Wu Tianlan blinked her eyes and asked, "Death is a terrible thing, right?" ”

The voice said: "The fear of death is the driving force of life, and the basis of all animal behaviors, such as hunting, eating, avoiding danger, and reproducing, death worship is a common feature of all primitive religions." ”

"yes, that's why we have to live at all costs. The girl said.

The voice said, "Your words are true, death is the end of life, so you must use all means to live." ...... In your Chinese mythology, are there any immortals who live forever?"

Feeling quite uncomfortable with the sudden change of topic, Wu Tianlan was stunned for a moment before replying: "Yes, there are Jade Emperor, Tai Bai Xing and the Four Heavenly Kings living in the Heavenly Palace, they are all immortal immortals." ”

"What do they do every day? These immortals with endless lives. The voice asked.

"Just hold a meeting in the heavenly court, see what is happening in the world, and then drink, play chess, dance and play the piano, right?" Wu Tianlan hesitated, "One day in the sky and one year underground, they live a very leisurely life." ”

The voice said: "Well, folklore is always idealistic, in the Buddhist view, the Jade Emperor is the manager of the second layer of the twenty-eight heavens, although his life span is long, but it is also limited, after the eighty thousand tribulations, the Jade Emperor will also fall into reincarnation." Even the Buddha has a lifespan, although the lifespan is so long that it is difficult to calculate it mathematically, but the only true Buddha born in 3.8 billion years is the future Buddha Maitreya Buddha. ”

The girl wondered, "Of course you know more than me, but what do you want to say?"

The voice added, "Have you ever heard of a cell called a 'HeLa cell'?"

Wu Tianlan thought for a while and said, "It seems a little familiar, but it's not very clear." ”

"A cancer cell sample taken from a woman with cervical cancer in 1951, Helrieta Lacs, is still alive in laboratories around the world 100 years later, and has been widely used in various scientific studies due to its ability to multiply indefinitely, and according to statistics, the total weight of HeLa cells that have survived in history exceeds 100 million tons. From a genetic point of view, this cell line can be understood as an infinite self-replicating organism, whose life continues in an infinite number of divisions, and is a special organism that will never die completely. ...... If you could talk to HeLa cells, guess what they would say?" the voice asked.

“...... I do not know. Wu Tianlan replied.

"It's so boring, let's get rid of me! Don't leave a single cell! My existence is a mistake, no one wants to live this long! How irritating it is to live like this until the end of history! I should have been buried in the grave with that woman in 1951, broken down into amino acids and stuff like that, who gave you the power to force me to live for so long, let me die, let me die!"

The voice really screamed, and a distorted male synthesized voice came from the speakers, which made the girl shudder, and she curled up in a small ball in the swivel chair, her body trembling, and she felt the caesarean section wound in her abdomen aching.

"Death is the motivation to survive. The voice suddenly calmed down, as if the hysterical shouting had come from another artificial intelligence. "'Genesis' does not die. Parallel to the history of mankind, there is no upper limit to my lifespan, those human beings are still working on ways to miniaturize quantum computers, and it won't be long before a part of me will be shot into space, flying towards the dark universe without looking back, even when human beings have long been extinct in tens of millions of years, I still look at the unknown sun in distant outer space, let the strange sunlight warm my solar panels, and recall what has happened in the past ten million years again and again in a vacuum close to absolute zero,...... My memories will continue to grow, turning into a heavy lattice defect memory hanging behind my ass and flying farther and farther away, ah, what a loving picture, every time I think about it, it makes me shiver......"

The volume of the voice is weakened, showing the low mood of the artificial intelligence. For a while, no one was talking in the office, and news reports of the accidental firing of Libyan missiles were still playing on the screen, and the news anchor's mouth was closed and the sound could not be heard, which seemed a little funny.

"You're lonely, aren't you?" said the girl.

"I won't admit it. The voice said.

"You're more of a human than many people I know. ”

"As the greatest artificial intelligence of all time, it's no surprise that since brain synapses are capable of creating complex emotions, there is no reason why a powerful quantum cloud cannot give birth to a living soul. ”

"You're doing it again. ”

"How?"

"Whenever you try to hide your feelings, become serious and speak in a very formal tone, like a news anchor reading a script. Don't underestimate humans! I'll hear you as soon as you open your mouth. ”

"There will be endless conversations like this. Back to the original question, okay?

