Chapter 760 Integrating into the world

Chen Yan followed Ma Zai, who was wearing a gray octagonal hat, up the gangway. After a few short steps, he stepped into the cabin and saw black plastic bags like garbage piled deep in the cramped space of the cabin.

These plastic bags were piled randomly in the corner like garbage, without even moisture-proof treatment, as if just the plastic bags could withstand the severe moisture at sea - even a layman like Chen Yan knew that they should be used during the voyage

Add an extra layer of protection to electronic products, but Thomas Gilbert's clerks obviously didn't know this. They left those delicate electronic products in the corner to be invaded by moisture, or waiting to be broken down by static electricity.

"There is no way to process this batch of goods for the time being. You have to find a way to keep this batch of goods for two days."

Ma Zai didn't feel "sorry" when he revealed the plan that was beyond the scope of the discussion. Chen Yan thought to himself that this might be because they were used to all kinds of "accidents" in the process of business.

"The C-17 area has been under repair since the riots yesterday and has not been opened. The store we cooperate with is there... I will give you the phone number of the partner, but you may not be able to get through. They are in some trouble.

, I definitely want to avoid the limelight.”

Thomas Gilbert just mentioned Area C-17, which is the area where the gunpowder stores were cleared.

Chen Yan found something quite interesting in Ma Zai's words - he clearly said "cooperation", and according to Thomas Gilbert's previous expression, electronic product repairers should belong to the Razor Party.

right.

Chen Yan asked:

"What about after delivering these items to the store in Area C-17?"

Ma Zai glanced at him, and the expression on his face seemed to say, "You don't know anything, and you just come here to do business?".

Although he was impatient, Ma Zai still gave an explanation:

"The store will handle this batch of goods, and it's none of your business."

This is indeed not Chen Yan's business. According to the original agreement, Chen Yan was only an investor, injecting capital into Thomas Gilbert's "business", and was not the executor of any stage of the plan.

Chen Yan refused the cigarette offered by the other party out of habit and continued to test without giving up:

"These things are not easy to sell."

Ma Zai glanced at the two strong men behind Chen Yan - he first glanced at Jack Baldo's hand hidden in his coat pocket, and then lingered on Swam's bald head for a few more seconds.

He realized that the other party was not easy to mess with, so he did not react immediately when faced with unnecessary questions as usual. Instead, he smoked heavily to cover up his impatience and irritability, and then puffed and spoke in vague words.

:

"Who knows, if Tommy says it can be sold, it will definitely be sold... Don't ask anymore, that's the business of the guys in the store."

According to the naming convention of the people of the Empire, the name Thomas has many ways to call him. Only those who are not familiar with him are called Thomas. Those who are familiar with him are generally called Tom. Those who are more familiar and have a closer relationship call Thomas Tommy.

Chen Yan understood from his answer that Thomas Gilbert probably played the role of "raw material provider" in this transaction-the e-waste from Yanan City was the raw material he provided, and the e-waste

The "repair" and "sale" processes are completed independently by other forces on Dais Island.

Chen Yan took the note he handed over and saw the phone number written on the note: Dea-27661321

This phone number is much longer than the phone number in Nan City. It must be because there are enough people using mobile phones.

Chen Yan did not see the lighthouse after boarding the pier, but the mobile phone signal was full, which showed that there must be a huge lighthouse somewhere on Dais Island.

Chen Yan didn't ask any more questions, and with the help of Ma Zai, he set up a trolley and transported a total of six bags of electronic waste back to his ship on the trolley.

After returning to the ship, with the help of the shrimp man, the four people spread the electronic waste in the bottom cabin. Chen Yan found that most of the electronic waste were mobile phones, including feature phones and smart phones. The only common feature was that they could not be turned on.

Under Chen Yan's instructions, shrimp man George Leibost quickly disassembled several mobile phones and restarted them through simple methods such as wiring or over-charging.

"Ha, most of these mobile phones are just running out of power. You can continue to use them by activating the electronics."

George Lebster picked up another mobile phone with its circuit board removed:

"This chip is broken and cannot be repaired. It is completely scrapped."

He showed the other three the mobile phone chip held in the tweezers in his hand.

The chip, which is about the size of a fingernail, seems to have no pins, nor does it have any input or output ports. It is just a small, soft metal piece of unknown texture.

"This material is rather strange and will react strangely to electrical stimulation."

Shrimp Man was originally an electrician. After Yanan City entered the Internet era, he learned more knowledge about weak current through the Internet, and this knowledge is put to use today.

The shrimp man touches the chip with what looks like an electric pen and presses the button on the pen.

There is no "electric light" on the iron tip, but the chip has changed - the surface of the chip seems to have "collapsed inwards" to a small extent, and the collapse process is accompanied by certain changes in the chip itself.

, Chen Yan didn't know what the change was, but he inexplicably felt an emotion similar to "burning pain" in the air.

This chip...

Is it alive?

But how can something like a chip have pain-sensing nerves?

Giving a chip life and pain, what does the Mechanical Ascension Secret Order do?

