Chapter 411 Where the Stars Lead (Ended)

Li Pan opened...

"Bang!"

"Damn, what's going on..."

This time, before Li Pan even opened his eyes, he received a big blow. It was like dreaming of going back to the military academy, sleeping until midnight, and suddenly being hit on the head with a dumbbell. It felt like half of my face was broken, stars were shining in my eyes, my mind was buzzing, my vision was blurry, I was paralyzed on the ground, spinning, and I was crawling for a long time. Can't get up.

Then someone rushed up and lifted him up with his arms. Li Pan immediately counterattacked by lifting his vaginal leg and giving him a headbutt.

But at this time, he found that his hands and feet were tied up with something like bandages. One kick could only hit the opponent's instep, and his headbutt could only break the opponent's lips. Not only was it weak, it also aroused the opponent's anger. The punch hit Li Pan's lower abdomen, causing him to spit out sour water.

"Cough cough cough, cough cough cough..."

The man stopped and dragged Li Pan away on his shoulders. He seemed to be dragging out of some cell or dormitory. He passed through a long corridor, then passed an elevator and a series of iron doors, and finally took him to a clean room with plenty of sunshine. Inside, put him on a folding chair.

Li Pan sat on the folding chair and breathed for a while. Although his mind was still in a mess, his senses gradually recovered. With the pain, his vision, smell, and hearing gradually came back. Send the smell of blood, disinfectant, and grass into your brain.

From time to time, footsteps and soft conversations could be heard outside the door, but the guy who gave him a slap in the face seemed to be staying behind and not leaving. The body was very weak and its muscles were severely atrophied. Li Pan had no strength to look back, so he had to squint his swollen eyes and take a look.

It is surrounded by white tones, with desks, hospital beds, medicine boxes and some electronic equipment. It seems to be a place like a medical office. The sun is shining brightly outside the window, with blue sky and white clouds, lush green mountains and green trees, and there are faint clouds in the distance. You can see the snow-capped mountains. It seems that the earth is doing a good job in environmental protection.

Then there were footsteps, the door opened, and the thug behind him stood at attention with a snap.

"Easy, what happened to him?"

"Report to the chief, 0791 attempted suicide."

"Suicide? How can you commit suicide when you are tied up like this?"

"He rolled off the bed and hit his head on the ground, almost breaking his neck..."

"All right……"

Then the 'chief' wearing a white coat and black-rimmed glasses walked up to Li Pan, took out a flashlight pen and shined it into Li Pan's eyeballs.

"0791, how are you? Do you recognize me? Are you dizzy? Do you want to vomit?"

Li Pan looked at his face and then at his collar.

"Colonel Li Fan."

The other party was stunned and happy,

"Hi? Do you remember me? Looks like you really hit your head."

Li Pan stared at him,

"So is this Mewtwo calculated by Pangu? Are you a personality simulation or role-playing?"

The other party had a smile on his face, pressed the pen, took out a pamphlet from his coat and started writing.

"Okay, let's do an MRI first and prescribe aripiprazole..."

"I'm not mentally ill."

Li Pan turned his head and looked around, glared at the guard who was staring at him nervously, as if he was ready to come up with a friendly fist at any time, and then looked at the snow-capped mountains.

"So...this scene is a research institute developing AI prototypes, right?"

Li Fan sighed, and while writing the prescription, he shook his head with regret.

"AI? No, it's our radar."

Li Pan was stunned.

"Radar? Are you sure it's radar? Not QVN quantum communication?"

Li Fan glanced at him in surprise and stopped writing.

"There are also communications-related projects, but what is QVN?"

Li Pan looked at him suspiciously,

"Quantum virtual network? A quantum virtual network that connects the heavens? Haven't you heard of it? Isn't it Mewtwo..."

Guard: "Chief, this guy is a crazy man. Do you want to get a shot of diazepam first?"

Li Pan glared at him.

Li Fan made a gesture of "Wait a minute, I'll see if he has anything else to say." He picked up a folding stool and sat down in front of Li Pan.

"Tell me more specifically, how does this QVN achieve quantum communication?"

Li Pan glared at him with the look of "you ask me, I ask who", but seeing the guard gearing up and eager to give it a try, he had to recall the communication principle that someone mentioned,

"It seems to be something... based on trapped ion entanglement and simple quantum algorithms, through the joint measurement of quantum entanglement pair distribution and Bell state, the information transmission of quantum states is achieved..."

