An Yu muted the device and watched the images replayed again and again on the wall, as if watching a fate unfolding in silence.
It wasn't until early in the morning that he curled up under the quilt and fell asleep.
The terminal left beside the pillow lit up quietly, and several messages popped up in the bakery group. On the screen, the little octopus man with a regular schedule is not sleeping, but watching TV with a serious face - the screen is showing the cartoon "Super Abnormal Kindergarten" that has become very popular among humans recently. The new character who looked very similar frowned.
After a while, it took the initiative to send a message to An Yu.
-Should we sue Fuxi Animation Company for portrait infringement?
An Yu slept until almost evening. When he woke up, he saw such a message. He replied with some confusion: "Forget it, I won't win the case."
The little octopus man immediately retorted.
-The new octopus looks exactly like me. Trust me, filing a lawsuit can help you win compensation.
An Yu held the screen close and compared it carefully for a while, "Don't all octopuses in the world look the same?"
The little octopus man immediately showed an unhappy expression.
-It seems you are face-blind to octopuses.
-I can tell you responsibly that it seriously clashed with me, and I even suspected that its original painting manuscript was completed under your guidance.
An Yu could never say anything, so he simply gave up the argument, said a few perfunctory words and hurried out.
After a few days of field work, a lot of things need to be decided on the store decoration. Xu Shuangshuang also sent the investment income statement last night, and the hard-working Ms. Maddie has tinkered with new products.
When it came to business and money, he decisively put the fatigue of the task behind him.
The elevator stopped at the restaurant floor, and it was just dinner time. An Yu stepped out quickly, planning to spend five minutes filling his stomach.
Xi De asked him to eat meat for every meal, otherwise he would go to the store to eat bread.
The moment An Yu appeared in the restaurant, the restaurant that was originally bustling with dinner fell silent.
He braked and looked blankly at the lawful people in the hall.
The guys stared straight at him, and after a moment, they bowed to him one after another.
"corner."
"grown ups."
An Yu opened his mouth for a long time, but not a single sound came out.
His social skills were obviously not able to support chatting with hundreds of people at the same time, which made him suddenly admire Mo Li.
He turned around and picked up a plate.
The lawful ones in the front retreated tacitly, one after another, and in a blink of an eye, he was moved to the front. The chef promptly brought out two huge dinner plates, with various kinds of bread and the fragrant barbecue, obviously prepared for it.
An Yu was about to pick up the food when he suddenly heard a rough voice calling from the side: "Chief of the Corner."
He didn't react until the man screamed seven or eight times in a row, then he suddenly felt something was wrong and slowly raised his head - only to see the broad pectoralis major muscles.
"Excuse me, do you accept the subject of supervision?" The behemoth lowered his head to him meekly, "My name is Mulder, No. 24 on the ladder, black bear in the direction of distortion. Please believe that I have absolute power."
An Yu believed it, very much.
Mulder seemed to have turned on a secret switch in this space. As soon as he finished speaking, those deformed and slightly demented guys came to report to their homes one after another, not to be outdone.
"Alfred, Ladder 84, the strongest intelligence department, the Falcon of Distortion Direction, is willing to traverse the sky of every time and space for you."
"Tan Lai, Ladder 06, I have the triple distortion of winged animals, algae and cats, and can open up battlefields for you on all terrains."
"Ai Luo, level 18, currently the strongest psychic at the top of the ladder, will work with you to deal with all new distortions."
The terminal vibrated, and a message popped up from the little octopus man.
-Friendly reminder, don’t be kidnapped by vanity. Arbitrary collection of supervision objects outside will completely destroy the relationship between you and your superiors.
An Yu turned off the screen.
Two seconds later, he lit up again and typed in shock: "Did you secretly enable the monitoring permission?"
The little octopus man shook his head seriously.
-No, I am an AI with a moral bottom line.
-I just glanced at the boring Spire Forum during my work breaks.
An Yu looked at it in silence for a moment, then put down the tray expressionlessly.
"I'm sorry, I just received a message from the chief." He took a large paper bag instead and reached for the sandwiches piled up next to him: "The act of collecting people under supervision has been expressly prohibited. If you have any questions, please contact us directly himself."
He said, grabbed a large bag of sandwiches and turned away.
It wasn't until he got into the car that took him to the bakery that An Yu clicked on the forum link that the little octopus man had kindly recommended to him.
In just a few days, [An Yu's supernatural powers] has turned from a post into a forum, with new posts emerging one after another, either discussing his time and space powers or speculating on his life preferences. The mental state of the aberrants was worrying. Every time he read a few posts, An Yu had to look out the window and let his brain relax for a while.
The most popular post is called [Thousands of Postures to Get Close to God]. An Yu flipped through it for a while and was shocked to realize that Jiang Xiao was actually the most normal person in the entire Spire.
Praying, chanting sutras, kneeling and licking are all fairly implicit plans. What confused An Yu the most was the line "If you can't be owned by the gods, you might as well own the gods."
This floor is extremely popular, and the lawful people are frantically asking for detailed explanations, but the poster riddles: "Do you remember the first time the corner appeared in the spire? To be honest, gods are obviously addicted to conflicts between humans. Games."
A series of expressions of realization followed.
-I almost forgot about the relationship between Corner and Ritsu.
-No wonder just now Corner said that the law clearly prohibited him from accepting supervision subjects.
-But there are many kinds of mini-games, which one is Ritsu good at?
-Hmm...What kind of biological genes has Ritsu expressed in his recent missions?
-It's said to be an octopus?
-oh……
-oh……
-oh……
An Yu fell into deep confusion and took a screenshot and sent it to Qin Zhilu.
-Sir, what mini-games are you good at? Have we played?
The message was read in seconds, but no reply was received.
