Chapter 9 Chapter VII

In that transparent egg-shaped laboratory, Park Chung-cheol was working intensely. It took him three whole days to input the complicated song of life into the brain of Xiao Yuanyuan's biological components.Sergey, Tajima and several low-level staff members cooperated with him.The laboratory is very quiet and the atmosphere is very solemn.Everyone knows the weight of this experiment, and they want to use Xiao Yuanyuan to verify the magic of the song of life. There is probably only Xiao Yuanyuan who is very detached. He is lying on the platform obediently, his head is covered with strange electrodes, but his eyes are turning around, looking at Brother Pu with a smile. Tajima and Sergey.He accidentally touched the remote control of the computer and pressed it secretly.The curves and digital stream on the screen were interrupted immediately, and Wolfe's synthetic face appeared, saying in a metallic voice:

"This is Wolf Computer, waiting for your orders." Park Chongzhe and the others were a little taken aback, Yuan Yuan giggled, and half raised his head on the platform: "Hi, Wolfe, I'm Yuanyuan. Let's play a game of chess later, shall we?" "Okay, I will definitely beat you this time." "boast!" Park Chung-cheol smiled and pressed Yuan Yuan onto the bed, clicked the remote control, and complicated curves and digital streams began to flash on the screen again.Sergey said with emotion: "Pu, do you know what I'm feeling at the moment? It's like a person who has been buried in a mine for a long time and dare not open his eyes when he sees the dazzling sunlight. Until now, I still can't believe that we have indeed deciphered the song of life. This Victory comes too easily." He looked around, and the scene of 40 years ago flashed in his mind, Yuan Yuan was still lying on the platform, but the central figure in the laboratory was changed from Park Chongzhe to Professor Kong.How many people's passions were aroused by Kong's success at that time!Unfortunately, the fire of victory was extinguished silently.

Park Chung-cheol was in high spirits, and said confidently: "I think there is no doubt about victory. We have deciphered the most mysterious curse of the universe. Now we have injected this song of life into Xiao Yuanyuan's body. He will definitely wake up, and he will gradually peel off his 'self' from the chaos. He will also have the desire for life, the fear of death, and when he becomes an adult, he will also have a strong desire to reproduce—of course not It is the way to conceive for ten months. For this completely new type of life, we can only predict its trend, but not its details. After that, we will observe him 24 hours a day to determine the process of the gradual awakening of the desire to survive."

The operation was over, and the electrode poles on the head of Xiao Yuan were carefully removed.Xiao Yuanyuan sat up slowly, looked around with clear eyes, and said urgently: "Brother Pu, have I become smarter?" Pu smiled and said: "Yuanyuan, you will, you will become as smart as an adult." "Dad would like me better if I got smarter, wouldn't he?" Park Chung-cheol was taken aback for a moment.In terms of the degree of intimacy between family members and Yuan Yuan, father-in-law is undoubtedly the last one, and his indifference to Yuan Yuan is well known.But why did Yuan Yuan alone mention him?Does he have some mysterious telepathy with Yuan Yuan?He smiled and said:

"Of course, Dad will like you more, and everyone will like you more." Yuan Yuan turned over and jumped off the operating table, and ran away happily. At this moment, Yuan Yuan's father is hiding alone in his dark study.His secret monitors couldn't see the lab, only the sounds there.The conversation between Xiao Yuanyuan and Park Zhongzhe made him restless, and he subconsciously opened the secret drawer, where the laser pistol was still there. He pushed away the swivel chair and paced the room hurriedly for a while, then he grabbed the fax phone.A centenarian sitting in a wheelchair appeared on the phone screen. He had white hair and a silver beard, and his description was dry. His yellow and loose skin was close to his cheekbones, and only his two eyes were still piercing.The old man smiled and asked:

"Zhaoren? I was about to call you. I heard from Tajima that Park's research has made great progress, do you know?" Professor Kong said succinctly: "I know, I never ask Park, and he doesn't inform me, but I keep stinging him with three eyes. I think he has made some kind of progress these days, or he thinks he has made some progress." Some kind of progress." "You suspect?" "Well, I don't believe he'll be able to repeat that luck. I won't let my watch go, though." The old man pondered for a while and said, "Okay, just watch carefully."

Professor Kong slowly put the phone back.It has been 40 years since he bears that terrible secret alone, and only this old man, Mr. Chen Ruoyu, the former dean of the School of Life Sciences, is the only person he can talk to.What if the centenarian suddenly let go one morning? Hearing from the bug that his son-in-law was about to go home, he locked the secret drawer, turned off the bug, checked again carefully, and opened the study door.It took the son-in-law more than ten minutes to walk home from the laboratory, and he waited for him with a cold face. Mother Yuanyuan held two huge food bags, and took out the key with difficulty to open the door. She fumbled with her feet to put on slippers, sent the food bags to the kitchen, and then returned to the living room to catch her breath.

