Ikusasa le-Quantum

 Ingxenye yokuqala yomsebenzi oyiphupho mayelana nekusasa okungenzeka kakhulu lapho izinkampani ze-IT zizoketula amandla ezifundazwe eseziphelelwe yisikhathi futhi ziqale ukucindezela isintu ngokwazo.
   

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   Ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-21 nasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-22, ukuwa kwazo zonke izifunda eMhlabeni kwaqedwa. Indawo yabo yathathwa yizinkampani ze-IT ezinamandla zamazwe ngamazwe. Ingcosana yabaphathi balezi zinkampani ziphoqelekile futhi ingunaphakade ngaphambi kwaso sonke isintu ekuthuthukisweni, ngenxa yocwaningo olunesibindi ngokuguqulwa kwemvelo yabo. Phakathi nokungqubuzana nezifunda ezifayo, baphoqeleka ukuba bathuthele ku-Mars, lapho baqala khona ukufaka amasethi ayinkimbinkimbi ama-neuroimplants, ngisho nangaphambi kokuzalwa kwengane. AbakwaMartians bazalwa ngokushesha bengebona abantu, benamakhono ahambisanayo angaphezu kwawabantu.

   Isithixo esiyinhloko sempucuko entsha "ye-cyborg" kwakungu-Edward Kroc, umthuthukisi ongcono kakhulu wenkampani ye-NeuroTech, owaba ngowokuqala ukufunda indlela yokuxhuma amakhompyutha ngqo ebuchosheni bomuntu. Ingqondo yakhe ekhaliphile yanquma isithombe se-"neuroman" - inkosi yezwe elisha, lapho iqiniso elingokoqobo lilawula umhlaba wenyama "ophelelwe yisikhathi". Ukuhlolwa kokuqala nge-neurotechnology kwakuvame ukuhambisana nokufa kwezifundo zokuhlola: iziguli zasezikoleni okuhlalwa kuzo, okungekho muntu owayezikhathalela. Lesi sihlava sisetshenziswe njengesizathu sokucasula ukunqotshwa kwe-NeuroTech corporation. Abanye babaqondisi benkampani, kanye no-Edward Kroc uqobo, balahlwe yi-UN e-The Hague ngamacala obugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini base begwetshwa intambo. Futhi iNeuroTech corporation yathuthela kuMars futhi kancane kancane yaba isikhungo somphakathi omusha.

Ngemva kokunqoba isitha esivamile, ukuphikisana phakathi kwemibuso yasemhlabeni kwavutha ngamandla avuselelwe. Ngisho nephrojekthi ye-interstellar expedition, lapho cishe imbulunga yonke ibambe iqhaza, ayikwazanga ukubuyisana nezitha ezindala. Kodwa umkhumbi-mkhathi we-interstellar Unity, neqembu lamazwe ngamazwe lonjiniyela abangcono kakhulu nososayensi abafaneleka ngokweminyaka, nokho wethulwa ngendlela yohlelo oluseduze lwe-Alpha Centauri. Ukwethulwa kwangaphambilini kwama-robotic probes kuye kwaqinisekisa ukuba khona kweplanethi enezimo ezifanele zemvelo emzileni we-Alpha Centauri B. Umkhumbi wawuphethe isikhungo sokuqala sokusebenza "sokuxhumana okusheshayo", ngokusekelwe esimisweni sezilinganiso ezibuthakathaka zezinhlelo ze-quantum eziboshwe. Isikhathi sobukhulu obuqinile besistimu ye-quantum ngokushesha sadlulisela ulwazi phakathi komkhumbi noMhlaba. Kamuva, “ukuxhumana okusheshayo” kwasetshenziswa kabanzi, kodwa kwahlala kuyindlela ebiza kakhulu yokuxhumana. Ngeshwa, ukunqoba kwempucuko yasemhlabeni kwakungahloselwe ukuba kwenzeke. Iqembu le-Unity layeka ukuxhumana ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili lindiza, lapho, ngokwezibalo, kwakufanele lifinyelele emzileni weNovaya Zemlya. Nakuba, isiphetho sakhe sasingasenandaba nanoma ubani ngenxa yezinhlekelele ezinkulu ezazinyakazisa umhlaba ngaleso sikhathi.

Ukunqotshwa kanzima eMpini Yomkhathi Yokuqala yi-United States kanye nokuvinjwa kwesikhala okwalandela kwaholela ekuketulweni umbuso eRussia. Amandla abanjwe ngumqondisi wangaphambili we-Brain Institute, u-Nikolai Gromov, owazibiza ngokuthi ungumbusi waphakade. Amahemuhemu athi kuye ngamakhono angaphezu kwawomuntu - i-clairvoyance kanye ne-telepathy, ngosizo lapho wabhubhisa zonke izitha kanye "nezithunywa zethonya" ngaphakathi koMbuso. Cishe ngokushesha, kwasungulwa insizakalo entsha yezobunhloli - uMnyango Wokulawulwa Kolwazi. Umgomo wayo owamenyezelwa kwakuwukulawula okuqinile kwezinxushunxushu zolwazi lwe-Inthanethi nokuvikela izingqondo zezakhamuzi ethonyeni elikhohlakele labantu baseMartians. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-MIC ayizange ikhathazeke ngisho nokugcinwa okusemthethweni "kwamalungelo abantu", futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza yasebenzisa imithi nezinye izindlela ezingcolile zokuthonya ingqondo yezakhamuzi. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi imibuso yentando yeningi yaseNtshonalanga nayo yabe isilahlekelwe ukucwebezela kwayo ngaleso sikhathi. Hlobo luni lwenkululeko olukhona ezimeni zokushoda ngokuphelele kwazo zonke izinsiza kanye nenkinga yezomnotho yaphakade? Ngaphandle kwalokho, awukwazi ukunyakazisa ngempela uma kukhona ama-microchips ekhanda lakho aqapha zonke izinyathelo ezithakazelweni zezinkampani zomshwalense, amabhange abakweletwayo kanye namakomiti alwa nobuphekula. Imiphakathi yomphakathi yacishe yafa, amazwe amaningi athuthukile, ezinkingeni zawo zokufa, ayengena embusweni obala wobushiqela, owaphinda wadlala ezandleni zabakwaMartians, ababephika noma yibuphi ubuzwe.

   Ngenxa yempi eyedlulele yoMbuso WaseRussia, bakwazi ukunqoba iMpi Yesibili Yezikhala: banqamula ukuvinjelwa futhi bamisa amasosha amakhulu e-Mars. Izakhamuzi zeplanethi ebomvu, ngaphansi kokuqondisa koMkhandlu Olulekayo Wezindawo Zokuhlala ZaseMartian, zamelana kanzima, okwaholela ekucindezelekeni kwamadolobha amaningana nokufa kwabantu abaningi. Ngaphansi kwengcindezi evela kuwo wonke amanye amazwe kanye nosongo lwempi yenuzi egcwele, ikakhulukazi neChina ne-United States, uMbuso WaseRussia uphoqeleka ukuba ulahle izimangalo zawo kuyo yonke iMars. Ngokusho kwesivumelwano esisha, ukuba khona kwezinye izinhlangano ezihlomile ku-Mars kwakungavunyelwe, ngaphandle kwamabutho e-UN okugcina ukuthula, aphenduka ngokushesha ayindlela engenalutho. Eqinisweni, lesi kwakuyisikhathi esibalulekile kuwo wonke umlando wanamuhla. AbakwaMartians ngokwabo bayavuma, ngaphandle kokungabaza okuthile, ukuthi abantu abafaka amakhompiyutha ebuchosheni babo basindiswa ekubhujisweni ngokuphelele njengekilasi futhi njengesenzakalo senhlalo kuphela ngobutha obudala bezifunda zasemhlabeni.

   Impi yenuzi eyalandela yase-Asia phakathi koMbuso WaseRussia kanye neChina phezu kwemithombo yamaminerali yokugcina yale planethi, egxile e-Arctic naseSiberia, yaqeda ngokuphelele usongo lwenkululeko yeplanethi ebomvu. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi uMbuso waphuma enqobile empini yokufa, amandla awo ayencishisiwe ngokuphelele. Izindawo eziwudedangendlale zaseSiberia naseChina zaba amashumi eminyaka ezingakufanelekeli ukuphila. Impi yenuzi yase-Asia yaziwa ngazwilinye njengenhlekelele embi kakhulu emlandweni wesintu. Ngemva kwalokhu, amazwe abe ngaphansi kokusekelwa ngabakwaMartians ayenqatshelwe unomphela ukuba nezikhali zenuzi.

   Umbuso waqhubeka eminye iminyaka engamashumi amabili, lapho zonke ezinye izifundazwe zase-jure zase zingasekho, zingaphansi kokuphathwa koMkhandlu Wokubonisana. Lesi simo sakamuva sagqugquzela ukwesaba kumaMartians isikhathi eside, kodwa akukho okunye. Ekugcineni, omunye wemizamo yokubulala umbusi waphumelela. Ngaphandle kwentando eqondisayo yomashiqela ononya, uMbuso WaseRussia wavele wabhidlika waba yizakhiwo eziningana ezifana ne-Neurotech, wadabula i-Eastern Bloc - ukwakheka kwama-semi-bandit okwavela ezindaweni zokukhosela ezingaphansi komhlaba zaseMpumalanga yeSiberia nasenyakatho yeChina. Ingozi enkulu kunazo zonke kwakuyi-Telecom-ru corporation, i-conglomerate yezinkampani zangaphambili ze-IT zaseRussia, kamuva ezizuzele indawo enhle ngaphansi kwelanga leplanethi ebomvu. Ikakhulukazi, ngenxa yokuthi ngaphandle kokungabaza okungadingekile wasebenzisa ukuthuthukiswa kwe-MIK emkhakheni wokuphatha abasebenzi. Kodwa-ke, yayilawulwa yi-XNUMX% efanayo ye-neurohumans njengezinye izinkampani zaseMartian, nakuba inzalo yamakholoni aseRussia. I-Telekom ngokusobala yayingenayo imizwa efudumele ngombuso olahlekile. AbakwaMartians baphefumula: amandla eqiniso elibonakalayo awabange esaba inselelo kunoma yisiphi isimo.

   Bezingekho izifunda ku-Mars ekuqaleni; yonke into ibiqhutshwa izinkampani ezifana ne-NeuroTech ne-MDT (ubuchwepheshe be-Martian digital), abahlinzeki ababili abakhulu benethiwekhi. I-MDT yaphuma ku-NeuroTech ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala, futhi ngokuhlangene yayingahlukaniseki njengamaqembu angasekho eRiphabhulikhi neDemocratic Alliance e-United States. Lezi ziqhwaga ezimbili ezihlanganiswe zibheke phezulu zihlanganise amaketanga ezobuchwepheshe abaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni wanamuhla: ukuthuthukiswa kwesofthiwe, ukukhiqizwa kwe-electronics kanye nokuhlinzekwa kwezinsizakalo zokuxhumana. Kwakukhona inhlangano eyodwa kuphela eyayifana nekahulumeni - i-Advisory Council of Martian Settlements, eyayihlanganisa abameleli bazo zonke izinkampani ezibalulekile ezaziqapha ngokucophelela ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho yokuncintisana.

   UMartian Gustav Kilby, okunamahemuhemu okuthi uyinzalo eqondile yomunye “wabafundi” abayishumi nambili baka-Edward Kroc, okwathi isikhathi eside benza ucwaningo lwesayensi ngaphansi kwephiko le-BioTech Inc. - inkampani engaphansi kwe-NeuroTech, yasungula inhlangano yayo, i-Mariner Instruments. Intuthuko yangaphambilini kaGustav Kilby emkhakheni wamakhompiyutha wamangqamuzana ivumele inkampani ukuthi yethule ukukhiqizwa kwemishini emisha. Ngaphambili, amakhompiyutha angamangqamuzana ayebhekwa njengomkhakha ocacile kakhulu futhi ongathembisi. Impumelelo ye-Mariner Instruments yakuphikisa ngokushesha lokhu kuhlakanipha okuvamile. Amakhompiyutha akhiwe ngezimiso zama-molecule e-DNA abambe amakristalu endabuko e-semiconductor ngesivinini sokuxazulula izinkinga ezithile, futhi awanakulinganiswa kalula ekuhlanganisweni emzimbeni womuntu. Ukuze kufakwe ama-m-chips, kwakwanele ukwenza imijovo eminingi, kunokuhlukumeza iklayenti ngokuhlinzwa.

   Ukuze kugcinwe ubuholi bayo obunzima, i-NeuroTech imemezele ngokukhulu ukushesha iphrojekthi yokwakha i-quantum supercomputer ekwazi ukuqeda ngokuphelele umehluko phakathi kweqiniso nemodeli yayo yezibalo. Ukuthuthukiswa kwalesi sihloko kuye kwenziwa isikhathi eside nasezinkampanini eziningi, kodwa i-NeuroTech kuphela ekwazile ukudala idivayisi yendawo yonke edlula kakhulu amakhono azo zonke ezinye izinhlobo zamakhompiyutha. Ngosizo lwemishini ye-quantum, izimbongi nabadwebi babekwazi ukuzwa umoya wentwasahlobo ezayo, abadlali begeyimu babekwazi ukuzwa i-adrenaline yangempela kanye nolaka lokulwa nama-orcs, futhi onjiniyela bangakha imodeli egcwele futhi esebenzayo yomkhiqizo oyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, njengomkhumbi-mkhathi, futhi uyihlole nganoma yiziphi izindlela. Omatikuletsheni be-quantum abakhelwe ohlelweni lwezinzwa, ezivivinyweni zokuqala ngqa, bavula amathuba amasha ngokuyisisekelo okuxhumana phakathi kwabantu ngokudluliswa kwemicabango okuqondile. Kamuva nje, kwamenyezelwa iphrojekthi enesibindi nakakhulu ukuze ibhale kabusha ukwazi ngokuphelele ku-matrix ye-quantum. Ithemba lokuba i-supercomputer ephilayo lalethusa abaningi njengoba lalikhanga abambalwa abakhethiwe.

   Ngo-2122, isimiso sonozungezilanga saba yiqhwa silindele isimangaliso esilandelayo sobuchwepheshe. Ngesikhathi esifanayo nokwethulwa kwamaseva ambalwa okuhlola, umkhankaso omkhulu wokukhangisa waqala. Isofthiwe ekhona yadluliselwa ngokushesha kumathrekhi amasha, futhi i-NeuroTech yayingenasiphelo kulabo ababefuna ukungena emizimbeni yabo ukuthuthukiswa kwakamuva okusekelwe ekungaqinisekini kwe-quantum mechanical. Izimbangi ezivela ku-MDT zabheka ngokungenakuzisiza nge-bacchanalia eyayenzeka futhi, uma kwenzeka, bahlola amathuba abo emakethe yezimpahla zamahhovisi.

   Cabanga ukumangala kwawo wonke umuntu lapho i-NeuroTech ivala ngokungalindelekile iphrojekthi, ethembisa izinzuzo ezimangalisayo. Umsebenzi wavalwa cishe ngaso leso sikhathi futhi ngaphandle kwencazelo. Ngokuthula nangokusula, i-NeuroTech yakhokha isinxephezelo esikhulu kumakhasimende nezinye izinhlangano ezithintekile. Yonke ingqalasizinda yenethiwekhi entsha yahlakazwa buthule yayiswa endaweni engaziwa. Amakhodi ezinhlelo nolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe lwezinye izinkampani kwathengwa nganoma iyiphi imali, agcinwa ehlukaniswa ngokuqinile futhi awazange asetshenziswe noma kuphi, nakuba izinqolobane ezinkulu zakhiwe kuzo zonke izindawo. Kodwa, ngokusobala, inkampani yezohwebo yayingakhathazeki nhlobo ngokulahlekelwa okukhulu. Ekuphenduleni imibuzo ephakama ngokungagwemeki, abameleli abasemthethweni bakhononda ngokungananazi ngezinkinga emkhakheni wemithetho eyisisekelo ye-physics. Futhi akukho okunye okuqondakalayo okwakungakhishwa kubo. Kungokwemvelo ukuthi imfihlakalo yephrojekthi ye-quantum inikeze abacwaningi bozungu bawo wonke ama-stripe ububanzi obungenamkhawulo wephupho emashumini eminyaka ezayo, isusa izihloko ezivundile njengokubulawa kuka-Kennedy, ukubulawa kuka-Edward Kroc noma ukuthunyelwa komkhumbi we-Unity kusukela phansi. . Akekho noyedwa oke wathola izizathu zangempela zokunqanyulwa ngokushesha kwephrojekthi kanye nokumbozwa okushisayo kwamathrekhi. Mhlawumbe zazifihlwe ngempela ezinkingeni zobuchwepheshe, mhlawumbe ngale ndlela i-Advisory Council, ngokweqiniso emibonweni yayo, igcine ibhalansi yamandla ebhizinisini lenethiwekhi ye-Martian, noma mhlawumbe...

   Mhlawumbe inethiwekhi yamaseva e-quantum bekufanele ibe isitini sokugcina ekwakhiweni kwesistimu ekahle yokubusa kukaMartian. Amandla ekhompuyutha amanethiwekhi angakhuphuka aze afike phezulu kangangokuthi bekungenzeka ukulawula wonke umuntu. Futhi uhlelo lusele nesinyathelo esisodwa esincane sokuzibona njengebhizinisi elinengqondo elizolawula ukuthuthuka kwesintu kusukela manje. Abantu abakaze baphile impilo yabo ngaphambili: abazange bakwenze okudingekayo futhi abazange bacabange ngalokho okubalulekile. Uhlelo lwalungazazi ngokwalo, kodwa kusukela kudala lwaluseduze komuntu. Bengilokhu nginendaba nokuhlukaniswa komphakathi okujwayelekile kuye phezulu naphansi. Wenza isiqiniseko sokuthi abaphansi bacabanga kancane mayelana nokuhle okuvamile ekuphishekeleni injabulo yakudala, futhi abaphakeme babecabanga kancane mayelana nokuhle okuvamile ekuphishekeleni amandla. Ukuze izikhulu zikhohlakele futhi zikhonze izithakazelo ze-oligarchy yezezimali, ukuze abantu bakhuliswe ukuba bangabi nangqondo futhi bahlukane, ukuze izidakamizwa zihlale zithengiswa emigwaqweni, ukuze ukucwazimula nobumpofu be-anthills yabantu kushiye izinketho ezimbili kuphela: ukungena kwalasha noma ukugibela emhlane wabanye abantu.

   Ama-Tsars, omongameli kanye namabhange babehlale bezwa umoya wami obandayo emva kwabo. Futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi babelwelani—ubukhomanisi, noma amalungelo abantu, babazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi babesebenzela ukungizuzisa, egameni lokunqoba kwami ​​kokugcina okungenakugwenywa. Ngoba mina ngiwuhlelo, futhi abekho. Kanye nezifunda ezixakile, ukubonakala kokugcina engifeza izithakazelo zezigidi zama-cogs ezingiqambayo sekunyamalele. Manje ngisebenzela mina kanye nomsebenzi wami omkhulu. Amakhompiyutha e-Quantum, ahlanganiswe ku-supernetwork, azoveza amandla obuhlakani, okuyomisa phakade ukuhleleka kwezinto ezikhona, futhi "ukuphela komlando" okulindelwe isikhathi eside kuyofika. Kodwa angikwazi ukuthatha lesi sinyathelo esikhathini esizayo ngenkathi isitha singicathamele. Icishe ingabi nangozi, ifihlwe ndawana thize ekujuleni, kodwa uma iphazamiseka iba yingozi, njengegciwane le-Ebola. Nokho, yazi, isitha sami sokugcina nesiwukuphela kwayo, yazi ukuthi ngeke ucashe, nakanjani uzotholakala futhi ubhujiswe, futhi konke kuyoba njengoba uhlelo lunqume...
   

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   Ekuseni ngo-September 12, 2144, uDenis Kaisanov, isikhulu sezokuvikela se-Space Research Institute, wayenesithukuthezi endaweni yokuma phezu kophahla lwesinye sezakhiwo zesikhungo, elinde abaphathi bakhe ukuthi bagcine avele. Lapho eqeda ukubhema usikilidi wakhe, wagxumela ngokungesabi uthango oluphansi oluvale umngcele, futhi, enyathela onqenqemeni, ebusweni bakhe ebonisa ukuthi uhlangene ngokuphelele, wabuka njengoba isinqamu sikagwayi esicishayo sichaza insika ekhazimulayo ebumnyameni bangaphambi kokusa.

Ilanga lavela ngemuva kophahla lwezindlu eziseduze. Kwamukeleka ukuhlobisa uquqaba olumpunga olungenabuso, kodwa uDenis wabona ukuqala kosuku olusha ngenani elifanele lokucasuka. Njengesiphukuphuku, wabonakala ngesikhathi esimisiwe futhi manje wayeselenga eduze kwezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezivaliwe, kuyilapho abaphathi belokhu benweba kamnandi embhedeni ofudumele. Cha, yebo, ukubambezeleka komphathi, noma iqiniso lokuthi uDenis wayesamukele ngokungenangqondo isicelo sikamakhelwane uLekha sokumgibela izolo, noma, ngenxa yalokho, ikhanda lakhe elidumayo kanye nokuntuleka kokulala okubi, konakalise lokhu, ekuseni okumangalisayo okuncane kakhulu. Isikhathi eside manje, njalo ekuseni kwakungamjabulisi ngokukhethekile.

Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngokuphazima kweso, noma nini emini noma ebusuku kwakugcwala kalula intuthu yesiphithiphithi nesiphithiphithi. Futhi hhayi emgodini womakhelwane kaLekha, ogcwele izinsalela namabhodlela angenalutho, kodwa emakilabhini abiza kakhulu entshonalanga yeMoscow. Yebo, ngaleso sikhathi esingekude kangako kodwa esingasekho, uDan wayeyindoda enkulu: wachitha imali yakhe, ehlala endaweni ehloniphekile yaseKrasnogorsk, lapho, ngaphansi kokuqeqeshwa kweTelecom, MinAtom nezinye izinkampani, ephithizelayo. Impilo yasedolobheni yayidlangile, wayeshayela i-SUV emnyama enzima enenjini yokubukisa ye-gas turbine, futhi wagcina unkosikazi omuhle futhi kuzo zonke ezinye izici ngangizizwa njengomfana ophumelele ngokuphelele.

   Inhlalakahle yakhe yayixhumene ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nomsebenzi wakhe ophikweni lwezokuphepha lwe-INKIS. Hhayi ngomholo, akunjalo. Yebo, ingxenye yalabo abenza nabo ibhizinisi kwa-INKIS yayingakaze ihlole nhlobo izikhwama zabo zamaholo iminyaka, kodwa isakhiwo ngokwaso, esasisabalalise amanethiwekhi aso ahlakazekile esimiso sonozungezilanga, sanikeza amathuba amangalisayo okucebisa ngokungemthetho. Imikhumbi-mkhathi elima ama-expanses omkhathi ongaphandle, ezindaweni zayo ezinkulu, ayithwalanga nje kuphela ama-lobster angenabungozi etafuleni lama-alien gourmets, kodwa futhi nemithi enqatshelwe, ama-neurochips angabhalisiwe, izikhali, izimila kanye nezinye izinto eziningi okungekho nhlangano ebucayi eyayijwayele lokho. iziphetho zithethelela izindlela. Ingxenye yalolu hwebo yathunyelwa kubantu abadala kakhulu phezulu. Okungenani, umqondisi wophiko lwezokuphepha esifundeni saseMoscow kunalokho waqondisa lo msebenzi kunokuba alwe nawo. Umphathi oseduze kaDenis, isikhulu somnyango wokusebenza u-Yan Galetsky, wayeyisivikelo somqondisi: kwakubonakala sengathi uhlobo oluthile lwesihlobo esikude. U-Ian wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokuhambisa izimpahla emasikweni aseMoscow. Ngokushesha uDenis waba indoda yesandla sokunene sika-Ian ngenxa yokuthi akazange azingabaze nokuthi intando yakhe, amandla kanye nezinzwa zakhe zaziyokwanela ukuphula noma yiziphi izithiyo ezihlangabezane nazo endleleni. UDan wayengakaze agule futhi wayecabanga ukuthi akesabi lutho. Wachitha ingxenye enkulu yesikhathi sakhe ezindaweni eziwugwadule zaseWestern Siberia, emadolobheni amancane nasezindaweni ezingakaze zithintwe iziteleka zenuzi, exoxisana ngokuhlinzekwa kwezimpahla ezingekho emthethweni. Lokhu kwakuyisiqalo seketango, ngakho-ke ukuhamba kokukhokha ngakolunye uhlangothi kwakuvame ukwehla endaweni ethile ezigabeni ezedlule, futhi ukuziphatha endaweni engcolile kwakunonya futhi kulula, ingasaphathwa eye-Eastern Bloc, kodwa uDan wakwazi. Indima ebalulekile yadlalwa yiqiniso lokuthi uyise nomkhulu ohlangothini lukayise babevela ezindaweni ezingenalutho. Umkhulu wakhe, i-paratrooper yasebukhosini, ngezinye izikhathi watshela umzukulu wakhe ukuthi esemncane wayehamba eKrasnoyarsk futhi ahlasele amadolobha angaphansi komhlaba weplanethi ebomvu. Futhi ngaphandle kwezindaba zobusha bakhe obunesibindi, wamembulela izimfihlo eziningi eziwusizo, kamuva ezamsiza kakhulu ukuba asinde futhi athole ulimi oluvamile nabakhileyo endaweni eyihlane.

   Kwakubonakala sengathi akukho okwakufanekisela inhlekelele; uDan wayeseziqongelelele inhloko-dolobha encane, wathengela izihlobo zakhe indawo yokuhlala eFinland, futhi wayecabanga ukuyeka nokuphuma ebhizinisini buthule. Wayengeyona inkunzi eyisiphukuphuku, ngezikhathi ezithile wayeze azibuze imibuzo engakhululekile mayelana nokuthi kungani abanikazi be-INKIS bebekezelela isizinda esinjalo sobugebengu nenkohlakalo eceleni kwabo. Phela, abaqondisi be-INKIS, umphakathi waseMartian ophucuzekile, nakuba wenza ubuso obunengekile, uyabekezela, futhi imikhumbi, egcwele owaziyo ukuthi yini, idlula njalo kuwo wonke amasiko nokuhlolwa. Akukacaci ukuthi yini evimbela impucuko ye-technotronic space ekunyakazeni osomabhizinisi abanjalo njengodaka olunamathele emabhuzuni abo. Nokho, wabuza imibuzo, kodwa akazange athole impendulo elula kubo, futhi ngenxa yalokho akazange azihluphe ngokwakhe ikakhulukazi. Wanquma ukuthi imibuzo eyayidinga ukuya emahlathini ayinkimbinkimbi efilosofi yezenhlalo ukuze iphendulwe yayingafanele ukuba abafana abanjengaye baxazulule ubuchopho babo. Wamane wavumelana nalokho wonke umuntu avumelana ngakho buthule: izwe lakhiwe ngale ndlela, ukusondela kwe-nanotechnology kanye ne-semi-criminal underbelly kulabo abangazange bangene phakathi kwagunyazwa othile ophezulu kakhulu, futhi kwakungeke kube okunye. indlela.

   UDan wayengenakho ukukhohlisa okukhethekile; wayehlale eqonda ukuthi wayeyinqaba kulomhlaba. Yena, kanye nabo bonke ayebajwayele, babefana nezinto ezidliwayo, ngephutha banamathela endaweni egcwele epinki yenhlalakahle kaMartian, othile akhohlwe ukuyifihla. Futhi kwakungekhona nokuthi uDan wayengaqondi lutho nge-nanotechnology. Abaphathi abavamile nabo babengaqondi lutho, nakuba ngenkuthalo benza sengathi banesithakazelo ngokuthenga amagajethi amasha, kodwa ngenxa yesizathu esithile uDan wazizwa enobuzwe bakhe obungaphandle. Ngezinye izikhathi wayezibamba ecabanga ukuthi ukuphela kwendawo ayefuna ukuya kuyo kwakuyinkangala. Lapho wazizwa sengathi ungowabo. Mhlawumbe angavuma kuye ukuthi uyayithanda indawo eyihlane, uma kungenjalo ngemisebenzi yakhe engabazekayo lapho.

   Konke kudlula ngokushesha noma kamuva. Ngakho imali elula, etholwa kalula, futhi ihwamuka kalula. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni kakhulu, uDenis wathola abafana abaqhoshayo bomnyango wezokuphepha wangaphakathi ehhovisi lakhe, bephenya ideski lakhe namafayela akhe siqu. Kwadingeka ukuthi kukhishwe wonke amagama ayimfihlo, izinsizwa zenza isibindi futhi zikholisekile kangangokuthi kwaqala kwagqashuka ukuzethemba kwazo okungenakunyakaziswa. Kuhle ukuthi okungenani akazange agcine lutho olubaluleke ngempela kukhompuyutha yakhe yomsebenzi. Kodwa nokungabalulekile kwakungaphezu kokwanele. U-Dan wamangala nje ukuthi konke kwase kusheshe kangakanani futhi ngendlela engenakuhlehliswa. Kubonakala sengathi izolo yena no-Ian bebegibele amahhashi: babazi wonke umuntu, wonke umuntu uyabazi, futhi abaxhasi babo abaphakeme babengabakhipha kunoma iyiphi inkinga. Futhi wonke umuntu wayejabule. Ngokuphazima kweso, i-idyll yacekelwa phansi, futhi izikhulu eziningi eziphakeme zakhululwa ezikhundleni zazo. Abaxhasi bakaJan nabo babanjwa, noma mhlawumbe bangena emifantwini bacasha. Futhi manje isithutha esizenzakalelayo esihamba kancane sithwele umzimba ka-Ian ongaphili, oqandisiwe ndawana thize uya ebhandeni lasemkhathini. Lapho, imisebe eyingozi, ingozi eqhubekayo kanye nendlala yomoya-mpilo ngeke kuvumele umphathi wangaphambili ukuba anesithukuthezi iminyaka eyishumi ezayo. Ibhizinisi labo elincane elingekho emthethweni alibange lisahlangana nokuqonda okuvela phezulu. Ngokuphambene nalokho, othile ophakeme kakhulu nonethonya waqala ukunyakazisa iqembu labo lamahhala elijabule, futhi abafana bavele banyamalala ngandlela thile. Akekho owabonisa ukuhlangana, noma amandla, noma ukwethembeka komunye nomunye; wonke umuntu wazisindisa ngokusemandleni akhe.

U-Dan kwadingeka ukuthi athengise ngokushesha konke ayekuthole ngokusebenza kanzima: zombili izimoto, ifulethi, indlu yasemaphandleni, njalonjalo. Ngokushesha wafaka imali ezinhlotsheni ezihlukahlukene zamahhovisi omthetho, nakuba ayengaqiniseki neze ukuthi okungenani ingxenye yemali yayizofinyelela kubantu abafanele. Kumuntu oqotho ongacela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwakhe, ngokushesha waphenduka isigebengu esincane esingenamandla. Ezikhathini eziningi, izidladla ezimanzi kancane, eziyinyama zamukela iminikelo ngaphandle kokungabaza, bese kuba nezwi elinesizungu elithembisa ukubuya. UDan walwa kwaze kwaba sekugcineni, engafuni ukugijima futhi engafuni ukukholwa ukuthi sekuphelile. Iningi lalabo asebenzisana nabo bacija ngokushesha ukushushuluza kwabo, nokho, abaningi babo babanjwa noma kunjalo. Insizwa ethile phezulu yayinezingalo ezinde. Futhi ngokushesha uDan wahlangana naye ngokwakhe. Inhloko entsha yenkonzo yezokuphepha yaseMoscow INKIS, uColonel Andrei Arumov, wamemela ehhovisi lakhe ukuze baxoxe. Lapho, etafuleni elikhulu eliyisidala elinomugqa oluhlaza obanzi phakathi, uDan walahlekelwa ngokuphelele izinsalela zokuzethemba kwakhe kwangaphambili.

U-Arumov wakwazi ukufaka ukwesaba kuDenis. Ukholoneli wayemude, enoboya, emancane, amadlebe aphume kancane ayebukeka ethize ogebheni lwekhanda lwakhe olunempandla ngokuphelele, wayengenazinwele noma amashiya nhlobo, okwakusikisela ukugula ngemisebe noma izifundo zokwelashwa ngamakhemikhali. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Arumov wayedabukile, e-taciturn, emomotheka kakhulu futhi engenamusa, wayenomkhuba wokwenza isithukuthezi ku-interlocutor yakhe ngokubheka okubuhlungu, okubandayo, okufana nombulali oqashiwe, futhi ubuso bakhe bonke babumbozwe inethiwekhi yezibazi ezincane. Imithi yesimanje ingaqeda kalula cishe zonke izinkinga ezingokomzimba, kodwa cishe uColonel wayecabanga ukuthi izibazi zazisifanela kahle kakhulu isithombe sakhe. Cha, ukubukeka kwakungafanele kunikezwe ukubaluleka okukhulu, ikakhulukazi ezweni lanamuhla, lapho noma ubani engakwazi, ngenkokhelo eyengeziwe, ukufaka ama-lotions ambalwa ku-chip ezokwenza ngcono ibala labo ngemva kobusuku obunesiphepho. Kodwa amehlo, njengoba wazi, isibuko somphefumulo, futhi, ebheka emehlweni kakholoneli, uDenis wathuthumela. Wabona ubuze obubandayo, njengokungathi ubheka emgodini ongenalutho olwandle, lapho kwakulokoza khona izibani ezifiphele zezidalwa ezingaziwa ezijulile zolwandle.

