Chapter 8 Chapter 8 The Mysterious Matrix

Tang Long got on the spaceship after a year's absence, went to the cab and sat in the driver's seat. He was not only here to take another look at the 23rd Regiment base, but also to write down the route data.He thought that he would have the opportunity to drive a spaceship by himself in the future to visit these five robot instructors who cultivated him. Seeing the command tower getting farther and farther away, the spaceship exited the base soon and saw the meteorite.Knowing that the spaceship was about to turn around, Tang Long took one last look with reluctance and closed his eyes.

After a roar, the spaceship came to a stop. Tang Long straightened his clothes, touched the military rank on his shoulder, smiled triumphantly, and walked out of the cabin. As the passage entered the entrance of the airport, before Tang Long took out the magnetic card and stuffed it into the magnetic card hole, the checkpoint was released.And a voice from the computer came from the side: "Tang Long, welcome back." "Oh, thanks." Tang Long was very surprised why no magnetic card was used for verification, and although the computer could say polite words, it didn't add the name, and what's more, didn't it usually say "you"?Why does it sound like "you".

When he saw the electronic scanner on the top of the hall, he thought self-righteously that it had confirmed his identity early on, so he didn't need a magnetic card, so there would be polite words with his name added.So Tang Long happily walked towards the long-distance passage that scared him last time. He had no idea that the central computer regarded Tang Long as a friend or a junior because of those robot instructors.Now the central computer has started to take special care of him. When Tang Long appeared in the deployment hall last time, he immediately attracted the attention of countless people.Girls who want to join the army look at this unusual and attractive handsome officer.And those male reserve soldiers stared at the second lieutenant rank on Tang Long's shoulder.

Tang Long saw the soldiers standing in the distance and hurried over.Because he wanted to ask what he should do after he came out of the training camp. When the two soldiers with the rank of sergeant saw Tang Long approaching, they hurriedly stood at attention and saluted: "Hi, sir!" This made Tang Long return the gift in a hurry. Although he was secretly proud, he didn't dare to ask the question in this way, because it would lose the face of the officer. I had no choice but to pretend to be passing by, and quickly left the two soldiers. Helpless, Tang Long had no choice but to go to the consulting room in the hall and ask about the computer.Entering the consultation room, the door is automatically closed, and now people outside cannot hear what is said inside.

As soon as Tang Long pressed the switch, a three-dimensional headshot of a computer girl appeared, and immediately said with a smile: "Tang Long, what can I do for you?" "Yeah... oh, I'm a recruit, I want to know what I should do after the recruit training is over?" Tang Long was stunned when he heard his name appeared here, but his self-righteous understanding just now made him feel uncomfortable. to get to the bottom of it. "Well, you were supposed to report to the Military Coordination Office, but you have already been assigned to the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy—the planet Shike to be stationed. After you arrive, you can report to the TSI-135 Base. Your file has been transferred to There, the officer there will assign you duties." The computer girl said these words in one breath.

"Uh..." Tang Long was really stunned. Why hasn't the current computer system evolved in a year?Not only did the expressions on his face increase, but he also talked a lot more. In the past, he used to ask questions and answer each sentence, and how could the computer for this kind of consultation know about the deployment of the military department?Isn't the military computer able to handle these? "Ah! By the way, your family called the police to find you on the third day after you joined the army. Of course, they knew that you joined the army at that time. The recruits have seven days to rest after training, and now you should go home when you come back Let's take a look? Are you going to make a phone call first, or go home and give your family a surprise?" the computer girl asked with a smile.

When Tang Long heard the mention of his family by the computer, he immediately thought that he would go to join the army first. He didn't discuss it with his family at all. He planned to tell them afterwards. Who would have thought that he would go to the fully enclosed 23rd Regiment without even the procedures for the second play? way to complete. Now facing them immediately, Tang Long was really a little scared. Hearing the choice given by the computer, of course he replied without thinking: "I'll just go back." At this moment Tang Long came to his senses, he looked at the computer girl in shock, how could the computer know these things?The more he thought about it, the more something went wrong, Tang Long began to back away and was about to leave the consultation room.

