Did the world end today?

Chapter 398: Ran Away??
Hangzhou.

Inside the office building of the Quantum Brain-Computer Interaction Project, a man wearing thick glasses was listening intently to Lin Xu's presentation.

His head was bowed low, and the pen in his hand made a scratching sound as it scratched across the paper.

Line after line of key information appeared on the paper, most of which he had already obtained from internal communications, but even so, he remembered them meticulously.

After all, for him, those somewhat cold words were completely different from the vivid and straightforward narration of the man in front of him.

In his view, even identical content becomes more logical and easier to understand and connect after being reprocessed by Lin Xu.

Such opportunities are rare.

Therefore, he must cherish it.

"Therefore, we must abandon the traditional approach to brain-computer interface research and development, and abandon the analysis of those complex electrical signals."

"In fact, at the quantum level, the analysis of electrical signals is meaningless."

"What it expresses is that highly 'superficial' shimmering."

"These flashes may explain how our movements are generated and how our physiological functions work."

"It is even possible that through these electrical signals, we can gain a much deeper understanding of the human body."

"But it has no meaning for the information collection of 'individual human beings'."

"It doesn't address the core issues and doesn't help us achieve our goals."

"If we compare the analysis of electrical signals to 'learning to paint,' then what we need to do now is simply to transfer the image."

“We don’t need to know where those brushstrokes came from, we don’t need to know how those colors were mixed. We just need to wet the canvas with a special solution and then transfer the contents of another painting onto it one-to-one.”

"That's all."

"clear."

The man nodded slightly, then said:
"That's what we're doing now—the source of the emission is basically sorted out, and in mouse experiments, we've been able to complete a 100% scan of the mouse brain."

"But now we have a problem, which is that such scans are destructive."

"In fact, the basic principle of so-called quantum brain-computer interfaces is not much different from the principle of 'quantum teleportation' that we previously envisioned."

"In essence, it all relies on the principle of quantum teleportation to scan each individual atom and then use a 'carrier' to record the quantum information that has been scanned."

"We used to have two main problems."

"One is the problem of large-scale quantum decoherence, and the other is the problem of large-scale quantum emission sources."

"Now that both of these problems have been solved, a new problem has emerged."

"Scanning the quantum state of an atom is a destructive scanning process."

"It is absolutely impossible for us to record quantum information without destroying the state of the atoms themselves."

"The reason is simple: the observer effect still exists; every scan is an observation."

“Scanning the atoms that make up the ‘body,’ including muscles, bones, and so on, is fine, but once it comes to the nervous system, things are completely different.”

"In all previous experiments, every scan we performed resulted in brain death or large-scale neural death in the mice."

"This is almost an unsolvable problem."

"it does not matter."

Lin Xu waved his hand, appearing completely unconcerned.

"what?"

The man opposite him was stunned.

It doesn't matter?
What do you mean by "it's okay"?
Does that mean it doesn't matter if a single scan results in the death of the object being scanned?

Isn't this kind of choice a bit too short-sighted and too indifferent?
For him, scientific research is scientific research, and practice is practice.

During his research, he was willing to sacrifice the lives of many innocent mice.

However, when it comes to practical application, the life of any experimental subject is precious.

He cannot accept such indifference; this is the bottom line of scientific ethics.
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But judging from the other person's expression, the reason he said "it's okay" was somewhat different from what I had thought.
Thinking of this, the man quickly asked:
"Why is it okay? Are there other ways to avoid it?"

"Can we block such observer effects? Can we achieve this using a method similar to 'zero-action measurement'?"

"Theoretically yes."

A smile appeared on Lin Xu's lips, and he continued:

"But there's no need to make it that complicated."

"This device is just a prototype; it's a customized piece of equipment."

"It will only be used to scan a single object, and all we need to do is ensure that the object does not die during the scan."

"That's the crux of the matter."

The man sighed.

"Mr. Lin, it seems you didn't quite understand what I meant."

What I mean is, we can't guarantee anything about this object right now.

"No."

Lin Xu raised his hand to interrupt.

"You didn't understand what I meant."

“This involves higher-level classified information, which you should theoretically not have access to.”

"But actually, based on the information we have, you should be able to guess the answer, right?"

Answer?

The man frowned slightly.

Reflecting on Lin Xu's words again, he suddenly understood.

People who won't die during the scan.
There is no quantum system in the world that is immune to the observer effect, so there is only one answer.

The particles in his body have some kind of "automatic reset" mechanism.

Even if they are subjected to destructive scanning, even if their stable state is broken, those particles will still return to their initial state in a special way.

That's true; the identity of the person being scanned is already quite clear.

He must be someone who has experienced a higher dimension.

For most people who have experienced higher dimensions, there is indeed no need to consider the so-called issue of "destruction"!

"understood."

The man nodded solemnly.

"Then there's no problem. The equipment and technical issues have been basically resolved."

"The only problem we need to solve now is the compatibility issue with quantum chips."

"But this problem won't drag on for too long, so I think..."

"Perhaps we can bring the test subjects over to do some preliminary preparations."

"no problem."

Lin Xu extended his hand to shake the man's, and then replied:

"We'll arrange it right away."

"The test subjects are expected to arrive within two days."

"At that time."

Before Lin Xu could finish speaking, Qin Feng suddenly stepped up from behind.

He patted Lin Xu on the shoulder to interrupt him, then said with a serious expression:

"Things have changed."

"Qin Shizhong has run away."

Lin Xu's eyes widened instantly.

"Who? Ran away??" Inside the temporary office.

