Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Chen Yiran was in a daze all day, feeling like something was going to happen.

Therefore, he has been paying close attention to the situation in Europe, although based on the current information, he has not found any hidden dangers.

But that feeling of tension lingered in his mind.

The EU meeting's outcome was exactly the same as the aurora predictions.

Even Norway's actions, which were a slap in the face, pleased Chen Yiran, who decided to quickly offer her support, not wanting Norway to be bullied by Russia.

In fact, these countries dare to go against the grain because they have received some tacit approval from the United States and Aurora.

Otherwise, even if it's a blood feud, for the sake of national interests, they still wouldn't dare to take action.

The UK vote also went much better than expected, possibly because the silent majority was larger than anticipated. The number of people who ultimately agreed to leave the EU was higher than various media outlets predicted, and the final results were even announced several hours earlier than expected.

Chen Yiran initially thought his earlier anxiety was just a side effect of playing too many games. He'd been having a blast playing Planet Zelda on Nintendo lately, but some of the enemies were proving quite difficult and giving him a headache. He was prepared to cheat if all else failed.

Just as he relaxed and prepared to go to the oasis to continue the game, Jasmine's voice rang in his mind.

【!! o(╥﹏╥)o Oh no! Grandma's watch is transmitting a bad signal. I've already activated the emergency plan. The doctor is downstairs. I've already set off the alarm. They can come upstairs for emergency treatment in twenty seconds.】

Chen Yiran quickly stood up, took a couple of deep breaths, and asked, "How's the satellite situation?"

Grandma uploaded the data two hours ago when she was getting ready for bed. The satellite and data are fine; don't worry, this satellite is dedicated and won't have any problems. The ground data center has also received the data and backed it up.

My parents have already received the notification and gone there. Shall we go too?

Chen Yiran stood up, went out, hailed an AI mobility scooter, and drove to her grandmother's residence at the foot of the mountain.

He felt somewhat frustrated. Although mechanical ascension was wonderful, his grandmother had always been quite resistant to it. He had thought that with so many top-notch doctors and caregivers, his grandmother's natural lifespan could be extended by a few years compared to before her rebirth.

Biological science is developing very rapidly now. In a few years, we may have good technology that makes artificial hearts and even human replication possible.

That way, it would be easier for older people like my maternal grandmother to accept it.

While some people can accept being made entirely of steel, others still wish they were purely carbon-based.

This is no small matter. According to the data collected by Aurora, many people are indeed unable to accept becoming a mechanical, modified human. They all hope to have a pure carbon-based physical body.

The funny thing is, they're not against the adjustment, nor are they unable to accept immortality; they simply want to have a better, more beautiful body—a carbon-based one, with flesh.

What's not so funny is that Chen Yiran's maternal grandmother thought the same thing.

By this time, the family members had all arrived at the villa where Grandma lived. Next to the villa was a well-equipped emergency room, where doctors and nurses had already begun their work.

The family waited silently outside the emergency room. After all, the technology of consciousness transfer was relatively new, and when the actual person died, people couldn't help but feel panicked.

About an hour later, three doctors came out and shook their heads apologetically at Chen Yiran.

They are all top-tier doctors in the world, brought here by Chen Yiran at great expense and with the best research resources. Using Aurora's technology, they have even completely conquered Alzheimer's disease.

So they really hoped to save Chen Yiran's relatives to prove that Chen Yiran hadn't raised them in vain, but things didn't go as planned.

Chen Yiran didn't say anything, shook hands with a few people, and then turned around to discuss with her family.

"The copy is running automatically. Tomorrow morning, Grandma's consciousness will wake up from the previously prepared wet brain, and we can meet her in the Oasis now."

Following the normal procedure, she could have her body customized to her liking. But as you know, she doesn't really like it. What should we do? Should we go and try to persuade her tomorrow?

A small blue robot crawled over, and Jasmine's voice came from it.

"We had already customized a wet component for Grandma, which is the best available now. It also has a dedicated computing center to provide the necessary computing power support, so there shouldn't be any problems."

