Chapter 227: Shaping Death and Tearing Paintings
The first part of The Gods... or the first chapter, the Dawn of Fire part, is not very colorful.
From the perspective of Ren, a reader of Dragon Clan in his previous life, the Dawn of Fire part did not have deep characterization.
All the members of the action team died in the first operation of the underground palace, and due to the lack of characterization or its superficiality, the fans did not have a deep impression.
Can a character's death resonate with fans and cause their emotions to fluctuate with the character's death?
It requires shaping the character, and shaping the character requires the author to use a lot of space to complete it with rich and colorful words.
It's like tearing a painting. If you accidentally tear a sketch you drew casually, you won't feel so bad even tearing it.
But if you accidentally tear a sketch that took you a long time and a lot of effort to complete, you will probably feel very uncomfortable.
Besides investing a lot of time and effort, there is, of course, the value of the painting.
Some authors are mediocre at character creation, like the paintings drawn by common art students, which may have some value, but not much in reality.
But renowned authors are very good at character creation, just like the best painters in the world, such as Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci.
Destroying the paintings drawn by common art students is more painful than destroying famous paintings like Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" and Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa Smile."
Arranging a character's death is, in fact, the same as tearing up a painting.
A poorly created character is equivalent to tearing up a worthless painting.
You don't feel sorry for it.
But the death of a character that makes people sigh, "How can there be such a beautiful and pure person in this world?", is equivalent to watching a world-famous painting burn before your eyes.
The sadness of the destruction of beauty before their eyes makes fans feel unbearable from the depths of their hearts.
The first part of The Gods presents an overly superficial character creation. This is due to the difficulty of creating other characters when the worldview must be introduced and the identity of the "bad boy" protagonist must be created from the beginning.
But the "Mourner's Eyes" chapter is different.
It can be said that the climax of the previous life of Dragon Clan began in the "Mourner's Eyes" chapter of the second part!
The Gods is the Dragon Clan of a parallel world. Ren is very clear that the next step is the unstoppable climax of The Gods.
Until the end of the "Black Moon Tide" chapter of the third part, The Gods will continue to advance triumphantly, killing gods and buddhas! But, unfortunately... after the peak of the Dragon Clan in its previous life, its decline...
Ren hopes that this is a parallel world, and that The Gods of this world will not end up like the Dragon Clan of his previous life...
"This week's installment of The Gods... is exciting..." said Akutami Yuta involuntarily after reading the latest installment.
"Yes, the rhythm, the excitement, and the setting are... a masterpiece!" exclaimed Ren with bright eyes. "In the future, when the manga industry talks about rainy nights, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape this famous scene."
"Sensei, aren't you worried?" Yuka asked with curiosity.
"What should I be worried about?" Ren asked, looking at her confused.
"The Gods is the competitor of your Chainsaw Man..." said Yuka with a weak voice. "No matter how generous you are, you shouldn't be like this... praising your opponent."
"Do competitors have to belittle each other?" Ren said with a smile and shaking his head. "And his manga are great. It's a blessing to have such a rival, like playing chess."
"A group of bad chess players keep playing together, and the chess will only get worse."
"Only with a good opponent can one progress."
He smiled and added, "Competing for the sake of competing is foolish. Improving by competing! That's what smart people should do!"
Yuka was stunned for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully and said, "Sensei... I think I understand."
"Alright, let's work hard!" said Ren with a smile. "Although we must know how to praise and affirm our opponents, we must also work hard and not give up easily. Now it's up to all of us!"
"Alright! Sensei!" Yuka, Hiroki, and Akutami Yuta, full of energy, replied loudly.
...
In a large computer laboratory somewhere in the imperial capital.
"This AI model experiment has failed again..." said Dr. Hiroki Suzuki somewhat disappointed, looking at the AI model in front of him, declared a complete failure.
"Supervisor..."
Everyone else in the laboratory lowered their heads, feeling lost and even a little desperate...
In the last five years, this intelligent AI model experiment has failed 823 times.
With top-notch hardware facilities in the country, they have optimized the system and algorithm countless times.
Experimental data have been collected countless times, and reports have been prepared countless times.
But after each optimization, it still failed.
