This Game Is Too Realistic

Luo Yu continued to share his memories of the Brood Nest on the forum, while Chu Guang learned about the situation of the Brood Nest in the city center from Xiao Yu who lived on the B4 floor of the shelter.

Speaking of which, thanks to Heya.

By improving the neural connection equipment produced by Black Box, she designed a dedicated neural network data exchange interface for Xiaoyu and connected it to the server in the shelter's B6 computer room.

This is equivalent to putting "virtual reality glasses" on it, allowing it to communicate directly with Xiaoqi using its consciousness.

I have to praise Xiaoyu, this little guy is very receptive to tools invented by humans.

It had played with the headset that Heya installed for it before, and it had a great time playing with it after getting a new toy this time.

With Xiaoyu's help, Xiaoqi remodeled and restored the memories it had collected from its mother's nest.

In this way, not only Chu Guang but any interested new and old players can read the long-lasting memories of this era through the neural connection device...

"It's incredible...such a beautiful planet is only 5 light years away from us!"

Floating in the endless void, staring intently at the nearby planet, Heya couldn't help but let out a sigh of praise.

A brand new state of affairs!

A huge, live DNA sample library!

For an expert engaged in research in this direction, is there anything more exciting than this?

The same goes for Chu Guang standing next to her

It's just that his emotion is completely different from Heya's. It's not that professional, it's just a little unbelievable——

This planet is actually alive?

And he also has his own consciousness!

From all indications, the evolution of the creatures living on this planet is completely different from that of the earth.

Of course, another possibility is not ruled out. The terrestrial system on Earth is a unique example in the universe, or the evolution of matter on each planet is unique.

After all, before he traveled through time, the human civilization in that world had not truly stepped out of the Sun, and the understanding of the world outside the Sun was still based on countless conjectures and paradoxes.

The two are currently connected to the shelter's server through a virtual reality device.

In fact, Yin Fang was here just now, but that guy once worked as a prospector for the college and was well-informed. He just came here to take a look and found that there was nothing of interest to him and left.

Compared to an abstract memory, he was more interested in the characters brought by the players from the city center.

Those are all living stones left behind two centuries ago!

Not only that, but there are also those ruins that were originally sealed underground by mutant slime mold!

The significance of this victory to the alliance can be described as a geographical discovery!

He didn't want to waste a minute outside the laboratory.

Just as the two of them were staring at the planet in trance, Xiao Qi's voice came from the side.

"Master, the memory analysis has been completed!"

Hearing Xiao Qi's voice, Chu Guangqian came to his senses and asked immediately.

"Can you get closer? I want to go up and have a look."

"Although it's okay to get closer...if you want to land on that planet, there's nothing to see on it."

Xiaoqi's voice was filled with embarrassment as she continued in a low voice.

"That brood only has a vague memory of the Gaia planet. It probably knows the situation of that planet, and it has never really lived on it... If you want to go up there, I can make some based on those memory fragments. I’m afraid there will be a big difference between the pictures and the actual situation.”

After listening to Xiaoqi's answer, Chu Guang could guess with his feet that most of the Luoyu players had already complained on the forum that they had taken out the unfinished map and painted on it.

As a player, it's impossible not to take a look when you discover a new map.

Without Xiaoqi's help, he might not even be able to see the "sticker" if he gets close.

But Chu Guang has long been accustomed to this.

Anyway, when these guys encounter anything that cannot be explained in the game, they will all blame it on him. Either the dog plan has not been completed, or the dog plan is playing a big game.

He usually doesn't bother to explain, and is even happy that his cute little players misunderstand it. After all, sometimes he himself needs to get in-game news through the forum.

Is there anything unreasonable about not finishing the game in the closed beta stage?

This is so reasonable!

"...Besides the planet itself, are there other contents about Gaia in the memory fragments of the mother nest?" Chu Guang then asked.

Xiao Qi said immediately.

"There are also some bits and pieces, mainly about Gaia and the colonists who landed in Gaia. If you want to know more, I can sort it out for you."

Chu Guang: "It's troublesome."

"Hey, no trouble, it's Xiao Qi's honor to serve the master!" A shy voice came softly, and then the light blue window appeared in front of Chu Guang.

This message is mainly from the perspective of a mutant slime mold, describing a past event in the early contact between human civilization and "Gaia".

