Chapter 409 Digital Ghost

Chapter 409 Digital Ghost

Chapter 409 Digital Ghost
On the big screen, Ning Li, who plays Dr. Ma Zhao, shows off his superb acting skills in front of movie fans.

“Digital life also has needs, just like humans need to eat. Digital life also has the instinct to receive information from the outside world. Information is their food.

However, nowadays, purely uploaded digital life without a physical body in the real world will be eaten to death because they cannot digest this "food".

As for those digital lives that have physical support in reality, although they can digest food, this also comes at a price. Their bodies will inevitably decay due to the rapid consumption of brain energy.

Even though we take good care of their bodies, the degree of decay is accelerating at a rate that defies scientific common sense."

“And if we don’t ‘feed’ them with data information, as you just said, it would be a form of torture.

Even if they are still ‘alive’ in the conventional sense, they are merely frozen in the digital world, in storage devices.”

The depth of Dr. Ma Zhao's words made Shi Qiang and the audience in front of the big screen fall into deep thought.

They were all brought into the story by these words. Clearly this was just a concept in a science fiction movie, they couldn't help but imagine, if there really was such thing as consciousness uploading and digital life, would the situation be as Dr. Ma said?

At this time, Song Yiyun also added:

“Although we cannot prove it yet, we can draw a conclusion through a large amount of research data.

That is, there must be some mysterious connection between human consciousness and body that we have not yet discovered, and which cannot be observed or touched.

This has also become the biggest obstacle for us to further study human consciousness and digital life."

By this time, Shi Qiang had come back to his senses from the huge amount of information and nodded to show that he understood.

"It's just like what was said in some of the fairy tales and fantasy novels I read. Digital life without a body is like a ghost. It is difficult for it to survive in the outside world. It is easy to lose its memory and self-awareness, and it will disappear into thin air when the sun shines.

Digital life with a physical body is the Taoist spirit. With the support of a physical body, the soul can leave the body and travel in the digital network world by day or night.

Dr. Ma didn't expect that Captain Shi would use Taoist terminology to understand today's most advanced digital life technology. He was stunned at first, but the more he thought about it, the more interesting it seemed to him.

But before Dr. Ma could speak, his body suddenly trembled, he coughed a few times, and then his complexion became even worse.

If Song Yiyu beside him hadn't been quick to help him, he would have slipped off the chair.

"Doc, Doc, what's wrong with you?"

After a lot of chaos, Dr. Ma Zhao returned to his hospital bed.

Shi Qiang stood outside the ward, holding the test report in his hand, with a very ugly expression on his face.

The doctor in charge of Dr. Ma said beside him:

"Our first reaction was definitely infection, but based on the situation, we expanded the scope of testing and found out that it was a radioactive isotope called polonium.

The ink sac of the fountain pen that injured Dr. Ma contained radioactive solution, and we found traces of it in the wound.”

"How to treat it?" Shi Qiang asked directly.

"This is radiation poisoning. It has entered the blood system and there is no way to treat it."

The doctor's answer was very brief, but it was not what Shi Qiang wanted to hear.

However, he also knew that this doctor was already extremely excellent and would not lie to him.

But just because conventional treatments don’t work doesn’t mean other treatments won’t work.

Shi Qiang recalled some of the materials obtained in the previous mission. Dr. Ma was one of the most important scientific researchers in China at present. Perhaps he had to report to his superiors or even apply to his leaders in person.

He walked into the ward and did not hide the truth, but also told Dr. Ma that the organization would never give up on him.

Some of the related technologies they have at hand may be able to improve his condition, but he has to go back to the headquarters to discuss with the relevant scientific researchers first, so that Dr. Ma can rest assured and recuperate at home.

After Dr. Ma was sent home, he waited until Shi Qiang left. Then he looked at the female student who had been following him for the past six months and asked in a weak voice:
"Are these all in your plan?"

"Teacher, what are you talking about?"

Song Yiyu looked bewildered, but although Dr. Ma looked listless, his eyes shone with shrewdness at this moment, as if he had seen through her.

