This Game Is Too Realistic

The slowly setting sun is blending into the horizon of Luoxia Province, but at this moment, the ideal city has already been covered with the curtain of night.

On the semi-transparent observation elevator.

Fang Chang glanced at the business card in his hand, and then turned his attention to the holographic screen on the viewing window.

Behind the jumping floor numbers are colorful neon lights. If you look down below, you will see an abyss with no bottom.

The building under his feet is called Yunjian University.

Although it sounds a bit outrageous to integrate the entire university into one office building, making it seem as if the students here are all employees who clock in to work, but in a place like Ideal City, surprisingly it is not inconsistent at all.

After all, everyone living here is nominally an employee of this "indescribably huge" company.

Most students who graduate from here will become engineers and enter various departments of the company, as well as subsidiaries with specific functions.

It would be much easier to understand if the title of the university was replaced with "Induction Training Section of the Human Resources Department".

But there is a saying. Although this university is named after a province, the feeling of riding an elevator through the clouds does feel a bit like being among the clouds...

The number is fixed at 227.

With a ding, the alloy door behind Fang Chang opened on both sides like a subway arriving at the station.

Looking back from the layers of neon lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Fang Chang turned around and left, looking for the address on the business card, and continued walking along the corridor without stopping.

Soon, he came to a silver door.

Almost as soon as he put his hand on the button of the doorbell, the door in front of him opened with a bang, and a smiling face full of enthusiasm appeared behind the door.

"Welcome! Dear friend, you are the Fang Chang who is popular all over Duandianyun, right? Haha, please come in! I don't know what makes you, a famous person, interested in me, or is it me that you are interested in? Research field?"

Fang Chang was slightly startled, looking at the man in front of him with a warm and exaggerated smile, and then looking at the business card in his hand, his expression showed a strange expression.

[Ai Chen, male, 55 years old, is a professor of neural algorithms and simulation at Yunjian University, and a technical consultant for the Product R\u0026D Department of Kangmao Group. His main research areas include logic operations, fuzzy algorithm simulation, and mind uploading. 】

There was no doubt that it was him, and he had not found the wrong person.

If he didn't have a twin brother...

"I'm sorry to bother you at this time. I hope my visit doesn't disturb your rest."

"How could you be so presumptuous! What could be more pleasant than the fact that the heroes of the Alliance are interested in my research method?"

With a happy smile on his face, Ai Chen invited Fang Chang into his office and continued.

"And you came at the right time. If it had been an hour earlier, I would still be in the laboratory."

The office is very spacious, and the decoration is simple and unconventional. However, Fang Chang's attention is not on the room in front of him, but on the man in front of him.

Unlike the unkempt scholars and professors in Yinxiao, he was dressed very exquisitely. Although he was in his 50s, he looked only about 30 years old.

Dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and with his hair slicked back, he doesn't look like a professor, but rather like a lawyer or a bank or financial practitioner.

Since arriving in Ideal City, Fang Chang has been cooperating with Ambassador Shuyu to attend various occasions to attract investment and sponsorship for the alliance.

In addition to this, he also did not forget the other purpose of coming here - to find a way to upload thoughts to the circuit board.

The player has countless lives, but the NPC only has one. Although this sounds a bit whimsical, he feels that since the background of the game is a future world, there should be a way to permanently retain human consciousness.

It's like a game in a fantasy setting, with props similar to horcruxes that store souls.

Fortunately, his status as a war hero helped him a lot, and the viral videos on Duandian Cloud made him a star or "Internet celebrity" in Ideal City.

When he learned that he was interested in his research field, the professor immediately made an appointment with him.

The two sat down on the sofa.

Fang Chang complied with his request for a photo, and after a brief exchange of greetings, he revealed his purpose.

"...I would like to ask you if there is a way to upload thoughts to the cloud or a hard drive or similar place."

Perhaps because the conversation came to his professional field, the middle-aged professor put away his exaggerated smile and showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

But it was not like thinking about academics itself, but more like thinking about how to speak.

After about 5 minutes, he sighed softly and spoke.

"Would you like a cup of coffee?"

Fang Chang was slightly stunned.

His instinct told him that that expression probably didn't seem like he was planning to say anything optimistic.

"No...just give me a glass of water, thank you."

"A cup of coffee, a cup of lemonade." Ai Chen gestured towards the android assistant on the side.

The assistant shook his head slightly, turned around and went to the next room. After a while, he came back with a tray and respectfully placed the silver teacup in front of the two of them.

"Please use it slowly, first."

After leaving these words, it turned around and stood quietly by the wall.