Li Fan adjusted his glasses and laughed.

"You mean Quantum teleportation? Quantum teleportation? Did you read it in some novel?

The unknown quantum state to be transmitted and one of the particles of the EPR pair are jointly measured based on Bell. Due to the quantum non-local correlation characteristics of the EPR pair, all the quantum information of the unknown state will be 'transferred' to the second particle of the EPR pair. On particles, as long as according to the classical Using the Bell basis measurement results transmitted through the channel, applying an appropriate unitary transformation to the quantum state of the second particle of the EPR can put this particle in exactly the same quantum state as the unknown state to be transmitted, so that in the second particle of the EPR Reproduce unknown states on particles.

A virtual network is not point-to-point, but it realizes the quantum calibration of all nodes like the Internet, connects every moment, and builds a neuron network like the Internet.

This concept is too advanced. Human technology cannot achieve that kind of "transmission over time and space". Let alone networking, even point-to-point "dial-up" will take another hundred years, haha. "

Li Pan couldn't help but secretly exchanged a dull look with the guard, and was slightly relieved after confirming that everyone was the same idiot.

Ahem, but then again, people can't dream of things they haven't seen, and Li Pan didn't understand a word of the above paragraph, so this must not be a dream he imagined.

But if it's not a dream...

"Are you sure you are Colonel Li Fan? Not an AI person, but a radar person?"

Li Fan simply took out his work ID from his coat and showed it to Li Pan.

Wow, it's still the Gregorian calendar...

Li Pan was silent for a while,

"Then I don't care what you are doing, why are you tying me up? "

The guard showed a sympathetic look at a lunatic.

Li Fan looked at Li Pan with interest,

"It seems that your condition has recovered well, at least you have rational thinking, but your memory is still missing, so let me explain it again.

Simply put, we are studying a kind of biological radar. "

Oh... that's it? Hey, it's too simple!

Then Li Pan saw the other party raised the pen in his hand and pointed at himself.

Li Pan frowned slowly.

"I am... biological... radar?"

Li Fan nodded and drew a picture with the flashlight pen,

"Well, it may not be accurate to say that it is radio detection and ranging, because it is not located by "radio", but EEG, Electroencephalogram, that is, brain waves.

The electrical signals generated by the activities between neurons in the human brain can be enhanced and coordinated through the equipment, and the resonance can be coordinated on a specific channel. Basic communication transmission can be carried out with fixed base stations to realize a human radio station that can be used for military emergencies.

And further, it can be upgraded to form a biological radar with the human brain as the basic detection unit.

In wartime, when the ECM of the space-based orbital satellite system is paralyzed, a single soldier can immediately take charge of front-line reconnaissance and firepower positioning, and establish a temporary war zone command network.

Going a step further, it can be upgraded to a single-soldier base station and HQ, and the entire weapon platform can be remotely controlled by brain waves, from drones to warships, fighter jets and strategic missile forces, and firepower support can be called at any time.

In theory, once this technology is popularized, in the near future, it will not only be limited to military use, but also popularized to the civilian population. Computers and mobile phones are no longer needed, and circuit electrical equipment can be directly controlled by the human brain, and the road to brain-computer integration is opened. "

Li Pan and the guards, "Wow..."

Li Fan pointed to his head with a flashlight pen,

"Of course, the human brain wave band is only 0.5-30Hz, so we have to do some surgery here and insert something to assist, so as to barely meet the military needs.

And 0791, you are the first unit of our project, the first active human radar that has been successfully installed with the functions of "receiving", "output" and "frequency modulation".

So objectively speaking, your problem is indeed caused by physical changes in the brain structure, which may be bioelectric interference, or misjudgment of received clutter, resulting in various cognitive confusions and memory loss.

At present, the main sequelae is still split personality. It is likely that the high power of the intracranial plug-in leads to organ inflammation, local lesions, and damage to the brain lobe. "

Li Pan understood, and then got angry,

"Oh fuck! Human experiments are okay! Did you get my consent to just plug my brain!"

