Time flies, and in the flick of a finger, 128,531 years have passed!

When: in the near future

Location: A modern naturalistic university in Asia.

In this era, the leadership of the Organization has been greatly strengthened, and the boundaries between countries are rapidly diluting and are on the verge of disappearing. The differences between ethnic groups, with the exception of skin color, have also been largely fused.

In human society, there are two types of relatively large differences: humans, and non-human intelligent robots.

Intelligent robot technology is relatively mature at this time, and their appearance and movements are almost indistinguishable from humans, and you can only detect the difference between them and humans from the slight incongruity and woodenness revealed in their eyes.

At this time, the application of intelligent robot technology by human beings has been very extensive, and the number of simulated intelligent robots has reached almost 1/10 of the number of human families. They exist in all corners of society as government organizations or as private assets.

This dependence has also profoundly and directly affected human life, as the global population has fallen below 2 billion today due to a lack of motivation to have children and an unwillingness to take on parenting responsibilities.

However, at the same time, human beings' own attitudes towards artificial intelligence have also divided into two directions: one group of people chooses to live a life that is highly dependent on robots, that is, futuristic technologists. They advocate following the direction and trend of scientific and technological development. The other group of people insist on the limited application of intelligence, that is, modern naturalists.

This university was founded by people who hold the latter idea. The idea is that humans cannot rely solely on AI technology to replace every aspect of humanity. Although human beings enjoy the convenience and comfort brought by technological progress, if this goes on for a long time, human beings will continue to degrade their own functions until they die out.

The current situation is that while humans are still at the top of innovation alone, they have given way to intelligent robots in almost every other field. Human education is also facing a comprehensive challenge, because in addition to robots, more and more people choose to implant chips in the skull to accelerate their logic, computing and data processing capabilities, and people who replace their body organs with biochemical technology abound.

From the perspective of human beings, the United Nations has long been aware of this problem, but it has not been able to take a positive countermeasure, so it has also taken an open-ended view in its attitude towards naturalism and technologism.

At this time, human civilization seems to be highly developed, but it is on the eve of major changes, full of crises, and the future is full of unknowns and uncertainties.

Therefore, naturalists demand that all students must rely rigorously on human abilities to complete all their studies, hoping to maintain those precious qualities of human beings.

"Students, please be quiet"

Walking slowly into the classroom was Professor Peng Haifeng of the Teaching Office, who pushed the thick antique glasses on the bridge of his nose and blinked his dim eyes, apparently he was also a veteran modern naturalist. People in this era, who does not have a pair of beautiful eyes after transformation.

In his characteristic thick nasal voice, Professor Peng said slowly to the noisy class who were studying freely:

"Today, Director Yan of the Teaching Office has something to announce to the students, everyone is welcome"

"Thank you, I won't delay too much of everyone's time, just a few words."

Before the words fell, before the person who saw him heard his voice, he knew who was coming.

Director Yan Su, dressed in a relaxed and sporty attire, quickly flashed from the door of the classroom, and then she took a few brisk strides and occupied the podium.

You Ke reluctantly reluctantly retracted the eyes that were staring at the hair of his sweetheart in the front row. Suspiciously, he glanced at Yan Su, who was already standing next to the podium, and thought to himself that Director Yan was a ruthless master with a distinct personality, what important thing would alarm her?

So he turned his head and quietly asked his tablemate: "Ma San'er, what's the situation?" ”

Ma San'er is You Ke's old iron, who comes from the same countryside and lives in the same bedroom. At this time, he was looking down and playing a holographic image game, and he didn't have time to say: "Busy!" “

The class representative who followed behind Peng Lao reported a large stack of paper papers, followed Yan Su's eyes, and put them on the podium nervously. In order to maintain the tradition of mankind, the school has come up with the idea of using paper that has been obsolete for about 10 years and drawing mechanical drawings for hand-drawn tests.

"Oops, announcing exam results"

Ma San'er didn't know when to raise his head, and You Ke's heart also chuckled.

Because everyone knows that this time it is last Wednesday that will send the results of the exam for hand-drawn mechanical drawing. If you fail this exam, you will be forced to take a year of robot-free service after graduation, and you will be on your own.

In that case, it would be tantamount to returning to the primitive society, and You Ke couldn't help but secretly complain.

If these tests are done by intelligent robots, they can be completed in less than a minute. Judging from the test paper, it is nothing more than the three-dimensional thinking of 10 entities through the three-dimensional front view, side view, and top view, with 10 points for each question, a total of 100 points. Very classical exam.

