Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

9 a.m.

Latis pressed her aching head. She had just woken up from a hangover. She looked at the empty wine bottles in the room. She had too much fun with several council officers last night and everyone drank a lot. Latis had some fragments and couldn't even remember how much he drank last night.

There was still important work to be done today. After Latis quickly got up and took a shower, he walked out of the dormitory, walked through a corridor, and came to a canteen dedicated to the administrative department in the middle of the prison, where he met many people. After the section officers he greeted nodded, Latis ordered a bowl of porridge, and after eating, he returned to the section chief's office on the top floor of Prison No. 1.

Song Man was already working with others, and Latis breathed a sigh of relief. She walked to the large office close to the window inside the prison, leaned against the window, and stared at the prisoners who were having New Year's activities below. Many prisoners are now gathered in the northwest corner where the sun shines.

"Latis, hurry up and open your phone. There is a document that you need to sign."

Song Man said Latis yawned, and lazily turned on his phone. Soon, a parole document needed to be submitted to the prisoners in the General Affairs Section. Prisoners who meet the standards can apply for parole, and these parole masters Work will be randomly distributed to the directors of each department and reviewed by them personally.

Prisoners who have been paroled can live and work freely in the designated area, but they cannot leave the designated area and cannot truly gain freedom until their sentence is completed.

Most of those who can be paroled have sentences of 20 to 30 years. Latis casually flipped through the parole applications of some prisoners. At this time, he noticed Hydera's parole application. Latis thought for a moment. Finally, he scratched his head helplessly.

"No matter how many times, the result should be the same until he is released from prison."

At this time, Latis' eyes drifted to a light and shadow screen, which was located in the ventilation area of ​​Prison No. 4. Quasimodo, the culprit who caused a devastating blow to District 8 last year, was sitting quietly in the sunlight. In this place, the prisoners around him were afraid to approach him. After entering, Quasimodo was always alone and never said anything to anyone. He seemed to be praying every day. With.

Severe prisoners cannot work in the Agriculture Department. Although there have been experiences of severe prisoners working in the agricultural department in the past, those prisoners attacked the guards and caused a major tragedy. Most of them will have to spend the rest of their lives in this prison. After spending time in prison, many have serious violent tendencies.

Food experiments have been temporarily suspended. Nowadays, food production is very high. Although Clark still wants to continue the research on super genetic food, the current situation does not allow it. Sections 11 and 12 are secretly providing food to the Angus family. Send some money.

This is also a helpless move. In addition to the completion of the construction of the western factory area, the construction in the eastern part is only the agricultural department and the food exchanges close to the agricultural department. The middle-level areas have not yet started construction. This is only the fourth year, and the future is unknown. How long will it take to complete the construction.

After signing, Latis submitted the prisoners' parole applications to the General Affairs Department. While casually browsing some news information, Latis's mind came up with the idea of ​​building a new prison tower.

The idea of ​​the high tower prison was something Latis had thought of a long time ago. During the whole year when they couldn't step out of the Academy of God, they were inside the high wall, but at that time Latis would often pull Alpha and stand on the high wall. Looking at the city, I always feel that my heart was full of hope at that time.

The current prison is too old. It is necessary to build a prison that can at least make the prisoners more comfortable. They can also look at the lights of the city and maybe still have some hope in their hearts.

"hello!"

The door to the room was pushed open, and Noah walked in with his hands raised and a smile.

For a moment, the people in the room got up and retreated not far away. Noah smelled a strange smell, and the directors of Section 10 who followed him in looked unusually tired.

"Noah, can you wash your body well before you come here?"

Noah smiled.

"There is no other way. Today is the day when our 10 subjects will show important results. I came here specifically to install the supercomputer."

Latis glanced sideways, and Noah sat at his desk. Latis walked over with a look of disgust on his face, and picked up Noah.

At this time, many people in the room were surprised. This fantasy technology, which was once the most intensely discussed among the 10 network technologies in the student days, has now actually come true.

"How about we really succeeded in our research."

Latis sighed helplessly.

"Is it really necessary?"

Song Man bit her thumb and looked at Noah's confident look. The directors in the room also knew that this was no joke. This topic was set by the gods a long time ago in order to improve the mechanization process. In order to be able to have the support of powerful software facilities in this era, supercomputer is a must.

A supercomputer is different from any previous computer. It can achieve too many things, such as information visualization, complex and huge information processing and transformation, etc., and can achieve a true zero delay. This supercomputer is designed for the future mechanization era. Prepared, then people will really be transformed into data terminals, able to accept all instructions given by the data terminals, and can be connected to the visual nerves of everyone, allowing each independent person to become a data terminal capable of recording everything. Monitoring of information data.

