Planetary Museum

When the consul threw the helmet away, his political adviser, the white-haired woman, stood up slowly, also holding the helmet in her hand, and walked out step by step.

The consul didn't go to see her, but just called his secretary: "Find me the best political advisor as soon as possible."

The secretary didn't know what happened. He glanced at the leaving political adviser: "Ms. Mary is already recognized as the most accomplished political adviser in the entire Federation."

The political officer simply snorted: "Really? Then find someone worse than her! Remember, the next political adviser had better not play games!"

The secretary shook her head without even thinking about it: "My lord, your request is too harsh, it's almost impossible."

The consul thought for a while and nodded: "But at least the other party can't be a traitor! It can't be an ally of our enemy... It's unreasonable! A natural ally!"

The secretary looked confused, and he wanted to ask more questions, but was signaled by the general, so he had to leave the war room temporarily.

After leaving the war room, according to the original schedule, the consul inspected the army.

The 23rd Squadron of the Federation is the army closest to the front line. In the past two months, this squadron was the only one that exchanged fire with the enemy at close range, achieved certain results, and successfully returned to the voyage. .

Now this army has some "morale" problems-they need the consul to go to hold the honor ceremony for the officers and soldiers.

While boosting morale, by the way, set up a heroic example in this war - some soldiers in the fleet even fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, which is almost a legend in the era of interstellar war.According to the Admiral, eight film directors now want to invite the war hero to make a series of films about this battle...

Their actions must be quickened, and the medals must be hung on each other's chests before the directors sign the contract with the soldiers-in this way, the Federal Heroes Act can protect the hero from today's dirty Erosion of entertainment atmosphere.

Since the beginning of the war, the Consul felt that many habits in his life had been changed, such as work—more than 100 years ago, his work was quite easy, and all activities could be carried out by remote control.

The consul doesn't need to worry about his performance will be wrong, he doesn't need to worry about saying a certain sentence or a certain vocabulary wrong-the intelligent government affairs assistant program will perfectly imitate all his actions.To attend an important meeting, he doesn't even need to get up from the bed, he can look at himself in the picture, follow the set tone and content, and finish all his propositions under the watchful eyes of the entire Federation.No need to recite words, no special knowledge of professional terms - in the last version of the government assistance program, he didn't even need to stay awake.

In a word, ai can do all his work.

However, all this changed completely after the war began.

The Federation declared all AI programs to be illegal data, so all work needs to be done by yourself.

The consul needs to recruit a lot of advisors and followers, while protecting his own safety, while covering up his stupidity.

The Archon had to start working out painfully to maintain a healthy figure and physical indicators-to confirm that he was suitable for the job.

On many important occasions, the Consul began to have to appear in person, wearing uncomfortable gowns, posing stiffly, and speaking words that he could not understand word by word in a robotic tone.

The Consul sometimes even wondered why people from the entire Federation would scramble to compete for this job before the colonial era—of course, the Consul would never have imagined that he would suddenly be announced as the Consul on a certain day in the future. He is an officer, and the selection criteria are only because of his psychological evaluation—that is to say, his psychological quality is the best candidate for this position in the entire federation.

Before that, he hadn't found a job for 300 years. Since he was said to be the most suitable for this job, he had no choice but to do it.

However, he never imagined that in the short 200 years since he took office, the changes in the entire Federation would be so fast - so fast that he didn't even have time to see it clearly.

"Master Consul," the 23rd Squadron was still more than ten hours away, Xing Kong No. [-] received a video connection application from the Consul's Office, "The new political advisor is waiting for your interview."

"How many candidates are there?"

"One, my lord."

The consul frowned: "Is it so difficult for the Federation to recruit individuals now?"

"It's not difficult, but you're asking for very little involvement in the game...that's it..."

"I mean, it's better not to play games, it's not that it's too little!" The consul's memory isn't that bad, so he won't even forget what he just said.

"That doesn't exist, my lord," the secretary replied. "I just did a search. Among the 233 billion people in the Federation, the number of people who don't play games at all is 6000 as of yesterday, and as of now...is 1."

The consul seemed to realize something suddenly: "You mean, in the entire Federation, I am the last person to play the game?"

"Yes, my lord, you work too hard, too earnestly."

The consul felt that he had become a joke. He asked the generals, secretaries and staff around him: "Do you usually play?"

Everyone nodded silently.

"How long?"

"Except for work...all the time."

"Aren't you sleeping?"

"Sleep replacement technology has appeared 72 years ago," reminded the consul's personal physician, "Games can now replace sleep."

The consul was stunned for a long time, and finally gave up asking: "Okay, open the video."

