California, USA

Bauer and Liu Moqing drove a Ford pickup truck on the endless highway.

Along the way, Liu Moqing occasionally coughed and took some medicine.

"Mo Qing, you are in such a good health and insist on coming to the United States, I have to admire your courage." Bauer drove the car and glanced at Liu Moqing with concern.

"Jianguo, that's not what I said, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have risked running so far." Liu Moqing leaned back.

A few days ago, Power found out that the United States seemed to have a new big move.

In California, Bauer discovered that there was an anomaly of spatiotemporal data.

This anomalous data, which came and went, aroused Bauer's great interest.

"It's a huge number, it's a very short surge, five microseconds to the top of the measured value, and we can be sure that it's more than that."

"No matter how much we say, let's go to the scene and have a look."

"I have a colleague there, I'll get in touch."

"Well, we'll leave when we get in touch."

It was three days after the two embarked on their trip to the United States.

"Do you remember the location?" Liu Moqing resisted the desire to vomit, he cracked the window, and immediately a heat wave poured into the car.

"No one here is more familiar with America than I am." Bauer closed the windows and enjoyed the slightly cooler breeze in the car than outside.

"It's just the two of us here..."

"yes, so you'll have to listen to me."

Liu Moqing glanced at him helplessly.

The car suddenly made a strange noise.

"Did you forget to add water?" Bauer pulled over to the side.

"You haven't explained this." Liu Moqing got out of the car.

A puff of smoke came from the front of the car, and Bauer opened the hood, and his hand closed as if he had been electrocuted.

"Hot!"

Liu Moqing walked over, he held a rag in his hand, held it with a rag, and opened the car cover with a force.

Smoke billowed from the hood.

The two of them coughed together as they covered their mouths and noses.

"Ahem! Our results are clear. Liu Moqing frowned and coughed.

"The result is, ahem! Just because you read that report. ”

"It has nothing to do with that."

"You don't read the report, you can read it on the road if you add water, and I won't peek."

"Jianguo, do you think my secrecy is not so strong? That's not a report, it's a novel. Liu Moqing rummaged through the bag he was carrying.

He pulled out the three pieces of paper and handed them to Bauer.

"I haven't thought of a name yet, just a protagonist, named Zhang Hu."

"So, you forgot to add water because of such a thing?" Bauer took it, raised the paper in his hand, and looked at it by the big sun.

"This was put on my desk before it came out, and at first I thought it was a report, but I took it out yesterday."

"So it's because of it, forget to add—" Bauer muttered, his voice getting lower and lower.

Liu Moqing shrugged his shoulders, he knew that Bauer had seen it. He didn't bother Bauer either, waiting for the smoke to almost dissipate. He frowned and looked at it, and the situation was even worse than he had imagined.

"What's the situation?" Bauer asked.

"It's as bad as getting a visa before I came." Liu Moqing added another sentence. "It's worse than that."

"Okay, at least I'm in the same mood as Zhang Hu now." Bauer handed the paper in his hand to Liu Moqing. "Who is this author?"

"I don't know, it's just in my office, maybe some young people in the base." Liu Moqing stuffed the paper into the bag he was carrying again, took out two dry wipes from it, and handed one to Bauer.

"The title of this novel can't be called Zhang Hu."

"That's a really great name."

"Well, it seems that you think so too, what do you think it should be called?" Bauer looked at the condition of the car. "It seems that before there is another car, we can discuss this novel, um... For the time being, if it's a novel, a short story, let's give it a better name. ”

"It's a great idea to pass the time."

"Yes, bad luck."

"Someone is going to come over." Liu Moqing looked up at the sky, and casually wiped the sweat between his chin and neck with a dry wipes that had been wrung through the water once in his hand.

"No one is going to take this path, except for us two fools who cut corners." Bauer sighed, "You shouldn't cut corners, it's over." ”

"yes, it's over, the radiator is finished." Liu Moqing looked at the endless road. "We'll either spend the night here and wait for someone to come over, or we'll choose to have a cooler night and we'll walk to the next place."

"On foot? God, that's what you Chinese think? In my place, I'd rather find a way to get in touch. Bauer said, pulling out his phone.

"Heh, I hope that your great America is like China, and there are signals everywhere." Liu Moqing walked to the dark side of the car and sat down on the hot tires.

"-you guessed." Reluctantly, Bauer slipped the phone back into his pocket.

