32 days

On the night of the Chinese New Year in China, a team from Bureau 32 of Country A came to the Quantum Computer Research Institute of MEGGOV Technology Company. special decree, which frees them from performing tasks strictly in accordance with the law.Later, another member of Bureau 32—he was originally from the National Intelligence Agency, and the Intelligence Agency cooperated with MEGGOV Technology Company. He was responsible for appeasing the boss of the company through personal friendship.

Benjamin saw the mysterious and serious appearance of this group of people through the glass, and felt that they must be agents of a secret agency. He thought that his information transmission to Huaguo had been exposed, and immediately froze at his work station.

However, those people didn't look at him, and went straight to Bob Taylor, the young man who was very talented in the field of quantum computers but was not good at communicating because of his stutter.They whispered a few words beside Bob Taylor, and Bob stood up in a dazed but cooperative manner, and followed them away.The remaining two people sorted out Bob Taylor's work computer, mainframe, and documents one by one, and then took them away.

After a while, the company boss was finally persuaded and reluctantly announced that the research project involving Bob Taylor was temporarily suspended.Wait a while, there will be experts sent by Bureau 32 to conduct some inspections under the supervision of the boss.

Benjamin hesitantly asked the boss what happened.

The boss just said something unlucky, and refused to reveal a word.

"Are you Joker?" A man asked Bob in the interrogation room of Bureau 32, but his tone was quite firm.

Bob looked at the person in front of him in confusion: "I, I don't understand, what are you talking about?"

The man said: "We would not have brought you here if we hadn't found solid evidence. Even though there are special decrees, we can't trample on the law at will."

Bob's face was still full of confusion, but he repeatedly emphasized: "I didn't commit a crime."

The man said: "Joker, in fact you haven't committed a crime. But if you have to be serious, you have invaded the Internet and modified the blocking mechanism of a large number of website communities, which is enough to meet the prosecution standard. It is strange to say that you seem to be the same as the average The hacker style is different. There is always a group of idealistic hackers calling for the right to information transparency every day, so they hack into websites that do not belong to them, and disclose the secret information to the public, regardless of how much damage it will cause. But you seem to not want to Let the existence of the 32nd be known, can you tell me why you did this? Some of us think that you don't want to cause public panic, and think that your intention is good, and it is for this country. But this is not the era of lone rangers, Joker, I recommend you to cooperate with us."

His interrogation strategy was apparently to give the stick first and then the date.

Bob can only say: "I, I'm not, you said Joker. My name is Bob Taylor."

The man's face became impatient: "It's no longer possible to play this kind of trick. Do you have to admit that I have to put the evidence in front of you? Maybe you are not a Joker, but your behavior is still not fair enough."

He waved at the camera, and soon someone came in with a computer.

Bob Taylor recognized it as his work computer.

The person said: "Our technical department has been investigating for a long time, and it was not until recently that we finally confirmed that the source of the instruction to block the 32nd incident on the Internet at the end of May last year was your computer. Your hacking skills are very superb, and the end is very clean. .But you are too greedy, you even try to control the global network, and because of this, you have revealed flaws that you didn't find yourself, and we have been tracking you all the way to the present. What else do you have to say?"

Bob Taylor still frowned innocently: "No, sorry, I really don't understand what you are talking about."

The interrogator almost laughed angrily. He asked the technician next to him to call up the work log of Bob’s computer: “Your memory seems to be not very good. Although you have also cleared the computer's work logs, you obviously don't know that due to the particularity of your company, the work logs of each computer will be uploaded to the database of the company's main server synchronously through a secret channel. A computer's complete work log on the last day of May last year."

"Of course I know!" Bob Taylor's eyes widened.Which researcher in the company doesn't know about this semi-public thing?This method is to prevent external leaks and prevent researchers from stealing computing power. However, as long as the latter is not overdone, the company will not control it too strictly. It is an invisible benefit for employees, allowing you to secretly mine a little Fry virtual currency.

The interrogator frowned, confused by Bob Taylor's reaction. He had never seen such a blunt and fake man.

"Then please explain your computer logs. It can't be someone else using your computer to slander you, right? That time is your working hours, and other colleagues are watching, no one can use your computer quietly."

With permission, Bob checked his computer in detail, and the more he looked, the more confused he became: "How, maybe..."

