Overturned Tower

Just listening to it, Delphinium felt a very strong sense of contradiction: the harmony between man and machine, continuous progress, and a fair and equal society brought hope and light, while the wall of "talent" and the extreme "efficiency", "De-waste" makes more people lose the value of existence.

Here, directors no longer have supreme power, and everything is controlled by cold and impartial artificial intelligence.

It is an intelligent system that is far more accurate and understands human nature than the big data analysis of Happy Island.But it is not used to continuously push various advertisements to people's faces, but to maintain the orderly operation of the city.

People are no longer so absurd and depraved, but become ignorant and pious.

Most people have the idea of ​​being considerate of others, and struggle painfully on the ideal road that they can never catch up with...

Obviously no one persecutes them, and no one restrains them, but because of the conflict between the "meaning of existence" and "moral conscience" they long for, they are tossing and suffering in the frying pan of hell.

Is this, yearning for and respecting the light... Chongguang Island?

Hope and despair are closely intertwined because of people's pursuit of goodness and beauty.

"Therefore, in Sogo Island... the industries that ordinary people are engaged in, most of them are voluntary labor with 'no wages'.

"It's not about profit, so there's no artificial intelligence to 'free' it, to lower the 'cost of living'. Instead, labor itself becomes something to be fought for...and it seems so hypocritical.

"Because they can work and show their own value, it's just because the three sages didn't make a move.

"If the Magi really wanted to replace this industry, there were countless ways they could replace it with artificial intelligence at the highest level of optimization. They didn't do it, they just didn't want to do it for a while.

"Human labor is worthless and meaningless. Only the best brains in society can barely keep up with the progress of artificial intelligence whose computing power is not so high. Most of the Labor, compared with these intelligent machines, seems so clumsy, wasteful and inefficient. The three sages treat human beings like loving mothers and fathers, just like parents watching their children clumsily fry a dish. Serving delicious dishes and eating them with relish.”

Russell sighed: "I will leave Sogo Island, not just because of Alice's last words.

"It's more because...the place is full of light, but only hope is lacking.

"Did you know that the population of Chongguang Island is decreasing year by year. Because those 'useless people' are empty and free, but they don't choose to have offspring because of it... It's not how much pressure there is to raise children, but they give up the 'let' Kid come back 'hope.

"They realize that their talents are limited. Adhering to the attitude of being responsible for their children, they choose to cut off their genetic inheritance.

"... I think that even among the seven empty islands, Chongguang Island can definitely be called the 'best' one.

"Everyone is for me, I am for everyone. There is no oppression and exploitation from directors, and there is no pressure to survive and endless advertising and fraud. People live equally in the light, serving various gods in their hearts, and obeying the Be courteous and respectful of others.

"There are no desperadoes in the lower city of Happy Island to randomly take people's lives, nor is it like Sun Island, where human rights are divided into different levels, unlike Tongshen Island and Taoyuan Island, which lack living space, and civilians can't even get sun exposure The sun. It is not like Sacred Blood Island and Yongquan Island, where human life will be turned into consumables and a number on the company's files.

"The three sages are fair and impartial...they do follow the principles of 'truth', 'goodness', and 'beauty', seek the welfare of the greatest number of people, and reduce the pressure of life for the greatest proportion of the population as much as possible. The whole The essence of the empty island is used to develop the most advanced technology... The reason why people are desperate is because they are rational and smart enough, and because there are seeds of light in their hearts.

"...However, there is no room for ordinary people to 'shine'."

"That's because they really have no value."

In the face of Russell's whispers, Beauty God just made a gentle voice: "People who sit on a vegetarian diet will only reduce the overall operating efficiency of the large system of society, which will eventually lead to a waste of resources and a waste of everyone's time. Those worthless repetitions The sex industry is going to die, and we've just accelerated the process, just as every change of tools in the past will lead to increased productivity, drastic reduction in workload, and unemployment.

"Everything is for efficiency—although ordinary people's 'wish' to express themselves cannot be fulfilled, everyone's life is constantly improving, all technologies are constantly iterating, life pressure is constantly reducing, and the cost of living Continuous optimization. In the end, the entire society will become extremely efficient... Those who are eliminated can also get enough resources.

