The slowly falling sunset is melting into the horizon of Luoxia Province, but the ideal city is already covered with the curtain of night.
Translucent viewing elevator.
Fang Chang glanced at the business card in his hand, and then turned his eyes to the holographic screen on the viewing window.
Behind the jumping floor numbers are colorful neon lights, and if you look down, you will be an invisible abyss.
The building under his feet is called Yunjian University.
Although integrating the entire university into an office building sounds a bit outrageous, it seems that the students here are all employees who check in to work, but it is unexpectedly not inconsistent in the place like Ideal City.
After all, the people living here are nominally employees of this indescribable company.
Most students who graduate from here will become engineers and enter various departments of the company and subsidiaries with specific functions.
It would be much easier to understand if the title of university was replaced with the induction training department of the Human Resources Department.
But to be honest, although this university is named after the province, the feeling of taking an elevator through the clouds does have a bit of a smell of being in the clouds...
The number is frozen at 227.
With a ding sound, the alloy door behind Fangchang slid to both sides and opened like a subway that arrived at the station.
From the layers of neon lights outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Fang Chang turned around and left here, looking for the address on the business card, and continued to move along the corridor for a moment.
Soon, he came to a silver door.
As soon as his hand was placed on the button of the doorbell, the door in front of him opened with a bang, and a smiling face full of enthusiasm appeared behind the door.
welcome!Dear friend, you are the one who is popular all over the end of the cloud, right?Haha, please come in quickly!I wonder what made you, a big celebrity, interested in me, or was your research field interested in me?
Fang Chang was slightly stunned. He looked at the man with a passionate and exaggerated smile in front of him, and then looked at the business card in his hand, and his expression couldn't help but a hint of strangeness appeared.
Ai Chen, male, 55 years old, professor of neural algorithms and bionics at Yunjian University, and technical consultant of the Product R&D Department of Kangmao Group. His main research directions are logical operations simulation and thinking uploading, etc.
There is no doubt that it was him, he did not find the wrong person.
If he had no twin brothers...
I'm very willing to disturb you at this time, and I hope my visit has not disturbed your rest.
How could you take the liberty!What else is more pleasant than the ‘Heroes of the Alliance are interested in my research direction’?
Ai Chen had a happy smile on his face and invited Fang Chang into his office and continued.
And you came at the right time. If it were an hour earlier, I was still in the lab.
The office is spacious, with simple decoration without losing its style, but Fang Chang's attention is not on the room in front of him, but on the man in front of him.
Unlike the unkempt scholars and professors who I remember, he dressed very delicately. Although he was in his 50s, he looked only about 30 years old.
His look was like a suit and tie, and his big back with his hair combed behind his head made him look less like a professor, but rather like a lawyer or banking or financial practitioner.
Since coming to Ideal City, Fang Chang has been cooperating with Ambassador Shu Yu to attend various occasions to attract investment and sponsorship for the alliance.
Besides that, he did not forget another purpose of coming here to find a way to upload his thinking to the circuit board.
The player has countless lives, but NPC has only one.
Although this sounds a bit whimsical, he feels that since the game background is setting the future world, there should be a way to permanently retain human consciousness.
Just like a game in a fantasy context, it stores props similar to the soul's Horcrux.
Fortunately, the identity of a war hero has helped him a lot, and the videos that have been popular on the endpoint cloud have made him a star or internet celebrity in Ideal City.
When he learned that he was interested in his research direction, the professor immediately made an appointment with him to meet.
The two of them sat on the sofa.
Fang Chang satisfied his request for a photo, and after a simple greeting, he expressed his intention.
...I would like to ask you if there is a way to upload your thinking to the cloud or hard drive.
Perhaps because he talked about his professional field, the middle-aged professor put away his exaggerated smile and showed a meditative expression on his face.
But that is not like thinking about academic itself, but more like thinking about how to speak.
After about 5 minutes, he sighed softly and spoke.
Want a cup of coffee?
Fang Chang was slightly stunned.
Intuition told him that his expression should not seem like he was planning to say something optimistic.
No need... just give me a glass of water, thank you.
A cup of coffee, a cup of lemonade.Ai Chen made a gesture to the bionic assistant beside him.
The assistant turned around and went to the next room. After a while, he came back with a tray and respectfully placed the silver tea cup in front of the two of them.
Please use it slowly, sir.
After leaving this sentence, it turned around and stood quietly by the wall.
In order to avoid the uncanny valley effect, most bionic people will either make their facial features exactly the same as humans and install almost real-life transmission systems, or simply omit their facial features or make their facial features exaggerated.
This bionic man belongs to the former, not only like a real person, but also very beautiful.
I'm sorry about your business, I know what you're thinking, but... that's not something science can do.
Ai Chen picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat, and his eyes stopped on the beautiful bionic assistant not far away. After admiring for a moment, he continued suddenly.
My wife left three years ago.
Fang Chang slightly said and hesitated.
Can't even cure the medical conditions of Ideal City?
The bionic technology here can even change the complete set of parts on his body, and he really can't imagine any disease that cannot be cured.
Professor Ai Chen coughed softly in embarrassment.
By leaving, I mean leaving... She ran away with the business outside and went to seek the adventure and excitement of her dreams.
……Feel sorry.
No need to be sorry, this is nothing, let alone it is all in the past.People have the right to choose how to live, and where to go is her freedom. But I am a little bit petty, haha.
Putting the coffee cup gently on the tray, Ai Chen smiled and nodded to the bionic man beside him, signaling it to take the cup away.
His eyes remained behind the bionic man, and his voice seemed to be trapped in memories that had been long ago.
