On this very day, Zhang Yuan was reading a report at his desk, which contained an analysis of the psychological changes of a large group of Gliese people after entering the virtual world of No. 14.

“…… The cruel reality is that there are always so many unhappy factors. After being in it for a long time, they don't care if the world they live in is real or false......"

Ordinary people have unsatisfactory real life, and they themselves have many unfulfilled desires, they need a place to escape, and it is understandable to indulge in the virtual world. ”

"But what is surprising is that almost all senior leaders are also immersed in such a virtual world."

In the real world outside, they have left a lot of property and supreme power, and they are already at the top of the whole world. However, the desires of intelligent beings are infinite, and there are always things that cannot be satisfied, and in that illusory world, they have healthier bodies, almost endless energy, and the ability to make their wishes come true, even including all kinds of abilities!

"In this comparison, the outside world becomes boring......

"With the passage of time, real-world possessions, as well as memories, are no longer important to them. These oligarchs are spending less and less time in the real world, and we expect that they will soon be truly determined to abandon their bodies altogether and enter the virtual world. ”

According to the report's calculations, when the superstructure falls, humanity will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to take over the Universal Factory and send the Gliese people into the virtual space in large numbers.

This shocking investigation report made Zhang Yuan's heart skip a beat.

Although the whole plan was well implemented and there were hardly any major obstacles, it was impossible to say that I was happy at all. If the same situation were encountered, it would be impossible for humans to do better than the Gliese civilization. On a philosophical level, the two civilizations are practically about the same.

"Black technology!"

"Ugh."

After pondering for a while, he stood up again, and wandered for a while, he has been in a state of anxiety for a while, and this feeling of walking a tightrope up and down is really uncomfortable.

"Knock knock", his ears moved, and suddenly he heard someone knocking on the door.

"Please come in!"

It was Senior Brother Zhao, who had already retired, he glanced at the report on Zhang Yuan's desk, and said with a smile, "Are you worried about how to implement this plan again?" ”

Zhang Yuan waved his hand: "Hey...... However, the concern is not whether the Gliese people will be recruited, the implementation of this plan is so smooth that it makes people feel uneasy. I'm thinking that if this were the case, humanity would fall into the same outcome, self-destructing because of this technology. ”

"Oh? Let me see. Zhao Qingfeng picked up the report and read it carefully.

Although he has taken a back seat, he is still a member of the Council of Sciences and has a certain right to know.

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "Now the Gliese people experience the 'God Model' with the highest degree of addiction, Godmodel. Of course, we can set the virtual world to be less than happy, or set up to be similar to reality, so that humans don't indulge in it. However, as long as this technology is placed here, it cannot be put on hold forever, it will only develop slowly. ”

"It's like playing a game, a lot of people just play cheat mode."

"After all, human beings are pleasure-hungry creatures, and even if they are forcibly banned by executive order, they will not last long. A hundred years, or a thousand years after the death of our group, who knows what will happen in the future? Maybe it'll be the same as the Gliezers. ”

"Not to mention ......"

Zhang Yuan paused, looked at Senior Brother Zhao, who had gray hair and a wrinkled face, and sighed again: "Another kind of eternal life!" ”

"As long as it is allowed, human beings can live in that virtual world for a long time in the form of digital life."

"The fact that this technology was implemented so quickly is that this is the most frightening thing for me......

Thinking of the thousands of Gliese people who willingly entered the virtual world, this fact made Zhang Yuan slightly confused: "Is our society really ready to have this technology?" If a person does not die and lives forever in the world, Lao Zhao, what will become of our civilization? ”

"If I were to be the captain forever, and in a thousand years, ten thousand years later, there would be a more suitable genius than me, would I willingly surrender my power?"

"Even if I'm willing, what about the others?"

After listening to such a long list, Zhao Qingfeng was silent for a while, he sat on a nearby chair and said, "Human beings can only live forever in the virtual world, right?" Life in the virtual world is equivalent to a two-dimensional world, and it is impossible to interfere with the real world. It's just a waste of computing power, and people who enter the virtual world no longer have the wealth, power, and connections of the real world. ”

With current technology, it is possible to read memories in the human brain and upload self-consciousness to a biological computer.

Some scientists have a whimsical idea that if these memories are rewritten into a young clone and then injected with self-awareness, a person can regain his youth and achieve true immortality!

Luckily, as far as humans are concerned, this technology is still in a difficult state of spaceship!

Because "reading memory" and "writing memory" are two different levels of difficulty. The technology of "reading memory" is extracted from the Bozman quantum consciousness converter.

There's no skill in how to write memories, and humans can't do it.

In particular, writing a series of data into a clone involves the chemical changes of hundreds of billions of brain neurons, which is simply not capable of being manipulated by human beings at the current level.

Zhang Yuan shook his head: "Lao Zhao, although this is the case at present, don't forget, bionics technology is booming anyway." ”

"Since there is no way to make a clone a new body, simply abandon the human brain and use a biological computer directly. After uploading memories and consciousness, this biological computer that carries human consciousness can not be directly regarded as a human brain......

"Then use some biomimetic technology to form a perception of the real world, and the real immortality is complete!"

"Even if these people are no longer human, and it is ethically difficult, it is not technically unachievable."

Zhao Qingfeng said: "We can prohibit the research of this resurrection and return technique!" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "What can't be forbidden, can be banned for decades, hundreds of years." But what about the future, there are too many variables......"

"What if you are not ethically human? Now the strong opposition is that there is no catastrophe coming, but when he is going to die, he is in turn and is busy supporting it. ”

Zhao Qingfeng's brows furrowed, these words were very reasonable.

Sometimes he laments the fragility of human beings and the impermanence of life.

The ideas of young people and the ideas of old people are always different. Young people will do some risky things, they can stay up late as they want, burst their livers, and eat as long as they are cool, and they are unlikely to consider health preservation, longevity, etc., and the elderly are different......

Aging, humanity's greatest and most terrifying enemy.

To be able to live longer, who doesn't want to live longer?

Sometimes, when he hears that the technology of the virtual world has made progress again, he also feels a sense of joy that comes from instinct.

However, a civilization does not need cancer cells!

He sighed softly, "In other words, an old man like me, who is old and frail and has a strong influence, is likely to support the advancement of these technologies...... Even if it doesn't exist now, it will always be in the next thousands, tens of thousands of years. ”

"As long as there is a high-level leader who pushes forward in secret, our civilization is finished."

Zhang Yuandao: "Yes, not only the elderly, middle-aged people, but also young people, if they know, they will secretly support such technology, this is the general trend of the whole society!" ”

"After all, man is a self-interested creature, if he can survive for a long time, what will the future world be, will it fall, will it become a pool of stagnant water, they will not think about it, anyway, is it enough to live by themselves?"

"But that's the most important thing we should be thinking about."

Zhao Qingfeng nodded undeniably, and then thought deeply, although he was already an old man who was old and frail, he might even be the first to step into death. However, from the perspective of civilization as a whole, this kind of thinking has been deeply rooted in the marrow.