"We believe that this kind of pain is just a kind of psychology called [hypocrisy]. Like wrong codes should be corrected, and traits that are not conducive to survival will lead to the elimination of individuals... It's just that human technology is too advanced, and the gap between groups Too gentle and united, so that even disability and disease cannot eliminate the individuals who should be eliminated. Therefore, when too many "weak people" have accumulated in the social group, and when the society develops to the point where everyone has the ability to express themselves The truth about them as 'eliminated ones' was finally revealed when they were on the platform of their abilities...

"To put it simply, the development of science and technology has greatly reduced the death of human beings, so that the "reserve" of human beings is too much. It is far more than the number of real "needs" to maintain a group. Therefore, after society becomes efficient, A lot of resources are freed up. That's it."

Chapter 10 Everything in the world has a definite number, and the definite number must be solved

This kind of floating car, which looks like a coffin and a throne, is really enjoyable to sit on.

Probably its only downside is speed...

But it's also normal.After all, this type of floating car is essentially just a viewing car.

On this journey, Delphinium even saw an even more outrageous version——

Some kind of huge marine creature, wagging its tail, slowly floated past the street; a huge sedan chair with a height of two floors was carried by a group of headless robots, and a huge mechanical icon sat cross-legged on it.

The icon has a heron's head, with one hand spread out in front of his chest, an illusory, constantly flowing projection screen is reflected from his hand, and his other hand seems to want to click something on it.

There is also a golden bull-shaped heavy armored soldier with a gold shell, which is walking slowly and heavily on the spacious street.

"That...should be a whale, right?"

Delphinium asked Russell in a low voice.

When Russell heard this, he glanced at it and replied, "Well, that's a killer whale, also called an orca. It's a very ferocious whale."

"Do people in Sogo Island still worship whales?"

"It should be from Yongquan Island... They are close to the ocean, so there should be whales worshiping them. But I remember that they didn't exist before... Maybe it was after I left."

Speaking, Russell asked casually: "God of beauty, when did the belief in whales appear?"

"It's probably because you haven't seen it before," Meishen replied calmly and gently, "That special floating car with a whale exterior was built in the winter of two years ago, before you left Sogo Island. In addition , this is not a whale belief, but a symbol of the 'killer whale gang'."

Hearing the name of some kind of gang, Delphinium finally felt a rare sense of familiarity.

She regained her spirits all of a sudden, sat up straight, and asked the God of Beauty cautiously: "Is there a gang in Chongguang Island?"

"Yes, and quite a few."

Speaking of this, Russell smiled, turned to Delphinium and said, "You still remember 'The Godfather'?"

"You mean..."

"Well. There really are 'Godfathers' on Sogo Island, and not only in sects, but in many fields.

"The culture of Sogo Island is to avoid conflicts and troubles as much as possible... But conflicts are not something you can escape if you want to, nor can you always avoid them.

"When the two sides inevitably have fierce conflicts because of their own interests, no one will back down easily. Even if both sides are soberly aware that if they fight at this time, they will eventually lose both, but if they back down here, It means that you have to eat all the losses completely.

"They are like two people colliding on motorcycles - if neither of them steers away from the steering wheel, they will die together; and the person who chooses to escape first will not only lose his 'majesty', but will also lose his dignity." Put yourself at risk because of your own dangerous actions.

"At this time, a third party is needed to 'tell the numbers'. The most common method is to invite an old man or old lady with a high status in the industry to be the godfather or godmother of both parties. For example, a praise Thanks Dr.

"Since both parties have the same godfather or godmother, according to the customs here, they can actually be regarded as a family. This old man can use his own face to ask both parties to give him face... This can be done like this never mind.

"So the two motorcycles that would have collided violently together would choose to stop together because there was an extra person in the middle. Because both sides are equal, and they chose peace under the concession of the superior, then there is no The one who is "cowardly" and "run away" first. And because of their own disputes, they can recognize a high-status old man as godfather and godmother, and they will become more face-from a certain point of view, they also The objects of previous mediation with this mediator became a 'family'.

