My daughter is in the ICU. Chemotherapy has made all her hair fall out.
The doctor said, “Three million. That’s what it’ll take to save her.”
I didn’t have it.
A representative from the Tax Bureau handed me a contract. “Sell your ‘choices tax.’ Sign this, and you’ll still be yourself. You can think, feel pain, and hate, but your body will no longer obey you.”
I said, “You’ve got a deal.”
The day she was discharged, I went to pick her up.
I wanted to hold her. I stood there, unable to move.
I wanted to tell her I loved her. My throat locked up, and no sound came out.
I wanted to fight back. Instead, I fell to my knees and kowtowed to the Tax Bureau representative.
I was a conscious puppet. I could think about anything, but I couldn’t make a single choice.
But then I discovered that the index finger on my left hand would twitch against my will.
Each time, for just 0.3 seconds. The System didn’t record it.
What could I do in 0.3 seconds?
Enough to flash my high beams and force an oncoming truck to swerve.
Enough to hide evidence in a hazardous waste container.
Enough to discover that my daughter’s illness was fake, and the ICU was a set. The bodies of the first sixteen “me’s” were floating in glass jars.
I was the seventeenth, and the last.
The thing controlling me wasn’t AI. It was the fear willingly handed over by eight billion people.
The System had no face. You gave it one.
Give me 0.3 seconds,
and I’ll take down the entire System.
[High-IQ counterattack + a father’s redemption + hard sci-fi + battle of wits against the rules]
This chapter directly enshrines the gods!! Four paths run in parallel, all the foreshadowings are revealed, and the logic is ridiculously rigorous. 0.3 Seconds of selection, really look at it and poke it once. There is no nonsense, no watery plot, the whole process is high-energy, and the more you watch, the more you will enjoy it. This is the real science fiction + human nature masterpiece, just wait for the finale
The author is thoughtful and the whole story is told eloquently!
The content is interesting and highly recommended👍It's great Well written. Love it.
Beautiful work, highly recommended.
The character settings are novel and unconventional, each with its own merits.
The plot is compact and not procrastinating, worth watching!
The story is rich and colorful and worth reading.
It's a good read and very well written. The author is awesome.
Very nice, very novel subject matter. The emotional expression is very real and contagious, and the concept is clever and not cliché. I look forward to being a great star.
The writing is delicate, and each character is well portrayed.