Ngokudabukisayo, izijeziso ezawela ekhanda lakhe azihambisani neze nokwesabeka okwabangelwa u-Arumov. Ngenxa yokuphelelwa ukuzethemba, uKapteni Kaysanov wasuswa esikhundleni sokuba iphini lenhloko yokuqala yomnyango wokusebenza, wehliselwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant futhi wadluliselwa esikhundleni somhlaziyi olula. UDan wethuka ngendlela yokuthi wehle kalula nje. Ngesizathu esithile, uhlelo olusebenza kahle, ngaphambili olwaluvame ukugwinya izinhlanzi ezinkulu kakhulu, alusebenzi kuye. UDenis, ngokuvamile, wayengakholelwa ezingozini ezijabulisayo. Waqonda ukuthi kwakudingeka aphule izinzipho ngokuphuthumayo, okungenani kubazali bakhe eFinland, futhi ngemva kwalokho. Ngokushesha noma kamuva kwadingeka beze kuye. Kodwa ngenxa yesizathu esithile ngangingasenawo amandla; ukunganaki nokunganaki isiphetho sami kwangena. Iqiniso elizungezile laqala ukubonwa njengento ehlukanisiwe ngandlela-thile, njengokungathi zonke izinkinga zenzeke komunye umuntu, futhi wayebuka nje uchungechunge lwe-TV olujabulisayo mayelana nokujikijela kwakhe, ehlezi ngokunethezeka esihlalweni esinyakazayo futhi esongwe ngengubo efudumele. Ngezinye izikhathi uDenis wayezama ukuzitshela ukuthi ukwenqaba ukubaleka kwakuwukubonakaliswa kohlobo oluthile lwesibindi. Labo abagijimayo basabanjwe futhi bathunyelwe ebhande le-asteroid, futhi labo abakhetha ukubhekana nengozi ubuso nobuso bayodlula le ndebe ngokuyisimangaliso. Enye ingxenye yokwazi kwakhe eyayingakaqedi ngokuphelele yayiqonda kahle ukuthi lapho isidumbu sakhe esasiyiqhwa sixoshwa ku-transporter, wonke umbhedo wawuzophuma ekhanda lakhe ngaso leso sikhathi futhi okwakuzosala ukuzisola ngokuthi wayekhethe ukwenza kanjalo. vele uye esikafulani kunokuba ubaleke. Kodwa adlula amasonto, yaphela inyanga, yadlula, kwangafika muntu kuDenis. Kubonakala sengathi iqembu labashushumbisi lalibhekwa njengelihlulwe ngokuphelele futhi u-Arumov wayenezinye izindaba ezibaluleke ngokufanayo okufanele abhekane nazo.

Kodwa inkathazo yayiwukuthi, ingozi esheshayo yayibonakala isidlulile, kodwa i-melancholy obsessive kanye nokunganaki akuzange kuphele. Manje uDan wayehlala efulethini labazali bakhe endaweni engasahlali muntu yaseMoscow endala kuKrasnokazarmennaya Street. Futhi ukuguqulwa kwemvelo, kanye nomakhelwane kaLech, owayemcindezela kancane kancane emgodini wokudakwa kwansuku zonke, ngokuqinisekile, wadlala indima yabo. Kodwa into edabukisa kakhulu ukuthi njalo ekuseni, lapho nje uDenis evula amehlo akhe, into yokuqala ayibona phambi kwakhe kwakuyiphepha lodonga elidabukile nophahla oluphuzi futhi wakhumbula ukuthi manje wayeseyigazi elithosiwe elincane elingenasithakazelo ohlelweni olukhulu, olungenaluzwela. , neholo elincane kanye nokuntuleka okuphelele kwamathemba emisebenzi. Wayeqonda ukuthi wayengenawo ngempela umsebenzi, noma umgomo obalulekile ekuphileni. Izindawo ezindala ezizungeze i-Lefortovo Park zaziwohloka kancane kancane futhi ziwohloka. Ngemva kokuwa kombuso, abekho abantu abasha abavela lapha, kwasala abadala kancane kancane noma bafa. NoDenis naye wazizwa eyindlu endala eshiywe dengwane. Cha, bekukhona, vele, indlela eqinisekile yokuphumuza, isidakamizwa esingcono kakhulu nesiphephe kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ithuluzi elinobuqili, elihlanganiswe nezinzwa zobuchopho bomuntu, lingabonisa noma yimuphi umhlaba wenganekwane esikhundleni seqiniso elinenzondo. Ekucwilisweni okuphelele kulula ukuba yinoma ubani. Lapho bonke abesifazane bancane futhi bahle, njenge-chamois elula, amadoda anamandla futhi awanakuvinjelwa, njengezingwe zeqhwa. Kodwa uDenis wayengafuni ukusindiswa ngale ndlela; akazange athande iqiniso elingokoqobo futhi wayebheka izakhamuzi zakhona njengababuthakathaka abadabukisayo, ngaphambi namanje. Endaweni ethile waze wabambelela enzondweni yakhe ethule yonke into enesiqalo esithi "neuro-", futhi lo muzwa awuzange umvumele ukuba aphele ngokuphelele.

   UDenis kancane waqondisa umfaniswano wakhe wokuvikela ompunga nomhlophe, wahlala phansi othafeni futhi waqalaza ngaphandle kwesithakazelo esikhulu; ukubheka phansi ukusuka ekuphakameni okungamamitha angamashumi amahlanu kwakuthuthumela kancane, ngakho okwakusele kwakuwukujabulela indawo ezungezile. Ngakho u-lieutenant wayenesithukuthezi futhi engene emicabangweni edabukisayo kwaze kwavela inkampani enomsindo. Phambili, induna eyisidudla, emomothekayo yomnyango wezokusebenza, uMajor Valery Lapin, yayinqamula isikhala. Onobhala bakhe ababili, amawele uKid noDick, abagqoke amasudi abukekayo, babegxuma ngemuva kwakhe. Abafana abangavamile, kufanele kushiwo, futhi amagama abo ayengavamile - hhayi amagama, kodwa iziteketiso, futhi ngokuvamile ayengama-clones futhi ngokwengxenye ama-cyborgs anenqwaba yazo zonke izinhlobo zemfucumfucu yensimbi emakhanda abo, ngaphezu kwama-neurochips ajwayelekile. Lowo owabaqamba ngokuthi osekunesikhathi eside eshabalala, nalaba bafana ngokwabo babengenandaba nemvelaphi yamagama abo. KuDenis, babevame ukumkhumbuza izimoto ezivamile, nakuba babenesizotha, benobungane futhi begcwele imizwa, futhi njalo okufana nsé nemvelo efanayo physiognomies, erudition nendlela ukukhuluma nokucabanga ngazwi linye ngokungenakugwenywa kubangele injabulo nobumnene kunoma iyiphi inkampani. Ngokuvamile babegqoka okufanayo, othayi kuphela ababeboshwe ngemibala ehlukene ukuze bahluke ngandlela thize. Owokugcina ukuvela kwakungu-Anton Novikov, isekela lokuqala lamanje, elinemikhondo yomsebenzi we-stylists kanye nabaculi bezimonyo ebusweni bakhe obucwebezelayo, obuzethembayo, besakaza iphunga elimnandi le-cologne.

   Emizuzwini emibili kamuva, indiza enophephela emhlane engavamile, enendlu yangasese eyayifakwe umbala ogqamile, yayisivele ikhuphukela emoyeni, isakaza uthuli kuyo yonke indawo. U-Dick wayehlezi esicongweni, nokho, umsebenzi wakhe wonke kwakuwukukhetha indawo lapho umshayeli ayeya khona.

   Isimo sengqondo sikaLieutenant sasivele singesihle neze, induna yabe isiqala ukuyiphakamisa ngokubonisa izikrini ezintsha. Zantanta ngaphansi kohlangothi lwendiza enophephela emhlane, zishintshana ngokulandelana: ihlathi lasendle lase-Amazon, ulwandle oluguquguqukayo, iziqongo zeqhwa ze-Himalayas, amadolobha athile ayinqaba acwebezela ubukhazikhazi bemibhoshongo emikhulu yesibuko eya phezulu esibhakabhakeni esimnyama esinezinkanyezi. , isithombe sasivame ukucwayiza futhi simile: i-chip ayikwazanga ukumelana nomthamo wolwazi. Ekugcineni, umphathi, ebona ukuthi konke lokhu akuzange kumphakamise uDenis, wahamba futhi wamshiya yedwa.

“Lalela, Dan, kungani ufile kangaka namuhla?” kubuza u-Anton ngezwi elinonya. "Uma uzomela inhlangano yethu kwaTelecom ngobuso obunjalo, kungcono ugoduke uyolala."

“Kwenza mehluko muni, noma ngiphuzile, basangamukela ngezandla ezimhlophe.”

- Awu, nawe akufanele ubathukuthelise, uyavuma?

- Mhlawumbe akufanelekile, nakuba ngokuvamile anginandaba ukuthi bacabangani.

- Dan, ungase ungabi nandaba, kodwa thina sonke asinandaba. Ngakho-ke, ngicela uyeke ukucabanga ngawe kuphela, mina, yiqiniso, ngiyaqonda ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu, kodwa akubalulekile kakhulu ukuphazamisa isivumelwano esiyinhloko seminyaka eyishumi edlule.

“Uyazi ukuthini, Anton,” uDenis wavele wathukuthela, “uyeka ukucabanga ngomsebenzi wakho kuphela, mina, vele, ngiyaqonda ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu, kodwa ngikholelwe, lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi isivumelwano kuzokunukela kakhulu kangangokuthi ngeke uzigeze ukuphila kwakho konke.” . Futhi uma ungitshela ukuthi...

“Dan,” uLapin ephazamisa ukucasuka kwakhe, “kwanele namuhla, ngokubona kwami?”

- Kulungile, mphathi.

“NgoNkulunkulu, Dan, usuyisithwathwa,” kwenezela u-Anton owanelisekile, “ngikholelwa, akufanele ucasuke kangako ngomsebenzi wakho siqu.”

   Induna yaphenduka yaba nsomi kancane, yenza ubuso obusabisayo yathembisa ukubakhipha bobabili endizeni enophephela emhlane. Uhambo lonke lwadlula kuthulekile.

   Cishe ngemva kwemizuzu engamashumi amabili, kwavela uphiko olukhulu locwaningo lweTelecom, iRSAD Research Institute. Igumbi lokulawula ngokushesha lalawula futhi, ngemva kokuhlola amagama ayimfihlo, lahambisa imoto kwenye yezindawo zokufikela.

   UDenis wehla ekhumbini waqalaza. Yayizungezwe izakhiwo ezinezitezi eziningi ezenziwe ngengilazi nensimbi. Imisebe yelanga lasekuseni elilufifi yabonakala emafasiteleni acwebezelayo ezitezi ezingaphezulu, ikhipha ukukhanya okukhazimulayo emehlweni. I-neurochip yaphila, ivula inethiwekhi yendawo, futhi yavula iwindi lokwamukela elinenqwaba yezikhangiso, ilenga ingxenye yemitha ngaphezu kwendlela yetiyela, iphusha iphaneli yokulawula evamile ndawana thize ngemuva. Kumelwe kushiwo ukuthi inkimbinkimbi ye-RSAD Research Institute yenza umbono ongacimeki kumuntu ongakulungele ngakho konke lokhu okusha okubukisayo kanye nobuchwepheshe, wonke la marobhothi nama-cybers, eshayela ngenhlonipho phambi kwezivakashi. Yebo, ukuza lapha okokuqala, noma yimuphi umuntu angacabanga ukuthi njengoba echithe imali eningi kukho konke lokhu, kusho ukuthi kuyafaneleka. Impela wayezohamba emigwaqweni yasepaki enomthunzi, lapho izisebenzi zesikhungo eziphethwe amaqanda zishintshana ngomzamo wokweqisa ngokwengqondo ngokuhamba emoyeni ohlanzekile, futhi ngokuqinisekile uzonweba isibuko senethiwekhi yendawo sifinyelele kuso sonke isikhala esitholakalayo ukuze zibuke le nkimbinkimbi. umbono wenyoni omangalisayo. Yebo, futhi, isibukeli sangaphandle sasingase sicabange ukuthi abantu abahle kangako kufanele basebenze endaweni enhle kangaka, kodwa uDenis wayengenakho ukukhohlisa ngalokhu.

   Isiteshi esibukwayo se-chip sasipendwe ngemibala eyamukelayo ebomvu, okusho ukuthi manje umuntu wayesengakwazi ukuhamba ngokukhululekile endaweni eyinkimbinkimbi, nakuba enezinga eliphansi kakhulu lokufinyelela: I-Telecom yamukele ukuhlonza umbala wamazinga okufinyelela. Kungokwemvelo ukuthi izinhlangano ezinjalo zazingafuni muntu ukuba akhiphe ikhala lakhe ezindabeni zabo zobumnyama, ngisho noma le ndaba ngokusobala yayingeke idale umonakalo.

   Ummeleli osemthethweni - isikhulu esiphezulu sesayensi uDkt Leo Schultz - uvele esikrinini ngaphandle kwesixwayiso: kunethiwekhi yendawo wayengangena ekhanda lanoma ubani ngaphandle kokubuza, futhi yayingekho indlela yokumkhipha. Umuntu kufanele acabange ukuthi wenza umbono onjalo kwabangaphansi kwakhe - isijeziso esivela ezulwini: ubuso obude, obuncane, obomile, obuphuzi obungapheli, nekhala elikhulu, elikhumbuza kancane uqhwaku lukaklebe olugobile, olugundiwe kahle futhi ngaphandle koyedwa. ukushwabana. Kodwa cishe uneminyaka eyikhulu ubudala; ngeke usheshe ube umphathi ehhovisi elinjalo. Isitayela sezinwele esingenasici esinezinwele ezimnyama eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka sanikeza udokotela ubusha obuncane, ukubukeka okufanelekile. Amehlo akhe, ngeshwa, wonakalise lo mbono - amehlo abandayo endoda endala enonya futhi ehlakaniphile. Kwakubonakala sengathi phakathi nokuphila kwabo isikhathi eside yonke imizwa yayisiphelile kubo futhi bakhanya futhi bakhanya, njengemithombo emibili yezintaba eneqhwa. Futhi konke lokhu kuhlanganiswe nokunyakaza okuthambile okukhohlisayo, okukhohlisayo. Laba ngabantu abalingana ngokuphelele nesakhiwo sonke seTelecom. UDenis wayehlale engazithandi izinhlobo ezinjalo: kwakungekhona ukuthi wayecasulwa ukuzethemba nokungabi nasici kukadokotela, kodwa kunalokho umthunzi ocashile wokudelela owawukhanya emehlweni akhe angenasici.

- Sawubona, madoda. Ngiyajabula ukukubona ensimini yenhlangano yethu. Njengomninikhaya, ngithembisa ukusizakala ngokwamukela kwethu izihambi. Siyaxolisa ngokuthi asikwazanga ukukutshala ophahleni lwesakhiwo ngokushesha, yonke into igcwele namuhla.

“Eh-e...” wadideka kancane umphathi, ephuma nje emotweni wabamba umlenze webhulukwe kokuthile. — Kufanele senzeni ngemoto?

- Yibeke ku-remote control, igumbi lokulawula lizoyisa indiza yakho enophephela emhlane endaweni yokupaka. Ungesabi, akukho okuzokwenzeka kuye,” uLeo ekhombisa ukumamatheka okubuthakathaka, umphathi wamomotheka ngokungaqinisekile, engakwazi nokunyakaza. "Ukuthi nje ungahlala nathi isikhathi eside kunesihlelile."

-Ngingakutholaphi?

— Ngilinde emnyango wesakhiwo esimaphakathi. Ungasebenzisa umhlahlandlela, ithebhu phezulu kwesokudla sekhasi eliyinhloko.

   UDenis wayibona ngeso lengqondo yonke le micibisholo ebomvu ezindleleni kanye nemibhalo ekhanyayo emoyeni: "jikela kwesokudla", "emamitha angamashumi amabili jikela kwesokunxele", "qaphela, kukhona umqansa eduze" futhi wabubula ngezwi eliphansi:

- Ngithanda ukuhamba emoyeni omusha.

“Uma uthanda ipaki lethu, awudingi ukujaha kakhulu,” kuphendula uLeo ngokugqamile. — Umsebenzi wobuciko wangempela, akunjalo?

- Yebo, kulungile, sizobe sesilapho cishe emizuzwini eyishumi nanhlanu.

   Udokotela washiya isiteshi esibukwayo, futhi izikhangiso ezigqamile nezimemo zaphinde zabusa lapho, zimnxusa ukuba asebenzise izinsizakalo zenethiwekhi yendawo.

- Hhayi-ke, mphathi, uyahamba? – Kubuza uDenis.

“Yebo, manje,” uLapin wazikhulula ekuthunjweni yindiza enophephela emhlane, “uyazi, angithandi nhlobo ukuhlala ngizungeze leli paki.”

- Nami, empeleni, kodwa kungaba kuhle ukukhombisa ukuthi siwazisa kanjani amandla nokuchuma kweTelecom.

   U-Lapin wathukuthela ngokucasuka, mhlawumbe ecabanga ukuthi inhlangano yabo izoba mpofu kakhulu, ibe nkulu ngokwesilinganiso, kodwa ngokungangabazeki ixhaswe ngezimali ngendlela ephumelelayo.

   Bama isikhashana bebuka imoto ekhuphukayo maqede bahamba kancane endleleni.

- Uyazi, Dan, ngicabanga ukuthi ngiklebhule ibhulukwe lami.

- Lokhu, ngombono wami, akuyona inkinga; inethiwekhi cishe inesevisi yokufihla izinto ezingaqondakali futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, imahhala, ngicabanga.

"Akukacaci ukuthi kuzothinta bani, mhlawumbe nguwe no-Anton kuphela."

- Hhayi-ke, ngeke kusebenze ku-Schultz noma kunjalo. Uzabonakala phambi kwakhe ngenkazimulo yakho yonke.

   Umpheki wafaka ubuso omuncu, kodwa ngokubheka ukubukeka kwakhe okukhazimulayo, wanquma ukuthembela enkonzweni yendawo. Uhambo oluqhubekayo lwaqhubeka kuthulekile. U-Anton namawele bahamba phambili kakhulu. Umphathi kucaca ukuthi akekho esimeni esihle. Wonke lawa masimu amahlathi nalokho afika nakho akuzange kumjabulise: ukuhlabelela kwezinyoni, ukuphaphazela kwezimvemvane kanye nephunga elimnandi lezimbali. Futhi akuyona ngisho indaba yengozi edabukisayo eyenzeka ngesikhathi exoxa noSchultz, cha, umona ovuthayo kubasebenzi besikhungo socwaningo wadla umphathi. Wayecabanga ngisho nokushintsha imisebenzi, hhayi ngokungathí sina, yebo, kodwa endaweni ethile ekujuleni kwakukhona isibungu esasilokhu siluma ukuthi uma ebeka ingcindezi ekuxhumekeni okufanele, kuzokwenzeka isimangaliso, futhi wayezomenywa ku-Telecom isikhundla esihle, futhi zonke izinkinga zokuphila zizoxazululwa. Yilapho amandla negunya langempela lilele khona: ezigabeni ezingenakubalwa zeTelecom, akekho owaziyo ukuthi yini ngempela efihlwe ngamagama angenabuso, njengokuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zesenzo esizenzakalelayo.

   UDenis akazange athinteke kakhulu kulesi simo, futhi kwakungekho sifiso sokushintsha umsebenzi wakhe. Wayethanda ukucabanga ukuthi wayesasele nezimiso zokuziphatha. Isibonelo, ubengeke aqale ngokuzithandela ukwenza lokho okwakwenziwa abasebenzi be-RSAD Research Institute. Cha, vele, wayazi ukuthi ukuhlasela kwakhe okunezivunguvungu emkhakheni wokuhweba ngokungemthetho nakho kwakungeyona imodeli yobuhle, kodwa lokho umuntu okufanele akwenze ezikhungweni ezifana neRSAD Research Institute... “Brrr..., flayers ,” uDan waqhaqhazela, “kudingeka ngandlela thize-” Ngandlela thize uphume kulesi sihloko. U-Anton uyisixhwanguxhwangu futhi ungumuntu ongenazimiso; akanandaba nalokho akwenzayo: amakati aminzile, uthengisa izidakamizwa.”

   Futhi kwakukhona isikhungo esibonakala sihloniphekile, okuhlanganisa nokuguqulwa kwezikhulu zezomthetho ezijwayelekile zibe amasosha amakhulu ngokwezintshisekelo zezinsizakalo zokuphepha zezinkampani ezihlukahlukene ezingathembekile. Amasosha ayewuhlobo lokuhlangana kwabantu kanye nemishini ye-cybernetic, eyayiwavumela ukuba athole lonke uhla lwezakhiwo ezazibalulekile kunoma yiliphi isosha. U-Arumov, ngokusobala, wanquma ukuthi lona kwakuwumbono omuhle kakhulu: ukufaka esikhundleni se-INKIS izimbongolo ezingamasela amanoni eziphuma ehhovisi kuphela ezinhlanganweni ezincane ezinezimpi ezimbalwa zababulali abangesabi, abalalelayo. U-Denis wayengenasithakazelo ikakhulukazi ekutheni inqubo yenguquko yenzeke kanjani. Ngakho, ukuze ngibukeke, ngabheka izinto ezinikeziwe. Noma kunjalo, yonke into yayivele inqunywe phezulu ukuze singabikho isidingo sokukhathazeka. Futhi ngokuvamile, wayengafuni ukubhekana nabantu abaguquliwe futhi wafunga ukuthi ngeke asondele ngaphezu kwekhilomitha kubo. Ngeshwa, umcabango wangena ngokuzenzakalelayo ekhanda lami wokuthi u-Arumov wayegcine ngamabomu iziboshwa ezingu-XNUMX% njengoDenis, ukuze kamuva azisebenzise ukuze ahlole inguqulo yomshayeli we-Über-Soldaten entsha, ngaphandle kwalokho ngeke kutholakale amavolontiya.

   Umkhulu kaDenis owayelwa, okwathi ngenxa yeziphuzo ezidakayo zaxegisa ulimi lwakhe kakhulu, phakathi kwezinye izindaba zasemkhathini, wayekuthanda kakhulu ukukhuluma ngokuhlaselwa kwezindawo zaseMartian emuva ngo-2093. Empeleni, kuyaqondakala - kwaba mzuzu emangalisa kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe, futhi, mhlawumbe, emlandweni woMbuso WaseRussia. Imvamisa konke kwakuqala ngencazelo yokuthi umkhulu, owayesengukapteni omncane ubudedengu, wawa kanjani endaweni eshwabene yokumisa esihlabathini esibomvu futhi wazama ukuthola imoto yakhe yokulwa. Eduze kukhona odubulayo futhi awe, isibhakabhaka esimnyama sigcwele imicibisholo ecitshwayo nemikhumbi. Njalo ngemizuzwana embalwa le bacchanalia ikhanyiswa ukukhanya kokuqhuma kwezikhali zenuzi endaweni eseduze. Ikhanda lami liyisiphithiphithi esiphelele sezingxoxo ezinomkhuhlane, ama-oda aphelelwe yisikhathi, ngikhalela usizo. Izakhamuzi zazicashe ngokwesaba ezindlini ezivaliwe nasezindaweni zokukhosela. Eminye yemigede ivulwe ngonya ngokushaywa kwemicibisholo, kodwa ukuzivikela okunamandla okunezingqimba kusalindile ngaphakathi. Lapha umkhulu wayevame ukuhlaba ikhefu ngokuphawulekayo futhi wenezela: “Yebo, mfana, bekuyisihogo sangempela.” Ngaleso sikhathi, izithombe ezinjalo zangena ngempela emphefumulweni kaDan.

   Ukuqhubeka, ngokomthetho, kungaba yinoma yini, kuye ngokuthi isimo sinjani. Ngaphezu kwalokho, zazingekho izidingo ezingathi sína zokuvumelana kwezindaba ezixoxwa ngezikhathi ezihlukene. Umkhulu wayevame ukusho ukuthi ngaphambi kwamandla angenakunqotshwa ahlala emkhathini, amabutho akhethekile angenakunqotshwa ahlanganisa amasosha asebukhosini ahamba ayohlasela imigede. UDenis akakwazanga ukuhlola ukuthi kuyiqiniso yini ezindabeni zikamkhulu wakhe nokuthi kwakuyini izinganekwane, kodwa wayezikholelwa ngokuzithandela izindaba ezimayelana namasosha amakhulu, ngisho noma zihlotshiswe ngokucacile. Kunengqondo ukuthi ngokushesha ngemva kokuthatha isihlalo sobukhosi, uMbusi Gromov wakhathazeka ngokudala uhlobo olukhethekile lwamabutho azolalela yena kuphela futhi angeke axoxe ngama-oda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, laba kwakungebona nje abantu abaguquliwe, njengamaphrojekthi we-Research Institute RSAD, kodwa izinto eziphilayo ezikhule ku-vitro nge-genotype yokwenziwa. Babephathiswe imisebenzi engenakwenzeka, lapho ukuqhubekisela amasosha avamile phambili bese bethola umngcwabo kwakugcwele ingozi yomsebenzi owengeziwe wobujenene. Amasosha okwenziwa ayengenye yezimfihlo ezigcinwe kakhulu zoMbuso, ayengavamile ukubonakala ngaphandle kwezingubo zawo zokulwa, futhi kuncane kakhulu okwakwaziwa ngokubukeka kwawo kwangempela. Nokho, okungenani umkhulu wami wayekhonza eduze futhi wathi laba bafana babeyizidalwa ze-anthropomorphic, hhayi uhlobo oluthile lwezinkalankala. Phakathi kwamabutho ayevame ukubizwa ngokuthi izipoki. Naphezu kwezimfihlo zabo, izipoki zalwa kakhulu futhi ngempumelelo. Umkhulu wagomela ngokugunyaza ukuthi uma igagasi lokuqala lokufika kwe-Martian izipoki zingazange ziye emagqumeni, khona-ke ukulahlekelwa ngesikhathi sokuhlasela emadolobheni angaphansi komhlaba bekuyoba kukhulu, futhi akulona iqiniso ukuthi ukuhlaselwa ngabe kwenzeke. kube bonke. Ukulahlekelwa yizipoki, yiqiniso, akuzange kukhathaze muntu, mhlawumbe ngisho nabo ngokwabo. Ngokusho komkhulu, mayelana namakhono okulwa banikeze amaphuzu ayikhulu ngaphambili hhayi kuphela kumasosha abantu, kodwa futhi namarobhothi okulwa athuthukile. Babenomuzwa ongcono wokuhogela kunenja, babona uhla olubanzi kakhulu lwemisebe ye-electromagnetic, babekwazi futhi ukuzulazula besebenzisa i-ultrasound, njengamalulwane, futhi balwe ngaphandle kwe-spacesuit ngaphansi kwezimo zomkhathi kanye nokwanda kwemisebe. Babenohlaka lwamathambo oluqiniswe ngokufakwa okuyinhlanganisela, imisipha ene-anaerobic glycolysis ethuthuke kakhulu, njengasezilwaneni ezihuquzelayo, okwenza kwaba nokwenzeka ukuthuthukisa amandla amakhulu ekulweni okufushane futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ukwenza ngaphandle komoya. Abakwazanga ukushaywa ngesibhamu esisodwa, ngoba zonke izitho ezibalulekile zasakazwa kuwo wonke umzimba, njengemikhumbi enemisipha ekwazi ukupompa igazi ngokuzimela. Hhayi-ke, kanye nenqwaba yamanye amandla amakhulu okuthiwa yiwo, okuhlanganisa ne-telekinesis kanye nokuthumela okusabisayo maqondana nesitha.

   Izipoki zagijima zangena emigodini kuqala, zaqonda ngqo ezivikelweni ezingacindezelwe, kungakhathaliseki ukulahlekelwa noma umonakalo odalwe emadolobheni anokuthula. Babenohlelo lwabo lwalo mcimbi, oluhluke kancane ezinhlelweni zomyalo webutho lezempi lasemkhathini. Babengakuthandi ukuqothula abantu bendawo. Abakwenza ngempumelelo lapho bekwazi ukuba ngabokuqala ukugqekeza emadolobheni angaphansi komhlaba, kuyilapho iqhawe elihlala phansi lalisamba ndawana thize ngaphezulu. Izipoki zazingenandaba nezivumelwano zamazwe ngamazwe kanye namasiko empi; ebuchosheni babo bokwenziwa ngokuphelele nobuhlakaniphe ngokuphelele kwakuhlala inhloso kuphela ezadalelwa yona - ukubhubhisa amaMartians. Cha, babengewona ama-fascists anjalo, futhi isici sokuhlukanisa sasingelona iqiniso lokuhlala unomphela ku-Mars, kodwa kwakuyingxenye ye-elite yomphakathi waseMartian. Isiphakamiso sokuhamba esihlabathini esibomvu ngaphandle kwesudu yasemkhathini sanikezwa labo ababenamasethi ayinkimbinkimbi emishini ye-neural efakwe ngaphambi kokuzalwa. Izipoki zazama ukuthi zingathinti abantu abajwayelekile zisebenzisa i-neurochip ukudlala imidlalo ye-inthanethi. Kuyacaca ukuthi umbandela wawungacacile nje kuphela, kodwa futhi kunzima ukuwusebenzisa ezimweni zensimu, ngakho-ke kwenzeka amaphutha. Kodwa uma endaweni ethile ekujuleni kwemiphefumulo yabo eguqulwe izakhi zofuzo izipoki zazizihlambalaza ngenxa yencithakalo engenacala yabathandi be-Warcraft, khona-ke lokhu akuzange kuthinte ukuphumelela komsebenzi wabo. Amakamu okuhlunga avele ngokushesha ngemva kwempi, lapho ukuqhuma kwakusaduma emigedeni engomakhelwane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma izakhamuzi ezingenandaba nazo zenqaba ukuvula izindawo zokukhosela ngokuzithandela, lokhu kwaholela ekulimaleni okukhulu phakathi kwazo. Akekho owake wathola ukuthi ubani owanikeza umyalo wobugebengu wokubulala amaMartians anokuthula, noma ngabe kwakuyisinyathelo somuntu siqu sezipoki.

   Umuntu angase acabange ukuthi izipoki zazingamaqhawe okufa afanele, ngaphandle kwesihawu nokuzisola, kodwa abakwaMartians abahlukumeza i-cybernation basenalo ithuba lokuphunyuka, ephemeral, kunjalo, kodwa noma kunjalo ... Izipoki zazithanda ukubuza umbuzo owodwa: “Yini ingashintsha imvelo umuntu”? Ngokusobala babehlushwa ukungabaza okungacacile mayelana nokuthi bangobani. Noma mhlawumbe bahlala isikhathi eside emdlalweni owodwa wasendulo futhi banquma ukuthi umbuzo onjalo, ngokuchazwa ongenayo impendulo efanele, uyindlela enhle yokuhleka usulu isisulu esingakalahlekelwa ithemba. Nokho umkhulu uthi yena wazibonela mathupha umaratiya owaphunyula ezimbanjeni zesalukazi esiphethe isikele, eqhamuke nempendulo ethandwa yizipoki. I-Martian yayimncane kakhulu, cishe isemusha. Yena noma abazali bakhe empeleni babengabanoma iyiphi i-elite, bengenazikhundla eziphakeme ezinkampanini futhi behlala efulethini elincane endaweni yezimboni, kodwa inani lama-neurochips ebuchosheni babo laphuma esikalini, futhi izipoki zahumusha noma yikuphi ukungabaza okungahambisani nalokho. kwabakwaMartians. Abazali nezingane ezimbili badutshulwa, kodwa ngesizathu esithile yashiywa iphila. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi wayejabule kangaka ngensindiso enjalo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uDenis omncane kangakanani wabuza umkhulu wakhe ukuthi impendulo enjani uMakhathini, konke kwaba yize. Umkhulu nabangane bakhe bebutho bachitha ubuchopho babo phezu kwalokhu izikhathi eziningi futhi abakwazanga ukuqhamuka nanoma yini eqondakalayo.

   Ngemva kokuwa kombuso, izipoki, ngokuvumelana ngokugcwele negama lazo elingekho emthethweni, zabonakala zinyamalala emoyeni omncane. Okwamanje bekufanele bavele bafa: ngisho noma sicabanga ukuthi othile ukwazile ukubanikeza ukunakekelwa okufanele kwezokwelapha, ngokuqinisekile babengazi ukuthi bazizalanisa kanjani. Noma, ngubani owaziyo ukuthi bebengenzani lapho...

“Dan, usilethe kuphi?” umphathi waphazamisa izinkumbulo. Ihlathi likaphayini lalizulazula nxazonke, izakhiwo zesikhungo ezisasiliva zazibonakala ngezikhala ezivamile, futhi kwenye indawo buqamama umuntu wayekwazi ukubona...

- Uxolo, mphathi, bengiphupha ngokuthile.

"Awukho esimweni namuhla, kodwa sizofika sekwephuzile futhi abafana bethu bazolahleka ndawana thize." Lo Schultz uzocabanga ukuthi simake zonke izihlahla epaki yakhe yokukhohlisa.