Suddenly she heard muffled quarrels coming from her husband's study.The door of the study room was not closed tightly today, and the voices of conversations inside could be vaguely heard.In the study room, Professor Kong's face was livid, and Park Chongzhe said politely but softly: "Father, you have never asked about my work, but today you suddenly asked me to suspend my research. I must know why." Kong Zhaoren said irritably: "Don't ask the reason yet, but you should temporarily stop for at least a week and let me check Yuanyuan. My instinct tells me that there is a danger."

Zhong Zhe was silent, these far-fetched reasons could not convince him at all, and his father-in-law's domineering made him even more disgusted.He wanted to tell his father-in-law several times that it was the manuscript he threw away that helped him make a breakthrough, but after careful consideration, he decided not to break it for the time being to avoid unnecessary complications.He pondered for a while before speaking, his expression was calm, but he actually suppressed the agitation in his heart: "Dad, I have wasted 48 years, and it has been 20 years since I came to your laboratory. I have just made some achievements, and the road ahead is still very long. I am worried that I will not be able to finish it in my lifetime." This research. Now, every minute and every second is extremely precious to me. As a scientist, I think you can understand my anxiety. Dad, please forgive me for not granting your request." He looked at the old man respectfully, and said softly:

"Dad, if there's nothing else, I'm leaving." Yuan Yuan's mother outside the door hurried back, pretending not to hear.She saw Chongzhe come out of the study, closing the door gently, with a calm and firm expression.There was no more movement in the study.Yuan Yuan's mother hesitated, and didn't hold Chongzhe to ask the whole story.While she was busy cooking in the kitchen, she kept her ear pierced to listen to the movement in the study. The two men were very calm at dinner, and it was not at all obvious that they had just quarreled.While eating, Yuan Yuan said, chattering: Mom, I like the food you cook the most.Mom, I miss sister Xianyun!Then suddenly asked, Mom, why does every child like their own mother the most instead of other people's mothers?If you gave birth to Xiaoying and Xiaoying's mother gave birth to me, would it still be that I like you and Xiaoying likes Xiaoying's mother who gave birth to me?