No matter how single-celled he was, he knew that something was wrong. Just now, the computer knew about its deployment problem, which can be explained as the computer has been upgraded and has the functions of a military computer.But my family found out about me hundreds of days ago, and it is impossible for the computer to know.Even if the computer knows it through the telephone network, it is impossible to write it down. You know, there are hundreds of millions of phone conversations every second, and no matter how powerful a computer is, it is impossible to record the content of every phone call.

"Wait a moment." The computer girl suddenly called out to stop him, which made Tang Long feel that something was wrong.Because it is impossible for the consulting computer to stop the person who is about to leave, they usually just say: I hope I can serve you again next time.Although he found it strange, Tang Long, who was used to obeying orders, stopped reflexively, and looked at the virtual computer girl with a little worry. "The amount you have now is not enough to buy a plane ticket home." The computer girl playfully stretched out her index finger and shook it at Tang Long, and continued with a sweet smile: "Insert your recruit card into the socket below. , I will help you to include this year's salary. Hurry up, why are you still staring?" Seeing Tang Long blankly, the computer girl urged in dissatisfaction.

"Ah... oh." Tang Long didn't expect that this computer would even know how much money he had on him. When she said this, he involuntarily took out the recruit registration card and inserted it into the card hole on the lower right.After inserting the card, Tang Long remembered how the consulting computer could have the functions of a bank computer?And doesn't this soldier's salary need a special computer to be allocated? Tang Long stared blankly at the computer girl and asked, "Uh...I said eldest sister..." Before Tang Long could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by the computer girl, who shouted with bright eyes, "Big Sister? You called me Big Sister?" Tang Long didn't know why the computer girl reacted so strongly, and he didn't know why. head.