In order to avoid the uncanny valley effect, most androids will either make their facial features exactly like humans and install an almost realistic transmission system, or they will simply omit the facial features or make the facial features very exaggerated.

This humanoid belongs to the former. Not only is it just like a real person, it is also very beautiful.

"I'm sorry for your love. I know what you are thinking, but...that is not love that science can do."

Ai Chen picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat. His eyes stopped on the beautiful android assistant not far away. After admiring it for a moment, he continued abruptly.

"My wife left three years ago."

Fang Chang paused slightly and said hesitantly.

“Can’t you even cure the medical conditions in Ideal City?”

The simulation technology here can even replace a complete set of body parts. He really can't think of any other diseases that cannot be cured.

Professor Ai Chen coughed slightly in embarrassment.

"When I say leave, I mean leave... She ran away with the merchants outside to seek the adventure and excitement of her dreams."

"……Feel sorry."

"Don't be sorry, it's nothing, not to mention it's all in the past. Everyone has the right to choose how to live, and she is free to go wherever she goes. But I am a little petty because I keep thinking about it, haha."

Putting the coffee cup gently on the tray, Ai Chen smiled and nodded at the android beside him, signaling it to take the cup away.

His eyes stayed on the back of the android, and his voice seemed to be caught in a distant memory.

"Actually, I once thought about making it look like her, not just in appearance, but also in replicating her memories and thoughts... together."

Keenly capturing the key words in these words, Fang Chang held his breath for a moment and subconsciously grasped his knees with his hands.

It seems that what is grasped is hope.

"What happened next?"

Ai Chen smiled lightly.

"Later, I thought it was a success."

Fang Chang looked at the android in surprise, and then at the professor sitting opposite.

"Then it is now..."

"Now it is just an ordinary humanoid assistant. But later... I deleted its data again."

Fang Chang was stunned.

It took a long time before he continued.

"……Why?"

"I've already told you, because that's not something science can do."

Before Fang Chang could speak, Professor Ai Chen continued.

"The person I love is gentle and kind, beautiful, generous and passionate... In fact, that is just my imagination. There is no perfect person in this world. Braveness inevitably leads to recklessness, caution inevitably leads to hesitation and wisdom. People are often arrogant, and arrogant people cannot see their feet. She is never perfect, but love puts a filter on her."

"So when I tried to write her into an algorithm based on my memory, I quickly realized that the fictional personality I created was not her at all... Do you understand what I mean?"

Fang Chang nodded silently, but quickly shook his head.

"I know what you want to express...but I don't quite understand. Can't you just add those shortcomings as well?"

Ai Chen smiled lightly and said.

"Because the question is here, are you sure you completely understand someone? Even yourself."

These words stopped Fang Chang, and he was speechless for a moment.

Looking at the young man who fell into silence, Professor Ai Chen leaned back on the sofa and slowed down his speaking speed, giving him enough time to think.

"It is not impossible to upload thoughts to the cloud. As long as a person is not isolated from society, there will always be several brains that have backed up memories about him. Convert these third-person memories into first-person memories, and then collect these Memory fragments are programmed into intelligent algorithms, and you can get a person who is almost exactly like her... Even if she is not the same person objectively, she can roughly match your expectations of her. "

"Boy, after all, the replica is not the real person, it's just a eloquent doll that happens to look exactly like me. If that's what you want, I can help you. All you have to do is fill out a long form. Yes. But based on your description, I have to ask you again, is that what you want?"

Looking at the middle-aged man leaning on the sofa, Fang Chang was silent for a long time, and the thoughts in his mind became a mess.

If it were in reality, it would sound like there is nothing wrong with it, but in the game it sounds like there is something serious.

When a piece of data is copied from one hard drive to another, why is it not a piece of data?

And isn’t there a successful precedent for Vault 101? Not only did they reduce their consciousness to the virtual world, they even reproduced in the eternal virtual world!

This is love that can be achieved!

Fang Chang felt that his request was not excessive at all. He just wanted to leave a backup of Dolly's data. However, the operator used the NPC interface to remind him, "Even if you use the backup data to create a new NPC, it will not be the same as the NPC." The original NPC was not an NPC."

Then what am I? !

A completely real virtual reality game, even such superfluous details must simulate reality...

Fang Chang felt a dull pain in his forehead.

He suddenly regretted why he didn't choose intelligence in the first place.

"I just want to save one chance of resurrection for the important people, please, even just once..."

There was a hint of pleading in that voice.

These words were not addressed to the NPC in front of me.

It's about A Guang, who doesn't know where he is, but is always watching them.

Professor Ai Chen stared at the young man in front of him for a while, then his eyes suddenly moved slowly, focusing on the colorful neon lights outside the window.

