Cyber Heroes

Xiangshan saw bright light for the first time in a long time.

This is an artificially dug underground pool with a space of nearly 100 square meters above it, filled with air.

"The water pressure here is equivalent to that of the shallow sea." Freeman said: "Although dolphins can adapt to such a deep seabed after modification, they are essentially creatures that live in shallow seas. They will be much more comfortable with lighting."

Xiangshan looked around: "Hey, this is pretty good. Why did you want to dig such a big place under the sea?"

"This was not originally dug to live in, but a mine." Freeman shook his head: "We dug for sixty years before we thought we could do this. At that time, many dolphins' psychological problems were getting worse, so I Changed the mine."

As he spoke, he pointed to the robot below that was returning from a dark cave entrance: "Now the size of this cave is still expanding."

"Oh..." Xiang Shan took a closer look at the retro-looking robot and sighed, "It's still David Klein's design."

The veteran was very surprised: "That..."

"Is it weird? The King of Mars was just an engineer who dreamed of landing on Mars." Xiang Shan shook his head.

Freeman was also a little surprised: "I downloaded it from the Internet a long time ago..."

"Those technical information should also be uploaded by us." Xiang Shan said.

Freeman nodded: "Hundreds of various types of industrial robots. The technical information of these things has been stuffed into every corner of the Internet. With these technical information, any country can set up a complete production system. If only you did the same thing in 2040."

"2040... don't be stupid, because I am making money in 2040, so I can flood the entire Internet with those technical materials in 2070. If I don't have the resources in 2040, many technologies will not appear at all in 2070 ." Xiang Shan sighed: "And in 2040...at that time, I will never let any poor and backward country reach the sky and obtain a full set of modern technologies."

"Same." Freeman did not continue.

"What happened back then" is too big a topic. Even the parties involved cannot directly determine the rights and wrongs. Freeman changed the subject and said: "Come with me. I can provide some metal resources. I can also let you make the weapons you want."

Freeman led Xiangshan upstream to the air-filled space.

There is a space above this huge cave with an area of ​​nearly one hundred square meters. This space is divided into two parts, one part is directly on the water surface, where some dolphins swim happily, occasionally jumping out of the water, or throwing their companions out of the water, repeating the games played by their ancestors countless times.

The other half is a supporting plane half a meter above the sea. On this supporting plane is a factory building.

There are several instruments inside.

"This is really... nostalgic..." Xiang Shan marveled: "It's my design."

"Yes." Freeman sighed: "You may have forgotten. The 3D printer we originally owned was a gift from you. In the name of donation."

"Aha...it seems like that's the case."

"I have to say, this is a wonderful design." Freeman said: "Most of the parts of this instrument are universal and can be used to manufacture other machinery. Every few years, we will use it to produce A batch of parts is then selected by the machine quality inspector responsible for screening, and the ones with the highest accuracy are either replaced or reassembled. The parts with less precise accuracy are sent to assemble other engineering robots. Including The specifications of most core parts of all engineering equipment, including quality inspectors, are actually the same..."

Xiang Shan smiled: "I'm surprised to hear such praise from you one day."

Freeman lowered his head: "It's amazing. Do you know what I remembered after seeing this system?"

"What?"

"Life." Freeman sighed: "With a limited number of more than 20 amino acids, numerous proteins can be formed, and then complex units can be formed. Those cell units will assemble into organic wholes... They can replicate themselves, You can troubleshoot some of the faults yourself..."

"Yawgmoth used to occasionally compare life to machines driven by chemical energy and with extremely complex structures. I scorned this statement at the time. There is a huge difference between the products of human design and the products of nature. But this machine In front of the machine, I feel close to the concept of 'life'."

"Great design," Freeman said.

Xiang Shan nodded and said sincerely: "Thank you."

Not as a knight to receive support, but as an engineer to receive praise for the fruits of his labor.

Praise that has been absent for two hundred years.

"Without these things, this wouldn't be possible." Freeman continued: "In the beginning, I didn't like this thing at all, I just used it as a last resort. But it supports everything we do. I watch it 'forage', it acquires minerals, it converts minerals into nutrients, it metabolizes. Its abundance sustains us all."

Xiangshan smiled: "I'm quite worried that you hate this thing to your core."

"A hundred years ago," Freeman said: "A hundred years ago, I suddenly realized that this system that is close to life can sustain itself even if it is separated from humans. They were born for humans... ...After relying on it to support a group for a hundred years, I roughly understand...what Xiangshan's core idea was back then."

Xiang Shan slowly turned his head and looked at him.

"I know you are not the real Xiangshan... but I really feel like saying these words to Xiangshan." Freeman said: "In short... although you are not Xiangshan, I have to say, thank you."

"That's it." Xiang Shan said, "I didn't expect that you would change like this after Xiang Shan died."

He reached out and patted Freeman on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter whether I am Xiang Shan or not. Since you understand Xiang Shan's thoughts, I will naturally understand those little thoughts, then we can be considered friends."

Freeman sighed: "If there hadn't been all those messy things, would such a machine have reshaped the world?"

Xiang Shan said: "It was originally the last step."

Large industry, assembly lines, and concentrated advantages will be destroyed.

Human beings did not invent assembly line operations because of industrial machinery, but invented machinery for better assembly line operations.

This is also the cornerstone of shaping the world of capital.

Xiangshan originally expected to change the world in this way.