Jin Zhouyong/"Not Existent" WeChat official account [Editor's Note] During the Spring Festival in 2021, the science fiction Spring Festival Gala organized by the "Future Affairs Administration" returns again. The Paper has once again cooperated with the Future Affairs Administrat

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[Editor's Note] In the 2021 Spring Festival, the science fiction Spring Festival Gala organized by the "Future Affairs Administration" returns again. The Paper has once again cooperated with the Future Affairs Administration to participate in this most New Year-style science fiction Spring Festival Gala.

Age of space, robots undertake most of the service-oriented work, humans can only do odd jobs, and the orphan Yun Ji is one of them. Korean science fiction writer Kim Joo-yong explores the individual's loneliness and interpersonal connections under the development of technology through Yun Ji's perspective. The article is interspersed with an idea that "we were one at first", which means that the particles that make up each individual originated from the Big Bang. Yun Ji's story is full of joys and sorrows, echoing the grand chapter since the birth of the universe.

At first we were one

Author | Kim Joo-yung

Translator | Xing Qingqing

Proofreader | Wang Jin

Kim Joo-yung, a Korean writer, has written many science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Among them, the novel "The Tenth World" won the Golden Dragon Literature Award; the novel "Time Desperate" won the Korean Science Fiction Award in 2017 and was selected as a film and television adaptation by the Asian Film Market Exhibition, E-ip Pitching and Busan International Film Examination. The Chinese version of the book was published in 2020. She is also the editor of Mirror Magazine, the oldest online magazine in South Korea.

The universe is hidden in the night, and it disappears during the day and does not reveal its traces until late at night. The universe is light. In the night sky with scattered light, a bright moon emits golden light like gold coins. Yun Ji stood in front of the window and stared at the night view in front of her in a daze. Whenever she sees various photos and videos of the universe on the news and the Internet, she will always be addicted to it like she is now and can't extricate herself. Whether it is the cosmic night view seen with naked eyes or the detailed photos after enlarging it, Yun Ji likes it very much. Whether you are watching from a distance or looking at it from a close distance, the universe is always fair, and everyone is just a trivial dust in the vast universe. Thinking that he was one of them, which was no different from others, Yun Ji's nose felt a little sour.

Universe travel has always been an out of reach of Yun Ji’s dream. Now she makes a living by replacing the odd job introduced by the robot career introduction. It will take 70 years to save enough tickets for a space sightseeing boat, and it will probably take no food or drink.

But the realization of dreams is not hopeless. People on the cosmic sightseeing boat always need to do miscellaneous work. Although the humanoid robot is specifically responsible for taking care of tourists, the robot's procedures are not perfect. Occasionally, humans need to wipe the robots contaminated with dirt and unaware of it, check the clean state of the cabin that the management system cannot reach, or deal with tricky tourists. These things are extremely trivial and worthless, so the employees are treated poorly, so they can only live in a coffin-sized room next to the cargo hold, and maintain their lives on the most basic diet and nutrients. Because food and accommodation are fully provided, the actual compensation is actually not much different from the time it takes to the ground. Still, for free space travel, many people still apply for this job.

The most popular one is the job advertisements of multinational ATZ. ATZ Company provides a free space travel opportunity to managers, their families and outstanding employees every few years, so naturally, it is necessary to hire workers to accompany them. ATZ, which attaches great importance to corporate security, has a quirky tradition of minimizing the number of spacecraft robots that travel as much as possible when traveling in the universe. The company believes that various meetings and personal privacy held on the spacecraft may be archived by robots, in a move that is precisely to avoid the risk of leakage as much as possible. The number of robots on board is extremely small, so naturally more employees who replace robot jobs are needed.

Although ATZ's job is a popular position, the competition rate is not high. Because of the safety risks, ATZ sets a restriction when recruiting employees, namely, "there has never been installed for human-machine integrated electronic devices that can communicate with the outside world through wired/wireless networks."

At this moment, Yun Ji, who was looking up at the night sky, had never installed electronic devices in her body because she couldn't afford it. Now more and more people choose human-machine integrated electronic devices to connect to the network and exchange information, while Yun Ji still uses old-fashioned portable devices separated from the human body.For the low-income class like Yun Ji, the government finally stopped the company's original plan to stop production of portable devices. About half of the people who work in alternative robots are still using this ancient portable electronic device.

coincides with ATZ recruiting employees, and the director of the replacement robot work introduction office is busy processing everyone's registration information. Yun Ji is very moved by this job. However, the director believes that even if Yun Ji signs up, she will not be selected. She suggests that she accumulate a few years of experience before signing up. Indeed, Yun Ji has only been in the third year of entering this industry, and has not yet met the minimum qualification standard, and there are not many excellent reviews given by customers. Of course, I can't get a recommendation letter from the director who can add extra points.

"There is a chance in the future." Director

comforted her with confidence. The director usually takes care of herself like an older sister, and Yun Ji naturally believes in what she says.

Director and Yun Ji live in the same apartment. This apartment is narrow and old, and most of the people live in people working in the replacement robot work introduction office. The director is over fifty years old and is nearly sixty, but he is only alone. It seems that he has never seen any family come to find her. Yun Ji has never asked about the director's past or private life, and the people living here are the same with each other.

"Can you do it?"

When Yun Ji first walked into the replacement robot work introduction office, the director asked. According to the director's recollection, Yun Ji sat quietly aside, looking like a ghost. The director talked to Yun Ji just to confirm whether she was a ghost. However, Yun Ji didn't respond after hearing her question. She just looked at her quietly, scaring her to think she had really met a ghost.

