Stan opened his eyes in the Tesla Cybertruck. Through the window, he saw that the car was parked in a cave identical to the one he and Fang Ling used as their home in the virtual space. Stan pulled the neural interface connector from the back of his head and touched the newly opened neural interface, which was still slightly bleeding. He wiped the blood off his hand with the other hand, took out his phone, and checked the time. Only three hours had passed since he first connected to the virtual space, but twelve years had passed in the virtual space. The huge time difference left Stan feeling a bit dazed. He struggled to recall the current situation, which wasn't easy. It's not easy for someone to recall the specific circumstances of an afternoon twelve years ago.
"I was attacked by a drone while driving. I urgently drove the car to the roadside woods and finally drove it directly into the cave to avoid the drone," Stan quickly reviewed in his mind.
At that moment, a sudden loud noise shook the ground. Stan hugged his head in the driver's seat as a large chunk of dirt and many small stones fell from the top of the cave, hitting the car roof directly. It took a while for Stan to control his trembling body and slowly sit up. He saw Catherine's laptop on the passenger seat and a hard drive connected to it. These two items were very important. The hard drive contained the critical program to restart the AI center, but it had been damaged in the drone attack. Stan decided to check outside the cave for safety before continuing his journey. After all, he had just learned to drive, and another drone attack could be fatal. Moreover, this journey seemed to take longer than expected. He had left Bob's car rental company in the morning, and it was now 5 PM, and he hadn't eaten anything yet. There was no food in the car, so finding some wild strawberries outside would be good.
Stan opened the car door and got out. He first checked the car. His actions when driving the car directly into the cave were not exactly gentlemanly. The journey ahead still depended on it! After circling the car, Stan found no serious problems, except for a broken headlight. Fortunately, the power and energy systems were still functioning normally. Stan turned to the cave entrance, squatted down, encouraged himself, grabbed a handful of dirt, and smeared it on his face before crawling out of the cave.
Once out of the cave, Stan immediately dived into the bushes in front of him, then slowly poked his head out to look around. Another loud noise came from behind Stan. He looked in the direction of the explosion and saw a passenger plane burning fiercely not far behind the cave. The plane had crashed directly into the ground, its body shattered into pieces scattered around, and passengers' luggage was flying everywhere...
Stan was stunned by the scene before him. He couldn't bear to look any longer and felt a wave of nausea, vomiting. He had no appetite for food anymore. Stan's eyes gradually became determined as he thought of his wife Fang Lu and their unborn child.
"I can't leave this world to such AI. I must return to the virtual environment as soon as possible. The new AI program must be trained quickly." Stan made up his mind, even if this decision would send Fang Ling to "death."
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