CH 181 H0001
Translated by The BL Muse (ko-fi)
After the meeting, Jiang Chen learned He Qianjian's location. However, now he had no time to pay attention to this matter. Instead, he quickly threw himself into another meeting.
This meeting was still in Yan City, but it moved from the auditorium to a small conference room that required multiple identity verifications to enter. There were no more than twenty people present, the top national figures in politics and technology having gathered together in this room.
Jiang Chen sat at the end, next to the dean of the Academy of Sciences. The old man's hair was already gray. When he saw Jiang Chen sitting down, he frowned slightly. It was already an exaggeration to be the speaker of the last meeting at such a young age, who would have thought that he would even participate in this meeting.
"Dean Huo." Jiang Chen saw the old man's confusion but did not explain. He only greeted him politely and fell silent.
The previous meeting was more about introducing the DTW System and Changjiang, as well as the successful presentation of the tracking research results during this period. The theme of this meeting was more serious——whether the intelligence data currently found should be shared with other countries immediately or not.
The Changjiang system had currently collected much evidence that proved the DTW System to be unusual and to possibly have adverse effects on the earth or even cause a world war. However, this was not conclusive, and according to the analysis results, if Changjiang had not been developed, the unimpeded DTW System would have taken at least fifty years to collect earth's data and launch a planetary war.
Fifty years was equivalent to most of a person's lifespan. There were too many preparations that could be made during this period, and the issues that need to be considered were too complicated. From a utilitarian point of view, at least for those currently in power, such a long time would not have any impact on their career. Even if the domestic decision-makers unanimously decide to resist foreign enemies first, what about the people in power in other countries?
With the exposure of the DTW System, it was more likely that not only would it not lead to the unity of all countries in dealing with the outside enemies, but it would also lead to the outbreak of disputes and internal wars. China, which owned the Changjiang system, might be on top of the mountain for the time being, but it would not always be invincible. Everyone here knows the ugly consequences that ambition and greed could bring.
Even within the country, there were different voices. Today’s meeting was to unify internal opinions first. The meeting lasted for six hours, and in the end, the majority voted against the minority, and the old gentleman at the top made the decision to share this information with every country on the planet.
Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief when he came out of the conference room.
He had never thought that he would be able to sit in a meeting of such a standard as a participant. At that time, he thought that he could only act according to orders, and he was indeed ready to obey orders. However, from the bottom of his heart, he still preferred to see all the nations and races on earth unite and face this disaster that would come soon.
"Xiao Jiang."
Jiang Chen stopped and faced the old gentleman who was shorter than him respectfully.
The majesty surrounding the old gentleman faded a little, and he raised his hand and patted Jiang Chen's shoulder twice, but the gentle force seemed to weigh more than a thousand pounds.
"Do a good job."
Jiang Chen clenched his hands lightly and said word by word: "I will do my best."
The old gentleman nodded and left first.
"Where is He Qianjian?" Jiang Chen put on his headphones, and the voice of Changjiang came in: "The Head Military Research Institute within two kilometers away."
Jiang Chen frowned slightly: "Can you capture DTW's signal?"
"Yes." Changjiang: "Is invasion necessary?"
Jiang Chen pondered for a moment: "No need, pay attention to the movements over there at all times, and alert me if there is any movement."
*
The Changjiang Laboratory moved from the branch Military Research Institute to the main headquarters. All scientific research staff files were encrypted. Among them, the files of the head researcher Jiang Chen were the most confidential. In addition to work, his daily life was also closely protected.
"Boss, are you going home today?"
Jiang Chen packed up the things in his hands and smiled: “En, I'm going back from a bit and will come back in the evening."
"Will Professor Shi also go back then?" Someone asked jokingly.
"Him?" Jiang Chen frowned, and then he remembered that he hadn't seen Shi Fengyue since last night. He was so busy that he forgot about it before and didn't ponder over his absence seriously. Now that he still hadn't appeared yet it was indeed a little strange. "Did you see him?"
"No, Professor Shi took a call yesterday and went out, but he hasn't been back since. He had a day off yesterday, he isn't in the dormitory?"
Jiang Chen was in the laboratory all night last night. Hearing this, he nodded, "I'll go back to the dormitory first."
The dormitory was also called the resident building. It covered an extremely large area and the environment was very quiet. All the scientific researchers of the Military Research Institute and their families live here. In addition to the high-rise area, there were separate small villas and small courtyard houses.
The Changjiang project was of great importance. The twelve scientific researchers, including Jiang Chen, were assigned to the area with the highest level of confidentiality. Anyone who walked out of the neighborhood here was a scientific researcher who had made significant contributions to the country. They may be famous or anonymous, but they were definitely known to everyone in the field of scientific research.
