At nine o'clock in the evening, the Linjiang area is soft red and fragrant, full of neon.

The city is like there is no night, there are bright lights everywhere, and under this strong light, even the sky is as bright as a silver screen.

The vehicle in which Wu Mian and his entourage were riding was a rusty wheeled van.

The only advantage of this kind of transportation is that there is no need for identity authentication, nor does it need to be connected to the transportation network system, which is convenient for hiding identity.

It was hard for Wu Mian to believe that he had ever lived in the city, because he felt very unfamiliar with everything that came into view, and he had no impression in the slightest.

Soon, his suspicions were dispelled.

The most prosperous area in Linjiang District is where the headquarters of Jinma Group is located.

Because of the intelligent housekeeper murder incident, the voice of opposition to smart machines reached its peak five years ago, all the equipment and technical data related to synthetics were destroyed, and all related industries went out of business, but the Golden Horse Group miraculously survived and developed more and more rapidly.

The conglomerate is a huge multinational conglomerate, not only controlling 30 percent of the world's chip business, but also owning hundreds of subsidiaries covering everything from the production of toilet paper and toothbrushes to the training of law enforcers and the manufacture of aircraft carriers, rockets and satellites.

Even the coalition government's law enforcement officers in charge of security in Kyoto have 60 percent of the personnel employed by the Kinma Group as corporate police, which has given the company corporate immunity, and in some special areas, it can even override the law.

The headquarters of the Golden Horse Group, the largest complex in the city, is much larger than the Congress, and looks like a fortress from a distance, with a ring of tall walls with a variety of automatic defensive weapons.

At the center of the complex is a giant lollipop office tower, with laser spotlights at the top sweeping over the city.

Illuminated by quartz lamps and holographic projections, the Golden Horse Group is like a huge stage, showing its unique status.

Wu Mian sat in the car, saw the security team patrolling with guns and the small defensive tank with magnetic levitation outside the Golden Horse Group, and racked his brains to understand how he could sneak into the most heavily guarded place in the city in the first place.

The vehicles moved quickly through the streets, and the appearance of the Golden Horse Group was also highly integrated with Wu Mian's memory.

Unfortunately, he still can't think of anything.

The vehicle eventually stopped at the entrance to Linghu Lane.

This is the old neighborhood, Linghu Lane and the new town are separated by a narrow moat, without the prosperity of the city, the streets are full of overlapping signs, neon and holographic signs are also damaged, flickering and splashing sparks, and the towering stacked buildings give people a feeling of breathing depression.

Nan Ci stood in the shadow at the entrance of the alley, put on the power fist of his left hand, and handed a rusty six-shot revolver to Wu Mian: "Is this here?" ”

"I don't know, I have limited information in my memory."

Wu Mian looked at the completely unfamiliar neighborhood and took the iron pistol.

This was a weapon that was obsolete, as it was difficult to damage synths and robots, and it wasn't until the synths were cleared up that the military and police units reissued this low-cost, easy-to-produce and maintain-up piece of equipment.

Nanci's left eye flashed red, and he quickly locked on the many monitoring probes in the block, and instructed a few people around him: "There are a lot of monitoring facilities on this street, and we will leave image data if we enter rashly, Dai Yue, hack the monitoring system here!" ”

"Follow me!"

A young man named Dai Yue took the lead and quickly led several people into an alley on the side of the road, where they found a locked data terminal box.

"Bang!"

The terminal box cover with a hydraulic lock was easily ripped off by Nanci, who was wearing a power fist.

Dai Yue stepped forward, the light from his right eye illuminating the internal structure of the terminal box, and at the same time began to rotate the first knuckle of his right index finger.

After the knuckles were unscrewed, Dai Yue inserted the USB plug hidden inside into an interface inside the terminal box, and then the whole person stood still like a wax figure.

Nan Ci saw Wu Mian staring at Dai Yue intently, thinking that he was interested in this, so he explained: "Dai Yue is different from you and me, he is not a semi-synthetic person who has replaced a small number of mechanical parts on the organic body, but a fully synthetic person, the so-called fully synthetic person, is ......"

Wu Mian didn't wait for Nan Ci to finish speaking, and then interrupted her: "Fully synthetic people, refers to the fact that all bodies have been replaced with mechanical and electronic parts, they have become a consciousness body, there is no real body, and this consciousness can be transplanted but not replicated, it has a high degree of singularity, and can be transferred to a mechanical prosthetic body composed of inorganic matter. In the past, this consciousness was called the soul by humans, but now it is more like a kind of data, and only the quantum brain can parse it, but because the synthesizer has been suppressed, the quantum brain is no longer produced. ”

"That's right, the difference between fully synthetic humans and intelligent robots is that intelligent robots use artificial intelligence, while fully synthetic humans are wild intelligence derived from humans themselves, and they have unique personalities and emotions that intelligent robots do not have, but no one can figure out whether the consciousness of fully synthetic humans is controlled by the soul, or the quantum brain is simulating the way of thinking of the person who has the consciousness body 'before death'.

However, the fully synthetic human itself is like a processor, which can communicate with electronic products, which humans can't do. The most important thing is that they come from the same source as humans, and they will not have the risk of alien awakening like intelligent robots, nor can they be cracked and manipulated by hackers. ”

Nan Ci looked sideways at Wu Mian: "Have you recovered your memory?" ”

"Nope." Wu Mian shook his head in disappointment: "If you deliberately asked me to recall this knowledge, I can't remember it, but when we mention it, I find that it is in my head, this feeling is very bad, it will make me feel that I can't control my thoughts, and the whole person is like a shell." ”

"Humans are strange creatures in their own right." Nan Ci paused, looked at Dai Yue, who was invading the monitoring system through the terminal box, and shrugged his shoulders and said, "And now, humans are not just creatures. ”

Wu Mian didn't respond, but Dai Yue's body did make him feel a little surprised, this kind of fully synthetic person that can be completely confused with a real person is rare now.

Because of the prohibition of various materials and production and technology, most fully synthetic humans look more like robots like iron lumps, or puppets with stiff faces.

During the conversation between the two, Dai Yue had already pulled out his finger and nodded to Nanci: "I used the data conflict to freeze the picture of the monitoring probe, and we have ten minutes. ”

"Action!"

It was not the first time that Nan Ci had led the team, and after getting a definite response, he covered his cheeks with the triangular scarf around his neck and took the lead in walking towards Linghu Lane.

While marching, Wu Mian deliberately slowed down his speed, allowing himself to walk behind several people, and while the others were unprepared, he began to reach out and move the first knuckle of his left thumb.

As Wu Mian exerted his strength, his knuckles came loose, but they were not twisted down, but like a lid, they could be lifted upward.

There was also a USB plug hidden in his finger.

Wu Mian was shocked by this result, because before this, his thumb was always sentient, which was not quite the same as a fully synthetic human.

Wu Mian put his knuckles back in place, pulled a piece of wire on the fence next to him, and gently scratched the skin of his left upper arm.

The pain and the blood coming out of it were enough to prove that he was human, just a semi-synthetic.

At this moment, Wu Mian's pupils shrank sharply.

In his memory, a semi-synthetic body without a quantum brain cannot control electronic devices, so why does an electronic interface appear on his body, and what is the meaning?

Nan Ci, who was walking in front, saw that Wu Mian was left behind, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's fine!"

Although Wu Mian was extremely surprised by the situation in his body, he still followed with a flat face.

For some reason, Wu Mian faintly felt that Nan Ci didn't seem to have a way to answer his doubts, and in his subconscious, he didn't want people to know this secret.