Li Fan nodded,

"Of course, do you think you can just grab someone on the street to open a slot? This kind of key confidential project is selected by the military internally, voluntarily applied, and repeatedly politically reviewed and screened. The identity of everyone is strictly confidential, and I don’t know it either.

Of course, I don’t care about personnel transfers. If you really can’t remember, you can apply for a file if you have any questions. After all, participating in the project will be awarded a third-class merit. If there are casualties, the family members will be given a pension as a martyr. The process is definitely legal and compliant. "

Li Pan, "..."

Li Fan also looked at him,

"Then do you want to apply for retirement? I can approve it. In your current situation, it is unlikely to return to normal life. You should be arranged to live in a military sanatorium or something like that.

Although I don't know what kind of mood and awareness you had when you applied to join the project, those who dare to face the unknown and make sacrifices for the people are worthy of the title of hero. Even if you have lost your past memories now, it can't erase your determination and passion.

However, 0791, I still advise you to continue to persevere. After all, we have technology and equipment here. Maybe the project has made a breakthrough and can cure you again. "

Li Pan thought for a while,

"Biological radar, sensory positioning, memory disorder... Then you should be a Temporal Core Augmentation, a temporal lobe enhancement core, inserted in the hippocampus. "

Li Fan was stunned,

"Ah? You can say that. "

Li Pan smacked his lips,

"Hallucinations, memory disorder, taste impairment... Maybe it's a little inflamed. You should have saved the surgical video. Show me where the error is. Also, if you have hibernation potion, give me some."

Li Fan and the guard looked at each other,

"Hibernation potion? What is that..."

Li Pan frowned,

"Have you never heard of hibernation mixture? Isn't this timeline too early? It's a nerve-sustaining release drug prepared by NASA for astronauts.

Is it not the age of space development yet? Then you have to make it yourself, luckily I remember the molecular formula..."

The guard couldn't help but complain,

"The space agency you are talking about is not from our opponent, is it? We call it the space agency here..."

Li Fan also complained,

"Can you still prepare your own formula based on the molecular formula?"

Li Pan sighed,

"A long-term illness can lead to a cure. I can tell you the formula and you will know if it works."

Colonel Li Fan obviously didn't believe the crazy words of the mental patient, but he agreed to go through the process first and show Li Pan the video of the operation. Of course, the premise is that Li Pan must agree to receive treatment and stop going crazy and committing suicide.

"...So I was a psycho before?"

Li Pan asked the guard, who responded with "Aren't you right now?" ’ His eyes squinted at him.

“Besides committing suicide and attacking other people, uh, attacking you, sorry, I mean what else specifically have I done?

Did I say anything? Say something incomprehensible like today? Or completely abnormal behavior? "

The guard looked suspicious, but after thinking about it, he did have memory impairment, so he shared some specific symptoms with him.

"It was fine at first. It was quite normal for half a year before and after the operation. However, after all the prosthetics were implanted a few days ago, I don't know whether it was in pain or something else. I started crying very loudly at night and felt manic during the day. He would hit anyone he saw, and then he would seek death. Now he seems to be a completely different person.

The chief said that every time he tried to emit bioelectrical signals, you had a violent reaction. It might be that you were stimulated by the received radio waves. However, the project plans were approved in advance and could not be changed. They could only temporarily put you in the basement air-raid shelter. It might be better to have leaded concrete as a barrier. "

As the guard said this, he led Li Pan towards the basement. The door was opened according to his face. It seemed that 0791 did have the right of passage. He was not locked in a cell and tied up like this just to avoid another headbutt from him.

Li Pan thought for a while,

"When is the next trial?"

The guard didn't even hide it from him.

"At night, it's usually when the moon is full. I heard that the antenna has the strongest response to the signal sent to the moon, and the information received by others is the clearest. I don't know the specific reason yet."

Li Pan stared at him,

"Anyone else?"

"Of course there is. You are already 0791. After many rounds of surgeries and experiments, the test was successful even for you, four boys and one girl. But their reaction was not as great as yours, and of course their progress was not as fast as yours. Let's do the test upstairs now. But I can’t let you go to meet me, so as not to get infected or something.”

"Psychosis is not contagious, okay?" Li Pan asked curiously, "What is the specific test?"

"You have forgotten this. It is probably daily physical training, physiological monitoring, memory, logical thinking and intelligence training. The most important thing is brain wave signal sending and receiving, long-distance communication and so on.

