The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 136: Thinking of Hell (Part 2)

In the passage, Dr. Bartholomew passed by Wu Tianlan, the president of Taihao Company, the plump Chinese woman stopped, tidying up the tie for the old man, looked at him worriedly and said in a low voice: "This is not a time. Simply report on your work, you have to be careful..."

Bartholomew nodded: "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

The staff led Wu Tianlan to the outside. The woman's green blouse flashed at the corner and disappeared. The white-haired doctor tidied the hem of the suit and walked along the passage. This is located on the 13th underground of the gtc headquarters. The central passage on the first floor is the location of the ninth place called "Hell". The walls and floor are shiny silver. Several small doors are scattered. At the end of the passage is the round meeting room at the ninth place. He is here. Where is the destination,

"Dear father, your heart rate is 28% higher than the normal range, and there is a risk of premature beats. It is recommended to inject β-receptor blockers to reduce the risk of disease. Do you agree." Gentle male synthetic audio Since the beginning, "Genesis" precisely controlled the twelve loudspeakers in the corridor, so that the sound waves propagating in other directions cancel each other out, leaving only a line of undetectable sound waves to be accurately transmitted to Dr. Bartholomew’s eardrums.

"No." The old man replied calmly, "Where is Luxor Muhammad now."

Without a moment’s delay, the quantum computer’s reply immediately sounded: “Luxor Mohammed, Deputy Director of the Communications Division and Chief of the Alien Intelligence Section, appeared in the surveillance area for the last time seven hours, 13 minutes and 20 seconds ago, and then took the elevator. Descend to the 30th floor underground and enter the'black room', but never appeared again."

"Donovan." As Dr. Bartholomew moved forward, he took off his gold glasses and took out a handkerchief to wipe it,

"Charles Donovan, Acting Director of the Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Service and Commander of the European Rapid Response Force, appeared in the surveillance area for the last time seven hours, six minutes and 10 seconds ago, and then took the elevator down to the 30th floor underground and entered the black Room', did not appear afterwards." The gentle male voice gave a very similar answer,

"How long has it been." The old man put on his glasses and asked,

"Fifty-five seconds, the distance to the detected threshold is still five seconds, four, three..." The synthesized sound of the quantum computer began to count down,

The doctor waved his hand: "Go."

",, goodbye, dear father." The voice disappeared,

Brandon Bartholomew stood in front of the door to stabilize his mind, knocked on the door with his knuckles, "Please come in." A man's voice came from inside,

The old man pushed open the cold metal door and walked into the round meeting room. There were a dozen people sitting behind the oval meeting table. On this side, only a lone chair was left, "Brandon." The middle-aged man with a sturdy neck and a bulging abdomen stood up and stretched out his hands to express welcome, "You are the last person to report on work. Let's finish our routine work report and defense quickly, and then go for a good drink, how about it." /

"Mark." Bartholomew waved to gtc annual executive chairman Dr. Mark Thompson across the round table, then pulled aside the swivel chair and sat down, leaned deeply into the back of the chair, with his left leg resting on his right leg, hands Cross in front of you: "Can you start now."

Mark Thompson sat down and looked around and nodded: "Okay, let's start now." Next to him were the director of the Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Division Yoden Smith, the director of the Ninth Division Guy Cookery, Leighton W. Holt, Director of Communications, Marfa Ekimart, Director of Internal Affairs, Dick Van Dyke, Director of Timing Distribution, etc. The twelve members of the current gtc executive committee are basically When it’s all here, sitting in this conference room is the ruler of the most powerful quantum computer and quantum network on earth, a **** in charge of unlimited power,

The former gtc executive committee member Brandon Bartholomew did not have any expression on his face. He leaned forward slightly, opened the terminal on the conference table, entered his account to log in to the quantum network, and retrieved a copy Reporting material: "At the meeting at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, I have made a detailed explanation of the operation of the'world', the data report has been distributed to you, and the budget execution is within control. I believe Just now, Miss Wu from Taihao Company has shown you the mid-term profit plan. After three months, if the comprehensive complaint rate of one million test accounts is less than 1% and the accident mortality rate is less than 0.002%, Taihao Company will To announce the'world' to the whole society in the form of a game, but in order to avoid ethical disputes, the login method will be changed from implanted chips to biochemical chambers. It is worth mentioning that Taihao has made new technological breakthroughs in oxygen-enriched solutions. Basically, the discomfort when entering and leaving the wet breathing is minimized, and the certificate of no organic damage to the lungs issued by the European Academy of Medicine. I believe..."

