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9. Brain black box
"Before the final registration, I only have one question." Ruan Xian stopped outside the examination room door, and Tang Yibu, who was supporting him, had to stop together.
The eccentric android who called himself an "old model" tilted his head slightly, indicating that he was listening.
"I thought Ding Zepeng and the others rescued me incidentally, but according to what Zhang Yazhe just said, they seem to have the original rescue target. You asked me to replace that person, didn't you?" Ruan Xian asked in a whisper.
"Yes." Tang Yibu admitted generously, "I saw the cockroach swallowing the man's body near the ruins. He unfortunately died, so Zhang Yazhe lost the distress signal. There is no need to worry, he will not suddenly appear. ."
Ruan Xian looked at Tang Yibu with complicated eyes.
The other party did have a handsome human appearance. Those golden eyes seemed to be soaked in sunlight, their eyes were serious and focused, but there was not much warmth. It's like observing other creatures on the other side of the glass through a thick layer of transparent glass—the distance is very close, but there is an irreversible sense of alienation.
That's not a "human" look.
For the first time, Ruan Xian clearly realized that he and the other party are two kinds of creatures, if Tang Yibu is a kind of creature.
The motivation for his question was very simple - if the survivors who originally needed rescue were still waiting outside, Tang Yibu's behavior was tantamount to delaying the rescue. As a beneficiary of this behavior, Ruan Xian did not think that he could hang up on himself.
With a sigh in his heart, Ruan Xian didn't respond to Tang Yibu's words, he just acquiesced. He leaned forward, imitating Lao Zhang, and clasped the palm of his right hand on the thick door.
"Ruan Lijie, the visitor's application is approved." It was the familiar neutral electronic voice again.
This time, as soon as the door opened, the deafening fast-paced music almost knocked Ruan Xian down.
The examination room in front of him was a little bigger than the ward he had just seen. If he hadn't known in advance that this was a medical facility, Ruan Xian would have thought that he had walked into a mechanical grocery store.
About a third of the space is filled with wacky mechanical parts. Huge wooden boxes were stuffed in the corners, all kinds of mechanical movable limbs were rudely stuffed into the boxes, and the wires were tangled up outside. Ruan Xian even saw three or four sinks with naked "human bodies" in the maze of parts that were almost piled up to the ceiling. With the loud rumbling of the music, the piles of mechanical limbs on both sides of the door trembled slightly, looking like they would collapse at any time.
A thin figure was working at the desk facing the door.
Since only such a large living person was found in the room, Ruan Xian cleared his throat and raised his voice: "Mr. Guan, I'll do a check-in check-in."
The man looked up.
Guan Haiming was wrapped in an oversized white research suit and huddled tightly in his chair. He had long hair, a thin build, and a frighteningly pale complexion. The person looks less than 30 years old, and the facial features are exquisite, but the too thin face and the blue and black under the eyes destroy the delicate sense of coordination.
He seemed too lazy to raise his head, rolled his eyes to look at Ruan Xian, and tutted his mouth.
"Oh, it's you." He hummed lazily, reached out and swiped on the glass table twice, and the music stopped instantly.
Rubbing his buzzing ears, Ruan Xian recognized the voice. Not long ago, the owner of this voice wore a mechanical mask and gave him an auxiliary chip.
"Mr. Guan Haiming, according to the regulations, you should go to dinner now." Tang Yibu reminded thoughtfully.
"No. I'm tired after being forced to stay outside for so long." Guan Haiming said indifferently, and shrank back in his chair.
"Mr. Tian He specially arranged for you to go out for shifts for the sake of your body." Tang Yibu continued in a tone that was not emotionally fluctuating.
"I repeat, no. Since this person is here for a medical examination, let's start now."
Tang Yibu didn't insist any longer, but pulled out a chair like a magic trick from the machine pile and motioned Ruan Xian to sit down.
"The scan results are fine, and there are no lesions or spy machines in the body. The only suspicious thing is that he is too healthy." Guan Haiming lowered his head, and the ends of his hair hung down on his terribly protruding collarbone. "According to the report, Chi Lei has given you medicine. It seems that he is also suspicious. Well, let me see, temporary memory loss... How much do you remember?"
"Remember until March 1, 2095, when the world was still normal." Ruan Xian glanced at Tang Yibu and repeated his modified remarks. "I was a waiter in a cafe at that time."
"Well, 28 years old. 231 has submitted a report." Guan Haiming bit his nails. "Considering the current year, the age of the body is not quite right. Have you ever touched the dormant warehouse?"
"I don't remember much." Ruan Xian stared at Guan Haiming's expression.
"If you were 28 years old, there should be records in the file. Let's take a look." Guan Haiming tapped on the glass table full of pictures and texts, and a light screen jumped into the air. "……interesting."
A simple text was displayed in the air, but looking at Ruan Xian's side, he could only see a screen full of garbled characters.