Actually, I once thought of making it into her appearance, not only her appearance, but also her memories and thoughts... to copy it together.
He keenly captured the keywords in this sentence, Fang Chang held his breath for a moment and subconsciously grabbed his knees with both hands.
It seems that what is grasping is hope.
What happened later?
Ai Chen smiled faintly.
Later, of course I succeeded.
Fang Chang looked at the bionic man in surprise and then looked at the professor sitting opposite him.
Then it is now...
Now it is just an ordinary bionic assistant.Because later... I deleted its data again.
Fang Chang was stunned.
After a long time, he continued.
……Why?
I have told you the reason, because that is not something that science can do.
Before Fang Chang could speak, Professor Ai Chen continued.
The person I love is gentle, kind, beautiful, generous, enthusiastic and unrestrained... But in fact, that's just my imagination.There are no perfect people in this world. Braveness is inevitable to be reckless, and caution is inevitable to be confused. Smart people are often arrogant, while arrogant people cannot see their feet.She was never perfect, just because she had filtered it because of love.
So when I tried to write her into an algorithm based on my memory, I quickly realized that the fictional personality I created was not her at all... Do you understand what I mean?
Fang Chang nodded silently, but soon shook his head again.
I know what you want to express...but I don't understand it very much. Wouldn't you just add those shortcomings?
Ai Chen said with a faint smile.
Because the problem is here, are you sure you know a person completely?Even if it's yourself.
This sentence stopped Fang Chang and couldn't speak for a while.
Looking at the young man who was in silence, Professor Ai Chen leaned back on the sofa, slowing down his speech, leaving him enough time to think.
Uploading your thinking to the cloud is not impossible. As long as a person is not inseparable from society, there will always be several brains that back up their memories about him.Convert these third-person memories into first-person, and then write these collected memory fragments into intelligent algorithms, you can get a person who is almost the same as her... Even if she is not objectively the same person, she can roughly meet your imagination of her.
However, the replica is not me after all, but just a doll that is versatile and just looks very similar.If you want something that way, I can certainly help you, just fill out a very long form.But according to your description, I have to ask you again, are you looking for that kind of thing?
Looking at the middle-aged man leaning on the sofa, Fang Chang was silent for a long time, and the thoughts in his mind were messed up.
If it is in reality, this is not a problem, but no matter how you hear it in the game, it seems like you have a serious illness.
Why is a piece of data copied from one hard disk to another? Why is it not the same piece of data?
And isn’t there a successful precedent for refuge No. 101?They not only reduced their consciousness to the virtual world, but also reproduced in the eternal virtual world!
This is obviously something that can be done!
Fang Chang felt that his request was not too much. He just wanted to leave a backup of Dolly's data, but the operator used the NPC to remind him that he would re-create an NPPPC using the backup data.
Then what am I?!
A completely real virtual reality game, do you need to simulate the reality even if you have such extra details...
Fang Chang felt a faint pain in his forehead.
He suddenly felt a little regretful about why he didn't choose the intelligence department at the beginning.
I just want to reserve a chance to resurrection for the important people, please, even once...
There was a hint of pleading in that voice.
This sentence is not for the NPC in front of you.
But to A Guang who didn't know where he was but always stared at them.
Professor Ai Chen stared at the young man in front of him for a while, and his gaze suddenly moved slowly and drifted towards the colorful neon lights outside the window.
The gorgeous light and shadow make people indulge in it, and all human thoughts can be satisfied in the prosperity visible to the naked eye.
It seems like there is anything here.
But there is nothing.
It is like the holographic images of that era, impeccable, but it is not.
He reached out and touched the bridge of his nose, and he sighed softly, and rarely did not follow the trend and learn from young people's speech.
...Many people have said this to me, but few people realize that life is precious only once.
If that person is really important to you, be nice to her for the rest of your time.Don't let her leave you, don't let her be hurt, don't let things start to regret when they are irreversible... and don't try to find comfort from memories like me.
This is the right thing to do.
……
Expectations are gone.
There is another sad person in Ideal City tonight.
However, Fang Chang's loss is just an isolated case. Most people in this city are still very happy, especially when it comes to the beginning of nightlife.
An office building on the edge of Ideal City.
In a small and light-impermeable studio, there are simply a few worthless sofas, tables, chairs and simple office utensils.
Bathed in the light of cheap incandescent lamps, a mole and several employees of the newly established Skeleton Studio were dancing excitedly at this moment.
Mom... This game is so fun!
After taking off his virtual reality glasses, the mole's face was filled with excitement and excitement.
Some time ago, everyone on the forum was joking and planned to go to Ideal City to play games, but only he took action and really made the game.
The studio directly uses the logo of the Skeleton Corps, and the name of the game is "Battle Royale". The gameplay cannot be said to be very similar to eating chicken, it can only be said to be almost exactly the same.
Just moved to the virtual reality platform.
Although it is not as real as immersive as "Wasteland OL", the completion level is already very high!
If he doesn't want to eat, he will invite Fang Chang to eat!
After all, he was the one who had seen the world. Xue Hongliang, the technical director and CEO he hired, did not react so much. After taking off his glasses, he just sighed simply.
...The only regret is that there is only one life, and it will be gone if it dies.
It was just that game.
Not long after he landed, he was taken away by a man-machine he designed.
The mole said with a smile.
You won’t understand this, the essence of this game is here!Although the equipment will be searched for nothing if you die, but from another perspective, isn’t the person you killed the same mentality?
The employees sitting in the room looked at each other and after exchanging their gaze, they thought that it seemed to make some sense.
