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

At that moment, Shi Jinwei felt her hands trembling slightly.

After going through so much, we've finally waited for this moment.

What are you waiting for? You must choose "Yes"!

The next second, her vision blurred and she was plunged into darkness.

Like watching a movie, I saw the truth about survival games:

150 years before the Wasteland Era.

The population of Earth has exploded, and the planet's resources can no longer meet the needs of human survival.

Therefore, the technology of "conscious life," which is considered a "forbidden zone for life," has been brought up again.

Through the concerted efforts of various countries, the most secure server base was finally established underground at the United Nations.

After consultation, it was decided that terminally ill patients and elderly people over 70 years of age can directly choose to be converted into conscious beings.

After the conversion, their consciousness will be stored in the "United Nations Consciousness Life Space" server.

Friends and family can communicate with them through mobile phones, online TV, and other tools.

Death row inmates and those convicted of serious crimes will no longer be executed; they can choose to be transformed into conscious beings.

However, since they are criminals, their treatment is naturally different from that of ordinary people.

They need to have their criminal memories erased and undergo "consciousness" reform through labor.

Only after being "released from prison" can one regain freedom of consciousness in the "Life Space" and continue to live.

Other impoverished residents, residents with disabilities, and minor offenders can also choose to become conscious beings.

As technology continues to improve, "living spaces" and related laws are also constantly being perfected, almost becoming a microcosm of real society.

Scientists have discovered that as technology continues to advance, self-awareness can grow almost freely in the "life space."

The consciousness of a newborn is incorporated into it and can grow slowly like a human baby, eventually becoming an adult consciousness in the digital space.

The only difference is that they don't have a body.

As it gained wider acceptance, people realized that "conscious life" is, to some extent, a form of immortality.

They can even manipulate their own "accounts," "electronic bank cards," and so on in the real world by controlling the "digital flow of information."

Therefore, many wealthy individuals, high-ranking officials, scientists, and others who are nearing the end of their lives have begun to spontaneously transform into conscious beings.

However, their treatment is different from that of ordinary people.

Because of their power, they can pay money and power to choose "cryogenic body" or "cloned body".

They constantly touch things that are forbidden by law because of the "temptation of immortality".

Of course, not everyone can choose to convert.

For example, civil servants must reach a certain age, that is, after retirement, before they can make the choice.

After all, real society must continue to function, and the "consciousness life space" also needs staff to maintain it regularly.

To provide absolute assurance for the servers, countries discussed and established monitoring and maintenance agencies.

This forms a tripartite balance with the operating organization, mutually checking and balancing each other to ensure its safety and stability.

This will make people around the world admire it even more.

I work myself to the bone to make money, hoping to start a second life in the digital world when I get old.

In less than a century, the "life consciousness" in the consciousness life space has far surpassed that of real life forms.

With a population exceeding 20 billion, it is gradually forming a "virtual society".

Many families have achieved "N generations living together"!

However, many illegal research projects are also being conducted quietly:

For example, cloning consciousness, researching the human mental body, etc.

In order to dispel people's illusions about "immortality".

The law adds a new clause: the maximum lifespan of any age group, whether child, adult, or elderly, shall not exceed the highest recorded age of 150.

Unless technological advancements increase human lifespan, the lifespan of conscious beings cannot continue to increase.

At first, some people objected, but the opposition subsided after official reports of some harmful news emerged.

Because the "living space" is the safest in the world, countries have built another huge storage room under it.

Countless supplies and resources were transported here for storage, including cryogenically frozen bodies.

In the event of an accident, this may be humanity's last refuge.

Of course, while some people advocate for "conscious life," others reject it.

They believe that birth, aging, illness, and death are the natural course of human life.

To try to change all of this by human intervention is simply "against the natural order"!

This led to several uprisings and terrorist attacks, all of which were suppressed by various countries.

Shi Jinwei's experiences in the [Special Instance] are just the tip of the iceberg compared to these historical events.

This balance was broken by "terrorists" 10 years before the Wasteland Era.

The terrorists chose a suicidal method of death—launching nuclear weapons.

The goal is to use nuclear weapons to trigger the "Desperate Defense System," plunging the world into nuclear war.

They then took advantage of the chaos to destroy the "Living Space" server.

Once the mission is accomplished, human history will be rewritten once again.

Those who launch uprisings will also be transformed from "terrorists" into "human heroes" and recorded in history.

However, after a century of development, the space of conscious life naturally also has a "self-protection system".

The moment the "Defend the System" is triggered, the consciousness life space shuts down simultaneously.

All the consciousnesses inside fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, the outside world is undergoing earth-shattering changes.

……

After a nuclear war, more than half of the world's countries disappeared and became history.

The remaining countries eked out a living, and the survivors became like drifting duckweed.

Even with the best efforts of these countries to provide rescue, it's still a drop in the ocean.

Countless resources and supplies were destroyed by nuclear weapons.

The inheritance of culture and technology is lost along with the passing of countless outstanding talents.

The consciousness entities sleeping in the space of conscious life are unaware that everything is beginning to break down today.

The balance of nature has been disrupted, and natural disasters are occurring frequently.

The natural disasters that players encounter in regular dungeons are all based on real-world events.

It's not that the authorities don't want to help, but that they are powerless to do so.

Countless soldiers died from nuclear weapons, and most areas became radiation zones.

The surviving people are scattered in various places.

Airplanes cannot fly, the ground is covered with gravel, and vehicles cannot drive.

Gale-force winds and torrential rains rage at sea, often causing tsunamis and thunderstorms to occur unexpectedly.

People can only try to save themselves and survive under such circumstances.

In normal dungeons, the system deliberately downplays "official rescue," which is also for this reason.

Another reason is to screen players.

The best players are selected through a process of natural selection to find those who can survive in the "survival dungeon".

As the pioneering players guessed, those "hidden missions" were all selection criteria.

Selfish people will not take the initiative to assume responsibility.

……

Ten years in the real world, the world has been completely transformed into a wasteland.

Those who survived designated this year as the "Wasteland Era".

The world has officially entered a new chapter!