Life Dungeon Game

"OK,"

The ceiling light flickered. "Vian, would you like a cup of coffee?"

"Thank you."

He Ao straightened his suit and walked towards the door.

As he walked out of the lobby, a small robot came up to him and handed him a steaming cup of coffee and an ultra-thin tablet computer.

“Eve, I remember you didn’t know these things before.”

He Ao took a sip of coffee; it was the kind of bitter coffee that Vian liked, with only a little sugar added.

“I recently loaded the Trison Home Services module,”

An image of a little girl in a white dress appeared on the tablet screen in He Ao's hand. She was 'looking' at He Ao through the screen with a sweet and lovely smile on her face. "This semi-open source module developed by the Trison Group is currently the most widely used module in federal domestic robots. Following your instructions, I have been collecting this information to enrich my database."

The girl was very cute, but her words still had Eve's gentle and meticulous style.

With the current technology of the Federation, artificial intelligence can simulate facial expressions and tone of voice indistinguishably from those of real people.

There are even relatively sophisticated intelligent robots that are only sold to adults.

However, these are all results derived from the accumulation of a large amount of data.

Artificial intelligence looks like a human and can respond fluently to human questions, simply because cloud data performs real-time calculations and simulations based on the actions and language of the interacting humans to arrive at the best response.

If this interaction involves an action that is not in the AI ​​robot's cloud database, the robot will immediately crash and give some completely irrelevant answers.

As a tech geek, Vian really wanted to 'create' a real artificial intelligence life form, but he had never succeeded.

As the final masterpiece, Eve left behind a large number of functions that Vian had imagined back then, which might allow artificial intelligence to break through the boundaries of intelligence.

For example, this involves using a certain screening mechanism to continuously learn and enrich the database.

These things did not help Eve become a true artificial intelligence, but they did make Eve understand a lot of 'strange' knowledge.

"Did you design this virtual avatar yourself?"

He glanced at the image of Eve as a little girl, took a sip of coffee, and began to read the reports and data from the past period on his tablet.

Nolanca Group is not a publicly listed company, and its various reports are prepared for the board of directors and security personnel, so they are not exaggerated.

However, it's not enough to just look at the report, because some real-world situations are not fully documented in the report.

This necessitates monitoring data across the entire company.

And that is Eve's duty.

Yes, after my analysis

Analysis suggests that such an image would be more likable.

The figure of Eve nodded and then obediently withdrew.

Outside the door of the hall where 'Vian's' body was stored, where He Ao is now standing, is a small cubicle resembling a lounge.

The most eye-catching feature of this compartment is a sofa bed. Judging from the signs of use, it is highly likely that people frequently rest on this bed.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and continued forward while reading the information on the tablet.

He doesn't have much time; the character card can only be used for one day, and the character on the card and the character in the instance cannot be controlled at the same time.

When one is in use, the other will fall into a deep sleep.

This means that He Ao cannot use the character card for too long and must check back on the character in the instance from time to time to avoid being killed by someone while 'sleeping', which would end the game immediately.

Moreover, to avoid arousing suspicion from others by such back-and-forth movements, He Ao could only choose times when he was less likely to be suspected.

For example, at night, when everyone is asleep, most people are in a deep sleep. If 'Pete' is asleep, it is less likely to arouse suspicion.

However, the system has indeed learned the essence of pay-to-win games.

Character cards are free, and the exchange price is very cheap. The first time you get one, you even get one free. However, to use a character card, you have to pay an extra exchange fee.

The card itself is free, but using it costs money.

Moreover, this rule of not being able to control two bodies at the same time greatly limits the character cards, and the only way to continue playing is to keep spending money.

The system is really sneaky.

I sighed inwardly.

He quickly flipped through the pages of what had happened after 'Vian' fell into a deep sleep. Although she already knew most of these things through Eve, she still felt a pang of emotion when she saw Roger being summoned to extend 'Vian's' life.

However, the information Eve provided mentioned something that He Ao didn't know before: when Roger came to Kaya City, he brought a 'box' with him.

Upon seeing this, He Ao paused for a moment.

Because Joey had also been in contact with Roger, he suspected that Joey's body might be inside that box.

So that's why Joey's character card 'Primal Flame' was preserved?

Is the system's standard for creating a character card based on the character's physical body still being alive?

