Chapter XXIII: Time
"Your assistant?"
"yes, when you introduced yourself to that man, you said you were my assistant. Now that I think about it, it is indeed the most suitable identity for you, and you really deserve to be an expert in disguising your identity. Wu Xin began to tease consistently, "Mr. Writer, whether it is as my father's friend, Ling Zun comes and goes, or as my assistant, the fox and the fake tiger Wei pull the shelf and say, 'Our leader wants to meet you', he plays it vividly, it's a pity not to be an actor." ”
"Compared with those so-called actors in the entertainment industry, those who have to do what they don't want to do and say what they don't want to say in order to make a living in life are real actors. Mo Yuan suddenly popped out a sentence that was not suitable for the occasion, breaking the peaceful and relaxed atmosphere, and even Mo Yuan himself was surprised, how could he say what he thought in his heart so unexpectedly.
"This is like the voice of the little boy who liked to lie on the lawn and watch the white clouds and dogs when he was a child", Wu Xin said, "That kind of little boy, I'm afraid he is introverted and a little melancholy, and when he grows up, he should still be the same in his heart." ”
"Oh, 'developmental psychology'? If you want to analyze the psychological characteristics of an adult, you can start by analyzing his childhood, and feel that there is an inextricable relationship between the personality and temperament of an adult and the environment and experience of childhood. ”
"Don't you think this analysis makes sense?" Wu Xin obviously agreed.
"Oh, when the fetus is still conceived in the mother's womb, at 12 weeks, it begins to take on a human form, and at 19 weeks, it can already skillfully kick, bend, stretch, roll and suck its thumb. At this time, some fetuses are lively and active, like to kick their mother's stomach, and some are quiet and less active, and timid mothers will even be afraid that something has happened to the fetus because the fetus in their womb is quieter than others. Their personalities were different at this point. Mo Yuan stopped and wanted to take a sip of water, only to find that the bottle was already empty.
Seeing this, Wu Xin said, "I'll help you get another bottle of water, Mr. Writer will speak slowly, and I'll listen to you." He got up and went to the drink cabinet to get water.
Mo Yuan looked at Wu Xin's back, this father was still in a vegetative state, introduced him to the experience system, helped him enter the dream history, gave him two pills, and wanted to secretly "send" him again, especially the woman who could cooperate with each other without verbal communication, making him feel unusually familiar and cordial. "That's why let's keep our mouths open," Mo Yuan thought to himself, "but after tonight, it's better to say less, there's no need to say more about your views on the world, like a student who wants to show off his ideas." She's not my partner, and I shouldn't have any. ”
"Drink," Wu Xin handed the water bottle to Mo Yuan and sat down, "You can continue to express your opinions." ”
"Hmm", Mo Yuan took the water bottle, unscrewed the cap, took a sip of water, and continued, "I even think that the character of a person is determined when he is born. If character determines fate, then his fate was written when he was born. ”
"This is too fatalistic, isn't it?" Wu Xin disagreed.
"Haha, these are all nonsense by second-rate writers, don't care, don't care. Mo Yuan didn't want to continue the topic, so he asked, "What does Wang look like?"
"Do you also care about what a man looks like?" Wu Xin teased, picked up the photo frame on the desk and handed it to Mo Yuan, "You can see for yourself." ”
Mo Yuan took the picture frame and looked down.
Embedded in the frame is a group photograph of three people, two young men and a little girl.
"This tall man is naturally your father, and I have seen your father in his youth in the history of dreams. The little girl stood in front of him, being stroked by him, needless to say," Mo Yuan looked up at Wu Xin, "It's you." ”
"Hmm. Wu Xin nodded.
"The one standing next to your father should be Wang Chengcheng, a little shorter than your father, maybe because he is fat, and he feels a little honest. Saying that, Mo Yuan had a feeling that he had seen him somewhere, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of a reason, and he felt that it was unlikely, so he stopped thinking about it.
"He's a nice guy and he's very cute. When I was a child, because of him, I thought that the fat people in the world were cute and honest, but as I grew up, I realized that there was no necessary connection between appearance and heart. ”
"Well, so, it's even more unlikely that Wang Cheng sent someone to spy on you, since you think he is indeed a cute and honest person. ”
"Well, we should find the real behind the scenes as soon as possible. ”
"As the main developer, what part of the system is he responsible for?" asked Mo Yuan.
"Finally asked a question that looked like an assistant. Wu Xin replied, "Responsible for all time-related issues in the experience system." ”
"Time?" Mo Yuan was puzzled.
