Chapter 7 Chapter Six

After listening to my words, everyone reacted differently, among which Conway was the most disapproving.I pointed at him again and said, "This kind of mentality is like the helpless mentality of ordinary people under the rule of the feudal system." Conway's eyes widened: "You have taken the question too far!" I said: "I'm giving an example—the common people hope to have a good emperor, and think that as long as the emperor has a benevolent heart, they can have a good life, but they don't know that because they have no power to check and balance the emperor's behavior, everything is determined by the emperor's personal will." , This is the most dangerous situation, once the emperor starts to act recklessly, the common people will have to bleed into rivers and corpses will be scattered all over the field, this kind of situation has happened countless times in human history!"

Conway still stared wide-eyed and opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't speak, because the example I gave really illustrates the current human situation. Bai Su could understand my thoughts best, she said: "No matter what, whoever has mastered this power must find him out!" She said, her gaze resting on Conway. Conway smiled wryly: "I've tried my best these days, but nothing came of it. Now that kind of power... and... blatantly intrudes, I..." When he said this, it might be because he was so anxious that he pulled his hair with all his strength. His hair, of course, is not the same as our hair, it is just a decoration, it is part of the millions of parts on his body, it has a huge effect, I just saw that there is a light in his hair, which can control the instrument At this time, he is scratching and pulling randomly. If it breaks, God knows what will happen!

So Bai Su and I said in unison: "Don't worry, things will always be resolved." Conway obviously did not accept our empty consolation, instead he freed up a hand to pull his beard.Liu Xu rushed over and hugged him, with a loving expression on his face, and said something in his ear, Kangwei finally stabilized his emotions, he drooped his hands, gasping for breath, and looked towards us. I guessed that Liu Xu must have said something like "with Wesley and Bai Su here, there will be no problem that cannot be solved", so I immediately said: "Don't count on us──we are human beings, and we are in a situation controlled by others Below, what can be done?"

Before Kangwei and Liu Xu reacted to my words, Bai Su said unexpectedly: "Because of this, we have something to do." Bai Su's words surprised everyone. Kang Wei was even more anxious than me. He rushed to ask, "What can we do?" Bai Su actually laughed happily: "I said us, your Excellency is not included." Conway looked extremely helpless, he put his arms around Liu Xu, and said to her: "Except you, no one else treats me as a human being." The one thing I refrained from saying was: Liu Xu had been implanted with a mind-controlled nuclear bomb, and she was already half a robot.

Bai Su knew what I wanted to say, she gave me a slight push, so I immediately changed my words: "As the saying goes, if you have a confidant in life, you will have no regrets in death, what else do you want?" A few words were very much in line with Conway's wishes. He looked at Liu Xu, and immediately showed an expression of death without regret. Although it was not disgusting, it was still enough to see! After feeling numb for a while, Kang Wei asked, "What is Mrs. Wei's plan?" Bai Su said: "One word of truth." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unfathomable, even me.

Bai Su smiled and said, "Wait!" Indeed, there is only one word, but what are you waiting for? Bai Su took a breath: "Since that kind of power can control human brain activity, of course it can also know what we are thinking, and it also has the ability to communicate with us - if it is not malicious and knows that we are And with extreme fear, it will contact us." Bai Su's explanation, the inference is very reasonable, but the foundation is based on the fact that the power is not malicious. I brought this up, and Bai Su spread his hands: "We have no choice but to do this, and believe that it is not malicious!"

I said: "Not only must there be no malice, but there must also be 120,000 percent love for human beings—otherwise, how could it contact us because of our fear?" When I say this, I am not opposing Bai Su's reasoning, nor am I being sarcastic, but pointing out a fact.And when I say this, I'm just trying to point out that while the inference is sound, the chances of this actually happening are extremely remote. Bai Su didn't argue with me. Chen Jingde, who seldom speaks, firmly supported Bai Su's opinion. He said in a very positive tone: "Whether there is love or not, I dare not say, but there is no malice, I can believe it."

Conway was very interested: "How do you know?" He already knew about Chen Jingde's situation, and he still wanted to ask such a question, but he knew that his mechanical head sometimes couldn't turn well. I replied on behalf of Chen Jingde: "Of course he didn't feel that his brother was hurt, so he thinks this way. I have already told him that the feeling he receives now is not reliable, it is most likely a false impression." Conway shook his head: "Wesley, the biggest problem with you is that you assume that the party you don't understand is your enemy."

