After the college entrance examination, life began to follow one's heart

Chapter 356 Interview with Young Master Xu (Part 1) (Career)
[I'll add another 5,000 words or more tomorrow. If it's less today, I'll add more tomorrow.]

Even on the second day, the related trending topics remained high.

After all, Young Master Xu only invented intelligent life this year.

It is already ahead of its time, at least ahead of the level of current technological development over the past thirty years.

This is already explosive enough.

But now, Young Master Xu is telling the world that he wants to let human consciousness log into the virtual world.

For the general public, the idea of ​​letting human consciousness log into the virtual world is actually much more tangible and anticipated than contact with intelligent life.

What's the point?
It's very simple: the application of intelligent life will make human daily life, learning, and work more intelligent in the future.

But in reality, humans still exist, especially ordinary people, who still have to work like beasts of burden.

However, this could be achieved if consciousness could log into the virtual world.

For example, if this world is a fantasy world, people can log in directly to this world to experience so-called time travel and live different lives.

From a practical experience perspective, highly intelligent daily life and work cannot compare to the latter, and the work pressure in the future may even be greater.

The scientific community says that artificial intelligence will liberate human hands, but in reality, the opposite is true.

Because that's the wish of your scientific community, but capitalists and slave owners don't consider these issues. The reality is to work hard to serve these people and live a good life like cattle and horses. Otherwise, where would so many people come from to lie down and do nothing?

Humans are actually good at deceiving themselves, imagining the opportunity to log into different virtual worlds and experience different lives.

Q: Who wouldn't have expectations?
As Xu Lin announced that human consciousness would be logging into the virtual world, many people began to look forward to it.

People may not believe what other scientists say, and may even think that they are promoting nonsense, such as saying that the sun will go out in billions of years, or that in the near future, in a hundred or two hundred years, the Earth's temperature will be affected by global warming. To put it bluntly, what does this have to do with the general public? Living in the present is the reality.

People are willing to believe in Young Master Xu because this man can indeed create incredible miracles.

Moreover, he seems to genuinely care about the common people, because in Young Master Xu's eyes, capitalists and slave owners are all scum, and his stance seems so firm.

On the 6rd.

Xu Lin, who has always kept a low profile, went to Beijing to give an exclusive interview to CCTV.

In early December, the temperature in Beijing was already in the single digits, and the wind was strong.

It was quite cold overall.

Xu Lin wasn't wearing a suit; he was just wearing a turtleneck sweater and trousers underneath, with a black trench coat on top.

He's still very handsome.

This kind of outfit actually suits his tall stature very well.

The interview was broadcast live online simultaneously.

Xu Lin is prone to making surprising remarks, but the higher-ups are willing to broadcast it live.

Xu Lin actually has a lot of autonomy.

The live stream officially started at 7 p.m.

This interview is about human consciousness logging into the virtual world.

In recent days, discussions on this topic have reached a global scale.

Needless to say, people both domestically and internationally know that there is a very outstanding scientist in the East.

The higher-ups decided to conduct an exclusive interview, so Xu Lin came. Besides, another major achievement was about to be made, and Xu Lin could also explain some issues.

"Young Master Xu looks so handsome today!"

"His good looks are just the least important thing about Young Master Xu!"

The live stream was quickly flooded with netizens, all watching Xu Lin, this twenty-year-old boy who had already stood at the top of the world.

Xu Lin was sitting on a sofa, and the host was sitting on the sofa opposite him.

The host, a beautiful woman in her early twenties, was usually dignified and formal, but now, facing the incredibly charming and accomplished Xu Lin, her face flushed.

"Ahem, I'm sure everyone knows Young Master Xu, right? He's the world's greatest scientist right now!"

The host began introducing the topic to the camera.

The interview then officially began.

"Young Master Xu, you've recently accomplished something significant: the process of human consciousness logging into the virtual world. The academic community believes that it will take another twenty or thirty years for human technology to reach this level. What's your opinion?"

"With my abilities, it can be achieved within two or three years."

Xu Lin wasn't just making empty promises; he was confident in his ability to accomplish this, and it was something he was determined to achieve.

His mind is very powerful now. The login of human consciousness into the virtual world is just one link in his many future tasks. In the future, he will venture into more fields to accomplish things that the human world cannot currently accomplish.

For example, consigning cancer to the dustbin of history.

Moreover, he will have to take care of his family while also finding time to complete these tasks, so his time is very precious.

For Xu Lin, career is important, but family is also important, especially since he will have his own children in the future, so his focus will be on his family.

"Really? I can't wait!"

“If anyone else said that, I would definitely think they were bragging, but this is Young Master Xu, and I even suspect that it can be achieved within a year or two, because he is Young Master Xu!”

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Host: "Mr. Xu, what do you think this virtual world, where our consciousness will log in in the future, will be like?"

"First, there is the common understanding, that is, when our consciousness logs into a game world to play the game, we will no longer just sit in front of a computer or hold a mobile phone to play the game. Instead, we will directly enter the game world to experience it. This is the most common and basic understanding of this field."

Xu Lin: "Going a step further, host, I have a question for you: where is your hometown?"