Yun Ji was so speechless that it was depressing. When she was 10 years old, she caught the 9th outbreak. Her parents and close relatives died one after another in that disaster, and since then she said less and less. The grandmother who took care of herself also died of the sequelae of the virus two years later. Yun Ji, who survived alone, almost stopped talking from then on. From then on, she felt that everything had become unrealistic, and the dream at night was more like the real world. Sometimes she dreams of grandma and parents, and the people and scenes she sees in the dream are so vivid and vivid, just like it is true. Whenever he wakes up from a clear dream in the early morning, Yun Ji can't help crying.

After grandma passed away, she was taken to a special government nurturing agency, where Yun Ji was still alone. She felt that being alone was more relaxing than being with others. Yun Ji never thought about making friends or starting a family, so she gave up on studying. She wouldn't want to experience social life if she had not had to leave the nurturing institution as an adult.

The country only provides subsidies in the first year of her departure from the care of the childcare agency, and must be self-sufficient from the second year. With a low education and no knowledge of technology, Yun Ji can only find this kind of job as a replacement robot.

Even though the information was registered at the replacement robot work introduction office, Yun Ji did not find a job smoothly at the beginning. Seeing that Yun Ji had been waiting for more than a week without waiting for work, the director reminded her not to wait for notice at home, so she simply went to the introduction office. The director said that occasionally, if you return an order, you will directly transfer it to someone working in the introduction office. From that day on, Yun Ji sat on the chair in the corridor of the introduction office and started a long wait.

Those who have been waiting here for a long time are people who are as urgently needed work as Yun Ji. At first they treated Yun Ji like a new competitor, full of hostility and repulsion. Yun Ji, who was already accustomed to being alone, did not respond to this situation. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that she seemed even more pitiful, and slowly one or two people began to take care of her. They are all uncles and aunts who are much older than Yun Ji. Whenever there are zero jobs that are easy to get started, no matter who it is, everyone will take the initiative to give them to Yun Ji, although the reward is less.

The people who are waiting for work in the introduction office are people with stories, but neither of them will explore each other's past and have never expressed their thoughts in depth. But strangely, everyone has a very close relationship and often helps each other to overcome difficulties.

Experienced uncles and aunts teach many experience and skills to the overwhelmed novice Yun Ji.Before Yun Ji experienced it personally, she had learned from everyone how to deal with picky customers and deal with critical situations. The most important experience is to make customers clearly realize that they are different from robots, and they must always keep this in mind at work.

"Otherwise, customers will easily forget that you are human, and something will definitely happen."

Uncles and aunts repeatedly emphasize this. Although Yun Ji kept this sentence in her heart, there were always things that caught her off guard when taking care of the child instead of the malfunctioning nanny robot. Children who are used to being cared for by humanoid robots cannot tell the difference between robots and humans at all. Some children are used to treating nanny robots at will. When facing Yun Ji, they often throw things away or kick them, stab them with sharp objects, or scald them with hot water, and sometimes even hit her with a hammer.

Accompanied by the sound of breaking through the air, a baseball suddenly hit her from behind, hit her shoulder and fell to the ground. Yun Ji screamed and turned around and found the boy standing behind him with a smile on his face. Yun Ji showed him the injured shoulder, but the boy looked at her with a strange look. Only then did she remember that the robot's skin could also appear bruised. Just a few months ago, in order to make the robot more anthropomorphic, developers upgraded and transformed the robot. Upgraded robots will also bruise, scream and bleed. The developers of robots who cherish robots believe that upgraded robots are closer to humans and make people more likely to get close to each other, so that the incidence of humans' rough treatment of robots will be reduced. But at the same time, there are fewer ways to prove that one is human.

The boy looked at Yun Ji in panic and picked up the baseball rolling at his feet, as if he wanted to continue to torture her. Yun Ji was so scared that she shivered into a ball, her body shivering.

Suddenly, the vivid scene in front of me became the familiar ceiling, and Yun Ji woke up. The vibrating alarm clock on his side kept buzzing. She touched the part that was hit by the baseball. Although it had been a day, her shoulders were still swollen.

Yun Ji sat up and took the dream recorder off her head. Dream recorders can record the brain's signal during sleep. The institute where she cleaned was recruiting volunteers on dream research at the time. In order to make more money, Yun Ji joined the study. This part-time job is not tiring at all. Just wear a dream recorder while sleeping. The recorded dreams will be automatically transmitted to the institute's server.

, who introduced her to this job, mentioned that people are connected to each other through dreams, and some people share their dreams. Sometimes they share and play back the dreams of life experiences during the day. In dreams, people are like they have exchanged bodies, observing people and things with other people's eyes and experiencing different lives. Generally speaking, dream sharing occurs frequently between two specific people, but there is also sharing between multiple people. This is the result obtained by computer analysis of countless dream modes. The purpose of this study is to find the significance and reasons for the result.

Although I don’t understand the meaning of these words, since taking the medicine given by the institute, Yun Ji can clearly recall what happened in her dream. It is said that this medicine can improve the clarity of dreams recorded by the dream recorder. She often dreams of becoming someone else and meeting strangers in strange places. When I began to dream that I became the uncle and aunt of the replacement robot introduction agency, the feeling was very strange. It was not until a later experience that she realized that what Haiyin said was true.