Since mutant slime molds do not communicate through sound, the concepts stored in the sea of ​​mother nest consciousness are recorded in pure physical information and have no corresponding language.

Fortunately, the alliance has Xiaoyu, a translator who has achieved "speech ability".

With its help, Xiao Qicai transformed this abstract memory into a language that humans can understand.

Seeing Chu Guang looking at him in ecstasy, Heya, who was floating aside, also came over curiously.

Just as "Gaia" shocked the People's Union, after noticing the existence of human beings, the omnipotent Gaia was shocked by this group of extraterrestrial visitors.

He has existed on this planet for countless stellar cycles, and has controlled this planet like a god for countless stellar cycles, but this is the first time he has seen such a strange organism.

They melted soil and rocks with flames, spread the quenched elements on the ground, called thunder and lightning from temperatures comparable to stars, and drove everything to revolve around them.

And the most incredible thing is that these organisms are not under His control!

This is beyond His comprehension.

Not only could He not control them, He could not even establish communication with them, and they were completely unaware of His existence, killing the fruiting entities He sent to contact them time and time again.

At first, he thought these colonists were viruses brought by "meteorites from outer space", or something similar. After all, this kind of thing happens occasionally.

So through his own ability, He developed "antibodies" that eliminated these organisms.

At the beginning, his antibodies did produce some effects, and the aliens infected by the slime mold soon suffered from a series of symptoms such as weakness, coughing, and listlessness.

However, Chu Guang knew without even guessing that with the technological level of the Prosperous Era, such a minor cold might not even be considered a threat.

And things developed just as he thought.

The colonists quickly used advanced medical technology and analysis and research of local species to not only develop relevant vaccines, but also carried out wide-area elimination of "antibodies he designed for humans".

This is probably the first head-on conflict between Gaia and human civilization. Both sides started this unprepared war without knowing what each other was.

After discovering that virus and bacterial attacks had little effect, the enraged Gaia gradually expanded the scale of the war and began to try to cause some global disasters, spawning some more aggressive fruiting entities, and trying to physically eradicate them. Expanding colonists.

Of course, it was impossible for the People's Federation to give up this Feng Shui treasure land that was not easy to find because of such a small setback. It began to invest more and more resources into the development of the colony, and solved every trick used by Gaia. List of means.

What's interesting is that it was during this process that scholars from the People's Federation finally discovered the existence of "Gaia"!

The series of disasters that occurred on the planet Gaia are not separated from each other. Everything is controlled by a unified consciousness!

Biologists from the People's Federation put forward this conjecture when comparing the DNA of alien aliens, and the subsequent discovery of psychic interference devices confirmed this conjecture!

From the perspective of the mutant slime mold, that was the first time that humans truly heard His voice and established direct communication with Him.

"Psychic intervention device?!"

When seeing this part of the information, Heya's face was full of surprise.

After thinking for a moment, she muttered to herself again.

"The higher the intelligence of an object, the richer the information it receives, and the weaker the interference it receives... Hey, it turns out that's the case!"

She thought it was strange when she was studying the information on Vault 117 before.

The original intention of establishing the psychic intervention device project was to replace the infrasonic fence used in the colony to drive away alien species. However, according to the information they collected, the alien species in the colony were all fruiting bodies of slime mold.

As long as they use a unified consciousness, they should theoretically be unable to be driven away by mind-interfering devices.

Not even "theoretically", there are large areas of slime mold fruiting bodies in Qingquan City, and the psychic intervention device is of no use to them.

After working on it for a long time, the colonists didn't use it to replace the infrasonic fence, but used it to establish diplomatic relations with Gaia?

Chu Guang did not speak, but thought of another thing.

That's what Dr. Method mentioned to him in Vault 101 before.

During the Prosperity Era, there was a radical trend of thought that was widely popular in the society of the People's League.

That is, about the definition of human beings.

Radicals believe that people are social beings, and since social beings are human beings, the People's Federation should keep pace with the times. Conservatives believe that man is the unity of social man and natural man, both are indispensable, and the laws of ancestors are immutable.

The two sides have extensive differences on a series of issues such as artificial citizenship, the scope of application of human cloning technology, and social upbringing.

