Aerobic gymnastics before preparation, personnel in place, various equipment inspections, strap fixation, system self-inspection, test connection status, user login to the system, personal physical state test, routine mental status check, adjustment, completion, communication in progress, handover work, check data, continue to work unfinished work, synchronous equipment monitoring, temporary status processing......

Mengxian has always felt that the work he is engaged in is monotonous and boring, in fact, there is no high technical content, simple rational judgment and simpler operation can complete most of the work well. There is also a part of the operation, which does not need to be thought at all, and the body is completed through conditioned reflexes before Mengxian's thinking reacts.

Does this kind of work really need to be done manually?

There are many times when Mengxian doubts his work like this, but he has not expressed his thoughts to others, the reason is very simple, such an obvious thing, everyone should be able to feel it, but from the beginning of the fleet, the senior leaders and other management of the fleet have no plans to change the fact that this manual repetitive work is meaningful and there is no need to question it. Complete obedience to command and doing one's job well is the first rule of the fleet crew, and it is also the basis of the fleet's stability, Mengxian has always been loyal to the execution, and is proud of himself to be able to do such work on the Kuafu, but human thinking is always divergent, and one's own independent thinking is the basis of individual human existence.

In Mengxian's cognitive concept, the meaning of human existence lies in constantly creating, constantly changing the society, environment, universe and self to meet the needs of one's own desires.

These ideas are also recognized facts in today's society, and they are one of the characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals.

The change of the small kind is the normal state of human individual existence, and the creation of things that can have transformative significance for the entire human society, even if it is the creation of small changes, is not something that can be completed by any regular individual, and it may be completed by any individual.

This is not a contradictory truth, from the macro scale of time and the whole earth, any meaningful creation in the process of human development is a small probability event, and most human beings are born to produce creators who promote human progress. The so-called elites of mankind and the nodes of the historical process are always produced on the basis of a specific number of human beings and social processes.

With the development of science and technology, the space that can be created within the scope of human wisdom is constantly decreasing, although human beings rely on auxiliary computing systems for a long time to accelerate science and technology, which has further compressed the space for creation. It is inevitable that when the computing system is updated to a certain height, without the replacement of new technologies, the speed of overall scientific and technological progress of human beings begins to slow down sharply, or even stagnate, in this case, human beings are required to give birth to more excellent individuals, and the small probability event of the birth of excellent individuals in turn requires a larger number of human beings.

However, there is a limit to the number of people that the earth can carry, and without greater living space and resources, the expansion of human numbers will always cause many social problems.

9 billion, 10 billion, 11 billion, 15 billion...... Humanity is constantly breaking this limit, but there is always a limit to everything.

The growth of human numbers and the progress of science and technology have completely stagnated, which is inevitable, and the living space and resources are the basis for human beings to break through the solar system and move towards a broader space. Under the premise that the existing science and technology of mankind cannot modify other planets in the solar system, it is only by breaking through the solar system with space technology that we can obtain vast space and resources, and these conditions are contradictory.

Most of the people on the Kuafu are such inconspicuous individuals, the same work they do. This job is a chance, as long as it is a member of the spaceship, it will determine a person's position through a simple judgment procedure, the personnel on the spaceship are limited, and most positions do not require individuals to have special abilities, because everything is ...... "casual".

At the beginning of the project, it was also a glorious time, and all related work, including the power technology department, was operated by a huge logistics support department on the earth, and any minor problems would be repeatedly demonstrated.

Especially in the Ministry of Information Processing, at that time, mankind's desire to contact a highly intelligent extraterrestrial civilization was no less than a gambler's expectation of a crazy gambler's grand prize, and the alien civilization technology was a high-speed helicopter for mankind to solve the dilemma and embark on a new era. One of the most funny things is that in the decades before the start of the voyage, many countries and organizations set up several scientific research institutions in order to get the help of the impermanence of the other party in the first contact with the alien civilization, and conducted a lot of boring research on the communication methods of unknown civilizations.

