Human on a Chip Project

Chen Xuan didn't know whether it was the tearing headache that woke him up, or the headache only after waking up.He didn't want to open his eyes, rolled around and rolled the quilt under his body.

The memory of last night came back.

The equipment in the virtual reality game hall connects all senses, and the effect is really immersive and extremely exciting.Although under the influence of a large amount of alcohol, the brain's response is sluggish, but the chip is doing its duty, and even in order to supplement the decline in brain function, it drives the senses more frantically and stimulates the body's response.

At the most intense moment, he felt that all the muscles in his body were tense, and his heart was about to burst.And the adrenaline rush that comes from it is exhilarating to the extreme.

The emptiness of returning to reality after the game is over is simply unbearable.So a few people went to drive the off-road vehicle in the dark again, go clubbing, dance disco, until they were exhausted.

However, when you are too tired to move, the loss and loneliness are the most abrupt.

But there is a beautiful woman sleeping at home.

Chen Xuan buried her head in the pillow and snorted in pain - what the hell did that do? !

The aroma of food and the sound of dishes colliding came from the crack of the door.Chen Xuan felt a cramping pain in her stomach.

That's all, just go out and apologize.

"Morning!" He bit the bullet and greeted the one who was busy in the kitchen.

"Oh, morning! I made breakfast, do you want to try it?" Nan Yiming brought out a plate with an attractive aroma almost impatiently.

"Thank you." Chen Xuan took the plate and glanced at it guiltily: Has he ever smiled at me?Why is he smiling at me?He's smiling like a little too enthusiastic - or am I overthinking it?

"Uh, last night..." He decided not to torture himself anymore, and opened his mouth.

"You drank too much last night and went to bed late. Here, I made French toast, which is the best way to deal with this situation." Nan Yiming took over the conversation.

The four eyes meet, tacit understanding, stop here.

It was the first time for Chen Xuan to eat French toast from his own kitchen.The soft and slippery lump flowed into the stomach, warm and indescribably comfortable.The taste is a bit weak, but he can't stop him from adding sugar and jam!Or pesto butter with hot sauce would be great too.

The chef watched helplessly as he tyrannized the world, and finally turned his eyes away and let him fend for himself.

The two ate while cooking, and finished two and a half bags of toast and a dozen eggs in a short while.

Chen Xuan drank the third glass of fruit juice, held back a full belch, and felt that her headache had eased a lot.

His body is really not what it used to be. After a night of work, he will almost fall apart. Today, he can only cope with half-lying on the sofa and swiping his mobile phone, or the same level of activities.

"Hey! Your case is closed." He rushed forward to the "fugitive" and shook his phone, then grunted: "The case must be closed on the weekend, and the suspect will not be allowed to take the opportunity to rest for two more days. What's the hurry, uncle police?"

"Why so fast?"

"For a first-level case, there is no need to waste police resources."

"What name?"

"Murder and rob chips."

"Have you caught the murderer?"

"How is it possible?" The "murderer" grinned.

"...No matter how you put it, it's a murder case. Is it over?"

"I'm sorry, that's the way it is. I also have to thank Lao Zheng for finding the corpse. It is estimated that no one recognizes it. No one will pursue it, so there is no need to continue the investigation."

"..." What an asshole reason. "What about the two blood-red uniforms?"

"There are no details here. But it is estimated that it was forced."

"What do you mean?"

"There are several special types of work that require at least a second level. If there is a shortage of people, you can find a suitable first level to sign an upgrade agreement, and use the upgrade code to promote the person to the second level. The general terms are the lowest salary and treatment. Son, after the upgrade code becomes invalid, the employer will be automatically dismissed, and the employer will not be held responsible at all. Blood impermanence—as far as the two you mentioned—is basically like this.”

It turned out to be level one.No one cares about being killed. This unequal treatment is probably really commonplace.

"What about the robbery chip?"

"It happens a lot when it's sold on the black market."

"To whom?"

"Some people want to install two; or if the chips of relatives and friends are damaged and they don't want to be sent to the blood bank, they can find someone to change them privately. Occasionally, there are those who don't have chips, and somehow they mix well, and they can afford the goods on the black market."

