang Zhifan with a little hesitation:
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qiu Zhang, I didn't expect you to say The superpower actually appeared in me...
This makes me feel a little confused. I am willing to contribute to the development of the urban planet, but I don’t really want to be an individual being studied in the laboratory..."
"Haha, you are the secretary of this ball leader, who dares to arrest you for research? I can guarantee that this kind of thing will never happen! ”
Wang Zhifan immediately gave a guarantee and asked the female secretary in front of him to stop thinking nonsense, and then put forward the new idea he had generated:
"I feel that the superpower volunteer program you just mentioned needs to be planned in advance. Perhaps it is more promising to form an army of superpowers and develop superpowers for all people than to engage in biological research projects.
But the premise is You must do a good job of confidentiality and security. It is best to use another name to do this in the early stage. , when you have free time, you can try to write a plan, but don’t rush to complete it..."
For expanding the group of people with superpowers, what is visible to the naked eye is a double-edged sword, so Wang Zhifan here They will be very cautious and will not act randomly on a whim and cause extra trouble to the urban planet.
"Your Excellency, Captain, I will consider this aspect carefully. I believe that your device has great potential to be tapped, whether it is commercial or military..."
Already Catherine, who became a superpower, glanced at the superpower stimulating device aside and expressed similar views, determined to make a complete plan before taking action.
Just at this time, the artificial intelligence Xiaohong in the office informed it that it had completed the data migration and could work for Wang Zhifan anytime and anywhere in the future.
And it also reminded the two of an external message that they had overlooked, that is, the institute's personnel responsible for escorting biological samples would soon arrive.
Wang Zhifan then briefly discussed with Catherine for a while, put away the power stimulating device, and chose to leave this world.
At the same time, he is wearing a special smart watch loaded with advanced artificial intelligence Xiao Hong, which makes up for one of his shortcomings. (End of this chapter)