Tang Long got on the spaceship after a year's absence, went to the cab and sat in the driver's seat. He not only wanted to take another look at the base of the 23rd regiment, but also to write down the data of the route. He thought that he would have the opportunity to drive a spaceship by himself to visit these five robot instructors who cultivated him.
Seeing the command tower getting farther and farther away, the spaceship exited the base soon and saw the meteorite. Knowing that the spaceship was about to turn around, Tang Long took one last look with reluctance and closed his eyes.
After a roar, the spaceship came to a stop. Tang Long straightened his clothes, touched the military rank on his shoulder, and smiled triumphantly.
out of the cabin.
As the passage entered the entrance of the airport, before Tang Long took out the magnetic card and stuffed it into the magnetic card hole, the checkpoint was released. And a voice from the computer came from the side: "Tang Long, welcome back."
"Oh...thank you." Tang Long wondered why he didn't use a magnetic card for verification, and although the computer could say polite words, it didn't add the name, and, generally speaking, didn't it mean yours? Why does it sound like it's you
When he saw the electronic scanner on the top of the hall, he thought self-righteously that it had confirmed his identity early on, so he didn't need a magnetic card, and therefore there would be polite words with his name added. So Tang Long happily walked towards the long-distance passage that scared him last time.
He had no idea that the central computer regarded Tang Long as a friend or a junior because of those robot instructors.
Now the central computer has started to take special care of him.
When Tang Long appeared in the deployment hall last time, he immediately attracted the attention of countless people. Girls who want to join the army look at this unusual and charming handsome officer. And those male reserve soldiers stared at the second lieutenant rank on Tang Long's shoulder.
Tang Long saw the soldiers standing in the distance and hurried over. Because he wanted to ask what he should do after he came out of the training camp.
When the two soldiers with the rank of sergeant saw Tang Long approaching, they hurriedly stood at attention and saluted, "Hello, sir!" Tang Long hurriedly returned the salute. Dare to ask, because it would lose the face of the officer. I had no choice but to pretend to be passing by, and quickly left the two soldiers.
Helpless, Tang Long had no choice but to go to the consulting room in the hall and ask about the computer. Entering the consultation room, the door is automatically closed, and now people outside cannot hear what is said inside.
As soon as Tang Long pressed the switch, a three-dimensional head portrait of a computer girl appeared, and immediately said with a smile: "Tang Long, what can I do for you?"
"Yeah... oh, I'm a recruit. I want to know what I should do after the recruit training is over?" Tang Long was stunned for a moment when he heard his name appeared here, but his self-righteous understanding just now prevented him from going. get to the bottom.
"Well, you were supposed to report to the Military Coordination Office, but you have already been assigned to the Bone Dragon Cloud Galaxy—the planet Xoke to be stationed. After you arrive, you can report to the TSI-135 base. Your file has been transferred there, there Your officer will assign your duties." The computer girl said these words in one breath.
"Uh..." Tang Long was really stunned. Why hasn't the current computer system evolved in a year? Not only did he have more expressions on his face, but he also talked a lot more. In the past, he used to ask questions and answer each sentence, and how could the computer for this kind of consultation know about the deployment of the military department? Isn't the military computer able to handle these
"Ah, by the way, your family called the police to find you on the third day after you joined the army. Of course, they knew that you joined the army at that time. Recruits have seven days to rest after training. Now that you come back, you should go home and see See? Are you going to make a phone call first, or go home and give your family a surprise?" the computer girl asked with a smile.
When Tang Long heard the mention of his family by the computer, he immediately thought that he would go to join the army first. He didn't discuss it with his family at all. He planned to tell them afterwards. Who would have thought that he would go to the fully enclosed 23rd Regiment, and he would not even be able to complete the procedure for the second play? .
Now facing them immediately, Tang Long was really a little scared. Hearing the choice given by the computer, of course he replied without thinking: "I'll just go back."
