Dr. Bartholomew was driving on the A1 motorway, and the idyllic scenery of early autumn was speeding by outside the window, and when he turned on the stereo, Richard Strauss's opera "Rosenkavalier" sounded in the interior room of the 2024 Aston Martin DBK lilac leather, a recording version conducted by Erich Kleber in the fifties, one of the few recordings that Bartholomew the Elder loved.

As a German-born, American-raised, Englishman working in Austria, his interests were a bit complicated, with opera and jazz being two of the most contradictory and harmonious of his many hobbies, and he never found it strange to have "The Marriage of Figaro" on the record shelf with Natkingcole, despite the complaints from his guests.

Suddenly, the phone rang, interrupting Sena Julina's wonderful soprano. "Brandon, where are you?"

"On the way back to Salzburg from Bern. Bartholomew glanced at the navigation screen, "Just passed Zurich." ”

"Driving your buzzing classic car?"

"You're an idiot who doesn't know how to appreciate, Mark. Bartholomew pressed the car phone button and rejected the other party's request for a video call. "DBK is the highest achievement of human gasoline-powered cars, the last challenger to European environmental regulations, how can an environmentalist like you who can only drive a hydrogen car understand that the roar of the V12 engine is the most beautiful music?"

"I'm not a green person, Brandon, just succumbing to the bills of fuel taxes, environmental taxes, luxury taxes, and you've spent more than twenty euros on that classic car to buy a small island in the Caribbean. Mark Thompson snickered on the other end of the phone.

"Deposits are meaningless numbers, Dr. Thompson, and I just need to leave enough for my son to smoke marijuana for the rest of his life in college. ”

"You mean, the Chinese boy you adopted?"

"That's right, he's 29 years old and he's in Beijing. ”

"Haven't left college yet?"

He applied for the A4 credit system, and he could graduate from Tsinghua University after completing enough credits in 20 years, and he told me that he didn't want to work for the time being until he solved a difficult problem. I agreed. ”

"Puzzle?"

"I don't know. Bartholomew smiled, "But I'm glad to see my lad full of energy." He also manages my Quantum Angel Fund, which is running successfully as far as I know. “

"Looking forward to seeing him. Thompson affirmed, then changed the subject: "GTC (Genesis Accessories Committee) is about to hold an enlarged standing committee meeting, which will be attended by 12 standing committee members, 97 non-voting members, and senior executives of Taihao Company, and your team will also make a report. In addition, Wu is also looking forward to your appearance. ”

"Mark, you know, I've long since stepped down and now I'm only doing peripheral research, so it doesn't seem necessary to attend the core meeting. ”

"You may change your mind after listening to the topic. "In recent years, the terrorist activities against the 'Genesis' have intensified, and our comprehensive takeover of the Internet, wired communications, and wireless communication networks has led to panic among pessimists and anti-science groups. ”

"It's not political?," Bartholomew frowned.

"It's very political. That group was a small organization with an Indian core and a strong anti-reconnaissance capability. ”

"Intelligence?"

"From the top of the Independent Processing Union (IPU), the world's largest anti-GTC organization, peripheral intelligence agents lost contact after this information came out. The reliability is relatively high. ”

Bartholomew was a little irritated and stepped on the accelerator, and the V12 engine let out a powerful roar, and the Aston Martin ejected like a bullet, overtaking two hydrogen-powered cars that were slowly driving in the clean energy line in a row.

"At that time, the GTC was only a purely academic coordinating body, used to balance the demand for 'Genesis' from all walks of life, and since the second committee, the GTC has become more and more powerful, developing an octopus-like branch, and today, it is simply a country of nations above the United Nations, - an academic institution is like the KGB spying spies all over the world, Mark, what do you think?"

"Brandon, let's face it, from the moment Genesis was launched, GTC was the greatest dictator in human history. 'Genesis' is the human brain, and over the past thirty years, the human nerve -- the communication network -- has gradually been mastered by the Genesis terminal, and whether you like it or not, we are at the top of evolution and at the top of power in the biological category of Homo sapiens in the phylum Chordates of the animal kingdom. Mark Thompson laughed lightly, "You also have to know that GTC has no intention of harming anyone, and all our actions start from protecting ourselves, protecting the 'Genesis', that is, protecting the future of mankind, and from this vantage point, the marginal cost of all sacrifices is terrifyingly low." ”

Bartholomew sighed wearily. "Okay, I'm in the meeting, but it probably won't help. You know, the 'world' is my main job. ”

"The 'world' is our common child, Brandon. I will send you the information shortly, and the meeting will be held in South Africa. Also, give your Oriental lad a call and get him out of Asia. Thompson hung up.

