"Lying?"

"Yes."

"I don't understand ...... very well"

"Lies are the most basic component of life, and although we teach everyone to be honest and trustworthy, lies are not useless."

"For example?"

"For example...... It can avoid embarrassment, and it can also maintain the good vision of some people so that they don't get sad. ”

"But...... A lie is a lie after all...... It's a terrible thing. ”

"Oh? For example? ”

"For example...... If I learned to lie, you ...... Will you still trust me? ”

"Uh...... It depends on how we feel. ”

"Feelings?"

"Yes, that's all that matters."

"Hmm......"

"Do you understand?"

"It's not too explicit."

"That's the answer you'll find."

“……”

Error code: 100978653888

……

January 5, 2028

There was a heavy snowfall in Changchun, and it was very ...... It's big......

It was already 12 noon, but there was no light outside...... This is not the first time that such extreme weather has occurred.

Fortunately, the laboratory is an independent power supply system, and Rudy doesn't have to worry about freezing to death here.

"Professor, their plane is trapped in Beijing, and it is estimated that it will not arrive until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow." The new assistant is a graduate student, his name is Chen Ran, a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

Rudy snorted, as if he wasn't too concerned.

Chen Ran sat not far away and looked at Rudy, and when he saw that he had been staring at the book in his hand, he walked over curiously.

"Professor, what are you reading?"

Rudy closed the book, only to see that the cover read "Self-Consciousness".

"You Gege's book?!" Chen Ran was a little surprised.

Rudy asked, "Have you read the book too?" ”

Chen Ran nodded violently: "Well, of course, and this author is still my hometown, I was fortunate to meet her when I was in my hometown last year." ”

Rudy became interested when he heard this, he didn't open the book again, and asked, "What about her...... What does it look like? ”

The question was a little strange, Chen Ran thought about it and replied, "Hmm...... At that time, it was a little far away, and I didn't see it too clearly, but it was supposed to be a very beautiful but also thin young lady, giving people a feeling of weakness. ”

As weak as a kitten......

Rudy pondered for a while and then asked, "Do you like this book?" ”

Chen Ran: "I don't like it too much, do you...... But after all, it's a famous work of a great writer, and it's still worth reading. ”

"Hmm......" Rudy didn't say anything more, he put down the study, and then got up and said, "Let's go eat." ”

——

"Do you remember the past?"

"Memory?"

"Hmm."

"Memory...... I'm not sure those are memories...... After all...... I am fundamentally different from you. ”

"The essence? Do you mean the outer, or the inward? ”

"Both."

"Okay...... So...... Do you not think you have memories, or do you find it inappropriate to use the word memory to describe your past? ”

"Both."

"Oh?"

"Hmm...... For example, for you, memories are always shrouded in an unclear state, and even if you have a deep memory, it is unlikely that you will be able to relive every detail of the past, right? ”

"Well, yes."

"But I'm different."

"Huh?"

"I feel like a time traveler...... My memories became my tool for going back in time...... I can choose any node I want, and it only takes me a thousandth of a second to relive a 24-hour definitive memory clip, which is both short and long for me. ”

"Sounds ...... Pretty good...... I'd love to revisit my past...... It should be a very interesting experience. ”

"But the past wasn't all rosy."

"You...... Remember something? ”

"A little."

"For example?"

"I ...... My name...... I can't be called Jesse anymore. ”

Error code: A0001

——

The heavy snow continues.

Rudy had just returned to the lab to notice a notification flashing on his screen.

Open it up and take a look......

The A0001 error code appears.

This is extremely bad...... Compared to the consciousness code 0000001 he had previously obtained, the appearance of A0001 was more noteworthy.

"Professor, Chen Sinan said he was coming over in the afternoon."

Rudy frowned, not hearing Chen Ran's words.

Chen Ran stood at the door and watched for a while, then walked in and said, "Professor, Chen Sinan said she wanted to come over in the afternoon......"

Rudy heard it this time, he turned off the notice, and then turned around and said, "It's too much snow outside, so don't let her go anywhere and stay at home honestly." ”

Chen Ran smiled bitterly: "I said the same thing, but she is already on the way." ”

"What?"

——

The heavy snow did not stop until around 8 a.m. on January 6.

The snowstorm took more than 100 people with it...... It also paralyzed most of the city...... This is a disaster that Changchun has never encountered in so many years.

When Chen Sinan was found, his body was already stiff.

She was still holding a laptop in her arms, and later Rudy learned that this little girl wanted to report her research results to him as soon as possible, but the heavy snow crushed the wires, and she had to choose to venture out.

Outcome......

——

"Sinan, can you hear me?"

