Are you sure you want to take the exam at the end of this month? "
Training base deep in the Great Northwest Forest.
Lin Feng looked at Wang Peng, who was standing in front of the desk. He raised his head and cast an unexpected look at him.
Faced with the inquiry of the robot instructor, Wang Peng nodded and spoke.
"Yes."
Lin Feng: "From now on, there are only three days left until the end of the month."
Wang Peng: "Is there a problem?"
"Nothing, I'm just worried that you remembered the wrong date."
Without saying anything, Lin Feng gently swiped on the desk.
He looked at the holographic window that appeared in front of him. He stretched out his index finger and tapped it three times.
He looked at the ripples and the names that had been written on the list. He then cast his gaze at Wang Peng and spoke with a pleasant expression.
"I have already signed up for you. Three days later, gather at the training ground at 8 o 'clock in the morning."
Wang Peng nodded and was ready to leave the office.
However, at this moment, he suddenly thought of something and stopped in his tracks. He turned his head and asked.
"As long as I pass the exam, I can get out of here, right?"
Lin Feng: "Of course, as your instructor, I don't recommend you to be so anxious. Even if the exam is just a drill, it still has a certain degree of danger, especially for a newcomer."
Newcomer?
Wang Peng smiled faintly.
When he first came to this era, that was what he thought. However, after a month of classes, he changed his mind.
Although times were changing and technology was changing with each passing day, there were many things that could be explained with one theory.
He used this month to familiarize himself with the equipment that a Security Bureau agent should be familiar with, as well as some "common sense" about mechanical equipment. He thought that there was no need for him to continue wasting time here.
"I still have some confidence in my own strength."
Lin Feng said in a gentle tone, "Most people will say that, but there are only a few people who can graduate from here every year. Your opponent may be a senior student who has received two or three years of training, and most of their body parts have been professionally modified. Even so, do you have the confidence? "
Wang Peng: "Yes."
"Then I wish you good luck. It's good to experience more failures during training." Lin Feng nodded casually and said in a gentle tone, "Also, don't get hurt too badly."
Three days later, in the morning.
According to the agreed time, Wang Peng arrived at the training ground on time.
Standing in the middle of the training ground, the instructor whistled and shouted for everyone to gather.
He glanced around at the candidates lined up in a square. With an expressionless face, he spoke in a voice that was more rigid than a robot.
"The content of the test is very simple. Defeat your opponent and advance to the next round."
"There are no restrictions on what you can do. You can use whatever tools you can. There are only two things you need to remember. If you leave the examination area, you will automatically fail the examination. If the target loses the ability to move or surrenders, you must immediately stop attacking. "
"Although I think all of you should know, there are still newcomers here, so I'll repeat it."
"If you lose, don't force yourself. After all, this isn't a real battlefield."
As he spoke, the instructor glanced at Wang Peng discreetly, then looked away and began to announce the names of the groups.
Defeat?
Does he mean this is an actual combat exercise?
With a rough idea in mind, Wang Peng took his number and went to a corner of the training ground.
When he stopped, he saw a tall, burly man, who was about 1.9 meters tall, walking toward him with steady steps.
"Yo, you're Wang Peng?"
"Yes."
"Sun Rong, this is my third year at the training base, and I'm also your opponent." He reached out his hand and shook hands with Wang Peng. This man, who was 1.9 meters tall, had an oppressive smile on his face as he said, "If you can't hold on, remember to press on your bracelet. Only you can operate this yourself … Speaking of which, are you from 100 years ago?"
"Sort of, where did you hear that?"
"All kinds of places … No wonder." The man named Sun Rong let go of his hand and took half a step back. He touched his chin, looked at Wang Peng up and down, and continued, "No wonder you don't have implants on your body."
Wang Peng: "Of course I still have my own body. I'm used to it."
"People who haven't learned a lesson usually say that." Sun Rong grinned and bumped his fists as he said, "Let's go, let's not talk nonsense. After all, you are a newcomer, so I will be merciful."
Wang Peng smiled faintly and did not explain anything. He turned his gaze to the staff next to him.
"Is the examination venue here, or somewhere else?"
The staff replied, "I will drive you there in a while. You have 30 minutes to prepare. Of course, if you are all ready, we can also set off now. "
"Then let's go now." Wang Peng cast his gaze to the big guy named Sun Rong standing next to him. "What do you think?"
"Interesting."
Sun Rong grinned, and his two fists, which had obviously been modified, collided together. Gradually, a trace of high fighting spirit appeared in his cold eyes.
"Exactly what I want!"
…
While Wang Peng was going through the most critical exam in his new life, Lu Zhou, who was far away in the suburbs of Jinling, was sitting in his study room, quietly reading the diary in his hand.
Needless to say, this diary was quite interesting.
A planetary miner who was kidnapped 30 years ago was stuffed into a dormant cabin by the kidnappers and froze for 30 years. When he woke up, he found himself locked up with elites from all walks of life.
Many seemingly insignificant clues, after repeated pondering, each of them seemed to be extremely frightening.
Why are there 64 people?
Why is there a robot in a group of people?
Where did these crew members end up?
And the owner of this diary …
He did not show that he was a mathematics enthusiast at all, but he left a few lines of formulas at the end of the page that puzzled countless mathematics and physics experts.
Either someone told him these lines of formulas, or he probably read them from somewhere.
"… It looks like a large-scale sociological experiment. A test subject was mixed into a group of people." Lu Zhou pinched his chin with his index finger and thumb. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Is it to create robots that can integrate into human society?"
Or is it to develop artificial intelligence with human minds …
Xiao Ai: "Master? 0.0”
"Nothing, just out of my personal curiosity …"
Seeing Xiao Ai looking at him with concern, Lu Zhou gave it a comforting smile. He then gently closed the diary in his hand.
Lu Zhou stared at the lawn outside the window for a while. He looked at the gardening drone trimming the flowers and plants. He suddenly spoke.
"I may … know what the supercomputing center on Ceres is doing."
Xiao Ai: "As expected of Master, although Xiao Ai doesn't understand it at all. (?????)”
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Actually, there are many things that I don't understand. For example, why does The Spirit of The Universe Foundation, a cult organization that believes in idealism, have an inexplicable interest in robots, something that only materialists are interested in … Shouldn't their doctrine be to advocate the mind over things?"
In particular, looking at their motivation for using the ALPHA virus, they should be planning to destroy the modern civilization of the 22nd century built on the cornerstone of robots and establish their modern religious empire on this basis.
How could they embark on the path to supreme evolution with such evil ideas as their creed?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Lu Zhou's mind.
Maybe …
"They" are not the same group of people?
Standing up from the desk, Lu Zhou, who was holding the diary, walked to the side of the bookshelf and gently stuffed it back on the bookshelf.
Following behind Lu Zhou, Xiao Ai couldn't help but ask curiously.
"What did Master think of? (?????)”
"From an academic point of view, the whole experiment can be roughly divided into two parts. One part is to study how to upload thoughts to hardware, and the other part is to achieve artificial intelligence with normal human minds … That is, advanced artificial intelligence in your understanding.
"If I'm not mistaken, the owner of this diary is probably one of the 'victims' of the experiment.
After a pause, Lu Zhou continued.
"Of course, we can't rule out that they have other purposes."
It's just that there are too few clues on hand.
If I want to figure out the cause and effect of the whole incident, I'm afraid I can only wait until the supercomputing center completes its "mission" …
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