Chapter 505: Yaoyao's decision
Yuhang.
After more than half a year of adaptation and learning, Yang Yiyao has completely gotten used to carrying AVS system to live, and gradually, she has begun to add more data to AVS signal transmission. Now what she can see is no longer pure black and white, but a world with simplified colors.
Of course, if you want to completely restore a real world, both for her and Chen Li’s AVS team, there is still a way to go. Fortunately, judging from the current progress, this road will not be too long.
In addition to Yang Yiyao, the experimental population of the AVS system has expanded to 30 people, and six of them are from urban villages near Yang Yiyao's home. These people are generally unexpectedly blind. After hearing that Yaoyao has regained the light with the help of mechanical equipment, they are actually secretly looking forward to the day when they can use the equipment.
So Chen Li gave them this opportunity - on the one hand, it was to expand the experimental samples of the equipment, and on the other hand, it was also from Yaoyao's request.
After the AVS project was successful, the superiors gave Chen Li a large special fund to reward relevant personnel who had made significant contributions to the project. After internal discussion, the project team assigned Yaoyao a considerable portion of the funds, but when the notice was issued, the other party unexpectedly refused.
She doesn't want money-or rather, she doesn't feel that she needs that much money.
She wanted those uncles and aunts who had taught her how to adapt to that dark world to see the light like her.
Her brother Yang Yijin naturally supported this. Compared to Yang Yiyao, his ideas were simpler:
He can earn money through his own efforts, but the opportunity for Reming to Ming is likely to be this time for these neighbors and friends who have helped them.
When will the price of AVS devices be reduced to the point where they can afford it?
No one can make it clear.
So, for this scary boy with a high spirit, he really didn't care so much about the large amount of money Chen Li gave to Yaoyao.
As a result, the money was converted into equipment costs by the AVS project team, and 6 additional sets of equipment were customized, which were adapted to the 6 blind people designated by Yaoyao.
Of course, Chen Li did not forget to force the purchaser to argue with the equipment supplier, and once again compressed part of this from an already extremely low price, and took out 100,000 yuan to the public account of the project team, intending to leave it for her when Yaoyao was going to college in the future.
Yaoyao didn't know this. If she knew it, she would probably ask to exchange the money for equipment - she wanted to help too many people, and the process of screening the list was actually very painful.
However, she is happy at the moment. During this holiday, she is busy introducing the usage methods to the adults who have just used the AVS device every day and imparting the usage experience. In front of him, other adults who have lived for decades seem to have become students again, while she herself has become an omniscient teacher.
"Okay, I'll talk about that much today."
"You must study hard after you go back. Don't be afraid of what you see, some of the things you see are fake."
"I often saw monsters when I first started learning colors, but I wasn't afraid at all because I knew it was fake."
"Later, I gradually couldn't see it--Uncle Chen told me that human brains are very powerful. If you believe in some things, they will always exist. If you don't believe in them, they will disappear soon."
The people around her nodded. In their sight, Yaoyao may be in black and white, as if the flat girl image jumped out of a comic book. Some of them are richer and more three-dimensional, but some may be just a few simple lines and outlines.
But this does not affect what they see in their hearts.
This little girl is probably one of the gentlest memories they have ever encountered in their lives.
"I understand Teacher Yang, I will definitely work hard when I go back."
One of them replied with a smile, and for a moment, everyone was liberated from the slightly serious "teaching process" before and began to tease and chat with this little girl like her daughter.
"Yaoyao, Children's Day is coming the day after tomorrow. You go to my house for dinner. What kind of dishes do you want to eat? I'll let your Aunt Xiao cook for you."
Yaoyao nodded and replied embarrassedly:
"I won't go anymore. The second uncle asked me to go to his house for dinner."
"That's fine! Your Aunt Xiao bought you a Children's Day gift and will send it to you tomorrow. Remember to ask your brother if he still has money at home. If he has no money, remember to tell me, do you know?"