But objectively speaking, if you let these lazy human beings do it themselves, it is indeed a serious lack of self-confidence.

"There were 5 classes and a total of 228 students participating in this test, and the results can be said to be miserable!"

Yan Su used the usual tone of school speech, and his eyes slowly scanned back and forth at the nervous students sitting under the podium.

"More than half of the students scored below 50 points, and the number of students who failed was more than 70%, and only more than 20 of them scored more than 70 points!"

Yan Su paused deliberately. This is her usual technique, and the melodious tone of voice both adds suspense and is inexplicably majestic.

"There are only two students in the whole grade who scored 80 points, and the second place scored 89 points! Mess! ”

The audience erupted into a sigh,

"But," in order to add a bit of dramatic effect, Yan Su deliberately stretched the tone long,

"There are also students who did very well in the exam, such as this first-place student, who scored 100 points!"

The class was instantly lit up and boiled.

"Who is this, such a bull X"

"How is it possible to cheat without the help of bots?"

……

But the rambling did not paralyze everyone's reason, because these human students knew very well that no AI system would be allowed to intervene under the strict surveillance system of the naturalistic school.

So, it's just going to be the result of human behavior.

You Ke prayed, sincerely hoping that his score could be among the lucky ones with more than 70 points.

So when Representative Ke looked at him with a very strange look and handed the scroll to himself, You Ke's brain instantly went blank,

"100 points?! , KAO, it's me?! How is this possible......"

Director Yan Su was giving a passionate speech on the podium, waving his fists excitedly:

"Students, this is the best achievement of mankind since the founding of our school 50 years ago!"

But what was said later, You Ke couldn't really hear it in a trance.

……

At 3:19 p.m., You Ke, who woke up, couldn't remember how many times he had woken up on time at this moment.

At the ugly moment, it seems that God has made a joke on him that is not too big or small, and a little cruel.

He vaguely remembers that since June a year ago, such insomnia began to haunt him, sometimes with a day of interruption, sometimes for several days in a row, and sometimes suddenly appeared on time after an interval of 1-2 weeks. It seems that there is no pattern at all, but every time he wakes up in the middle of the night, it is almost every second, it is simply the punctual time of the news broadcast, and he always wakes up involuntarily at this node.

At the beginning, You Ke felt that it might be because of his concern for his sweetheart or the pressure of studying, and in order to relieve himself, he even asked Ma San'er to play a few all-night games.

As a result, the night after, not only will this dream still be repeated without thunder, but the most bizarre thing is that it will wake up on time.

According to his personality, he will take care of him and let him develop, but I want to see what happens in the future.

The wine strength of celebrating with a few buddies at the supper has not completely dissipated, You Ke's headache hit again, and the whole vest was drenched in cold sweat again.

He felt as if he had a strange disease, but he didn't want to tell anyone, because no one wanted to face the eyes that were seen as strange.

But what You didn't expect was that the experience of waking up from a dream tonight would indeed be different. You Ke knew very well in his heart that he was in a dream. But it also feels too real, so real that it makes me scary.

He kept his mouth shut, for fear of inhaling a little bit that he couldn't tell, because a large amount of unknown liquid poured into his nose at once, and he didn't even dare to gasp.

In fact, he didn't dare to breathe at all. He knew very well that he was wrapped in a white lab coat, but his entire body, including his soul, seemed to be completely encased in an unknown yellow-green liquid, cold and piercing, but it was not dark around him, as if the light was brighter than daytime.

At the same time, there was a huge and irresistible terrible force that dragged him down, down, and down, and ....... You Ke struggled desperately, trying his best to get rid of that force and swim back to somewhere where there was a little bit of air, even if it was just a small breath.

But in vain, he felt very clearly that he seemed to have fallen into a huge pool of solution, but this so-called "pool" or "pool" or other container did not seem to have a bottom at all!

Terrified, he tried to open his eyes in the liquid, which didn't seem to be as spicy or irritating as he thought. The liquid is a translucent lipid or oily analogue, as you can feel the smooth texture of the liquid on your face and between your fingers very clearly.

At the same time, there is a "crackling" sound similar to electronic discharge in the ears, this "crackling" sound is slightly dull, and it is different from the normal sound of electronic discharge.

You chose to study electronics, so he was very familiar with the discharge sound of electrons.

Although he usually likes to be naughty with Ma San'er, this guy is extremely flexible, and he has a lot of ghost ideas and ideas.

There is a Daniel in the school, a prominent family, and often has access to many resources that ordinary people can't reach.

