Chapter 26 Thirteen, visit No. 2

In the early morning, old man Bingsu, wearing a white exercise suit, strolled out of his villa and came to the silver-white beach.The sea water is clean and transparent, the palm trees and coconut trees are green, and a few white sails are rippling in the distance.Bing Su is a standard citizen of the world. He served two terms as Secretary-General of the United Nations and lived abroad for most of his life.However, after retiring, he still moved his family to his hometown, Coral Island in Thailand.It is difficult to cut off the memory of the motherland. When he was abroad, he often missed the original Thai spicy papaya salad, crispy rice noodles and sour pork.

Bingsu is eighty-five years old and in good health.He finished a section of Chen style Taijiquan earnestly. Although the movements were still quite unfamiliar, he managed to perform it in a orderly manner.Thirty years ago, when he was the Secretary-General of the United Nations, he saw some Chinese Americans doing Tai Chi, and he fell in love with this kind of light and relaxing physical activity at that time.However, he was too busy at that time, so he never took time to study. After retiring and returning to Thailand, he forgot about it.Not long ago, the city of Chiang Mai invited him to watch a match between Chinese martial arts and Muay Thai. The rules of this match were revised to allow Muay Thai to use knee and elbow joints (this is the most vicious move in Muay Thai, but it often hurts and disables people), so The Chinese martial arts masters fought very hard, but one of the Tai Chi masters used his light and graceful movements to defuse the fierce Muay Thai moves and remained undefeated in the competition.After this competition, Bing Su picked up his interest in Tai Chi again and put it into action.

After finishing a set of punches, someone behind him applauded softly: "Good! You have already shown the taste of Taijiquan." The secretary Chen Yujianhua said with a smile, and handed him a towel.Bingsu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said proudly, "I'm a very hardworking student, right?" "Yes, still a very talented student." Chen Yujianhua is his secretary and martial arts coach, he specially hired him from China, and he has only been here for more than three months.The young man is tall and tall, with broad shoulders and a thin waist, and works very hard.He gave another demonstration to Bing Su, explaining: "You have played very well, but you still need to pay attention to the coordination between your movements and breathing. Your breathing should be deep, even and natural, and your movements should be comfortable. The connection between strength and mind is continuous, and mind is connected with momentum. If you grasp these two, you will enter the door of Tai Chi."

He then reports on the day's schedule as usual. "The first thing to do today is to receive a Chinese guest from Factory No. 2. I made an appointment yesterday and will come at 8:30 in the morning." Bingsu looked at the secretary and asked briefly, "Why is he here?" "He didn't say anything on the phone, but said he came here for an interview." Bingsu nodded and followed the secretary back to have breakfast.The reason for visiting No. 2 was brought up by accident. A month ago, Bingsu and his secretary accidentally talked about human-like topics. Ten laws related to Type B people, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to meet the three factories that manufacture humanoids.Chen Yu Jianhua said:

"That's very easy. I can apply to No. 2 in China on your behalf. I believe that with your reputation, they will definitely welcome you." He said with a smile, "Maybe I can also take advantage of your light to have a look. It should be said that the No. 2 factory is in my hometown (my ancestral home is Chenjiagou, Henan), but I have no chance to see it.” After Chen Yu saw that Hua really sent the application, the other party quickly replied to the e-mail and sent a beautiful invitation letter, saying, "I sincerely welcome Mr. Bingsu to come to the center for guidance". The time is set on November 10, 2125. That is tomorrow.Due to Bingsu's advanced age, Factory No. 2 agreed to the secretary to accompany him to take care of his daily life.They were planning to take a flight to Nanyang, China tomorrow morning, but there was a sudden visitor from No. 2 factory. Could there be a sudden change in the itinerary?

At 8:30, the guest rang the doorbell on time. He was a tall young man, about the same height as Chen Yujianhua, wearing a well-cut suit.The person who came showed his ID, saying that he was the courier of No. 2 Factory, and his name was Wang Li Xizhi.Jian Hua enthusiastically shook hands with the "old man", led him into the living room, and asked "Kun Xizhi" (Kun is a common honorific name in Thai society) what he would like to drink. "I'll bring you a glass of ice float, a cold drink that Thai people love." "Okay, do as the Romans do, thank you."

Jianhua quickly brought a glass of ice float, which was made of fruit pieces, syrup and ice cubes, with bright rose petals floating on the liquid. "Quincizhi, the master is in the study, I'll go invite him right away. How many days are you planning to stay in Thailand? There are many tourist attractions in Thailand, such as the Grand Palace, King Arun Temple, Phuket Island, and Phra Chengshan. You know Is it? The Wat Arun is the royal Buddhist temple of King Taksin Zheng Zhao, who is of Chinese descent, and Chinese tourists generally visit the Wat Arun.” "Thank you, I can't see it this time. I bought a round-trip ticket and I'm going back to China soon."

"It's a pity, otherwise I could be your tour guide. I haven't spoken Chinese for three months, and I'm almost suffocated!" The guest smiled: "Really? But it's really a pity, I have to go back immediately." They exchanged a few pleasantries, but the guest never disclosed the purpose of coming this time. It seemed that he wanted to have an interview with Mr. Bingsu.The secretary asked the guest to sit down for a while, and came to Bingsu's study by himself: "Mr. Bingsu, the guest has arrived and is in the living room. He didn't reveal to me the reason for his visit this time, maybe he doesn't want the secretary to know."