Latis has been to Section 10 several times and knows that Section 4 and Section 10 are currently researching this technology. Once successful, there will be no dead ends in this world. Chips can be installed in the heads of everyone in the city. Everything that human eyes can see is instantly transmitted to the information terminal.

It will even develop in the future that everyone can automatically download anything they want to know from the Internet and instantly convert it into information in their heads. People can even skip the learning process. No matter how stupid a person is, they only need a You can master high-end knowledge in an instant, and then you only need to put this knowledge into practice on the ground.

Human beings no longer need to spend years and months learning these scientific theories, they only need to practice them. The human brain is like an information storage device. The difference between smart people and stupid people only lies in the storage capacity of the brain, and This kind of fantasy science and technology theory, according to several gods at the time, was something that humans had begun to study more than 300 years ago.

Everything now is just to build a transitional era of mechanization and continuously cultivate scientific and technological talents to complete this plan called Avalon, which is the end of human evolution for humans.

The gods have long imagined that in such an era, the biggest problem is the problem of virtual crime. In order to eliminate such problems, we must have equipment that can achieve zero delay. Such equipment is necessary during the process of information transmission. It cannot be intercepted, so naturally there is no way to make any changes.

The absolutely safe virtual network world is the place that humans will inevitably go to after reaching the extreme level of development. The students of God's Academy all know the world outside the barrier, and it is an indisputable fact that the planet is deteriorating, leaving it to mankind. There won't be much time.

Of course, any plan has risks and requires research. Everyone knows this. The prisoners' collars have been changed in the past few years.

The collar contains components that read brain signals, and the reason why the supercomputer is placed here is to capture and read the brain signals of criminals.

In long-term research, Section 4 and Section 10 have discovered that the human brain can produce substances similar to photons. This signal called biophoton is very weak. In the process of reading and identifying research, some things can be gradually analyzed. Come, but these things are not concrete. The next step is to use the quantum entanglement effect to convert the signals in the human head into quantum signals. Once successful, the software of the Avalon Project will have strong guarantees.

This theory, which sounded impossible in the past, now exists in reality. Latis also wanted to see what a supercomputer looked like, and many people followed Noah and left the room.

During this time, people from Section 10 have already set up the experimental equipment and are just waiting for the supercomputer to be delivered.

The group of people came to a special room that had been prepared on the west side of Prison No. 1. At this time, many people from Section 10 were taking out square pieces of metal of different sizes and placing them in the exposed room in the middle of the room. In some small slots.

The entire installation process was very simple. In the end, the room was filled with squares of different sizes, and in the middle, there was a spherical machine with a large number of long strip crystals on the surface. After everything was set up, Everyone stood on the periphery of the room, Noah holding a cylindrical metal in his hand.

"This is AI12, emotional engineering."

Noah said confidently, and walked to the spherical machine. At the top, he raised his hand and pressed it slightly. The black cylindrical metal began to separate with a crunching sound, moving towards the four sides in a very regular geometric shape. The surroundings were separated, like building blocks put together. There was a tube in the middle that flashed with pink current. At this time, the top of the spherical machine flashed with a red identification signal, and a small opening was opened. Noah put the AI12 in it. The tube was put in.

For a moment, the long crystals on the surface of the sphere shone with various colors of light, and soon one after another light and shadow screens appeared in the room, with various numerical values ​​and some graphics appearing on them.

On a completely black light and shadow screen, a series of values ​​are beating.

"Okay?"

Noah made an OK gesture. Every minute and every second, the prisoners' signals will be recorded and then identified. The unrecognizable parts will be analyzed by the 10 departments based on each prisoner's daily life.

At this time, a picture appeared on a light and shadow screen. A prisoner was hurriedly returning to the canteen, and there was a string of codes next to it.

"He looks like he has a stomachache. He probably needs to go to the toilet."

Only people in Section 10 knew these codes. As expected, the prisoner rushed into the bathroom after a while, looking much more comfortable. At this time, the codes in front of the screen began to change again, and Noah laughed.

"He must want to do something indescribable."

Latis was smoking a cigarette and watching with interest. Sure enough, after a while, the prisoner went to the toilet and took out a pamphlet from his pocket. While watching, he did something indescribable. Come.

Latis pressed his forehead.

"In this way, people may no longer have privacy in the future."

"Isn't this better? After all, human beings may also be the product of science. After all, the genetic map has been analyzed long ago, and the unanalyzed part only accounts for 0.2%. I think people turning into machines may be a social problem. It’s not necessarily solved.”

Noah said and looked at the other codes with interest. At this time, in the video screen, Quasimodo walked into the cafeteria, and Latis asked pointing to the code that appeared.

"What is he going to do?"