That day, Yun Ji dreamed that she became an aunt who was close to her, and hot water sprinkled on her arm in the dream. And the next day, the aunt appeared in front of her with a burned arm and a bandage.

*

introduces Yun Ji to Hai Yin of Dream Research Institute to work at the Cosmic Base. Unlike her slightly powerful appearance, she is friendly and friendly. The research consortium funded the operation and is huge in scale and requires the employment of a considerable number of humans to replace robots. Hai Yin is also one of the dream research volunteers. After seeing the recruitment notice for newcomers at the institute, he quickly recommended Yun Ji to the institute.

Haiyin is a frequent visitor to the replacement robot work introduction office. The first replacement robot worker she met is the current director of the introduction office. Because the housekeeping robot suddenly broke down, Haiyin's parents hired the director for a few days to temporarily make dinner for the robot for his daughter who was only in her teens.

Since the director does not measure the ingredients accurately like a robot when cooking, Haiyin thinks the food tastes a bit strange. The director said with confidence that this was a hand-made taste and kept asking Haiyin about trivial matters that even his parents didn't care about. The original simple question and answer became longer during the face-to-face communication, and Hai Yin, who was taciturn and had no idea, made a long speech.

"This is the first time I have said so much since I was born."

Haiyin seriously lamented that he was regarded as a joke by the director, but it is indeed the case.

After that, whenever the housekeeping robot fails, Haiyin asks his parents to ask the director to take care of him. Facing the robot that broke down every few days, the parents complained, but they didn't know that it was actually Haiyin who deliberately broke the robot. Gradually, Hai Yin could talk nonstop without the director asking questions. She fell in love with the strange foods made by the director and was unwilling to eat alone. Therefore, she now often entrusts the introduction office to buy bento for her and eat with her.

People who were employed by Haiyin said that she never confused robots with humans. Having eyesight is one thing, and more importantly, it means that she is a good employer. Since Yun Ji came to the introduction office, in order to take care of her young and fledgling, Hai Yin's entrustment was basically given to her.

Yun Ji put two bentoes in the box behind the old motorcycle and rode the motorcycle slowly forward. Haiyin often works night shifts in the hangar of the Universe Base, and Yunji is on the way to deliver lunch boxes to Haiyin. Even though the coldest January has passed, the cold wind is still so bitter when it blows. Perhaps it was because it was dusk at dusk, and the night was getting darker, and Yun Ji felt a little upset. No, maybe it wasn't dusk, but because the ATZ universe sightseeing boat that the dozen uncles and aunts who often stayed in the introduction office set sail today.

Although it is not a trip, leaving the earth to go to the vast universe itself makes everyone excited. Although the employees are not as good as passengers and they work silently like ghosts, I heard that the spacecraft is clean and tidy inside and the food is also good. Thinking of this, Yun Ji was both envious and reluctant to leave.

This time the spacecraft is planning to return to Earth after staying in the universe for 2 weeks, including the Spring Festival holiday. No one regrets that he can't celebrate the holiday with his family. No one has family. The signal light at the intersection of

turned red, and Yun Ji stopped the car and looked at the dark night sky. At this time, ATZ's cosmic sightseeing ship should have entered the predetermined track. On the other end of the distant and quiet sky, there are people she cares about but cannot see. Yun Ji suddenly felt lonely that she was the only one left in the world.

She turned her head, and the shops and supermarkets on the roadside were covered with advertisements for New Year’s gift discounts and promotions. From soap, toothpaste, cooking oil, lunch meat and other affordable daily necessities, to high-end ingredients such as beef, dried yellow croaker, and ugly orange, there are many kinds of gifts. After getting close to the uncles and aunts of the replacement robot introduction agency, Yun Ji would buy some cheap gifts to share with everyone during festivals. But this year's Spring Festival seems unnecessary, and most of the people she knows embarked on a journey to the universe. Obviously, since she became sensible, Yun Ji has been celebrating the festival alone, but after a few years, she has become a little lonely and melancholy in her heart.

"Then meet in a dream."

Yun Ji looked up at the sky and said to herself. The signal light turned green, and she rode her motorcycle toward the beach, where the cosmic base was.

The sea surface was swallowed by the boundless darkness. If it weren't for the faint sound of waves coming, no one knew the existence of the sea in the darkness. Haiyin lay in the hammock, her eyes turning to the brightly lit cosmic base control tower at a high place. The ATZ universe sightseeing ship launched during the day has already entered the predetermined orbit. To commemorate the first day of the universe, a lively party is probably on the sightseeing boat.If it is normal, after confirming that the spacecraft has entered the predetermined orbit, the robots in the control tower will enter the charging state and all staff will get off work. But it was already halfway through the night today, and the Universe Base was still working overtime urgently because ATZ held many shares in the Universe Base. This time, there were many distinguished guests on the cosmic sightseeing boat, and for the sake of caution, I had to worry more. In addition, ATZ limited the number of robots boarding on safety grounds, and many pilots and system engineers had to stay on board. The universe base attaches great importance to valuable talents. In case of emergencies, the staff who stay in the control tower will consider the safety of their colleagues on the ship.

Haiyin looked at the open hangar, and the cleaning robot was putting the remaining items after the launch today back to their original location or sorting them as garbage. Apart from the robot, Haiyin is the only employee sent to the cleaning department. At this time, there is no other sound except for the roar of the huge robot and the sound of waves from the sea. Today, there are so many employees working overtime, and Hai Yin is in a subtle mood.

