[The Wandering Earth] Short Story Collection: The Age of Roses

Everything in the ward is white.

Almost the moment he opened his eyes, Liu Qi heard the kind and comforting words of the medical robot from the loudspeaker next to the bed.He sat up slowly following the voice guidance, raised his hand and took off the ventilator on his face.The white door of the advanced ward opened, and the therapist had a smile on his face and a medical record in his hand.

Like countless other products of the Navigator project, she has a friendly gaze and soft black hair.Liu Qi lifted the thin quilt from his body and stared at the "person" who walked to his bed.In appearance, she is no different from ordinary humans, but the two are still easy to distinguish. Artificial intelligence always has a docile expression and empty eyes.

"The scan is over, and the recovery rate is 95%." The therapist blinked and spoke in his usual soft tone.Her content was straight to the point, "The treatment of Mr. Liu Qi, a third-year graduate student at Beijing Normal University, for his car accident has reached the health standard and he is allowed to leave the hospital."

car accident?Liu Qi took over his own diagnostic investigation from the therapist.According to records, he was involved in a car accident while traveling in a taxi.

The car collided with a transport vehicle during driving and almost got under the chassis of the transport vehicle. The co-pilot's companion died on the spot, and Liu Qi survived because he was sitting in the back seat.

The young man frowned slightly.He closed his eyes and carefully searched the memory of the car accident in his mind, but it was very strange. The color of the sky in his memory was very different from what he usually saw. Perspective to read the memories of others.

"Your partner, Mr. Wang Lei, has stored a USB flash drive in the hospital, and you can get it at the information desk." The therapist was still talking meekly, but the content made Liu Qi look up suddenly.

"My partner?" His pupils dilated and his brows frowned even tighter, "My... partner?"

Wang Lei.He chewed on the name, which also sounded like an intelligently assigned name, but in his short 21 years of life, he could be sure that he had never encountered such a person.

The therapist looked down, "I'm sorry, Mr. Liu Qi," she said suddenly, "I'm very sorry, I mixed up your information with other patients. You have always been single and have never had a partner. I hope you will appreciate the inconvenience. Forgive me, please follow me, the hospital will provide transportation to take you home."

"Thanks for your hard work," said the young scientist. He seemed to be relieved, as if he was relieved that they had discovered the problem. "By the way, can I ask today's date..."

"Today is March 2237, 11."

"...Am I 23 years old this year?" The scene of the last birthday still stopped in the 21-year-old university dormitory.

"Yes," said the therapist, "because the car accident has damaged the brain nerves to a certain extent, your memory may have a certain degree of loss recently, but don't worry, the treatment chip implanted in your brain is working, After a while, the strange feeling you have now will disappear."

Before leaving the hospital, Liu Qi saw that it was snowing outside.

December 2235, 7, Beijing.

He has looked at the majestic white building hundreds of times on the highway - it looks like an upside-down egg, with a streamlined body, towering into the sky under the sun, it is the highest mandate under the coalition government The Institute is also the organizer of the Beijing Headquarters of the 'Navigator' program.

He came to join the 'Navigator' project. Liu Qi followed the director of the education department and walked along the avenue in front of the laboratory.He is 21 years old and is about to graduate from Jingshi University in September this year. His original plan was to continue his studies, but the AI ​​system directly assigned him to the 'Navigator' program.It's hard to describe everyone's expressions after seeing his assignment orders, but it's worth mentioning that, like Li Yiyi, the major next door, Liu Qi can easily reach the level of others who read a semester's books after reading one night's books. Everyone is quite convinced that the gifted boy with outstanding performance received such a high honor.

——That is the highest priority 'navigator' project.Gather all the best scientists and experimenters on this planet, and gather all the strength to achieve the goal.

But even geniuses get nervous before entering the lab.

Liu Qi smoothed out the folds on the hem of the white coat, and switched the backpack to the other shoulder.The smart door slowly opened, and the light inside the building gradually replaced the sunlight outside the window.A man in a white coat was standing in the hallway reading a billboard on the wall when he heard their footsteps and raised his head to meet them.

"Professor Wang!" The director of the Education Department quickly held the man's hand, exchanged some pleasantries, and motioned for Liu Qi to come forward, "Professor Wang, this is Liu Qi, the most gifted genius in Beijing Normal University this year. Liu Hello, this is Professor Wang Lei Wang, the person in charge of the life science module of the 'Navigator' program."

"Hello, Professor Wang." Liu Qi bowed to him quickly.

The man was also watching him, and he nodded happily after seeing Liu Qi's reaction. "Okay," he said to the director of the Education Department, "Liu Qi will follow me first, thank you for bringing him here."

