Stranger

“Wait, do you seriously think that genetics doesn’t give anything?”
- Of course not. Well, judge for yourself. Do you remember our class twenty years ago. Someone was easier given history, someone physics. Some have won olympiads, others have not. According to your logic, the winners should all have a cooler genetic platform, although this is not so.
- However, almost all winners with class C at least, if my memory serves me
We are unlikely to check this. In addition, we didn’t have V-shek, as far as I remember. And D-shki were mostly not from the most prosperous families, so here genetics is of indirect importance.
- Yes, you are right. It's hard to check. However, haven’t you noticed that simple hard workers from that factory outside the window speak as if they are reproducing a Markov chain: they took N words, they simply deduced M words from memory. For example, after the phrase "union of Soviets" they will automatically continue with "socialist republics", since this is the most likely continuation.
- A bad example, to be honest.
- Yes, I agree, we need to remember more ...
“Besides, your words give off a certain touch of fascism. You took and indiscriminately called a whole group of people "underdeveloped." While I partly agree with you, I've noticed this myself before.
- Exactly!
- Rather, some people's speech is similar to the answers of John Searle from the Chinese room experiment.
- Is this the one who does not know hieroglyphs, but answers according to a given algorithm? Well, in fact, he gives out without realizing either the question or even his answer.
- Yes, yes, the same one. However, I sometimes notice this myself. That's why I think that genetics is not so important. Rather, a person is determined by character than by some genetic platform.

All right, here I am at home. Why are conversations with former classmates sometimes so exhausting? They seem not to see the obvious, as if deliberately ignoring the facts and observations that lead to the opposite point of view. How so.

And after all, it’s a no brainer that the guarantee of the country’s future lies in the potential of citizens who, as a result, receive a good education and then move science and other things forward. However, no, despite the fact that it is possible to give birth to children of class A, in our country even class C is already a curiosity. And at the same time, the obvious superiority of A-Shek in everything is denied.

Although modernity cannot be taken away, we are both smarter and healthier, and in general better than the inhabitants of past eras. Once upon a time, science invested in technology, new devices appeared. Then we came to the conclusion that such smart systems began to appear that they knew better than the residents themselves what they needed. And after this game and the screams of the owners of these things, now we have a ban on data collection (except for a couple of semi-state companies under strict control), a ban on the development of supercomputers (again, with a couple of exceptions). We began to invest in people, everyone can improve themselves. Cool vision, hearing, physical endurance, reinforced skeleton, built-in batteries for long hikes. In general, everything is cool, except for one small detail: we are different. All people can be conditionally divided into several categories. The first are those who were born in the old way. Their organism is the simplest, prone to all classical diseases. The rest are GMO people, divided into five categories: from A (most-most) to E (not much more progressive than classic kids). All this stuff is called "genetic platform". Depending on it, a person can improve himself: choose implants, etc.

People have become really different. Wealthier people buy A class genetics for their children. The poorest are content with the simplest. And we got a caste system backed up by science...

How did people used to walk in the forest? You are either near civilization, but you are unlikely to get lost or get hungry (or get tired of walking). Either you are far from the nearest road, but with all the risks. Still, virtual reality does wonders - you take a helmet - and you are already in a forest where there are no people. Even more - you honestly feel that there is no one here. But calm and lonely. Interesting, what the hell is this?

- Hello. Well, how are you here?
- Oh damn. Who are you, or what are you?
- What's the difference? I am here to talk to you. You don't mind?
- I don't even know. And who are you? And what do you want to talk about?
- Decency and curiosity got the better of your character. However, I am interested in something else: do you really work as an engineer at a chemical plant?
“Actually, yes, I work. And how do you know about the plant? And where such conclusions about the character?
“Yes, as I expected, you are not a moron, which is good. Well, let's do it right. The fact is that I need a person who could work as a chemical engineer in the laboratory. As you know, bases working in this title can be obtained, but my order is not the easiest. Therefore, I need a person to whom the result will be as important as it is to me.
Is this something illegal?
— No, not really. It's a slippery topic, a gray area. Conventionally, if you rearrange the urn on the street five meters to the left (well, so as not to interfere in the aisle), you can be thanked, or they can give you a fine. It's the same here.
Basically, it's illegal. I understood you. You wouldn't tell me the whole truth here, would you?
Yes, definitely not a moron.
- Thank you. And what would you like to offer me?
- I'll start from afar. As I said, I need an assistant who will be ready to help not for the sake of material gain, but for the sake of a higher goal. Although this does not negate the material benefit. Therefore, this question for you: why did you say to your teammate a month ago “you react so stupidly, as if with ghetto genetics”?
“Hmm… How did you know?” Well, I said for a simple reason - I was excited, we were losing, and she allowed her rivals to gain the upper hand. It seemed to me, by the way, that online games are fundamentally not monitored by the government.
You are right about the last one. There must be a safe area for people to safely vent. Which is protected from any surveillance. Therefore, by the way, you are not afraid to talk to me now, because no one is guaranteed to hear us in this forest of loneliness. So I was just around, heard you. And then - a little knowledge about the bases, and I saw that you are also an engineer of the class I need. However, let's get back to the essence of the statement: why did you say that? Not “you are stupid”, not “you are a brake”, not “well, noob”, namely “ghetto genetics”?
“Because we have a caste system now because of these genetic platforms. If you were born with class C, then you are dumber than almost any class B. You have no way to put cool eyes, you have no way to speed up your metabolism. And that won't change. Even in the Middle Ages it was possible to change the estate, but now it is impossible. Progressive society, man.
But they say that the main thing is the person himself. Character and so on.
- But no, nothing. A higher-class platform makes it possible to work with fundamentally different tasks, it allows you to really move progress, and not just control robots in a factory. This is even seen in the example of politicians, public journalists. They seem to calculate a bunch of actions in one move, which I am not specifically capable of. I noticed this for a long time, but sometimes it hurts my eyes.

A strange man hides this crap. Obviously he's not a cop. For them, this is too difficult an action. And it is unlikely that he is from the special services, I am too small for them. But how did he find me? And I wonder how he knew that this topic with genetics hurts me so much? Mysterious, of course. And at the same time, it pisses me off. Damn, I need to stop walking in circles and still sit down, otherwise I look like a neurotic somehow ...