The gorgeous light and shadow make people unable to help but indulge in it, and all people's thoughts can be satisfied in the prosperity visible to the naked eye.

There seems to be everything here.

But there was nothing.

It's like a holographic image of that era, impeccably real, but not.

He stretched out his hand to touch the bridge of his nose and sighed softly. It was rare that he did not follow the fashion and imitate the speech of young people.

"...Many people have said this to me, but few realize that life is only precious once."

"If that person is really important to you, then be nice to her in the time you have left. Don't let her leave your side, don't let her get hurt, don't let the love begin when it's irreversible. Regret...Don't try to find comfort in memories like me."

"This is the right love."

…

Expectations were dashed.

There is another sad person in Yuye's ideal city.

However, Fang Chang's Luo is just an exception. The vast majority of people in this city are still very happy, especially when the nightlife begins.

An office building on the edge of Ideal City.

A small and light-tight studio was simply furnished with a few worthless sofas, tables, chairs, and simple office equipment.

Bathed in the light of cheap incandescent lamps, a certain mole and several employees of the newly established [Skeleton Studio] were dancing excitedly at the moment.

"Oh my god...this game is so fun!"

After taking off the virtual reality glasses, Mole's face was filled with excitement and excitement.

Some time ago, everyone on the forum joked about going to Utopia to make a game, but he was the only one who took action and actually made the game come out.

The studio directly used the logo of the Skeleton Corps. The name of the game is "Battle Royale". The gameplay cannot be said to be very similar to the game of chicken, but it can only be said to be almost exactly the same.

Just switched to a virtual reality platform.

Although it is not as realistic as "Wasteland OL", the degree of completion is already very high!

If it's not popular, he invites Fang Chang to eat Xiang!

After all, he is a person who has seen the world. The technical director and CEO Xue Hongliang he hired did not react so much. He simply sighed after taking off his glasses.

"...The only pity is that you only have one life. If you die, you will be gone."

Just in that game just now.

Not long after he landed, he was taken away by the man-machine he designed.

Mole said with a chuckle.

"You don't understand this. The essence of this game is here! Although the search for equipment is in vain if you die, but if you think about it from another angle, doesn't the person you killed have such an explosive mentality?"

The employees sitting in the room looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, they thought it made sense.

The Mole paused for a moment, then continued slowly.

"Especially when you have made it all the way to the finals and are waiting in the grass for the final battle. When you think that half an hour of hard work can be undone by just a small mistake, your adrenaline will surge and you will become nervous. Your hands are sweating! If you successfully eat chicken, all these hormones will be converted into happy dopamine in an instant——"

"Wait a minute, there's a question." The employee in charge of programming raised his hand.

Although he was unhappy to be interrupted, Mole graciously gave him a chance to speak.

"say."

The programmer said seriously.

"The virtual reality system will shield the senses from excessive stimulation that may cause health risks. It is impossible to have adrenaline surges and sweaty hands..."

Mole rolled his eyes.

"I'm just making a metaphor! Don't be so rigid. There will always be tension, right?"

The programmer scratched the back of his head.

"Well, that's true..."

Mole glanced around at the dozen or so members present, and continued to inject them energetically.

"In short, this is the selling point of this game!"

"You only have one life, and only one opportunity! Whether our studio can occupy a place in Ideal City all depends on this sale!"

After a week-long development, the trial version of "Battle Royale" has been completed. It has just logged into the game platform on Endpoint Cloud and is open to users for free download and trial play. After the trial play time exceeds two hours There is a 20Cr buyout fee.

Functions such as selling boxes and drawing out-of-print skins will be updated in the future. Mole not only copied the game itself, but also copied the method of cutting leeks.

Since there are existing development tools that can be used, there are also existing virtual models that can be purchased on the endpoint cloud, and those that cannot be purchased can be outsourced, so development is not very difficult.

As for the rent of the company's premises, it is 1,200 Cr per month, which is not very expensive. People are a bit more expensive, and it is impossible to pay the minimum hourly salary of 1Cr to technically savvy employees. They still have to pay 8,000 to 10,000 Cr a month.

The bulk of the expenditure is not rent or personnel, but the cost of purchasing the right to use development tools, purchasing technical services and virtual models, and leasing endpoint cloud computing power.

All the expenses were calculated up to 1 million Cr!

This money is enough to buy a "Cerberus" unmanned vehicle and an airborne missile!

As for where the money comes from?

Of course it was in exchange for silver coins.

A few days ago, with the efforts of managers and ambassador Shuyu, the alliance and the company reached two key important agreements.

One of these is a currency swap agreement.