Grandpa spoke up at this point: "Oh, your grandma has already figured out what to do. Let her talk to you about it tomorrow."

The next morning at 9 a.m., Chen Yiran and her family were already waiting in a private virtual space within the Oasis.

On a hospital bed, Grandma's virtual image opened its eyes on time, and then saw an unfamiliar ceiling and a circle of family members around it.

She sat up, looked around, and then said in a trembling voice, "Am I dead?"

Everyone was dumbfounded. The house was set up exactly like the one in reality, which was meant to help Grandma gradually accept the truth. How did it get so obviously seen through?

Chen Yiran's heart tightened. Could it be that there were still some loopholes in the dungeon plan? Would people who have experienced death have some special perceptions?

That's not scientific. We've done experiments on so many death row inmates before, and none of them had this problem.

Grandma noticed their difference and explained, "Pidan isn't here! I was obviously sick and then woke up. You all came to keep me company, so it's impossible that you didn't bring Pidan! I must be in the Oasis. I must have died, and my consciousness was copied by Yiran's technology, and I woke up in the Oasis."

"Grandma, you have such a good eye."

Grandpa went over and held Grandma's hand, saying with a hint of reproach, "Sigh, you died so suddenly, without any warning. I wasn't prepared at all. What am I going to do now? I've always been in good health; the doctor said I could live another twenty or thirty years."

Grandma waved her hand, giving Grandpa a big nose pouch, and then started shooing everyone out: "Get out, all of you, come here one by one, I have something to tell you..."

The family simply climbed out of the oasis and waited for Grandma to call everyone in one by one to come in and talk.

Chen Yiran was the last one. After entering the oasis, she found her grandparents happily munching on a big pork knuckle.

"Grandma, don't you think Oasis has some advantages? You can eat as much pork knuckle as you want here."

Grandpa glanced at him and said, "You just don't care about us. We used to use the Wanderer mode and come to the Oasis every day to eat braised pork knuckle. Although I always felt it wasn't as delicious as eating it in real life, your grandma wasn't too sick to eat it, so she could only eat it in the Oasis."

Grandma wiped her hands and said, "Come sit down, let me tell you my thoughts. I still can't accept becoming a metal robot."

"...It's not a problem to not have a physical body, as long as the consciousness stays in the oasis."

Grandma organized her thoughts and said, "Your grandpa and I have thought about this issue a long time ago, and we have also followed the situation of other elderly people on Oasis."

You may not pay much attention to this, but we older folks do.

Although elderly people in Singapore, the United States, and South Korea generally do not reject immortality, there are different ways to achieve it.

Many of them are those who can completely accept becoming a modifier, or those who can accept becoming a mechanical body.

They are now called rebootists. They believe this is a new life, a new beginning, going from being old and frail to being energetic, about starting life anew, working hard to realize one's life's value, and enjoying life.

Of course, it's also because you charge them fees; they're afraid they won't have money to live on if they don't work hard.

Besides the reboot faction, there is also the "always awake" faction, which is even more radical.

Basically, they just work like crazy every day. The scientists in your lab are mostly like that. What people online say is that this is called abandoning the physical body and ascending to cyberspace. They feel that their minds are more powerful, so they should focus on analyzing the universe and not enjoy life anymore. They just work like crazy.

Of course, it could also be related to your high fees. Your service that makes thinking faster isn't free; they have to pay to use it. So they research and develop things to obtain enough information to further enhance their thinking.

Chen Yiran listened silently, but had already asked Jasmine to search for information.

Indeed, there are five main factions on the internet regarding immortality: the reboot faction, the constant awakening faction, the companionship faction, the cycle faction, and the opposition faction.

Both the "reboot" and "always-awake" factions tend to become people who adjust themselves and then continue to strive to live their lives.

The latter two groups are more laid-back.

The "companionship" group prioritizes spending time with family. They typically sacrifice their physical well-being, allowing their brains to reside in the Aurora Center, connecting their consciousness to an oasis-like lifestyle. However, they reduce their mental agility to save money, focusing primarily on spending time with their families.

