Chapter 164 Yu Panyi
The sky-blue armed shuttle approached from a distance and slowly landed on the open-air tarmac.
There is a dark gray painted logo on the outer armor of the airship. The pattern is a perfect geometric circle divided straight by three parallel vertical lines, with "∞" representing infinity placed in the center. , which makes people subconsciously awe-this is the symbol of the giant enterprise [Zero Degree Network].
With a "pop" sound, the gas leaked from the opened armor gap, and the internal and external air pressures reached equilibrium.
The door of the shuttle opened silently, and a folding ladder descended. Amidst the silent gazes, a long and blurry outline emerged from the shadows.
The woman slowly stepped out of the shadows, revealing a beautiful face. She has long hair tied up and is dressed very smartly. Apart from the pair of light red prosthetic eyes, she almost looks like a natural person. It is difficult to tell whether there are other prosthetics - or whether the former's implants are all Specialized over-emulation.
Meet this person from the head office, who is ranked in the high-net-worth talent training sequence and is destined to have a bright future. The person in charge who had been waiting here took a step forward and whispered: "Miss Yu Xuyi, next"
The young woman known as "Yu Xuyi" raised her hand slightly, indicating that the other party did not need to say this.
“——Take me to see the deep-diving unit numbered UT-05.”
“Understood.”
The person in charge nodded and led the way.
The elevator slowly sank. After a series of identity verification and authority reviews, the group quickly arrived at Zero Degree Network’s “Deep Dive Center” in Cast Light City.
Along the way, Yu Chunyi said nothing and just followed the person in charge calmly, which made the latter feel nervous and stressed.
The cold door slowly opened.
This space, which covers an area of hundreds of square meters, is reminiscent of a nest of peaks. One after another, hexagonal rectangular blocks with metallic colors are closely arranged, forming the core of this "deep diving center". Ceiling and floor.
The faint blue light flows along the cracks of the square blocks, causing faint ripples in the sound of pacing.
Black cubes placed at an angle stand silently and are arranged in order. Next to these deep diving chambers used for abyss salvage operations are some transparent life-saving tanks.
The brains that have been completely stripped out and filled with tubes are soaked in a light green solution. The flesh-colored wrinkles on the surface that squirm from time to time represent that these brains are still active - the other ends of those tubes are linked Enter the deep dive cabin on the side.
Beside each deep dive cabin, there are one to three such brains.
The silent squirming brains and the cold black cubes are arranged closely to the end of the border, making this hive look deathly silent and terrifying.
But seeing this scene, neither the person in charge nor Yu Xuyi showed any change in their expressions.
The latter even stopped for a moment and looked at one of the brains with interest.
"The memory used is the 'Resistor' series, the third generation model. It's too old."
The woman's pupils lit up slightly, obviously she was just looking at the brain , but she seemed to have seen something, and commented: "This generation of products has caused considerable damage to the hippocampus, but the 'personality reshaping' effect is only barely acceptable."
[Resistor] Series The memory templates are members of anti-corporate organizations who have been captured by the company over the years.
Their "memory" was extracted, and after a series of extremely complex adjustments, screening and tailoring, the original "resistor" memory was made, which was copied by Zero Degree Network as a template for internal use.
If the character is regarded as a collection of "labels", then the character personality represented by the "Resistor" memory is the most common and stereotyped "Resistor" in film and television.
Hearing this, the person in charge considered his words and carefully explained: "This batch of 'resistor' memories is considered inventory, so we"
"It doesn't matter, I don't have it. It means criticizing or blaming." Yu Xingyi smiled and said in a calm tone, "It's just a matter of feeling, no need to worry about it."
She raised her head slightly.
Twenty-three years ago, the former giant company [Pure White Biotechnology] officially announced its next-generation flagship product "Clone" under the spotlight.
Even if trivial things such as ethical criticism and social impact are taken into account, "human cloning" is still an undoubted great technology. As the developer, [Pure White Biotechnology] has once again demonstrated its absolute position in the field of bioengineering.
Unfortunately, when "Clone" was still in the warm-up stage of announcement, the arrival of the "Freedom Revolution" shattered everything.