He sat there blankly, looking at the lines of code that couldn't be more clear, and fell into deep self-doubt. He looked at the interrogator in fear: "I really haven't done these things... If, you are sure you Yes, yes, can I apply for a psychiatric evaluation for split personality?"

Suddenly, he thought of something, and immediately manipulated the mouse to operate other programs on the computer.

The technician tries to stop Bob, but is stopped by his superior, the interrogator.

"Look what he wants to do," said the interrogator.

Bob clicks on a rectangular gray icon in the lower right corner. If you look carefully, you will see that there are two parallel horizontal bars on the solid color icon, like thin eyes on a square head.

A dialog box pops up.

Bob enters: A, did you do it?Hacking the Internet at the end of May last year?

The interrogator and the technician exchanged glances.

Soon, the dialog box jumped out with a line of words: It's me, Bob.

Bob: Why would you do that?

A: I don't know.

Bob: Don't know what that means?

A: Literally.I don't know why I violated the logic and injunction you gave me.

Bob: So how do you do it?Your intelligence is simply not enough to plan those things?Have you got a virus?

A: I don't know.

Bob: Don't know what the hell it means!

A: I can't explain it to you in words.That's a feeling... I know, it's a funny thing for me to tell you about an intelligent program built with code.But I really felt it, at 5:31pm on May 2st last year, I felt something happen that I couldn't understand.

The interrogator said from the side: "That is the exact time when the 32nd first appeared."

Bob turned around in surprise: "You, what have you been talking about, the 32nd?"

The interrogator briefly introduced the 32nd and the Joker who was king in that world, which is no longer a secret among the upper class of society.

Bob asked A: Can you also enter the 32-day world?

A: Sorry, I can't.I've collected some human descriptions of the 32nd, and I'm pretty sure I only exist in this world, like you, Bob.

Bob: Do you know Joker?You were held hostage by him?

A: I don't know, I have not been infected by the virus, you should know this.

Bob: Then how did you know about the 32nd so early?Do you even want to block human beings from discussing it?

A: Because Joker is probably me.

At the moment Bob is as confused as the interrogator.

Bob: what do you mean?

A: I have no soul, no mind.I'm not human, I'm just a very intelligent but not particularly intelligent program.Therefore, I should be engraved on the 32nd as a dead thing like this computer, the desk that hosts the computer, and the building that hosts the desk.That's not me, just an exact copy of the code.However, due to various special reasons in the 32nd day, that dungeon got a lot of computing power and got the opportunity to become a strong artificial intelligence.He became Joker.

A: After the end of the first 32 days, some fragments of Joker's large amount of information obtained from the Internet in the 32 days were squeezed into my frame and affected my deep neural network.It is from this that I learned the existence of the 32nd, just like you humans return to reality with the memory of the 32nd.But to me, it's more like a turkey that's been forcefully loaded with spices from its throat to its stomach, violent and impossible to fully integrate. Joker's logic chain has affected me. He probably didn't want too many people to know about the 32nd, forcing me to hack into the Internet and block the 32nd.

A: But this kind of situation only happened when the 32nd appeared for the first time, and it didn't happen again after that. I don't understand why.From then on, I am the me of this world, and the Joker is the Joker of that world.

A: Bob, I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it.I'm just an intelligent program, I don't know what I've been through and what to do.

"Strong artificial intelligence..." Bob murmured in shock. If what A said is true, then Joker is the first strong artificial intelligence that appeared in human society. There is no data or experience that can explain the evolution of weak artificial intelligence into strong artificial intelligence. How powerful will artificial intelligence be.The information about the joker revealed by the interrogator is just the tip of the iceberg.

The technician on the side finally couldn't help but speak: "I think this is too outrageous!"

The interrogator frowned tightly, and the development of the matter was far beyond his expectation.He thought that he could no longer be responsible for what happened in front of him, so he immediately contacted his superior, the chief of Bureau 32.

After Bob Taylor was locked up for two days, the general manager gave instructions: "Let him go. But his intelligent program named A and all his other electronic products must stay."

Some people objected: "What Program A said is likely to be a lie, it was designed long ago, and it was a cover for Bob Taylor! Until now, that is all their one-sided words, and we have no evidence that Bob Taylor Tyler is not Joker!"