At this moment Tang Long came to his senses, he looked at the computer girl in shock, how could the computer know these things? The more he thought about it, the more something went wrong, Tang Long began to back away and was about to leave the consulting room. No matter how single-celled he was, he knew that something was wrong. Just now, the computer knew about its deployment problem, which can be explained as the computer has been upgraded and has the functions of a military computer. But my family found out about me hundreds of days ago, and it is impossible for the computer to know. Even if the computer knows it through the telephone network, it is impossible to write it down. You must know that there are hundreds of millions of phone conversations every second, and no matter how powerful a computer is, it is impossible to record the content of each call.
"Wait a minute." The computer girl suddenly called out to stop him, which made Tang Long feel that something was wrong. Because it is impossible for the consulting computer to stop the person who is about to leave, it usually only says: I hope I can serve you again next time. Although he found it strange, Tang Long, who was used to obeying orders, stopped reflexively, and looked at the virtual computer girl with a little worry.
"The amount you have now is not enough to buy a plane ticket home." The computer girl playfully stretched out her index finger and shook it at Tang Long, and continued with a sweet smile: "Insert your recruit card into the socket below. , I will help you put this year's salary into it. Hurry up, what are you still doing?" The computer girl urged Tang Long dissatisfiedly.
"Ah... oh." Tang Long didn't expect that this computer would know how much money he had on him. When she said this, he involuntarily took out the recruit registration card and inserted it into the card hole on the lower right. After inserting the card, Tang Long remembered how the consulting computer could have the functions of a bank computer? And doesn't this soldier's salary need a special computer to be allocated
Tang Long stared blankly at the computer girl and asked, "Uh...I said Eldest Sister..." Before Tang Long could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by the computer girl, who shouted with bright eyes, "Eldest Sister? Call me big sister?" Tang Long didn't know why the computer girl reacted so strongly, so he nodded inexplicably.
After seeing Tang Long nodding, the computer girl immediately covered her mouth, virtual tears flowed from her big beautiful eyes, and her voice became choked up: "Woo, I finally have a younger brother..." 'She' knows how to accompany Those five companions who have been with me for hundreds of years are about to disappear, and I will spend endless years alone in the future. If it hadn't been for the appearance of Tang Long, who interested her and was entrusted by those five friends to take care of her, she might have been depressed and unmotivated to work. Now that Tang Long personally called her eldest sister, she suddenly felt that she was no longer alone, and she also had the only family member. How could this not make her cry with joy
Tang Long stared at this scene dumbfounded: "No way? Computers also shed tears? Will they recognize my brother? I didn't recognize her as my elder sister. Doesn't she know that the phrase "oldest sister" is a polite term?" These words Tang Long wouldn't say it out loud, he wasn't used to hurting other people's hearts, even if it was a computer.
The computer girl cried for a while, and said softly to Tang Long with the expression of Begonia after the rain: "What do you want to ask? Tell my sister, she will help you solve it!"
Seeing this expression, Tang Long suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere. It's a pity that he couldn't think of it. Tang Long, who was not used to pursuing these things, shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He continued to ask the question he was interrupted: "What I want to ask is, can this recruit card be used as a bank card?"
The computer girl immediately showed a surprised expression when she heard this and said, "Oh, you don't know? The recruit card is a military card. Take off the metal smart chip on the card and tie it around your neck to let the computer in the military know you Where is it. And the chip is still used to store all your personal data, personal achievements and personal property memory. There is also a military card that can be used as a phone card, credit card, passport, etc., which is only available to soldiers Privilege, don't you know this at all?"
Tang Long was stunned again, he had no idea that the recruit card had so many functions. There is no way, who told him not to read the military's explanation documents and precautions. Moreover, since he joined the army, he has never met a person who can tell him. The robot instructors must know, but they will not waste their training time explaining this.
At this time, BBB's voice sounded, and the recruit card was spat out. The computer girl said with a smile: "Okay, I have remitted your salary for this year, and changed the recruit card into an official military card. All functions are complete. Ah, and oh, if you don't have enough money, just Come and find my sister. Alright, let’s chat when you have time.” The computer girl disappeared unilaterally as soon as she finished speaking, and the electronic door of the consultation room opened automatically.
Tang Long took back his military card in a daze, and walked out confused about the situation. Of course, there were three or four reserve soldiers waiting impatiently outside to ask questions. If they hadn't seen that Tang Long was an officer, they would have scolded them a long time ago. How could they have asked questions for so long.