He waved to the young scientist.Until Liu Qi followed Wang Lei into the elevator, he was still thinking about what Wang Lei said to him: "Come on, let me see how powerful the young scientists accepted by the 'Navigator' plan are."

With a smile on his face.

He is indeed a very good little scientist——Wang Lei thought so when he was inspecting the laboratory.

He raised his hand to put a bottle of isopropanol that had been misplaced back to its original position. From the gap in the laboratory table, he saw that the child was frowning and staring at the computer, fingers flying, and muttering something in his mouth.The white light of the computer screen not only didn't make him look like a monster, but instead gave him an elite aura.

Ultimately, life science labs are doing mostly foundational work in the Navigator programme.Compared with engineering laboratories, the risk factor is not high, but the operation is extremely difficult.In fact, it is understandable that the development of life science has reached the atomic level. As long as the atomic level evolution problem in the survival and change of carbon-based organisms is correctly solved, the successful design of the "navigator" plan goal "super artificial intelligence" will be achieved. A big step forward.However, relying on manpower to operate experiments at the atomic level, half of the results depend on operation, and the other half depends on fate.

Liu Qi in front of the computer was unaware of the psychological activities of his seniors. He modified a bug caused by the running of the program, and optimized the user experience interface. It is said that the user experience, the user is just a chance in the life science laboratory. Only a handful of people operate the software.

The teenager saved the project file, forked it out, and clicked to run it again.

Tens of millions of bytes are uploaded to the internal database of the laboratory along the data flow, and countless historical data and statistical information are brought back from the database.Liu Qi sat in front of the computer holding his breath for a while, and when he found that the software was running normally, he couldn't hold back the smile on his lips, and he clenched his right hand into a fist and hit the palm of his left hand hard.

"Yeah!" He even made a wink to the computer.

Wang Lei couldn't help smiling.Liu Qi raised his head and met his black eyes.

Liu Qi was not annoyed when someone saw him making faces. Instead, he raised his chin at the computer, with the pride unique to young people on his face.

"It's done, am I good?"

"That's great," his person in charge walked over cheerfully, "Let's go eat."

When they left the cafeteria, they met Tim who was alone.Bai Mao looked thoughtful, and Wang Lei heard a soft "ah" from the little scientist beside him.

"Hey, Wang Lei, where's Sister Zhou Qian?" After receiving Tim's non-painful answer, Liu Qin touched Wang Lei with his elbow.The Chinese-minded young man who usually yelled "I am a Sino-Australian joint venture" every day did not look like himself at all. Liu Qi immediately thought of where the young sister he often hangs around had gone.

At that moment, Wang Lei's movements were almost stiff. Liu Qi just wanted to touch him again, when he saw the scientist straighten his sleeves, his expression normal.

"I don't know much about the mechanical laboratory, maybe it was transferred?"

"Where?"

"'Navigator' doesn't just have one laboratory." Wang Lei turned to him, and for some reason, there seemed to be something else hidden behind his expression.Just as Liu Qi wanted to ask, he heard Wang Lei's cell phone beep twice.

He is not using the system default ringtone.

From Liu Qi's point of view, the man's face was suddenly covered with a haze, but it was only for a moment, less than half a second.He calmed down very quickly, almost making Liu Qi think that what he felt was just an illusion like before.

"Then I will continue to watch the program!" He waved to Wang Lei, swiped his card and entered the door of the laboratory.Although there is still a little unclear in his mind, his doubts are naturally washed away when he sees that the program is running well.

"Great," the boy said excitedly to himself, "Keep up the good work."

Wang Lei closed the office door.He took out his phone and unlocked the lock screen.

What I just received was a text message from MOSS, one of the main persons in charge of the 'Navigator' project.

It is actually a bit wrong to say that it is the "main person in charge", because MOSS is not a physical person, he is a strong artificial intelligence.

"Updating the 'Navigator' program threat list:

Liu Qi, a researcher at the Beijing Third Research Institute (maybe threatening, to be seen)

Processing method: to be determined”

Wang Lei stared at those two lines without saying a word.After a long time, he typed slowly:

"Want to discuss in detail"

——Liu Qi must survive

--I can not guarantee.Although I have the right to vote, I cannot veto the decision to execute him.

—then let the decision to execute him not appear

—I need your help.His genius has made other AIs perceive and feel threatened, which is extremely bad for him.

——From now on you have to check all his works first.

--……All right

- I am always available for any assistance

——I want to ask you a question, why do you think I will help him?Discussing emotions with artificial intelligence is one of the most irrational behaviors of human beings. The logic of AI is different from that of humans, and we don't care about morality.

- I don't trust AI

——?

——I believe in your feelings for Liu Peiqiang

The author has something to say:

Hey, Zhengchou didn't update, and found that the full text of "Redemption" was not released, so I posted decisively~