But if the existence of his colleagues makes Hai Yin no longer feel lonely, it is not. After all, the gap between senior talents working in the high-ranking control tower and engineers who are responsible for cleaning robots on the ground is like clouds. Haiyin realized a long time ago that if the person he was facing was not the same, he would still feel lonely after all.

When she first joined the company, Haiyin's department was in the control room 1. During this period, she also personally boarded the spacecraft and served as the deputy captain and captain. Due to her excellent physical condition and strong adaptability, she once ranked within the top 0.5% of the number of times she participated in space flights. I thought I could be promoted quickly with outstanding strength, but promotion depends not only on strength. Because of his speech being too straightforward and stubborn, Hai Yin offended her boss, and his colleagues who used to be disguised in kindness began to secretly exclude her. Her and her colleagues have different education and backgrounds, so she was gradually squeezed out of the control room and could no longer participate in space flight. Afterwards, Haiyin became irritable and bored with anything. I couldn't stay for a long time every time I went to a department and was finally sent here.

is different from its bulky appearance, and the cleaning robot is very sensitive to movements. At this time, the robot suddenly stopped and began to spin on the spot. Hai Yin immediately stood up to check. Haiyin is strong and 190cm tall, and is often mistaken for a robot. Occasionally, someone has a superb eye to see that she is a human, but so far almost no one can recognize her as a woman.

Haiyin looked left and right at the robot, and finally turned off the power supply and modified a few slightly. After restarting the machine, the robot found the target and moved the item quickly and gradually moved away. Haiyin sat back on the hammock. Perhaps it was because of the cold wind blowing in, Haiyin couldn't help but want to drink a few glasses of warm-up wine. But now it is working hours. Although she often ignores some insignificant regulations, she has always strictly abides by the regulations on prohibiting alcohol during working hours. Because she had seen several times when humans worked in drunken states, but a minor accident caused a major disaster. It's all caused by those guys trusting robots too much.

In this place surrounded by robots, there is only one human in Haiyin. Some people may feel lonely working with a robot alone at night, but Hai Yin feels relaxed and at ease. At work, she can quietly enjoy the starry night view alone. It wasn't until she came here that she realized that she was even more lonely when she was with her hypocritical colleagues. Her increasingly irritable personality is actually a manifestation of depression.

Cosmic Base Health Center thought she had some symptoms of depression after a physical examination and arranged free psychological counseling services for her. The Consulting Center is part of the large Brain Institute of Technology, which has been developing methods to improve recording and reproduce electronic signals in the brain. Later, the institute discovered that it could record and reproduce dreams in the same way, so it formed a special research team to start recording and analyzing the dreams of countless people.

During the psychological counseling process, she was invited to participate in dream research. After participating in the research, she realized that she was sharing dreams with many people.She found it incredible and magical to be able to observe and understand other people's lives through dreams. Since taking the medicine given by the institute, the dreams that I have forgotten after I have been have been clearly left in my memory. Haiyin likes to enter the dreams of people who are sailing in the space, so that she can control the spacecraft in the dream and be familiar with the spacecraft system that has long been blurred in reality. She thought that one day she would set foot in the vast universe again, and she kept saving money a little bit for it.

A different sound came from a distance than a robot, and Haiyin turned his gaze to the entrance on the other side of the hangar. The faint light like a star gradually became brighter and closer. It was the light of Yunji's motorcycle headlights, and Haiyin happily waved her hands.

Yunji stopped the motorcycle and took out the bento in the trunk. Haiyin took the bento and walked towards the simple dining table in the hangar. Although it is winter, the surroundings are very warm thanks to the installation of a heating system. Haiyin put two boxes of bentoes on the table, and Yun Ji, who was following behind, took off her helmet. Yun Ji sat opposite Hai Yin. While waiting for Yun Ji to sit down, Hai Yin stared at Yun Ji with his light. Haiyin's bento was once taken by the introductory office, and it lasted for several years. Haiyin felt the warmth of her family from them. But since Yun Ji came to the introduction office, everyone else has never been to send the bento. The director explained to Hai Yin that everyone did this to take care of Yun Ji, and finally said that if Hai Yin missed everyone, she could come to the agency to play.

Yun Ji and Haiyin were having a meal and talked about the uncles and aunts who are working in space replacement robots now, just like their families sitting together and talking about their relatives. I don’t know if it’s because of the exchange of gifts during the Chinese New Year in recent years, but sometimes I feel that everyone is really as close as my relatives. Haiyin stretched out her chopsticks to pick up the food and suggested exchanging gifts with Yun Ji during this Spring Festival.

"Are you also preparing Uncle Junhan's gift?"

Haiyin's hand holding chopsticks stopped.

Yun Ji thought, it turned out that these two people had not made up yet. Junhan is a reporter and is very close to Hai Yin. The two of them share a dream relationship. As long as she was asked to give her three bentoes, that day would definitely be the day when Junhan came to visit. Judging from these points, the two seem to be very good, but the actual situation is exactly the opposite. Two people with completely different ways of thinking and personality always refuse to give in to each other. Basically, the two of them start with sharing the bento happily every time, end up in a quarrel, and end up in an unhappy way. But this was the first time Hai Yin was so angry, because she knew that the report that had caused the cosmic base to be upset in the past was written by Junhan.