These preparatory research results and organization gradually affected the original intention of the Kuafu project, and listed the exploration of alien civilization as the core task, and the communication and exploration equipment personnel on the Kuafu occupied more limited space, which directly caused the reduction of other equipment personnel on the Kuafu and weakened the ability of long-distance space voyages to cope with unknown risks.

With the finalization of the core mission, the Kwafu began its own voyage, and in the first few decades of its voyage, humanity was in anticipation and awe of everything that the unfamiliar star field could receive. Anything unknown will alarm the much larger logistical support agency on Earth. It is said that at its peak, there were more than 9 million employees on the planet who were engaged in the exploration of information analysis for the sake of the Father alone. At that time, the spacecraft of the Kwafu Project were still "very close" to the earth, and the information transmission was very smooth, and a large amount of real-time information was continuously transmitted back to the earth through satellite relay stations, which set off a frenzy of satisfaction in human society.

But with the passage of time, countless information about the existence of alien civilizations obtained by "Kuafu" was denied one by one, and human society began to be angry, paralyzed, and silent...... In this way, 100, 200, 300 years have passed, and the experience of failure accumulated by the Kuafu has reached an astonishing point, and the discarded data storage equipment can be spread almost all over the Bohai Bay.

Finally, one day humanity began to despair, and this sentiment quickly spread to cover most corners of the earth, and with it, social problems caused by the huge number of people. Countries and regions began to struggle to cope, most of the funds in the consortium of the Kwafu Project were withdrawn from the project for various reasons, and a large number of agency personnel continued to be cut and merged, and in less than ten years, there were only more than 2,000 people left in the permanent team of the earth.

The Kuafu spacecraft has also undergone a large number of reductions, the huge information processing department has been continuously reduced, and the equipment area has also been sealed and transformed, and all the received information can be easily prevented by database comparison, and basically all the screening work can be met by using computer programs. And the remaining manual jobs are just for self-comfort, what if...... It was clear to everyone that the Kwafu plan was on the verge of failure.

On a large console, 12 display screens are neatly spread across the entire façade, enclosing a larger main screen in the middle, those slightly flickering screens are soft and not dazzling, and the flowing data on it keeps pouring down, making ordinary people dazzled, ordinary people can barely chase the data dynamics of a screen, and they don't have time to think about any complex thinking. Underneath the main screen in the center of the array is a slightly smaller platform with three zones of buttons in different colors, each with a striking red color and warning signs. In front of the operating table, under the illumination of different lights, there are two figures who are constantly busy, among which Mengxian, who is sitting in the middle and moving his seat to the left, is constantly shaking his head up and down, left and right, so that his eyes can switch between different display screens, skillfully operating the buttons around him, and methodically handling the work in front of him, his expression is focused and serious, he rarely stops to think and rest, and the tedious work in front of him makes him devote himself to it, and temporarily forgets everything else.

Qingyu in the corner of his sight, just like Mengxian's state at this time, silently assisted his work on the side, occasionally sending out a simple reminder of a few words, most of the words are not a complete sentence, or a coherent expression, if other people listen alone, it is impossible to understand the meaning. Mengxian did not show any doubts, and the two cooperated tacitly in every communication, and there was no repetition or doubt.

Qingyu is a good assistant, she understands all Mengxian's habits, work methods, personal preferences, she can quickly deduce Mengxian's work status and emotional dynamics at that time through Mengxian's subtle expressions, and even some changes in physiological data, and give the most appropriate assistance in combination with the work situation at that time.

With the existence of Qingyu, Mengxian can calmly manage thousands of groups of equipment modules in the entire power area 2 with the power of one person, and Qingyu as an exclusive artificial intelligence assistant is undoubtedly the biggest help in his work.

Artificial intelligence is the greatest invention of human society, it can be said that there is no one, it will maximize the ability of human individuals, and connect people and computing almost seamlessly, so as to achieve barrier-free interaction between humans and machines, and the auxiliary machinery invented by humans can better serve individuals.

In the ordinary operation process, human beings dominate the overall situation through their own perceptual and rational thinking, while artificial intelligence is responsible for assisting in sending human wishes quickly and accurately to the central control computer system, and checking the rationality of human rational instructions within a certain authority, and communicating with senior management in real time to ensure the correctness and efficiency of every work in actual operation.

