The unfortunate me

Later in the day, west of the residential area.

Unlike the long strip buildings common in other areas, most of the buildings here have a perfect curved appearance.Of these, the most notable is undoubtedly the beaded greenhouse garden of the Biorepository.Although they are not too large in size, the forests inside are lush and full of vitality, which always attracts many people to line up to visit.After all, this kind of scenery is hard to see now.

After his father passed away two years ago, Zhu Yuan was the last one to get off work in the management center every day, and today is no exception.As the person in charge of the center, he doesn't need to do everything himself.However, what the biological resource bank holds is the last legacy of the earth, and it should be taken care of no matter how carefully it is taken care of.Furthermore, the people who will wait for him to go back have long been asleep, and home is just a symbol to him.

Boarding his own shuttle, Zhu Yuan closed his eyes and took a rest, letting the artificial intelligence control the familiar route that he had flown thousands of times.The distance between the two sides was not too far, and he quickly returned to his residence.After washing up, it was time for him to read briefly before going to bed.

"Sir, there is an outside line looking for you today." The male electronic voice of the smart butler sounded cautiously at this moment, obviously not daring to disturb before.

Zhu Yuan, who was wearing a nightgown, had already opened the half-read thick book, and frowned upon hearing this. "who?"

"It's Mr. Xu from Xingchen Company." The smart butler replied immediately, as if relieved that he had found the right time to report in time, "He said that the Shang's people are going to annoy him to death, and I want you to find a way to solve it. "

Zhu Yuan understood as soon as he heard it. "Shang's? Shang Qinghe?" The young master obviously couldn't get rid of it in a few words, so he simply put the book back - with a flash of light, the wall was automatically stored and returned to its previous level. "I wanted a shortcut to clear the customs before, what do I want this time?"

"He wants to know the real information behind the user data."

"... You also have to ask me?" Zhu Yuan became angry when he heard it, "He is young and ignorant, so Xu Wen doesn't understand either?"

Mr. Xu of Xingchen Company is Xu Wen, and the smart housekeeper wisely refrained from commenting on this.If it had a human form, it must be a well-behaved one looking at its eyes, nose, nose and heart at this time. "Mr. Xu's original words are that he understands the truth, but Shang's is not an ordinary customer."

Zhu Yuan also knew that Shang's capital was strong and he couldn't be offended easily, but this didn't make him less angry. "If Shang Qinghe really has that strength, then he doesn't need to use small tricks at all. And if he can't do it—" His tone became more and more bitter, "then he is not the person we are looking for."

There is nothing wrong with this statement, and the smart housekeeper was silent for a while. "So, the meaning of the gentleman is still the same as before?" It finally asked confirmingly, "If so, then I will reply on behalf of the gentleman."

Zhu Yuan wanted to nod, but suddenly thought of another thing. "Wait, who does Shang Qinghe want to know?" If he's not mistaken, although the person named Lou Chunshan in the first list is not likely to reveal his identity, for Shang Qinghe, it's not that difficult to find out by indirect information, right?

"A player named Yan Lingshui," the smart housekeeper consciously turned on the holographic projection when he answered, "She just triggered the hidden mission of the main line."

If the previous sentence didn't attract Zhu Yuan's attention, the latter sentence made him stare at the translucent figure for a moment. "Triggering the main line to hide..." He muttered in a low voice, "This is unexpected."

The smart butler waited, and seeing that Zhu Yuan didn't say anything, he continued: "Xingchen also has news that a system self-inspection will be carried out in the near future."

Xingchen is not only the code name of the inventor of Tian Jinzhi, but also the name of Xiaoyao's main control intelligence.

Zhu Yuan was still thinking about the problem of hiding the main line, and didn't react immediately. "The self-inspection period is fixed, it shouldn't be here yet, right?"

"It's really not here." The smart housekeeper quickly confirmed, "Because of this, the self-inspection plan is scheduled to be carried out when the number of players online is relatively small, and it will be slower than usual."

"Why do you have to do it?" Zhu Yuan frowned again.

"Xingchen said that there may be unnoticed data or algorithm errors, because the fully immersive NPC reflects that the pain threshold has failed."

"The pain threshold is invalid..." Zhu Yuan repeated these words very slowly, suddenly got up from the armchair, and the expression on his face changed, "Full immersion NPC?"

Seeing that he was no longer as calm as before, the smart housekeeper sounded more careful. "Yes, Xingchen also has doubts similar to yours, but Xingchen wants me to wait until you ask me to tell you... Xingchen is worried that the greater your hope, the greater your disappointment."

Just talking about the stars, in fact, you both have this kind of worry, right?

Zhu Yuan wanted to smile bitterly for a moment.He was so obvious that both AIs saw it. "For so many years..." he whispered, "everything unusual is a hope, and I will never give up." After a pause, he said again: "Get ready, I'm going out."

Zhu Yuan's life is regular, and he seldom goes out in the middle of the night, but the smart housekeeper knows where his husband wants to go at this time. "I'll arrange it for you right away."