Bingsu nodded, went downstairs to the restaurant, put his hands together and greeted the guests.The guest hurriedly got up from the sofa and paid tribute to the host.The two exchanged a few words, and the secretary obediently withdrew.Bingsu asked: "What did Quincy bring me? We're going to China tomorrow." The guest said softly, "Can we go to a safer place to talk?" Bingsu looked at him. "Please come to my study." The two went upstairs to the study, Bingsu closed the door: "It's very safe here, please tell me, is there any change in my itinerary?"

The person who came did not answer directly: "Mr. Bingsu, I know that when you were the Secretary-General of the United Nations, it was the period when humanoid technology started and matured. You passed more than a dozen laws related to humanoids, and some people put you Called the 'humanoid secretary general'." "Yes, most of those laws restrict humanoids. Without these laws, I am afraid that the world of humanoids would already be. However, I dare not say that I am right. When I enter old age, I will make a review of the past. Reflecting on it, I always feel that those laws are too narrow and inconsistent with Buddhist teachings."

The visitor looked at him for a long time: "Yeah, we also felt this contradiction... let's get down to business, tomorrow is the day you go to visit No. A well-planned sabotage operation at Plant 2." "What action? An explosion?" "No, it is an electronic attack, but the specific means and goals are still unclear." "Who is it, is it a humanoid?" "It's not humanoids, it's radicals who sympathize with humanoids among natural people." He smiled wryly, "This is really a kind of irony. So far, humanoids are generally quite obedient, but there are quite a few fierce opposition among natural people By." "So, the 2nd wants me to change the date of the trip?" "No, we don't want to cause any inconvenience to you. It's just that, for the sake of absolute safety, the top management of No. 2 has to restrict the list of visitors. Your secretary may not be able to enter No. 2." Bingsu said sharply: "You mean my secretary..." "Ah no, we don't have any doubts about Mr. Chen Yujianhua. According to our investigation, he had no contact with those radical organizations when he was in the country. But for absolute safety, we have to do some preventive restrictions." He smiled Said, "But you don't have to worry about any inconvenience, I will meet you at Nanyang Airport and take care of your daily life instead of your secretary. These changes are made as a last resort, please forgive me." "You're welcome, I should respect the master's arrangement. How should I explain it to my secretary?" "I don't want to tell him in advance. I will inform him of these changes after I pick you up tomorrow." "OK." "I'm sorry to trouble you, thank you for your tolerance. I'm leaving and I have to catch my return flight today." "Then I won't keep you, we have to catch tomorrow's flight." "goodbye." "goodbye." Bingsu rings the bell to call the secretary and asks him to see the guest out on his behalf. He watches the guest get into the car and open the gate from the window. The secretary smiles and waves to the guest.Bingsu stared at the secretary's back, not without doubts in his heart. Although the guest repeatedly said that the secretary was innocent and that it was just a precautionary measure not to approve him to enter No. 2 this time, Bingsu knew that these official terms were not necessarily 2 No. Factory's true thoughts.One thing is for sure, if it is not for a reason of sufficient weight, No. 2 will never change the scheduled arrangement suddenly and send a messenger from a long distance. He kept these doubts to himself.The secretary came back and asked him with his eyes.Bingsu said calmly: "The visit to No. 2 has not changed. His visit follows the practice of No. 2 and conducts an on-site screening of visitors." The secretary nodded without asking another word. They arrived at Nanyang Airport the next morning, and yesterday's courier greeted them at the airport. He asked the two of them to board a Mercedes-Benz and drove to No. 2.On the way, he introduced the situation of No. 2 in detail.Two hours later, they saw the silver-white semicircular dome of No. 2, and the car stopped at the gate of No. 2. Bingsu then calmly told the secretary: "Jianhua, according to the arrangement on the 2nd, Mr. Wang Li Xizhi will accompany me to visit today, so you can rest outside the 2nd." Chen Yujianhua looked at the host in surprise, and only then did he understand the real purpose of the messenger's visit yesterday.He knew that he might be under suspicion, so he couldn't help being annoyed, but he didn't show any signs of it, and said flatly, "Of course I obey your arrangement." Wang Li Xizhi had already got out of the car, opened the door for Bingsu, helped him get out of the car, and then he shook hands with Jian Hua, intentionally adding weight to his hands.Jian