About half a year ago, Junhan wrote a report saying that there are problems with the take-off and landing facilities of the universe base. Junhan accidentally entered the dream of the person in charge of the take-off and landing facility system, and learned from it that the person in charge had ignored the system error. He believed that this would definitely cause safety problems. Junhan is very persistent in this, and in-depth reports on take-off and landing facilities systems once became a hot topic for people. In order to ensure safety, the space sightseeing ship was suspended for one week, and the people returning on the spacecraft were naturally forced to postpone it for one week before returning to Earth. Haiyin inspected and repaired it day and night for seven days, but did not find any system errors mentioned by Junhan in the take-off and landing facilities.

After investigation, the system leader who was accused of "lack of security awareness" in the report did ignore a certain error for a time, but fixed the error a few hours later. At this point, the Universe Base claimed that Junhan was obsessed with greed and was determined to create explosive news, and even illegally monitored the Universe Base.

Because of that report, Hai Yin was so tired that she was almost collapsed, and she was gritting her teeth with hatred for Junhan. Junhan's stubborn and paranoid attitude made Hai Yin even more annoyed. But the two people who are in a dream are shared by the two, and the probability of sharing is even as high as 80%. In other words, the two experience each other's lives in their dreams. For two people with very different personalities and values, this is tantamount to torture.

The two told the research team that in order to reduce the impact of this force majeure in dream sharing on real life, they hope to stop taking the medicine. As long as you don’t take medicine, you can’t remember what happened in your dream, and it will not affect the dream recorder’s recording of the dream. But the study group rejected them on the grounds that all the parameter conditions of the study subjects should be consistent.

Thinking of this, Hai Yin couldn't help but sigh and looked up at the night sky. A few days ago, she entered Junhan's dream, so she was in a bad mood. Because in her dream she found Junhan was writing a report about the ATZ space sightseeing ship, and the title was very ominous. Yun Ji next to

asked her if she would send her lunch box during the Spring Festival. Hai Yin absent-mindedly answered "Send it" and once again remembered the familiar and friendly faces of everyone who replaced the robot work introduction office.

*

Junhan was sleepy in the back seat of the taxi holding his laptop. The taxi had arrived at the institute, but Junhan did not get off. The mechanical sound of the notification arrived rang twice, and then the seat began to vibrate. Junhan was suddenly awakened and got out of the taxi in panic.

Junhan has gotten off the car, but the taxi has not left. After receiving the notice of the loss of the items, Junhan quickly returned to the taxi. When he opened the car door, Junhan found that the laptop charger that was hard to buy on the market was lying alone in the back seat. He breathed a sigh of relief and put the charger into his old bag.

This old laptop cannot run the editor software commonly used by other journalists. The reason why Junhan is still using it is for security reasons. Now laptops on the market will automatically connect to the network, which poses great potential for information leakage. His colleagues were very worried about this and believed that Junhan was so worried that he was paranoid. But judging from his usual carelessness, it is difficult to determine that he is really paranoid.

pushed his glasses upwards, and Junhan walked towards the entrance of the institute. It took several days of snow and the ground was a little slippery. More than a month has passed since New Year's Day, and nothing new has happened recently. Political circles are as noisy and useless as ever, and always deal with important social issues in a mess. The celestial photos of the ATZ universe sightseeing ship that is operating in new space orbit can give people a little freshness. ATZ's cosmic sightseeing tour went very smoothly. Of course, this is just the view from the outside world.

Entering the research institute, Junhan climbed up the stairs. This entire three-story building belongs to the institute. On the surface, this building looks a bit dilapidated, but in fact it is clean and tidy, and the equipment is high-end and advanced.

There are fifteen minutes left before the consultation time. Junhan sat on the bench in the outdoor corridor of the volunteers involved in research, holding his beloved old notebook. Yun Ji, who was using portable electronic devices not far away, looked up and found him and greeted him. It seems that she is in a short break at work.

Junhan remembered the scene when he first met Yun Ji. He saw someone using this old-style device except himself for the first time, so he happily went to talk. He asked Yunji if he used portable equipment because of safety issues. Yunji admitted that it was because the human-machine integrated equipment was too expensive, which made Junhan laugh and cry. Junhan felt that Yun Ji looked familiar, so he looked at her carefully. At first, I clearly thought this was Zhang Sheng’s face, but the more I looked at it, the more I felt familiar, as if I was a distant relative. If you look closely, it looks a bit like a face that you can't remember. That damn feeling is coming again. The reason why Junhan joined this study of recording and analyzing dreams was to find out why he would feel déjà vu every moment, anytime, anywhere.

Since childhood, Da Junhan has been staying at home almost all the time. Until now, he has never made many friends except for people he met at work. The users and endless information on the Internet are his friends who understand and explore the world through the Internet.

Junhan firmly believes that everyone is connected and shared. The atoms that make up a person will be dispersed to a certain corner of the vast universe and become part of other individuals as they die. Over the long years, countless human bodies that were born and disappeared were one of them. It can be said that the once integrated but scattered atoms reconverge to form the humans who now exist as individuals. Humans develop machines that transcend individuality and bring each other closer together, based on the obsessive desire to return to their original origins.

The vast online world is filled with all kinds of photos and texts.Perhaps it is because he has received too much information in the online world, and in real life, Junhan always has an inexplicable sense of familiarity when facing strange places and strangers. And often suddenly foresee what will happen afterwards. This is still the case when you are interviewing or drawing materials after becoming a reporter.

