Jiang Baimian continued to move forward, but did not dare to go too fast, so as not to be too late to retreat.
This gave her enough time to think and discern so that she wouldn't go elsewhere where there was no fork in the road.
One step, two steps, three steps, Jiang Baimian passed through the half-open door and walked all the way along the corridor to the end.
The front suddenly opened up, and a large hall appeared.
The hall was full of machines, flashing with various colors of light in all directions, which made Jiang Baimian a little dazzled.
She calmed down and carefully looked at the situation here through the mask of the military exoskeleton device:
In the middle of the hall were several capsule-like metal objects that surrounded a huge, taking up a third of the space, suspected to be a supercomputer.
The shell of the machine was silver-black, and there were many signal lights flashing red, yellow, or blue on the surface.
Thick cables connected the giant machine to the cabinets placed against the wall around them, which had no baffles around them and were very ventilated.
This allowed Jiang Baimian to see at a glance that there were boxes of packaged electronic products inside the cabinet, and each box had an indicator light shining.
There are countless similar electronic products, placed in rows and rows, densely packed like honeycombs.
This reminded Jiang Baimian of the computer room of "Pangu Biology", but whether it is the layout or the machine, this place is much more complex and huge.
Around an open "space capsule", there are many skeletons inside, and there is also a white bone in the "space capsule".
"Those researchers?" Jiang Baimian kept seeing the dead near the "host" from the nearby corpse, and said to himself silently, "I don't know how many of them ended up becoming ...... the elders."
At this time, she was completely sure of one thing.
That is, the Eighth Research Institute keeps sending people in to maintain the nuclear power plant, the main purpose of which is to power these machines in this place!
Jiang Baimian was not in a hurry to approach the giant machine that looked like the core thing, and checked the packaged electronic products in the cabinet nearby.
She carefully took out a box, and based on the logo on it and her own knowledge reserve, she determined that it was a microcomputer, with a processor and memory, but no display device, and the input and output devices seemed to rely on the "host".
Compared with the latest microcomputers in the old world that Jiang Baimian has seen, there is a big difference, they use biological chips, also called bionic chips.
Jiang Baimian should not have been surprised that there were mechanical monks in front of them, and a large number of applications of biological chips were discovered here, but it was precisely because she had come into contact with mechanical monks that a thought suddenly appeared in her heart:
"One of the main features of biological chips is that they can simulate the functional ...... of the brain."
Combined with previous discoveries and speculations, Jiang Baimian has a new understanding of the nature of certain things:
"If the biological chip is designed not to simulate a normal human brain, but a special brain that has been stimulated and developed, then the mechanical monk also has the ability to awaken, which can be completely explained......
"What I can't figure out now is why some monks can awaken after becoming 'immortals', and biological chips will also be stimulated to change the solidified layout, structure, and materials? Or, the so-called awakening of mechanical monks is that they were 'fainted' and returned to the factory for repairs?
"Also, why do you still keep the price of becoming a mechanical monk? When designing a biological chip, you can only copy it completely until you completely understand the corresponding principle, so as not to have the 'immortal' gain neither the ability nor the brain damage?"
Jiang Baimian used to be a scientific researcher and was quite interested in similar things.
She now regrets that although "Pangu Biology" has the word "creature", there is no result that can be obtained in the biological chip, so that she only knows the basic knowledge, and now she has to guess the main thing.
If she had known this, she would probably have asked Shang Jianyao to accompany her to the "Glass Pure Land" of the mechanical monks to listen to lectures, no, listen to Buddhism.
The current time was tight, Jiang Baimian just turned his mind a few times, and walked towards the host, towards the "space capsules" and many corpses.
As she was about to approach her destination, she suddenly let out a "uh".
The discovery just now reminded her of something illogical:
Since the mechanical monks have no physical bodies, they can still be alive, and they don't need to suck human consciousness to replenish themselves, as long as there is enough electricity supply, so why do the elders have to prepare a suitable body and not directly use the corresponding biological chip?