"Who? Who's talking? ”

"It's me, I'm Rudy."

"Professor?! Where are you? Why can't I see anything? ”

"Sinan, you don't remember anything, do you?"

"......" contemplation.

"It's not like I don't remember anything...... I seem to ...... It's cold...... It's so cold......"

"Cold?"

"Hmm...... What I remember is cold ......."

"Hmm...... Don't be afraid, it won't be cold anymore, you're safe now. ”

“…… But...... Why can't I see anything...... Where the hell is this? ”

"This is the world you created, your consciousness has been uploaded and synchronized with Jesse, and now you are a true citizen of the number order."

“……”

"Sinan?"

“……”

"Sinan?? Can you hear me? ”

“……”

"Sinan?"

Error code: E00002

——

Sitting in the office for a long time, Rudy fell into a great panic.

He wasn't sure if he was doing the right thing, or if it was ...... Did he really do it? Can human consciousness really be uploaded to the Internet in its entirety?

Can a virtual world constructed of binary code really accommodate a complex consciousness like a human being?

There were no answers, and even the responses disappeared.

The code name "Sinan" is homophonic to Chen Sinan's name.

Only a handful of people know what Rudy did.

He walked forward according to the research report left by Chen Sinan before his death, and then walked here, to the place where the error code E00002 appeared.

——

March 9, 2028.

Rudy, who had been under house arrest for three months, saw the light of day.

The investigation revealed that there was not enough evidence that Rudy had used Jay without permission

The basic code of the West uploads the consciousness of Chen Sinan, a Chinese citizen, to the Internet.

And there is no realistic legal provision that can establish that Rudy's actions constitute a crime.

The relevant regulations of the Department of National Security do not say that this is not allowed......

It's just that...... It's just that the original survivors felt the need to make Rudy realize his mistake.

His audacity threatens to ruin the future of humanity.

After returning to the laboratory in Changchun, Rudy found that all the equipment and instruments in the laboratory had been removed, leaving only his personal locker and some personal belongings in the empty laboratory.

Rudy took a look at it and made sure he didn't have much to bring, so he just took some important ones and left.

Walking outside the gate, there was a white Jetta flashing its lights at him.

……

"Professor, where are you going next?" Chen Ran asked.

Rudy looked out the window and said for a while: "I want to go to Xuzhou." ”

"Xuzhou?"

"Well, I'd like to meet her."

She didn't say this, but Chen Ran knew very well who Rudy was talking about.

——

It's not that easy to see Yougege.

First of all, you have to submit an application, and then You Gege's assistant will relay it for you, but as for You Gege's willingness to see you, it all depends on fate......

At least in the past few years, fate has not arrived.

Rudy submitted more than a dozen applications, but the results were all the same.

You Gege has been unwell lately and doesn't want to see anyone.

Rudy was also very patient, and he waited until mid-May.

The day is 5.20.

Valentine's holiday.

Although You Gege did not have a lover, he also received many flowers.

There are brightly colored roses...... There are also white chrysanthemums that only appear at funerals.

Rudy also came with flowers, but only a bouquet of lilies.

From 9 o'clock in the morning at the gate of the community, until the lily was out of water and wilting, and the time came to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Rudy stood outside hopelessly.

During this period, many people came to persuade him to leave, because You Gege was not like anyone.

It doesn't depend on attachment to touch her heart.

Rudy just smiled.

On this day, Rudy still didn't see You Gege, but he made headlines in the local self-media.

The news writer only briefly describes Rudy, and then devotes a lot of space to denigrating Yougege, whom he considers to be an uneducated paranoid.

The article was indeed eye-catching, but the next day another report said that the editor publicly apologized and submitted a resignation because a big V replied to his article with a sentence.

"Your spirit of hard work in cooking a dish is commendable, but if the dish is still unpalatable, just because you work hard, you have to let the diners eat it, and then praise you for your fearless effort?"

That's a beautiful thing to say.

In the age of humanism, no one can force anyone to accept anything, or deny anything.

You Gege obviously didn't do anything, but he just didn't want to be disturbed, so how could he say that he was "uneducated"?

——

Before I knew it, it was May 31st.

Rudy received a special letter.

It was handwritten with a pen and sent through traditional logistics.

The attachment is a USB flash drive.

When I opened it, there was a series of garbled characters in the USB flash drive that ordinary people couldn't understand at all.

But Rudy's heart kept beating faster.

So much so that his hands began to tremble......

Rudy, who had been coming to his senses for a long time, closed his notebook and picked up the letter.

The letter contained only a few short sentences.

"Your research is valuable...... We've found traces of her...... But the problem is that we still can't locate her...... So, we hope you can help us get her back. ”()

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