Serious thought, very serious. As I see it, it sunk deep into your soul, your hands are still trembling.
- Yes, you are right. However, who are you?
- It's not very important yet. Though guess who I am.
“Hmm… Well… Since you were able to sneak into this forest unnoticed and wearing a non-standard avatar, then you must be a burglar.” In addition, you somehow know about me, somehow even tracked me down. So?
Close but keep going
“Are you by chance not wanted?”
- No, what are you. Those who want to raise money on a slippery slope and at the same time do not think of finding a screen are on the wanted list. Conventionally, if you want to sell something prohibited, then always do it in such a way that, in extreme cases, the police will find someone else and calm down on this. Previously, gangs were used for such machinations, which were only a screen and a source of cheap inmates. Now things are a little more complicated, but the essence is the same. So no, I'm not wanted.
- Obviously, you also need to somehow solve the issue with genetics. Are you also dissatisfied with your class?
- No, I'm a pure A-shechka. However, I'm not rich enough to just sit around and do nothing.
“Hmm… Why do you need me?”
“I see you’re not interested in delving into the current situation. Sad, but expected. In short: I want to steal a certain medicine that can change a person's class.
- Wow. Is there such a thing? Damn, what the hell is this? Seriously? Or is this a new type of scam?
— I see, you don't have a very large vocabulary. 10 minutes ago you called me crap, now you call the same word inconvenient news

Damn, he doesn't seem to understand. How is that? If I knew that the class can be changed, I would already be digging the ground in this direction. And not only me. Damn, damn, damn. Or is this friend just a scammer? Let's assume that this is so. How would I check it?

“Your squint betrays you. You seem to think of me as an ordinary bred, right?
- Yes there is a bit. Can you prove to me that at least you don't want to throw me and kill me?
— Decent question. In short: absolutely nothing, you have to trust me. Sounds cool, right? So, I will prove to you that I am not lying about changing the genetic platform, and then I will even promise to do it. You go to the darknet, check my reputation, and you can also draw up a contract there. Anonymous, everything is like with people, although I only know you, but others will not be able to detect you. I will also show you that our enterprise is possible. As a result, in the event of a fiasco, I risk my chaste reputation. And you risk your life, alas. However, if successful, you will be an honest A-shka, with the experience of life as a C-shka. And I will get a device that will help correct the condition. Is it coming?
- Honestly ... Probably.
- Okay, let's do this. You will soon receive an email with my dark web coordinates. There you can find me, send me a message "Egoist" and a public key. I'll draw up a contract, sign it with my own key, encrypt it with your public key. If I dump you, you can report it to the platform. However, no one has complained so far. On the contrary, I have many successful contracts. Is this suitable?
- Yes, sure. However, I expect more clarification from you.
- Naturally. Read, study everything. Come up with questions. Come into your second favorite game, well, the fantasy one. Go to the Forest of Monsters alone, hunt monsters, and in exactly two weeks I will be waiting for you there. I will answer questions, but you can not sign the contract yet, I'm not in a hurry.
- Looks fair. OK.
- Fine. I will not repeat everything now, I will sign the details in the contract.
- Thank you…

It's time to leave the forest. Nothing like a walk. Okay, I'll wait for the letter.

Another truth about the history of the world

All this was strange yesterday ... Maybe I dreamed everything? Now programs are more difficult to hack, they have learned to monitor security. Yes, and privacy at the level, although they still found me.

Okay it does not matter. If no letter comes, then it was all a joke. Or sleep, it doesn't matter. Time to work.

So what is this letter? Some Nemo, here are his coordinates and key. Interesting... Now let's roam around not the most legal exchanges... Yeah, here it is. Good rating. Apparently, he has been spinning in this business for 30 years, and not a single scammer. There are several failures, the costs were compensated without platform arbitrage… Wow, it is present on five platforms. Well done, what can I say. Okay, let's play this game. He said, like, to create a private / public key, send him a public one and save the private one to a USB flash drive ... Done.

Oh, the encrypted and signed contract came. It's great that here ... Yeah, pull out a mechanism that can change the genetic platform of the body. Details, guarantees of getting out of the clutches of justice ... Well, the reputation of a person is normal. Okay, I'll sign it and send it as is. What's the point of waiting? In a week and a half, I’ll go hunting for monsters, at the same time I’ll chat ...

So where is he? It's just me and my pet lynx.

- Hey
- Wow. Have you moved into a pet?
- Well, you can say that. I rather changed the module in this virtual lynx, now I kind of act from it. It's nice when developers do not remove debugging and manual control tools from the code
- Not bad. However, tell me the details.
- Apparently, you are now talking about our contract. What do you want to know? More precisely, to begin with, what do you know about our world?
- Well ... In general, if we talk about progress, then all the most interesting things began somewhere in the twentieth century. First there was the first world war, then the second. Then, after about a hundred years, an information confrontation began, which resulted in the third world war. As a result, the countries collapsed, so now we have more or less one government on the planet, but we all live in different countries. There are a lot of C-level people in the current one, there are few states in which there are mainly A-shki.
- Yes, you conveyed some of the things quite correctly, however, as always, there are a couple of nuances.
“Hmm… Isn’t that what the historical publications say?”
I must have read them a long time ago.
- What am I saying wrong?
Yes, that's right, it's just that the essence of the changes was different.
- In terms of?
- Let's skip the first world wars, the Cold War, etc. Let's focus on the information confrontation. In the middle of the XNUMXst century, two main blocs emerged in the world - with European and Asian civilizations. However, more than half of the countries, both in terms of population and territory, did not adjoin any of them. So, the confrontation started from here. At first it was economic, then for spheres of influence. Then a fight broke out between corporations, which were given carte blanche for tougher competition in foreign territory.
Are you talking about contract killings? They seem to have always been. Is not it so?
— No, just a radical increase in the number of cases of industrial espionage, database leaks and so on. Also, don't forget that this was the golden age of data collection. A bunch of systems knew better than a person what he really needed. Everyone was analyzed and so on.
Is that why there is such serious privacy now?
- Yes, you are right. So, there was another problem - the systems made it possible to solve a number of problems much better than a person. For example, it was extremely useful for the military. As a result, the two sides decided to remove the enemy. As a result, the third world broke out, with nuclear weapons, everything is as it should be.
- As far as I know, it is not used in such a way ...
“It doesn’t work like that, that’s the problem. Most of those who made rockets created the bulk with flaws. Since profits can be made now, and in the event of a war it will still be bad. Yes, it was difficult to test. In general, only a tenth of the weapons were really what they were talking about. Everything else didn't explode in time. As a result, nuclear weapons did not have much effect on the war.
"You're talking about two sides, but there were actually three, right?"
- More like four. During the war, the US sent a couple of warheads to a number of Arab countries. It seems to be accidental, although you can figure them out. As a result, there were: European civilization, Asian, Arab and abstentions. For example, some African countries did not even notice the war particularly, since they were not particularly jammed with nuclear missiles, and there were enough skirmishes of their own.
Hmm, I was told something else...
- Well, of course, European civilization has won. However, during the war there were two more incidents: the mixing of nations led to problems with patriotism. More precisely, many residents did not want to fight against their homeland. Conventionally, an Arab in Germany did not really want to fight against the Arabs, which is logical. Another incident is too smart systems. For example, they sent squads to slaughter just to simplify the logistics. Well, that is, they stupidly soaked their soldiers, because somewhere someone placed the weights incorrectly, but in the end this was the situation. The funny thing is, everyone had this problem. Plus, the analytics of everything and everything that I mentioned above was added to this. As a result, simply by analyzing the Internet, one could understand where the troops are now.
- Wow…
- Sure sure. As a result, after the war we had a couple of tasks. The first was about limiting data collection. And radically. Can you imagine, a smart home in the XNUMXst century could not always light a light bulb without the Internet
- Idiots...
- That's for sure. Another problem: how to save the nation? After all, the more successful you are, the less desire to have children. And, unfortunately, there is a downside - the less successful you are, the more children you will have. This had to be stopped
It's fascism, basically. You can't stop people from having kids just because they're unlucky in life.
- Yes, yes, it didn’t work out, it didn’t work out. However, such thoughts really were, this cannot be taken away. As a result, they remembered the idea of ​​genetic modification, invented before the third world war. The thing is that the nerve endings of a person can be improved, but you will have to asymptotically approach the limit. Imagine a muscle. Ligaments have a tensile strength, so the longer the ligament, the lower the maximum instantaneous force. And the more parallel ligaments, the longer the outer ones, that is, by increasing the number of ligaments, we increase the strength, but there is a limit. It's the same with our neurons. If you intertwine them in a certain way, then you can transfer more information from the limbs and internal organs, but there is a limit here.

