In the afternoon in Antania, in the freshman building of the Starlink Special Service Academy, Li Jingze and the other five roommates chatted with each other, and the afternoon was their fate, which decided whether they could really become Starlink Agents.

Freshmen come from all over the world, and there are a variety of reasons why they want to become Starlink agents. As far as Li Jingze knows, just in the bedroom where he is located, there are no two of the six people for the same reason.

Some people are members of the People's Revolutionary Federation, believe in the concept of the Star Alliance, and joining the Star Alliance special service is the ideal; Some people just come for good remuneration and a selection mechanism that is very different from society; Some people resolutely devoted themselves to the great cause of defending mankind after watching the promotional video of the Battle of Stargate by Starlink Media; There are also people who come to the power armor of the Starlink secret service that is full of sci-fi and violent aesthetics, which looks a bit nonsense, but compared to the people who saw the many girls in the Starlink secret service because they saw the promotional video, the motive is already noble.

Li Jingze, he said that he was bored, and he could do a lot of cool things by joining the Starlink Special Service, but the real reason, at least a considerable part, was that he came for one person, of course, he wouldn't tell others.

"What's not to understand about this? It's good that you think of the Starlink Agents as a Brilliant Warrior Order, The Force, you know? Only by grasping yourself can you grasp the Force, don't laugh! You don't know that the Starlink Special Service is not a simple soldier, but a realistic force for the Starlink to implement its ideas. Technology respects human beings, technology benefits human beings, technology evolves human beings, the concept of Star Alliance cannot rely on companies and business alone, power and capital are originally the forces of Star Alliance vigilance and vigilance, so soldiers with firm beliefs are needed to be ready to correct the wrong direction of technological development and defend human beings spiritually. ”

"Which family did you bring to use the things of the Revolutionary Union? Anyway, it sounds familiar to me. Defending humanity spiritually? After eating too much, Starlink pursues the use of technology to realize human freedom and realize the liberation of human beings, not to be a nanny for people. The work of a nanny is tiring and unflattering, and it is said that it has ulterior motives at every turn. You see, in Japan, a lot of people in China are spraying, the Star Alliance is interfering in the country's internal affairs, and it is a rehearsal for the ideological-form revolution, so beware of the Star Alliance subverting the country, let's ...... it."

The freshmen are all college graduates, who can pass the primary selection and go to the Starlink Secret Service Academy to accept the final selection, no matter what their personal motivations are, the level of knowledge and thinking is acceptable, and they have an understanding of the Starlink Secret Service's position of transcendence from the country. There is still a certain level of discussion between them.

This kind of empty and big topic is just a transition, and what everyone really cares about is the selection criteria of the Starlink special service. Unfortunately, even with all the information that everyone has learned, this standard is still hidden in the fog.

"The five stars in the 08 squad are said to be Xiao Xia's junior brothers, and the Japanese Natsume of the 09 squad are said to be members of the Japanese Revolutionary Federation...... No matter how you look at it, it is a group of relatives and friends, this is the reality, and favor occupies a very important weight in the selection criteria. ”

Hearing his roommate say this, Lee Kyung-taek tried to make his expression look natural.

"It's still about determination, Major Su of Valkyrie's squadron, who is said to be a reformer. Because of the incurable cancer, she became the subject of Starlink's medical experiment, and she gave her life to Starlink. ”

"I think the focus is still on the concept, haven't you seen those special services that have come back? Don't you think they're all temperamental? Whether it's a man or a woman, at first glance you will think that they are ...... It's a story, it's very personal, and it's all very deep, much like a teacher who teaches philosophy at a university. ”

"Well, I understand how you feel, you all have a very three-dimensional feeling, as if the space can't accommodate them. But don't say what kind of thinker you are, maybe you just look down on life and death on the battlefield. I still say the same thing, the more middle two, the simpler the chance, the greater the chance of being selected. ”

The discussion was still inconclusive, and when Li Jingze walked to the room where the ruling was made with a worried heart, he still didn't know what the selection criteria for the Starlink special service were.

The room was like a small courtroom, with four people sitting behind a long semi-circular table, the middle seat was empty, and the place reserved for him was a small podium opposite the semicircle, which looked somewhat like the defendant's seat.

