Chapter 1953

After finishing talking about how the former Southern wolf king was different, Zhang San lowered his thin eyelids.

Xia Qing held the dragon fruit and sat honestly on the small stool opposite the office desk.

Among the brain-domain evolved adult wolves she had been in contact with over the past two years, Fourth was the oldest and most experienced. Compared with the three leaders of the Northern wolf pack, Fourth indeed had many differences. However, her idol didn't continue, and Xia Qing didn't pick up the conversation, because her idol had already fallen into a state of self-dialogue and deep thinking.

With Xia Qing's brain, she definitely couldn't keep up with her idol's thinking speed. The point she cared about was that the frequency and degree of her idol's headaches were getting less and less, which showed that the new medicine her idol was developing had a very good effect and would soon be able to apply for a patent.

After applying for a patent, it would be production, listing, and cashing in to recover costs. The revenue of the Hui-3 pharmaceutical factory this year would definitely be able to reach a new level...

About a minute later, Zhang San, holding a scalpel, raised his eyelids and found that the new human opposite was actually giggling. This expression was either calculating how much high-quality fertilizer she had saved for farming, or calculating how many points she had!

Xia Qing felt her scalp go cold from her idol's gaze, immediately closed her mouth, sat straight, and put on the posture of a good student.

Zhang San rolled his eyes at her before continuing today's topic, "I measured its age using Xiao Si's teeth. It was born in the second year of the natural disaster and is eleven years old this year. It is very likely the evolved wolf that has survived the longest in the Hui City Evolutionary Forest."

Xia Qing said in her heart: Idol is conservative, Fourth is definitely the oldest wolf in Hui City.

"Its mental model had been running for ten years before it came into contact with you. The human language, laws, regulations, and ecological system knowledge it learned through you only increased its cognitive toolbox. But having more tools in the toolbox doesn't mean it will change the purpose of using the tools."

Zhang San's voice was not high, but every word fell very clearly.

"Xiao Si still makes decisions independently in its own way: it is very cautious and tries its best not to be recorded or photographed by humans, including you; when it needs to keep secrets, it will explicitly ask you to keep your mouth shut; the premise for it to choose to cooperate with the human team centered on you is that the cooperation meets its interest judgment. And its interest judgment is determined by its own mental model, not by our courses."

Xia Qing's lips moved, but she was stopped by Zhang San raising his hand.

"I say this not to deny Xiao Si, nor to prove it is untrustworthy. I know it is essentially different from Hui-6 No. 8—Hui-6 No. 8 is a hateful personality shaped by experiments, while Fourth's mental model comes from the survival logic of wolves for hundreds of thousands of years and its survival experience accumulated over the past eleven years."

"Even if it itself and its companions or allies have been seriously harmed and slaughtered by humans several times, it does not hate all humans, but retaliates against its enemies in a targeted manner. It uses its own way to maintain different ways of getting along with different people."

"After the joint research group was established, you, me, Zhang Song, the Northern wolf king, Xiao Boss Duan, and Xiao Si held a total of eight online plenary meetings. During the meetings, the three wolves showed obvious differences." Zhang San began to list the differences between the three wolves, "When Zhang Song and I proposed new terms, Xiao Boss Duan was dutiful and actively spoke to participate in the discussion; the Northern wolf king didn't like to speak, but it would clearly express its attitude through actions or roars; Xiao Si never actively communicated with Zhang Song and me. When we asked for its views or attitudes, it nodded to indicate agreement, and when it disagreed, it wouldn't actively express it, but waited for you to speak for it. Toward Zhang Song and me—even toward everyone except you—it always maintains an attitude of long-distance observation."

Xia Qing corrected, "Third Brother, it now also trusts Zhang Shi very much and lets Zhang Shi help it brush its teeth every day."

The old wolf's trust in others is low because its territory is between the Hui-1 and Hui-3 human bases, so it has more contact with humans and knows more about the animal called human.