"Error code, cannot be parsed."

Noah smiled. Physiological problems can be easily identified and analyzed, but human beings are complex collections, and this research will continue for a long time.

"Won't this thing have an impact on the prisoner?"

Latis asked, and Noah scratched his head.

"There will definitely be some impact. Just imagine how it would feel if someone touches your brain directly with their hands from time to time every day. Over time, there will definitely be some impact, but it's not a big problem. We put safety first. Considered.”

"real?"

Noah made another OK gesture.

"We are scientists, not cold-blooded machines. If safety was not considered, we could have started experiments three years ago. Frequent use of light and shadow machines to read brain information will cause abnormalities in the human brain. This is We have tested it, so such a reading will not be done every second, but each prisoner will be read a few times a day at most."

Noah said as he turned around and left the room with a bunch of people, but at this moment a flash of pink electricity flashed in the room, making a faint crackling sound in the air, and then disappeared.

Noah was chatting and laughing with everyone, and talking about the things they need to pay attention to during this experiment. If something goes wrong with a prisoner, the anesthetic in the collar will start to be injected, and the prisoner's brain will be destroyed within 1 second. Although paralysis may cause problems such as memory impairment in the future, it is only short-term and can at least prevent the prisoners' brains from abnormal disorders.

“It’s so thoughtful!”

Latis smiled helplessly. She somewhat disliked this jovial Noah. The cruel hierarchy in prisons today is because they have to do this. If they don't get money from the prisoners, the prison will be difficult to maintain. Yes, but Noah and their 10 subjects, many experiments are based on pure experiments.

"I'm not caring, I never think about these things. It has been thousands of years since the birth of human beings. During these thousands of years, if every technological advancement occurs, researchers still have to consider this." If we study whether it is harmful to people and what the results will be, then human civilization would have stagnated and ended thousands of years ago."

Latis sighed helplessly.

"In fact, most scientific researchers have developed products based on pure scientific interests. In the past, most technologies have caused very serious disasters to human beings. Why would the simplest human beings make weapons? Because of war In order to create weapons that can kill enemies faster, the makers of weapons may have considered this, but they still made them. This is science and has nothing to do with the good and evil of human nature. Science is cold and ruthless in nature. Everything that is scientific is like this, always cold. Do you remember the story of Turing, the father of artificial intelligence? He only used what he created to analyze the enemy information obtained during the war. In the end, what he did was, A lot of important information about the enemy was analyzed by the most primitive artificial intelligence, which indirectly reduced the losses of the war and accelerated the process of the war!"

Latis smiled and said.

"Aren't people always like this? Some people may just think that the things they create are just tools, but people are emotional things. Isn't it also the character that humans should have to have feelings for the things they create? ?"

Noah nodded in agreement.

"It is precisely because of this that wanting to become a pure scientific worker is only a matter of interest. I have never regarded scientific research as my own job, but simply love research. Nowadays we have a large number of Technological theories, once these theories are realized, these technologies will be enough for human beings to use for centuries without worrying. This is what I think I need to do now. I don’t want to think about the issues of good and evil, let alone study myself. It’s enough for me to put any emotion into what comes out, just to simply like it!”

Latis squeezed Noah's mouth.

"Go to hell you idiot."

Noah covered his pinched cheeks and looked at Latis who was walking quickly and chased after him.

"Would you like me to help you build a machine that is exactly like Alpha, with flesh and blood?"

boom

Bursts of laughter came, and Noah sat down on the ground, covering his bleeding nose, still looking at Latis with laughter.

"If you dare to mention it again, I will kill you."

Noah waved his hands helplessly, wiped the nosebleed with his white sleeves, and said with a grin.

"Everyone has to go from being unable to accept to accepting, since..."

"So you are an idiot, Noah! You don't understand anything!"

Noah didn't say anything anymore, but continued to talk to Latis about work. Noah was beaten by many people in school because of his personality in the past, but Noah was always laughing and joking. He never fights back, and those who beat him will sincerely apologize to him afterwards.

Noah glanced at the time and saw that it was already 10 o'clock. This plan was not just about super computers, but also another more important plan. This was a top-secret bilateral plan within Section 10. Only six gods knew about it. Gene didn't even know.

"It's already started!"

In an old middle-class neighborhood in the north, although it was Chinese New Year, there were very few people on the street. There were only a large number of old people, and some old people were sitting near some shops on the street, playing chess and chatting.

In an alley, there was a slight sway in the air under the light and shadow. Noah quietly looked at the woman with dull eyes beside him, who was in a mechanical warehouse. She was average-looking, with many spots on her nose, brown. She has short hair, her skin looks a little rough, and there are scars on some parts of her body. The woman is lying naked in the mechanical warehouse, with some wires connected to her head.