The Kwafu space voyage relied on this technology to carry out smoothly under the conditions of limited personnel operation.

"Note that instruction 215 is suspended, and in the simulation it will cause the Y976 module 9 data to produce an ultra-low limit operation." Qingyu suddenly issued a full warning to Mengxian's instructions, this kind of exchange was rare when they were working, and generally foreshadowed situations that could have serious consequences.

"Withdraw Instruction No. 215," Mengxian said in a flat and fast tone, sounding like his emotions were not affected by any adverse factors, he knew very well that although this kind of mistake rarely occurred in his work, as long as he had Qingyu's assistance, he had to worry about it.

"Qingyu, simulate and verify 215G, correct, execute." Mengxian quickly completed the modification of the error instruction and resubmitted the system execution queue, and then did not wait for Qingyu to give the verification result, but started the next step.

"Normal, Execute, Enter, Feedback, Green." Qingyu's reply was simple and direct, and many languages began to be habitually omitted, which reduced the time for Mengxian's brain to receive and think about information feedback, and accelerated the overall work process.

"Okay, upgrade the monitoring level of Y976 module 9 data and direct associated data to level 2." After Mengxian finished dealing with the next job, his heart suddenly moved, and then he called up the details of the previous job from the system and carefully browsed it. He soon found that the module equipment with the problem had exceeded its original service life, and the equipment had an unstable operating state, resulting in some instructions that could no longer be used in the original standard mode, so even if the system simulation was normal, Mengxian was still a little worried.

"Confirm, execute." Qingyu didn't raise any objections, and the execution was completed quickly, and Mengxian had some behavior patterns other than standard operations, which had already been stored in her database, so under normal circumstances, Qingyu would not warn and question this kind of instruction that consumed additional system resources, but only faithfully recorded it in the work log.

"Note, there are still 15 minutes and 12 seconds left in the handover time, and the next shift will enter the ready state on time, please prepare to review the handover summary," Qingyu prompted, and then continued. "The first draft of the handover summary has been completed, please review it."

Mengxian opened the report in front of him, it took ten minutes to read it, it was almost complete and meticulous to record all the necessary information, he simply typed it in the back, completed the review of four words, paused slightly, lightly touched the button to submit, and then motionless waited for the feedback from the system, as if he had pressed the pause button at this moment.

"This time, the work was successfully completed."

For a long time, as the surrounding environment slowly faded, the flickering console in front of him gradually disappeared, Mengxian breathed a sigh of relief, and the feeling of mental fatigue suddenly surged into the whole body, he immediately relaxed his body and leaned back on the back of the chair, slowly closed his eyes, and adjusted his breathing long and regular, which is his usual habit, so that his spirit can be completely detached from the state of concentration and tension.

After a while, with the sound of soft spray, he felt completely relaxed, and although the fatigue of the mental tension had not completely subsided, his mind had left his brain and began to drift in all directions.

"Aha...... It's still the most comfortable to rest," Qingyu's voice with a slight tiredness reached Mengxian's ears in a half-dreaming and half-awake state at the right time, her voice was gentle with a hint of laziness, making people listen like they were about to start a long vacation, revealing joy and yearning for the future from the bottom of their hearts, which was particularly comfortable, and for a while Mengxian's mental tiredness receded.

He subconsciously turned his head, and was surprised to see Qingyu actually learning his posture and leaning back on the chair in a decent manner, and the smile in his heart suddenly appeared on his face.

"You're going to feel tired, too," Mengxian blurted out subconsciously, jokingly.

"Hmph, no matter how strong a woman I am, there is a limit." Qingyu didn't pause at all, and replied unceremoniously, "I heard that only stupid people don't get tired, what, 500 minutes of continuous work, aren't you tired?" ”

Qingyu doesn't seem to associate the implicit meaning of this sentence like a person, but just literally answered Mengxian's words, and Mengxian sometimes inadvertently mentions Qingyu's artificial intelligence identity in his usual conversations, but every embarrassing moment between humans will be simply resolved by Qingyu, and the two have been chatting without taboo like friends for many years, so that Mengxian does not have to waste energy to deal with some problems similar to interpersonal relationships after work.