The cycle school is similar; they also abandon their bodies, leaving their wet brains in the aurora center, but they don't even enter the oasis, spending no money, taking advantage of our aurora policy, maintaining minimal nutrition, and falling into deep sleep.

These people's families only wake them up periodically to communicate about the outside world, such as the lives of their descendants, let them see their descendants, and let them visit old friends in the oasis. This is the current mainstream practice.

Finally, there's the opposition, the kind of people who completely resist.

Chen Yiran frowned and said to her grandmother, "I'm not completely a hands-off manager. I keep a close eye on our company's policies and their subsequent impact. Aren't there just those five common factions, plus the supporters, the cyclical faction, and the opposition, right?"

You're not in the opposition, are you?

Grandma looked at Chen Yiran in surprise: "Wow, I thought you didn't really think about these things at the bottom anymore. Let me tell you, your grandpa and I both want to follow the cyclical approach."

Chen Yiran objected: "Why? The cyclical approach is mainly about saving money, right? Do you think our family needs it?"

If you don't want a mechanical body, you can live comfortably in the oasis and wait for technology; there's no need for deep sleep.

Information isn't really valuable. Don't read those news reports that say information is linked to computing power or something. We have Black Velvet, and our costs are unbelievably low.

The pricing of the energy is solely for the purpose of elevating the status of the aurora borealis; we have absolutely no shortage of this energy.

"I've already arranged a dedicated satellite and a ground-based data center for each member of our family—top-of-the-line 'wetware brains.' Even if you were to go to university now, you'd have to be a top talent. Just stay in Oasis; don't you want to spend your free time looking after your great-grandchildren?"

"In no mood."

"........."

Grandpa spoke up at this point: "Yiran, you've never been old, you don't understand this feeling. Living, even living a good life, is still very tiring. Consciousness has to be interrupted periodically, which in itself proves that it consumes energy!"

Chen Yiran was shocked; he never expected his grandfather to say something so philosophical.

[This quote comes from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who believed that reason is a tool of the will, and cognition is not the highest thing; it serves survival. Because consciousness is consumable, it must be shut down. Sleep is not simply rest; it is evidence that consciousness must periodically cease.]

"Grandpa, you actually know Schopenhauer's famous quote?"

Grandpa was also shocked: "This, this is what someone in that cyclical theory group said. Wow, I always thought you were only good at science, but it turns out you really are as good as people say online, you know everything."

Grandma flicked the forehead at the grandfather and grandson, who were both grinning foolishly, and then said very firmly, "It's settled then. I don't want to stay awake all the time; I want to sleep. That's settled then. I've thought it through. From now on, you can wake me up every year during Chinese New Year. Let me see my grandson in the oasis or something. If we have the technology, it would be even better if we could get Pidan in too."

"Speaking of which, can preserved eggs live forever?"

Chen Yiran nodded: "Theoretically, it's possible. I've been having people do related research, but of course, it's not quite what we expected; there have been some very unexpected results."

"Alright, that's my decision. I'll stay with you for another week, then you can arrange for me to fall into a deep sleep. Or, you can find a few TV series for me to watch first, then I'll go to sleep in peace."

A few days later, it was the same room in the oasis.

The family reunited, and Grandma greeted everyone before peacefully closing her eyes.

Although the Lunar New Year is just over six months away and we will meet again then, everyone still felt a very different and profound sense of parting.

After leaving the Oasis, Olsen came over and leaned on his back, whispering, "Don't be so sad. This kind of thing is very common. Many people online have said that it's hard at first, but once you get used to it, you realize that this is probably what the future holds."

Some people started going to see the aurora borealis every week to wake their families, and some even got complaints, so they eventually went only once every few months. You're a pioneer of the times; you should be able to foresee that society will be completely different in the future.

If we all become immortal, our perception of time will be different from now on.

I sent my son to my sister's house. Come on, shall I call Dada over to play?

Chen Yiran shook his head, picked up Olsen and walked into the house: "Forget it, let's not wait for Dada, I'll play with you first."