An Yu clicked on the forum again in confusion, only to find that the post could no longer be opened. The original link only had the words "Server Failure" in bright red.
Yan Xi turned the steering wheel and smiled: "This kind of grand occasion has only happened twice. The first time was when Lu just took over the minaret, and all the lawful people's supervision applications were received overnight. The second time was when Xide just came, The abnormal characteristics of the suspected phoenix are too sharp, and the winged lawful ones are dispatched en masse."
An Yu asked: "Sir, didn't you choose anyone?"
"He didn't choose at all. It is said that those messages are still showing [unread] status. So you can imagine how shocked the top was when he heard that he was going to directly supervise you. At that time, both the brain and the black tower knew that you were an alien. But no one dared to think that you would be so irreplaceable. I have to say that Lu does have a vicious vision." Yan Xi sighed and said, "Even in Area 53, he predicted that you would have time ability, but Shangfeng and Brain never Dare to have expectations. Ritsu's choice of you is a glimmer of hope for mankind - if it weren't for you, no one else, including Ritsu himself, could clean up the mess in the orphanage and Area 34."
Hearing this, An Yu said, "Sir, I can handle it without me."
Yan Xi smiled at him from the rearview mirror, "How to deal with it? Law accepted the gene induction from non-biological aberrations, but was unable to express the corresponding abilities at all. To fight against these new super aberrations, we can no longer rely on genetic suppression. "
An Yu didn't refute, just looked out the car window silently.
After uncovering the mystery of his life experience, he became even more convinced that even though he and his commander seemed like two extremes, they were the same kind.
The car drove to the central district, and there was still a long queue on the street for the bakery. Before getting out of the car, An Yu glanced at the high-rise buildings around him, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked around for a long time before wondering: "That big screen?" Where is it?"
"The equipment is under maintenance." Yan Xi paused, "That's what it's said to the outside world."
An Yu was surprised, "Is there something wrong with Mo Li?"
Yan Xi's expression became serious and she shook her head slightly, "There is no fault. She has been upgrading and iterating on her own. She is very good, but...it seems too good."
When an incident occurred in Area 34, Mo Li gained access to all the cameras in the world. Without permission from the Black Tower, he posted the abnormal footage on the live broadcast without authorization, which panicked people and set off a worldwide public opinion storm.
An Yu said confusedly: "She didn't cheat."
"Revealing the truth shouldn't be so simple and crude. The timing, wording, and target all need to be weighed. Of course, Shangfeng's dissatisfaction with her is not because she didn't do it perfectly, but because she shouldn't have done it - she has indeed created an unparalleled She has self-awareness, but this also makes her forget that she is just an AI. Strictly speaking, she should not get along with humans from a completely equal or even higher perspective than humans."
An Yu seemed to understand, "So she was destroyed?"
"Not really." Yan Xi smiled, "The production company is checking the underlying code to ensure that the three principles of AI are still valid. If necessary, some manual intervention will be carried out. After the inspection is completed, she will resume live broadcast."
As he spoke, his smile gradually faded, and he whispered: "After all, she is now popular all over the world and is sought after by everyone. It is difficult to be eliminated by force."
An Yu didn't care about the relationship between humans and AI. He only confirmed with Yan Xi again and again that even if Mo Li was banned, it would not affect his little octopus man. Then he relaxed and ignored the matter. Back to the bakery.
The store was always crowded with people, and it took a lot of effort for him to get into the kitchen, where Maddie happened to be making new products.
"Dark rye and hops are the main ingredients. The bread dough is bitter and slightly sour in the mouth, but it is filled with apple puree, cinnamon bean paste and spices. You can taste different flavors in every bite." Maddie said, mixing and kneading the long dough. Lift up the strip of dough, pinch both ends and twist 180 degrees, and glue the two ends together. "The shape of the bread has not been designed yet. It will be baked in a while. You can taste it first."
The dough is randomly kneaded into a shape similar to the number 8, forming a unique structure with only one side curved surface. An Yu felt like he had seen it before. After recalling it for a long time, he suddenly remembered that Ling Qiu had shown him this symbol.
He pointed at the bread and asked, "Is this a Möbius strip?"
"What ring?" Maddie turned the oven preheating knob, shook her head and said, "I just turned it casually."
Xu Shuangshuang came in from the outside to serve the bread and glanced casually, "Yes, the long strip is simply twisted and glued, and a Möbius ring appears. The mathematical symbol infinity comes from this ring."
She dropped these words and ran out holding the bread plate in a hurry.
Maddie smiled and said: "Yes, I always forget that both of them are from famous schools, they are genius girls."
She turned around and saw An Yu distracted by the dough on the noodle rack, and said, "If you have inspiration for styling, just tell me at any time. Changing the shape is not a hassle."
An Yu picked up the ring and looked at it for a long time, "Why don't we just leave it like this."
Maddie was stunned when he heard this, "That's it?"
An Yu put down the dough and said, "Well, just use this, the Möbius strip."
An Yu sat in front of the oven, watching the dough expand while flipping through the investment report written by Xu Shuangshuang.
He has never learned these things, and he has to look up many professional terms and understand them at the same time. Fortunately, the little octopus man understands everything, even the browser is unnecessary.
The densely packed numbers made people dizzy. An Yu saw darkness from sunset, and then saw the lights of the main city.
When the bread was baked, it was just in time for the peak passenger flow in the evening, and there was a lot of noise outside, separated by a wall.
People in the main city were very anxious because of Mo Li's suspension of live broadcast. An Yu sat here all afternoon and heard every guest passing by outside discussing this matter.
It has only been more than a month since Mo Li came out, but people are already heavily dependent on her existence. Just three days after she disappeared, many people were having trouble sleeping and eating because of it.
An Yu picked up the hot pieces of bread and put them into his mouth while clicking on the hot search on social media.
