Interlude Reality 02: Reason and Matter Chapter 6 Anti-Darwin Chain
The Darwin Mine was once an important part of the lunar ecological experimental system, or it could be said to be the lunar ecological simulation system itself.
Humans originally hoped to further simulate a complete human ecosystem system through the biosphere. Although humans claim to have conquered it so far, in fact everyone knows in their hearts that they have not achieved a truly sealed self-circulating system and still need external resources for maintenance.
So in order to make up for this shortcoming, humans, who had not yet made great progress in AI, built a mine in the Darwin Pit and also built an ecological environment simulation system for the Darwin Pit, with internal constant temperature modules, ecological cycle modules, and related processing mechanisms and institutions. However, it is obvious that compared with these calculated things, those uncalculated accidents are the real deadly things.
With unexpected operations and some mistakes that should not have happened, this most expensive toy of mankind has become a historical symbol. The entire Darwin Mine is filled with various harmful radiation and ancient machines that are still running. These automated structures are still running according to the original program. Although their central terminals and related data interfaces have melted or rotted due to the ultra-high energy radiation, these machines themselves have amazing protection and tenacious regeneration capabilities. They can even continue to self-program and re-evolve in this harsh environment to correct the engineering defects of the Darwin Mine.
So even now, after a long time since the disaster, there are still countless harmful creatures wandering in the Darwin Mine, and there are machines repairing and patching the entire Darwin Mine. These machines are like living things in another sense, constantly patrolling the entire Darwin Mine, while constantly collecting the surrounding minerals and biomass nutrients from the ecological laboratory, making chemical energy batteries or related things for charging and internal circulation. If humans themselves are abandoned and cannot live in it, to some extent, the Darwin Mine has already completed the original experimental requirements. Because AI and organisms can indeed complete a complete series of overall cycles from birth to death, from evolution to extinction.
Except for the small accident that humans cannot survive in it, there is no problem here. It perfectly fulfills the original design requirements. It's just that humans will selectively ignore such biological and architectural miracles. For humans, only the place where they live is the place. Everything else is just a stepping stone for scientific progress. There is nothing worth caring about.
With the great development of AI and the completion of human research, this biosphere experiment has gradually become useless. Compared with the more complex biosphere experiment, it only needs to collect local air and geological samples and then carry out targeted prosthetic modification. Why bother with so much trouble?
However, this lazy spirit is obviously not recognized by AI, so Zhang Lingmeng's experiment can be properly authorized.
"So, even AI agrees with me. Humans can't live in protection forever."
Walking in the pipeline newly created by AI, the two gradually walked towards the interior of the Darwin Mine.
The area of the entire Darwin Pit is not as small as imagined. On the contrary, the area of the Darwin ruins is very large in a sense. And because the crazy AIs have been correcting and reinforcing the interior space for many years and modifying the template, no one knows what is inside. Although it is possible to search directly, it lacks the spirit of adventure, and few people pursue detailed maps.
However, this spirit of entertainment brought bad luck to Zhang Lingmeng and Li Lin. One of them was planning to start a company and needed to directly connect to the ecological community inside the Darwin Mine for observation and experiments, while the other was simply a otaku who didn't want to walk and insisted on being dragged by force.
The final result was that they didn't walk far before they found a small house and rested breathlessly. Facing the little girl's subtle eyes, Li Lin looked calm.
Anyway, I don’t plan to pick you up, nor do I plan to do anything with you. I’m just a weakling, so what?
The little girl didn't say much, but cooperated with Li Lin and sat in the small lounge with him. They looked at the projected message that they were still working and chatted with each other.
"Although humans have achieved semi-immortality through uploading AI prosthetic data , I think it is still necessary to have an extra choice. For example, even if people undergo prosthetics, they will never upload any special permanent consciousness into their heads. Because humans always need an extra choice. If everyone chooses prosthetics, it is likely to lead to blind obedience, and no one will be able to realize any problems that arise internally."
"So I think the reason why AI is given high authority is probably not just because of its focus on biotechnology, but also to find another way out. Humans need the right to choose another direction. It is not possible to have only one path of uploading data. It is also good to have other options."
"And my schedule has been reported to the AI logic chain for verification, and the result is...ah, my message has arrived."
As she was speaking, the little girl suddenly let out a soft cry while looking at the personal terminal on her wrist.
"What message?"
"The visual intelligence brought by the reconnaissance mecha, although we are replacing it, it is still good to have more intelligence. Playing is playing, but there is always serious work to do. It is impossible to give up serious work just for fun. When we are playing, other working groups will also move forward synchronously to record, so don't worry."
“…”
No one is worried about this.
Looking at the little girl who was fiddling with the signal transmitter in her hand, Li Lin always felt that his thoughts in conversation with her seemed to be never on the same page.
It should be said that it was too abrupt or shocking. In short, Li Lin did not quite understand what the little girl was thinking. However, the visual image was fair and open. Under the manipulation of the little girl, the image with the spiral logo was quickly projected on the white wall of the lounge, clearly showing everything the reconnaissance machine saw.
After a burst of snow, the picture gradually became clear, showing the current appearance of Darwin Pit after being closed for countless years.
