Chapter 42: The Man Who Was
As Briquettes say, there is a poor city located on an island in the middle of a large lake.
The island is 15 kilometers long from east to west and 6 kilometers wide from north to south, divided into three sections, with the city in the middle, a forest on the west side, and the airport on the east side.
The entire city can be seen on the map, but there are still large areas of open space that seem to have been reserved.
After all, the world is only beginning to develop, and as the population grows, the city will definitely not be enough, and new cities may be built elsewhere.
However, it has only just begun, and the world has only a million people in total, which is only the population of a small city, and the land area here is no less than that of the earth, and there are large unexplored areas outside the control of both camps.
Even within the territory, there are many places that no one has ever visited, and the permanent population of this so-called main capital city is only more than 300,000, which is only equivalent to a county seat.
Therefore, there is a poor city that Fu Bin is unexpectedly deserted, unusually tidy, and can be said to be the cleanest city Fu Bin has ever seen, not only is it spotless everywhere, but the air and water are also extremely pure.
There are very few people, but robots and agents are everywhere, and in short, the whole city is like a new house waiting for its owner to move in, and what is lacking is people.
It stands to reason that there are more than 300,000 residents here, and it is also a little popular, but the "old people" who live here still have to stay in their residences most of the time, enter virtual schools for re-education, and only have three or four hours a day to come out for activities, so the city seems so deserted, even more lonely than the novice village.
After entering the city, the others went their separate ways, and a woman who looked young, but was actually the age of an old grandmother, asked Fu Bin, "Young man, what are you doing in the main city?" The old man talked to Fu Bin a lot on the plane, and he was still not ready to let him go.
Fu Bin couldn't bear to be disobedient, and said casually: "Don't do anything, I'm just here to see for a long time, you are busy, I'll go shopping." ”
"Alas, what a promising offspring, you can walk around in a few days." The young grandmother shook her head, she had been in this world for two years, and she still didn't know anything, but she barely knew some words and could operate a mobile phone.
She spent a year in the initial base in a daze, and was kicked out with a few old friends, and a group of people were chased to the sky and earth by a group of wild beasts in the wilderness, and then directly resurrected at the forward base. After another year, he can only be forcibly sent to the main city again.
As for what entropy energy, quantum mechanics, theoretical models, guidance models and so on the plane everyone talked about, I can't understand it at all, it seems that even if I stay for another ten years, I don't know if I can join the army and fight like these young people, and I hope that through the next compulsory study, I can keep up with the footsteps of these young people.
Fu Bin really didn't know what he was doing here, he just walked around the city unhappily and slowly, and when he saw public facilities, he went in to have a look. It is found that the agent management authority here is very scattered, and each performs its own duties, which is far less convenient than the forward base and the initial base.
Regarding this setting, Fu Bin has always been a little inexplicable. In the initial base, one Eva can provide almost any permission service, while in the forward base, the agent in an area only manages one type of permission, which is already a bit cumbersome, but in the main city, the permission management scope of each agent is different, which is simply nothing to look for.
"Hello, can I help with anything?" Entering a public facility, an agent with the image of a pure girl said to Fu Bin.
Hearing this familiar greeting reminded Fu Bin of Eva, and then of Evie and Fan. He casually asked, "What permissions do you manage?" ”
"It's here for you to rent your home."
"It's only a lease, can't it be exchanged for a permanent license?"
"Can't! However, if you can be promoted to Trailblazer, you will get the right to use a large mansion for free. ”
Come to think of it, theoretically speaking, people here are immortal, and there will be consequences for granting permanent housing rights. Fu Bin looked at the delicate and beautiful face of this agent, and asked with the attitude of giving it a try: "Excuse me, do you know where the fan is?" ”
The agent paused for a rare moment before saying, "If I didn't understand it wrong, you're asking about our managers?" ”
Fu Bin himself didn't expect such an answer, and said in surprise: "Yes, yes, you know?" ”
The girl replied mechanically, "I'm sorry, but it's not my purview, and I'm not authorized to disclose any information about the administrators. ”
"Okay, that's a bother." Fu Bin couldn't help but be disappointed, and was about to turn around and leave after speaking.
At this moment, the girl's eyes suddenly changed, the smile on her face became vivid, and she said coquettishly: "Honey, I heard that you are looking for me?" ”
"Confused?" Fu Bin was stunned, he couldn't imagine that it would be so simple to find a fan, of course, the premise is that the fan is willing, otherwise no one will definitely be able to find her, she can be said to be nowhere and everywhere.