Zhang San nodded, didn't mention Zhang Shi, who was an extremely special existence, and continued to analyze the relationship between Xia Qing and the old wolf.

"You provided it with selfless help when it needed it most, so it trusts you. Because of its various performances, you also trusted this wolf. But you cannot derive the conclusion that it will never stand on your opposite side based on your emotional trust in Fourth—it chooses to cooperate today, and after the interest pattern changes tomorrow, it may still choose to cooperate, or it may not."

Xia Qing nodded, her expression calm, "Understand."

Zhang San softened his tone, no longer as serious as just now, "I remind you to pay attention to this point, not to ask you to alienate Xiao Si, but to ask you to re-examine the relationship with it. Xiao Si will not change the mental model that has been running for eleven years just because it learned human knowledge. It is still the wolf king with the top decision-making power and amazing action power in the Hui-3 Evolutionary Forest."

"It assesses the situation, accepts the mastiff of the Liehuo team, and uses the mastiff to find Deng Deng Yufeng, who is hidden deep underground. After cooperating with humans to catch Deng Deng Yufeng, it firmly demanded that its enemy must be killed on the spot, which is the best proof."

Besides this, Zhang San could also list many things to prove the uniqueness of this old wolf.

However, Zhang San didn't continue, but relaxed his body and sank into the soft chair back, letting Xia Qing think independently.

After about a minute, when Xia Qing came back to her senses, Zhang San spoke very formally, "Xia Qing, how much of the gentleness, rule-following, and willingness to communicate that Xiao Si shows in front of you is its real mental model, and how much is it that it thinks cooperation with you is more cost-effective than confrontation after calculation, can you tell?"

Xia Qing shook her head, "Can't tell."

Actually, Xia Qing felt that there was no need to distinguish so clearly. No matter what Fourth thinks, as long as it is willing to cooperate and do things, it's fine.

She is not a brain-domain evolver, thinking too much will waste precious brain cells...

"The objective constraint of limited resources is more prominent during the natural disaster period, and conflict is unavoidable. Of course, I also hope that when conflict occurs, both or multiple parties can sit down and negotiate. I believe that if that day really comes, Xiao Si will be the most rational and worthy opponent on the other side of the negotiating table."

"I don't want you to doubt Xiao Si. I want you to remember—you are dealing with a wolf king that has evolved for eleven years, experienced the slaughter of its ethnic group, and seen the cruelest side of humans with its own eyes. It is smart and rational enough, and knows better when to cooperate and when to turn against you."

"Xia Qing, the brain-domain evolution level of this wolf is higher than yours. So you need to keep a clear head when dealing with it. Don't be led around by a wolf, take its interests as your own interests, and take its judgment as your own judgment."

Xia Qing looked at her idol sincerely, "Third Brother..."

Zhang San raised his hand to interrupt her, "I know you are not stupid and can think about problems calmly and objectively. I just remind you to pay attention to one point: in the field of cross-species communication, you stand at the forefront of all humanity, leading the development direction of harmonious coexistence between humans and animals in the Hui-3 base."

"The Blue Star is big enough to accommodate the future of harmonious coexistence between humans and brain-domain evolved animals. But this road is destined not to be smooth sailing. Any wrong decision you make may lead to the sun of the era of coexistence of all things extinguishing before it rises. So the person standing at the forefront must be calm, rational, and objective enough."

Zhang San stood up and opened the refrigerator, took out two more dragon fruits and placed them in front of the new human, his expression solemn and his voice gentle.

"I know you are very busy. You can continue to use your previous way of getting along with other animals. But you must attach importance to Xiao Si, this extremely special individual, spend more time on communication with it, understand its mental model, analyze its behavioral motivation, and learn experience of getting along with it."

"Because in the field of cross-species communication, Xiao Si stands in front of you."

?? This plot is very brain-burning. After I finished coding last night, I felt it was not reasonable enough, so I modified it again at five o'clock this morning, and I only felt it was presentable until now.

? Dear book friends who read at dawn, congratulations on standing at the same height as Fourth, good morning.