"In 2095, there were 932 Ruan Lijie registered nationwide, 10 of them were between 25 and 30 years old, and 2 of them had work experience in a coffee shop. Your face has no traces of plastic surgery, and it does not match with one of them... I I think this information is seriously missing."
Guan Haiming glanced at the screen, pulled out a blank input box out of thin air, and threw it at Ruan Xian. "Graduate school, five names of peers, name and description of the owner of the work cafe... In short, the above pile of questions, write them down."
Ruan Xian recalled for a moment, exhaled, and quickly tapped on the air keyboard under the input box.
When he woke up twelve years later, he met another inexplicable Tang Yibu, who almost subconsciously used this fake identity to protect himself.
There were more and more people who cultivated "legitimate" fake identities from scratch and sold them. In order to test the vulnerability of the identity tracking system, dozens of virtual samples including "Ruan Lijie" were put into the system by Ruan Xian as a comparison standard for the program to automatically detect fake identities. In a sense, they are close to a "vaccine" for training tracking programs.
There are some electronic ghosts that exist only in network records, but are able to deceive surveillance programs through automatic calculations.
Even if he dies, unless someone specifically cancels the authorization, this regular long-term testing project will definitely continue to operate normally, and these data-stuffed ghosts will continue to move forward according to the planned path.
Ruan Lijie's follow-up "life" trajectory is very peaceful and ordinary, and all aspects are the most inconspicuous settings, which he programmed himself. He went through every detail by hand in order to test the probing process over and over again.
After thoroughly understanding his own situation and making sure that he can really be safe in the shelter, he doesn't mind revealing the truth about his identity. Right now, Tang Yibu's surveillance was in front, and Zhang Yazhe's abnormal case was behind, so Ruan Xian had to tighten every nerve.
He didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, and now is far from the time.
"There is no problem with the answer. Combining the scanning situation and the report of Zhang Yazhe's team, you should have entered the dormant warehouse after the accident in the big environment, and then came out to be active for half a year to a year. Some events happened recently, which caused you to lose this half year to one year. Memories of the years."
Ruan Xian pursed his lips.
"Don't be nervous. External stimuli, certain treatments, and even self-cutting of memory can achieve this effect. The world has become like this, and it's better to forget something more. Believe me, you don't know how many people want to do it all over again, pretending The world was normal yesterday. Of course, there are a lot of people who actually do it.”
Guan Haiming twitched the corners of his mouth and stood up.
"There is no problem with your scan results, the results of the auxiliary chip are also out, and all the indicators are normal. As long as you are sure that you are not a android, and you can't die temporarily, my mission is over."
"Can a scan determine whether a person is a bionic person?" Ruan Xian asked unintentionally.
"With the result of the auxiliary chip, the accuracy is almost 100%, unless those legendary devices are willing to condescend to come. Is there any problem? Now you can go." Guan Haiming waved his hand impatiently, and he was about to poke again. Music icons floating on glass desktop.
However, Zhang Yazhe passed the scan and also injected the auxiliary chip.
Ruan Xian adjusted his breath: "What is the use of the auxiliary chip?"
"It won't do anything to you. At most, it records your physiological conditions and backs up your memory. As long as you don't run into the signal blind spot, it can also help us locate your position. After strenuous exercise or a lot of blood loss, it needs to be supplemented as appropriate. I personally prefer to call it a black box rather than a secondary chip.”
"As for you, there shouldn't be a lot of chance to wear it out for the time being. Let's talk about it after the seven-day observation period. The rehabilitation equipment has been delivered to your room, and your legs have no physical problems, and they will soon recover... Damn, why are you here again?"
Guan Haiming's eyebrows jumped, and he rubbed his temple nervously, and then he clicked on the news that appeared on the glass table.
"...Okay, apply for maintenance, it's a no-brainer. 231, come to me at eight tomorrow morning, and I'll give you the debugging data."
"Yes." Tang Yibu said.
"Chi Lei estimates that he has already picked a new machine at Xiao Zheng's side. It just so happens that the medical machines are all in use. You should stand by Ruan Lijie first."
"Yes." Tang Yibu's smile seemed to be brighter.
Seeing Tang Yibu helping Ruan Xian out of the chair, Guan Haiming unabashedly relieved, it seemed that he was about to drive him out himself.
"...Mr. Guan, I still have a question to ask." Ruan Xian spoke again.
Guan Haiming showed a little murderous intent for a moment: "Speak."
"Since 231 wants to be in the same room with me." Ruan Xian's tone was sincere, and the confusion and worry were just right."Mr. Guan, what's the difference between a bionic and a human? I see him, er, quite human. There's always something in my heart..."
"It's a real problem to explain, but it's enough to remember one sentence."
Guan Haiming tapped his temples.
"The natural brain is human, the electronic brain is not. Other than that, nothing can be used as a criterion for judgment. The person who made this rule is one of the founders of Refuge—"
Ruan Xiangang was about to nod his head to end the question, but Guan Haiming's next sentence made him freeze on the spot.
"—My teacher, Professor Ruan Xianruan. Since you still remember what happened in 2095, you should know this person."