"Unexpectedly, you came sooner than I expected." The originally sluggish girl's temperament rose sharply, as if she was suddenly injected with aura, she twisted her head and said with interest: "The ability has increased a lot, let me see...... Hey, the record is not bad, but the final battle is a bit embarrassing. ”
Fu Bin was secretly glad that he didn't ask a fan about a male agent, otherwise he didn't know what kind of painting style he would be facing now. Seeing that the fan checked himself out as soon as they met, knowing that there was no secret in front of her, he simply said straight to the point: "Where is Evie?" ”
"Do you mean her body, or her program or her soul?"
The mystery of the question was deep, and Fu Bin heard the meaning, that is, he wanted to ask which one he preferred in his definition of Evie. This is already a philosophical question, Fu Bin thought about it, and said with a philosophical answer: "Can I find her who is one?" ”
Fan Rare put on a serious look and said: "If your definition of Evie is like this, then you may be able to find her before awakening, as long as I rewrite an intelligent program that is the same as her initial programming program, and then inject it into the same clone body as before." ”
"Are you saying I'll never find the Evie I once was?" Fu Bin was a little unwilling.
Mi didn't answer and asked, "Can you get back to your former self?" For example, the innocent little virgin who blushes when he talks to girls? And the angry bag who doesn't know how to refuse? ”
Fu Bin was silent, in addition to being surprised by what he knew about his past, it was more that the question itself was completely unexpected to him, how did it become an extremely profound philosophical question just to find someone?
"You can't even find your former self, how can you find someone else? Or are you just trying to get back that ignorant agent that has just awakened, is only attached to you, and can be played with by you? ”
The question became so acute all of a sudden, Fu Bin was even more unexpected, and the question seemed to point to a certain essence, making him speechless, and finally he had to say sneeringly: "You...... It seems to have grown a lot again. ”
"Is this your compliment?"
"I guess so, you seem to know more about ultimate thinking."
The fan didn't talk, and directly came up with a princess to pick up Fu Bin, and let him plunge into a gentle township.
Do you want to be so direct?
When Fu Bin was flattered, the fan had already stepped out of the door and rose from the flat ground, immediately allowing Fu Bin, who was looking up to breathe, overlooking the entire poor city.
Looking at the feet hanging in the air, his body involuntarily rose higher and higher, even if Fu Bin did not have a fear of heights, he felt that the soles of his feet were weak, and his arms couldn't help but hug more and more tightly, and he couldn't care about feeling the soft and smooth feel.
"Where are you taking me?" At this time, it is a bit similar to a certain scene that Fu Bin came out of YY before, but the painting style is completely opposite, and this should not be asked by himself.
"Aren't you going to see Evie?"
"That'...... Is it okay for you to leave your body without permission? ”
"You're very concerned. What can happen at this moment? What's more, this position is now in the off-season. ”
At this time, there was a circle of light around her body, so that people could not see her figure, and she flew straight up for more than three hundred meters, and came to the middle of the dome energy tower, which was a big circle larger than the two ends, and there seemed to be a lot of space inside.
The fan sent Fu Bin to a platform, and then said to him: "Wait a minute, I'll send her back first." With that, she jumped down again, and landed like a bird in the direction she had come from, and her body grew smaller, and finally she couldn't see it.
Fu Bin was looking at it in a daze, but there was a sound of the door opening behind him, and at the same time, a familiar voice sounded: "Yo, so reluctant." How, which type do you prefer? ”
"Evie?" Fu Bin turned around suddenly, and what he saw was still the ignorant girl who was once attached to him, but now her eyes were as deep as an abyss, and no one could see through it.
"If you think I'm Evie, then I'm Evie. How? Want to make up for your previous regrets now? ”
Fu Bin dared to be presumptuous, but said with a slight loss: "It seems that you are inseparable." ”
The fan just smiled slyly and didn't answer.
Walking into the door, it was like a control center, and there were display screens on all four walls, but the picture on it jumped so fast that Fu Bin couldn't see it clearly. After trying to distinguish it, I found that there were not only pictures, but also many incomprehensible codes and formulas, which Fu Bin couldn't understand as an IT engineer.
"What is this?" Out of curiosity, Fu Bin couldn't help but ask.
"A model fragment of the world, which is my perceptual system."
"Can you parse the model of the second world? Doesn't it mean that this world is a black box? ”
"Yes, but we're in it, and that's what I see in my tube, and I use these fragments to deduce past history or predict future developments."