Cyber ​​Heroes

Chapter 74 The Last Sacrifice

This should belong to my generation... Ah, it may be a story that everyone in my uncle's generation knows.For the previous generation, this memory is often accompanied by locations such as "Internet cafes".

This is a story from one of Blizzard's works.In this story, in a certain magical world, some kind of "natural disaster" suddenly appeared-a natural disaster that can make the living sick and die, and revive the dead into monsters.The leader of the Scourge is called the "Lich King".

Many years later, a hero and several companions slew to the Lich King's throne, ending the evil leader.But at this time, the heroic spirit of a certain deceased suddenly told the hero that if the Lich King died, the natural disaster would completely get out of control, and the people on the earth would be devastated.

So, "There must be a Lich King."

I sometimes think that we are actually living in a world full of undead.

Really, not exaggerating at all.

When people seem to be busy transforming themselves and the things around them, creating things that have never been heard before, whenever the world sees the dawn of progress, the power of those undead returns.They live in language, in culture, in society, are the will of gods, and are the residues of ancestors.

A certain philosopher said: "The traditions of all dead ancestors haunt the minds of the living like nightmares."

And when change comes, those who resist change call upon the dead to serve them, borrowing their names, their battle-cries, their clothes, in order to wear this revered garment, in this borrowed language, Let the story of the undead reappear again.

The dead will use their mouths to tell you, "What has been, will be again; what has been done will be done again. There is nothing new under the sun."

They'll say, "This is how our grandparents lived."

The undead bind my life.All I saw was darkness in front of me.

I realized this a long time ago when I saw those "Lich Kings" walking in the world exuding the rotten breath of the undead.

"There must be a Lich King." I clarified my claim to my friend again.

These people are my friends, my partners.I have stayed in this research institution affiliated to the United Nations University for seven years. During these seven years, I communicated with them and learned a lot.I'm also sure of where they stand, their aspirations.I believe they will support me in the end.

"You're really crazy, buddy." Another man with a blond mustache stood up, pressed his hands down, and motioned for me to calm down: "I can probably understand that. You must be very disappointed in this society, yes, I Occasionally. But, we can march, we can protest, we can publicize, we can organize social movements..." The man pointed to the "Dark Warrior" behind me: "Look at him..."

"There is no doubt that I am a loser." "Black Samurai" said helplessly: "I have not succeeded in convincing any academic institution or library so far that they are willing to open their knowledge to the public-the only one who has confirmed me The only one who is an activist is the FBI. This is why our director can convince me."

This Darth Vader dude is committed to the Open Access movement - a social movement against the "privatization of knowledge".

"Ah, yes." I nodded: "Since the nineteenth century, some people have done this. A person who wants to change the world often chooses this path. Many great people in the past did this. They Some failed, some made certain achievements but were stolen by the undead, and some made brilliant achievements but ran out of life before the final victory—then the next question, are you a politician? Are you a politician? What about your speaking skills? Do you have the ability to communicate with the public?"

"what?"

"Those great pioneers are professionals in one direction. What about us? We are professionals in another direction. We are scholars, cynics, nerds—even if I let my first half of my life now What can you do if all your efforts go to waste and you turn to a politician to change the world? Do you think that you have leadership skills that those pioneers never had?" I asked back: "Of course I want to use what we can. The way I do it changes the world—not that I want it, but I'm dumb enough to find it."

"Yes, you are indeed such a person." My girl jumped up and blocked my sight: "You know what I hate the most..."

"Accurately the third hate." I smiled at her: "You hate that Microsoft is twisting your beloved geek culture-they even changed the definition of 'open source' in the eyes of ordinary people."

"Hey, now that you know..."

"Then have you ever thought that one day, you can legally upload the source code of Windows to any place you want?" I said: "They are powerful enough to distort the ecology of the industry, so we might as well distort it. itself."

The girl raised her eyebrows: "By doing the same thing as it? What you want to create is an unprecedented monopoly!"

