Chapter 202 Another...? Real World

"…Record 1, Tuesday, sunny, simulation test went well, video has been saved. Experimental results: the soil was contaminated, showing scarlet flocs, which automatically became transparent within 72 hours, showing a camouflage form of dissolution and purification. Experimental conclusion: There is no way to hide underground."

"…Record 2, Saturday, cloudy and rainy, simulation test went well, video has been stored. Experimental results: the water tank was polluted, the larger experimental fish became more manic and dangerous, carnivorous, and their scales turned scarlet in 12 hours. Experimental conclusion speculation: special factors prefer powerful living things. PS: Go to the market and buy a few boxes of fish and lobsters and bring them back (Chu) PPS: Can we go fishing by the river? It's free (Bai) - No (cross out the line of PPS and leave three scribbled words)"

"...Record 5, Weather..."

"…Record 12, sunny weather, normal simulation, video stored (scrawl). Experimental results: Special factors can exist in special environments such as oxygen-free, high temperature and high pressure. The only thing that can suppress their activity is low temperature. Below 3°C, the contamination drops to 12%, and there is a situation similar to hibernation. Experimental conclusion: Is the conjecture of [autonomous consciousness] based on this point? (pps: Boss, the seller said that there were some problems with the production line recently. This is the last batch of metal doors. If there is another elephant coming, remember to remind him to move gently)"

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Chu Wenxi was sorting out the data. When he saw the latest experimental record, he frowned, picked up the red pen on the table and crossed out the last paragraph of the record. At the same time, he said coldly: "03, next time you see that guy surnamed Bai adding any personal matters to the experimental record, tell him that his salary this month will be cut in half."

The AI's steady electronic voice said, "Yes, sir."

It was Tuesday, the sun had not yet set, but night had already quietly fallen.

Chu Wenxi sat in front of the bright and spacious laboratory table, looking through the research process and detailed content that only he could understand. The air was filled with a strong but not pungent peculiar smell.

The laboratory, which had been quiet for a while, was once again filled with the steady voice of AI 03. The camera on the ceiling glowed red and slowly turned, aiming at the laboratory door.

"Sir, your relative and manager No. 1 is on his way to Room 2. He has sprayed a variety of mixed medicines on the way, but according to remote testing, he is suspected to be still in a semi-out-of-control stage. It is recommended to take stabilizing medicine orally."

Chu Wenxi put the experimental record on the table, picked up a pen and prepared to write some new ideas, and said with a smile:

"You want me, a researcher who is powerless, to subdue a rebellious kid whose fighting power is comparable to that of an elephant?"

He uttered a snort and slowly wrote the last word. Then he put the pen into his chest pocket and sorted out several documents on the desk into a storage box.

Artificial Intelligence 03 made a suggestion: "Sir, we can actually sneak the potion into the sugar water to trick him into drinking it. This should be the experience of many adults."

"First of all, 03, you are forbidden to read those weird and messy books. Secondly, the 'child' in front of me who is about to be born has reached the age that is the most troublesome for parents."

As soon as the words fell, a deafening noise suddenly sounded behind him? .

The newly installed metal door was kicked down again.

When Chu Wenxi thought that this was the last batch of metal doors, the expression on his face instantly became gloomy.

He turned around and pushed up the black-framed glasses on his nose. His cold eyes fell on the metal door that had smashed to the ground in a tragic way. Then he slowly moved his eyes upwards to meet the young man who was obviously in a manic state.

The young man who barged in without any courtesy was staring at Chu Wenxi in the room with his scarlet eyes.

The strong shock of the special metal door falling to the ground was still spreading.

Neither side spoke.

After a long while, Chu Xiuyan finally walked down from the collapsed metal door, as if nothing had happened, and complained: "Uncle, your metal door is hard to kick."

"Then it's not for you to kick."

Chu Wenxi looked at the boy who was getting closer and closer, and vaguely sensed a familiar aura. He couldn't help but sigh, took off his glasses, and stared at the boy who was half a meter away. He remained calm and said, "Because you saw me in your nightmare, you came to me to get angry? Use the method I taught you to guess my thoughts. Are you satisfied with the result?"

Chu Xiuyan put his hands in his pockets, narrowed his scarlet eyes, and did not respond for the time being.

The artificial intelligence 03, who couldn't understand the weird atmosphere, thought he understood something. He broke the silence and said thoughtfully, "Ah, I know this. It's the rebellious period, right? I heard that teenagers at this stage are more irritable and stubborn. Sir, you have to calm down. As a mature and stable adult, you can't lose your temper with a child who is younger than you..."

"In fact, if you don't explain, I'm going to call the police."

Chu Xiuyan interrupted AI 03 who seemed to want to ease the atmosphere.

"A reasonable threat." Chu Wenxi said calmly, "Although I would like to say that my experimental project is legal and compliant, it does hide many dangers and loopholes. Do you need me to say goodbye to your mother?"