Receive the radio waves sent by the main station, confirm whether what you see is blue or red, count the suit points of the poker in your hand, transmit the brain waves to the person across the table, and so on. Just like the superpowers in the TV series. "

Li Pan looked at the guard's longing expression and said, "You also signed up, right?"

The guard nodded and showed Li Pan the surgical opening on the back of his head.

"My project failed the first time. The implant didn't work and I couldn't receive anything. However, it didn't have any real impact. The confidential unit couldn't be easily transferred, so I stayed to help."

"Is that so..."

Back in the dormitory, the floor was already covered with thick quilts. Li Pan hesitated for a moment.

"Do we know each other? What's your name?"

The guard is alert,

"Don't make excuses. You sent me here to watch because the others were beaten away by you. Just stay here and I won't let you go."

"You can let him go."

Early the next morning, Li Fan came with the procedures to release him.

Naturally, the guard had nothing to say. He saluted and released Li Pan from his restraints, but still followed him closely to prevent him from committing suicide.

Li Fan was not worried at all. After all, researchers only believed in observed facts.

The fact is that 0791 not only suddenly recovered from madness and provided the formula for hibernation mixture, but also...

"It's surprising that not only our tower, but also other test personnel have received the message you sent."

Li Pan looked at the papers handed to him and wrote, "I am Dongguai Gouyao. I am now regarded as mentally ill and imprisoned in the Abnormal Human Research Center. As long as you give me one million, I will come out." I'll pay you back a hundred yuan. ’ note.

"Yes, congratulations, your research was successful. But I thought you would hesitate for a few days..."

Li Fan shook his head,

"There's nothing to be happy about. I can only receive messages from you all night, and we can't complete the experiment. Besides, we don't have time to waste on 'doubts'.

To be honest, our progress can no longer be considered as "innovation", but as "replication", and the results are expected.

It would be better to say that your success story has not appeared until now, and it is even a bit late, at least three stages behind others. The first phase of actual combat applications has been implemented there, and now they are trying to link special combat groups and battlefield drones. "

"Huh? Over there? Oh, yes..."

Li Pan also remembered that this was an era before the unified safety committee appeared, Earth 0, the technological singularity, that is...

On the eve of the war...

"So the situation is already tense, right?"

Li Fan smiled bitterly and took Li Pan upstairs.

“More than just being nervous, I just heard that AI has really been developed over there.

By the way, what you said to me before was reported to the three agencies, and immediately received a positive response from the intelligence department. The matter of AI and hibernation mixture also confirmed many of their guesses, and they immediately sent people over.

So now the think tank above speculates that you probably happened to link to the channel there during the experiment and intercepted this top-level confidential information. Nowadays, the development and research of EEG is actually in the initial stage, and the possibility of such backdoor interference cannot be ruled out.

From now on, you are the only and strongest radar on our side. "

Li Pan secretly asked the guard,

"Oh...what are the second and third places?"

The guard sighed,

"The second office is the staff office, and the third office is the confidentiality office."

Li Pan understood,

"It's a dog-day security bureau, right?"

The guard stared at him;

"I'm from the Third Office!"

"Oh? Is your surname Chen?"

The guard ignored him again, okay keep it a secret.

Li Pan didn't have time to pay attention to him for a while, because people from the second office quickly took a helicopter and came to the research institute close to the valley of the snow-capped mountains.

The two military coats didn't waste any time. They got off the helicopter and went straight to the topic.

"Your senior colonel, your institute has intercepted intelligence on the enemy's AI?"

Li Fan scratched his head, "Technically speaking..."

Li Pan also has no ink marks,

"MELCHIOR."

The two people in the two places looked at each other,

"With only one name, it's difficult for us..."

Li Pan shrugged.

"PANTHEON, AVALON, TAKAMAGAHARA..."

The second agent opened his mouth.

Li Pan continued,

"HOHENHEIM, SERAPHOENIX, Galaxy Queen... Of course, the progress of these projects is a little slower, especially after the decision to establish Terra Holdings there, most of the resources have been coordinated and allocated, and all resources related to AI development have been concentrated on the MELCHIOR project Go up."

The two looked at each other and rushed out, "Hey, hey, hey!" They had to make a phone call.

