Inside the greenhouse.
The young man casually pushed open the electronic screen on the table in front of them and slid out a document.
The title above reads: Agreement on brain transplant and body replacement surgery for Ms. Yuan Fang.
Looking further down, there are two options at the beginning for migrating body objects: 1. Clone, with a price tag on the back, 5 million yuan; 2. Mechanical organism, 500,000 yuan.
There are complicated clauses in the middle with a lot of words. There are six signature positions at the bottom, four of which have been signed.
The young man had already been the first to sign his name: Ye Yuanfeng.
Under the signature position, it was written that the latest operation time was a certain day next month, which was the beginning of summer.
Aunt Ye Xue said anxiously: "Yes, brother-in-law, we have all signed. Sister Yuanfang can't afford to delay this matter. It's only two weeks. We should have agreed early and started early."
Ye Xue had just learned that her mother was critically ill at this time, and her eyes were filled with tears. "My mother? What's wrong with my mother?" No one answered Ye Xue's question directly.
Silence, just silence.
Outside the window is a quiet and dark night, but the Milky Way is still gorgeous and still out of reach.
The five people sitting around the room were silent. The silence at this time overdrawn too much dialogue.
The middle-aged man was always a serious person, and Ye Yuanfeng was young and energetic. The relationship between father and son was cold, and the two had a long-standing rift.
Ye Yuanfeng was furious when he saw his silent and hesitant father, and felt even more distressed when he saw Ye Xue crying again and again.
Ye Yuanfeng frowned and said, "What are you hesitating about? Do you just want your mother to leave like this!"
Ye Yuanfeng asked again: "Is it so difficult to sign your name Ye Ce? Or can't you get even this little money?"
Aunt Ye Xue stopped Ye Yuanfeng and said, "Yuanfeng, don't talk to your dad like that. It's not about money."
Ye Ce, who had not spoken for a long time, slowly opened his mouth and said, "Let me tell you a story."
Ye Yuanfeng frowned when he heard this, and the others were silent when they heard this.
Ye Ce continued: "Oh, it's been a long time ago. It was the winter thirty years ago. My fiancée and I..."
Ye Xueming, with beady eyes, interrupted and asked, "Is it mom?"
Ye Ce shook his head slightly. Ye Yuanfeng had never heard of this before, so he was very surprised and confused.
After a pause, Ye Ce continued:
"At that time, she and I discovered a new type of energy principle in the weapons laboratory, and developed a new type of weapon based on it.
We showed our talents and won glory for the country. While we were excited, she and I suddenly decided to climb Mount Everest and come back to hold the wedding after the trip.
In fact, we were well prepared, and the friends accompanying us were actually security personnel assigned by the above. At that time, I was traveling with three friends and four Nepali tour guides.
At that time, I was young, frivolous and ignorant, trying to conquer nature and the world.
The weather was getting colder by then, and the guides knew they were particularly susceptible to blizzards. At their suggestion, we also cautiously camped at the foot of the mountain and returned the same way after the wind and snow passed.
Unexpectedly, an avalanche occurred that night, burying nine of us under deep snow. "
Hearing this, everyone had solemn expressions, and Ye Xue even screamed.
Ye Ce sighed and continued:
"When I woke up and regained some consciousness, I found that I was already in the hospital. I thought about my fiancée and asked others, but no one told me.
Later I knew that she was gone, gone forever. Alas, she and I grew up together, went to school together, and worked together. Missing her makes me depressed and self-blame.
At that time, I cried all day and all night. Sometimes I had a hard time falling asleep, and I would wake up when I heard her scream in my dreams, which felt like a lifetime ago.
When I woke up in the morning, I felt empty in my heart, and everything around me felt unreal. I forgot who I was and where I was. I felt that life was meaningless and only boundless darkness remained.
All day long I felt a giant hand holding my heart to prevent it from beating. "
Several people listened to his story and were all moved. They had never thought that such a painful thing had happened to this Supreme Being.
Ye Ce looked at Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Xue and said:
"Your mother was the deputy captain of the rescue team at the time, and was also the person in charge assigned to help me recover.
She really worked hard for my recovery. I still remember what she said to me at that time.
She told me: If it was not me but my fiancée who was lying in the hospital bed now, how uncomfortable would my fiancée be?
She told me that my fiancée was spared this pain, and that it was because of me that she was spared.
Now I have to pay the price. To compensate my loved ones for not suffering by continuing to live and mourn. "
Ye Yuanfeng and the other five people felt pity in their hearts when they heard this.
Ye Ce closed his eyes slightly, as if immersed in the past, and continued:
"I seem to have woken up. She has become a monument forever in the ice and snow. But she has also been spared all the suffering in this world. It is unfortunate and lucky.
I am full of gratitude to your mother. During that time, your mother was the only sustenance in my soul. When I gradually recovered physically and mentally, I was finally with your mother. "
After hearing this, Ye Yuanfeng and Ye Xue knew how their parents met, but they felt that such an acquaintance and love was a bit unnatural.
Several people were silent and continued to listen to Ye Ce:
"It's just that I couldn't forget her. In the days to come, I changed my research direction and devoted myself to studying the source of consciousness. At that time, the technological development of robots had begun to take shape, and human cloning technology had also begun.
My initial idea was very simple, to collect all the information and traces of contact she left during her lifetime. Then it is gathered into a complete source of consciousness, and this source of consciousness is connected to the replica.
In this way, she can come back with the same physical appearance, the same memory and the same way of thinking.
Until then, I can have her again. In the end, it took me fifteen years to really develop the consciousness source system that I wanted.
But it may have been too long, too long, when I really had this technology. But I thought, even if she really stood in front of me, how would I face it.
Besides, I know that she standing in front of me is not the real her, not real. "
Ye Ce spoke eloquently, and the rest of the people listened attentively and sighed.
Ye Yuanfeng suddenly raised his eyebrows and said in shock: "Consciousness source system? Memory transplantation?"
Ye Ce nodded slightly, but did not give Ye Yuanfeng any more explanation and continued:
“Later, Manoa came to me and hoped that I could transfer my technology to their company and promised to give me a lot of shares.
Manoa told me that his idea is to package the consciousness of a living body into a source of consciousness, and then directly dock or transplant it to a mechanical body or clone.
In this way, the consciousness of an originally living individual can last forever. Even if the body is broken today, as long as it is replaced, it will still be the same when you wake up the next day. This is probably eternal life. "
Ye Yuanfeng was shocked when he heard this and said: "Individuals can achieve immortality by transplanting their minds and transferring body objects to clones and mechanical organisms!" Ye Yuanfeng was extremely surprised: "Dad! You?"
