Five minutes later, half-dead jazz music was playing again in the "broken tavern". The deeply unconscious "Spider" was tied to the table leg with a metal rope with electric shock function, and Principal Lu, who was about to go back to have a beauty sleep, also sat back at the bar.
The green lizard lay on Max's shoulder, motionless, like a plastic ornament.
Lu Bixing stroked the lizard's back in a frivolous way. The lizard didn't react, and he got goose bumps all over his arms. "Can anyone tell me what the fun of raising this thing is?"
Zhan Lu answered him with reason: "Reptiles have a very long history. Because they are ancient and mysterious, many gods and demons imagined by human civilization since the beginning of the Earth era are based on reptiles. You see, they are very quiet, but their constantly changing body temperature and circulating life magnetic field are very gorgeous. They are contradictory and peculiar creatures, full of charm like living antiques."
The romantic sentiment of artificial intelligence made Lu Bixing feel confused.
Fourth Brother said perfunctorily, "He meant that this thing is suitable as a backdrop for photo shoots."
Lu Bixing suddenly realized, accepted the reason, and quickly recognized the cuteness of reptiles.
Fourth Brother tapped his fingers twice on the bar counter, drawing Lu Bixing's attention back: "You mentioned the Garden of Eden just now. How much do you know about it?"
Lu Bixing boasted: "If I had enough funds and manpower, I could build one in the eighth galaxy!"
The fourth brother listened to him boasting patiently and felt that the earth's crust as big as Beijing could accommodate Young Master Lu's boast.
"'The Garden of Eden' is the first lesson in the Department of Information Technology, and I personally compiled the popular science textbook," Lu Bixing drank the soft drink in his cup in one gulp, moistened his throat, and prepared to give a long speech, "My two classmates, do you know where the dividing line between the new calendar era and the old calendar era is?"
Fourth brother was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Zhan Lu responded cooperatively: "In terms of political system, it is the establishment of an alliance. In terms of technology, it is the establishment of the 'Garden of Eden'."
"Very accurate," Lu Bixing snapped his fingers and lowered his voice. "Then I ask the students to close their eyes, let their imaginations run wild, and come with me to the capital planet of our alliance. Suppose you are an ordinary person living in Votto. Your living standard in Votto is similar to that in Beijing. You also live in a pencil-like tube building with one bedroom and one living room."
Zhan Lu couldn't help but say: "But..."
There is no such thing as a "tube building" in Watteau.
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"Under the cover of the 'Garden of Eden', your home should be like this: in the morning, you open your eyes and find yourself lying on the soft grass, the fragrance of grass and trees condenses around you, and your favorite animals are running around. Of course, they are just fresh and cute, and they definitely don't have the problem of urinating and defecating anywhere. Or maybe you like the sea, then your home will be like the bottom of the sea, with corals and colorful fish swimming around you, you can feel the sea water supporting you like a cradle, but as a mammal, you will not encounter any breathing and air pressure problems." Lu Bixing's voice is very suitable for promoting cult organizations, and it has its own fascinating function. When he said this, he smiled, "This is just a corner of the beauty of the Garden of Eden."
Zhan Lu was still pondering the question he had just asked: "You explained it very well, but the first galaxy does not have a tube..."
"Okay," the fourth brother interrupted them, "stop talking nonsense and get to the point."
Principal Lu's passionate midnight class was dampened by him, and he could only say dryly: "Oh, okay. 'Eden' is actually a large 'spiritual network' that connects humans and machines in parallel. It is highly overlapped with the real world and can serve people to the greatest extent."
The fourth brother said unpleasantly, "I didn't ask you to read it literal."
Lu Bixing had been around students who were getting more and more aggressive over the years, so he had a bad temper. He readily changed his words: "In a place covered by the Garden of Eden, your brain can connect to any device and artificial intelligence at any time. For example, if there is the Garden of Eden, a thought flashes through your mind, and the wine cabinet will immediately mix the drink you want and send it to you. At the same time, the Garden of Eden connects to the brain and can also react to people's senses. Let's take this drink as an example. For example, if someone wants to drink a milkshake and happens to be on a diet, the Garden of Eden recognizes this contradictory demand, and the bar will provide a glass of boiled water. The Garden of Eden network will stimulate his taste buds, so that he can drink the milkshake he wants most, but without the calories."
The fourth brother immediately asked, "Have you seen the Garden of Eden?"
Lu Bixing shrugged, "If I had the chance, I would really like to take an inter-galactic trip, but my passport was seized by my father. I heard that in the seven galaxies of the alliance, every baby born will be included in the Garden of Eden after legal registration. This legal citizen will receive the best care from birth to death, and the real world will be infinitely extended by the spiritual network. Loneliness, depression, anxiety... these are impossible to exist, because once the Garden of Eden senses that you have this tendency, it will eliminate these negative feelings by stimulating your senses and regulating your hormone levels. In ancient times on Earth, many religions had this concept---the ultimate ideal place without worries. They called it 'paradise', 'heaven' or 'Garden of Eden'. Legend has it that the gods drove humans out of the Garden of Eden, and now mortals have made a new one themselves---of course, there is nothing about the eight galaxies here, probably because someone has to go to hell."
The fourth brother did not intend to discuss the national economy and people's livelihood with him, and did not deviate from the topic even with punctuation marks: "Why do you think the tools used by this human trafficker are related to the 'Garden of Eden'?"
"Hallucination, Lin, the technology that can interfere with both humans and artificial intelligence can only make me think of the Garden of Eden." Lu Bixing tapped his temple, "Everything has two sides. Whoever can make you happy can also make you lost. When the Garden of Eden was built, the seven galaxies worked out a box of legal clauses, strictly prohibiting the Garden of Eden technology from interfering with normal cognition and human free thought. But technology itself is a double-edged sword. It can serve the people, but it can also dig into the people's corners. In addition, my student should be a person with empty brain syndrome."