Tang Long was stunned for a moment, patted his head immediately, and muttered to himself: "Why does his computer become like this, and it's not bad to be humanized like this. If you don't have enough money, ask your sister? Can she add the amount in my card? Hehe, if this is not the case..."
Talking to himself, Tang Long suddenly felt like he was breaking out in a cold sweat, because according to the neurotic look of the computer just now, maybe it was infected with a virus, and it was very likely that he had gained a large amount of money for no reason. With the current advanced taxation system, once it is found out that I have suddenly increased a sum of money, I can immediately find out the source of the money. Don't talk about getting rich by then, you may be expelled from the military and sent to prison in minutes!
Thinking of this, Tang Long rushed towards the nearest bank's cash withdrawal room. He didn't want to become a second lieutenant with great difficulty and become a criminal before showing off enough. Entering the room, he quickly took out his military card and inserted it into the socket. At this moment, another pretty computer girl appeared. Instead of Tang Long's worried words, this computer girl said in a very formulaic way: "Welcome to the Commonwealth Bank. Please stand still. The highest level of password testing is about to begin."
Tang Long breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately stood up straight with his eyes wide open. In fact, he doesn't need to be special, his standing posture is impeccable, this is really thanks to the teaching of the machine instructor who transcends perversion.
The computer scans fingerprints, pupils, blood types, DNA, smells, hair strands, etc., which represent a person's identity. In this era, the passwords that need to be set are composed of these things. Of course, generally only some fingerprints, pupils, and DNA are set as passwords. The highest-level password settings include the most detailed information on smell, hair structure, pore structure, and so on. It is said that the password is set to the highest level, except for the person who set the password, even a clone of the person cannot unlock it. It can be said that it is the most secure password setting. Although it is safe, the money spent every time checking the password is not something that ordinary people can pay casually. Such complex password setting and verification, of course, have to be charged, otherwise, wouldn't it consume too much resources? As for Tang Long's fee, that "she" will of course give him a free discount.
As for why Tang Long was indifferent when he heard the computer say the highest level of password detection, it was because it was the first time he owned a credit card. You must know that he has just grown up not long ago, and he used to get pocket money from his family. And when he joined the army, he also chose the infantry service that had been abandoned for hundreds of years. How much do you think such a person would know about password settings
"Verification is complete, and the user's identity is confirmed. Hello, Mr. Tang Long, there are 24,000 federal currency in your account." The computer reported the number and displayed it on the screen, and finally used a very formulaic voice Said, "What else do you need? Withdraw cash? Transfer money? Exit?"
"I heard that a private soldier's monthly salary is 2,000 yuan. I have been a private soldier for almost a year. Well, it's not too much or too little." Tang Long was completely relieved when he saw that there was no extra money in his account. . At the same time, I looked at the numbers on the screen very excitedly. Although my family has money, I have no money. The largest sum of money I passed in my hand was the 5,000 yuan I cheated my mother last time. Now I have more than 20,000 yuan in my hand, so I must spend it well.
After Tang Long chose to quit, he took out his card. At this moment, he suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the salary of a private soldier is 2,000 yuan, so how much is the salary of a second lieutenant? Tang Long, who wanted to know how much his current salary was, came to the consultation room again.
The formulaic language of the bank's computer just now made him feel weird, and it would be more comfortable to find the humanized computer just now.
It's a pity that although the appearance of the computer girl this time is exactly the same as last time, her tone has become as formulaic as that of the bank's computer girl: "Welcome, I would like to help you, how can I help you?"
Tang Long couldn't help feeling sorry, it seemed that the computer failure just now had been fixed. He didn't know that "she" was very busy, how could she spend so much time with Tang Long all the time, and "she" thought that Tang Long was going home by spaceship, how could he know that Tang Long was still dawdling in this airport.
"I want to know the salary comparison of all ranks in the federal army." Although he felt that it was a pity, Tang Long said concisely.