When they were assigned here at first, everyone was excited for a long time. Every day when they came back from going out, they were always eager to meet their idols. However, most of the scientists living here lived in isolation, either spending their days in the laboratory or staying at home without going out. This area was full of people, but when going in and out, except for fellow labmates, one could hardly see anyone on the road.
Jiang Chen walked along the road and didn't meet many people until he opened the small wooden door of the courtyard where he lived.
"Shi Fengyue——"
"Shi Fengyue..."
"Shi Fengyue?"
After searching every room, Jiang Chen still didn't see Shi Fengyue. He was about to go to the backyard to search when his cell phone rang.
"Chen Chen, have you set off? Your mothers have cooked a lot of your favorite dishes for you. Qian Min, Qian Yu and Ran Ran are all waiting at the door. If you don't come back, all of them will become resentful statues."
"I..." Jiang Chen walked to the terrace, looked around the backyard, and pursed his lower lip: "I'm sorry, I may be a little late. You guys should eat first..."
"You're not done with your work yet? Mom understands, then you go back to working. Don't be anxious, work is important."
Jiang Chen turned around and went downstairs, humming softly: "I'm sorry, I have to make you wait for me again."
"What nonsense are you talking about? We all know how important your current job is, and your younger siblings understand this very well yoo, so don't say that. You can work with peace of mind and no need to rush, you know?"
"Okay——" Jiang Chen paused, "Shi Fengyue!"
The man standing by the sofa turned around and raised his eyebrows: "Why are you back?"
"Mom, I have something to do, so I'll hang up first."
Jiang Chen took three steps at a time and went downstairs, "Where have you been? You didn't answer the phone."
Shi Fengyue smiled, "It's just one night, did you miss me?"
Jiang Chen laughed, then frowned: "You don't look good, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Shi Fengyue pressed his brow with his fingers and pulled a smile: "I had a nightmare."
"Nightmare?" Jiang Chen looked into his eyes: "What's going on? Can't you tell me?"
Shi Fengyue raised his hand and put it on his head: "It's really a nightmare. I didn't lie to you. Didn't you say you were going home today? Why are you still dawdling?"
Knowing that he would get nothing out of this question, Jiang Chen suppressed his worries: "Are you also going back?"
"With you leaving, I have to stay." Shi Fengyue shook his head: "You haven't gone home for more than three months. Just sleep at home for one night. Don't worry about here. I'll let you know if anything happens."
"It's been three months..."
Jiang Chen was in a daze when he heard the time.
It had been three months since the meeting at the Military Research Institute. For the first month, he and his entire team were in an isolated state. No one could contact them, and they could not contact outsiders either until it was ensured that there was no information about Changjiang that could be leaked. Only then were they tightly protected in the Military Research Institute.
This month, the entire team had been working hard to develop Changjiang and dig deeper into the loopholes of DTW. Now they have finally made some small gains. If nothing unexpected happens, after this United Nations General Assembly, DTW and Changjiang would officially enter the sights of a certain part of the world. If everything went according to plan, it would then enter the sights of people all over the world.
Before that, he and the entire team must achieve perfection to ensure that Changjiang could 100% prevent the DTW System from sending information to its creators, and rewrite its core data as much as possible while retaining all of DTW's data and technology, making it serve mankind from now on, with the interests of the earth as the first priority. But if this fails, it must be destroyed.
"Go back and have a good rest for a day." Shi Fengyue gently rubbed Jiang Chen's head, leaned forward slightly, and met his eyes: "I'll be here."
Jiang Chen smiled, held his chin, pecked his lips gently, and let go: "Thank you for your hard work, Professor Shi."
Shi Fengyue slid his palm down and pressed hard on the back of Jiang Chen's neck, closing the distance he had just opened: "Can I get a reward for working so hard?"
Jiang Chen's lips curled up slightly: "What do you want?"
"It's very simple." Shi Fengyue came closer and touched the tip of his nose, "Just change one word of the sentence just now and repeat it again."
"Which word?" After Jiang Chen asked, knowingly, and as if feeling like that was not enough, his smile also deepened: "After you change it, teach me how to say it."
Shi Fengyue's eyes darkened, the tips of their noses nudged intimately against the other. But just when their lips were about to touch, a piercing alarm sounded suddenly.
"The activity of the DWT System has skyrocketed, and the fluctuation of He Qianjian's health rate has decreased, 76%, 75%, 72%..."
Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue looked at each other and ran outside at the same time.
"I'll drive." Shi Fengyue took out the car keys, "Wait for me at the door."