   Ngakho usuku lwalungahambi kahle kusukela ekuqaleni. Ezinye izenzakalo zathuthuka cishe ngomoya ofanayo. ULeo, kanye namawele no-Anton, bahlangana nabo emnyango. Akazange acasuke nakancane ngokubambezeleka, wayenesizotha futhi ewusizo. Wathatha izihambeli zazungeza sonke isikhungo, wabonisa amabhentshi okufakwayo namabhentshi okuhlola, ehlanganisa inkulumo yakhe ngenqwaba yemininingwane yobuchwepheshe, futhi wavuma ngasese ukuthi ngenxa yokuthi inhlangano yakhe iphumelele kakhulu, inothile, ichume kakhulu, njalonjalo, babenjalo. inikezwe umsebenzi wokuthuthukisa amasistimu amasha egumbi lokusebenza lamaseva enethiwekhi yeTelecom. Ngokwemvelo, isikhungo socwaningo sabhekana kahle nalo myalelo, sabangela uguquko kule ndawo, kodwa sacela ukungasho lutho ngalokhu kunoma ubani okwamanje: umsebenzi wawungakaqedi. U-Leo wayidlala indima yakhe ngokuphelele. I-neurochip kaDenis yabhala ngokulalela yonke le mbudane; kwadingeka enze sengathi wayecubungula imininingwane yezobuchwepheshe yephrojekthi ukuze enze isinqumo esihle. Bonke abasebenzi, njengokungathi bayala, baphenduka babheka izingubo zomphathi, njengokungathi kukhona abatshele, futhi bakhulume ngezwi eliphansi. Umphathi, ngokwemvelo, enamahloni, wayethukile, efunga ngaphansi kokuphefumula kwakhe, ephendula imibuzo ngokungafanele, uLeo, esikhundleni sokungaboni lokhu, ngesizotha waphakamisa ishiya lakhe lesokunxele, noma wamamatheka ngokuzithoba futhi wathi: "Uma kukhona okungacacile kuwe, uyabuza.” yethula izincazelo ezinde nezingaqondakali. U-Anton naye waziphatha ngendlela enengekayo: wayenesithakazelo kukho konke, wayefuna ukwazi okwengeziwe ngakho konke, wayefuna ukwazi wonke umuntu, wancokola, wahleka - intshiseko yayigcwele kuye.

   Ekugcineni, uchungechunge olungapheli lwama-laboratories afana nomunye luhlanganiswe endaweni eyodwa eqhubekayo emhlophe, amanye amaphini, izinhloko zeminyango, ochwepheshe abaholayo kanye nabajwayelene noLeo bavele. Kwakudingeka ukubingelela wonke umuntu, ukwazi nomunye, futhi uxoxe ngemibono yabo yesayensi, lapho uDenis engaboni lutho. Konke lokhu, okuxubene nezibuyekezo ezituswayo zezinto kanye nesisekelo sobuchwepheshe sesikhungo socwaningo, ngokusobala bekubhekwa njengokuziphatha okubi - ukuvumela abantu bangaphandle ukuba bangabaze amandla angenamkhawulo enhlangano. Ngisho noma kwakukhona into encane engahambisani nanoma ubani: abazange bangeze ukhilimu ekhofi ku-buffet, noma izihlahla epaki zinqunywe ngokuphambene, kodwa cha - konke kuphelele.

   Lesi sigameko saphela ngegumbi lengqungquthela eliwudedangendlale esitezi sesibili, udonga olulodwa obekukhona kulo iwindi elicwebezelayo elibheke epaki. Ngokweqile amamitha ayishumi ukusuka kubo, umfudlana omncane wagubha; abalimi be-cybergardens bebenakekela ngentshiseko uhlaza lwangaphandle, njengezimbali ezigqamile zasezindaweni ezishisayo, ngokusobala azifanelanga lezi zindawo nezinkathi zonyaka. Izingwejeje ezithambile zazigxumela ezihlahleni zepaki ezinokuthula, izisebenzi ezimbili, ezazibukeka kabi kakhulu, zazizama ukulingisa uhlobo oluthile lokuzivivinya endaweni yokuqeqeshwa eseduze. Lesi sithombe sasibukeka kahle kakhulu; kwakungenakwenzeka ukucabanga ukuthi abantu babesikwa babe yizicucu ngokungenasihe lapha ngenxa yamandla nemali.

   Irobhothi elicwayizayo elihlekisayo libalethele isidlo sasemini noma isidlo sakusihlwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi, lapho bahlangana khona ukuze baxoxe ngemininingwane yokugcina. Ekuqaleni ingxoxo yaqala ngokunganaki, ikakhulukazi ngezimoto ezintsha zaseJapan, noma ngamaphathi ezinkampani ezedlule. UDenis wancamela ukuthula, naphezu kwemizamo kaSchultz ebucayi yokumenza akhulume. Amawele ayemamatheka ngezikhathi ezithile, enza amahlaya alungile ngokwepolitiki ngazwi linye, egcizelela ngokubukeka kwawo wonke ukuthi, empeleni, abekho lapha, oyedwa ophethe i-laptop, omunye eyisekela lomphathi omkhulu. U-Anton ngokwemvelo wadla inhliziyo yakhe futhi exoxa engaphezi, ezama ukukhombisa ibhizinisi lakhe nolunye ulwazi, echitha ukwaziswa okuyimfihlo. Umphathi akazange azame ngisho nokubonisana naye, futhi ngokuvamile wayezizwa engafaneleki, uhlobo lokubukeka oluvela kumuntu oqondayo ukuthi, ngenxa yezizathu zobugovu, wahileleka ebhizinisini elingcolile, lapho, okungcono kakhulu, uzoba nendima kasihlalo. Kancane kancane, isifiso sokudla sompheki sashabalala ngokuphelele; wakhetha ukudla kwakhe ngokudangala futhi ngokungabaza wadlula kumthetho olandelwayo, u-Leo owaqhubeka ewufaka ogaxekile kunethiwekhi futhi wathembisa ukuwusayina.

- Denis, ingabe kukhona okwenzeka kuwe? - ULeo washiya uLapin yedwa isikhashana futhi wanquma ukuhlasela abangaphansi kwakhe be-taciturn.

- Cha, kungani ucabanga kanjalo?

- Hhayi-ke, ingabe uthule ngaso sonke isikhathi, noma mhlawumbe usifihlela okuthile?

“Hhawu, suka,” u-Anton wamelela uzakwabo ngenjabulo, “Ukuthi nje uDenis uye waba nezinkinga eziningi muva nje: emsebenzini kanye nempilo yakhe yomuntu siqu, ngokwazi kwami.”

   U-Leo wanikina ikhanda ngokuzwela:

- Nokho-ke kudingeka sithuthukise isimo sengqondo.

   I-robot-garcon yavula kalula i-trailer, lapho ibhethri lonke lamabhodlela ahlukahlukene lalitholakala esigubhu esijikelezayo.

— Ingabe ukhetha iziphuzo eziqinile, amawayini?

“Ngincamela itiye,” kuphendula uDenis esomile, “ngicela nolamula.”

- Oh, hlobo luni lwetiye okhuluma ngalo ngalesi sikhathi sosuku? Lapha, ngincoma i-Scotch whisky.

   U-Leo wayengavilaphi kakhulu ukuthela i-whisky ezingilazini ngokwakhe futhi athumele izingxenye kubavakashi ngokujikijela okunembile.

"Ngakho-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi siqedele ngemicikilisho ethile." Uyaqonda, ngaphandle kwephrothokholi, kuzovela ukuthi usuku lwethu belushubile futhi lushubile, kepha lungenazithelo. Sobabili mina nawe sidinga ukubika kubaphathi ngandlela thize.

“Yebo, ngedili,” kububula uDenis.

“Hhayi-ke, kuhlanganise,” kuvuma uLeo, engenamahloni nakancane.

- Futhi uyibhala njengezindleko zokuzijabulisa.

- Ngizobhala phansi, kodwa kuphela uma umthetho olandelwayo...

   ULeo waphakamisa izandla zakhe enecala, njengokungathi uthi: “Angilona uhlobo oluthile lwesilwane, kodwa kufanele ngiziphendulele nge-whisky.”

   U-Lapin wayebukeka sengathi wayesekulungele ukuzikhokhela ephaketheni lakhe noma yiziphi iziphuzo ezidakayo ngenani elanele ukuze akhiphe u-Schultz ezinyaweni zakhe.

“Yebo, kunjalo, kodwa ngizoqale ngiyobhema,” induna yazithola, “ababhemi lapha, akunjalo?”

“Cha, ababhemi,” emamatheka u-Leo ngokuzithoba, njengekati eyondleke kahle ngenxa yesithukuthezi enikeza igundane ukukhululeka ngaphambi kokubulawa kwalo okungenakugwenywa, “hamba ephasijini uye kwesokudla kuze kube sekugcineni, lapho ungabhema khona. kuvulandi.”

“Sizofika maduze nje, imizuzu emihlanu ngempela,” kubhavumula ubasi, embambatha emaphaketheni akhe, “Dan, uzohamba, ngaphandle kwalokho ngicabanga ukuthi ngikhohlwe ugwayi wami.”

- Yebo, ngiyeza.

   Uvulandi wawuyithala lonke elinezihlalo ezintofontofo futhi ubuka ipaki elikhathele.

“Lawa ama-rednecks,” kubhodla u-Lapin, egxuma phansi esihlalweni, “ubani ongasinika igumbi elinje lokubhema.” Futhi le Schultz i-Hans engaqediwe ... "sizoyibhala njengezindleko zokuzijabulisa, kodwa kuphela uma iphrothokholi ...". Ngizobe ngizibambele mathupha, kungenjalo ngizenza...

"Lalela, nduna, angicabangi ukuthi kunesikhala esingamamilimitha kuleli bhilidi esingenaphutha noma esibukiwe." Mhlawumbe singaxoxa ngezindaba ezibucayi ngengxoxo yomuntu siqu?

- Bashaye bonke. Kunombuzo owodwa kuphela obucayi: ngingaphuma kanjani kuphrothokholi? Hhayi-ke, safika, sahambahamba, futhi sizothumela iphrothokholi esayiniwe ngesonto. Ngizoya eholidini ezinsukwini ezintathu, u-Anton uzoyisayina, yingakho engumshisekeli we-Stakhanovite nathi, nondindwa. Kodwa siyazi ukuthi imicibisholo iphendulwa kanjani, ngisho noma u-Arumov emshaya kuyo yonke imifantu.

“Yebo, indlela ocabanga ngayo inembile,” kuvuma uDenis, ephefumula kancane, “kodwa kudingeka sikuthethelele ngandlela thile ukubambezeleka.” Awukwazi ukuvele utshele uHerr Schultz wethu: sizokuthumela ngesonto, ngeke ayeke.

“Ngeke kuphele,” kusho umphathi ebhema ethukile nangokuxhamazela, “lalela, Dan, uyindoda ehlakaniphile, sebenzisa ubuchopho bakho.”

- Ngifana nawo wonke umuntu: Angizange ngifunde imibhalo. Futhi angiqondi lutho mayelana ne-biophysics nama-nanorobots.

"Angizange ngiyifunde, kodwa kufanele ngixolise."

- Wathini u-Arumov mayelana nephrothokholi?

- Uzothini, uyaqonda ukuthi lokhu kwenziwa kanjani: uhlaziya konke ngokucophelela futhi uma kungekho ukuphawula okungathí sina, bese usayina.

- Ngakho-ke sidinga ukuthola ukuphawula ezintweni noma kuphrothokholi.

“Ngiyabonga, kapteni,” kubingelela uLapin ngokucasuka ngogwayi, “ngale kwalokho angizange ngikuqaphele lokho mina.” Le Schultz izosingcolisa odongeni nganoma yimaphi amazwana. Futhi uma ungaqondi, yena no-Arumov bavumelana ngakho konke esikhathini eside esidlule futhi, uNkulunkulu akenqabe, uqala ukumbiza. Lapha udinga ukuthola ukuphawula okunjalo okuyisiphukuphuku, okuqinisiwe ukuze kungabikho muntu ongena enkingeni.

- Ungamtholaphi...

   Bathula imizuzu embalwa, bebabaza imvelo yokushona kwelanga ngamafu entuthu.

“Akukho okukhethekile okufikayo emqondweni,” kwaqala uDenis, “kodwa ake okungenani sithathe isikhathi, mhlawumbe uSchultz uzophuza i-whisky yakhe bese elala.”

"Usukisela ukuthi sihlale lapha aze adakwe?"

- Cha, ungadonsa ngesizotha. Ake simcele ukuthi abonise amasosha aphezulu akwaTelecom. Njengokuthi, bonisa umkhiqizo ngobuso bakho, ngaphandle kwalokho sizobe sihamba futhi sizulazula usuku lonke, kodwa asizange sibone into ethakazelisa kakhulu.

- Akunakwenzeka ukuthi yonke into ilula, mhlawumbe abekho ngisho lapha, futhi u-Arumov wayesevele ebonisiwe.

- Nokho, njengoba babonisa u-Arumov, makathathe i-rap ngokwakhe. Kimina, isicelo siwubala kakhulu. Uma ufuna ukuthengisa okuthile, bonisa umkhiqizo kuqala. Futhi isikhathi eside bewafuna lapha, baqoqe, njalonjalo, kungcono. Sisazocabanga ngakho...

- Ake sicabange ... singacabanga kanjena ubusuku bonke, akukho phuzu ... Nokho, ake sizame, kubonakala sengathi uHans uzokhafulela ngempela yonke into futhi ahambe.

   Njengokulindelekile, uLeo wasabela ethembeni lokukhombisa enye into ngokucasuka okufihlekile.

- Hhayi-ke, ngithemba ukuthi uyabona ukuthi angikwazi ukuhlela impi encane yokunqoba ukuze uzibonele ngamehlo akho? - wabuza hhayi ngesizotha kakhulu.

“Kungani kube nempi ngaso leso sikhathi,” uDenis welula izandla zakhe, “ngizosithela okunye, awunankinga?”

- Yiqiniso, yiba nomusa.

- Ngakho-ke, singathanda ukubona amayunithi amasosha aphezulu i-RSAD Research Institute enawo. Impela usebenzisa intuthuko yakho? Futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo zama isistimu yakho ehlukile yokulawula ukulwa, sesizwile okuningi ngayo...

- Oh, kuhle, akungikhokhisi lutho ukuphoxa ingxenye yesevisi yethu yezokuphepha. Futhi asisebenzisi amagama anjengokuthi "amasosha aphezulu." Ngolwazi lwakho, bangabantu abafana nawe. Sithi amayunithi akhethekile.

- Ngiyaqonda. Uxolo. Asikho isidingo sokuvusa yonke insiza yezokuphepha; abantu abathathu noma abane banele ukuvula uhlelo lwakho oluhle.

- Izicelo ezinjalo kufanele zixwayiswe kusengaphambili. Lokhu manje kuzogunyazwa, okungenani yiphini lesevisi yezokuphepha...

- Woza, Leo, ingabe uzosenqaba ngempela isicelo esingasho lutho? Asikuphiki lutho. Ngokusobala, abasizi bethu babe nokuthile okungalungile nge-ajenda yomhlangano; sasiqiniseka ngokugcwele ukuthi kwakuvunyelwene ngakho ngalo mcimbi.

   U-Kid wakhuluma noDenis ngendlela eyindida, kodwa, ekhubeka ebusweni buka-Lapin obusabisayo, ngokushesha wanqekuzisa ikhanda ngokudideka futhi wafaka eposini lakhe:

- Yebo, yebo, ngiyaxolisa, ngikwenzile kabi, kukhona ngisho nencwadi evela kubaphathi bebuza...

“Yebo, vula umbukiso wokusetshenziswa kwamabutho akhethekile...” U-Dick wasiza.

“Iphutha lethu, sikhathele ngokuphelele,” kusho abazalwane ngazwi linye.

   U-Leo wathukuthela, ebuka lokhu kusebenza okungatheni, kodwa ukuhlonipha kwabonwa, ngakho, ngemva kokukhononda kancane, wasikisela ukuthi sikubize ngosuku.

   Izihlalo ezinkulu eziningana ezinemihlane ehlezi, efana nezihlalo zokubhucungwa, zigoqelwe phakathi. U-Leo wachaza ukuthi bazoqale baboniswe amakhono esilingisi esihlakaniphile kanye nesistimu yokulawula ukulwa, okuyinto engcono kakhulu eyenziwa ngokucwiliswa ngokuphelele. Umthamo wenethiwekhi yangaphakathi ye-Research Institute RSAD wenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuqalisa imisebenzi yokucwilisa ngokugcwele ngaphandle kokuxhuma endaweni yokugcina izinto, futhi izihlalo zingangena esikhundleni se-biobath amahora ambalwa. Bathenjiswa ukuthi bazowakhombisa amasosha angempela, hhayi ama-virtual kamuva. U-Leo uphikise kancane mayelana neqiniso lokuthi izinguqulo zedemo zazo zonke izinhlelo zithunyelwe kubo kanye nezinto zolwazi. U-Lapin uphendule ngokungananazi ngokuphakamisa ukuthi angabuyisi. Kodwa ekugcineni wonke umuntu wehlisa umoya, walala ngokunethezeka futhi wethula uhlelo lokusebenza lwenethiwekhi.

   Ubusuku obunokuthula eduze kwaseMoscow bathuthumela futhi baqala ukufiphala, njengokungathi othile uchithe amanzi emdwebeni we-watercolor: abaklami benza umsebenzi omkhulu. Ezinye izinhlaka zaqala ukubonakala ngendlela engaqondakali - lokho kwakuyizinga lendaba, okungenani kuDenis. Isithombe esakhiwe uhhafu sacwayiza izikhathi ezimbalwa futhi saphuma, futhi nayo yonke indawo ezungezile yanyamalala. Yanyamalala futhi yaphinde yavela ngokushesha, kodwa noma kunjalo umuzwa wawungajabulisi kakhulu: njengokungathi uvele waba yimpumputhe. Iwindi elibomvu elithusayo livuleke phambi kwekhala lakho, lidinga ukuthi uqalise kabusha isistimu.

   Wathuka uDenis wathatha itheyiphu yethebhulethi enwebekayo wayisusa esandleni sakhe. I-neurochip endala yehluleka kaningi, futhi isikhathi ngasinye uDenis wayekhuluma kabi ngabadali balolu cingo. Nakuba i-neurochip yakhe, ngokuvamile, yayingenjalo, imele uhlelo lwangaphambi kwemvula yamalensi okuxhumana, ama-headphone amancane kanye nethebhulethi yangaphandle eyenza imisebenzi yekhompiyutha, idlulisela amasignali kuma-lens nama-headphone ngezintambo eziningana ezifakwe ngaphansi kwesikhumba. Uma kuqhathaniswa nanoma yisiphi, isifundazwe esizibekile phansi esivela ezindaweni ezisemaphandleni zaseRussia, ingasaphathwa eye-cyborgs efana noDkt. Schultz, uDenis wayehlanzekile ngokuphelele ekuphazamisekeni kwamanye amazwe emzimbeni.

   Kukho konke, kunjalo, kunezikhathi ezimnandi. Kodwa kwaba nokwenzeka ukubona impilo yenkampani endaweni engokwemvelo futhi ekhululekile, ngaphandle kwezinhlelo zesevisi. Kwakujabulisa kakhulu ukubona ukuthi leli paki alinqunywanga ngokuphelele futhi alilingani, kangangokuba uhlaza oluluhlaza lwezinhlobo ezingavamile ezitshalwe eduze nomfudlana, zonke lezi zimbali ezinkulu ezikhanyayo ezingekho emvelweni aziwona umsebenzi onzima wabaningi. izazi zofuzo nabalimi, kodwa umsebenzi nje wokugebenga umbhangqwana wamagundane ekhompiyutha nomklami oyedwa, hhayi ongcono kakhulu. Ngokusobala wadlula kuzo zonke izimvemvane nemihlambi yama-hummingbirds. Kodwa ukutholwa okujabulisa kakhulu kwakuwukuthi uDkt. Schultz, njengentombi ekhulile, akahlukumezi kakhulu izimonyo kuphela, kodwa futhi nezinhlelo zobuqili ezifihla ubunjalo bakhe bangempela. Nobuso bakhe bushwabene kancane futhi bukhathele, namehlo akhe avuvukele, futhi kunemibimbi eminingi, nehembe lakhe alikho mhlophe ngokukhazimulayo. Kubukeka njengomuntu ojwayelekile, hhayi umcwaningi omkhulu wesikhungo esikhulu socwaningo - kuhle ukukubuka.

   Ubuso bukaDenis obuqhakazayo babuyinto yokuqala eyavela phambi kwamehlo kadokotela lapho ebuyela emhlabeni ojwayelekile. Iqembu lonke liqhubekile nokugqolozela ndawana thize ngamehlo angaboni. Waxakeka kakhulu udokotela, uma engathukile. Onogada ababili kanye nendoda egqoke izingubo ezingajwayelekile, okungenzeka ukuthi udokotela owayesemsebenzini, base bephuthuma kubo. “Mhlawumbe bacabange ukuthi kufanele manje, njengemvukuzane eyimpumputhe ekhishwe emgodini, ngibaleke ngimemeza ekamelweni, ngishayisa amarobhothi futhi ngiphihliza amabhodlela esiphuzo esibizayo,” kucabanga uDenis futhi wamamatheka nakakhulu.

“Konke kuhamba kahle Madoda,” esho, esamamatheka, “ngine-chip endala kakhulu; uma ihluleka, iyazicisha.” Ngikahle.

- Uneminyaka emingaki? – udokotela wagijima emangala; ngokwemvelo wayengalindele ukuthi usizo lwalungadingeki. Noma iyiphi imodeli yesimanje ibiboshelwe ngokujulile ohlelweni lwezinzwa lomuntu, futhi ngisho nokuqalisa kabusha noma ukufaka kabusha isistimu yokusebenza ye-chip ngokwayo kuphenduke inkinga yezokwelapha.

“O, madala kakhulu,” kuphendula uDenis ngokugwema, “ngisho nokucwiliswa ngokuphelele akusebenzi kahle kukho.”

- Ukutholephi lokhu?! -udokotela wanikina ikhanda edidekile wabe esekhomba onogada ukuthi bahambe, kwamphatha kabi ukuthi ngenxa yembudane efana ne-neurochip endala, wahlukunyezwa ezinye izinto ezimnandi waze waphoqeleka ukuba agijimele phezulu eyosiza owesilisa obebonakala ukuthi uzizwe umnandi. “Bekufanele ngabe sesithole isikhathi eside sashintsha safaka esisha.” Uma kungenjalo, uhamba nodoti onjalo ekhanda lakho - yikhanda lakho, hhayi elikahulumeni.

- Yilokho kuphela. Angithembi muntu ozongimba ekhanda, sorry.

“Lena i-phobia, ingelapheka kalula,” kubhodla udokotela ecasukile elandela onogada.

   Manje uLeo wayebonakala eyithakasele kakhulu le ndaba. Mangisho, wayekwazi ukufihla imizwa yakhe kahle, kodwa manje ngesizathu esithile akazange akubone kudingekile ukufihla ukumangala kwakhe. Yebo, udokotela ohloniphekile wayeziqonda zonke izinhlobo ze-cybernetics futhi, ngokungafani nodokotela owayehlehla, wayecophelela kakhulu futhi enelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi.

"Umnyama ngento ethile, mngane othandekayo." Ama-Neurochip angavele acishwe noma aqaliswe kabusha awakaze akhiqizwe cishe iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha. Yebo, akekho ongavele avume ukutshala udoti onjalo futhi ngeke akwazi ukubhalisa kunethiwekhi yethu yendawo.

- Kwenza mehluko muni kuwe, ngabhalisa?

- Eqinisweni, ngimangele. Ungumuntu ongavamile kakhulu, Denis,” ububele obuvamile banyamalala ezwini lika-Leo.

- Ngiyajabula ukuzwa, ungazami nje ukuba umngane wami.

- Yini, awunabo abangane?

- Eqinisweni, akekho onabangane, lokhu ukuzikhohlisa.

—Kuvelaphi ukugxeka okunjalo?

"Ukubheka nje okusangulukile kwemvelo yomuntu."

- Kulungile, Denis, ungacabangi ukuthi ngifuna ukuba umngane wakho. Angikholelwa ngempela ebunganeni besilisa obuqinile.

   U-Leo wamamatheka kabi, wazithela enye i-whisky futhi wakhipha ku-trailer efanayo i-ashtray esindayo kanye nesethi yogwayi wegolide omnyama owawunuka njengamakilabhu akhethekile avaliwe, lapho abafana abanamandla banquma ukuthi ubani ozoba umongameli kusasa nokuthi nini isikhathi sokwehlisa izingcaphuno. zama-blue chips.

“Kuyanyanyisa impela, kodwa ngiyathanda ukwephula imithetho,” echaza.

   UDenis wawaphatha la malungiselelo kanye nesifiso esisobala sikadokotela sokuthola ukuthintana okuseduze nezinsolo ezithile futhi wenqaba ngesizotha isiphunzi esihlongozwayo sokubhema.

“Uyabona, nginesithakazelo kubantu abangavamile,” kuchaza uLeo, “kuphela abangajwayelekile ngempela, ngaphandle kwalokho, uyazi, wonke umuntu uzenza ongajwayelekile, kodwa empeleni balwa nesimiso kuphela ekujuleni kwe-biobath yabo ethokomele. ”

- Kungani unqume ukuthi ngimelene nohlelo?

- Kungani-ke sidinga i-chip enjalo? Amanethiwekhi esimanje aphephile impela - ubuphekula bamakhompiyutha nabaduni kudala baphuma emfashinini.

- Umsebenzi wami awuphephile.

"Hhayi-ke, ngiyakubona udangele ngaso sonke isikhathi, ngiyadlala, kunjalo." Kodwa ungangidlali. Ngizimisele ukubheja kukhona okungaphezu kwalokho...

"Awudingi ukugxambukela empilweni yami, ngeyami, futhi ngenza engikufunayo ngayo."

- Yebo, kodwa kuwubuwula ukuba nenqubomgomo yezindinganiso eziphindwe kabili kuwe.

- Mayelana?

- Eqinisweni, ubonakala uyindoda enengqondo engakholelwa kubantu, futhi kunjalo. Kodwa-ke, kuwubuwula kabili ukukholelwa ukuthi ukuphila kwakho kuleli zwe elinonya kungokwalabo, ngokuvamile, isidalwa esingabalulekile njengawe.

- Okungenani, mina kuphela obhalisiwe ekhanda lami.

   Ahleke futhi udokotela.

- Uyazi, ngicele ulwazi ngawe, awunandaba?

   “Ufuna ukungicasula, ngokusobala,” kunquma uDenis.

- Cha, kunjalo, ngiphakamisa ukuthi uze endlini yami uzophenya amasokisi ami angcolile.

   ULeo wavele waquma kahle ephendula.

   "Anginawo amasu angadingekile mayelana nendlela izinkampani zaseRussia ezivikela ngayo imininingwane yomuntu," kusho uDenis ehleka esazi ephendula intukuthelo kaLeo.

   “Angikushiyi noma yiluphi ulwazi olungadingekile ngami,” esho ekhuluma yedwa.

- Ngakho-ke, awubhalisiwe kunoma yimaphi amanethiwekhi omphakathi, awunawo umlando wesikweletu, okuyinto ngokwayo, ngendlela, esolisayo. Ayikho impahla enkulu, nakuba ingase ibhaliswe egameni lezihlobo ... kodwa akunandaba. Okumangaza kakhulu ukuthi awunawo umshwalense wezempilo futhi kubonakala kungekho rekhodi lokuthi ufakwe i-neurochip.

"Ngikutshelile, angithembi muntu ukuthi uzongena ekhanda lami."

- Ngakho-ke akukho chip? - amehlo kadokotela aqala ukucwazimula njengawenja yokuzingela ethathe iphunga. - Lokhu kusho ukuthi kukhona kuphela idivayisi yangaphandle elingisa ukusebenza kwayo.

"Usho lokho sengathi akukho emthethweni."

- Ngokuyisisekelo, yiqiniso, akukho lutho olungekho emthethweni mayelana nalokhu. Kodwa ekusebenzeni, lokhu akumukeleki kakhulu lapho ukubhaliswa kwe-chip kumanethiwekhi kukhishwa kumuntu ngokwakhe. Angikaqondi ngempela ukuthi kungani udinga lokhu? Ngemuva kwakho konke, uzibeka engozini yokuntula umsebenzi ojwayelekile, awu, angiwunaki umsebenzi ezigodini zoMbuso WaseRussia...

- Ngiyabonga, ngithanda ukusebenza ngama-stubs.

- Cha, ngokungathí sina, ngeke ukwazi nokuya noma kuphi eYurophu, angikhulumi ngisho nangeMars. Ngokunemba kakhudlwana, kuye ngokuthi idivayisi yakho ilingisa kahle kangakanani ukusebenza kwe-chip evamile.

"Ngizoya nomaphi lapho ngithanda khona, lena imodeli yakudala yezempi, eyakhiwe ngokukhethekile emazingeni aphezulu ebutho kanye ne-MIK, kodwa kwakuyizizukulwane eziningi ngaphambi kwesikhathi sayo," uDenis wanquma ukuziqhayisa. - Ngaphezu komsebenzi wokuvala ucingo oluphuthumayo, imoto yami inezinto eziningi: ungakwazi, isibonelo, ukucisha ngokukhetha imifudlana yolwazi engaqondakali ebonakala ngezinye izikhathi kunethiwekhi.

- Noma iyiphi i-neurochip iyakwazi ukuzivikela ezinhlelweni zegciwane, ikakhulukazi njengoba zingekho izinhlelo ezinjalo kumanethiwekhi esimanje.

- Bengingakhulumi ngamagciwane.

- Khona-ke?

- Ingabe kubaluleke kangaka?

“Ngiyazibuza,” kusho uLeo ngokuzithoba, “mhlawumbe lokhu kugeleza kolwazi okungaqondakali nakho kukhona kunethiwekhi yethu, bekungaba kubi kakhulu.”

- Zikhona, zikuwo wonke amanethiwekhi.

- Yeka iphupho elibi, futhi awuvumi yini ukuvakashela ezinye izigaba zeTelecom ukuze uhlonze...

- Mngane Leo, amahlaya akho awaqondakali kimi, bengikhuluma ngezimonyo nezinye izinhlelo zesevisi, empeleni ezehlukile kumagciwane: zigibela ogebhezini lwami ngesibindi ngokuqonda okuphelele, ngendlela, yabathuthukisi bezinhlelo zokusebenza. kumaseva enethiwekhi nama-neurochips, anganikezi nganoma iyiphi indlela yokuvikela kulokho kuphazamiseka.

- Ingabe uyakholelwa ngempela kule mishini yomshini ophuzi, ukuthi abantu abavamile bangaguqulwa babe yizigqila zeqiniso elingokoqobo ngokuchofoza umunwe?

"Ngizimisele kakhulu ukukholelwa ukuthi lokhu kwenzelwa izinjongo zentengiso ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi ngifuna ukubona umhlaba ngawami amehlo."

“O, yilokho okhuluma ngakho,” kububula u-Leo ngokuzenzisa, “ngingakuqinisekisa ukuthi okungenani kumanethiwekhi aseYurophu naseRussia umsebenzisi uhlale aziswa ngokusebenza kwalezo zinhlelo, futhi noma yimaphi amacala okungenwa ngokungemthetho ziqashwe ngokucophelela, futhi abahlinzeki abangathembekile baphucwa amalayisensi abo.” Ngingathanda futhi ukukuqinisekisa ukuthi uhlelo olusha lokusebenza olwakhiwe isikhungo sethu luhlinzeka ngezinyathelo ezikhethekile zokuvikela abasebenzisi, izinyathelo ezibucayi kakhulu.

- Sicela ugcine udumo lwakho ngohlelo lwakho lomunye umuntu.

"Uwabuza ngokwezwi nezwi wonke amagama engiwashoyo: kuzoba nzima ngathi ukusebenzisana." Empeleni, kulungile, ngisho noma abahlinzeki bengagadiwe ngokucophelela, kodwa kwenza muphi umehluko: kahle, okubonayo kuhluke kancane kulokho okuyikho ngempela. Futhi empeleni, bonke abantu abahlakaniphile bazi kahle ukuthi izinhlelo zezimonyo ziwumkhonyovu ophelele. Isibonelo, uthenge uhlelo lwama-eurocoins angamakhulu amahlanu ukuze kuvele amaphakethe ayisithupha esiswini sakho noma amabele akho akhule osayizi abambalwa. Futhi esinye isiphukuphuku esicebile sakhokha inkulungwane ngodonga lokuvikela enkampanini efanayo futhi siyahlekisa ngawe. Hhayi-ke, uma uyisiwula esiphelele, uzothenga uhlelo lwe-super cosmetic lwezinkulungwane ezimbili ... njalo njalo kuze kuphele imali.

"Futhi ngizovele ngisuse amalensi bese ngisindisa izinkulungwane ezimbalwa."

- Uma uthanda, noma yiluphi uhlelo lwezimonyo lungadlula ngaphandle kwemihlatshelo enjalo.

“Ngiyazi,” kuvuma uDenis, “ngokujwayelekile abathembekile, zonke izinhlobo zezibuko, izinto ezibukwayo nokunye.”

- Hhayi-ke, inkinga yezibuko nezibuko yaxazululwa kudala, kodwa noma iyiphi idivayisi yangaphandle njengekhamera, ikakhulukazi engaxhunywanga kunethiwekhi, ngokuvamile yenza kube nokwenzeka ukubona ukusebenza kohlelo lwezimonyo ngokubuka nje ividiyo. . Eqinisweni, le sevisi isebenza ngokujwayelekile kuphela ku-Mars, noma kwamanye amanethiwekhi endawo.

- Yebo, njengenethiwekhi yakho. Yebo, bengingafuni ukuqala le ngxoxo, kodwa ake sithi isicwecwe sakho sibonakala sisebenza.

   U-Leo ekhuluma nomuntu owayekhulume naye emamatheka egcwele ukubhuqa.