The mole paused for a moment and continued slowly.
Especially when you reach the final circle, waiting in the grass for the final battle, thinking that half an hour of hard work, just a small mistake will turn into a bubble, your adrenaline will soar, and your hands will be so nervous that you sweat!And if you successfully eat chicken, all these hormones will be converted into happy dopamine in an instant
Wait a minute, there is a problem.The employee in charge of programming raised his hands.
Although he was very upset and was interrupted, the Mole still generously gave him a chance to speak.
explain.
The programmer said seriously.
The virtual reality system will sensory block the excessive stimuli that may cause health risks, and it is impossible to soar adrenaline and sweat on both hands...
The mole rolled his eyes.
I'm just making an analogy!Don't be so rigid, there will always be a feeling of nervousness, right?
The programmer scratched the back of his head.
Well, that's...
Mole glanced around the dozen employees present and continued to inject chicken blood with energy.
Anyway, this game’s selling point is here!
There is only one life, only one chance!Whether our studio can gain a place in Ideal City depends on this release!
After a week of development, the trial version of "Battle Royale" has been completed, and I have just logged into the game platform on the endpoint cloud, which is open to users for free download and trial play. After the trial play time exceeds two hours, the 20Cr buyout fee will be charged.
In the future, the functions of selling boxes and extracting out-of-print skins will be updated. Mole not only copied the game itself, but also copied the means of cutting leeks.
Since there are ready-made development tools to use, there are ready-made virtual models to purchase on the endpoint cloud, and those that cannot be purchased can be outsourced, so the development difficulty is not very high.
As for the rent of the company's venue, the monthly rent is 1,200Cr, which is not very expensive.
Labor is a little more expensive, and employees who know technology cannot pay the minimum hourly salary of 1Cr, and they still have to pay 8,000 to 10,000 Cr a month.
The bulk of the expenditure is not rent or manual, but the overhead of purchasing the right to use development tools, purchasing technical services and virtual models, and leasing endpoint cloud computing power.
All the expenses in a series are calculated, up to 1 million Cr!
This money is enough to buy a Hellhound unmanned vehicle plus an airborne missile!
As for where did this money come from?
Of course it was exchanged for silver coins.
A few days ago, with the efforts of managers and ambassador Shuyu, the alliance reached two key important agreements with the company.
One of them is the currency swap agreement.
According to the agreement, the two parties swap currencies with a total value of 300 million Cr at a fixed exchange rate of 3:1.
That is, 1Cr to 3 silver coins.
Since there is no fixed and stable market, it is difficult to convert purchasing power directly. After all, the prices of the same product in the valley province and the cloud province may be one in the sky and the other underground.
This exchange rate actually contains part of the meaning of subsidy, and the content of the subsidy is the added value of technology provided by the company to the alliance.
In addition, currency swap alone is obviously not enough, and in addition, the two parties have also made an agreement on how to use the money.
And this involves the second trade agreement.
In principle, only residents of Ideal City can register companies and trade equity, so residents of the alliance cannot work in enterprises or operate industries.
But there is not no room for flexibility.
And this newly signed trade agreement is one of the solutions.
As a permanent partner of a company, companies registered in the alliance and endorsed by the alliance can also be included in the company's whitelist.
After entering the whitelist, you can set up a branch in Ideal City to invest in non-core industries other than electricity, transportation, energy, etc.
Because it is the credit of the alliance as endorsement, if you want to enter the alliance's whitelist, you need to pass the approval.
However, the approval process is not complicated.
Companies that have made outstanding contributions to the alliance, or are collectively controlled by the shelter, can be quickly approved, obtain exchange limits and tickets to invest in Ideal City.
The former is such as Goblin Technology, Liszt Factory, etc., while the latter is such as Niuma Brick Factory, Factory No. 81, Baqi Aluminum Factory, etc.
1 million Cr, which is 3 million silver coins at a fixed exchange rate.
Mole must not have so much money.
What's more, this is just an early investment, and the actual funds are definitely much more than that.
However, after all, he is the second smartest boss of the server. After he started to think about it, he quickly came up with a solution.
According to the rules of the alpha version, he took out all his belongings and raised 1.5 million silver coins with his good brothers and registered a company called Skeleton Group.
Then he successfully raised 12 million silver coins in startup capital at the cost of a beautiful business plan and sacrificing 80% of the shares.
4 million Cr.
It's been enough for a while anyway.
He shared the remaining 20% of the shares with Yirena, Elf Wang Fugui and several other investors.
Although the shelter accounts for a large part, there are also many shares that can be distributed.
For example, he himself accounts for 8%, and as long as the game sells for 100 million, it will be 8 million!
After deducting costs and taxes, he also has at least six or seven million Cr!
If this were exchanged for silver coins...
The mole no longer dared to think about it.
After only a while, he couldn't help but drool. He was worried that he would be so excited that Gao Chao would be excited if he continued to make up for it.
In short, he opened this skeleton studio that is wholly owned by Skeleton Group with everyone's hard-earned money and shouldering everyone's expectations.
Under his unremitting encouragement, everyone finally restored this virtual reality version of the skydiving chicken masterpiece in "Wasteland OL".
I have to blow a wave of Ah light.
"Wasteland OL" can not only play games in the game, but also play games in the game.
This idea is simply overwhelming!
Although the trial version of "Battle Royale" only has an area of one island, which is slightly smaller than the super A-level masterpieces that are popular in Ideal City that often restore a world, he believes that gameplay and fun are the core of a game.
This market, which is still a blue ocean, is destined to have a place!
However
The ruthless reality quickly gave him a heavy blow.