"Didn't you say that everyone has a chip?"

"Those without a chip are generally not considered human."

Nan Yiming was stunned for a moment. "...how did they get here?"

Chen Xuan sighed, glanced at Nan Yiming, and said, "Some people can't even reach the first level, that is, zero level, and they will be sent directly to the blood bank. If... If they can give birth to children, even if they survive, they will not be born." Chips will be installed. But those who are born are in the blood bank. Those who can be traded on the black market must be illegitimate children, normal parents, not born in the hospital."

According to him, less than one level is "abnormal".

"...what's a blood bank?" He'd heard the word a few times, and that's where the blood-red uniform was going to send him when he was in the hospital.It's just that there were more urgent questions every time before, and I haven't asked them until now.

"Places that provide blood plasma and transplanted organs keep some zero-level and worthless first-level ones—they are in good health. There are also those with chip problems. But those who generally don't live for a few days, and no one wants their internal organs, at most After a few blood draws, it can be sold at a low price."

Nan Yiming tightly gripped the handle of the teacup, his mind was buzzing.The universal use of chips and no restrictions on abilities has already shocked him.But he didn't expect such a harsh result.

What kind of world is this? !What kind of world did they create?

For a while, he didn't dare to ask about the fate of the people in the blood bank, nor did he dare to ask what "worthless" meant, or why he couldn't live for a few days because of a problem with the chip.

Chen Xuan wanted to rescue the teacup that was about to be crushed from his hands.Nan Yiming didn't let go, but instead stared at him, looking forward to life-saving straws and asked: "So you will take the risk to save people, right? You don't think it should be like this, right?"

"...If it happens, the timing is not bad, um. Your situation is too special, and your luck is not very good. I usually don't take such risks." Chen Xuan was a little scared by this reaction, and didn't want to talk about it.He couldn't figure out that Nan Yiming was just pretending to time travel, so he didn't need to be so involved, right?

"Either you watch TV for a while? You won't be so shocked when you gradually know more." You have to follow along and act like you don't know anything.Disaster!

Turning on the TV and seeing the spectacular celebration scene, Chen Xuan remembered that today is the 300th anniversary of the death of a certain figure in history.

He glanced at Nan Yiming, who was still pale and didn't know what he was thinking.

He thought it over several times in his mind, and he really couldn't find anything else that could ease the atmosphere, so he joked and said, "No wonder your name is 'Nan Yiming', do you also want to eliminate the chip man?"

After a few minutes……

Sitting blankly on the sofa, Chen Xuan thought to himself that Mercury must be retrograde and wood retrograde must be retrograde recently, and that accidents can happen just by watching TV.

The above equipment currently has a hole in the middle, which is very round, as if drawn with a compass; the edges are very neat, as if cut with a laser knife.

Fortunately, there is no debris on the ground, and the wall behind the TV through the hole is normal-no need to clean up.As for the things that existed in the original cave, they have disappeared without a trace.

He shook his head, turned to Nan Yiming who was still in a daze, and asked, "What happened just now?"

It seems to see water waves in the air, swinging around the center of the TV.The inside of the circle is blurred, and that's it.

Nan Yiming turned his head to look at him with difficulty, unable to speak.

"...You, are you really Nan Yiming?" Chen Xuan suddenly understood something, pointing to the disappearing TV image, "That, 'Nan Yiming'?!"

At the same time, in a room in a certain corner of the world, the light only comes from the dark green monitor screen and countless indicator lights of various colors.In the darkness, dozens of soldiers in uniform were busy working silently and tacitly.

One of them stood up, went to the commander and saluted.

"Report sir, the K-2 monitor detected space vibrations. About 5 minutes ago, the range was about [-] centimeters in diameter, and the vibration lasted about [-] seconds. The vibrations have disappeared, and no cracks have been detected so far."

"No cracks? Wait, isn't K-2 close to J-2?"

"Reporting sir, the straight-line distance between the two detectors is about thirteen kilometers. J-2 detected spatial vibrations late at night three days before local time."

