Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

September 11, 2251

10 am

On the streets of District 33 on the middle floor, many citizens looked at a citizen square and stopped to watch from time to time. Section 5 set up a cordon. Although the Business Section had issued a notice a few days ago, there was going to be a fight here today. The experiment of Section 10 will temporarily block the square.

Many people are curious about what kind of experiment Department 10 is going to conduct, because judging from today's situation, this experiment is very important. There are already more than 1,000 people in Department 5 near the square, and the streets are full of people searching along the street. 3 members of the family.

And some people wearing Section 10 uniforms are installing something on the street. But now it seems that there is nothing and no one in the square. However, someone used a thermal shooting device to see a large number of people in the square. It should be It's the optical camouflage technology used by Section 10, so the human eye cannot see what's going on inside.

However, the thermal photography equipment can only see the outside of the square, and cannot see clearly further inside.

According to Section 10, some small equipment installed on the street seemed to be some kind of information equipment, because someone noticed some numbers on the equipment, and these numbers meant information.

At this time, a take-off and landing aircraft slowly approached. It was the take-off and landing aircraft of Division 2. The take-off and landing aircraft disappeared when it landed towards the square.

In the square, a large number of personnel from Section 10 are making arrangements. Spherical black metal machines are arranged from small to large, from outside to inside, to the center of the square. The surface of these black spheres does not look shiny, a temporary The zenith has been erected, and after the lift is lowered, the zenith baffles are lowered.

Lilian pushed Mo Xiaolan out, and Mo Xiaolan was in charge of the on-site conductor. Le Wen and the other eight people in the company came down. Looking at the black balls in front of him, Le Wen was shocked. In just a few In September, another new technology extended from body matter began to be put into experiments. Such efficiency made Le Wen feel a little uneasy.

Obviously this extension technology is not perfect yet and has only been tested using human brain waves. The eager attitude of Section 10 makes Lewen and others feel uneasy.

These brain nerve signal detectors are the core of this experiment. Section 10 has developed a set of human brain wave detection methods. Lewen doesn't know how they did it in a short time, but it is certain. Yes, this kind of research started very early.

Because of the data implanted into the AI ​​system, Le Wen was shocked. Such an accurate human brainwave database would not be complete if it took more than ten years, and more than ten years.

The idea of ​​​​the Executive Branch is that this new technology can completely curb all crimes in the city. Each person's brain waves are numbered, just like an ID card. In this way, monitoring is basically no longer monitoring in the traditional sense. And there was one thing that shocked Le Wen.

Over there is the brain wave numerical response when humans have bad thoughts. It is very detailed. It can be known immediately when humans have bad thoughts, which can indeed prevent crimes from happening.

Although this technology is for the stability of human society in the city, in this case, everyone will have no privacy at all. Le Wen has also asked about the issue of privacy leakage, but currently there is no clear plan for Section 10 because of the experiment Still in the early stages.

The people in Section 10 are still building equipment. Lewen and the others are following a director from Section 10 and are checking the various values ​​​​of the current biological machinery. Some values ​​​​are still not stable enough in Lewen's opinion.

Lewen and others began to discuss the debugging of the equipment. The whole work would be very long and could not be completed in a day or two, and Area 33 was also selected as the best testing location.

This is a square on a commercial street with very dense traffic, and it is connected to a large food exchange. The daily flow of people is very large.

Because of the high mobility, there are all kinds of people. After detailed statistics in 6 subjects and sorting out in 2 subjects, this place is the most suitable place for experiments.

At this time, when Lewen was checking some values, he thought of something. He looked to the east. From here, he could see the situation outside. In the distance, there was the prison tower.

To collect such detailed brainwaves produced by criminals' thoughts, it is only possible to collect such detailed data by directly conducting long-term research on criminals.

Lewen recalled previous reports that all criminals wore detection neck rings, which should contain machinery for studying brain waves.

The plan started last month. At first, Le Wen and the others were reluctant to participate, but after a series of plans, Le Wen and the others finally agreed after knowing everything.

It is true that the previous research on brain-controlled chips is developing in a good direction in medical treatment, and Lewen also thought that it would be a good thing if this brain nerve signal detection technology could be safely applied to the field of crime monitoring. .

It will take at least two days to set up the detectors on the street. Lewen and the others have almost finished debugging the machinery, and can start the formal experiment the day after tomorrow.

Gu Yi and the others who had been working at Bincai Company were also present. It seemed that their position within Section 10 was above the directors. A new face that Le Wen had never seen before also appeared. They were both short and looked a little... The sinister man named Li Chu is optimizing the program.

There were bursts of noise outside from time to time. Although such a large fantasy simulator has good visual effects, it has almost no sound insulation effect.

This technology existed many years ago, but it is currently only allowed to be used in some movies shot in the film and television area, and the technology is only open to a few companies with very good qualifications.

Le Wen looked at the people in Section 10 working on various aspects. It was the first time for him to see many technologies. He didn’t know to what extent Bright City’s technology had reached, but what was certain was that many technologies might be used in the future. It won't be open for a hundred or two hundred years.

Some reporters also came to the scene, and a director of the General Affairs Section was responsible for answering some of their questions.

Basically, the director would not respond too positively to reporters' questions. When asked what the research was, the director lied and claimed that it was a test of a new type of communication technology.

At this time, Gu Yi came over and Le Wen and the others stopped their discussion.

"Would you like to take a look at the previous research values?"

The nine people nodded in agreement, and Gu Yi took them to a room.