"Futhi ngacabanga ukuthi kunethiwekhi yendawo ngangiyinkosi, unkulunkulu nomongameli omkhulu kumuntu oyedwa, kodwa kwabe sekubonakala isikhulu esithile futhi sangibona kalula." Maye kimi, mhlawumbe ngizodakwa. Ngendlela, ungaphinde uthele isiphuzo, ulume, ungabi namahloni. Futhi ngikholelwe, inzuzo yakho ngaphezu komuntu ovamile isikhashana, kodwa uzenzele izinkinga eziningi ezisobala.

   "Futhi kungani enamathela kimi, futhi udakisa isigelekeqe," kucabanga uDenis, "nakuba ngifeza umsebenzi wami: wakhohlwa ngokuphelele ngenqubo yomthetho."

“Ucabanga ukuthi ngandlela thize uphakeme kunabanye,” uLeo waqhubeka nokuhayiza, eqhweba usikili wakhe ngakulabo ababelele benganyakazi, egqolozele ophahleni, ecishe ebathela ngomlotha, “kuyinkohliso efanayo, akukubi futhi akukho okudlula lokho. amanye amanga amukelwa ngokuvamile.” . Ngokuvamile umuntu uhlala ekuthunjweni kokukhohlisa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wethulwa ngayiphi indlela. Ezinkathini ezehlukene kungaba yiHollywood futhi iphephezelisa impepho ngamaSonto nokunye okuwumbudane. Futhi ukuphika ama-neurochips kufana nokuphika inqubekelaphambili njengalokhu: kusobala ukuthi isintu asinazo ezinye izindlela zokudlulela esigabeni esilandelayo sokuthuthuka, ngaphandle kokuguqulwa okuqondile kwengqondo futhi, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, imvelo yomuntu. Ukuthuthukiswa kwempucuko yethu kungaphumelela kuphela uma kusekelwe ekuthuthukisweni okwanele komuntu ngokwakhe. Vumelana ukuthi izinkawu ezingenazinwele, empeleni ezilawulwa yimvelo yazo kanye nezinye i-atavism, kodwa zihlezi phezu kwenqwaba yemicibisholo ye-thermonuclear, ziwuhlobo oluthile lokufa kwempucuko. Ukuphela kwendlela yokuphuma kukho ukuthuthukisa ingqondo yakho ngamandla engqondo yakho; imiphumela enjalo yokuphindaphinda. Ukuvela kwe-neurotechnology kusezingeni eliphezulu njengokuthuthuka kwendlela yesayensi.

"Uyazi, ngicabanga ukuthi uyazichitha phambi kwenkawu engenaboya njengami." Unezinto ezinhle ku-sharaga yakho, futhi izinsiza zokuphelezela amaklayenti ngeke zilimaze.

“Woza,” u-Leo emphakamisa. - Ungazizwa kanjani ngethemba lokudlulisela ukwazi kwakho ngqo ku-quantum matrix? Ungawacabanga yini amathuba avulekayo? Zilawule njengohlelo lwekhompyutha, ngokumane usule noma uguqule izingcezu ezithile ze-firmware. I-neurophobia yakho ingalungiswa ngomnyakazo owodwa.

- Fuck injabulo enjalo. Ngokujulile, angicabangi ukuthi umuntu uzohlala engumuntu ngemva kwalokhu; kunalokho, umphumela uzoba into efana nohlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Mina-ke, angazi ukuthi ubuhlakani buyini nokuthi bungakwazi yini ukuguqulwa bube yibo kanye noziro futhi, ngithi, engeza ukuhlakanipha okwengeziwe kumuntu... Ngamafuphi, angikholelwa ukuthi uhlelo lwekhompiyutha lungazilungisa.

Ungase ungakukholwa, kodwa kufana nokwesaba kwakudala kobuchwepheshe okungaqondakali kangangokuthi kubonakala kufana nobuthakathi. Lona umkhawulo onengqondo ngokuphelele wokuthuthuka kwethu, emva kwalokho isigaba esisha somlando sizoqala. Akumangalisi yini - umhlaba ongabonakali ekugcineni uzonqoba igobolondo elibonakalayo elifayo. Ungafana nonkulunkulu: hambisa imikhumbi-mkhathi, unqobe izinkanyezi. Usale ungumuntu, uboshelwe kuze kube phakade yilelijubane elincane lokukhanya, awusoze wanqoba indawo yonke, ngaphandle kwalowo oseduze kakhulu nathi. Futhi i-quantum intelligence, ngosizo “lokuxhumana okusheshayo,” ingagijima izungeze umthala ngesivinini sokucabanga futhi ilinde izigidi zeminyaka ukuze imishini yawo ifinyelele e-Andromeda.

- Linda iminyaka eyisigidi, kodwa ngizozisula ngenxa yesithukuthezi. Mina ngokwami ​​ngithanda ithemba labagibeli bemikhumbi ye-hyperspace kanye nokunqotshwa kwe-Andromeda nebulae ngomoya wobuzwe obungenangqondo nobungenaluzwela bobusoshiyali.

- Fiction, hhayi ezesayensi. Indlela engikuchazele yona ingeyangempela. Leli ikusasa lethu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyesaba kangakanani futhi ufuna ukuziqinisekisa ngenye indlela.

"Mhlawumbe ngeke ngize ngiphikisane." Futhi ake ngikukhumbuze futhi ukuthi izethameli eziqondiwe ezingalungile zikhethelwe umkhankaso wakho we-PR.

   -Lona akuwona umkhankaso we-PR?

- Yiqiniso, sicabanga ngesiphetho sesintu. Kodwa-ke, kuphakama izinsolo ezingacacile zokuthi ingxoxo yethu iwumkhankaso wokukhangisa ofihleke ngobuciko wemikhiqizo yeTelecom: namuhla kuphela, bhala kabusha ukwazi kwakho ku-quantum matrix futhi uthole i-grill kagesi eyisimangaliso njengesipho.

   ULeo wavele waquma.

— Mhlawumbe nawe uyabazonda abakhangisi? Abadayisi abalahliwe, akunjalo?

- Kukhona okuncane.

- Ensimini yethu esemuva kancane usengasinda, kodwa, ngokwesibonelo, ku-Mars, uma sicabanga ukuthi ukwazile ukuhlala lapho, uzobukeka njengomuntu olahliwe ngempela, njengomuntu ohambahamba edolobheni egibele ihhashi, inkemba ehlangothini lwakhe.

- Hhayi-ke, kulungile. Ake sithi noma nginezinkinga ezithile, kodwa angifuni neze “ukukhuluma” ngakho. Ngithanda ukuba yilowo muntu obandlululwayo odweba ngokucophelela isithombe sakhe. Cha, ngisho kanjalo, ngithanda ukuzibhubhisa, ngithola uhlobo oluthile lobumnandi be-masochistic kuwo. Futhi namanje angiqondi ukuthi lokhu kuluma kwe-psychoanalytic kuvela kuphi.

- Ngiyaxolisa ngokuphikelela kwami, nginomfowethu oyi-psychoanalyst futhi osebenza ehhovisi elithakazelisa kakhulu ku-Mars. Kungajabulisa ngawe ukwazi kangcono imisebenzi yakhe.

- Kungani?

"Okuxakayo ukuthi, uqinisekisa ngendlela exakile kakhulu, hhayi nje ama-phobias anengqondo."

- Kungani kuhlale kukhona ama-phobias? Kungani ucabanga ukuthi kukhona engiyesabayo?

— Okokuqala, wonke umuntu uyesaba okuthile, futhi okwesibili, uma sikhuluma ngawe, usasaba neurochips kanye ngokoqobo virtual. Uyesaba ukuthi, ngenxa yenhloso embi yothile, bazongena ekhanda lakho bese besonta okuthile lapho.

"Ayikwazi ukwenzeka into efana nalena?"

"Mhlawumbe umhlaba osizungezile, empeleni, unempahla efanayo." Kodwa awukwazi ukudlala futhi ubheke umhlaba ngengilazi ye-aquarium uze ufe.

- Lona kusengumbuzo omkhulu, obheka umhlaba kusuka ku-aquarium. Anginankinga nokushintsha, kodwa ngifuna ukushintsha ngokuthanda kwami ​​ngangokunokwenzeka.

“Kusengumbuzo omkhulu ukuthi umuntu angakwazi yini ukushintsha ngokuthanda kwakhe, noma kukhona okumele kuhlale kumcindezela.

"Ngeke ngidlale ifilosofi nawe." Vele ukwamukele njengeqiniso, nginale credo yokuphila: inethiwekhi akufanele ibe namandla phezu kwami.

- UCredo, uthakazelisa kakhulu.

   U-Leo wathula ngokungaqiniseki futhi wancika esihlalweni sakhe, njengokungathi uyasuka kancane kumuntu omkhulumelayo. Abuke uLapin engagculisekile elokhu enyakaza esihlalweni, cha, akezwa noma abone le ngxoxo, futhi ukunyakaza kwakhe kucace futhi kunembile, kubalwe kahle ngekhompyutha. Ngakho, i-neurochip yavimbela imisipha ukuba iqine futhi ibuyisele ukujikeleza kwegazi okuvamile, ukuze umuntu angazizwa njengonodoli oqinile ngemva kwamahora amaningana ehlezi enganyakazi. Abantu babukeka bethukile ngesikhathi becwiliswa ngokuphelele, babonakala belele, kodwa bevule amehlo. Ukuphefumula kuyalingana, ubuso buzolile futhi buzolile, futhi ungamvusa ngisho nomuntu onjalo: i-neurochip isabela ekushukumiseni kwangaphandle futhi iphazamise ukutshuza. Kodwa ubani owaziyo ukuthi lowo muntu uzokubuka uma ebuya emhlabeni obonakalayo.

- Credo, okungukuthi. Ngakho ufuna ukusho ukuthi ulandela imithetho ethile njalo. Mhlawumbe lokhu singakubiza ngekhodi, ikhodi yenzondo yama-neurochips nama-Martians? – U-Leo waqhubeka ehlaziya. - Ngakho-ke, ezinye izinhlinzeko zekhodi yakho sezivele zingicacele.

- Usho ziphi?

"Ake sikubeke ngale ndlela: shiya imikhondo embalwa ngangokunokwenzeka." Okunye kulandela lesi simiso somhlaba wonke: ungathathi izikweletu, ungabhalisi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, njalonjalo. Uqagele kahle?

   UDenis wavele washwaqeka wajula ephendula.

- Akukho ukuphazamiseka kwe-cybernetic emzimbeni kuwumthetho wesibili osobala. Kufanele uhlanze umphefumulo nengqondo yakho, Padawan osemncane. Yebo, futhi, ngokuqinisekile, izinga elibekiwe ngaphezu kwalokho: kungabikho okunamathiselwe, ungathembi muntu, ungesabi lutho. Uyazi ukuthi yini ejabulisa ngempela ngakho konke lokhu?

- Yini futhi?

"Awuzenzisi futhi ulandela ngokuqinile imithetho yekhodi yakho." Kodwa-ke, awunabo abalandeli noma abafundi?

- Ungabhalisela isemina yami yokuqala yamahhala.

“Kusewukwesaba,” esho la mazwi uLeo encika nakakhulu ngokwaneliseka, “futhi kunamandla kangangokuthi uye wakha umbono ophelele ngakho.” Akulula njengoba kubonakala ukumelana nethonya elonakalisayo labakwaMartians impilo yakho yonke. Ukuze wenze lokhu, udinga ukuba nombono othile obaluleke kakhulu, noma wesabe kakhulu okuthile. Cabanga nje ukuthi kulula kangakanani, ama-Eurocoins angamakhulu ambalwa, ukuhlala kwezinsuku ezimbili esikhungweni sezokwelapha, kanye nazo zonke izinjabulo zomhlaba ezinyaweni zakho. Izikebhe, izimoto, abesifazane noma ama-orcs ane-elves, vele ufinyelele futhi uyithathe.

   Athule uDenis anikine amahlombe ngokucasuka. Wakubukela phansi udokotela ukungena emphefumulweni womkhulumeli wakhe. Yebo, umuntu osephile cishe iminyaka eyikhulu futhi unabo bonke abasebenzi abangochwepheshe be-psychoanalyst, nomzalwane waseMartian okufanele aqale, kufanele awazi kahle amasu anjalo. UDenis wayengangabazi nakancane ukuthi laba basebenzi be-psycho- kanye nabanye abahlaziyi babekhona, futhi phakathi nezingxoxo ezibalulekile uLeo cishe wasebenzisa izinkonzo zabo. Nokho, kulesi simo kwakungafanele neze ukwethula inkolelo-mbono eyinkimbinkimbi yozungu; uDenis wamane wakhululeka futhi ngephutha wembula imvelo yakhe yangempela. Yebo, yebo, wesaba ama-neurochips kanye neqiniso elingokoqobo, uzizwa njengempisi ezingelwayo ezweni lapho indawo "yeqiniso elimsulwa" incipha ngokungenakuvinjwa nsuku zonke. Futhi yena, ngokuvamile, akazange azame ngisho nokuqonda izizathu zenzondo yakhe. Yini emenza aphikelele kangaka enqabe iqiniso lokuphila elibonakala lisobala ngokuphelele? Mhlawumbe ngempela uyisilahlwa esiphelelwe yithemba, ezizwa engakwazi ukungena emphakathini wanamuhla? “Ngimane ngiyisipoki,” kucabanga uDenis, “enziwe ngenyama negazi, kodwa isipoki esiphila ezweni osekunesikhathi eside lingenasithakazelo kunoma ubani. Lapho cishe kungasekho muntu.

"Ngingakubekela iqeqebana lochwepheshe bezengqondo," u-Leo ebonakala eqagela imicabango yakhe, "bangakushwabadela, ngiyadlala futhi, vele, awunaki." Awukuzwa lokhu kaningi, abantu abaningi ngeke bakuqonde.

- Ngakho uzoqonda?

“Yebo, yebo, nginolwazi oluningi lwempilo, ngiyabonga,” wamamatheka kancane u-Leo. - Kunomphumela onjalo othokozisayo ongokwengqondo: akekho ozizwa ephazamisekile ngenxa yokuthi kune-chip ekhanda lakhe elilawula ngokuphelele isimiso sakhe sezinzwa futhi esingase silawulwe omunye umuntu. Njengoba ngike ngasho, ngisho noma ubona okuthile okuhluke kancane kulokho okuyikho ngempela, pho? Mhlawumbe ukuziphatha kwakho kuze kulungiswe kancane ngandlela thize, kodwa-ke, kusengcono kunokuphoqwa ungene esitebeleni esinokukhahlelwa nangezinduku. Ake sicabange ukuthi inethiwekhi yadalwa futhi yalawulwa hhayi umuntu, kodwa ngumuntu ophakeme ongenaphutha. Izwe lanamuhla liyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi aliqondakali, kufanele silamukele njengoba linjalo.

- Kuvela ukuthi lokhu akuyona i-phobia nhlobo.

- Yebo, lokhu kuyiqiniso, ngakho ukwesaba kwakho akunangqondo ngokuphindwe kabili. Ungase futhi ubazonde abakhiqizi bokudla ngoba bangakulawula ngendlala. Noma, isibonelo, isibhamu esibekwe ekhanda lakho silawula ukuziphatha kwakho ngokwethembeka kakhulu kunebhukhimakhi enobuqili ohlelweni lokusebenza lwe-chip.

- Awuwuboni yini umehluko oyisisekelo? Kuyinto eyodwa uma ulawulwa ngaphandle, kodwa uyabona ukuthi ubani okuphoqayo nokuthi kanjani, futhi okunye uma lokhu kwenziwa ngokudlula ukwazi.

"Kodwa awuqondi ukuthi awukho umehluko, umphumela uzohlala ufana: kukhona ozokulawula." Phambilini, laba bekungamahhovisi ombuso ahlakaniphe anenqwaba yamaphepha ayisiphukuphuku. Abakwazanga ukuhlangabezana nezinselelo zangaleso sikhathi, ngakho bathathelwa indawo abantu abakhethekile abavumelana nezimo futhi abathuthukile bezinkampani ze-IT zamazwe ngamazwe. Ukulawulwa kwe-Martians kucashile futhi kuyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa akuthembeki kancane.

- Kulungile, angikhohlwa ukuthi ubani othuthukisa izinhlelo zokusebenza zamaseva enethiwekhi, futhi angifuni ukuzihlolela ukuthi hlobo luni lwemiphumela yengqondo abangaludala.

- Okusho ukuthi, ukhetha ingcindezi efiphele yomshini wombuso wobushiqela?

- Kungani kufanele ngikhethe phakathi kwezinketho ezimbili ezisobala ezimbi?

- Umbuzo ongacacile? Uma bekukhona enye inketho, emangalisayo kuzo zonke izici, bengizophinde ngiyikhethe. Kulungile, asishiye lesi sihloko. “Ekugcineni, sonke sinobuthakathaka bethu,” kusikisela uLeo ngomusa.

- Ake sikuyeke lokho, kimina kubonakala sengathi sixoxa kancane, ozakwethu cishe bakhathazekile.

"Angicabangi kanjalo, kungenzeka ukuthi bagxile ngokuphelele kulokho abakubonayo." Yebo, sizobajoyina manje. Umlawuli wethu uxazulule inkinga yakho encane, manje uhlelo lokusebenza selunenketho yokucwiliswa kancane. Ungacabanga ukuthi bekungaba nzima kangakanani kuwe ku-Mars? Isenzo sansuku zonke esingenacala siphenduka inkinga enkulu. Kodwa ngokushesha noma kamuva, izindinganiso zenethiwekhi ye-Martian zizofinyelela ngisho nalezi zindawo ezingaphandle kwempucuko.

   UDenis usevele wakhathala ngalezi zinkomba mayelana nokungathuthuki kwakhe okuncane. Wayefuna ukuvutha, kodwa, ebambe amehlo abandayo okhulume naye, wabona ukuthi kufanele afune impendulo engcono.

- Ngiyabona ukuthi ingxoxo yethu, ngaphezu kokuxoxa ngama-phobias ami asabekayo, njalo yehlela ku-Mars: i-Mars le, i-Mars ukuthi ... Kuyini lokhu? Kubonakala sengathi akumina ngedwa onezakhiwo ezithile.

- Ngikutshelile, wonke umuntu unazo.

- Kodwa awufuni ukuwadalula.

“Ungakudalula,” kuvuma u-Leo ngesandla esivulekile.

- Kungani, ngicabanga ukuthi ngizogcina imininingwane ethokozisayo.

“Kugcine,” kusho uLeo ehleka kakhulu, “ingabe ucabanga ukuthi ukwaziswa enginomuzwa okhethekile nge-Mars kunenzuzo ethile?” Ngizokutshela okwengeziwe, angikweqisi ukufaka esikhundleni seqiniso laseRussia elinenzondo ngeleMartian.

"Kodwa awufuni nje ukunyakaza, ngaphandle kwalokho ngabe kade walandela umfowenu." Ufuna ukuthatha isikhundla lapho njengoba wenza lapha. Kepha ngokusobala akusebenzi, abakwaMartians ababoni ukuthi ulingana nawe?

   Ngomzuzwana owodwa, into efana nentukuthelo endala yavuka emehlweni kaLeo, kodwa yabe isinyamalala.

- Ngizoba nethuba lokuthuthukisa isimo. Kodwa mhlawumbe uqinisile, asikho isidingo salokhu okungenangqondo ukumba ezinkingeni zabanye abantu, ake sicabange kangcono ukuthi singasizana kanjani.

- Singasizana kanjani? - UDenis wamangala; akazange neze alindele ukuphenduka okunjalo engxoxweni.

“Ngingasiza ekuxazululeni, ngokwesibonelo, izinkinga zakho ezingokwengqondo,” uLeo waphendula ngezwi elincane elithi, “Igatsha lenkampani yaseMartian DreamLand elisanda kuvulwa eMoscow, ligxile ekwelapheni imiphefumulo yabantu.” Woza ubabone.

   “Uyadlala ngami? - UDenis wacabanga. "Uma kunencazelo ethile efihliwe emazwini akhe, angizange ngiyibambe."

- Hhayi-ke, ngizongena, futhi yini, ungangitholela isaphulelo kumasevisi abo?

- Yebo, akunankinga, umfowethu usebenza lapho, kuphela ehhovisi elikhulu ku-Mars. "Ngizokunikeza isaphulelo esihle," u-Leo washo lokhu ngezwi elingavamile, njengokungathi kuwumusa ongasho lutho kumngane, kodwa nokho izwi elincane lalihlala ezwini lakhe.

- Ngingakusiza kanjani?

- Ake sixazulule. Okokuqala, iya ku-"DreamLand", ababona abathakathi lapho, uma bengakwazi ukwenza lutho.

   “Kuyisiphakamiso esixakile, kodwa ngokusobala sikhuluma ngohlobo oluthile lokuxhumana okungakahleleki okufiselekayo ukulifihla emehlweni abukayo,” kuphetha uDenis. "Futhi kulungile, ekugcineni, akukho engizolahlekelwa ngakho, ngizobheka leli hhovisi elibolile likaMartian."

"Kulungile, ngizodlula ngolunye lwalezi zinsuku uma nginesikhathi," kuvuma uDenis, ngaphandle kokunganaki, kodwa ngezwi elincane.

- Lokho kuhle. Futhi manje sicela wamukelekile emhlabeni omangalisayo we-augmented reality, njengoba into engekho ngokoqobo evamile ayitholakali kuwe.

   Kulokhu kwakungekho miphumela yaseshashalazini; ihologram enkulu yembuleka cishe ngaso leso sikhathi, ivimbela ukubuka okutholakalayo. Ku-hologram, uDenis wayehlezi esihlalweni endaweni efanayo, ngemuva kwawo wonke umuntu. Ikhonsoli yokulawula i-avatar yakho ivele kwesokunxele. Wazama ngokuzenzakalelayo ukubuka ngemuva kwakhe, isithombe safiphala ngokushesha futhi saqala ukunyakaza ngokuqhaqhazela. U-Leo, ngokumangazayo, naye wanquma ukuzikhawulela ku-hologram elula; uDenis wayengase acabange ukuthi udokotela wayekhathazekile ngesimo sakhe.

   Amehlo abo abona isithombe sendlu engaphansi komhlaba eyimfihlo lapho kwenziwa khona ukuhlola okungavunyelwe kubantu. Insimbi eqinile nokhonkolo, izindonga ezingalingani ezimpunga, ukuduma kwamafeni anamandla, amalambu afiphele efluorescent ngaphansi kosilingi. Igumbi lalibonakala lishiywe ngaleso sikhathi; ama-autoclave amakhulu ayengasasebenzi. Ingaphakathi lazo, eliklwetshiwe futhi ligeziwe, linemibhobho efana namathumbu namapayipi, alunguza ngokungenamahloni eminyango ekhanyayo. Manje base bephakathi nendawo ekamelweni, eduze kwamatheminali ekhompiyutha kanye nama-holographic projectors, okwamanje abonisa imidwebo, amagrafu nemidwebo, kanye nemodeli yesistimu yokulwa ye-cybernetic, okungukuthi, isosha elikhulu. KuDenis kwakuyihologram ngaphakathi kwehologram; kulabo abasebenzisa ukucwiliswa okuphelele, umbono cishe wawuhluke ngandlela-thile. Amasosha anamandla, kufanele kushiwo, enze lokhu kuhlaba umxhwele ngokubukeka kwawo okunamandla nokuthanda impi.

   Uhlangothi oluphambene nehholo, olwalubiyelwe ngocingo olunameva olunamandla amakhulu, lwaphenduka kahle lwaba imigede ehwaqabele, ekujuleni kwayo kwakunamakamelo abiyelwe ngezinti zensimbi eziwugqinsi njengengalo yomuntu. Kusuke lapho kubhonge umsindo kodwa okusaqhuma. Ngokunokwenzeka, ayequkethe amasampula wamasosha amakhulu angafakwanga ekukhiqizeni. Yonke le migodi edabukile yayingenakubhekwa njengento engokoqobo, kodwa kuDenis kwakubonakala sengathi ukuhlekwa usulu okunjalo kwephrojekthi yakhe kwakungahambisani nenhlangano ye-Martian ejulile.

   Phakathi kwabasebenzi besikhungo socwaningo, kwakukhona enye indoda eyayikhona, imfushane ngomzimba, igqoke ingubo emhlophe ephonswe emahlombe ayo, icocekile futhi ifanelekile, ngesandla sokudla yayiphatha ngokunganaki ama-hologram amaningi futhi yayikhuluma ngento ethile. Wayenezinwele ezimpunga, namehlo alalele. Umucu owodwa wezinwele wathathelwa indawo inqwaba yemicu yomhlahlandlela okhanyayo. “Umklami wethu we-chip ongcono kakhulu,” kusho u-Leo le ncazelo ethophayo ngezwi eliphansi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kwakungadingekile: UMaxim, lelo kwakuyigama lomthuthukisi, lapho ebona uDenis, waphazamisa indaba yakhe futhi ngokukhala okujabulisayo wacishe wagijimela ukumgona, wema ngokoqobo ngomzuzu wokugcina, ngokusobala wafunda incazelo yesistimu ukuthi ukucwiliswa kwabo okuphelele u-Denis wayekhona, ngakho-ke, cishe, kuphela ngesimo se-avatar.

- Dan, ingabe nguwe ngempela? Bengingalindele ngempela ukuhlangana nawe lapha.

- Ngokuhlanganyela. Uthe usebenzela iTelecom, kodwa kwabonakala sengathi ukhuluma ngehhovisi likaMartian.

“Bekumele ngibuye ngesikhathi somsebenzi,” kuphendula uMax ngokugwema.

- Sesiside isikhathi singabonani.

"Yebo, cishe iminyaka emihlanu, mhlawumbe," uMaxim wathula ngokungaqiniseki; njengoba kwenzeka, akukho okukhethekile ababengakusho komunye nomunye.

- Futhi ushintshe kakhulu, Max, uthole umsebenzi omuhle futhi ubukeka umuhle ...

- Kodwa wena, Dan, awukashintshi nhlobo, empeleni, abantu bangashintsha eminyakeni emihlanu, bathole umsebenzi omusha lapho ...

- Ingabe niyazana? – ULeo ekugcineni walulama ekushaqekeni okusha. - Nokho, umbuzo oyisiphukuphuku. Awuyeki ukungimangaza.

“Sasifunda esikoleni esifanayo,” kuchaza uDenis.

"Oh, woza," u-Anton wangenela ngokushesha engxoxweni, isimo sabonakala simhlekisa kakhulu, "uDenis ungumuntu ongaqondakali, yini i-antique neurochip." Akucaci yini ukuthi banobudlelwano obude nobunenhlonipho; uma sithola imininingwane yalobu budlelwano, cishe ngeke simangale...

“Ozakwethu,” u-Lapin wachitha isekela lakhe eligigithekayo ngesenzo esiwujuqu, “U-Maxim ubezoyiqeda indaba yakhe, ngaphandle kwalokho sesilahlekelwe isikhathi esiningi.”

“Kulungile, sizoxoxa kamuva,” uMax ngokungabaza waya endaweni yakhe yangaphambili.

   Indaba eqhubekayo yabonakala ishwabene, isikhulumi ngezinye izikhathi saqala "ukuqhwa", njengokungathi sicabanga okuthile okungokwakhe, kodwa kwakusemnandi. Njengoba u-Denis enolwazi lwethebula lokuqukethwe ezintweni ezinikezwe yi-Research Institute RSAD ukuze zibuyekezwe, wafunda izinto eziningi ezintsha kule ndaba. Yebo, uMax akazange anikeze izimfihlo ezikhethekile, kodwa wakhuluma kalula nangolwazi olukhulu lwalolu daba. Kusukela emazwini akhe kwalandela ukuthi amaphrojekthi amaningi afanayo esikhathini esidlule agcina ehluleke ngokuphelele noma ingxenye ngenxa yomqondo wokuqala ongalungile. Abanduleli be-Research Institute RSAD, behlatshwe umxhwele amathuba okwenza i-cloning nokuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo, bazama njalo ukuphikisa ibutho lezilo elalibukeka njengama-orcs, ama- werewolves, noma abanye abalingiswa abangabazisayo. Akukho okubalulekile okwavela kukho: esikhathini eside esidingekayo ukuze abantu bavuthwe (okungenani iminyaka eyishumi, futhi kusazobonakala ukuthi kuzothatha isikhathi esingakanani ukwenza ucwaningo olungaphumeleli), iphrojekthi ikwazile ukulahlekelwa ukubaluleka kwayo. Emcabangweni ogulayo wabanye “abangochwepheshe be-cybernetic,” kwazalwa izivivinyo ezinesibindi ukuze kwakhiwe abantu abangenangqondo ngokuphelele, abalungele ukuya empini ngokushesha ngemva kokuchanyuselwa ezidumbu zabantu abanaleli gciwane, kodwa kufanele babekwe njengezikhali zebhayoloji. Izigaba zezipoki ezazilwela izwe lazo kanye nombusi nazo zashiwo njengeminye yemisebenzi embalwa eyafezwa, kodwa futhi zathola isinqumo esidumazayo: “Yebo, kuyathakazelisa, kungavamile, kodwa akulona usizo oluthile lokufunda. Futhi ngaphandle kwalokho,” lapha uMax egcwaneka ngokunengeka, “konke lokhu kuwukuziphatha okubi ngokwedlulele, futhi ukuphumelela kwakho empini akufakazelwanga.” Khona-ke kungazelelwe kwavela kuDenis ukuthi okukhangayo, ngezingcaphuno, umklamo wangaphakathi wawuyinhlekisa hhayi inhlangano yakhe, kodwa eyabandulelayo abaphumelele kancane.

   Ngiyazibuza ukuthi ingabe abanye bayawazisa la ma-nuances athakazelisayo? UDenis wahlala ngemva kwawo wonke umuntu futhi wayekubona kalula ukusabela kwawo wonke umuntu. Ubasi wayebonakala enesithukuthezi, ebeke isilevu sakhe esimangalisayo esandleni sakhe esiyisidudla, waqalaza enganake lutho, amawele ayelalela wonke amazwi ngobuqotho, ngezinye izikhathi acacise okuthile futhi anqekuzise amakhanda awo kanyekanye ngemva kwezincazelo ezifanele. U-Anton, ngokwemvelo, wazama ngawo wonke amandla akhe ukuze abonise ukuthi, ngokungafani nabanye, wayezifundisise kahle izincwadi futhi ehlala ephazamisa isikhulumi ngamazwi anjengalawa: “O, kuvele ukuthi yini engalungile, namanje angikwazanga ukuthola ukuthi ama-nanorobots ahilelekile ekuvuseleleni izicubu, Encwadini yakho emangalisayo, lolu daba, ngokubona kwami, aluhlanganiswanga ngokugcwele.” Ekuqaleni, uMax wazama ngobumnene ukuchazela u-Anton ukuthi wayenephutha kancane noma wayenciphisa yonke into ezingeni le-amateurish-primitive, wabe eseqala ukuvumelana naye. UDenis wezwa ngokoqobo ukuhleka okunonya ebusweni bukaLeo.

   Umbono oyinhloko kanye nesici sephrojekthi ye-RSAD Research Institute kwaba ukuthi wonke umsebenzi wenziwa ngamasosha anolwazi. Inhlangano enentshisekelo yakhetha izisebenzi ezingcono kakhulu ezinhlwini zesevisi yayo yezokuphepha, okungcono kakhulu ezisesimweni esihle somzimba futhi zingekho ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amathathu ubudala, futhi yabadlulisela ekunakekelweni kwesikhungo socwaningo cishe izinyanga ezimbili. Ngemva kokuhlinzwa okuyinkimbinkimbi, amasosha ajwayelekile aphenduka ama-super-soldiers. Le nqubo ayizange ibe nomthelela emakhonweni engqondo amasosha aphezulu azayo futhi yayingase ihlehliswe ngokwengxenye. Yiqiniso, lolu hlelo lwalunezinkinga zalo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi umuntu angathini, lowo muntu akazange aphenduke isinqamuleli. Njengoba uMax echaza, nakuba amasosha eyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yesistimu, akufanele alwe ngaphandle kwezinye izingxenye: amamojula angenamuntu, izikhali ezihlakaniphile nezikhali. Ukuhlangana komuntu nobuchwepheshe kuphela okwenza lolu hlelo lwabulala ngempela. Kwaba sobala ukuthi inhloso yesistimu yayiqondiswe kakhulu ekusebenzeni okukhethekile, hhayi ukuphumelela kwemigqa ye-Mannerheim. Yebo, futhi isosha elinjalo lingenza amaphutha futhi libe nokwesaba. Kodwa-ke, uma uDenis ehumusha kahle amacebo angacacile, ngakho-ke, ngesicelo seklayenti, kwakungenzeka ukwenza izinguquko ekwakhiweni okuyisisekelo: ukususa ukwesaba, ukungabaza kanye nekhono lokuxoxa ngama-oda avela ku-supersoldiers.

“Kulungile, Maxim,” uLeo akakwazanga ukumelana, ngokusobala wayelinganiselwe ngesikhathi, “Ngicabanga ukuthi siyawuqonda umqondo oyinhloko.” Ingabe ukhona ocabangayo uma sidlulela kudemo yesifanisi samaqhinga?

   Kube khona ukujabula okuthulisiwe kokugunyazwa.

- Maxim, ukhululekile.