All the organs in a woman's body are made using biogenetic technology. Except for the skeleton, which is mechanical, the other parts are the same as human beings. They are organs made by the genetic technology of the 4th science.

Noah looked at a light and shadow screen, the identity information of this woman, as well as all the information, her name was Anna, she was born in the south, because she was involved in an accident, she slept in the hospital for many years, and now she has recovered, because It was difficult to adapt to the fast-paced life, so I came to the northwest area and wanted to make a living. I had some small skills and hoped to apply for a job as a waiter first.

After confirming a large list of information, including Anna's personality, likes, hobbies, etc., Noah nodded, turned around and took a black cylindrical knot from a member of Section 10. Mechanical, he walked to the robot Anna. At this time, a small spiral hole was exposed on the left side of Anna's head. After Noah peeled off the black mechanical exterior, he put in a transparent tube with pink current. .

"Anna!"

Anna's eyes, which were dull for a moment, moved. She turned her head with a smile and stood up with gentle movements.

"Lord Noah, Anna is about to start her mission."

Noah nodded. At this time, the tubes on Anna's head were automatically retracted. Behind it was a large suitcase, which contained some clothes from the old era and some of Anna's personal belongings. It was surrounded by 10 The person in the department was looking at the values ​​​​on the light and shadow screen. Anna walked to the box, picked out a relatively new set of clothes and put them on. Then she dressed up with cosmetics in the mirror and looked extremely satisfied. The suitcase came over.

"The mission begins!"

Following Noah's order, Anna walked out of the range of the environment maker with a smile. For a moment, Noah and the other people in the 10 departments looked at Anna nervously. Anna stood on the street and smiled naturally, raising her head. Looking at the sun, I stretched my limbs comfortably.

At this time, someone noticed Anna. Anna took the initiative and ran to a street with a smile, and asked a few old people. The other people also answered Anna enthusiastically. Everything Anna said was normal, and she looked like a real person. Both.

Noah is looking at some values ​​on the light and shadow panel. These are Anna's body values. Everything is normal. They will observe Anna's surroundings all day today. After the test, Anna will live here.

The reason why I chose this place is that most old people gather here, and there are relatively few young people. I have done comprehensive tests on Anna before. Although she looks like a living person, some of her words and actions are still different from those of real people. If the test is conducted in some areas where there are many young people, it will definitely be discovered.

Anna only needs to live like a person in this neighborhood. Then AI12 will collect all the data when talking to people and perform extended programming. When it is more mature, other robots can be released and let them Integrate into human society.

This plan is top secret and must not be made public. Noah knows very well that this kind of practice that goes against human common sense will turn into big trouble if people know about it.

This is an important link in the construction of the Avalon Project. Once the Avalon Project is completed, if there is any problem on the planet, the huge battleship Noah will take off, and the robots will be responsible for taking care of humans and being able to teach humans. necessary.

Although the material currently wrapped around this planet is difficult to break through, it can be broken through as long as you have weapons that can be released instantly to destroy everything.

Optical nuclear weapons are also an extremely important part of the Avalon plan. Noah quietly looked at Anna who had already started asking about the work in various shops. She performed very well. The two-year debugging was worth it. She said It must be the same as a real person.

"Little sister, come here, we have a good job here to introduce to you."

At this time, several idle-looking men on the street entangled Anna with laughter, and pulled her into an alley while dragging her. Noah felt something was wrong, and quickly informed the 5th Section personnel who were patrolling nearby. After receiving the virtual action order, they rushed over within 5 minutes of receiving the order.

"What are you guys doing?"

The men surrounding Anna quickly left. At this time, Anna looked frightened and thanked the members of Section 5 who came to help resolve the entanglement. Several members also talked to Anna about a lot of things. Tell Anna not to accept jobs introduced by unknown people, as she may be involved in crime.

At this time, Noah was thinking. In order to get rid of the entanglement, Anna basically just repeated that I would find a job. Although there are plans to deal with any incident, more unpredictable things will happen in human society. Trouble, this is why Noah is afraid that Anna will be exposed. Today's big data cannot effectively solve the problem when it occurs, and immediately make reasonable solutions similar to human beings.

At this time, Anna walked into another store. The boss was a middle-aged man. He hired Anna immediately, and Anna seemed very happy. Noah thought about the solution, how to make Anna more like Just blindly imitating everything about people and their emotional states is never the solution.

"Section Chief, if you don't keep an eye on us alone, we won't have any rest for several days and we won't be able to hold on any longer."

Several clerks behind him said, and Noah nodded.

"You guys go to the lift to rest. You have to come here after a maximum of three hours of rest."