Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Living Robots

Although the tape only records the sound, from the sound, it is also possible to guess what happened at that time and the expression of the person who spoke.So after I sorted it out, I didn't use the original form of the tape, but used various narrative forms-this has been used many times in my previous stories, and you must be very used to it. As usual, the reactions of Bai Su and I when listening to the tape are added in brackets. Things, started about ten years ago. Batu is in charge of the "Alien Intelligence Processing Bureau". It sounds very grand, but in fact it is a typical cold government office. Therefore, two jeeps roared up, followed by a big black saloon car with bulletproof equipment, When it stopped at the gate, the other two staff members, except for Batu, rushed out like country children watching the fun.

A colonel jumped out of the jeep and asked, "Is Mr. Batu there?" Batu walked out lazily and stretched his waist: "Theoretically, I must be here during office hours." The colonel first gave a military salute to Batu, then walked forward and whispered something in Batu's ear. The colonel's voice was very low, and he didn't know what he said. When Batu heard it, his eyes immediately turned to the big black car.The bulletproof glass has a reflective effect, and it is difficult to see the situation in the car. The whole car looks like a big black monster. Batu raised his eyebrows, with a surprised expression, and walked towards the big black car. Two officers jumped out of the jeep and stood beside the car. When Batu came to the front of the car, an officer opened the door of the back seat.

Batu's two subordinates (a man and a woman) expected that the person in the car might be a big shot, so when the door opened, they looked around curiously.However, the colonel immediately stood in front of them intentionally or unintentionally, covering their sight and preventing them from seeing what was going on in the car. Batu jumped into the car, and the door closed immediately. The colonel moved very quickly, jumped into the car, and the convoy sped away. The next day, two of Batu's subordinates were ordered to be transferred, and the agency "Alien Intelligence Processing Bureau" was also abolished, and it no longer existed.

The situation after Batu got into the car can only be judged from a conversation. (The circumstances under which that conversation was recorded are worth mentioning. Of course, there are only two possibilities. One is that there is a recording device in the car, and the other is that Batu carried a miniature recording device with him. But since then, almost There are recordings in various situations, it can be seen that most of the recording devices are on Batu's body, and he plays them very secretly, because there are many twists and turns later, the recording devices on his body can be discovered.)

(It's hard for me to imagine where Bartle put the ultra-tiny recording device—it's at least the size of a small matchbox, though.) That conversation is as follows: Batu's voice was full of astonishment: "Ah, it's you──" He must have received some kind of hint when he said this, not to call out the names of the people he saw, so he made an important point The name that came out of his mouth, he swallowed it back abruptly, and it turned into a very vague "cuckoo" sound. Naturally, he couldn't know what name he wanted to call. However, Batu was well-informed and could surprise him. There were only two possibilities. One was that he was a very remarkable person, and the other was that that person should never appear in such a situation.

Then, there was a very deep, magnetic, and extremely beautiful female voice, which was obviously lowered on purpose, but still charming. (This was beyond the expectation of Bai Su and I. Bai Su and I were startled, and looked at each other. At that time, we both asked each other with winks: Who is that?) (However, there is no answer.) The female voice said: "Mr. Batu, the President asked me to greet you on his behalf. He originally wanted to meet you in person, but it is expected that the situation will develop, there will be some international disputes, and he will have to deal with consultations from domestic politicians, so—"

Batu interrupted her: "There is no need to explain, if there is anything, please speak directly." The female voice hesitated for a moment: "There is a task that I want you to perform." Batu smiled: "I've already──" The female voice sighed: "No one can do it except you." The silence lasted for about half a minute before Batu said inadvertently, "What is the mission?" The female voice said: "If you refuse, you don't need to listen. The mission is extremely dangerous and you will encounter unexpected accidents." Batu laughed: "If it's expected, then it's not a surprise."

The female voice let out a few pleasant laughs: "You can completely refuse, because if you agree, you will have to undergo several rather special operations." Batu's voice was very relaxed: "Cut your double eyelids?" The female voice laughed again: "If you like, I can cut it for you. The operation you want to perform. It is not even guaranteed to be successful, because it is only in the experimental stage. The simplest way to say it is: to implant some electronic devices, and Your brain works." The silence lasted for a full minute, and it was Batu's voice, which sounded very calm: "Well, I have heard of this kind of operation. The result of the operation is to turn people into living robots."