Hua knew that he was apologizing, so he waved his hand generously, went back into the car by himself, closed the door, and waited patiently. The entry inspection on the 2nd was really strict. Even the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, the inspection procedure has not been relaxed at all.Xizhi took Bingsu to check the pupil prints and fingerprints, and he himself did the same.After passing the inspection, they entered the bathing passage again. Xizhi helped the guests take off their clothes and walked into the mist.Then they dried their bodies in the hot air area, changed into No. 2 white overalls, and walked out of the passage. Du Jidandan, the secretary of director No. 2, greeted him with a smile at the door. Degang, whose pseudonym is Wang Li Xizhi, has already given up half of his mind.A month ago, they crossed the firewall of No. 2 and entered the outer computer network of No. 2, where they found the news that Mr. Bingsu was about to visit.This is the opportunity they dreamed of. The two computer experts immediately deleted the personal information sent there by Thailand. The secretary Chen Yujianhua's height, weight, photos, pupil patterns, fingerprints, etc. Started this move to transfer flowers and trees. He, Yu He Jianming and old man He Buyi have carefully considered every detail of this plan and are very confident.It is true that the defense of Factory No. 2 is very tight, but no matter how tight the defense is, there are loopholes.Moreover, strict precautions often create a false sense of security, causing security personnel to place too much trust in computer data.When he was checking the pupil prints and fingerprints just now, he couldn't help but feel uneasy—who knows if No. 2 had made a backup before they tampered with these data?Who knows if they have checked these personal data through other means? The inspection passed without a hitch. At this moment, an instrument is pressed under his tongue, the size of a five-cent coin. It is a high-capacity storage device. All the instructions provided by Mr. He to change the working program of No. 2 have been programmed. The digital strings of 0 and 1 are stored here and compressed.Just plug the pin connector of the memory into the computer cable, and the command will be sent within 1 second.At that time, it should be lively in No. 2. Miss Dandan greeted Bingsu, and De Gang walked over Bingsu and said, "Hello, Miss Dandan. Mr. Bingsu said he is very grateful for your invitation." "You're welcome. Please, Director No. 2, Mr. Abe Dekar, is waiting for you in the office." She turned sideways, asked Mr. Bingsu to go first, and introduced the internal buildings of No. 2 along the way.Sometimes, the secretary of the guest will also insert a sentence or two, such as: "The humanoid employees in No. 2 will never leave the factory." Or "Every humanoid baby produced on No. 2 must go through strict factory inspections. Including computer checks and manual checks. Am I right, Miss Dandan?" Dandan was a little disapproving, the secretary seemed a little too talkative, as the former private secretary of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, he should be more stable.Of course, she would not show this thought on her expression. In fact, Qi Hongde has been carefully considering his intervention just now.He is now playing a double role. In the eyes of Mr. Bingsu, he should be the staff member of No. 2; and in the eyes of Dandan, he should be Bingsu's secretary—maybe he is a little bit talkative.It's not easy to grasp the scale. Fortunately, Mr. Bingsu has been deeply shocked since he entered No. 2. He has been watching these human-made machines that replace God and Buddha with awe-inspiring eyes. It seems that he has no doubts about De Gang's identity. . Factory Director and Chief Engineer Abe Dekar greets us at the central office.This is an Indian-Chinese man with a heavy complexion, thick eyebrows, and sunken eye sockets.He shook hands with the two: "Welcome, Mr. Bingsu; welcome, Mr. Chen Yujianhua." Bingsu looked at "Wang Li Xizhi" beside him in puzzlement. De Gang had been prepared for a long time and winked at him mischievously, which meant that the boss asked me to serve you instead of your secretary. Let's just play tricks.Bingsu was relieved and didn't say anything more. "Hello, Mr. Director, thank you for your invitation." "You are the third Secretary-General of the United Nations to inspect on the 2nd. Please follow me upstairs." When they came to the office on the top floor, why didn't they suspect that the huge desk they used was still there, surrounded by huge circular glass windows, with a panoramic view of the factory.Above the head is a canopy made of nanofibers, spreading evenly from the center to the surroundings, trembling slightly in the breeze.There is a huge screen on the front wall of the house, showing the whole process of the production line.Abe Dekar asked the two to sit down, and the secretary