Li Jingze swallowed his saliva, stood behind the podium, and saluted the four people. Before the final selection, the freshmen had received three months of training and already had the consciousness of being a soldier.

The four of them looked very rigid, and the eldest said in a very serious tone: "Li Jingze, please state the reasons why you think you are qualified to join the Starlink Special Service." ”

Li Jingze stammered in a semi-confused state, to the effect that he just recognized the concept of the Star Alliance, hoping to contribute to such a great cause as defending mankind, and was almost finished, only to realize that this was not asking him why he wanted to join the Star Alliance Special Service, but why the Star Alliance Special Service wanted to accept him.

Realizing this mistake, his brain was buzzing, it was over, he was definitely going to lose.

If the freshman fails to pass the final selection, he will not go home. As long as there is no major problem, the college will make other arrangements according to the wishes of the new students. Most of them are arranged to be guarded by the Star Alliance under the Ministry of Affairs, and a small number of those with specialties can be transferred to the research and administrative departments.

But this is not what Li Jingze wants, he came to Antania in order to become a Star Union agent.

The four examiners glanced at each other and looked very dissatisfied, but they all looked at the empty seat in the middle, and Li Jingze suddenly understood that the middle was not empty, but a virtual image of someone sitting, but the freshmen who accepted the final selection could not wear AR glasses, and they had to turn off PEI or other smart devices, and he couldn't see it.

The virtual image didn't know what it said, and the four examiners were slightly surprised, but they didn't react otherwise.

When the examiners turned their heads, their eyes fell on Li Jingze again, and he had a feeling that at that moment just now, his fate seemed to have changed.

The examiner asked, "Li Jingze, all those who join the Starlink Special Service must undergo surgery involving human body modification, are you willing?" ”

Li Jingze had heard of this, but the details were not clear, so he asked cautiously: "Can you roughly tell me what kind of operation it is?" ”

"Neurons are artificially proliferated, and then the brain-computer interface is modulated", the examiner looked at him with scrutinizing eyes.

Brain-computer interfaces, they've been exposed to in training, but that's only a rudimentary technique.

With the progress of graphene material technology and the improvement of human neural models, the brain-computer interaction interface has also developed rapidly.

The first level is a non-destructive simulation interaction used in entertainment, medical and other fields, and it only needs to wear a bracelet equipped with a graphene biosensor to read various information in the human body. In the field of entertainment, a new somatosensory interaction method has been developed, and it has also become a non-destructive detection method with terahertz scanners in medical treatment.

However, the recognition accuracy of this level is very low, it cannot sense high-level thinking, and it only has one-way interaction ability, that is, it replaces the brainwave control technology that was hyped up before, and it is not a major breakthrough in brain-computer interaction technology.

The other level can be regarded as a real brain-computer interaction interface, the principle is to implant graphene sensors into the human body, establish a connection with nerves, and then through the interactive operating system developed by the human neural model, to achieve two-way interaction between brain and computer.

Experiments have shown that it is too difficult for human consciousness and nerves to adapt to the new interaction channels. Moreover, if this interaction is too frequent, it will force the human body to allocate corresponding resources to support, which seriously affects the overall balance of the human internal environment, so this level of technology is only used for medical treatment and medical research.

The "neuronal proliferation" mentioned by the examiner now seems to be the latest development of the brain-computer interaction interface, which allows the human body to have more nerves for external connection, which naturally involves the transformation of the human body.

Li Jingze was surprised, but also hesitated, to become a Starlink special agent means that he is no longer an ordinary person physiologically. For some, it's evolution, it's opportunity, but for many more, it's mutation, it's a future of trepidation, and he's not sure which one he belongs to.

The hesitation only lasted for a short moment, and he still needed to confirm one thing: "Will this operation affect the individual's consciousness?" ”

The examiner said: "The brain has an additional channel for information interaction, and an additional mode of contact and control of the external world, which will definitely have an impact on your consciousness and thinking." The exact impact will depend on how you adapt and how you adjust. ”

Although he felt that he had too many problems, Li Jingze couldn't help but ask again: "In this way, the brain also has an additional way to be influenced and controlled by the outside world." What if someone hacked my brain through this interface like a black computer? ”

"The brain-computer interface is to use a digital model to simulate the operation of the brain and expand an interface. Remember, it's an analog, not a conversion, an extension, not a replacement. ”

The examiner's answer reminded Li Jingze of some popular science of brain-computer interface technology,

The reason why the topic of human cyborgization, that is, the transformation of the human body with electronic and mechanical technology, is very controversial, because cyborgization converts the mode of human contact with the world into electronic and mechanical mode, which brings convenience to people at the same time, but also brings great hidden dangers, that is, the information transmission environment is no longer closed, and control is no longer the only one.