The current AI is simply incapable of simple anthropomorphism. Such a complex convolutional neural network still cannot allow the AI to complete the most basic human emotional expression...
A doctor whispered in despair, "It's not something the current algorithm can do...".
Obviously, he felt that his research project was doomed to failure.
At least it could not be successfully completed with current technology.
Dr. Hiroki Suzuki was a little sad, but he turned around and said, "Stay and continue to record the experimental data for this report later."
"Takeshi, Tianci, Quancan... come to the office with me."
"Yes."
Everyone present obeyed Dr. Hiroki Suzuki's instructions and got to work.
Takeshi Saito followed several senior postdoctoral students and returned to Dr. Hiroki Suzuki's academic office with him.
"Sit down."
Dr. Hiroki Suzuki unbuttoned his coat and sat in the office chair with some disappointment.
He was a little tired. After all, he had failed time and time again in the last five years. Even as an academic, he felt a little desperate.
Although scientific research is like that, how many scientific research projects have been underway for more than ten years and invested hundreds of millions of scientific research funds, but still failed in the end?
But he still couldn't hold on.
This scientific research project has been underway for almost eight years, and five years ago, its experimental AI model had already taken shape.
After the AI was able to complete autonomous learning and unsupervised learning on the local area network, they were euphoric and thought they could soon complete this highly anthropomorphic intelligent AI project in the future.
But they didn't expect that five years later, they would still be stuck at this step... just one step away... is there really no way?
At that moment, Dr. Hiroki Suzuki suddenly remembered his long-lost disciple. Even with so many disciples, he couldn't help but sigh at his genius.
And one of those responsible for the optimization algorithm of this AI project was him.
Now there are practically no more participants in the project experiment, only a few new students admitted by Dr. Hiroki Suzuki, but he is the only one missing...
From the perspective of the control variables method, is he the key to their success? Dr. Hiroki Suzuki suddenly remembered something. He looked at Takeshi Saito and asked, "Takeshi, can I see the video you watched last time?".
"What... video?" asked Takeshi Saito, stunned.
Dr. Hiroki Suzuki, somewhat helpless, replied, "It was the video you were watching when I caught you slacking off while doing the experiment and reading manga last time."
Then he looked at Takeshi Saito, unable to remember, and added, "When you did the IPC experiment, you were punished to make a PowerPoint presentation and a paper for the academic report."
Speaking of the punishment, Takeshi Saito remembered it perfectly.
"That video?" he asked, a little surprised. "Supervisor, you want to see that video...?".
"Yes, hurry up, find that video!".
Dr. Hiroki Suzuki frowned and urged.
Others were also curious. What video was he interested in? Takeshi Saito had no choice but to take out his laptop, open the browser, and check the Browse history of that day's video.
He put it in front of Dr. Hiroki Suzuki and opened it.
The video played, and then the video recorded by a fan of Ren's book signing played in front of Dr. Hiroki Suzuki.
"He looks a bit like... younger brother Kaito," one of the postdoctoral fellows said, looking at Ren in the video, unable to help himself.
Obviously, he also recognized him.
"Yes, he looks a lot like Kaito Sato, but..."
Observing Ren's vaguely familiar profile, Dr. Hiroki Suzuki was still hesitant.
But he opened a photo album of him and his disciples.
He opened the album, found a photo, and put it in front of the screen to compare.
At that moment, Takeshi Saito and his other doctoral and postdoctoral fellows also gathered behind him.
"I... I... I... I..." exclaimed Dr. Hiroki Suzuki, unable to help himself.
At that moment, Takeshi Saito couldn't help but ask, "Supervisor, do you know... Amamiya-sensei... Sensei?"
"Amamiya-sensei?" asked Dr. Hiroki Suzuki with curiosity. "Do you know where he is now? Where is he?".
"This... is the most popular emerging mangaka in the Republic: Ren," asked Takeshi Saito.
"Mangaka?" asked Dr. Hiroki Suzuki, frowning. "Is he a mangaka now? Did he decide to abandon scientific research?".
"Supervisor, are you sure that Amamiya-sensei is your former... older brother?" asked Takeshi Saito with a weak voice.
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