The person who spoke was He Wu. He was blind seven years ago due to an accidental injury. Although he received some compensation, his family's conditions were not good. Sometimes people who went out to buy meat on the street would have to be petty. Most people in this residential area knew his stinginess.
But he has always been full of heroism to Yaoyao--presumably a simple feeling of repaying kindness.
"We have money! I made 5,000 yuan last time in the interview, so don't worry about us!"
"Yaoyao is so awesome!"
"That's right, I can support myself at a young age, much better than I did at that time."
"Okay, OK, don't bother Teacher Yang. I told us that my mouth was dry all morning. Hurry up and pour water. I don't have any eyesight!"
The group poured water and bought ice cream. He Wu saw that there were still vegetables in the refrigerator. He was itchy when his hands were itchy and simply helped Yang Yijin cut all the vegetables for the evening. After all, he swept the floor in the house and then everyone dispersed.
After calming down, Yaoyao sat back on the sofa and rested for a while, drinking the watermelon juice she had just bought, but was thinking about other questions in her mind.
Just the night before, Uncle Chen said that there is a new experiment that is about to be carried out, and he is the most suitable experimenter.
Uncle Chen did not say that he would participate, nor did he say that he would not participate, but in fact she could see that Uncle Chen did not want her to participate.
"Yaoyao, you have to think clearly that the dangers of this project may be much greater than the dangers of your AVS, because the data transmission volume is too large."
"It's like you're learning colors now, which is already very difficult, but if you want to participate in a new project, it's equivalent to coloring what you see yourself."
"Do you know what this means? You are now learning to appreciate a painting, and the new project is to teach you how to draw."
This is what Uncle Chen said to her.
"But, isn't it great to learn to draw?"
"….. It's very powerful, but it's also very difficult- and dangerous. For example, if you sharpen your pencil, you will scratch your hands, if you are toxic, if you may see many terrible hallucinations as you draw."
"Aren't you very afraid of fire? At that time, the worst case scenario may be at the beginning, everything you see is on fire."
"I'm no longer afraid of fire anymore. I know what is real and what is fake, and I can tell it clearly."
"Yaoyao, this is not a matter of being able to distinguish clearly. Just like me, I also have something I am afraid of."
"For example, I'm very afraid of snakes. I know that some snakes are not poisonous and will not bite me, but I'm just afraid."
"Okay, you must discuss it with your brother. As well as Aunt Liu, you also ask her about her opinion. She is your guardian, do you know?"
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The watermelon juice in her hand was already at its bottom. Yaoyao came to her senses from her memories. She thought for a moment, then suddenly took off the AVS device on her head, then groped and stood up, trying to throw the trash into the trash can in the dark.
This is not a simple job. In almost a year, she has become accustomed to the bright world. At this time, she has to use her memory to regain her feelings of blindness, which is like starting from scratch.
Fear grabbed her again, and she stumbled around the darkness, and finally lowered her body and crawled forward on the ground. Her head was touched several times by a circle of tables and chairs, and finally she finally touched the trash can in the kitchen.
When I touched it with my hands, there was the kitchen waste that He Wu had just cut vegetables, which was sticky and disgusting.
But at this moment she didn't feel disgusted, she just felt sad.
Uncle Chen said that the technology of this new project experiment can bring people a lot of knowledge.
Just like those children living in the mountains, they may never see tall buildings, planes, trains, seas in their entire lives...
They were imprisoned in that barren land, just like themselves before, imprisoned in darkness.
They... are probably also in another concept, blind people?
However, if this technology is successful, what everyone can see will be the same.
Such new technology is their eyes, right?
Yaoyao groped and climbed back to the sofa. She carefully rubbed her hands on her trouser legs. After hesitating for a while, she rubbed her hands on the sofa a few times. After confirming that there were no stains, she finally satisfactorily touched the AVS device beside her and put it on her head again.
As the embedded electrodes contacted the contacts of the AVS device, the light returned to her world.
Chapter completed!