He once asked people in the institute for the reason for this phenomenon, and the researchers believed that it was because he shared too many other people's dreams. Junhan seems to be able to predict, but in fact, it is because he has experienced the lives of many people and met many people and things in his dreams, and has a lot of information reserves that he can subconsciously make predictions about one thing. After learning about this situation, he began to work hard to apply the sense of déjà vu to his work, although he would occasionally make mistakes.

"Hai Yin won't come today, right?"

Just as Junhan asked Yun Ji, a big guy appeared at the other end of the corridor. Junhan hugged the laptop tightly and stood up suddenly. Seeing Hai Yin's rapid pace, it seemed that he was coming to him specifically. Apparently, Hae Yin saw the report about the ATZ universe sightseeing ship in his dream, although he kept praying that Hae Yin would not see it. Hayin is very sensitive to reports about the Cosmic Base. If she really read that report, then she would better escape quickly.

Just in time, the notification sounded that it was his turn to consult in his ears. The door of the consultation room opened, and Junhan rushed into the consultation room as if he was running away.

Junhan disappeared after he disappeared into the consultation room door, and Yun Ji looked at the place where he had been staring at. Haiyin was wearing a blue work clothes with the armband of the universe, and was stalking towards here.

"Did Junhan sit here just now? By the way, maybe he is still holding his old baby computer."

Hai Yin's words are ridiculed.

"He is in the consultation room."

Hearing this, Haiyin opened the door of the consultation room simply and called Junhan out.

Junhan hugged the laptop tightly, swallowed nervously and walked out. Those glasses were a bit bigger than their heads, but even the glasses could not cover his uneasy eyes. Junhan's height is about to reach Haiyin's chest, and he looks like a cicada sticking to a tree.

Haiyin's powerful aura forced Xiang Junhan and asked him if he wanted to write a report about ATZ. Junhan was a little scared. Yesterday he had just drafted the title "ATZ universe sightseeing ship may deviate from orbit", and Haiyin must have seen it. He obviously tried so hard to pray that this thing would not appear in the dream. Looking up at the other person for a long time made Junhan’s neck hurt. He quietly took a step back, but Hayin approached him again.

"I'm asking you."

Junhan couldn't help but lean his back against the wall. Haiyin bent down and approached his face. Junhan blushed and pushed up the glasses that had slid to the tip of his nose.

Haiyin threatened Junhan fiercely. If he wrote another ridiculous report about the universe base and made her busy, he would definitely not let him go. Hai Yin stared at the timid Junhan and repeated the previous advice from the research group.

What the other party shares in the dream is only part of life, not all, and it is difficult for the dreamer to grasp the full picture of the event through fragmented information in the dream. In addition, considering the brain's distortion of information, unlike the records of machines, people cannot fully trust what dreams show. Researchers have emphasized this to Junhan many times and repeatedly warned him not to write reports based on his dreams and déjà vu. Although Junhan was more cautious, he did not fully listen to the advice. Especially for reports on safety issues, he believes that if people do not write reports to warn, there is a half chance that people will die in an accident.

"Living... No matter how hard a living person works, it's nothing compared to saving lives!"

Although the words are bumpy, Junhan's tone is so firm.

"But ATZ's spacecraft is different. There are not only ATZ's managers, but also important political and business people invited to board the ship. Once your report is released, the space base will definitely be turned upside down. This is not only a simple word of hard work."

"But I saw it."

Junhan pushed his glasses.

Before the spacecraft set off, he entered the dream of several people, and Junhan discovered their anxiety and anxiety in the dream.

"I don't understand the technical part very well, but I know that the spacecraft has abnormalities after departure and is likely to be out of orbit."

Facing Hai Yin, Junhan was still timid, but his eyes were not shaken at all. Haiyin couldn't help but take a step back because what Junhan said was too serious.

is off track.

Haiyin recalls the urgent guide for the cosmic sightseeing ship to deal with orbital disengagement. If it is determined that the spacecraft cannot return to orbit, everyone must quickly escape the spacecraft on a lifeboat. When escaping, the passengers left first, followed by the flight attendant. All robots start the emergency escape system, and after all passengers escape, the robot stays to try to recycle the spacecraft.

"Are people in danger?"

asked Yun Ji, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, and her face was full of anxiety at this moment. Haiyin firmly denied it, believing that there is no danger even if it is off track.

There has been a precedent before that the spacecraft has been lost due to de-orbiting, but no passengers have been killed. Because the robots on board on the ship will not consider their safety or try to escape first in a crisis situation, but will insist on controlling the emergency until the end.

Even if Junhan's prediction is not a problem, the worst situation will be the loss of a spacecraft. Passengers may be scared to death by escaping from the spacecraft, but they will definitely return to Earth safely, which is nothing more than adding a strange travel story to their lives.

Haiyin warned Junhan not to write exaggerated reports, but it no longer sounded like a threat.

"But people are in danger."

Junhan said loudly as if he had changed his own. He pushed his glasses up with his hands, and walked forward firmly from the wall, step by step. Facing the strong Junhan, Haiyin was forced to take a few steps back, but she quickly regained her momentum.

"What is the danger?"

Hai Yin's majestic figure faced forward, while Junhan pointed at Yun Ji with his finger.

In the moment, Hai Yin felt like she was hit by lightning. Due to ATZ's special space tourism tradition, there are about three times more people on board than usual. Junhan stared at her tightly, as if saying, "You understand what I mean now."

"The lifeboat may not be enough."

