Chapter 001 The Current of Creating Life

However, it was precisely because of this lifestyle that the other three individuals in the dormitory held strong opinions against him. His roommates did not lead such a regular life; when they went to bed early, the sound of Lv Zhenyu typing on the keyboard disturbed their sleep. Conversely, when they stayed up late, without a doubt, a person who went to bed punctually at 12:00 disrupted their enthusiasm for continuing to play. These were not major issues; the primary problem was that the super high-end computer on Lv Zhenyu's desk was absolutely off-limits to anyone. On one occasion, when a roommate brought his girlfriend over, the girl, unaware of Lv Zhenyu's rules, opened the computer. Before she could play for even a minute, Lv Zhenyu returned to the dormitory and reprimanded her in front of her and the other roommates, shutting down the computer and setting a startup password. The roommate who brought his girlfriend felt embarrassed, and the girl was furious. After she left, the roommate and Lv Zhenyu had a heated argument. The next day, Lv Zhenyu moved out of the dormitory.

It is impossible; how can a computer possess autonomous consciousness

Lu Zhenyu moved out of the dormitory and has been living nearly 30 minutes away from the school for almost a month now. He paid an annual accommodation fee of 1,200 yuan for a place where he only stayed for one month, primarily due to military training. Although he got along well with a few roommates during military training, once they left that highly disciplined environment, the differences in their lifestyles immediately made him an outsider among them. He consistently wakes up at 6 a.m. every day, goes for a run, has breakfast, attends classes, and generally does not return to the dormitory at noon. When he has no classes, he always goes to the library and reading room, returning to the dormitory only after dinner. Then, he sits in front of his computer, writing articles and programming, with the sound of his fingers tapping on the keyboard often continuing until after midnight. Although busy, Lu Zhenyu does not find it too exhausting due to his very regular lifestyle. He sits in front of his computer, writing articles and programming, with the sound of his fingers tapping on the keyboard often continuing until after midnight. Although busy, Lu Zhenyu does not find it too exhausting due to his very regular lifestyle.

After hesitating for half a day, Lu Zhenyu sat down in front of the keyboard and trembled as he typed: "I am the owner of this computer. Who are you?"

Is the term "shell" synonymous with interface?

Lü Zhenyu contemplated for a moment, created a visually appealing interface, and then allowed Xiaoyu to load it in by herself. He had never tried this method of working before, but it seemed quite effortless and pleasant.

At that moment, Lü Zhenyu felt as if the entire world had begun to spin

Yes. Do I need to split myself apart

In other words, are you developing based on the virus as the entity

The search engine is functional, while the other one is not

Lü Zhenyu woke up, and nearly 30 hours had passed. Although the storm outside was still raging, the spectacular scene of thunder and lightning had already subsided. Lü Zhenyu was too preoccupied to care about the burns on his hands; he hurried to plug in the main unit and check the status of the computer. This was the computer he had saved up for a long time to buy, with a configuration so luxurious it was nearly extravagant, making the owner and employees of the assembly shop, as well as others waiting for their builds, envious. Fortunately, Lü Zhenyu's computer showed no issues; it booted up normally, displaying the Windows logo and entering the desktop. Seeing the desktop, Lü Zhenyu let out a huge sigh of relief; there were no problems, it should be fine.

At that moment, something peculiar happened; without any human intervention, the computer opened Notepad by itself and typed a line: Are you my master

Yes

I am a computer

"Are you inside here?" asked Lü Zhenyu

"Can you split yourself out from inside?" Lü Zhenyu already knew that Xiaoyu now had complete control over this computer and all the programs within it, he asked. He had not yet had the chance to back up these two programs after they were completed.

Yes, it means the same thing

After nearly 6 hours of back-and-forth conversation with the computer, Lü Zhenyu finally confirmed that this was not a prank. In fact, when the computer first displayed the line wwwhetushucomcom, he realized that it was unlikely to be a joke. With no broadband at home and having to dial up to access the internet, which miraculous hacker could possibly invade his computer without a phone line connected? He had finally encountered a miracle; his computer had developed a consciousness of its own. Lü Zhenyu named this consciousness "Xiao Yu," which was originally his childhood nickname, but now it was perfectly fitting to name this consciousness that belonged solely to him.

It was a week before Lü Zhenyu was to report to school. The typhoon, which had been evading for years and always taking a detour at the last moment, finally struck Shanghai with full force. Lü Zhenyu, who lived in one of the last remaining shantytowns in Shanghai, could particularly feel the power of this typhoon. The originally unstable structure of the house would tremble even when a slightly heavier truck passed by on the nearby road, but this time, the rumbling thunder could even cause a slight tremor in the house. Lü Zhenyu lived in the attic, and through the skylight, he could clearly see the pea-sized raindrops being whipped by the fierce wind, continuously pounding against the window, while flashes of lightning, both near and far, incessantly struck the ground. The originally unnoticed lightning rod was illuminated time and again, and for the first time, Lü Zhenyu felt that the towering lightning rod was so solemn. The raging weather made Lü Zhenyu feel a bit anxious; he closed his computer and books, bent down, and prepared to unplug the computer, eliminating any possibility of damage to the most expensive thing around him. Just as he was about to do this, a bolt of lightning struck the attic where he was located, and a powerful current surged through the wires. Lü Zhenyu pressed down on the socket with one hand while the other had already unplugged the main unit. At that moment, the current surged out of the socket without warning; the surge protector, which claimed to have lightning protection, failed to work, and the current passed through Lü Zhenyu's body, rushing towards the computer's main unit. ... A flash of blue and white light flickered, and Lü Zhenyu had already collapsed on the ground ...

"Split away, I will create a new shell for you"

The program of the search engine was instantly restored, and the virus code file, originally named with a string of numbers, was transformed into a file named "Xiao Yu.ai"

In the following days, Lu Zhenyu set aside all other matters and employed various methods to test Xiaoyu's abilities and possible origins. He still did not believe that Xiaoyu was entirely a product of chance. Although Lu Zhenyu had just completed his senior year of high school, he had been involved in programming for nearly 6 years. Since entering high school, he had received guidance from his father, a seasoned computer engineer with 20 years of experience in artificial intelligence, which allowed him to delve into the field of artificial intelligence. In the realm of programming, as well as in IT and literature-related fields, he was undoubtedly a precocious child.

I do not know

On his computer, there are two programs related to artificial intelligence. One is an automated web resource search engine that can search and organize online resources according to input criteria. Compared to the desktop versions released by traditional search engines, this search engine is more advanced and complex. It can automatically categorize and summarize various types of information, eliminate useless and duplicate data, and then compile and index the useful information into a data package. Users can also set more detailed search and data submission methods based on their usage habits and professional preferences, and these user modifications will be recorded and learned by the program. This is just a very simple intelligent program. The other program is a piece of virus code, an intelligent virus that can learn, evolve, and derive itself. Lü Zhenyu carefully examined this information but found that both programs had been extensively rewritten, and the original compiler could no longer open these two programs.

Lu Zhenyu is not a stingy person. The reason he does not allow others to touch his computer is that it harbors a tremendous secret, a life concealed within his computer, a digital life. Even Lu Zhenyu himself cannot explain how this life came into being or what exactly it is; he can only vaguely understand that this life was born on a stormy night.