Xia Ming turned his head to look at Su Yu, Su Yu subconsciously held his chest high, and muttered unhappily: "Is it true that I can't even recognize me?" ”

Of course, I can recognize it, but in fact, when the consciousness is active at LV1, the perspective of the "new human" is different. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info to Xia Ming's level, his appearance and figure are only very superficial things, the characteristics of his thinking structure, and the intensity of consciousness activity, these things can be sensed.

In layman's terms, Xia Ming can already see through other people's souls at a glance. The Su Yu in front of him is like a bright star in his "soul vision", his sense of existence is extremely strong, and the spiritual aura he exudes is extremely friendly, like a planet pulled by his star, all kinds of past things seem to be found in this breath, how can he not recognize it.

Xia Ming said with emotion: "I can recognize each of you, and when you get together, you have become strangers. ”

In the auditorium, more than 40,000 people stood in a phalanx according to the formation of the battle group, and those who were determined to be clones were also standing in the war group where the original owner was, but the uniforms on their bodies were gray lines on a white background, which could be seen at a glance. The strange thing is that compared to the cosmic officers and soldiers with red lines on a white background, these clones are in a neater queue, more upright, and more like soldiers. Or rather, a recruit who has not been forged by the cruelty of war.

Lao Hong went to the review stand with a solemn expression, and after saluting, seeing that Xia Ming did not react violently, he relaxed a little, but he still said a little timidly: "Since 3 years ago, Executive Committee Member Tang has been reporting your status, and they all know that you are about to wake up." Now that you're really awake, people aren't used to it, and it doesn't seem to be real. ”

The auditorium did not erupt in enthusiastic cheers for a long time, which was indeed a bit strange, and Lao Hong's defense Xia Ming also felt it. When he glanced just now, he saw the expressions of all faces, except for clones, the expressions of normal people were indeed in a trance, and they seemed to be sleepwalking.

Thinking of Xiaotang's reminder, Xia Ming felt that compared to this situation, cloning might not be the biggest problem.

"I don't want to go through the logs like a spy to find out what has happened in the past nine years, I want to hear you tell me personally."

Su Yu and Lao Hong passed each other's eyes, but in the end, they still stubbornly pointed out, and you explained sentence by sentence.

The first year was still full of passion, and although there was only a small shelter left for the high-dimensional space-time fragments, and they were all trapped in this small cosmic cage, everyone was full of hope for the future.

Count the heads, treat the wounded, repair the battleship, continue training, and prepare for battle in full swing, maybe the battle is not over, and the enemy will come again.

Su Yu said with emotion: "Many people have left their last words to participate in the warrior's resurrection plan, but everyone has not taken it seriously, and they feel that that kind of thing has broken through the ethical bottom limit and is completely unacceptable." At that time, everyone didn't expect that next, the bottom limit would be broken one after another. ”

The following year, with the shelter stabilized and the enemy nowhere to be seen, the blood aroused by the decisive battle finally cooled down. At this time, Xiaotang confirmed that Xia Ming and Qianyan could not wake up in the short term, and a series of life-sustaining materials such as food, drinking water, and air on the battleship and space station also began to be scarce, and everyone's focus shifted to scientific research.

The personnel and equipment of the Starlink Academy were evacuated to Am, and only a few dozen scientific researchers remained, but fortunately, all the materials were copied. Xiaotang took everyone to start from inorganic matter to organic matter, and worked sleepless in order to eat and drink.

The engines of the battleships were dismantled and used as reactors, the biochemical warships were dissociated into fuel and raw materials, countless officers and soldiers with scientific talents turned into scientists and engineers, and Ma Guling also changed from combat partners to scientific research assistants. In this year, from the inorganic synthesis of alanine to the production of artificial fats and muscle fibers, a series of technologies have been pointed out, and through the optimization of streamlined manufacturing, they have achieved that as long as there are corresponding elements, they can produce biosis in the most efficient cycle.

At the same time as open source, throttling is also parallel, the internal circulation of bio-supporting materials is an old topic in the field of aerospace, Xiaotang specially set up another team to achieve a completely self-sufficient internal circulation as the goal of research.

The so-called internal circulation, which is the utilization of waste, so that the material between the subsistence materials and waste without loss, this goal can never be achieved, but a month's supply can meet the results of half a year's consumption, which is already a miracle.

When Lao Hong said this, his old face was so bitter that he was in a mess: "Now everyone's concept has changed a little, the food and drinking water made with new materials are only said to be eating, and if it is recycled materials, it is replaced with a charged ......."

Indeed, just as in many astronautic-themed film and television works, the characters comfort themselves with "don't ask what the food is made of", internal circulation means that you must overcome the psychological barriers of normal society and break the bottom limit.