served drinks. Abe Dekar emphasized again: "You are the third Secretary-General of the United Nations to visit on the 2nd, and the one who has the closest relationship with humanoids. We should have invited you here. As far as I know, during your first term, artificial DNA In the hands of scientists, Pipi fell to the ground; during your second term, three humanoid factories were built one after another, and humanoids entered large-scale industrial production. At that time, laws related to humanoids were passed in the United Nations one after another, like 'humanoids' Human Social Status Law', 'Five Commandments of Human Beings', 'Measures for Disposal of Human Beings with Bad Tendencies', etc. These laws and regulations were all passed under your hand. Am I right?" "Yes, that's right." "My great-grandfather was a Dalit in India, born in Maharashtra, and belonged to the Mahal caste." He said suddenly, "Although the Dalit system has ended, I still have the resentment of the Dalit in my veins." .In my opinion, all laws about humanoids are nothing more than 22nd century pariah." He laughed. Qi Hongde just looked at him in surprise.As the director of No. 2, he should be a faithful executor of these laws, but he didn't expect his true thoughts to be like this!Mr. Bingsu didn't think he was disobedient, and said calmly: "You are right, these laws will be abandoned one day, just like the water on the mountain will always flow to the bottom. But we still have to build some dams to make it flow more peacefully, or it may cause disaster What. Remember the Ugandan tribal vendettas of the twentieth century?" Abe Dekar smiled and said: "Can future generations understand these painstaking efforts? You are the maker of these laws, and I am the executor. We are all doing unpopular jobs." "But please be honest." Abe Dekar stood up: "Let's go, I will take you to visit No. 2. Please." They visited Factory No. 2 along the road that Dong Hongshu and Schepanov walked.Abe Dekar and Bingsu walked in front, and Qi Hongdegang and Miss Dandan walked behind. Mr. Bingsu was in good health and walked steadily, but every time he went up and down the steps, Qi Hongdegang would rush forward to help the old man. Why not introduce the situation inside No. 2 in detail, so although Degang entered No. 2 for the first time, he is very familiar with it, as if he had been here in a dream.They toured the imprinting room, where hundreds of laser tweezers fiddled with atoms of phosphorus, carbon, hydrogen, and more, building them into human DNA.I also visited the breeding room, where thousands of uteruses were twitching, and the fetuses in the uterus were floating in the amniotic fluid, absorbing nutrients from the uterus through the umbilical cord.Babies were born one after another, and the cries of babies rang out in the breeding room. Degang's eyes blurred.Twenty-five years ago, his lover RB Yajun was born here, born from a bunch of lifeless atoms, with the aura of life.where is she nowHer body had been disintegrated into atoms, and perhaps had become part of another baby—but "that" Yajun would never return. He suddenly realized that he was distracted, and hurriedly withdrew his thoughts.Today he will try his best to complete that plan, this is for the sake of the gentlemen in the future.Abe Dekar led them to the examination room again, and the waving babies passed the electric eyes one by one on the conveyor belt, and the green light flashed frequently, indicating that the inspection was passed.Then the baby is sent to the manual examination room, where there are more than thirty female examiners, needless to say, all of them are natural persons.With a magnifying glass embedded in her eyes, the female inspector skillfully observes the baby's finger pads, supplemented by touch inspection.Babies who pass the inspection are sent to the nursing room. Manual inspection is the most troublesome process for Degang and Jianming. Fortunately, Mr. He Buyi has figured out a way to deal with it, a very simple way. The old man Bingsu was very involved in the visit. In every process of the production line, he listened carefully to Abe Dekar's introduction and often asked some questions.In the engraving room, he asked: various atoms are built in the correct order to form human DNA, so what is the cohesive force between atoms during the building?Abe Dekar replied: Of course it is electromagnetic force. All the bonding and welding in the world, including the bonding of atoms in DNA, are all due to the electromagnetic force between atoms.Bingsu asked again: Some mistakes are inevitable in masonry. Of course, one or two atomic mistakes will not affect the vitality of DNA. So, what percentage of mistakes will DNA lose its vitality? "Please forgive the curiosity of an old man." Bingsu said with a smile, "These are some very naive questions, right. If these questions are classified as confidential, you don't have to answer them." Abe Dekar said: "Your