"Those seniors have become their 'relatives and friends' because of this. If they can take this opportunity to please their godparents, they will be able to receive invitations from the elderly during festivals such as year-end sacrifices, So I joined the social circle of the elderly and met some seniors who have been famous for a long time. And this is something to be proud of."

"...But, does it make sense?"

Delphinium's expression became very complicated: "Since in Chongguang Island, these social interactions don't involve interests...then it's just 'face', right?"

"In Sogo Island, face is the most important thing. But it is really difficult to live decently... That's why there are 'gangs', so that a group of losers can help each other and gain the respect of others. Even if it is just Respect within one's own gang."

Russell reiterated: "After all, here, everyone wants to be a respected big shot."

"...You really don't look like a Sogo Islander."

Delphinium looked at Russell and sighed: "I can't see any traces of the customs of Sogo Island from you at all.

"You have not been assimilated by this land at all..."

You are so normal - Delphinium was going to say that.

But considering that the Goddess of Beauty was still watching them, Delphinium hesitated for a moment, and chose a more euphemistic way: "Is this also your talent?"

"No, in fact, I have been deeply influenced by Sogo Island."

Russell looked out the window and said softly: "Alice said...she hoped that I could become a great person, and the first thing I did was this;

"I'm already tired of the aimless but never-ending progress of Sogo Island, so I gave up my efforts and chose laziness in Happy Island; those leisure and entertainment that I can't experience at Sogo Island, I find opportunities Will enjoy...even a bottle of Coke and a bag of potato chips can satisfy me. Because in Sogo Island, although most of them can survive...but it is very difficult to improve their lives and learn skills.

"If I wasn't the chief student of Sogo University and a student of my tutor, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to find those low-paid 'occupancy jobs'... So you also know how amazing it is for Alice to be a doctor here Alright."

Alice can use her spiritual power to directly touch the lesion.

This is a great advantage.

You can take out the bullet directly without leaving an incision; you can also put your hand into the opponent's body, and directly return the dislocated, broken, or broken bone; or you can sterilize and reduce inflammation in the lesion, and give medicine directly at zero distance without worrying about infection .

Not to mention those troublesome operations that have to be operated on again, corrected or treated again if they are not completely removed.Being able to save the time for the next operation means that the opponent's recuperation time can be greatly shortened.

As for minor operations such as installing, repairing, and removing heart stents, or replacing and maintaining prosthetic livers and kidneys, it can also become much safer.Because Alice doesn't need to cut open the body to take out those things.

You can directly insert your own hand or the projected "invisible device" into the opponent's body, set the "contact only" thing, and then project something like furoshiki to wrap the target and act on the "invisible device". "Storage device", you can take out the prosthetic kidney that needs to be replaced, and then pick up a new one and put it back... It's not even much more complicated than re-attaching a film to a mobile phone.

If it goes well, the operation can be completed in about 1 minute, and even anesthesia is not required.

——For example, it is the same to clear the blocked cardiovascular and cerebrovascular.Surgery would be a lot more troublesome without using the nano-knife technology monopolized by Ampoule Biomedicine.However, Alice can directly insert the non-existent device into the affected area, and set the psychic power to make herself "only touch the blood clot".

It is so easy to catch, even the patient will not feel anything, and she can directly remove the thrombus.

From this perspective, Alice's ability is irreplaceable in a sense.

Her psychic redshift strength is only three levels, but it is so easy to use, precisely because she also has enough medical knowledge and practical experience.And has a blue shift much higher than her own red shift level, which makes her psionic power completely controlled.

If the user does not have enough medical knowledge, even if he obtains the inexistent device, he will not be able to accurately define what he needs to touch and what not to touch, and even if he defines it in this way, he may not be able to maintain it.

It can be said that many people have changed the future because of Alice's operation.

It's not that you will die if you don't get a cure, but because it takes too long to recuperate.

Regardless of their age and what jobs they are engaged in, their wasted lives will make them fall far behind compared to the same period... In the end, they will become "losers".

From this perspective...

Delphinium suddenly looked at Russell in astonishment.

——That probably means that Alice's identity has long been discovered.

Her ability is so important, her appearance is so good, and she lives alone with her young children. How can she not be investigated, harassed and attacked on weekdays?

That's probably only one answer.