Of course, I am not happy that this bearded robot criticizes me with such words, and I am not ready to accept it. But I haven't refuted yet. Conway probably saw my unkind expression, so he said, "I can't blame you. This is a common problem of human beings. People who don't understand themselves will naturally become hostile." I sneered again and again: "It's really strange. I heard that all your thoughts and actions are set according to human thoughts and actions. How come you don't have this problem?" Conway said with a smile: "I said that this kind of hostility towards people who don't understand themselves is a 'common human disease', but I didn't say that this phenomenon is 'human nature'. The common problem is caused by the acquired environment. , is not born this way.”

I continued to sneer: "It turns out that your Excellency is extremely healthy, and there is no 'common disease' at all!" Conway shook his head: "It's not that I don't have it, but I know it's a problem." Although I was still very angry, but for a while, I couldn't help him. He simply laughed out loud: "I think you must know the truth that you should be happy when you hear it, but you are angry. This is your fault, and you don't know it yourself!" I couldn't help laughing: "You machine brain is extremely rigid. Human nature should be to be angry when you hear it. It is said that after some self-cultivation, you can reach the state of being happy when you hear it. It takes hard work to get rid of it." The goal achieved, it can be seen that it is not natural!"

Kang Wei just opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, Liu Xu smiled and said to Bai Su, "The two of them are so interesting—what's the point of arguing about this kind of issue?" Bai Su also smiled: "That's right, thousands of years ago, someone had already argued about it, and there was no conclusion." As she spoke, she looked at me, and I said, "You want to say that I tend to be 'human nature is evil', but Conway is not?" Conway said with a smile: "That's okay, everyone can have their own opinion──But don't call me a machine head, that's a personal attack!" I laughed loudly: "I was angry when I heard it, but you are worse than me, and you are angry when you hear the facts!" Conway wanted to be angry, but he couldn't deny the fact that his head was a set of machines, so he looked embarrassed and looked very funny. We didn't continue to fight, Chen Jingde said very seriously: "I believe that if Chen Yixing's life is in danger, as his half, I will definitely feel it. This is not something that any force can stop." Since each of them tends to think that that kind of power is harmless to human beings, under the current situation, it is meaningless for me to insist on my own opinion, so I waved my hand and said nothing more. Conway said with a smile: "I know that Wesley is not convinced, but as far as the solicitation of life quota is concerned, he also thinks it is morally problematic, but in fact one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell, it is completely a matter of two sides. , there is no moral question at all.” I couldn't help retorting again: "It's about human life, it's no small matter, how do you know that the person who sells the life quota is completely willing?" Conway laughed happily, and Liu Xu laughed too.Judging from their situation, they look completely confident. Conway said: "First of all, that kind of force has repeatedly emphasized that the applicants must voluntarily surrender their life quotas. I believe there must be a very mysterious reason for this. The guess is that if it is not voluntary—one hundred percent completely voluntary, the transfer of life quotas will Can't proceed." I sneered: "Using a huge amount of money to lure others to give up their lives is always morally problematic!" Conway still smiled: "I have more than a thousand letters from applicants expressing their willingness to sell their lives. Please read them, understand the aspirations of the life-sellers, and then make a conclusion." Before I answered, Bai Su had already agreed: "Anyway, we can only wait now──" When she said this, she glanced at me: "This method of waiting for a rabbit can sometimes be useful, especially when there is absolutely no other way. So let's take a look at the letters of application. We don't want to give up our lives. If you don’t want to buy it, but if you want it, you have no power to stop it.” I muttered: "The most precious thing in life is life. It's strange that someone would be willing to give it up!" Conway's hearing is very strong, only he heard what I said, and he laughed a few times: "You can talk about it after you read it." I nodded, Kang Zong gave Liu Xu a wink, and Liu Xu walked to a console, operating it while explaining: "There are thousands of application letters, of course you don't have to read them all. All letters can be divided into several categories, first look at the first One class, what Conway and I call the 'scrap sale class'." Just listening to his explanation, it was completely inexplicable, but one application letter after another appeared on a large screen. The applicants are all over eighty years old, and all suffer from different incurable diseases and are lingering. There is very little difference between them living and dying now, but some of their life quotas have not been used up, and the remaining life quotas are meaningless to them--die a few months earlier, or better, can be exempted pain from disease. But their remaining life quota, if they can be transferred, is still useful to other people in need.This situation is like a second-hand goods sale. These letters of application were all written by the dying old man himself. They hoped to get a sum of money, which would benefit their relatives and cover their funeral expenses.The words in the letter are sincere, and I must ask the solicitors to answer quickly, because their life quota is running out, and it is a pity to waste it on themselves. The next few letters were written by the relatives of the life-soldiers. The relatives expressed their willingness to sell their life quotas on their behalf, because they themselves had lost consciousness—they were brain-injured and comatose for a long time, commonly known as "vegetative people" "The one is. Life in this situation, alive and dead, can be equated.But their hearts are still