Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 584 - 228 Publicity Work

Chapter 584: Chapter 228 Publicity Work

After visiting the medical center, Lu Xuanyu and his wife settled in. On the first day, they stayed in a suite, which, although decorated primarily in white, had a style leaning towards that of a hotel.

They said that during the first week, Lu Xuanyu didn’t need to stay in a hospital room. Living in this environment would suffice.

After signing the consent form, Lu Xuanyu wore recording devices. These instruments could record his entire day’s speech and actions.

On the second day, the couple still wasn’t asked to do anything particular. With time on their hands, they visited some of Beiping’s tourist attractions.

It wasn’t until after dinner that a staff member from Superman Enterprise came looking for them.

The first task for Lu Xuanyu was surprisingly to write a paper.

Facing the questions on the screen, Lu Xuanyu asked, "What is this? A psychological test or something?"

The staff member replied politely, "It’s a kind of ’Behavior Cognition Measurement Table’ tailored by our company, with many questions, but we hope you can complete them all."

It’s said to be devised by the cognitive science researchers at Superman Enterprise, who have combined the achievements of many predecessors and re-planned these questions.

This tool was initially created with the consideration of "dealing with" top-notch academics. To prevent such individuals from deliberately memorizing the questions and answers, there are many "equivalent" questions in the question bank, and each inquiry is drawn randomly from the vast question bank, with an uncertain sequence.

The calculation of the test results is also daunting enough to deter any enthusiast. It can only be done through specialized software, and the output includes up to 16 parameters precise to several decimal places.

To prove the effectiveness of this system, Superman Enterprise has even engaged in deep cooperation with academic societies at various universities and psychiatric departments at major hospitals, using tremendous human and material resources.

Simply put, this system can determine whether a person’s psychology and cognition have changed by the variation of the sixteen parameters.

This is to control the psychological impact of gene modification surgery on the Spirit Receivers.

According to Xiang Shan’s vision, the most perfect gene modification surgery wouldn’t involve changes to the neural network structure. Each neuron would undergo an individual change in property, but the overall structure would remain unchanged.

However, in theory, this can’t completely rule out the possibility that "surgery could change human thought."

Moreover, the neural network of humans is continuously changing. Learning a new skill, acquiring new knowledge, or forgetting unimportant memories all involve physical changes in the brain.

"Personality changes after a serious illness" is quite a common occurrence.

This research aims to further grasp such "changes" and ensure they stay within a controllable and acceptable range.

When Lu Xuanyu heard that this process had to be repeated every day, he couldn’t help feeling a bit irritable. It might be a bit too monotonous for him.

After finishing the task, Lu Xuanyu returned to his room to contemplate his final article.

He was now pondering the "farewell piece" for his small self-media. After becoming a combat fighter under Superman Enterprise, he would be busy with training. There would be no need or energy to maintain his self-media anymore.

However, Lu Xuanyu still hadn’t decided what exactly to write.

Should he reveal his identity? Write about his journey and experiences?

Was this to give an explanation to his followers?

It was at these moments that Lu Xuanyu truly felt his writing was inadequate. His self-media endeavor wasn’t particularly successful. Only in the past six months had he managed to cover the initial investment in equipment and started to see some return. His usual posts consisted of sharing stories from the past Jianghu or popularizing Martial Arts techniques. Sometimes he even translated foreign materials. When his friends needed to upload foreign Combat Fighting videos, he would help translate them.

Now asked to pen an emotional farewell piece, he found he simply couldn’t produce it.

Lu Xuanyu gritted his teeth, wrote three hundred words, then deleted them all.

He was painfully aware that his writing level was that of a primary school essay.

The next day, he saw Xiang Shan again at the medical center.

The electronics worn by this important figure seemed to have been updated. The smart glasses on his nose were the same color as those he saw two days earlier, but the style was subtly different. The knuckle duster-like sensing device in his hand also seemed slightly different from the previous days. Two small drones still followed him obediently.

It seemed like this important person really enjoyed the feeling of deep human-machine interaction.

Xiang Shan noticed that something was on Lu Xuanyu’s mind and asked about it. Although a bit embarrassed, Lu Xuanyu told the truth. As he spoke, he did so bashfully, "You know, I’m someone who runs a self-media, and I can’t even write a proper article."

Xiang Shan nodded and casually responded, "That’s also part of the charm of self-media. It lowers the entry barrier for ’expressers’, allowing more non-professionals to have a voice..."

While he said that, his mind was clearly on something else.

Then, as if struck by inspiration, he said, "Lu, would you mind having someone ghostwrite it for you?"

Lu Xuanyu was startled, "Actually, I do have some templates I use for writing, which is almost like having a ghostwriter. But, after all, it’s a farewell..."

"It doesn’t necessarily have to be a farewell," Xiang Shan said with a meaningful look. "Isn’t your dream to promote Martial Arts culture? Keep the self-media and hire a team. All you need to leave is a message like ’Thank you all for your support over the years. We shall meet again in the future.’ And then, in a few months, when the Number One Martial Arts Tournament is officially announced... Boom... countless followers will see your self-media."

Feeling a bit overwhelmed, Lu Xuanyu replied, "Can it really work like that?"

"Why did Bruce Lee go into making movies? Why can’t the latter generations also hold the title of a star grandmaster?"

Lu Xuanyu then smiled, "You don’t need to provoke me. But, isn’t the Martial Arts Tournament still up in the air?"

"I’m not afraid of losing money, what are you afraid of?"

With that, Lu Xuanyu nodded in agreement.

Then, naturally, a professional came over to ghostwrite for Lu Xuanyu.

Lu Xuanyu had to admit, these guys were indeed professional.

At the same time, Lu Xuanyu signed an additional contract. Following this, he would have certain restrictions on his communications with his self-media peers. Until a specific deadline, he couldn’t reveal what he was doing. Also, after that deadline, he would need to cooperate with Superman Enterprise for some publicity.

Of course, the rewards were generous.

Superman Enterprise promised that after the competition, Lu Xuanyu would be free to choose to open a Martial Arts School, enter the film industry, or engage in any other Martial Arts culture-promoting activities.