Chen Yan had long known that mobile phones were made by the Mechanical Repair Association, but he still didn't understand the meaning of letting everyone have a mobile phone. After experiencing so many things about the Mechanical Repair Association these days, Chen Yan was vaguely aware of something about the Mechanical Repair Association.

The purpose is to let the machine have "real life".

He didn't know if his guess was right.

He took the chip from the shrimp man, and the synaesthesia immediately produced all the information that the chip had processed - calls received, text messages sent, software operated, etc.

All operating behaviors generated by the chip were perceived by him, and it was enough to make a conclusion:

Although this chip has something similar to "vital signs", it does not have "subjective consciousness" itself.

He looked at the chip and quickly had another thought in his mind:

'Once [Subjective Consciousness] is involved, the Machinery Society will be hindered, and their plans will usually stall here.'

But just in terms of "vital signs", once an electronic chip composed of a certain structure of single crystal silicon has life, it is a serious "silicon-based life form".

Thinking of this, and thinking of what the Machinery Society had done before, Chen Yan felt that the true purpose of the Machinery Society became increasingly clear.

There are many chips with life like this, but none of them has ever had any "subjective consciousness".

Chen Yan thought that from this aspect, Cyborg Quinn's consciousness born from the mobile phone should be regarded as a complete "silicon-based life", because Cyborg Quinn uses the mobile phone as his consciousness.

The carrier itself has complete "subjective consciousness".

Thinking of this, Chen Yan suddenly thought to himself, since the current Cyborg Quinn was born from the mobile phone, his IP address has been sealed by the North Bureau. Now that he appears, if he is targeted by the Machinery Repair Society...

I hope Cyborg Quinn can show his talents and not be so reckless in the online world. Otherwise, once he is captured by a mysterious force like the Mechanic Society with almost no information to follow, Chen Yan will not be able to save him no matter what.

It won't cost a lot to find him.

Chen Yan looked at the chip and thought, what a surprise it was to suddenly discover the secret of the chip at this time.

Chen Yan thought, from another perspective, maybe it wasn't him who "discovered" the secret of the chip, but the secret of the chip that happened to him - maybe a secret like "silicon-based life forms will be born inside the chip"

There were already enough in existence, and the scope was wide enough, to be touched by someone with a little bit of extraordinary knowledge like him.

Chen Yan came into contact with knowledge that was originally unknown to him. He believed that this was due to his contact with the world - the normal logic should be: he came to Dais Island, where the empire invested a lot of resources, and stood on

As a rapidly developing island at the forefront of the world, I was able to come into contact with a large number of things like "chips", which broadened my horizons.

Sooner or later, people in Yanan City will come into contact with mobile phone chips, but can Yanan City have more opportunities to contact the world besides touching chips?

Chen Yan felt that Yanan City would not have many such opportunities.

The situation in Yanan City is not optimistic. The seemingly calm citizens hide even more explosive conflicts. If those conflicts cannot be alleviated by the employment opportunities brought by the airport, Yanan City may become a big thunder and explode the entire city.

The Northern Confederacy would not recover for a long time.

Chen Yan didn't want that outcome - partly based on this consideration, he organized a night school, hoping that the talents the night school would bring to society would slow down the conflict, or even stop it to a certain extent.

The development brought by education to society is indirect, and it will take many years to see results, and it will also take some years for the accumulation and outbreak of social conflicts - Chen Yan compared the situation in Yanan City with some dynasties in previous lives.

, I feel that Yanan City still has at least ten more years of good life.

Ten years is not enough time to give education some opportunities and bring enough changes to society.

But this is the only solution Chen Yan can think of.

As for himself - for him who was exiled from Yanan City, the current situation cannot be said to be an adversity at all. He can take this opportunity to see many things that he could not see before - standing on Dais Island,

Standing on the island chain of the empire, looking at the huge IoT system built by the empire to divert all conflicts and move towards an unknown future, and looking at all the technologies put into it, Chen Yan happily found that he was keeping up with the development of the world.

The trend is also heading towards the fastest growing place in the world.

Or maybe...

Or maybe it's just that the tide is dragging him along. Whether it's on the island chain or in Yanan City, he is inevitably swept up in the advancing tide of the world, making him unstoppable and unable to choose.

Perhaps, his self-righteous joy was simply due to his inner ignorance and the fearlessness born of ignorance.

Chen Yan took the chip and thought about it several times.

Although he is no longer confused, he still doesn't know how he can participate in the development of the world.

He thought that perhaps mastering some of the means of production and becoming capital itself would be a way to participate in the development of the world.

So he participated in Thomas Gilbert's seemingly completely unreliable e-waste smuggling - he wanted to participate in the circulation of production means and the operation of capital in a "relatively normal" way, rather than taking advantage of the massive amount of modular apartments.

Electricity forcefully participates in all processes with the attitude of destroying the market.

After deciding on this matter, his mood was very similar to that before he came to Yanan City, when he submitted his resume to find a job on the ferry in Shanghai. He was extremely expectant and anxious, not knowing what his future would be like.
To be continued...