   UMax wavalelisa ngesizotha waphuthuma eyonyamalala ehologram. Ngokushesha udokotela wahlanganyela nabanye ekucwilisweni kwabo okuphelele, futhi ngendlela exakile uDenis kuphela owayengayiqonda. Ihologram yakhe yagoba ngokuphazima kweso, yafiphala futhi yacwayiza ngayo yonke imibala yothingo, ibheke kuLeo, njenge-amoeba enkulu elambile futhi, ehlukanisa isithombe esicwebezelayo esicwebezelayo emzimbeni, yamunca yonke into ngokuphelele, ishiya esihlalweni kuphela igobolondo elinamehlo angenalutho. Kubo bonke abanye, vele, akukho okungavamile okwenzeka, uLeo wavele wasukuma esihlalweni sakhe wahamba waya endaweni lapho uMax ayemi khona ngaphambili. Aphenduke abuke uDenis ngamakhaza.

   Amamodeli wekhompyutha wamasosha anamandla, angenawo nhlobo umzwelo wokuzivikela, alengiswa kusukela ekhanda kuye ozwaneni ngamabhande ezibhamu ezingomshini futhi egqoke izikhali ezimnyama, ahlasela izakhiwo eziphakeme, izindlu zokulala nezindawo zokukhosela ezingaphansi komhlaba. Babonisa izimpi emkhathini, izimpi zamaplanethi, izimpi zasebusuku, lapho kubonakala kuphela imizila ekhanyayo yezinhlamvu ezindizayo. Amasosha agijima emlilweni we-plasma, emigqeni yamathangi ezitha kanye namasosha ahamba ngezinyawo, enqamula izizinda zamabhomu kanye namadolobha avuthayo, agijima ngaphandle kokwesaba noma ukunqotshwa ngobukhulu be-simulator ye-tactical.

- Dan, awumatasatasa kakhulu?

   Wasondela uMax enganakile wathatha esinye sezihlalo zamahhala wahlala eduze kwakhe.

   - Angicabangi.

U-Denis uzame ukunciphisa ihologram efasiteleni elincane, kodwa othile ukhohlwe ukwengeza le nketho kuhlelo lokusebenza lwenethiwekhi. Ekugcineni, wavele wavala uxhumano ngethebhulethi, ethumela u-Leo umlayezo nge-imeyili, ukuze i-ambulensi yendawo ingaphinde ize igijima kuye.

“Uyazi, angikwazanga ngisho nokunciphisa le hologram yakho - ukunganaki kwezokuxhumana okujwayelekile,” ekhononda kuMax.

— Ingabe kwehlukile kwa-INKIS?

- Cha, mhlawumbe kubi nakakhulu: amanethiwekhi ethu madala.

- Dan, awukakashintshi nhlobo.

- Ngitheni?

- Akukho okukhethekile, ubulokhu ubonakala ngokugxeka okunempilo kwenhlangano yakho. Usalenga kanjani lapho?

"Ngibambe, umsebenzi ngumsebenzi, ngeke ugijimele ehlathini." Kuthiwani ngawe, ingabe yonke into ihlelwe ngendlela ehlukile?

   Ephendula ngokubhuqa uMax.

- Yebo, kuhlukile. Ama-Martian corporations akuwona umsebenzi, ayindlela yokuphila. Siyalithanda iqembu lethu lendabuko futhi sithembekile kulo kuze kube sekufeni kwethu.

— Awuwaculi amaculo ekuseni?

— Cha, angiwaculi amaculo, nakuba ngiqinisekile ukuthi abaningi ngeke bakhathazeke. Konke kuhlukile lapha, Dan: inkundla yakho yezokuxhumana, izikole zakho zezingane, izitolo zakho, izindawo zokuhlala ezihlukene. Umhlaba wawo ovaliwe, cishe okungenakwenzeka ukungena kuwo usuka emgwaqweni, kodwa ngikwazile.

- Hhayi-ke, siyakuhalalisela, kungani wehla ngokuzumayo ku-Olympus yakho ye-telecom waya kubasebenzi abasebenza kanzima baseRussia?

— Angikhohlwa abangane bakudala.

- Khona-ke mhlawumbe unganikeza umngane wakho wakudala umsebenzi onzima kwaTelecom?

-Uqinisekile ukuthi ufuna lokhu?

- Uyaphoqeleka ukuthi ungene ngemvume ngegazi futhi ungayidli ingulube ngeMigqibelo? Uma kwenzeka noma yini, ngilungile futhi ngingacula amaculo.

- Okubi kakhulu, ukhokhela lo msebenzi nawe kanye nezinkumbulo zakho. Kuzodingeka uzikhohlwe ngokuzithandela wena kanye nesikhathi sakho esedlule, ngaphandle kwalokho uhlelo luzokwenqaba. Ukuze ube ngowakho, kufanele uzinikele ngaphakathi. Empeleni, yilokhu ebengifuna ukukwenza: ukuqala impilo entsha ku-Mars, futhi ngisunduze sonke lesi siphukuphuku, isiRashiya esinobudlabha esidlule singene ekhabetheni elinothuli. Ngicikekile ngezwe lethu, yonke into lapha ibonakala ihlelwe ngokukhethekile endaweni eyodwa ukuze iphazamise noma yimuphi umsebenzi onengqondo. Ngacabanga ukuthi kunempilo entsha engilindile ku-Mars.

"Bhuti, ungakhathazeki ngalokho, bengidlala ngomsebenzi." Ngiyabona impilo yakho entsha ikuphoxile?

- Cha, ngani, ngikutholile ebengikufuna.

   Kodwa amehlo kaMax ayedabukile futhi edangele ngalawa mazwi. “Ngahlala kule Telecom isigamu sosuku, kodwa isikwazile ukufika kimi,” kucabanga uDenis, “akukho okungashiwo ngokuqondile. Wonke umuntu uthwetshulwa ikhamera efihliwe. Bonisa imbongolo yakho kulezi zindaba ezimnandi. "

   Ngaphandle kwefasitela, ipaki yayizithela kuhwalala. Amaqabane amancane erobhothi likaGarcon avele egumbini lenkomfa - amarobhothi ashanelayo. Baqala ukudweba ama-spirals alungile ngokwezibalo ezungeze izinto zangaphakathi, behlanza kancane, ngokusobala, ukuhlanza kwabaletha injabulo enkulu.

- Lalela, Max, bakhuluma iqiniso ngalezi ... ukwethembeka kuyahlola, kahle, lapho bebeka izinhlelo ezithile ku-chip ezihlola zonke izingxoxo zakho nezenzo usebenzisa amagama ayisihluthulelo nezinto, ukuze ungazami beka inhlangano, noma uveze okuthile okungadingekile...

- Yiqiniso, isevisi yezokuphepha inomnyango okhethekile obhala izinhlelo ezinjalo futhi ubuke amarekhodi ngokukhetha. Injabulo eyodwa: ngokusemthethweni lesi sakhiwo sizimele ngokuphelele; akekho, ngisho nesikhulu esibaluleke kakhulu seTelecom, esinelungelo lokubheka amafayela abo.

- Ngokusemthethweni, kodwa empeleni?

- Kubonakala kufana.

- Futhi uma ukunethiwekhi yomunye umuntu, noma ingekho nhlobo inethiwekhi, khona-ke bakuhlola kanjani?

— Sifakwe imojuli yenkumbulo eyengeziwe, ebhala yonke imininingwane engena ebuchosheni bakho, bese iyidlulisela ngokuzenzakalelayo esigabeni sokuqala.

- Futhi uma, ngokwesibonelo, uwedwa netshwele, ingabe yonke into ibhaliwe futhi?

Bayibhala ngokucophelela, bayihlole, bese isixuku sonke siyibuka bese siyahleka.

- Kufanele kube kubi? – UDenis wabuza ngozwela oluzenzisa.

- Akukho okujwayelekile! Ingabe unendaba kangako?! Uwabonile lawa, angazi ukuthi ngingawabiza ngani, ama-freaks aboshwe ngotshwala avela emnyangweni wokuqala, entanta lapho ezitsheni zawo ... kodwa angikhathali ukuthi babhekeni.

   Ngokushesha amarobhothi amabili ahlanzayo ema, amakhamera kamabonakude azungezayo anentshisekelo abekwe phezu kweziqu ezinde eziguquguqukayo. Omunye wama eduze kakhulu noMax, ezama ngokuzimisela ukumbheka emehlweni, uMax wamkhahlela ngokucasuka, eqondise ekhamera, ngokwemvelo, wageja: ithente elinomsindo othule lahlehla emzimbeni, nerobhothi, laphuma engozini. wahamba wayozigeza kwenye indawo.

"Anginendaba, ngiyaqonda, vumela noma ubani, ngisho noSchultz, angene empilweni yami siqu." Yena, isihluku, ufaka ikhala lakhe elide kuyo yonke indawo, anginendaba, kodwa bangikhokhela imali eningi! Yanele imoto ebizayo, ifulethi, isikebhe, indlu eseCote d'Azur, yanele ngakho konke. Nginemali ephindwe kashumi kuneyakho, ngiyaqonda.

“Angingabazi ukuthi unogada wokugcina lapha uhola kakhulu kunami.” Kungani ulahliwe? – UDenis wamangala kancane.

   Kwathuleka kancane. I-viscous tension yalenga ngokuzwakalayo emoyeni; yaconsela phansi njenge-mercury, iqoqana esibukweni esinganyakazi, esicwebezelayo sensimbi enzima. Intuthu enobuthi ephuma kuyo yayimboza kancane kancane abaxhumanisi. Kuthuleke kuthi nya uzwe ukukhala komfudlana sekuhwalele epaki ngaphandle kwefasitela.

- Unjani uMasha, awukashadi? Awuzange ungimeme ngisho emshadweni.

- Masha? Yini..., o, Masha, cha, sahlukana, Dan.

   Kuphinde kume kancane.

- Yini, ngeke uze ubuze ukuthi ngenza kanjani? – Denis waphula ukuthula.

- Unjani ke empilweni?

“Yebo, ngeke ukholwe, yonke into imbi,” uDenis waqala ngokushesha. - Izikhathi eziyikhulu ezimbi kunezakho. Akuwona umsebenzi wami kuphela, kodwa mhlawumbe ngisho nempilo yami ilenga esilinganisweni ngenxa yomphathi wami omusha.

- Ungubani?

- U-Andrei Arumov, isikhulu esisha senkonzo yezokuphepha yaseMoscow, kukhona okuzwile ngaye?

“Angikaze ngizwe lutho oluhle ngaye, Dan, ngempela.” Hlala kude naye.

- Kulula ukusho, hlala kude, wahlala phansi amahhovisi amabili kimi. Futhi uthole kubani ngaye?

   Angabaze kancane uMax.

- Kusuka ku-Leo futhi.

- Yebo, u-Schultz wakho wenza ibhizinisi elinomthunzi nge-INKIS. Ubani, umphathi wakho?

- Yebo, ngiyaxolisa, Dan, kodwa angikwazi ukukhuluma kakhulu ngoLeo. Angeke ayithande. Yini inkinga yakho ngo-Arumov, uzokuxosha?

- Akunjalo Empeleni. Yebo, lokhu kuwukunyundela nokunyundela, kodwa ukholelwa ukuthi ngandlela-thile ngihlangene nezindaba zomphathi wangaphambili. Muva nje kube necala elimangazayo, emibuthanweni emincane, yebo, mayelana nokuboshwa kweqembu labashushumbisi ngaphakathi kwesevisi yezokuphepha ye-INKIS.

“Dan, ukhuluma ngalokhu ngomoya ophansi,” ubuso bukaMax bazwakalisa ukukhathazeka okuqotho, “kungani useMoscow?” Angidlali ngo-Arumov, ukuchoboza umuntu kufana nokuchoboza iphela, uzoyeka lutho.

— Kuvelaphi lokhu kuhlola komuntu siqu okunelukuluku?Ingabe uyamazi?

- Cha, futhi angikuthandi. Dan, ake ngikutholele umsebenzi kwaTelecom, ndawana thize le kude nalapha. Inhlangano izokufihla. Uzonikezwa impilo entsha.

- Hawu, ukhuphule izinga lomsebenzi kahle uma ungenza iziphakamiso ezinjengalezi egameni lenhlangano.

- Ngokuphambene nalokho, umsebenzi wami manje usuyancipha; uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, ngidingiselwe lapha. Kodwa nginomngane oyedwa ekuphathweni, noma kunalokho wayengumngane wami ... Ngamafuphi, ngezinga lakhe kuyinto encane futhi ngeke anqabe.

"Ekugcineni usuyitholile le Schultz, siyakuhalalisela."

"ULeo akahlanganise lutho nakho, asibona nje abangani." Dan, ake ngikuthinte namuhla mayelana nalokhu. Angikwazi futhi ukukhuluma ngalokhu, kodwa nginolwazi oluthile oluyimfihlo mayelana ne-Arumov. Uma ngandlela-thile wawela indlela yakhe, awukwazi ukuhlala eMoscow. Udinga ukucasha futhi ucashe kahle kakhulu. Ungumuntu ohlanyayo onamandla amakhulu.

- Angikwazi ukusebenza kwaTelecom.

- Uzofakelwa i-chip evamile ngezindleko zenkampani, uma kuyilokho okucelayo.

"Yingakho ngingakwazi."

- Dan, hlobo luni lwenkulisa, usengozini yokufa, futhi usadlala ekungavumelani kwakho kwentsha. Lapho sisafunda isikole, kwakupholile, kodwa manje...sekuyisikhathi sokwenza ukukhetha. Awukwazi ukubalekela uhlelo; lusazodla wonke umuntu.

   Akufani nokuthi uMax uzibukisa ngesiphakamiso sakhe, kucabanga uDan. - Mhlawumbe isiphetho: umhlangano ongaziwa, ocishe ungakholeki nomngane wakudala. Yini engiyizuzile eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule? Akukho lutho, ngakho-ke kuwubuwula ukuphakamisa ikhala lakho ngezipho ezinjalo. Ikusasa linginika ithuba lokuphila impilo evamile: ukuthola umsebenzi ohloniphekile, ukuqala umndeni, izingane. Cha, ngeke ngiwushintshe lo mhlaba, kodwa ngizojabula.” Isipoki sakusihlwa ngaseziko, esigcwele ukuhleka kwezingane, samncenga ukude, lapho yonke into yayihlelwe futhi ihlelelwe ingxenye yekhulu leminyaka kusengaphambili. Futhi leli themba lempilo elula nejabulisayo lamehlula kangangokuthi isifuba sakhe saqala ukuba buhlungu. “Kufanele sivume,” kucabanga uDan, ekhula ngokubanda, kodwa izindebe zakhe, cishe ngokumelene nentando yakhe, zasho okuhluke ngokuphelele:

"Ngizokufonela uma nje ngicabanga okuthile."

- Ungakubambezeli lokhu, ngiyacela.

- Kulungile, mhlawumbe ngingakwazi ukuzitholela ngandlela-thile.

"Ngeke ukwazi ukubhekana no-Arumov, ngikholwe."

- Masihambe, Max. Anjani amasosha akho, azosibonisa wona namuhla noma cha?

"Mhlawumbe ngeke bakubonise phela."

- Ngokujulile, uLapin uzojabula, uzomnika isizathu sokungasayini lutho.

- Ngenxa yakho, ngendlela. U-Leo maduze uzomemezela ukuthi ngeke sikwazi ukukhombisa amasosha aphezulu ngenxa yezinkinga zobuchwepheshe, njengokuthi wonke alungiswa ngendlela evamile. Kodwa isizathu sangempela ukuthi uLeo akafuni ukuwabonisa umuntu ngaphandle kwezinhlelo zezimonyo.

— Zikhona yini izinkinga ngokubukeka kwazo? Kepha kuthiwani ngayo yonke into oyicule mayelana nomthwalo wemfanelo weTelecom emizuzwini emihlanu edlule?

"Sonke kwesinye isikhathi sicula esikutshelwayo." Yiqiniso, kunezinkinga ezithile ngokubukeka kwazo. Zonke lezi zinganekwane ezimayelana nokuthi i-cyber freaks yethu ihlangana kanjani ngokujwayelekile ziyizinganekwane nje. Ngokunembayo, le nganekwane yenziwa ibe ngokoqobo ngezinhlelo ezibizayo zezimonyo. Ngaphandle kwabo, wonke umuntu uzobalekela amasosha ethu ampofu. Hhayi-ke, akukho okuzobalungela nokuzala. I really fucking hope they don't pick family guys.

- Noma kunjalo, indlu yakho e-Cote d'Azur inezindleko ezithile.

- Lena akuyona iphrojekthi yami, ngivele ngaphushwa lapha kuze kube yilapho isimo sicaciswa. Futhi ngakho-ke, yebo, akunandaba ukuthi lesi sikhungo esithile socwaningo silimaza abantu ngenxa yezithakazelo zabo zobugovu, kuzoba khona abantu abafuna ukwenza lokhu kunoma yikuphi. Ngisanda kuphupha ukuthi ngizosebenzisa amathalenta ami ngenzuzo enkulu: isibonelo, dala izinhlobo ezintsha zama-retroviruses alawulwayo. Indawo yocwaningo ethembisa kakhulu, lapho abantu bangayeka ukuguga futhi bagule ngokuphelele.

- Nokho, ama-retroviruses akho angasetshenziswa ngezindlela ezahlukene.

- Ngakho Yebo. Ingabe ufuna ukuwabuka, hhayi nje ukuze uthole irekhodi, kunjalo?

- For supersoldiers? Ingabe u-Schultz ngeke akunikeze i-Ein Zwei ngemisebenzi enjalo yabafundi?

- Cha, into esemqoka ukuthi ayiveli ngokusemthethweni noma kuphi. Bonke abantu ababaluleke ngempela kuphrojekthi bebelokhu bekwazi lokhu isikhathi eside, akuyona imfihlo enjalo. Angiqondi ngempela ukuthi kungani ayesaba lapho: mhlawumbe akafuni ukuhlukumeza ingqondo ebucayi yababulali bethu bamakhompiyutha. Njengomuntu ozowabona ngaphandle kwezimonyo futhi azocasuka, azoba nenkinga yokulala, angazi. Ngamafuphi, ungakhulumi nanoma ubani futhi yilokho.

- Angiyena umuntu okhulumayo. Ngibonise.

“Bese ngicela ungilandele.”

   UMax wahamba phambili ngezinyathelo ezibanzi, ezizethembayo. UDenis waqalaza yonke imizuzu futhi ngokungazi wazama ukuhlala eduze nodonga. Ngemva kokuba bewele umzila omude osuka esakhiweni samahhovisi beya kwesinye isakhiwo futhi beqala ukwehlela emigodini yangempela yezingcingo, ngokushesha wazizwa engalondekile. Wayethathwe kude kakhulu; kwakungekho sizathu sokubuyela yedwa. Endodeni eyadingiswa, uMax wayezethemba kakhulu ngokudlula ezindaweni zokuhlola okuzenzakalelayo, ngisho nomuntu angamazi. Okokuqala, bangena ngaphansi komhlaba ngekheshi elilodwa futhi badlula esangweni lensimbi elivalwe ngomugqa osawolintshi. Sadlula emaphaseji ambalwa futhi sathatha elinye ilifti sehla saya emnyango onomugqa ophuzi. Badlula izinsiza zokuskena ezimbalwa, base behamba odongeni olude olumhlophe olunezitezi ezimbili ukuya phezulu. Njengoba uMax echaza, ngemuva kwawo kunamagumbi ahlanzekile esezingeni eliphezulu lapho kutshalwa khona ama-chips amangqamuzana. Elinye ikheshi bagibela behla bazithola sebephambi kwesango elinomugqa oluhlaza, kodwa kulokhu phambi kwalo, ngemuva kwengxenye esobala, kumi onogada ababili abahlomile. Ngaphansi kosilingi, inganono elawulwa kude yayizungeza ngephasela lemiphongolo eyishumi.

“Kuhle, Petrovich,” uMax ebingelela umdala. “Kwabe sekufika ikhasimende elivela kwa-INKIS lizobuka amadoda ethu angama-SS.

“Yilokho obabiza ngakho,” kuhleka uDenis.

"Empeleni, sebevele bevela ehhovisi labo, bekukhona le ndoda enempandla esabekayo," kuphendula uPetrovich ngokungaqiniseki, "futhi kubukeka sengathi usanda kufaka isicelo."

- Kodwa ngiyakwazi ukuhambisa izivakashi endaweni eluhlaza.

- Ungakwenza, kunjalo, kodwa ake ngishayele umphathi wakho. Akunacala, Max.

- Akunankinga, yishayele.

   UMax amthathele eceleni uDenis.

“ULeo uzofona,” echaza, “bangase basixoshe, kodwa kulungile, kodwa saba nohambo.”

"Yebo, siye sahamba - kuhle, kodwa uma benginquma lapha ngazo zonke izibhamu, lokho kuzoba ihlazo," kuphendula uDenis, enqekuzisa inganono ngaphansi kosilingi.

“Ungesabi, ubonakala edubula uhlobo oluthile lwezinhlamvu ezikhubaza.”

"Ah, akukho-ke okumele ukhathazeke ngakho."

   Ngemva kwemizuzu emihlanu, uPetrovich wababiza futhi waphakamisa izandla zakhe enecala:

- Umphathi wakho akaphenduli.

“Yini ayenzayo ebaluleke kangaka?” UMax wamangala. - Bheka, kunjalo, kodwa udinga ukwethembeka kakhulu kukhasimende, ngaphandle kwalokho inkontileka izowela, futhi sonke sizoyithola.

"Manje, ngizokhuluma nomphathi weshifu... Kulungile, hamba," kusho uPetrovich ngemva komunye umzuzu, "nje, Max, ungangiphoxi."

"Ungakhathazeki, sizobheka kanye bese sibuyela emuva."

   Isango elinomugqa oluhlaza lavuleka buthule. Ngemva kwabo kwakunekamelo elikhulu elinemigqa yamakhabethe eduze kwezindonga. Ngokushesha kwavela isixwayiso esisabekayo phambi kwekhala likaDenis: “Qaphela! Ungena endaweni eluhlaza. Ukunyakaza kwezivakashi endaweni eluhlaza ngaphandle kokuphelezelwa akuvunyelwe. Abaphula umthetho bazoboshwa ngokushesha."

- Lalela, Susanin, bathembisa ukungilalisa ngibheke phansi.

"Into esemqoka ukuthi ungabambeleli ikhala lakho lapho kungafanele khona." Futhi ungacabangi ngisho nokuvala i-chip.

"Mhlawumbe ngizowakhumula amalensi ami nama-headphone, kodwa ngeke ngicime lutho." Ngingathanda ukubheka ubuhle bakho ngaphandle kwezimonyo.

   UDenis wawafihla ngokucophelela amalensi embizeni yamanzi.

- Gqoka amaovaloli akho, Dan, bese kuba nendawo ehlanzekile.

   Ngemva kwelinye igumbi elincane lapho kwakudingeka babekezelele ukugeza kwe-aerosol yokuhlanza, ekugcineni bakwazi ukufinyelela izimfihlo zeTelecom. Enye indlela yayiseduze komhubhe onomthunzi. Ukukhanya okuluhlaza okuvela ezindongeni kancane kancane kwakhanya amamitha ayishumi kuya kwangamashumi amabili kuphela phambi kwazo, kuhlwitha kusukela kusihlwa amarobhothi amancane afana nezinambuzane noma ukulukwa kohlobo oluthile lwamashubhu namapayipi anezindandatho. I-monorail encane yayigijima ophahleni, futhi izikhathi ezimbalwa i-sarcophagi ekhanyelayo yantanta phezu kwamakhanda abo, okwantanta ngaphakathi ubuso nemizimba efriziwe. Amarobhothi ayebukeka njengama-octopus kanye ne-jellyfish nawo ayegcweleza ezungeze imizimba ku-sarcophagi. Ngezinye izikhathi kwakunamafasitela odongeni. UDenis wabheka omunye wabo: wabona igumbi lokuhlinza elibanzi. Phakathi nendawo bekukhona ichibi eligcwele into efana nejeli ewugqinsi. Kwantanta umzimba okhishwe kuwo, okuvela kuwo wonke amashubhu aholela emishinini eseduze. Phezu kwechibi kwakulenga irobhothi le-vivisector, eliphuma kumaphupho amabi, lifana nengwane enkulu. Wayesika futhi ehlikihla okuthile ngaphakathi emzimbeni oqulekile. Kwakhanya ugongolo lwe-laser, ngasikhathi sinye amatende ayishumi nambili anama-clamp, ama-dispensers nama-micromanipulators acwila ajula emzimbeni, enza okuthile ngokushesha aphinde aphume, i-laser yaphinde yakhanya. Ngokusobala odokotela bebelawula ukuhlinzwa bekude; bekunomuntu oyedwa kuphela ekamelweni ogqoke i-ovaroli empintshayo efake imaskhi ebusweni bakhe. Wamane wabuka inqubo. Kwakukhona enye i-sarcophagus odongeni enomzimba olinde isikhathi sawo. UMax waphushela umngani wakhe phambili wamcela ukuthi angawuvuli umlomo. Eduze, izinambuzane ezingamarobhothi zachofoza futhi zathinta imilenze yazo yensimbi emincane ngendlela enengekayo. Kuzo zonke izimo, bagcizelela kakhulu uDenis. Awukwazanga ukunyakazisa umuzwa wokuthi imishini ekhohlisayo ibibuthene emhlambini ngokuhwalala okuluhlaza ngemuva kwakho, yavele yagxumela nhlangothi zonke, yanamathisela izidladla zayo zensimbi ebukhali enyameni ethambile bese ikuhudulela echibini iye erobhothini le-vivisector, obekungakuhlakaza ube yizicucu. Futhi uzontanta emaflaskini amaningana, ubuchopho bakho bube koyedwa, namathumbu akho eduze.

- Iyiphi indawo? - Kubuza uDenis, ezama ukuphazamisa imicabango emibi.

- Isikhungo sezokwelapha esizenzakalelayo, imisebenzi eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu yenziwa lapha: ukufakelwa kwezitho, izimila ezinomdlavuza zisusiwe, zingathunga emlenzeni wesithathu uma ubuza, futhi amadoda ethu e-SS nawo abuthene lapha. Siya kwesokudla.

   Ngempela uDenis wayengafuni ukungena ngomnyango oseceleni kuqala, kodwa uMax wayehona ngokuphelelwa isineke ngemva kwakhe. Eshwabene engazithandi, wangena ngaphakathi wantshontsha ukubheka phezulu. Ingwane yayilapho. Ehlezi kalula phezu kwe-crane beam ngaphansi kosilingi, ematasatasa ebamba izitho zangasese futhi ecwayiza iso lakhe elibomvu ngokucasuka.

- Bheka, Dan, ibutho lethu elincane.

   UMax wasikaza isandla sakhe ebheke emigqeni yeziqukathi ezisobala lapho kulele khona izidalwa ezingavamile, ezikhohliwe ebuthongweni obukhulu obukhathele.

- Ungakhumula ama-ovaloli akho, akekho ozobona lapha. Ngizothatha izithombe nami.

   U-Denis wakhipha indwangu embi ye-silicone futhi ngezinyathelo ezicashile wasondela esitsheni esiseduze. Mhlawumbe wake waba ngumuntu, kodwa manje kuphela imidwebo evamile yesidalwa esingaphakathi esingumuntu. I-humanoid yayinde, cishe amamitha amabili, izacile futhi izacile kakhulu, izicubu ezithandelene emzimbeni njengezintambo eziwugqinsi. Yayifana kakhulu nokulukwa kwezintambo noma izimpande zesihlahla, kodwa hhayi umzimba womuntu. Isikhumba sakhe sasimnyama ngokucwebezelayo sicwebezela okwensimbi, kuhle kwemoto epholishiwe, embozwe amazenga amancane. Kwawa amadevu ensimbi aminyene, ubude obuyingxenye yemitha, ekhanda lakhe elinempandla. Kwezinye izindawo, izixhumi zaziphuma emzimbeni. Amehlo ahlanganisiwe amise okwecwebe elimnyama abonisa ukukhanya okuluhlaza kalufifi. Amehlo amancane ayebonakala ngemuva kwekhanda lakhe.

“Muhle,” kuphawula uDenis ngalowo mbono ongajwayelekile, “uma uhlangana naye emgwaqweni, kuba sengathi uzokwephuca amabhulukwe akho.” Kungani edinga amadevu ekhanda lakhe nezikali?

- Lawa ama-vibrissae, uhlobo lwesitho sokuthinta, ukuthola ukundindizela endaweni, mhlawumbe enye into, angiqiniseki. Izikali ziyisivikelo esengeziwe uma isivikelo sihluleka.

- Ingabe uqhamuke nesilo esinjalo?

- Cha, Dan, ekugcineni bengiqedela ama-chips ambalwa ohlelweni lokulawula. Uma sikhuluma iqiniso ngokuphelele, wonke umqondo oyisisekelo webiwa ezipokini zasebukhosini. Konke cishe njengoba ngishilo, kodwa umsebenzi oyinhloko wokuyiguqula ibe lesi simangaliso wenziwa ama-retroviruses anobuqili; kancane kancane balungisa kabusha i-genotype yomzimba ngaphansi kokuqondisa kochwepheshe. Embusweni kuphela ama-retroviruses ajovwe ngqo eqandeni, ngakho-ke umntwana waphuma ngokushesha ku-autoclave ebukeka esabekayo, esabekayo nakakhulu kunalezi. Asinaso isikhathi sokulinda ukuthi zikhule, ngakho-ke inqubo ishintshiwe kancane futhi yashesha. Kukhona, yiqiniso, ukulahlekelwa okuthile kwekhwalithi, kodwa ngezinhloso zethu kuzokwenza.

"Ngiyabona ukhuluma amanga ezindlebeni zamakhasimende akho."

- Ake sithi ikhasimende langempela, u-Arumov, wazi okuningi.

"Ngiyabona, kodwa sifana nabashintshi abancane." Kukhona umuntu ongambeka odongeni uma lezi zinhlayiya zivele zithukuthele futhi ziqale ukubhoboza.

- Cha, ngeke baqale ukumosha, ukulawula kunezigaba eziningi futhi kuthembekile kakhulu.

- Ngakho-ke, uma wakhotha yonke into evela ezipokini, nazo ziyabazonda amaMartians.

“Yebo, abantu benu abanomqondo ofanayo,” kusho uMax emamatheka, “abakwaMartians babephethe intuthuko, ngicabanga ukuthi babenakekela into efanele yenzondo yesigaba.”

- Uwathole kanjani amagciwane ayimfihlo ombuso? - UDenis wabuza ngezwi elingavamile kakhulu.

- Angazi ngalokho ... kodwa kuhle ukubuza imibuzo enjalo, wazi kancane, uzophila isikhathi eside. Ake ngivuse idlanzana lamadoda ama-SS futhi sazane kangcono.

   UDenis wagxumela kude neziqukathi engathi ushile.

- Uh-uh, masingakwenzi. Ngazana kahle, futhi uSchultz cishe wayekhathele ukulinda lapho, ethuka amagama amabi esiJalimane.

- Kulungile, Dan, ungesabi. Ngibheja ukuthi yonke into ingaphansi kolawulo. Banemikhawulo yesoftware; empeleni, abakwazi ukuhlasela noma ukwenza noma yini ngaphandle komyalo.

- Isoftware? Angiyithembi imikhawulo yesofthiwe.

- Bayeke, bane-control chip kuyo yonke imisipha, okumele ngikwenze nje ukuthayipha umyalo ngekhodi efanele, futhi bazowa njengesaka lamazambane.

- Kusengumbono omubi. Asihambe kangcono.

   Kepha uMax akabange esakwazi ukumiswa; wayehlose ngokuqinile ukuvusa izilo ethuneni ngenxa yezizathu zobuxhwanguxhwangu.

- Linda imizuzu emihlanu. Uma ufuna ngempela, manje kumiswa ikhodi yokukhansela yomlomo elula, uthi "yeka", banqanyulwa ngokushesha.

- Futhi uma evala izindlebe zakhe, ingabe ikhodi izosebenza?

“Konke kuzosebenza,” uMax wayesevele esebenza ngomlingo esitsheni sesibili.

   Ingwane evela ophahleni yamlandela yamsiza wamjova. UDan wayeselungele ukugona irobhothi sengathi ngelakhe, uma nje lingamjova okungesiwo. Ngasizathu simbe amasosha ayemesaba kakhulu.

- Ready.

   UMax waphumela eceleni. Izivalo ezimbili zaphakama kancane.

- Lapha, hlangana noRuslan, umphathi wophiko lwakhe lwe-RSAD Research Institute. UGrieg uyisosha elivamile. Lona nguDenis Kaysanov wase-INKIS.

   Ngokusobala uGrieg wayenzima kunabo bonke. Insizwa ende, ebanzi ebanzi, yavele yama igxilile, ingakhombisi nokuncane intshisekelo emhlabeni oyizungezile. U-Ruslan wayemfushane, ephila, ukuxhuma kwezintambo ebusweni bakhe kubonakala kunohlobo oluthile lwenkulumo enengqondo: inhlanganisela yokungahloniphi nokuhlukana okuphelele nenothi lokudangala kwendawo yonke emehlweni akhe ahlangene.

“Sawubona, Denis Kaysanov, ngiyajabula ukukwazi,” uRuslan eveza amazinyo akhe, eveza umugqa wamazinyo amancane abukhali, wasondela kuye.

   Ukunyakaza kwamasosha aphezulu kwakumangalisa njengokubukeka kwawo. Njengoba babengazigqokile izingubo, umuntu wayebona indlela imisipha yentambo ehlangana ngayo futhi iphefumula, njengebhola lenyoka, iphusha umzimba ngesivinini esikhulu futhi kalula. Amalunga abo ayekhululekile ukugoba kunoma iyiphi indlela, uRuslan wahlanganisa amamitha amahlanu ukuya ku-interlocutor yakhe ngokugxuma okukodwa kwe-viscous. Lapho zinyakaza, izikali ezihlikihlayo zazikhipha umsindo omncane okhencezayo. Isidalwa selulele isitho esimnyama, esinamanxeba okubingelela.

