The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 165: Between the Darkness (Part 1)

On November 10th, Tokyo had its first snow of the year. Rainbows appeared in the sky after the snow. It was Sunday. The men shoveling snow in front of their houses looked up at the sky. Women in skirts The students bounced across the wet road, "It's really beautiful early winter." People sighed and exclaimed, "This year's snow is earlier than in previous years. Unknowingly, autumn is over."

In the computer room on the 11th floor of the basement of 2 Chome, Chiyoda Kasumu, the air-conditioning equipment maintains the turbid green mixed gas at 22 degrees Celsius throughout the year, which is not prone to oxidation reactions, and is suitable for maintaining the body temperature of the operating body. The temperature, since the first-generation operating body suffered a large number of deaths due to improper maintenance, this temperature that has been verified by experts has never changed.

But now Yi Cun Mu Loyalty feels very cold, and can't help but wrap his elegant tailored suit jacket tightly. He raised his head and glanced at the display on the wall. The temperature is still 22 degrees and the humidity is 35 percent. , The air-conditioning equipment is not abnormal, "...Master Dvoru." Yi Cun Mo couldn't help but speak, trying to dispel the chills with dialogue. How is the future planning for the future? The current cabinet chief, Mr. Fujimoto, is a peripheral member of the Brotherhood, but the current support rate is less than 20%. If the House of Representatives passes the cabinet no-confidence bill, Fujimoto will step down when the new prime minister reorganizes the cabinet. At that time, it’s not certain who will take this position, isn’t it? If outsiders are allowed to directly command the Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Office, I’m afraid the secret of the 11th underground floor will not be maintained for long. Of course, I know that this secret has been maintained for many years. , But the political chaos in Japan, you should have heard of it even in Europe..."

"Hush." ​​The commissioner from Europe put up a finger and gently stopped the chatter of the head of the intelligence investigation office.

This is the computer room No. 10 on the eleventh floor of the basement. It is also the largest of the fifteen rooms. The one-inch wooden stands in the center of the room. The white fluorescent ceiling illuminates the entire room. The space of 300 square meters is covered. Coffin-shaped stainless steel boxes. Each stainless steel box with a transparent acrylic top cover contains a pale human body. To be precise, a small half pale human body. The Japanese inadvertently glanced at the nearest coffin. At a glance, the chill behind him made him shiver fiercely. Although it was not the first time to see these mutilated bodies, every time he saw it, it still made him feel very uncomfortable. The vomiting feeling that was finally suppressed was once again in the stomach. Bu Yin is making trouble,

Yi Cun Mu loyally coughed twice, press the adjustment button of the active gas mask to increase the air supply, the filtered air smelled of dry charcoal, but the fresh air gave him a little comfort, once no one spoke , The monotonous buzzing noise of the exhaust fan became louder and louder in my ears, setting off this graveyard-like scene even more terribly, "I can give you an introduction to the operation of the'First World', if you need it, Senator My lord." The Japanese spoke unwillingly, and quietly moved forward two steps, getting closer to Dvoru's back,

The blond commissioner was leaning over a stainless steel coffin to observe the remnant inside, swaying his fingers noncommittal, and advancing two steps with an inch of wood, coming behind Dvoru, "What you see is Test body No. 44,,, and numbering are in chronological order, and have nothing to do with the degree of fit and strength. This test body was made on January 20, 2030. It is a test product guided by the principle of minimum system, and it is also a test product under the guidance of the minimum system principle. A successful product that reduced the weight of the finished body to less than 15 kg."

"Interesting, I didn’t quite understand the guiding ideology at the time. In 2030, I was not born yet." Dvoru had a smile at the corner of his mouth. He looked down at the man under the acrylic lid, which was a little blessed. A middle-aged man has a hypoxic blue-purple skin. It can be seen from the loose cheek muscles that he is a person who does not like exercise very much. It is undoubtedly a challenge to lose weight for a person of this shape, but Asmontis scientists We succeeded in doing this. The LED screen next to the stainless steel box clearly showed the weight of the human body: 14.5 kg. The commissioner sighed on the lid, wiping the non-existent dust, "still running How long has it been running continuously."

"It is still in operation for 19 years." The one inch wooden loyalty probe looked at the small characters on the screen and replied, "The minimum system principle is the requirement of the aerospace technology carrying capacity at that time. Carry as much as possible in a constant load. There are many test bodies, this is the basic spirit of the principle. You can see later that we made a major technological breakthrough in test body No. 80 and successfully reduced the weight..."

"Come slowly." The blond young man looked at the subject with interest, "What is that, extracorporeal circulation device."

The head of the investigation room nodded and said: "You are right, Mrs. Senator, that is a pcb (artificial heart-lung) device, which consists of five parts: blood pump, oxygenator, thermostat, blood storage chamber and filter. The structure is similar to that used in the surgical operating room, but it has been miniaturized and made of lightweight carbon materials."

