0:40 a.m.

When he woke up, he gasped for air, and the cool air of midnight was inhaled into his lungs, allowing him to regain his senses. At this time, the mobile phone at the bedside suddenly buzzed and vibrate, which startled him again, and he nervously touched it and saw that it was a call from his mother. The midnight call would have made him furious, but after that terrifying dream, seeing his mother's call made him feel a sense of happiness. The bond of his relatives allowed him to calm that panic and feel that he was no longer alone.

"Hey, Mom? What's the matter? ”

"Xiaorui, let me tell you, has your brother ever looked for you?"

"My brother? No, isn't he studying abroad? Dre thought for a moment and hurriedly added, "Did you receive some scam call?" If he asks you for money, you can call him to me. Don't care what he says! ”

As he spoke, his phone swiped quickly, found his younger brother Delan's Feishu number, and typed over: "Sleeping?" After thinking about the jet lag, he hurriedly added: "Hurry up and call me and my mother after class, there's something." ”

On the other end of the phone, my mother sighed with relief: "That's good, that's okay, don't bother your brother." How's your job? When will it become a regular? ”

"It's good, there has been a shortage of testers in our lab recently, and I took some jobs to earn some bonuses, and they said that they would turn me into a regular when this experiment was over." In fact, there was nothing to turn positive at all, but after something like yesterday, it strengthened his heart to change jobs.

"It's almost time for you to talk about love, didn't you say how many female researchers there are in your lab? Don't be biased, go for it! ”

Dre was suddenly embarrassed, and before the topic slipped into the unfathomable abyss, he quickly interrupted: "This is under consideration, this is under consideration!" But now that everyone is busy experimenting, I can't make an appointment! Oops, I've got to go to sleep. ”

As he spoke, he hung up the phone, but he couldn't sleep anymore, staring at the faint street lamp outside the window, and Dre fell into insomnia for the first time in his life......

At 8:30 in the morning, Diaverum came to the laboratory with a black circle under his eyes, and as a result, he sat all night, looking up articles related to artificial intelligence, sleep, and dreams everywhere on the Internet, and the result was that there were recent "national AI" advertisements in full swing, which was originally only carried out on a small scale between universities and large enterprises, and now it is about to be promoted to the whole country. Before he could shine in his own hands, he was forced to sell to the manufacturer for his livelihood, which has always been a small grudge in Derui's heart.

I thought Delan would call, but there was no reply all night, but the "read" on Feishu betrayed him, and Derui was going to interrogate this stinky boy when he sent money next time.

That's how people sometimes remember, and after a long night of cooling, Dre had pretty much put the events of last night into a nightmare. I feel like I'm making too much of a fuss.

"Morning, you have heavy bags under your eyes, and there are sequelae from yesterday's experiment?" It was the researcher I met yesterday, and he was a little strange about Drew's confused appearance, "What are the symptoms of discomfort, the compensation in the contract is very generous, after all, if you buy insurance, you don't report it." Don't put up with it. ”

The other party's words of concern made Derui feel better, and comforted himself in his heart: how to say that Fontaine Laboratories is also a serious large company, and he must act upright, and he must be thinking too much. He casually responded, saying that he was just too excited yesterday, had some nightmares, and didn't sleep well.

The researcher expressed his understanding: "The sympathetic nervous system is too excited, are you too nervous or too excited to take the money?" Haha......"

The two of them chatted and chatted, and had already walked into the central hall of the laboratory, the central hall was like an oval egg, with different departments leading to different directions, the offices of general clerical work were on the upper right floor, and the experimental work area was led to the ground floor by the elevator on the left. The central part of the elliptical is connected to the dean's office, the key management room, the main switch, and the main computer room.

Before Drew's brain data was stored in the underground lab, and before it could be transferred to the main computer room, two tall men in white coats came up from the elevator on the left, and immediately beckoned them to come over when they saw Drew.

"It's just right, hurry up and help, last night their core group of stupid X, forgot to turn off the power switch when they got off work, so that the experimental brain lost control and burned out the circuit. It was supposed to be copied into the main computer room this morning, but now I have to manually move it in. ”

"Huh? Wouldn't it be impossible to do a whole day's experiments today? Which one? Forgot to turn off the electric switch, I'm afraid I won't be scolded to death by the dean. Let's go, hurry up and move. It would be nice if I had a day off. ”

Drew's heart jerked, and this conversation gave him a very ominous premonition for a moment, as if some nightmare had found him again. In last night's dream, the group of researchers seemed to have said something similar...... The temperature of the chip is out of standard, stop! ……”

"Hey! What's wrong with you! You can't give up, haven't you slept well? Why don't you go to sleep first, it seems that there is nothing to do today, and it is enough for the three of us to move the computer. ”

Dre reacted and quickly shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll go too." He didn't know if the decision was good or bad, and emotionally he was very reluctant to go there, but a strong instinct told him that he had to go, and he had to go to understand what was going on. The subconscious mind seems to have seen everything clearly, but it is still difficult for him to accept it.