According to the agreement, the two parties exchanged currencies with a total value of 300 million Cr at a fixed exchange rate of 3:1.

That is, 1Cr is worth 3 silver coins.

Since there is no fixed and stable market, it is difficult to convert purchasing power directly. After all, the price of a product in the Valley Province and the Cloud Province may be one in the sky and the other in the ground.

This exchange rate actually includes part of the subsidy, and the content of the subsidy is the "technical added value" provided by the enterprise to the alliance.

In addition, currency swap alone is obviously not enough. In addition, both parties also have an agreement on how to use the money.

And this involves the second trade agreement.

In principle, only residents of Ideal City can register companies and trade equity, so residents of the alliance cannot work in companies or run industries.

But there is no room for flexibility.

This newly signed trade agreement is one of the alternatives.

As permanent partners of enterprises, companies registered in the alliance and endorsed by the alliance can also enter the enterprise's whitelist.

After entering the whitelist, you can set up a branch in an ideal city and invest in non-core industries other than electricity, transportation, energy, etc.

Because it is endorsed by the alliance’s credit, approval is required to enter the alliance’s whitelist.

However, the approval process is not complicated.

Companies that have made outstanding contributions to the alliance, or are themselves collective holding companies of the shelter, can be quickly approved and obtain currency exchange quotas and tickets to invest in the ideal city.

The former is like Gojing Technology, Liszt Factory, etc., and the latter is like Niuma Brick Factory, No. 81 Factory, Bach Aluminum Factory, etc.

1 million Cr is converted into 3 million silver coins according to the fixed exchange rate.

Mole himself definitely doesn't have that kind of money.

What's more, this is just an initial investment, and the actual funds required are definitely far more than that.

However, after all, he is the "second smartest" boss in the server. After using his little brain, he quickly came up with a solution.

According to the rules of the alpha version, he took out all his belongings and collected 1.5 million silver coins with the Tuo brothers to register a company called Skeleton Group.

Then he successfully raised 12 million silver coins in start-up capital at the cost of a beautiful business plan and the sacrifice of 80% of the shares.

40 Lakh Cr.

It's enough for a while.

He divided the remaining 20% ​​shares with Irena, Elf King Fugui and other investors.

Although the shelter accounts for the majority, there are also a lot of shares that can be divided.

For example, if he holds 8%, as long as the game sells for 100 million, it will be 8 million!

After deducting the capital and taxes, he has at least 60,000 to 70,000 Cr in his hands!

If this were exchanged for silver coins...

Mole no longer dared to think further.

After only having sex for a while, he couldn't help but lose his temper. He was worried that he would get excited if he thought about it again.

In short, he took everyone's hard-earned money and shouldered everyone's expectations to open this Skull Studio, which is wholly owned by the Skeleton Group.

Under his unremitting encouragement, everyone finally restored this virtual reality version of the skydiving chicken game in "Wasteland OL".

I have to blow a wave of Aguang.

"Wasteland OL" can not only play games within games, but also play games within games.

This idea is so simple and awesome!

Although the trial version of "Battle Royale" is only the size of an island, and is a bit smaller than the popular "Super A-level" masterpieces in Ideal City that restore a world at every turn, he believes that the gameplay and fun are what make it a better game. The core of the game.

This field, which is still a blue ocean, is destined to have a place for him!

However--

The ruthless reality soon gave him a heavy blow.

The newly released "Battle Royale" did not go as he expected. It became a hit on the entire Internet as soon as it was uploaded, and even became unknown like a piece of dust falling into a pond, without even a single wave.

㳔So far, the only few visits to the server have been contributed by members of the studio.

Looking at the motionless downloads, Mole, who was dancing excitedly a few dozen minutes ago, is now so anxious that he is almost sweating.

The only thing that brought him some comfort was that the lack of big sales had nothing to do with the game itself, it was just not enough exposure.

Maybe wait until the exposure increases.

Maybe it becomes popular all of a sudden...

Standing next to the boss, staring at the data on the screen, several members of the studio also had expressions of regret.

"What a pity...the game played by such a fool is not popular at all."

"Yeah...it's obviously quite playful."

"We'd better not delay it for too long...the soup you drink will also go rancid if it's left out for too long."

The development tools on Endpoint Cloud are very mature, and it does not take long to develop a game. However, it is precisely because of this that the highly involuted environment has caused most games to not only become seriously qualitative, but also have their lifespan shortened. .

Except for those open world games that focus on the development of virtual communities and have large and non-repetitive content, the lifespan of most games is only one month, and the average game time of players often does not exceed 24 hours.

Xue Hongliang, CEO and technical director of the studio, frowned and thought for a moment.