"I regularly input nutrients, won't the blood coagulate." Dvoru asked,

"The oxygen content and nutrient distribution ratio in the blood are controlled by quantum computers. In the great darkness of the previous period, the vital functions were almost stopped due to the inability to connect to the Internet. Fortunately, the space-based routers saved these test subjects." Yicunmu replied , "Heparin (anticoagulant) is added to the circulating blood, so it will not coagulate. After that, we used better anticoagulant components in the test body. Heparin can cause thrombocytopenia and cause spontaneous bleeding in the brain. Not the best choice."

The commissioner looked directly at the man’s eyes in the box with interest. The man opened his eyes. Due to the lack of eyelid protection and tear lubrication, the cornea has been completely necrotic, and the white of his eyes is a weird gray-green color. Too much like human eyes, "You said...can they feel the pain."

Ichinki shivered fiercely again, and tried his best to look away, "I don’t think it’s possible, Senator, they have been living in the'first world'. In reality, the body only needs to be able to maintain brain activity. With the lowest demand, you can always enjoy the light and beauty of the virtual world."

The skin of the man’s face twitched slightly, and several dark green gangrene bloomed like flowers growing on the surface of the skin. All of his body was left with a head and half of his neck, and his shaved scalp Densely packed electrodes, ears, nostrils and mouths are filled with tubes. Numerous pipelines extend from below the neck section and are connected to a small artificial heart-lung device. The machine continuously pumps bright red blood, and oxygenated blood follows transparently. The tube enters the neck aorta and provides vitality for the lingering brain.

"The weight of his head, I mean, the biological part." The commissioner suddenly asked,

An inch of wood looked down at the led screen, "6.4 kg, Mr. Senator."

Dvoru snapped his fingers sharply: "I thought of a very interesting question, brother #454, how do you say how to weigh a living human's head."

The head of the investigation room was taken aback for a moment, "Oh, this...calculate the average density of the human body, and then measure the displacement of the head, can it be calculated? It may not be accurate, but..."

The blond man shook his head: "No, no, the density of the head cannot be accurately calculated."

"So... let someone lie flat on the operating table, inject him with a muscle relaxant, let his head hang naturally, and use a pressure gauge to weigh it." Izumaki faithfully thought about it, and proposed a second Ways,

"No, no, the neck is still connected to the head, and the spine and soft tissues will change the force. It is still impossible to calculate accurately." Dvoru gestured on his delicate tie,

Ishimaki respectfully said: "I think I understand what you mean."

"Cut off his head." Dvoru laughed blankly. "The living person will not become a dead person. My question is not to weigh a headless head. Any executioner in the world can answer it. "

The Japanese kept their bowing posture unchanged: "My congressman, please enlighten me."

The European commissioner's mouth was still full of smiles, and he stretched his hand across his neck, "cut off his head."

"But you just said..." Yi Cun Mo raised his head and asked inexplicably,

"You can't, I can." Dvoru looked very interested, "Stand back a little, I will show it to you."

The Japanese took three steps back. The perfect figure of the blond man stood in the yellow-green mist-shrouded steel coffin, like a statue of the **** of death guarding the cemetery. Dvoru slowly raised his arms and closed his eyes. , A pink arc brighter than lightning flashed in the air, and Dvoru bowed his arms like a curtain call, imposing ancient etiquette in front of nothingness, "Come on." His faint voice sounded,

Ichinaki walked over loyally and suspiciously, everything around him remained unchanged, as if the pink lightning that was deeply imprinted on the retina was like an illusion, "Look down." The commissioner sorted out the tie and Brooch, use the lower jaw to signal the Japanese to look down at the stainless steel coffin,

An inch of wood immediately discovered the anomaly. A wisp of yellow-green gas appeared in the stainless steel box. This kind of life support cabin is different from the operation cabins in the previous rooms. It should be completely sealed and filled with inertness. The gas, the acrylic lid and the stainless steel box body are not damaged in any way. How the gas got in, the Japanese raised his head in amazement: "It's amazing, Mrs. Senator, how did you do it."

Dvoru opened his hands, and a thin pink line flickered between his hands. He looked intently, but he couldn't capture the entity. "Touch the top of the lid with your hands." He put his hands together. The slender bright line disappeared in his palm again, and the blond man smiled and pointed to the lid of the box,

The Japanese took off their gloves and touched the transparent lid, and my fingertips really touched a faint trace, like a trace after cutting and bonding. There is a slight misalignment on both sides of the lid. The slight difference is fundamental to the naked eye. It can’t be seen. If it weren’t for Dvoru’s reminder, it’s impossible to notice an inch of wood, "That’s it, cut off your head and weigh it. Before you can react to it, set it back. You won’t die, you won’t even feel it. Pain,,, the perfect solution."

The commissioner said happily,