My lynx sighed and continued:

- In fact, the brain can also be improved. You can replace the circulatory system with a slightly more efficient one, weave the neural connections a little better, increase the size of the thinking organ itself. Further, brain regions can be shuffled so that those that interact more often are closer. In general, there is room for optimization, but there is a limit here. As a result, the concept of the most efficient human nervous system was developed, however, so that the neurons remain approximately the same neurons. Similarly, we worked on all organs, according to the scheme faster-higher-stronger. So we got a class A genetic platform. As I said earlier, it can't be cooler, well, if we leave DNA and other things. Although now they are talking about complicating DNA so that the number of bases is not 4, but 6. This will make it possible to get rid of common viruses with animals, but this is the future, and a radical one at that.
- Interesting ... And the other classes, apparently, this is a simplification of class A?
— Yes, you are absolutely right. If my source was right, class C was designed to be "he must be the most intelligent of the liveborn." As you understand, the higher the class, the cooler the brain. For example, in our first conversation, you asked two questions, and I partially answered the second, but you forgot about the first one in the end. So to say, not enough RAM. And part of the conversation was forgotten.
- Probably ... Now I don’t even remember my first questions. Only there is an association "some kind of crap" in memory.
- Apparently. Okay, let's continue. In all genetic platforms, there are only two fundamental differences: the power of the brain and the number of nerve endings that go to the organs. Conventionally, an eye implant for A-shek transmits more information than a similar one for B-shek. This in turn creates boundaries for the functionality of the organs. For example, I can force the adrenal glands to pump adrenaline into the blood, but you cannot. Not yet.
“And what about class C?” You say that it was not created by chance.
- Yes, you are right. We will talk about the social structure of our society later. In general, if we figured out the kids of the elites, then let's look at the proletarians of mental labor. So, class C was created in such a way that its most likely representative would be similar in mind to a conditionally successful individual born in the classical way. For example, take a great lawyer with experience. He is given only complex cases, each time he has to analyze a complex process, he has to understand the mood of society, and so on. In general, the brain works. Few can plow and think like that. And so class A was worsened so that class C was obtained.
- Hmm...
- You're really sad. More than half the world's population is dumber than you. And they are less adapted for life: they are weaker, not particularly hardy. And plus you are definitely smarter than the vast majority of people of the past.
“It still hurts to realize that I am just a degraded version of the children of the elites.
- Agree. That's why I offered you the job.
- Thank you ... I would like to get out of this hole
- You're right about that. Now the capacity of computer systems is limited, data collection is prohibited. AI is no longer possible in principle, since the capacity of a legal cluster of servers is barely enough for a relative simulation of a mouse brain. And something more difficult than a rodent and even more so cannot be repeated yet. So improve to level A, get closer to the top. Well, I'll make money.
Yes, it looks fair.
- I'm already running out of time, I can't play for a lynx for a long time. However, your next task is to get a job in the Kamchatka laboratory. There are experiments in nuclear physics, they are trying to get superdense elements. And they need a chemist. I will send you your resume. According to my data, it is ideal for one of the vacancies, plus it does not lie. Add only details about your address and so on.
- Certainly. Should I go to them?
- Right. The process will take a couple of months. And in three weeks we meet right there, only in a different location. I'll tell you the details about the genetics and your assignment.
- It's coming.
- Well, everything. Bye. That is, meow, I'm, like, a cat.
- Bye …

About classes

Phew, looks like the first interview went smoothly. I was asked about my work experience, asked standard questions. We played the usual square dance, where the employee asks for a lot, and they answer that they are not ready right now. Well, everything is standard, they will ask for details in another month, since now they have time for holidays. Well, it happens.

However, how do I still steal the device from the laboratory? And why such a thing to nuclear physicists? I think about it so actively that I already sleep not for 8 hours, but sometimes six, sometimes nine.

