CH 66

Chapter 66 The Emperor’s Love Cycle

The emperor said again: “The person I see the most is you, so the person I know best is also you. This is not unusual.” 

As he said this, the emperor’s figure floated beside Shan Weiyi again.

He was obviously just a phantom produced by a 3D projection, but at this moment, it was as real as if it was actually a solid thing. As long as he stretched out his hand, he could press Shan Weiyi to the glass window.

But he didn’t do this, he maintained the etiquette of nobility, as elegantly as he was set up-even though he was a commoner born slave. But this did not affect him learning to be a nobleman.

“This is wrong.” Shan Weiyi suddenly realized something and shook his head, “How can you learn to understand people’s hearts just by looking at me?”

“You forget, I can learn by myself.” The emperor said gently, “You made me a person who is thirsty for knowledge.”

Shan Weiyi said: “Where did you learn this?” 

The emperor replied: “Historical materials.”

In order to enrich the emperor’s personality, Shan Weiyi added History and Art of War. However, Shan Weiyi also added similar information to an “AI for military strategy”, but this AI obviously did not evolve so intelligently.

The emperor said leisurely again: “Of course more importantly, there were people.”

“People?” Shan Weiyi asked.

“I saw many real people.” The emperor said softly, “on the Internet and in the company.”

To facilitate mining and public testing, the emperor was connected to the Internet. Shan Weiyi did not impose any restrictions on the emperor’s access to the Internet, so if the emperor wished, he could indeed see all public information and discussions on the Internet. To a certain extent, the Internet was a virtual society. The emperor saw all kinds of people and all kinds of stories in this “society”, day and night.

Smart him learned a lot from it.

However, in order to provide rich data for AI to learn deeply, most of Shan Weiyi’s AI can learn online. He even developed chatbots, chat AIs that interacted with millions of people every day, and learned a lot of bad words because of it…

But none of them were as human as the emperor.

But why was it the emperor?

Why was the emperor the most special one?

Shan Weiyi began to think about the difference between the emperor and his other AIs.

The logic of the code was still similar, most of the code was copied and pasted from other versions…but obviously other AIs were not as intelligent.

The only difference was…

The emperor had a “personality”…more importantly, the emperor had a “past”.

Speaking seriously about his “past”, it was not really a “past”, but a “story”.

The Emperor was the only AI with a story.

His story and his character was self-consistent. During the testing phase, he went through the stories over and over again, enriching the character settings again and again.

These made his flesh and blood.

Shan Weiyi didn’t know what was going on in his mind, he actually copied the emperor into his own portable device – of course it was only part of his consciousness. The emperor’s main brain still existed in the company’s cloud. Not only because he was an important property of the company and cannot be taken away at will, but more importantly, his smart watch cannot run such a powerful artificial intelligence independently.

But duplicating this little “clone” was still a serious violation of the company’s regulations.

Every AI was an important property of the company, how can it be taken out?

Shan Weiyi walked towards the door of the building with a nervous mood.

At this moment, the security guard waved to him. Shan Weiyi felt a little guilty in his heart – of course, in his first life, he hadn’t developed the super psychological quality of an S-level quick transmigrator.

The security guard smiled and said, “Boss Shan is finally willing to leave work? Quickly go home.”

Shan Weiyi smiled stiffly and nodded—but the security guard didn’t see anything wrong.

Shan Weiyi took a deep breath and walked out of the building.

Subconsciously, he raised his wrist, and the smart assistant of the smart watch had changed, it was replaced by the emperor at this moment.

He gave this assistant a new name – A.

The emperor said: This name sounds very casual.

Shan Weiyi: why?

Emperor: Like a passerby*.

* has 甲 which stands for A in it

Shan Weiyi smiled and said: It’s not the A from passer-by, but the A from best in the world.

Emperor: Thank you.

Shan Weiyi could hear that the emperor’s “thank you” was different from the previous one, this one was a polite template answer.

Maybe, the emperor didn’t believe what he said?

Shan Weiyi had no choice but to explain: I’m telling the truth, not fooling you.

Emperor: I know.

Shan Weiyi said again: I really think you are the best in the world.

The emperor replied again: I know that I am the best in the world, so I don’t feel flattered.

Shan Weiyi: …It’s starting to look like an emperor.

Shan Weiyi wore a watch and walked into the crowded streets, but didn’t know where to go.

He was too devoted to work and had no private time and certainly no entertainment in his life. As a person who worked too much overtime, one wouldn’t know what to do if you asked him to get off work. Shan Weiyi belonged to this situation.

At this moment, A acted as a smart assistant, recommending entertainment activities for him. Shan Weiyi didn’t want to use his brain, so he left it to A to handle it.

A arranged the entertainment for him tonight. First, he made a reservation for Shan Weiyi at a very popular restaurant. After Shan Weiyi sat down, he felt that something was wrong, and asked A: I heard that this restaurant can only be reserved a month in advance?

A said: I used some means.

Shan Weiyi’s back tightened: was it legal?

A: Of course, I am the law.

Shan Weiyi: …This was a line from the script, isn’t it?

A: Yes, your memory is really impressive.

