Chapter IX: Freedom
The most cruel punishment in the cell was that there was no painkiller for the dark wound on the palm of his hand, and Juchen was still hesitating, but the temperature was very low tonight, and he couldn't bear it, so he had to take out the small red pill, and after carefully studying it for a long time, he swallowed it with cold boiling water.
This seemed to be a powerful sleeping pill, and soon, Ju Chen's eyelids felt heavy, and he had an ominous premonition, this time he would sleep for a long time, because he had never felt so tired.
His feeling was right, this long sleep lasted for 72 hours, and when he woke up, the blood sugar in his body was very low, which was very uncomfortable, which reminded him of many scientists, more science fiction writers, such as Liu Cixin's fantasy, when he fell into a black hole, time would slow down, incredibly slow, and then it could even last until the end of the universe, that is, tens of billions or hundreds of billions of years.
This is a huge misconception that time is scalable, and the slowing effect of black holes on time does exist, but it is nothing compared to its tidal force. The so-called tidal force is the force that causes the tide to lock, for example: the moon always has one side facing the earth.
The object that falls into the black hole, the liquid in it will rise and fall violently, destroying all the characteristics of life to the point that there is no scum left, or it will not be long before the tens of trillions of cells of the living body are distorted, and even like the moon, they will face the black hole with a fixed position, which is not the same as the original setting of the cell tissue, and there is no chance to leave the possibility of life.
What is it like to have a cell distorted? But he could hear two people talking, a man and a woman, the woman seemed to be He Qing, and the man didn't know who.
Man: "This is the genius scientist you got back?" theoretical physics, what is the use of our lab?"
He Qing: "He is an Internet celebrity in theoretical physics, the New York Times has reported on it at length, once he goes out, he will go to the United States to be a professor, as for what's the use, you can ask him yourself, maybe there will be surprises, time is very tight, and I haven't had an in-depth conversation with him." ”
M: "If I'm not mistaken, he's in quantum physics, right? It should be on Cao's quantum computer, although I'm not optimistic about Cao's future computing lab." ”
He Qing: "I'm not familiar with you, let you talk to him first, if you don't like it, I will recommend it to Lao Cao, this is a rare opportunity, because he is serving a prison sentence, without us, he will have a hard time, so he will be grateful to our organization." ”
Man: "That's right, it's not okay to always rely on you to show off your beauty tricks, many of the male engineers you found are openly and secretly like me to inquire about you, haha! ”
In reluctance, Juchen opened his eyes.
The man said, "He is awake, and I think he is already awake." ”
Ju Chenqiang cheered up and said, "Why is it more uncomfortable than when I was in prison......?
He Qing said very gently: "I made you a bowl of chicken soup, and you will be refreshed after drinking it." I'll go get it. ”
Juchen was really hungry, and smelling the smell of chicken soup was like a shark smelling the blood of a teenager who cut his wrists to save his girlfriend who fell into the water.
"Ahem, ahem!"
He Qing: "Drink slowly, there is still a lot of time, your beautiful life has just begun." ”
Juchen ate a chicken leg, drank half a bowl of soup, was a little refreshed, and said, "Say, help me understand my current situation, what I want to exchange for freedom." ”
He Qing: "If you work for us for a period of time, if you perform well, our salary is definitely higher than that of those bureaucratic university research institutions, as far as we know, your annual salary at Polytechnic University is 300,000 yuan, and the associate professor is about tens of thousands, and we will give you 1 million, provided that you provide valuable services." ”
Juchen: "I don't know what I'm going to do. ”
He Qing: "You are the great god we invited, we don't know what you can do, we can instruct ordinary talents, but for theoretical physicists or mathematicians like you, we really can't do anything, you need to think for yourself, we will provide resources to you." Director Huang, do you want to talk to the great god?"
Ju Chen: "What kind of organization are you?"
Director Huang replied amiably: "We are also engaged in scientific research, but it is carried out in secret, because a lot of research is controversial, especially the biological direction I am responsible for, there are many genetic modifications to people, and some experimental results are unethical, of course, this is in the eyes of ordinary people, our organization does not think so, only organizations that dare to break through the routine can survive to the end." ”
Ju Chen: "What's the name of the organization?"
Director Huang: "If you have a name, there are traces to follow, whatever you want to give us a name, you just need to know that I am the person in charge, my surname is Huang, and Director Huang is me, this is enough." Do you think your knowledge of physics or mathematics will help us in our biological experiments?"
