Can Ci Pin/Imperfections(残次品)BL by Priest

Chapter 6

6

Five minutes later, lazy, zombie-like jazz music was played again in the Speakeasy. The deeply unconscious "spider" was bound to a table leg with an electrocuting metal string, and the headmaster who was supposed to go back to his beauty sleep was seated again at the bar counter.

The green lizard crouched lazily on Zhanlu's shoulder like a plastic ornament, unmoving.

Bixing Lu's hands ran uncontrollably over the lizard's spine, and the texture scared him even though the lizard wasn't even bothered in the slightest. "Is there anyone that can explain to me about the entertainment of keeping this stupid thing?" Lu asked with chills running down his spine.

"Reptiles have a long history, sir." Zhanlu answered him with immaculate reasoning, "And as they are ancient and mysterious, they have been the blueprints of imagination-oriented gods and demons that can be dated back to the Earth Era. As you can see, it's notably quiet, and it has a gorgeous, ever-changing temperature and also a cycling life magnetic field---it is a conflicting yet bizarre organism, yet as alluring as an antique came to life."

The artificial intelligence's romantic heart flabbergasted Lu.

"He means that this thing is more suitable for background decorations." B4 added perfunctorily.

Epiphany dawned on Lu, who immediately accepted the reasoning, and understood the loveliness of reptiles at light speed.

B4's fingers lightly clicked on the counter twice, getting Lu's attention, "How much do you know about the Eden you mentioned just now?"

"If I had enough resources, I could even build one on the Eighth Galaxy!" Lu replied boldly.

B4 listened to his almost foolish confidence with great patience, and thought that even the whole Beijing-ß planet couldn't contain young sir Lu's nerve.

"Eden is the first class in IT department. The popular science books were edited by myself." Lu said, gulping down a glass of soft drink to wet his whistle and ready himself for a long speech, "Now, you two, do you know the event that separates OSC and NSC?"

B4 didn't even bother to give him a reply.

Though Zhanlu answered him enthusiastically, "If we speak about it politically, it would be the establishment of the Union. But speaking technically, it would be the construction of the Eden."

"Bingo," said Lu, lowering his voice, "Now, students, please close your eyes and let your imagination loose. Come with me to the capital planet of our Union---imagine that you're a normal citizen living on Wotto, having a living condition similar to the one you have now on the Beijing-ß planet, living in a tube-shaped apartment with only one room.

Zhanlu couldn't stop itself from speaking: "But, Sir... ..."

There is no such living condition on Wotto.

"Shh—" Lu said in a mystifying voice, "Don't interrupt me."

"Under the effects of Eden, your home should be like this: you wake up in the morning and find yourself lying on a soft meadow with forest smells surrounding you. Your favorite animals running around you. Of course, they are unrealistically clean and cute and has no excrement at all. Maybe you like the sea more, then your home will look like the seabed with colorful fish and coral surrounding you. You can feel the sea gently rocking you like a crib, but you won't even feel hard to breathe or constricted by the pressure as a mammal," Lu's voice was perfect for spreading evil beliefs with its attraction. He said and grinned, "And that is just the tiniest speck of what Eden can do."

Zhanlu was still stuck in his problem. "But, sir, there are no such buildings in the First Galaxy like that... ..."

"Enough," B4 interrupted, "Just shut up and cut to the point."

B4's words poured down Lu's passionate midnight class. "Oh, okay. Actually, the Eden is a large mental network made up of both humans and machines that also covers most aspects of daily life, and can serve humans to the largest extent possible." said Lu dryly.

"I also did not mean for you to speak like a textbook." said B4, unsatisfied by the answer Lu gave.

Bixing Lu, experienced with this kind of behavior with his troublesome students, changed his words in no time as B4 asked.

"It means that under the service area of Eden, your brain can connect with any AI anytime you want. For example—you're sitting at the bar counter now, right? So, if you connect to Eden, when the thought of a drink flashes across your mind, the bar will immediately make a drink for you. And as Eden is connected to the human brain, it can also control human senses—let's use drinks as an example again—if someone wants milkshake, but is also on a diet, then the bar will give him a glass of cold water and make Eden stimulate his senses, letting him 'drink' the milkshake he wanted without any calories."