The newly released "Battle Royale" was not as he expected. It was uploaded and became popular on the Internet. It was even as unknown as a piece of dust falling into a pond, and could not even see any waves.
So far, the only number of server visits is contributed by the employees in the studio.
Looking at the unmoving download volume, the mole that was dancing with excitement dozens of minutes ago was almost sweating.
The only thing that brought him some comfort was that there was no big deal to the game itself, but it just didn't have enough exposure.
Maybe it's time to get more exposure.
Suddenly I became popular all of a sudden...
Standing next to the boss and staring at the data on the screen, several employees in the studio also had regretful expressions.
What a pity... Such a fun game is not popular at all.
It's Ah...it's obviously quite fun.
We'd better not delay it for too long... No matter how delicious the soup is, it will be bad if it's stored for too long.
The development tools on the endpoint cloud are very mature, and the labor time required to develop a game is not long. However, it is precisely because of this that the highly inclined environment that most games are not only seriously homogenized, but also have shortened their lifespan.
Except for those open-world games that focus on virtual community development, with huge content and no repetition, most games have a lifespan of only one month, and the average game duration of players often does not exceed 24 hours.
Xue Hongliang, the studio's CEO and technical director, frowned and thought for a moment and said.
We should increase our investment in marketing promotion.
Recently, there is a very popular game promotion program on the endpoint cloud. Although the cost is a bit high, I think we can try it.
When the mole's eyebrows twitched as soon as he heard that the cost was a bit high.
How many?
About 1.2 million Cr?
As soon as he heard this number, he almost spurted out an old blood.
1.2 million?!
Can buy six missiles!
Our development costs are only less than 1 million... Is this price too expensive?Mole couldn't help but complain.
Xue Hongliang was stunned.
Isn’t it common sense that the promotion and distribution costs are higher than the development costs?
The mole was stunned.
However, seeing the other employees around him also had an expression of agreement, it didn't seem like he was bullying him and he didn't understand.
After taking a deep breath, the mole spoke, controlling his emotions.
Anyway... let me see what that show looks like first.
Xue Hongliang nodded, walked to another desk, and turned on the holographic TV that was placed there.
Light blue light and shadow appear, and the current channel is playing news.
He was about to switch channels, but his boss suddenly called him.
Wait...I'll finish reading this news.
Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment and pulled his index finger back to the side.
The images in the holographic image continue to play, and the news being broadcast seems to be interviews and reports about the situation on the Western Front.
...In order to reverse the decline of the frontal battlefield, the legion is deploying millions of tons of nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province.
Yue Qian, Minister of the General Management Department, emphasized that nuclear weapons of more than 100,000 tons should be strictly restricted. If those alien species continue to mutate and the fragile ecosystem continues to evolve in extreme directions, this planet will become unsurvivable in the future!
The coalition’s administrators also spoke in public speeches, strongly condemning the Legion’s deployment of nuclear weapons to the battlefield and said that the coalition’s residents would not succumb to the nuclear threat.
At present, the Supreme Council meeting is being held to discuss more specific response plans.According to people familiar with the matter, if the situation is true, the company's Supreme Council will approve the use of sealed weapons inventory...
In a holographic image.
The council representative surrounded by the drone said firmly.
...There is no doubt that those weapons are prepared for this moment!
Looking at the news in the holographic image, the employees in the studio looked at each other and took a breath of cold air after coming back to their senses.
Hiss...a million tons of nuclear bomb!
An employee asked curiously.
What is that concept?
Another employee thought about it and replied.
If it is an ideal city, everyone in this city can get an average of 100 kg or 10 kg equivalent.And if it is an alliance with a population of about 100,000, everyone can get about 10 tons.
The hissing sound was heard.
The cold air in the whole room was sucked away.
Everyone couldn't help but take a sneak peek at their boss.
They knew that the man said the couplet in a stuttering manner, and the man named Mole came from the Union in the southern part of the River Valley Province.
But to their surprise, they did not see fear in the man's face.
That expression seemed like a simple surprise.
And this is true, the mole staring at the holographic image was confused.
He had seen it on his official website that the Legion was deploying nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province, and even the announcement clearly mentioned that the Legion intended to use it in the rich capital of the Lion Kingdom.
However, looking at the news, the manager's serious words and tone...
Why do I feel like this nuclear bomb is going to be thrown over the Alliance's head?
Fake?
Seeing everyone looking at him, the Mole coughed gently and said in a serious voice.
Your boss's house is on fire... I'll probably have to go back and take a look in two days.
If the news is true, the mobilization order will probably come down soon. As the commander of the Skeleton Corps, of course, he would not be able to stay behind and let his brothers go on his behalf.
Xue Hongliang was stunned.
You... want to go to the front line?
Good guy.
They are eating chicken in the game.
Unexpectedly, their boss was eating chicken on the front line.
No wonder I can come up with such interesting ideas, it turns out that they are all real experiences!
That's sure!In fact, to be honest, driving a tank is your boss’s job, and starting a company is just a side job.
The mole smiled embarrassedly and continued to cough.
But don’t worry about me, working hard is the greatest support for me!Actually, I haven't told you that most of the revenue from this game will become the military expenditure of the Alliance's confrontation army.For every ten thousand games you sell, one more missile will be shot towards the Legion.
When this battle is over, I will come back and fight side by side with you!
After hearing this speech, almost all the employees in the office looked at him with admiration.
Xue Hongliang walked up with an excited look on his face and held his right hand tightly.
Boss, go with confidence, leave the company to me... We will definitely not let your expectations down!Realize your dream of selling millions!