Li Fan, "Wow..."

Li Pan, "It was him who said a name was not enough."

Li Fan looked at him curiously,

"Those just now are all foreign AIs, right? What about ours? What is it called?"

Li Pan shrugged.

"Chicken."

Li Fan frowned like an old grandfather...

In short, at this point in time, the Iron Curtain of Cybersecurity has quietly descended, and one step behind will be doomed. Li Pan's previous 'cases' were all written off, and he immediately invested in the 'radar monitoring' project.

And Li Pan had only one request.

"Aren't you planning to commit suicide by jumping off the building again?"

The guard carefully checked the distance from the roof of the institute to the bottom of the building.

Li Pan was lying on the roof and smiled at him.

"You can catch me, dear."

The guard glared at him and pushed the door open.

"Put another layer of mat down."

Li Pan shrugged and lay alone on the rooftop, waiting until night fell, waiting for the stars to shine, and waiting for the full moon to hang high.

When the signal transmission started, the ionized ozone dyed the sky light blue.

Li Pan closed his eyes and concentrated on the bright moon in front of him.

No, slightly off. To be precise, through the reflection of the moon, his brain waves are projected to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point and through the door...

"crooked?"

"Hey, hey! Broom head! Can you hear me!"

Opening his eyes, Li Pan saw Li Fan's face growing out of the moon and smiling at him.

"Is it going well, our ultimate family-changing battle?"

Li Pan said, "Fuck, my face is so big. It's so disgusting. I feel like I'm going to vomit."

Li Fan, "Don't, don't, don't, hold on for a while, I don't know when I can contact you next time!"

In short, we have the mule under control here! You must reverse the singularity! Change the future! "

Li Pan, "You mean 'past', right?"

Li Fan, "No! It's the future! You have to create a new future! I know that even a mule can't do it, but you can do it with a broomstick!"

Because you are another possibility! You are the one we choose, another future! So we all believe in you! come on! effort! "

Li Pan was speechless,

"Fuck, give me all the support except help... Please, they are going to fight three wars here soon. I'm panicking."

Li Fan, "Don't worry, everything is under my plan. You will not be left alone. I have sent the most awesome one among us to help you!"

"The most awesome? Aren't you the most awesome?"

Li Fan smiled,

"Thank you for taking a high look, but I'm here to plot against you. I haven't used my sword for many years, so I can barely make it to the top ten...

Ahem, anyway, you believe me! This time Master Dao really took the risk! I have given you all the trump cards that I have hidden in my hand that always guarantee three and compete for one! I don’t believe it’s not enough! "

Li Pan was a little curious when he said that.

"Who is that? Teacher Xian?"

"Uncle Patriarch! Help! If you don't take action, I will be beaten to death by him!"

"Wow, hold on! It's the end! Anyway, you'll know when I see you! What else is going on? I'm about to collapse!"

Li Pan actually had a lot more questions that he wanted to ask, but as the words came to his lips, they finally became,

"What's the name of Mule's AI?"

"What? AI? Are you talking about a chicken? Now we are fighting against the Legion, not to mention that we have so many descendants of the three major sects, how can we not support it! Don't worry, everything is planned by me..."

"Uncle Master!"

"Fuck! Hold on! Brothers, hold on for me!! Watch me fuck the stars back to their correct position..."

So communication was cut off.

Well, it seems that changing the future may not be as difficult as imagined.

Li Pan shrugged and continued to lie down, staring at the night sky in a daze, his mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to do.

At this time, Li Fan here also climbed up to the roof, handed over a bottle of coconut juice, and sat with Li Pan.

"Thank you...can I ask you a question, Colonel? I've been holding it in my mind for a long time..."

"Huh? Excuse me?"

"What on earth are you here for?"

Li Fan was baffled.

"What are you doing?"

Li Pan patted the roof,

"Why on earth do you appear here, at this moment, here?

Could it be that you also have a passion for protecting your family and country?

Or do you have the ambition to save the world?

Or is it dedicated to watching over the survival of humanity? "

Li Fan laughed,

"What are you talking about... I'm just a mortal, there are so many high-ranking people.

The majors here are matched, the unit is divided into housing, and there is also a staff. I was assigned as soon as I graduated. "

Li Pan, "...What about the future? Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?