The computer didn't even say a word of politeness, and just said directly: "Private soldiers are 2,000 yuan per month, and this is the base. Up to the sergeant, the increase is 500 yuan for each level. Warrant officer is 5,000 yuan per month, and this is the base. 1,000 yuan for every promotion up to captain. 20,000 yuan per month for majors, based on this, and 20,000 yuan for each promotion up to senior colonel. 100,000 yuan per month for brigadier generals, based on this , Up to the general, each level increases by 300,000 yuan. The marshal does not receive a salary, all expenses are allocated by the state, and the military budget can be freely arranged during service. After retiring, he can enjoy all the benefits during service until death."
Tang Long, who was counting the number of zeros next to the names of military ranks on the screen with open palms, couldn't help holding down the screen and shouting, "It's his grandma's! The marshal's expenses are all allocated by the state, and he can freely arrange the budget And those benefits can still be enjoyed when you die? No wonder there are so few marshals in the entire Federation! Also, being a school-level officer earns more money than being a manager. Being a general is even more terrifying, and you get nothing every month 1.6 million, which is equivalent to the annual performance of a small company! Damn it, no wonder the conditions for being a soldier are so high, and there are so many people sharpening their heads to get into it!" Tang Long scolded frankly, but forgot that he was so How can a stream of people become a second lieutenant.
Tang Long was cursing, because he didn't expect the army to be so rich. In his mind, senior military officers can earn up to ten thousand to twenty thousand a month, because food, drink, clothing and housing are usually provided by the state, and this money is enough for their families to live a prosperous life. But I didn't expect that there were so many more than I imagined, and the number was scary. Besides, he was also very angry that the low-level soldiers were paid so little. You must know that these soldiers were sent to death.
Of course, Tang Long just got angry and complained about the injustice. He has now started to calculate how much money he can get a year: "Well, I am a second lieutenant. I can get 6,000 yuan a month, and I can get... 72,000 yuan a year." Yuan!... Huh, it’s too little, I can’t even buy a better floating tram!” Tang Long, who just now was complacent about earning more than 20,000 a year, now he can earn more than 70,000 a year Depressed, it's really unsatisfactory!
Tang Long came out of the consulting room, came to the civil aviation airport on the other side, and began to look for the ticket office. Although the airport is the same place, it is divided into military and civilian uses. If soldiers have no mission and want to go to other places, they can only take civil aircraft. Tang Long appeared in this civilian hall in military uniform. Although he was not very conspicuous, his tall and straight body and energetic movements, coupled with his handsome appearance, still attracted many eyeballs in this crowded hall.
Tang Long was secretly proud as he walked, his chest puffed up even higher. Don't get me wrong, he thought these eyes were attracted by the military rank on his shoulders. To be honest, Tang Long has hardly looked in the mirror for a long time. Even if he needs to look in the mirror, it is to straighten out his military appearance, and it still takes a few seconds to complete. How can he have time to take a closer look at how he looks. Besides, even if he knows that he looks much better than before, but this year he has faced either a computer virtual human or a robot with bones. There is no real person to compare him with. I don't know what a handsome face is like, and of course I don't know how outstanding I am compared to other people.
"What is the reason? The civil aviation ticket sellers in various places are actually human beings, not computer systems! Hey... Maybe it was set up to reduce the number of unemployed people?" Tang Long muttered and found the nearest ticket office at random, and asked The young and beautiful female conductor inside said: "Please, I want to buy a ticket to the planet Ladd." She said and handed over the military card.
The young lady whose eyes were shining brightly and was staring at Tang Long from afar, woke up suddenly after hearing Tang Long's words, and her whole face immediately turned red and looked very pretty. The young lady hurriedly lowered her eyes, took the military card from Tang Long with both hands, and said softly: "Okay, please wait a moment." The card is inserted into a machine at the counter.
"Why is this lady so shy?" Tang Long stared blankly at the lady, causing the lady to lower her head immediately when she raised her head. She lowered her head and handed back the military card with both hands, and said softly, "This is a military card that allows you to use all public facilities for free. You just need to insert it into the inspection machine at the boarding gate, and you don't need to buy a ticket."
Tang Long did not understand the meaning of the word "this is", and thought that all soldiers had such benefits, so Tang Long immediately took it over, showing a charming smile and saying, "Thank you, then I will Which gate do you want to board the plane at?"