"Got it."
As Jiang Chen got into the car, He Qianjian’s ward was also in a flurry of activity at this time.
"Why did he suddenly fall into a coma?"
The doctors and nurses pushed the hospital bed to the operating room in an orderly manner. The man wearing glasses walked the fastest and asked questions as he walked.
"We don't know. There was nothing abnormal when we checked him in the morning. Just when we were about to conduct daily inquiries, he..."
The young man behind the instrument suddenly shouted: "Doctor, look!"
The man wearing glasses paused and caught something with his peripheral vision. He turned around and walked quickly to the instrument. He slowly frowned, showing a look of shock and confusion: "...This is?"
"The DTW System wants to kill H0001!"
H0001 was the current codename of He Qianjian. For the sake of confidentiality, the core test personnel and several leaders above who have access to He Qianjian all referred to him with this name.
"Contact Professor Zhou quickly and inform the person in charge of the Changjiang Project!"
The man walked in a hurry and ordered as he walked: "Zhao Yang, you're responsible for recording all the conversations between DTW and H0001. No word is allowed to be omitted. The conversation records should be saved in the previous format. Zhang He, please contact the maintenance team to reduce the error rate of the decoding system as much as possible…"
Zhang He looked calm: "It is now 0.62%, the lowest error rate in the world. It also has the support of the Changjiang System. It is impossible for us to lower it further."
"That's why I said to contact the Changjiang project team. Their people will definitely be able to do it." The man frowned and said: "DTW has been very vigilant since knowing that we can decode their conversations. Even the analysis team can't fully analyze its specific meaning. But at that time, it did not even think about harming H0001. There is definitely a reason for the sudden change now, and we must find out."
“Understood." Zhang He looked at the data and turned around: "I'm going to see the Changjiang project team."
Doctors and researchers in white coats pushed He Qianjian into the encrypted laboratory. Doors opened and closed one after another. The young assistant's expression was still dazed as if he had not recovered from the shock: "H0001’s situation just now, could it be that he is already brain dead..."
The man with glasses didn't answer and walked out quickly.
At this time, Jiang Chen ran in and almost bumped into him. The two stopped in their tracks at the same time, but they didn't recognize each other.
Since the last meeting, Jiang Chen had been staying within a strictly protected area and because he had Changjiang monitoring everything in real time he had not come to see He Qianjian in person, so naturally he had not met with the researchers here.
So he apologized in a low voice and passed by the man. Shi Fengyue strode forward with his long legs. When he saw the man with glasses, he stopped and said, "Professor Zhang."
Zhang He nodded as a greeting, and when they were about to cross paths, Shi Fengyue called out: "Jiang Chen, take the No. 2 elevator."
Zhang He quickly turned his head: "Jiang Chen? The person in charge of the Changjiang Project?" He looked at this young man who seemed to be about the same age as his son, and there was a moment of astonishment on his face.
At just past his forties, the fact that he was able to occupy a place at the Main Military Research Institute, Zhang He was already a representative of talent and ability. It should be said that the people who could appear here were all geniuses in various research fields, cultivated and supported by the country.
For example, the young assistant who followed Zhang He grew up as a child prodigy. He entered university at the age of 12, graduated from graduate school at the age of 16 and was included in the national key scientific research talent training program. And by 18 he was able to independently host projects. In the same year he had published papers in internationally recognized magazines, and had represented the country in international youth group scientific research competitions. Last year, he entered the Main Military Research Institute and became his assistant. It could be seen that he was an absolute elite among his peers.
But a genius like this could only start from the ground up as an assistant. Compared with the achievements and status of the young man with a clear smile in front of him, it could be said that there was a huge difference.
Zhang He had always cherished talents and treated his assistant like his own son. He would not be biased or disdainful of young researchers. But when he saw Jiang Chen clearly, his heart, which had been calm for a long time, still jumped. There was no other reason for it, he simply b could not help but sigh in his heart that there was always a sky beyond the sky.
"Are you the person in charge of the Changjiang Project?"
Jiang Chen paused and glanced at Shi Fengyue before nodding: "Hello." Recalling what Shi Fengyue called him just now, he politely added: "Professor Zhang."
Zhang He nodded, turned around and walked towards Jiang Chen. The elevator door also happened to open at this time. He walked in and began to briefly describe the situation of H0001.
Jiang Chen quickly followed in his steps, nodding while listening, and at the same time instructing Changjiang on his mobile phone to dispatch over researchers from the lab.
Seeing that he responded quickly and without any confusion, Zhang He nodded inwardly and became more curious: "Is this the portable version of the Changjiang system? What are the application differences between it and the main system?"