beating, and some of them are still very healthy, which means that there is still a lot of quota for their hearts to beat. This kind of quota is useless to them, but it is extremely useful to those who need it! Selling life quota in this situation can be said to be waste utilization. Relatives who wrote to me said they were in dire financial straits due to long-term care of the vegetative state. The hardships of life made it impossible for even healthy people to survive—two of them committed suicide because of this. So they desperately hope to have the ability to improve the current predicament. They also emphasize that they are not disregarding the life and death of their loved ones, but that they are exhausted and desperate, and there is no other way. If the current situation continues, there will be more people Would rather use suicide to get rid of. Although the literary talent of those letters is not very good, but the cry of tears is from the extreme pain in the heart, but it can be seen at a glance, and after reading it, it makes people feel heavy. I hope they can quickly struggle from the current predicament go out. Liu Xu continued to operate, and at the same time narrated: "The second category can be called the 'sufficient supply category'." Following his words, what appeared on the screen was a completely different application letter.Those who worked hard were young and strong, both men and women, under thirty, and some as young as fourteen or five years old.They all said that they have a lot of life quotas that can be sold, and they are confident that their life quotas have strong vitality and good health, so applicants are requested to give priority to purchasing their life quotas. They all hope that by working their lives, they can get a lot of money to make their lives comfortable. Among them, some young men and women expressed their willingness to sell ten years of their lives in exchange for more money. The reason is that their loved ones have fallen into the arms of the rich, making them miserable. After having money, they can take back their lovers, otherwise they would rather suicide. Since this kind of "love tragedy" happens anytime and anywhere, it can't be regarded as false threats.For a person who is determined to commit suicide for love, giving up his life quota of ten or eight years is nothing at all! In this case, buying their life quota is tantamount to saving their life.Although there is a slight discount, it cannot be "successful in building a seven-level pagoda", at least there are six levels-not only is there no moral problem, but it is also a great good thing! When I saw this, I exchanged glances with Bai Su, not knowing what it was like.When I heard about life quota trading, my first feeling was that it must be an immoral act. It now appears that this idea has much room for questioning. Conway saw my expression from the side. He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Looking down, there are still many tricks!" Liu Xu continued: "The other category can be said to be the 'begging category'. Please see the application letter for this category." This kind of application letter made me feel even more uncomfortable-because I really didn't expect that there would be so many people eager to get money when it was a choice between a part of their life and a lot of money. Most of the applicants in this group are middle-aged people, and without exception, they all have achieved nothing and live in hardship. They belong to the lowest class of society. It is their lifelong dream to become rich, and they also know that they are absolutely incapable of realizing their dream of becoming rich. , They all feel that their life is worse than death.The only force that supports their survival is the illusory dream of getting rich, that is to say, they have been living in the situation of deceiving themselves. Now suddenly something that was impossible to realize could become a reality, it simply drove them crazy! There are those who beg bitterly in the letter, there are those who are talented with tears, and there are those who are willing to live a good life for a year or a half, and there are also those who are willing to spend the rest of their lives in exchange for money. Among them was an application letter written by an old prostitute who had experienced vicissitudes of life. She briefly described her life, from when she was in her twenties, her daughter was abandoned by her husband when she was only six weeks old. Starving to death, she began to write as a prostitute. Twenty years of experience can be turned into a novel. She said that now due to poverty, her daughter will follow in her footsteps, which makes her feel cold and shivering when she thinks about it. She is willing to sacrifice herself to do anything in exchange for money. If not, she will only die. Although there are such unfortunate groups of people in human society, it seems that there is no other way to relieve them from their predicament except miracles. And being able to sell their quota of lives was a miracle for them! After reading this part of the letters of those who are ready to sacrifice their lives, I feel very strange in my heart——I wish that I have the ability to buy their life quotas and make their wishes come true. Their wish is actually very simple - hope to live like a human being! The so-called "life is priceless" is only for people who live like people. As for people who don't live like people, life is not only priceless, but also quite cheap! This is really amazing. Although everyone in the world is alive, they live very differently. Some live happily, while others feel like they are in hell.Those who are happy are naturally reluctant to lose their lives, and those who are in hell will naturally not value life that much. The so-called "all beings are equal" is obviously only the ideal of the Indian prince. As for the so-called "human dignity", only those who live in hell can truly know how much they can retain in a life of hell-like poverty, and other people who are not in that situation cannot really understand. The "death-stricken words" expressed in the application letters let people know a little bit about their feelings. You can be arrogant, accuse them of being shameless, say that they have no personality, and that they can sell their lives for money... Wait, but those are all