The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 34: The Fear of the Past (Part 1)

Biochip technology was born in the era of technological explosions brought about by quantum computers. The technology of etching chips on pcb boards with bioacids has been used for many years, but the direct construction of integrated circuits with living cells is an epoch-making It’s a pioneering work, but there are difficulties in marketization. The Canadian chip manufacturer found that biochips are difficult to be recognized by the market. Compared with nano-scale silicon-based integrated circuits, biochips cost more, run slower, and have more unstable factors. Many. For a long time, only the medical industry has adopted biochips, which are used in cardiac pacemakers, embedded insulin syringes and other medical devices implanted in the human body. Biochips can obtain electricity by decomposing glucose and do not require battery power. , Can work in the human body for a long time,

At the beginning of the "World" project, Dr. Brandon Bartholomew acquired two patents through gtc: biochip technology and neuroelectric signal input and output modulation and demodulation technology. In just three months, the project The team completed the prototype design of the implanted chip with the help of the powerful "Genesis" timing. The first-generation chip was directly implanted into the corpus callosum (a bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres) through surgery, and received nerve signals in the brain center. Without informing the Medical Ethics Committee, Bartholomew conducted a small-scale human experiment within the team, and thirteen human brains were injected with chips, including himself,

The test results are gratifying. The chip can accurately capture neural signals and convert various stimuli felt by the human body into digital information; at the same time, it can also output signals in reverse, allowing people to taste the ups and downs, see the phantoms, and hear them. Bartholomew felt very excited about the murky sound and the pain and pleasure from the bone marrow. The primitive evolution model of the "world" has just been established. He can't wait to connect the chip to experience the wonders that have never been reached by humans. Field,

Thirteen people entered the virtual world. At that time, the "world" had just begun to inject the long work of real personality. The barren continent was mostly ruled by NPCs. Bartholomew was curious to observe the world he created. Walk around, taste the food, stare at the scenery in front of you for a long time, try to chat with everyone around you, and perform a nasty Turing test (question to determine whether the testee is artificial intelligence), In addition to the limitations of npc, the world has no flaws. Every plant and tree is so real. The creator of the world feels lost more than once,

A few hours later, the researchers awakened Bartholomew, "This is great, we created something amazing." He jumped up from the recliner, unplugged the wire from his head, and yelled with his fist. , But there was no cheering around. People gathered around the deck chairs and looked solemn, "I'm sorry, Doctor." Someone whispered, "Three people have died, and we have no time to do anything."

Three terrible dead bodies lay there quietly, their skin swelled into scarlet red, and the hideous veins protruded under the skin, like a demon hiding in the body, "What's going on." Basse Luo Miu was shocked, "This is just an experiment to confuse the senses, why would it cause such a physiological phenomenon."

There was a scream from the side at this time, and the other experimenter's body convulsed violently, spraying pink blood foam from his mouth, "Hold him down, call an ambulance,... hell, give him a sedative." Basse Luo Miu commanded loudly. Several strong researchers pressed the patient firmly on the recliner. The convulsive man suddenly yelled sternly, his eyeballs popped out of his eye sockets, and he flew to the ceiling with the long, dripping optic nerve. After violently twitching a few times, the body becomes awkward, and there are a few tentacles in the empty eye sockets that are turning black and wilting,

"Could it be a virus infection, my goodness, this is simply a scene from the Resident Evil..." A female researcher covered her mouth, tears of fear rolled in her eyes, and the gtc headquarters immediately issued an orange biochemical threat alert. The laboratory is closed, the disinfection mode is activated, the spray is diffused, and the air is full of the pungent smell of disinfectant. Through the glass isolation door, Bartholomew shouted at the people outside: "This is not a biochemical attack. You can watch it right away. The test result shows that there is no virus, no bacteria, no mutation. It is just an accident. The biochip has proliferated." He swiped a few fingers on the tablet terminal and dragged a photo onto the general interface: "Look, these dry branches The same thing is the result of the proliferation of biochips. The principle is the same as that of cancer cells. This is not contagious. Open the door immediately. There are many people who need help."

Brandon Bartholomew’s influence is unquestionable. The blockade was lifted soon. Nine subjects who had not yet become ill were sent to the gtc headquarters medical center for system inspection. Bartholomew was lying down wearing an oxygen mask. On a stretcher, he was sent to the intensive care unit. The psychologist Wu Tianlan anxiously asked the doctor on duty in the emergency department next to him: "What's wrong with them? Are their lives in danger?" I said, they are all very healthy and there is no danger at all..."