- Hello! So how was the first visit to the lab?
- Hello! This time you disguised yourself as an honest account
Yes, you are right, but not entirely. This is a non-standard account. It is sometimes used to test the game, however, due to confusion, it can hang anywhere, there is no control. Well, okay, go to the Crimson Bluff instance, there will be two of us. The text is stored for some time on the servers, but no one is engaged in negotiations. This is what we will use.
— How do you know all this?
- I once developed programs, including for large companies. And so I perfectly understand the level of chaos there. Conventionally, if you break the rules a little and infrequently, then everything will be attributed to mistakes. And with a huge degree of probability they will even be right.
- Looks pretty solid...
- Well, the legal department and a group of marketing people are vigilantly watching so that few people guess.
- It's clear. However, I have questions about our topic.
— Yes, it is logical. And what are they?
- First: why are there platforms worse than C, namely: D and E? Second, how can we steal the machine from the lab? What is he doing there anyway? How can you update the genetic platform, if in this case you need to somehow update all the cells of the body? And why is the device kept secret?
- A lot ... However, quite rationally
- Do you know the answer?
- Yes unfortunately. At one time, I didn’t work for a whole year, but only traveled around the countries and talked. He learned everything, tried to understand the essence of the nonsense that is happening to this world.
- So far, everything seems to be logical ... Well, there are governments, courts and so on.
“Yes, but your questions already give away a lot of problems. Well, judge for yourself, why do someone not A class?
“Hmm… Elite?
- Right. So, back to the middle of the war, when a number of rather powerful people realized the threat from computers. From this they deduced the rule: no autonomous system can be smarter than a certain standard. There's a tricky definition, but it doesn't matter. If the system cannot function without an assistant, then their capacities are combined. Hence the consequence: the Internet is dangerous, since its power exceeds the standard in terms of stupid numbers. From here we have the current network. Similarly, about all robots, including industrial ones. After all, if the entire plant is connected in a tight network, where the machine indirectly communicates with the accounting system, then such power should also be limited. So, it is necessary to divide it into components that will be controlled by operators
- Some kind of nineteenth century
- Rather, the beginning of XXI, but not the essence. The main thing is that we need a lot of workers, plus those who will follow them. And what does the worker need if we apply the ideas of fascism and eugenics?
— Submission? Loss of rights?
- Nope. He needs to live longer and think less. Well, such a stereotypical knight from the Middle Ages, only with a long service life. So, for this you need to make healthy people, but not very smart. Moreover, if you correctly select the hormonal system, you can still make them sociable, not evil and hardworking. In moderation, of course, so as not to break the delicate balance of the body.
- Cruel...
- Not the right word. Plus, don't forget, people were artificially stupefied so that they didn't even realize this fact. And they thought that the main thing is character. Haha, how.
— And why did such an idea about segregation even come to mind? After all, I will still understand if three and a half psychopaths follow it, but so that a bunch of people at once ...
“Oh, just don’t say that you didn’t know about it at least approximately. And don't tell me you did anything for equality. So the rest of a couple of tens of billions of people do. Everyone is satisfied. Well, almost, with a few exceptions.
At least I didn't know about it.
“Well, now I know. And what? All this is based on an ancient theory that Orwell accidentally described, and after several decades was proved mathematically. If we consider our society from the point of view of game theory, then one of the stable solutions will be to divide everyone into three categories: the elite, which is hidden from view. Smarties who are in the public eye, but they are forced to filter their speech and be loyal. Well, that is to be clever in the right direction. And a bunch of poorly educated people who can do whatever they want. They have no prospects, because they can talk and think about any things. Unlike smart people. And the elite should not be shown at all. It seems that everything was called the internal party, the external one, but I don’t remember about the third group. So, this is one of the solutions that brings the system to a stationary state. Well, that is, the addition of any new group leads either to the death of the current one, or to the elimination of a new one. And changing the role in the group does not work either.
- What a tin ... After all, 150 years ago they knew that all this would not work
- Well, 80 years old understood what else would happen. More precisely, even earlier. They just spent 20 years on science and the preparation of technology. However, we digress, and very strongly. So, once upon a time they chose a scheme of three groups of people.
However, there are five of them.
- Six. Liveborn and five platforms. The first are less and less, as less attention has been paid to diseases inherent only to them. Plus, overall health is generally worse. Well, a live-born can only be obtained by a couple where both are the same, and they have not undergone the sterilization procedure, which is required for a bunch of positions under a fictitious pretext. In general, everything is clear with them. I already told you about S-shek, they are needed to perform intellectual activity. The elite in the countries of European civilization uses A-shek. Despite the seemingly defeat, the elite of the Arab and Asian countries bargained for themselves in the B class. However, there were many issues with the workers. For basic work, class E is enough, but D works more efficiently. True, they are more prone to stress due to soul-searching, well, you already remember that. As a result, there was a lot of communication, which eventually led to two classes at once.
- Well, that is, stupidly did not agree, right?
- Yeah, exactly. And you, apparently, wanted to see logic and mathematics everywhere. So we have five genetic classes. Moreover, the difference between B and C is not so obvious, but A-shki stand out strongly. And you have to work with them...
- Why? Isn't everyone here C level, well, plus / minus?
- No. It takes achievement and money to give a child a high genetic class. The first is either leadership or science. And those who are already in the right class can get them. Well, or by accident. You can also earn a lot only by rising above the crowd, but B-shki will not outstrip A-shek. As a result, parents make children somewhere in the same class. And because of the quotas, there is a bit of a random distribution. So in the end, A-shki live in the right countries and the right areas, B-shki live in others, and so on. I myself am sometimes amazed at how clearly and competently they shuffled the people. Plus, after all, in such a semblance of a checkerboard pattern, so you can visit all continents, near all major rivers, and you will always be in A-class zones. And similarly about D, which is even easier, since there are more of them.
- Cruel.
- This reaction has already been, you repeat. However, let's continue. You asked a question in the style of "what is the same device doing here." So, due to certain restrictions, not all things can be done in countries with A-shki. For example, you can't play with nuclear physics there. Therefore, only by power plants can you roughly understand where there are few A-shek. At the same time, as you understand, it is the A-shki who are engaged in science. They just go to another region for a couple of years. And here they are, which can not but rejoice. Wait a minute, I'll drink some water...

My interlocutor left on time, I still haven’t digested this… Damn, I must have been happier when I didn’t know the truth. Some kind of hell... Carefully designed by ourselves...

- So, let's continue. There is an old law that obliges to have "a way to obtain replacement organs near hazardous industries." For A-shek, slightly different organs are needed, and therefore, in theory, there should be a warehouse of stomachs, livers and other things nearby. Which is somehow unreasonable, since after a week they must be disposed of. And for this, there is an apparatus here that gives chemistry, which allows you to take an organ for C-shki, and there is a supply of them in a nearby hospital, and convert it into an analog for A-shka. Unless you need a doctor, but they are here. The organs of one fig are grown in the same way, the plants are about the same.
- And when A-shka becomes ill, they take out the device, right?
- Exactly. Well, maybe it's still being tested, it doesn't matter. The point is different: as long as there is a laboratory, there is also an apparatus. Actually, you need to get him out of there.
How is the organ transformed? After all, it is necessary to correct in fact all the cells ...
- You think in the right way. Because this is where our apparatus comes into play. His idea is simple: he creates certain viruses, with a very limited program. In particular, it can force cells to change their genetic platform due to the fact that the DNA in the cells themselves will be updated, and then the restructuring mechanism will turn on, where the organ will “try to match the same for the desired class.” There is a beauty in this, since almost every part of our body knows some kind of “ideal state”. And all cells will strive for it, which is what they use, replacing this most ideal state.
- Now everything has become much clearer ... And still there are questions, although the picture is emerging.
- This makes me happy. It is important to understand the essence here so that thoughts complement the image, and not distort it even more.
- I agree ... And what should I do with interviews?
- Pass them. Just don't fool anyone. Just say that you want to do science there, move the world forward. Say you hope it helps get into the kids class. The people there are smart, they can split it. So just be as honest as possible.
- And then?
- We will meet again, I will tell you what information you need to collect. Information only! For the first six months, no active actions, we are hoarding material. Just work, remember everything. Chat more. Let them think that you are practicing lunch promotions.
- It's you about the scheme when you go to dinner all the time with different people, so that everyone knows who you are and what you bring benefit.
- Yeah, that's right. Well, we'll talk about this later, we'll have time before your work.
- OK, thank you
— Okay... I'll find you a little later.
- I am waiting…
- Bye