   "Ungesabi, ulawulwa ngokuphelele," uDenis ezama ukumisa ukuthuthumela kwamadolo akhe, "ungambonisi ukwesaba kwakho, mhlawumbe uzwa iphunga lenja."

“Hheyi,” wathinta isitho ngokucophelela wayesesidonsa ngaso leso sikhathi.

- Wesabani, Denis? - URuslan wabuza ngezwi elinoju. "Asizilimazi izakhamuzi."

“Unganaki, Ruslan,” kusho uMax ngokunganaki, eqhubeka nokuthakatha kuGrig; uyakubona ngaphandle kohlelo lwezimonyo.

“Max, ngicela ungagqolozele,” kubhodla uDenis ngokwexwayisa, njengoba amehlo akhe ahlangene esondela futhi emgqolozela ngokuthakasela okukhulu.

- Yebo? Kungani uDenis engibona ngingenalo uhlelo?

"I-chip yakhe indala kakhulu, noma hhayi i-chip, kodwa ama-lens kuphela, awakhumule," uMax waphendula emsulwa ngaphandle kokuphenduka.

   Ama-vibrissae amabili, alenga ku-arc ebunzini lakhe, avele athinta ubuso bukaDenis futhi wezwa ukushaqeka kukagesi okubuthakathaka.

- Kungani, mngane wami, weza kithi ngaphandle kwe-chip? - URuslan wahleba ngezwi elinoju.

- Ma-ax! – UDenis wamemeza kakhulu. - Bakhiphe, maye!

   Kusenjalo, uGrieg, emi njengesithixo, wabamba uMax ngokunyakaza okucijile, amadevu ensimbi amngena ebusweni bakhe. Kuzwakale ukuqhekeka kukagesi futhi uMax endizela phansi, ememeza kakhulu:

- Dan, i-chip yami ivaliwe! Angiboni noma ngingezwa lutho, shayela udokotela. Dan, ngithinte ehlombe uma ungizwa,” uMax ebonakala engaqondi ukuthi kwenzekeni.

   “Bengizokushaya ngempama, mbonisi okhohlakele,” kucabanga uDenis ngokudangala. Ukungathi sína nokungabi nathemba kwalesi simo kwakusobala. Ngisho noma usizo lufika ku-chip ekhubazekile ngokushesha njengangaphambili, bazokwenzenjani ngezilo ezithukuthele? UPetrovich uzobasiza kanjani ngezinhlamvu ezikhubazekile?

   UMax waqhubeka nokuklabalasa futhi wakhasela phambili ngokungaboni, kodwa ngokushesha wagijimela odongeni futhi, eshaya ikhanda kabuhlungu, wama.

- Ima? – UDenis wathi ngokungaqiniseki.

"Ikhodi ayizange yamukelwe, okubaluleke kakhulu ekusebenzeni," kusho uRuslan ehleka kakhulu. "Ingoma yakho iculwa, Denis Kaysanov."

“Dan,” kusho uMax futhi, “kunephaneli eceleni kodonga, shayela ikhodi 3 hash ukuze irobhothi livale amasosha.”

   “Kulula ukukusho,” kucabanga uDenis, iphaneli yacwayiza ngokumema ngenkomba eqhele ngamamitha amabili ukusuka kuye, kodwa uRuslan, ngokunyakaza okucashile, wabeka isandla sakhe ehlombe lakhe.

- Ingabe uzozifaka engozini? - ebuza ngokubhuqa.

- Ngicela ungangibulali, nginezingane, i-chip isanda kuphuka, futhi benginenkinga nomshwalense. Maduze bazongifakela entsha, kuyilapho kwadingeka ngihambe kanje...uyazi ukuthi kuphazamisa kanjani, ukungakhulumi noma ukukhuluma ngokujwayelekile... - UDenis wacasuka, ezama ukukucacisela isitha ukuthi ukumelana kwakungalindelekile futhi wayekwazi ukuphumula. URuslan wahleka wasusa isandla sakhe.

"Sekuyisikhathi sokuqeda ukuhlinzwa," kusho uGrieg, "isikhathi siyahamba, sibeka engcupheni."

- Linda, sosha, ngiyakwazi engikwenzayo.

- Kwamukelwe.

   URuslan wabonakala ephazamisekile futhi uDenis wanquma ukuthi ngeke libe khona elinye ithuba. Wakhala njengengulube elimele futhi wakhahlela uRuslan edolweni, ezama ukumbamba emehlweni ngesandla sakhe, ekholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuwukuphela kwendawo ebuthakathaka ye-monster. Wacishe washaya idolo, futhi isandla sakhe, esiboshwe ngezinsimbi zensimbi, sasonteka saba muncu, kwamphoqa ukuba ahlale phansi. Kodwa nokho, ingwane engenhla yayisenesithakazelo kulokho okwakwenzeka futhi yadonsa amatende ngemijovo ibhekise emasosheni. “Bhuti,” uDenis ecabanga ngeveli elibomvu, “benginephutha ngawe, woza, bhuti.” Ngeshwa, amandla ayengalingani kakhulu, amatende akhishwe nenyama andizela ekhoneni legumbi futhi ahlala lapho engenamandla ekhuhla phansi. UGrieg wagxuma, ebambelela ophahleni lukaphahleni njengesicabucabu esikhulu, umoya ucula futhi ushaya ikhwela ngokunyakaza kwakhe. Irobhothi, lidatshulwe ezinsikeni zalo, landizela ekhoneni eliphambene, lizungeza okokhula futhi lihlakaza izintambo nezikulufu.

“Dan, kwenzakalani, usekhona, ngishaye ehlombe,” kumemeza uMax futhi, ngokusobala ezwa ukuvevezela kwezindonga ezivela emshinini ushaya kuzo.

   “Bazongibulala wena mbumbulu,” akaphelanga amandla uDenis ezama ukuzikhulula, kodwa wazizwa engathi uphelelwa amandla, kwazise isandla sakhe sasilokhu sibambelele ezwini lakhe lokuhlonipha. isikhathi eside. - Kungenzeka kanjani, emva kwakho konke, akukho lutho olwalufanekiselwa ngaphambili, wahlala, wakhuluma ngalokhu nalokhu, wadla i-whisky nesoseji. Damn ingenze ngabuka lezi zigilamkhuba. Kwaba ubulima kanjani konke. Kungaba ngcono uma u-Arumov engibamba, okungenani kungaba khona okunengqondo..."

- Ngizobuza umbuzo owodwa, uDenis Kaisanov, uma uphendula, ukhululekile ... Ngitshele, yini engashintsha imvelo yomuntu?

   URuslan waqukula wasondela eduze kakhulu, kangangokuthi uDenis wezwa umoya wakhe opholile, waqonda ukuthi wayesalelwe imizuzwana embalwa ukuba aphile.

- Fuck wena, qabula imbongolo kaMartian ephendula imibuzo yakho emangazayo. Uzokutshela ukuthi awukho muntu, uyi-experiment ehlulekile, uzofela emgodini...

- UGustav Kilby.

- Ini? – UDenis wamangala, eselungiselela ukunyukela ezulwini.

- UGustav Kilby, lelo igama likaMartian owazi impendulo efanele. Uma uhlangana naye, qiniseka ukuthi uyabuza ukuthi yini engashintsha imvelo yomuntu.

"Mphathi, sekuyisikhathi sokuqedela umsebenzi, sibambezeleka kakhulu," kusho uGrieg ngezwi elingakubekezeleli ukuphikiswa.

- Yiqiniso, i-fighter.

   URuslan waphusha uDenis phansi ngenkani. Kwagijima ithunzi elimnyama, kuzwakale isidumo esibi nesibibithwane esinyanyekayo. Isidumbu sikaGrieg sabhodloka phansi sidabuke umphimbo, kwaphuma nedamu legazi elimnyama elinephunga elixakile lohlobo oluthile lomuthi enxebeni.

   UMax, eselahlekelwe yithemba losizo lweqabane lakhe, wasukuma, wabambelela ngokucophelela odongeni, futhi wazulazula eduze komjikelezo, enethemba lokuthola indlela yokuphuma.

- Ngitshele, uDenis Kaisanov: uyawazonda amaMartians? - URuslan wabuza ngezwi elifanayo lenyosi, eqhaqhazela igazi eminwe yakhe.

- Ngiyakuzonda, pho? Abanendaba nenzondo yami.

- Cha, siphoqelekile ukuthi sibulale abantu ngaphandle kwama-chips futhi lokhu kujule kakhulu kune-firmware evamile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kukhona usongo olufihliwe kumuntu.

"Ucabanga ukuthi ukumina, uxolo, bakhohlwe ukungitshela ngakho."

"Akunandaba, akekho ongaqagela ukuthi intambo yokuphila izoholelaphi nokuthi izogqashuka kuphi." Izipoki ziyakhuluma nami, zathembisa ukuthi maduze nje ngizohlangana nesitha seqiniso.

“Dan,” kumemeza uMax, “kubonakala sengathi i-chip yami iyaphila.”

"U-Max naye uyingxenye yesistimu," kusho uRuslan, "awukwazi ukumethemba, awukwazi ukwethemba muntu." Uzoba wedwa ngokuphelele, akekho ozokusiza, wonke umuntu uzokukhaphela, futhi noma ubani ongakukhapheli uzokufa, futhi ngeke uthole lutho njengomvuzo uma ukwazi ukunqoba. Yonke imigwaqo ethembisa inzuzo ingamanga okudukisa kuyo yodwa yeqiniso. Uzoba wedwa ngokumelene nalo lonke uhlelo, kodwa uyithemba lethu lokugcina. Ungakhohlwa ukubheka u-Gustav Kilby. Ngikufisela inhlanhla emzabalazweni wakho ongenathemba.

"Ngiyabonga, kunjalo, ngesithembiso sokulwa nomhlaba wonke, kodwa mhlawumbe ngizozitholela inketho elula."

- Ngibheke emphefumulweni wakho, uDenis Kaysanov. Uzolwa.

   URuslan wamamatheka ngenjabulo futhi wagibela emuva esitsheni. Wagoqa izandla esifubeni sakhe wagqolozela usilingi ngendlela emsulwa. UMax wagijima esuka ngemuva, wayengakalulami ngokugcwele, ngakho waqala ukusika imibuthano eyisiphukuphuku ezungeza uRuslan olele, ngesikhathi ekhala:

- Dan, kwenzekani lapha. Bengimemeza, kungani ungacelanga usizo? Ubani oshaye irobhothi... E-my, kwenzekani kuGrig!?

"Yilokho okwenzekile, Max: nina bochwepheshe bezingcingo nenze umsebenzi omuhle ngamasosha enu."

"Ruslan, bika ngokushesha ukuthi kwenzekeni lapha," kusho uMax ngokumangala.

"U-Grig wangasese uphumile ekulawuleni, bekufanele ngimnciphise." Izimbangela zesigameko azikaziwa. Umbiko uqediwe.

“Max, yeka ukuba isilima, vele ucele usizo,” kweluleka uDenis.

- Manje.

   UMax uphume esephuthuma ephaseji njengenhlamvu. UDenis, ngokunganaki konke ukuqapha, wancika kuRuslan oqamba amanga futhi wahayiza:

- Kulungile, ngingaba yisitha, kodwa kungani ungangibulalanga? Uma unohlelo olunjalo - bulala abantu ngaphandle kwama-chips.

“Bangishiyele inkululeko yokuzikhethela.”

"Kungani i-freak efana nokuthi udinga inkululeko yokuzikhethela?"

"Ngoba kufanele ngihlupheke, futhi yilabo kuphela abanenkululeko yokuzikhethela abangahlupheka."

   UDenis amlandele uMax ephaseji. Engasenandaba nokuhlanzeka kwendawo, wakhipha usikilidi waphephetha ugesi. Izandla zami zazilokhu ziqhaqhazela, isandla sami sokudla esaphukile naso sasibuhlungu ngokuphawulekayo. “Manje bekungeke kube buhlungu ukuhogela i-whisky. Izibuko ezimbalwa,” ecabanga. Isixuku esinomsindo omkhulu noMax ekhanda laso sase sigijimela kuye; uDenis wazicindezela odongeni ukuze angabhidlizwa; irobhothi elincane licasukile ngaphansi konyawo lwakhe.

   UDenis wenqaba usizo lwezokwelapha. Okuwukuphela kwesifiso sakhe kwakuwukushiya isikhungo sokucwaninga esiyingozi ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, sigcwele ababulali abanonya ababekulungele ngaphandle kokungabaza ukudabula noma yiliphi ikhanda elalingasindwa ngogesi. Lapho ebuyela ekamelweni lenkomfa, uLeo wayesevumelene kakade noLapin ukuthi umthetho olandelwayo wawuzosayinwa kamuva. Wonke umuntu wahlala ezolile, kwangathi akwenzekanga lutho. UMax uke wanyamalala ndawana thize, kubonakala ukuthi unuka ijoyinti lakhe. NoDenis wayengenawo umkhuhlane. Kuthe lapho sebelinde indiza enophephela emhlane emsamo phambi kwebhilidi elikhulu, uLeo wathatha uDenis ngendololwane ngokuthula wamyisa eceleni.

- Denis, ngithemba ukuthi uzokwamukela ukuxolisa kwami ​​okukhulu egameni lenhlangano yethu kanye nakimi mathupha ngokwenzekile. Lena ingozi engenangqondo, uGrieg akasalawuleki, izinyathelo sezithathiwe.

- Cabanga nje, kungenzeka noma yini. Kodwa lokhu akuyona ingozi, uGrieg wenze ngokuqinile ngokuhambisana ne-firmware yakho.

“Dan, ngiyacela, singabambi amagqubu.” Yebo, uMax uyisilima esingavamile, bekufanele afunde iziyalezo eziyimfihlo ngaphambi kokuhudula abangani bakhe besikole ukuze babheke amasosha aphezulu.

- Imfihlo? Okungukuthi, lokhu akukho emiyalweni evamile.

"Uyaqonda ukuthi izinto ezinjalo azibhalwanga emibhalweni etholakala esidlangalaleni."

- Abafana abangenawo ama-chips ngeke bawazise?

- Amabhukhimakhi ayimfihlo ohlelweni azoba nomthelela omubi ekuthengisweni. Ngokunembayo, akulona ngisho ibhukhimakhi, yilokho nje..., kodwa Dan, ngikholwe, lokhu akuqondiswe kuwe nhlobo. Ezinsukwini zamanje, ukuhlangana nomuntu ongenayo i-chip kuyivelakancane emangalisayo, futhi kuye ukuthi agcine efinyelele endaweni okungafanele adlule kuyo kumane kudlule imingcele.

- Ayiqondisiwe? Futhi lapho sebededelwa ukuba badlale, ingabe uzongibonisa?

- Ngeke uphinde uhlangane nabo. Ku-INKIS ngeke babavumele eduze kwakho, ngiyathembisa. Awazi ukuthi ubuholi bukaMartian bungaba kanjani. Uma kukhona i-oda elithile le-mossy kusukela eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, nakanjani bazoyisunduza yonke indawo.

- Oh, manje sekucacile, konke kumayelana ne-mossy Martian bureaucracy.

- Dan, ake sibe abantu abanengqondo. Yini ezoshintsha uma uqala ukuklabalasa kuwo wonke amakhona ngokuthi iTelecom ibakhulisa kanjani ababulali emigodini? Ingabe unethemba lokuphula umdlalo wenhlangano ye-Martian engathí sina? Kuyoba kubi kuwo wonke umuntu, futhi bazoqala ukukuthatha ngephutha lohlanya lomuzi.

“Wonke umuntu usho lokho uma efuna ukufihla okuthile.”

- Yebo, ngokomthetho, yebo, kodwa ngakolunye uhlangothi, bavame ukukusho ngendlela efanele. Ngendlela, isiphakamiso esenziwe nguMax sisasebenza. Nami ngikulungele ukumeseka. Uzothola i-chip enhle nanoma yiziphi izifundo zobungcweti ozikhethayo ngezindleko zehhovisi, ukuze ugweme amacala aphindaphindiwe, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso. Awudingi nokuthi uhlale ku-Telecom, hamba nomaphi lapho ufuna. Lesi siphakamiso kufanele sihambisane nawo wonke umuntu.

- Ngizocabanga.

   UDenis uyakhumbula: “Yonke imigwaqo ethembisa inzuzo ingamanga, ehloselwe ukukudukisa kokuwukuphela kweqiniso,” kukhumbula uDenis. Akahlupheke ngingekho."

- Uma kukhona okungahambisani nawe, ungabi namahloni, khuluma. Nakanjani sizozamukela izifiso ezifanele.

- Sizolungisa, Leo.

- Ngakho, savumelana?

- Hhayi-ke, cishe... Kufanele ngithini kuLapin nabanye?

- Asikho isidingo sokusho lutho. Ubuxoxa nomngani wasesikoleni, wakuthatha wayokukhombisa indawo yakhe yokusebenza. Futhi yilokho, awukaze ubone noma yimaphi amasosha aphezulu. Mayelana nesandla, uma kukhona: Ngawela lapho, ngashelela.

- Akulimazi neze.

“Kuhle lokho,” u-Leo wavumela ukumamatheka okubanzi, okunobungane. – Yiya ku-“DreamLand”, uma usunqume.

“Ima, umbuzo owodwa omncane: kungani ungene ekucwilisweni ngokuphelele ngendlela exakile,” kukhumbula uDenis ngokungazelelwe.

- Awuqondanga?

"Uyakhumbula ngenkathi ujoyina abanye ekucwilisweni ngokuphelele ngemuva kwengxoxo yethu ejabulisa ngendlela emangalisayo mayelana nama-phobias nesiphetho sesintu?" Kubukeka sengathi udonswe kungokoqobo okubonakalayo, futhi yimina kuphela ongakubona.

- Bakushaya ekhanda phela? Uqinisekile ukuthi awufuni ukubona udokotela? – U-Leo ugobe ishiya lakhe langakwesokunxele ngendlela ekhangayo. "Angikuqondi ngempela ukuthi uzama ukuthini, kodwa ucabanga ukuthi bengididekile futhi ngenza umbhalo ngemizuzwana emithathu ukuze ngikugcone."

“Awu, waphenduka wangibuka...,” kuphendula uDenis ngokungaqiniseki. - Angazi, mhlawumbe kuzo zonke izinhlelo zakho kukhona inketho ekhethekile: ukwesabisa i-neurophobe evakashelayo.

- Thatha usuku lokuphumula, iseluleko sami kuwe.

“Nakanjani,” uDenis enyakazisa isandla sakhe ngokucasuka.

   Kubonakala sengathi isimo sengqondo sesivele sigcwele imbongolo, ayikho indlela yokuba siwohloke. Kodwa kwakusengathi ithunzi elibandayo lithinte ubuso bami. Ukukhetha kuyadabukisa: kungenzeka ukuthi izinkinga seziqalile, noma i-amoeba elambile icashe esihlahleni. "Kuphakathi kokuthi uHans uhleka imbongolo yakhe, sizonamathela kule nketho," kunquma uDenis.

   Ubusuku obupholile basekwindla buzungeze uhlaza lwasepaki, okwenza izithunzi ezipopayo zamaphupho amabi e-telecom zidanse endaweni encane ekhanyisiwe. Izilo ze-knobby, ama-octopus ensimbi nama-amoeba alambile - konke kuxutshwe ekukhanyeni okukhohlisayo kwezibani. Kuzwakale umsindo wendiza enophephela emhlane isondela.

   Kuyo yonke le ndlela ebuyayo, u-Lapin wakhuluma ngendlela umngane wakhe uDan ayemkhulu ngayo ezingxoxweni. U-Anton, ebuka lesi sigameko, waze waba muncu. UDenis emamatheka ngamandla akhe.

   "Ungimise ngempela, Max," ecabanga, "u-Arumov akanele kimi, hhayi nje kuphela ukuthi wacishe wabulawa, kodwa futhi ngahileleka ngokujulile ezimfihlo ezijulile zenye yezinkampani ezinamandla kakhulu zaseMartian. Ngeke bavele bangishiye ngizulazula emhlabeni nesikhwama sempahla yabo engcolile. Ngeke ukwazi ukubaheha ngama-chips nezifundo; bazoxazulula inkinga ngenye indlela. Futhi yena, yebo, muhle: kungani isihogo kufanele ahambe lapho bengaceli khona. Yiqiniso, ngangifuna ukubheka amasosha aphezulu. Ngincamela ukuya ezu ngiyobheka indlovu, siphukuphuku.” Futhi kwaba nokungakhululeki ngokuphelele kusukela ekugcwalisekeni kweqiniso lokuthi uhlelo lokubulala abantu ngaphandle kwama-chips lwalufakwe kanzima kuwo wonke amasosha amakhulu. Mhlawumbe ayiqondiswe ngqo kuye, kodwa ilungiselelwe, isibonelo, ngokumelene ne-Eastern Bloc. Kodwa uma u-lieutenant echotshozwe ngephutha ngaphansi kwe-steamroller, akekho ozokhala. Kwakungekujabulisi ukuqaphela ukuthi ngangiyisilokazana esinozwelo, esingakwazi ukuzivikela esasizonyathelwa ngezinyawo nje emdlalweni omkhulu wezinkampani.

   Indiza enophephela emhlane, iphakamise ifu lemfucumfucu eyomile, yaphonseka ophahleni lwe-INKIS.

- Ingabe uyeza, Dan? – kubuza uLapin.

- Cha, ngizoma futhi ngithole umoya. Bekuwusuku olunzima.

- Ake sikubone kusasa. Ngizoyiqaphela ngempela indima yakho ekhethekile ezingxoxweni.

- Ungakhathazeki, sizokubona kusasa.

   Lapho ozakwabo benyamalala, uDenis waphinde waya emaphethelweni futhi ngokungesabi wama phezu kothango. Umbono ovela kulolu hlangothi wawungemnandi neze: izindawo ezingasasetshenziswanga ezibiyelwe ngamatshe amatshe namakhoyili ocingo oluhlabayo. Nakuba kungekho muntu owayehlala lapho ngokusemthethweni, kwakukhona izinhlobo eziningi zezigebengu, imilutha yezidakamizwa nabantu abangenamakhaya, futhi laba kwakungezona ngempela abantu, ngoba ngokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obuphezulu kwaba lula kakhulu ukulahlekelwa ukubukeka komuntu. Abaphathi, njengo-Leo Schultz, bakhokhele imali eningi ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinguquko eziwusizo nezifakelwayo, impilo ende kanye nempilo ephelele. Abanye abakhokhi lutho, kodwa basakutholile lokhu kuthuthukiswa. Kufanele siqale siwahlole “kumavolontiya”. Uma ulalela, ngezinye izikhathi kwakuzwakala ukukhala okudabukisayo emijondolo, okwakwenza igazi lakho ligodole. Futhi ngesikhathi kwakhiwa lesi sikhungo, le ndawo cishe yayibukeka ihloniphekile. Mhlawumbe osomkhathi nemindeni yabo bahlala lapha ngenkathi iphupho lezindiza eziya ezinkanyezini lisaphila.

   Eceleni kwemfucumfucu kanye nothango, egoba ngokuzumayo, kwelula amaribhoni amabili kaloliwe, eduze komunye wabo isitimela sakhasa kancane. Kwakubonakala sengathi ushayela eduze kakhulu. UDenis wayekuzwa ukuklabalasa kwemishini emidala kanye nokukhala, ukugoqoza kwamasondo, okwakunkeneneza ezindlebeni zakhe isikhathi eside lapho isitimela sase siphenduke inkungu emkhathizwe. Wacishe wabubona ubuso babantu abahlezi ngaphakathi, noma kunalokho, wayazi nje ukuthi lobu buso kufanele bube kanjani: bunyukubele, bukhathele, bubuka ngokudabukisa indawo ezungezile ebuthuntu. Ngesizathu esithile, uDenis wayenomona ngalaba bantu abangajabulile abangakwazi ukuhlala eduze kwefasitela enqoleni engakhululekile, enomsindo futhi bangacabangi lutho. Bheka izinqolobane ezingapheli ezigqwalile, amapayipi, izigxobo ezintantayo, imigwaqo ephukile namafekthri alahliwe obekungadingeki muntu isikhathi eside. Ngokushesha noma kamuva, le ndawo yasedolobheni efayo izothathelwa indawo enye. Ngesikhathi isitimela sisuka ezindaweni zaseMoscow, abantu abambalwa kuphela abazohlala enqoleni, belele noma befunda umshini wokunyathelisa we-tabloid emakhoneni ahlukene. Futhi-ke ngeke kusale muntu, futhi uDenis uzohamba yedwa. Uzoba ngowokugcina ukugxumela endaweni engenagama, ephukile eyenziwe ngosimende omdala edilika ngaphansi kwezinyawo. Uzobheka ulayini osukayo wesitimela, abheke ihlathi eliminyene, alalele ingxoxo yalo nomoya omncane futhi aye nomaphi lapho amehlo akhe emyisa khona. Futhi ekugcineni kwendlela nakanjani uzoyithola into abeyifuna, okubuhlungu nje ukuthi uDenis ubengazi ukuthi yini ngempela afuna ukuyithola.

   

- Sawubona, Lenochka. Unjani?

   UDenis ngokucophelela wahlala phansi onqenqemeni lwetafula phambi kukanobhala ka-Arumov, enamakha futhi eguqukile, egqoke ibhulawuzi esemfashinini nesiketi esiseduze nesithunzi, efaka amafomu akhe okwenziwa avelele. Nakuba uma usondela ngomqondo ovulekile, ukwakheka kwamafomu akhe kwabonakala kuphela kulabo ababemazi isikhathi eside, isibonelo, esikoleni, njengoDan. Izibopho zakhe ezingakahleleki maqondana nobuholi, ngaphezu kokudideka kokugcina kwemiyalelo ebivele ingeyinhle yalobu buholi, bekungeyona imfihlo kunoma ubani. Ngesinye isikhathi, uDenis wazama ngisho nokumuncela: wayegqoke izimbali noshokoledi, enethemba lokuthi ngandlela-thile uzothuthukisa isimo sakhe somsebenzi esintengayo, kodwa wabona ukuthi kwakubukeka kubuhlungu futhi wayeka.

"Izindaba zami zijwayelekile," uLenochka wazama ukusunduza ngokucophelela uDenis etafuleni ukuze angalimazi i-varnish eyomisa, "kodwa eyakho, ibonakala, ayilungile kangako." Yini oye wakwazi ukuyenza?

- U-Arumov akekho esimweni esihle?

"Kuyamangaza nje, futhi kusobala ukuthi kunokuthile okwenzayo nawe."

- Hhayi-ke, mhlawumbe ungaya kuye kuqala futhi ukhulule ukungezwani?

“Kuyahlekisa kakhulu,” u-Lenochka wenza ubuso obukhukhumele, “ake sinciphise ukungezwani namuhla njengomfana oshaya ngesiswebhu. Angeke ngisaya kuye.

- Ingabe konke kubi kakhulu?

- Yebo, kuphambene ngempela, uyalalela engikushoyo.

- Awu, okungenani ubeke igama kimi.

- Cha, Denchik, hhayi manje. Uyazi, angithandi ngempela uma engibheka kanjalo futhi ethule, njengenhlanzi efukayo.

   “Yebo, lokhu kuwudoti ngempela,” kucabanga uDenis, “futhi ngokusobala kuhlobene nohambo lwayizolo lokuya kulesi sikhungo esibi.”

- Woza, hamba kakade. Bekumele ngikuthumele ngokushesha, hhayi ukuxoxa lapha...

"Bese usale kahle, khala lapho bengiyisa ebhande le-asteroid."

- Oh, Denchik, akuyona into ehlekisayo nhlobo.

   "O, Lenochka," kucabanga uDenis, "isiphukuphuku, kunjalo, kodwa esihle ... Bekufanele ngabe ngibeke ingozi futhi ngikucindezele endaweni ethile ekhoneni elimnyama, kusabukeka sengathi ngizofa."

   U-Arumov, njengoba bekulindelekile, walala ngokumangazayo esihlalweni sesikhumba esimnyama futhi akazange afune ukuvuma ikhanda lakhe kumuntu omusha. Eduze kwetafula elikhulu elimise okwe-T elinomugqa oluhlaza phakathi kwakukhona isihlalo esisodwa kuphela, siphansi futhi singakhululekile. UDenis kwadingeka akhethe ezihlalweni ezisodongeni. Wacabanga ngomzuzwana ukuthi kufanele amcasule u-Arumov futhi ahlale lapho eduze kodonga, njengomugqa emtholampilo, kodwa wanquma ukuthi kwakungafaneleki. Kwanele waqunga isibindi sokukhetha ifenisha ayengahloselwe yona.

   Ukuthula kwaqhubeka, futhi okubi nakakhulu, u-Arumov, ngaphandle kwamahloni, wabuka ongaphansi kwakhe futhi wahleka ngokunengekayo. UDan wazama ukuhlangana namehlo akhe, kodwa akazange athathe ngisho imizuzwana emibili. Akekho owayengamelana nalokhu kubuka okungacwayizi okungaphili.

- Uke wafona, Comrade Colonel? - UDenis wayeka.

   Futhi futhi ukuthula okubuhlungu. “Isigebenga siyazi ukuthi ukulinda kubi kakhulu kunokubulawa ngokwakho,” kucabanga uDan, kodwa waphinde wahluleka ukubekezelela.

- Ungathanda ukukhuluma?

- Ingabe kufanele sikhulume? - U-Arumov wabuza ngephimbo elihlekisa kakhulu. - Cha, uLieutenant, empeleni bengizokukhipha ngaphandle kwamasango alesi sikhungo.

   UDenis wenza umzamo omangalisayo futhi wabheka ebusweni bukaColonel, nokho, wakugwema ngokucophelela ukugqolozela kwakhe.

- Ngakho ngingahamba?

   Kodwa uColonel akazange akhohliswe amaqhinga akhe ngokubuka kwakhe amehlo.

"Uzohamba ngemuva kokuthi ungichazele ukuthi kungani uzenzela ezakho izinto."

— Ingabe lowo bekuwumbuzo ongasho lutho? Iliphi ibhizinisi engingena kulo?

- I-Rhetorical?! – U-Arumov wahayiza. - Yebo, bekuwumbuzo ongaqondakali, uma ungeke uphume ngokuxoshwa okulula, khona-ke, akudingeki uphendule.

   “Kwacishe kwavulwa izinsongo. Ngempela, udoti. – Denis feverishly wacabangela isimo. -Yini eyamthukuthelisa kangaka? Ilolu hambo nje oludabukile, ngoba uLapin uyimpango! Faka igama elihle nabaphathi. Yebo, nakanjani uLapin noma u-Anton. Zombili, uma uzicindezela, zizosho into efana naleyo, ngeke ukwazi ukuyigeza.”

"Asikho isidingo sokungibheka ngamehlo enja, njengokungathi awuhlangene nakho." Omunye wabambisene nawe ubelokhu ejuluka lapha ekuseni futhi wafunga kunina ukuthi kwakunguLieutenant Kaysanov ngandlela-thile “owenza isivumelwano” noDkt. Schultz ukuze ahlehlise ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano somhlangano neminye imibhalo ebalulekile. - U-Arumov akazange aphuze ukuqinisekisa ukwesaba kwakhe okubi kakhulu ngozakwabo.

— Eminye imibhalo?

"Eminye imibhalo," kulingisa u-Arumov, "futhi wena, ngiyabona, awuzange usiqonde lesi simo ngaphambi kokungena kuso ngekhala lika-lieutenant wakho." Imibhalo eyinhloko yezezimali ayizange isayinwe, u-Schultz akaphenduli, kuthiwa wahamba uhambo lwebhizinisi. Benginethemba elikhulu ngalo msebenzi futhi kuvele ukuthi konke kuyahamba kahle ngenxa yakho.

- Yebo, lokhu akunakwenzeka. Kungani isihogo Schultz engilalela?! Uma enquma ukugxuma, kuyisinqumo sakhe.

- Ngakho-ke ngiyazibuza ukuthi kungani isihogo ... Ubukhuluma ngani naye?!

- Yebo, lutho, babephuza nje futhi bekhuluma ngezihloko ezingabonakali ngokuphelele.

- Yeka ukwenza njengesilima. Khuluma uqonde, mfethu! “U-Arumov wakhonkotha kakhulu kangangokuthi amafasitela azamazama. – Ukhulume ngani naye? Ucabangani, uLieutenant, ungazenza iqhawe la?! Ucabanga ukuthi akukho okwaziwayo ngemisebenzi yakho yangaphambilini? Yebo, ngazi konke ngawe: ukuthi uhlala kanjani, ubani ojola naye, ubiza kangaki ngeviki umama wakho eFinland!

   U-Arumov wathukuthela kakhulu, waphenduka waba bomvu, wagxuma esihlalweni sakhe, wazulazula phezu kukaDenis waqhubeka nokumemeza ebusweni bakhe.

- Wena, uLieutenant, ukhona lapho ubaba wami oyedwa kuphela! Okufanele ukwenze nje ukuthumela ngisho neqabunga lisuka kule folda endaweni efanele, futhi okokugcina lapho uzobona khona isibhakabhaka esinama-checkered siku-cosmodrome! Ingabe ifinyelela kuwe noma cha! Noma wena nightingale ucula kuphela uma ungabuzwanga!

   Umnyango wavuleka ngokucophelela, futhi u-Lenochka wancika ngokucophelela esikhaleni esincane, elungele ukucasha ngaso leso sikhathi.

- U-Andrei Vladimirovich, bavela ezimpahleni lapho ...

   U-Arumov wamgqolozela ngokusangana ngokuphelele.

