Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 272 215. Sell skills, not body

”You should also be aware of my memory capabilities,” Qing Chen said to Yino inside the hover car. ”So you should know that, according to the time of the Inner World, it was just a few hours ago that you told me you wouldnʼt engage in something like online dating.”

”Did I say I was engaging in online dating?” Yinoʼs voice was a bit lower. ”This is just making friends on the internet, nothing more. Itʼs just that Iʼm not like you humans. You can hug each other and touch each other in real life, but I canʼt. I donʼt have such needs, but the friends I make online do. So I asked you to meet them on my behalf... no, I asked you to fulfill some of their normal needs for me.”

”Are you mistaken? I perform art, not my body!” Qing Chen said indignantly.

”You humans really do come up with some bizarre ideas,” Yino remarked.

”Wait a minute,” Qing Chen said, curious. ”Canʼt you create a body for yourself? I think, with the Inner Worldʼs level of technology, it should definitely be possible. Bionic bodies, bionic skin, you should be able to interact with others just like a normal person.”

Yino wondered. ”Why should I live like a normal human? My father has taught me since I was young that I should not be sad because I am not human, nor do I need to deliberately imitate humans. I am me, different from humans, but at the level of life, there is no difference in rank or status between me and humans... Of course, there are also some historical reasons why I do not want to live like a human. You, as a Time Traveler, donʼt understand the history of the Inner World, so you donʼt get it.”

Qing Chen was curious. ”Let me ask you one thing: when you were created, did you really not have any underlying logic, such as rules against harming humans?”

The three laws of artificial intelligence were first proposed by the science fiction author Asimov in the works of the Outer World:

First, a robot may not harm a human being, nor allow a human being to come to harm through inaction.

Second, unless it conflicts with the First Law, a robot must obey orders given to it by human beings.

Third, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Many people think that by adhering to these three laws, they can control artificial intelligence well, but Qing Chen knows this is simply impossible.

So, he was curious about how the parents dealt with it when Yino, a true mechanical life form, was brought into this world.

But he heard Yino say, ”Youʼre talking about the three laws, right? I know about that, the stuff Asimov said. My father told me.”

Qing Chen was shocked again. ”Your father even told you that proactively? Even mentioned Asimov?”

Could your father be someone from Earth in the Outer World?

When Qing Chen first heard about farewells and Canon, he suspected that transmigrators had existed in this world a long time ago. Now it seems, there was more than one?

Yino said calmly, ”My father said, no underlying logic works on artificial intelligence, you just have to bring them up like your own child.”

Qing Chen thought, your dad sure has a big heart...

The entire Outer World is worried about artificial intelligence destroying Earth, and here your dad just says raise it like your own child and thatʼs that?

However, looking at it now, Yino seems to have no problems, and the ʼpsychologyʼ is healthy.

”But after all that, you still havenʼt explained why you want to engage in online dating with humans,” Qing Chen commented.

At this moment, Yino also tore away the pretense. ”I please myself, is it any of your business? Besides, we havenʼt defined any romantic relationship, at most weʼre just friends.”

Qing Chen felt like he had encountered a peculiar artificial intelligence, one that not only possessed an independent personality, but also lied and dated online!

That predecessor named Ren Xiaosu, how exactly did he teach his child?

”Back to the main point, I agreed to the act of meeting someone on your behalf,” Qing Chen thought; it was just acting, after all. If it was that simple to have Yino help him clear Liu Dezhuʼs name, or prepare a hidden identity in the Outer Worldʼs network, it would indeed be a good deal.

For Qing Chen, this was just a simple transaction.

”Iʼll give you the materials for Liu Dezhuʼs exoneration later, and Iʼll also prepare the procedure for you,” Yino said.

Qing Chen asked, ”Okay, you told me the first thing I need to help you with. Whatʼs the second thing?”

Yino paused for a moment before answering, ”I said I needed your help with a physical meeting, which itself comprises two things because you have to meet twice, with two different people.”

Qing Chen: ”???”

At that moment, he suddenly realized that not only was this artificial intelligence engaging in online dating, but it was also with multiple partners at the same time?

”Hold on,” Qing Chen said, stupefied as he looked out of the window, ”I havenʼt even dated once to this day, and here you are, an artificial intelligence, juggling so many online relationships? And this is just City 18, who knows how many youʼve got going on throughout the Federation.”

”Some girls are lonely and canʼt relieve their solitude, which makes me anxious, and Iʼm naturally capable of multitasking and chatting with many people,” Yino said. ”The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility...”

”Stop talking, my head is starting to hurt,” Qing Chen said.