"Mr. Guyi, are you conducting research on human brain waves?"

"A long time ago, collars around the necks of prison inmates have been used to collect corresponding brain waves."

The expressions of Le Wen and others changed slightly, and it was exactly as they guessed.

"What do you think it looks like when a human being wants to commit a crime?"

Le Wen shook his head, and soon Gu Yi opened a light and shadow screen. Inside was a bunch of machinery similar to the one here, except that it was much smaller and made of different materials. All the spherical machinery here were made of biological matter.

"In the past, we used machines to collect human brain waves. Many times, due to material problems and brain wave conversion problems, very high errors would occur, such as when thinking about eating."

As he spoke, Gu Yi brought up a picture in which a prisoner looked anxious, as if he was afraid of something.

"At the beginning, we speculated that this man might have had a conflict with someone in the prison, and that he might be in danger next."

When Gu Yi said this, the man in the picture did look a little angry and anxious. After fast forwarding for a while, when it was time to eat, the man was still very anxious, and his brain wave values ​​appeared to be very disordered.

It wasn't until the man got the meal that the anxiety on his face disappeared. After eating, the man's brain waves began to return to normal without much fluctuation.

During the subsequent investigation, it turned out that the man was too hungry and had not eaten enough yesterday. He also went out to work and the food did not suit his taste, so he ate very little and was woken up early in the morning by hunger. Yes, but these few hours of waiting for food are a great torment and torture for men.

After that, Gu Yi pulled up a similar video. This video had a shooting date, just two months ago.

"Two months ago, we replaced the equipment in the prison tower with biological matter, and the brain waves received are very accurate."

Lewen looked at the light and shadow screen, a man who was also anxious. He became normal after eating the dessert after lunch, and his brain waves accurately showed that he wanted something from the time he started to be anxious. something.

After investigating this man, he found that he had been looking forward to the dessert for several days, and finally got it during lunch, because he had not had the dessert he wanted for half a month.

These two almost identical research videos shocked Le Wen and others, because what humans are thinking and what their brain waves will be have been very clearly divided, with an accuracy rate of almost 99%.

And as long as we have this kind of biological substance that can perfectly adapt to human brain waves, we can indeed know what humans are thinking. Gu Yi then started to show it and called up a video.

It was a suspect who was being interrogated in the interrogation room. He had been put in a collar. Now Lewen and the others already understood the difference between this current research and past research.

A set of values ​​was listed. The entire interrogation process consisted of only yes or no. In response to the interrogator's question, the suspect's brainwaves had two completely different values, the negative value representing criminal consciousness, and the negative value representing the relationship with me. Irrelevant positive values.

As the video played, Gu Yi called up a list of cases committed by this suspect. He was a prisoner in many burglary and assault cases. The interrogator deliberately mixed some cases he had not done with cases he had done. .

The whole process made Le Wen a little frightened. It was like the polygraph in the past, but this thing was not accurate at all. But now this kind of continuous monitoring research has finally delineated the numerical range of human behavior, which made Le Wen Feeling horrible.

At the end of the video, in the face of factual evidence, the criminal finally confessed, and all his speech and behavior during the interrogation process were very similar to the measured brain waves.

However, in the video at this time, the suspect collapsed on the table exhausted, and the screen was interrupted. Le Wen felt something was wrong, but he didn't care. Gu Yi began to explain other things.

The man in the video was dead. Gu Yi did not tell Le Wen and the others that this research was very risky. In the previous initial research, they did not control the amount of brain waves intercepted. The prisoner ended up with cerebral cortex Nerve necrosis leads to death.

Therefore, this experiment was finally launched after repeated practice. There will only be numerical judgments of good and evil thoughts in the mind. If the warning value is exceeded, the people in the business department will immediately go out and directly find the person with the thoughts in his head. Want to make a person aware of crime, and then prevent him from committing a crime.

Such an experiment makes many people extremely happy, because if it succeeds, the probability of curbing crime will increase, and the crime in society will be reduced exponentially in the future. Only in this way will the society be more stable. The impact of crime on the entire Bright City , from establishment to now is very huge.

The negative consequences of crime are far more serious than people think.

We were busy until almost 12 o'clock, when Le Wen smelled a scent. Some people from Section 2 were cooking, and they looked very skillful. Le Wen and the others also came over, planning to have a meal and rest in the temporary supplies.

There is another reason for choosing this square, and that is that the square has fully integrated light and shadow material interfaces.

The food tasted good. Lewen took a lot of things and ordered a bottle of wine. He planned to take a nap after eating and drinking, and then continue the discussion with others when he got up.

Now Lewen fully understands what this technology is all about, and some of the worries at the beginning have disappeared, because for such a large-scale experiment, safety must be considered, and the task of their team is to debug these machines. The matching ratio makes the machinery more stable, and even if a problem occurs, the machinery can be repaired.

After lunch, Le Wen was a little drunk. He returned to his room, lay down and fell asleep after a while.

Gu Yi came to Li Chu's side.

"How is it going?"

Li Chu shook his head.

"Not very optimistic. If we still can't get below the threat level within these three days, we can only terminate the experiment."

Gu Yi hummed. Such a large-scale experiment would plunge the city into panic if harm occurs.

Li Chu's solemn expression also showed that it was impossible to debug this kind of detection signal so that it would not cause harm to the human brain.

"Even below the threat level, nausea and vomiting are likely to occur."

Gu Yi hummed, and Tang Rao came over.

"Why don't we terminate the experiment?"

Li Chu smiled.

"Don't worry, I'm still confident."