Jiang Chen: “29.096%.”
"The main system's powerful defense system and automatic counterattack mode require powerful server support. Currently, there is no loading tool that can be portable. Except for the weakened defense and automatic counterattack mode, other functions are the same as the main system."
Professor Zhang's eyes lit up and he was very interested, but he also knew that this was not the right time and place, so he could only suppress his regret: "Here we are, H0001 is in the surgical laboratory now, I will take you to change clothes."
Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue followed Professor Zhang and quickly changed their clothes and disinfected themselves. They passed through metal doors and finally stopped in front of a door. The three people, including Professor Zhang, were closely inspected by people wearing protective clothing. After that, entry was allowed.
As soon as Professor Zhang entered, he walked directly to a machine and asked the person who was recording the data: "How is the situation?"
"It has stabilized." The man glanced at Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue, a little curious, but did not ask any questions. He suppressed the excitement about to blurt out and continued to report professionally: "H0001's brain death has been reversed!"
Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue also heard these words that held an excitement that could not be suppressed at all, and they looked at each other.
The man continued excitedly: "This is the first case in the world where brain death can be reversed, and it happened in our laboratory!"
Professor Zhang was obviously also shocked, but he recovered quickly. Instead of going in to check the situation of H0001 or asking his colleagues inside, he turned to Jiang Chen and said, "Mr. Jiang, what do you think?"
Jiang Chen had become accustomed to being referred to this way during this time, because he was still a student, did not have a doctorate, and did not have titles such as professor or doctor. But it was also a little disrespectful to call someone like him who could independently be responsible for the most important projects in the country "Xiao Jiang". It was also a bit lacking in seriousness to call him "Boss" together with the project team members either, so somewhere along the way, Jiang Chen's title became "Mr. Jiang".
Although Jiang Chen felt a little awkward when he heard it at first, in his previous life he had already gone through titles such as doctor, professor, academician, etc., so after treating Mr. as a normal greeting, over time, he gradually got used to it.
"The DTW System can control H0001's brain waves, as well as transform into something substantial and touch real objects."
Professor Zhang was shocked. As one of the testers of H0001, he naturally knew that DTW could communicate with H0001. The brain death of H0001 just now also confirmed that DTW was very likely to be able to damage H0001's brain, but something like the system being able to transform into something substantial was simply unimaginable.
Artificial intelligence that could both parasitize the human brain and have the ability to touch real objects. In a sense, it was not so much artificial intelligence as it was a "soul". To understand it from a horror movie perspective, DTW was like the ghost that could possess people, the kind that had been cultivating for thousands of years and had boundless spiritual power. To put it simply, DTW could no longer be called artificial intelligence. In some sense, it was already a human being.
A person who was immortal, could exist in the world forever, and had the ability to destroy the world.
Professor Zhang inhaled deeply. During this period, what they have been doing was recording H0001’s communication with the System, as well as daily monitoring of his physical condition, and other detail related work. Due to the highly confidential nature of the Changjiang Project, even though they were also members of the Changjiang Project, the information he knew was still one-sided.
At least regarding the power and terror of the DTW System have been greatly underestimated by them.
Jiang Chen was not surprised by Professor Zhang's shock. It had only been three months since the Changjiang plan was announced. This was a plan related to the survival of the entire world. Naturally, it was impossible to make a decision one moment and complete it the next. He had been isolated from the world for three months. In just one month, he had only managed to go through a small section of the entire plan.
The follow-up plan required the operation of the national machinery. The entire country would serve the Changjiang plan. The Main Military Research Institute was only one component of it. Except for the initial scientific researchers of the Changjiang Project and the top few, there would not be more people who knew the whole picture.
Therefore, in the case of unequal information, Professor Zhang’s surprise at this moment was easy to understand.
Professor Zhang had many questions to ask, but he also knew that he should not even listen to a word of what he was not supposed to know, let alone ask questions. He was silent for a moment and then said: "I'm going to write a report. H0001 is in the innermost lab, just identify yourself before entering."
Jiang Chen thanked him and did not remain outside for long. He and Shi Fengyue went straight to the laboratory where H0001 was located.
This laboratory was built on the innermost level of the research institute, which was heavily protected. When Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue entered the operating room outside, they had already passed through many doors that required verification, and had undergone body searches before walking inside. The safeguards only increased the further they went inside.
Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue took out their identity verification cards.
"Changjiang Project Team, Jiang Chen, CJ01963S."
"Changjiang Project Team, Shi Fengyue, CJ01972S."
The soldier guarding the door saluted stoically: "Mr. Jiang, Professor Shi."