Artificial Intelligence 03 was silent for a moment. The surveillance camera in the corner clearly recorded what happened in the laboratory.

The slightly shorter black-haired boy rushed forward without hesitation? Chu Wenxi strode over, grabbed the other's collar and pulled it down, suppressing the cold anger in his tone:

"Chu Wenxi, I don't have much patience now, tell me the truth!"

Although this sentence was incomprehensible, AI 03 was still not surprised to hear its creator utter ironic words.

"You actually called an elder by his name. How dare you? You're not small, Chu Xiuyan."

Artificial Intelligence 03 began to think about whether to bring the security robot downstairs upstairs. After all, the researcher, who was powerless, could not defeat the rebellious teenager whose fighting power was comparable to that of an elephant.

Chu Xiuyan pulled tightly at Chu Wenxi's collar, forcing him to lower his head. His dark eyes, which had not changed much from usual, still contained a hint of irony that was incomprehensible and hard to fathom.

The two of them were in a stalemate like this? The air around them seemed to freeze, and the tense atmosphere was about to explode.

After an unknown amount of time, Chu Xiuyan suddenly let go of his hand, took two steps back, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared.

Chu Wenxi calmly adjusted his collar and said with some satisfaction: "Very good, congratulations on retaining your rationality. If you really become a brainless and reckless guy, I will have to doubt whether you are the person I know..."

"Shut up, I should have punched you just now."

Chu Wenxi paused, and saw Chu Xiuyan carrying? A chair? and sitting opposite him, with an indifferent look that said "I'll listen to your quibbling".

For a moment, Chu Wenxi actually had a strange illusion that the child had really grown up...except for the threatening words just now.

"...In short, you should observe with your eyes and think with your brain about what I am going to say next. Don't believe every word I say. After all, even I am not sure whether what I said is correct."

Chu Wenxi crossed his hands, faced Chu Xiuyan, and said calmly: "Three years ago, did I have a car accident?"

Chu Xiuyan nodded: "You broke your leg, and I laughed at you for half a year."

"I took this opportunity to tutor you throughout your third year of junior high school. After that, you ran away whenever you saw me during the summer vacation." Chu Wenxi bluntly revealed the truth, and then continued to get back to the point, "In fact, I thought I only injured my leg at the time, but after returning to the laboratory, I found that I was missing a piece of memory."

"Before the car accident, I left behind an incomprehensible set of experimental data, a special medicine recipe that has never been seen on the market, and the prototype of artificial intelligence 03."

Chu Xiuyan's eyes widened and he was about to speak when he was interrupted by Chu Wenxi.

"Quiet, listen to me now. There are two guesses now. First, I have been to that world like you, obtained some technology and successfully returned; second, do you believe in parallel time and space?"

Chu Wenxi's expression remained extremely calm, and even his tone did not change at all. "In certain specific situations, the two time and space overlapped briefly. I possessed the memories and feelings of my counterpart in another time and space, and used them as a reference to conduct experiments in this world that I was unable to complete in the other time and space."

"These are the two most likely hypotheses I think."

As soon as the words fell, the scene fell into dead silence.

There was a sudden clacking sound, and a sweeping robot holding a glass appeared on the metal door that was kicked to the ground. It carefully came to the side of Chu Xiuyan who was lost in thought, and a stuttering mechanical voice sounded: "You, your oral solution..."

Chu Xiuyan: “…”

He reached out and picked up the glass of water, observing it intently for a while. There was no obvious emotion in his tone, and he said calmly: "Since you knew that you had lost a part of your memory, why didn't you tell us?"

Chu Wenxi didn't reply, but somehow, Chu Xiuyan understood what he was thinking.

As mentioned before, Chu Wenxi is an extremely self-centered person, with a brain that is so smart that it's scary, crazy and arrogant. In such a world where there should only be himself, this bastard cares so much about kinship.

"...To be honest, even though there are still many suspicious points in what you said, I still choose to believe your position, uncle."

He bit the straw, drank the water and stared at the adult man in front of him with his scarlet eyes, with a sense of oppression, "So, little uncle, you must not betray my trust, otherwise... Yeah, why is this thing sweet!"

When he talked about the second half, his tone suddenly changed.

Chu Xiuyan's eyes widened. What? He immediately picked up the cup and placed it in front of his eyes. He was surprised to find that there were bubbles in it. "Sweet sparkling water, uncle, you have a weird taste."

The tense atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.

Chu Wenxi relaxed his body inconspicuously, raised his hand to support his cheek, and looked at the boy with a pair of red eyes sucking the sweet potion slowly on his face. He sighed, "Suppose you have a nightmare next time, do you need me to tell you a bedtime story?"

Chu Xiuyan shook his head and sighed, his voice sinking again. "How could you be so kind as to tell me a bedtime story? It's more like a ghost story. Anyway, assuming the second speculation about parallel time and space and isotopes, there is another you in the wasteland world who is hostile... There may even be another me."