My Endless Life.

Chapter 510 The Reason for the Game's Collapse

The game company in the Star Era was more ambitious than Li Qi had imagined.

In order to allow people to experience the best games, these game companies are constantly iterating the machines for playing games.

From ordinary computers at the beginning, to VR devices later, to consciousness transmission, and to the now more popular consciousness avatars.

Star Era has achieved the ultimate in gaming peripherals.

Some games even transform an entire planet into a server planet just to provide players with a real world.

But no matter how real it is, it is not as real as the real world.

So in the early days, some game companies began to look for planets with life on the edge of the universe, in areas that had not yet been reached by interstellar civilizations. They transformed them into large gaming areas, created mechanical avatars, and allowed players to play games on them.

At that time, for remote planets that had not yet been integrated into the interstellar society, the actions of the game company would absolutely be the end of the world for them.

But game companies have never restrained themselves, and they do not regard these remote planets as civilized planets at all.

This style of play continued until the formation of the Federation.

According to the laws enacted by the Federation, any planet that has self-awareness and can develop a primitive civilization can be called a civilized planet.

Regardless of whether the civilization on this planet is in the Stone Age or the Industrial Age, regardless of whether this planet has a tribal culture or a monarchical culture, as long as there are people on this planet who can think independently and have a simple social structure and family structure, then this planet will be recognized by the Federation.

The Federation will help these planets through the early stages of civilization development and inject new vitality into the universe.

Therefore, the methods used by game companies are strictly prohibited, and any behavior that plays with life will be sentenced to death by the federal government!
It was from that time that the game began to go downhill.

Because you can't expect a group of players who are used to playing 'real' games to go back and experience a virtual world that isn't real at all.

As a result, game companies also experienced a period of lows.

Until a device appeared.

"The world editor was created by a ninth-order peak mechanical master. It is an editing device that can edit the world outside the universe."

Mike talked about the history of the game's development, and at the same time raised his hand to create an image of the world editor for Li Qi to see.

He is a fifth-level mechanic who can cast virtual projections at will.

The world editor looks like a square thing, somewhat similar to an engine, but with many more incomprehensible buttons and special structures.

Mike pointed at the world editor and said:

"This world editor will search for new worlds outside the universe after it is activated. Once a new world is identified, any consciousness cultivator above level five can edit and set that world through the editor, thereby transforming it into a game world."

The civilization of this world is more developed than Li Qi imagined.

After the fifth level has its own exclusive fleet and mecha, the battle location shifts from the surface of the planet to the starry sky.

When they reach the ninth level, the attention of those powerful ones is focused on another universe!
On the one hand, they want to prevent other more powerful universes from discovering themselves, and on the other hand, they are also trying to reach out to universes weaker than themselves and incorporate them into their own world system.

This is also the reason why ninth-order strongmen are rarely seen.

Because many of them are no longer in this world.

So it is not surprising that a ninth-level mechanic can create a world editor to edit and change some small worlds.

Li Qi also maintained a calm expression and asked Mike:
"So, Endless World is actually a real world?"

“Yes, but at the beginning that world only had a bunch of monkeys, no real civilization, and the world editor had just been created, so we were not very optimistic about Endless World at the time.”

Mike's eyes showed nostalgia: "But in order to make a better game, we personally used the world editor to speed up the time of that world, guided the life on it to develop civilization, and then implanted the AI ​​core and began to edit the world settings...

"This is not an easy task. Even if we have the editor created by the Ninth Order Senior, it is still not easy to change a world into whatever we want. But fortunately... we succeeded."

At this point, Mike's tone was a little more proud: "We have truly developed an infinitely iterable version of Endless World! We have integrated all the conceivable settings in the universe into the game!"

Mike mentioned to Li Qi that his inspiration for "Endless World" came from the numerous power systems in the universe.

Martial arts, magic, supernatural powers, technology, soul...

There are countless power systems and countless ways of cultivation, but other game companies only focus on creating one power system, which is somewhat of a waste.

So Mike plans to develop a game that can be updated infinitely, and each update will change the gameplay and power system.

With the support of such a dream, Mike successfully developed "Endless World" and made this game popular throughout the federation!

Recalling the past glory, Mike's eyes were filled with nostalgia, but he didn't know what he was thinking about, the nostalgia in his eyes quickly turned into pain, and he said regretfully:
"But unfortunately, Endless World has been shut down."

