Brainoid

Qi Min originally thought that the matter of dead souls was at most an accident in the brain-like body, but after hearing this, Anton still asked her to talk to Professor Zhou Xiaoshan and Yelena.

After all, if the brain-like body attracts capital, it will all be a matter of money, but the dead soul will take human life. There have been cases of sudden death while playing games online before. It can be said that this kind of situation is inevitable due to the addictive entertainment method. However, in the past, serious Internet addiction was classified as a mental illness, but now sudden death caused by brain-like body addiction has begun to occur, which requires stricter supervision.

Qi Min doesn't really want to deal with this kind of thing. She felt that as a person, she should be responsible for herself. People like Wang Mingqing who committed suicide deserved it. Sudden brain-like death is not death from overwork. Spending money and consumption can kill oneself. Such people are probably not suitable for living modern life in a capitalist society.

But since there was room for improvement in supervision, she made an appointment with Yelena and Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan.

Nowadays, people from the Brain-like Body Company hold meetings in the Brain-like Body. Naturally, Qi Min made an appointment to meet at the Virtual Brain-like Body Company's headquarters this time.

Compared with the scientific research department suspended in the air, the headquarters building looks much plainer and is completely separated from the rest of the space. Qi Min came to the conference room as a constructor, where Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan and Yelena were already sitting.

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan's image is also the same as eight years ago, but Yelena has made a slight change - she dyed her hair purple mixed with gold, making it very dazzling. Because Qi Min has social phobia in formal situations, the representative of the brain-like body company in China has always been Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan, while the representative in Russia is naturally Yelena, a former oligarch. Maybe it’s because they represent different styles. The styles of Beijing District and St. Peter’s District of Brainoid are also different. The beautiful scenery of Beijing District is suitable for users of all ages, while the St. Petersburg District inevitably has a feeling of electric punk.

Because he was so familiar with it, Qi Min sat down and asked Yelena in English: "Lena, do you know 'Мёртвая_душа'?"

"Uh... Gogol's novel?" Yelena was a little surprised.

It seems that he doesn't know. Qi Min asked Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan again: Teacher Zhou, do you know? "

"I don't know. What's wrong? It's so mysterious?" Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan asked kindly.

Qi Min made an assessment and found that dead souls were indeed a very rare case. Otherwise, with so many administrators under the Brainoid Company, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan and Yelena would have been informed.

She then briefly told them about the dead souls, and Yelena quickly said: "It's not difficult to understand, right? The brainoid itself is a consciousness storage device. This phenomenon has also been discovered in previous animal experiments."

However, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said: "But it is not uncommon for addiction to brain-like bodies to lead to sudden death. Is the 'dead soul' really dead? Or is it an intermediate state between life and death... Now It’s not stipulated in law yet.”

"It's better not to involve the law, right?" Qi Min was a little worried, "Try not to spread this kind of thing..."

"Uh... But have you ever thought about how people who are already dying can keep their consciousness in brainoid bodies in this way." Yelena suddenly said, "Their families will probably be willing to renew their subscription forever. Bar."

Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan put her hand on her shoulder and said soothingly: "It's better not to think about how to make money right away. Now we should develop an anti-addiction system to minimize the sudden death of young and middle-aged players."

"This is simple. I've already asked someone to do it." Qi Min said immediately.

"By the way, let's add a vital sign detection device to the new generation interface." Yelena also suggested, "In case the physical condition is abnormal in reality, the person in the brain-like body must be able to receive the signal."

"This...must use a wearable device, right?" Qi Min wrote this down, "Or...it might be possible to directly detect brain activity through the interface."

"I still think this is a good opportunity to expand the elderly user base." Yelena murmured, "For example, elderly people with terminal cancer have only a few years to live in reality, so it is better to enter the virtual world with their consciousness. They may not want to accept new things. , but the family will probably buy it."

However, Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan said sincerely: "That's true, but first there must be laws to stipulate whether the consciousness that permanently resides in the brain is still 'alive'. Otherwise, developing a business to receive the consciousness of critically ill people may involve intentional homicide. .”

This is true. Yelena looked at Qi Min and found that she had a Buddhist look on her face and didn't seem to be very interested in it.

Qi Min is not keen on making money. Her long-term work is to follow up on the supercomputer cluster expansion plan led by Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan. Her current short-term project is to build universal physical laws for brain-like bodies. In addition, she also manages the development of various projects in the scientific research department. Although each project has a direct person in charge, Qi Min also has to check their funds as CTO.

Yelena and Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan make a lot of money, but Qi Min spends a lot of money. This feeling is sometimes not very good.

"By the way, Lian Na," Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan added, "you can try boarding a trumpet and go to Petersburg to find the 'Red Snow Rescue Station'."

"Xiao Er" is their joking name for the identity of another ordinary player. Although in theory the identities in the brain-like bodies correspond to the identities of real people, these "creators" from "ancient times" have the privilege of having two identities at the same time.

"Okay." Yelena said eagerly. Like Qi Mi, she has no interest in anything else but just likes to play. In order to renew the fees for the dead souls, Hongxue Rescue Station needs to earn points in Hongxue, so if you find a few more players who earn points, you might be able to meet them.

"There is also a black market..." Qi Min reminded.

"I do know about the black market in Petersburg." Yelena said, "There are also people who can gain points in Hongxue."

She follows relevant forums in Russia every day, and has naturally heard of these rumors. Russia's online security is much worse than China's. In addition to illegal transactions on brain-like bodies, there are also brain-like bodies combined with online forums.

"I heard that some people sell personal information." Qi Min reminded her, "It might be quite dangerous."

"Oh, you really don't know." Yelena waved her hand and said to Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan, "Teacher Zhou should know that Russia's network security was worrying before, and there were many hackers selling personal information."

"Not to mention Russia, even Chinese telecommunications companies sell a lot of user information." Ms. Zhou Xiaoshan also said, "We can only do our best in this regard."