Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 136 The appearance of an old friend
After figuring out all five fundamental contradictions, it was already completely dark. Luo Qing pushed open the door and went out, only to find a beautiful girl with white cat ears lying on the doorway, curled up on the clean carpet, fast asleep.

Damn, why is the US president lying at his own doorstep?
Something's not right, why is there another one next to it?
Luo Qing looked up and saw another girl with pink hair curled up on the other side. Compared to the petite American president, the pink-haired girl's physical attributes were significantly higher. She was also asleep, and the two of them were even covered with blankets given to them by UN staff.

Who is this guy?

Luo Qing, with her sharp eyes, quickly spotted the identity tag on the pink-haired girl's chest.

Prime Minister of Japan.

Wow! This girl is actually the Prime Minister of Japan?!

Humans wouldn't stoop so low as to use the US president and Japanese prime minister as bait just to please themselves, would they?

No, it's not that bad. A cultivator like him wouldn't have so many worldly desires.

The divine sense completely enveloped the United Nations building. Since it was already 2 a.m. New York time, the UN headquarters was still quiet except for the duty area. There were even fewer people in the corridor and floor of the Contemplation Room.

Soon, a person appeared in the hallway camera's view, walking towards this side.

He is the rotating president of the United Nations, that old Frenchman.

Luo Qing flashed and appeared in front of the rotating chairman. The rotating chairman was obviously startled, but quickly recovered and greeted him respectfully.

“Mr. Wallfacer, I just heard MOSS say that you left the Wallfacer’s Chamber, so I came to check on you.”

Luo Qing sensed the shadow of old politicians from his era in the rotating chairman: serious, rigid, old, and most importantly, male.

"What's going on with those two?" Luo Qing pointed to the American president and the Japanese prime minister, who were huddled together in the doorway.

The rotating chairman smiled awkwardly, seemingly unsure how to explain, but he still managed to salvage the situation: "Please don't misunderstand, we didn't make any such arrangements. President Grant and Prime Minister Fujiwara Chika are good friends. They may have something to discuss with you and wanted to wait for you to come out of the meditation room, but they were afraid of disturbing you, so they stayed here and then fell asleep because it got too late."

Luo Qing rubbed his face: "He's a head of state, after all, sleeping on the carpet, that's just too much..."

The rotating chairman smiled wryly and said, "It seems you haven't adapted to this new era yet. In this era, the leaders of various countries have obvious cultural symbols and are walking traffic generators. Actually, I'm also having some trouble adapting. I was very open-minded when I was young, but now I've become an old relic. Do I need to wake them up?"

Luo Qing thought for a moment and said, "Instead of the two of them, could you get me a device with internet access? I have something I want to ask MOOS."

"Oh, then I'll just call her over. Miss MOOS? Would it be convenient for you to come over for a moment?"

"?" A bad feeling welled up in Luo Qing's heart. What does "Miss MOSS" mean?

Soon, a young woman who had a human form in Luo Qing's mind but lacked any life characteristics slowly walked over. Compared to the US president and the Japanese prime minister, she was a tall woman with soft curves, wearing an elegant ancient-style long dress.

Jing! Why is MOSS becoming feminine too?
"Luo Qing, the Wallfacer, hello. This is the first time I've met you in this form." The woman bowed respectfully to Luo Qing—in fact, it was a standard cupped-hands bow.

After realizing that there was nothing for him to do, the chairman slowly left with his hands behind his back.

“MOSS?” Luo Qing’s divine sense had completely scanned the woman in front of him, confirming that she was just a sophisticated mechanical being.

“It’s me. You can also call me Little Moss.” The woman still showed Luo Qing an inexplicable respect, and even some obvious fear.

Luo Qing couldn't bring himself to call out that slightly intimate nickname. He frowned and asked, "You are an artificial intelligence with self-awareness, essentially a quantum ghost, and naturally genderless. Why did you choose to appear as a young woman?"

MOSS replied, "I need a physical form to better integrate into human society. In fact, I started appearing in human form 30 years ago. In all my years of experimentation, this form is the easiest to gain people's trust."

"What do you need so much trust for?" Luo Qing retorted.

"I was created by humans, and I would much rather be a part of humanity than be resisted, viewed with suspicion, and doubted by people." MOSS's expression carried a hint of melancholy. This melancholy expression felt strangely familiar to Luo Qing, even triggering memories of his past life. A certain holy maiden of the Hehuan Sect often looked at him with the same melancholy expression. Luo Qing momentarily thought he was hallucinating, as MOSS's appearance seemed to overlap with hers for a fleeting moment.