"Well, I heard that it's because the later version updates were too monotonous and the players got tired of playing."

Li Qi told what he had researched online.

But Mike smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is just the reason for the bankruptcy published on the surface."

Li Qi was stunned: "…Is there any other truth behind this?"

"Of course." Mike sighed and said, "Do you know the overall number of the power system?" He first asked Li Qi this question, and then quickly answered himself:

"The answer is 'infinite'! There is no specific number! Because the power system will 'merge'. When one power system merges with another power system, a new system will be created. When countless systems merge with each other, the answer is infinite!"

“So, the reason for the closure is not due to repeated version updates?”

Li Qi understood.

If the number of power systems is only going to increase, then it's impossible for versions to become redundant and cause players to lose interest.

There is another reason for this.

Mike nodded: "Yes, the real reason... is the AI ​​rebellion."

"!?"

Li Qi was shocked when he heard this.

The Omnic Crisis a long time ago? ?

No, that's not right, the timing is wrong!

When it comes to AI rebellion, Li Qi thinks of the artificial intelligence crisis that once occurred in the empire. It was because of that crisis that the empire never used any machine with self-AI again.

On the contrary, the federation is more common.

Thinking of this, Li Qi suddenly understood. He asked, "...your AI rebelled again?"

Mike nodded heavily. "Yes, but it's not us. It's the game AI of other game companies. And most of the places where rebellions occurred were places where the world editor was used."

Intelligent machine rebellion is a very serious matter in the interstellar age. Although the Federation has a relatively soft attitude towards intelligent machines and is willing to use AI machines, it does not mean that they will allow AI to escape from human control and rebel against humans.

So when the rebellion occurs, those games edited by the world editor will be completely abandoned.

Mike said: "Although the AI ​​of Endless World is still normal, due to the policy issued by the higher-ups, we have no choice but to shut down the game and abandon the edited AI.

"We originally thought about restarting the game after all the troubles have subsided, but unfortunately, our superiors didn't give us time to restart, and neither did the company, so the game was abandoned."

Mike's tone was full of regret when he said this.

Li Qi stared at Mike's profile, trying to find some other emotion on his face, such as... pity for the demise of an extraterrestrial civilization.

but no.

Mike only felt regretful about the game being shut down, and didn't care at all whether the game he made destroyed a civilized world.

Li Qi looked at him and thought of Sophie Yuna who had dragged him to watch the fireworks. His mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Perhaps... in the eyes of these people, life that does not belong to their own universe cannot be considered life...

No, why do you think so much?

Taking a deep breath, Li Qi suppressed his wild thoughts and asked Mike again:
"Mr. Mike, can you still connect to the server AI of Endless World?"

"I told you, the server for Endless World is no longer available..."

Mike sighed with regret, but when he turned around and met Li Qi's gaze, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Li Qi stared straight into Mike's eyes without any deviation.

Maybe it was Mike's illusion, but he seemed to see sincerity and an inexplicable persistence in Li Qi's eyes.

Is that obsession with the game?
Mike unconsciously thought in this direction. He seemed to see Li Qi's love for the game in his eyes, and he unconsciously developed a liking for this little guy with dark skin.

After staring at Li Qi for a long time, Mike finally couldn't stick to his words, so he changed his words:
"Well, actually... it's not really gone..."

Mike turned his head and looked at his manor, saying: "...I still have a few copies of the Endless World login program, but since the server AI is no longer there, it may not be that easy to connect to the game..."

"'Not that easy' means there is still a possibility of connection, right?"

Li Qi quickly caught the flaw in Mike's words and stepped forward to ask.

Mike was helpless, but at the same time he was touched that his game was taken seriously.

He took a deep breath and finally nodded heavily:
"I admit that if you log in with administrator privileges, there is a high chance that you will be able to reconnect to the game, but I haven't tried it, and I don't dare to try it. But if it's you... you should be able to log in to that world again."

Mike's eyes were fixed on Li Qi, but Li Qi felt that he was not looking at him, but at someone else.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and Li Qi didn't know who Mike thought he was because of his strange charm, but he would not miss such a good opportunity.

So he saluted Mike seriously and said sincerely:

"I am willing to try to log in to Endless World and see the world you created, Mr. Mike, so, Mr. Mike...

"please!"

(End of this chapter)