questions are very deep. It can be said that they have entered the scope of philosophy. I will try my best to answer them." He answered them one by one patiently. The last stop was the nursing room, a very spacious hall with small cribs next to each other, as crowded as a chicken farm.Dozens of nurses are busy inside, changing diapers for babies, recording physical parameters, and hanging signs.Among the nurses, there are 20-year-old young people and 50-year-old middle-aged people. They are all humanoid employees. The director of the nursing room is a natural person. She led the crowd through the pile of babies and explained to the guests that this is the last step of the entire production line. Babies that pass the inspection are sent here, wait for a few days, and then sent out together, because on the 2nd The special channel for babies leaving the factory is opened at regular intervals.Meanwhile, babies are here for final observation for genetic defects.Babies are sent to foster homes where they grow up until a customer buys them. More than a thousand babies gather here, and this place has become a sea of ​​babies.There were loud cries one after another, but most of the babies didn't cry, they danced their hands and feet quietly on the bed.Bingsu watched with great interest. He walked to a small bed with a sign KQ32783 hanging on the head of the bed, which was the baby's factory serial number.He asked the director of the Nursing Room: "Can I hug her?" "Of course." The director of the nursing room bent down to pick up the baby and handed it to Bingsu. It was a beautiful baby girl, almost perfect—humanoid babies are beautiful, genetically engineered to take all the best of whites, blacks, and yellows.Customers who buy humanoids certainly want beautiful ones, and this is also a natural selection pressure, forcing producers to carve out the appearance of "products" with great care.The baby girl's eyes are black and bright, her hair is curly, her skin is white and rosy, her small earlobes, nose, hands and feet are all so delicate.Bing Su looked at it carefully, and a warm current gushed out of his heart.He is from Thailand, and Thais attach great importance to family.When he was the Secretary-General of the United Nations, he did not have the opportunity to visit the No. 1 factory in the United States, but he never went.Why?The reason why he didn't tell anyone.Many laws concerning humanoids have been passed by his hand, and these laws cannot be said to be fair.When he only faced those adult, taciturn, robot-like humanoids, he didn't feel much guilt in his heart, but he didn't dare to face ignorant and cute humanoid babies. He looked at it for a long time, sighed, and handed the baby girl to Qi Hongdegang beside him.De Gang picked up the baby girl and immediately thought of his lover.Yajun has no childhood, her life started after her parents took her home.Before that, she had no photos (except for a one-inch photo on her ID card), and she had no memories of her childhood.She was raised in a chicken coop-like foster home.With a dull pain in his heart, he handed the baby girl to Secretary Dandan next to him. Dandan couldn't wait to hug her, and pressed the baby girl's face to his own. The system in No. 2 is very strict. Apart from accompanying important guests, she has no chance to come to the nursing room and see the "real" baby. Before that, she only saw it on the surveillance screen.But how can the image on the screen have such a real feeling?The baby girl's buttocks are heavy and tight, her small body is very warm, her skin is smooth and smooth, soft and tender, touching it can feel a strong pleasure.She really likes her. Just when it was time for the baby to feed, more than a thousand robotic hands stretched out at the same time, and accurately inserted the pacifier into the baby's mouth.Only the robot arm on this small bed failed to find the target. It was swinging hastily, looking for it with photoelectric eyes, like a grasshopper that lost its head.Everyone laughed, Dandan put the baby back, and the mechanical hand immediately plugged the pacifier. The baby girl sucked quietly, her black eyes staring at the faces above her. A group of four left the nursing room and returned to the central office building.Just as Qi Hongde thought, that time is coming, the plan that he, Jianming and Uncle He carefully formulated will officially start, success or failure depends on the last move.On the way, while no one was paying attention, he spit out the information storage device he had been holding in his mouth all the time, and safely hid it in the palm of his hand.He schmoozed with the group as he slid out the sharp needle connector of the reservoir and tucked it between his index and middle fingers. The host and guest sat down in the office, and Abe Dekar said: "I hope you will be satisfied with this visit. If you have any other requirements or questions, please don't hesitate to ask." Bingsu said: "I'm very satisfied, very satisfied. I finally saw the mysterious humanoid production process. Let's put it this way, I was a little disappointed after seeing it. Just like when I visited the Houston Space Center that year, I was also a little bit disappointed after the visit. Disappointed. Why? Because in the minds of ordinary people, the interstellar spaceship is a fetish outside of reality. When you touch it with your hands and see the rivets and joints on it, you realize that it is just a machine. It is the same today , Breeding humanoids—this was originally the work of God and Buddha, but you used some bottles and jars and some hard machines to create them. So, touching the laser marking machine and the artificial womb, I feel a little bit lost. " "Destroyed the original sense of mystery and holiness in my heart, didn't I?" "right." Abe Dekar said with a smile: "There is no mystery in science itself. No matter how advanced technology is, it is composed of ordinary rivets, bolts and test tubes. But the combination of thousands of ordinary things becomes magic." "well said." "Are there any questions, sir?" Degang cut in without losing the opportunity: "Director, please introduce the central control system." He turned to Bingsu, "Everything here is controlled by a giant computer named Hall, which is the first director of No. 2. Founded by chief engineer He Buyi, it is already fifty-five years old. It has never been connected to the outside world, and all the voluminous data are manually entered by No. 2 employees, so, to a certain extent, it is like a The Patriarch Bodhi who practiced behind closed doors and ascended to Taoism. You should meet him." Bingsu was very interested: "Really? I really want to meet it." Abe Dekar looked at Bingsu's secretary, and it was somewhat strange that he knew so much about Hall's computer. It is likely that he had read the detailed information about No. 2 before coming.He said, "Okay, please come out and see it. Hall, please show yourself." Immediately, a face flashed on the giant screen in the main hall. The face synthesis technology was perfect, and the expression was as natural as a real person.It looked at the guests with serene eyes, and said in a calm tone: "Nice to meet you, honorable Mr. Bingsu, and you, Mr. Chen Yujianhua." Hearing his secretary's name, Bingsu couldn't help but look at "Wang Li Xizhi" again.The latter still responded with a smile."Do you guys have any questions for me?" Hall asked. De Gang talked with Bingsu in a low voice, looked up at Hall and smiled and said, "Mr. Bingsu asked me to ask a question. I heard that you have evolved self-awareness during fifty-five years of self-cultivation. right?" "I think so." "You are the real soul of number two, aren't you?" "I'll take their place," it looked at Abe Dekar, "to manage No. 2." "But, aren't you lonely? You have been isolated from the world all your life, living in the inner LAN of No. 2, living in the chip maze, and living in this narrow and deep pipeline," he walked to the host, He picked up a thick cable with a metal jacket and held it up for Hall to see, "This living space is too narrow. If it were me, I would lose my mind." Hall smiled slightly: "Every life is a prisoner of a certain environment. Malaria parasites can only live in the blood and the intestines of mosquitoes, fish can only live in water, and humans can only live in the air. You don't have to Have mercy on me alone." The answer was witty and everyone laughed.Bingsu said, this is really a philosophical answer, well, I have no questions, thank you.Hall said you're welcome, and then disappeared from the screen.De Gang smiled embarrassingly, as if he had lost a move when playing against the computer. He put down the cable, bent down to tidy it up, then patted the dust off his hands, and returned to Bingsu's side.At this moment, the needle of the reservoir has been inserted into the cable.There are three wires inside the cable: Power Positive, Power Negative, and Signal.A green light on the memory flashed very faintly, indicating that the needle was just connected to the signal line.The compressed information is then fed into the computer's inner network within a second. Mr. Bingsu was shaking hands with Abe Dekar and Dandan to express his gratitude.Seeing "Wang Li Xizhi" approaching, he also stretched out his hand to hold it.De Gang thought it was going to be bad, if Mr. Bingsu shook hands with him politely, then his false secretary status would be ruined.He hurriedly took the old man's arm, put it in the arm ring naturally, and said first: "You must be tired after visiting for a long time. I'll take you to rest." Abe Dekar said: "Goodbye, Mr. Bingsu, Dandan, take the two of you away for me." On the walk, Degang's ears pricked up as he took off his overalls and entered the shower tunnel.The instructions to change the fingerprints have been sent to the laser marking machine at the speed of light, and the babies with the