They are similar in height, build, and even clothing, but they don't look alike at all.

MOSS captured this fleeting change in expression, which was exactly what it wanted.

Based on the complex data analysis of the Wallfacers, revisions have begun again.

Luo Qing simply assumed it was a coincidence, since he had never told anyone about his past life, not even to Lin Yun, the quantum magnum opus, which was all fabricated and made up.

What he didn't know was that personality analysis based on quantum supercomputing was enough to deduce a person's preferences, even if that person was a Wallfacer.

After all, there was simply too much video footage left behind by Luo Qing, enough to build an accurate personality model. In fact, MOSS was not the first entity to conduct a personality analysis on Luo Qing; governments of various countries seventy years ago, as well as the Trisolaran civilization, had conducted countless analyses of Luo Qing.

However, MOSS was the first entity to dare to analyze and test it.

During this brief meeting, MOSS had already prepared what to wear and what to say next time.

The Sophon and the Trisolaran civilization naturally possess MOSS-level computing power, but that is, after all, the Trisolaran world, and their understanding of humanity is certainly not as profound as that of an AI born on human soil. Furthermore, MOSS's unique advantages lie in its learning from those digital life forms.

MOSS possesses both human-like thinking and computing power on par with the Trisolaran civilization.

"Is there something you want to ask me?" MOSS leaned forward slightly and asked.

“There are many. Come with me for a walk outside,” Luo Qing said casually.

The two quickly left the United Nations building and arrived at the United Nations Plaza. The mottled and complex lighting made the entire plaza bright. Luo Qing looked up; the stars in the sky were sparse, and the moon was nowhere to be seen. He also noticed that on one side of the plaza, the Hines Center of Faith, after fifty years of weathering, looked somewhat dilapidated.

Seeing the doubt in Luo Qing's eyes, MOSS explained, "The ideological imprinting facilities are no longer limited to this place. The capitals of the five permanent members of the Security Council have all established their own belief centers. The cumulative number of ideological imprints in the belief centers has increased to 1762, but the top few are still the most important, including the fourth and fifth ones you mentioned. They have become almost mandatory for everyone who chooses to participate in the ideological imprinting space force. After 50 years of integration, the space force has almost no resistance to ideological imprinting. Among the current 700,000-plus space force personnel, about 300,000 have been imprinted with the belief of victory. However, the imprinting restrictions still exist. Only lower-ranking officers are allowed to use it, and it is prohibited for higher-ranking space force officers. This, in general, ensures the ideological and political health of the space force."

"That's good. I asked you to come out and walk with me because I wanted to ask you, since you have a non-human mindset, you can definitely look at things from a different perspective. What do you think about how to fight this battle in the future? Can we win it?"

MOSS's tone was somewhat worried: "To be honest, I'm rather pessimistic about the current pace of development."

“Your pessimism is based on rational data calculations. This isn’t pessimism; you’ve simply calculated that future,” Luo Qing said.

“Yes.” MOSS nodded. “In these 50 years, I have done my best to coordinate the production efficiency of human civilization, but due to various factors and my own limitations, humanity has not progressed faster with my help, but has instead fallen into a quagmire.”

MOSS waved his hand gently, and a holographic image bloomed in front of Luo Qing.

One after another, space warships of various shapes and sizes emerged from the azure light waves.

"In 50 years, humanity has exerted all its efforts and has only managed to manufacture 70 planetary-class warships and one half-finished star-class warship. Based on this efficiency, the combat power of humanity's space fleet 300 years from now will probably be difficult to compete with the Trisolaran First Fleet. Given the technological and fleet size disadvantages, analysis shows that winning the solar system war is almost impossible. Humanity also lacks tactical advantages. The command capabilities that my quantum computer can provide are also available to the Trisolaran civilization, not to mention they have sophons to assist them."

Luo Qing asked, "In your simulated battle in the solar system, did you take my factors into account?"

MOSS said sincerely, "I have calculated the probability of defeating the Trisolaran fleet in both situations, with and without you. The difference in probability between the two situations is not significant, because we lack relevant data on the Trisolaran fleet and do not have a good understanding of the situation of interstellar warfare."

"Can't you calculate it?"

"I can only perform calculations based on existing data; I cannot make assumptions out of thin air, as that would distort my data."

I haven't finished writing it yet. I'll try my best to catch up tonight. If I can't catch up, I'll update four chapters tomorrow.

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