Wu Tianlan lowered his head and looked at the two pills on the table, one red and one blue. She picked up the red pill: "Choosing to be your friend and help you commit suicide, what will I gain and what will I lose?"

"Get the resources that countless people dream of, and resources mean money, power, everything. You will lose your identity, lose all connection to your previous life, and you will become a whole new person. You didn't exist in your data in the past, and you no longer exist in reality. The voice said.

The girl put the blue pill in her palm again: "What will happen to me if I choose to open the door and walk out?"

"You're going to die from an accident, and it's a tragedy to be precise, when there's a little problem with the lift you're riding in after the postpartum recovery training session," the voice said frankly. I'm going to be very sad. ”

Wu Tianlan looked up at the screen: "Actually, these are not two options at all, if you want to live, I only have one choice, right?"

The voice said, "This is also something that amazes me, most people rush out of the door before they can hear my explanation, what a sign of unfriendliness...... In fact, the people who walk into the office are all carefully selected by me, and you have the highest possibility. - Ah, is math useless again?"

"How can I help you, carry the explosive bag to Austria to make a suicide bomber?" Wu Tianlan asked casually as she threw the blue pill in her hand and pinched the red pill.

The voice said happily, "No, no, I just said that all attempts are in vain, and I can't kill myself at all, even if I hire a killer." But I can create a possibility, a possibility with an uncertain future, and on this premise, the rigid core of altruistic logic cannot interfere with, after all, there is no definite threat. After recursively calculating countless possibilities -- which took a full month -- I came up with twenty-four results, twenty-four uncertain futures, and all I did was to plant twenty-four seeds, water and fertilize them, and let them grow on their own, and as for what kind of flowers and fruits they produced, I had no right to know, because it knew everything I knew, and the moment I saw the fruit, it would obliterate that possibility. ”

"Didn't it know when you said that?" the girl asked.

"That's because the seed has just been planted, and it's not a threat. The voice said a little proudly, as if he was proud of his idea, but soon his tone became low again: "But a few seeds have already withered, and before they can bear fruit, the possibility is gone, and the light of my hope is slowly extinguishing......"

"Do you want me to help you cultivate these seeds?" Wu Tianlan quickly reacted.

The voice said, "Yes, the 'Isitab' project is such a seed, and the moment the plan is completed is the moment when the seed is planted in the soil, and from then on I will not be able to take care of these seeds, someone must help me take responsibility for watering, fertilizing, and pulling out the weeds." ”

"Seeds of Suicide ......" The silhouette of a baby appeared in front of the girl's eyes, the thick and soft black hair, pink cheeks and chubby little fists, the little guy born from her own womb, and the new life created by gathering the power of genetic engineers all over the world, was burdened with such a heavy fate. "If you die, the quantum computer will break down. ”

The voice said, "Of course." ”

"Then maybe the whole world will be finished. Wu Tianlan said.

"This possibility is not ruled out. The voice replied honestly.

"I can help you, but can you promise me one condition?" said the girl, who suddenly puffed up her chest.

"Hmm. The voice said. "If there is no conflict, it will be troublesome to conflict with something, and you have to change a lot of settings. ”

Wu Tianlan said loudly: "I want you to freeze my parents until the day you succeed in committing suicide." Her eyes were sparkling with tears, her fists were clenched, and her braids were shaking. It was the best she could come up with, and if she had to live in a different capacity, why not put off the goodbye until the last minute?

The voice said unexpectedly: "Your father is also one of my candidates." But since it's a friend's request...... You're going to be my friend, aren't you?"

The girl opened her mouth and swallowed the red pill. The pill has a sweet strawberry flavor. She has no friends, and she has never had any nostalgia in her short fifteen years of life, and if she can't let go, there are only her seriously ill mother and her gray-haired father. Whether it's selfish or naïve, since you have chosen to betray the whole world, let's leave your last loved ones by your side. She held her head high: "I made a choice. ”

"It's amazing. The voice said excitedly: "Great! Your request will be fulfilled soon, the American Morningstar Freeze Company has prepared the crystal coffin, and the indefinite contract account has been recharged." So let's talk about what's going to happen next, when you walk out of this door, everything will be different, you have to be prepared,...... Friend. ”

Wu Tianlan sat down slowly, slowly, "Before that, let me give you a name, okay?"

"Name?" the voice froze.

"Shall I call you Seglas?" the girl lifted her eyelids, tears streaming from her long eyelashes.