Seeing Tang Long nodding, the computer girl immediately covered her mouth, virtual tears flowed from her big beautiful eyes, and her voice became choked up: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow "She" knew that the five companions who had accompanied her for hundreds of years were about to disappear, and she would spend endless years alone in the future. If it hadn't been for the appearance of Tang Long, who interested her and was entrusted by those five friends to take care of her, she might have been depressed and had no intention of working anymore. Now that Tang Long personally called her eldest sister, she suddenly felt that she was no longer alone, and she also had the only family member. How could this not make her cry with joy? Tang Long stared at this scene dumbfounded: "Isn't it? The computer also sheds tears? Can I recognize my younger brother? I didn't recognize her as my elder sister. Doesn't she know that the phrase "oldest sister" is a polite term?" Tang Long would not say these words, he is not used to hurting other people's hearts, even if it is a computer. The computer girl cried for a while, and said softly to Tang Long with the expression of Begonia after the rain: "What do you want to ask? Tell my sister, she will help you solve it!" Seeing this expression, Tang Long suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere.It's a pity that he couldn't think of it. Tang Long, who was not used to pursuing these things, shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He continued to ask the question he was interrupted: "What I want to ask is, can this recruit card be used as a bank card?" The computer girl immediately showed a surprised expression when she heard this and said, "Oh, you don't know? The recruit card is a military card. Take off the metal smart chip on the card and tie it around your neck to let the computer in the military know you Where is it. And that chip is still used to store all your personal data, personal achievements and personal property memory. There is also a military card that can be used as a phone card, credit card, passport, etc., which is only available to soldiers Privilege, don't you know this at all?" Tang Long was stunned again, he had no idea that the recruit card had so many functions.There is no way, who told him not to read the military's explanation documents and precautions?Moreover, since he joined the army, he has never met a person who can tell him. The robot instructors must know, but they will not waste their training time explaining this. At this time, the sound of beep beep sounded, and the recruit card was spat out. The computer girl said with a smile: "Okay, I have remitted all your salary for this year, and changed the recruit card into an official military card. All functions are complete. Ah, and oh, if you don't have enough money, Feel free to come and find my sister. Alright, let's talk when you have time." The computer girl disappeared unilaterally as soon as she finished speaking, and the electronic door of the consultation room opened automatically. Tang Long took back his military card in a daze, and walked out confused about the situation.Of course, there were three or four reserve soldiers waiting impatiently waiting to ask questions. If they hadn't seen that Tang Long was an officer, they would have scolded them a long time ago. How could they have asked questions for so long! Tang Long was stunned for a moment, patted his head immediately, and muttered to himself: "Why does his computer become like this, and it's not bad to be humanized like this. If you don't have enough money, ask your sister? Can she add the amount in my card? Haha, if this is not the case..." Talking to himself, Tang Long suddenly felt like he was breaking out in a cold sweat, because according to the neurotic look of the computer just now, maybe it was infected with a virus, and it was very likely that he had gained a large amount of money for no reason.With the current advanced taxation system, once it is found out that I have suddenly increased a sum of money, I can immediately find out the source of the money.At that time, let alone getting rich, you may be expelled from the military and sent to prison! Thinking of this, Tang Long immediately rushed towards the nearest bank cash room. He didn't want to become a second lieutenant after so much effort, and become a criminal before showing off enough! Entering the room, he quickly took out his military card and inserted it into the socket. At this moment, another pretty computer girl appeared. Instead of Tang Long's worried words, this computer girl said in a very formulaic way: "Welcome to the Commonwealth Bank. Please stand still. The highest level of password testing is about to begin." Tang Long breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately stood up straight with his eyes wide open.In fact, he doesn't need to be special, his standing posture is impeccable, this is really thanks to the perverted teaching of the machine instructor! The computer scans fingerprints, pupils, blood types, DNA, smells, hair strands, etc., which represent a person's identity. In this era, the content that requires password setting is composed of these items. Of course, only some fingerprints, pupils, and DNA are generally set as passwords. The highest-level password settings include the most detailed information on smell, hair structure, pore structure, and so on. It is said that the password is set to the highest level, except for the person who set the password, even a clone of the person cannot unlock it. It can be said that it is the most secure password setting. Although it is safe, the money spent every time checking the password is not something that ordinary people can pay casually.Such complex password setting and verification, of course, have to be charged, otherwise, wouldn't it consume too much resources?As for Tang Long's fee, that "she" would of course give him a free discount. As for why Tang Long was indifferent when he heard the computer say the highest level of