The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 693 Outrageous Bug, A Day Trip to a Terrible Work
What does the inside of a black hole look like?
This is a fascinating question.

Scientists in astrophysics and theoretical physics, science popularizers, science fiction writers, and countless astronomy enthusiasts... countless people are deeply curious about this question and have made their own scientific or romantic conjectures.

But before that, all speculation remained just speculation.

At most, a computer can simulate a video, but it is still limited by the computer's computing power, so the final result is never perfect.

But now, a supermassive black hole, simulated by a photon topology server and visible to the naked eye, even "within reach," has appeared before everyone's eyes.

How can you not make people yearn for it?

Not to mention casual gamers, netizens, and astronomy enthusiasts, even renowned astrophysicists have turned their attention to this event.

They even dream of being there in person.

But when they actually arrived at the neighborhood that had been reduced to ruins, they found that there was already a long queue in front of this small black hole with no gravity and a diameter of just over two meters.

Players eager to die not only crowded the streets, but even the area above the black hole was utilized, with players jumping into the black hole one after another.

They were somewhat helpless, but had no choice but to join the queue.

While waiting, they also saw a team of players carrying a cigar-shaped device that was four meters long and one and a half meters wide, queuing up.

To their surprise, the rusty and seemingly rudimentary aircraft was equipped with a total of six small jet engines!

Upon closer inspection, it turns out this thing was actually modified from a submarine!

The idea that these people planned to use submarines to fly into space seemed utterly absurd to them.

But what's even more absurd is—

It doesn’t seem impossible!
According to videos circulating online, the player's location after leaving the "pipe" is still a long distance from the supermassive black hole, and the gravitational force experienced is not very high.

One player even said, "It feels like I could fight the gravity of a black hole by holding a fire extinguisher."

If luck is on your side and the thrust is sufficient, this space submarine might be able to circle the black hole many times before crashing into it.

If a stronger, more powerful spaceship could be sent there, it might even become a semi-permanent space base, like those planets outside the black hole.

"It's a pity, unless we can reach a cooperation agreement with Zhumeng, it will probably be difficult to achieve."

An old man with a white beard sighed.

“Yes,” echoed the 18-year-old blond youth beside him. “It’s such a pity. With the current technology at Dream Building, many thought experiments that are currently only on paper can be simulated with high realism. The value of this in scientific research is immeasurable! But he just uses it to play around… This is… such a waste!”

“Old George, you…” The white-bearded old man couldn’t help but shake his head, “How do you know that Xu Meng didn’t use the technology for scientific research? Maybe our Xia country colleagues have already used it, they just haven’t made it public. You know they love to keep things to themselves.”

"Ugh……"

He, along with the blond young man who had rejuvenated, and a group of foreign researchers around him, all sighed.

His face was full of envy.

However, after their sigh, they began to ponder: "If we go directly to Zhumeng, they won't pay any attention to us. Could we take a roundabout approach and cooperate with our counterparts in Xia Kingdom?"

"Or perhaps we could connect our university with Ningzhou University to work on a joint research project, and then have the universities and government in Ningzhou communicate with Zhumeng to seek technical support?"

The group of elderly researchers fell silent.

Soon someone nodded and said, "No matter what, it's always good to give it a try."

Others also echoed:

"Yes, there's no loss anyway."

"The universities in Ningzhou are indeed very advanced in their exploration and practice of holography and virtualization, which is something we should learn from."

"That's right!"

……

Looking at the world now, outside of Xia Kingdom, only marginal industries have reached a cooperation agreement with Xu Meng after paying a huge price, and have obtained the opportunity to conduct a simulation experiment to land on Mars.

This has made many scientific research and development institutions and enterprises extremely envious.

These astrophysicists are no exception.

The sudden appearance of this giant black hole has ignited this sentiment even more, making them eager to build a space laboratory near the black hole and conduct a whole host of simulation experiments!

As a result, one cooperation application after another flew from all over the world to Xia Kingdom and to Zhumeng.

Players react a bit slower.

It took some time to evolve from simply "appreciating the wonders of black holes" to "is it possible to build a permanent base outside a black hole?"

But their approach is different from that of those who conduct scientific research.

Instead of going to Xu Meng or Mansheng's operations department to ask for a solution, they started to think of their own!

Although many experts in "game research" go to participate in the creative competition's trial play, in the virtual world, similar experts are everywhere!