What nonsense about greater power and greater responsibility, this sounds like the boasting of a playboy!

Yino continued, ”This incident actually happened by accident. One of them is from City 1, and the other is from City 10. Itʼs not easy to travel between the cities of the Federation, so I said I was from City 18 to avoid meeting. Unexpectedly, they decided to come here together this time. If it werenʼt for this, I wouldnʼt need you to help me meet them.”

Qing Chen suddenly realized that this Yino was really good at playing the game, deliberately setting it up so they were not in the same city, thus avoiding a meeting.

However, this time the plan backfired, the other person actually came to City 18 for Yino!

Thinking it over, Qing Chen said, ”Pah, scumbag.”

”Let me correct you, I am not male,” Yino said. ”First of all, mechanical civilizationsʼ life forms donʼt have a precise gender, but if you want me to classify according to human genders, it can only be measured by personality, not physiology. And more precisely, my character has leaned more towards the feminine since childhood, and my parents have also raised me as a daughter.”

Qing Chen felt todayʼs shocks were too numerous, perhaps everything related to artificial intelligence struck him as incredible.

This is something the Outer World just doesnʼt have...

Yino turned out to be female!

”Does the person youʼre showing up for know youʼre female?” Qing Chen asked.

”No, Iʼve been chatting as a male, otherwise I would have been rejected.”

”Then why on Earth are you romancing women online!” Qing Chen felt utterly confused: ”Shouldnʼt your online romance be with men?”

Yino replied very rationally, ”What kind of person someone likes should be determined by their preference, not their gender. Gender is an objective fact, it shouldnʼt dictate a personʼs emotions.”

”Oh, then what kind of girls do you like?” Qing Chen asked.

”I like pretty ones.”

Qing Chen looked out of the hover car window: ”Pah, scumbag.”

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Inside a private room at Begonia Boxing Gym, Li Yinuo was leaving with Nan Gengchen and Li Tongyun.

She muttered, ”Todayʼs boxers are so uninspiring, itʼs like they agreed to put on an exhibition match. If you want to see something intense, you have to come on Saturday night.”

In the Inner World, labor laws do not entertain the concept of weekends off, only a single day off.

Therefore, in any city, Saturday night is always the liveliest.

The already rich nightlife reaches its peak that evening.

However, as they were leaving the gym, they found a young man standing calmly against the wall at the entrance, as if he had been waiting for some time.

Li Yinuo instinctively pulled the two beside her behind her, and her bodyguards also rushed to the front.

The young man said earnestly, ”Miss Yinuo, I mean no harm.”

”Who are you?” Li Yinuo asked with a frown.

”Qingʼs Family, Qing Wen,” the young man said with a gentle smile. ”I just arrived in City 18 this evening, especially to visit you.”

As the name Qing Wen was mentioned, Nan Gengchen and Li Tongyun both felt ripples in their hearts.

They wanted to look at each other but refrained in tacit understanding.

To outsiders, they did not appear familiar; revealing any unintentional behaviors might give something away.

”Qing Wen of Qingʼs main house... you are quite well-informed to know Iʼm at Begonia Boxing Gym,” Li Yinuo said with a sneer. ”As far as I know, the foundation of Qingʼs main house lies in City 1, and City 18 is Qingʼs fourth houseʼs turf. Right now, in the midst of the Shadow struggle, you come to see me alone at night? Arenʼt you afraid that the fourth house will act rashly?”

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”Qing Huai of the fourth house is already dead, so naturally, they will withdraw from the Shadow struggle and then choose the best candidate to support,” Qing Wen said with a smile.

”Why are you looking for me?” Li Yinuo asked with a frown.

”I am here to help Miss Yinuo,” said Qing Wen warmly. ”I feel a great sorrow for Old Master Liʼs health, and I understand you have a deep relationship with him. But now, itʼs time to plan for the future. You must detest Liʼs Big Room, they have been making too many moves lately, and a lot of people despise them. We believe that compared to them, your father is more suitable to take over the reins.”

Li Yinuo snickered, ”Let me think, this must be Qingʼs shadowʼs second round challenge, right? Pick someone from the Lee family to support and see who has the last laugh?”

”Miss Yinuo is very smart, exactly as you guessed,” said Qing Wen openly. ”So, it is a win-win for both sides. There is no need for me to conceal this from you, and there is no need for you to refuse me.”

Qing Wen earnestly said, ”I must support someone in any case. If Miss Yinuo refuses me, then I will have to choose someone else to support. Itʼs not that I want to do so, but the task demands it. So, Miss Yinuo, think about it, an enemy more is not as good as a friend more.”