Earth Era - Chapter 282
The sky is getting brighter. Although it is winter, the weather today is very good, there are no clouds in the sky, and the soft sunlight spreads on the earth without reservation. The window isolates the cold air outside, but allows the warm sunlight to shine in without hindrance. They sprinkled on Xiao Yun’s body, making Xiao Yun feel a warmth.
Xiao Yun stood in front of the window and thought silently for a while, then turned around, washed and cleaned up, then left home and went to the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of the Academy of Computing Science.
After a brief chat with his colleagues, Xiao Yun went directly to the director’s office, and then directly stated his intention: “Director, I want to take a period of leave.”
The director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute is a bald middle-aged man. When Xiao Yun came here, he was busy with something in front of the holographic computer. Hearing Xiao Yun’s voice, he turned around and said, “Xiao Yun, what’s the matter? Have you come out with the results of your investigation on the materials on cold stars that may have the potential to develop new computing chips? “
Xiao Yun said: “Sorry, it may take a while for the investigation report to be given to you. I have some things to deal with, so…”
The director nodded, and then said, “Tell me, how long will it take this time?”
“Forty years.” Xiao Yun said these three words calmly.
Although the average life expectancy has increased substantially, and has even exceeded 500 years, forty years of vacation is still a bit too amazing. After hearing Xiao Yun say this time, the director opened his mouth in surprise: “Forty…forty years?”
“Yes.” Xiao Yun nodded.
“No.” The director refused the request without even thinking about it, “This time is too long. Xiao Yun, you are the most outstanding expert in the field of artificial intelligence in our institute, and there are many things that need you Do it, you have already delayed a lot of things when you went to the Raqqa galaxy for investigation and research, and now you have finally come back, but you still want to take another 40 years of leave?”
Xiao Yun has been under investigation by the Deep Space Security Investigation Bureau since he returned from the Raqqa Galaxy. The investigators of the Bureau of Investigation also made it clear that Xiao Yun was required to keep all the encounters in the Raqqa Galaxy a secret. So at this moment, the colleagues and the director of the institute don’t know what happened in the Raqqa galaxy. If they knew…they should know what the 40-year deadline meant.
After the director clearly refused, Xiao Yun’s response was more straightforward: “If you don’t allow my vacation, I will resign.”
Xiao Yun’s reaction was somewhat unexpected. After receiving such a decisive reply from Xiao Yun, the director looked at Xiao Yun in surprise. Then his tone slowed down a bit: “Xiao Yun, it’s not that I don’t want to grant you a leave, but… you have been out of the mainstream academia for 40 years before, if you are out of it for another 40 years… I think , you will not keep up with the times. The knowledge in your mind. Your ideas, your inspirations, all will be behind the times.”
Xiao Yun smiled lightly: “It doesn’t matter. Today, when the branches of science have been so refined… It is difficult to have any subversive scientific development similar to the original theory of relativity or quantum mechanics. Our entire human civilization is now It’s just doing some perfect work, which means that even if I leave academia for 400 years, as long as I study for a period of time, I can still quickly catch up with the trend of the times and still be able to carry out cutting-edge research.”
Indeed, as Xiao Yun said, the total population of human civilization has exceeded 30 trillion. Now that the footprints of human civilization have spread across hundreds of star systems, the number of branches of technology has also grown to a terrifying level. The so-called technological leap has not occurred for a long time. Human civilization at this moment is like a worker digging a plank road on a cliff, and can only advance little by little. Learning is always easier than innovating, so Xiao Yun is not worried that he will fall behind this era in 40 or 400 years.
The truth was pierced by Xiao Yun’s words, and the director didn’t know what to say for a while. But he still instinctively felt that forty years was too long, so he kept shaking his head.
Seeing the director’s reaction, Xiao Yun no longer tried to persuade him, but tapped directly on his portable computer. A document appeared on the director’s holographic computer: “This is my resignation report.”
“Forget it, I’ll give you a vacation. I’ll talk about the resignation later.” The director finally sighed and agreed to Xiao Yun’s request.
“Thank you.” Xiao Yun nodded, then turned and left.
After leaving the Institute of Artificial Intelligence. Xiao Yun then came to the Hibernation Bureau, filled out some forms here, submitted a hibernation application, and then came to the Deep Space Security Investigation Bureau, and once again found the two who had been to his home this morning. investigator.
“I decided to hibernate for 40 years to wait for the news from the Raqqa galaxy.” Xiao Yun explained his purpose very briefly: “The hibernation will start in a month and last for 40 years. So… if you guys If you have any questions to ask me~www.mtlnovel.com~ please do so as soon as possible.”
The investigator’s expression was a little surprised: “Forty years of hibernation? Why hibernate? You are continuing your life while waiting for the results of the investigation, isn’t it good?”
“Not good.” Xiao Yun shook his head sadly: “I can’t bear the torment for 40 years. Until this matter is finally investigated… I can’t let go of this past.”
“I must know the truth of the matter, and I must see with my own eyes that all those hateful monsters are killed. Only in this way can I give myself, my lover, and my friends an explanation, and my life can continue. Otherwise… every moment of my sobriety is to me every moment of torture.”
“So… I chose to wait for the truth to arrive in an unconscious sleep.” Xiao Yun raised his head and said to the two investigators very seriously. The two investigators could clearly see that Xiao Yun’s eyes had turned red unconsciously, and some liquid had begun to brew in it.
The two investigators let out a long sigh and then said: “Well, you have the freedom to choose between hibernation or sobriety, and we have no reason to interfere with your decision.” (To be continued.)