Qin Feng sat opposite Lin Xu and began to speak:
"To be precise, he tried to run."

"But it's clear they didn't escape."

“He clearly underestimated the level of surveillance we were putting on him and tried to break through the surveillance using the same hypnotic method that ‘directly affected consciousness’ last time.”

"But this time, we have set up multiple layers of fully intelligent monitoring in addition to the manual monitoring layer."

"He was trapped on the second floor and then re-arrested by the second team that took over."

"He has now been put back into the quarantine area - and from the surveillance footage, he appears to be very agitated."

“He repeatedly emphasized that there was no time left, repeatedly emphasized that we were wasting time, and repeatedly demanded that we must get him into the higher-dimensional channel as soon as possible.”

"He seems to be trying to rationalize his 'escape,' but we can't tell."

"We cannot determine whether what he said is true or not."

"Unable to determine?"

Lin Xu frowned, paused slightly, and then asked:

Is it that we cannot determine the 'truth or falsehood of the facts,' or that we cannot determine the 'truth or falsehood of his cognition'?

"Both."

Qin Feng replied:
"We don't know whether, in addition to the information you brought back, the higher-dimensional overflow will cause other disasters that we haven't been able to identify yet, nor do we know whether he really believes that such a disaster is going to happen."

"It's possible that he's still acting at this moment."

"But I have to say, his acting was really realistic enough."

"really."

Lin Xu let out a heavy sigh, speechless for a moment.

Although he had always maintained a cautious and suspicious attitude towards Qin Shizhong, his decision to "escape" at this critical juncture still left Lin Xu somewhat puzzled.

why?

Can't he wait any longer?
If he really just wanted to enter a higher-dimensional channel, he could obviously have been more patient.

Once he has cooperated with his side to complete the experiment and achieve results, the organization's trust in him will gradually increase.

At that time, he will naturally be able to gain the opportunity to enter the higher-dimensional channel again.

His current actions are completely illogical.

Even the motive doesn't exist.

There is only one plausible motive.

That is, he truly believed that the end of humanity was coming.

He truly believed that he had to seize every minute and second to do something to change the impending outcome.
Thinking of this, Lin Xu spoke up:
"Release the surveillance footage of his entire escape."

Have his objectives and the logic behind his actions been analyzed?

"It's already been done."

As he spoke, Qin Feng pulled up the surveillance footage, which had clearly been edited, and then introduced it:

"His course of action is very clear."

"After taking control of several security personnel, he obtained access control from them and left the villa where he was being held, or rather, placed under house arrest."

"But after leaving, he did not flee immediately."

“What I mean is that he didn’t try to leave the coordination group’s office area; instead, he tried to use his position as a security guard to enter the core area of ​​the coordination group building directly.”

“He underwent two rounds of checks there, but no abnormalities were found.”

"Until he entered the activity room—we guessed, most likely, he wanted to find Ayana."

"But Ayana wasn't in the activity room at that time."

"Upon entering the activity room, the intelligent monitoring system detected the anomaly and determined that he had appeared in a sensitive location at an inappropriate time."

"Subsequently, the intelligent system issued a replacement order to the security team."

"The emergency response team immediately arrived at the scene, took control of the first security team that had been affected, and was taken over by the second team."

"Then, the second group took Qin Shizhong back to the isolation room."

"This is the whole story of his escape, or rather, his unusual actions."

The surveillance footage on the screen had finished playing. Lin Xu looked away from the monitor, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment before suddenly sitting up.

"wrong."

He opened his mouth and said:
"This person was acting from beginning to end."

"Although we couldn't find any flaws in his actions, we observed every single one of his movements."

"The direction is too clear."

“He is constantly reinforcing his ‘persona,’ and he is constantly trying to implant new implications in us.”

"Up to now, all our knowledge and speculation about him comes from the information he has deliberately presented."

"But who knows whether this information is true or false?"

"His purpose remains unknown and has not been truly exposed yet."

"In that case, it's pointless for us to focus on the escape itself."

"What we should pay attention to is what he wants to convey to us through this action."

As Lin Xu finished speaking, Qin Feng nodded thoughtfully.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked:
"So you mean this 'prison break' was just a performance?"

"Just like the performance he put on when he first met us?"

"I can't be 100% sure."

Lin Xu replied:
"But from this perspective, it is the safest option at present."

“We can’t understand him from the perspective of ordinary people—to put it another way, you have to think of him as an actor or a director.”

"You need to ask yourself this question: what story is he trying to convey to us by putting on this performance?"

"Then it's obvious."

Qin Feng let out a soft breath.

Qin Shizhong clearly wanted to use this blind, radical, and reckless "escape" to cultivate his image as a "prophet".

What he wanted to amplify was the official fear of the unknown high-dimensional overflow phenomenon.

And what does fear bring?
The right to speak?
Does he want to gain a higher level of influence?
But in reality, if he simply wanted to influence official decisions through his "information," he wouldn't need to pull off such a stunt.
Unless, of course, he doesn't want to influence the officialdom.

Instead, they are another group: potential observers.

These observers.
Who else could it be?
"people."

Lin Xu spoke in a deep voice:

"We need to investigate immediately to see if there are any problems within our organization."

"If this information gets out to the public, you should know what the consequences will be."

"A lone hero, controlled by the authorities, deeply concerned about his country and its people, and going against the tide."

"I don't need to elaborate on the destructive power of such a character design, do I?"

"More importantly, he still has the ability to influence people's minds in some special way."

"This is clearly not something that can be achieved using conventional hypnosis techniques."

As for where this ability comes from...

"This question needs an answer."

(End of this chapter)