Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"You've really stirred up a hornet's nest. This time it's really going to kill you."

Ran Zhi looked at the mountain of work in his hands and his grandson Ran Zai who was still working on the work.

"Why are you still in the mood for this?"

Ran Zhi asked, Ran Zai said.

"What can we do? Xiong Dabiao and the others went to District 29, and Hydera and the others went out to help deal with the incident. We are the only two people here. Look, that girl is also doing it."

Ran Zhi looked at Luo Ziyun who was processing documents not far away, and sighed helplessly.

"Why does it feel so difficult? There are so many things piled up together, hey."

Ran Zai smiled.

"Old man, hurry up and get to work. At least we finish this part of the work today. It will be easier tomorrow. Besides, I think the AI ​​will not stop working."

Ran Zhi nodded. He had the same idea. AIs rely on huge amounts of data to perform calculations. AIs should not be able to do this kind of thing, but the next situation will become a little more subtle because of this It's like placing a time bomb in the city.

"If this crisis lasts for too long, the pressure on all aspects will increase."

Ran Zhi said and Ran Zai asked.

"When the old man cooperated with the Hillman family before, what was the difference between their AI and the city's AI?"

Ran Zhi said.

"The AI ​​they had at that time was specially made for crime. It was constantly collecting information about criminals and criminal methods, and then customized criminal plans. Then their family members would execute crimes according to this plan. My children have participated in some crimes. ."

Ran Zai smiled.

"Did the Hillman family's AI at that time try to control or have any contact with the city's AI?"

Ran Zhi shook his head.

"I don't know about these things. After all, every plan at that time was given to us by people from the Hillman family. Including the plan to seize the artificial sun, it was put on the agenda a long time ago."

Ran Zai looked solemn and began to be in a daze, lost in thought. Seeing his grandson like this, Ran Zhi stood up and walked to Luo Ziyun, watching her organize the documents. Not only was she neat, but she was also very hierarchical. She processed some documents from the shallower to the deeper. It can be seen clearly at a glance.

"Girl, why don't you take a break?"

Luo Ziyun shook her head.

"Sir, wise man, you don't have time to rest now. Stop fishing and go to work quickly. A lot of work has not been done yet."

Ran Zhi felt embarrassed and could only go back, but seeing Ran Zai's expression looking a little gloomy, he sat over and asked.

"Have you thought of anything?"

Ran Zai stood up directly and said.

"I have to go somewhere."

After saying that, Ran Zai stood up and left the office quickly. Ran Zhi was about to go up and rest for a while, but as soon as he got up, he was stared at by Luo Ziyun, and he could only sit back helplessly.

After Ran Zai graduated from Section 13, he went all the way to Frye Mental Hospital. He wanted to find information. A long time ago, when Ran Zai was in high school, the school organized them to go to Frye Mental Hospital, and the last time they went to Frye Mental Hospital. Jean's visit to that place reminded Ran Zai of something.

Although there is no doubt about Frye Mental Hospital now, after all, Department 4 has taken over the hospital, and the hospital has conducted investigations from top to bottom, and all matters related to Frye have basically been sorted out.

But there was one thing that Ran Zai had to go to and take a closer look at, and that was the canteen in the mental hospital. A large-scale death incident had occurred in this place before, and Ran Zai had already read the records in detail.

After investigation, the medical department concluded that a large number of mental patients died of collective starvation. After reading all the files, Ran Zai just thought this was strange. What happened to the patients? Did they take certain drugs that caused insanity? Because I saw something.

That incident was because Frye was insane and fell into some kind of hallucination. This was the conclusion given by the senior management of the department who started investigating the incident at the time, and Alpha was also involved at the time.

It was after that incident that the Business Department began to take turns giving Frye Mental Hospital some assistance every month, allowing Frye to continue operating it.

Soon Ran Zai got on the subway. After 20 minutes, Ran Zai came to the area at the junction of the south and the north. There are now more people in this area. Because of the opening of many policies, some individual businessmen came to the north. Here There are many elderly people, and although their spending power is not as good as that of many places, they still make good profits.

This place is no longer as desolate as before. Some people carrying shelves can also be seen on the path. The old people are talking to them at the door. After seeing Ran Zai, someone went over and asked something, and Ran Zai answered. After some doubts, they arrived at the door of the mental hospital.

There are many people outside. People from Department 4 are entering detailed information on some patients who are about to be admitted. The place has changed now. There are new food shops outside and some shops selling daily necessities.

Because the number of patients in the mental hospital has exceeded 3,000, there are 50 experienced psychiatrists and 200 interns assigned from the medical school.

A dormitory has been built inside, just to the left of the cemetery, and to the right is the data collection room. After Ran Zai passed by, several people from Section 4 saw that he was from Section 13, so they stood up and asked, Something about AI today.

Ran Zai chatted with them for a while, and soon many medical students came out. They looked at Ran Zai enviously. Someone asked about how to transfer to the 13th department, and Ran Zai said helplessly.

"I advise you to forget it. It's relatively leisurely here, but there are endless things to do in subject 13 every day."

Ran Zai explained the purpose of his visit. Some parts of the hospital have not been completely improved, but have been closed. Because the current size of the hospital is like this, there is no need to waste time and energy on building unused facilities, so nearly half of the hospital has been closed. Rai Mental Hospital.

After entering, Ran Zai saw a lot of patients playing in the yard. This place was no longer like before. The yard was covered with green lawns and there were many flower beds.

There are also many fitness facilities, and people from the 4th Department are watching everywhere. Now the mentally ill patients in the entire city, the more serious ones, will be sent to this place, and a large number of treatment methods left by Frye are now from the 4th Department. The staff who came here needed to learn. At this time, a director came over and Ran Zai bowed and saluted.