These tongue-twister questions made Yuanyuan's mother and Chongzhe laugh out loud, and even the strange old man's cold stone face showed a few smiles.Yuan Yuan's mother thought that it was thanks to such a villain to stir up the atmosphere in the family. Yuan Yuan suddenly thought of another thing: "Mom, here is your fax, which is written by a sister named Liu Jing. I will give it to you!" As he said that, he was about to climb off the stool.Yuan Yuan's mother stopped him: "Finish the meal quickly, and I will go and see by myself later." After tidying up the dishes, chopsticks, pots and pans, Yuan Yuan's mother came over and tore off the fax, a long, long volume: She described the elephant herd's funeral in detail. Yuan Yuan's mother couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion as she read it.She held the fax, but her eyes went beyond it, and she was absorbed in recalling the past.She remembered that most of her works were created before the age of 33. It was a fiery age, with a keen mind, where she could hear the whispers of the stars, the vibrations of the moonlight, and the surging blood; at that time, she and her husband were full of spirits.Later... her husband's failure also affected her life. After that, her works were gloomy and desolate, but without the agility of her youth. She thought with relief that this little girl Liu Jing will definitely succeed. She is young, talented and passionate. The strange old man was still locked in the study alone.Yuan Yuan's mother thought bitterly: When will this tortured sentence end?It was already ten o'clock, she went to the yard to call Yuan Yuan back and put him to sleep.After Yuan Yuan climbed onto the bed, he suddenly said with a heavy heart: "Mom, I also want to grow up to be an adult, as smart as Dad, Brother Pu, you and Sister Yun. Mom, I have been a child for too long." His words seemed childish and heavy.Yuan Yuan's mother didn't know how to persuade her for a while, she smiled and said: "Good boy, you will grow up. Isn't brother Park helping you become smart these days?" Yuan Yuan suddenly asked: "Mom, why doesn't Dad want me to grow up and be smart?" Yuan Yuan's mother was taken aback by the question, and forced a smile: "Silly boy, you are talking nonsense. Your father loves you the most. Why doesn't he want you to grow up and become smarter?" Yuan Yuan said stubbornly: "No, I know! I heard him quarreling with Brother Pu!" Yuan Yuan's mother was speechless, so she had to coax him to sleep, turned off the sleep switch for him, and turned off the ceiling lamp and wall lamp. In the dead of night, the autumn insects outside the door chirped.Yuan Yuan lay flat on the bed without moving, her face expressionless.Suddenly, an old man gently opened the door and tiptoed over.Only the footlights were on in the house, and the weak bottom-up backlight made the old man's face look weird and gloomy.He looked at Yuan Yuan quietly for a long time, with great pain in his expression, which formed a very strong contrast with Yuan Yuan's calm face. He lay on Yuan Yuan's body and listened, then gently hugged Yuan Yuan up, ready to go out.Suddenly he heard the door opening and footsteps, he thought for a while, and then gently put Yuan Yuan back on the bed. It was Park Chung-cheol who had just returned from the laboratory. He was already exhausted. He dragged his heavy steps into the house, first went to the mineral pot to drink a glass of cold water, and then went to the kitchen to get a few slices of bread, sausages and a can of beer.When he walked back to the living room from the kitchen, he found a person sneaking out of Yuanyuan's room, it was the figure of his father-in-law.What was he doing in Yuanyuan's room at one o'clock at night?Park Chongzhe was thinking while eating bread, but he couldn't figure it out. The unnamed lake is embedded in the campus like a small and delicate special-shaped mirror. There are several century-old willow trees beside the lake, with curly branches and wicker branches blowing on the water.Xiao Yuanyuan, Xiao Gang, and Xiao Ying often come here to play, and there are so many fun things here, such as Beijing red carp bubbling, ants queuing up trees, and Qing Zing lightly touching the water.These kinds of fun cannot be found in the game machine room, although Yuan Yuan also likes to play that kind of advanced simulation games. Today, a few five-year-olds are playing rubber bands and stone chess.Usually Xiao Yuanyuan is their natural leader, but today he seems to be a little absent-minded, occasionally staring blankly for a while.While playing rubber bands, Xiaoyingzi chatted with Yuan Yuan in a nonchalant way: "Brother Yuanyuan, I heard that Uncle Pu is teaching you to be smart, isn't it?" "Ok." Xiaoyingzi said in amazement: "You are so smart, you still need to learn? I heard that you beat the most intelligent computer on the earth by playing chess, isn't it?" "There was no defeat, only a draw." "Smart enough anyway. My dad says you're a computer brain." Yuan Yuan seemed to be both sensible and naive and said: "Brother Park said that my intelligence is that of a child, not that of an adult. I have passed the age of 37, and I still cannot grow into an adult. He is teaching me to grow into an adult." "Have you grown up yet?" "Not yet. I seem to have forgotten something, a very important thing, after my first fifth birthday. As long as I can remember it, I will be a grown-up." Hearing that he was so yearning, the other children also came over. Xiaogang asked worriedly: "Brother Yuan Yuan, if you grow up to be an adult, will you still lead us to play?" Yuan Yuan said angrily: "I can't, what do you want adults to do with such important things?" Several children said in unison: "Yuan Yuan, then don't grow up!" Yuan Yuan smiled, and said generously: "It doesn't matter. After I grow up, I will take time to play with you every night, okay? It's almost time for dinner, let's go back." They walked home through the path surrounded by trees and scallions, and scattered at the gate of Yannan Garden.Yuan Yuan bounced home, but there was no one in the living room.he shouted: "Mom, I'm back!" Mom isn't home.At this time, the indoor terminal of Wolfe's computer automatically opened, and the synthetic face notified Yuan Yuan with a smile: "Yuanyuan, Mr. Park asked me to inform you to go to the laboratory immediately after dinner. Please also tell Madam that he will not come back for dinner." "OK." Just as the face was about to disappear, it stopped suddenly.Wolf began to search for the right expression in the memory bank, where there was joy, peace, respect, humor... but no worry and hesitation.However, relying on its memory of human expressions and its powerful learning function, it quickly assembled a hesitant expression. He hesitated and said: "Yuan Yuan……" Yuan Yuan stopped in surprise, and he also noticed the abnormality of Wolfe's friend: "What's the matter, Wolfe?" Wolf hesitated for a long time, but this was not in line with his ten trillion calculations per second.Finally he said, "Yuan Yuan, my friend. You told me a secret 37 years ago and asked me to keep it a secret. Do you remember that?" Yuan Yuan was shocked suddenly!Like a blinding bluish-white lightning that tore through the darkness, Wolff's words brought back a cloud of memories.It is so far away, the edge of memory has been mixed with the past years, and it is inseparable, but it has always been heavily entrenched in the deepest part of his consciousness.This must be the one thing he has been looking for but can't get! 42 years of memory and thinking are like a pile of dry firewood, as long as there is a little spark, it will start to burn. This pile of spiritual fire even made Yuan Yuan's eyes red.His eyes brightened, and he whispered: "I remembered, after my first 5th birthday..." "Yes, you tell me that you are probably also a robot, and we are of the same kind." They looked at each other deeply.Yuan Yuan's memories finally broke through the 37-year confinement. He searched for the memory images frame by frame in his mind at a rate of trillions per second, and soon stopped on a frame.The picture gradually enlarged until it occupied all of his consciousness. It was the face of my father with a bright smile when he was young, and Yuan Yuan has not seen it for a long time.