Extraordinary Nobility

At the end of November 2039, in a secret laboratory on the outskirts of J City, the capital of Malaysia, the world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Morris was instructing his assistant: “Contact headquarters immediately. Report the preliminary plan for the first human brain read-write experiment to the BOSS, and request approval to officially initiate the experimental timetable.”

“I’m already here. Go ahead and report.” Suddenly, a man’s voice sounded in the lab, calm and composed, conveying the sense of someone who had everything under control.

Both Morris and his assistant felt a chill run through them as they turned their eyes to the snow-white wall. Soon, the wall changed color, displaying a clear image: a thin man sat in a wheelchair that could have stepped out of a science fiction film. Next to him stood a young man in a sharply tailored suit—his assistant.

“Good day, BOSS.” Morris and his assistant bowed respectfully to the man on the screen. This man in the wheelchair was none other than their employer, Qin Feng.

Qin Feng, male, forty-nine years old—father of artificial intelligence, financial tycoon, the world’s richest man, double Ph.D. in electronics and biology, and investor in the Morris Laboratory. He was also a patient suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

A prodigy, Qin Feng had shown an extraordinary capacity for learning even in elementary school. At age twelve, his parents took him for an IQ test; the result was a staggering 160. After finishing middle school, he was admitted to MIT to study computer science, earning his