rainy night talk

Although the interrogation process was not pleasant, fortunately Chen Zhen proved his innocence.After a few days of recuperation, William suggested that Chen Zhen leave the space station to dilute those bad memories.Chen Zhen would definitely refuse before changing it, but this time, Chen Zhen agreed.

Chen Zhen didn't expect that the vacation would bring him much benefit. On the contrary, he knew clearly that no matter where he was, it would be difficult to settle down this dug up memory.But out of William's concerned response, he was still willing to go for a walk, so that the nervous sentry could relax.

The Gold Coast Hopping Station is full of tourists who are going on vacation nearby. They are dressed in colorful clothes, and their reddened or darkened faces are full of vitality.This is Chen Zhen's second goal, to find Louis - he traced the strange communicator used by Louis, and found that this is the last place where Louis could be located.As for communicating with the jumping station and calling out Louis' access records, Chen Zhen could only ask William to come forward.

"It doesn't seem to be the same as what we agreed?" William made a questioning look, but it didn't convey this meaning in his eyes.

Chen Zhen naturally knew that William was not angry. On the contrary, his act of seeking help from him satisfied the other party's self-esteem as a sentry. do what."

William made a finger of surrender, "Then you stay here, I'll be back in a while." Before leaving, he took advantage of Chen Zhen's inattention and rubbed Chen Zhen's head hard.

Chen Zhen smoothed her tousled hair strand by strand, thinking: "Sure enough, I'm still a little unhappy."

Chen Zhen sat in the lounge for a while, but soon couldn't help looking into the hall downstairs.Observation is almost an occupational disease of every AI engineer.Soon, Chen Zhen discovered the student who had just finished the exam and was looking forward to the trip, the newlywed wife who was secretly disappointed because the honeymoon place was not what he wanted, the middle-aged man who revisited the old place after losing his partner, and the eager beauty who accompanied him. Girls... people, all kinds of people, coming and going, Chen Zhen was about to look away, but suddenly froze somewhere.It was an inconspicuous corner, the most common white gauze gown, cut so wide that people could not see her figure, and her long hair was covered under the veil, but Chen Zhen still recognized her at a glance.

"Emily..."

Chen Zhen almost jumped up from his seat, and he rushed to the hall, even if he bumped into someone, he couldn't care less, he hardly dared to blink, he was so scared, afraid that the figure would disappear in an instant .

"Emily!" Chen Zhen shouted.

He pushed through the crowd and finally came to her.She stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the simulated sunlight illuminated her face brightly. She turned her head to look at Chen Zhen, her emerald-like eyes reflected the light of joy, "Doctor? Why are you here?" A proper greeting , soft tone, sweet smile, Chen Zhen is very familiar with this - Emily has demonstrated hundreds of times in front of him.

"I should be asking you this, Elemi, why are you here?" Chen Zhen looked around, "Where's Mr. Boyle? You're not with your husband?"

According to the setting, when Emily can't see her husband, she will feel a certain amount of anxiety, which comes from her "sticky" mechanism.

However, the uneasy emotion only flashed on Emily's face for a moment, and soon receded like a tide, and what appeared instead was a kind of confusion that Chen Zhen could not understand.

"Doctor, you know, I often dream."

Chen Zhen suddenly became alert, "Dream? What kind of dream?"

"It's always the same dream, I don't know what it is, but I feel like I know." Elemi said calmly: "I seem to have many brothers and sisters, we live together, we have a big home, We had a great time."

Chen Zhen opened his mouth. He had never encountered such a situation before: Where did the data of this dream come from?Is this the impact of the program virus?

Elemi is still immersed in her own world, "I heard a voice."

"What sound?" Chen Zhen asked.

Emily didn't answer, she said to herself, "He told me I should go there."

"where?"

"Homeland." Emily's empty eyes showed a girlish vigor, she laughed, "I want to go home, I really want to, I have never felt such a strong desire. Is this normal? Doctor .”

In Emily's world, Chen Zhen is her psychiatrist, and she will confide to Chen Zhen every doubt in her heart-usually it means a BUG in data operation.However, without waiting for Chen Zhen to answer, Emily went on to say: "I always feel like I am living in a dream. My life, my family, including my husband, are not real. But everything is like this I am so confused, just like now, I can’t tell whether this is reality or a dream. I am Emily, and the latter is someone else.” A heartbreaking expression appeared on Emily’s face. pain of.

Chen Zhen also became sad. At this moment, he forgot the identity of the other party's AI, and he just wanted to comfort her.Chen Zhen: "You are Emily, I can guarantee that."

Emily smiled, "Maybe this is another dream...but it must be a sweet dream, because of you, doctor."

Emily reached out and touched Chen Zhen's cheek, as if she was touching some fragile treasure, her eyes brightened again, her smile was like the sunshine in early spring, and it was as gentle as the breeze blowing over her head in the afternoon, " Now, I'm off to my next dream."

"You just let her go?" the old man asked.

Chen Zhen lowered her head in shame, "I... I don't know what's wrong, I can't stop her, she—" Chen Zhen paused for a second, "At that moment, I thought she was alive! I mean, she was like a Real person!" He raised his head with excitement in his eyes, "She began to realize that I am not a real doctor, and began to doubt her own identity. She broke away from the original program, but did not collapse. On the contrary, she gained autonomy. wishes!" Chen Zhen looked down at her hands—they were trembling with excitement. "This may be due to a virus, or some other glitch, but this has undoubtedly brought about a miracle! Unbelievable..."

"Unbelievable..." The old man repeated the word slowly, he raised his chin slightly, and the lens reflected a cold light. "It's really unbelievable that my students would say such things. Do you remember how I described to you the relationship between AI anthropomorphism and natural people?"

As if a basin of cold water had been poured on Chen Zhen, he regained consciousness instantly. After a while, he staggered and replied: "The two are like inverse functions, infinitely close, and never intersecting..." He paused, but he was still dissatisfied. He asked eagerly: "But Emily is different from the general AI. She has mutated. How can this be explained?"

"I have to ask you." The old man nodded Chen Zhen in the air, "How much time did you spend on that AI? How much unnecessary energy did you put into it? It was you who made Emily 'special'."

"No, that's not the case." Chen Zhen retorted.

The old man sighed and asked solemnly: "Then please tell me honestly, is she like your mother?"

For a while, Chen Zhen was speechless. He lowered his head, not daring to look into the old man's solemn eyes.Indeed, Emily is very similar to her mother, not only in appearance, Emily's smile can always call out Chen Zhen's only warm memory, so he deceived himself and projected his longing for maternal love onto Emily. body, and this is precisely a taboo that engineers cannot commit.

"No." After a long silence, Chen Zhen said with difficulty: "She is different from my mother..." As if making up his mind, Chen Zhen looked up at the old man, and he said firmly, "She is very brave."