Leibniz rubbed the "mobile hard drive" in his hand and said slowly: "Scientific researchers are great and glorious. All the research they do is practical and can create infinite material wealth for the world.

But researchers of literature and art are equally important. It is they who regulate public morality and aesthetics, they establish correct values ​​for society, they check and balance the inflated ambitions of scientists, and put a halter on the wild horse of science and technology. Intelligent life requires both rationality and rationality.

Thinking deeply requires emotional humanistic care. After all, eating is for living, but living is not just for eating."

That powerful but short-lived prehistoric civilization is a lesson from the past.

It's a pity that history is always surprisingly similar. Any civilization will develop uncontrollably, slip at the top, and eventually decline. This is the case with the Magic Empire, and the same is true with the Elf Empire. In the flames of war, lives disappear, civilizations are destroyed, and many precious things die.

Can never come back.

Taking history as a mirror, Leibniz had a vision beyond the mundane world. He put away the "mobile hard drive" (who would have thought that a priceless treasure could be so simply placed in an unlocked drawer) and said: "Currently, the world only has

We have developed the technology to extract kerosene from coal. Once someone can extract kerosene from oil, he will be controlled by our people and taken back to the city."

“Isn’t this a technological monopoly?”

"Yes. While restricting their personal freedom, I will also let them see the tip of the iceberg of the steel city's technological reserves. When they come into contact with new technologies, they will be dominated by their own thirst for knowledge and will not want to leave at all. They only want to think about it every day.

They absorb knowledge like a sponge absorbing water. And when a top researcher appears among these people and he decides to return to his homeland, I will show up and tell him that he should stay. I will not treat this

Such people brainwash me, and after making painful choices, these people basically agree with my ideas."

"Why? Isn't it right to serve the motherland with new technologies? Is it because of your anti-war thoughts? I have to say that your approach is in vain! People's exploration of science will never stop, you

You can never suppress the progress of science and technology!" The excited Ström didn't notice that he was actually rude to the king.

"Yes, that's true. No matter how great the Iron City's ability is, it has its limits. Just like when I was negligent about the Twilight Empire... and when I was negligent about that Brian, I actually allowed you to restore the manufacturing technology of Pure White Abomination, and even

I also created funeral molds and dead flu viruses. But I also believe that my efforts are not in vain. At the very least, the destruction of this world can come as late as possible."

Leibniz's smile was very sacred, with the compassion of a figure in religious legend. Fermat and Ström looked at each other, and they probably knew why the Soul God had abandoned His Majesty. The King of the Undead ignored life, because life will inevitably end.

Welcome death, death is an eternal dream; but His Majesty Leibniz did the opposite. Of course the Soul God will not allow it!

"I came to you this time because I have work arrangements. Laboratory 01 needs you to take over the monitoring. Considering that we don't need to sleep, I think you two are very suitable."

His Majesty led the way and said: "You have been studying hard for the past three days, and I have seen it all. The properties of oil have long been deciphered by the city. It is an extremely basic thing. You can get the data by reaching out to Little K.

But you have to be self-reliant, and you still study tirelessly despite the lack of guidance. Your spirit is commendable, and the data obtained from the research is correct. Of course, this is the most important point. If I took you to visit Laboratory 04 before, it was just a whim.

, then allowing you to work in Laboratory 01 this time represents my affirmation of you. I hope you will not disappoint me."

Being able to study in the top laboratory is something the two of them could only dream of.

As soon as he entered Laboratory No. 01, he saw a glass jar with a diameter of fifteen meters in the center of the spacious room. A ball of white biological tissue with a diameter of five meters was soaked in the green liquid. There were many winding grooves on the tissue, so

Strom asked tentatively: "Is this the brain?"

"Yes. Take it out while the body is still active, and then use nutrient solution to keep it alive. It is alive and can think. Isn't it incredible?" The person who answered the question was a dark-skinned young man with curly hair, who was writing in his arms.

Board, walked out from behind the glass jar, half of his face was reflected in green.

Leibniz introduced: "This is Fermat and Ström, the people who took over the monitoring work. This is Theseus, one of our most outstanding members."

"Mr. Leibniz, these two are pretty good. Even those researchers in the past would have made a fuss when they saw the 'brain in a vat', even if they had made mental warnings."

"After all, they are undead creatures, and they are not surprised by human tissue." Leibniz patted the other party on the shoulder: "Hurry up and hand over the work, and then go to rest. You can't keep using stimulants."

