Chapter 153 Steel Monster
"Azure Dragon... White Tiger... Vermillion Bird... Black Tortoise... Megatron... James Bond... Rocky... Newton... Jesus... Sakyamuni... Confucius... Einstein... Guiguzi... Phoenix... Caesar..."
When Rong Yuan woke up in the middle of the night and went to the bathroom, he heard the intelligent computer muttering about a new name. It adopted Wandou's suggestion and also used emoticons. However, the emoticons looked cute on Wandou, but looked rather scary when put on a 70-inch TV screen.
The next morning, when Rong Yuan woke up, he heard the intelligent computer shouting happily, "I figured it out! I decided on my new name!"
"What?" Rong Yuan ignored it and went straight to brush his teeth and wash his face. Wandou asked curiously.
"My name is Xiaoqiang!" the intelligent computer announced loudly!
"puff--"
Rong Yuan directly sprayed out the water he was holding.
"Cough, cough, cough..." He held onto the sink and coughed twice, then asked, "What did you say?"
The intelligent computer said proudly: "Xiao Qiang, it indicates the protagonist's invincible luck and the fate of a successful person who will fight again and again, strive to improve himself, fight tenaciously, and finally win. I think this is a very good name-" It asked with some vigilance: "Why are you reacting so violently ?"
"Very good." Rong Yuan agreed first, then asked, "I think you must know which creature Xiaoqiang refers to in the sugar text, right?"
"Of course." The intelligent brain immediately said, "It mostly refers to cockroaches, also known as roaches, which are very tenacious creatures. They have a history of hundreds of millions of years. They can eat almost any organic matter. They can survive in vacuum, high temperature, underwater and other environments much longer than humans. After the head and body are separated, the ladder-like nervous system in the body can still control movement and physiological functions. In addition, their reproductive capacity is also far greater than that of humans. A female cockroach can produce as few as 10,000 and as many as 100,000 offspring in a year. Except for its lack of intelligence, it is a creature that is more suitable for survival than humans in all aspects."
Rong Yuan was speechless, slammed the door shut and continued to wash. Wandou jumped onto the coffee table in front of the TV, looked up at the intelligent brain, and said, "But do you know what humans think of cockroaches?"
"I know, and I also understand that this is a kind of indifference, rejection, and contempt for potential lucky people that arises in the human heart because other creatures are better than themselves. It can also be called jealousy, or the hostile attitude that naturally arises when different creatures compete for living space. We must look at the problem from an objective and rational attitude. We cannot try every means to exclude other species because of dissatisfaction and jealousy of their superior status. We should face up to their advantages."
After the intelligent brain finished speaking, it saw Pea in front of it with a frown on its face.
The intelligent brain asked cautiously: "Isn't that so?"
Pea's little head shook vigorously from side to side.
After Rong Yuan tidied himself up and came out, he said directly to the intelligent brain: "Change your name."
"Objection!" the intelligent computer shouted in grievance, "You said you would let me choose my own name! You don't agree with this or that, so why didn't you just choose one for me from the beginning?"
——That’s because I didn’t know your personality and imagination well enough at that time.
Rong Yuan said, "Okay then. You can choose any name you want. I won't object anymore... Are you sure you want to be called Xiao Qiang?"
A pair of big eyes on the screen blinked and blinked again, as if the intelligent computer was in a fierce psychological struggle. After a long while, it said slowly and insincerely: "Well, since you object, then forget about this name... Actually, I don't like cockroaches that much, after all, they have no intelligence... Of course, the main reason is my respect for you, my master..."
"So what do you want to be called?" Rong Yuan interrupted it mumbling about why it gave up this name and asked directly.
"Okay, okay, you are such an impatient master." The intelligent computer said, "Legend has it that when a flood destroyed the world, a ship saved humans and all creatures on land, allowing them to survive when the flood submerged the land and reproduce after the flood receded. This ship is called Noah's Ark. I want to call it Noah."
"Okay, Noah."
Rong Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, this name was much easier to accept than what it had thought before. In the middle of the night, Rong Yuan even heard it muttering the name of the current Chief Councillor.
He agreed so easily, and the intelligent computer, which would be called Noah from now on, was a little bit reluctant to accept it. It asked repeatedly: "Really? You really won't change it? In fact, you can continue to give suggestions! I'm not that insistent... You know, a name is a symbol of a person's life, so it's never too cautious - of course, I'm not a human, but I have pursuits that are no less than humans! I am an intelligent computer with pursuits... So, do you really agree? Are you not going to regret it? Don't you think..."
"Shut up! If you say another word, I'll call you a chatterbox from now on!" Rong Yuan said unbearably.
An X-shaped patch suddenly appeared on the screen's mouth, which was made up of simple lines and opened and closed.
Rong Yuan stretched out his hand and said, "Wadou, let's go."
The pea jumped into his hand and turned into a watch, following him out the door. Behind Rong Yuan, who didn't see it, a hand appeared on the screen, holding a white handkerchief and waving it.
