Chapter 91 The Uncanny Valley Effect

"...The term "uncanny valley" became a famous theory because it was proposed in the 1906 paper Uncanny Valley Psychology, and his views were expounded in Freud's 1919 paper The Uncanny Valley..." Jiang Chen Some irritably quickly turned over the introduction, and then searched for the key word from the tadpole-sized words.

"Because we are afraid of death, because we are afraid of disease, because the empathy mechanism is disordered, because we cannot empathize with robots... robots." Jiang Chen muttered, his hand holding the book trembled slightly.

What's up with this feeling.

Forcibly suppressing the restlessness in his heart, Jiang Chen searched for answers in this old robot magazine.

The library of Wanghai No. 6 Middle School is very large, and the jungle-like bookshelves are listed in the hall on the first floor, although few students visit the first floor of this collection of books. All books can be downloaded on the campus network, and all materials can be searched on the terminal. Rather than a paper backup of materials, it is better to say that the books here are stored as "exhibits". Only large libraries at the city and district levels can store paper papers or books that record academic materials. Those are the real "materials", not "exhibits".

With the progress of the times, paper reading has gradually faded out of people's vision. Although there will be people like Tao Tingting who have a soft spot for paper books, but such people are as rare as rare animals.

Just like Tao Tingting, the goddess in Jiang Chen's heart.

However. As a tribute to the old times, the library often keeps some old books and periodicals as a reference to history.

at the same time. Jiang Chen always felt that these papers could bring him more inspiration. No matter how he consulted the artificial intelligence campus elf, the glib guy couldn't give him a general explanation, but kept guiding his psychological problems in the direction of fatigue and study pressure.

or misleading

No matter how he searched the terminal, he couldn't get the answer he was looking for. As if it was covered up, the intelligent search assistant unexpectedly "failed". After listening to his description, all the search results given seemed to bring the problem to a more complicated level.

So when school is over. He came to this library full of paper books, where no one would mislead him. Some intuition seemed to tell him that the answer he was craving was hidden on some bookshelf.

He wanted to find out what that unnatural feeling was.

Jiang Chen's book, the 21st issue of Robot Magazine, about the incongruity between humans and robots, was taken from the rosin-scented bookshelf. Judging from that 2021 publication date,

This is an old historical publication.

certainly. Printing is the new thing.

"...The higher the simulacrum of a humanoid toy or robot, the more favorable people will have, but when it reaches a critical point, this favorability will suddenly decrease, and the more like a human being, the more disgusted and fearful it will be, until the bottom. Even a small inconsistency Natural actions will appear extremely stiff and terrifying... So it is, that is to say, the cleaning robot I met in the morning looked at me. Did it trigger the Uncanny Valley effect?" Jiang Chen frowned thinking.

There was an inexplicable throbbing in his heart, and something similar to a sense of déjà vu was beating against his heart.

A feeling of oppression, as if stuffed with cotton wool, became stronger and stronger.

As if something had been forgotten.

But what was forgotten

Suddenly, he subconsciously looked towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

However, at this time

"Jiang Chen"

A thin, soft voice touched his eardrums. Jiang Chen turned around in surprise and saw Tao Tingting standing on the other side of the bookshelf.

By the way, I seem to have to invite her to a movie, damn, I almost forgot about the real business in order to struggle with these boring delusions

Jiang Chen cursed inwardly. She blushed and looked at the girl who was as beautiful as a princess, but she couldn't say a word.

Tao Tingting stood there quietly. As if waiting for something.

I can't say it... Jiang Chen opened and closed his mouth halfway. However, the sentence "Are you free tomorrow?" is like being stuck in the throat and can't be said.

Suddenly, the beautiful face smiled, and the moon-bud-like eyes flashed with a heart-warming brilliance.

"Want to come to my house?"

Jiang Chen was stunned.

Invited me to her house but why...

However, Tao Tingting did not give him any time to think, and turned around and walked out the door. Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, but finally summoned up his courage and followed.

And that magazine was left on his desk by him.