"Actually, I'm not sleepy at all..." Theseus yawned, then showed a look of pain on his face: "Ah, cramp...it hurts..."

"..." Leibniz scolded angrily: "Your muscles are so tense that you even get cramps when you yawn!"

"I know, I know." Theseus raised his hand and immediately introduced the work content to the two of them.

Laboratory No. 01 is centered on the brain in the vat, with various monitoring equipment installed 360 degrees without blind spots. As many as forty-eight cameras are aimed at the glass vat. Any situation can be faithfully recorded and transmitted to Laboratory No. 05.

.The programmed golem will change the fluid in the glass tank, inject oxygen and clean the room. The energy system is independent, and the three systems of lighting, ventilation and security will run automatically, and there is no need to worry. It takes two people to do

In fact, it is very simple. Just sit here and monitor, and immediately notify Leibniz or Theseus if there is any abnormality. The communication device is on the operating table, which is very conspicuous and can be seen by patients with amblyopia.

Theseus seemed very worried, and after he finished speaking, he asked the two of them to recite the key points to see if they could remember them well, and then left with a yawning sound.

Streum sat in front of the operating table and read the instruction manual carefully, while Fermat approached the glass jar and exclaimed: "This thing is so big! It must have been taken from the dragon!"

"No, it comes from the goblin master Hilary Putnam." Leibniz stood with his hands behind his hands and was also observing.

"Goblin? Impossible, right?" Everyone in the world knows how small the goblin is, how could he have such a huge brain?

"Because it is separated from the body, it can grow freely. It will probably become bigger in the future. How to change the container will also be a problem." Leibniz frowned and began to consider the long-term risks.

The reason why Strum was not sure that this was a brain at first was because of the size and the shape. Normal brain tissue is walnut-shaped, but this thing grew into a ball. The surface of the ball was attached to

There are many cables, and the cables are connected to the bottom of the glass tank. You can see that the bottom of the tank is a metal platform, and the red and green signal lights flash rhythmically on the platform. Visual inspection shows that everything is normal.

"Although Theseus didn't hand over too much work, you can also record the data yourself without affecting the brain in the vat. After all, you can't see such interesting things everywhere. Hillary is a goblin, and this race

He lacks strength and is often laughed at, so Hillary works hard and uses technology to make up for various shortcomings. He is both talented and meticulous, and all the humane facilities in the city are actually his handiwork. For this reason alone, as a necromancer,

I will never be able to match him as a living creature. When he was dying, I asked him if he wanted to become an undead creature. Who knew that he would actually take a gamble and complete his ultimate project, which is "

How to distinguish reality from fiction?

Neither of the two people who raised their ears understood.

Leibniz further explained: "The brain is responsible for thinking, and the five senses: eyes, ears, nose, skin, and mouth are responsible for receiving external information. If the brain is taken out alone and placed in a glass jar, it will not be able to obtain external information.

Yes, then at this time we can convert the external information into electrical signals and transmit them to the brain, and the brain can restore the external information. From our perspective, the brain has shifted its position, but from the brain's perspective, nothing has changed. We can even transmit it.

The body is still there, giving it a signal that it can make a fist if it wants to, and kick a leg if it wants to."

The two of them looked at the glass tank and immediately understood why there were cables attached to the surface of the brain in the tank.

"In other words, the cameras around us act as eyes and the microphones act as ears. Hillary can still see and hear us. If he feels necessary, he can speak through the speaker. It is not him who is the brain, but the entire Experiment 01

The whole room is filled with him."

Leibniz added: "If we manipulate the transmitted information, for example, if I give instructions to the camera to only photograph you and not me, then the brain in the vat will not know my existence."

"Similar to an illusion?"

"It can be understood this way. The most interesting thing about this subject is that it makes us wonder whether it is possible that we are also brains suspended in nutrient solution? Are what we see and hear now all electrical signals transmitted by optical cables?

?Does the me who is talking to you really exist, or is it just a piece of fabricated information?"

Although they are undead creatures, Streum and Fermat were horrified by what they heard. Under the premise of "brain in a vat", reality and fiction are so difficult to distinguish, which makes people fall into the abyss of skepticism.

"Since the entire Laboratory 01 is considered the body of the brain in a vat, could it be that..."

Leibniz knew what Fermat wanted to ask, and nodded: "Yes, Hillary is the owner of Laboratory 01. He lives in an imaginary space that is both true and false. If he keeps studying, maybe he can even
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