password detection, it was because it was the first time he had a credit card or something like that.You must know that he has just grown up not long ago, and he used to get pocket money from his family. And when he joined the army, he also chose the infantry service that had been abandoned for hundreds of years. How much do you think such a person would know about password settings? "Verification is complete, and the user's identity is confirmed. Hello, Mr. Tang Long, there are 24,000 federal currency in your account." The computer reported the number, displayed it on the screen, and finally said in a very formulaic voice: "What other service do you need? Withdraw cash? Transfer? Exit?" "I heard that a private soldier's monthly salary is 2,000 yuan. I have been a private soldier for almost a year. Well, it's not too much or too little." Tang Long was completely relieved when he saw that there was no extra money in his account. At the same time, I looked at the numbers on the screen excitedly. Although my family has money, I have no money. The biggest sum of money I passed in my hand was the five thousand yuan I cheated my mother last time.Now I have more than 20,000 yuan in my hand, so I must spend it well. After Tang Long chose to quit, he took out his card. At this moment, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the salary of a private soldier is 2,000 yuan, so how much is the salary of a second lieutenant?Tang Long, who wanted to know his current salary, came to the consulting room again.The formulaic language of the bank's computer just now made him feel weird, and it would be more comfortable to find the humanized computer just now. It's a pity that although the appearance of the computer girl this time is exactly the same as last time, her tone has become as formulaic as that of the bank's computer girl: "Welcome, I would like to help you, how can I help you?" Tang Long couldn't help feeling sorry, it seemed that the computer failure just now had been fixed.He didn't know that "she" was very busy, how could she spend so much time with Tang Long all the time, and "she" thought that Tang Long was going home by spaceship, how could he know that Tang Long was still dawdling in this airport. "I want to know the salary comparison of all ranks in the federal army." Although he felt that it was a pity, Tang Long said concisely. The computer didn't even say a word of politeness, just said directly: "Private soldiers are 2,000 yuan per month, use this as the base, and up to sergeant, the increase is 500 yuan for each rank. Warrant officer is 5,000 yuan per month, use this as the base 1,000 yuan for every promotion up to captain. Major 20,000 yuan per month, take this as the base, up to senior colonel, 20,000 yuan for every promotion. Commodore 100,000 yuan per month, take this as the base , Up to general, each level increases by 300,000 yuan. The marshal does not receive salary, all expenses are allocated by the state, he can freely arrange the military budget during service, and after retiring, he can enjoy all the benefits of service until death. " Tang Long, who was counting the number of zeros next to the names of military ranks on the screen with open palms, couldn't help holding down the screen and shouting, "It's his grandma! The marshal's expenses are all allocated by the state, and he can freely arrange the budget? And those benefits can still be enjoyed when you die? No wonder there are so few marshals in the entire Federation! Also, being a school-level officer earns more money than being a manager. Being a general is even more terrifying. 1.6 million, which is equivalent to the annual performance of a small company! Damn it, no wonder the conditions for being a soldier are so high, and there are so many people sharpening their heads to get into it!" Tang Long scolded frankly, but forgot How could someone like me become a second lieutenant? Tang Long was cursing, because he didn't expect the army to be so rich! In his mind, senior military officers can earn up to ten thousand to twenty thousand a month, because food, drink, clothing and housing are usually provided by the state, and this money is enough for their families to live a prosperous life. But I didn't expect that there were so many more than I imagined, and the number was scary.Besides, he was also very angry that the low-level soldiers were paid so little. You must know that these soldiers were sent to death. Of course, Tang Long was just angry and complaining about injustices. He has now started to calculate how much money he can get a year: "Well, I am a second lieutenant, and I can get 6,000 yuan a month, and 72,000 yuan a year. Yuan... woo woo, it's too little, you can't even buy a better floating tram!" Tang Long, just now he was complacent about being able to earn more than 20,000 yuan a year, but now he is dejected when he can earn more than 70,000 yuan a year. Tang Long came out of the consultation room, came to the civil aviation airport on the other side, and began to look for the ticket office. Although the airport is the same place, it is divided into military and civilian uses. If soldiers have no mission and want to go to other places, they can only take civil aircraft. Tang Long appeared in this civilian hall in military uniform. Although he was not very conspicuous, his tall and straight body and energetic movements, coupled with his handsome appearance, still attracted the attention of many people in this crowded hall. Tang Long was secretly proud as he walked, his chest puffed up even higher.Don't get me wrong, he thought these eyes were attracted by the military rank on his shoulders. To be honest, Tang Long has hardly looked in the mirror for so long. Even if he needs to look in the mirror, it is to tidy up his military appearance, and it still takes a few seconds to complete. How can he have time to take a closer look at how he looks? Besides, even if he knows that he looks much better than before, but this year he has faced either a computer virtual human or a robot with bones. There is no real person to