Survival algorithm

- Hello. How are you?
— Wow damn it. Are you playing as a cat again?
- And you even choose this animal in another game
Yes, I like them better.
- You know, now there is a module on sale that allows you to control a number of animals, for example, the same cats. Of course, the pet will also need to be adjusted, they will add a small implant to him. However, after that, data can be exchanged. For example, you can order to pounce on the enemy or, for example, assess the situation, sniff and listen. And in response comes emotions in the style of “smell like that drug sample”, which is incredibly useful for the police. And security is also simplified, because the same cougar can be sent after a conditional criminal just by thinking about it. And do not finish off the offender, but gently strangle. Well, or as the guard wants.
- So cool...
- Anyway. Talk about progress.
- I was taken to a team that deals with theoretical calculations about the chemistry of superheavy elements. which do not yet exist in nature.
- Wonderful.
- Judging by mathematics, some inorganic compounds with superheavy can be reduced to organics. It is only necessary to reduce the temperature so that the density grows. It works correctly for already explored materials. And I will have to create molecules with ready-made superheavy substances, find organic analogues, and adjust the temperature. Then it will be easier to use new elements that can be made in the same laboratory.
- This is interesting. And why is all this necessary?
- They say that theoretically, the new element will create an incredibly efficient battery.
- Yes it would be nice.
- Yeah. Moreover, in the event of the destruction of the battery, a stable energy-intensive substance is created, which can then be decomposed with acid. Then, in the event of an accident, energy is not released, but rather is bound. And at the recycling plant, you can pour electrolyte into a bucket, add acid and run a centrifuge. The superheavy element will drain off the walls last.
- This is wonderful. Who do you work with?
I haven't remembered the names yet. There is one chemist with a bunch of publications. And two physicists of the same level.
- Not bad. And are they here for a long time?
- I do not know…
- It is important. So, the rules of survival. First, you must understand that you are a child compared to them. Do you remember how you tried to deceive your parents as a child, for example, by bringing bad grades?
- Yes ... I probably lowered my eyes.
- You are right. Rather, you behaved more quietly than water and below the grass, did not talk about the lessons, answered in monosyllables, tried to retire in the room.
- Probably…
- This is an adequate reaction, but it was perfectly read by the elders, well, it seems to me. Similarly here: forget that you are an adult there, held in life, and so on. In the lab, you have to understand that compared to the A-shki, you are the same child, and if you are trying to deceive them, then you are a child with a deuce, whose parents guessed everything.
- And how can I carry myself?
- Do not lie to them, do not shirk, answer honestly and always have an excuse for your own actions. If a child at the weekend at the camp understood another reality through the use of grated nutmeg, then the parent will easily understand that they are hiding something. However, if, along with this, our child also ran outside the camp in the evening, despite the ban, then a competent deceiver uses this fact to cover up the true meaning.
“Hmm… Reasonable.”
- And how! If you ask any politician if he stole, what would he say?
“Mmm… It’s probably not good to steal. And that he didn't steal anything.
- Yes, you can, but the lie detector will say that there is a lie here. It would be more correct to say that he, like all of us, is not sinless, and once upon a time, in his youth, he took a book from the library and did not return it. No, he didn't forget, he just didn't want to return it. The book was old, there was also the first edition of the novel "Then come, and let's reason" by the now forgotten Vladimir Mikhailov. The priceless item had been in the library for over a hundred years before it came into my hands. Since then, the writer died, his country was rebuilt several times, there was a war, but the book was still the same. Such is the artifact of a bygone era. I took this book for myself, then I just stopped going to this library. I was unbearably ashamed, I could not look into the eyes of the workers who kept the knowledge that I stole, and then did not find the strength to return it. It's very bad to steal things, and since then I've been working hard to keep it as small as possible.
The class seemed to be listening to a debate.
- So it is, the man answered honestly. Most likely, he did steal, but it's always better to have a cover so that the interrogator backs off. Actually, you don't have to break the rules. Just find out what can serve as a front for you in the future. I will not tell you the planned scheme yet, just in case.
Yes, that would be safer.
- Agreed. A month and a half later, your first day at work. So just communicate, learn to the maximum. Find your way to the infirmary. Find out when evacuation occurs. Then we will continue. Approximately six months later.
- For a long time
- That would be better. You'll do just fine in the beginning without me. Most importantly, remember that you are a child among adults. You are a student among teachers who are also engaged in science, who constantly improve their brain. Don't try to fool them, okay?
— Yes, okay.
- Wonderful. Well, or meow, I'm again from the mustachioed family.

Laboratory

- So, hello everyone. This is Ivan, our new chemist. It will help us prepare for new elements in order to find possible chemical compounds in advance.
- Yes. Thank you!
“Fine, let’s go, I’ll show you your workplace.”

How worried I am. More than in previous jobs. It's amazing how well everything is set up here. The workplace alone is amazing. There was a cramped cabin where even the ventilation didn't always work properly. Here, only the chemical laboratory is a work of art. As if they took an aircraft hangar with huge ceilings, and then crushed it into compartments. Well, they didn’t forget the special hoods, the horizontal tightness of the boxes. They put adequate computers with large and clear screens. And the equipment itself is new, although, as I understand it, the laboratory itself has been here for the third decade.

Hello Ivan, again. How is your workplace?
- Hello, Stuart! Wonderful. However, I am still studying materials from previous studies.
- Lovely, lovely. I do not have enough time to practically test all the ideas that come to me. And we need to hurry, because according to our calculations, it will soon be possible to synthesize the first superheavy element, which will still allow us to store energy. Just think, after hundreds of years, humanity will still be able to make a battery, a kilogram of which can store more abstract energy than a liter of kerosene.
- Yes, that would be great. It will be possible to begin a gradual departure from modern, but still smoking, engines.
- Do you like history?
— I sometimes watch videos about antiquities
- This is right. Although my question is different: do you like to find analogies from the not very distant past in order to ironically notice the shortcomings of the present?
- Complex issue…
— Yes, purely technically — complex. And that doesn't make it uninteresting. Look, do you know that at the beginning of the XNUMXst century, they already tried to introduce electric vehicles? Of course, it is pretty obvious that one of the true goals was also to remove the less progressive producers, who, by a lucky chance, were mostly not in the countries that dreamed of ecology. Interesting, right? You don’t forbid competing with yourself, it’s just that automakers from non-First World countries need to simultaneously make classic versions of cars, and not forget about the new one. It is logical that they were forced out of the market and so on, but that is not the point. Another thing is important: then they rushed into the renewal before science prepared the platform. Well, that is, if the classical scheme of innovation looks like first research and then creation, then in this case it was the other way around: first, a new world will be built, and we will explore whether this is possible in the process.
- Wow. However, it was just a local idea, right?
- Not at all, then a bunch of countries rushed to engage in such indecency, which perfectly demonstrates the logic and consistency of politicians, and at the same time the electorate. And we digress again, because at that moment a lot of really cool engineering platforms were created, but a couple of crises and wars corrected the situation, we are moving again in cars, but already different ones.
— It seemed to me that the transition to gas happened naturally. Well, similarly to moving away from coal, just cheap deposits have already been developed. Plus, methane is more environmentally friendly
Yes, you are right, but only partially. The transition to methane is logical and consistent, it is an excellent energy source, but they switched to it after realizing the problems of electric vehicles. Well, they just realized then that there is just a radical amount of carbon dioxide in the air, on the one hand. On the other hand, in some places on the planet it is actually very cheap to extract energy, well, there from the sun or from hydroelectric power stations. From here we get the following idea: we put factories in places with cheap electricity, we create many, many simple gas, the same methane, although not only. Then this substance can be converted into energy for heating with an efficiency of slightly less than 100%, which is already cool. Or with a lower efficiency in the energy of movement, however, hybrids have taken root in this area, so in the end it turned out to be quite a good solution. Well, then the third world war banged, and after it the idea of ​​​​a common energy system was covered due to the fact that all large systems were already banned. And therefore, autonomy has again become extremely important, which completely finished off all the ideas of the electromobility era.
“I never would have thought… Can we repeat history now?”
— That's right, although now in the correct sequence. For example, it is often more profitable to first pack things for a trip, and then start it, well, in order to eliminate the problem of forgotten things and so on. However, in reality, sometimes you can go first, and already in the process of repacking the suitcases, well, strain someone in the back seats. And in rare cases it will be reasonable: you quickly collect a bunch of junk in the apartment, take a bunch of packages, and already in a taxi someone puts things into suitcases. Most of the time things go wrong, but sometimes it works! Right now we are working on batteries in the correct sequence: first science, then factories. First fees, then taxis. And we reduce the likelihood of problems, but this does not mean that this approach will be more effective in 100% of cases, it is simply more adequate with a greater degree of probability than any other.
Yes, it sounds logical.
- I see you are tired, which is expected, because now is the first working day. Please study McCooper's research on pseudo-organics based on zirconium?
- Okay, I'll look at the materials.
- Wonderful. Okay, it's getting late, I'm going home. Bye!
- Bye!

