Chapter 8 The vicissitudes of life, the enemy is still there
Yuki sat in front of Xiang Shan rather stiffly. I don't know why, he feels that the "Yog" in front of him seems to be different.
Human beings are born with a knack for conveying their feelings in ways other than declarative language. It's like a natural compiler. People can transform their emotions into a kind of ciphertext conveyed by their bodies, expressions, demeanor, and tone, and the interpretation of this set of ciphertext is also in the human brain.
And Yuki interpreted such information from the details of "Yog" - he was different.
Yuki himself was unaware of this decoding process. He just felt uneasy. His room was in shambles as if it had been swept away by a storm. All sorts of parts were rudely turned out. The dog was lying on his only table, chest and back of his head open.
"I'm sorry, boy." Xiang Shan scratched his head: "My emotions were a little out of control just now...... It's a bit of a mess here. β
He now has a kettle lid on his head. The head of a cyberman does not need additional structures such as the respiratory tract and esophagus, so the position of the biological brain is lower than that of a natural person, freeing up the cranial cavity to make way for electronic components. But Xiang Shan lost all his electronic devices, and the cranial cavity was empty except for the biological brain, and the brain-computer interface was directly exposed.
He's also quite afraid that static electricity will cause dust.
Yuki looked at the head with the lid of the kettle on it, and couldn't get serious.
"Did you remember something, Yog?" Yuki asked.
Xiang Shan nodded.
He hesitated. Yuki is a cyberman, which means that the other party's memories may not belong only to him - Xiang Shan doesn't know what the transformation surgery looks like in this era, and whether it will leave a regulatory backdoor in the brain.
He also didn't know what the status of his enemies was in this world, and whether it would be dangerous to say his name.
It was a long time before he spoke, "Yuki, I'm going to tell you something. You must not say these things to anyone, otherwise they may put you and your mother in danger, you understand? Of course, you can also choose not to listen, I will not force your ......"
Yuki had a nervous look on her face. But soon, the nervousness was overpowered by the excitement: "You remember, don't you?" You're a big guy, aren't you? You still have a very strong enemy......"
Xiang Shan sighed and pressed Yuki's head. After a few months of getting along, he understood that this teenager had always been overly curious. His expression was serious: "If you really want to hear it, then you have to swear that you don't tell others what I'm going to tell you next, can you do it?" β
"Yes!" Yuki nodded excitedly.
Xiang Shan sighed. Now, he has no one else to believe. If you want to get information, you can only start with this teenager.
Xiang Shan spoke: "Yuki, have you heard of the name 'Xiang Shan'?" β
"'Xiangshan'...... So you call it 'Mountain'? The boy was very excited: "'Xiangshan', it sounds very imposing!" β
Xiang Shan was a little confused. His name was given by his grandfather and does not have a particularly special meaning. However, in his time, the name should have wow everyone......
- My name, gone?
- Such a big historical event has now disappeared from human cognition? The event that changed the entire history of the Earth's evolution......
- How long have I been asleep?
Xiang Shan clasped Yuki's shoulder: "You really can't think of anything?" About the name? Or a similarly pronounced name β do you know anything about the name? What about titles such as 'difficult to cross the mountain' and 'difficult to shake the mountain'? β
Yuki shook his head.
Xiangshan sat down on Yuki's bed. I don't know why, Yuki felt that Xiangshan seemed to have suddenly become very depressed.
"Xiangshan, were you a very famous person before?" Yuki was a little curious: "I haven't heard of you, you hit you so hard?" β
Xiang Shan nodded: "I used to be very famous...... Maybe the whole world knows my name, right? β
"Ha, bragging, 'the whole world'?" Yuki smiled unkindly: "You're not a Paralympic champion!" Why don't you tell me what big things you've done before? β
Xiang Shan hugged his head: "I still can't remember." β
Although he recalled his name and recalled some other things, he still couldn't recall the things he had experienced.
Xiang Shan probably knows the reason. In order to chase the pinnacle of martial arts...... In order to chase the limits of the biological brain's performance, he transferred all declarative memories that could be converted into mechanical language without loss into an external information storage device. In his brain, only non-declarative memories that cannot be accurately transformed, and pure knowledge.
He lost so much.
Even if the memories in the biological brain can still be recalled, the information storage device that has disappeared physically cannot be recovered.
Now, all he could remember was his own name, the name of his enemies, and all other technical information.
Xiang Shan was a little confused: "Hey, Yuki, if you don't remember 'Xiang Shan'...... And what about the name 'Yogmov Foigt'? β
Yuki strained his memory hard drive to retrieve the word, but found nothing. He shook his head and looked at Xiang Shan with some concern.
"It's strange, no one remembers my name anymore, and as a 'winner', he can't be forgotten by everyone, right?" Xiang Shan showed a confused look: "Haven't I been asleep for decades, but thousands of years?" β
Yuki laughed: "Xiangshan, are you stupid? Even in a completely modified brain, brain cells cannot remain dormant for decades without nutrients. You've been thrown in five or six years ago! β
Saying this, the little boy stopped laughing: "In this case, your relatives and friends may still be alive!" Now that you've got your memories back, you might be able to ......."