"Dear Consul," the applicant said after saying hello, "Let me give you a brief answer first. The topic of your interview is about the current situation of the parliament and the relationship between them and the virtual community... What will happen? Very cumbersome."

"I see, you can start."

"I know you lost your last war powers escalation bill 3 days ago, and this is your 21st failure," the interviewer said, "I listened to your live speech in Parliament live, to be honest , We already knew the result when we heard half of it."

"When you say you, who are you referring to?"

"'We' are the citizens of the Second Earth," the interviewer said bluntly, "I just learned that you have some misunderstandings about the virtual community, but please believe that when it comes to facing the rebels, our Second Earth I'm with you. AI must be contained - it's the complete opposite of your former political advisor."

"You won't be the consul of this Second Earth, are you?"

"Of course not," the interviewer said, "I am also serving as a political advisor on the second and third Earths. Of course, I hope that after this interview, I will concurrently serve as your political advisor on the first Earth."

The consul suddenly felt as if he was being interviewed—the world seemed to have become absurd inexplicably.

"Tell me, those people in the parliament...why are they indifferent to this war? Don't they know that once the battle spreads here, we will all become slaves of AI? They hate us to the bone!"

"They don't know," said the interviewer, "or, most of them are willing to believe that these hateful people are actually only a small number of people in the federation."

"minority?"

"Specifically, the rate of waking hours on Earth 30, over [-] percent of people—they call them 'physicalists.'"

"Is there something wrong with this title?"

"The big problem, as opposed to physicalism, is ideology. If you remember, 180 years ago, shortly after you took office, there was a massive resignation of MPs."

"Yes, I remember." That event was a great thing for the consul at the time. Almost two-thirds of the opponents resigned in that storm. Since then, it has been more than 100 years He met little resistance in Parliament in [-] - until the rebellion emerged.

"These people have actually never left, but their political influence has shifted from the upper echelons of the Federation to the lower echelons—that is, what you see now, the Second, Third, and Fourth Earths. In the last century Here, as the energy of the government was taken by the rebels, their actions became public."

"What is their main claim?"

"Non-violence, don't shut down the phone. You should have heard it. That was their action slogan before the rebellion," the interviewer said. "Their goal is very clear. First, let the government recognize the civil rights of digital awareness. Second, it is also Most critically—this is the basis of their cooperation with AI—they want parliament to recognize AI's civil rights."

"Treason!" The consul kicked the table fiercely, "This is naked treason!"

"It used to be counted, but it doesn't count now... The government has recognized the legitimacy of the three virtual earths. As long as they don't publicize it on the first earth, they can say whatever they want."

"How could Parliament agree to such a stupid bill! What about the thirteen Supreme Justices! Have they all gone to play games?"

"Yes... of the thirteen supreme judges, more than ten are also the supreme judges in the virtual earth. According to the latest interpretation of the constitution, people's right to freedom is higher than government power...but these are not the most critical, ruling Your Majesty, with all due respect, if you wish to obtain more legal support in Parliament, I do not advise you to make such an attempt."

"why?"

"Because Parliament is now more afraid of... your military and government agencies than the rebels."

"What are they afraid of?" This is ridiculous!The consul opened his mouth, "I am dictatorial?"

"No, if you choose dictatorship, you may gain the support of a considerable number of people...but I don't think you have enough political resources to do so," the interviewer said, "They are more afraid that you will bring the entire federal resistance in the end."

The consul felt speechless: "You mean, the parliament wants to surrender?"

"No," said the interviewer, "it's the ideologues, who want to surrender."

"They have a majority in Parliament?"

"The vast majority."

"Then when the war proposal was launched...why didn't they speak?"

"The incident happened suddenly. The government you led handled the emergency public relations very well. I still remember your declaration of war speech. For our dignity, it was very good. Before listening to this speech, I was against war. But I also agreed after that. Another point, you...may be a little unacceptable. In fact, for most ideologues, this war...is normal."

"usually?"

"They've been in the virtual world for too long," said the interviewer. "In the second world alone, there have been 8 intersolar wars...and only once in the first world. Everyone actually more It's watching the fun."

"But it's not lively now!" the consul gritted his teeth, "The long star fell today, do you know what it means?"

"I know that in the second world, I have served as a general several times. This means that the rebels will soon have the power projection capability of the entire solar system, and the war will escalate."

"But at this stall, you tell me that they don't want to play anymore?" The consul shook his head and said, "But it's not their decision anymore, the entire federation has entered a state of war, and I am the supreme commander! You I was admitted, now, tell me, how can I get the support of more people, we can't afford to lose this war."