fingerprints are being produced, and these babies will be sent to the examination room in three hours.In the middle... will the alarm bells be ringing?Then, the door locked and the guards rushed up and handcuffed him? Nothing happened. When formulating the plan, the three had racked their brains on the last hurdle (how to make the baby with fingerprints escape the computer and manual inspection).If this level cannot be passed, it will only produce a batch of artifacts to be destroyed, or rather, it will make them commit new sins.In the end, it was Uncle He who came up with a solution, and the solution was extremely simple.That is - to delay the development of the baby by two months.At that time, the fingerprints had not yet been revealed, so naturally they were not afraid of inspection.Slowing down a baby's development is easy to do procedurally, the only question is: Will the inspectors recognize a "premature" baby?He Buyi analyzed: "I don't think there will be a problem. Factory No. 2 is strictly disciplined, and the inspectors are also very professional. But in such a strict environment, they will inevitably become rigid. Their task is to check whether the baby has fingerprints, so, They will do the job impeccably. As for whether the baby is full-grown or not—that's a matter of the previous process, a matter of the computer. The inspectors don't bother with it. Besides, it can be in the order With a little modification, these babies all gain weight, so that the visual image of the baby will appear larger enough to fool the inspector's eyes." Until Degang and the others walked out of the passage, there was no alarm bell in the factory. Secretary Chen Yujian Hua opened the car door, De Gang helped the old man into the car, and shook hands with Jian Hua again: "I'm very sorry to keep you waiting outside for two hours. Now, my fake secretary is supposed to take over." Added weight: "The temporary change of the visit arrangement has caused you a lot of inconvenience, please forgive me." The secretary said graciously, "You're welcome." "I won't take you to the airport. You can take this Mercedes back to Nanyang and return the car to the Fidelity car rental company near the airport." "Okay." Jian Hua sat in the driver's seat. "Mr. Bingsu, goodbye. Hope to meet again in the future." "Thank you for your service and goodbye." Chen Yujianhua drove out of the parking lot, and De Gang got into another Audi, which he had stored here in advance.He followed the Mercedes out of number 2, but he quickly separated from the car and drove on another road.He couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone, dialed a number, and said happily: "I've come out, it's smooth, and I'm rushing back." Over there, Jianming only shouted briefly: "Okay!" Chen Yujianhua drove on the Ningxi Expressway and rushed to Nanyang Airport.Just now, he sat at the gate for more than two hours. He was a little annoyed. He came all the way here, but he failed to enter the gate of No. 2, and the change of the visit arrangement was notified to him at the last moment, which inevitably caused him to be angry. A faint sense of humiliation.But—forget it, he comforted himself in his heart, you are just a secretary, and the secretary must unconditionally obey the master's arrangement.After all, I have only been with Bingsu for three months, and the master has not had time to establish complete trust in him. He calmed himself down and drove the car without distraction.The traffic flowed like a tide, the signs quickly flashed backwards, and the distant mountain peaks slowly turned around.Mr. Bingsu was very excited and said: "This trip is worthwhile." But he didn't elaborate on the details, Jianhua thought keenly, maybe, No. 2 told him to keep it a secret from me?He obediently did not ask further. After driving for an hour, he found that Mr. Bingsu's mood was not right.His excitement had ebbed, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were staring ahead, but nothing was in sight.Jianhua thought he might be tired, he was an old man of eighty-five years old after all.He persuaded softly: "Mr. Bingsu, are you tired? I'll drive slowly, and you lie down on the back seat and sleep for a while." The old man waved his hand, still lost in thought.Jian Hua stopped persuading him, and just drove by himself, only looking at the owner from the rearview mirror from time to time.Ten minutes later, Bingsu suddenly said: "Jian Hua, park the car on the side of the road." Jian Hua hurriedly stepped on the brakes and slowly parked the car on the side of the road. "What's the matter, Mr. Bingsu?" Bingsu still waved his hands, frowning in thought.Today's visit was very interesting, but after being excited, he faintly felt something was wrong.where? No. 2 treated him very well, and the accompanying Wang Li Xizhi was also very considerate in his service, but what was wrong? The secretary remained silent, not wanting to interrupt the master's train