524: Chapter 168: Congestion 524: Chapter 168: Congestion This really couldn’t be attributed to the Iron Heart Dharma King’s lack of consideration.

Human memory is divided into many different types.

According to format, it can be broadly categorized into ‘descriptive memory,’ which is language-based, and ‘nondescriptive memory,’ which is non-language-based.

The former constitutes only a small part of the total volume of memory.

However, at the current stage, the memories that can be shared are mostly descriptive.

The rest are memories about primal impulses and simple emotions.

These two are the main subjects recorded in the existing memory file formats.

Yet, humans also possess many other types of memory.

Humans recognize the world by depending on neuron networks to layer by layer extract and identify specific concepts from sensory information.

For instance, upon seeing ‘red,’ a related node in the mind is activated.

However, the specific location of this node representing ‘red’ in the human brain is not fixed but highly individualized.

Which neuron encodes which concept is closely related to the encoder’s personal experiences and the state when encoding this concept.

Sometimes, even if two different people see the same paint or hear the same melody, they essentially activate ‘not exactly the same neurons’ and thus acquire ‘different subjective experiences.’

As for Inner Strength, the special abilities obtained by Inner Family Martial Artists through restructuring their neural networks, stand at the boundary of human cognition.

It belongs neither to ‘specific language’ nor to ‘primal impulses.’

Even if someone obtained the memory files of the Eighth Martial God, he could not fully recreate the tactile sensation the Eighth Martial God had when he glimpsed the aura of Inner Strength of Iron Heart Dharma King.

Of course, Iron Heart Dharma King had not anticipated that the Eighth Martial God and this newly emerged mystery master were, in a sense, ‘the same person.’

“An Internal Strength Master of the Mathematical Realm, active on the Moon in the Earth-Moon system at both time points, eighty years ago and now.” As Xiang Shan felt the massive data flowing upward and downward again, such thought inadvertently slid through his mind.

Should he find him out now?

This sensation of both upward and downward data being incredibly convenient and agile somewhat brought back the feel of the old ‘Internet’ era to him.

But, a surge of exceedingly strong Inner Strength swept through.

Xiang Shan wisely confined his consciousness within those illegal links and abandoned this idea.

Hartman was clearing the malicious code he had just inserted into the satellite network.

Being too brazen would surely lead to an outright confrontation.

Xiang Shan dodged King Aqini’s sharpness, converted the illegal links into extensions of his neurons, and simultaneously stripped data including the training set from his surface consciousness to construct a rudimentary, self-understanding AI at a distant terminal.

This was one of the core secrets of the Eighth Martial God’s Inner Cultivation Methods.

It helped alleviate the issue of ‘delayed response of Inner Strength at distant terminals.’ This secret was also a precursor to the joint creation of secrets by the Eighth Martial God and Turing.

The next step involved exploiting underlying security vulnerabilities to download this AI into any target’s Prosthetic Body, breaking through the Brain-Machine Interface’s security protocols, and coercively borrowing another person’s human brain as an auxiliary plugin.

This could nearly resolve the issue of ‘response time for Inner Strength.’

But now was not the time to take that step.

Eighty years ago, King Aqini accidentally discovered Zhu Xinyu stealing data from the Araya Holy Knight Order using this technology, which ultimately led to the demise of the Eighth Martial God.

Xiang Shan was now on par with the Eighth Martial God in terms of Inner Strength, but the version of this ‘Mind Theft’ technique was still from eighty years ago.

Without data feedback, Xiang Shan could only make limited optimizations, not upgrades from scratch.

Hartman was not particularly skilled at creating new technologies, but he excelled at decompiling and reverse engineering.

The sacrifice of the Eighth Martial God eighty years ago temporarily concealed this affair.

Every use increased its exposure risk, heightening the risk of the enemy gaining control.

The Eighth Martial God had perfected this technology in his lifetime and kept it secret with his life; it needed to be used in crucial situations.

Xiang Shan’s consciousness continued to rise…

rise…

Eventually, his entire brain began to engage.

Data flowed through the firewall, was preliminarily processed by the system, and then passed through his neural network.

Intuitive ‘illusions’ began to emerge before his eyes.

This mental image differed from the last one.

Xiang Shan saw countless seas rushing towards the sky.

Those ‘seas’ seemed like tornadoes but were much calmer than tornadoes.

Above the skies, meanwhile, were the brilliantly fluctuating auroras.

In contrast, the amount of falling rain was minimal.

Countless terminals were uploading data out of the Earth’s network.

Compared to these, the downward data was really pitiful.

This even placed a certain pressure on the network.

Xiang Shan precisely intercepted a piece of data.

King Aqini was warning the knights of the Scientific Knight Order below not to incite unrest or strike the network to disrupt the tranquility of the Earth-Moon system.

The Knights were to carry out data uploads orderly.

Xiang Shan immediately understood what was happening.

The Scientific Knight Order worried about King Aqini launching another EMP cleanse, so they were proactively backing up their data to a distant location.

The recent skirmish between Xiang Shan and Iron Heart Dharma King had revolved around the entire satellite network.

Since Iron Heart Dharma King had helped Xiang Shan erase the traces, most of the Scientific Knight Order had not been immediately aware of the location of that mysterious master.

But everyone knew there existed on Earth an Internal Family powerhouse capable of battling King Aqini’s aide.

And King Aqini had always been ruthless in dealing with such individuals.

With the lessons learned eighty years ago, the Scientific Knight Order naturally took precautions.

Due to his position, King Aqini couldn’t stop these Scientific Knights from uploading data.

The Scientific Knight Order carried humanity’s most sacred duties, and incidental disruptions during battle were tolerable, but Hartman couldn’t prevent them from protecting their achievements.

Of course, this was bound to cause some level of network congestion.

And under such circumstances…

a small data loss, along with a little upward data, would hardly trigger any alarm.

“That’s great,” Xiang Shan nodded.

This was indeed a pleasant surprise.

However, he also knew that these good times wouldn’t last long.

The Scientific Knights also had a good habit of uploading data daily.

However, the bandwidth from the Earth-Moon system to Mars was limited, and everyone took turns.

Coupled with the communication between the Protectors Military and a small portion of civilian demand, it was generally sufficient.

Now, the Scientific Knights thought that King Aqini might carry out an EMP cleanse at any moment, which was why they were rushing to upload.

Once the Scientific Knights had finished uploading their remaining data, the situation would naturally ease.

Xiang Shan hurried to find the data he needed.