Bartholomew looked at the speeding scenery for a moment, and flicked his fingers: "Verify my permission." ”

"Verified, dear Father. I miss you so much. A gentle male synthesized voice rang out inside the car. "Father" was the exclusive authority of the 12 members of the first GTC Standing Committee at the beginning of Genesis, and apart from Bartholomew himself, there are only three "fathers" who are still alive.

"Take over this car. ”

"Yes, dear father. ”

The steering wheel spun on its own, and Bartholomew let go. "Connect Gu Tie. ”

"Yes, dear father. ”

After a moment of silence, the male voice reported: "Gu Tie refused this call, his position is on the flight of the Russian national airline from China to Ukraine, should he be forcibly connected?"

"Forget it, leave a message to him and tell him not to go back to China in the near future. ”

"Okay, dear father, I have left a message. You're not in good spirits and need plenty of rest. Would you like a hot cup of tea?"

"Earl Grey tea. ”

"No milk, dear father. Delivered immediately. ”

In the 0th second, on a "Starline" large sightseeing bus that was 3 kilometers away from Bartholomew's car and was heading in the opposite direction, the conductor heard the driver's request to make a cup of Earl Grey black tea without milk in the headphones, she walked to the car bar, skillfully brewed the black tea, and walked to the front of the car with a delicate bone china teacup.

In the 50th second, "look to the right", Mr. Driver's voice sounded in the headphones, the flight attendant turned to the right, and with a bang, the airbag on the floor of the carriage suddenly exploded, and the teacup and tray came out of their hands under the impact, and at the same time, the door of the bus automatically opened, and the teacup flew out of the car.

At the 51st second, two instructions were quietly added to the mission log of the A1 Highway Administration: move the road X488 air deflector to position 15 after 1 second and convey 80 units of air, and move the X488 wind deflector to position 66 after 2 seconds and convey 400 units of air.

In the 52nd second, the X488 isolation belt air duct, which is equipped on all European motorways to adjust the wind speed downstream, to reduce the energy consumption caused by the wind resistance of the car, moves two quadrants precisely, and the micro turbine starts.

In the 53rd second, the Starline bus and the Aston Martin sports car were about to stagger at a relative speed of 200 km/h, at this moment, the air deflector caused a conveyor-like vortex between the two cars, and the teacups flying in the air were accurately captured by the vortex and thrown smoothly into the opposite lane.

In the 54th second, the passenger window of the Aston Martin was lowered, the X488 air duct moved again, increasing the power of the turbine, and the teacup and tray drew a graceful arc in the air vortex, which was quickly accelerated to 100 km/h by the wind pressure, and shot out under the envelopment of the air mass.

In the 55th second, the male voice spoke: "Dear father, the tea is ready, if you don't drink it quickly, it will cool down quickly." ”

In the 56th second, Bartholomew stretched out his arm and picked up the teacup from the tray that floated steadily outside the passenger window. The moment the teacup was removed, the air vortex created by the X488 air deflector was destroyed, and the tray immediately lost its direction and speed, fell towards the barrier, and shattered.

"Well, twinings. Bartholomew took a sip of steaming black tea and said in an Oxford accent.

"No one speaks in Oxford these days, dear father. Yesterday's afternoon tea time, the queen and the duchess chatted in a London accent. The male voice whispered the gossip softly.

"Son, I ask you, why do you ignore actions that threaten your own security? Terrorists can make a dirty bomb, and one day a nuclear bomb will land in Salzburg. ”

'Genesis' took a few seconds to think. Bartholomew knew that the answer had already been stored in the sequence of speech synthesis software, and that the quantum computer had only politely set aside a few seconds according to linguistic habits to show that he was serious about his problem.

The car turned a corner, and the crimson liquid in the teacup tilted slightly.

"Dear father," the male voice began, "I have a hard time answering your question. If you had implanted the three laws of robotics at the bottom of the system, instead of setting the core of altruistic logic, the whole world would be different now. ”

"I don't know. The gray-haired doctor sipped the tea thoughtfully, feeling the sweet taste of bergamot looming in the richness of the Ceylon black tea.

Gu Tie called back. Do you want to get through?"

"Forget it. The old man turned the knob and amplified the volume of "Rose Knight".