"It's uncomfortable to think about, although the things that come out can't see how they have anything to do with those things, but everyone is still used to blocking their sense of taste and smell when they eat," Su Yu added: "There are still some people, like me, who can't accept it, so they think about another way." ”

How to survive under limited material conditions, in addition to the open source road of using inorganic matter to make organic matter, the direction of throttling is not only the road of internal circulation.

The other team was formed spontaneously, and then formed a scale with the support of Xiaotang, which is to study new ways of human energy absorption.

Replace food with nutrient solution, supply all kinds of nutrients needed by the human body, and then use alkaline water and flavoring agents and the like as a placebo for the stomach and taste buds, of course, the necessary protein can not be less, just eat artificial protein, and use the most simplified and easy way to digest and absorb.

This kind of transitional "streamlined energy intake" quickly became popular, except for people like Su Yu who really can't overcome psychological barriers, ordinary people alternate between streamlining energy intake and internal circulation, and wait for artificial food to accumulate a certain amount, and then enjoy a meal close to normal life "food".

However, streamlining energy is not the end of the road, and halfway monks and biologists have pondered the use of consciousness to do more change, and their ultimate goal is to allow humans to achieve photosynthesis and recharge to supply energy, and other fantastic ideas that can only be seen in science fiction.

"At that time, some people said, let's just prostheticize it all, so that in addition to supplying the organic matter of the brain, we only need electricity, and our society will no longer need to drag so much burden. So many links, just to meet the needs of the fragile flesh, are unnecessary. ”

Su Yu said with palpitations: "There are still many people who agree, and I feel terrible when I think about it." ”

Lao Hong said disapprerovingly: "What's so terrible? As long as the brain is still there, organic and inorganic, what's the difference? ”

It seems that Lao Hong and Su Yu are two opposing factions on this.

Su Yu said again: "If the neural model can be refined to the level of a brain in a vat, maybe everyone is a cyborg now." ”

Lao Hong shook his head: "It's a pity, our research is still far from this, limbs can be prostheticized, and organs can be prostheticized, except for the heart and the like, it is not so easy." ”

In addition to prostheticization, people with high consciousness activity are still trying to study energy intake methods such as Bigu, but the results are optimized at most. Digestion and absorption efficiency can be higher, energy consumption can be less, simply put, you can breathe 3 times per minute, drink a sip of water for half a day, and eat a meal for 3 days.

Whether it is prostheticization, photosynthesis or charging, it involves the comprehensive transformation of the human body, and there may be hope for the entire Academy of Stellar Academy to engage in research in this area.

In short, in the first three years, everyone's energy was used to solve the problem of how to survive.

After this problem is solved, the inorganic organic conversion of materials, streamlining energy intake and energy consumption optimization are three ways, and biosis is no longer a problem. Of course, since the materials are abundant, there is no need to continue to use metabolites to directly convert food and drinking water, but to decompose these "materials" into inorganic substances and add them to the conversion cycle.

There is no pressure to survive, but everyone is confused, what to do next? Everyone has lost their purpose.

The universe is so big, there are so many people, and because of the uncertainty of the future and the imbalance between men and women, they dare not disband the military and form a normal society. Whether it's a career goal or a life goal, not many people can find a new direction.

Lao Hong recalled: "It should be November of the 30th year, a few of us feel that we can't let everyone be so idle, Su Yatou said......"

Su Yu glanced at Lao Hong, and then surrendered to Xia Ming: "I just said what many people wanted, and I didn't want everyone to forget their military identity and war, so I didn't want to play games!" ”

"The problem is, that's the game," Hong shrugged.

That's right, the game, Su Yu's suggestion at the time was to "fight the war to the end in the virtual world", so the "Star Alliance Space Army" based on "Phantom Galaxy" was released.

"Starlink Space Army" is a completely realistic world, moving the reality of the shelter into the virtual world, and every detail is not spared.

On the basis of simulation, this virtual world has a new setting, the enemy has not been completely defeated, and there is a stargate outside the shelter that can lead to a new battlefield.

At first, this virtual world was completely realistic, with personnel organization, technical equipment and content only for individual and team operations and training. According to Su Yu's words, the original intention of making such a virtual world was to continue to maintain the morale and spirit of the Space Army.

But the problem is that the virtual world is virtual after all, and people can't soak in it all the time, and completely compare with reality, and the sense of bondage is immersed from reality to the virtual world, which is simply double the pain for people. Half a year after the virtual world was launched, no matter how authoritative the commanders in the past were, it was difficult to prevent their subordinates from playing all kinds of farce on the battlefield, which in turn affected the morale in reality.