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Yun Ji was anxiously waiting for reports about the distress of the ATZ space sightseeing ship. There were many important people on board. If the news was reported, it would definitely attract attention from all parties and may prevent the accident. But she waited and saw Junhan's report. Regarding the ATZ universe sightseeing boat, only reporters asked tourists what they thought about celebrating the Spring Festival in the universe. Haiyin said that even if the spacecraft is out of orbit, there is no danger, and told her not to worry. Haiyin works at the Cosmic Base, and her words should be trustworthy. However, after comforting Yun Ji, Hai Yin looked solemn.

Yun Ji recalled the day her parents were sent to the hospital, and she comforted her grandmother, and she looked like this. Grandma said nothing would happen, but her parents never came back. She remembered the uncles and aunts excitedly set out to take the spaceship. Yun Ji was very afraid that they would never come back, and she was alone.

Some uncles and aunts on the spaceship shared their dreams, and some of them also participated in the dream research. In their dreams, their daily lives looked safe. When working on the replacement robot, everyone works quietly and quietly, and only communicates with each other after returning to the inconspicuous dormitory. Occasionally, you can see the beautiful universe through the windows. Life in the dream is full of novelty and tranquility.

"It won't be a problem."

Yun Ji murmured to herself. She wiped the institute's desk and emptied the trash can. Maybe she was too quiet, and the staff seemed to not notice Yun Ji's existence and passed by her again and again. Maybe they regarded her as a robot.

While cleaning in the laboratory, Yun Ji learned a lot. After becoming a volunteer, she will occasionally be temporarily responsible for simple and repetitive system operations. For example, open the dream stored in the server, compare and analyze the dream data, depict the tree-shaped structure between people connected through the dream, and send and share pictures with the dream recorder.Yun Ji is confident that she can operate the basic skills frequently used in these laboratories.

Yun Ji stood quietly like a ghost in the middle of the research room, looking at the main computer. Its server may also store the dreams of uncles and aunts on the cosmic sightseeing boat. If you study these dreams carefully, you should be able to confirm whether ATZ's cosmic sightseeing ship is really a problem. But after figuring it out, Yun Ji didn't know what to do, and she couldn't think of a way to convey her story to everyone.

Yun Ji stood in the laboratory blankly, and at this time, a loud noise came from outside, and the door suddenly opened. Junhan, who was holding the laptop tightly, blushed in with a red face. The assistant researcher followed in a hurry, and the researchers who had turned a blind eye to Yun Ji were now looking at the two of them.

"This person insists on checking the dream analysis data, do you think it's a house play..."

Assistant Researcher didn't finish his speech.

"ATZ universe sightseeing boat may be in danger."

Junhan said to the researchers around him. In an instant, the laboratory fell into an awkward silence. The researchers stopped their work one after another, and time seemed to solidify at this moment. Just as Junhan wanted to speak again, everyone in the building received sudden reports at the same time. Someone broke the silence before Junhan spoke, and he said slowly.

"It seems that it's too late."

ATZ universe sightseeing boat, off track

Yun Ji tightly holds the portable device that vibrates due to breaking news. Immediately afterwards, news from the universe sightseeing ship began to appear on the news page. A reporter invited to board the ship sent a video shot, just like a special commissioner. When the names of famous people on board were mentioned, the whole world became hustle and bustle. People's escape process when the cosmic sightseeing ship is off track is made into exquisite videos that keep scrolling on the news. Because there are many important VIP guests on the spacecraft and a large number of experienced flight attendants, public opinion generally believes that saving people is not a big problem. That's all about the news, no one mentioned the replacement robot staff.

At this time, Haiyin was at home, leisurely watching the news while cooking ramen. With more than half a day left before night shift, she was responsible for hangar management and had nothing to do with the accident, so she did not receive a notice of emergency overtime. In addition to the derailment accident of the cosmic sightseeing ship, the cosmic base is operating normally. In other words, it is the eve of the Spring Festival holiday, because many people choose to travel in the universe, the universe base has become much more lively.

While eating noodles, the news played the entire process of passengers escaping from the spacecraft. In the video, the humanoid robots are all calm and the passengers have stiff expressions and rapid movements.

There is no message indicating that the lifeboat is not enough. Considering that the number of alternative robot staff on the ATZ universe sightseeing boat is three times that of ordinary universe sightseeing boats, it would be strange if ATZ did not take security measures in advance. The lack of lifeboats should be just a delusion caused by Junhan's paranoia attack. News reports say that all passengers will escape through the lifeboat within one hour. The lifeboat's automatic navigation system sets its destination to the nearest space station . If this continues, all passengers will arrive at the space station safely within a few hours.

The news that the derailment of the space sightseeing ship is gradually declining, and other news begins to squeeze people's attention. For example, the pre-sale of train and air tickets to various cities before the Spring Festival has ended. For example, during the Spring Festival, the number of people who choose to travel in the universe is no less than other festivals. All are news that has nothing to do with Haiyin.

No, maybe the people who appear in the news are related to her, maybe the dream Haiyin enters every night is part of their daily life.

Originally, everyone is connected and shared.

When he first met Junhan in the research institute, he said that. At that time, Haiyin didn't know that he was a paranoid.

But strangely, Haiyin occasionally unconsciously remembers his words, and his serious face.Whenever I enter Junhan's dream and observe the world with his eyes, I always feel that I and him are part of each other in the immeasurable distant past, just like the present.

