spaceflight manual

Chapter 149 The Really Important Thing
The next day, after dinner, Wang Ping'an and An Geli arrived at the scientific research center of the flight test base, and were taken into a room that looked like a psychological clinic.

Wang Ping'an: "It's really strange. Normally, only one person comes in this room for treatment. Or are you here to treat me today, just the two of us?"

Angeli: "I'm sitting on your side, and there is no separation between us. In principle, the therapist and the patient are either face to face, or separated by a table or something like that. This is to help establish the subconscious In the current layout, it is estimated that the two of us will be diagnosed and treated together."

As soon as the words were finished, the door of the consulting room opened, and Tu Shengli walked in.

Wang Pingan: "Why is it still you?"

"Because I'm the most familiar with you, and I'm in charge of the whole process of testing the brain-computer interface. Besides, I'm the most authoritative person on the brain-computer interface in this base—no, I may be the most authoritative person on the brain-computer interface in the entire space force." people.

"So I will definitely be deeply involved in this project in the future. But it is not clear whether I will lead it, or the psychology expert who will arrive tomorrow, or the expert who presides over the design of the battleship."

Wang Pingan: "Battleship design?"

"Yes, although you pulled your hips in the first off-board flight test, the Space Force still feels that this operating system has potential."

Wang Pingan: "I just flew flat, why do they think it has potential?"

"Probably because you showed nearly three times the attitude adjustment speed when you opened the doll machine? I don't know what the higher-ups think. Maybe they have their own sources of information, or they simply think that Maga Company didn't cancel the project. It shows that there must be merits, after all, capitalists will not make long-term investments for decades to come."

Tu Shengli paused, tapped the table with his hands and continued: "In short, the detailed report was reported to the higher up yesterday. This is the earth circle, and the basic communication delay is within a few seconds. I should not be able to reach you. The big shots have read the report, and the conclusion is to move on.”

Wang Pingan: "I'm just a lieutenant, but you are quite high-ranking, doctoral supervisor, professor, or 'the most authoritative expert in brain-computer interface', and you can't get in touch?"

Tu Shengli shrugged: "Do you think I'm talking about generals? I'm talking about those without generals."

Wang Pingan raised his hand and made a gesture of refusal: "Understood! Skip this and continue. In short, the project is very important. Next, we will form a combat boat design team and a psychology team. Big team, right?
"But I still don't understand. The direction of the next research is to continue to find volunteers to conduct brain interface experiments, or... to study whether I am a new human?"

Tu Shengli did not answer right away, but stared at Wang Pingan for a few seconds, and asked back: "Can you be sure whether you are a new human being by research?"

Wang Pingan shrugged: "Well... First of all, we need to understand history, define new human beings, and first set a standard, such as how fast the mental calculation track is without relying on computers and other equipment, to be considered new human beings..."

Tu Shengli shook his head: "If you really want to do this, you have to talk about it. Yesterday, I brainstormed with the scientists at the base until late at night. Our conclusion is that if you are a new human, you don't need to pay special attention, because human beings are now in space. The activities of China are increasing every year. Last year, the extraterrestrial population increased by 80, a growth rate of nearly [-]%.

"This is not counted as smuggling. In order to get rid of their fate, the bottom of non-far-sighted countries either smuggle to our side or smuggle into space.

"There are so many people in extraterrestrial space, one new human will be born, and the second and third will naturally be born. Of course, we must study the new human, know what they can do, and prepare for the establishment of a dedicated new human force in the future .

"But this matter is not as urgent as imagined. We just need to wait for more new humans to appear step by step. The key is to be ready to meet these people with completely different specialties."

Angeli interrupted suddenly: "It's not just that, is it? We must also be ready to make up for the differences between them and the old humans who are not adapted to the universe."

Wang Pingan nodded immediately: "That's right! Especially after the number of new humans adapting to the universe increases, they must avoid thinking that they are a brand new race. If that is the case, the old humans have no chance of winning. If they have mastered the right to control the universe, the war will It's one-sided. The last war proved that."

Tu Shengli: "That's why we have to study new humans and prepare for the era when new humans are born universally. But this is not a very urgent matter after all. The universe has been developed for so many years, and only a few people with signs of new humans have appeared. .

"The most urgent thing now is to confirm whether this brain-computer interface system is likely to give birth to new humans. Is it possible for Maga, the company that developed this system, to gain military advantages through mass production of humans that are extremely adaptable to the cosmic environment? .

"Although we won the last war, we did not completely change the world into what we are. We chose to maintain the diversity of social forms. I have no intention of denying the wisdom of this decision, but the fact is that those 'remnants' Been trying to turn it around.

"Many of them believed that we won only because we had more advanced military ideas and weapons."

Wang Pingan let out an "oh" and drew a long tone.

"So you have to... continue to find others to test."

Tu Shengli crossed his fingers, and his expression looked very tangled: "This is the problem. The result of our discussion yesterday is that it is obviously not acceptable to use death row prisoners. They have no experience in space flight and are not mentally strong enough.

"We think it's more likely that the brain-computer interface will be used by determined Space Force astronauts who have withstood the test of real battlefield or emergency missions, and it is more likely to stimulate—how should I put it?"

Wang Pingan: "Potential?"

"Yes, that's pretty much what it means." Tu Shengli snapped his fingers, "But such astronauts are very precious, as we have already made so many death row prisoners crazy..."

Angeli snapped back and said, "You left the decision to the higher-ups!"

Tu Shengli nodded: "Almost. What we gave was an opinion, explaining the urgency of determining whether the potential can be stimulated in this way. Maga Company does not talk about ethics and morality.

"But I don't know exactly how. During the discussion above, we will temporarily let you two test the combat effectiveness of this brain-computer system combined with the battleship.

"The report I asked you to write on the way back to the earth was handed over to the design department of the combat boat. It just so happens that there is a test site, a factory, and a design institute. They are all there. They will soon come up with a truly built-in boat from the beginning. A battleship for a brain-computer interface system."

Wang Pingan: "This is to test how much performance improvement can be brought about by the operation of combat boats by people who are suspected of being new humans?"

Tu Shengli corrected: "How much performance improvement can be brought about by people who are suspected of being new humans operating the battleship through the brain-computer interface. You—we have the data on how you operate the battleship in ordinary ways."

Wang Pingan: "How does that data compare with the average level?"

After a short silence, Tu Shengli shook his head: "I'm a scientist, and I can only talk by looking at statistics. It's outrageous to only look at statistics. But the test pilots at the base think they have a chance to beat you."

Wang Pingan: "Then let him come. Anyway, it will take some time to build the battleship I'm testing. Let's use ordinary battleships to make gestures."

(End of this chapter)