Survival in the apocalypse: I exploited a bug in an infinite dungeon.

Shi Jinwei silently counted in her mind: passing through thirty doors and five tests.

When the last door opened, she couldn't help but pause slightly in surprise.

I never imagined that behind this door would be a cylinder over twenty meters high and over three meters in diameter.

Its body is made of a material similar to an iron gate, with various colored light spots shimmering on it.

—This is the server they've been searching for for over four years!

[Ding! Congratulations to the [Pioneer Player] for completing the [Closed Beta Mission].]

[Special Dungeon] Activated successfully, teleportation will begin shortly.

Before Shi Jinwei could finish surveying the entire server, a system announcement rang in her mind.

She was then teleported to an empty room.

It's similar to a game space, but there's nothing there.

She was still wondering where she was when the system announcement came again:

[Ding, transfer successful, [Special Dungeon] successfully opened.]

[Duplicate Description:]

1. In this instance, all player skills and items are unavailable.

2. This is a role-playing instance; please play your role well.

3. This instance has a storyline guide; players only need to follow the game prompts to progress through the story.

4. If any storyline is not completed, the game is lost, the player loses the [Pioneer Player] status, the relevant memories will be erased, and the player will revert to a [Regular Player].

Completion condition: Complete all the introductory storylines.

Dungeon duration: Unknown.

Number of players: 1.

Please play the game carefully and complete it as soon as possible. Enjoy the game!

[Special Dungeon] is actually an RPG game.

Shi Jinwei had just finished reading the game instructions when her vision blurred.

He then sat down in an office.

The character's identity and the dungeon's background setting instantly appeared in my mind:

In 2256 AD, science and technology made rapid progress.

From 2025 to the present, the population of Earth has grown from 81 billion to tens of billions.

Earth's resources are no longer sufficient to support the rapidly growing population.

Therefore, people began to explore the universe and wanted to carry out immigration plans.

Yet, they still haven't found a planet suitable for human habitation.

Left with no other choice, they had to implement the "Conscious Life" project.

Unfortunately, it has been a long and winding road, and it has only now been confirmed that it will be launched.

The "Conscious Life" project is a global initiative involving countries around the world.

Every country has a research group.

Shi Jinwei plays the role of one of the researchers in the Chinese research group of the "Conscious Life" project.

According to the task instructions, she will be going to the conference room to attend a meeting in ten minutes.

She has ten minutes to process the sudden influx of memories into her brain.

This memory includes her growth trajectory from childhood to adulthood and her lifestyle habits.

She even knows exactly how many love letters she received at what age.

Once all the memories have been read, the bracelet begins to vibrate.

It was the character's alarm clock; they were getting ready for a meeting.

As she stepped out of her office, a group of people, all wearing white coats, passed by her door, all heading in the same direction.

Hey, Xiaowei.

A sweet and lively voice rang out behind her; it was Ruan Zhen and Huang Moli, her close colleagues.

The two women came over and immediately took Shi Jinwei's arms: "Let's go together."

Because of her role, Shi Jinwei didn't push the person away, but smiled and followed her towards the conference room.

There were already nearly 300 people in the conference room, and more than a dozen huge screens were hanging on the wall in front of them.

There are also dozens of small screens on the walls on the left and right sides.

Each large screen is divided into several smaller screens, displaying images of leaders from various countries.

Dozens of small screens were filled with people, showing scenes from the conference rooms of research groups from other countries.

There is also a general research group, based at the United Nations, which is also the organizer of the conference.

The content to be discussed in today's meeting has already been sent to everyone in advance:

1. Discuss the target group for "conscious life".

2. Report on the research progress of each country.

3. Incidents of "opposition elements" kidnapping "researchers" have occurred in various countries, prompting a large-scale meeting to raise everyone's awareness of security.

……

When Shi Jinwei entered this time, there was no space or props available.

She's just an ordinary person now.

I listened very carefully to the third point as well.

The second point is what I care about most.

Simply put, "conscious life" is the process of extracting all the memories from the brain and "digitizing" them.

After being "digitized," life can be stored in a dedicated server.

Servers not only possess powerful computing capabilities, but they can also allow "digitalized" memories to grow like the human brain.

Only when this step is completed can it be considered a successful "consciousness".

However, in order to ensure the normal cycle of birth, aging, illness and death, "consciousness" can only allow people to live up to 150 years old at most.

Therefore, there is no such thing as "immortality".

Special regulations have been formulated for this purpose, which even world leaders cannot violate.

Unless it was made in a private laboratory.

But it can only stay on its own server and cannot "smuggle" itself into the United Nations' large server.

It's like a massively multiplayer online game where everyone is playing online, but you're playing a pirated single-player version.

This project involves a wide range of scientific fields, and every step requires utmost caution.

To date, nearly a thousand test subjects have been successfully "awakened to consciousness".

In their words, life on the server after "becoming conscious" is much easier than real life.

This gave the researchers more confidence that the plan was feasible.

After the meeting, Shi Jinwei left with Ruan Zhen.

The three returned to Shi Jinwei's office, where Ruan Zhen whispered gossip to her: "Did you notice that Americans make up the majority of today's missing persons list? It seems their country is still the most hated."

Shi Jinwei glanced at her: "We also have American researchers here, so be careful, the walls may be overheard."

"Oh, it's just the two of us here, what are we afraid of? I really don't understand what those people are against. Those terminally ill people in their seventies or eighties, after successfully 'consciousnessing,' can live at least another twenty or thirty years in the server. If their consciousness is healthy, they might even live to 150. And they won't suffer from illness, how wonderful is that?" Ruan Zhen muttered.

Huang Moli smiled and said, "You can only see people through such a small screen on the bracelet, and you can't touch them. You're not used to it, are you?"

"But how many children are so busy with work that they can't even go home for the New Year, at most they can make a video call to their parents, what's the difference?" Ruan Zhen retorted.

Shi Jinwei didn't say anything, and saw the task guidance in her mind change to [Eat a good lunch and go home on time].

A string of ellipses appeared above his head.

This task guide looks completely uninspired.

Huang Moli was still talking to Ruan Zhen.

She pointed out sharply: "How can there be no difference? After 'consciousness' is established, if it's an elderly person, their pension and medical insurance will be used to serve their 'consciousness,' and their family members in reality will no longer see a single penny. If it's an ordinary person or a child, they won't even have these benefits."