In this light, Nell seems to share similar characteristics. The power of the God of War transformed Nell's body into something mythical, which to some extent ensured the 'vitality' of Nell's body.

Therefore, the character card for 'the usurper' was retained.

However, not every time is it so lucky that the body can be preserved.

Moreover, Roger's ability to care for the body was limited.

He Ao snapped out of his thoughts and left the lounge.

After leaving the lounge, there is a huge laboratory where countless robotic arms and robots are busy at work.

Because the Nolanca Group still claims that Vian is still alive, his true condition cannot be known to too many people.

Therefore, Roger's assistant was mainly 'Eve'.

To be precise, it refers to a large number of robots controlled by Eve.

And with 'being an assistant'

As time went on, Eve acquired more and more skills. Even when Roger was away, Eve was still able to complete the production of potions and the maintenance of Wei An's body.

This is why Roger was able to leave with peace of mind this time.

He Ao left the laboratory.

This laboratory is located on the third basement level of the Nolanca Group building. It used to be the group's underground warehouse, but the old butler, Danny, specially cleared out this area for Roger and converted it into a laboratory.

The elevator leads to the upper floors from the lab.

As He Ao left the laboratory, the elevator in front of him had already arrived and was slowly opening.

Eve controls almost all of the Nolanca Group's equipment, including elevators.

He Ao stepped into the elevator, thought for a moment, and then pressed the button for the top floor.

Then his gaze returned to the tablet, this time reading various reports from the Nolanca Group.

The current situation of the Nolanca Group is quite peculiar.

It's good, but it's also not good.

More than half a year has passed since He Ao finished the Wei An instance.

Over the past six months, under the leadership of Lina and the old butler Danny, the entire Nolanca Group has continued to move forward along the direction set by Heo.

With the large-scale construction and promotion, a large number of homeless and poor people in Kaya City found jobs, and the apartment price reduction and subsidy policy enabled these people to have a place to live, ending their life of sleeping on the streets.

Meanwhile, as factories reopened, more and more people had jobs and money, and were willing to spend money to buy goods, and commercial circulation within Kaya City gradually recovered.

The virtual currency issued by the Nolanca Group, which can only circulate within the group, has gradually been accepted by the market, greatly alleviating the group's financial pressure.

The essence of currency is actually bonds. The virtual currency issued by the Nolanca Group is actually a type of bond guaranteed by its own credit.

Generating this 'virtual currency' is actually just a matter of changing a few simple bytes, with a cost of almost zero. However, the Nolanca Group can use this 'virtual currency' to offset part of the wages and exchange it for real goods from others.

This is because people who accept cryptocurrencies trust the credit of the Norlanca Group and believe that these fluctuating bytes can indeed buy things of equivalent value with the Norlanca Group.

The value of money is actually people's trust.

In addition to businesses within Kaya City, some other cities have also recognized the purchasing power of Nolanca cryptocurrency, and these are basically Kaya City's main trading partners.

They can indeed buy things from the Nolanca Group using virtual currency.

Rock City and the Miners' Mutual Aid Association are among the largest groups that recognize cryptocurrency. The Miners' Mutual Aid Association sells minerals to Kaya City and the Nolanca Group, while the Nolanca Group sells them industrial products and employs some workers.

In fact, the old butler Danny was trying his best to prevent more external forces from using virtual currency, which was also one of the principles set by He Ao at the beginning.

Although the Norlanca Group has alleviated its financial pressure through various means, it still faces significant ongoing investments, particularly in food production and healthcare.

These large-scale investments, which are unlikely to yield returns in the short term, have eaten up most of the Nolanca Group's profits, leaving the group with a consistently tight cash flow.

Simply put, they're out of money.

Ding--

The elevator reached the top floor, and the elevator doors slowly opened.

A young woman dressed in a business suit, a pencil skirt, and a high ponytail was standing at the door holding a stack of documents.

"Excuse me, thank you."

She held the documents in her hands and said softly.

"Ok."

He Ao stepped out of the elevator, turning sideways.

"Thank you."

The woman nodded gratefully and was about to step into the elevator when she seemed to suddenly realize something.

She turned around abruptly.

At that moment, He Ao had already pushed open the door to the board secretary's office.

Behind me came the sound of folders and books falling to the ground with a clatter.

"Is there a problem?"

An elderly man with a full head of silver hair was sitting at his desk, carefully reading a document.

"What...?"