PNB Chapter 388 Everyone is equal
Chapter 388 Everyone is equal
Eternal Era Year 6: 2336 AD.
On the seventh ring of the world, there is a space facility called the "Telescope", which was first built in the second year of the Pioneer Era.
The entire facility is shaped like an astronomical telescope, but its actual function is to collect invisible waves around the ring world.
There are 36 such facilities, distributed throughout the entire Seventh Ring Belt. The daily routine of the staff inside these facilities is to report the collected information to the Engineering Department, which then searches the Super Dream Database and delivers the useful information to Wei Cheng.
"TC-3434, Date: February 21, 182nd position, collecting information... Estimated completion time: 15 minutes."
At the control panel, an obese staff member burped as he used his wristband to control the machine, transmitting the recorded waveforms to the deduplication unit, which then filtered out the redundant parts by adjusting the frequency.
Beside him, another companion was idly cracking sunflower seeds, his legs crossed and swinging back and forth, making the stool beneath him creak.
They don't know how many times this boring job has been repeated this year. If it weren't for the fact that there aren't many job opportunities for Category C personnel, they probably would have run away long ago.
To save resources, Bi Yunfeng divided researchers with doctoral degrees or above into three, six, and nine categories, namely A, B, and C. This classification method was more straightforward, but it also deeply imprinted the hierarchical system in everyone's mind.
"I'm so bored, Lao Ji. Any entertainment plans for tonight? I've been working for over thirty days now, and I feel like I'm going to go crazy if I don't go out and have some fun."
Upon hearing this, Lao Ji turned his obese body around and looked at his friend through his round-framed glasses.
"Then... which bar should we go to? I think I still have some money in my card. Let's order a couple of dolls and play with them. I wonder if we can make a reservation for that anime girl from last time."
"No, I'm not interested in women right now."
"Then I'll order you one with a big baby."
"roll!"
With the development of artificial intelligence technology, cloning technology has made another leap forward. When artificial intelligence is implanted into clones, they have acquired emotions that are no less than those of humans.
However, the old problem remains: these so-called emotions are all imitated by them after searching the dream database through neural networks, and they still do not have independent individual consciousness.
But precisely because of this, the invention has been widely applied to service industries, including drivers, security guards, delivery services, and of course, helping men and women satisfy their physiological needs.
After Bi Yunfeng came to power, he completely banned humans from engaging in any service industry, with only robots and clones being allowed.
His argument is that the most primitive form of power is actually the enslavement of one another by another.
The service industry, in essence, is about enjoying the pleasure derived from enslaving and exploiting others. Therefore, in order to truly achieve equality for all, we must first completely eradicate this unhealthy trend of humans serving humans.
Humans are only permitted to engage in more advanced mental activities.
Back then, Principal Liu Chang developed three clone versions to help Lin Xuan. One was used for data simulation and shone brightly during the PDC period. Another was used for industry and played a pivotal role in the subsequent construction of the RimWorld.
Now, it's time for the third model to show its charm.
If Principal Liu Chang knew that his creations were still so popular after all these years, I wonder if he would feel gratified... Well, probably he would.
"No, you're not going. You're still healthy. You've been there several times this month. You really treat it like home, don't you?"
Upon hearing this, Lao Ji smiled helplessly.
"Old yellow dog, what nonsense are you spouting? Who was it that took me out to see the world? Now you're blaming me? Tell me, what's there to do in this godforsaken place?"
The man remained silent upon hearing this.
Indeed, this observatory is truly outrageous. There isn't a single shop for hundreds of kilometers around, yet there are a full fourteen bars.
So you really only earn money on the construction site and spend it on the construction site, and don't even think about taking a single penny home, right?
Just as the two were chatting, a striking red alert popped up on the control panel screen.
"Warning, a large amount of energy fluctuations have been detected in the vicinity..."
At the same time, the same scene unfolded inside the telescope facility on the seventh ring.
The staff in charge of the stay stared in shock at the screen filled with red exclamation marks; this was the first time they had ever seen anything like it.
The alarm sounded for about 20 seconds before stopping abruptly.
Just as everyone was wondering if there was a malfunction in the equipment and was about to go forward to check if there was a problem,
"Crack!"
With a crisp sound, darkness enveloped the surroundings.
That was the sound of a power outage.
For some reason, this machine was overloaded, which caused the power supply to trip.
This strange scene naturally attracted the attention of the Earth Alliance's top management. The central hub immediately dispatched relevant technical personnel to carry out emergency repairs. After waiting for about an hour, all power systems were finally restored to normal.
"What exactly happened? Has the situation been investigated and clarified?"
The Minister of Communications personally went to the front line to inquire about the situation, but the technical personnel in charge of the investigation were also completely baffled.
"I don't know. The power system suddenly exploded. It must have been caused by receiving high-amplitude vibrations from multiple sources in an instant. The machine's internal motherboard almost burned out. It was obviously caused by overload."
"Huh? Didn't you set a warning threshold for the machine? Why did it suddenly burst?"
"I've set it up, but..."
"but what?"
"But the multi-source wave was faster than expected, and it was inserted before the system could cut off, and then the machine exploded."
When this answer was sent to the central nervous system... for some reason, a very ominous thought welled up in Bi Yunfeng's mind.
"Do you think... we've been targeted by another alien civilization?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the meeting room fell silent.
Believe it or not, the probability is as high as 99%!
It looks as if someone suddenly swept their detection equipment with a waveform, and then the detection equipment exploded due to overload.
The key point is that when they went to look for it again, the wave had vanished without a trace.
“Your Excellency, that…is entirely possible.”
“Telescopes are specifically designed to record signals at natural wavelengths, but this attack was clearly not a wavelength that should exist in nature. Therefore, as we feared most, this could very well be a test from some civilization.”