Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 421 [YGGDRASIL]

V led Lu Chen through the narrow alleys with a clear goal. He was very familiar with the terrain here. After all, as an AI, he could investigate data from almost all places.

After Lu Chen followed V and turned a corner, he suddenly saw a randomly put-together electronic display screen in front of him.

It was painted with patterns like light pollution, with images of cyber stimulants, cheap homemade guns, and more personal cyber prosthetic customizations.

In the very corner, there is a game advertisement, which shows that the once popular game [YGGDRASIL] is about to be shut down, and hopes that the old players will return to the world of adventure and take a look.

Or perhaps the game company wanted to use nostalgia to earn the last bit of revenue. But it was obvious that they were even reluctant to put in more ads, and only placed promotions in very small places.

Or perhaps the game companies have a very precise positioning of their players, and only those who have a little money and no hope will play these games, so it makes no sense to play advertisements on the big screen in the city center.

The truly wealthy people have already started playing more advanced games, so games like [YGGDRASIL] that cannot keep up with the times will inevitably be eliminated.

Only those who have no way to change it will be reluctant to let go because of the experience they have invested and the time they have wasted.

Lu Chen looked at the game's advertisement and had some guesses of his own. It was obvious that the name of this game was Overlord.

Lu Chen had some impression of the name of this game, and wondered if there was another world embedded within this world? Or was there a connection between the two worlds?

So Lu Chen immediately decided to go there to join in the fun, as there were many good world props there.

Lu Chen always has no resistance to those strange items, but he is a prop-based player.

V saw Lu Chen stop and fall into deep thought, so he looked in the direction Lu Chen was looking.

After making a guess, he asked, "Why? Are you interested in this game? Or are you from a world similar to this kind of game?"

This is a good opportunity for V to find out Lu Chen's background.

Lu Chen turned around and looked at the delicate body but expressionless face.

Then he asked with interest, "Do you think it's possible that the world of this game is a real world?"

This is a great opportunity to hear from an AI how it sees the world.

"Of course not. It's just a virtual world made up of strings of code."

Lu Chen's expression suddenly became serious: "What about you? Did you still have your soul after crossing the black wall?"

"Hahaha, what a rude fellow. So what makes up your soul? Is it brain waves or neurons? The difference between you and me is much smaller than you think."

A vivid expression appeared on the face of the body occupied by V, as if he believed that he still had a soul.

"Then I must tell you that this world is real. Human imagination may produce a real world in an instant."

"Isn't this a world created by imagination, not code? It sounds quite idealistic. But something even stranger has already happened. It seems anything is possible."

"Would you like to go and take a look? It will be a more interesting journey. I can help you get a real body."

Lu Chen made the invitation with his ulterior motives exposed.

V didn't answer the question, but instead began to discuss the development of games: "More advanced games will use different technologies to create more moving environments and NPCs. Since you're interested, come and take a look. Let's see how this world works."

"Then let's go and take a look. I'm curious about everything in this world." So V took Lu Chen and began to walk quickly through the alleys. Not long after they walked, they saw that there seemed to be some conflict somewhere.

Two men in suits stopped a man covered in cheap prosthetics.

Of course they all noticed that two people were approaching, but V's body was full of high-end stuff, so these people didn't dare to mess with him.

The captain of the terrorist squad is definitely a big shot in this city.

So they could only pretend not to see it.

Since the big shots want to have fun, we just have to perform for them.

Their original work process was to kill the guy in front of them, but they took the initiative to say:

"According to the agreement, you need to hand over your brain to us. The money for the transaction has already been received a month ago. Today is the day you fulfill the agreement."

A business agreement can sell anything, and these are all rules set by the company.

"You bastards! Go to hell!"

A large number of bullets were fired from the cheap prosthetic body, and then a bomb was thrown out by him.

Then this man, who seemed a little crazy, rushed to the other end of the alley, where Lu Chen and V were.

He is not going to fulfill the agreement, so how could anyone surrender?

The man in the suit pulled out a mantis knife from his hand, as if he was prepared for everything that was happening before him.

Then he reminded his fellow hackers: "Don't burn his brain, otherwise it will be evaluated on your performance."

His body suddenly began to flash forward at an extremely fast speed, and the extremely fast speed might be no different from time stopping in terms of its manifestation.

V described the scene before him to Lu Chen with a nostalgic look:

"It's a Svenstan 4, a very old model. I didn't expect people to still use this old stuff. It seems the people at the game company aren't very rich. Their thugs don't even use the latest models."

The mantis blade cut off the fleeing man's limbs at an extremely fast speed. Lu Chen thought that this technology had good performance.

V's eyes flickered with dissatisfaction, but he didn't do anything. Instead, he explained the situation:
"He sold his brain and soul to the game company. This is the NPC needed for the most famous game now. His memory will be erased and rebuilt."

Lu Chen was also curious. In this technologically advanced era, there were clearly better options. AI could play any role.

Some people asked in confusion: "Why not use AI?"

"These human wetwares are cheaper, and the big guys prefer this tone. Real people can give them indescribable pleasure."

This is why [YGGDRASIL] went bankrupt.

The situation in the alley seemed to have suddenly changed. The insane man yelled loudly:

"I'd rather blow my brains out than give them to you!"

(End of this chapter)