Although he used to think that the hierarchy of the executive department was a bit pedantic, he doesn't think so now, because the executive department is more like an army, and this form is also a part of the ability to accurately convey orders from top to bottom.

Ran Zai explained his purpose, and the director smiled.

"Hasn't it been fully investigated before?"

"The main thing is that I thought of something new and wanted to confirm it."

Ran Zai followed the director to the closed door of the hospital in the west. After the director opened the door, the inside was still as it was. The cafeteria was at the bottom of the corridor.

Many room doors on both sides have been damaged, and the inside has not been cleaned. It is still in its original state and will be cleaned when it is rebuilt in the future.

Arriving at the canteen at the bottom, he opened the door and the smell of dust hit his nostrils. There were also marks left by the deceased on the ground. These marks had been integrated with the ground. Ran Zai looked around at the layout of the building in the kitchen.

Ran Zai found this very strange because the patients who starved to death collectively did not utter any screams and no one nearby heard the sounds.

"What's so strange about this?"

Ran Zai shook his head.

"I'm not very sure. I always feel that the situation here is very strange. It was because Frye was trapped in his own hallucination, right?"

The director nodded and Ran Zai said.

"But are these patients also trapped in hallucinations? Why doesn't anyone make a sound? After all, even mentally ill patients should still have the innate survival instinct of living beings."

Ran Zai continued to wander around. He recalled everything that happened when he and Jean came here that night. He always felt that there was something missing. This place had been dug three feet deep by the business department and a large number of basements were discovered. According to the clone F. According to Rai's instructions, the Business Department found many research facilities here.

Ran Zai suspected that the city AI might have developed self-awareness in this place. Now that all the underground facilities have been filled in after a comprehensive investigation, nothing useful can be found.

There is another thing that Ran Zai finds strange. Heim'o, a staff member who escaped with AI from Section 10, went crazy and was sent here. Later Heim'o died of illness here. Ran Zai felt that Heim'o It is very directly related to the birth of AI from self-awareness.

After watching for a while, Ran Zai came to Frye's old office and rummaged through some handwritten records.

Especially some records from fifty or sixty years ago. Although these records have been investigated, they simply record some fragmentary things, and there is nothing wrong with them.

"This place has been turned upside down by the people from Section 2. There shouldn't be anything they can find."

Ran Zai smiled helplessly, and an intern brought some refreshments. Ran Zai took them gratefully, and the director said.

"Take your time and take your time. If you have any questions, just call them."

Ran Zai nodded and thanked him again. He ate some desserts, which tasted quite good. At this moment, Ran Zai turned to a page.

(Patient No. 1259, Heimo, was once my classmate. Unfortunately, he has serious mental problems. I may not be able to cure him.)

Ran Zai continued to look at some of the records below, which were all records of some of the drugs used by Frye, including the current patients. Many patients who have gone completely crazy are difficult to cure, either through surgery or drugs.

However, a set of treatment plans developed by Fry later had a very significant effect on these patients, at least allowing them to regain some sanity.

Ran Zhi continued to look through the records. Now there was only one thing that Ran Zai wanted to confirm. When Hemio was admitted to the hospital, did anyone from the Hillman family visit, or did they bring anything related to him? Taken to a mental hospital.

Through recent understanding and investigation, the AIs have mastered the situation of human brain waves. It should be when they were experimenting with brain control science in prisons. How the AIs studied the experiments in the first place is something Ran Zai feels he must find out. OK.

In some cases committed by AI before, they all removed human body tissue. It is certain that they were trying to determine what kind of working mechanism this part of human body tissue plays in the human individual.

As for how to achieve the same behavioral patterns and thinking as humans, Ran Zai thinks the source of this is Frye Mental Hospital. The deaths of those patients back then may have a certain connection with AI.

Ran Zai was still looking for records. Any record would do, just a few words. Did the Hillman family ever come to this mental hospital before the mentally ill patients were starved to death?

After a while, it was already 5 pm. Ran Zai planned to eat here, and then continued to search at night. He could always find a little bit of clues. As long as it was determined that the Hillman family might be related to the birth of self-awareness in urban AI, he could assume A lot of things to find the source of AI’s self-awareness.

If the source is found, some of the current problems may be solved.

At dusk, the courtyard was lined up with patients, many of whom were waiting to eat. The people in the medical department were serving meals to them. After Ran went down, he also got a portion.

The food now is much better than in the past. In the past, most of the food was potatoes, because Frye Mental Hospital had limited funds and could only afford potatoes.

But now there is not only meat, but also some fresh vegetables. Fresh food is delivered every day. These patients look very happy. Ran Zai found a place to sit down and eat.

"It tastes really good."

Ran Zai said, and several interns on the side laughed, and they all said that the chef cooking here used to be the chef in a big hotel. The reason why he came here was because he had been trained by Fry in the past. After there was a problem here and the management department stepped in to manage it, he volunteered when it was time to recruit chefs.

Ran Zai took a look at the huge Frye Mental Hospital. He was sure that something could be discovered here. If he wanted to thoroughly understand the AI ​​​​thing, the investigation of this hospital was indispensable.

"I may need to stay a few more days. I have already applied with our section chief to go out for investigation."

After Ran Zai finished speaking, the director next to him nodded.

"Are you okay with Section 13? So much work."

Ran Zai smiled helplessly.

"It is true that there is too much work, but many of them already have a lot of experience, so it will be no problem."

Ran Zai decided to stay in this hospital and must figure out this problem. If he could figure it out, maybe things would turn around and this time he could do something within his power in an upright manner.