Overturned Tower

As he spoke, Delphinium poured Russell a cup of hot water and handed it over to him.

Today, Russell has developed the habit of staying at Delphinium's house on weekends.And from Monday to Thursday, Delphinium followed Russell back to Russell's house.

With Delphinium's help and care, it was much easier for Russell to enter the dream world—he no longer had to tie himself up and find a way to give himself a needle.Delphinium's poison is much better than the quick-acting tranquilizer Russell obtained, and just a light breath can make Russell fall into a deep sleep.

But considering that Russell's adventures in the dream world may have an impact on reality.Therefore, when they were at Russell's house, the two slept separately.

When at Delphinium's house, Russell and Delphinium shared a bed.

During the days of taking care of the delphinium, Russell has gradually adapted to this sense of security—for some reason, when he slept with the delphinium, he became less and less fond of rolling around, and even his sleeping position was invisible. A lot has been corrected.

Russell hugged the warm water and drank tons of it in one gulp.Only then did I fully wake up.

"You got up so early, Flotie."

Russell's long hair, usually tied into a ponytail, was loose, making him look quite soft at the moment.

After they established their relationship, Russell finally learned the delphinium's name.

It was a nice name that would remind him of "flowers".

"Because I went to bed at eleven o'clock..."

Delphinium took the water glass that Russell had finished drinking, pinched Russell's face angrily: "Don't sleep at night, wake up in the morning.

"Sleep is not allowed at noon today... go to bed early tonight."

His skin is soft and elastic, like a cat, and it can be easily torn off without causing him any pain.

After delphinium was pleasantly surprised to discover this, she would come over to have a pinch.

"But I'm so sleepy..."

Russell's eyes narrowed.

"No, let's sleep together at night."

Delphinium said indifferently.

She knows the truth of not boiling cats during the day, but cats boiling people at night.

Russell's energy at night is obviously much stronger than that during the day... the same job, he would yawn frequently when doing the same work during the day, or go back to his senses and surf the Internet.Even I can play with my own tail for a while, as long as I don't work, I can do whatever...

But at night, he is sober and sane.So when Russell suddenly has something urgent, she will not urge Russell to go to bed, get up and then do it, but let him go back to sleep after finishing.At worst, let God's Vessel come out to replace him the next day...

"But I'm really sleepy—"

"No."

Delphinium answered in seconds.

She knew that Russell was just pretending, she just wanted to act like a baby.

"That dear."

Russell settled for the next best thing.

Rather, this is what he wanted.

Delphinium smiled lightly, and gently kissed Russell who raised his head: "Are you awake?"

"Okay~"

Russell yelled, and sat up wrapped in the quilt.

Then delphinium rubbed his face vigorously and helped him comb his somewhat messy hair. Russell squinted his eyes and enjoyed it, making a gurgling sound deep in his throat.

"I'm going to work first. Remember to fold the quilt before leaving... Otherwise, my mother will say me again when she sees it."

While stroking Russell's head, Delphinium exhorted: "I've taken your leave today. Remember to wash your face and comb your hair before going to Director Amirus's. It's snowing outside, so wear thick clothes. Point. You can take a taxi to pick you up, there must be a lot of people in the Skytrain today...Did you hear that? I heard a meow."

"Meow~"

"That's what I heard."

Delphinium pinched Russell's ear with a lot of interest: "I'm going first... Mom is out. I made breakfast and put it on the living room dining table. I know you won't be able to get up for a while, so I'll make it for you You can eat the sandwich when it’s cold. But don’t eat it on the road, it’s too cold outside, so go after eating. I didn’t make you an omelette, it won’t taste good if it’s cold... If you want to eat, you can fry one yourself. Or should I fry an egg for you before leaving?"

"It's okay, I'm in no hurry."

Being pinched ears made Russell a little uncomfortable.He shook his head and pulled out his ears, and said casually, "I'll cook an egg myself...you go to work!"

"Okay~ Don't fall asleep again. I'll call you in half an hour, and you better really get up."

Delphinium smiled and pinched Russell's face again, and finally went out.

Russell, who was wrapped in a quilt and turned into a curly cat, just stared at the snow outside the window.

The silent and pale snow that covered the ground reminded Russell of the memory of the blue songbird when he was a child.

——But he is different from the blue robin at that time.

He is no longer alone.

Chapter 3 Synth Rebellion

Although he was reluctant to wake up, Russell arrived at the director's office of Amirus one minute before the appointed time.

"You really got stuck."

Amirus sat at his desk looking at the files.

When he saw Russell pushing the door in, he looked up at the time: "It's still 15 seconds away from the appointed time, why don't you wait a little longer at the door?"

"I'm worried that even if I step on the spot, you will say that I am late because I am one second late."

Russell, who was wrapped in a cold air, put his hands together and shrank into the corner of the sofa.

He squinted his eyes and said lazily: "This is the essence of modern technology. Accurate planning of travel routes can effectively reduce meaningless waiting time.

"Everyone's time is precious, so don't waste it waiting for each other."

The heater in this office was turned on just right, as if it was blowing him to melt.

"You don't seem to be in good spirits."

Director Amirus said with a smile, "Why don't you lie down and take a nap?"

"Let's get down to business first."