Even if it was finally settled, the war started by omnics and sweeping across half of the world still changed many things.
Shortly after the end of the liberal revolution, after experiencing a round of "non-human race" baptism and an environment full of strong distrust, the "human cloning" technology of [Pure White Creature] became the target of public criticism - science The ethics committee's request was temporarily shelved, public opinion was unprecedentedly huge, and other giant companies took advantage of the situation to add insult to injury. But the [Pure White Creature] has no way out.
In order to complete this technology, they have invested a lot of resources.
Even if research and development costs are not considered, liquidated damages for various project contracts signed with all parties in advance for "human cloning" products are still astronomical figures. Under the circumstances, no matter what they did, the company's assets were evaporating all the time.
In the midst of weakness visible to the naked eye, [Emerald Pharmaceutical] did not hesitate to join forces with [Chronological Access], which was not a giant enterprise at the time, to launch an attack together - this is the beginning and end of the fourth full-scale corporate war. .
When the war ended, [Pure White Creature] went bankrupt and disintegrated, falling from the position of god.
And [Emerald Pharmaceutical] absorbed most of the former's legacy, and [Chronological Access] took this opportunity to ascend to the position of a giant enterprise.
As for the "human cloning" technology, in the face of various pressures, [Emerald Pharmaceutical], which has been temporarily satisfied, chose to seal it up and stated that it would not use it and put it on the market
——"Indicated".
Yu Chuyi looked around.
She has seen the source of these brains - the assembly line of human cloning, with naked bodies hanging in the air and being sent to the designated position along the conveyor belt.
They will be inserted into various memories to forcibly develop personalities and emotions in a short period of time, and then be sent to the operating room to be quickly separated.
Body parts are piled up in carts for collective recycling. The removed brain was put into a life-saving tank and sent to the deep diving center.
They will serve as "living plug-ins" for members of the deep-diving force to assist in deep-diving operations - this is also the impact of [The Abyss].
Without psionic people, it is difficult to stay in the [Abyss] for a long time or sink to a deeper depth. However, psykers are rare, and not all of them are suitable for deep diving operations.
Faced with the demand for "abyss salvage", major companies have used "human cloning" technology to create clones with personality and emotions, which serve as external buffers for deep divers and reduce the risk of diving into the abyss. 】The pressure came from.
——To some extent, these brains are "filters".
If the oppression brought by the [Abyss] is regarded as a "toxic gas", then these brains are the "filter elements" in the filter. They are non-psionic, so they cannot eradicate toxic gases, but can only partially filter them, and need to be replaced regularly.
The company indeed no longer uses "clones", at least on the surface, no one knows about it - and this is enough.
The [Resistor] series of memories are quite popular in this field. After all, those who dare to resist the company are almost always said to be strong-willed - even if this strong-will is just artificially cut and fabricated, brought by the memory. , but relying on this will, it can still be regarded as an excellent product that can endure before the oppression of [Abyss].
This is the progress of technology.
Even though she has seen it many times, Yu Xingyi still feels happy every time she sees this scene.
With joy in her heart and indifference in her expression, she walked towards a deep dive cabin.
The person in charge's prosthetic eyes flashed, a puff of cold air escaped, and the deep diving chamber slowly opened, revealing the scene inside.
From the rapidly falling orange solution, a naked man slowly emerged. He closed his eyes tightly, and there were many tubes inserted throughout his body, the thickest of which was connected to the brain-computer interface located on his occipital bone.
"The deep-diving force of Forged Light City, standard configuration, number UT-05."
The person in charge said: "There are four people in total. They all failed to surface during yesterday's deep dive operation. Their consciousness completely sank. Currently, they only retain weak physiological signs. The medical department has conducted preliminary tests and confirmed that they are no longer worthy of rescue."
“But in terms of memory, we can’t help it.”
“Let me take a look.”
Yu Danyi nodded.
She raised her slender but powerful right hand and gently pressed the man's head.
From the path of [Consensus], the spiritual energy at the peak of the second ring emerges silently.
Psychic skills.
【Excavation】.
(End of this chapter)