Chapter 182 Yin Yang Fish Picture
After closing his stall, Tiny habitually dragged his heavy feet towards home. Halfway through, he remembered the guest at home, so he went to the fruit and vegetable store to buy some fruits and vegetables, and also brought two crabs home.
From afar, he saw the light coming through the window of his house and couldn't help but smile. He felt a little warm in his heart. His fatigue seemed to be swept away by the expectations in his heart. He quickened his pace and walked over.
The more society develops, the farther people seem to be from each other. Tini's parents have long passed away. Although he has many brothers and sisters, they are only one more layer of blood relationship than strangers. He does not have any close friends or colleagues, and everyone around him is just a nodding acquaintance. He longs for friendship and attention in his heart, but he never feels that there is anyone around him who is worthy of his trust. Therefore, Tini is very lonely. His life is like a stagnant pool of water, repeating the same process day after day, making people numb and desperate.
But now it is different, he has a friend... no, or it should not be called a friend, he has someone who needs to be protected and cared for, which has brought tremendous motivation to his life. All his mind and energy is focused on that person, and he has no time to feel despair or think about philosophical problems.
When Tiny got home, as expected, his guest was still reading a book with his e-reader. When he saw him coming back, he looked up and asked with concern, "Did you have a good day?"
"It couldn't be better." Tiny suddenly felt all the fatigue in his body disappear. He raised his hand to show him the ingredients in his hand and said, "We're eating crabs today!"
The young man sitting by the window smiled faintly, and it wasn't obvious how much expectation he had, but Tini was already very satisfied. He hummed a song as he carried all the ingredients into the kitchen, and soon the sound of cooking could be heard.
The people in the living room turned their eyes back to the books, their expressions very focused. This was a very young octopus, he didn't look like an adult yet, with a cute round head and clear amber eyes. Children of this age should be protected and taught by their parents, but for some reason this octopus appeared alone on this island, exchanging precious golden corals from Tiny for a place to stay.
Tiny knew why. He noticed that the boy did not have a Pichu star ID card on any of his tentacles, so he knew that he was an "illegal resident."
It is not surprising that octopuses lay hundreds of eggs at a time. In the past, when conditions were bad, most of these eggs would die because of being hunted or unable to survive, and only a few children could survive to grow up and lay eggs. However, now, with the help of technology, newborns can be well taken care of, and the chance of premature death has been greatly reduced. In order to avoid population explosion, the government strictly controls the number and quality of eggs laid by the Pikkhu octopus at a time. It can only lay eggs once in a lifetime, and is only allowed to produce a maximum of three children each time. Therefore, some octopuses who want to have more children take risks and give birth in the sea without protection. Those fragile babies survive with difficulty under the extremely limited care of their parents, and die in batches. In the end, the children who are extremely lucky to survive become illegal residents of Pikkhu. Without identity cards, they cannot go to school, work, buy and sell, enjoy any benefits, or take any means of transportation alone. Basically, they either become wild octopuses with low intelligence in the sea, or sneak into the city to steal, rob and smash, and have a very bad reputation. Most Pikkhu stars will directly drive such illegal residents into the sea when they find them.
But Tiny looked at the octopus that risked his life to trade with him, but he couldn't make the decision to call on others to force him back into the sea. He was still a child, and there was no reason for him to pay the price for his parents' recklessness. He looked so young, cute, and innocent, and he deserved to be properly taken care of and protected.
So Tiny brought him home, and with him a responsibility .
——This young octopus is naturally Rong Yuan who has transformed himself with a mimicking suit. Although alien octopuses and humans have different aesthetics, there is one thing that all intelligent creatures have in common, which is the desire to protect the next generation.
So he deliberately disguised himself as a minor octopus, and even thought that his appearance was ugly and cute. As expected, all the adult octopuses he met, especially the large gray octopus he chose as his target, could not help but treat him gently.
As long as he could achieve his goal, Rong Yuan didn't feel any shame. Although he was already an adult on Earth, on Biqiu Star, a young octopus in his twenties was still a minor - the average lifespan of Biqiu Star people was over 300 years old.
These days, Rong Yuan lived in Tiny's house, and with the help of his reader, he learned about the planet's history, culture, military, technology, race, relationship with the Alliance, desire to join the Alliance, etc. Most importantly, Tiny's house had a port to access the Star Network, and after Rong Yuan inserted the Noah replica USB drive into it, it silently penetrated most of the Star Network area, with only a few highly encrypted protective walls blocking it out.
At night, Tini went to sleep in the bedroom, which was directly connected to a large pool of sea water. He had a very good sleep quality in the past few days and always woke up at dawn.
Rong Yuan put down the reader, pinched his nose, and felt his eyes a little sore. He closed his eyes for a while and whispered, "Have you saved everything?"
"Yes." Pea answered standing beside him. The database and other unnecessary contents stored in the optical computer were almost all deleted, and all the space was used to download books. In the highly developed civilization of the Interstellar Alliance, the knowledge barrier was so small that it was almost non-existent. Most books could be downloaded from the Star Network, even some very advanced technology and extremely dangerous weapons materials in Rong Yuan's eyes. Some fool-proof tutorials could even teach you how to build a nuclear weapon or a starship from scratch as long as you could read.
