Chapter 30: Help Me
John Sr. went back to his room to pack his belongings, and when he was done, he left the nursing home.
Xia Ji wanted to send the Buddha to the west, so he simply accompanied Old John, at least to save his life when he was in the nursing home, and went his separate ways after he went out.
"Miao thief!"
As soon as old John returned to the room, he called for music, and after receiving his voice command, an old-fashioned speaker at the head of the bed played ghostly music.
“are you ok?hello,thank you,thank you very much.hello,thank you,thank very much…”
Although the English accent is a bit lame, it also sounds like a successful middle-aged man.
This is the most old-fashioned artificial intelligence speaker, with simple functions, it can play songs according to vocal commands, a camera on the head, and a roller at the bottom to run around, which is not comparable to today's technology, but it is enough to be an elderly companion.
"You know who's going to kill you?" Xia Ji asked.
Before, Old John said to the doctor that knowing too much is not good for you, Xia Ji knew that Old John knew who the murderer was.
"Of course I know, it's Abigail Immortal Technology." Old John said.
Abigail & Co., sounds familiar.
Xia Ji suddenly remembered that it was the company that advertised before, and he made two cents by watching that advertisement.
Abigail is a Fortune 500 company in the world, and such a behemoth has to deal with an ordinary person, and it is enough for Old John to stand it.
"Lucko!"
Old John used gestures to manipulate the screen wall, and called up pages and pages of documents, like slides to display in front of Xia Ji.
"Is this about eternal life?" Xia Ji said.
"That's right, this is a popular science article published in major media, exposing Abigail's immortality project as the biggest scam of the century, these articles have at least cost Abigail tens of billions of dollars, how much do you say they hate me?"
"I still have a professional paper that has not been sent, which can be called a nuclear bomb, and if it can be published, it will be devastating to the company represented by Abigail that studies immortality." Old John gave a mischievous wicked grin.
"You're really not afraid?" Xia Ji said.
"If it's useful to be afraid, I'm afraid every day." Old John laughed.
Xia Ji admired this old man a little, and thought that he had to ensure that he left the nursing home safely with this spirit.
Soon, Old John packed his luggage, and when he left, he glanced meaningfully at the adjacent bed: "Zhou, do you also believe that Albert is not dead?" ”
Old John's roommate Albert died three months ago, but Old John always thought that Albert was not dead, and was almost considered a psychopath.
"Why do you think Albert isn't dead?" Xia Ji asked rhetorically.
"Albert is a very interesting person, he has studied immortality all his life, and I think immortality is a dream bubble that can never be realized."
"After he moved in, we argued almost every day, and I was able to write those popular science articles thanks to Albert."
"Three months ago, Albert died, but then something strange happened, I have a vague feeling that Albert is fake death, he is actually still alive, hiding in a nursing home to play tricks on me, don't be surprised, Albert is an old naughty boy, pranks are his life motivation."
Old John fell into memory.
"Something strange? Like a light bulb? Xia Ji couldn't help but say.
"How do you know?" Old John was surprised: "That night, I closed the door and window and watched a movie......"
Old John paused slightly, a little embarrassed, Xia Ji understood that it was a movie that men understand.
Old John continued: "Halfway through the movie, there was a sudden power outage, and my first reaction was that Albert was playing tricks, he often played these pranks, so I yelled, Albert, give me the power back!" ”
"Then I realized that Albert had died, and it was useless to call him."
"But the strange thing is that in the dark, I heard a noise in the house, like the sound of someone walking, and I obviously closed the doors and windows, and although I am an atheist, I was also very scared at that time."
"What's even stranger is that shortly after I finished shouting, the power was restored, and I went to the power distribution room afterwards to check, and only my room had a power outage that night, as if it was intended to target me."
"Believe me, come at a critical moment when you watch the movie, and it's specifically for me, it's definitely Albert's style, I'm too familiar with him, I highly doubt that he's not dead, but hiding somewhere to make a prank."
After listening to this, Xia Ji felt that Old John's suspicion was a bit far-fetched, just a power outage and a small movement, he could suspect that his roommate was fake death, which was a bit rich in imagination.
"How did Albert die? Is there a corpse? Xia Ji asked.
"Natural aging and death, the corpse is also there, this is also the most incomprehensible place, obviously the person is dead, why do I have a gut feeling that he is still alive." Old John wondered.
"You're a scientist, science doesn't matter what you want." Xia Ji said.
"You're right, science is about logic and reasoning, but my intuition has never been missed, like my gut feeling that you are not from this nursing home, although you probably have all the identification documents, right?" Old John said.
I'll go, this old man's intuition is a bit accurate, and the identity of the game arrangement has never been suspected.
Xia Ji originally felt that Old John's thinking was a little crazy, but at this time, he felt that it was not completely unreasonable.
"You see, these are Albert's notes and books." Old John opened Albert's bookcase.
Just then, a new task prompt pops up on the paper.
Subtask 2: Investigate Albert.
Request: View Albert's personal belongings.
Description: In the depths of your consciousness, there are a pair of eyes looking at you......
Bonus: Very little experience.
Originally, Xia Ji didn't want to take on any more tasks.
However, this task is a matter of the way, even if there is no such task, Xia Ji will read Albert's private notes, and the experience will not be taken in vain.
After completing this sub-task two, he said that he would not take any follow-up tasks, Xia Ji said to himself.
Xia Ji looked at the notes left by Albert, most of the content in the notes was about immortality, and some temporary thoughts were written down in the corners, which seemed rather scattered, and one page read:
"There are three stages of immortality: the first stage, the reverse mapping of the mind. In the second stage, a model of brain function is created. In the third stage, the model is ported to the computer. ”
……
"It's too difficult, the female Caenorhabditis elegans has 302 neurons, and there are 7,000 connections between neurons, and the biggest scientific achievement at present is nothing more than drawing a diagram of the nervous system of the female Caenorhabditis elegans, and the human brain has 86 billion neurons and 100 trillion-1000 trillion synapses, and to map the human brain, even the most advanced supercomputers cannot complete it."
……
"On the night of April 19th, after debating with John Sr., I had to admit that consciousness is probably the most special organization in the world, which cannot be replicated in non-biological systems, and I realized that the second stage of creating a brain model really cannot be done under the current conditions, and the second stage needs to be modified."
……
After reading Albert's notes, subtask 2 becomes [Completed].
Xia Ji felt that Albert was indeed a serious scientist, but Old John was a little unserious.
However, regardless of Albert's views on immortality, it is none of Xiaji's business.
Xia Ji was about to leave the room with Old John, leave the nursing home, and go back to the great world outside.
Suddenly, Xia Ji noticed that something was wrong.
"Do you think this speaker has changed anything?" Xia Ji pointed to the smart speaker at the head of Old John's bed.
"The camera changed direction, and when we entered the door, the camera was pointed at the door, and now the camera is pointed at us."
Old John had a good memory and could see the problem at a glance.
"Are there any other cameras in the room?" Xia Ji asked.
"No, only this old speaker has a camera." Old John said.
In other words, someone is observing Old John and himself through the camera of this smart speaker.
Abigail & Company! Old John and Xia Ji glanced at each other, and at the same time guessed who was behind the scenes, since Abigail was going to murder Old John, it was logical to hack into the camera to spy on him.
"Let's go." Xia Ji was about to leave with Old John.
Suddenly, the old speaker let out a terrible scream:
"Help me!"