Soon, a large group of people "coordinated" the arrival of a small spaceship called [Sky Shuttle] and began dismantling it.

The idea is very simple—

Step 1: Disassemble the spaceship into parts.

Step 2: Manually transport the parts through the black hole.

Step 3: Reassemble in space!

Whether it will work or not is unclear, but let's just get started and see!
The dismantling had only just begun when another team of players had a new idea: Could we land on those planets around the black hole?
Could we build a base there?
……

Soon, the players in the Sprawling City found new fun and got busy on their own.
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At the same time, the players in the sea of ​​creativity were also amazed!

—Not because I saw a magnificent view I had never seen before, but because I saw a lot of ridiculous bugs that I had never imagined.

In just half an hour, the electronic music Edison burst the bubble of the "Beach Connect" world.

At first, he thought the developers would design some protective measures.

For example, controlling the total number of objects in the world, and stopping the generation of new objects once the limit is exceeded.

Another, more ingenious approach is to generate all objects of the same color once the limit is exceeded, thus quickly reducing the total number of objects in the world.

But what left him speechless was:
The developers didn't implement any restrictions at all!
After he manually matched and repositioned the NPCs, mixing the seven colors of NPCs and filling the seaside park, the entire "matching" process went into automation.

Due to space constraints, each newly created NPC will be tightly crammed together with other NPCs.

Then, because of the different colors, new NPCs were created again.

The new NPC will then initiate the next chain reaction.

Although "same color elimination" may occasionally be triggered, the probability is far lower than "different color offspring".

Soon, the ground space was no longer enough, and the continuous stream of new NPCs piled up into a mountain of people, and this mountain of people was still growing taller!

Even more outrageous is that this developer probably thought that intelligent NPCs were superior to non-intelligent NPCs, and since the [Genesis Engine] has a built-in function to give basic intelligence with one click, he happily added this function.

The result is--

Electro-Edison watched as hundreds or even thousands of NPCs were piled together, howling in agony from being squeezed, suffocated, and in pain. They frantically pulled and tore at other NPCs, trying to squeeze out, but each touch only created new NPCs, leaving them helplessly overwhelmed by the sheer number of human bodies...

The electronic music Edison and his viewers were horrified, their scalps tingling and goosebumps rising all over their bodies!

This is even more terrifying than a mountain of corpses!
At least there won't be two thousand arms reaching out and tearing each other apart in the mountain of corpses, nor will there be a thousand mouths crying for help...

When the mountain of living corpses grew to 20 meters high, the newly generated NPCs rolled down the mountain like falling rocks, all the way to the feet of Electro Edison, tugging at his calves.

"Fuck!"

The electronic music made Edison jump back instantly, as if he had been electrocuted.

He was already beginning to regret it.

He never expected that such a hellish scene would unfold!
Is it really necessary to give NPCs such rich dynamics, behaviors, language, and intelligence in a simple connect-the-dots game?

This is too perverted!

But by then it's too late to regret it.

The "mountain of zombies" grew taller and larger, gradually engulfing his last foothold. Only when he stepped into the sea did he realize that the ocean was the boundary of this small scene, and he had nowhere left to retreat.

Then the NPCs rolling down the "mountain of zombies" began to overwhelm him.

"Holy shit, shit, shit!"

While yelling, Electro Edison frantically pulled at more and more NPCs, trying to stay on top of them.

But the NPCs are all alive, so why would they want to be trampled by him?

Not to mention that the NPCs are constantly "vibrating," with new NPCs being created continuously.

Before long, he was grabbed by countless hands and his limbs, unable to move as he was submerged by an endless stream of human bodies.

Even his face was being pressed and torn by several hands, turning red in the face, and he could only make incoherent "ooh ooh ooh" noises, unable to speak clearly.

The viewers in the live stream also found the scene terrifying and horrifying, and they lost all interest in posting comments.

But seeing the miserable state of the electronic Edison, I immediately stopped feeling scared.

The comments section also became lively:
"Hahaha! What goes around comes around!"

"Is this the power of a zombie army? How terrifying, hahaha!"

"Truly a sea of ​​people!"

"This is too tragic, my god... What's the name of this game? I need to avoid it."

"Avoid my foot! What you really need to avoid is Edison!"