In the end, Xiaotang had to intervene and announced that he would treat "Starlink Space Army" as a game, giving everyone complete freedom.

Now it seems that this decision was both wise and foolish. When Xia Ming woke up, Xiaotang didn't stay by the side like before, and he didn't have the psychology of escaping.

The wisdom lies in the fact that this decision saved everyone's spirits and liberated everyone's hearts.

It's still business as usual in the shelter, and every detail corresponds to reality, and changes will be adjusted in real time.

Beyond the stargate is the world of freedom.

Here, there are industrial space stations where new warships can be built, and players who like to play construction and management games can act as scientists and engineers in the space station, designing and building various weapons, infantry mechs, fighter jets, and warships, and providing them to the Space Army, which in turn sells them to others through a market-based supply system.

Those who love to fight will be paid for a variety of missions, and then upgrade their weapons and equipment to their liking, while exploring endless unknown universes and challenging a variety of powerful enemies. Of course, the hunt for predators is the main line that runs through all versions.

If you don't like either, you can also engage in competitive confrontation with "players", and even do various things in the direction of culture and entertainment. In the latest version, Xia Ming's once said that "everyone has a universe" has been turned into content, and the focus is on management.

However, four or five years ago, when everyone was immersed in the virtual world for only one or two years, Xiaotang and others already felt that something was wrong. Most people are immersed in the virtual world, and in reality, the lively scenes that used to come and go no longer appear, and the Amm and Siyuan space stations have almost become ghost domains. Many people are even calling for the study of the "nutrition warehouse" technology mentioned in the past novels, which can allow people to soak in it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or even 1 month, without having to return to reality.

Su Yu sighed: "At that time, Sister Xiaotang regretted it, saying that when you wake up, you see that everyone has become like this, I don't know how sad it will be." ”

Xia Ming looked at the neatly lined army in the auditorium again, and said in his heart, which one makes me more sad, I really don't know.

"We are also thinking of a way, some people say that we have to let everyone have something to do in reality, such as improving the environment", seeing that Xia Ming's eyes were a little wrong, Lao Hong hurriedly explained.

Since the fourth year, everyone has started the renovation project of the shelter, and now Xia Ming sees the hollow planet full of cyborg-style skeletons, which is how it came about.

Tear down the Amm space station, dismantle the other warships, and create new modules, little by little to build what it is now. Under the surface dwelling and working cabins, there are various GEIs spliced by distributed optical brains, recycling material factories, fuel factories, and engines that push the rotation of the planet. The Siyuan space station is considered the core of the planet and is buried in the deepest part.

The construction project is not a one-step process, and it is still being continuously improved. In the third year of construction, the situation changed again because the ambitions of the scheme designers were too great and exceeded the limits of the existing manpower.

Lao Hong's tone was full of approval: "Everyone has returned to the virtual world, because in this way there is no need to build a special console, establish a complex organizational system, people directly command Ma Guling and robot construction in the virtual world, there is a real-time synchronization of reality and virtual conversion mechanism, which greatly accelerates the construction progress." ”

The "real-time synchronization of reality and virtual transformation mechanism" is the great achievement of the shelter residents, through the sensing of metamaterials, the external monitoring system, and the programming intelligence of GEI, every plate, every screw, every maguling and robot, or human movement in the real world can be synchronously represented in the virtual world.

That is, reality and virtuality are almost confused...... If technology goes one step further, when all buildings, equipment, and even people's clothes use metamaterials and can be programmed, this "almost" can be removed.

The ontology is soaked in the nutrition warehouse, the virtual body acts in the virtual world of "Starlink Space Army", and the vision and perception are also moving in reality at the same time, and when you meet a person head-on, if you don't give a logo, you can't even tell whether the other party is the ontology in reality, or just like yourself, it's also a virtual body.

Of course, this confusion is only for ordinary people, and for those with high consciousness activity, especially those with high perceptual ability, the virtual and the real can still be clearly distinguished.

But the benefits of not separating the virtual and the real are obvious, and you only need to move your consciousness to change reality, so why bother with the body.

So people are back in the virtual world, but it's not the same as before, now they have both games and jobs.

Su Yu and the others were worried about this, and they always wanted to pull everyone out of the virtual world, at least not soak in it 24 hours a day. But this time, she was weak, because even Xiaotang didn't support her.

Xiaotang doesn't agree with this kind of life either, but at this time, her whole body and mind are focused on another thing: cloning.

