Chapter 991 Just Like a Blank Sheet of Paper 1

Not only had he seen it, Jiang Chen couldn't forget that face even after it was burned to ashes, and the brain floating in the culture tank...

and the “most high” who was buried together.

"We meet again, Dr. Lin Minjie." Looking at the man on the screen, Jiang Chen sighed with emotion, took his coat from the open dormant chamber, and covered the girl's body. "I thought you were dead, but I didn't expect you were still alive."

Although he was much younger than the last time he saw him in Wanghai City's underground shelter, Jiang Chen could still identify him from his limited facial features. The girl lying in the dormant cabin also made Jiang Chen's expression a little complicated.

Almost at the same time that the screen turned on, Hu Cheng made a gesture and rushed to Jiang Chen with the soldiers behind him.

When passing by Jiang Chen, he glanced at the face of the girl in the dormant cabin. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly made the decision to pretend he hadn't seen anything, and dutifully focused all his attention on the man on the screen in front of the gun.

Although he didn't know who this person was, his instinct as a subordinate told him that the relationship between the man on the screen and the marshal was not very harmonious.

"Lin Minjie? I do have that name."

As if he didn't see the muzzles pointed at him at the door, the man raised his head and looked at the non-existent ceiling, and sighed as if he was lost in memories, "Correction, whether I am alive or not is still open to question. "

Up for debate?

Hearing these words, Jiang Chen frowned slightly and slowly lowered the rifle in his hand.

"Have you calmed down? No matter what conflicts you have with that person, you can't be angry with the program, right?" Lin Minjie spread his hands and made a helpless expression in a humane manner, "I was born in 2168, almost It was completed at the same time as this shelter, and the prototype of my personality and appearance was the same programmer who wrote me.”

"Can I ask a question?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Of course." Lin Minjie nodded slightly, "Answering your questions is the meaning of my existence."

"What level of artificial intelligence are you at, elementary? Intermediate? Or -"

"Of course it's a junior level." Lin Minjie smiled, "For a commentator, thinking about this kind of thing is just a burden."

Jiang Chen was silent for a long time.

He ordered Hu Cheng on the communication screen.

"Take your people out first and wait for me outside."

Hu Cheng was stunned for a moment and said hurriedly, "But -"

"This is an order." Jiang Chen blocked his words of persuasion with a tone that could not be refused, "Wait for me in the elevator. Unless it is my order, you are not allowed to come in."

To the knights, the Marshal's orders were absolute.

Although he was still worried about his safety, Hu Cheng couldn't say anything else, so he reluctantly lowered his head and agreed.

"yes……"

Raising his hand and gesturing to the soldiers in the team, Hu Cheng led the men towards the corridor. Standing at the door, he glanced at Jiang Chen's back hesitantly. He still obeyed the order and led the people towards the elevator.

After the footsteps gradually faded away, Jiang Chen was silent for a moment and then asked.

"Tell me what exactly you are planning."

“Leave a fire for civilization.”

"These... clones, are you what you call fire?" Jiang Chen moved his rifle to the side, pointed at the girl who was looking at him with innocent eyes, and said in a cold tone, "Or, What kind of disgusting experiment is this?"

The girl lying in the dormitory at the moment looked exactly like Lin Ling. If this is not a special case, the scientists lying in the more than two thousand dormant cabins are probably all replicas of Lin Ling...

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Lin Minjie shook his head.

"you misunderstood."

"Misunderstand?"

"In my database, the entries related to the 'Civilization Fire' project did not find any words related to the experiment. The human woman lying in front of you now is made up of somatic cells named Lin Ling. A clone born from cell cloning technology. Her name is Lin Yi, number 0001."

Jiang Chen was very curious. If the name of No. 0001 was Lin Yi, then what was the name of No. 0100, or rather No. 1000? But these are not the main point, he only wants to know one thing now.

"Why Lin Ling..." Jiang Chen asked the question in his heart with a complicated expression.

"Maybe it's because of the father's guilt for his daughter? Or maybe it's because of something else?" Lin Minjie shrugged and said in a nonchalant tone, "The master who created me didn't tell me these unnecessary things. I'm afraid I can't Help you think about the answer to this question. As for why clones are used, I think even if I don’t say it, you should be able to get the answer based on the time when this shelter was completed.”

Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what he meant.

The outbreak of World War III was in 2171. This unorganized shelter was built in 2168, before the outbreak of the war. Considering that the world was in the quagmire of an economic crisis at that time, and the background of the existence of the Scientific Ethics Committee, it was almost impossible to select a group of "volunteers" from scientists to go to the future.

From this perspective, choosing human cloning to carry the torch of civilization seems to be a helpless choice in the context of the times. Although it also violates scientific taboos, at least the cultivation of human clones can be carried out secretly.

But Jiang Chen still has a problem that he doesn't understand...

“I don’t understand why humans must be used as the carrier of information instead of more efficient machines?”

A mobile hard drive can definitely carry more information than the human brain. And unlike humans, machines inherently don’t understand what forgetting means. Even if it takes tens of thousands of years, as long as the parts themselves are not oxidized, the knowledge can be passed down intact.

"You are not the first person to ask this question. My designer once said this to me, but unfortunately I can't give you a standard answer." Lin Minjie spread his hands, "For reference, I I can only tell you the conclusion reached by the researchers of the 'Civilization Fire' project team. Hard drives can pass on knowledge, but only people can serve as the carrier of civilization."

After a pause, Lin Minjie continued.

"Their souls are like a blank piece of paper. Except for the knowledge imparted in the virtual reality program, their cognitive and learning abilities are almost the same as those of newborn babies. As long as you are willing to accept them, they will be able to learn in the shortest time." It takes time to adapt to the outside world.”

"As for whether to accept them, the choice is yours."

Lin Minjie kicked the ball he chose to Jiang Chen lightly.

Jiang Chen looked at the girl numbered 0001, named Lin Yi, lying in the dormant cabin speechlessly.

At this moment, she was expressionless and looking at herself with eyes as confused as a baby's. The clothes covering her body slipped off. She stretched out her hand and gently touched the cold barrel, touching its outline curiously, completely unaware that she was naked.

"What is this?" Lin Yi asked.

After being silent for a long time, Jiang Chen sighed, put away the rifle in his hand, picked up the clothes and threw them on her body.

"Put your clothes on first."

"Clothes?" Lin Yi tilted her head.

Jiang Chen's mouth twitched.

He finally understood the meaning behind the phrase "the soul is like a blank piece of paper". (To be continued.):