The mole smiled and patted his right hand.
good!I'll feel relieved if you say this!
Translucent viewing elevator.
Fang Chang glanced at the business card in his hand, and then turned his eyes to the holographic screen on the viewing window.
Behind the jumping floor numbers are colorful neon lights, and if you look down, you will be an invisible abyss.
The building under his feet is called Yunjian University.
Although integrating the entire university into an office building sounds a bit outrageous, it seems that the students here are all employees who check in to work, but it is unexpectedly not inconsistent in the place like Ideal City.
After all, the people living here are nominally employees of this indescribable company.
Most students who graduate from here will become engineers and enter various departments of the company and subsidiaries with specific functions.
It would be much easier to understand if the title of university was replaced with the induction training department of the Human Resources Department.
But to be honest, although this university is named after the province, the feeling of taking an elevator through the clouds does have a bit of a smell of being in the clouds...
The number is frozen at 227.
With a ding sound, the alloy door behind Fangchang slid to both sides and opened like a subway that arrived at the station.
From the layers of neon lights outside the floor-to-ceiling window, Fang Chang turned around and left here, looking for the address on the business card, and continued to move along the corridor for a moment.
Soon, he came to a silver door.
As soon as his hand was placed on the button of the doorbell, the door in front of him opened with a bang, and a smiling face full of enthusiasm appeared behind the door.
welcome!Dear friend, you are the one who is popular all over the end of the cloud, right?Haha, please come in quickly!I wonder what made you, a big celebrity, interested in me, or was your research field interested in me?
Fang Chang was slightly stunned. He looked at the man with a passionate and exaggerated smile in front of him, and then looked at the business card in his hand, and his expression couldn't help but a hint of strangeness appeared.
Ai Chen, male, 55 years old, professor of neural algorithms and bionics at Yunjian University, and technical consultant of the Product R&D Department of Kangmao Group. His main research directions are logical operations simulation and thinking uploading, etc.
There is no doubt that it was him, he did not find the wrong person.
If he had no twin brothers...
I'm very willing to disturb you at this time, and I hope my visit has not disturbed your rest.
How could you take the liberty!What else is more pleasant than the ‘Heroes of the Alliance are interested in my research direction’?
Ai Chen had a happy smile on his face and invited Fang Chang into his office and continued.
And you came at the right time. If it were an hour earlier, I was still in the lab.
The office is spacious, with simple decoration without losing its style, but Fang Chang's attention is not on the room in front of him, but on the man in front of him.
Unlike the unkempt scholars and professors who I remember, he dressed very delicately. Although he was in his 50s, he looked only about 30 years old.
His look was like a suit and tie, and his big back with his hair combed behind his head made him look less like a professor, but rather like a lawyer or banking or financial practitioner.
Since coming to Ideal City, Fang Chang has been cooperating with Ambassador Shu Yu to attend various occasions to attract investment and sponsorship for the alliance.
Besides that, he did not forget another purpose of coming here to find a way to upload his thinking to the circuit board.
The player has countless lives, but NPC has only one.
Although this sounds a bit whimsical, he feels that since the game background is setting the future world, there should be a way to permanently retain human consciousness.
Just like a game in a fantasy context, it stores props similar to the soul's Horcrux.
Fortunately, the identity of a war hero has helped him a lot, and the videos that have been popular on the endpoint cloud have made him a star or internet celebrity in Ideal City.
When he learned that he was interested in his research direction, the professor immediately made an appointment with him to meet.
The two of them sat on the sofa.
Fang Chang satisfied his request for a photo, and after a simple greeting, he expressed his intention.
...I would like to ask you if there is a way to upload your thinking to the cloud or hard drive.
Perhaps because he talked about his professional field, the middle-aged professor put away his exaggerated smile and showed a meditative expression on his face.
But that is not like thinking about academic itself, but more like thinking about how to speak.
After about 5 minutes, he sighed softly and spoke.
Want a cup of coffee?
Fang Chang was slightly stunned.
Intuition told him that his expression should not seem like he was planning to say something optimistic.
No need... just give me a glass of water, thank you.
A cup of coffee, a cup of lemonade.Ai Chen made a gesture to the bionic assistant beside him.
The assistant turned around and went to the next room. After a while, he came back with a tray and respectfully placed the silver tea cup in front of the two of them.
Please use it slowly, sir.
After leaving this sentence, it turned around and stood quietly by the wall.
In order to avoid the uncanny valley effect, most bionic people will either make their facial features exactly the same as humans and install almost real-life transmission systems, or simply omit their facial features or make their facial features exaggerated.
This bionic man belongs to the former, not only like a real person, but also very beautiful.
I'm sorry about your business, I know what you're thinking, but... that's not something science can do.
Ai Chen picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat, and his eyes stopped on the beautiful bionic assistant not far away. After admiring for a moment, he continued suddenly.
My wife left three years ago.
Fang Chang slightly said and hesitated.
Can't even cure the medical conditions of Ideal City?
The bionic technology here can even change the complete set of parts on his body, and he really can't imagine any disease that cannot be cured.
Professor Ai Chen coughed softly in embarrassment.
By leaving, I mean leaving... She ran away with the business outside and went to seek the adventure and excitement of her dreams.
……Feel sorry.
No need to be sorry, this is nothing, let alone it is all in the past.People have the right to choose how to live, and where to go is her freedom. But I am a little bit petty, haha.
Putting the coffee cup gently on the tray, Ai Chen smiled and nodded to the bionic man beside him, signaling it to take the cup away.
His eyes remained behind the bionic man, and his voice seemed to be trapped in memories that had been long ago.