Russell opened his eyes and looked at the old elf: "Is there anything that needs to be interviewed? And you asked me to come over several days in advance...is it a big deal?"

"Well. It's a big business."

Amirus said gently, "I would like to invite you on a business trip to Tongshen Island."

"On business trip?"

Russell was a little surprised: "Why me? Why Tongshen Island?"

Amirus is the director of Thoth's spiritual energy. If he asked him to go on a business trip, he should also go to Sun Island, which is controlled by Thoth's spiritual power...not the Tongshen Island to which the fake Tokifat director belongs.

Even if he really wanted to go on a business trip to Tongshen Island by himself, why didn't that fake Tokifat come to find him in person?

"This is actually a task entrusted to me by someone. But the person I can command has already been killed by you."

"Actually, you can also choose another person. After all, the hero profession is still very popular. If you want to choose, it should be quite easy to choose."

"That can't be done. I'm about to die, so don't trouble the next one... Just let him choose whoever he wants."

"So you're giving me trouble?"

Russell asked angrily: "Then since you have no one at hand who can do this, why do you continue?"

"Because it's fun."

The old elf smiled and said, "I immediately agreed when I heard this, because I know you will definitely agree."

"Not necessarily."

Russell narrowed his eyes: "Why don't you talk about it first? What exactly is it?"

"There is a small problem on Tongshen Island," the old elf said lightly. "A group of synthetics have rebelled. They have stolen the control of a machine soldier, and hope to find someone to help solve it."

"……Uh-huh??"

After hearing a few sentences, Russell suddenly couldn't hold back anymore.

He looked at Amirus in astonishment: "Wait, wait a minute... why don't you define first, what is a synthetic human?"

"That's what you think."

Amirus said gently: "The kind of artificial human that can be produced from the assembly line at the touch of a button."

"...AI rebellion?"

Russell had a ghostly expression on his face, and the drowsiness and drowsiness that was still lingering between his brows suddenly disappeared: "There is no rebellion on Chongguang Island... What are you doing? How can I solve such a big problem? "

"No, no, it's not that outrageous."

Amirus quickly and patiently explained: "It's not artificial intelligence, but ordinary human beings. Although their bodies are artificial, the souls inside are real."

"...to elaborate."

Russell frowned slightly, vaguely realizing why this job would be found on Director Amirus.

Thoth Spirit is the only company among the seven giants that does research on things like "soul".

If there is a problem with Shenzhi Heavy Industry's research on the soul, I am afraid that only Thoth Ling can wipe their ass.

But Thoth Lingneng obviously didn't intend to help them himself, instead he was in a spectatorial position.

On Russell's side, if the operation is good... this may be regarded as an opportunity.

For ordinary people, this kind of thing is thankless.

Regardless of whether such a major matter can be resolved, no matter how it is handled, I am afraid it will not end well in the end.

It is a blessing not to be silenced.

However, for Russell, it can be regarded as a kind of prestige capital.The Tower of Babel is also eager to get more secrets...

Russell was thoughtful, and raised his head to look at Amyrus' face carefully.

That old and kind face became satisfied just because Russell gave an ambiguous attitude and didn't immediately reject it.

Curiosity and excitement have completely overwhelmed Russell's inner laziness.

"I think you should know about 'Dust Gap'."

Amirus asked: "How much do you know about that matter?"

"Understanding the extent to which Chen Gap holds the 'Monkey-faced Eagle Program'."

Russell said it without hesitation.

By now, he has roughly guessed what happened on Tongshen Island.

There was no need to hide that matter any longer.

"Then it appears that you have everything you need to know."

The old elf gloated: "Actually, Tongshen Island's attempt to create a 'bionic body' did not start after they obtained the monkey-faced eagle and Dust Gap.

"They've been trying to make a synthetic human for a long time. Or to be more precise, what they're really trying to make is a 'prosthetic brain.'"

In fact, even with the development of technology in this world to such an extent, the human brain is still a black box.

No matter how high the degree of prosthesis is, it is impossible to reach 100%.

Because of prosthetic transformation, it is always necessary to avoid the brain.Organs of the whole body can be replaced, but only the brain cannot be replaced with a prosthetic body.

Just like people with too high a degree of prosthetic body transformation, they will suffer from "cyber disease"-it is a kind of mental illness.They cannot confirm their existence, or even that they are alive.

This situation can be circumvented to a certain extent by using more expensive personal systems and more expensive prosthetic parts.

Because expensive prosthetics can analyze external touch and immediately feed back bionic signals to the brain, and more expensive personal systems can also assist adaptation by better and more precisely regulating hormones.

But even so, the way people solve "cyber psychosis" is to send specific signals to the brain to trick his brain into still having a sense of touch and presence, rather than fundamentally solving this problem by directly transforming the brain.

"The technology of Shenzhi Heavy Industry has reached the level of being able to synthesize 'any part except the brain' since more than ten years ago. But on the other hand, they have been stuck here for more than ten years. Up to now, they have done a good job. I have made all the preparations and intend to cross this 'last boundary of cyber immortality', so I need to obtain the 'Monkey-faced Eagle Program'."

Director Amirus said slowly: "[Monkey-faced Eagle] is the best pioneer."

Chapter 4 Prosthetic Brain