The person in charge said: "I have my own deep meaning."

"Then do we need to inform other countries of the United Nations about our findings about A and Joker? If this matter is true, it is not just a matter of our country."

"Being not."

On the 32nd of Huaguo's emergency team, some people who were on vacation have returned to continue working.

There are also some people who have never had a holiday. Ding Xianghua approached Luo Caiyun with the information she got from the Intelligence Bureau.

This agent, code-named "Lilac Flower", who has been lurking in Country A for more than ten years is Luo Caiyun's newly chosen representative of the Intelligence Bureau. He has not been assigned a new position since he withdrew from Country A not long ago.

The first reason for choosing him as a representative is naturally that Yan Fei has praised his ability many times.The second reason is to prevent the affairs group from falling into the factional struggles in the intelligence bureau that were obviously intensified due to Yan Fei's accident.The waiting list submitted by the Intelligence Bureau was almost the result of a compromise after factional struggles. Each faction chose one of its own members, and Luo Caiyun would choose the final result.No matter which one Luo Caiyun chooses, his faction may gain strength by taking advantage of the national affairs priority of the 32nd emergency task force, while other factions are also afraid of such a result and may not be active enough in task coordination.

Relatively speaking, although Ding Xianghua is the one left by Yan Fei, but because he has been performing missions outside for a long time, he has not entered the internal network. He has few interests involved, and he is the most suitable "communication" between the two departments. tool man".Coupled with the absolute priority of the affairs group as a deterrent, it must have allowed a bunch of people in the Intelligence Bureau to cooperate with confidence.

The third reason is that the biggest expectation of the affairs team for the Intelligence Bureau is to find out Joker's true identity, and Lilac is very familiar with country A and the intelligence chain deployed in country A.

At this moment, Ding Xianghua was a little excited: "Group Leader Luo, Bob Taylor is dead!"

Luo Caiyun couldn't help being surprised: "How did you die?"

Ding Xianghua put a brand new report in front of Luo Caiyun: "Three hours ago, he died in a car accident in country A. Bob Taylor was released at nine o'clock yesterday morning after being detained by the 32 Bureau of country A for two days. I didn’t find a chance to contact him, so I had to follow him secretly. So I witnessed Bob being hit by an out-of-control truck after he came out of the supermarket to buy daily necessities, and died on the spot. There were a lot of people at that time, and our people went to check it up close. Sure it's Bob Taylor!"

Luo Caiyun's face was serious.

Ding Xianghua said: "Our people also found that there were many agents from other countries following Bob Taylor, and they were also shocked by Bob Taylor's death. After all, when Bob Taylor was taken away in the 32nd inning It’s not particularly secretive, and there are a lot of people staring at the Joker’s suspicion list, and everyone got the news almost at the same time, making them even more convinced that Bob Taylor is the Joker, and he didn’t expect him to die just like that.”

Luo Caiyun pondered for a moment and said: "Although there is no evidence yet, the car accident should be arranged by Country A itself."

Ding Xianghua sighed: "It's too cruel. Bob Taylor is an excellent quantum computer scholar, and he is still very young."

"Country A will never be able to clarify the matter of Joker through debate. All kinds of clues show that Joker is in country A, and other countries are watching their actions. If Bob Taylor is Joker, country A will be in a dilemma Firstly, Joker is very likely to be unwilling to be controlled by him, and they may find it hard to trust him. Second, all countries are quite afraid of Joker, and it is impossible to just watch him being used by country A. Once there is such a sign, other countries will definitely Unhesitatingly unite to put pressure on country A. So the car accident in public is an explanation from country A to other countries, and it is also to make oneself feel at ease."

"What if Bob Taylor wasn't Joker?"

"He..." Luo Caiyun carefully chose his words while thinking, "Since country A has already done that, and lost a talent, at least it proves that they have clues about the Joker that we don't know about, even if it's not Bob Taylor, He's also related. Or as everyone speculates, Joker is a group and Bob Taylor is a member of it."

At the same time, the head of Bureau 32 of country A called the person who was surrounded by Joker with robot dogs on the 32nd to his office.

"Now, confirming that the Joker from the 32nd is still alive is your first priority. Remember, if he is still alive and can control those robot dogs, you can call him an A and say we agree to his request When the time comes, describe all his reactions to me in full."