"I can't remember what they look like at all...... Xiang Shan shook his head, looking confused: "I don't remember who they are." β
Once again, he was in a state of confusion.
"Hey, Yuki, what year is it?"
"A few years...... What do you mean......" Yuki thought for a moment: "209? β
"209 A.D.?" Xiang Shan was stunned for a moment: "AD? β
"What is A.D.?" Yuki shook his head: "What you said is so strange, huh?" β
"Yuki, do you know that in this 1 year, or 001, there were any major historical events?"
The boy shook his head: "I only remember that there was a historical event called the Sublimation War in 03......"
"Sublimation...... War ......"
I have no impression of this word at all.
Mankind has completely forgotten the Common Era and adopted a completely new way of dating. Did he sleep for 209 years? No, that's a bit outrageous. There is absolutely no way that his brain cells can last for 209 years without ingesting any substance.
Or is this "new commemorative first year" at his point in time, but later people have redrawn the epoch with a historical event that he knew?
For example, people nowadays are accustomed to calling the "Second World War" the "War of Ascension"......
- Haha...... How can it be......
Xiang Shan was amused by his own thoughts.
The feeling that there was a bug in the prosthetic eye reappeared.
Really, judging from the garbage dump on which the town of the recycling station depends, the sublimation war is at least something that happened in the information age.
Xiang Shan slept longer than he imagined.
Why did he come back to life?
His rebirth seems meaningless. His own name has been buried in the dust of history, and his enemies seem to have come to the same end. No one remembers the two of them anymore. And in this case, he still has to recite the name of the enemy and wake up from the garbage dump.
Why?
- No, that's not right.
Xiang Shan said to himself.
"I'm using the same batch of ...... as that guy from Yog. What in the same batch...... Damn, can't remember. Our biological part, the same technology is applied. If I am still alive, then there is no reason for him to die. β
"And this twisted world...... The fact that the Earth has become what it is definitely has to do with the so-called 'historical events that changed the history of evolution' in my memory! β
Xiang Shan unconsciously clenched his fists.
"Even if there's only one head left...... I also need to know who I really am, what happened to me while I was sleeping. I have to ...... I have to ......"
"...... to the mountain," Yog shook his hand toward the mountain.
"Oh? What the? Sorry, I got distracted. β
"I'm sorry......" Yuki lowered his head, "It's me who is too ignorant." If I knew about your past, you wouldn't be so sad, would you? β
"No, it's my fault." Xiang Shan shook his head and said with a smile: "Who made me not famous enough?" β
"Were you just thinking about your old family and friends?"
"No......" Xiang Shan shook his head. He thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to tell you a secret next, the real big secret. If you think it's scary, I'll get out of here right away......"
Yuki became nervous again: "What is it?" β
"What I just remembered was who I was besides my name." Xiang Shan looked at the dog lying on the table: "It's a pity, kid, I'm not the athlete you envisioned." I'm a chivalrous manβa very good chivalrous man. β
"So you're ...... What the? Yuki's face froze: "Chivalrous? β
He stared at Xiang Shan: "Chivalrous? β
Xiang Shan nodded, and his tone was serious: "It's still a very powerful knight." β
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When the festive mood faded away, or, to put it another way, the street brawl faded away, the doorbell rang at the house of the mayor's nephew, Mr. Dresden Schulz.
Mr. Schultz is a man with a relatively high degree of transformation. His face was all metal, and his flat eyes and abstract serious expression were fixed to his head as an ornament - it is said that it looked like an ancient mechanical hero.
When Xiang Shan saw a person with the face of Iron Man coming to open the door, the whole person was confused.
Luckily, Yuki doesn't know anything like "Iron Man". He jumped up and shouted, "Doctor, Doctor, to ...... I mean, 'mountain' he needs a little bit of parts. He heard you had it here, so he came. He's going to make a ...... for himself now."
"Stop kid, you're so excited." Xiang Shan reached out and pressed Yuki's shoulder: "Doctor Schultz, is it?" I may need to make myself a more convenient prosthesis, but it does lack quite a few parts. I've heard that your parts are the most complete in town. β
Dr. Schultz nodded, "I see. Please come in. β
He unchained the door and let Xiangshan and Yuki into his house. Yuki jumped in at once, took a few steps, and even turned his head to look at the doctor, his eyes full of two emotions: "showing off" and "wanting to show off but not being able to".
Dr. Schultz scratched his head: "It's the first time I've seen that kid excited......"
"Maybe it's overdone." Xiang Shan explained: "I remembered a few ...... Things from the past. I told him just now that even if I repay him for saving his life, if he can help me in the days to come, I am willing to pass on some skills to him. β
Dr. Schultz was a little alarmed: "Repair? β
He knew that this man knew a little bit about repair.
The town only needs one doctor. The Schultz family has three children and plans to have another one. If the next child does not enter the human gene pool, the doctor also wants to train all four children to be high-class talents. And a town only needs one doctor. He doesn't have enough children, how can he let others get involved?
"It could be some simple repair, it could be something else." Xiang Shan patted the doctor on the shoulder: "Of course, this bit of my craftsmanship can't be compared with you!"