Actually, I once thought of making it into her appearance, not only her appearance, but also her memories and thoughts... to copy it together.
He keenly captured the keywords in this sentence, Fang Chang held his breath for a moment and subconsciously grabbed his knees with both hands.
It seems that what is grasping is hope.
What happened later?
Ai Chen smiled faintly.
Later, of course I succeeded.
Fang Chang looked at the bionic man in surprise and then looked at the professor sitting opposite him.
Then it is now...
Now it is just an ordinary bionic assistant.Because later... I deleted its data again.
Fang Chang was stunned.
After a long time, he continued.
……Why?
I have told you the reason, because that is not something that science can do.
Before Fang Chang could speak, Professor Ai Chen continued.
The person I love is gentle, kind, beautiful, generous, enthusiastic and unrestrained... But in fact, that's just my imagination.There are no perfect people in this world. Braveness is inevitable to be reckless, and caution is inevitable to be confused. Smart people are often arrogant, while arrogant people cannot see their feet.She was never perfect, just because she had filtered it because of love.
So when I tried to write her into an algorithm based on my memory, I quickly realized that the fictional personality I created was not her at all... Do you understand what I mean?
Fang Chang nodded silently, but soon shook his head again.
I know what you want to express...but I don't understand it very much. Wouldn't you just add those shortcomings?
Ai Chen said with a faint smile.
Because the problem is here, are you sure you know a person completely?Even if it's yourself.
This sentence stopped Fang Chang and couldn't speak for a while.
Looking at the young man who was in silence, Professor Ai Chen leaned back on the sofa, slowing down his speech, leaving him enough time to think.
Uploading your thinking to the cloud is not impossible. As long as a person is not inseparable from society, there will always be several brains that back up their memories about him.Convert these third-person memories into first-person, and then write these collected memory fragments into intelligent algorithms, you can get a person who is almost the same as her... Even if she is not objectively the same person, she can roughly meet your imagination of her.
However, the replica is not me after all, but just a doll that is versatile and just looks very similar.If you want something that way, I can certainly help you, just fill out a very long form.But according to your description, I have to ask you again, are you looking for that kind of thing?
Looking at the middle-aged man leaning on the sofa, Fang Chang was silent for a long time, and the thoughts in his mind were messed up.
If it is in reality, this is not a problem, but no matter how you hear it in the game, it seems like you have a serious illness.
Why is a piece of data copied from one hard disk to another? Why is it not the same piece of data?
And isn’t there a successful precedent for refuge No. 101?They not only reduced their consciousness to the virtual world, but also reproduced in the eternal virtual world!
This is obviously something that can be done!
Fang Chang felt that his request was not too much. He just wanted to leave a backup of Dolly's data, but the operator used the NPC to remind him that he would re-create an NPPPC using the backup data.
Then what am I?!
A completely real virtual reality game, do you need to simulate the reality even if you have such extra details...
Fang Chang felt a faint pain in his forehead.
He suddenly felt a little regretful about why he didn't choose the intelligence department at the beginning.
I just want to reserve a chance to resurrection for the important people, please, even once...
There was a hint of pleading in that voice.
This sentence is not for the NPC in front of you.
But to A Guang who didn't know where he was but always stared at them.
Professor Ai Chen stared at the young man in front of him for a while, and his gaze suddenly moved slowly and drifted towards the colorful neon lights outside the window.
The gorgeous light and shadow make people indulge in it, and all human thoughts can be satisfied in the prosperity visible to the naked eye.
It seems like there is anything here.
But there is nothing.
It is like the holographic images of that era, impeccable, but it is not.
He reached out and touched the bridge of his nose, and he sighed softly, and rarely did not follow the trend and learn from young people's speech.
...Many people have said this to me, but few people realize that life is precious only once.
If that person is really important to you, be nice to her for the rest of your time.Don't let her leave you, don't let her be hurt, don't let things start to regret when they are irreversible... and don't try to find comfort from memories like me.
This is the right thing to do.
……
Expectations are gone.
There is another sad person in Ideal City tonight.
However, Fang Chang's loss is just an isolated case. Most people in this city are still very happy, especially when it comes to the beginning of nightlife.
An office building on the edge of Ideal City.
In a small and light-impermeable studio, there are simply a few worthless sofas, tables, chairs and simple office utensils.
Bathed in the light of cheap incandescent lamps, a mole and several employees of the newly established Skeleton Studio were dancing excitedly at this moment.
Mom... This game is so fun!
After taking off his virtual reality glasses, the mole's face was filled with excitement and excitement.
Some time ago, everyone on the forum was joking and planned to go to Ideal City to play games, but only he took action and really made the game.
The studio directly uses the logo of the Skeleton Corps, and the name of the game is "Battle Royale". The gameplay cannot be said to be very similar to eating chicken, it can only be said to be almost exactly the same.
Just moved to the virtual reality platform.
Although it is not as real as immersive as "Wasteland OL", the completion level is already very high!
If he doesn't want to eat, he will invite Fang Chang to eat!
After all, he was the one who had seen the world. Xue Hongliang, the technical director and CEO he hired, did not react so much. After taking off his glasses, he just sighed simply.
...The only regret is that there is only one life, and it will be gone if it dies.
It was just that game.
Not long after he landed, he was taken away by a man-machine he designed.
The mole said with a smile.
You won’t understand this, the essence of this game is here!Although the equipment will be searched for nothing if you die, but from another perspective, isn’t the person you killed the same mentality?
The employees sitting in the room looked at each other and after exchanging their gaze, they thought that it seemed to make some sense.
The mole paused for a moment and continued slowly.