"Brandon, Brandon." Dr. Thompson raised his right hand to stop the old man from continuing. "We already know this. What we care about is how many players the'World' will attract after the release. How many people will buy expensive biochemical cabins to enter the game, Ms. Wu Tianlan did not give an explanation."

Bartholomew opened the terminal screen and said, "I will not use the word'player' to describe users in the'world'. You know, in a world without a mission system, health display, and upgrade mode, There will not be a normal experience of an rpg game. In fact, it is closer to the old game "The Sims" of the last century. People enter the'world' to experience another stage in a realistic environment that is as real as reality. In life, as long as one try, no one can refuse the feeling of getting a new life. Didn’t Ms. Wu tell you? According to Taihao’s estimates, the number of users can reach 500 to 600 million within six months of launch. If the biochemical cabin financial plan with no down payment low-interest loans is launched, this number can be doubled."

"1.2 billion." The executive chairman of gtc froze for a moment, as if digesting the number. Guy Cockley, the chief of the ninth department beside him, glanced at the old man with falcon-like eyes and attached it to Mark Thompson. What was said in the ear, "So, how many people are there in the'world' that can meet the needs of the 1.2 billion players." Dr. Thompson asked,

"Yes." Bartholomew replied, "A total of one billion virtual personalities were deployed at the beginning of the'World' operation, and it has now multiplied to nearly 1.3 billion, which can barely withstand the arrival of large-scale users." After a pause, he added: "But the consequences of this are devastating. If most of the characters in the'world' are replaced by personalities from reality, the social order will soon collapse, and people will destroy the background. The established rules have turned that world into the second anarchist paradise waiting to be explored."

Thompson nodded: "I am also worried about this. What do you think is the upper limit of the number of descendants that can stably maintain the operation of the world."

The old man raised a finger,

"One hundred million people, that's too few..." The executive chairman frowned.

"No, ten million." Dr. Bartholomew said loudly, "Now ten times the number of test clients is the limit. If the number of people increases, the possibility of contact between descendants will increase geometrically. Realistic personality will form new forces, try to change the basic structure of the world, and establish new organizations and even regimes based on the values ​​of earth civilization."

Hearing these words, the big people across the round table began to buzz and commotion, whispering and discussing. After a long while, Mark Thompson spread his palms to signal everyone to be quiet, "Brandon, although virtual personality is a characteristic of collecting real samples. It is established, but it is still fundamentally different from human beings, right, only human thinking can provide the diversity demand for species reproduction."

"You can say so." After thinking about it, the old man replied, "The fertility model in the'world' is based on personality, and mutations in various physical representations are also counted. I am not sure about the relationship between virtual personality and How big is the difference between us humans, but to maintain the continuity of the'human' species, it is necessary to achieve a certain base number,,, the question you raised is to consider the possibility of human beings abandoning the flesh and entering the'world' completely Yes, we have discussed this topic many years ago. With the current technology, the brain is still indispensable as the generator of thought, unless the biological ditch component of a quantum computer can create a cloud of nerve impulses similar to the structure of the cerebral cortex, according to me As far as I know, this technology has been banned by the International Scientific Ethics Committee."

"Just tell me what the base is, Brandon." The executive chairman asked blankly,

"...Considering the size, settlement and productivity of the'world', at least 100 million people are needed to maintain the genetic characteristics of human beings." Bartholomew gave the answer,

"That's enough." Dr. Thompson nodded,

The old man said loudly: "But I want to remind you again that the original civilization of the'world' will be safely changed by the descendants. That is not our original intention to build a rich and colorful alien civilization."

"I know, Brandon, that's not something you need to consider." The executive chairman said, rubbing his fleshy cheeks, looking a little tired, "That's all for debriefing. Below is the'Senior Personnel Safety Plan'. ''S routine defense, cover."

"Got it." The ninth director stood up and made a gesture. Two staff members with ninth badges came over and attached the two sensors to Dr. Bartholomew’s temples. And on the wrist, "Dr. Brandon Bartholomew, the leader of the'World' project and honorary consultant of gtc, are you willing to undergo brainwave traversal examination and use a polygraph?"

"Completely voluntary." The old man whispered,

"Please look here, please." Guy Cockley pointed a thin finger at one of the several shots of the holographic camera on the side, "Retell it again."

"I'm totally willing." Bartholomew looked at the flashing red light, and there was no joy or sorrow in his voice,