Is it for enjoyment, or is the aberration of their brains to a point where biological chips cannot be simulated from the design stage?
Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian frowned:
"Just now I have found the bodies of two old men, their skulls are intact, and the brains inside have definitely not been taken out, that is, there is no such thing as their brains being secretly hidden in some petri dish to maintain their existence.
"Then in what form are they alive now?
"Pure, structural replica of the brain's conscious life, or ......."
Jiang Baimian suddenly turned his body sideways and turned his gaze to the rows of cabinets:
"Or, with the help of some biological chips here?"
After thinking for a few seconds, Jiang Baimian slowly retracted his gaze and whispered to himself:
"Combined with the power supply that the Eighth Research Institute has been maintaining, I tend to be more likely to have a later possibility, or if these machines have a more important purpose?
"If it's the latter situation, then the elders just have electricity, there is no need to suck human consciousness at all, they extract human consciousness not because of hunger, but for another reason?
"If it is the previous situation, let's not mention the question of whether there is a conscious life, just in terms of the fact that conscious life feeds on consciousness, it is logical and can make sense, but the question arises again, 'Zhuang Sheng' implants a complete thinking into those 'unintentional' to maintain the nuclear power plant and ensure the power supply here, what is the purpose?"
Jiang Baimian stood still, staring at the silver-black giant machine that occupied the ground with thoughts in his mind.
Her intuition told her that things were quite different from her previous speculations, and these discrepancies hid the real reason for the destruction of the old world and the ultimate purpose of some of the chaos caused by the old age.
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In the "labyrinth", Shang Jianyao pushed open the blood-red door.
Having been recklessly occupied by the dominant position, he did not hesitate and walked directly into the room.
He saw a flower in front of him, and then a room full of machines.
Those machines are large and small, the large ones occupy half the space, and the small ones are only the size of an adult male's palm.
At this moment, they are distributed in different places, connected together in various ways, and the corresponding signal lights are flashing red, yellow, or blue, reflecting the entire room like the bars and dance halls of Wild Grass City, but the number of tones is insufficient.
"Xiao Chong! Xiao Chong!" Shang Jianyao shouted and saw a man in a black robe standing in the middle of the room.
The man originally stood with his hands on his back, his back to Shang Jianyao, and after hearing his shout, he slowly turned his body.
He is in his forties, with black hair and a very temperamental beard on his mouth.
"Teacher Du Heng!" Shang Jianyao was "shocked".
The man was Du Heng, who came to the Eighth Research Institute with them but disappeared with the wind.
Shang Jianyao immediately clenched his right fist and left palm and said:
"I see!
"Your surname is Du, Xiao Chong's surname is Du, and 'Zhuang Sheng' is also surnamed Du, so you are one of the personalities of 'Zhuang Sheng'!"
These words have the essence of a "reasoning clown".
But Shang Jianyao did not doubt his judgment at all, and said with great eloquence:
"No wonder Xiao Chong, as 'Zhuang Sheng', was chased everywhere by you, and he didn't lose face!
"No wonder you are missing a lot of memories, because as a personality alone, many things have not been experienced at all."
Du Heng laughed:
"My current name was changed by myself after I became a human brain scientist, in order to distinguish it from myself as an experimental subject.
"Since I was a child, I have had a tendency to have a split personality."
"Because you are born to be an awakened one." Shang Jianyao expressed understanding.
"As for the lack of memory, it is not because of split personality, but because of the sequelae of the original disaster." Du Heng said again.
At this time, Shang Jianyao suddenly became nervous, looked around and said:
"I opened the door and came in, but the 'truth' and the others hadn't attacked yet?
"Do you really expect me to convince you?"
Du Heng's expression did not change, and he said in a slightly complicated tone:
"They will start soon.
"Real turmoil is coming."
"How will they start?" Shang Jianyao was curious and confused.
Du Heng looked at him and sighed:
"Every old tune team sent by 'Pangu Creatures' should have a price for the 'Zhuangsheng' realm awakeners with split personalities."
(End of this chapter)