Outside this first-class hospital, there was a bustling crowd. Various media outlets heard the news and sent a large number of reporters to try to find out the specific situation.
It is impossible to completely conceal an accident with such huge casualties, and there is no need for the new government to conceal it.
"Mr. Li, do you know the specific casualties?"
"Mr. Li, why did such an accident happen?"
"Is it because the materials are unqualified? Or is it the negligence of the staff?" Facing the reporters who were frantically trying to break into the hospital, some soldiers with live ammunition quickly blocked the door, and then an expert in a suit accepted the test in person.
Interview.
"As far as I know, an engineering accident occurred due to an operational error when testing the planetary electromagnetic railgun... The detailed results are still under investigation."
"About 19 people were injured and are out of danger. One person is not out of danger and is still undergoing emergency rescue... Don't worry, the whole thing has not been finalized yet!"
This hospital is not just an ordinary hospital, it is also a research center for brain neuroscience! Except for family members of patients, no one else is allowed to enter, including of course this group of reporters.
In the emergency room, more than a hundred experts in charge of silicon-based transformation surgery were also gathered together. Time waited for no one, everyone was dying, and they did not have much time to do targeted research, so they could only discuss it casually.
A few sentences, and then based on the usual research data, I bite the bullet.
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"There is no way. This body will definitely not be usable. All the organs are in a state of internal bleeding, and many parts have died from lack of oxygen. We can only transplant the most important brain..."
"For such serious damage, we must first use stem cells to repair it, and then try to install an auxiliary brain... Well, auxiliary brain, you know, this is the latest technology."
"Then, after the brain is repaired, the biochemical clone, that is, the mechanized human body, will be installed... All the original ones will be discarded. The surface of the clone will be made of cellular components, and it will feel exactly the same and will not be any different from the original."
Several women had already burst into tears. Brain transplants, clones, etc. sounded a bit appalling. So much so that the expert responsible for the explanation turned slightly pale.
He spit out a series of proper nouns, which actually made the other person cry harder. Obviously, this was the first time for this young expert to encounter this kind of thing, and he didn't know how to comfort the patient's family.
These women just kept crying and were in a state of confusion. They didn't know what to do. One of them might be the patient's wife, another might be the mother, and the other looked childish.
Some...should be daughters.
There is an age gap between the three of them, but they look almost young, so it's impossible to tell how old they are.
There has been zero death rate in Noah for so many years, so why did disaster suddenly happen to her family?! How could she not cry!
And because of the confidentiality agreement, this group of ordinary civilians have no idea that there have been many successful examples of assisted brains, and they don't really believe in this fantasy technology.
In the end, Yu Yifeng hurriedly arrived. He looked outside and saw that everything inside was in chaos. He frowned and said, "You all know what the situation is. My head has been crushed. I would have died a long time ago."
Got it!"
"This is the last resort. It's hard to say whether the person can be saved...but if the operation is not performed immediately, the person will definitely die!"
With the leader's credibility, the patient's wife signed her name on the operation sheet in a daze.
Well, even if they didn't sign, the operation would have already been underway. This was not only a necessary process, but also gave them a little bit of psychological comfort.
Severe damage to the brain has brought about high repair complexity. Fortunately, over the years, people have gradually understood the function of the brain. A special drug can reactivate stem cells, allowing adults to function like
Like a baby, neurons regrow.
Of course, in this process, nanoworm transformation technology is also used to silicon-based transformation of some parts, so that humans and machines will be organically combined.
The entire operation took a total of 36 hours, and then the experts walked out exhausted...
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A few days later.
Zhang Ruien suddenly opened his eyes, his head in a state of confusion...
"Zhang Ruien" is the specific name of this critically ill patient, and he is also a scientific and technological worker in electromagnetic weapons.
His eyes were staring straight at the ceiling, twitching from time to time, and seeming to roll his eyes. In this state, it seemed that his brain was just waking up, but not alive. Except for blinking a few times occasionally, he had no stress response.
There is no self-awareness either.
The medical robot responded very quickly and automatically submitted the awakening report immediately.
Soon, a group of medical workers walked into the room quietly. They were not particularly surprised when they saw Zhang Ruien's awakening.
They immediately operated the surrounding instruments and conducted various tests.
This patient named "Zhang Ruien" looks quite scary now. He only has a bare head, soaked in some kind of light blue "nutrient solution", with various tubes inserted on the top of his skull, and there is also a faint viscera under his neck.
Exposing certain mechanical parts.
Below the head... there is no body.
Except for some original brain cells, the rest of this head is completely artificial.
For this reason, even Zhang Ruien's family members are not allowed to enter this intensive sterile ward. After all, most ordinary people are members of the Appearance Association. Seeing a solitary head with various tubes inserted, it is estimated that
I'll be scared to death.
This kind of inspection lasted for half an hour in total. Zhang Ruien was still staring at the ceiling stupidly, rolling his eyes, like a stupid robot.
There was no movement except the instinctive blinking of the eyes...
He now has no lungs at all and cannot even breathe. But according to the computer instrument display, his "brain stem" is always activated and seems to want to complete the respiratory response.
The room was quiet, with more than a dozen experts busy in an orderly manner, analyzing and comparing column after column of data.
At this time, Yu Yifeng also heard about this and walked in quietly. He was wearing a set of sterile isolation clothes and walked lightly.
Yu Yifeng stared at this head for a long time, and frowned slightly when he saw the way he rolled his eyes. He had seen a lot of "human heads" like this over the years, so there was nothing strange about it.
"How is it? Did the experiment succeed? Why do you look so stupid? Didn't the other experiments wake up long ago?"