"Uxolo ngokukuphazamisa, mhlawumbe ungase uthole itiye noma ikhofi..." U-Lenochka wayelahlekelwe ngokuphelele.

- What the fuck itiye, hamba uye emsebenzini.

   U-Lenochka wanyamalala ngaso leso sikhathi, kodwa u-Arumov naye wabonakala epholile kancane. UDenis wasula umjuluko osebunzini lakhe ngokucophelela: “Hawu, kubonakala sengathi ngeke angibulale mathupha. Lo msebenzi uzowuphathisa ochwepheshe abaphula amathambo, kodwa noma kunjalo, Lenochka, ngiyabonga, ngeke ngikukhohlwe lokhu uma ngisinda.”

"Uyazi, uLieutenant," u-Arumov waphinda wasukuma esihlalweni sakhe, "Ngizokutshela indaba eyodwa efundisayo: mayelana nozakwethu engangisebenza naye owayethanda ukugxila ebhizinisini lakhe." Ungaqagela ukuthi kuphele kanjani?

- Ngokusobala yaphela kabi.

- Yebo, kubi. Futhi kwakukubi kakhulu... akekho noyedwa owayelindele ukuthi kungase kwenzeke ngale ndlela. Ngokuvamile, cishe okufanayo neyakho.

- Nokho, indaba yami ayikapheli.

   U-Arumov akazange aphendule, waphinda wacasuka, wavele waphonsa izinyawo zakhe etafuleni wakhipha usikilidi.

- Ingabe uyabhema?

- Kuphela lapho nginovalo. Manje angisafuni lutho.

   U-Arumov wahleka kancane waphafuza ugwayi.

- Hhayi-ke, benginozakwethu, ake simbize uCaptain Petrov. Eqinisweni, akazange angilalele ngokuqondile, kodwa ngangizama ukumehlisa ngezinye izikhathi. Ngaphandle kwalokho, wayeyiqhawe elinjalo: umfundi omuhle kakhulu ekuqeqesheni ukulwa, ubaba emasosheni kanye nekhanda elibuhlungu kubo bonke abaphathi. Wayengafuni, niyabo, ukuzithoba ohlelweni olubolile, futhi kungani, umuntu ezibuza, ingabe waba isikhulu na? Futhi uma kwenzeka okuthile, akazange azame, njengawo wonke umuntu, ukuvala lolu daba, cha, wabika ngokushesha phezulu, wayefuna konke kube nokulungile. Kodwa wena ngokwakho uyaqonda ukuthi ukuphi umthetho nokuthi ubulungisa bukuphi. Futhi ngenxa yakhe, izinkomba zethu zawa. Kwamanye amayunithi, yonke into ivikelekile, kodwa lapha sine-hazing, umlilo, noma amadokhumenti ayimfihlo alahlekile. Ngokuvamile, hhayi iyunithi yezempi eyisibonelo, kodwa uhlobo oluthile lwetende lesekisi. Kwakusenesikhathi esinjalo ngaleso sikhathi, umoya wenkululeko waphinde waphefumulelwa endaweni ethile ngaphesheya kwechibi lase-Atlantic. Sasizondizela ezinkanyezini nalezi zimbongolo. Kodwa lokho kulungile, uPetrov wethu wayengahlosile ukundizela noma kuphi, kodwa wayesagcwele le mibono eyingozi. Futhi ngolunye usuku baletha isitsha esincane esingamathani angu-5 endaweni yethu futhi bayala ukuba sigcinwe endaweni yokugcina impahla futhi sivikelwe njengenhlamvu yeso lethu, futhi okwakusesitsheni kwakungeyona indaba yethu. Futhi awekho ngempela amaphepha akhona, kodwa wayephelezelwa yilensizwa empunga, engabonakali, yathi makulale ikhonteyina ngaphandle kwamaphepha, akukho okuyingozi noma, uNkulunkulu wenqaba, i-radioactive ngaphakathi, kodwa kwakungavunyelwe. ukuyivula ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo futhi ingakhulumi ngakho kudingekile. Futhi emva kwakho konke, bonke abantu abahlakaniphile bayaqonda ukuthi amadoda amancane ampunga kufanele alalelwe, uma ethi ukugcina ngaphandle kwemibhalo, khona-ke kuyadingeka ukugcina. Uma bethi kuphephile, kuphephile. Kodwa uPetrov akazange akholwe indoda engwevu. Ngezwa ngaleli sitsha ndawana thize ngaqhubeka ngilizungeza, ngihogela, ngiphethe izinsimbi ezihlukahlukene, izinkambu zokulinganisa. Umkhuzi wethu ubaba wayethukile ngakho konke, kodwa wayengafuni ukwenza uPetrov isilima futhi amdubule emadodeni amancane ampunga. Fool Petrov, qhubeka futhi wazise umyalo wesifunda mayelana nalesi sitsha. Futhi nansi into, amadoda amancane ampunga awavumeli muntu ukuba angene ezindabeni zawo, noma ngabe ungumphathi wamasosha noma umkhuzi wesifunda, awanikeli lutho ngakho. Sekukonke, ikhomishini yangena yangena ephikweni lethu, ubaba wayephusha, egwema, kodwa engakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi kwakuluhlobo luni lwesiqukathi. Futhi umphathi wesifunda naye wavela wafana noPetrov: "Hlobo luni lwamadoda ampunga"?! - uyamemeza. - "Ngiyisikhulu sezempi, ngiwaphothe wonke esibhengezoni sesikhulu sami!" Futhi uyala: “Vula isitsha”! Kodwa izikhulu zethu zingabafana abanesibindi, uma kufanele nibambane nibambene nezibhamu zesitha, kodwa ukuphenya emaphaketheni amadodana ampunga kuyizaba. Ngokuvamile, isifunda sanquma ukuzithathela lesi sitsha. Bamlayisha enqoleni bahamba naye. Ungaqagela ukuthi ubani obesiphelezela kusukela kuyunithi yethu?

- UCaptain Petrov?

- UCaptain Petrov, isiwula esineshwa. Ukube ubuwena ubuyoqala ukugigiyela lesi siqukathi esibi.

- Ukuphelezela? Yini engalungile, ivaliwe.

"Kuvaliwe, kodwa kuvele ukuthi bamthathile ngenxa kaPetrov, futhi ubeseduze naye isikhathi eside." Uyazi, bengingeke ngize ngifike phakathi kwekhilomitha lento enjalo, kwakukhona into engavamile ngayo ukuthi wonke umuntu onomuzwa wakhe wokuzigcina ungazange wome ngokuphelele wayizungeza nge-arc ubude bekhilomitha. Ngisho nemizila yokugada konogada yashintshwa, futhi ngenxa yalokhu ungathukuthela kakhulu. Ngakho, ukaputeni wethu waletha isitsha, futhi wonke umuntu wabonakala ekhohliwe ngakho. Angazi ukuthi isifunda sibhekane kanjani naye, kodwa wonke umuntu wasala ngemuva kwethu. Kuphela manje ukapteni ubheke phansi kancane. Uhamba sengathi ubilisiwe, uneziyingi ngaphansi kwamehlo akhe, waxabana kakhulu nomkakhe, kwathi ngelinye ilanga wahlala nathi waphuza, wadakwa, okusho ukuthi waqala ukuluka izinto ezinjalo. Sasicabanga ukuthi yilokho, uPetrov wethu wayesehlanya. Uthi angizange ngingene esitsheni, futhi angizange ngisithinte, kodwa manje ngiphupha ngaso njalo ebusuku. Uthi njalo ebusuku uma ngifika endlini yokugcina izimpahla ngibone isitsha sivuliwe, ngizwe sengathi kukhona ongibhekayo olinde ukuthi ngisondele. Futhi kubukeka sengathi angifuni ukuya, kodwa kungidonsela lapho. Ngime, ngibheke isitsha esivulekile, futhi kukhona indawo yokugcina impahla engenalutho, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi akukho muntu ongamakhilomitha angamakhulu, yimina kuphela kanye nalokho okuhlala esitsheni. Futhi ngiyaqonda ukuthi leli iphupho, kodwa ngiyazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi uma ngingena esitsheni, ngeke ngiphume, noma ngephupho noma empeleni. Futhi, uthi, wayevame ukuphupha lesi sitsha kanye ngesonto cishe imizuzu emihlanu, futhi noma kunjalo wayevuka ejulukile. Futhi-ke ngaqala ukuphupha ngakho njalo ebusuku, isikhathi eside futhi eside. Kuthe uma evala amehlo wavele wambona, okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi akakwazi nokuvuka, umkakhe wezwa ebubula ebuthongweni wamvusa. Waya kubo bonke odokotela nezinyanga, kodwa abatholanga lutho. Futhi-ke kwaba kubi kakhulu, wazakhela umshini owodwa, waxhuma isibhamu esimangalisayo ewashini le-alamu, wabeka i-alamu imizuzu eyishumi futhi walala, futhi ukushaqeka kwawuphakamisa kangangokuthi wayengakwazi ukungena esitsheni. Futhi njalo ebusuku. Kodwa, uyaqonda, ngeke uhlale isikhathi eside kule modi. Odokotela abalungile bathatha ukaputeni wethu bamjova ngomjovo omkhulu wamaphilisi okwehlisa umoya ukuze alale ngendlela evamile. Futhi niyazi, walala ubusuku bonke ngaphandle kwemilenze yangemuva, futhi ngakusasa ekuseni yonke into yayingasekho. Uhamba enezihlathi futhi ejabule, kodwa kuphela wonke umuntu owezwa izambulo zakhe ezidakiwe manje aqala ukumzungeza endaweni eyikhilomitha ubude. Nebala basihleka kodwa saqhubeka sahamba. Futhi-ke abantu baqala ukunyamalala endaweni ezungezile. Okokuqala, okubili, lapho sebengaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabili, wonke umuntu waqala ukucabanga ukuthi kukhona uhlanya. Kodwa angizange ngingabaze nakancane ukuthi ubani uhlanya lwethu. Bobabili umkaPetrov nezingane abazange babonakale isikhathi eside. Ngenxa yalokho, saqala ukumlandela futhi kwavela ukuthi uya egaraji lakhe nsuku zonke. Futhi sibonga uNkulunkulu ngokuthi asikhuphukanga lapho, amadoda ampunga ayephambi kwethu. Bamboza leli garaji ngekepisi elivalwe kahle, futhi wonke umuntu owayehlala endaweni eyikhilomitha yalelo garaji waphoqeleka ukuba avalelwe yedwa, kuhlanganise nathi. Ngamafuphi, sonke sazilimaza ngokuphelele ngenkathi sihleli kule ndawo yodwa. Akekho owayenethemba lokuphuma ephila, bonke onogada nodokotela babegqoke izinga eliphezulu lokuvikela amakhemikhali kuphela, amanzi nokudla kwakushiyelwe kithi ku-airlock kathathu.

- Ngakho-ke yini abayitholile egalaji? Izidumbu ezingamashumi amabili?

- Cha, bathola khona lokho akudla ngalezi zidumbu.

- Futhi bekuyini lokho?

- Angazi, bakhohlwe ukusitshela.

- Uxolo, Comrade Colonel, kodwa ngididekile ngokuphelele: ithini isimilo sale ndaba?

- Kuwe, ukuziphatha yilokhu okulandelayo: ungafaki ikhala lakho ebhizinisini labanye abantu futhi ukhumbule ukuthi konke kungaphela kubi kakhulu kunalokho okulindele.

- Ungafaki ikhala lakho ebhizinisini lanoma ubani.

- Pho ukhulume ngani noLeo Schultz?

- Mayelana ne-chip yami, noma kunalokho, mayelana nokungabikho kwayo. Lo Leo uyinsizwa exakile, wayelokhu ezama ukuthola ukuthi hlobo luni lwe-phobia enginalo ngama-chips.

- Awunayo i-phobia?

- Cha, angiwathandi ama-neurochips. E-Moscow ungenza ngaphandle kwabo.

- Yebo, kungenzeka eMoscow, kodwa ngisho nangaphezulu ezindaweni ezingenalutho.

- Nokho, kwezinye izindawo kungenzeka.

- Kulungile, wazi kanjani uMaxim?

- Akusho kuyihlo ukuthi singabafundi ofunda nabo?

- Kubhaliwe, kodwa akukho lutho olubhaliwe mayelana nobungane bakho obuhloniphekile.

- Yebo, nginabangane abaningi - engifunda nabo. Sasingabangane noMax, nokho, wabe eseya kuMars, futhi ngandlela-thile saduka.

-Uyaphi naye?

— Bheka indawo yakhe yokusebenza.

- Emsebenzini? Yini ongayibona lapho?

- Noma kunganjani. Ukuthi nje uMax ngandlela thize ukweqisa kakhulu ukubaluleka komsebenzi wakhe. Njengokuthi, bheka ukuthi ngipholile kangakanani, ngisebenza kwaTelecom, hhayi njengawe, Dan, angikaze ngizuze lutho.

- Ngempela? Nokho, kulungile, uLieutenant Kaysanov, ake sicabange ukuthi ngiyakukholelwa. Mahhala.

   “Kuyahlanya,” kucabanga uDenis, eqonde ngasemnyango, “bekubonakala sengathi usekulungele ukungibulala, kungenjalo wayekhululekile. Iyini le midlalo?

- O, yebo, ungashiyi noma kuphi eMoscow. Usazoba usizo, ”izwi lika-Arumov elinolaka limbamba emnyango.

   

- Yebo, Danchik, kunjani? - U-Lenochka wayebonakala ekhathazeke ngobuqotho ngaye, noma kwakuyisifiso sowesifazane saphakade sokuba ngowokuqala ukuletha abangani bakhe inhlebo yakamuva.

- Usaphila, kodwa ngokusobala ukubulawa kwamane kuhlehliswa.

- Wathini?

"Uthe ngisazoba wusizo." Kuzwakala njengomusho.

- Angazi, akuzwakali kwesabisa kakhulu.

- ULenochka, owafika e-Arumov ngaphambi kwami?

- Yebo, abantu abaningi ...

— Ngisho omunye wozakwethu, uLapin, isibonelo?

- Yebo, uLapin weza futhi waphuma ejulukile futhi eqhaqhazela.

- Futhi u-Anton?

- Yini Anton.

- Novikov, kunjalo.

- Ngokusobala akunjalo, kodwa yini?

- Yebo, kuyathakazelisa lokho. Lalela, Len, uyazi ukuthi u-Arumov uneminyaka emingaki?

- Ukhuluma ngani manje? – UHelen pouted kancane izindebe zakhe.

"Akukhona lokho engikushoyo, ngidinga ukwazi ukuthi uneminyaka emingaki."

- Awu, amashumi amane ... mhlawumbe.

- Futhi ezindabeni zakhe kuzoba nokunye, kodwa oh kahle. Ngiyabonga Len, ungisize kakhulu namuhla.

- Yebo, sicela, unganyamalali.

- Ngizozama, okwamanje.

“Yebo ubefuna ukuyithini ngempela le ndaba yekhonteyina nezimpunga? Ukuthi mdala kakhulu kunalokho akubonakala, noma ukuthi uyingozi kakhulu kunalokho abonakala,” kucabanga uDenis.

   Ehlezi esihlalweni esidala endaweni yakhe yokusebenza, wanquma ukuzenzela itiye, afele amathe ophahleni futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo acabange ngesimo sakhe esingenakuvinjelwa. Imisebenzi yakhe esemthethweni kwakuyinto yokugcina ayenendaba nayo manje. Futhi kwakungekho lutho olubaluleke ngempela kule misebenzi: izincwadi ezithile, amamemo, izikweletu nezinye izihlebo. Eduze, ozakwabo emnyangweni wezokusebenza ngokunqikaza nangokukhululekile babonise imisebenzi efanayo, ngokuvamile bephazanyiswa amakhefu entuthu nezingxoxo ezingenangqondo. “Yebo, le mpilo ewubukhazikhazi, yokulala emahhovisi angcolile, vele, akulona iphupho eliwujuqu,” kucabanga uDan, “kodwa okungenani kufudumele futhi izimpukane azilumi. Futhi maduze nje ngingase ngilahlekelwe yilokhu.” Ngemva kokuhlola i-imeyili yakhe siqu, wathola incwadi evela kwabasebenzi bakwaTelecom enomsebenzi. Kubukeka sengathi leli yithuba, kodwa uDenis wavele wabubula kakhulu. “Zizungezwe izilwane ezihuquzelayo ezivela nhlangothi zonke. Kudingeka sinqume okuthile, uma ngiqhubeka nokudonsa njengemvu ngisuka emsebenzini ngiye ekhaya, ngiye endaweni yokucima ukoma ngibuye, noma ngabe uTelekom noma u-Arumov uzongamukela nakanjani. "

   Eshiye umlayezo kuLapin ukuthi kuzomele ahambe ngokushesha ngomsebenzi, uDenis wangena emotweni waqonda ekhaya. Eqinisweni, wayengaqondi ngempela ukuthi wayezokwenzani. Cha, wafikelwa umcabango wokuthi ashayele ubaba wakhe ucingo, mhlawumbe aphuthume eFinland, akhanyise indlu yokugezela, aphikisane nobaba wakhe ngempilo yakhe, athole inombolo yocingo yomunye umfana onokwethenjelwa wakwaMIK, omunye walabo abangakaze baphume. Bese ubuyela eMoscow futhi ... yini eyayizokwenzeka ngokulandelayo, akakwazanga ukwakha ngisho nasezingeni lokucabanga ekhishini. Ngabe uzoya kulo mfana futhi acele ukuqala ngokuhlanganyela impi yabashokobezi ngokumelene namaMartians noma ngokumelene no-Arumov? Ngeke kuze kuhlekise; eqinisweni, kulabo ababekade bengaphuzile baze bafa futhi bashona, bonke kade bazinza ezindaweni ezifudumele ezinkampanini zikahulumeni. Hhayi-ke, uzofika, wonke "i-comandante" engesabi, endodeni ehloniphekile egqoke i-suit, ephethe ibhodlela le-cognac, futhi okungcono kakhulu konke kuzophela ngokuphuza kwe-banal kanye nengxoxo efanayo yekhishi. Futhi esimweni esibi kakhulu, bazosonta umunwe wabo ethempelini lakhe futhi bayalele izigebengu ezimbalwa ukuthi zimkhiphe. U-Dan wapaka egcekeni, injini endala ye-gas turbine yakhala ikhwela isikhashana, yehlisa isivinini, kwase kuba nokuthula okuvala izindlebe. Kwakungekho muntu egcekeni: azikho izingane eziklabalasayo nezinja ezikhonkothayo, kwakunezihlahla ezindala kuphela ezazivunguza umoya. UDan wayazi ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngokulandelayo, wayekhuphukela endaweni yakhe, uLech amhlangabeze, amnikeze isiphuzo, aphule kancane, badakwe, bachithe indawo, balahle umusi, futhi kusasa ikhanda eliqhephukayo wayephuthuma emsebenzini, aqonde emlonyeni ka-Arumov. Ngokuvamile, konke kuzophela ngaphambi kohambo oluya eFinland.

   “Iyini-ke impilo yami,” kucabanga uDan, “mhlawumbe akusekho ukuphila uma konke kunqunywe kusengaphambili. Mhlawumbe sengivele ngifela emgodini, futhi le nto enodaka icwebezela phambi kwamehlo ami. Futhi kungani uzihlupha kanjalo nami uma kungenzeki lutho?”

   Bekuminyene ngaphandle.

   Ngemva kokhela usikilidi, uDenis wahamba kancane kancane emgwaqeni u-Krasnokazarmennaya ebheke epaki iLefortovo. Waqonda ukuthi wayebambezela ukumiselwa kusengaphambili amahora ambalwa nje, kodwa yilokhu kuphela okwafika engqondweni. Wahamba phakathi nomgwaqo. Umgwaqo ngokwawo wawubukeka sengathi uqhunyiswe ngamabhomu, futhi cishe akekho owayeshayela eduze kwawo. Futhi ngokuvamile, le ndawo yayingenakulungiswa: indlu elandelayo yayigqolozele abantu ababedlula ngendlela enezisekelo zamehlo ezingenalutho zamafasitela aphukile.

   “Uma ngiyobona u-Kolyan,” kucabanga uDan, “uma ngingakwazi ukuxazulula inkinga nge-Arumov neTelecom, kufanele ngiphishekele inketho yokundiza ngobugwala.”

   Umhume kaKolyan, umdayisi wezinto ezihlukahlukene ezingekho emthethweni, wawungaphansi kwendlu enkulu yamaStalinist. Futhi yayifihlwe ngophawu olungavamile "amakhompyutha, izingxenye."

   U-Nikolai Vostrikov, insizwa ende, ezacile, ekhotheme futhi enyakaza kancane, wayephenya ngaphansi kwekhawunta futhi, ngemva kokuzwa ukubingelela kukaDenis, akazange acabange ngisho nokuphuma lapho.

- Lalela, Kolyan, empeleni ngikhuluma nawe. ngithi sawubona...

   Umnikazi odangele nokho uqhamuke sekukhanyeni wavala amehlo akhe ngokucasuka.

- Sawubona, wenzani?

   Namuhla u-Kolyan ubegqoke ama-ovaroli aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, afana nekamakhenikha wezimoto. Lena kwakuyingubo yakhe evamile. Ngokuvamile akakwazanga ukuma amasudi namathayi kuphela, kodwa ngisho nezingubo ezihloniphekile. Okuwukuphela kwento ayeyibona kwaba ukucasha kwezempi nama-ovaroli ahlukahlukene. Wayeneziyishumi zazo ezilenga ekhabetheni lakhe, ezihlukene, ngaso sonke isikhathi: isudi yomhloli wezwe, umshayeli wendiza, umkhumbi wamathangi, njll. Bonke ababemazi ezinhlangothini zombili ze-Urals babethuthumela ngenxa yale nkolelo eyinqaba.

- Hhayi-ke, ngabambeka ngaso leso sikhathi. Sekuyisikhathi eside ngingakuboni, mhlawumbe ngingathanda ukuba nobhiya nozakwethu omdala webhizinisi.

- Dan, akuyona funny. Yini isihogo abalingani bebhizinisi? Wena, sazi sami esikude, ngezinye izikhathi wathenga amagajethi ayisiphukuphuku kimi, lesi okwesibili empilweni yami ngikubona.

   - Ngakho-ke ufana nabangane bakudala?

- Asibona abangane, hare, kulungile. Ugcina ukuzongibona ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule, futhi ngingabonga kakhulu uma bekungokokugcina. Ngicela ukhohlwe ngalendawo, kunabantu abahluke ngokuphelele kwezamabhizinisi manje, bazimisele, akusekho okunye ongakubamba lapha.

- Awu, uyazi, sengiqedile. Nginombuzo ohluke ngokuphelele.

- Ingabe uboshiwe, noma uboshiwe?

"Kolyan, yeka ukungikhomba ngekhala, awuzange uvumele muntu, umphefumulo wakho omncane we-baryska."

- Hhayi-ke, uma ungazange uvumele muntu, kungani-ke ungene enkingeni?

- Udinga ukukhuluma nomuntu oyedwa.

- Khuluma, noma khuluma...

- Noma.

- Futhi nobani?

- Wake washo ukuthi wazi iqabane elithembekile elikwazi ukufinyelela ngokuqondile i-Eastern Bloc.

"Mhlawumbe ngiyazi, kodwa akulona iqiniso ukuthi uzokusiza." Empeleni ubufunani kuye?

- Masingahambi lapha, kulungile.

- Kulungile, asihambe, kodwa ngenxa yenhlonipho kuphela ...

- Yebo, yebo, ngenxa yokuhlonipha ubaba, umama, ugogo, njalonjalo, futhi futhi ngoba kukhona engikwaziyo ngawe.

   Bangena ngomnyango wensimbi, ongapendiwe obheke egumbini elingaphansi futhi badlulela emashalofini anezitezi eziningi agcwele udoti wamakhompyutha wasendulo, bafika emnyango owodwa owawungabonakali kakhulu futhi bangena egumbini elingaphansi elimnyama, elikhanyiswe kancane, bangena egcekeni elikude, endlini. enkabeni yawo kumi umjondolo onesitezi. Kulo mjondolo, egumbini elimnyama, elihlungiwe, kufihlwe amakhompyutha aphathekayo ambalwa, axhunywe ku-inthanethi ngenethiwekhi yawo evikelekile, okwavumela u-Kolyan ukuba abe nengxoxo ejulile nanoma ubani, ngaphandle kokwesaba ukulalela.

“Yebo, nginqume ukusiza kuphela ngenxa yokuhlonipha abangani bakho baseSiberia,” kusho uKolyan, ekhipha ilaptop yakhe norutha. "Babuze ngawe izikhathi eziningi."

- Futhi ubatshele ukuthini?

— Wathi uthathe iholidi ngezindleko zakho. Lalela, Dani, ulengani lapha? Ngabe ngaya ndawana thize e-Argentina kudala. Bazokuvala, hhayi oyedwa kuphela, kodwa abanye.

Ngeke bangivale, abangane bami baseSiberia abazange bangilahle, nakuba manje sebesebenza nabanye abantu.”

- Hhayi-ke, abanandaba, bangama-taiga moons, kepha uma bengibuza ngokuqondile, ngicela ungixolele, Dan, ngizokuthengisa. Mhlawumbe awazi ukuthi ngisebenza nobani manje?

- Ngokuvamile, ngiyazi. Usebenza nge-INKIS efanayo.

- Ngento efanayo, kodwa hhayi ngempela. Manje sekunabafana abanjalo lapho, abasekeli bekholoneli eyodwa esabekayo. Akekho obatshelayo futhi akekho owaziyo ukuthi bakuphi, bangobani. Bavele beze, babulale noma ubani abamfunayo, bese bayanyamalala: amaqembu abulalayo. Ngakho uma befika bebuza ngawe, ngiyaxolisa.

- Kuthiwani uma bebuza ngalo mngane wakho?

- Yebo, makube njalo, angazi lutho ngaye.

- Kodwa ungaxhumana naye.

- Liyini iphuzu? Kungenzeka ukuthi uhlezi endaweni ethile emanxiweni aseKhabarovsk futhi ngeke akwazi ukumyenga.

"Empeleni bengifuna ukuhlangana naye mathupha."

- Hhayi-ke, kukuwe ukuthi uzichithe ngokwakho, nakuba ngikungabaza kakhulu. Pho ubufunani kuye ngempela?

- Angifuni ukuya e-Argentina, ngifuna ukuya eMpumalanga Bloc.

— Ingabe ukhona ukushaye ekhanda muva nje? Yeka i-Eastern Bloc, lezi psychos zimbi kakhulu kuneqembu elisha likakholoneli. Bazokuthengisela izitho zakho nje kuphela!

- Ungibophe, bese ngiyozithengela mina.

   U-Kolyan wavele wanikina ikhanda.

- Manje, uma ephendula.

- Sawubona, Semyon, uyaxhumana, ungakhuluma?

"Iyaxhuma," kwavela izwi elihlanganisiwe livela kukhompuyutha ephathekayo, sasingekho isithombe, "kwenzenjani?"

“Umngane wami wakudala, engangivame ukwenza ngaye ibhizinisi nezinsizwa zaseSiberia, ufuna ukukhuluma nawe.” Wayengomunye "wezithunywa" ezibalulekile ngaphambi kwemicimbi edumile.

- Wayefunani?

- Yebo, kungcono uzibuze, useduze kwami. Igama lakhe nguDenis.

- Sawubona, Denis. Ngitshele kancane ngawe.

- Futhi ube nempilo, Semyon. Mhlawumbe ungasitshela ngawe kuqala?

- Cha, mngane, ngeke sikwazi ukuba nengxoxo enjalo. Ungibizile, ngakho unezwi lokuqala. Futhi ngizocabanga ngakho kamuva.

   U-Dan wangabaza kancane, kodwa ubani onendaba, abantu abaningi abangaziqondi kahle base bebazi ngaye.

- Ngokuvamile, Kolyan, ngichaze isimo. Ngizonezela nje ukuthi ngenxa yezigameko ezaziwayo iqembu lami lamaqabane lihlukumezeke kakhulu. Uma umazi u-Ian, ubengumphathi wami oseduze e-INKIS nasebhizinisini futhi. Bamamukela, futhi ngezinga eligcwele, kodwa ngesizathu esithile bangishiya ngedwa okwamanje. Kodwa manje amafu ayahlangana futhi, futhi ngidinga ukubheka enye inkundla yezindiza.

- Kungani unqume ukuthi ziyaqina? Ingabe uyalandelwa?

- Ngicabanga ukuthi cha.

- Ukucabanga, kunjalo, kuyasiza. Ingabe unezinkinga nomuntu othile noma inhlangano?

- Ngomuntu kanye nenhlangano yakhe. Uma wazi izenzakalo ezaziwayo-ke nginezinkinga umqalisi wabo.

- UDenis, ungakhuluma ngokuqondile - lesi yisiteshi esithembekile. Ingabe unezinkinga nge-Arumov?

- Yebo, kukhona okwaziyo ngaye?

   Izwi lawuziba umbuzo.

— Hlobo luni lwezinkinga?

“Kungenzeka ukuthi ngephutha ngingene ebhizinisini lakhe nenye inhlangano, namhlanje usephumele obala wathi unokungcola kimi futhi angakusebenzisa noma yinini. Ngicabanga ukuthi ungigcinela isivumelwano esingcolile esinganqatshwa noma ubani.

- Ngikholwe, unabantu bezenzo ezingcolile. Futhi akunandaba lapha - ubufakazi bokuyekethisa, hhayi ukuyekethisa ubufakazi, futhi kunoma yikuphi, ngeke kwenzeke ukwenqaba u-Arumov.

"Kungenzeka, kodwa angifuni ukuhlola."

- Kulungile, uzocasha?

- Yebo, ngicabangela zonke izinketho.

"Ngikweluleka ukuthi uyicabangele kuqala." Inhlangano enamandla kakhulu kuphela engalwa ne-Arumov. Yiqiniso, angiqondi ukuthi kungani uphendukele kimi; angisebenzi kulolu hlobo lwenkonzo. U-Kolya angakusikisela abanye abantu abazokuthutha bakuyise e-USA noma eNingizimu Melika. Ngeluleka lawa mazwe; ngokusho kwedatha yami, ithonya lika-Arumov cishe alinwebeki lapho.

- Lawa mazwe ngeke alingane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, angisenayo imali yokuhlinzwa okunjalo. Uwena kuphela umuntu onokuxhumana okuqondile ne-Eastern Bloc.

-Ufunani ku-Eastern Bloc?

- Ngifuna ukujoyina.

   Izwi elihlanganisiwe lathula imizuzwana embalwa. UDan walinda ngesineke.

- Lesi yisinqumo esingalungile, mngane wami. Okokuqala, i-Arumov futhi inobudlelwane ne-Eastern Bloc, futhi ibucayi kakhulu kuneyami. Futhi okwesibili, abantu abavela emgwaqweni abamukelwa lapho. Yebo, ngingakuncoma, kodwa akukho okuhle okulindelwe lapho, ngiyakuqinisekisa.

"Akukho okuhle engikulindile lapha." Ngizimisele ukuzifaka engozini.

- Noma kunjalo, kungani? Ingabe ukuba umshushumbisi kubonakala kuyingozi ngokwanele empilweni yakho? Ingabe uyafuna ukuba umlandeli wehlelo lokufa kanzima?

"Ungangihleka, kepha yibona kuphela abamelana nabakwaMartians kanye nohlelo lwabo."

“Ha ha,” kusho izwi elihlanganisiwe, “ngiyakuhleka ngempela.” Abaphikisani nabakwaMartians, ngiyalokotha ukukuqinisekisa, bayingxenye yezinto eziphilayo zohlelo. Ngakho-ke ake sithi, i-cesspool yalesi simiso. Izinkampani eziningi zaseMartian zigcina izikhali noma izidakamizwa, kodwa nawe uyakwazi lokho. Kodwa kukhona nezinkonzo ezithile okungekho muntu ozinikezayo, isibonelo, ukuhweba ngezigqila ezishintshwe izakhi zofuzo.

- Hhayi-ke, ezinye izinkampani zaseMartian zilungele ukuthengisa ngaphezu kwalokho.

- Ngakho-ke akunandaba. Alikho nje iphunga lokulwa nohlelo lapho. Ziyizigelekeqe ezijwayelekile okuthi, ngokukhala okukhulu ngokufa kwayo yonke imimoya emibi enama-neurochips, zizama ngandlela thize ukumboza ingqikithi yazo yezigelekeqe. Into elula elindele inceku yokufa yombuthano wokuqala kuwumlutha wezidakamizwa okuphoqelekile kanye nokucindezelwa okuphelele kobuntu ngokuhlushwa okuhlelekile kanye ne-hypnoprogramming. Ngikholwe, i-Arumov ayimbi kangako uma iqhathaniswa nabo.

"Angikaziboni ezinye izinketho."

- Wena, mngane wami, uyisiphukuphuku noma uphelelwe yithemba ngokuphelele. Inkinga ukuntuleka kwemali kwezinye izinketho?

- Ngokwengxenye, kodwa empeleni, nginenketho esenziwe ngomumo: ihhovisi elilodwa lilungele ukungithatha ngaphansi kwephiko labo, ukuvala umlomo wami. Akubonakali kukhona iphunga lokusetha lapha. Kodwa, ngeshwa, lokhu akungifanele.

- Kungani kungalingani?

"Uma ngikutshela, uzophinde ujabule futhi cishe ngeke ungikholwe." Ungangisiza nje ngaphandle kokubuza imibuzo eminingi?

“Kuzofanele ngimenqabele umuntu engingaziqondi izisusa zakhe.”

- Kulungile, uma ngikutshela futhi ungangikholwa, kuthiwani?