"Please call it 'unprecedented stuff'." I shook my head: "I repeat, I will not ask anyone to hide any paper, and I expect there to be a research institution that will 'all the results Open access online' is written into the charter. The only reason we apply for patents is to open patents so that no one can monopolize patents."

"What I want to do is something that has never been done before. It has never been seen before in history, and it may be a unique 'new thing'."

The girl folded her hands on her chest: "Can you guarantee that you won't become a new dragon?"

"That's why I need you..." I looked at her, and then at the others in the room: "And everyone. We'll be each other's guarantee."

"What we have to do is not to completely control power and power, not to create a group. We just participate in a game, get the resources of those people, research the achievements we expect, and then entrust it to humans to change this The world." I closed my eyes and whispered, "We will steal the fire of heaven from the strong who set the rules, and give the flames to the poor."

Another man stood up angrily: "Okay, that's enough. Stop it. Everyone can leave. This is just a lunatic."

He pointed at me.

"I guess you also asked Zhu to help you block surveillance and the like. But I can tell you, friend, you don't have to do this. Even if you say your opinion, no one will feel offended, let alone Accusing you of betrayal - they'll just think you're crazy."

"If you don't build a technological advantage, how are you going to make a profit?"

I nodded: "This is the reason why I blocked the surveillance - you know, to do research, you have to ask for money. Now the money is in the hands of those powerful people. If they think that I am unreliable, Then I may not have the opportunity to get in touch with those resources. As I said, my ultimate goal is to 'steal skyfire' - I don't have the talent to 'rob'. If you don't hide yourself, it's not 'stealing' .”

"Things in the 'tent' over there have such power. Do you understand? In this fair and just world, the knowledge created here will only make those strong stronger in a fair and just way. Those of us The method that people can choose is to use our own way to guide the direction of this trend. This direction!"

"We're going to control those 'Lich King' powers. We're going to rewrite the common imagination of the 'world'—we're going to create a new culture!"

"I repeat - my purpose, is not to create a super chaebol. That doesn't matter. Companies or whatever, are just chickens that lay eggs. I just want to trick rich people into feeding the chickens, and then give the eggs to beggars Mud legs."

"What about ethical issues?" The sister who first questioned "Dark Samurai" fell into deep thought.Her expression softened a lot now.

"According to the data mentioned in that document, you may add 200 years to the average life expectancy of the rich..."

"It's a necessary sacrifice," I said.

The woman seemed a little confused.

"This is a necessary sacrifice." I pointed to the slide behind me: "Look at this, look! Its core essence is not the 'anti-damage', but 'replacing ATP hydrolysis through electric field'! This Yeast is an autotrophic organism! It is an unprecedented 'electric energy autotrophic' organism!"

Organisms can be roughly divided into "autotrophic" and "heterotrophic".The so-called "heterotrophs" refers to all "organisms that directly or indirectly feed on autotrophs".In addition to "heterotrophs", there are "autotrophs"-organisms that can survive without eating other organisms.

Plants are typical "photoautotrophic".Herbivores, which eat plants, and carnivores, which eat herbivores, are both heterotrophs.

Although there are "leafy nudibranchs" animals that can snatch chloroplasts from plants for photosynthesis, most organisms can be classified as such.

Yeast is a typical heterotrophic eukaryote. Its physiological process is to decompose sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide to obtain energy.Sugar is the product of plant physiological activities.

However, the yeast used for display has been transformed into an autotrophic type.

"If it succeeds, human beings can be freed from agriculture. A person can live on only two kilowatt-hours of electricity a day."

"Two kilowatt-hours of electricity, according to our country's price, will not exceed 1.5 RMB, less than 22 cents. If we use the industrial base of the United States, this can even be compressed to 12 cents."

"Drink some more water and add some inorganic supplements. Human beings will completely get out of the shackles of carbohydrates."

The woman pointed to the PPT: "Don't you have eyes? This yeast can only rely on this method to reduce consumption by [-]%!"

"That's what needs further research."

(End of this chapter)