In the dark UX single cabin, three beeps sounded. Along with the melodious music, the sweet-sounding female customer service reminded: "The 039 vacuum tube train you are riding is about to arrive at the station. Please pack your bags and prepare to get off...
….”
Zhang Yunxi, who was resting under a blanket in the cockpit chair, woke up after hearing the beep and rubbed his sleepy eyes. The artificial intelligence automatically adjusted the lights in the cabin for him and pushed out warm water, paper towels and other supplies from the snack box.
Seeing the light, a strong headache hit him. Zhang Yunxi rubbed his temples vigorously with both hands to relieve the symptoms.
Intermittent headaches are a long-standing problem for Zhang Yunxi. He has been suffering from this kind of pain since he was born. But the strange thing is that no matter which hospital he goes to or what advanced equipment he uses for examination, his brain can never be found.
any question.
Today's medical science has become very advanced, especially the exploration of the human brain, which has reached a new height. Technologies such as consciousness guidance, neuron grafting, and memory downloading are all very mature. According to common sense, it should
There is no brain disease that cannot be diagnosed. Even if it cannot be cured, the problem should still be clarified, but Zhang Yunxi's disease has never been diagnosed.
Fortunately, this headache is intermittent. As long as there is no strong sensory stimulation or discomfort during rest, it rarely occurs.
Life and death are destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven.
Since nothing could be found, there was no point in worrying about it, so Zhang Yunxi had already adapted to this problem. When the pain was too much, he would take a rest, adjust his breathing, and calm down.
After relaxing in the cockpit for a while, the headache disappeared a lot. Zhang Yunxi drank a glass of warm water and called softly: "039, give me your backpack, thank you."
"Okay, Mr. Zhang." The artificial intelligence in the cockpit replied, opened the luggage rack, used a self-operating mechanical arm to lift out the black backpack inside, and placed it at Zhang Yunxi's feet.
"Thank you, 039."
"You're welcome, Mr. Zhang, you are the most handsome customer I have ever received. I am honored to serve you."
"Damn, you don't have to say that."
…
One minute later, vacuum tube train No. 039 entered the station, and the indicator light above the cabin showed red, reminding passengers that oxygen had not been released in the train tubes and leaving the cabin was temporarily suspended.
"Pfft!"
Along with the gas erupting from the pipe, the exit of the pipe wall about one and a half meters away from the hatch opened the gate first, and the bright sunshine outside shone in.
The cockpit door opened, the pedals automatically ejected, and Zhang Yunxi left the car with her luggage.
The concept of vacuum tube trains was proposed as early as the 1820s, and was widely discussed and developed in the early 20th century. However, due to the transportation market environment at that time and the poor compatibility between vacuum tube trains and other tools, it was no longer possible.
In addition, the cost was too high, so it could not be popularized, and subsequent research and development has been put on hold.
However, today's scientific level has advanced by leaps and bounds, and various refining technologies and infrastructure technologies have advanced to more than one level. Therefore, vacuum tube trains have also been officially put into use, but they have not yet been popularized on a large scale. Currently, in Asia, only the Pearl City has such a train 039
Number.
The place Zhang Yunxi came to was called Qingshan Town, about 800 kilometers away from Pearl City. The purpose of his coming here this time was to go through the admission procedures at Qingshan Theological Seminary.
Before his father passed away, he mentioned to Zhang Yunxi more than once that he should come to Qingshan Theological Seminary to study. For this reason, the father and son had a big quarrel. Because Zhang Yunxi didn't understand it at all, he used his graduation results to be ranked first in the world.
In the well-known Pearl University, top students will be trained with great emphasis, so why come to a seminary with a similar rating to a "technical school"?
If you just listen to this name, it is unreliable!
Zhang Yunxi had previously checked the information of Qingshan Theological College on the Internet. This college was founded about fifteen years ago. It has no educational background at all, and the subjects are diverse. The website is almost like a late-night app, and it even has
A shameless advertisement for a company.
What’s even more outrageous is that the teaching staff announced by this college can also be called the “floor” of the education industry. The oldest professional tutor is thirty-five years old, and the youngest is only twenty-three years old. To put it bluntly,
Zhang Yunxi even suspected that the other party might not be as professional as himself.
This is purely a pheasant school!
But Zhang Yunxi came anyway because he was too curious.
His father asked him to come before he died. Before being executed, AI nanny Li Yun had been shouting at Zhang Yunxi about Qingshan Seminary.
What kind of magic does this place have that makes people around her mention it one after another? Her father's motives are difficult to grasp, but Li Yun behaves so strangely. Her daily job is to take care of the Zhang family's daily life, which is completely
It has nothing to do with "academia", so why did she call Qingshan Seminary over and over again before she "died"?
Zhang Yunxi really couldn't figure it out, so after much hesitation, he filed his academic status, gave up the opportunity to enter Mingzhu University, and asked his teacher to write a letter of recommendation for him.
He plans to enter Qingshan Seminary to study and clarify his doubts.
…
Zhang Yunxi, carrying a black shoulder bag and wearing black sunglasses, walked through the crowded corridor and arrived at the lobby of Qingshan Station.
In the bright and clean station hall, a variety show discussion program is being played on several large projection screens, and the content happens to be the case of AI Li Yun murdering his employer's family.
In fact, the influence of Li Yun's case is very great, and it has even aroused discussions around the world. Many experts and scholars are also discussing this matter, and the argument is the coexistence of AI and human beings.