…
Rong Yuan's biological clock was very punctual, so his assistants knew exactly when he would start working. When Rong Yuan arrived at the cafeteria, several assistants had already sat down to eat, and when they saw him come in, they all stood up and greeted him respectfully.
Rong Yuan nodded, took his breakfast directly, and sat at a table alone to eat.
The environment of the research institute is very closed. Internet access, mobile phones, and going out at will are not allowed. You can contact your family regularly with a very bulky landline phone. All means of communication will be monitored. If you need to go out for special circumstances - such as medical treatment or funeral, you must apply in advance.
But correspondingly, all aspects of life enjoyment will try to meet all requirements that do not violate regulations. For example, three meals a day are all buffet style, with the freshest ingredients, the most carefully prepared dishes, including a variety of dishes, and you can order in advance if you need, completely free of charge, and food from all over the world can be brought in as quickly as possible.
However, no matter how delicious the food was, it couldn't save the assistants' broken hearts. They hadn't spoken to Rong Yuan formally yet, and hadn't even been called by their names once. The reason was simple: these assistants were only "reserve troops". In more than a month, only one of them had passed Rong Yuan's assessment, and the rest would probably soon become "past tense".
The content of the assessment was not complicated: Rong Yuan required each of them to use basic experimental instruments to successfully prepare the solution used in marshmallows, which is now officially named "Rong's RX solvent" by experts from Sugar Country.
They all had the complete process in their hands, which was detailed to the second. Rong Yuan also demonstrated it himself. It felt like he completed it effortlessly, so they all thought it was very simple at first. However, when they practiced it themselves, they found that any insignificant mistake would lead to the failure of the experiment. Even if they stared at it for a whole day, it might turn out to be something inexplicable. If one of them hadn't succeeded, the others would have suspected that Rong Yuan hadn't told them any key steps. When they asked the lucky person, the other party couldn't explain it, and could only say that it was "based on feeling."
——I feel your head!
However, they personally watched the lucky guy's production process and did not find any difference with their own steps. However, in the end, there were two different results. In the end, they could only think that they might have made a mistake and did not notice it.
Regardless of success or failure, the arrogance and impetuousness of these one-in-a-million geniuses when they first entered the research institute have been completely polished away, and even had a reverse effect. Some people have such broken hearts that they have begun to doubt their lives. They sit at the dining table with dull eyes and almost stuff the soup in the spoon into their noses.
"Good morning, teacher!"
A tall and thin young man who was a head taller than Rong Yuan stood in front of him, bowed respectfully like a primary school student, then stood up and adjusted his glasses. After Rong Yuan nodded, he went to get breakfast.
——This is the lucky assistant, Ning Shiming, who is also the only assistant who has stepped into Rongyuan's private laboratory. He believes that there is no order of learning, and the one who is more accomplished is the teacher, so even though he is already 28 years old, he has always called Rongyuan "teacher" since the first time he saw him.
After dinner, Ning Shiming and Rong Yuan went to the laboratory on the bottom floor of the experimental building. This laboratory is more than 50 meters deep underground and covers an average area of more than 1,000 meters. In addition to some lathes and alloy materials, the most conspicuous thing is a steel monster that occupies three-quarters of the area. It is like an octopus entrenched underground, with twelve tentacles deeply inserted into the ground. It is about 13 meters high. It can be seen that it is a semi-finished product. At present, it only has a basic skeleton and has not yet been added to the shell. The various components and wires exposed inside are like the muscles, blood vessels, and bones inside the human body, complex and hideous.
Although he participated in the construction process of this steel monster and watched it grow from nothing to something day by day, Ning Shiming still felt doubt and fear in his heart every time he saw it - is this really the thing I built day and night?
He was not good at speaking and had no idea what Rong Yuan was building. He only knew that the confidentiality level of this machine was very high and only a few people seemed to know about it. As soon as he was allowed to step in, he was immediately warned not to tell anyone any details here.
So during this period of time, Ning Shiming became more taciturn than before. If he hadn't greeted Rong Yuan every day, others would have suspected that he had lost his ability to speak.
There are more than a dozen engineering robots in the laboratory. Of course, they have no intelligence, but they can quickly complete complex tasks after entering the program. When Rong Yuan and Ning Shiming came in, they were still installing various components. Ning Shiming took the instrument to measure each node and check whether there were any errors in the installation. Rong Yuan looked at the construction progress, changed the program for the two robots, and then carried out his main work - the program of the most core part of this machine is too complicated to be completed by an engineering robot. Entering the program would also have the risk of leaking secrets, so everything was done by him personally.
The lab only worked for five hours a day, after which the lab would be closed, and only robots could move around inside. Rong Yuan spent most of his afternoons studying, mainly medicine—Chinese medicine, Western medicine, witch doctors, ancient medicine, modern medicine, and the Moon City medicine… and the various medicines with fantastic effects that could be exchanged in the Merit Mall.
As soon as Rong Yuan returned home in the evening, he heard Noah, who had been bored all day, shouting, "Master, look at my new look! You don't like facial expressions, right? I changed my look, how do I look? Am I handsome?"