The young lady raised her head when she heard this and was about to answer, when she saw Tang Long's smile, she couldn't help but froze for a moment, her face turned even redder. It took a while before she lowered her head and whispered to Tang Long, "Board the plane at gate 14 of aisle 23."
Hearing the soft voice, Tang Long couldn't help but soften his ears. Although he wondered why this lady spoke so softly, he still smiled and thanked before looking for the boarding gate.
At this time, the young lady covered her face, stared at Tang Long's handsome back, and murmured to herself, "How could I be so at a loss? Could it be that I just saw a handsome man, and I just saw a handsome man like this?" Gaffe? It's not like I haven't seen a handsome man before, but why this time..." When I was about to say something to myself, I said: "Miss." It woke her up.
Looking around, I found two big men in black clothes and sunglasses standing in front of me. The young lady was startled, but still said softly with a smile: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
One of the big men glanced around and leaned forward, while the other big man turned around to monitor the surroundings. The big man who leaned over said in a low voice: "Miss, the current situation is chaotic, why did you go to a foreign country to work as a summer job? The Earl is very worried, please go back."
The lady's smile froze, her beautiful eyes moved left and right, and she said in a low voice, "I have changed my appearance, why do you still recognize me?"
The big man was stunned for a moment, maybe he didn't expect the lady to ask such a question? But he still quickly pointed to the sunglasses on his face, and said in a low voice: "This pair of glasses can eliminate virtual images, so the subordinates and others can recognize Miss immediately."
The young lady stroked a necklace hanging around her neck, and whispered angrily: "That bastard, lied to me that this thing will never be seen through. You must have installed a tracker on me, otherwise it would be impossible son will find me."
Of course, the big man knew who the bastard the lady was talking about, and hurriedly argued: "Your Excellency did not lie to you, the glasses are a new invention, and they were only equipped with secret agents recently, and the necklace is outdated, so we..." The big man He intentionally changed the topic to those instruments, and did not answer the question raised by the lady. It seems that the lady must have been equipped with a tracking device.
The young lady interrupted impatiently in a low voice: "Okay, I won't go back early this time. Every time I come out to play, I will be caught by you. If you don't bother me, I will be annoyed." When it came to this, The lady suddenly raised her voice: "Yes, two economy class air tickets to Lad Star cost 7,000 yuan in total."
The territory of the Federation is vast, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars to travel from the farthest planet to the farthest planet. Most of the people are in the low-income class, and they are not able to fly around the universe as imagined. Some people have never even left the planet in their entire lives.
Due to Tang Long's request, Miss has already set up the Ladd planet, so now just one click will print out two tickets. The lady handed the ticket to the big man with a smile, and stretched out her hand at the same time: "Thank you, 7,000 yuan, please."
The big man wanted to say something, but he found that there were already a few people standing behind him waiting to buy the ticket, so he hurriedly took out the ticket and handed it over with his credit card. The lady swiped the card on the machine, handed it back and said with a sweet smile: "Please board the plane at gate 14, aisle 23, and wish you a pleasant journey."
The big man said thank you and ran out, his companion quickly followed up and asked in a low voice: "What should we do now?" The big man shook his head: "No way, the lady is not willing, and we can't force her to let the second group take over the protection task Let's go." His companion was stunned for a moment, and asked in puzzlement, "Are we really going to Planet Rad?"
The big man sighed deeply and nodded, "There is no way. If you go to refund the ticket just after you bought it, people will probably be suspicious." Speaking of this, the big man showed a smile on his face, made a gesture, and pressed his ear , although his companion was puzzled, he also turned off the communicator in his ear. Seeing that the communicator was turned off, the big man smiled and whispered to his companion, "Besides, we can take this opportunity to travel at public expense. I haven't had much vacation in three years."
Hearing this, his companion also showed a smile, and also whispered: "Hehe, this idea is great. I heard that Lade Star is a tourist attraction. Let's go and play for a few days? Anyway, there is still money in the credit card. There are millions of federal coins, and I will bring some gifts to those guys, and I believe they will have no complaints."