Daniel was reluctant to do these seemingly primitive and brain-consuming experiments, and if it weren't for the fact that his high-ranking father, a modern naturalist, forced him to come to school, he would have dropped out of school and died of a drunken dream.

Last year, during a hands-on course on installing the rotors of a motor from the last century, Daniel burned two sets of windings, and the "crackling" sound of the windings when they were short-circuited was exactly that, only a little more dull.

You Ke thought about it, took the initiative to find this Daniel, and in a few words, he made it clear that he let himself be a gunman and help him get all the manual exams during school. Daniel's price was two tickets to the five-day party on a luxury yacht and two years of club membership.

The five days in the Mediterranean Sea can be regarded as the most enjoyable time for the upper reaches to have fun with Ma San'er. Yachts full of realistic biochemical robot beauties and a variety of delicacies make them unforgettable.

I don't know why, but now these things are so clearly flashing in my mind.

He could clearly distinguish each enamelled copper wire in his dreams, and even the plasma light that flickered when the copper wire burned, as clear as a 500-fold magnifying glass in front of him.

You Ke really can't accurately describe this strange state and situation. In the blink of an eye, the range and limit that could be reached by the eye were all strange and faint yellow-green liquid.

And with every "crackling" sound, somewhere in your body will be like a pinprick in your body, and there seems to be an electric current passing through the pricked place and going straight to your brain along your own meridians.

But that pain penetrates deep into the bone marrow, and every time it makes You Kexiang make an "ah" sound to release the pain, just because just like a drowning person, he always cherishes that last breath, You Ke still desperately endures it, and thinks about how to solve the difficulty.

The breath that You Ke held in his chest had already been slowly exhaled, and it was already extremely uncomfortable, and the lungs and brain's desire for air molecules had reached the limit,......

You Ke finally opened his mouth, and just wanted to use his last breath to shout for help, but he didn't want to turn over and wake up all of a sudden!

"Time!"

You Ke pouted.

Unbiasedly, the wall assembled with smart materials immediately shows the time of "03:19" every second!

"It turned out to be this dream," You Ke couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, in the dream, the whole process may have happened very quickly, just a few seconds, but the real time was already in the early hours of the morning......

I couldn't sleep left and right, so You Ke simply got up and came to the playground to relax.

It was not only this insomnia problem that upset him, but You Ke was even more shocked that every time he woke up in the past year, it was because of the same dream.

This dream made him feel so real every time, it felt like it was happening to him alive, and it was terrifyingly real.

The season has arrived in October, the autumn wind is very cold, the earth's environment at that time is not what it is today, not to mention that the temperature is the lowest at about 3 o'clock in the morning, You Ke can't help but tighten his smart coat, and his hands unconsciously clench his arms.

But I didn't think about this hug, it turned out to be a little strange. There was a dull ache in the area of his left arm, which had just touched his right hand, and to be exact, it felt like some soreness in the left elbow near about two fingers.

And this sore spot seems to be a part of the "crackling" sound in today's dream.

At this time, although the society has entered the era of the widespread application of high technology, and the human life span can even be extended to more than 350 years, the class in the society does not seem to have been completely eliminated. Although human civilization has made great progress, the distribution of resources is still closely related to the social status of individuals.

You Ke was born in a very old and primitive village. At this time, the concept of the village was completely different from today, and all life was already highly intelligent, not different from the city. Some modern naturalists choose to live far away from the city, and reject the intellectual tendency to return to nature. The ecological environment has also been protected very well because it has not allowed human factors to interfere for hundreds of years.

The same is true of You Ke's hometown, but in fact, he only vaguely remembers things after he was about 6 years old, and he doesn't even have any memories of the previous events.

When he was 12 years old, he was playing on the hillside behind the house when he was frightened by a bison, and he stumbled and rolled down a steep slope to avoid being hit by the bull, causing multiple finger bone fractures. After the necessary medical treatment, he resolutely kept his arm, rather than replacing it with a beautiful biochemical arm, as most people choose, even if it would make him both beautiful and powerful.

To this day, You Ke's left index finger still can't bend naturally. Unlike his compatriots, who seem to be somewhat numb and indifferent, on the contrary, he seems to be an optimist and troublemaker by nature.

The antique wireless earphones that have been eliminated for decades melodiously come from the antique music that he has painstakingly stored, and You Ke has never imagined what he has gained in the past, and these old music have become his spiritual sustenance.

In today's society, perhaps because everyone has nothing to do, a large number of so-called artists have emerged.