Watching the two leave, the librarian who was sitting at the front desk with a blank expression suddenly got up and walked silently to the chair where Jiang Chen was sitting.

Staring at the somewhat aged magazine for a while, she silently picked it up from the table.

However, she did not put it back on the shelf.

Instead, it was torn and thrown into the trash.

"Wait a minute, you...why did you invite me to your house?" Jiang Chen chased out of the library and walked behind Tao Tingting. After a moment of hesitation, he asked the question.

Suddenly, Tao Tingting stopped, the milky white skirt swayed gently in the breeze.

The lilies blooming under the halo of the setting sun, the picture is so beautiful.

So much so that Jiang Chen couldn't help but be a little crazy when he saw it.

The goddess who made him think about it, was biting her lower lip lightly at the moment, her face was slightly shy and she nodded slightly, and lightly opened her red lips.

"Because, I want to get to know you."

learn

Is this a confession to me? Jiang Chen's face was covered with red tides in a flash, his lips were a little stiff, and he couldn't say a word.

His heart was beating loudly, as if he was about to jump out of his chest.

Turns out she likes me too

At this moment, Jiang Chen's brain was completely filled with that chaotic joy. He has completely lost the ability to think, just looking at the goddess that haunts him.

Tao Tingting smiled and walked towards the school gate.

Jiang Chen swallowed and spit. He lifted up and followed with a stiff pace.

However, at this time, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the unnatural anomaly.

An inexplicable sense of worry crept into my heart.

The empty eyes were fixed on him.

There are also cleaning robots

That's right, this stuff should be available everywhere... Jiang Chen muttered in his heart, leaving the unnatural feeling behind.

The robot seemed to lose interest in him and looked straight in the other direction.

The door opened, and Tao Tingting led Jiang Chen to her rented apartment.

A one-bedroom, one-bedroom apartment with a very simple structure. This type of house is very easy to rent near the school. Not too expensive either. It seemed that Tao Tingting, like him, came from out of town to look at Haicheng.

The room smelled of jasmine. Clean, light linen wallpaper plastered every wall in the living room. Very simple coffee table and tablecloth, as well as the beige sofa.

"Just sit down, do you want me to pour you a glass of water?" Tao Tingting turned around and smiled at Jiang Chen.

"Ah. Uh, fine." Jiang Chen nodded with a flustered expression, then sat on the sofa.

Looking at Tao Tingting's back standing beside the cupboard, smelling the fragrance belonging to the goddess in the air, Jiang Chen couldn't help showing a smirk on his face.

Although I felt a little unnatural, I was so happy that it didn't matter. Like being forcibly filled, the sense of lack of reality in my heart disappeared without knowing it.

Soon. Tao Tingting gently returned to the living room with two glasses of water, then smiled at Jiang Chen, and put the glass in front of Jiang Chen.

"Give."

"Ah. Thank you." As if to hide his embarrassment, Jiang Chen quickly took a sip of the cold boiled water while holding the cup.

Tao Tingting sat down beside Jiang Chen and looked at Jiang Chen's profile with a smile.

"Uh, is there something on my face?"

"No." Tao Tingting shook her head with a smile, her long soft hair shook like a willow thread.

"Hmm..." Jiang Chen was speechless and buried his eyes in the cup. She stared at her own reflection in the water.

"I want to get to know you, can you talk to me?"

Like being hit in the heart with a heavy hammer. Jiang Chen's heart throbbed suddenly.

"Eh, why do you want to know me?" Jiang Chen's Adam's apple moved, and he stammered because he was overwhelmed.

In fact, the answer is already clear.

"Because I like you." Tao Tingting stared into Jiang Chen's eyes and smiled.

I always feel an inexplicable discomfort, I always feel that something is wrong...

However, this confusion was quickly filled with an explosion of joy, the dopamine can make people forget to think.

"I, I like you too." Jiang Chen finally gathered up his courage and poured out the long-cherished thoughts in his chest.

