Spy Family

Mao Kongshan said he would set off the next morning, and it was indeed morning. Not long after dawn, the stars were still hesitant on the horizon, and he had already come to wake up Lu Linbei.

The house of Jiazixing people was small and comfortable. Lu Linbei had a good sleep. After opening his eyes, he lay on the bed for a few minutes before getting up.

"The temperature here is relatively high, especially around noon, so we should set off early. It's about five o'clock local time now. If everything goes well, we can arrive before seven o'clock."

The two went to the cafeteria to eat some food first, and then drove out of the camp via Maokong Mountain.

Mao Kongshan only agreed to take Lu Linbei to Jiacheng alone. This was agreed upon yesterday. He explained to the other two people: "The people of Jiazixing don't like the excitement and are very concerned about promises. They will meet whoever they agree to see. They won’t accept a single person.”

The straight-line distance between the base and City A is less than 100 kilometers, which is not too far, but there is no existing road to go, and we have to go around some rugged areas, so it takes a lot of time.

"There is no vegetation on Jiazi Star?" Lu Linbei said. They had traveled dozens of kilometers and still hadn't seen a single plant or tree. The ground was all rocks and dirt.

"The ecological environment of Jiazixing is relatively simple. There are no animals, only some fungi, and the plants are mainly several kinds of trees. They collectively call them the 'Father Tree'."

"They don't have the concept of parents, but they have a father tree?"

"This is a name left over from the early days. All trees are father trees and all rivers are mother rivers."

"A simple race."

"Yes. The area where Father's Tree grows is actually very vast. It forms a competitive relationship with Guangye Farm. One is the other. Guangye Farm has the advantage in this area. A few hundred kilometers away, there is a large forest that was just swallowed up a few years ago. A farm.”

"The Jiazi people won't interfere?"

"Wood is one of the most important resources here. The Jiazi people will cut down the father's tree according to its growth status. This is considered a kind of interference."

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to when meeting this 'eldest brother'?" Lu Linbei asked.

"No need, the Jiazi people are easy to deal with, and their language is not much different from ours. Moreover, experts have made a batch of translators for them, which makes communication very convenient." Mao Kongshan's expression suddenly became serious, "I heard There are many rumors about you.”

"Professor Qiao told you?"

Mao Kongshan's expression changed slightly, which proved that Lu Linbei guessed correctly, "It doesn't matter who told me, I know a lot of people in Zhai Wang Xing... In short, I am deeply disturbed by these rumors. I heard that you are here to find your fiancée? "

"Yes, her name is Chen Manchi." Lu Linbei didn't intend to hide it.

"I can guarantee that she is not on Jiazi Star. Including the Rules, a total of eight spacecrafts have come to Jiazi Star before and after, leaving four and the other four have left. All ground-to-air spacecraft will land near the base, every day Every passenger’s information will be sent to us, and there is no suspicious person in it. Professor Qiao... someone sent me images of Chen Manchi and Guan Zhuqian, and I have never seen similar characters."

"I believe in your guarantee." Lu Linbei also changed to a serious tone, "But please also trust Professor Mao in my expertise. This is a planet, and there are many ways for ground-to-air spacecraft to bypass the base and land anywhere. ."

"I understand this, but why did Jiazixing kidnap your fiancée? There is no reason at all."

"Because of Guihai, he changed his name to Zhao Didian and searched for suitable humans on the seven planets to join his program. Chen Manchi was one of his targets."

"I do not quite understand you."

"Mr. Li will explain it more accurately than me. He has experienced it himself."

"I will ask Li Feng back. Even so, it is wrong. Guihai is a robot that defected from Jiazixing. It should be said that it is a program. Jiazixing has no reason to kidnap any human beings for him."

"Whether he defected or acted on orders is part of my investigation."

"You have too many conspiracy theories." Mao Kongshan sighed and walked around a boulder blocking the road. "This is probably the characteristic of spies. I think Mei Runheng was like this at the beginning. There were problems with everything. But it doesn't matter. Wait. When you meet the Jiazi people, you will know that your speculations are all nonsense."

"What if, I mean what if, I'm right?"

Mao Kongshan was silent for a while, then turned around and said with a smile: "There is no such thing as I have had contact with the Jiazi people and I have really seen their way of life and ideas. I can't say that I completely agree, but I can say that they harbor war. Ambition? I don’t accept that.”

Mao Kongshan is a rigorous person. Because of this, once he is sure about something, he will never change it easily.

Lu Linbei said nothing more and nodded with a smile. He once told his third uncle that he wanted to recruit Mao Kongshan into the intelligence network, but now the time was not right and there was no need to say this.

On a high ground, Maokongshan stopped the car, pointed to the left and said: "There is a father's forest there. It is not large in scale and is in the late stage of felling."

"I see it." Lu Linbei saw a small patch of dense forest, lush and green, no different from the forest land of King Zhai.

"You can see Jia City by walking around the forest. It's about two kilometers away. We have to get off the car and walk. The people of Jiazi planet don't like machinery, including vehicles."