How they talk a lot, just some kind of tin. And how much information falls out on me. Every time. And let's be honest, they know how to find analogies. I just had time to propose an experiment, and they immediately answered me that a very similar thing had already been done. True, then they studied not chemical properties, but rather physical ones. Dependence on temperature and other similar parameters. I would not have noticed the resemblance right away, but it was presented to me like that. It’s like you’re a C student, but you communicate with excellent students, and even a couple of years older. Okay, I will follow the advice, which means I will continue to listen.

- Steward, could you tell me, please, how to get to the first-aid post?
- Yes, sure. Does something hurt?
- No, I just want to take a couple of ointments from them for possible burns. They are unlikely to be, I know the safety precautions. But just in case, I want to put it nearby to reduce the likelihood of a problem.
- Reasonable. The road there is not the easiest, so let's go and show you. And at the same time, we will argue, but not about work. Tell me, please, as the president of a country at the beginning of the XNUMXst century, how would you plant your companies in other countries? Well, you have, conditionally, an insurance company whose head, which is obvious, is in your state. She is reinsured, which is also obvious, primarily in your country, as it is simply more convenient. And there are a couple more countries nearby where you can push the local lads. So, a question for you: how would you help “proper competition” if you have a lot of funds: well, there is an opportunity to adjust the laws a little, plus there are special services that can also help.
- I would try to introduce a bunch of small affiliated companies in another country. For a large monster can easily be bypassed by someone small.
I understand you, although you are not quite right. History shows that only a fat corporation is capable of attacking another equally broad front. Otherwise, competition degenerates a little, since a large corporation can be in an unprofitable market for a very long time, because there is a lot of money, besides, all the necessary workers already exist, well, there are accountants and so on. Of course, history knows well-publicized exceptions, which does not change the recommendation: attack the big one with the big one. So, a question for you: how to kill someone else's corporation?
“Interesting… Probably, we need to remove the key members. Managers, for example.
- No, if you throw the classic managers out of the game, well, those who manage other managers, then the affairs of the corporation will only improve in practice. Unfortunately, or fortunately.
- Then, probably, it is necessary to arrange sabotage and sabotage.
- That's also not correct. The same management does this very well. And not only him. After all, if a person has been doing the same thing for 10 years, although progress has gone ahead, then at the same time he begins to understand that he can be replaced. And he also realizes that it will be unfair to him. As a result, our employee begins to rather interfere with the company, well, creating a bureaucracy there, proving to everyone that he is very, very needed. In general, he becomes a typical saboteur. So also pass.
- Hmm...
- In almost any company there are about 5 (or 10) percent of the people on whom everything else rests. Of course, everyone feels this way, but this does not change the essence. Otherwise, the company grows, everyone changes positions (well, there is a promotion, and so on), as a result, the company becomes inefficient, it no longer grows further. If there are no adequate ones at all, then the company goes bankrupt, so the balance is somewhere at this point. It is unprofitable for top managers of the company to find these 5%, since there is a huge risk of falling into the 95%. However, a competitor can find them for you and try to eliminate them, only not physically, but simply force them to quit
“It could have been done before!
Are you talking about the 5th century? If yes, then again you are not quite right, since in the twenty-first century people began to leave a bunch of information on the net. Moreover, the data flowed like a river, and governments only forbade talking about leaks. Well, they showed the visibility of activity. So, having the data, you could find XNUMX% in a competitor's company and force them to leave.
- Such as?
- For example, there is a manager who has learned to lie to subordinates quite effectively. As a result, a person works for the first year, hoping for a promotion. In the end, he learns from his colleagues the terrible truth about what kind of swamp he works in, and then the manager convinces him to stay longer, because the team, plus everything will collapse soon, soon. This continues for another year, as a result, the person then quits. Without an effective manager, the employee would leave in the first month. And so he worked for two whole years, he tried, but in the end he got quite a bit.
"It's inhuman...
- Probably, but something else is important - our friend actually brought profit to the company. However, it is possible to talk through the social network with each subordinate of our manager, the people raised a fuss at work, the manager was removed from work. After some time, the department was removed entirely, as it was inefficient, and the corporation was losing a piece of the market as a result.
— Isn't that good?
- It would be nice to remove a couple of tops, then it would be possible to increase the department almost several times. However, there is another typical example. Imagine a company makes a product, and someone checks it. And, oddly enough, often everything rests only on this person: it is he who does not allow giving clients absolutely shit. And for everyone else, this idea is not very important, they give awards for a different reason. Now, take this person out and the company will lose customers very quickly.
- Reasonably ... I wonder if they did that?
— Oddly enough, yes. This is exactly how they acted, which is at least cool, because companies were destroyed in front of everyone, and no one really knew the real reason. And he won't, I think. By the way, here it is a first-aid post, but wait. I have another question for you: if you found out that the company was being attacked, what would you do?
- Question ... I think it would be unwise to tell management about this?
- Of course, this will be a losing option, since the higher the person, the less his actions differ from the actions of a saboteur, unless he is in that 5%, which is rare.
“And talking to colleagues doesn’t make sense either, does it?”
- Well, of course, because the saboteur is simply not to be found. Conventionally, there is a manager who decided to save on equipment by supplying everyone with cheap computers. And after all, the numbers turned out cool, there are a lot of jobs! The details are sadder, as it turned out that the productivity of employees has dipped a lot. It's hard to spot right away, so the manager got the award, he's good and all that. And a question for you: was it a saboteur?
- Certainly. It's the standard scheme.
- You are right about the scheme, but this is absolutely normal behavior of a manager: save 10, losing 100. Otherwise, you have to work, you will have to study the market, follow the technologies. In general, you won’t get premiums on profits, such is the problem. Well, judge for yourself, which is easier: to be better than a competitor in real terms, or to draw figures on which, if you don’t go into details, you are better than a competitor?
- Horror…
- Not that word. Okay, in general, I showed you the first-aid post.
- Thanks!
- OK good luck

Sly plan

So, I've been in the lab for almost six months now. It's exhausting, to be honest. Although fatigue is more pleasant than from working at a factory. What's funny, I used to be told that boredom is deadly in the near-scientific sphere. Well, you do not see the results of your work, unlike a living enterprise. But no, just the opposite. At the factory, you just see the results, but not your own, but the factory. In science, you feel your tiny contribution. But he is yours.