"So let's come up with a name for the author." Liu Moqing said, "Or, spend less time talking, save your strength, wait for the evening to cool down, take some useful things, and leave here on foot." ”

"Ahh Don't say that word, God! That's great! ”

"yes, that's good." Liu Moqing couldn't help but scold.

The dazzling sunlight, the sultry air, the inhalation of the lungs with a trace of heat, exhaled a little burning mouth and nose, both of them sat in the shade of the car.

After an unknown amount of time, except for the sound of the wind, it was the rolling grass rolling in the wind in the distance.

"That novel, it's for Shuya, right?" Bauer spoke, his voice even hoarse.

"What do you think?"

"Why don't those AIs use nuclear weapons, do you think? Afraid of affecting them? ”

"I'm interested in the last so-called bug."

"The rules are set by people, and you think that artificial intelligence really surpasses humans, and they will abide by the rules of humans? Or..."

"Make new rules." Liu Moqing continued Bauer's words.

"Yes, Skynet, represents the most advanced technology at present, it can be said that it is the hardware facility of a supercomputer, which can aggregate data from all aspects of the earth, including geology, weather, cosmic rays, etc., at the same time, it can also keenly feel the fluctuations of time and space, isn't this your main direction."

Liu Moqing listened quietly without any response.

Bauer swallowed his saliva, "Now, you have used Shuya in Skynet again, don't you think that this is indeed a little premature?" ”

"Do you want to talk about your Terminator again?"

"Isn't the book of Revelation enough?"

"I only believe in the idea of a great man in my country, and I don't look down on you Western people at all." Liu Moqing replied lightly.

"It's... The topic is off topic. Bauer was anxious to bring the conversation back.

"Jianguo, let's put it this way, in the past, the country you used to be was indeed the most advanced country on this planet." Liu Moqing turned his head and looked at Bauer. "Now, we have gone through the reform and opening up, and we have also survived the financial crisis, and we have experienced no less than you, and we have gone hand in hand with your country at this time, and even surpassing you."

"Skynet is proof that you are superior to the United States." Bauer shrugged his shoulders, "Liu, your patriotic feelings make me respect, don't treat me as your imaginary enemy." ”

"I'm sorry." Liu Moqing rubbed his temples.

"It's okay, Liu, China's strength, I know it, otherwise, I wouldn't have fled to China, you know, those people, the efficiency can be said to be professional, but to people." Bauer shook his head.

"Gaming." Liu Moqing replied.

"What?"

"Gaming." Liu Moqing looked at Bauer. "The name of the novel."

"Gaming?" Bauer savored it. "It's a good name."

"So the results are in."

"You won."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and suddenly, a whistle was heard.

"Hey! Hi! The two stood up almost at the same time, and in the distance, with steam, an RV was distorting into their line of sight in the distance.

Bauer stood on the roof of the car, waving his hands desperately.

Liu Moqing squinted and watched, and the RV listened in front of the two.

The co-pilot's window rolled down to reveal a young man with a hat.

"What's wrong?"

"Something is wrong with the car, excuse me, is there any water?" Bauer covered his eyes with his hands, his head tilted, the sun shining so that he couldn't see the people in the car.

"Of course." The young man was just about to turn his head.

"It's not bottled water, we need maybe a dozen gallons." Bauer hurriedly explained.

Liu Moqing stood on the other side of the car, he didn't need to look up, he listened to the conversation between the two.

"We don't have that much water, if you don't mind, if you don't mind, just get in my car, and we'll tow your car to the next city."

"Thank you very much, but we have to stay in our car so we don't bother you too much." Liu Moqing listened to the other party, and he suddenly interjected.

"That..."Bauer turned his head and glanced at Liu Moqing, "Is that okay?" ”

"Absolutely!" The young man readily agreed.

The RV drove forward, and Bauer asked in a low voice as he pulled out the trailer rope from the car. "We got in their car and could blow the air conditioner and drink beer."

"We're not here to enjoy." Liu Moqing glanced at him and said sarcastically. "I almost forgot that you were a university professor."

"Chinese really don't understand romantic races."

"Americans are truly a romantic and free race."

"Hey! Okay? The young man poked his head out and interrupted the two older men who were arguing.

The two sat back in the car, Liu Moqing gave a thumbs up, and the RV started.

The windows were open, and although the hot air poured in, it blew for a moment, and the two looked out of each other's windows.

The sun was slowly setting in the west, and the wind at this time was a little cool, and the two who were angry seemed to feel a little cool, looked at each other, and laughed.

In the middle of the desert of the western United States, on the Gobi Highway, an RV with a pickup truck in tow is heading for its next destination.