"Aren't there many robots on Jiazi Planet? There were also rebellions."

"Yes, because of the rebellion, they became more wary of robots. After the rebellion, a large number of robots were stopped, leaving only a small part to maintain the operation of Guangye Farm."

The two got out of the car and walked along a winding dirt road.

"Without machines, do Jiazi people rely on handwork for everything?"

"Not entirely. Vehicles are needed to transport power generation panels from abandoned farms, and machines are needed to cut logging. Standard boards are made on site, and subsequent cutting and construction require manual labor. They are very efficient. The houses on the base only use It was built in two weeks.”

"Simple style."

"Everything here is very simple. Jiazixing is a low-desire society. This is a miracle. Generally speaking, people with low desires can only be scattered everywhere and cannot get together because no one can assume management responsibilities. Jiazi Xing is an exception..."

Lu Linbei looked over, and Mao Kongshan understood the meaning of that look, and immediately explained: "Although it is an exception, it is not unexpected. Jiazixing has a sparse population and far excess energy. This is the fundamental reason why they can maintain a low-desire society. , unlike the Kings, where the proportion of population and light industry farms is out of balance and forced to return to a semi-primitive state."

"The population of Jiazixing is always 50,000?"

"Sometimes more, sometimes less, and according to their own records, the error never exceeds 20 percent."

"Is this in line with the natural growth law of population?"

"Haha, sure enough you can see the 'conspiracy' again, it's not that complicated. I introduced yesterday that there are no small families in Jiazixing. Men live in Jiacheng and women live in Zicheng. According to the number of babies born in the previous year, and The number of adults that die determines the number of matings this year, and everything is in order.”

Mao Kongshan, like other members of "Exploding Point", has never been married and has no children. He talks about "mating" just like talking about animals, and thinks Jiazixing's approach is the most reasonable and effective.

"Who does the statistics? Who decides?"

"system."

"Professor Mao seemed to have mentioned the system yesterday. What is it? A computer system?"

"Yes, it is a system designed by early humans. It can do many things for Jiazi people, such as allocating energy and wood, collecting corresponding data, educating children, arranging necessary work for adults, and a series of other things, all made by The system decides. It can be said that it is the manager of the humans on Jiazi Planet."

"The earliest humans on Jiazi Planet must be scientists."

"Hey, we all think so!" Mao Kongshan showed an excited expression, "Jia Zixing provides another way of thinking, do you understand?"

Lu Linbei shook his head. What he just said was actually sarcasm.

"We have always believed that if humans want to save themselves, they must keep moving forward, solving problems while creating problems, and never stop. According to this theory, continuing interstellar development is the only option for humans. In the past, I I also hold this view, but after meeting the Jiazi people, I discovered that there is another solution. The Jiazi people rely on technology to maintain a simple life and rarely create problems, so there is no need to solve problems. Such a life can If it continues forever, there is no need to struggle to survive.”

"There are only fifty thousand people on the entire planet." Lu Linbei reminded.

"This is a problem. When the system was originally designed, Guangye Farm had not yet been fully rolled out, and Jiazi Planet could only support 50,000 people. It is different now. The power generation panels occupy almost one-tenth of the planet's land area, and the accumulated electricity It is enough for 100 million humans to use it for decades, but the system has not kept pace with the times. We are communicating with the Jiazi people to persuade them to let go of childbearing or accept more aliens to increase the population limit to 10 million."

"Can 10 million Jiazi people still maintain low desires?"

"It needs to be carefully designed so that the towns are evenly distributed throughout the planet, minimizing interactions. Two by two, they are all replicas of the two cities in Jiazi."

Lu Linbei looked at Mao Kongshan in surprise. If he didn't know a little about this historian, he would have thought that he was a mad scientist with dictatorial dreams.

"You want to kill all human freedom?"

"There are too many problems caused by freedom. Rather than killing them all, we need some restraint." A kind smile appeared on Mao Kongshan's thin face. "I have always been a liberal, but the life of the Jiazi people made me understand that human beings can To live in another way is not a loss of freedom, it cannot even be said to be a bondage, because human beings who have been exposed to this kind of environment since childhood believe that their lives are free and very happy."

"But they will stick to the rules and don't know how to adapt. After a few years, they will always need a few experts like Professor Mao to re-plan their lives. Otherwise, they will always maintain the original number, even if the environment allows it, they will not think about it. Enterprising.”

Mao Kongshan smiled and said: "I have thought of it a long time ago, but there is no need for scientists. If you set the variables in advance, the system will make timely and correct decisions."

"Is this the same supercomputer that defeated robots?"

The smile on Mao Kongshan's face quickly disappeared, "They are two different things. The system is a civilian facility that mainly manages human life. That supercomputer seems to be a weapon, but it is not the kind of weapon you think, but... I It’s hard to describe clearly. If everything goes well, the eldest brother will take us to visit the Central Memorial Hall. By then you will know what it is, and you will change your previous views and no longer think that Jiazixing contains weapons. Here, look, They came out to greet us."

Three humans were standing in front of a round house, waving to the two of them.