"You have gone to great lengths to get close to me and persuaded my students to rebel. I guess you don't want to kill an old man like me, although it is indeed worth a bounty."

"Teacher, I don't know what you mean by this?"

Song Yiyu continued to play dumb, but Dr. Ma Zhao was already a little impatient. He stared at her for a few seconds and then said lightly.

"I'm sleepy."

Song Yiyu obediently took out a dream helmet that had appeared in "Inception" and put it on Dr. Ma, and then put one on herself.

The two of them lay on the sofa together and fell asleep.

In the pure white dream, Dr. Ma Zhao and Song Yiyu stood opposite each other.

"Can you tell me now? What is your purpose in approaching me?"

Dr. Ma in the dream was obviously in much better condition, and he spoke with full energy.

However, Song Yiyun, who was Q played by Wan Qian, stopped pretending but still shook her head.

"Teacher, I really don't know about this, but don't worry, I'll let the real master tell you."

As she finished her words, the pure white dream space suddenly flickered and changed, and the two of them appeared in a laboratory. At the same time, Song Yiyu in front of Dr. Ma Zhao also turned into a figure in a white coat.

This transformation is extremely natural, and there is no trace of special effects CG at all, but what everyone is more concerned about is the true identity of the man in the white coat.

It’s Wang Zhiwen!

Many people in the audience who have watched enough movies recognized him. After all, he is an extremely famous actor in the entertainment industry, especially his dialogue skills. His "Blue Porcelain", "The Way of Heaven" and "Black Ice" all left a deep impression on everyone.

Of course, he's not called that in the movie Transcendence.

"Dr. Ma, I've heard a lot about you. We finally meet!"

Wang Zhiwen extended his hand to Dr. Ma Zhao, and Dr. Ma stared at his face for a long time, then he let out a breath and extended his hand to shake his hand.

"Dr. Chen Ang, it's you. I've heard of you before." Dr. Chen Ang! He is Dr. Chen Ang! The actor who plays Dr. Chen is Wang Zhiwen!
This sudden revelation of the secret excited many fans of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe at the scene.

You should know that the question about the actor who plays Dr. Chen has become the focus of attention of many movie fans due to the Easter eggs in several previous movies in the movie universe.

Everyone wants to know who this mad scientist who is the actual controller of the Brilliant Group behind the scenes is.

At this time, he finally revealed his true face, and it turned out to be Teacher Wang Zhiwen. This was really surprising.

At this time, the story on the big screen continues.

"I'm curious, how did you end up here?" Dr. Ma couldn't help but ask after looking at Dr. Chen.

Indeed, this is the dream world created jointly by Dr. Ma and Song Yiyun. Dr. Chen Ang is not with them, so how did he enter their shared dream?

"It's just a little trick."

Dr. Chen's voice has a special magnetism. Although he speaks softly, it seems to carry some kind of magic that makes people want to listen carefully to his words.

"Is that what you should call her, Yiyun? She has some small talents, and I used her small talents to build a second personality in the depths of her heart, which is me."

Dr. Chen said it lightly, but Dr. Ma showed a shocked expression on his face.

"You hypnotized her and built a second personality in her mind based on you, just to meet me?!

You...you are simply..."

Dr. Ma was speechless for a moment at Dr. Chen Ang's insane behavior.

However, Dr. Chen seemed to be completely unaware that there was anything wrong with his behavior, and he did not explain the matter in detail. He just stretched out his hand and pushed open the door next to him and walked in. At the same time, his extremely seductive voice came out from the room:
"Come and see the gift I prepared for you."

Behind the open door was another strange laboratory. Dr. Ma did not hesitate and walked in boldly. This was his dream and there was nothing to be afraid of.

However, as soon as he entered the room and saw the things in the room clearly, he was shocked all over and subconsciously walked a few more steps forward. In the center of the room, a huge cylindrical glass container stood quietly, filled with sticky light yellow liquid. A graceful female body was wrapped in the liquid, and some life-sustaining tubes just covered the important parts of her body.