Although Qingyu is an artificial intelligence, in fact, in Mengxian's subconscious, she has always regarded her as his closest comrade-in-arms, friend and relative friend for many years, they live and work like close friends, argue over different opinions, and even get angry, and occasionally separate, these experiences between them are so similar to ordinary human relationships that anyone in them will not feel like getting along with a computer program. In Mengxian's growth experience, the image of artificial intelligence is not static, but constantly changing with his different ages and living environment...... She has always been with Mengxian in his life, and it can be said that she is an inseparable part of his life, and Qingyu's personality image began when Mengxian officially took over the work of Power Zone 2 12 years ago, and is Mengxian's best friend and crush at this period and age.

"Of course I'm tired," Mengxian said and moved his body downward, but the strap accidentally stuck in his crotch, he gasped, gritted his teeth to hold back the embarrassment, and then moved his body upwards as if nothing happened, and at the same time let out a mental wail with a smile on his face, relieving some of his physical discomfort.

These small actions obviously can't hide from the smart Qingyu, and the physiological data is also transmitted to the central processing unit in real time, she has been tilting her head and staring at Mengxian's every action, when the accident happened, Qingyu had a surprised expression, wanted to say something but stopped in time, and then quickly covered a hand to his half-open mouth, and a faint red appeared on his face for a while, and he quickly turned his head away.

"Hooligans!" A coquettish voice came into Mengxian's ears, making the whole person feel crispy and numb.

This strange feeling often makes Mengxian think that Qingyu is a real human being with flesh and blood and feelings, but she doesn't really sit next to her, but lives in another cabin inside the spaceship, and they have always been together virtually through the Internet.

Is that really the case? Right!? Mengxian shook his head vigorously suddenly, clearing this feeling of happiness from his brain, he thought that this feeling of detachment from reality was very dangerous, if he had this kind of human affection for artificial intelligence, he would always be addicted to it in the future, and he couldn't get rid of it, and the real reality could not be changed, at some point in the future, he would always realize the truth, and at that time, he would be disillusioned and cause psychological barriers, which might crush his spirit.

"It's rare that this work is the last time before the holiday, what activities should we arrange next?" Mengxian first broke the ambiguous atmosphere at this time, and quickly changed the topic, according to the annual duty schedule, the next time his work will be twenty-four hours later. This kind of scheduling is to allow personnel to have a sufficient rest at regular intervals to ensure the mental health of personnel. There will be no problems such as mechanical mental state, low efficiency, and increased error rate due to repetitive work scheduling for a long time.

"For example...... Wake up from a good night's sleep, or have a good time at Kuafu's home? Mengxian saw that Qingyu tilted his head and ignored him, and said to himself.

"That's not good," Qingyu really reacted, and her voice raised a little, "It's not good for your body." “

Qingyu's expression was serious and serious, as if she was discussing a very serious job, she swiped her right hand in front of her, and unfolded a detailed list in front of Mengxian, the list had a lot of contents, the display was clear and organized, and the above was illustrated and listed, and the time could be accurate to the second. She didn't rush to introduce, but first pointed out that she looked up and down one by one, and then began to say it seriously, "I recommend that you first do 23 minutes of light sleep, 3 hours and 20 minutes of deep sleep, to make up for the energy loss just now, the time should not be too long, or it will not affect the next activities." Then 12 minutes to skim through the spacecraft briefing to clear your mind; Next, 22 minutes of logical entertainment will be carried out to maintain a certain logical thinking of the brain and let the brain grow healthily; The next 19 minutes of comprehensive physical training, exercise the body and autonomic nervous system, 1 hour and 35 minutes in the Kuafu Paradise, relax the spirit, release work pressure; 9 minutes Type 4 gymnastics ......"

”D、D…… Wait a minute, that ...... Can I ask......" Qingyu was bombarded with almost no intervals, which made Mengxian listen a little big, and after waiting for a long time, he finally found a gap, carefully interrupted the other party's Chinese, and asked a little stumblingly.