"Young Master Xu, my hometown is in southern Hunan."

"That's quite far from the capital, so are your parents in Hunan now?" "Yes."

"So you can only contact them by phone or video chat, right?"

"Correct!"

The host nodded.

Xu Lin: "Then I say, if my technology makes a breakthrough and human consciousness logs into the virtual world, then you and your parents will be able to meet in the virtual world, no matter how far apart you are."

"Wow! Young Master Xu, really?"

The host was surprised, not on purpose, but because she was genuinely surprised and expectant.

As someone who has worked in Beijing and is far from home, I can understand the feelings of many people who have left their hometowns. It is really not easy to see parents and relatives. Many people can only go back to see them once during the Spring Festival, and some even only go back once every two or three years.

"of course."

Xu Lin: "In the virtual world, anything is possible."

Following that, Xu Lin continued, "What I just talked about was communication upgrades. Now let's go a step further. Host, what if a disabled person, for example, is missing an arm or a leg in real life, or is even blind or deaf? Let's define such a person as an incomplete person. If their consciousness enters the virtual world, are they a complete person or an incomplete person?"

"Holy crap, I hadn't even thought of that."

"If they enter the virtual world, shouldn't this disabled person be the same as us normal people? It's impossible for their physical body to be disabled as well as their consciousness; there's no such logic in that."

These words were a wake-up call, sparking a heated discussion among netizens.

The host thought for a moment, then nervously guessed, "Should it be a complete person?"

"Yes, he is a complete person in the virtual world."

Xu Lin said, "In other words, the virtual world allows them to have complete bodies, instead of suffering the pain of having a missing part of their body as they do in reality. Even if they are blind in reality, I want them to have eyes that can see everything in the virtual world. So, the virtual world I'm talking about is not a simple game world, but a second world that is different from the real world."

"Wow, if this really works, it would be amazing!"

"Yes, this is absolutely great, and it is definitely a great invention that benefits mankind!"

"Young Master Xu is awesome!"

"When will this happen? A good friend of mine went blind in an accident. I feel so sorry for her. She was so young."

"Young Master Xu said within two or three years, but it shouldn't be too long. Trust Young Master Xu!"

……

"Young Master Xu, if that's really the case, then it's truly admirable!"

The host was also quite excited.

Next, the questions continued, also asking about the uses of the virtual world and how it benefits humanity.

Until we get to the tenth question.

The host asked, "Mr. Xu, regarding the American TV series 'Upload' that you mentioned before, this show is about how after a person dies, their consciousness is stored in a virtual world and begins a second life. Is this possible? I mean, after a person dies, their consciousness is reborn in a virtual world."

"Yes, and this is an inevitable trend in future technological development, so it's not surprising."

"So, in other words, humans will essentially never die in the future, and even if they die in reality, they can continue to live in the virtual world?"

"Yes, but it would involve many ethical and moral issues in human society."

"Huh? Young Master Xu, why do you say that?" the host asked, puzzled.

"Human thoughts gradually solidify as we age. In a few years, I may become a scoundrel who will harm society and the world. Therefore, I hope that humans will follow the natural laws of birth, aging, sickness and death, and that if current medical technology cannot save them, they should go when it is time to go."

Xu Lin remained outspoken.

"Young Master Xu's writing is still as inspiring as ever!"

"Young Master Xu said what we dare not say: if those powerful people die in reality but continue to live in the virtual world, then the living space of ordinary people like us will be constantly squeezed, whether online or in reality. At that time, ordinary people will have no way to survive."

"I have a question: why can't the virtual world be a utopian world?"

“Friend, you’re oversimplifying things. Wherever there are people, there’s a social hierarchy. This isn’t a joke. Human morality is far below your so-called utopia. And all those so-called utopias, ideal states, Western Paradises, and the like are just unrealistic fantasies.”

……

"Young Master Xu, isn't that a bit pessimistic?"

The host smiled and pressed for more information.

Xu Lin asked her, "Host, how old are you this year?"

"Ah, Young Master Xu, I am twenty-seven years old this year."

"So, host, in your more than twenty years of life, have you encountered any bad people?"

"Have."

"One bad person or a group of bad people?"

"There are some, but if you add them all up, there are probably three or four who are truly wicked to the core," the host thought for a moment.

"Do you think these bad people are as bad as someone as capable as me could be? If I were to become bad, many people would have a hard time."

The host shook his head, agreeing with Xu Lin's words.

Think about it, if an ordinary person turns bad, at most they might kill or commit arson, so how many people could they harm?
But then I think about someone like Young Master Xu; if he were to turn bad, I can't even imagine what he could do.

Xu Lin continued, "So I am not pessimistic. I think the virtual world should benefit mankind. Only people like me who regard money as dirt and have ideals who dream of changing the world can create it. If you let those bad people who only care about profit play it, we ordinary people will suffer."

Xu Lin remained radical, but he had no choice but to be. He was only twenty years old, the Moon Goddess was in his grasp, the whole world was eyeing him covetously, and a bunch of scumbags wanted to follow him.

If it weren't for the weapon being big enough, he would have been shot in the head long ago.

(End of this chapter)