Five minutes later, the fifth experimenter who was undergoing ct scan died of an illness. The dynamic ct recorded the course of the disease. The first was displacement. The biochip in the corpus callosum moved away from the implantation position, and the body fluids circulated down. It sinks to the spine, and then attaches to the back of the duodenum to stop; then the proliferation begins, and the chip cells divide frantically, increasing their volume to 500 times their original size within a hundred seconds, proliferating like a tumor. The tissue squeezed the abdominal organs, causing the experimenter to experience cramps and vomiting. Finally, the hyperplastic tissue began to change in shape, turning into bundles of antennae, drilling around in the human body, piercing the liver, blocking the esophagus, and entwining the heart. At this time, the experiment The body twitched violently. The nurses closed the instrument forcibly and pulled him out of the ct scanner. Unexpectedly, with a little effort, the man's body became two segments, and a large group of twisted tentacles rolled out of the broken abdominal cavity. It quickly withered in the air, turning into a large pool of **** black and red mud,

"This is not a disease at all." The director of the medical center yelled, waving a tablet terminal, "I just saw Dr. Bartholomew's emergency record. They have implanted dangerous biochips and must be removed by surgery immediately. "

The sixth experimenter died on the operating table. The craniotomy went smoothly. The brain surgeon had already seen the outline of the chip in the eyepieces. As long as he cut the curved plate of the corpus callosum, he controlled the precision mechanical arm to transfer the chip. The operation can be completed by clamping it out, but as soon as the tweezers touched the chip, the periphery of the capsule-like biochip began to melt and fuse with the corpus callosum fiber bundle as if it were stimulated. The doctor tried to clamp the chip and found that it had been The brain tissue is integrated, "Are the patient's family members there? I need an authorization. I cannot remove the chip smoothly. I can only remove it with the surrounding tissues." The doctor raised his head and said,

"These people signed a disclaimer during the trial. Do what you want, no problem." The medical center director’s voice came from the phone,

"Temporary corpus callostomy, plan b-4b, let's start." The brain surgeon pushed away the robotic arm and took the scalpel from the nurse. The corpus callostomy was once considered an effective method for the treatment of epilepsy. Cutting the nerve fiber bundles connecting the left and right brains will cause many weird cognitive impairments, but the risk is very low. It is a less difficult and good prognosis surgical operation. The ceramic scalpel draws an arc and accurately cuts the corpus callosum. The curved board, at this moment, a group of black and red liquid came out, covering the operation surface, "Cerebrospinal fluid is still blood, why is this color." The doctor murmured, and reached out to take the vacuum straw to get rid of the obstruction. Liquid, but his movement did not continue, "Wait...this is not liquid..."

The hyperplasia began. Within a few seconds, the black substance filled the cranial cavity and puffed out of the small holes in the skull. The doctor was startled, and subconsciously brandished a scalpel, a piece of hyperplasia clicked. As soon as it fell to the ground, white smoke and withered, more proliferations gushing out frantically, covering the operating table in the blink of an eye, amid the harsh alarm sound, doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists, and circulation engineers ran out of the operating room. The mass of objects under the shadowless lamp suddenly condensed into countless tentacles fluttering in the wind, like black-red jellyfish blooming on the seabed, "Wow..." In the next instant, with the death of the host, all the tentacles withered at the same time and turned into steaming steam. The black fibers are scattered all over the ground,

The gtc executives were alarmed. Twelve committee members gathered at the medical center. Executive Committee Chairman Kim Tae-yao announced a complete blockade of the news and took the committee members into the ICU to meet with Dr. Bartholomew. Brandon Bartholomew from Struggling to sit up on the bed, and said anxiously: "I understand, I understand, this is a kind of stress response, stop surgery, stop all treatments, these chips are selecting the human body, no external force can change this process, as long as They will not proliferate suddenly if the tonality matches."

Behind the glass door, Kim Tae-yao hesitated and said: "I never interfere with the project team, Dr. Bartholomew, but to get into this situation, there must be a reasonable explanation..."

Bartholomew angrily grabbed the oxygen mask and threw it over: "This is my explanation. Hurry up and do it. You can't lose another valuable project team member."

Kim Tae-yao is still hesitating. At the time, executive committee member Mark Thompson said: “I trust Brandon’s judgment. If there is a problem with the second operation now underway, we must immediately stop all medical operations. "Jin Taeyeo frowned and nodded hard,

The seventh experimenter died during the operation. After the medical treatment ceased, five experimenters died in the next three days. Only three of the fifteen researchers who implanted the chip survived.

Bartholomew survived,