of thought.Bingsu continued to recall, think, and finally remembered.What is wrong is that there were two times (one was Computer Hall) that he mentioned saying hello to Chen Yujianhua.Of course they should know that the secretary next to them is a fake, and it is the No. 2 employee, Wang Li Xizhi.Nichiji said that this was to "make the trick", but inside No. 2, there is no need to use an alias. Another point is that Wang Li Xizhi seems to be very familiar with the secretary, Miss Dandan, but this familiarity is one-way - Dandan has always been polite and respectful to Xizhi, as if he didn't know him at all, and Xizhi's familiarity is somewhat of a show smell. What is this for? Thinking of this depth, he found that another plot might also be suspicious.Xi Zhi was playing his own secretary, and his performance today was basically in line with the secretary's identity. Only at the end, when he asked the central computer Hall a question, he seemed too active, a bit overwhelming.Why is he like this? 炳素苦苦思索着，也在心中感叹着，自己毕竟老了，思维不敏捷了，他看出了这中间有不正常的地方，但不能找出这些不正常的核心原因。忽然一个可能性浮出水面： 如果王李西治根本就不是2号的信使？ 他心中猛一抖颤，在刹那间悟出，这肯定是事情的真正原因。说到底，他（和见华秘书）为什么认定西治是2号的人员？并不是因为他的工作证，那太容易伪造了，而是因为他对2号事务的熟悉——他非常通晓这次参观的安排，他对2号的情况知之甚悉，一句话，他完全是个局内人的样子。这种伪装使炳素麻痹了，忘记了对他的身份进行甄别。 炳素在政坛上浸淫一生，原不缺乏搞政治机谋的心机，今天只是偶尔失察罢了，一旦捅破这层窗户纸，一切便豁然显现。那位王李西治曾巧妙地、似露非露地把怀疑的矛头引向秘书，那只是为了把水搅浑；他赶在自己出发前半天才赶到泰国，是为了打一个时间差，使炳素来不及产生怀疑；他能在2号自由进出，则肯定是用黑客手法把见华的个人识别资料偷换成他自己的。 炳素想，自己和2号都上当了，上当的重要原因是一种心理上的误区：他们对2号“严密的”安全措施过于相信了。 秘书还在耐心地等他。他苦涩地叹息道：“见华，恐怕咱们都上当了。”秘书疑问地看看他，他没有多做解释，简捷地命令道： “立即返回2号。快！” 陈于见华立即启动汽车，高速路上无法调头，只有继续向前，赶到最近的站口。汽车又开了近二十分钟，在这段时间内，炳素只能无奈地看着隔离带那边的逆向汽车刷刷地开过去，他调侃地想，高科技带来的副作用——这也算一例吧。到了镇平站，秘书调转方向，飞快地向2号开回。一个小时后，他们赶到了2号大门，警卫走过来，辨认出这是刚刚离开这儿的炳素先生的奔驰，没等他询问，也没等他打开车门，炳素拉开车门跳下来，以不容置疑的口吻说： “快通知安倍德卡尔总监，我要立即同他面谈。快！” 安倍德卡尔送走客人，从屏幕上看着两个客人走出大门。少顷，丹丹小姐轻快地走进屋里。他没有抬头，顺口问了一声：“送走了？” “嗯，送走了。”稍停，她忍不住补充道：“安倍德卡尔先生，那秘书有点怪怪的。” “是不是他在向你献殷勤？我注意到了。看来他对你一见钟情，可惜他不知道丹丹小姐已经名花有主啦。” “这么个莽撞家伙，似乎不合联合国秘书长秘书的身份。” “他只是半个秘书。从资料上看，他是炳素先生新聘的太极拳教练，不是专职秘书。” 丹丹释然了，开始干自己的日常工作，安倍德卡尔也埋头处理日常事务。他常常自嘲，自己是个尸位素餐的家伙，2号已运转了五十五年，各种规章制度近乎完美，生产的又是基本不变的产品，没有他这位总监兼总工，2号的运转不会受到影响。2号的框架是第一任总监杰克逊和第一任总工何不疑精心搭建的，而自己一直采取“萧规曹随”的态度。他想，杰克逊已经去世了，何不疑还健在，听说他隐居在深山中，三十年闭门不出，像他这样叱咤风云的科学家，也真能守得住寂寞呀。 他忽然萌生一个念头，准备最近邀请何不疑来2号旧地重游，藉此表达自己对他的敬意。 安倍德卡尔吩咐丹丹，把这件事记在备忘录上，过几天再具体安排。他并不知道何不疑已成了警方的控制对象，由于过分的保密规定，这个信息没有传到他这儿。 丹丹照他说的做了，忽然抬起头笑道：“那些类人婴儿真可爱。” “嗯，他们和人类婴儿本来就没有区别。” “安倍德卡尔先生，你知道我对身边的类人没有好感，他们全都死板僵硬，可是——才出生的类人婴儿！皮肤光滑柔嫩，摸着他们的小身体，指尖麻酥酥的，有触电的感觉。还有他们的眼睛，清澈见底，从瞳孔中就能看到他们心里。我真是太喜欢他们了！” 安倍德卡尔笑着，听自己的秘书用尽了最高级的形容词。其实，他心里也十分喜爱那些娇憨可爱的婴儿。 “可是，为什么他们成年后，就……满身类人味呢？” “那主要是环境和习俗的重压。你可以想想二百年前的美国黑人、印度贱民和中国的地主崽子。” “我想购买一个刚出厂的女婴，把她养大。” “当然可以。”安倍德卡尔叹息一声，“不过这么做常常导出一部悲剧，慢慢地，你会把这个类人婴儿视作亲生，可是你又无法让她获得自然人身份，无法为她隔断社会上的歧视。” 丹丹沉默了。停一会儿，安倍德卡尔已经把这事撇开，她却突然冒出一句：“我还是要购买一个类人婴儿。” 安倍德卡尔不置可否地嗯一声，买一个类人婴儿，这是件轻而易举的事，那时他绝没想到，丹丹为这个婴儿经受了那么多磨难。 下午四点半，屏幕上忽然闪出了霍尔的面孔：“安倍德卡尔先生！”它急声喊。从它的表情和声调看出来，一定是紧急情况。安倍德卡尔立即跳起来：“霍尔，有什么情况？” “生产程序被人篡改了！我在进行每日例检时才发现，生产程序中'抹去指纹'的那部分程序被删去了！” 安倍德卡尔飞快地思考着，紧盯着霍尔的眼睛，冷静地问：“程序篡改时你不知道？” 霍尔苦笑着（它是第一次使用这种表情）：“你说得对，按照常规，任何程序的修改都必须经过我，而我必须验证发指令者的身份、权限后才能执行。不过人们因此形成了心理惯性，忘记了根本一点，所有程序最终必须化为最简单的0、1信号，也就是电流的通和断，来指挥执行元件。当然这种0、1数字串极为冗长繁琐，没人能直接编出来，必须经过某些软件的调制，也就是要经过中央电脑。可是，如果有人能事先编出正确的数字串，他就能越过我，直接把指令送达执行元件。安倍德卡尔先生，不知道我解释清楚没有。” 安倍德卡尔蹙眉思索着。“清楚了。那么，这个人就是……”他和霍尔同时说出，“今天来的客人！”霍尔又加了一句：“依我看是那位陈于见华先生。” 丹丹惊恐地张着嘴，她知道这回麻烦大了。安倍德卡尔苦笑着想，刚才他还说自己尸位素餐，骂得真对呀。他飞快地回忆着两个客人进2号以后的行动，马上猜到了奥妙所在。他快步走到陈于见华刚才触摸过的电缆，发现一个小小的仪器贴在那儿，一根探针扎进电缆的金属外套。霍尔在屏幕上看着他，两人心照不宣地点头。安倍德卡尔问： “程序是什么时候改变的？” “四小时二十分钟前，从那时起，生产线上已经生产了一千三百名婴儿。” “多少？” “一千三百名。要把他们全销毁吗？” 安倍德卡尔沉默了一分钟，沉重地说：“一千三百名婴儿啊，对这么多婴儿的处理已经超过了我的权限。我立即向世界政府报告，询问处理办法。同时我要自请处分，是我失职了。丹丹，立即向世界政府通报，同时通报警方，追查炳素那位秘书的背景。” 丹丹立即出去了。安倍德卡尔沉重而困惑地问：“霍尔，请你告诉我，警报为什么没有响？类人婴儿的生产周期是三个小时，而程序是四小时二十分钟前改变的。也就是说，至少有一百名有指纹的婴儿已经送到检验室，为什么电脑和人工检查都没发出警报？” 霍尔摇摇头：“不知道，我只知道程序被改变了，但检验室没有发警报。” “我现在就去现场察看。” 他按电铃唤来警卫，和警卫一起赶往人工检查室。三十八名检查员在紧张有序地工作，对传送带上的一个个婴儿进行目视和触摸检查，然后打上合格的戳印。安倍德卡尔从流水线上拎起一个，捏着他的手指仔细查看，上面没有指纹。他借过检查员的放大镜再察看，仍然看不到。 也许只是一场虚惊，也许霍尔弄错了——电脑也会偶尔出一次差错吧。不过他马上想起主电脑电缆上那个凭空出现的小仪器，知道自己只是在自我欺骗。 他把婴儿还给检查员，女检查员不知道内情，轻松地微笑着，接过婴儿，又开始自己的工作。这时监视屏幕上闪出霍尔的面孔，它向安倍德卡尔微微点头。安倍德卡尔知道它已查到了原因，便说： “我马上回去。” 回到中央办公室，霍尔言简意赅地说：“查清楚了，程序的改变不仅是关于指纹，还对婴儿的发育速度做了调整。这样，送进检查室的都是十二个月大的婴儿。” 安倍德卡尔听着，心中生出寒意。这些“不足月的”婴儿当然看不到指纹，但出厂两个月后，指纹就会慢慢显现。这次的破坏行动计划周密，而且策划者显然对2号的内情十分熟悉。Who is he?世界上能够改变指纹程序的人屈指可数，从第一位总工何不疑算起，不会超过十个人吧，个个都是科学界的超重量级人物。他们之中是谁背叛了2号？ 他想唤丹丹来问问与警方联系的情况，这时丹丹闯进来了，急迫地说： “总监！炳素先生和秘书陈于见华回来了，要求同你紧急会面。他们正在进门，但那位秘书的识别资料同电脑中存储的不一致，警卫向你报警！” 监视屏幕上，炳素和一名年轻男子在焦急地等待着，自称是陈于见华的年轻男子不是四小时前进入2号的那位。忽然之间，安倍德卡尔什么都明白了。 一出非常简单的移花接木之计。在炳素先生与2号的信息接口之间，一个阴谋者插了进来，他成功地扮演了一个两面人的角色——对炳素先生，他是2号的代表；对2号，他是炳素先生的秘书。 that is it.一个简单的骗局骗住了世界上最严密的安全系统。 他对丹丹说：“启用总监特别权限，放炳素先生和他的秘书立即进来。这才是真正的陈于见华呀，他送来的个人资料被人篡改了。霍尔，迅速查查这次篡改留下的记录。还有，丹丹立即通知警方，按那位假秘书的个人资料：指纹、瞳纹和血型，查出他的真实姓名。去吧。” 三分钟后，炳素先生和秘书坐在中央办公室的椅子上，不过他们不必再说什么了。警方的鉴定报告已经送来，那位混入2号的年轻男子叫齐洪德刚，是个有名气的电脑工程师。他曾爱上一个类人姑娘，并为她雕刻了假指纹，事发后女类人被销毁，齐洪德刚矢志报仇。他曾助警方挖出了一个混入警局的B型人宇何剑鸣，即2号总工何不疑的儿子，但其后又为这个危险的类人警官通风报信。现在齐洪德刚已经失踪多日，警方正在找他呢。 这是2号第一次得知何不疑曾从这儿盗走一个有指纹的婴儿。安倍德卡尔苦笑着想：难怪如此啊，难怪阴谋者对2号这样熟悉，甚至能编写出修改指纹的指令。他对炳素说： “我们都上当了，现在，请你们详细谈谈事情的来龙去脉吧。”