Chapter 6

Five minutes later, half-dead jazz music was played in the "broken tavern" again. The deeply comatose "Spider" was tied to the table leg with a metal rope with electric shock function, and Principal Lu, who was originally going to go back to take a beauty nap He also sat back at the bar.

　The green lizard lay on Zhan Lu's shoulder, motionless, like a plastic ornament.

　Lu Bixing gently stroked the lizard along its back. The lizard didn't respond. He felt goosebumps all over his arms: "Who can tell me what the fun of raising this thing is?"

　Zhan Lu was reasonable. Reptiles have a very long history, because they are ancient and mysterious. Since the beginning of the Earth Era, many gods and demons imagined by human civilization are based on reptiles. You see, it is very quiet, but its body temperature and circulation are constantly changing. The life magnetic field is very gorgeous, it is a contradictory and strange creature, full of charm like a living antique. "

　The romantic feelings of artificial intelligence made Lu Bixing confused.

　The fourth brother said perfunctorily at the side: "He means that this thing is suitable for use as a set for photography."

　Lu Bixing suddenly understood and accepted this reason, and at the speed of light he agreed with the cuteness of the reptile.

　The fourth brother tapped his fingers on the bar table twice, drawing back Lu Bixing's attention: "You just mentioned the 'Garden of Eden', how much do you know about it?"

　Lu Bixing said confidently: "If I have enough funds and manpower, , I can build one in the eighth galaxy!"

　The fourth brother listened patiently to his boast, feeling that even the earth's crust of the Beijing star could hold Master Lu's majesty.

　"'Garden of Eden' is the first course in the Department of Information Technology. I compiled the popular science textbook myself." Lu Bixing drank the soft drink in the cup in one gulp, moistened his throat, and prepared for a long speech, "Two students, do you know the new ephemeris? Where is the dividing line between the era and the old star calendar era?"

　The fourth brother was too lazy to pay attention to him.

　But Zhan Lu responded cooperatively: "In terms of political structure, it is the establishment of the alliance, and in terms of technology, it is the establishment of the 'Garden of Eden'."

　"Very accurate," Lu Bixing snapped his fingers and lowered his voice, "Then I Please close your eyes, let your imagination run wild, and come with me to the capital star of our alliance - assuming you are an ordinary person living in Voto, your living standard in Voto is similar to that in Beijing Star, and you also live in There is one bedroom and one living room in a pencil-shaped tube building."

　Zhan Lu couldn't help but say, "But..."

　There is no such thing as a "tube building" in Watto.

　"Shh-" Lu Bixing interrupted him in a pretentious manner, "Don't interrupt."

　"Under the shroud of the 'Garden of Eden', your home should look like this: In the early morning, you open your eyes and find yourself lying on the soft grass, The aroma of grass and trees condenses around you, and your favorite animals are running around. Of course, as fresh and cute as they are, they have absolutely no problem with urinating everywhere. Or maybe you like the sea, then your home will be like the bottom of the sea, full of coral and colorful. Schools of fish are swimming around you, and you can feel the sea water holding you up like a cradle, but as a mammal, you won't have any breathing and air pressure problems." Lu Bixing's voice is very suitable for promoting cult organizations. It has its own fascinating functions. When he said this, he smiled, "This is just a corner of the beauty of the Garden of Eden."

　Zhan Lu was still struggling with the question just now: "You said it very well, but the first galaxy does not have a tube... ..."

　"Okay," the fourth brother interrupted them, "stop talking nonsense and talk about the main point."

　Principal Lu poured cold water on the passionate midnight class, so he could only say dryly: "Oh, okay." "Garden of Eden" is actually a large-scale "spiritual network" in which humans and machines are connected in parallel. It is highly overlapped with the real world and can serve people to the maximum extent. "

　The fourth brother said in a difficult manner: "I didn't ask you to follow the script."