"We should increase investment in marketing and promotion."

"Recently there is a very popular game promotion program on Duandianyun. Although the cost is a bit high, I think we can give it a try."

When Mole heard that the fee was a bit high, Mole's eyebrows suddenly twitched.

"How many?"

"Around 1.2 million Cr?"

When he heard this number, he almost spit out a mouthful of blood.

1.2 million? !

I can buy six missiles!

"Our development costs are only 1 million yuan... Isn't this price too expensive?" Mole couldn't help complaining.

Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment.

“Isn’t it common sense that publicity costs are higher than development costs?”

The mole was also stunned.

However, looking at the other members around him, they also had a look of recognition, and it didn't look like they were bullying him for not knowing what he was doing.

After taking a deep breath, Mole controlled his emotions and spoke.

"Anyway...let me see what that show is like first."

Xue Hongdian nodded and turned on the holographic TV placed in front of another desk.

Light blue light and shadow appeared, and the current channel was playing news.

He was about to switch channels, but his boss suddenly stopped him.

"Wait a minute...I'll finish reading this news."

Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment, then took his index finger back and moved it aside.

The scenes in the holographic image continued to play, and the news being broadcast seemed to be interviews and reports about the situation on the Western Front.

"...In order to reverse the decline in the frontal battlefield, the legion is deploying nuclear weapons with an equivalent of 10,000 tons to Luoxia Province."

"Minister of the Department of Comprehensive Management Yue Qian emphasized that nuclear weapons of more than 100,000 tons should be strictly restricted. If those alien species are allowed to continue to mutate and the fragile ecosystem continues to evolve in an extreme direction, the planet will change in the future. It’s impossible to survive!”

"The administrators of the Alliance also spoke in public speeches, strongly condemning the Legion's deployment of nuclear weapons to the battlefield, and stated that the residents of the Alliance will not succumb to the nuclear threat."

"The Supreme Council meeting is currently being held to discuss a more specific response plan. According to people familiar with the matter, if the false accusation is true, the Supreme Council of the enterprise will approve the use of the sealed weapons inventory..."

In the holographic image.

The council representative, surrounded by interview drones, spoke firmly.

"...There is no doubt that those weapons were prepared for this moment!"

Looking at the news in the holographic image, the staff in the production room looked at each other, and after coming back to their senses, they involuntarily took a breath of cold air.

"Hiss...a 10,000-ton nuclear bomb!"

One of the staff members asked.

"What is that concept?"

The other member thought for a while and answered.

"If it is an ideal city, everyone in this city can share 100 kilograms or the equivalent of 10 kilograms on average. If it is an alliance with a population of about 100,000, everyone can share about 10 tons."

The sound of "hiss" was heard.

The cold air in the whole room was sucked out.

Everyone couldn't help but steal a glance at their boss.

They knew that the man named Mole came from the alliance in the southern part of the River Valley Province.

However, what surprised them was that they did not see fear on this man's face.

The expression seemed to be pure surprise.

And this was indeed the case. Mole's eyes were blank as he stared at the holographic image.

He had seen the news on the official website that the legion was deploying nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province. The announcement even clearly mentioned that the legion planned to use them in the fertile capital of the Lion Kingdom.

However, look at the serious words and tone of the managers in this news...

It feels like this nuclear bomb is going to be thrown over the heads of the alliance.

really?

Seeing everyone looking at him, Mole coughed slightly and said in a serious voice.

"There's a fire at your boss's house...I'll probably have to go back and take a look in the next two days."

If the news is true, the mobilization order will probably come out soon. As the leader of the Skeleton Corps, he certainly can't wait behind and let his brothers do it for him.

Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment.

"You... want to go to the front line?"

Tu guy.

They are playing chicken.

I didn’t expect [their boss was eating real chicken on the front line].

No wonder I can come up with such interesting ideas, it turns out they are all real experiences!

"That's for sure! In fact, to be honest, driving a tank is your boss's job, and running a company is just a side job."

The mole smiled uninterestedly, coughed and continued talking.

"But don't worry about me. Your work is your greatest support! In fact, I never told you that most of the revenue from this game will be used for the military expenses of the alliance against the legion. Every time you sell With 10,000 copies of the game, one more missile will be fired at the Legion.”

"When this battle is over, I will come back and fight alongside you!"

After hearing this speech, all the staff in the office looked at him with admiration.

Xue Hongliang came forward with excitement on his face and held his right hand tightly.

"Boss, don't worry, leave the company to me... We will definitely live up to your expectations! Realize your dream of tens of thousands of sales!"

The Mole smiled and patted his right hand.

"嗽! With your words, I feel relieved!"