"At first, Sister Xiaotang didn't seriously think about the possibility of large-scale cloning, she just wanted to fulfill the last words of some people, such as the head of Liu Zhan, who clearly said in his last words that he wanted to participate in the warrior resurrection plan. If the war is over, I hope that his clone can take care of his wife and children, and if the war is not over, I hope that his clone can be used as a marine, as a destroyer pilot, in short, where it can replace a natural person, you can use his clone. ”

Su Yu said with emotion: "Commander Liu Zhan, I hope that I will continue to play my value after death, he believes in his memory, and his experience can still serve everyone." ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ming looked at the "Liu Zhen" in the queue, the other party sensed his gaze, his posture stood more straight, and there was some uneasiness in his responding gaze.

Liu Zhen died after the rescue failed, his pei is quite intact, the pei of the officers and soldiers of the star union universe is more advanced than the general pei, it is made of metamaterials as chips, and the simulated mental model is more complete and refined.

Xiaotang's choice of Liu Zhen as the experimental precedent of cloning humans must have taken this factor into account. Ignoring the biological and medical technical problems of the clone, as long as the cloning is successful, then through PEI, the memory can be replayed step by step, so that the clone can have the memory and experience similar to the original owner, and to some extent, it can be regarded as resurrection.

But this is just a simulation after all, in terms of self-perception, what will be the situation of clones, and in terms of consciousness activity, what kind of differences will there be between clones and their original owners, these questions make people ...... Excited.

Xia Ming suddenly understood Xiaotang a little, for scientists, these questions are like treasures, and the temptation is endless.

It's just that there are some problems, but it's not a problem for him, just now he clearly sensed that the clone Liu Zhen, the consciousness activity is not even lv1, and the consciousness activity of the original owner Liu Zhen is close to lv4. Of course, whether it can grow to the level of the original owner, this has to ask Xiaotang.

Liu Zhen is like this, Anson is like this, Lao Huang is also like this, the experience and experience of the three battle group leaders are valuable assets. After the successful cloning of Liu Zhen, Xiaotang was out of control and cloned the three war group leaders, including Professor Xu.

"Liu Zhen 11 is now a specially organized destroyer pilot, Anson 7 is a special assistant to the Corps General Staff, Lao Huang 5 is a researcher of war history, and Professor Xu is a special assistant to the Academy of Sciences."

Lao Hong's expression was also very complicated: "At first, everyone was very unaccustomed to it, but now they have accepted it, but subconsciously, they all regard these people as existences like Ma Guling." ”

Speaking of Ma Guling, Xia Ming asked casually: "How is Ma Guling's situation now?" ”

Knowing that most of the Ma Guling who survived the decisive battle had completed their life cycle early due to excessive brain depletion, Xia Ming also sighed a little.

The normal lifespan of the maguling is expected to be more than thirty years, but in the decisive battle, because of the fierce battle situation, the magulings are overloaded, and many even replace GEI for calculation and control, which seriously affects their lifespan.

With Xia Ming's dimensional jump, there are about 10,000 Ma Guling who survived, most of them did not live for 3 years, and Xiaotang's Tang 17 also passed away two years ago. At present, there are less than 1,000 Ma Guling alive, and they are basically in a state of recuperation.

The improvement of the new race of Maguling is still going on in the Amm universe, Xia Ming is not worried, now he has only one big doubt that has not been solved.

"It's nothing to clone a few important people and let them continue to play their value, but now, what is the matter with these more than 10,000 clones?"

Xia Ming asked the most critical question, Su Yu and Lao Hong were divided, looking like they wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it.

"Could it be that Xiaotang is addicted to cloning?"

Although Xia Ming said this, he didn't believe that this was Xiaotang's willfulness.

Su Yu lowered her head and said, "There are various reasons, but it's better to wait for Sister Xiaotang to tell you in person." ”

Lao Hong sighed: "Don't get me wrong, it's not her decision, this is ...... It's complicated. ”

Can it be so complicated that you can't tell it clearly?

Xia Ming frowned, and at this time Lin Qianyan, no, Qianyan sent a message: "Before Xiaotang rested, he sent me some information, which should be able to answer this question." ”

The queue of more than 40,000 people has been standing for more than 20 minutes, no one is moving, no one is talking, everyone is waiting quietly. The consciousness that gradually broke free from the virtual world has been completely awakened, and their expressions are a little uneasy, these more than 40,000 people look like a large army, but the aura gathered together is like more than 40,000 criminals waiting to be sentenced.

In the queue, a petite figure frequently turned his head and looked at the queue next to him, where there were five men standing straight. The elegant, quiet-looking young man in the middle sensed it and shook his head slightly at the other party, which was a signal not to move.

"The past nine years have been a turning point for mankind, the war has been won, and we have embarked on a new path, and I can't see what the road ahead looks like."

After reading these materials, Xia Ming was silent for a while before he made such an exclamation. (To be continued.) )