"Ali?!"

Dr. Ma Zhao looked at the female body floating in the culture tank, which was almost identical to his daughter, and felt somewhat confused.

Although he knew that this was just a dream and everything in a dream should be fake, he couldn't help but wonder what the purpose of Dr. Chen in simulating this scene and showing it to him was.

Dr. Chen ignored Dr. Ma and had no intention of explaining to him. He just stood in front of the glass jar, looked at the female body inside, and continued to speak in his magnetic voice:

"The ancient Chinese sage Chun Yang Zhenren once said that cultivating life without cultivating nature is the first problem in cultivation.

Similarly, if one only cultivates one's nature but not one's destiny, it will be difficult for one's soul to become a saint.

Taoist practice emphasizes the dual cultivation of nature and life. The so-called nature refers to the spirit, and life refers to the body. Our ancestors had already done research on the connection between the spirit and the body thousands of years ago.

I'm sure you've noticed that they complement each other."

At this point, Dr. Chen chuckled lightly. Although he was facing away from the camera, everyone seemed to be able to "see" the mockery and ridicule on his face just from the sound.

“I’ve read about your research, and it’s really in-depth in terms of the human subconscious, and it has produced many interesting little results.

But it is still too restrictive. Mortal ethics, morals and thinking are still limiting you.

Those problems, in the final analysis, are simply that consciousness or soul cannot continue to exist without the nourishment of the body.

Your vision is limited to consciousness, spirit and soul, networks, information, software and hardware, but this is not enough."

Dr. Chen suddenly turned his head and looked at Dr. Ma behind him.

"The brain has a very magical function, which is forgetting.

Many people think it is a defect and believe that its existence limits our learning and technological development, but they don’t know that it is also a protective mechanism we developed during the evolution process.

The disembodied digital life forms in your experiment, because they do not have the brain's protective mechanism of forgetting, endlessly accommodate data and find it difficult to reasonably filter the flow of data information, lead to the collapse of digital life's consciousness.

This phenomenon also has similar cases in real medicine. We generally call it "hyperthymesia". Patients often suffer because they cannot forget. "

When Dr. Ma heard Dr. Chen's remarks, he suddenly realized something. He felt that some of the problems that had troubled him in his past research had been solved, but at the same time, more problems also arose.

He subconsciously walked to Dr. Chen's side, stood side by side with him, looked at the glass jar in front of him, and couldn't help but start discussing academic issues.

“We have considered what you said in our research, but the human forgetting mechanism is very complicated. If we want to simulate it in a digital network, the relevant algorithms are simply difficult to implement.

We cannot judge which information and knowledge are useful and which are useless to human consciousness or digital life. "

"The fact that you can think of this at least proves that you are not as hopeless as those idiots."

There was a hint of appreciation in Dr. Chen's eyes as he looked at Dr. Ma.

"The uniqueness of each living organism is based on redundant information that some people consider to be 'useless'."

"So, there is still no solution after all." Dr. Ma sighed.

"is it?"

Dr. Chen looked at him with a smile. His tone was perfectly normal, but it sounded full of temptation.

"Your research on digital life is currently limited by two points. One is that digital life will collapse without the support of a real body. The other is that even if digital life has a body, the body cannot withstand the pressure brought about by the rapid expansion and upgrading of digital life in the network information space.

From the Taoist point of view, this is a problem of imbalance between nature and destiny. If nature is harmed by destiny, it will not last long.

From a computer science perspective, this is the incompatibility between software and hardware, and the hardware cannot keep up with the iterative updates of the software."

As Dr. Chen Ang spoke, he bent his fingers and tapped the glass jar in front of him. The sticky liquid inside rippled layer by layer. The crisp and rhythmic sound was like a magic sound, which poured into Dr. Ma's ears and made him a little dazed for a moment.

“Of course, life is sometimes stronger and more potential than you think.

Just remove some of the restrictions and they will find a way out and burst into life."

(End of this chapter)