Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 586 - 230 Treatment Begins

Chapter 586: Chapter 230 Treatment Begins

A self-media with not a huge fanbase released a farewell announcement.

The operator of this self-media revealed his experience as a "Half-Person" and thanked his fans for their years of support. After that, he indicated that he had received a new opportunity and could no longer continue running this self-media.

At the end of the article, he expressed his hope to see everyone again in the "Jianghu".

The team also recorded a video for Lu Xuanyu in passing. This man, sitting in a wheelchair with a muscular upper body, successfully earned the tears of the audience.

The play count of Lu Xuanyu’s videos from the past six months combined couldn’t match the play count of this one episode.

It caused a small sensation on various platforms and even briefly trended on the hot search.

However, at this stage, Superman Enterprise had not formally intervened in the matter and let it settle naturally.

After all, gene modification surgery would take months, and the installation of the Prosthetic Body also required a significant amount of time. The official competition had to be scheduled at least a year or two later; now was not the time for hype.

They had to wait for the incident to ferment naturally.

"Xiang Shan, you could have totally come to me for help with this little thing," Ingrid said as she looked at the tablet in her hand and shook her head slightly, "I think I could have written it better—I mean the copy."

"Have you been reading some martial arts novels lately, holding in a bellyful of ’martial arts novel language’?" Xiang Shan glanced at her Prosthetic Eye, "But Ingrid, you don’t understand communication studies, nor do you understand the rules here. This kind of external text must not have a single word wrong."

Ingrid shrugged her shoulders.

Xiang Shan spread his fingers, "Speaking of which, have you studied anything about sign language?"

Ingrid closed the tablet, "What do you need?"

"I am trying to find a type of... how should I put it, ’gesture Command that can be mastered without systematic learning,’ or ’gesture Command in line with human instinct’ for controlling human-machine interaction with the Internet of Things," Xiang Shan made a grasping motion with one hand, "But actually, it’s not very convenient."

Ingrid looked surprised, "You’re actually still thinking about other projects right now. I thought dealing with the ’old folks’ was enough to keep you occupied."

"The old boys need to be taken care of, and research has to continue," Xiang Shan crooked his index and middle fingers and slid them through the air, "Benchmark Man’s neural system is highly consistent with that of Homo sapiens in structure. This is also for the next step. Besides, this is a collaborative project involving other companies; it wouldn’t be good to bail on them."

Xiang Shan was, after all, a successful scientist and naturally had more than just a few projects to his name. Even now, several research institutions in Silicon Valley were still listed under his name.

Of course, this could also be seen as catering to his interests. Boss Xiang, after all, came from a scientific background; whatever idea he had in mind, he would just throw it into a lab to experiment. Some equipment-making enterprises were willing to spend a little money for the stable cooperation opportunity, striving to keep Mr. Xiang happy.

The "market" was a very mysterious thing. It was not always the case that the better or more efficient option would prevail. Take the arrangement of the twenty-six letters on the keyboard, for instance, which is not intuitive and requires a significant learning effort. The original design was meant to "slow down typing speed" because the mechanical typewriters of the time could not handle high-speed typing. Yet today, keyboards that do not conform to this standard simply do not sell.

Even Xiang Shan could not guarantee that every one of his creations would make money.

Take this somatosensory interaction, for example. He was not sure it would succeed. It might be that a new breakthrough in Brain-Machine Interfaces would soon allow for "direct brain control" with low learning costs.

Especially those peripheral projects.

It felt great to toss these kinds of projects into the labs of collaborative companies listed under his name.

It was akin to unassuming Petri dishes unexpectedly yielding surprising results.

When achievements were made, that was Boss Xiang offering soup to everyone — after all, Superman Enterprise couldn’t capitalize on all Xiang Shan’s ideas.

Moreover, it was also a kind of public posture, implying that "the core members of Superman Enterprise have stronger capabilities, can make a larger impact, but they still know their priorities."

In the eyes of scientists and anthropologists, the "main branch" that Superman Enterprise focused on held supreme significance. But the projects that Xiang Shan gave to other collaborative enterprise labs always managed to spark a bit of economic or communication significance, dazzling certain people’s eyes.

But to turn back to the topic, although Xiang Shan treated these "small projects" like something to do on the side, he seriously considered the directions he gave.

And those companies would also regularly send him some finished products. These trendy but not necessarily practical electronic gadgets had piled up in half his room.

"The basic elements of sign language are ’handshape,’ ’location,’ ’direction,’ and ’movement’... Let me think," Ingrid slid her fingers on the tablet a few times, "I will recommend some monographs and papers to you. But I think, ’finger gestures’ can’t be designed based on the logic of creating ’sign language.’ It’s like designing road signs; they generally don’t use text directly. That’s too complex. You might want to use it as just a reference—and honestly, I think voice is much more convenient. Gestures should just be a supplemental aid."

Xiang Shan nodded, "Understood. These devices have a lot of tasks they can perform. If it’s too simple, would it require AI to make judgments based on the surrounding environment? But entrusting this kind of work to artificial intelligence always leaves some doubts—besides, the funds of the labs under my name should be spent on scientific research, right?"

Ingrid tapped on the glass in front of her, "Ah, speaking of which, what project are you working on lately? The company’s supercomputers are running short again. Training some AI?"

"There are several projects, yes," Xiang Shan said, "But the new supercomputer will be in place soon, so no need to rush that."

In the midst of the conversation, Xiang Shan rubbed his temple slightly.

Ingrid tapped on the glass in front of her again, "Alright. Since we can’t even shake hands right now, there’s no need for you to go through the motions of a sympathy visit. Off you go, any issues we can discuss online."

There was a thick layer of glass between her and Xiang Shan. On the other side of the glass were high temperatures that could scald the skin.

At this moment, Ingrid had already transformed into a Benchmark Man.

Xiang Shan motioned with his hand, and several small drones on the ground silently rose into the air, "After all, it’s been a while since we’ve seen each other. When passing by, it’s only natural to pay a visit."

"You must be seeing my cognitive testing report every day," Ingrid waved her hand, "I think you should pay more attention to those ’outside the company.’ Yog and I fully understand the significance of the surgery, but they may not. It could lead to entirely different lines of thought."