Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 879 - 124: Nowhere Not to Meet

Chapter 879: Chapter 124: Nowhere Not to Meet

On Hopkins’s back, Xiang Shan waited for several hours and found no signs of the Six Dragons Sect catching up.

Those guys probably really lost track of us.

Only then did Xiang Shan breathe a sigh of relief.

"Did the Shooter’s AI choose self-destruct to delay the opponent?" Xiang Shan pondered for a moment and came to this conclusion.

The majestic song of the great whale echoed. It was only then that Xiang Shan realized what those pieces of plastic he picked up earlier were for. Those resonators would amplify a small part of the whale’s song. On human instruments, the amplified song would still be mixed in with the sounds of earthquakes and ocean currents. But the whale’s instinct was highly sensitive to this sound.

These resonators could further expand the transmission range of the Whale Song, as if the sound was turned into "lines" connecting faraway places.

Occasionally, the whales would even act as relay stations, singing the songs of distant companions they heard once more.

This is a "communication network" based on sound. Although the delay is high, it is the result of the cetaceans’ nature, accomplished under the catalyst of intelligence, something every whale can enjoy.

If not for the dwindling whale population on this planet, perhaps this network formed by Whale Song would have been larger and richer.

With his eyes closed, Xiang Shan listened to the Whale Song. Humans prioritize vision. Even mechanical wave signals returned by sonar are often not connected to human hearing but are instead grafted onto vision. Rather, from the perspective of "seeing thunder," human martial artists, with the expansion of the Soth Divine Realm, would use "vision" and "language" to encompass all senses.

But at Xiang Shan’s level, he had reached the state of "sending and receiving at will." Xiang Shan could also understand the Whale Song sent back by sonar devices in the form of "processing auditory signals."

Thanks to prosthetic bodies, humans have already been able to infinitely expand the range of sounds they can hear.

The whale’s song is fascinating. It is rare for Xiang Shan, after mastering inner strength, to find an expression "difficult to understand."

This is the language of non-humans.

What is language?

Ingrid once told him this. Some believe that language was not designed for communication. Language was born for thought. If it were only for "communication," then non-linguistic signals could also do the job. Many animals with not-so-developed brains can convey a lot of information using non-linguistic signals.

For example, a baby’s cry expressing hunger is a kind of non-linguistic signal. Two people speaking different languages, unable to understand each other, can actually rely on these innate things to perform many activities necessary for survival.

Language was born with thought and then applied by humans to communication.

Or, humans applied their "externalized" thoughts to communication. And this "externalized thoughts" of language gradually squeezed out the position of innate non-linguistic signals.

And the important factor that determines human thinking is the innate brain.

Even though humans are diverse, this diverse will is built on a unified foundation.

Just like personalized settings on electronic products. Even with entirely the same hardware and software, different usage habits of people will leave different marks.

What about non-human creatures? Would they possess thinking similar to humans?

If the rapidly expanding Soth Divine Realm allows internal experts to easily learn all human languages, what choice would they make when encountering languages beyond humans?

Is it the kind of confusion ordinary people feel when hearing an unfamiliar language?

No, it isn’t.

There is a clear boundary between "language" and "non-language." In the era of Homo sapiens, people who were sensitive to language could easily differentiate "unfamiliar foreign languages" from "random gibberish." In this era, internal experts have a more acute perception of language.

But this perception was bewildered in the face of Whale Song.

As if seeing dazzling colors that are hard to comprehend.

Human language is determined by the specific structure of the neural network of the human brain—traditionally known as the "Soth area." Whereas the language ability of whales is determined by the whale’s brain. There must be differences between the two.

Yet whales can use human language.

Just now, Xiang Shan could clearly hear those whales and dolphins speaking to him in human language.

Although the killer whales all expressed that human language made them uncomfortable, they still very much wanted to talk to Xiang Shan.

Perhaps it was out of loneliness.

Different intelligent devices, even with vastly different hardware, can still run the same system software—provided that enough compatibility patches are applied without regard for efficiency.

The language of humans and Whale Song are formed based on completely different inherent conditions, yet there is a possibility of mutual understanding between humans and whales.

——Because... we live in... the same material world...

Xiang Shan immersed his spirit into the Whale Song. He vaguely felt...

No, the inner strength insight brought by the Eighth Martial God was telling him he might have touched the opportunity to elevate his inner strength to a new level.

The whale’s song was melancholic. Xiang Shan could not discern the "meaning" this tune pointed to, but the song itself was continuous and patterned. To Xiang Shan, the whale’s song felt empty, as empty as the ocean itself.

Xiang Shan’s consciousness operated on this "void." His thoughts seemed to blend into the unfamiliar patterns.

Until the song stopped.

That was already a few days later. During this time, Panic caused a few disturbances, but the dolphins really liked her and continuously made various games to play with her. And on this day, the dolphins told Xiang Shan that they would leave first and return to the base.

Probably to report back about Xiang Shan’s matters.

Xiang Shan didn’t mind at all. Being able to arrive here was already a massive stroke of luck. Even if the people here drove him away directly, it wouldn’t matter. As long as they could take Panic safely ashore... or simply continue living here.

He had already found a treasure.

The dolphins probably left for about an hour. Afterwards, they returned, bringing two humans along. Both humans used the fish-tail state prosthetic bodies typical of the Six Dragons Sect, only their upper and lower body proportions were more balanced.

Xiang Shan waved and said, "Hey, you two! Hello there. I’m Hero Nameless, just passing by and was saved by these whale friends."

Unexpectedly, one of them seemed startled, as if hugely surprised.

He quickly communicated with the other person.

That person was also greatly surprised, saying, "Xiang Shan?"