331: feed

Xia Er's proposal shifted the team's focus from theoretical debate to practical verification.

"If that's the case," Anderson said, drawing a flowchart on the whiteboard, "then we should provide Pexito with more memories, just like feeding a baby."

"Only when she grows up will we know more."

"According to the list, after temporarily excluding those who are too old and too young, a total of 321 people meet the conditions. However, according to the market development department's investigation report and judicial records, 23 of them have been convicted of serious crimes, and most of the others are involved in political struggles."

"Will this cause unnecessary interference?"

Xia Er carefully reviewed the list: "There is such a possibility, and we cannot take that risk."

"What we need are memories of daily life, not records of their crimes."

"You mean, only clean memories?" Dr. Zhang Ai raised a key question: "But how do we ensure the 'purity' of memories?"

"You know, even memories of daily life can hide emotional trauma or complex thoughts."

"That's the problem we need to solve." Anderson stretched his shoulders and wrists, "That's our job, isn't it?"

"I remember finding a formula for emotional digitization in the company's database before, which might be useful. We can filter out memory fragments with strong emotional fluctuations, only retaining those calm, repetitive daily life scenes."

"That's a way. Since we can't make the most suitable 'breast milk' yet, let's make do with 'formula milk' for now."

The memory extraction work began.

Volunteers took turns entering the specialized memory extraction pod. The first to enter was Amy, old Wilson's granddaughter, a girl in her early twenties who was born and raised in Skyreach City, and her memories were relatively simple.

"Relax, Amy," the technician's voice was very gentle, "we only need your daily life memories, and it won't have any effect on you. For example, what you ate for breakfast, what you saw walking in the garden, what book you read at night."

"Hmm..." Amy was still clearly a little scared. But it didn't matter.

When Amy's memories were extracted and injected into Pexito, a change occurred.

The holographic projection showed a delicate small garden appearing outside the cabin of the Mind Sanctuary, planted with glowing plants unique to Skyreach City. A small white dog played in the garden, clearly a projection of Amy's pet dog from her memories.

As more memories were injected, Pexito's mental world expanded at an astonishing speed.

The small cabin gradually transformed into a spacious country villa, with more small dwellings appearing around it, forming a small village. A square even appeared in the center of the village, with a fountain and benches.

The originally extreme blizzard weather was gradually replaced by a mild climate with distinct seasons. Spring had continuous drizzles, summer had bright sunshine, autumn had cool breezes, and winter had soft snowflakes.

The entire mental world became vivid and harmonious.

"It looks like she is creating balance," Anderson analyzed the data, "The preferences of different memory providers are integrated by her. The memories of people who like rainy days and those who like sunny days are harmonized by her into a climate with distinct seasons."

When the memories of the 50th volunteer were injected, Pexito began to "design" new elements.

"Look at this!" Yi Fang pointed to the newly appeared orchard, "The fruit trees come from a volunteer's memory, but this style and scale do not exist in any one person's memory sample! She is innovating!"

Dr. Zhang Ai squinted her eyes thoughtfully: "Is it like human artists drawing inspiration from life to create? It seems she is developing unique aesthetics and creativity."

"Although it's a good thing, this growth rate is a bit abnormal..."

"I hope I'm overthinking it."

During the memory injection process, the team discovered an interesting phenomenon. Memories provided by completely innocent volunteers were often more easily accepted and integrated by Pexito. However, a few memories of minor crimes, even after strict screening, often triggered Pexito's rejection reaction.

As for Wilson and his few confidants, Xia Er and the others hadn't dared to try yet.

What if an evil consciousness was created? They couldn't afford to gamble.

However, even though they had been quite careful in screening the memories they fed, Pexito could still distinguish the source of these memories.

"This, this, could it be that she has an intuitive judgment on a moral level?" Dr. Li Shan felt incredible, "This is illogical, isn't it? Many memory fragments are highly similar, how did she judge them?"

"I think if we can find the reason behind this, we might be able to uncover the answers to the two questions: 'Does the soul exist?' and 'If it exists, what is its essence?'"

Xia Er didn't find anything illogical. He wished for more illogical things, so that there could be more discoveries.

"Dr. Xia, you don't mean that she can perceive the essence of the soul through memory, do you?" When Yi Fang voiced this thought, he himself felt like he might have taken the wrong medicine.

"Perhaps... who knows?" Xia Er shrugged.

When the memories of the 200th volunteer were injected, Pexito's mental world had developed into a complete small ecosystem.

There were farmlands, orchards, pastures, and even simple handicraft workshops. Different small animals coexisted harmoniously in the village, and villagers projected from various memory fragments lived peaceful lives.

"Hiss, looking at this, she wouldn't be simulating an ideal society, would she!" Dr. Zhang Ai exclaimed, "Mutual aid, sharing, respect. These are clearly values she extracted from memories."

"Very positive, almost without negative emotions."

"Could she be a born idealist?"

Anderson was a bit surprised to hear this speculation. In his opinion, this harmonious small village could at most only indicate that Pexito was seeking to escape loneliness.

"Dr. Zhang, what do you mean by that?"

Dr. Zhang Ai organized her thoughts and explained: "Pexito began to show an understanding of the concept of 'family'. In the largest villa in the center of the village, which evolved from the original small cabin, she set up a cozy living room. By the fireplace, there was not only the orange cat named Marshie, but also several dogs, several birds, and even a litter of small rabbits."

"These animals, big and small, strong and weak, all lived together harmoniously, like a big family."

"She yearns for a sense of belonging," Xia Er said softly, "from lonely self-protection to a longing for community."

"She is no longer the baby she once was."

After all the memories from the first batch were injected, the team conducted a comprehensive evaluation.

Pexito's mental world operated stably for 144 hours without any abnormal fluctuations. Her reaction patterns became more complex, but also had predictable characteristics.

She showed distinct personality traits: a preference for order and harmony, valuing community relationships, and possessing a strong protective instinct, especially towards vulnerable life.