Chapter 835 Bernard's Last Words (Part 2)

"Okay, the camera can't see from this angle. Don't straighten your body to check the camera, or something will go wrong."

Xiangshan's body stiffened slightly, but he still resisted the urge to look at the camera. Many years ago, when he participated in a confidential project, he also went through relevant training. He did not show any intention of deliberately avoiding the camera, but whispered: "Old Di, what do you mean by this?"

"You are in a huge scam... Not just you, but all of us. When you communicate with others, do you occasionally feel a little bit of dislocation, as if everyone is not talking about the same thing? Do you suspect that the news you see is different from the news others see?"

Xiangshan said: "This sounds like some kind of conspiracy theory..."

"I guess so. Even if you occasionally have doubts, you will use "I am a rational person, don't believe in conspiracy theories casually" to convince yourself to follow the order. When everyone around you is so normal, you can't help but be convinced. You are the absolute of this scam. To the core, this is a cocoon built for you alone. No matter how strong your personal ability is, you can't defeat many people. "

"This is impossible. Such a sophisticated plan cannot be leaked. "

"It is possible. Because you advocate the use of intelligent systems to replace manual labor, these are achievable. Tools can greatly save human power until quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes - this is also your creed. I don't know how to implement it specifically. But let me ask you first, how long have you not maintained the system you wrote yourself... No, that's not right, I should ask this. Do you think that the background and code you see through your office computer are what the company is running? "

Xiangshan didn't speak.

Lao Di knows nothing about technology and can't explain it. But... what he said is possible.

But who can do this in front of the world's number one hacker... this kind of...

Xiangshan suddenly remembered the night when Zhu Xinyu held a knife.

Zhu Xinyu is just one person. People must have slack times. When she goes out to travel, vacation, or sleep.

"But... there is always a risk of being seen by unrelated people... There are so many people in the company, it is impossible for all of them to be part of it..."

"Can they see it?" Bernard asked again: "What is the usage rate of artificial eyes in our company?"

In order to show the determination to promote human prosthetics, employees within Superman Enterprise have a certain quota and can use company resources to obtain artificial eyes. Most former hard-working students and current corporate workers who suffer from eye diseases will choose "artificial eyes".

"But, the design of artificial eyes is not subject to external control..."

"Did you burn the control chips of those artificial eyes yourself?" Bernard sighed: "Maybe Ms. Zhu will also check the artificial bodies of people around her regularly. But she can only ensure that the artificial bodies of a small group will not be controlled... and as long as this small group can only obtain information from controlled channels, then they can only see the illusion anyway..."

"But how is this done... If it starts from this step, then they..."

"Not everyone starts from scratch like you, digging "gold mines" from nature and aliens, boss. It should be said that after the era of the gold rush, such people almost do not exist. Some people already have huge power. Since you have not yet ruled the entire human world, these people who already hold power can complete the connection in places you cannot see. The upstream suppliers you entrusted , the companies you acquired..."

"Because you are obsessed with dismembering Superman Enterprise through anti-monopoly rules after completing the great cause, they have a chance. You thought that the people who have been gradually absorbed in the past ten years have joined this enterprise on behalf of the will of various countries. But you didn't realize that they have formed a group in this super consortium. If you continue to forbear, the dismemberment process you have promoted will continue to be completed. But that is just a superficial process. The organization we have created in our lifetime will be nominally absorbed by the people's livelihood departments of various countries, and then the rest will be split into some medium and large enterprises that provide medical services and produce prostheses for healthy competition. But in fact, the power that has been condensed will not disperse..."

"As long as you can't watch every process with your own eyes, even if you have royal power, you can't control the whole world. "

It is not human instinct to obey the rules.

"Besides, I guess you haven't seen paper records for a long time. You are confident that you can get all the information through the Internet, and you also think that you can see the traces of the records on the Internet being modified. The convenience of reading information brought by smart devices is incomparable to paper media. But sometimes, when you look through the old paper news magazines, you will find how outrageous the information on the Internet has been modified..."