- Hello! How is it going?
- Oh damn. You scared me.
- Sorry. How is intelligence progressing?
So, I checked a couple of rooms. It looks like the transcoder is in honey. block. In addition to the main one, they have two rooms: one with medicines, the other with a combination lock. The sign says "hazardous waste", but the door is iron. Moreover, apparently, it opens outward, although the hinges are hidden in the depths. So - apparently, safe or something like that.
- Beauty! However, it is too early to relax. Now we need to figure out how to sneak into the office unnoticed. I understand correctly that you previously served in the fire department?
Yes, this is my first job. I determined the cause of the fire based on all sorts of prints on the walls. Different materials give different soot on the walls, on the ceiling. Plus they have different intensity. My task was to establish (or confirm) that the fire started precisely because of the sparking socket and, conditionally, the carpet. Since there were lovers to make paths from a combustible mixture throughout the apartment, and then turn on the stove and leave for about 15 minutes. If a frying pan with water and oil was heated, then this design lit the floor. And the combustible mixture spread the fire throughout the apartment.
Didn't know the fire department did it. Isn't that the job of investigators, like the police, or hired by the insurance company?
“Good question, I didn’t think about it… Maybe the insurance companies sponsored the fire department.
- Well, it is logical, because in this case, they were paid for your work under the “charity” article, which gives economic benefits. Cool, I respect. However, we digress again. You will need to somehow take a picture of that miracle machine. From what I've seen, you're the only one who worked with the firemen. So, if you need to check the consequences of this very fire, then you will be the first to be let in ... Well, I hope ...
“Why would they even let me into that room?”
“We need to figure it out… We need to take advantage of the fact that you are the only one who will be able to assess that room for fire, simply relying on your experience.” However, no one will do it just like that, therefore, it is necessary to somehow push all this brethren to check ... You can organize a mini-rally on the street so that the checkers eventually arrive ... The safes always have their own atmosphere, it is obvious that it is not sufficiently protected from fire ... So even before the inspectors, they will have to find someone who will check everything in advance just in case ... Well, I hope ...
- And if not?
It's not scary, it's safe for you. In general, we agreed that your task is to accidentally tell the local doctor that you worked as a firefighter. Tell me that after what you saw, you strictly observe safety precautions, and then often try to play it safe.
- It's actually true.
- Hooray! Then they decided, I will try to adjust the inspection of the apparatus for you. Your task is to remember as much as possible how it looks. Ideally, if you can take photos of it. They will be useful to me to prepare the dummy, which we will put up after the operation. Then few people will realize that there is no apparatus.
“Then one more question for you.
- Yeees
— And how can you change the genetic platform? It is necessary to renew all the cells of the body
- Difficult, but possible. As you know, people of different classes also have different organs. They are grown at the factory immediately for the desired class, or adapted. Well, I told you this. However, in reality, everything is more complicated, since the operation must be done on a living person. A person is put into a coma, and the first virus is injected into his blood, which will begin to rearrange the cells of the nervous system to a new scheme. The fact is that in each of us the ideal state of the body is encoded, well, if we exclude live births. So as soon as the cells change the way they work, they will begin to change to fit the category A genetic platform. This only works for nerve endings and does not affect other organs at all. Such is the feature of our platforms. All other organs are just slightly better than standard ones, and our nervous system was made from scratch. So, the nerves will begin to rebuild, but your old organs will not be able to work with them, well, with the exception of the skin, bones, although these are not organs. Actually, almost everything that actively communicates with a class C platform is unlikely to be able to communicate with A-terminals. In any case, we will not risk it, because you just need to replace all the organs.
- It's kind of radical.
- There is no other way out. Two weeks after the start of the virus, your organs will fail one by one. Within one, approximately, a week, they will all be replaced with artificial ones, or they will simply be taken away. In four weeks, or close to it, your nervous system will be ready to work at the highest level, and therefore they will insert a new heart, stomach and everything else. It will still take about a couple of years to fully adapt, but you will be able to walk in just two months after the start of the process.
- go nuts
- In-in. Here the device generates various viruses, including those that we need for this operation. Well, you get the idea.
- Yeah cool.
- Class. Okay, I'll contact you again. Good luck!
- No, no, wait.
- Yeah, of course.
— Why do I think that A-shki unusually talkative?
— Ha. This is a simulation error. The fact is that if you improve the brain to the level of A-shki, and then tweak the genes that can contribute to schizophrenia, then a most curious nuance arises: a person’s internal dialogue becomes more complicated. I forgot the scientific term, but the essence is clear and so: it becomes a little more difficult to talk to yourself. As a result, the brain improved by X times, but this ability only improved by X / 2 times, well, approximately. As a result, a person is less prone to schizophrenia, but it is very difficult for him to analyze his thoughts alone. Well, it's impossible to look at everything from different angles.
- What a hell...
- In-in. As a consequence of this, it is already vitally important for a person to share information, to process it. And if only that were the end of it. Due to the relatively developed perception, it is easier for A-shkams to find various kinds of analogies. Conventionally, according to legend, the scientist who discovered the benzenoid ring dreamed of a snake biting its own tail. And in the morning he realized that this could be the solution to his task, in general, you yourself know. So, such dreams and analogies happen to A-shek all the time. You can look at the statements of politicians yourself, there will be a comparison with something from another area through the word. In the style of “we need to look to the future in the social sphere, you can’t just improve the current situation a little, for example, look at the development of technology, where there is a constant run towards an unattainable ideal.”
- That is, they all do it, they talk incessantly
- Yes that's right. Such is the curse of the developed, it is difficult to remain silent and not share information. To be honest, now I myself was wondering if there are psychological deviations in this vein. Conditionally, who will quickly begin to cooperate with the investigation, being put in a cell alone: ​​A-shka, V-shka or C-shka?
- And no one has conducted such experiments?
“On paper, we are all the same, so serious experiments will be nipped in the bud. And everything else in any case will prove nothing, alas ...
- It's interesting ... People are different, but you can't admit it.
- Yes, you are right. However, our planet is not experiencing this for the first time. And we digress again. What other questions do you have about the lab?
- So far, none ... I, approximately, remembered what needs to be done.
- Cool. Then we'll get in touch in about six months. There is no need to hurry, it is also optional to look for me. I'll try to arrange the case so that you make exact copies of the apparatus, you understand.
- Yes OK.
- Agreed. Bye!

