Not only did he see it, even if he was burned to ashes, he would never forget that face, and the brain floating in the culture tank …
As well as the "Supreme" that was buried together.
"We meet again, Dr. Lin Minjie." Jiang Chen looked at the man on the screen and let out a sigh. He took a jacket from the hibernation chamber and covered the girl with it. "I thought you were dead. I didn't expect you to be alive."
Although he was much younger than the last time he saw him in the underground fallout shelter, Jiang Chen could still recognize his identity from the limited facial features. The girl in the hibernation chamber also made Jiang Chen's expression a bit complicated.
Almost at the same time the screen lit up, Hu Cheng made a gesture and rushed to Jiang Chen with the soldiers behind him.
When he passed by Jiang Chen, he glanced at the girl's face in the hibernation chamber. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly made the decision to pretend he didn't see anything. He dutifully focused all his attention on the man on the screen.
Although he didn't know who this person was, his intuition as a subordinate told him that the man on the screen didn't have a harmonious relationship with the general.
"Lin Minjie? That's my name. "
As if he didn't see the guns aimed at him at the door, the man raised his head to look at the non-existent ceiling and sighed as if he was reminiscing, "Correction, whether I'm alive or not is still up for debate."
Debatable?
When Jiang Chen heard this sentence, he frowned slightly and slowly lowered the rifle in his hand.
"Have you calmed down? No matter what conflict you have with that person, there's no need to be angry with the program, right? " Lin Minjie opened his hands and made a helpless expression like a human. "I was born in the year 2168, almost at the same time as this fallout shelter was completed, and the prototype of my personality and appearance was the programmer who wrote me."
"Can I ask a question?" Jiang Chen asked.
"Of course." Lin Minjie nodded. "Answering your questions is the meaning of my existence."
"What level of artificial intelligence are you? Beginner? Intermediate? Or- "
"Of course beginner." Lin Minjie smiled. "For a commentator, thinking is just a burden."
Jiang Chen was silent for a long time before he ordered Hu Cheng on the communication channel.
"Take your men out and wait for me outside."
Hu Cheng was stunned and hurriedly said, "But —"
"This is an order." Jiang Chen used an irrefutable tone to block his words of persuasion. "Wait for me in the elevator. Don't come in unless I give the order."
To a knight, the marshal's orders were absolute.
Although he was still worried about his safety, Hu Cheng did not say anything else. He could only reluctantly lower his head and agree.
"Yes …"
Raising his hand, Hu Cheng gestured to the soldiers in the team, and then led them towards the corridor. Standing at the door, he looked at Jiang Chen's back with some hesitation, but he still obeyed the order and took his people to the elevator.
After the footsteps gradually faded away, Jiang Chen was silent for a moment before he asked.
"Tell me, what are you planning?"
"Leave a spark for civilization."
"These … clones, are you talking about kindling?" Jiang Chen moved his rifle to the side, pointed at the girl who was looking at him with innocent eyes, and said in a cold tone, "Or, is this another disgusting experiment?"
The girl lying in the hibernation chamber at the moment looked exactly like Lin Lin. If this was not a special case, then the scientists lying in the more than 2,000 hibernation chambers would all be replicas of Lin Lin …
When Lin Minjie heard Jiang Chen's words, he shook his head.
"You misunderstood."
"Misunderstood?"
"In my database, the entry about the 'Kindling of Civilization' project did not retrieve the words related to the experiment. And the human woman lying in front of you now is a clone born from somatic cells named Lin Lin through somatic cell cloning technology. Her name is Lin Yi, number 0001. "
Jiang Chen was very curious. If the name of 0001 was Lin Yi, then what was the name of 0100 or 1000? But these were not the key points. He only wanted to know one thing now.
"Why is it Lin Lin …" Jiang Chen asked the question in his mind with a complicated expression.
"Maybe it's because of a father's guilt for his daughter? Or maybe it's because of something else? " Lin Minjie shrugged and said in a nonchalant tone, "The master who created me didn't tell me these extra things. I'm afraid I can't help you think about the answer to this question. As for why clones are used, I think even if I don't say it, you should be able to get the answer based on the time of completion of this fallout shelter. "
Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback, but he quickly understood what he meant.
The time of the outbreak of the Third World War was in 2171, and this fallout shelter was built in 2168, before the start and the outbreak of the war. Considering the global economic crisis at that time and the background of the existence of the Science Ethics Committee, it was almost impossible to select a group of "volunteers" from scientists to go to the future.
From this perspective, choosing clones to pass the torch of civilization seemed to be a helpless choice in the context of the times. Although it also violated the taboos of science, at least the cultivation of clones could be carried out secretly.
However, Jiang Chen still had a question he didn't understand …
"I don't understand. Why must people be used as the carrier of information instead of using more efficient machines?"
A portable hard disk must be able to carry more information than the human brain. And unlike humans, machines naturally didn't understand the meaning of forgetting. Even after tens of thousands of years, as long as the parts themselves weren't oxidized, knowledge could be passed on intact.
"You're not the first person to ask this question. My designer also said this to me, but unfortunately, I can't give you a standard answer." Lin Minjie shrugged. "As a reference, I can only tell you the conclusion of the researchers of the 'Seed of Civilization' project team. Hard disks can pass on knowledge, but only people can be used as the carrier of civilization. "
After a pause, Lin Minjie continued.
"Their souls are like a blank sheet of paper. Other than the knowledge taught in the virtual reality program, their cognitive and learning abilities are almost the same as a newborn baby. As long as you are willing to accept them, they will adapt to the outside society in the shortest time. "
"As to whether or not to accept them, the choice is yours."
Lin Minjie casually kicked the ball of choice to Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen speechlessly looked at the girl named Lin Yi lying in the hibernation chamber, 0001.
At this moment, she was expressionless, looking at him with baby-like eyes. The clothes covering her body slid down. She reached out and gently touched the cold barrel of the gun. She curiously touched its outline, completely unaware that she was completely naked.
"What is this?" Lin Yi asked.
After a long silence, Jiang Chen let out a sigh, put away the rifle in his hand, picked up the clothes, and threw them on her.
"Put on your clothes first."
"Clothes?" Lin Yi tilted her head.
Jiang Chen's mouth twitched.
He now understood the meaning behind the phrase "the soul is like a blank sheet of paper".
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