"I know." Tao Tingting smiled and looked at Jiang Chen's courageous look, "I've been following you for a long time."

..."I know." "I've been following you for a long time." These two sentences were like a spell, circling happily in his mind.

"Can you tell me your story?" Like a curious girlfriend, Tao Tingting looked at Jiang Chen's eyes, blinking lightly on those eyes with long eyelashes

"I, I don't have any stories to tell." Jiang Chen looked away in embarrassment, but Tao Tingting approached reluctantly.

"You can talk about anything."

"Then... okay." Jiang Chen hesitated.

Contrary to his expectations, he originally thought that Tao Tingting was the kind of literary girl who was not good at speaking, but at this moment she gave Jiang Chen the feeling that she was very talkative.

Since childhood, I talked about those memories that were almost covered in white fog. The two chatted happily. Although there was not a lot of interaction at ordinary times, Jiang Chen was always watching her secretly, but at this moment, Tao Tingting gave him the illusion that he had known each other for a long time.

It was getting late, so that it was completely dark outside.

"Why don't I treat you to a meal?" Tao Tingting said with a smile.

Jiang Chen's messenger nodded his head.

Dinner was held in a very relaxed atmosphere. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded pork with green peppers, and seaweed egg soup are all home-cooked dishes. It can be seen that Tao Tingting is unexpectedly a kind of girl who is very good at housekeeping. Thinking of this, Jiang Chen can't help but feel a little excited.

In his age, the so-called love is eternal.

The food was delicious, and he secretly observed Tao Tingting, who was sitting across the table. The cherry is chewing lightly

She seems to like eating tomatoes. Is she the kind of person who likes to eat sour? And green peppers...why eat only those two?

Jiang Chen observed it carefully and secretly wrote down her taste.

Speaking of which, she said she liked me...then she should be my girlfriend now

But I haven't figured it out yet, is it waiting for me to take the initiative?

Thinking of this, he swallowed softly, then looked away unnaturally.

The opening song of the popular TV series Ashes Empire is playing on the holographic screen, and it is already eight o'clock before you know it.

"Is it delicious?" Tao Tingting looked at Jiang Chen with a smile.

"Ah, it's delicious." Jiang Chen smiled in a panic, then buried his head and took a few bites of rice to hide the embarrassed expression on his face.

"I heard that there is a ghost in the school library, have you seen it?"

"You, ghosts are deceiving people, that kind of pseudoscience or something." Jiang Chen smiled strangely.

"Is it still satisfactory?" However, Tao Tingting's next sentence changed the topic somewhat.

"Satisfied," Jiang Chen asked in confusion. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked to the side. He scratched his red ears embarrassedly, and nodded stiffly, "Dang, of course I'm satisfied."

Is there anything more happier for an adolescent boy to be invited to her house by the goddess who is thinking about it day and night?

"Don't choke when you eat, come here and have a drink." Tao Tingting handed over the glass with a smile. It was the glass that Jiang Chen had just sipped.

"Hmm." He took the cup with slightly hot cheeks, Jiang Chen filled his mouth with water silently as if to hide his embarrassment.

By the way, isn't there soup? Why is it water...

The screen showed the follow-up plot of the Ashes Empire, Ryan fell in a pool of blood and stopped breathing. The unexpected ending always feels unspeakable hastily, as if a lot of explanations were started, but in the end, nothing was explained clearly and the eunuch was dismissed.

After the ending song is the end's blood.

Looking at Jiang Chen, who was lying drowsy on the dining table, a smile appeared on Tao Tingting's innocent and peaceful face.

That smile was strange and hollow.

So sleepy, so tired, so want to sleep...

Through that low and hazy vision, he only vaguely caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a pure white floral dress falling on the floor...

That Mo Qingbai is stepping on the faint steps, approaching him.

The back of his head was embraced by a gentle touch, and his consciousness gradually fell into the abyss. To be continued () "I have a suite in the last days" only represents the views of the author Morningstar LL. If you find that its content is in violation of national laws, please delete it. The position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!