Cyber ​​Heroes

Another article 02
"Then I refuse."

Chen Feng repeated what he had just said in the small office alone.

"What did I miss..." Chen Feng stared at the sword bag leaning against the corner, and sank into the ergonomic seat.

Although he seems to be enjoying himself right now, he is actually just hanging under the deputy dean's group, busy building the first laboratory under his own management in his life, and there is nothing else except for a girl who is an international student that other tutors don't want to accept. help.In addition, if he wants to take root in Peking University, he still needs to pass the five-year evaluation period, so that he can officially obtain a professional title, otherwise he will still have to leave by then.

And when that "Officer Lei" persuaded himself to "think about it", he clearly promised that as long as he agreed to participate in this project, he would pass the five-year assessment immediately, and the word "associate" of associate professor could be removed on the spot .

Of course, he still refused.

When asking the other party to give you too much benefit, you must not be able to afford the price you ask for.

And Chen Feng was no longer a person who could risk his life to work casually. His parents, wife, daughter, and the whole family were all counting on his own stability and safety.

However, if his knowledge of the recruitment ends here, he won't feel sad—for him, it doesn't matter to "lose" things that shouldn't belong to him.However, Chen Feng's understanding of the whole matter was not as simple as that "two cents" officer thought.

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Chen Feng stared at the small mecha model on the table, chewing on this term.

He happened to know some friends who have a little connection in the circle of non-governmental astronomers, and friends of these friends took some interesting "beautiful starry sky" near Indonesia a while ago.And the managers of various countries don't even know that they need to block these seemingly insignificant information.

The information itself is really irrelevant.

But if you combine the information about the large-scale mobilization of troops from various countries and the rumors of "disappearance" of some foreign counterparts, it will be completely different.

And it was the visit of "Officer Lei" that really nailed the "confirmation" in Chen Feng's heart.

This is a very strange thing.

What Chen Feng is doing is invasive research that can only be performed on experimental animals. Under the current ethical norms, at most it can only be done on monkeys—in many other countries, these researches can hardly be done on monkeys.

In addition, among his peers, there are actually many people who cooperate with the military—especially those whose research direction is biased towards the applied field.However, almost all of these colleagues do non-invasive intervention and various behavioral and cognitive training, and the cooperation project is also targeted to optimize the specific cognitive abilities of soldiers of various arms.As for the field of basic research that Chen Feng himself is in, it is almost never related to secret-related projects...except for a few "animal soldiers" guys.And he believed that if the Republic only wanted the mouse to be led by the command of the implanted photoelectrode like a remote control car, it would definitely not come to him in such a hurry.

So, what else is going to cause the heads of all countries to start worrying about how the piles of neurons in their brains work and interact with each other at the same time?

This is an unprecedented opportunity.

Even when he thought about it again, Chen Feng could feel his heart beating violently, his stomach and intestines tightening, and all the blood vessels in his body were itchy with excitement. "Exploring alien spaceships", this is something he only dared to dream about.At that time, he refused so cleanly. In fact, he didn't want to show his face to the officer, but to suppress the fire in his heart.

After deciding to "break the wrist of a strong man", the faster the knife is cut, the better.

But the price is the phantom pain that continues to haunt him afterwards—and it is a phantom pain that he cannot confide in anyone.

Chen Feng looked at the time on the lower right corner of the computer, took a deep breath, got up and walked towards the experiment area.

After putting on his white coat and picking up a pair of grasping poles for "please" the monkey out of the cage, Chen Feng took the opportunity to walk to the animal breeding area alone, holding the two grasping poles, one long and one short, in both hands, Take a lower stance that can be disguised as a "casual posture" at any time.

It was as if he was a knight in white robe holding two jagged swords.

……

After class, Emiya returned to the laboratory building and found that the instructor was not in the office, so she entered the laboratory area.

Sure enough, before she opened the door of the laboratory, she heard the sound of music inside.

The soft female voice singing like falling snow is accompanied by the warm guitar accompaniment like sunshine, reminiscent of a quiet and peaceful camp.The instructor played music while working, proving that the experiment was running stably.

Emiya pushed open the door, and the music disappeared immediately.

Chen Feng greeted his students with a little embarrassment.Then he turned his head and continued to stare at the four screens in front of him.

"Sit down." Chen Feng simply pointed to the chair lift beside him.