"I'm sure you've long experienced that time in dreams is different from time in the real world, and I mean dreams in general. Wu Xin explained, "When you wake up from a long dream, recalling all the thrilling experiences just now, you feel like the hero in a movie, but when you look at the time, hey, only half an hour has passed, but that long feeling is obviously a few hours." ”
"Well, there was an experience. ”
"Under normal circumstances, when people are in a dream, the brain's computing speed will be much faster than when awake, thanks to the fact that after falling asleep, the human brain does not have to deal with various situations encountered when awake, at this time, the human body is basically in a static state, the heartbeat and breathing are controlled by the autonomic nervous system, and the brain can concentrate on the affairs in the dream. This difference in the speed of thinking is reflected in time, which means that time passes much faster in the dream world than in the real world. ”
"How much faster?" Mo Yuan was curious.
"In everyday life, the brain in a dream is 16 times faster than in a waking state. Of course, everyone's brain power is different, and not everyone can reach 16 times. ”
"In other words, time passes 16 times faster in a dream than in real time?" Mo Yuan confirmed.
"Yes, my little assistant is really smart. ”
"16 hours have passed in the dream realm, and only 1 hour has passed in the real world?" Mo Yuan confirmed again.
"Little assistant, your internship may end early. ”
"You just said 'in everyday life,' but what about in the dream world constructed by the empirical system?"
"The fastest is 4096 times, but the load on the brain is huge, and the slightest carelessness can cause permanent damage to the brain, so that's just a theoretical value. 256 times, is currently practiced, ordinary people experience the dream of the system, under the premise of safety, the fastest computing speed. Of course, for ordinary customers, it is not necessary to achieve this fastest speed, according to each customer's own situation, an appropriate calculation speed will be set. ”
"That is to say, after each customer enters the dream world by connecting to the experience system, the thinking speed of their brains is set according to their own situation, that is, the thinking speed of each customer is different, and the sense of time they perceive is also different, in the eyes of those who think fast, the life of those who think slowly is like slow motion, so how do they interact in the same dream?" Mo Yuan asked.
"Well, that's a good question," at this time, Wu Xin's heart gradually had a thought, "This is the problem that Wang Cheng has to deal with." As mentioned earlier, the experience system is a complex and large system that builds many dreams at once, each containing at least one customer. ”
"I understand that if you connect a customer with comparable brain power to the same dream and set their thinking speed to the same, this value may be the lowest value of their thinking speed, and you can interact normally. ”
"Well, basically, but also consider the time and place of the dream they expect to access, and in the end, the time and place information is the same, for example, customers who are all going to City A on January 1, 2100, and have the same mental power, will be arranged to access the same dream and start the life in the dream world. ”
"Another problem, you said, in order not to let customers be troubled by jet lag, when customers enter the system and disconnect from the system, the time in the dream is at the level of 'hours, minutes, seconds' and the real world. But the speed of time passing in the two worlds is completely different, so it shouldn't be easy to do this. ”
"Well, these are all the credits of Wang Cheng. Wu Xin's thoughts became more and more affirmative, "When entering the system, it is very easy to make the time of the dream the same as the time in the real world in 'hours, minutes and seconds', as long as you set the dream parameters." And when you break away from the dream, it takes complicated calculations to make the 'hours, minutes, and seconds' of the two worlds the same. In fact, the speed at which time passes in the dream is not constant, and when you first enter the dream, the speed is 16 times. ”
That is, the speed of thinking in the dream realm of human daily life. Mo Yuan echoed like a student.
"Yes, after that, the experience system will gradually adjust the speed of the brain calculations of the participants in the dream to an optimal speed suitable for all participants in the current dream state, and the speed at which the dream time passes will also increase. As the time limit of the experience approaches, that is, when the wake-up process is approaching, the speed of time passage will gradually slow down, and eventually, when the customer wakes up, the 'hours, minutes, and seconds' of the two worlds are the same, and if it is daytime in the dream, the real world is also daytime, and there is no time difference. ”
"Actually, even if it's a few minutes away, it doesn't matter, you can't feel the difference in time difference. Mo Yuan added his thoughts.
"Well, let's say the same, but Wang Cheng has to do it every second, he is a person who strives for perfection. Wu Xin said.
"Then I'm going to visit ......" Mo Yuan was halfway through his words when Wu Xin's mobile phone rang.
The caller was "Wang Cheng".