　Lu Bixing and Yi Yi. The current generation has been around longer than the first batch of Xiong students, and his temper has been tempered for a long time. He changed his words in a good-natured way: "In a place under the Garden of Eden, your brain can be connected to any device and artificial intelligence at any time. To use an analogy, ——Just like you are sitting at the bar now, if there is a Garden of Eden, and a thought flashes in your mind, the wine cabinet will immediately prepare the drink you want and deliver it to you. At the same time, the Garden of Eden is connected to the brain and can react on it. Human senses, let's take this drink as an example. For example, someone wants to drink a milkshake and happens to be on a diet. Eden recognizes this contradictory need, and the bar will provide a glass of boiled water, and the Eden network will stimulate his taste, allowing him to He drank the milkshake he wanted most, and it still had no calories."

　The fourth brother immediately asked: "Have you ever seen the Garden of Eden?"

　Lu Bixing shrugged: "If I have the chance, I would really like to travel across the galaxy, but it's a pity that I don't have a passport. It was detained by my father. I heard that every baby born in the seven major galaxies of the alliance will be included in the Garden of Eden after being legally registered. This legal citizen will receive the best care from birth to death, and the real world will be spiritually protected. The network extends infinitely, and loneliness, depression, anxiety... none of these can exist, because once Eden senses that you have this tendency, it will eliminate these bad feelings by stimulating your senses and regulating your hormone levels. In the age of the earth, many religions have this concept - the ultimate ideal place of carefreeness. They call it "the land of bliss", "heaven" or "the Garden of Eden". Legend has it that the gods blasted mankind out of the Garden of Eden. Now the mortals have made a new one - of course, there is nothing about the eight galaxies in it, maybe because someone has to go to hell. "

　The fourth brother did not intend to discuss the national economy and people's livelihood issues with him, and he did not miss any punctuation mark: " Why do you think the tools used by this human trafficker are related to the "Garden of Eden"? "Illusion, Lin, technology that can interfere with human and artificial intelligence at the same time, I can only think of the 'Garden of Eden'. "

　Lu Bixing clicked his temple, "Everything has two sides, whoever can make you happy can make you lost." When the Garden of Eden was completed, the seven major galaxies came up with a set of legal provisions that strictly prohibited Eden technology from interfering with normal cognition and human free thought. However, technology itself is a double-edged sword. It can serve the people, and it can also poach the people. —In addition, my student should be suffering from encephalopathy. "

　About 1% of the human population is born with low mental ability due to genetic defects and is unable to adapt to the Eden system - simply put, it means poor brain contact.

　If you want to forcibly access the Garden of Eden, it may cause mental disorders and even life-threatening conditions over a long period of time. This is called "empty brain syndrome".

　In the first few decades of the New Star Era, when the Garden of Eden was not mature, these people could still survive. However, as the Garden of Eden system became more and more integrated with human life, these "defective products" were gradually marginalized, and they suffered from empty brain syndrome. There is an obvious genetic tendency, which often occurs continuously within a certain family.

　After General Lu Xin regained the Eighth Galaxy, a large number of people suffering from discrimination moved their families to this place with nothing, and lived in the "desert" with the chaotic aborigines, leading to the establishment of the Garden of Eden in the Eighth Galaxy. The system's voting has always failed... Of course, even if the voting passed, no one would fund the gorillas of the eighth galaxy.

　The fourth brother raised his head and glanced at Zhan Lu.

　Zhan Lu understood, opened his hand, and showed the biochip he removed from the heart of the "spider" to the knowledgeable Principal Lu: "This should be the 'double-edged sword', Principal Lu, I didn't know you were in information technology" "Do you have expertise in this field?"

　"What do you mean?" Lu Bixing was taken aback. After a moment, he finally took his eyes off the chip and forced himself to remain reserved. "You want to hire me as a researcher? It's difficult, I'm now There is no laboratory to take advantage of."

　The fourth brother raised his eyebrows: "You are using my name to lie around and build a shabby school. There is not even a laboratory?"

　Lu Bixing sighed and said pretentiously: "Ancient Rome was not built in a day. Xinghai Academy is still very young and needs a gradual improvement process."

　Fourth brother: "Don't talk nonsense."

　"..." Master Lu lowered his head. "There is a bit of a funding problem."