"It's hard to say yet... We are currently in the memory recovery stage." The person who answered him was biologist Professor Nakatamura.
He pointed at the big screen and said: "In the previous experiments, the brain was at least intact, but this time it is different. For the sake of conservatism, this experiment did not use the most advanced technology, but was just a relatively safe plan."
Yu Yifeng took a closer look and saw that it was the functional standard pattern of each brain area. According to his current knowledge, he could barely understand it.
"You see, the artificial brainstem is responsible for simple physiological functions. I have just confirmed that there is no problem with this part. The brainstem is responsible for breathing, digestion, heartbeat and other functions. After testing, it completely meets the standards."
"Actually, I don't think these functions are very necessary. Since we need to use an artificial body, the heartbeat reflex and so on can be completely removed. Wouldn't it be better to use an artificial water pump...?"
Professor Nakatamura is an advocate of the bionic school in the truest sense, advocating the transformation of all useless things in the human body, including the digestive system, circulatory system, etc.
With the advancement of science and technology, this school of bionics has become popular in recent years. They believe that incompletely evolved things such as the stomach and small intestine can be replaced by an incinerator. The epithelial cells of the small intestine will be replaced every 3-6 days.
, it is troublesome to death, and it is also very easy to get sick. Incinerators do not have this problem.
You can also use nutrient solution, nanoworms instead of blood, ventilators instead of lungs, etc...
Well, what the bionic school advocates involves a series of ethical issues and has not yet been passed by law. The mechanical bionic body in this experiment still cloned a large number of human tissues, and it was not purely mechanized.
When Professor Nakatamura saw Yu Yifeng, he explained it in great detail: "Our current auxiliary brain only has a simple physiological system and does not have a complete dominant logical system. It can assist people in thinking, but it cannot dominate people's thinking. After all,
, we have not yet figured out the logical boundaries of human beings, and blindly designing one will only limit human creativity."
"The logic aspect still needs to be executed by the primitive brain..."
"Also, we have installed electronic eyes and a mechanical nose for him, which will make his perception more sensitive. However, these functions can all be turned off."
"Okay, just tell me, can the person wake up?" Yu Yifeng asked directly. He saw the head still looked stupid, and thought of the scene of the family members crying and screaming, and he felt in his heart
Slightly anxious.
This incident, after being reported by the media, even aroused heated discussions among the general public. If such serious injuries can be rescued, there is no doubt that it will be a huge encouragement to the people. But if it fails, it will also be a disaster.
Quite a blow.
The original security check program is under comprehensive investigation. It is not terrible if there are bugs in the system. As long as you find them and prescribe the right medicine, that's it.
Professor Nakatamura shook his head slightly: "It's hard to say, but the patient's hippocampus suffered a series of damage. After the brain was repaired, some memory was lost. Now we have to see whether the patient's memory can form an effective self-logic. Otherwise, it will be cleared.
Memory, re-learning like a child, isn’t this a different person..."
"Clear memory? What will happen if you fail to form your own logic and don't clear your memory?" Yu Yifeng frowned again and asked.
Nakatamura spread his hands: "You will become a fool. Think about it, a bunch of useless things are stuffed in your head and cannot be connected in series. How is it different from garbage? If people don't have their own logic, they can only be like animals.
There is only instinct... maybe there is no instinct at all."
"In this case, it is better to clear the memory and learn again."
"Well... I'm still not sure."
Yu Yifeng nodded. After understanding the specific situation, he could only turn around and walk out of the intensive care unit.
After meeting the patient's family, he selectively conveyed some of this information. Anyway, now, the operation was not successful, but it did not fail either. People can only do their best as much as possible...
Time passes day by day.
In Zhang Ruien's mind, various memory fragments jumped randomly.
Sometimes it was like a child playing, sometimes it was the scene of the earth exploding, and sometimes it was mining on the Knicks. Anyway, there are all kinds of memories from childhood to adulthood, many of them are blurry, and some are relatively clear.
.
These memories must be connected through a logical thread, otherwise they will just be mere fragments and cannot form a real personality.
Maybe it’s because of the tenacity of life instinct, or maybe it’s the superb skills of the new human experts, or maybe it’s the role of the auxiliary brain... I don’t know how long it took, but this part of the memory fragment was finally slowly sorted out.
Zhang Ruien's brain activity is getting stronger and stronger, and his brain waves are getting clearer and clearer.
"I……"
"do you died?"
He remembered!
He remembered the last seconds before the explosion!
A series of brainwave data changed from flat to violently trembling. The moment he regained self-consciousness, a large number of scientists were like rabbits, frantically rushing to the intensive care unit.
The two leaders were Professor Roman and Nakatamura. They were beaming with joy, smoking all over their bodies, and couldn't be happier!
A few even trembled with excitement... What does this mean?
"More than just a human life..."
"Or...the crossing of weak barriers?!"
This technology has been successfully extended to new humans. How could they not be excited and happy!
Soon someone called Yu Yifeng and reported the incident. "What?" Yu Yifeng immediately put down his work in the office and hurried to the hospital.
Of course, the final result has yet to be verified. Whether Zhang Ruien has become smarter or normal remains to be investigated.
"I..." When seeing such a large group of people, Zhang Ruien wanted to speak, but found that he was soaked in a light blue liquid and was just opening his mouth.
This is because he has only one head and no trachea, so he cannot make sounds.
"Don't panic, we have repaired your brain, but we haven't installed the body yet. What you want to say in your mind can be directly reflected on the computer screen." A young professor said calmly with a gentle voice.