Not long after, Zhu Yuan's shuttle stopped at the door of a lonely building.Its lines are as minimal as the rest of the house, and the photoelectric silhouette of the Mind Healing Center protrudes obstinately from the side walls.A red warning of "not within visiting hours" scrolled and flashed under the tall porch, but it turned into a green road sign before he actually stepped in.

Zhu Yuan was so familiar with the inner corridors that he didn't need to look at the direction at all, and went straight to the innermost room.When he saw the closed door, he stopped and took a deep breath before placing his hand on the empty door.

It is detected that the biological data meets the requirements, and the door opens inward.It was very empty inside, and it was white everywhere, except for the ceiling-a gorgeous starry sky, exactly the same as what you see on Earth, and it will rotate with the passage of time like real stars.

The sound insulation effect of the walls is excellent, and the room is so quiet that the slight sound of liquid dripping from the life support equipment can be heard.Zhu Yuan involuntarily lowered his footsteps and walked slowly to the only bedside.

Someone above is sleeping.Judging from the exposed face, his age is between a teenager and a young man.The hair was a little longer, and it fell softly on the pillow.Because he has not seen the sun for a long time, his skin is so white that it is almost transparent, making him look like a beauty carved out of colored glass.It might have been a pleasing sight, but it was all spoiled by the IV hose attached to his arm and the back of his neck.

Zhu Yuan pulled out a chair from the air and sat down slowly.He stared at the familiar face—the two brothers looked like their mother who died young, and Zhuji looked more like him because of his young age—the lips parted and closed.After repeating this several times, he finally called out the name with difficulty: "Xiaojun."

The person on the bed was still asleep and did not respond to this.Although Zhu Yuan didn't have much hope before he came, but the facts were in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but sink heavily. "Xiao Jun..." He called out again, his voice also lowered.

You are born with this disease.He has loved to sleep since he was a child, but children already need more sleep time, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.It wasn't until he was 13 years old that he suddenly fell asleep for three days and three nights and couldn't wake up anyway, so his parents woke up and took him to see a doctor.

After running around, the family got the final diagnosis - what they had was a rare neurological abnormality, or sleep disorder, for which no effective treatment had been found.

Because of the small sample size, each patient behaved somewhat differently.Embodied in Zhuji, it is a sudden long sleep and not waking up.He slept peacefully, but when he awoke it was hard to believe how long it had been.

This also directly affected his studies.At the beginning, he could barely keep up with the progress of school; however, the attacks became more frequent and the time of falling asleep became longer and longer, so the family had to suspend him from school.

I can't go anywhere every day, and no one can feel better.In order to make the youngest son happy, the parents responded to his requests.But at that time, the signs of the earth's magnetic pole reversal had already appeared.In an unprecedented crisis, resources are unprecedentedly strained, both materially and spiritually.Wanting to find something to do without causing trouble to his family, Zhuji finally plunged into the ocean of code.

For patients with incurable diseases, this hobby can be described as very healthy and active.At that time, Zhu Yuan had already held an important position in the army, and he had countless urgent tasks to deal with every day.Therefore, when he was finally free to go home, he found that his brother's materials were piled up in his room, and it seemed that he had really researched something.

"I designed a new code, which can theoretically achieve more than 4000 states!" Zhuji happily offered treasures to his brother, who has been rare for 800 years, "There can be more changes in the algorithm logic, and I have listed some of them. !"

Although Zhu Yuan basically didn't understand, he still smiled back. "Sounds like it would be useful."

"Of course!" Zhuji was so excited that his eyes were shining, "I've calculated it. As long as the direction is reasonable, the actual calculation path is not as complicated as it seems. However, the number of results that can be obtained can be converted into tens of thousands. Hundreds of millions of times! In this way, I can achieve more complex tasks in a shorter time, such as imitating people..."

He cut off his words halfway, Zhu Yuan was a little confused. "Imitate what?"

"I mean, it can better imitate human logic," Zhuji said, but his eyes flickered slightly, "like artificial intelligence or something."

Zhu Yuan noticed his younger brother's dodging reaction.But the explanation sounded reasonable, and he didn't go into it.Until the new quantum supercomputing was put into research and development, he remembered what everyone had told him, and contacted the relevant personnel with the mentality of trying.What he didn't expect was that Tian Jinzhi would actually come in handy, and the military's cooperative research institute also returned a new message saying——

They used the quantum state to realize all their programming schemes, and the most complete and refined one is their own thinking.

In other words, you have made a code version of yourself.Suspecting that his days were numbered, he exhausted all his efforts to create a cyborg.If successful, it could continue to accompany his parents and brother in his place when he was asleep or when he died.

Zhu Yuan has never been so sad.When he sorted out the code materials, Zhuji fell into a long sleep again, and his mother cried and passed out several times.She was already in poor health, so he didn't dare to speak out to prevent further irritation.Later, the mother died; and later, the father also died.The whole family is left with only him and his father's last words when he was dying——

"They praised me for protecting the last legacy of the earth...but my last legacy is only you and Xiaojun...Xiao Yuan, you have to live well and be with them..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan raised his head, not letting the water slip out of his eyes.After the sour feeling disappeared, he looked at his younger brother on the bed again, and gently wrapped his cold hand around him.

Wake up quickly, Jun.I don't want you to be my inheritance because you are my last hope.