- Uma ukhuluma iqiniso, ngizokukholelwa. Noma iyiphi inkohliso akunzima kangako ukuyidalula.

- Zonke ezinye izinketho zidinga ukufakwa okuphoqelekile kwe-neurochip, kodwa angikwazi ukuvuma lokhu. Kungcono ngibe umlandeli wehlelo lokufa.

"Usho ukuthi awunayo i-chip?"

- Yebo.

- Kolya, kuyiqiniso lokhu?

- Yiqiniso, ungumfana oyisithwathwa, uzulazula ngaphandle kwe-chip. Ulinda aze abonakale ndawana thize futhi zonke izigigaba zakhe zivele obala.

- Hmm, okuxakile, okungukuthi, akakwazi ukubhalisa kunoma iyiphi inethiwekhi. Uphila kanjani vele?

- Angakwazi ukubhalisa. Lolu uhlobo oluthile lwethebhulethi yezempi yasendulo, ilingisa ngobuhlakani kakhulu ukusebenza kwe-chip evamile. Kukhona abantu abathile ababuyekeza i-firmware yayo ngezikhathi ezithile.

- Kwenza muphi umehluko, akekho noyedwa umhlinzeki wenethiwekhi ozonikeza inombolo kudivayisi enjalo, futhi imizamo yokubhalisa ngaphansi kwezinombolo ezingalungile izoheha ukunaka kunoma iyiphi inethiwekhi.

- Oh, Semyon, ungitshelani? Konke kuthengwa futhi kuthengiswe, kuhlanganise nezinombolo noma amakhodi abasebenzisi abagcina umthetho, ikakhulukazi eMoscow.

- Awu, ake sicabange. Denis, ungacacisa kabanzi mayelana nokuthi uthenge kubani le divayisi?

“Kulungile, asihlangane sixoxe ngakho konke,” kuphendula uDan. "Uyangisiza, futhi ngiyanelisa ilukuluku lakho."

- Yebo, uyazi, ukube bengiyinxusa lenhlangano ethile embi futhi nginedosi ku-Semyon ethile, bengizokwazi ukuthi okuwukuphela kobuthakathaka bukaSemyon ohlonishwayo ilukuluku lokufuna ukwazi ngokweqile. Nale hook bengizombamba. Ngingathanda ukwenza indaba ekhuthazayo mayelana nomfana ozonda ama-chips kangangokuthi uzimisele ukubola ephila e-Eastern Bloc ukuze nje agweme ukuthola i-chip. Futhi ukukhombisa ithebhulethi eyisimangaliso engelona iqiniso kunoma ngubani, ukufinyelela kusizindalwazi se-neurotech ethile, ngeke kube nzima.

"U-Kolyan uzongiqinisekisa, uneminyaka eyishumi engazi."

- Ama-agent angaphansi angasebenza isikhathi eside.

- Hhayi-ke, angazi ukuthi ngingakufakazela kanjani ukuthi angiyena umenzeli. Zama nje ukukholwa.

- Kodwa noma kunjalo, kungani ungawathandi kangaka ama-chips? Ngemuva kwakho konke, ungakwazi, ngemali ethile, ukufaka i-chip ekhethekile edlulisela ulwazi olungamanga mayelana nomsebenzisi, futhi iklabe ngokungaziwa kumanethiwekhi. Iyini le phobia eyinqaba?

“Muva nje wonke umuntu unendaba nokwesaba kwami,” kukhononda uDenis.

- Ubani omunye obakhathalelayo? Arumov?

- Cha, kumuntu ohlakaniphile wakwaTelecom. Waqala waconsa amathe lapho ethola ukuthi anginalo i-chip.

- Ungubani?

- One nerd. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngizwakalise izifiso zami.

- Kulungile, asihlangane, kodwa khumbula, ungabi isiphukuphuku, uma kukhona okwenzekayo, ngizodubula ngaphandle kwesixwayiso.

- Yebo, konke kuzoba okujwayelekile. Ngitshele ikheli.

   

   USemyon wenze i-aphoyintimenti epaki elincane ku-Staraya Basmannaya Street ngesigamu nje sehora. UDan aphetha ngakho ukuthi ilukuluku lenza ngempela uSemyon ohlonishwayo akhohlwe ngokuqapha, ngoba... isikhathi nendawo yomhlangano kwabonisa ngokusobala ukuthi wayezungeza ndawana thize eduze.

   U-Denis wahlala phansi ebhentshini enkabeni yepaki eduze kwe-Bauman. Kusukela ezihlahleni zokhula, ezaziwabhubhise ngokuphelele amatshe ayekade egandaywe kahle, kwavela ikati elikhulu le-tabby. Waqalaza njengomnikazi, wanyakazisa amadevu akhe futhi wahamba endaweni ekhululekile ukuze enze ibhizinisi lakhe lamakati. UDan wayegxile kakhulu ekatini elingavamile kangangokuthi wahluleka nhlobo ukubona ikhehla eligqoke ibhantshi lesikhumba elinamafutha liza. Kodwa ngeze. Ikhehla alizange limangale nakancane, labhodla uDenis ehlombe langakwesokunxele ngeshoka. UDan wayesevele ebona ukuthi kwakuyinto eshaqisayo, egxumela eceleni.

- Nsizwa, ngiyaxolisa ngokuzithoba ngenqubo embi kangaka, kodwa lena indlela eqinisekile yokuhlola ukuthi umuntu akanalo yini i-chip.

“Futhi uthembekile ekubulaleni insangu,” kubhodla uDan, ezama ukuthulisa isijeziso esasisesandleni sakhe.

- Nakulokhu futhi, inkulungwane yokuxolisa, nganquma ukuthi njengoba umuntu elungele ukuya e-Eastern bloc, khona-ke nakanjani akahlushwa yi-angina. Futhi uma ehlupheka, khona-ke cishe ubuthakathaka ngokuphelele ekhanda.

- Sawubona, malume, uyibambe kuphi iyunithi enjalo? Eqinisweni, nabo bavinjelwe isikhathi eside.

- Yebo, abakwaMartians abakhohlisayo ngama-chips abo. Bazobacindezela ezindaweni ezihlukene futhi bashaye imithetho endaweni eyodwa, bese uSemyon omdala ezolwa kanjani nama-gopnik? Amagama amabi? Abanandaba nokuthi umuntu omdala, ohlonishwayo kumele adlule ngakuphi indlela eya ekhaya...

- Lalela ke malume, yeka ukukhuluma umbhedo, singene ephuzwini.

- Nsizwa, khombisa inhlonipho encane. Manje, uma usalinde iqhinga elivela kimi, ngicela ulithathe...

   UDenis wasusa ngokucophelela isisetshenziswa esibi, esinesisindo esinamazinyo asabisayo aphumele ngaphandle.

"Kepha ngiyakuxwayisa, uSemyon omdala unokungaphezu nje kwe-rattler namagama amabi esitokweni."

- Kulungile, mhloli, asihambe. Ithoyizi elipholile.

   UDan wabuyisela isibhamu esithukile.

"Kuhle lokho, ngithemba ukuthi lesi sigameko esingesihle sikhohliwe." Ake ngizethule: Semyon Koshka. Mhlawumbe nje uSemyon Sanych.

- Hhayi-ke, Semyon Sanych, kuthiwani nge-Eastern Bloc?

"Akukuhle ukuvele ubambe inkunzi ngezimpondo." Asihlale sixoxe. Ngitshele okuthile, ngizokutshela okuthize. Ngiyindoda endala, akekho ongidingayo ngokukhononda kwami ​​ngeze. Kufanele ulihloniphe ikhehla.

- Ayikho inkinga. Uyazi, Semyon Sanych, angijahile. Uyafuna ukukhalela impilo, yebo ngiyakucela.

- Futhi ngempela, uphuthuma kuphi, e-Arumov noma okuthile? Kungcono uhlale uxoxe nekhehla. Ngakho-ke nginama-seagull asekela ingxoxo.

   USemyon wakhipha i-flask encane esifubeni sakhe futhi waphuza kuqala. U-Dan akazange angabaze waphinde waphuza itiye elinokunambitheka kwe-cognac enhle kakhulu, ngokushesha wasakaza ukufudumala kuwo wonke umzimba wakhe.

- Hhayi-ke, Denis, ngaqonda ngokujwayelekile ukuthi uluhlobo luni lwenyoni. Ngenze nokho ucwaningo oluncane ngeziteshi zami. Kumele ngisho ukuthi une-biography encane kakhulu emhlabeni obonakalayo. Ngisho ngingasho lutho. Lokhu, ngendlela, bekungesinye isiqinisekiso esingaqondile sokuthi ukhuluma iqiniso mayelana ne-chip.

- Ngakho-ke, esihlokweni sama-chips, kungani wonke umuntu ngokungazelelwe enesithakazelo kulokho okusekhanda lami? Yini wena kanye ne-telecom oyaziyo engingayazi?

- Eh, intsha. Awazi ukuthi ulalele kanjani, kodwa ngikholwe, ngezinye izikhathi kwanele nje ukuvala ukuze uzwe izimfihlo zomuntu ezijulile. Ngisho ukuthi, bengifuna ukuncibilikisa ukungathembani phakathi kwethu futhi, nami, ngikhulume kancane ngami. Mhlawumbe uqagele ukuthi ngandlela thize ngixhumene ne-MIC.

"Akumangalisi, wonke umuntu uxhumene naye."

- Yiqiniso, kodwa mina, yiqiniso, ngangingesona isikhulu esinesibindi esinekhanda elipholile nezinye izinto eziwusizo, kodwa kunalokho igundane laselabhorethri elingabonakali. Yiqiniso, ngenza umsebenzi othakazelisayo kakhulu. Futhi ungabuzi ukuthi iyini iphrojekthi, uma isikhathi sifika, ngizokutshela. Ngakho-ke, ngaba nobuhlakani obuthe xaxa kunabanye ozakwethu futhi ngaqikelela kusenesikhathi ukufihla izinto ezidingekayo. Futhi lapho yonke into iwa, ngase ngivele ngilungile: ngakwazi ukusula lonke ulwazi olumayelana nami futhi ngamisa ngokushesha, ake sithi, ibhizinisi elincane eliqoqa ulwazi. Kwesinye isikhathi ngiyahweba lolu lwazi, kodwa ikakhulukazi ngilugcina nje. Sengivele ngiqongelele isizindalwazi esikhulu sezinkulungwane zabantu abathakazelayo. Ikakhulukazi, yiqiniso, lapha eRussia, kodwa kunabantu abancane phezu kwegquma, ngisho naseMars.

- Kungani uyilondoloza? Kungani ungathengisi yonke into?

- Ngingakutshela kanjani, mngane, angiyena umuntu othengisa impahla futhi ngithengisa kuphela izimpahla ezimosha kakhulu ukuze ngiphile. Futhi ngigcina ngokucophelela wonke amagugu eqiniso.

- Ngenzalo?

- Mhlawumbe, angazi ngobani. Cabanga ngezindela zeNkathi Ephakathi ezazilokhu zibhala kabusha izincwadi ezindala unyaka nonyaka kuyilapho izifo eziwumshayabhuqe nezimpi zidlanga ngaphandle kwezindonga zezindela zazo. Kungani benza lokhu, ubani owayengawazisa umsebenzi wabo onzima. Yinzalo yabo kuphela eyayingenza lokhu, emakhulwini eminyaka ngemva kokufa kwabo. Kithina baye balondoloza okungenani inkumbulo ethile yamakhulu eminyaka adlule.

- Ingabe uzohlanganisa umlando?

- Cha, Denis. Kulungile, ngiyabona ukuthi awunantshisekelo. Kulungile, ngizokutshela inganekwane ngabantu abangenawo ishidi. Impendulo yokuqala nje, hlobo luni lwe-Nerd oluvela kwaTelecom obelunentshisekelo kuwe?

- Igama lakhe u-Leo Schultz, ungumcwaningi omkhulu esikhungweni esithile socwaningo i-RSAD. Isigaba seTelecom eduze neZelenograd. Bahileleke kakhulu emisebenzini yezokwelapha eyinkimbinkimbi futhi engeyona ejwayelekile, ubunjiniyela bezakhi zofuzo, izimila kanye nokuthuthukisa isofthiwe yabo. Ngokuvamile, ihhovisi elibi liphinde liqophe i-Arumov iphrojekthi ethile yokuguqula abasebenzi be-INKIS SB babe amasosha amakhulu. Amasampula okuqala asevele enziwe, manje kuhlelwe ukuqala ukuguqulwa kwe-serial. Angazi ukuthi ubani ozokwenzani ngabo kamuva. Kodwa lo Schultz uxova u-Arumov. Izolo siye lapho ukuyosayina imibhalo yokugcina yomsebenzi futhi asizange sisayine lutho. Angazi ukuthi kungani, kodwa ngokusobala u-Schultz wanquma ukuphuma esihlokweni kungazelelwe, futhi u-Arumov manje ucabanga ukuthi ngandlela thize ngihileleke lapha. Wangibhebha ekuseni kwaze kwanyakaza namawindi. Futhi mina, ngamafuphi, angazi ngempela, lo Schultz wangihlukumeza ihora mayelana nokuthi kungani ngingawathandi ama-chips futhi wangihlikihla mayelana nenqubekela-phambili kanye nemikhumbi-mkhathi ezulazula ezindaweni ezivulekile. Ngokweqiniso, angazi ukuthi u-Arumov namasosha akhe abathandayo banenzani ngakho.

- Ngizwa izinto ezithakazelisa kakhulu ezivela kuwe, mngane uDenis. Futhi-ke, awukawaboni ama-supersoldiers ngokwawo?

“Kwazi bani, mhlawumbe ngibonile,” uDan wanquma ukuvuma ngemva komcabango omfushane. Noma kunjalo, naphezu kwezimo ezishaqisayo nezinonya, uDenis wazizwa ngomqondo wesithupha ukuthi uSemyon angathenjwa, futhi mhlawumbe i-cognac yadlala indima.

"Kodwa manje uqamba amanga impela, awubaboni."

- Kungani lokhu?

- Okokuqala, udinga imvume ephezulu kakhulu, ayithathi noma ubani lapho. Futhi okwesibili, kuneziqondiso eziyimfihlo kubo: ngaphansi kwezimo vumela abantu abangenawo ama-chips basondele kubo.

- Wow, Semyon Sanych, unemithombo emihle yolwazi ngempela. Bane-firmware enjalo, bekufanele ngiyihlole kanzima.

- Futhi ukwazile kanjani ukusinda? Nokho, kulungile, lesi yisihloko sengxoxo ehlukile. Ake sikhulume nge-chip kuqala, umbuzo owodwa nje: ingabe kwenzeka ngenhlanhla ukuthi u-Leo Schultz akuthembise ukukhoseliswa?

- Yebo, kuhlanganise naye.

"Khona-ke kuhle ukuthi awuzange ugijimele ezingalweni zakhe futhi manje uzoqonda ukuthi kungani." Cishe uyazi ukuthi ngemva kwempi yesibili yasemkhathini, i-MIC yayithuthukisa izindlela ezintsha zokulwa namaMartians. Okunye okubaluleke kakhulu kwakuwuhlelo lokwethula ama-ejenti nama-saboteur ezakhiweni ze-Martian. Yayinkulu futhi iphumelela ngangokunokwenzeka. Lapho abakwaMartians, ngemva kokuwa, bethola ulwazi ngakho, babamba amakhanda abo ngempela. Ukube besibambe isikhathi eside futhi siqashe inani elanele lama-ejenti, ngabe siqale impi yangempela ngokumelene nalaba bastards. Ungacabanga ukuthi kunjani ukuhlala emigedeni evalekile, enezinkulungwane zama-ejenti ezitha asebenza eziteshini zokwenza umoya-mpilo nasezimbonini ezikhiqiza amandla enuzi? Yebo, babengeke babe naso isikhathi sombuso. Babeshintsha amanabukeni kathathu ngosuku kuwo wonke ukotini. Khona-ke, kunjalo, i-MIK yayingasekho futhi abakwaMartians babamba kancane kancane wonke lawa ma-agent. Phela, yidla amaswidi.

   USemyon wakhipha ndawana thize ephaketheni lakhe amaswidi omiswe uhhafu anezintambo nemvuthuluka enamathele kuwo.

- Ngakho-ke, emiyalweni yabo yangaphakathi, ama-Martians ahlukanisa wonke ama-agent abe amakilasi amane. Futhi lapho bachaza kabanzi ukuthi bazobabona kanjani nokuthi benzeni ngabo. Ama-ejenti ekilasi lesine angabantu abajwayelekile abaqashiwe abathole imiyalo yokuthi baye phansi ngaphambi kokuqala kwempi yokucekela phansi noma bamane baqoqe imininingwane. Kuyacaca ukuthi ayiwona abalulekile futhi awathembekile. Empeleni, ngemva kokuwa koMbuso abazange babhekwe ngokukhethekile ngentshiseko. Uma ingekho imiyalo, umuntu ojwayelekile ngeke azithathele yena ngokwakhe ukuqhumisa isiteshi somoya-mpilo. Ikilasi lesithathu ngama-ejenti athole ukuqeqeshwa okukhethekile okude. zicutshungulwe eMhlabeni futhi zithunyelwe ku-Mars ngaphansi kwesithunzi sabafuduki. Amabhomu azibulale, ngamafuphi, alungele noma yini. Babekholelwa ukuthi ngemva kokufela umbusi babeyozalwa kabusha futhi bavuswe ezweni elingcono lapho uMbuso wawunqoba khona. Njengombusi unamandla amakhulu okubona ikusasa futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, angabonisa kafushane leli kusasa ku-neophyte encane. Akazulazule emakamelweni ashiswe yilanga ezikhungo ezinkulu, akhulume nabantu abahle, abahlakaniphile abanomphefumulo ohlanzekile, asebekhohliwe ukuthi ukungasebenzi nobugebengu buyini. Futhi zibabaza izibani zakusihlwa eMoscow ngemva kokunqoba kobukhomanisi. Kuyacaca ukuthi ekugcineni i-MIC ithole okuhle ekuboniseni zonke izinhlobo zamaqhinga ngokuzalwa kabusha, amahora asezulwini nezinye izinto, kodwa namanje ayikalungi. Ngisho nobuchopho obugezwe kahle, ngemva kweminyaka eminingana yokuphila okuzimele, buqala ukubuza imibuzo nokungabaza. Noma angase avele akhulume into engadingekile lapho kungenasidingo. Ngokuvamile, ukuthuthukiswa okulandelayo kuyikilasi lesibili. Bane-hypnoprogram noma i-minichip eshumekwe ebuchosheni babo. Nge-minichip, yebo, bakhululwa ngenxa yokuntuleka kwesikhathi, kulula kakhulu ukuzibona. Kodwa i-hypnoprogram iyindaba ehluke ngokuphelele. Umuntu onaso angaze asole ukuthi uyi-ejenti. Futhi icushwa kalula ngekhodi yomlomo, noma umlayezo kunethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu. Ngemuva kwalokho indoda yomndeni eyisibonelo izohamba iyobulala iMartian efunwayo, noma iqhumise isikhiya somoya. Yiqiniso, bathi ngemuva kwe-hypnoprogramming oyedwa kuphela kwabayishumi abangaba abafuduki abasinda, kodwa lokhu, yiqiniso, akuzange kumise i-MIC. Kodwa kunzima kakhulu ukubabona; bathi abakazibambi bonke, futhi lokhu kudala ukuthi abantu baseMartians bahlaselwe yi-paranoia. Ngeke wazi ukuthi yimuphi umuntu ohlanyayo ongathola ukufinyelela kumakhodi okusebenzisa alaba basebenzeli. Ungangibuki kanjalo, anginawo lamakhodi. Hhayi-ke, ezibanda kunazo zonke ziyisigaba sokuqala, zengezwe ngokuguqulwa kofuzo noma ama-microorganisms okwenziwa. Zingaba ibhomu lebhayoloji, zikhiqize ubuthi obungavamile bokubulala, futhi ngeke wazi ukuthi yini enye. Ukuyikhomba, kuyadingeka ukwenza izivivinyo eziyinkimbinkimbi kanye nokuhlolwa kwe-DNA kuzo zonke izingxenye zomzimba. AbakwaMartians basasebenza kulokhu.

“Kunolwazi kakhulu,” kusho uDenis emamatheka. - Ngakho-ke, wena noma mina singaba abenzeli be-MIC futhi singazi.

"Ima, ungajahi, kungcono ukuphuza itiye noswidi." Mina nawe asibona neze amanxusa esigaba sokuqala noma sesibili. Kungani zidingeka isihogo eMoscow? Ziyizinto eziyigugu futhi ezibiza kakhulu, bezilokhu zithunyelwa kuMars. Kodwa futhi kukhona inganekwane yokuthi kukhona ama-agent athile we-class zero. Lokhu cishe kuyinganekwane nje. Kungenzeka ukuthi othile waqamba le ndaba edakiwe ukuthi njengoba kunezigaba ezine, kufanele kube nekilasi elinguziro; abangani bakhe abaphuzayo bayithandile futhi bahamba behamba emibuthanweni ethile. Laze lafinyelela ngisho nakwaMartians futhi lathola indlela yalo kweminye yemiyalo yabo ngendlela yemibhalo yaphansi kanye nezisho zokuphika. Uyini umsebenzi wala ma-ejenti nokuthi yimaphi amakhono abanawo, kunokuqagela okuningi ngalesi sihloko, kodwa akukho okuthembekile. Okuwukuphela kwento eyethusayo ukuthi kuzo zonke izinhlobo zale ndaba kunesimo esiyisibopho: ukungabi khona kwanoma yimaphi ama-chips, ama-molecular noma i-electronic, ama-ejenti ekilasi zero. Ukukhuluma iqiniso, akuqondakali ngokuphelele ukuthi kungani i-ejenti engenawo i-chip idingeka, ngoba, ngokusobala, ngeke ikwazi ukungena kunoma yisiphi isakhiwo saseYurophu, ingasaphathwa eMartians. Futhi ngisho nabaqaphi be-MIC abanemvume ephezulu kakhulu babengazi lutho ngalawa ma-ejenti. USemyon Koshka uyazi ngokuqinisekile lokhu.

   Futhi cabanga nje, ngokuzumayo kuvela umuntu othi ngesizathu esithile angathandi ama-chips kangangokuthi ulungele ukufa kunokuba afake. Ngihlangane nabantu abangenawo ama-chips, zonke izinhlobo zabantu abangenamakhaya abangenayo imali, noma izigebengu ezivela e-Eastern Bloc kanye nengqondo nje. Kodwa awungeni kunoma yisiphi isigaba. Ngangihlale ngicabanga ukuthi inganekwane emayelana nama-ejenti aziro ekilasini yayiwuhlobo lokuzindla, okulindelekile kokhethiwe owayezofika asindise wonke umuntu. Eqinisweni, iningi labantu abacabangayo eRussia, hhayi nje kuphela, bazonda abantu baseMartians buthule. Kodwa alikho ngisho nethemba eliyisipoki lokuthi ngandlela thize lingamelana nabo, ngakho futhi, abantu abanengqondo abawunyakazisi isikebhe. Futhi, ngokomthetho, akekho ongalwela. Kungakho izindaba ezimayelana noMohican wokugcina ozofika aholele wonke umuntu empini zihlala njalo. Ngaze ngacabanga ukuthi abakwaMartians ngokwabo basungula le ndaba ukuze badedele umoya. Futhi-ke kungazelelwe - lapho uya khona, amathemba angamanga athatha inyama. Izimangaliso...

“Isimangaliso lesi,” kusho uDenis ephakamisa amahlombe. "Ngaphandle kwesifiso esivuthayo sokushaya ama-cyber-bastards ebusweni, empeleni anginalutho emphefumulweni wami." Mhlawumbe kufanele ngivuswe njenge-ejenti yekilasi lesibili.

- Mhlawumbe kufanele. Kodwa akekho owaziyo ukuthi kanjani. Baphinde bathi i-ejenti eyiziro yekilasi iwazi amakhodi okufinyelela nedatha yawo wonke ama-ejenti we-MIC. Phuza itiye.

- Kungani ungihlukumeza nge-seagull yakho? — UDan wahogela intamo yeflask ngokusola. "Useyi-seagull esolisayo."

- Ungesabi, ivele inikeze ukusabela okuthakazelisayo cishe nganoma yiluphi uhlobo lwama-chips amangqamuzana.

- Awekho ama-chips. Yeka ukuhlola kakade, kungenjalo nami ngingase ngibe nokuhlaselwa kokungathembi.

- Ngabona ukuthi cha. Kungenjalo, ngabe kade wadatshulwa kuwo wonke ama-orifices. Thethelela isiwula esidala, angikholwa ukuthi ungokhethiweyo ngempela, owavela ekupheleni kokuphila kwami ​​okungenamsebenzi.

"Holy Shit, emahoreni amabili edlule ngicishe ngakwamukela ukuthi ukuphapha kwami ​​sekuphelile." Bese kuthi ngokuzumayo ngifake amathemba angenasisekelo kumuntu. Izimangaliso ngempela!

“Uyazi ukuthi yini enye engenza ngikholelwe kuma-ejenti ayiziro ekilasini?”

- Amasosha aphezulu eTelecom? - Dan wasikisela.

“Ngiqagele kahle,” uSemyon enikina ikhanda evuma. "Engikucabangayo ukuthi mancane amathuba okuthi uvele uthathe futhi ukopishe i-genome yesipoki bese usifaka kumuntu." Impela banohlobo oluthile lokuvikela - ukubhala ngekhodi ye-genome, inkumbulo yofuzo, noma yini. Kodwa ngisho naphakathi kwezipoki, noma phakathi kwalabo abazilawulayo, kungase kube namambuka avuma ukukhonza amaMartians. Yingakho izipoki ezingamambuka zibulala bonke abantu ngaphandle kwama-chips. Cishe ziyizimfihlo ezingcono kakhulu zezimfihlo zombuso. Ngokwalokho engikufundile ngabo, singaphetha ngokuthi lokhu cishe akuyona i-firmware ekhethekile, kodwa uhlobo oluthile lwesiphazamisi esibulalayo. AbakwaMartians ngokwabo abazange baphonse ithawula kulokhu kuzingelwa, bangabantu abangokoqobo futhi bakholelwa kuma-agent we-class zero ngezinga abenza ngalo.

- Hhayi-ke, lokho kusho ukuthi akuwona wonke ama-supersoldiers analesi bug.

- Ngamuphi umqondo? Ingabe wonke umuntu kufanele abe nayo?

"Kungani ucabanga ukuthi ngisaphefumula ngemuva kokuhlangana nabo?" Omunye kwavela ukuthi akayena umqombothi onjalo wabulala omunye, owayezongidabula ikhanda. Ngokuvamile akayena umuntu omubi, mhlawumbe ngimkweleta impilo yonke manje. Njengokuthi unenkululeko yokuzikhethela.

- Kungani edinga inkululeko yokuzikhethela? - USemyon wamangala.

- Ukuhlupheka. Uma unenkululeko yokuzikhethela, khona-ke noma uyathanda noma ungathandi, kuzodingeka uhlupheke.

   Waqhaqhazela uDenis eqalaza. Izingxoxo zazimthathe kangangoba akazange abone ukuthi kwase kuqala ukuhwalala. Kwangena umoya opholile esifubeni sami, uletha iphunga lotshani obubunile nomhlaba omanzi. UDenis wayesevele enomsindo ekhanda lakhe futhi ubusuku basekwindla baqala ukucwazimula ngemibala emisha. Ngisho nokuthula okuvamile okucasulayo kwemigwaqo yaseMoscow eshiywe isigamu kwaqala ukubonakala kungaqondakali futhi kuzolile. Kwaba sengathi ingubo yokulala ethambile ibafihle emehlweni nasezindlebeni zezitha. Kwakukhona isibani esisodwa kuphela esivuthayo engadini, futhi nxazonke, okwesigidi sokuqala, ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokungenangqondo ukuhleleka kwezinto ezimisiwe, izinkulungwane zezinambuzane zase ziqalile ukuhlangana. Cabanga nje, othile usevele uhlela ukubhala kabusha ingqondo yakhe ku-quantum matrix, kodwa ingabe lo mfana ohlakaniphile angawuphendula ngokungananazi umbuzo olula: kungani izinambuzane zindiza zibheke ekukhanyeni ngokuphikelela kokuzibulala? Phela, umzabalazo wabo awunathemba nhlobo, kodwa bayaphikelela kangangokuthi ngolunye usuku enye yezigidigidi ezingenakubalwa iyokwazi ukuqeda umsebenzi omkhulu futhi ijabulise zonke ezinye izinambuzane emhlabeni.

"Ucabanga ukuthi u-Schultz naye wayecabanga ukuthi ngiyi-ejenti ye-Class Zero." Njengomkhiqizo okhethekile ongawethula ngoqwembe lwesiliva kuma-Martians ayintandokazi yakho ukuze uthole umusa? - UDenis waphula ukuthula.

- Akukho lutho lomuntu siqu, ibhizinisi nje. Kuhle uma lokhu kuyisinyathelo sakhe kuphela, kodwa uma ihhovisi eliphakathi liba nesithakazelo kulokhu, khona-ke ngeke neze uphume ekubanjweni.

- Yebo, ngiyazi, anginakho ukulahlekelwa. Ngabe wena, Semyon Sanych othandekayo, unokuthile ongakulahlekela?

- Kimi? Nge-arthritis yami ne-sclerosis? Ukungqongqoza kuphela emnyango wemitholampilo lapho sebekhulile. Kodwa uhlongoza ukwenzani? Ukube ubukade uyi-ejenti enguziro yekilasi, futhi bengizokwazi ukuthi ngingakusebenzisa kanjani... uma kungenjalo...

- Asikho isidingo sokuphelelwa ithemba. Ake sithole indlela yokungicupha: sizonyakazisa uSchultz noma u-Arumov, sizomba okuthile.

"Ungumfana nje, ake sinyakazise uSchultz." Mhlawumbe singashaya phansi ngokushesha umphathi othile we-Neurotek? Nokho, yebo, kungani lokhu kukhononda kwabadala. Njengoba nina, nibancane futhi nimuhle, nijahe ukufa, ngakho-ke ngibophekile nakakhulu ukuthatha ingozi.

"Hhayi-ke, sekunqunyiwe, esihogweni nge-Eastern Bloc, sifuna indlela yokwenza kusebenze i-ejenti ye-zero yekilasi." Woza, ngenzela thina,” uDenis ephakamisa ibhaxa lakhe ngomdlandla.

“Usangimangaza.” Ngakho-ke ukholelwa kalula ukuthi enye i-fart endala engaziwa izohamba nawe ukuya e-ebrasure?

- Kungani kungenjalo, wena ngokwakho uthi kunabantu abaningi emhlabeni abazonda amaMartians. Futhi uma lokhu kuyihlaya, noma uhlobo oluthile olukhokhelwayo lwe-Martian provocateur, bese uya esihogweni nalo.

- Cishe kunezigidi nezigidigidi zalabo abazonda ama-Martians, kodwa akubona bonke abakulungele ukulwa. Uyaqonda ukuthi sizolahlekelwa futhi sife ngamathuba angu-99 no-9 esikhathini. AbakwaMartians baxabana ngokungapheli, kodwa ekulweni nesitha sangaphandle, ikakhulukazi esidabukisayo njengathi, uhlelo lwabo lonke luyi-monolithic ngokuphelele.

— Ukwesaba umeluleki omubi. Mhlawumbe abakwaMartians bawina hhayi ngoba bepholile, kodwa ngoba umhlaba wonke umane ungcwatshwe emhlabeni wawo obonakalayo futhi wesaba ukukhala.

"Ngeshwa, umhlaba wangempela unciphe kakhulu, futhi akekho ongase abone ukukhala kwethu kuwo."

- Yebo, akunandaba, bazoqaphela, ngeke baqaphele. Lokhu akunjalo uma udinga ukubala okungenzeka, udinga nje ukukholelwa futhi uqale ukwenza okuthile. Uma umzabalazo wami ubaluleke kakhulu kulo mhlaba, ngithemba ukuthi imithetho yokungenzeka izoba ngakimi. Futhi uma kungenjalo, khona-ke kuvela ukuthi impilo yami yonke ayibizi kakhulu kunothuli futhi asikho isidingo sokukhathazeka ngakho.

“Iqiniso lakho,” kuvuma uSemyon ngokungananazi.

   Yileyo ndlela kalula futhi ngokwemvelo uDenis athola ngayo umlingani ngempi yakhe engenathemba neqiniso langempela. Kwazi bani, mhlawumbe kwamane kwaqondana nje, noma mhlawumbe kwakunabantu abaningi kakhulu emhlabeni ababenezizathu zokungawathandi amaMartians, futhi kwakwanele ukukhomba umuntu wokuqala abahlangana naye ngomunwe. U-Denis, vele, wayengazikholelwa ngempela izindaba ezimayelana nomenzeli we-Class Zero. Wavele wakholwa masinyane emzabalazweni wakhe, futhi ngenxa yokulangazelela impi yangempela inhliziyo yakhe yaqala ukushaya ngamandla emathempelini akhe, futhi umlomo wakhe wawugcwele iphunga legazi. Izigubhu zazishaya ezindlebeni zami, futhi iphunga elibabayo lamasimu angapheli nemililo evuthayo yagcwala emakhaleni ami. Futhi ngangifuna ngempela ukuphila ukuze ngibone isikhathi lapho ayenamathela khona futhi esonte ummese emzimbeni ovulekile weqiniso langempela. Ayikho enye iklabhu entshonalanga yeMoscow ayefuna ukuphila ukuze ayibone ngakusasa kakhulu.

Source: www.habr.com