Medical secrecy

So, my gauze bandage is already completely worn out, it's time to change. Since I was almost doused by steam a month ago, I have always worked only in it. Somehow I became somewhat paranoid ... Well, there is time, and you can change everything while the centrifuge is running.

A familiar corridor, but few people walk along it. It's amazing how few incidents there are, when I was at the factory, the line was once stopped simply because I was an economist; f*** what is this?? Why are we shaken? And what is this blue mist?

So, a shabby mask on the face, you need to turn off the equipment, the situation is not the same. We run, we run. Why is it shaking like an earthquake.

Alright, the lights are out. Given the night, as well as the fact that emergency lighting does not work, I got a little bit. And the phones are all handed over at the checkpoint, that's some rubbish ... If I remember the plan correctly, an emergency exit in the hall, where there is some kind of fog. Nafig, I'll run through the first-aid post, since they have a way out.

The door jammed, although it was possible to knock it out. Wow ... But I didn’t expect to see the corpse of a doctor here at all. Everything is in the best traditions, the door is armored, but the wall is not. Therefore, it fell directly on the follower of Hippocrates. And some apparatus in the room. Great chance to get him out of here. Dear, apparently. I will take a picture and return it, it will be useful in the future.

So, that's it, here's my car. Such turmoil that no one cares about me. It seems that under the building something exploded so hard, and more than once. And my head starts to hurt, what kind of muck has scattered there.

We get in the car, let's go home ...

Investigator

Hello, Ivan!
- Hello, ... And who are you?
- I'm an investigator, here are my documents

...

- Guess where you are?
“Probably in some hospital for prisoners.
- You're right. I have a couple of questions for you, if you don't mind. It's in your best interest to cooperate with the investigation.
- Of course ... What do you want to know?
“Why did you take the apparatus home from the medical bay?” And what were you doing there anyway?
I was walking towards the exit of the building. Through the medical bay was the safest way. I went there, and there the doctor was killed by the door. Apparently she was guarding some valuable equipment. The doctor is dead, the expensive apparatus is standing, plus the building may soon catch fire. I took the apparatus and carried it out, hoping to keep it intact. Luckily he didn't weigh much. There was a commotion around, I got to my car. Everyone was not up to me, so I took the device home to give it back later. Well, it costs a lot, once outside the door. My head was already starting to split, I rolled to the house. And I don’t even remember the last one to the end, I acted on the machine. And then I woke up here.
- What does the device produce?
— I don’t know… Probably something medical. It had a biohazard label on it, so I think it was some kind of bacteria or virus. Either he checks them, or he modifies them. Don't know…
- How did you plan to sell the device?
“I didn't want to sell it, I wanted it back!”
- Maybe you wanted to sell the results of this apparatus?
No, I don't even know how it starts.
- Fine. Who is Helena Einstein?
- Who?
— Helena Einstein. Who is this?
- I have no idea. And who is it?
- If the lie detector is not lying, you are telling the truth ... Okay
Who is this Elena?
- Is wanted. Three years ago, according to our records, she tried to steal a similar medical device. Unfortunately.
- I see... What happened to the plant?
“Unfortunately, I don't know the details. And I can't tell you everything. Official version: an error in the experiment, plus a safety violation. As a result, the vat with the substance overheated and shook so well. Then the protective system worked, but the voltage jumped, so that the situation repeated itself in neighboring similar tanks. It's good that there are no radiation leaks. The bad news is that there were still casualties.
Yes, I saw the poor doctor myself.
- Yes. In general, get well. And sorry for the trouble. By the way, we returned the device to its place. As you probably already understood, there was a search in your apartment.

Operation

So, again they put advertisements in the mailbox ... Well, what for? A bunch of indistinct excursions, trips to wild countries ... Well, this is for me, everything is fine there.

And what's that? An advertisement for a trip to a cat exhibition, plus at the same time a visit to the Museum of Physics, with one of the oldest tokamaks. Somehow suspicious ... And there are dates, it remains only to book a trip on the site. Too many matches

...

I wonder why the hotel is this walkie-talkie? Obviously new, although these are now unpopular. Well, who in the city needs it if you can call on a mobile phone? I wonder if anyone will answer...

- At the device!
- Hello Ivan! How did you get there?

Damn, baby voice. What crypto...

- Hello! And who are you?
- You'll understand. Please tell us what really happened after the explosion? And I’ll tell you the password right away: lynx, puma, partner.
- I understand. I took the machine home and installed it. Then I saw the USB diagnostic connector. Guess someone is using it. For the sake of interest, I connected to the device, where poking through the menu I found the command "copy current state". I called it, having received a file with, apparently, firmware. It seems that the developers forgot to turn off the debug mode. Just in case, I found the nearest exe file and added the downloaded file to it. At startup, no one will read a block that is simply stuck to the end of the file, so I even saved the signature. No one found anything, so the program is still with me.
- Hooray! However, you made me very happy. As you understand, I had to lie low, as the police began to dig the ground nearby. Well, nothing, we now have the most valuable thing - the algorithm for building the virus we need !!!
— Is that enough? What about the device itself? Do we have a key?
- Everything is fine. All these virus genes are standard. They simply fill in different programs, and, most often, algorithms for creating bacteriophages are placed there, or, in extreme cases, something to fight cancer. These are harmless things, because the device can be obtained. Unless you need to tweak it so that it does not remember what it does and so on, but this is solvable.
- Class…
So get ready to die. In a couple of months, you will not be the same, but a new person will appear, from whom bad people stole some of the documents, plus they hit him in the head. So in six months you will start life anew, with a clean slate, so to speak.
Have we reached the end...
- The last steps are left. Come to the cafe near the tree so lush, well, you saw it from the taxi, I think. There is also a monument to Marie Curie standing nearby.
- I understand.
- In four days at, for example, 17:00, sit down there somewhere, your envelope with a flash drive will be exchanged for an envelope with a ticket, where you will go later. There's extreme sports and all, so no one is radically surprised when they get a death notice.
Creepy, but logical
“Class, that’s it, I’m waiting.

Sea

A special plus in the work of scientists is a long vacation. I have never worked for several years without a break before. It's cool, of course, to have a titular genetic platform. And that's when I can really take a break from chatty colleagues. God, how they love to talk... But I never learned it...

- Le-ena, are you coming?

The family is on holiday again. Of course, sticking together would be foolish. It is better to yell so that everyone can hear. Even the woman in front of me flinched.

- Anna, please put your means of payment here ...
- Yes, sure. However, you have a long settlement scheme, just like opening a bank account.
“Unfortunately, the instructions are…

...

Hello, do you like cat shows?
— Hello, who are you?
- Remember not the most successful experiments on finding a superheavy element?
“I understand who you are.
And I did see you live.
“Have you guessed that I don’t have the same name as when I was born?” Yes, you are definitely wiser.

Source: habr.com