Especially when you reach the final circle, waiting in the grass for the final battle, thinking that half an hour of hard work, just a small mistake will turn into a bubble, your adrenaline will soar, and your hands will be so nervous that you sweat!And if you successfully eat chicken, all these hormones will be converted into happy dopamine in an instant
Wait a minute, there is a problem.The employee in charge of programming raised his hands.
Although he was very upset and was interrupted, the Mole still generously gave him a chance to speak.
explain.
The programmer said seriously.
The virtual reality system will sensory block the excessive stimuli that may cause health risks, and it is impossible to soar adrenaline and sweat on both hands...
The mole rolled his eyes.
I'm just making an analogy!Don't be so rigid, there will always be a feeling of nervousness, right?
The programmer scratched the back of his head.
Well, that's...
Mole glanced around the dozen employees present and continued to inject chicken blood with energy.
Anyway, this game’s selling point is here!
There is only one life, only one chance!Whether our studio can gain a place in Ideal City depends on this release!
After a week of development, the trial version of "Battle Royale" has been completed, and I have just logged into the game platform on the endpoint cloud, which is open to users for free download and trial play. After the trial play time exceeds two hours, the 20Cr buyout fee will be charged.
In the future, the functions of selling boxes and extracting out-of-print skins will be updated. Mole not only copied the game itself, but also copied the means of cutting leeks.
Since there are ready-made development tools to use, there are ready-made virtual models to purchase on the endpoint cloud, and those that cannot be purchased can be outsourced, so the development difficulty is not very high.
As for the rent of the company's venue, the monthly rent is 1,200Cr, which is not very expensive.
Labor is a little more expensive, and employees who know technology cannot pay the minimum hourly salary of 1Cr, and they still have to pay 8,000 to 10,000 Cr a month.
The bulk of the expenditure is not rent or manual, but the overhead of purchasing the right to use development tools, purchasing technical services and virtual models, and leasing endpoint cloud computing power.
All the expenses in a series are calculated, up to 1 million Cr!
This money is enough to buy a Hellhound unmanned vehicle plus an airborne missile!
As for where did this money come from?
Of course it was exchanged for silver coins.
A few days ago, with the efforts of managers and ambassador Shuyu, the alliance reached two key important agreements with the company.
One of them is the currency swap agreement.
According to the agreement, the two parties swap currencies with a total value of 300 million Cr at a fixed exchange rate of 3:1.
That is, 1Cr to 3 silver coins.
Since there is no fixed and stable market, it is difficult to convert purchasing power directly. After all, the prices of the same product in the valley province and the cloud province may be one in the sky and the other underground.
This exchange rate actually contains part of the meaning of subsidy, and the content of the subsidy is the added value of technology provided by the company to the alliance.
In addition, currency swap alone is obviously not enough, and in addition, the two parties have also made an agreement on how to use the money.
And this involves the second trade agreement.
In principle, only residents of Ideal City can register companies and trade equity, so residents of the alliance cannot work in enterprises or operate industries.
But there is not no room for flexibility.
And this newly signed trade agreement is one of the solutions.
As a permanent partner of a company, companies registered in the alliance and endorsed by the alliance can also be included in the company's whitelist.
After entering the whitelist, you can set up a branch in Ideal City to invest in non-core industries other than electricity, transportation, energy, etc.
Because it is the credit of the alliance as endorsement, if you want to enter the alliance's whitelist, you need to pass the approval.
However, the approval process is not complicated.
Companies that have made outstanding contributions to the alliance, or are collectively controlled by the shelter, can be quickly approved, obtain exchange limits and tickets to invest in Ideal City.
The former is such as Goblin Technology, Liszt Factory, etc., while the latter is such as Niuma Brick Factory, Factory No. 81, Baqi Aluminum Factory, etc.
1 million Cr, which is 3 million silver coins at a fixed exchange rate.
Mole must not have so much money.
What's more, this is just an early investment, and the actual funds are definitely much more than that.
However, after all, he is the second smartest boss of the server. After he started to think about it, he quickly came up with a solution.
According to the rules of the alpha version, he took out all his belongings and raised 1.5 million silver coins with his good brothers and registered a company called Skeleton Group.
Then he successfully raised 12 million silver coins in startup capital at the cost of a beautiful business plan and sacrificing 80% of the shares.
4 million Cr.
It's been enough for a while anyway.
He shared the remaining 20% of the shares with Yirena, Elf Wang Fugui and several other investors.
Although the shelter accounts for a large part, there are also many shares that can be distributed.
For example, he himself accounts for 8%, and as long as the game sells for 100 million, it will be 8 million!
After deducting costs and taxes, he also has at least six or seven million Cr!
If this were exchanged for silver coins...
The mole no longer dared to think about it.
After only a while, he couldn't help but drool. He was worried that he would be so excited that Gao Chao would be excited if he continued to make up for it.
In short, he opened this skeleton studio that is wholly owned by Skeleton Group with everyone's hard-earned money and shouldering everyone's expectations.
Under his unremitting encouragement, everyone finally restored this virtual reality version of the skydiving chicken masterpiece in "Wasteland OL".
I have to blow a wave of Ah light.
"Wasteland OL" can not only play games in the game, but also play games in the game.
This idea is simply overwhelming!
Although the trial version of "Battle Royale" only has an area of one island, which is slightly smaller than the super A-level masterpieces that are popular in Ideal City that often restore a world, he believes that gameplay and fun are the core of a game.
This market, which is still a blue ocean, is destined to have a place!
However
The ruthless reality quickly gave him a heavy blow.