Haiyin came back from his thoughts after receiving a message from the Cosmic Base. My colleague sent the information she wanted, which was about the ATZ universe sightseeing ship. Data shows that lifeboats are not short, but when she saw the types of lifeboats, a strong sense of uneasiness swept over with her entangled mood.

News of the lifeboats escaping the spacecraft that have arrived at the space station one after another. The passengers with the children thanked the flight attendants for their calm response, and these warm scenes spread quickly. Although the important people on the ship did not accept an interview, news came that they were safe and sound. The whole world is united at this moment, and I wish them a safe return.

Junhan anxiously waited for news from others. There are still five lifeboats that have not arrived at the space station, and the two ships that were last departing were replaced robot staff. The number of passengers almost doubled, but they set out safely anyway.

However, there is a problem with the replacement robot staff, that is, the old lifeboat that was set off at the end. Although the lifeboat can operate, the system is too backward to contact the space station, and the automatic navigation system on the ship has not been updated for more than ten years. If it weren't for an emergency, people would never have activated such nearly scrapped ships. The replacement robot staff who were arranged to escape in the last time could only ride on a shabby lifeboat like a rotten rope. At the same time, the relevant reports were completely blocked, and there was no word about the situation of replacing robot staff. Only Haiyin and Yunji can see and feel through their dreams. Perhaps this dream connects countless people, but for many people, the experience of replacing robot workers is just a dream.

The communication between the lifeboat that finally grasped the direction and the space station was interrupted and began to drift in space. It is said that people should rescue them in time before the lifeboat drifts further away, but no one has formulated rescue measures. Finally, there was news that two lifeboats needed rescue, along with the huge rescue content. People quarreled fiercely on the Internet about whether they should rescue them. There are endless messages about unpleasant experiences when hiring alternative robot workers and the belief that society does not need them and should give up rescue. Others think that alternative robot workers always misunderstood the amiable robots, which is a very disgusting behavior. Most people think that the rescue cost is too high and can only give up decisively. While everyone was arguing, the lifeboat was still drifting in space.

Haiyin saw their despair in her dream, and they were sure that they had been given up and no one would come. Everyone was huddled quietly like ghosts in the narrow lifeboat, as usual. Haiyin can call out the names of most of them, although no one will call them by their names. From director to Yun Ji, almost every one of them had lunch with her. They are part of her life. Just like the universe.

Looking at the dark night sky, Haiyin decided to do what she could. She checked the money in her passbook. If she uses the discounts from the Space Base employee, she can use her savings to travel to the space station in the shortest time. The space station has a tour program where small spacecraft can be rented to travel around nearby areas. She has a small spacecraft driving license and can rent a spaceship to travel to space.

starts from there.

Haiyin didn't think much about it and started packing her luggage immediately. She has always been so eager to return to space, but she didn't expect it to be realized so simply. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Before riding in the spaceship, the last person Haiyin contacted was Junhan. Although she also said goodbye to Yun Ji, she didn't want to see Yun Ji's tired look. Junhan was silent when he heard that Haiyin was going to fly a small spaceship to rescue the lifeboat. It is not impossible, but the possibility of success is extremely low. If it fails, even Haiyin will never come back. He wanted to ask why it was necessary, and he swallowed it again when he spoke.He has walked into Haiyin's dream countless times, observing and experiencing the world with Haiyin's eyes. Due to the huge differences in personality and values, they cannot agree with each other's actions, but understandably, as it is now.

Yun Jiyao looked at Hai Yin's departure on a spaceship, holding a bento that she had no time to give her. Before we knew it, it was already the Spring Festival. Yun Ji rode her bicycle to the institute. During the Spring Festival, there was almost no one in the institute. Yun Ji walked into the Central Research Office like a ghost, and no one noticed her, as usual. While Yun Ji was cleaning around, the last remaining researcher set the robot to work mode and got off work.

There are only computer sounds in the quiet laboratory. Outside the institute, people happily gathered with their families to spend the Spring Festival, and the Internet was full of blessings for the Spring Festival. Only lonely people wander outside.

Yun Ji thought of Junhan who was struggling alone. When Haiyin entered space, he planned to write another article to report on the forgotten people. It mainly tells the story of alternative robot workers drifting in the universe and astronauts who failed after ventured into the universe, hoping to get people's attention.

Yun Ji stood in front of the analysis system of the laboratory, searching for dream records shared by people riding in lifeboats. They had already had a premonition that it would be difficult to get rescue and left their last greetings, perhaps this was the suggestion made by one of the dream research participants. No one left greetings to his family because everyone is the same person.

The bell rings at midnight. The Spring Festival is over.

The story that no one listens to is circulating in the dream, Yun Ji hopes that at least everyone can hear their story tonight. Because the Spring Festival carnival that whitewas the peacemakers has just ended.

Yun Ji pressed the share button, and now this dream will be shared with all participants in the dream research. The number of participants is as high as tens of millions, and how many ordinary people will be connected to the participants’ dreams? Tonight, everyone will drift in the universe.

Yun Ji curled up and lay quietly on the sofa, like a ghost. Outside the window was the dark night sky, Yun Ji closed her eyes, hoping that everyone would have the same dream tonight. After closing her eyes tightly, she seemed to see countless stars blooming like fireworks in the night sky, which was a wonderful feeling. From the birth of the universe to the present, the eternal atoms gathered together and became themselves, but they dissipated in a moment. The dispersed atoms will probably reunite and become someone or something again. So, at first we were all one, but we were never remembered.

Editor in charge: Chen Shihuai