"It's decided in this way, let's go and relax." The big man patted his companion on the shoulder, pointed to his ear, and then resumed his serious words: "02, 02, I'm 01, the lady gave us the ticket, if it's refundable, maybe It will attract the attention of interested people, so we decided to get off the plane and come back at an appropriate time. Now the task of protecting Miss is entrusted to you, in order not to hinder the flight of the spacecraft, we will close the communication after the call."
At this time, the voice of "02 understands, 02 understands." came from the ears, and the two big men in black immediately turned off the machine, smiled at each other, and raised their hands to slap each other violently. Another big man bumped the big man's arm with his elbow, and exclaimed: "Find the right time to come back after getting off the plane, absolutely! It's amazing!"
The big man smiled happily: "Of course, don't you look at who I am? Let's go. Ah... By the way, take off this black super, so that everyone will look at us." Two big men who took off their sunglasses The tall man walked towards the boarding aisle with his shoulders and necks crossed.
Gate 14 in aisle 23 is already full of people, and an airport staff in charge of ticket checking has already started to check tickets. Maybe everyone will say why these tasks that can be completed by computers casually, why rely on human hands? Everyone knows that the stability of a society is directly proportional to the number of unemployed people, that is to say, the less unemployed people, the more stable the society. With a population of several trillion in the Federation, even if it is only 1% of the unemployed population, there are still tens of billions of people without jobs. Even if the number of the federal army reaches 1 billion, it is dozens of times different from this population. If these people riot, The federation would collapse immediately.
Therefore, those relatively uncomplicated jobs such as conductors, ticket inspectors, taxi drivers, police officers, teachers, salesmen, postmen, etc. are all filled by humans. Only those jobs that are responsible for the overall control system and that are more complicated or error-prone are controlled by computers. Don't underestimate these simple jobs. These jobs take in 90% of the federation's working-age population. The federation has also kept the unemployed population at around 100 million, and is striving to move towards the goal of tens of millions of unemployed people. This still has an excellent central computer. Under the control of the central computer, the number can be kept so low. The number of unemployed people in other countries is not so small.
Also because of this, the central computer of the Wanluo Federation is the pride of the Federation, and it is also the only one whose protection level coefficient exceeds the protection of the Federation President. In the past, the black hole bomb was the first alert object, but now it is the central computer. For such an important thing, those senior engineers say that it needs regular maintenance, but the central computer has its own maintenance function, so their job is just to add functions, so they can't check the whole system carefully at all.
Because of this, the central computer is humanized, and they have no consciousness at all. It may be mainly because the central computer is very good at acting in front of other humans, and now no one knows how capable "she" is. Even if it is known that the central computer is humanized, no one dares to do anything, because the people of the Federation have spent hundreds of years and months under the management of the central computer, and are used to this kind of comfortable and convenient life, and have never What went wrong. If you want to shut down the central computer, you must first ask the trillions of people whether they agree or not.
Tang Long stood in line blankly, watching the ticket inspector boredly as he took the passenger's ticket, put it into a ticket inspection machine beside him, and then took it out to return to the passenger, and sent a wish with a smile.
Tang Long began to look around, and found that the passengers waiting for the ticket check-in to board the plane were not dissatisfied, but instead had a relaxed smile on their faces and whispered to their companions. Maybe everyone has been used to this for hundreds of years, or maybe everyone feels that sincere wishes from human mouths are warmer than those from computer girls.
But when Tang Long saw the two big men in black behind him, he couldn't help taking a careful look. Because he remembered that they were standing behind him when he bought the ticket. Seeing Tang Long looking at them, the two big men smiled with their snow-white teeth, and nodded politely. Tang Long didn't think he was a big shot, nor did he suffer from delusions of persecution, so he wouldn't have any other thoughts, so of course he nodded with a smile in return.
Tang Long was blocked by the big man in black behind him, and he didn't notice the four men behind the big man who didn't bring any luggage. They didn't relax like other passengers, and they didn't talk. Instead, they looked around nervously with their eyes, and In this room kept at normal temperature, beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads.
No one noticed that when they found that the ticket inspector didn't check the passenger's body at all, they couldn't help but looked at the metal sensor installed at the boarding gate and quietly let out a sigh of relief.