35 Reset

Friends who use mobile phones may find that some brands and models of mobile phones will shut down and restart in a non-working state at night, and this is usually a built-in setting of the system, on average once every three or four days. Eliminate viruses, updates, software conflicts and other problems, this reboot is mainly to protect and optimize the software and hardware of the phone, avoid lag, and ensure smooth use.

By the same token, if a complex piece of electronics works for months, years, or even decades, and years of budget errors or bugs eventually erupt, who can guarantee that it won't crash? Even in the 22nd century, even the most advanced machines still retain the hot-start button or restart hole.

What if machines were replaced by humans? It is true that the human brain is quite intelligent, and it can neither memorize the most impressive things nor the unimportant things completely, and can also connect the entire flow of events with only a little information...... But this is based on the normal human lifespan, so will the clones with near-eternal lives collapse due to the unlimited accumulation of memories or emotions? You must know that the self-protection mechanism of the human brain is more straightforward than that of machines, directly throwing away some or even all of the memories to ensure that life can continue, but the final result is often the last thing we want to see: amnesia, collapse, madness......

So, do machine-like clones also need a "hot start button"?

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“…… See, pressing this button will erase his memory of this time, and you can also choose a scheduled time or run it automatically on a regular basis, which is very convenient. There is no text on the button, for fear that something unpredictable will happen to him...... In addition, you can also give instructions directly to the survival module through the space station AI, which is connected to the AI. Lucien pointed to the operation button next to the survival cabin to show Wang Chen and Mike, and gave a serious explanation.

Sevia in the survival pod was still asleep, and even his expression did not change at all, and it was obvious that erasing his memories would not cause him pain.

Wang Chen is more concerned about the impact of erasing memories: "What memories are erased? There's some work on the space station that he's in charge of. ”

"Oh, don't worry about this," Lucien replied calmly, "Most of the social cognition, skills, and knowledge that Savia possessed at birth have been set through gene editing, and the memory erasing function carried out by this device will completely lose Savia's 'memories', but all the 'knowledge' he possesses will be retained." It may be a little more troublesome that he needs to get to know you again, and some habits need to be retrained by you, but he is basically born with work on the space station. And rest assured, his premise includes: completely obeying the orders of humans. ”

"Unless he does have a breakdown. Clearing memories can be understood as 'factory reset', right? Wang Chen thought of a very vivid analogy.

Lucien was silent for a moment, sighed, and said something meaningful: "Even if you are a clone, I want you to see him as a human being, and he has infinite possibilities. ”

Wang Chen and Mike looked at each other, they didn't expect Lucien to ...... against Sevia Or rather, the clone community has such an emotional attitude. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, cloning is also life, and from the perspective of human nature, Lucien's attitude exudes dazzling brilliance. But in an age of efficiency, where the false façade of humanitarianism can always be easily dismantled, the "creation" of Sevia and similar clones is a tragedy in itself – a tragedy of humanity.

"Hello, I'm Sevia, and I'm happy to serve you. Can you tell me your names? Sevia still had that expressionless face when he walked out of the survival pod, and the questions he asked in a stereotypical tone had already told Wang Chen that Sevia's memory had been reset, and he no longer knew himself, even Lucien, who had been with him for a long time.

Isn't such a "reset" too cruel?

However, in the face of inexperience and unknown, this is safe and necessary.

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We have 10,000 reasons and almost unlimited confidence to believe that humanity can defeat the so-called invincible Nt fleet.

— but by no means at this time.

On August 16, a report from the first DDS interception mission was sent to the Minerva space station, providing a complete picture of how the battle, which took place 200,000,000,000,000 kilometers from Earth, took place and ended:

At 22:27 Beijing time (14:27 GMT) on May 16, 2103, the spacecraft responsible for the first line of defense of the "Earth Active Defense Program" was prepared on the pre-calculated route of the Nt fleet, and the 18 nuclear missiles installed on the spacecraft were lifted from the launch restriction according to AI judgment.

The detection device on the spacecraft detected that the Nt fleet had reached a distance of 400,000 kilometers from it, and the actual distance would be closer.

After about 3 seconds, the three space warships of the Nt fleet came into missile range, and the AI-controlled missile guidance device locked onto the target. The missiles were launched at the target in three batches, 6, 3 and 6 rounds, with a total of 15 launches, with an interval of 2.5 seconds between the launches of each batch.

The first batch of missiles confirmed that all of them hit the target, but the debris from the explosion hit two of the missiles of the second batch, resulting in only one of the missiles of the second batch hitting the target, and the third batch of missiles was lucky to hit all of them.

With a hit rate of more than 85 percent, each enemy ship was bombarded with 4 to 5 nuclear bombs, and the spacecraft were busy searching for damage to the Nt fleet in the midst of violent explosions and subsequent microwaves, trying to send as much information back to Earth as possible before they were affected.

However, the data showed that the three warships still swept past the spacecraft at high speed after 3 seconds, and the speed and course were not affected at all, and the AI launched the remaining 3 missiles at the last minute to pursue, but its speed was impossible to catch up with the Nt fleet.

At this point, the first line of defense interception mission is over.

The result of the first line of defense interception - failure.

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In the Minerva chamber, a report was heard about the outcome of the interception, and contrary to the previous ones, the faces were calm and their eyes glazed over, as if they had accepted the result that made them despair, and completely abandoned all possible resistance and small odds.

Finally, someone couldn't help crying, not crying, just quietly staring up at the ceiling, letting the tears flow quietly.

Then came some whispered discussions, and after so much of it, they no longer broke down, but their faces were numb, gloomy, or sad...... For this result, it is actually expected, there is no need to make a fuss like the explosion of the clone spaceship before.

Pessimistically speaking, humanity has not been able to stop the invincible Nt fleet from continuing its march on Earth, and the end will eventually come.

Optimistically, humanity still has a chance to escape, and the people on the Minerva and their relatives will be saved, at least as they think so.

Everyone's eyes converged on Wang Chen and Mike here, and it is self-evident what will happen after that. At the same time, the views of the two also have different interpretations in the hearts of the members, some envy them, some envy them, after all, reaching the other side of the wormhole in advance is also an escape - but more people are still grateful, if they can really complete the task given by the "Star Project 4.0", then in the end humanity will still be saved, but they will never be able to return to Earth.

Alas, to put it bluntly, people still haven't completely given up on that tiny hope.

So leave the rest to them.