To win at all costs?

What about after victory? Continue the cycle of reincarnation over and over again?

What kind of future do you want to create? "

Li Fan thought about it seriously,

"I understand what you mean, you mean the ultimate vision and goal of life, right?

I couldn't answer for a while, so I just climbed up to look at the stars. "

"Looking at the stars?"

"Yes, this starry sky is pretty good, isn't it? Because our experiment needs to be far away from densely populated cities to avoid all kinds of communication clutter, so it is built in this deep mountain and old forest. It is not usually affected by light pollution, so it is very suitable for stargazing. .

Of course, due to the confidentiality regulations, communication in the institute is usually silent, the Internet cannot be accessed, and there is nothing else to do..."

"What's there to see in the stars..."

Li Pan frowned and looked at the starry sky above his head who knew how many years ago.

In fact, he has always been afraid of the universe, this dark and empty abyss of nothingness.

Even he himself didn't know, specifically because he was afraid of the countless inexplicable and terrifying unknowns hidden in that vacuum.

It was the mule who created that void, the more terrifying one.

But one thing to say, the starry sky in front of me is indeed quite beautiful.

In this era, humans did not damage the earth, nor did they have time to fill the orbit with garbage. The sky is full of the Milky Way, and the stars and the sea are all visible.

So in the refreshing evening breeze of this starry night, Li Fan stretched out his hand and held it towards the stars in the sky.

“You see, a planet like the Earth cannot produce heavy elements.

The iron in your body comes from the brilliant supernova explosion.

The zinc in the blood comes from dust ejected into the universe after two neutron star collisions.

That tiny amount of copper is needed to witness the death of a white dwarf star.

Even the tiniest bit of cobalt originates from nebulae billions of light-years away.

Therefore, it is normal for humans to be curious about the stars. "

Li Pan, "Damn it... you intellectuals are really... I only know one thing: "Damn it, the stars are so bright..."

"Oh, it was Dr. Sagan from NASA who said it. I mean, you can only understand it by looking at a starry sky like this. A long time ago, a monkey was lying in the canopy of the same land, looking up at the same starry sky. , the feeling of suddenly wanting to reach out and touch the stars.

Of course, monkeys don’t know that the stars in the sky are brilliant fusions countless light-years away. They are the burning of eternal flames. They are creations like us who were born as stardust, responding to the call of the original mother body.

What it could see in its eyes might just be gems, fireflies, or something delicious, right?

But the important thing is not what it is chasing, but that it chooses to leave its home and tribe for that unattainable dream far away in the horizon, and sets out towards the stars, stepping into the fearful and unknown darkness, to Chase your own dreams.

It goes against the nature of living things to be comfortable with the status quo, nor does it passively change to adapt to the environment, or escape in order to survive in the world.

Simply because of my own curiosity and desire, I mustered up the courage to take the first step into the unknown. And then it never stops.

Perhaps this is the origin of humankind. "

Li Fan took back his hand, stretched out, and looked at the stars in the sky.

“Being a human is not about being born as a human being, nor is it about knowing what it means to be a human being. It is about running for the starlight in your heart that you can constantly break through the darkness, continue to see the unknown, and you can gradually grow into a human being.

One day, we will leave the warm and comfortable womb, leave the tree that protects us, leave the earth that gave birth to us, and move towards a broader and more boundless world.

Because we are human beings.

Since our birth, we have been chasing our dreams, chasing unprecedented possibilities, chasing hopes as small as stars, and running towards the unknown with all our strength.

If one person is not enough, then there will be a generation, and if one generation is not enough, then there will be ten generations.

One day, we will go out, step into the Milky Way, step into the universe, to witness the vast limits of the galaxy and the sea, and to witness the vicissitudes of the vast universe.

Because sooner or later, we will return to the stars.

Because we are the sons of the stars. "

Li Pan looked at the stars and let out a long breath,

"The road to the stars... is also a kind of future that has never been seen. "

So the two men lay side by side on the roof.

Watching the starlight billions of years ago, passing through the atmosphere, and finally condensing on their retinas and engraved in their minds.

From tranquility to intoxication, from joy to warm melting, it is a kind of loneliness belonging to the cold star.

Brilliant, distant, and brightly visible.

The book is finished