Chapter 214

Everyone took a breath. If what situ Yuli said was true, it would be terrible.

"How does the Internet... Control those people?" Mei asked incredulously. Although it seems that this matter has nothing to do with him, every scientist is concerned about whether the Internet itself has such a big scientific topic as wisdom. If this is true, it will subvert the existing cognition and world outlook of computers.

Situ Yuli said: "Almost all the people with chips are crazy, much like paranoid schizophrenia, but there are many unexplained common behaviors that can be distinguished from other psychiatric patients of the same kind. Finally, through a large number of data comparison and signal source analysis, the laboratory concludes that they are controlled by the Internet, which is equivalent to injecting second consciousness, so their behavior is much like schizophrenia."

"Second consciousness?" this is something that Aoki and Mei are interested in.

"Yes," said situ Yuli, "although it can't be proved to exist, all the people involved in the project at that time affirmed this conclusion."

"How many experimenters are there?"

"More than 3000 people around the world have been secretly planted with chips. When I participated in this project, the chips have developed to the fourth generation."

"The project is still in progress?"

"No, I said the project had stopped because it was inhumane."

"I'm afraid it's not just for inhumane reasons!" Mei tried to look at situ Yuli and said.

Situ Yuli was silent for a moment and said: "Professor, I can't hide it from you. The first reason is that so many experimenters have become crazy. Someone proposed to terminate the experiment for humanitarian reasons before finding a better method. Since then, the laboratory has indeed not expanded the scope of the experiment, but the data monitoring of experimenters with chips has not stopped and the chips have not been recovered. Until five years ago, laboratory 19 suddenly broke out However, he was attacked... "

"Attack? Whose attack?"

"I don't know." situ Yuli sighed. "At that time, almost all the projects in laboratory 19 had problems, many staff died inexplicably, and the laboratory was paralyzed for a time. I left at that time. It was my husband who saved me."

"Then what happened? What happened to the people and projects in the laboratory?" Mei Ziqing couldn't help asking.

Situ Yuli shook his head: "I don't know. Laboratory 19 was isolated from the outside world. I haven't heard from there since I left. I don't know if there is laboratory 19 at LBNL, but I'm sure that the project has stopped."

"How did you know?"

"Because when the laboratory was attacked, all the personnel of my project team died and the equipment was seriously damaged. I only robbed a little data." situ Yuli pointed to the USB flash disk given to Mei Wang, "One more thing, although the list of people with chips has been destroyed together with the equipment in the laboratory, I still remember some. I have tried to track down the information of these people over the years and found that they are also dead."

"All dead?"

"Yes, they are all dead! Most of them are suicides and very few are accidental deaths. Of course, my sample is small, less than one thirtieth of the total number, but since there is no survivor, I have reason to believe that all the experimenters are dead."

"Who would do that? Is it... The Internet!" Mei Ziqing shivered at the thought of this problem.

Mei tried to light a pot of cigarettes, puffed a few mouthfuls, then held the USB flash disk and rubbed it with her thumb. While smoking, she muttered to herself: "Internet... AI... Second consciousness... Consciousness invasion..."

As he read, he suddenly turned his head, looked at situ Yuli and said, "this experimental data is really precious! However, it seems that it has nothing to do with the virus mentioned in our email?"

Situ Yuli said with a smile, "you are the real discoverer of grey brain virus. I don't have any more information for you, but I can remind you that the origin of grey brain virus is probably Toxoplasma gondii."

"Toxoplasma gondii?" Mei thought it was a little incredible.

Aoki touched his head and said, "what is Toxoplasma gondii?"

Mei Ziqing explained: "It is a parasite called protozoa with the smallest body and simple structure. It was discovered by Nicole, a French scholar, in 1908 in the liver and spleen monocytes of the North African comb toed rat. Because the parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, it is named Toxoplasma gondii. It parasitizes the nucleated cells of human and many kinds of animals, causes toxoplasmosis, destroys the brain, heart and fundus, especially in the host immune function When it is low, it is an opportunistic protozoa. More than half of human beings in the world are infected with this parasite, and the infection rate in some countries is as high as more than 90%, but human beings are only their intermediate host, and cats and other cats are the ultimate host of Toxoplasma gondii. "

Aoki nodded and said, "Oh, it's something like Ascaris lumbricoides."

"Er..." Mei Ziqing doesn't understand why the person who can discuss quantum mechanics, high-dimensional space and non-material theory with the professor has a simple understanding of parasites like a primary school student, "poor... Almost, but the Ascaris lumbricoides is a little bigger."

Aoki said, "so what does it have to do with the virus?"

Situ Yuli said: "Sometimes parasitic organisms can control the behavior of the host. So far, scientists have found thousands of such parasites. For example, when the wireworm infects the mantis, it will first grow in its body and gradually control its behavior. When the wireworm becomes an adult, it will control the mantis and make it have a strong desire for water. Finally, the mantis will jump into the water and drown, and the wireworm will die Into its own breeding paradise. "

"Kevin Lafferty, an American biologist, has suggested that Toxoplasma gondii can change people's feelings and personality, and may change human culture in a huge range. Dr. Gary wink pointed out that Toxoplasma gondii can make the brain secrete a large amount of neurotransmitter dopamine. After infection, men will become suspicious and stubborn, and their aggression will increase; women are more likely to commit suicide after infection."

Mei Ziqing retorted: "these theories are not accepted by the mainstream academic circles. It can only be said that they are a guess. There is no evidence to prove it!"

"I've heard all these theories. Ziqing is right. It's all speculation. Except for the irresponsible quotation of third rate magazines and online editors in order to impress the public, no responsible scientific workers will say these words casually." Mei tried to look at situ Yuli and seemed disappointed.

Situ Yuli smiled, did not argue, and continued: "Cats are the most perfect species on earth in terms of size, strength, nerve response speed and brain IQ. Without the existence of human IQ bug, they may have been the ruler of the planet. From the perspective of domestication, cats are not suitable for pets, but human preference for cats is getting heavier and heavier."

"Do you want to say that Toxoplasma gondii has influenced humans and made us like raising cats so that it can find the final host more easily?"

Mei Ziqing thought it was funny, but Aoki thought it sounded reasonable, while Mei tried to sink into meditation with her pipe in her mouth.

Situ Yuli looked at them and said with a smile, "maybe it's a little absurd. It's not like a rigorous scientific researcher, but isn't science the truth often found from the absurd?"

"The ultimate host of Toxoplasma gondii is cats, and human society is the most unsuitable place for cats to survive. Toxoplasma gondii chooses humans as the intermediate host, which is not in line with the law of natural selection. Therefore, there must be some mistakes in the evolution of this parasite, and they are currently correcting this mistake."

"My husband and I have a guess that when those parasitic consciousness first came to the earth, the parasitic object was not humans, but cats, because from a biological point of view, cats are the perfect model of evolution. Until they found the existence of the human bug..."