Seeing this scene, Zhang Yaoyang stood up suddenly, he rushed into the isolation room without thinking, squatted down and probed the other party's snort, only to feel a gossamer-like breath gushing out of the other party's nose, and then fell into eternal stillness.

The white man only had breath out, not breath in.

"He's dead."

Bao Tiao walked in in a wheelchair, he seemed very sure of the effect of the picture he had drawn, "This is typical brain death, as the brain loses function, his heart and lungs have completely stopped, even if he is rescued now, he can only maintain his vegetative state, which is already medically defined death." ”

"Just a picture can kill someone?" Zhang Yaoyang stood up with a solemn expression, and his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.

"It's not just an ordinary pattern." Bao Tiao patiently explained, "Its principle is actually not complicated, you should know about computer viruses, right?" For example, a 'fork bomb', a small character set that defines a meaningless function and then asks the computer to execute it repeatedly, and the computer has no common sense to rely on, so it just does what it is given, and it will execute whatever it is, and in the end it will only crash. ”

As he spoke, Bao Tiao pointed to his head, "And this picture is a virus that targets the human brain, and the moment the information of this picture is received through vision, the human brain will lose its effect, just like a car that has turned off, but the car can start again, and he can never wake up again." ”

"It's a magical power." A flash of exclamation flashed in Zhang Yaoyang's eyes, "What is this, psychological suggestion?" Hypnotism? ”

"No, it has nothing to do with psychology." Bao Tiao spread his hands, "I said, it is a kind of information, you can understand it as a virus, it can spread, this painting is the carrier of information, the human eye is the channel of information transmission, and the target of communication is our human brain." ”

Speaking of this, Dr. Strip was silent for a moment, as if organizing the language, "This kind of information, in fact, already has a concept in reality, you can call it - meme." ”

"Memes? Meme？ Zhang Yaoyang's expression flashed, and knowledge about memetics automatically flashed through his mind—a unit of information dissemination, evolved from the word 'gene' in biology, which means 'gene of culture'.

The earliest origin of this term comes from a book written by Dawkins, according to the book, which does not rely on the specific chemical basis of genetics for evolution, but only on the existence of self-replicating transmission units, which is called meme.

The spread of memes is actually the process of information transmission, unlike genes, which can only be transmitted through generations, memes can be transmitted between people at any time through communication and other media.

As a simple example, some people learn a meme called 'Gou' from the Internet, and once in a while they show it off, and then another uninformed person asks, "What kind of meme are you?" ”

After the first person's explanation, the second person understood the meaning of 'Gou', so he also followed 'Gou' - this is the spread of memes.

Among them, the word 'Gou' is the carrier of the meme, which spreads through the communication between people, and the human being is the infected person, or host, of the meme, and the transmission channel is the entire Internet. After being infected, the host will have a strong desire to spread the meme, which can also be regarded as 'pretending', in short, under this desire, the meme will be transmitted through the Internet, and eventually a network trend will be formed.

Zhang Yaoyang's mind flashed the definition of memes, and after Dr. Baotiao's reminder, he gradually understood, but he still felt incredible, "Terriers can actually kill people?" ”

"No, 'memes' are one of the most common memes in reality, but memes are not just memes." "Actually, the picture you see now is just the most superficial meme, it can still be explained by science, it is nothing more than a visual virus that can shut down the human brain." ”

As he spoke, an inexplicable fear suddenly flashed in Baotiao's eyes, "However...... As far as I know, those truly terrifying memes cannot be explained by science, but unfortunately the knowledge I have gained is only the tip of the iceberg, and it is impossible to create truly powerful lethal memes. ”

"It's okay, you've done a great job." Zhang Yaoyang patted him on the shoulder, "Now that I think about it, it was actually quite dangerous just now, if I hadn't seen the first immunization picture in advance, I'm afraid I would have died at this time." ”

"Yes, it's more powerful than you think." Bao Tiao sighed, "This kind of meme can be derived through formulas, and it is possible to create countless patterns, and I have given this kind of pattern that kills people through vision - memetic erasure catalysts." ”

Zhang Yaoyang tilted his head, revealing a thoughtful expression, "Memes obliterate human contact vectors? ”

"That's right, this kind of erasure medium can be used to insert it into our confidential documents." A cold glint flashed in Bao Tiao's eyes, "Only those who have been vaccinated will be able to view the corresponding confidential information, even if the confidential documents are stolen or peeked at by a spy without permission, I promise, no one will be able to get them......"

"But in this case, what if terrorists use it to post the memetic erasure catalyst on the Internet?" Zhang Yaoyang suddenly frowned, "I'm afraid this will cause tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of deaths and injuries." ”

"Don't worry about this," Stripe smiled confidently, "I can add a strip of properties to the memetic erasure agent - after the first erasure agent is triggered, the entire text along with the erasure agent itself will be automatically destroyed, and that's it." ”

"What other properties can be added to memes?"

"Yes, but two properties are my limits."

"It's okay, just do your best." Zhang Yaoyang joked, "The next experiment is actually unnecessary, but in the future, after creating a new erasure catalyst, don't forget to give me the vaccine first." ”

"I think we should set up a permission system for our files, and then I will hand over the immune catalyst to the artificial intelligence, and she will distribute it to people with sufficient permissions in advance, after all, the artificial intelligence will not make mistakes, and only in this way can the erasure of the catalyst not produce accidental injuries." Bao Tiao reminded at the right time.

"Good idea," Zhang Yaoyang snapped his fingers, "After white, just do it this way." ”

"Understood." The figure of the white queen flashed, "I have recorded it on the program, please rest assured." ”