Community Experiment
Mu Qingyan's sleep has never been very good, and she often has dreams, both good and bad. After waking up, she might feel lost or happy, but she has no memory of what she dreamed about.
This time seems a little different.
The image of their bodies entangled in her mind was too real, and even now she could feel the soreness in her muscles.
This obviously shouldn't happen. Kinsley wouldn't have really flown over without listening to her.
So, it was really a dream...
But, I always feel like something is wrong...
Mu Qingyan suddenly remembered the dizziness she felt before falling asleep, and she couldn't help but wonder if the food that was delivered had something added to it that shouldn't be there.
But, that's the food Kins prepared...
She didn't dare to think about it anymore.
"Ms. Yan, you're awake... huh? Why do you look so bad?"
Jason happened to come in from outside. Even though he was always with Dustin, he had never seen Mu Qingyan look so pale and panic-stricken.
"It's okay... Jason, let me ask you, has Kinsley come to Australia?"
Mu Qingyan tried her best to make her voice sound normal.
Then she heard the answer she didn't want to accept -
"I haven't heard the Boss mention this. I'll confirm it after the questioning is over. Maybe there's some information I missed. Don't worry for now."
"An inquiry?"
Mu Qingyan instantly caught the key words.
Although Infinity has been controversial since its inception due to the personality of its leader, it is not uncommon for it to be forced to question or accept investigations by various robot and human rights-related organizations.
But why at this time?
She recalled the warning Chu Yan had conveyed to Lawrence Bedford, and the ominous premonition grew stronger.
"What's the reason this time? Dustin has been staying at the company recently without any negotiations or interviews. You can't offend anyone for no reason, right?"
The joking words were originally meant to calm himself down, but it obviously didn't have the desired effect, and Jason's expression didn't relax.
"The people at the inquiry said that all the international organizations were targeting the same issue and had already obtained a large amount of evidence. They said—"
Jason paused, as if searching for words.
"Infinity is suspected of using all victims to conduct robotic community experiments under the pretext of establishing a rescue community."
"What did you say?"
Even though robots are already common enough in today's society and their appearance is almost indistinguishable from normal humans, the production and market launch of all robots are subject to limited indicators. Different countries and regions have different standards to ensure that they do not cause panic in human daily life.
The accusation Infinity faces this time is clearly not that its community lab is for human consideration, but rather that it wants to verify how many humans and how long robots need to serve in order for them to become highly socialized and gradually develop a sense of community.
In other words, self-awareness.
This requires extremely large-scale and precise calculations and countless manpower, material resources and financial resources to achieve the goal. Unfortunately, Infinity meets this requirement very well.
However, this behavior goes against mainstream values.
Because in the minds of most humans, the existence of robots is still just auxiliary tools, they should not and cannot have self-awareness.
The CEO of Infinity is obviously not among these "most people". After all, everyone in and outside the industry knows that Dustin's interest and love for robots far exceeds that for humans, and some even speculate whether he is a combination of robot and human.
Therefore, precisely because of this prejudice, Dustin's doubts about conducting community experiments are not groundless.
"I'll go see how far it's progressed."
Mu Qingyan said as she got out of bed.
This time, Jason didn't stop her and say something like "The Boss said you need to rest and can't go out", but waved his hand and asked his men to bring in the prepared clothes.
"Ms. Yan, Miss Sharon will be accompanying Boss at the inquiry, so don't worry. Boss said you're not needed for this little matter. Right now, there's something else we need you for. The number of robots being recalled from the community has surged in recent days, and Boss and Sir are busy, so we have to trouble you to go over and coordinate."
Mu Qingyan knew Sharon's abilities and believed that the girl could handle everything, so no matter how uneasy she was, she could only tell herself that this was an internal matter of Infinity after all, and she had not been a member of Infinity a long time ago.
"What did you mean by 'surge'?"
"Although Infinity has done its best to protect the lives of everyone in the community, continuing like this is not a solution. The children are fine, but many adults still want to return to normal life. If this continues, they will inevitably feel dissatisfied."
Sometimes, this dissatisfaction is vented on the people closest to you.
For them, robots that provide daily services in the community are naturally the first to be affected.
Contradiction is human nature.
Although I have no other choice but to rely on this kind of help, I still feel awkward and reject it.
Mu Qingyan has always understood this complex psychology and therefore cannot judge it in any way. He can only hope that all countries will take responsibility as soon as possible to clarify how these victims should be resettled. The longer time goes on, the less clear Infinity will be.
"Did your boss say anything else?"
"Oh, by the way, the boss said Dr. Guan will arrive at the branch soon. He has sent someone to meet him. Just tell me what you need to do next. Also, he said the things you requested are already in the lab."
"Okay, I'll go take a look first."
…
What Dustin was talking about was actually just a small box.
Mu Qingyan wore a special protective suit and passed through many checkpoints in the laboratory before he saw it in the innermost fully enclosed room. The length, width and height were only 7 inches. The counter for detecting the intensity of the radiation slowly approached, and the thin layer of mica partition on it began to hum gradually.
The value was increasing, and Jason finally confirmed his guess that this small box could be regarded as a small radioactive bomb.
The current amount of radiation in the box is extremely small and will not be fatal. After all, this is just an experimental question and can only be regarded as a fuse.
In the corner of the box sits a miniature atomic reactor, which is penetrated by particles emitted by short-lived artificial isotopes, slowly heating it.
As the heat rises, the density of particles emitted by the isotopes also gradually increases. When a certain threshold is reached, the reactor will start.
Although the intense heat of the reaction would melt the box into a mass of metal, it would not normally explode, but would release a massive amount of deadly radiation, threatening all nearby creatures.
The current effective radius is still within the controllable range.
The room where Mu Qingyan and Jason are now is made up of anti-Jason particle walls.
The original J/ψ particle is a subatomic particle belonging to the meson. It is composed of a charm quark and an anti-charm quark. It is the first excited state among subatomic particles. Its mass is 3096.9 MeV/c2 and its average lifetime is 7.2*10-21 seconds.
It was originally invented by Mr. Carl Jaffe for large-scale mineral mining and civil engineering, so it is essentially a simulated gas. Its main characteristic is that it can react in heat or energy above a certain amount, and then cause an explosion within a specified range.
Because its power is so strong, the heat generated is more than ten million times higher than that of an ordinary atomic reactor, so Dustin and her worked together to improve it - or reverse it, and developed the anti-Jeff particles.
Its function is to detect and absorb any heat or radiation produced by any particle, no matter how slight.
Therefore, even if the box in the room really produces known radiation, it will all be absorbed by the wall detection and will not cause any harm to the outside world.
What Mu Qingyan wants to do now is to use this room to retest the vital signs of all community members to see if there will be any different findings.
"By the way, Jason, did you see where Kins went?"
"Mr. Kins should be in the community at this time. I heard that high school students want his help with homework, and a few children have made plans to challenge him in chess."
"Oh, I see..."
This question itself was asked casually. Mu Qingyan felt relieved when he learned that he would not meet someone face to face in the short term.
Whatever happened last night, it wasn't something that could be resolved face to face.
Usually in this case, only "cold treatment" can be adopted.
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