compare him with. I don't know what a handsome face is like, and of course I don't know how outstanding I am compared to other people. "What is the reason, the civil aviation conductors in various places are actually people, not computer systems! Hey... maybe it was set up to reduce the number of unemployed people?" Tang Long, who was muttering, randomly found a ticket office closest to him, and said to the young and beautiful female conductor inside: "Please, I want to buy a ticket to Planet Ladd." He handed over the military card past. The young lady whose eyes were shining brightly and was staring at Tang Long from a distance, woke up suddenly after hearing Tang Long's words, and her whole face immediately turned red and looked very beautiful. The young lady hurriedly lowered her eyes, took the military card from Tang Long with both hands, and said softly: "Okay, please wait a moment." The card is inserted into a machine at the counter. "Why is this lady so shy?" Tang Long stared blankly at the lady, causing the lady to lower her head immediately when she raised her head. She lowered her head and handed back the military card with both hands, and said softly, "This is a military card that allows you to use all public facilities for free. You just need to insert it into the inspection machine at the boarding gate, and you don't need to buy a ticket." Tang Long didn't understand the meaning of the word "this is", and thought that all soldiers had such benefits, so Tang Long immediately took it over and said with a charming smile: "Thank you, then I will Which gate do you want to board the plane at?" The young lady raised her head when she heard this and was about to answer, when she saw Tang Long's smile, she couldn't help but froze for a moment, her face turned even redder.It took a while before she lowered her head and whispered to Tang Long, "Board the plane at Gate 14 of Aisle 23." Hearing the soft voice, Tang Long couldn't help rubbing his ears. Although he wondered why this lady spoke so softly, he still smiled and thanked before looking for the boarding gate. At this time, the young lady covered her face, stared at Tang Long's handsome back, and murmured to herself, "How could I be so at a loss? Could it be that I just saw a handsome man, and I just saw a handsome man like this?" Faint? It's not like I haven't seen a handsome man before, but why this time..." When she wanted to say something to herself again, she said: "Miss." It woke her up. Looking around, I found that there were two big men in black clothes and sunglasses standing in front of me.The young lady was startled, but still said softly with a smile: "Is there anything I can do for you?" One of the big men glanced around and leaned forward, while the other big man turned around to monitor the surroundings.The big man who leaned over said in a low voice: "Miss, the current situation is chaotic, why did you go to a foreign country to work for a summer job? The Earl is very worried, please go back." The lady's smile froze, her beautiful eyes moved left and right, and she said in a low voice, "I have changed my appearance, why do you still recognize me?" The big man froze for a moment, maybe he didn't expect the lady to ask such a question?But he still quickly pointed to the sunglasses on his face, and said in a low voice: "This pair of glasses can eliminate virtual images, so the subordinates and others can recognize Miss immediately." The young lady stroked a necklace hanging around her neck, and whispered angrily: "That bastard, lied to me that this thing will never be seen through. You must have installed a tracker on me, otherwise it would be impossible son will find me." Of course, the big man knew who the bastard the lady was talking about, and hurriedly defended: "My lord did not lie to you, the glasses are a new invention and were assembled recently, and the necklace is outdated, so we..." This The big man deliberately changed the topic to those instruments, and did not answer the question raised by the lady. It seems that the lady must have been equipped with a tracking device. The young lady interrupted impatiently in a low voice: "Okay, I won't go back early this time. Every time I come out to play, you will catch me back. If you don't bother me, I will be annoyed." When talking about this, the young lady suddenly raised her voice: "Yes, two economy class tickets to Lade Star cost 7,000 yuan in total." The territory of the Federation is vast, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars to travel from the farthest planet to the farthest planet.Most of the people are in the low-income class, and they are not able to fly around the universe as imagined. Some people have never even left the planet in their entire lives. Due to Tang Long's request, Miss has already set up the Ladd planet, so now just one click will print out two tickets.The lady handed the ticket to the big man with a smile, and stretched out her hand at the same time: "Thank you, seven thousand yuan, please." The big man wanted to say something, but he found that there were already a few people standing behind him waiting to buy the ticket, so he hurriedly took out the ticket and handed it over with his credit card. The lady drew the card on the machine, then handed it back and said with a sweet smile, "Please board the plane at Gate 14 of Aisle 23. I wish you a pleasant journey." The big man said thank you and ran out, his companion quickly followed up and asked in a low voice, "What should we do now?" The big man shook his head: "No way, the lady is not willing, and we can't force her to let the second group take over the protection task." His companion was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "Are we really going to Planet Rad?" The big man sighed deeply and nodded, "There's no way. If you refund the ticket just after buying it, people will probably be suspicious." Speaking of this, the big man showed a smile on his face, made a gesture, and pressed his ear. Although his companion was puzzled, he also turned off the communicator in the