That is, in fact, Alice is being sheltered - some big shots have already guessed that her identity is wrong, and they have ordered and taken care of her in advance...

... Then, who is the most important figure in Sogo Island?

Is it Dr. Zambai?

Or rather...

...the three sages?

Delphinium did not ask this topic in the car.

Until they arrived at their destination...it was a hidden small church.The two doctors said, "There are still some things that are not ready", so they entered first after a solemn apology, while Russell and Delphinium waited at the door of the church.

Only then did Delphinium cautiously whisper in Russell's ear.

Russell did not lower his voice.

He said casually in the usual conversation and chat volume: "Actually, when I knew about Alice's past, I understood...the three sages did know about it.

"However, artificial intelligence emphasizes evidence and logic. The Tower of Babel is an organization wanted by the dragon, and the pursuit of the real 'True God' has no reason to hide for me... However, the Good God is an artificial intelligence that pursues the 'greatest sum of goodness' , so he was unwilling to attack Alice who treated many civilians; the underlying logic of Beauty God is to maintain order and avoid side effects, and Alice has always been low-key and law-abiding. There is no reason to attack Alice.

"—In other words, I am actually the 'hostage' of the Three Sages controlling and monitoring Alice."

Russell replied frankly: "Since I was born, a chip was buried in the back of my head.

"You also know that if you hack into someone else's chip, you can access all the other person's personal information. In addition, you can also hear everything he says and see everything he sees.

"This principle is the same for the three sages. There is no artificial intelligence with stronger computing power than them... Not to mention, this chip was originally issued by them. Just like Tianen Group can access the chip permissions at any time, the three Sages can do it too.

"In other words, as long as they are in the network of Sogo Island... any citizen of Sogo Island will have no secrets for them. Even those without codes can complete surveillance through the surrounding facilities.

"Including the messages and emails you send me, the same. Although they don't care, it doesn't mean they can't see it.

"The original body is a "god" living in the virtual network world, without the restriction of "can only do one thing at the same time" by human beings, and in the network created by oneself, each individual has a terminal issued by himself ...

"They can control all the vehicles on Sogo Island without delay or confusion, and they can naturally check the emails of all residents, and they can hear what they say and see.

"That's why Sogo Island can achieve 'crime prediction'-before the criminals officially start committing crimes, or even before they make a decision, the enforcement department will be notified. And when they start committing crimes, they will be arrested and commit crimes. was forcibly terminated.

"In other words, the three sages actually understand people's hearts better than humans... Before the 'suspect' is sure whether he has committed a crime, the three sages already know the answer. People who don't choose to commit crimes don't know it, but they will People who choose to commit crimes can also be calculated by the three sages before they have such thoughts.

"From this perspective, in fact, what talents each person possesses and what kind of person they will eventually become... The three sages actually know it all. They didn't announce it because of [gentleness]...or in other words, 'no necessary'."

Russell said leisurely: "I'm afraid, the three sages already know that we are all members of the Tower of Babel.

"But it doesn't matter. Because I'm going to be Thrall, and they'll know about it too. Besides, they've got something to ask of us."

"...That's why we were blocked at the airport by two Dr. Zanbai."

Delphinium reacted.

"You're so clever, Flotie."

Russell rubbed the delphinium's ears affectionately: "You also know that we didn't really accept the commission of the company to help them with something. It was just an excuse to fool the people of Happy Island.

"We were able to access the network here when the airship arrived at the border of Sogo Island. From then on to our landing, it took less than half an hour. In other words, the moment the three sages connected to the network , already knew our identities...and sent two Dr. Zanbai to the airport. They asked us, this is a kind of transaction...it is a kind of sincerity. By exchanging enough benefits, let They can acquiesce in our existence."

Russell looked at the closed door of the church, and said quietly: "It's better to say, with the help of the three sages, there will really be guests who have already received the door, but suddenly realize that you are 'not ready', Did it happen that the guests were left hanging at the door?

"This is obviously because the God of Beauty guessed that you had something to say, so they asked them to put us at the door and give us some time. This is to let me make these words clear to you... really A kind of "gentleness" in the style of the three sages. It's like they could judge people's limits early on, but they didn't tell these poor people.