However, the more you have, the less you can cherish. Any alien who can connect to the star network can easily obtain the knowledge that the best scientists on Earth have spent their entire lives pursuing, but they would rather let this gold mountain rot and mold than reach out to get this wealth that is within their reach. For example, Tiny is satisfied with his identity as the ground emergency commander of the spacecraft. In fact, he spends most of his time playing virtual games in the office. He only has room to play a role when the computer fails or an accident occurs, and the probability of an accident is very low. He sometimes makes some exquisite handmade gifts and sells them, which is also his greatest pride; and the dead Deb would rather use an unsafe rope to repair base stations in space, and he has no idea of using his free time to study to get a better job.
Rong Yuan knew that there were all kinds of people in this world. Although he didn't quite understand why some people could waste their time so comfortably and spend their short lives on things that were not worth it, he understood that for some people, perhaps this lazy life was their happiness. He would not give advice or make comments on other people's lives easily. He just saw those people who were satisfied with their own ignorance, and then looked at the scientific information on the Star Network that he had to use at least a million merits to exchange for before, and he always felt that a pearl was covered in dust.
In fact, 99.9% of the information on the Star Network is just whining, advertising, chicken soup for the soul, repeated information, error messages, gossip, etc., which is no different from garbage to Rong Yuan. Only 0.1% is truly valuable information. Perhaps this is why it is difficult for Tiny and others to learn and grow from it. With only one planet, Earth, it is difficult for people to accurately extract useful and reliable knowledge from the vast amount of information on the Internet. What's more, the Star Network connects at least thousands of planets, and the amount of information on the Internet is incalculable. Compared with its huge base, the probability of 0.1% is really too low. If Rong Yuan did not have an intelligent brain, he would not be able to extract the essence from it.
Tiny's family didn't have any bulky electronic products like computers, nor any paper books. The reader in Rong Yuan's hand replaced the function of all books, and the medium for logging into the Star Network was a pair of holographic glasses like windshield glasses. After wearing them, the airtight design would block all external light sources. Rong Yuan was like being in the void, and various options for browsing the Internet floated around him. As long as he focused his eyes slightly on a certain option, he could open it, communicate and interact with other people on the Star Network, or play highly realistic holographic games, but the degree of realism was only visual, and could not be felt by hearing, touching, smelling, etc. Of course, there were also products that could provide a full range of feelings as if they were in the real world, but those helmets or larger game cabins were very expensive, and Tiny's salary was simply not enough to afford them.
Because the holographic network and games were so interesting, Rong Yuan was addicted to them for four or five hours without rest, until his body sent him a signal of thirst, and then he suddenly woke up. After that, he never logged into the Star Network for more than half an hour a day, and all the downloading tasks were handed over to the intelligent brain and Wandou.
"Master, aren't you tired of doing this? Isn't it very important for humans to enjoy life and have proper entertainment?" said the intelligent brain replica - Noah No. 2 lazily.
Rong Yuan said: "This is not an environment where I can enjoy myself at ease."
"This is a relative question. There is no completely safe environment in the world. Whether it is safe or not depends mainly on your personal crisis judgment." Noah No. 2 said. After waiting for a while, it lost the desire to talk without getting a response from Rong Yuan.
Noah 2 is completely different from Noah. It is a smart brain version of "100,000 Whys". It has obtained more knowledge from the Internet than any other living being, but it also has more questions than anyone else. In addition to completing the tasks assigned to him by Rong Yuan, the question that Noah 2 ponders all day long is - Who am I?
A replica of the intelligent brain, Noah No. 2, a tool of the master, a program, a combination of numbers and symbols, a substitute... He found various reasons for his existence, thinking about many questions that only philosophers would think about, struggling all day long. Compared with the name, he cares more about why he exists and what is the meaning of his existence. Rong Yuan kept calling him "No. 2" to save trouble, and he didn't object, and he didn't make a gimmick like an endorsement image for himself.
"Master, there is an unexpected situation." No. 2 said, and used the external speaker function of the holographic glasses to play a short video. It was an open-air advertising video on a small island. It is worth noting that there is an image that appears in the video.
The Tai Chi Yin Yang Fish Diagram, when they were on the spaceship, Rong Yuan had casually drawn it for Paco. Surprisingly, this octopus man with a low intelligence saw the meaning of it at a glance, and the more he read it, the more profound it became. He pulled Rong Yuan to discuss it several times and praised it highly. No. 2 analyzed and compared the pictures on the Star Network. There are actually countless similar images on the Star Network, but none of them are the real Yin Yang Fish Diagram. Only Paco, who has seen it and thought about it for a long time, can draw such an unbiased image.
"Master, I analyzed this picture and found that it contains a piece of information including time and place." said No. 2.
"This is a trap, Rongyuan." Pea said hurriedly.
"I agree with this statement to an extent of 87 percent." Number Two said, "This advertisement has been broadcast on all islands and ocean cities on Biqiu Star. In addition, Biqiu Star has recently implemented strict management of spacecraft, implementing a policy of lenient entry and strict exit. Any spacecraft that wants to leave the planet will be carefully inspected. It is said that this is because the space pirate Okba has infiltrated Biqiu Star."
Rong Yuan stared at the picture for a while. There was no doubt that this was a message to him, but who posted the message, Paco? Or the person who took Paco away?
"Number two, how is the spacecraft now?" Rong Yuan asked.
"It is still on the tarmac and has not been detained, damaged or monitored. There has been no special management reinforcement near the tarmac and no suspicious persons have been found."
"If Paco leaked my information to the enemy," Rong Yuan said to himself, "why didn't they take control of our spacecraft?"