The female voice hesitated for a moment: "I don't agree with this statement. The result is that the person who has undergone the operation is connected with a set of instruments." There was obvious dissatisfaction in Batu's voice: "Accept remote control." The female voice said: "Yes, everything that can be seen can be sent back to the instrument for analysis by the organization." Batu laughed: "Isn't that what a robot is?" The female voice let out a very sweet "um": "I think it should be called Superman." Batu was still smiling: "It's really interesting, think about what kind of situation it is, is it a successful operation, I became a Frankenstein, the sound I heard, you can hear it from a distance through the instrument? "

The female voice promised again: "Yes, the distance is 500 kilometers. Of course, through the program of the instrument, it is quite complicated. Similarly, what you see can also be presented on a special fluorescent screen through a complicated program-of course there will be no You can see it so clearly." Batu laughed wantonly. (Apparently, at this time he hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation.) (When I was listening to the tape, I didn't listen to the events in the order they happened. I already knew that the consequences would be serious, so when I heard this again, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh.)

(Batu is extremely shrewd, and he should also know the ruthlessness of intelligence work, but at this time, he did not realize the seriousness of the situation.) (Bai Su and I have a different opinion, she said: "Batu is certainly not ignorant, he may like to accept that task.") Batu smiled and said, "I hope that when I have sex with a beautiful woman, you can tell that it is a woman. Don't take me as a homosexual." The female voice was very serious: "Men or women can be distinguished clearly, so there is no misunderstanding. It is good that the operation is successful. If it fails, you will not suffer, because your brain activity is disturbed, and you will become an idiot. Idiots do not Pain—” Batu interrupted him: "There is no need to explain in detail, because the matter has nothing to do with me." The female voice said: "Mr. Batu, what do you mean, you refuse to accept this task?" Batu smiled and said, "You said just now, I can completely refuse." The female voice sounded very sincere: "Yes." Batu said: "Then please tell the car to stop, I want to get off." The woman could be heard taking a deep breath: "I won't order to stop, and you won't get out of the car." Batu laughed again, but the laughter was already a little unnatural. The female voice asked, "What did the colonel say to people just now?" Batu snorted and didn't say anything. (So, what the colonel said, I don't know.) The female voice said again: "You have already participated in the top secret when you saw me. You must know that the best way to keep it secret is—" Batu paused every word: "Turn me into a dead man." This time, it was the female voice's turn to laugh wantonly—if she was a beautiful woman, she would be extremely moving with such a laugh: "You have many choices, Mr. Batu, choose to be a dead person, an idiot, or, if As you said, a living robot." There was another long silence, and it was Batu's voice, which sounded extremely calm. It seemed that within those two or three minutes, he had already made a decision: "Life is too boring, so it's good to change it." The female voice smiled with satisfaction: "The highest authority decided to assign the task to you. After a long period of research, the main consideration is that you will have the courage to accept such an implant operation." Batu suddenly asked: "What is the approximate volume of the electronic... parts implanted in the body?" The female voice said with a smile: "It won't be too big. I don't know the details. It won't be bigger than two thumbs." Batu laughed: "Actually, it's much better for a woman like you to accept this kind of implant surgery. You only need to slightly reshape your breast. With such a large volume, you can install an unknown number of electronic devices." (From Batu's words, it can be inferred that the lady's breasts must be very tall and plump.) The lady was not angry, but said: "No, the implant surgery is not performed on the chest, it must be close to the brain. As far as I know, it is behind and above the ears." Batu remained silent for a while, probably because he wanted to relax, but couldn't. (Bai Su and I were listening to the tape. When we heard this, we couldn't help but reached out and touched the back of the ear.) (Electronic devices are implanted in that place - Batu simply calls them "parts", which can transmit and receive signals, so this person is connected with a group of devices. Can this person still be regarded as a person?) (It seems that this person's life is enriched, but in fact, part of his brain activity, maybe even most of it, will not be controlled by himself, and the control has been transferred to the instrument. So, what is he? Perhaps, Ba The "living robot" that Tu said is the best way to call it.) (The "living robot" will act according to the order, and what he wants to do may be absolutely unwilling to his original intention, but he has other powers to affect his brain activities, so that his will will be changed, and he will not be willing to do it. become willing.) (Batu turned out to be such