"Come on, let me test you. Which part of the experimental system do these screens display?" Chen Feng stretched his waist and pointed to the largest screen on the front. In a complex graphical interface, the main window is showing a starry night. Image, "What is this image that looks like a night sky?"

"It's... real-time scanning imaging of a multiphoton fluorescence microscope." Although Miss Asadistan did not have any foundation in biological experiments before, she still learned quickly during the first semester of course study and recent experimental internships.

"Where does this one seem to be haunted?" Chen Feng pointed to a gray and white screen, various realistic or abstract visual stimulation images, just like ghosts floating in the void, appeared in turn near the flickering central fixation point.

"This is a visual stimulus for the monkeys."

"Yes, there is a screen exactly like this one in front of the monkey in the small black room." Chen Feng pointed to the experimental cubicle that occupies most of the space in the laboratory, added something, and then pointed to a screen covered with countless small windows, "What about this piece?"

"This is for recording the signal of the implanted electrode array, and each window shows the neuron discharge recorded by an electrode terminal." Amy pointed to the action potential waveform that was superimposed and refreshed without window interruption.

"Very well, what about the last one?"

"It is responsible for aggregating time series of three types of data."

"Which three sequences?"

"Visual stimuli, image scans, and electrophysiological signals can only be calculated after they are all aligned."

"That's right, much stronger than I was back then." Although Chen Feng didn't think he had a strong heart, he never hesitated to praise and encourage him, "The 'Great Sage' is in good condition today, and the experiment is almost over. If you want to do something serious at night If so, you can take another look at the structure of the neural network, and if you have any problems, connect with your uncle, he should have been at work by then."

"Ok."

The end bell of the system prompt sounds, and the settlement interface pops up on the stimulation screen.Chen Feng dragged the three mice respectively, and sequentially closed the programs controlling the multiphoton microscope, electrode array and summarization timing.Then pulled up the mask, put on latex gloves, and opened the door and light of the cubicle.

The "Great Sage" sits on a closed throne made of acrylic sheets, and his head is fixed on the support of the experimental table by an implanted titanium alloy skeleton.Under the deep arched eyebrows, a pair of big eyes stared at the primate relative who walked in, and his mouth was still sucking in vain on the stainless steel straw that provided fruit juice rewards.

"You performed well today, thank you." Chen Feng smiled and operated the objective lens cantilever of the multiphoton microscope, allowing the most expensive objective lens to leave the implanted observation window on the side of the head of the "Great Sage".

"The work of catching and releasing monkeys is still a bit dangerous. You should watch it twice first." Chen Feng said in a low voice through the mask, and by the way, unplugged the output bus of the electrode array around the observation window one by one, and then picked it up from the test bench. A whole piece of stainless steel mask tailored for the "Great Sage" is covered on the "composite output terminal" that almost reaches the cheek of the monkey.

Emiya still looked at the "Great Sage" whose face was covered with dental cement and stainless steel mask with a little fear, and met its eyes.

"Next, I'm going to unscrew the bolts that fix the monkey's head to the test bench." Chen Feng picked up an L-shaped hexagonal wrench and started working, "Then the monkey's head will move freely."

After speaking, the monkey's head broke away from the shackles of the experimental platform and shook violently.It must have been immobilized all afternoon, making its cervical spine a little uncomfortable.

"Then, we need to screw the fixing ring to the head implant frame - the same screw hole that was used to fix it just now. In this way, we can use the grabbing rod to catch the ring later and guide the monkey back to the cage. "Chen Feng said, and started the next step of homework, "At this time, the monkey's head can turn freely...sometimes it will move around...be careful...a little bit, hold the skeleton with one hand like me...fix the head, and hold the head with the other hand." Twist the ring with bare hands to ... almost, and then use the wrench to tighten ... Ouch!!"

Perhaps it was a little displeased with Chen Feng's behavior of demonstrating while speaking, or it might be the "resentment" of long-term boring tasks, or simply being hurt, in short, the "Great Sage" has become the only primate who can treat himself right now. Things that cause harm to relatives.

It shook its head violently and broke away from Chen Feng's hand, then gnawed on it.For the first time in his life, two pairs of large canine teeth that were not yet fully developed opened meat.

"Ughhhhh!!!"

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!"

(End of this chapter)