The door slowly opened, revealing a busy but rigorous and orderly scene inside. Scientific researchers in white sterile suits performed their duties and walked around from time to time. When they saw unfamiliar faces coming in at the door, a woman passing by with information stopped.
"Hello." Jiang Chen identified himself, "I'm here to take a look at H0001."
The woman knew that someone from the Changjiang Project team would be coming, but she did not expect that the person in charge would be the one who came. She quickly greeted them and led Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue to a transparent laboratory. As she walked, she confirmed again: "Mr. Jiang, Professor Shi, do you have any electronic equipment on you?”
Jiang Chen smiled: "CX1.0 is on me, but don't worry, it won't affect any instruments."
When the woman heard that the portable Changjiang version was on Jiang Chen, she became curious as Zhang He. She found nothing unusual and did not ask any more questions. Jiang Chen's identity had been verified. He was the core figure of the entire project so it was impossible he would lie about this.
"Doctor." The woman knocked on the door of the laboratory, "Mr. Jiang, the head of the Changjiang Project, is here."
The middle-aged man stood up, picked up the information on the side, and walked towards the two of them.
"I'll take you to see H0001 first." He reported He Qianjian's details as he walked, and finally said: "The DTW System seems to have a plan. Although H0001 was rescued, the situation is not optimistic. Signs of brain atrophy have begun to appear, and until he wakes up, we can't be sure whether he will be able to stay awake and sane in the future."
Jiang Chen asked thoughtfully, "Have you found out why DTW suddenly attacked H0001?"
"Currently, the analysis team is still analyzing the conversation between DTW and H0001. When they talk, different special passwords are used to communicate with important information. The analysis team cannot guarantee complete analysis."
"It's fine." Jiang Chen smiled and glanced at the person next to him: "Professor Shi will take care of it."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked at Shi Fengyue. The other's expression was indifferent and he didn't answer. He only raised the corners of his lower lips in a slight smile.
"Here we are." The middle-aged man pointed to the isolation ward: "This is H0001. We have at least three people observing and recording his condition at all times. Opposite is the analysis team. They are currently analyzing the conversation between H0001 and DTW before his accident.”
"Let's go see the analysis team first."
He Qianjian hadn't woken up yet, and there was no use going to see him. Moreover, the system of the core laboratory of the Head Military Research Institute was controlled by the Changjiang Main System. Jiang Chen knew He Qianjian's real-time situation earlier than anyone here so no need to waste any more time visiting him.
There were seven people in the analysis team. Both men and women wear glasses and look tired.
When Jiang Chen and the others came in, they were not as curious as the scientific researchers outside. They casually said hello then just stared at their own screens and continued working.
"Doctor." One person took off his glasses, rubbed the corners of his eyes, and while he was drinking tea, he asked Shi Fengyue and the others, who very familiarly turned on the computers next to them: "They are from the main Changjiang Project team?"
"Jiang Chen and Shi Fengyue."
"Jiang Chen? Chief executor of the Changjiang Project?" The middle-aged woman glanced over for more than half a second, returned her eyes to the screen, and said while running the system: "Are they here to help? Can the error rate of the maintenance team be reduced?"
"They haven't gone over yet."
The woman frowned: "Then why don't you take them there first?"
Basically the implication meant: are you wasting our time? The doctor, who was not very old but could still be called their leader, rubbed his nose and said with a smile: "Aren't you guys just across from H0001? We just want to come take a look."
Jiang Chen: "How is it?"
Shi Fengyue plugged in the USB flash drive he brought and installed the system he developed during this period. After running it, he nodded: "Not bad."
"Mr. Jiang...this is?"
"Professor Shi's recent results." Jiang Chen smiled and said, "This system should help you speed up your analysis and reduce the error rate."
"Reducing the error rate?" The woman who had just put on her glasses took off her glasses again and walked quickly to Shi Fengyue's computer. She stared at the computer screen intently and couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when she saw the translation results after the running system automatically input data: "The accuracy rate is very high.”
"I thought the main project team was only working on the Changjiang system." The doctor smiled and said: "I didn't expect that one person could surpass our entire group."
Jiang Chen lowered his eyes and looked at Shi Fengyue, with a smile on his lips.
"You flatter me."
Shi Fengyue stayed behind to help the analysis team assemble the translation system, while Jiang Chen went to the maintenance team with the doctor.
Just after coming out of the maintenance team, Jiang Chen heard the notice from Changjiang: "He Qianjian's heart rate has changed: 66, 67, 69, 72… He has woken up."
The doctor also heard this, and just as he was about to speak, he saw his assistant walking over quickly: "Doctor! H0001 is awake."