a person! I wonder how much of himself he kept?) (Is this why he wants to give me the tape in this way?) (Just think about it, if the "electronic parts" are still on his head, everything he says can be picked up by the instrument. If he wants to keep a secret, he can't speak. If he wants to write, he must close his eyes to write, so that the instrument can't see. ) (Both Bai Su and I felt a great chill—the era of transforming people with sophisticated and advanced scientific methods has begun?) After a while, Batu's voice was heard again: "Unexpectedly, I have to sign a voluntary letter." (That may have been some time later.) The female voice was still talking to him: "Yes, don't ask any more questions. If you don't agree and arrange an accident, have you been able to dodge the seventh time, and the eighth time?" Batu's voice was a little angry: "I'm telling you, I can't be scared. I did it voluntarily. Moreover, this kind of implant surgery is not a big deal. I have seen bigger surgeries." The female voice asked, "For example──" Batu replied loudly: "For example, head replacement: the head of the chairman of District A is transplanted on a strong and young body." The female voice didn't say anything, followed by the rustling sound of Batu signing a piece of paper and rubbing against the pen tip. (Then, I heard some voices that shouldn't be heard, and Bai Su and I had a discussion.) (Sounds, apparently the sounds of an operation in progress: the doctor ordering the nurses to hand over various surgical instruments, some clanging of metal, and rapid doctor-to-doctor chatter.) (The sound was intermittent and incoherent. It appeared on the tape and did not exceed ten minutes, but the actual time it took was probably ten hours. I believe that was the time the operation actually took place.) (Here comes the problem: such a major operation absolutely requires general anesthesia. In the operating room, there is no reason to have recording equipment. Even if there is, ultra-miniature audio tapes will not fall into Batu's hands.) (And Batu is in a state of anesthesia, who is recording?) (I raised this point, and Bai Su's analysis was: "Ultraminiature recording equipment, it may have been on Batu─") (I said: "Can he be controlled under general anesthesia?") (Bai Su tilted his head: "The method of control may be very simple. I think this recording was recorded by accident. For details, if you have a chance to meet Batu in the future, you can ask him. ") (I hurriedly said: "Of course I will see him again.") After the operation, there was another conversation between Batu and the female voice.I don't know how long it will be. First, a female voice said: "Your physique is excellent, and the surgical wound is completely fine." Batu snorted, "I have a facial nerve, which seems to have been disturbed during the operation. You see, when I smile now, the upward curve of the corners of my mouth is not symmetrical." The female voice said "Oh": "It's not very obvious, maybe it will get better gradually, now, we are going to do some experiments, there is a stack of pictures, you need to look at them attentively." (After this sentence, there is another dialogue. It can be seen that the recording is under control. If it is not necessary, stop it, so that the tape can play its role to the maximum and record more sounds.) (The person who controls the recording is of course Batu - in this case, the power represented by the female voice may not know it at all, and has never known it.) (Batu is, after all, a wonderful man.) (It is conjectured that what Batu did between the two conversations was to look at some pictures intently. It is also conceivable that this is a test of whether the implant operation is successful.) (If successful, the pictures seen by Batu's eyes can be displayed on the fluorescent screen through the instrument within a range of 500 kilometers. What he said can also be received by the instrument within a certain distance. ) (This situation is quite frightening. If the implanted electronic parts can actually receive people's thoughts, it will be even more frightening. People will completely lose themselves and have to accept control.) (Another conversation is between Batu and that female voice. Bai Su and I have never been able to figure out who that lady is, but we only know that she is plump and must have a very distinctive appearance, because Batu recognized him immediately Mysteriously, seeing her has already participated in the extreme secrecy. From this, it can be seen that she must have another public identity, and her public identity can never be associated with her secret identity.) It was still a female voice who spoke first: "Great, everything is ideal, great, now, look at these slides again, look, can you recognize where it is?" At first, Batu made an uncertain "huh" sound, and after a while, he shouted excitedly: "Mongolia, the Mongolian grassland." He screamed so excitedly, which made sense, because he was born in the Mongolian grassland as an orphan. Although he had been away from the Mongolian grassland for many, many years, the scenery of his birthplace would always evoke some childhood memories. The female voice asked: "With good eyesight, can you tell which part of the Mongolian grassland this is?" Batu laughed and said, "I'm afraid no one in the world can tell the difference unless there is a special place to identify. All the grasslands