Chapter 111: The Price
Shu Kang quickly stood up straight, crossed his hands to protect his chest, and the small platform sank into the hollow tree hole again, and descended back to the bottom.
Pushing open the door, sure enough, there was already a young man wearing fish skin armor and a big-eyed "octopus" around his waist, looking about 20 years old.
"This is the clerk sent by the lord of the house, Hai Xiaolou." The boss introduces the newcomer to Shukang.
"Hello! Welcome to 'Haiyu', we see you in the main room, you are the 3,333rd new member of the human race who has come to us, according to your movement records, your physical fitness, intelligence, age, gender, and physical condition are all eligible to join us and become one of us, and you will be given direct access to the top level of the residence, and you will be allocated a 90-square-meter viewing room. I'll take you there now. Hai Xiaolou smiled unhurriedly and announced the arrangement.
This Hai Xiaolou, I don't know when, has already seen all the books, including all her indicators and movementsโโโ is this a world without privacy? It's horrible!
"That is, you know everything from the moment I come in?" Shu Kang felt that this matter was very important, and it should be asked clearly.
"Yes! We know all about you. Hai Xiaolou also gave her a positive answer.
"You know everything, so tell me, what's my name?" Shu Kang didn't believe in this evil, so he began to ridicule this confident young man.
"You are Mu Yi, the master of the art world, after coming to the 'Fun World', you were assigned to 'controlled', and then met two apprentices Jiaoyue and Mi Qiao in the 'Seshi'an Su Tuan, and now they are waiting for you in the boat above the water, you have less than 47 hours left, you must complete the exploration of this place as soon as possible, and find out where those people have gone after the capsized."
Hai Xiaolou's answer in this paragraph surprised Shu Kang, even she herself was reckless all the way, and her mind was full of question marks to get to this point, and this child in a "big lotus" hidden deep in the water was able to tell so many fragments about her, without any mistakes or omissions, as if she was always with her and never appeared.
"Ahh So, how do you know so much about me? "The book was aroused.
"Because of your heart! Our world is made up of living organisms full of neurons, so all the organisms that enter, their own neurons, can directly interact with this place, that is to say, as long as you touch any part of this place, and come into contact with this place, your information has been fully incorporated into the general database of the information network here, and we are in the main room, which is responsible for directly obtaining all the deep information according to the mapping of these neural resonances, without the need to communicate. โ
Hai Xiaolou talks about the neural information interaction system here, which is as simple and natural as saying that living people can breathe, and there are no bright spots.
"Because of this, there is almost no communication cost here, and there is almost no need for language communication for everyone, just think that all kinds of information have been disseminated and get feedback in the first place. Here, it is a place of 'no desires and no wants', because all your needs and desires can be 100% accepted and satisfied, and will not be misunderstood. Living here, you can almost say that there is no stress and, of course, no privacy. That's the price. Hai Xiaolou further confirmed that the social system of "no privacy" is the norm here.
"No privacy?" Shu Kang was surprised, "Isn't that a very impersonal life?" Doesn't everyone need to keep a little bit of their own space, without a little bit of freedom? โ
"This is a 'controlled world', there is no need for 'freedom' here, everything is under controlled and reasonable management, a perfect society, smooth operation, no mistakes, living here is the lifelong desire of many people, so they would rather risk drowning, they all come here one after another, without hesitation, want to be a member of this place, and I am specifically responsible for accepting immigrants who have this desire. Didn't you, too? Hai Xiaolou finally told the reason why those people disappeared into the water.
"But what's the point of living like this?" Shu Kang couldn't imagine that there would be nearly 3,000 people, all of whom entered here with such a "yearning" and became a member of this place.
"'Zi is not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish?' You must be thinking so, so please ask these three brothers to tell you their story! Hai Xiaolou threw the question to the three teenagers around him and used them as examples.
"The three of us were born here, our mother died after the third child in her life, and I don't know who my father was, in fact, we don't remember what they looked like, it was the Lord who arranged for us to raise us, and they have told us about the origin of our parents." The Boss began to tell the story.
"The people who brought us up said that our parents were also swimming down from above, and after arriving here, they were not used to being seen through at first, without any privacy, and without feeling freedom, but after losing their freedom of individuality, they had no worries about food and clothing, and they could realize everything they wanted every day, and over time, they got used to it, and they no longer thought about any 'personality'. Freedom' and so on, I began to feel that life here is very good, everything is arranged, everything is reasonable, and I hardly need to use any brain. โ
"That's for sure! People don't need to use their brains, what's the difference between them and animals? Shu Kang thought to himself.
"You don't have to use your brain, of course there will be negative effects, their intelligence level has seriously declined, and there are emotions, because there is no longer any stimulation, they no longer have any excessive emotions, they even forget to cry, they don't like to laugh too much, and they have a very peaceful expression every day. Finally, one day, when my father lost control of his brain and went out to look for my pet 'Big Head', he just brought 'Big Head' back, but he was accidentally pricked by a jellyfish's poisonous needle, and not long after, he died of poison, and my mother remembered the feeling of 'crying' for the first time because of my father's departure, and she cried for three days and three nights, and finally, while we were all asleep, she also jumped into the water and never came up again. "The boss is done.
"Such a sad story is told by the boss, just like the usual gossip of other people's families, it can be seen that between them and their parents, there are indeed only biological relatives, no support, so the relationship is not deep."
Shu Kang thinks that the "emotionless" thing can be inherited, maybe when they are pregnant, their mother's brain waves are almost in a straight line!