novelslam Chapter 189 Infinite Nesting Loop
Chapter 189 Infinite Nesting Loop
Where should I begin?
Cyber Fox pulled up a chair and sat down, his eyes fixed on Su Hao.
"Initially, we were just an interest group that treated hacking as a hobby."
To show off... cough, to maintain an air of mystery, everyone has their own code name. I'm Cyber Fox.
"I am Entropy."
The boy next to him nodded slightly: "I'm Root."
Seeing Su Hao's puzzled expression, as if asking, "Are you guys playing some kind of cringey role-playing game?" Entropy couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Please understand, we're more used to calling each other by code names in the coding world, it just feels awkward to call each other by our real names."
"I understand. It feels quite magical, like I'm in a spy movie." Su Hao nodded honestly.
"At MIT, there are many teams like ours that have their own independent code names."
When most people think of hacker teams, they might immediately picture criminals who illegally intrude into networks or steal bank passwords. But this is different.
"Hacking is a unique identifier and a symbol of the spirit of MIT!"
"A spiritual totem?"
"Yes." Root chimed in at the opportune moment.
"Hack to learn, learn to hack (learn to hack, hack to learn)."
This school firmly believes that the hacker battles fought in the dead of night, with eyes bloodshot from exhaustion, are themselves an excellent form of academic training that can squeeze human potential to its limit.
Therefore, although we wear the arrogant guise of hackers, we will absolutely not engage in any low-down, harmful activities.
Cyber Fox, standing to the side, counted on his fingers, reciting them as if they were precious treasures:
"Currently, there are a total of eighteen officially registered and recognized geek teams at MIT!"
A security research fanatic, a blacksmith obsessed with robotics engineering, a cryptography geek, a madman in avant-garde art, and even a con artist specializing in social engineering...
Each team is tackling completely different areas, creating a chaotic scene where everyone is showcasing their unique talents.
This was indeed an extremely interesting topic, and Su Hao's interest was completely piqued.
"And what about you guys? What's your team good at?"
Upon hearing this, the three exchanged a knowing glance and smiled at each other.
"Us? We're just really interested in creating another game world from scratch in this messed-up world..."
"what!"
A sudden realization dawned on Su Hao's mind.
No wonder!
Today's freshman orientation challenge, which caused chaos throughout the school, was essentially no different from playing a video game in its design and feedback mechanism!
Without saying a word, Cyber Fox opened his laptop, typed a few keys, and swiftly turned the screen towards Su Hao.
"Watch closely."
The pitch-black screen was like a torn night sky, with countless lines of code flowing by like a waterfall.
Immediately afterwards, the graphics card emitted a slight hum, and an extremely detailed ray-traced graphic instantly appeared on the screen.
The shimmering Charles River with its tiny ripples, the unique texture of each marble slab in the majestic Kylian Courtyard, the seemingly endless arcade...
Every real-world scene was meticulously recreated on screen, brick by brick, with an almost obsessive attention to detail.
The entire MIT campus, including all the building structures, vegetation distribution, and even the location of streetlights, has been meticulously constructed into a massive 3D miniature model!
"In this game, players take on the role of freshmen who have just arrived, while NPCs are professors, researchers, teaching assistants, and miserable faculty members who wander around the campus."
We've already decided on a name for the game: "The MIT Survival Guide!"
The bizarre yet straightforward name made Su Hao's eye twitch involuntarily, and he subconsciously felt that this was definitely not some kind of campus simulation at all.
Instead, it's a post-apocalyptic survival masterpiece where you start with only a small knife and are surrounded by highly intelligent zombies!
"This name... is really auspicious. So, what's the core gameplay?"
Starting with a chainsaw, chopping down your professor to get credits?
"You're overthinking it, you violent maniac." Entropy rolled his eyes.
"You can attend classes diligently and become a top student, you can trick investors into starting a startup and run away with the money, or you can find someone you like and have a dopamine-fueled romance. In this world, you can do whatever you want."
However, since it's built based on a real school campus, to avoid getting into trouble, there absolutely cannot be any violent or bloody content.
"We originally planned to use this as the underlying architecture to test the waters first."
Once the technology matures, we will develop a larger, truly next-generation open-world game.
But now..."
Entropy rubbed his temples in pain as he spoke, looking quite distressed.
"We've run into a big problem."
"What went wrong?"
"These AI NPCs, made of code and completely lacking in intelligence, have gone utterly out of control. For example, look here..."
Entropy sighed, then clicked the mouse over the library area, zooming in on the screen.
"The emotion decision-making algorithm we designed for NPCs has now become a ridiculous vicious cycle."
According to the settings, when an NPC's 'fatigue' value reaches the critical value of 100, he should trigger the 'rest' command.
However, in that state of extreme fatigue, if this instruction conflicts with the "diligence" weighting in the personality template...
They would force themselves to overcome their fatigue and return to the library to read.
As a result, this created an unsolvable, infinite nesting loop!
Su Hao blinked. "That sounds dramatic. And then? What are the consequences?"
"The consequences? The consequences are that these NPCs will be like they're welded to their chairs, sitting there reading 24/7."
Until the 'fatigue' value skyrockets to its maximum, the NPC will suddenly die due to the value overflowing.
Su Hao glanced at the rapidly scrolling operation log beside him, and saw that it clearly recorded:
In an effort to combat fatigue and stay alert, the NPC had already downed a full 37 cups of coffee into the air during the past system time.
"puff--"
Root, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but burst out laughing on the spot, and almost drooled.
"Hahaha! I have to say, our bug is absolutely perfect in terms of real-world accuracy!"
Drinking 37 cups of coffee in a row and dying in the library—this isn't a bug, this is the most accurate depiction of the exam-obsessed students at MIT!