in Mongolia are the same, from Tangnu Wulianghai in Outer Mongolia to Zafet in Inner Mongolia. Flag, it will not be any different, where is this?" The female voice said: "What a coincidence, it is a prairie in the northwest of Tangnu Wulianghai." Batu asked: "Show me this picture, what's the special meaning?" There was a sound of the machine running, probably because a slide was changed, and Batu's voice sounded: "There are so many people, hey, there are many soldiers, good guys, there are at least five people in general uniforms, what happened? What about them? They're surrounded by... well, like some wreckage from a plane crash." The female voice was full of sincere admiration: "It's amazing. You can see so many problems at a glance. This photo was taken by one of us. It took a lot of hard work to get into our hands. Look at this photo again. .” Batu made a "huh" sound, and then said: "It is true that a plane crashed. Well, the plane that crashed was quite old. I think, well, it was a British-made Trident." There was a "tsk" sound, probably because the lady thought that Batu was so wonderful, so she couldn't help but kissed him on the face. Batutong suddenly let out an exclamation - he was naturally not exclaiming because of the sudden beauty's kiss, but because he thought of something special. (When Bai Su and I heard this, we also let out a low cry at the same time, because we suddenly remembered something.) (Batu suddenly turned into a living robot implanted with electronic parts. The thing was already extremely weird, and suddenly it was related to such a thing. I couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.) Batu's voice was so nervous that those who heard it couldn't help but hold their breath. He was asking, "This... is that plane crash? Is that the famous plane crash?" The female voice was very serious: "It was not an accident, it was shot down by a tracked air-to-air rocket." Batu whistled: "The plane is full of prominent figures, and one of them was once a marshal who was under one man and above ten thousand people." The female voice said: "Yes, the marshal, it seems like a miracle, he is not dead." Batu made a moaning sound: "Didn't all the announcements say he was dead?" The female voice said: "Please read the next one." Batu was literally yelling: "It's really him, it's really him, alas, this marshal who has commanded millions of troops and has experienced hundreds of battles, now it seems that he is just a bald old man, and the box beside him- -" The female voice had an obvious gasp: "That's a box of extremely important documents that everyone wants, including us." Batu said: "My mission is—" The female voice paused word by word: "Find out the marshal, and it would be best if you can bring back the man and the documents, otherwise, as long as the documents are needed, you don't need the man." Batu didn't make a sound immediately, only the sound of rapid footsteps, and then he said: "Man, of course it is in the hands of the Soviet State Security Bureau, why bother to look for it? I'm afraid this is an impossible task." The moving female voice let out a low sigh: "The strange thing is that KGB is also looking for him." Batu's voice was startled: "What? Could it be that the Mongols hid him? That's impossible." The female voice sighed again: "No one knows exactly what happened. When you saw him, there was a box beside him. The background was the grassland not far from the accident. It was taken shortly after the plane accident." Batu said, "Who took the picture?" The female voice said: "According to our people, it was a shepherd who stopped the shepherd to take pictures for him. He also told the shepherd that he was a very important person. The shepherd didn't know him. Our people first discovered that The shepherd, that’s why he got this photo. After taking the photo, he even gave the camera to the shepherd to see his intentions, as if he intended to spread this photo.” Batu's voice was full of confusion: "What's the use of that?" The female voice breathed out slowly: "To let the world know that he is not dead, but since the photo did not have a chance to be made public, it fell into our hands, so only a very small number of people know that he is not dead." Batu's voice was a little confused: "I can't think of it, I really... I can't think of it...the photo..." The female voice said: "Look for yourself, the details of the photos." Batu was muttering: "The time is two hours after the plane crashed, and the distance from the crash site──" The female voice interrupted Batu a little dissatisfied: "You can just read it, why bother to read it out?" Batu didn't say anything more. (Bai Su and I were also horrified at that time.) (The fact that "Marshal crashed and died" is well known all over the world, but in fact there is evidence to prove that he did not die.) (As Batu said, if he is not dead, he must be in the hands of the Soviets. Why is the KGB also looking for him?) (According to the time, it was about three months before the crash.) (No wonder there is no news about Batu. It turns out that he is engaged in such an important and mysterious business.) (Of course he can't tell me either—whatever he says, the instrument can pick it up, and he will know that he has revealed the secret to me.) (How did he go to Finland again later?) (I was really itchy, but the tapes were so messed up that I couldn't get out of my urgency.)