"Okay. You go ahead. Get the report done as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir!"

The commander greeted his deputy, left the room, and squinted his eyes in the pale light of the corridor.Then he walked into a partition in the bathroom.sitting on the toilet,

He didn't concentrate on his work, nor swiped his phone, but quickly pressed several buttons on the watch in a certain order.

"The case of Jinyang Hospital has been dismissed?!" Qian Qian yelled into the phone while driving.

"Ah? Canceled? Boss, I haven't read the update from the bureau today." The tone of the phone said "It would be nice to answer your call on Sunday".

"Stop pretending to me. To close the case, our team needs to sign. I don't know who else you don't know?"

"...Boss, you said you have so many unsolved cases in your hands, why are you so obsessed with this unsolved case?"

"That hospital lost [-] first-levels the year before last, [-] last year, and [-] this year. It's a big problem. And I have enough clues to suspect the director of the monitoring room there."

"How many times have I told you that no matter how much they lose, they are still a first-level case, and no one cares. The first-level cases are not counted during promotion and year-end bonuses. If you spend so much effort, even if you can find someone in the end." ,Any functions?"

"What's wrong with the first level? The first level is also human, and we will take care of it if it dies." Qian Qian became angry and almost ran after him.

"All right, all right, I know your mother is first-class, and you can't accept it." The voice on the phone sighed, "Actually, it's not that I want to sign, it's the meaning of the higher-ups."

"What's up? I don't have many cases in my hand."

"It's about the background of the riots two days ago. The whole situation is in full swing. You don't know."

"I'm not interested in those who play politics."

"You have to do it even if you're not interested! It's the uncle who pays the wages. I beg you, this case has been closed, and you won't be able to come back no matter how unwilling you are."

"I got a new lead last night."

"Tsk, it was originally a first-level case, and continuing to investigate it now is to overthrow the old case. You just have a clue, and the archivist probably won't be able to transfer you. Forget it, I won't tell you. I have been a partner for so many years to remind you One sentence: You are a third-level lieutenant detective, you can't go up or down, don't be too public, it's true to do things well."

Qian Qian walked into the office angrily and sat down in front of the computer, took a few deep breaths to calm down, and then checked the report he wrote last night.

He opened his mailbox and began to write an email to his boss, when a reminder came from his mobile phone.

He didn't think about it, just glanced at it subconsciously.Unexpectedly, this glance drew his attention.

The background of the opened window is dark, the layout is very simple, and there are only texts in it.

Bounty Chaser: Male, first grade, appeared in the northern section of Lingwen Street, Taiping District, S City late at night on September 1.8.There was a stab wound on the right waist.He is [-] meters tall, with a slender build, short brown hair, and is in his early twenties by visual inspection.

Bounty: Live capture and delivery: 50 cash plus encrypted complete upgrade code.Delivery of a complete dead body: 50 in cash (note: the chip must be kept intact).Provide effective clues: ten years of free regular chip maintenance.All bonuses are convertible into cash.Others are not discussed.

If you are interested, please reply directly by private message, and attach a photo proof or the clue itself.You Are the One.

Qian Qian frowned and thought for a while, took a screenshot and uploaded it to the computer, pulled it into the email draft, typed a few more lines quickly, and moved the mouse to the "Send" button.

——No matter how much they throw, they are still at the first level, no one cares...

——A lieutenant police detective of the third level, not up or down...

He gritted his teeth, clenched and released the palm of his hand on the mouse a few times, finally moved slowly, pressed the key hard, and deleted the draft email.

He stared at the blank screen for a while, finally lowered his eyes, picked up the phone on the desk and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xiao Sun? Did you say yesterday that you need manpower to set up a network surveillance system in Taiping District? ... Yes, yes, I am doing well recently, and I can help. You add my name to the document, and then put the network surveillance equipment Give me a set.... Cough, didn't the higher-ups pay attention to this riot? I'll join in the fun....Okay, I'll start when things arrive this afternoon....No problem, we're all brothers."