But because humans are too greedy to pursue their own sensory stimulation, highly realistic robots fill these gaps excellently, becoming the irresistible de facto companion of many people throughout their lives. People are even more alienated from each other due to a lack of emotion. Music and painting art, which must be produced by the true feelings of the heart, are rich in connotation and highly resonant creations, which are almost impossible to find in this era. The rest is all shrill electronic music or soulless moanings.

You Ke found that only from the art of many years ago can he harvest those things that are exciting, touch his soul, and convey complex emotions.

Timo Tolkki's "Are you the one" from decades ago sounded soothingly and softly, like an old friend who had not been seen for a long time, or like a lover whispering in a whisper.

Are you the one，

The traveler in time who has come，

To heal my wounds to lead me to the sun，

To walk this path with me until the end of time，

Are you the one……

When the second sentence "Are you the one" sounded again, You Ke suddenly stumbled in his heart.

Does today's dream remind me of something?

"Why didn't I notice it before?"

You Ke slammed his left palm with his right fist, who would have thought that the top of his middle finger that touched it was also a faint pain.

The next morning, when the noise in the dormitory resumed, no one noticed Youke. In fact, he was immersed in the school's electronic reading room early in the morning.

Because of the strange repetition of the dream, and the acupuncture points on his body were often connected in a line, he thought he was sick, and he had no medical examinations before, but he couldn't find any problems.

This time, he made up his mind to personally check the ancient oriental books related to acupuncture points and find out the situation himself.

This is also due to the personality of this guy You Ke, and he has to figure it out when something happens.

In the library, You Kezheng looked at an electronic book "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing (Vernacular)", and in his bibliography, he listed the names of books such as "Human Acupuncture Point Map", "Human Body Meridian Map", "Twelve Meridians", "Twelve Meridians", and "International Meridian Problem Research".

When looking at the diagram of the "Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian Diagram", the heart meridian route follows from the Jiquan point under the armpit of the left arm, through the Qingling-Shaohai-Lingdao-Tongli-Yinxi-Shenmen-Shaofu and other acupoints to the Shaochong acupoint of the ring finger, You Ke couldn't help but touch the pain of his left arm, which turned out to be the place where the Shaohai acupoint is, and the faint pain in the middle finger of the left hand is the last acupoint of the "Hand Yin Pericardial Meridian".

The Corpse. The "Meridians" note: "The veins of the heart master's hand and yin heart envelope start in the chest, out of the heart pericardium, the lower diaphragm, and the three focal points of the history; Its branches, follow the chest out of the flank, three inches under the armpit, up against the armpit, follow the inside, between the Taiyin and Shaoyin, into the elbow, under the arm, between the two tendons, into the palm, follow the middle finger, out of the end; Its branch, don't hold it in the palm of your hand, and point out its end with the little finger. ”

Isn't this "following the middle finger and coming out of the end" exactly where the middle punch acupoint of your middle finger is located? !

You Ke couldn't help but wonder:

"Could it be that this dream has some kind of connection with the acupuncture points in my body?"

In a moment of doubt, You Ke sat in the library hall full of science fiction, looked down for a while, and then raised his head and closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, still unable to understand why.

Suddenly, my stomach "growled", and I felt hungry spontaneously, and I looked up at the clock on the wall of the hall that I was familiar with, but it was a blur!

This surprised him a lot, and You Ke wanted to ask for help in great fear, but as far as his eyes could see, it was all vague and chaotic scenes.

He paused for a few seconds, trying to calm himself down and think about what had happened, and then suddenly he suddenly took off the myopic glasses that had accompanied him for so many years! In an instant, the surrounding environment became clear.

You Ke seemed to understand what was happening, and his mood instantly became excited and relaxed. At this time, the ticking sound of the clock suddenly sounded in my ears, like thunder in my ears, knocking on my ear bones and head, so uncomfortable!

He hurriedly covered his ears and looked up at the clock on the wall five or six meters away from him.

It's really amazing that the scale on the surface of the clock has been magnified countless times, and it is displayed in front of my eyes every detail, and it is extremely clear. And the second hand the size of a pin, every slight beat, is now like Mount Tai collapsing in front of it, booming!

Judging from the time, I was in the library, and more than 3 hours had passed unconsciously.

You Ke felt that where he was looking, the objects there were clearly spread out in front of his eyes as if they were placed in front of a magnifying glass, and the sound in that direction was instantly amplified.

Since he was completely unable to control this state at will, You Ke was dizzy and panicked, so he hurriedly covered his ears and hid from the door.