Ju Chen: "I've always been interested in biology, but I don't have the chance, can you give me a few days to think about it?"
After He Qing and Director Huang agreed, Ju Chen looked at his room and found that it was a country house, with a large area, and a high wall in the distance, with a high-voltage power grid on the wall, which was even stricter than a prison. Looking at this pattern, it is not much more difficult to get out than to break from prison.
Juchen told He Qing what he needed, and He Qing sent a doctor to treat Juchen, and without hesitation gave a good painkiller, the effect was amazing, and the doctor said: "This is a controlled drug in my country, but there is no taboo for our scientists." You use it for a few days and then see if it will be addictive, rest assured, this drug withdrawal is very mild. ”
Juchen: "Yes, there is also withdrawal, then I use a little less, anyway, after coming here, there is a constant temperature air conditioner, and it doesn't feel so painful." Give me the medicine first. ”
The same thing here is that you can't use the Internet in prison, and for Juchen's relatives and friends, he has disappeared from the world, and his parents must be very anxious.
He Qing said that now the police must be closely monitoring his parents and friends, so they can't let him contact relatives and friends, not any of them.
Juchen faced the wall for three days, called Director Huang, and said to him: "I thought that I could study something related to the biotechnology you are responsible for, biological computers. He said that he thought that every reproduction was a calculation.
Director Huang: "At present, it can only be used to find large prime numbers?"
Ju Chen: "Finding large prime numbers is the first step, and in the process, I will slowly explore more general algorithms. ”
Director Huang: "Okay, you write a feasibility report, I'll take a closer look, what else is needed, and what conditions are needed to equip you with assistants?"
Ju Chen: "The main thing is to be proficient in gene sequencing, and the best protein sequencing is to know, and it is best to be proficient, because my research designs a lot of high-speed sequencing things." ”
Director Huang looked at him with suspicion: "We recruited you as a physicist or mathematician, are you sure that you have crossed the border?"
Ju Chen: "No, but if you need me to do something that I am sure of, I can do it too, it has something to do with mathematics, and you can help me recruit a programmer who is proficient in cryptography algorithms, and I can confidently use gene sequencing methods to simulate the encryption of SHA256." ”
Director Huang's head was big: "I don't know this very well, you still write down your thoughts." ”
Ju Chen: "Okay, in fact, SHA256 is the encryption algorithm of Bitcoin, the core of mining calculation, given a string of any length, a highly random 256-bit string can be generated, it is almost impossible to reverse calculate the exact same original string, close is good, the degree of proximity is the difficulty of calculation, and the difficulty of Bitcoin is determined by whether it is close to a certain extent." ”
Director Huang: "Oh, I seem to understand a little, you mean to invent a way to use gene sequencing technology to generate this 256-bit string, which can be used for mining in the future?"
Ju Chen: "Yes, even to the extreme, it is possible to obtain a super computing power, which exceeds 50% of the computing power of the entire Bitcoin network, and it is not impossible." If it succeeds, the life and death of Bitcoin is in our hands, because more than 50% of the computing power can modify the Bitcoin ledger at will. ”
Director Huang's eyes lit up: "Oh? It's kind of interesting, but ...... Sure?"
Ju Chen: "What is certain is to build DNA mining machines that far surpass the current mining machines, and controlling the Bitcoin network is only the best result." ”
Director Huang: "Since this is more certain, let's do this first, and after the results are obtained, it will prove your ability in biological computing, and I can let you do a DNA computer." Seriously, our organization loves to use Bitcoin, and you know why, hehe, if we can make a super mining machine, the boss will be very happy. This proves that you will not be given a million annual salary in vain. ”
Juchen laughed at himself: "The Internet is not allowed, what is the use of a million annual salary?"
Director Huang: "This is for the sake of your personal safety, in the future, the limelight will pass, the organization will consider giving you freedom and giving you a new identity." ”
Juchen was stunned: "Can't I use my current identity?"
Director Huang: "Do you have any nostalgia for the past?"
Ju Chen remembered his old boss Pei Li, and the beautiful spy who might have been sent by Young Master Zhong, sighed and didn't speak. Life in prison is really unbearable, and there is really nothing to be nostalgic about.
If it is for the sake of freedom.