Greatest Pokémon Trainer

The breeding facility for 3D Dragons at the National Defense Elf Science and Technology University was quite different from the breeding houses of other Pokemon.

It was less of a breeding house, and more like a high-tech computer room.

This kind of environment was normal, after all, as the growth environment for Pokemon needed to be close to their racial characteristics.

As a Pokemon that lived in cyberspace, and one that could only take basic actions according to its programming, the breeding and rearing methods of 3D Dragons were too different from those of other Pokemon.

Simply put, although other Pokemon have their own thoughts, 3D Dragons do not have any thinking capabilities—it is essentially similar to a virtual girlfriend software.

All actions, language, and moves are programmed data.

Therefore, breeding and rearing this kind of Pokemon is very easy, as they do not disobey or become emotional.

But at the same time, 3D Dragons are quite rigid.

They cannot perform actions or capabilities not in their program and, compared to other Pokemon, as man-made spirits, they only understand following commands.

Of course, Trainers on Earth don't know that 3D Dragons are man-made spirits; they only know 3D Dragons are very special.

There was even a time when the academic community debated over whether or not 3D Dragons could be considered living beings.

After all, other Pokemon have their own thoughts, but a newly born 3D Dragon without programmed behavior data is just like a blade of grass or a stone by the roadside—a lifeless thing.

If 3D Dragons couldn't also lay eggs with Ditto, Breeders might have already expelled them from the Pokemon registry...

This situation changed a few years ago when a research team in America upgraded the data of 3D Dragons, allowing them to evolve into 3D Dragon II.

Having gained deep learning capabilities and being endowed with AI, 3D Dragons successfully evolved, and only then did the species begin to have some of their own thoughts, becoming more lifelike.

At that time, a 3D Dragon named "Alpha" made quite a stir by sweeping through the Go community as a player, using its deep learning capabilities.

However, due to certain theories about the threat of artificial intelligence, humans still dare not use this kind of Pokemon in important domains, nor dare to continue developing their capabilities on a large scale.

After all, if 3D Dragons rebelled and took over the digital world, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thus, even some veteran Master Level Trainers are not eligible to tame this kind of Pokemon.

The threat posed by a single ordinary 3D Dragon, if it fell into the hands of someone with bad intent, could potentially be greater than that of a Top-Level Combat Power.

"I will summon them now."

After entering the room, Professor Zhao Qiuyuan used a computer to enter a few programs. Then, in the center of the room, above a crystal screen installed in the ground, a white light flashed, and a dozen expressionless 3D Dragons appeared.

3D Dragons are also called Porygon, their bodies composed of oddly shaped polyhedral cubes, resembling a duck.

It's said that Slowpoke are the dullest among Pokemon, but if you count 3D Dragons, which are not programmed with many expressions or actions, they are probably the dullest...

"Currently, there are 14 newly born 3D Dragons here, none of them older than a month."

"They are all in their larval stage, having not yet had too complex program data loaded, like blank slates."

"As for moves, they have only mastered Tackle and Conversion."

"However, to enhance their learning talent, they have all been programmed with Alpha Go study data and are currently undergoing basic training with Go."

"Don't be fooled by their appearance; when it comes to playing chess, I fear no human chess player can defeat them."

Professor Zhao Qiuyuan said with a smile.

"Using Go to train learning abilities?" Fang Yuan stroked his chin, looking at the 14 3D Dragons.

"Their level has already surpassed that of humans?"

"Yes," Dr. Zhao Qiuyuan said confidently.

The term artificial intelligence began to rise because of the appearance of 3D Dragon II. Even the smartphone Rotom developed by Xie Qingyi was inspired by 3D Dragons.

"That sounds interesting."

"Can I challenge them to see?" Fang Yuan asked.

"Challenge?"

Upon hearing Fang Yuan's words, both Dr. Zhao Qiuyuan and the computer prodigy Xia Xiaowei were taken aback.

A Pokemon battle? That would be bullying the 3D Dragons.

No, wait... Could it be... Go??

"I want to test their Go abilities," Fang Yuan said.

"Of course, it won't be me who plays; my Go skills are nowhere near surpassing AI..."

"Could it be Rotom in a smartphone?" Xia Xiaowei asked.

Fang Yuan owns a formidable Rotom in a smartphone, a well-known fact.

The chess-playing abilities of Porygon programmed with learning capabilities exceed those of a normal human, unquestionably.

Even Pokemon like Huge Gold Monster and Hudidi, with high calculation power and intelligence, cannot beat such Porygon.

But if it were Rotom in a smartphone, there could be a possibility of winning since the Rotom-possessed phone could download sophisticated Go software to cheat.

Who has a better chance of winning depends on whose version is stronger.

The current batch of Porygon have just started learning; there's a minuscule chance that the top human Go players could find a BUG and defeat them, so if the smartphone Rotom uses a fairly sophisticated AI Go software, then perhaps Rotom has a better chance of winning.

"It's not the smartphone Rotom either." However, Fang Yuan quickly shook his head.

Then, Fang Yuan glanced at the Eevee wandering around the room and used Confusion to drag it over.