　Xinghai Academy is not, as outsiders have speculated, a carefree second-generation rich man playing around with the pocket money given by his own father. No father in the world would help his son run away from home. When Lu Bixing was driving around in his modified mecha, One-Eyed Eagle froze all his accounts.

　Back then, it was Master Lu who cheated and sold his modified mecha to a swindler, so he had the money to build the school.

　Xinghai College has just opened, and many facilities need to be repaired. The faculty and staff who were deceived by him need to be paid, and the equipment and machines need to be maintained. The tuition fees paid by the students are simply a drop in the bucket - most of them are "poor students" , not only did not pay tuition, but also received a scholarship.

　Principal Lu looks like a dog, but he is so poor that he is about to sell himself out.

　However, the fourth brother didn't take it to heart when he heard about his serious concern. He lowered his head and lit a cigarette, lit it up to see the guests off, and said in an understatement: "I know, that's it. You can settle the accounts with Zhan Lu yourself for as long as it takes." He gave it to you."

　Lu Bixing almost knelt down and called "Dad". He used all his strength to maintain the dignity that a scholar should have. He nodded restrainedly: "Thank you for your support for education. I support you. On behalf of the school board, I have decided to grant you an honorary doctorate from our school."

　The fourth brother thought he was farting and tapped the door with his chin, signaling him to kneel down quickly.

　Principal Lu still refused to let it go. He kicked his nose, grabbed the fourth brother's hand and shook it up and down: "As the biggest sponsor of our school, I have a surprise for you. Our school will hold the first meeting tomorrow morning. We have specially reserved VIP seats for you at the opening ceremony of the second class of freshmen. Dr. Lin sincerely invites you to attend the ceremony."

　Dr. Lin, who was freshly baked, replied: "Get lost."

　Lu Bixing took the bloody biochip from Zhan Lu. , not feeling dirty at all, he kissed her on the lips suavely and walked away.

　The wind chimes at the front door rattled loudly due to his graceful footsteps. When they walked away, the fourth brother showed a faint smile and said to Zhan Lu, "Pour me another glass of wine."

　Zhan Lu said . Just like the "Garden of Eden" described by Lu Bixing, without his instructions, he mixed a glass of wine exactly according to his taste, added two ice cubes and placed it in front of Fourth Brother: "Sir, you appreciate Principal Lu very much."

　Fourth Brother . His eyes swept over the rim of the wine glass and glanced at him.

　"You are very patient with him. I have rarely seen you so patient." Zhan Lu put the green lizard back into the glass tank and tidied up the bar in an orderly manner.

　The fourth brother was noncommittal: "Have I always been impatient in your eyes? The researchers who followed me in the past were all very poor, and they were still nagging and confused. I didn't say anything, right?"

　Zhan Lu's pair of eyes looked like a flat lake. Data analysis diagrams danced in his green eyes, intending to use enough data to explain his point of view in an orderly manner.

　However, the fourth brother did not give him a chance.

　Lin drank all the wine in the glass, and his relaxed expression became cold again, and ordered: "Zhan Lu, you can go to sleep."

　Zhan Lu was stunned: "Sir, do you want me to go into complete sleep mode, or do you want the host to go into sleep mode and maintain basic monitoring functions? "

　The fourth brother said: "Sleep completely, set time for three hours, wake up again at dawn."

　"Yes, prepare to sleep, enter complete sleep state in one minute." Zhan Lu repeated his command word by word, the human body Gradually it "melted" and merged with the bar, and soon only a robot hand hanging next to the wine cabinet was left.

　The robot suddenly said: "Sir, I serve you. Except for situations that endanger your life, I will unconditionally execute any of your orders. Whether you are morally noble or cruel and despicable, it makes no difference to me. My program There is no function to evaluate the owner in the settings."

　The fourth brother stared at the melting ice cubes in the empty cup quietly, as if he didn't hear it.

　A minute passed, and the robot hand hung down, making no sound anymore.

　The fourth brother stood up and washed the cup, wiped his hands, and then walked towards the spider tied to the corner of the table.