About 1% of the human population cannot adapt to the Garden of Eden system due to genetic defects and congenital low mental strength - in simple terms, their brains are poorly connected.
If you force your way into the Garden of Eden over time, it may cause mental disorders or even endanger your life. This is called "empty brain syndrome."
In the first few decades of the new star calendar, when the Garden of Eden was not yet mature, these people could still survive, but as the Garden of Eden system became more and more integrated into human life, these "defective products" were gradually marginalized. Empty brain syndrome has a clear genetic tendency and often appears repeatedly in a family.
After General Tyler Lu recaptured the Eighth Galaxy, a large number of people with hollow-brain syndrome who suffered discrimination moved their families to this place with nothing, and lived together with the messy indigenous people in the "desert", causing the vote to establish the Garden of Eden system in the Eighth Galaxy to never pass... Of course, even if the vote passed, no one would allocate funds to the gorillas in the Eighth Galaxy.
The fourth brother looked up at Zhan Lu.
Zhan Lu understood, opened his hand, and showed the knowledgeable Principal Lu the biochip he had taken from the Spider's heart: "This should be the 'double-edged sword', Principal Lu, I wonder if you also have expertise in information technology."
"What do you mean?" Lu Bixing was surprised. After a moment, he finally pulled his eyes away from the chip and forced himself to remain reserved. "Want to hire me as a researcher? It's difficult. I don't have a suitable laboratory right now."
Fourth Brother raised his eyebrows: "You are using my name to cheat people everywhere, and you have cobbled together a crappy school without even a laboratory?"
Lu Bixing sighed and said pretentiously: "Ancient Rome was not built in a day. Xinghai Academy is still very young and needs a gradual improvement process."
Fourth Brother: "Don't talk nonsense."
... Young Master Lu lowered his head, "There is a little funding problem."
Xinghai College is not like what outsiders speculate, where the second-generation rich people who are lazy and carefree spend the pocket money given by their biological father to play around. No biological father in the world would support his son to run away from home. When Lu Bixing was driving his modified mecha around, the one-eyed eagle froze all his accounts.
Back then, Young Master Lu cheated and sold his modified mecha to a sucker, so he had the money to build the school.
Xinghai College had just opened and many facilities needed repair. The faculty and staff he had deceived needed to be paid salaries, and the equipment and machines needed maintenance. The tuition fees paid by the students were simply a drop in the bucket - most of them were "poor students" who not only did not pay tuition, but also wanted scholarships.
Principal Lu looks like a decent person, but he is so poor that he has to sell himself.
However, his biggest worry was not taken to heart by his fourth brother. He lowered his head and lit a cigarette, then sent the guest away and made the final decision lightly: "I know, that's it. You can settle the amount with Max and ask him to give it to you."
Lu Bixing almost knelt down and called him "Dad". He exerted great efforts to maintain the dignity of a scholar. He nodded very restrainedly: "Thank you for your support for education. On behalf of the school board, I have decided to award you an honorary doctorate degree from our school."
The fourth brother thought he was talking nonsense and pointed at the door with his chin, signaling him to kneel down quickly.
Principal Lu still refused to give up and took Fourth Brother's hand forcefully, shaking it up and down: "As the biggest sponsor of our school, I have a surprise for you. Tomorrow morning, our school will hold the second freshman admission ceremony. We have reserved a VIP seat for you, Dr. Lin, and sincerely invite you to attend the ceremony."
The freshly minted Dr. Lin replied: "Get lost."
Lu Bixing took the bloody biochip from Zhan Lu, not minding the dirt at all. He put it on his lips and K!ssed it in a romantic manner, then walked away.
The wind chimes at the front door were jingling loudly due to his elegant footsteps. When the people walked away, the fourth brother smiled faintly and said to Zhan Lu, "Pour me another glass of wine."
Zhan Lu was just like the "Garden of Eden" described by Lu Bixing. Without his instructions, he mixed a glass of wine precisely according to his taste, added two ice cubes and placed it in front of the fourth brother: "Sir, you admire Principal Lu very much."
Fourth brother's eyes swept over the rim of the wine glass and glanced at him.
"You are very patient with him. I rarely see you so patient." Zhan Lu put the green lizard back into the glass tank and tidied up the bar in an orderly manner.
The fourth brother did not comment: "Do you think I am always impatient? The researchers who followed me before were all very talkative, and they talked nonsense. I didn't say anything, did I?"
Data analysis charts were jumping in Zhan Lu's green eyes, which were like calm lakes. He planned to use enough data to explain his point of view in an orderly manner.
However, the fourth brother did not give him a chance.
Lin drank the wine in the cup, and his relaxed expression turned cold again. He ordered: "Max, you should sleep."
Zhan Lu was stunned: "Sir, do you want me to sleep completely, or sleep the host and keep basic monitoring functions?"
The fourth brother said: "Total sleep, set time for three hours, and wake up at dawn."
"Yes, prepare to sleep. It will enter full sleep mode in one minute." Zhan Lu repeated his orders word by word. The human body gradually "melted" and merged with the bar. Soon, only a mechanical arm hanging next to the wine cabinet was left.
The robot suddenly said, "Sir, I am at your service. Unless your life is in danger, I will unconditionally execute any of your orders. Whether you are morally upright or cruel and despicable, it makes no difference to me. There is no function in my program settings to evaluate the master."
The fourth brother stared quietly at the melting ice in the empty cup, as if he didn't hear anything.
A minute later, the robotic arm dropped down and there was no sound.
The fourth brother stood up, washed the cup, wiped his hands, and then walked towards the spider tied to the corner of the table.
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