sarcastic remarks that can't catch the pain! For a while, everyone was silent. Of course, it was not the first time for Conway and Liu Xu to read these application letters, but they also felt heavy hearts. After a while, Chen Jingde broke the silence first: "Is there anyone who sells life quota with our purpose?" Liu Xu said: "In these letters, I didn't find the same example. But there is another category, which can be called the 'surging love category'." After Liu Xu said this, she let out a long sigh: "After reading this kind of application letter, I really want to have the ability to transfer life quotas, so I can help them achieve their wishes." Liu Xu expressed such a wish, which was unexpected.Because as soon as I know that there is such a thing as transferring life quotas, at least in my opinion, it is definitely not a good thing, but a great disaster for mankind. Although I feel that my judgment is highly questionable after reading the words of those who sacrificed their lives, I don't want to be the executor of the transfer of life quota. No matter from which point of view, the transfer of life quota is to take actions in the lives of others. But I didn't say anything, because I knew that Liu Xu must have a reason for saying that.Sure enough, after reading the following application letters, I knew the reason. The next group of people who are willing to sell their life quotas do not ask for monetary rewards. They are willing to sell all of their remaining life quotas, and only ask for half of them to be transferred to their seriously ill children, while the other half will be used as reward. For them, it is truly giving their lives unconditionally in the hope that their children will live on. This kind of turbulent expression of love, in ordinary life, between relatives and lovers, such wishes are often made.But saying it orally and doing it in practice are of course two completely different things. Judging from what those candidates wrote in their letters, the grief in their hearts is really indescribable. So it's no wonder that Liu Xu wanted to fulfill their wish just now, even I thought that if I have such ability and someone begs me like this, I will definitely not refuse. When I thought of this, I couldn't help being surprised—I have always regarded that kind of power as the enemy of human beings, but now it seems that although that kind of power can take away people's quota of life, under certain circumstances, There are many people who desire their life quota to be transferred. For those people, that kind of power is not only an enemy, but a savior! I took a breath and was speechless for a while. Conway said in a deep voice, "I can't think of it! People's thoughts are inherently complicated, and they can't be covered up." It's ridiculous that things have developed to the point where a robot has to explain human thinking to me, but I know that the robot has a point. The robot's tone is very sincere: "From these letters, I have come to the conclusion that that kind of power is not necessarily harmful to humans. Liu Xu agrees. What do you think?" Liu Xu added: "I even think that if that kind of power is widely used, it will be of great benefit to mankind. So I really want to send those application letters to the hands of the solicitors, but unfortunately it cannot be done." My heart moved: "How long have you had this idea? Is it very strong?" Liu Xu replied: "I only saw one-tenth of it, and I thought so, and I really formed a strong desire." I sighed: "Your strong desire must form a signal and spread out naturally, and I believe that kind of power has received your signal, not only knows your wish, but also transfers the information in your brain about the applicant All the information has also been received—this is the reason why those applicants lost their memories. Of course, it is the result of that power tampering with those applicants based on the information obtained from your brain." Things may sound complicated, but they are actually very simple. It is nothing more than the kind of power that can capture people's thoughts. Although it is only a matter that can be finished in one sentence, thinking that my thoughts are completely under the control of that kind of power, it is as uncomfortable as swallowing a caterpillar. Liu Xu muttered to himself: "That kind of power is so powerful, we have no choice but to pray to the gods and worship Buddha, hoping that it will be as expected by the bearded man." Conway said: "None of these applicants were selected. I really don't know what the conditions for their selection are!" I shook my head: "There might have been a few that could be selected, but since you also have their information, you gave up." Chen Jingde lost his voice: "Won't this harm those who are in urgent need of help!" Liu Xu sighed: "That's not true—when we went to meet those recruits, we saw their miserable situation and tried our best to help them improve their environment. But our power still can't change the whole world in the same environment. people, so—” When Liu Xu said this, she suddenly stopped. There was another heavy silence for a while——according to what Liu Xu said, the only conclusion is that people all over the world need to communicate with each other and get what they need, so that supply and demand can be balanced. The information we just saw was obtained by Conway in a city in Switzerland.And Switzerland is a rich country, and even so, it is hard to believe how eagerly the recruits in poor areas hope to sell their life quota! The main reason for our heavy heart, of course, is that we have always had a deep-rooted concept of life - life is noble, sacred, solemn... and so on.And suddenly discover that life is nothing more than a commodity, and in some cases, the status is far inferior to money, which is naturally unacceptable. When our minds were disturbed by the impact on our usual ideas, Conway suddenly burst out laughing. I immediately glared at him, blaming him for being so disrespectful to a robot before such a serious question, which is clearly gloating at the trampled value of human life! Conway smiled and waved his hands: "Why are you so nervous?" I said angrily, "You have no life at all—" Before I finished speaking, Liu Xu had already protested: "He has life—it's just that his life form is different from ours!" I immediately corrected my statement.