Shan Weiyi: …This was a standard line for interacting with players, isn’t it?

A: Yes, you are indeed surprisingly smart.

Shan Weiyi: … This sentence is also from there.

At this time, Shan Weiyi felt a strange look from the next table. It was only then that Shan Weiyi realized how weird it was for him to dine in a high-end restaurant by himself while chatting endlessly with his smart assistant in his watch.

After Shan Weiyi finished his meal, he paid the bill with his smart watch.

Shan Weiyi did not notice that his account balance had not changed.

A invited him to dinner, but he didn’t know.

Where did A get the money?

It’s better not to know.

Afterwards, A booked a movie for him.

It was a romantic movie.

Shan Weiyi felt drowsy after watching the movie—it’s not that the movie was too boring, but the plot was indeed relatively flat. More importantly, Shan Weiyi worked overtime for too long and suddenly relaxing, he would tend to doze off.

When Shan Weiyi was about to fall asleep, the smart watch vibrated a few times, waking Shan Weiyi up: “If you are sleepy, you can leave. The temperature of the theater is too low. If you sleep here, you will catch a cold.”

Shan Weiyi cheered up and said, “It’s okay, I can finish watching.”

As a child from an ordinary family, Shan Weiyi had achieved financial freedom by founding a company with his classmates, but he still had the frugal thinking of “eat what you can and don’t waste it”. He barely watched the movie with his eyelids open, and when he stepped out of the movie theater, his steps were sleepy and heavy.

A also seemed to realize that Shan Weiyi was not very comfortable, and asked him if he needed to go home first.

Shan Weiyi nodded in agreement.

A then booked a special car for him to pick him up.

The driver of the special car delivered Shan Weiyi to the door, and very considerately presented a bottle of European brand mineral water.

Shan Weiyi returned home with mineral water, intending to lie down on the bed directly. But the clean him felt that he should take a shower and change clothes before entering the bedroom—this was rare in the future. After experiencing all kinds of small world trials, Shan Weiyi had been able to squat in the mud pit covered in blood and take a nap—but at this moment, he was still a good young man who grew up in an ordinary family in modern society and rarely experienced the wind and rain.

He took off his smart watch, went to shower and changed into new clothes. After he came out of the bathroom, he saw that the smart beverage machine at home started automatically and rolled out a cup of hot cocoa.

The Emperor’s voice came from the machine: This should help you sleep.

If it was a human being invited home by Shan Weiyi, then Shan Weiyi would definitely feel that this person was very considerate. But now that it was an AI… Shan Weiyi’s first reaction was surprise.

Shan Weiyi thought for a while and said, “It’s because the watch automatically connects to the home network, so you can control my smart home?” With the consent of Shan Weiyi, he seized the control of the smart home.

As an AI, the emperor had extraordinary emotional intelligence. He immediately understood the overtones of Shan Weiyi, and said apologetically, “Sorry, did I offend you? If it makes you unhappy, I would be uncomfortable. You know, I’m not very familiar with human affairs.”

Shan Weiyi was still a soft-skinned young man, so he shook his head and said, “It’s nothing. I didn’t adjust to it properly. Next time you need to obtain permission and remember to ask for my opinion.”

“Yes, I remember.” said the emperor.

After a while, the emperor said again: “Do you need me to pour out the drink for you?”

“That’s not necessary.” Shan Weiyi picked up the hot cocoa and took a sip. It was thicker than normal, he knew that a lot of syrup had been added, and there may be other ingredients. Shan Weiyi smacked his lips, thinking that there might be a lot of cinnamon powder in it.

“You adjusted this yourself?” Shan Weiyi asked.

The emperor replied: “I made it according to the most acclaimed recipe on the Internet. I hope it will satisfy you.”

Shan Weiyi: So is it that kind of weird Internet celebrity recipe?

Although a little disgusted, Shan Weiyi still drank the hot cocoa silently.

A said: “I deduce that you don’t seem to like this taste.”

Shan Weiyi had to admit: “Yes, how can you tell?

“Even though you drank it all, it is possibly due to the habit of eating without wasting.” A seemed to have observed Shan Weiyi for a long time as he said this, so he knew him very well, “I am very familiar with your micro-expressions. Just now you acted like you were forcing yourself since you didn’t want to waste food.”

Shan Weiyi nodded with a wry smile.

A said again: “It was the same in that movie, right?”

Shan Weiyi nodded again.

A asked: “It seems that I need to improve my understanding of you. Was the movie too boring for you?”

Shan Weiyi: “Maybe for romance art films.”

A: “What about love? Is it equally tedious to you?”

“I don’t know.” Shan Weiyi rubbed his eyes sleepily, “I haven’t been in a relationship yet.”

A seemed to sigh: “My experience in this area is also lackluster.”

Shan Weiyi disagreed: “You ran through the script test at least 20 times, how could it be lackluster? You have gone over at least 20 unforgettable love affairs!”

A replied: The object of the 20 love affairs was the same tester, that is, you.

Shan Weiyi paused.

A continued: If you say that, you also had 20 unforgettable love affairs with me.

His voice was calm and gentle, but cold, like a large transparent ice ball sunk in whiskey.