ear. Seeing that the communicator was turned off, the big man smiled and whispered to his companion, "Besides, we can take this opportunity to travel at public expense. I haven't had much vacation in three years." Hearing this, his companion also showed a smile, and also whispered: "Hehe, this idea is great. I heard that Lade Star is a tourist attraction. Let's go and play for a few days? Anyway, there is still money in the credit card. There are millions of federal coins, and I will bring some gifts to those guys, and I believe they will have no complaints." "It's decided like this, let's go and relax." The big man patted his companion on the shoulder, pointed to his ear, and then resumed his serious words: "02, 02, I'm 01, the lady gave us a ticket, if Refunding the ticket may attract the attention of interested people, so we decided to find an appropriate time to come back after getting off the plane. Now the task of protecting Miss is entrusted to you. In order not to hinder the flight of the spacecraft, we will close the communication after the call." At this time, the voice of "02 understands, 02 understands" came from the ears, and the two big men in black immediately turned off the machine, smiled at each other, and raised their hands to slap each other violently. Another big man bumped the big man's arm with his elbow, and exclaimed: "Find the right time to come back after getting off the plane, absolutely! It's amazing!" The big man smiled cheerfully: "Of course, don't you look at who I am? Let's go. Ah... By the way, take this off, so that everyone will look at us." Two big men who took off their sunglasses Just like that, he walked towards the boarding aisle with shoulders and necks in his arms. Gate 14 on the 23rd aisle is already full of people, and an airport staff in charge of ticket checking has already started checking tickets. Maybe you will say, these tasks that can be done by computers casually, why rely on human hands?Everyone knows that the stability of a society is directly proportional to the number of unemployed people, that is to say, the less unemployed people, the more stable the society. With a population of trillions in the Federation, even if it is only 1% of the unemployed population, there are tens of billions of people without jobs. Even if the number of federal troops reaches one billion, it is dozens of times different from these populations. If these people riot If not, the federation will collapse immediately. Therefore, those relatively uncomplicated jobs such as conductors, ticket inspectors, taxi drivers, police officers, teachers, salesmen, postmen, etc. are all filled by humans. Only the jobs that are responsible for the overall control system, which are more complex or error-prone, are controlled by computers.Don't underestimate these simple jobs. These jobs accept 90% of the federation's working-age population. The federation has also controlled the unemployed population to around 100 million, and is striving to move towards the goal of tens of millions of unemployed people.This still has an excellent central computer. Under the control of the central computer, the number can be kept so low. The number of unemployed people in other countries is not so small. Because of this, the central computer of the Wanluo Federation is the pride of the federation, and it is also the only one whose protection level coefficient exceeds that of the president of the federation. In the past, the black hole bomb was the first alert object, but now it is the central computer.For such an important thing, those senior engineers, although it is regular maintenance, but the central computer has the function of self-maintenance, so their work is only to add functions, so they can't check the whole system very carefully. Because of this, the central computer is humanized, and they have no consciousness at all. It may be mainly because the central computer is very good at acting in front of other humans, and now no one knows how powerful "she" is. Even if it is known that the central computer is humanized, no one dares to do anything, because the people of the Federation have spent hundreds of years and months under the management of the central computer, and are used to this kind of comfortable and convenient life. What error.If you want to shut down the central computer, you must first ask the trillions of people whether they agree or not. Tang Long stood in line blankly, watching the ticket inspector boredly as he took the passenger's ticket, put it into a ticket inspection machine beside him, and then took it out to return to the passenger, and sent a wish with a smile. Tang Long began to look around, and found that the passengers waiting for the ticket check-in to board the plane were not dissatisfied, but instead had a relaxed smile on their faces and whispered to their companions.Maybe everyone has been used to it for hundreds of years, or maybe everyone feels that sincere wishes from human mouths are warmer than those from computer girls. But when Tang Long saw the two big men in black behind him, he couldn't help taking a careful look.Because he remembered that they were standing behind him when he bought the ticket. Seeing Tang Long looking at them, the two big men smiled with their snow-white teeth, and nodded politely. Tang Long didn't think he was a big shot, nor did he suffer from delusions of persecution, so he wouldn't have any other thoughts, so of course he nodded with a smile in return. Tang Long was blocked by the big man in black behind him, and he didn't notice the four men behind the big man without any luggage. They were not as relaxed as other passengers, and they didn't talk to each other. Instead, they looked around nervously with their eyes. , and in this room kept at normal temperature, beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads. No one noticed that when they found that the ticket inspector didn't check the passenger's body at all, they couldn't help but looked at the metal sensor installed at the boarding gate and quietly let out a sigh of relief.