When you put on an electronic eye and rely on it to see the world, your control over your vision is no longer safe and not the only one. It will be distorted, tampered with and even controlled, because its principle is a program, a technology that people can accurately grasp, and the environment in which it is located is open, and it can be operated as long as it has permission.

Comparatively speaking, even if human beings can fully grasp the mechanism of natural vision, even if the information obtained by natural vision can deceive the brain, the visual environment from the eyeball to the brain is closed, and the brain will only be distorted and deceived by the external environment, and the internal environment is safe. What people see, even if it is false, is "real false", and the electronic eye can bypass natural vision and create "false falsehood".

Li Jingze no longer hesitated: "I understand, I am willing." ”

"You must also be mentally prepared, the transformation operation is not 100% successful, and of course, there will be no sequelae if it fails", the examiner nodded, picked up the seal, and stamped Li Jingze's materials.

Li Jingze took the stamped materials and walked to the reporting office in a trance, this is passed? Could it be that the criterion for becoming a Starlink agent is whether or not you are willing to undergo reconstructive surgery?

In the room, the examiners looked at Xia Ming, who was sitting in the middle of the virtual vision.

The examiner asked, "What is the reason for letting this person pass?" ”

Xia Ming had a smile of nostalgia on his face: "This person is the student I tutored when I was a tutor." ”

The faces of the four examiners are all wonderful, in the final analysis, does the standard for selecting special services still depend on favors?

Xia Ming sensed their thoughts: "Favor is only superficial, don't you know the real criteria for selecting Starlink agents?" ”

The examiner smiled bitterly: "Yes, I have noticed myself, I have no serious psychological defects and cognitive impairments, I accept the concept of the Star Alliance, and I am willing to devote myself to the great cause of defending mankind...... Everyman. ”

"The Starlink Special Service not only has to defend mankind materially and spiritually, but also undertakes the mission of leading the fourth evolution of mankind, of course, it is necessary to choose the individual who can best represent mankind, that is, ordinary people."

"Since what you want is ordinary people, as long as it meets the standards, of course, acquaintances are preferred."

Xia Ming just took the time to watch the selection of Starlink Special Service, and after saying this, he quit the AR channel.

The examiners looked at each other, and the oldest examiner sighed, "What path will the fourth evolution take humanity towards?" ”

"The Fourth Evolution" is a concept that the official students of Starlink Special Service are already familiar with, and self-improvement and self-mastery are completely different directions from cyborgization. Of course, Li Jingze is still unclear now, he only knows that he has become an official Starlink special agent, and the only uncertain factor is only the transformation operation with a failure rate of 5%.

"Sister, I'm passing", after completing the reporting procedures, he couldn't wait to call another person with PEI.

A girl with eyebrows similar to him and a gentle temperament appeared in the AR glasses, which was his twin sister Li Yanyu. She was also happy to hear that her brother had gotten what he wanted: "It's so good! You have to work hard and let your parents know that you are capable, but they didn't find out! ”

"Hey, I joined the Starlink Special Service, and I didn't prove anything to them", Li Jingze was a little unhappy.

"You have a hard mouth", my sister gave him a blank look, and then said: "Don't tell your parents first, they will definitely be unhappy when they know that you are going to be a soldier, and ...... else"

She said very seriously: "Live well, don't die." ”

Li Jingze felt a little funny, but when he looked at his sister's gaze, he couldn't help but become serious: "I will work hard." ”

The sister and brother were silent for a while, and the elder sister smiled again: "What was Xiao Xia's expression when she saw you?" You must be surprised, right? ”

"I didn't enter through the back door, Xiao Xia didn't know me at all", Li Jingze's eyes flashed: "However, when he sees me, he will be surprised." (To be continued.) )