The laboratory is on the B1 floor, because there is a central air conditioner in the ventilation, the underground air is not bad, but the laboratory area is aseptic, and you must wear protective clothing to enter. The four men were dressed in white hazmat suits and carried the container of the experimental brain in four corners, looking strange, like a group of emergency doctors carrying patients.

The container resembled a glass box with the letters "Lender" sprayed on it, and Dre vaguely remembered that this was the name given to the new model of the AI - the AI modeled after him.

This is your own doppelganger, right? But Diaverum feels that this is more like his "son", after all, it is not as stupid as him, it will be equipped with the best processor, the best learning resources. Dére's affection for it is in a sense like a sense of anticipation for his "son".

When carrying it, Dre had a strange sense of intimacy, strange, even though it was a dead thing, Dre had a feeling that it was a life, an extension of his body. Strange, do I really think of it as a son?

The four of them lifted the container into the elevator, and the two tall researchers finally breathed a sigh of relief, and because the elevator was stuffy, one of them took off his mask and pulled his collar. His companion immediately patted him, as if upset that he had taken off his mask. The person who knew Derui, called Weiping, looked at it and smiled: "It's still so strict, the epidemic is under control." ”

"In the elevator, you still have to pay attention to safety" It was Derui who played the round, and this sentence seemed to win the favor of the two tall men, who smiled at Dere. Drey, who turned his back, didn't smile at all, just silently put on a mask to hide the shock in his expression.

He knew the man who had taken off his mask. It would be inaccurate to say that. Both of them were unquestionable strangers to him, and he never knew any of the Caucus researchers. But he did see that face. Just last night's dream. The one who asks "him" in the computer.

When I thought about it, my mind suddenly became clear. It turned out that last night's dream was real, and his consciousness once entered the experimental brain - or the experimental brain connected to his dream - regardless of him, in short, he could peek into the field of vision of the experimental brain and share memories with his AI!

Dre felt that his mind was very flexible all of a sudden, and the fragments of memories suddenly appeared in his mind as clearly as photographs, those two people were the researchers in the dream, even if one of them did not take off his mask, he still saw the clues through the outline, his eyes. Strange, when did my memory get so good? Could it be that this computer is connected?!

Indeed, at this time, it feels like a person has two brains, and one of them has trillions of computing speeds, which can be perfectly divided into two parts. Not only that, many details that he couldn't figure out and didn't pay attention to were also deduced by him at once, and at this moment, Dre seemed to be possessed by a detective!

Remember what those two men said? Yesterday someone in the core group forgot to turn off the switch, causing the experimental brain to burn out the circuit. And I know what the truth is, and they know it. But why would they do it? Why should they shirk their responsibilities? Experiments like yesterday's one are very normal, and the correct thing to do is to report them to the dean immediately. Unless, they're doing it in private, they're experimenting on the lab brain without permission! That's why I have to put the blame on the researcher who gets off work normally and doesn't turn off the electric switch!

Why do you do this secretly? What exactly are they going to do in private? The picture they showed me was a floor plan of the laboratory, could it be ...... His thoughts were suddenly interrupted, because Wei Ping suddenly shouted: "Hey, look, why is this thing bright? Does it come with backup power? Then don't we have to move over? He pointed to the back of the box, where the green fluorescence was flashing, signaling that the power had been turned on and the computer had officially turned on.

At this moment, the elevator reached the first floor, and the two experimenters looked at each other, and one of them said impatiently: "It's all on the first floor, let's move by ourselves, you two let's go!" The two seemed to have made up their minds not to help the others, but Dre suddenly insisted that he wanted to help, and he already noticed that the two were very suspicious. He already had some guesses, so he secretly made a precautionary job.

The two were silent for a moment, then finally nodded in agreement. This made Dre unsure, if they really had ghosts, this central hall was the last chance, how could he let go of his-stirring stick.

Wei Ping had already gone back to the office to catch up on sleep, and the three of them silently carried the experimental brain, getting closer and closer to the main computer room. Ten meters, five meters, three meters.

Dre suddenly remembered that there were three people he had seen in the lab last night, and if they were a group, what about the third person? At this time, a researcher in a white coat came out of the main computer room, and judging by his appearance, it was the third person in the laboratory last night! He made an OK gesture, and before Dre could react, a strong electric current came from his waist and eye, piercing his consciousness.

As he fell, the last image Dre saw was of the three researchers hurrying to the gate with their brains, where a red Subaru sports car was waiting for them......