The newly released "Battle Royale" was not as he expected. It was uploaded and became popular on the Internet. It was even as unknown as a piece of dust falling into a pond, and could not even see any waves.
So far, the only number of server visits is contributed by the employees in the studio.
Looking at the unmoving download volume, the mole that was dancing with excitement dozens of minutes ago was almost sweating.
The only thing that brought him some comfort was that there was no big deal to the game itself, but it just didn't have enough exposure.
Maybe it's time to get more exposure.
Suddenly I became popular all of a sudden...
Standing next to the boss and staring at the data on the screen, several employees in the studio also had regretful expressions.
What a pity... Such a fun game is not popular at all.
It's Ah...it's obviously quite fun.
We'd better not delay it for too long... No matter how delicious the soup is, it will be bad if it's stored for too long.
The development tools on the endpoint cloud are very mature, and the labor time required to develop a game is not long. However, it is precisely because of this that the highly inclined environment that most games are not only seriously homogenized, but also have shortened their lifespan.
Except for those open-world games that focus on virtual community development, with huge content and no repetition, most games have a lifespan of only one month, and the average game duration of players often does not exceed 24 hours.
Xue Hongliang, the studio's CEO and technical director, frowned and thought for a moment and said.
We should increase our investment in marketing promotion.
Recently, there is a very popular game promotion program on the endpoint cloud. Although the cost is a bit high, I think we can try it.
When the mole's eyebrows twitched as soon as he heard that the cost was a bit high.
How many?
About 1.2 million Cr?
As soon as he heard this number, he almost spurted out an old blood.
1.2 million?!
Can buy six missiles!
Our development costs are only less than 1 million... Is this price too expensive?Mole couldn't help but complain.
Xue Hongliang was stunned.
Isn’t it common sense that the promotion and distribution costs are higher than the development costs?
The mole was stunned.
However, seeing the other employees around him also had an expression of agreement, it didn't seem like he was bullying him and he didn't understand.
After taking a deep breath, the mole spoke, controlling his emotions.
Anyway... let me see what that show looks like first.
Xue Hongliang nodded, walked to another desk, and turned on the holographic TV that was placed there.
Light blue light and shadow appear, and the current channel is playing news.
He was about to switch channels, but his boss suddenly called him.
Wait...I'll finish reading this news.
Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment and pulled his index finger back to the side.
The images in the holographic image continue to play, and the news being broadcast seems to be interviews and reports about the situation on the Western Front.
...In order to reverse the decline of the frontal battlefield, the legion is deploying millions of tons of nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province.
Yue Qian, Minister of the General Management Department, emphasized that nuclear weapons of more than 100,000 tons should be strictly restricted. If those alien species continue to mutate and the fragile ecosystem continues to evolve in extreme directions, this planet will become unsurvivable in the future!
The coalition’s administrators also spoke in public speeches, strongly condemning the Legion’s deployment of nuclear weapons to the battlefield and said that the coalition’s residents would not succumb to the nuclear threat.
At present, the Supreme Council meeting is being held to discuss more specific response plans.According to people familiar with the matter, if the situation is true, the company's Supreme Council will approve the use of sealed weapons inventory...
In a holographic image.
The council representative surrounded by the drone said firmly.
...There is no doubt that those weapons are prepared for this moment!
Looking at the news in the holographic image, the employees in the studio looked at each other and took a breath of cold air after coming back to their senses.
Hiss...a million tons of nuclear bomb!
An employee asked curiously.
What is that concept?
Another employee thought about it and replied.
If it is an ideal city, everyone in this city can get an average of 100 kg or 10 kg equivalent.And if it is an alliance with a population of about 100,000, everyone can get about 10 tons.
The hissing sound was heard.
The cold air in the whole room was sucked away.
Everyone couldn't help but take a sneak peek at their boss.
They knew that the man said the couplet in a stuttering manner, and the man named Mole came from the Union in the southern part of the River Valley Province.
But to their surprise, they did not see fear in the man's face.
That expression seemed like a simple surprise.
And this is true, the mole staring at the holographic image was confused.
He had seen it on his official website that the Legion was deploying nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province, and even the announcement clearly mentioned that the Legion intended to use it in the rich capital of the Lion Kingdom.
However, looking at the news, the manager's serious words and tone...
Why do I feel like this nuclear bomb is going to be thrown over the Alliance's head?
Fake?
Seeing everyone looking at him, the Mole coughed gently and said in a serious voice.
Your boss's house is on fire... I'll probably have to go back and take a look in two days.
If the news is true, the mobilization order will probably come down soon. As the commander of the Skeleton Corps, of course, he would not be able to stay behind and let his brothers go on his behalf.
Xue Hongliang was stunned.
You... want to go to the front line?
Good guy.
They are eating chicken in the game.
Unexpectedly, their boss was eating chicken on the front line.
No wonder I can come up with such interesting ideas, it turns out that they are all real experiences!
That's sure!In fact, to be honest, driving a tank is your boss’s job, and starting a company is just a side job.
The mole smiled embarrassedly and continued to cough.
But don’t worry about me, working hard is the greatest support for me!Actually, I haven't told you that most of the revenue from this game will become the military expenditure of the Alliance's confrontation army.For every ten thousand games you sell, one more missile will be shot towards the Legion.
When this battle is over, I will come back and fight side by side with you!
After hearing this speech, almost all the employees in the office looked at him with admiration.
Xue Hongliang walked up with an excited look on his face and held his right hand tightly.
Boss, go with confidence, leave the company to me... We will definitely not let your expectations down!Realize your dream of selling millions!
The mole smiled and patted his right hand.
good!I'll feel relieved if you say this!
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