rainy night talk

Chen Li turned around. He didn't seem to hear Chen Zhen's voice. He was just holding the control panel, and his slender, white fingers stroked the screen, as if landing on the piano keys. He stopped occasionally, as if he was thinking about something.

Perhaps it was because Chen Zhen's gaze was too obvious, Chen Li finally raised his head and asked, "What's wrong with you?" The soft sunlight shone on Chen Li's face that was very similar to his own, and the traces of time clinged to the corners of his eyes, but he His eyes are still as clear as amber in the sun, with an inexplicable power to calm people down.

Chen Zhen opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound.

Chen Li: "Oh, I forgot to update your language system."

Chen Zhen watched Chen Li's movements, and soon felt something. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Father."

"No, no, it's too formal." Chen Li hastily removed part of the dialog box from the interface.

Chen Zhen spoke unconsciously again, and said in another voice: "Daddy~"

Chen Li shook his head, "Too sweet..."

"Dad."

"...It's still a little bit wrong."

"Father."

"Dad."

"Dad."

…………

"Father." Chen Li paused, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he asked Chen Zhen to call out again, "Father." Chen Li seemed to be reminiscing, and turned away, pursing his lips as if he was enduring something, and he quickly Adjusted again, said in a low voice: "No...not right."

After a while, Chen Li finally finished the debugging. Chen Zhen followed his instructions and said, "Father."

Chen Li nodded in satisfaction, stretched out his hand to rub the top of his head, and said with a smile, "Good boy."

Chen Zhen realizes that he has fallen into the bottom layer of memory—here is his earliest memory.As the original AI, he has no authority to operate autonomously, nor can he act.

He was placed in a corner.

Most of the time, he sat on the sidelines and watched Chen Li go up and down.Chen Li rarely left the room, and only relied on the concentrated nutrient solution to maintain his body's needs.Occasionally, Chen Li would communicate with him, but the conversation was not very complete, and he could only make some simple expressions in response. Usually, Chen Li talked to himself alone.

For this, Chen Li seemed to never get tired of it.

Chen Li also reads to him, just like a father reads a bedtime story to his child. He observes Chen Zhen's expression while reading - usually Chen Zhen listens to him read "Virtual Computing" with a blank face. , "The Art of Code", "Digital World - The Mystery of 1 and 0"...

When Chen Li didn't speak to him, Chen Zhen observed.Through the glass window of the studio, Chen Zhen could see a small reflection, wooden, sitting on a tall triangular stool like a puppet—it was himself.With artificial yellowish skin and unblinking eyes, he is so machine-like that a mere movement of his hand will reveal his identity.

This is not the same as what Maslow said.

Time seemed to be fast forwarded, and Chen Zhen began to learn to walk.

This is a long process. Before the autonomous practice system is developed, the debugger can only remember an action by letting the AI ​​repeat it continuously.

Chen Li was very patient. He held Chen Zhen's in his broad and warm hands, guided Chen Zhen step by step, and gave encouragement and guidance from time to time.When Chen Zhen fell down, Chen Li would catch him steadily, hug him tightly, and lean on his warm chest. Chen Zhen heard a burst of laughter above his head, and Chen Li asked with a smile: "You miss me that much?" hug you?"

Chen Li was very happy, like the sunlight that came in through the window every day, illuminating the whole room.The floating dust is faintly scattered in the broken gold, and it seems to be frozen in this warm golden yellow.

How nice it would be if time could stand still.

Chen Li focused on his work, while he played freely in the studio. He flipped through Chen Li's books, or used thick books as building blocks to build a castle.One day, he found Chen Li's notebook, and the two neat characters "Chen Li" appeared on the first page of the notebook.Chen Zhen suddenly realizes that he has no name. In this world, "you" and "I" can refer to everything.Chen Li never called his own name, only called him "children". He didn't seem to be created to be Chen Zhen, so who is he?

who I am?Chen Zhen realized that he had encountered an ultimate problem.

He instinctively asked Chen Li for an answer, but Chen Li said: "Instead of letting me answer this question, why don't you think about it yourself."

Chen Zhen thought and thought, but the so-called answer seemed to be floating hazily, as if it was already there, but he couldn't see it clearly.

Just as Chen Zhen was thinking desperately, he suddenly felt a gravitational force, and the wall behind him gradually became transparent, like a thin film began to twist.

Chen Zhen suddenly realized that he was leaving.

"Father."

Chen Li cast his gentle eyes on Chen Zhen, "What's wrong? My child."

Chen Zhen looked at that gentle face, let out a long breath, and finally asked with determination: "What did you create me for?"

Gravity pulled Chen Zhen backwards, he tried to resist, but it was useless.

Chen Li frowned slightly, and kept tapping the edge of the control panel with his fingers—it was a subconscious movement when he was thinking about the problem.This question seems to be a bit difficult, but his expression is still relaxed, he pursed his lips and made a slight "uh—" sound, which made him look a little cute.

The gravitational force was getting stronger and stronger, and Chen Zhen felt that his consciousness was about to be pulled out of this body, and he was anxiously waiting for the answer.

"How should I put it..." Chen Li said unhurriedly, he tilted his head slightly, the sunlight traced a beautiful silhouette, and the long eyelashes cast shadows under his eyes.

Chen Zhen's heartbeat was beating fast at this moment, and the water film engulfed his body. He stretched his neck and shouted again, "Father!" The next second, the water film covered his ears, and he saw Chen Li's lips moved up and down, and after speaking, he seemed very satisfied with the answer, and smiled softly.The smile was quickly covered by water shadows and gradually blurred. Chen Zhen's eyes widened. He saw Chen Li say a word at last. After that, all the light and shadows dissipated into a deep blue.

Chen Zhen was washed ashore, the waves beat him hard, the sun was dazzling, and tears fell down all at once.Chen Zhen struggled to get up from the beach and looked at the boundless ocean around him, but he was not confused.He knew where this was, and quickly found the direction. He staggered forward at first, but slowly his footsteps became lighter. He began to run wildly on the beach, with the sea breeze whistling by his ears, and then panted Stopped in front of a huge bronze mirror.

"I need you." Chen Zhen shouted.

From behind the bronze mirror, a small figure stepped out.