When AI's systematic thinking gradually evolves into human thinking, will it be equivalent to the addition of a new race in the world? Should everyone accept it and share the world with it, or should we resist it?
To put it more broadly, AI humans may have many congenital deficiencies during the evolution of their thinking, such as extremes, irritability, and abnormal thinking. In this case, will human beings' own safety be in danger?
The case of Li Yun is representative. When she was first produced and bought by Zhang Yunxi's parents, she did not have human thinking, only a systematic service thinking, but the factory wanted to make her behave more humanely.
It is more personalized, more emotional and more real, so she has written a lot of personalized programs in her program, and it is radiant.
So Li Yun had emotions and a certain kind of human consciousness, which led to the tragedy.
Zhang Yunxi glanced at the variety show and saw three guest scholars arguing and discussing non-stop, and felt extremely irritated.
Because they were discussing the details of the tragic death of his parents and sister, this step on the horse was tantamount to rubbing salt into Zhang Yunxi's heart.
Who can bear this?
Zhang Yunxi couldn't help but speed up his pace, preparing to leave this place as soon as possible.
…
After passing the automatic exit gate, Zhang Yunxi came to the waiting place outside the station. While waiting boredly, he accidentally saw a man in his thirties in the "Virtual Eternal World" peripheral store next to him.
I had an argument with a young-looking AI waiter.
After the concept of the metaverse was proposed again, after more than ten years of human efforts, Lingjing Group finally launched a cross-era product, a globally networked virtual universe, with the Chinese translation of - Eternal World.
As the world of immortality explodes in popularity around the world, peripheral stores similar to this have become numerous and can be seen everywhere.
In the store, there was a middle-aged man in his thirties who was very slovenly dressed. His hair seemed to have not been taken care of for a long time and looked very greasy. He was carrying a luggage bag in his left hand and waved to the young man opposite him with his right hand: "Come over here.
."
"Okay, sir." The young man folded his hands in front of him, bent his waist and put his face close.
"Snapped!"
The greasy man raised his right arm and slapped the young man firmly: "Are you discriminating against me and thinking that I am poor, so you recommend second-hand goods to me? Do I look like someone who uses second-hand goods?!"
"Sir, first of all, you hit very well, and your arms are also very strong." The young man's cheeks were red from the beating. He moved two steps to the side and then immediately returned to his position and put his face close: "But I
There is really no discrimination against you.”
"You horse rider, you are clearly looking at me with contempt." The greasy man uttered Chinese quintessence, then went up and slapped me again.
"Sir, you look like a rich and powerful person at first glance. I don't mean to despise you at all. I just recommend products to you based on your financial strength..."
"You are really a civilized snob, I'll beat you to death!" The greasy middle-aged man slapped the other person even more angrily.
"Pop!"
"...!"
The two of them, one willing to fight and the other willing to suffer, spent half a minute in the store.
"Sir, can you wait for a while?" The young man was beaten until his hair was messy and his cheeks were swollen like buns: "Can you let me go into the lounge and get a new face? This way you will have a better experience...
….”
"Bang!"
The greasy man raised his leg and it was enough to cut him off.
"ah!"
The young man fell to the ground in pain.
Zhang Yunxi saw this scene from the side and muttered in a broken voice: "Damn, what a cruel kick."
"Check out!" The greasy middle-aged man shouted into the room when he was tired from playing.
"Sir, you need to pay 1800kb of traffic compensation and 9950kb of economical second-hand brain-computer interface chips." A beautiful store manager came out. Looking at the job number, you can tell that she is not an AI.
"Why should we pay compensation? He just discriminated against me!"
"You physically sterilized it, of course you have to pay for it." The beautiful clerk pointed to the pressure relief shop next to her with a smile: "If you want to hit someone, we have a special spanking AI for you to use, with 500kb per minute."
"Damn, bad review!" The greasy man swiped his account with his watch and mobile phone, turned around and walked out, and also made a call: "Honey! I've thought about it, you're right, it's mine.
Wrong. Yes, I will go to Qingshan Seminary soon. You forgot, I have to enroll today..."
Due to the explosion of the eternal life world, a new round of financial changes has gradually formed. In the eternal virtual world, traffic is the only payment currency, so the paper currency and online payment currency in the world are gradually being eliminated. People
We believe that the flow currency will be strong for hundreds of years in the future, so the world-renowned enterprise Lingjing Group, together with major banks in the world, launched the blockchain decentralized currency - flow in real life.
"Squeak!"
A car stopped at the exit, the door automatically opened, and the artificial intelligence inside called out: "Sir, I am the driver of the Qingda Barley Taxi Company. My name is Fangfang. I am happy to serve you."
"Qingshan Theological Seminary, turn off the temperature control system, thank you." Zhang Yunxi bent down and got into the car. He looked up and saw that the greasy middle-aged man had also boarded the special bus to Qingshan Theological Seminary.
"Sir, let's leave now." Fangfang reminded: "You can take a rest..."
The driverless car strictly obeyed the traffic rules and slowly left the station.
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In an office at Qingshan Theological Seminary.
An old man who looked very old gently put down the information on Zhang Yunxi that he had just read, then picked up the information on another man named Zhang Yunzhao next to him, and murmured softly: "...It really makes me curious...
Can my body...really be able to support me until I uncover the truth?"?