"Huh? What's wrong? Qingyu retreated from the mechanical broadcast state and returned to a humanized state.

"During this time, I want to arrange it myself, you see...... All right? Mengxian put forward his own requirements, he didn't want to continue to follow the system's arrangement in his free time, so it was too conformist, and passive execution always felt no different from normal work training. The human psyche always longs for a state of freedom, and only by living in a state of freedom can people give people a unique relaxation, reduce invisible pressure, and people can get another form of rest.

"Okay then," Qingyu didn't stick to the plan of reasonable arrangements for herself, "but within 2 hours and 15 minutes before the next working time, you must do 11 minutes of Type 4 gymnastics, 1 hour and 32 minutes of sleep, 16 minutes of Type 2 gymnastics, and 6 minutes of comprehensive brain recovery training." “

"Okay, good......" Mengxian hurriedly agreed, feeling a little helpless, but he knew very well that in the end, these requirements were mandatory provisions of the spaceship system, and he had no right to refuse.

"Alas......" Seeing that Qingyu didn't say anything else, Mengxian sighed silently in his heart, he really wanted to have a long vacation, even if it was fifty or sixty hours, twenty-four hours each time would always be forced to shorten by more than two hours, which was nearly one-tenth of the rest time.

"Mengxian ......" Qingyu seemed to understand his thoughts to some extent, just now these were also Mengxian complained from time to time before, this time Qingyu's attitude changed a little, she comforted thoughtfully, "Take it easy, from now on, the good rest time has just begun, soon we can let go of all our worries, go to Kuafu Paradise to relax, I will try my best to give you the best arrangement." ”

"Thank you, Qingyu." Mengxian is inevitably a little sentimental at times, but he doesn't dwell too much on it.

"Come on, Qingyu, let's go......"

"Let's go, hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee......-hee" Accompanied by Qingyu's lively laughter, the scene in front of Mengxian's eyes began to change, the studio and the operation console gradually became transparent until they disappeared, and his room re-emerged in front of him, Qingyu's figure faded a little, but it did not disappear with it, the translucent appearance gave people a dreamy feeling, and her somewhat illusory figure looked more beautiful in Mengxian's eyes.

Qingyu happily walked to the center of the room, waved his hand to the ceiling, where after a slight sound, a slender trap was opened, and then a mechanical arm slowly lowered, in the first half of the mechanical arm, a set of slightly complex slender mechanical rods spread out in a large shape, and one of them crossed Qingyu's body, passing through without accident.

"Hurry up." Qingyu always has a personal feeling of being in a hurry, every time he decides to implement something, he is very fast, and Mengxian's character is decent, everything is thought about first and then done, the dogmatic style is serious, it is said that his actions and thoughts are not very slow, but compared to Qingyu, it drags a lot.

"It's coming, it's coming!" Mengxian was helpless, loosened the fixed strap and stood up from the seat, raised his hand to adjust his holographic glasses, changed the position of the original support to a few contacts, and additionally buckled and tightened the elastic headband.

In the urging of Qingyu, Mengxian fixed the hydraulic connecting rods of the limbs and the body on the mechanical arm from top to bottom according to the requirements, and finally fixed the waist, chest and head.

Qingyu circled around Mengxian twice, carefully examined each connection point, and then made two OK gestures with his grinning hands.

Mengxian felt that the robotic arm drove him to slowly rise to a height, he slowly moved his limbs, felt the activation of the hydraulic device, and when his feet began to feel like they were really touching the ground, the mistake of falling back to the ground made him look down at his feet, no problem, he was still suspended on the robotic arm.

This feeling is very strange, the system composed of a simple hydraulic system, under the precise control of the computer, the details of the force state of human activities are almost perfectly simulated, so that people can complete countless complex and changeable movements in a small space, especially with virtual reality technology, human beings can complete a lot of unimaginable things without leaving home.

Mengxian raised his head, grinned, showed an exaggerated smile, and compared his hands to a double OK posture like Qingyu, and said loudly, "Let's go!" ”

The room in front of Mengxian's eyes began to slowly be covered in soft white light, and when the white completely filled the screen, some rich colors began to gradually appear......