"But it's too late now. Even if you subscribe to paper newspapers and magazines now, what is delivered to you must be specially customized for you. When you chat with others, what others may hear may not be what you say. The artificial ear may replace it with pre-synthesized audio. Speaking of which, in your memory, how many times have we called each other over the years?"

"What..."

"But it's more than that. The most serious thing... the person you trust may not really be the person you trust..."

Xiangshan unconsciously clenched Bernard's hand. He once again thought of the inexplicable words said by Zhu Xinyu.

"Replaced?"

"You have created such a convenient thing as a 'prosthetic body'... flesh and blood can be cloned, numbering and identification can be forged... How can a prosthetic body prove that he is himself?"

"Who..."

"I don't know. I'm just a natural person who is about to die of old age." Bernard whispered, "It is much harder to fake a natural person than a prosthetic person. Our eyes are primitive and fragile, but they have not been implanted with artificial ones. Backdoor... Yes, in a few days, I will enter the isolation ward due to weakened immunity. After all, I am already very old. What you will see by then may not be my rotten body. "

"If you insist on saying it...I suspect that Director Sun is no longer Director Sun. Director Qian may still be Director Qian, but he may not be on your side. Director Li...I can't say..."

"I……"

"Many years ago, you tried to use AI... or something to train it, to simulate the confrontation between artists and critics... If there was an AI, it would be born just for you, just to write false content for you, just to pollute what you see. The information source... it does not make you believe, but stuffs a lot of information into it, blunting your judgment... Can you resist it?" Bernard said: "If you let people help you make judgments, you will You have to make sure that guy is absolutely trustworthy..."

Xiang Shan asked in a low voice: "Then what should I do?"

"I don't know. This is far beyond the limit of my ability." Bernard gasped: "I'm just a Homo sapiens waiting to die... I can convey that warning to you, which is already my limit. If you want me to give you a hint... Ms. Zhu may have known something, so she disappeared. You can confirm her personal ability, and her talent cannot be imitated for the time being, so you didn't see it. The police found a...pretender..."

"But how did she know... Think about what she did in the end... If you were her, what would you do? What path would you follow? The clues she found must be hidden there... …”

"Besides, don't trust anyone easily, don't even trust your own eyes and ears... Fortunately, most of your prosthetic body was completed by yourself in the laboratory, right..."

"What you want to do can only be decided by yourself. There has never been such a terrible thing in history... Personal will has never been so unimportant... But I believe that as long as you see the truth clearly, even for just a moment, You can also come out of the fog..."

Bernard adjusted his breathing again: "But this time, follow your soul. Don't think that the body and soul can be independent. No matter how noble the soul is, if it enters the filthy skin, it will be trapped by the skin. Destiny Ah...fate will punish such a self-righteous soul. A person's ending is ultimately determined by his actions in the world..."

Bernard's voice grew louder. This was already a bit difficult for him.

Xiangshan knew what this meant. If you jump out of this conversation, in the eyes of others, Bernard is probably cursing him, cursing that he and his mechanical body will be punished by God.

It completely fits the image of an old Homo sapiens - the kind of person who cannot accept the long lifespan brought by standardization and prosthetics to human beings, but does not have the opportunity to enjoy it himself.

But Xiangshan knew what Bernard was thinking.

He let go and nodded.

Bernard closed his eyes. What he needed to do has been done.

He can take a good rest.

Bernard believed that the powerful man in front of him could still create miracles.

When Xiang Shan turned to leave, Bernard asked: "Boss..."

"Um."

"You always say, 'The old society turns people into ghosts, and the new society turns ghosts into people'... In your eyes, I used to be a ghost. So now, have I become a human being?"

Xiang Shan suddenly felt a little sore at the corners of his eyes: "Of course you are alone, Lao Di."

After Xiang Shan finished speaking, he left this medical center that was affiliated with Superman Enterprise and was converted to provide services to a few important personnel.

At this moment, he looked like a soldier who had evacuated his homeland or defense zone due to failure.

The next month, Bernard Dubois died peacefully in a light sleep - at least that's what Xiangshan saw.