……

While the viewers mocked Edison, they watched as more and more NPCs stopped spreading outwards after touching the air wall of the ocean, and instead piled up higher and higher.

Some people then realized that this matching game had no death mechanic.

Therefore, there is no such thing as resurrection.

The electronic Edison could only be buried in this mountain of people, unable to move.

He couldn't even quit the game—his limbs were immobilized, his mouth was being torn apart, and he couldn't operate the game with his hands or force quit via voice commands.

They were frozen in place.

Kind-hearted netizens even started to worry and suggested that they contact customer service.

Eventually, after rising to 100 meters, this "mountain of zombies" reached the "boundary" of this world and stopped rising.

However, the developers did not design a stopping mechanism, so new NPCs continued to be generated!

Unable to break through the limits, they pressed this "mountain of living corpses" harder and harder, making it denser and denser.

The electronic music Edison was so crowded that he started rolling his eyes.

The players stopped laughing and started calling Xu Meng and customer service.

This agonizing experience lasted for a full two minutes before the live stream suddenly zoomed out.

Step out of the game world and return to the sea of ​​creativity.

The viewers stared with furrowed brows at the bubble, which was packed full of countless human figures, and then—

"Boom!"

The bubbles burst in front of everyone's eyes.

The electronic Edison, who was rolling his eyes wildly, was finally freed and appeared in the sea of ​​creativity.

Before him lay only the remnants of that bubble world—miniature fragments of the seaside park, and the small group of NPCs that had finally disintegrated.

Fortunately, after arriving at the Sea of ​​Creativity, the rules of the game world finally broke down, and these NPCs stopped multiplying.

Edison felt both fortunate and regretful about the electronic music.

—It would be quite interesting if NPCs could be filled with a sea of ​​creativity.
The idea flashed through my mind.

Soon, the painful experience of being crushed and suffocated under a pile of people rushed into my mind.

He opened the game log.

"Let me see what this game is called, 'Colorful World,' right? I'm giving you a 1-star review!!!"

He opened the evaluation option, typed away furiously, and wrote a short essay of 600 words!
However, he didn't just leave mindless negative reviews; instead, he wrote down all the problems and bugs he discovered, as well as optimization suggestions.

Finally, a negative summary was given:
"With this level of skill, don't bother making games. Go home and grow sweet potatoes!"

"Confirm delivery!"

Eddie was furious.

But soon, an even more distressing problem arose:
[Your playtime is less than 1 hour; you cannot submit a review at this time.]
"You son of a bitch..." Electro Edison looked at his painstakingly written 600-word essay, feeling extremely unwilling.

"Fine, I'll go in again and play through the game he designed to make up the time limit."

But here comes the problem——

The bubble in "Colorful World" has burst, leaving only some debris in front of you.

He can't get in.

"???" Edison was a little flustered.

"Wait, the world's been destroyed? Won't it repair itself?"

"I accidentally... destroyed a game that someone spent months designing???"

"This...I..."

He just wanted to create a good show effect; he didn't mean to ruin someone else's work!

As he watched the remains of the world bubble slowly fall, he became speechless and helplessly followed along, reaching out his hands to try and catch the debris.

The wreckage stopped falling after dropping 20 meters.

A bowl-shaped transparent membrane emerged from the sea, and the remains of the world slowly gathered towards this "bowl," piecing themselves back together little by little.

The membrane slowly grew, and it looked like it would gradually grow into a sphere, enveloping the debris once again.

It's just that the process is very slow, and it doesn't seem like it can be recovered in a short time.

Edison, the electronic music enthusiast, finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Since it can be repaired, then everything is fine."

"I'll save this for later and deal with it once he's fixed it."

"As for us... let's not go to those large and medium-sized worlds for now."

"Let me take a day trip to this little world!"

He smiled and said:

"Masterpieces often share similar characteristics, while rubbish is absurd in its own unique way."

"Finding gold in poop isn't all bad!"

For game streamers and video creators, "poor content" has always been a major source of material.

Moreover, its popularity is no less than that of a masterpiece.

The viewers unanimously agreed with his decision:

"Yay! This is my favorite part: the butterfly stroke in the latrine!"

"Keep going, keep going, smash all the substandard parts of the world!"

……

Urged on by his fans, Electro Edison plunged into the smallest world bubble nearby, embarking on his next random adventure.

(End of this chapter)