In this unique context of the times, the emergence of "Gaia" actually had a certain impact on the society of the People's Federation.

The Gestalt society that humans can usually observe in the natural world on earth is all boring and inefficient bugs like ants and bees. Now there is a nearly perfect complete body displayed in front of everyone.

In the eyes of some people, His existence provides an almost perfect solution to the differences between radicals and conservatives.

That is, as long as a Gaia-like thinking gestalt network is established through the study of Gaia and connects the consciousness of every individual in society into a whole, then all differences will be easily resolved.

This is what Gaia is like.

Before humans arrived here, there was not even the concept of conflict, nor any disagreement.

It was these people who first established contact with Gaia.

Most of them were scholars and researchers who took the initiative to apply to migrate from their home planet to the colonies, and most of them were fed up with the endless quarrels and the dictation of the Scientific Ethics Committee.

In the remaining memories of the Brood, He had a positive opinion of these humans who actively embraced Gaia.

In His understanding, He did not kill for the sake of killing, but responded to the call of the human "Gaia sect" and came under the guidance of Gaia to liberate the suffering organisms on this planet.

Of course, this was not a generous and selfless expedition, it was also for His mother.

According to those who love them, the conflict will never end unless they address the root causes of the problem.

Over hundreds of millions of years of development, the word "plunder" has been written into the genes of most species on the planet.

"...No wonder that Brood can accept the followers of the Torch Church." It took Chu Guangtuo a long time to squeeze these words out of his mouth.

Those people have been to Vault 401 and took away psychic communication devices and related technologies. Objectively, they have mastered the tools to communicate with the slime mold mother nest.

And their thoughts and opinions coincide with those of the "Gaia sect" who are passionate about mutant slime mold, but they are just a little bit more extreme towards their own people.

What does this have to do with anything?

To give an inappropriate example, the way that Yan Chao looked at them might be the same as the way he looked at Xiao Yu.

After fighting for so many years, a group of human beings finally appeared who could understand their demands. Maybe the DNA in the Torch Church's possession was given to them by Qingquan's brother!

"Are there any other memories?" After seeing this memory to the end, Heya looked longingly at where Xiaoqi's voice came from.

"No, that's all He knows." Xiao Qi replied helplessly.

Hearing Xiaoqi's answer, Heya couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but she didn't force it.

"It's unbelievable... This piece of information has completely overturned my understanding of mutant slime molds." Heya touched the bridge of her nose and suddenly looked at Chu Guang excitedly, "You know? I have a lot of new things in my mind now. My thoughts... forget it, I can’t tell you clearly, I may have to retreat for a few days to study.”

Seeing the eager expression on Heya's face, Chu Guang guessed that she might have obtained new inspiration related to her research field from this memory.

That kind of professional thing is really beyond his scope of knowledge.

Without asking in detail what it was, Chu Guang coughed slightly and said.

"You can retreat as long as you want, but before that, I have to ask your opinion on one thing."

Heya raised her eyebrows curiously.

"What's going on?"

Chu Guang tried to describe his thoughts.

"I want Xiaoyu to improve Qingquan's appearance..."

In fact, it is more of a brain idea than an idea.

When he peeked at the forum just now, he discovered that Professor Yang was encouraging Luo Yu to send the millions of cheap descendants he had just picked up to the assembly line to make money.

To be honest, Chu Guang didn't expect this cool move, and even Luo Yu himself, who was encouraged, felt that it was unrealistic.

After all, if you can do this, not to mention other players' gaming experience, I'm afraid even the NPC gaming experience will be lost.

This plug-in is still in the hands of the collective.

"Improve the appearance?" Heya was stunned after hearing this, and looked at Chu Guang with confusion, "This...how else can it be improved?"

Chu Guang explained patiently.

"Currently, Qingquan is in ruins. If millions of slime mold fruiting bodies are involved in the reconstruction, it might be possible to reduce it to a few years if it originally took hundreds of years to complete."

His requirements are not high.

Even if the urban area of ​​​​Qingquan is restored to livable water, it will be of great benefit to the alliance.

Moreover, by allowing Xiao Yu to make some visible social contributions, it can also reduce the concerns of wastelanders who don't understand it.

Seeing that Heya was stunned for a long time without speaking, Chu Guang added another sentence.

"Of course, this is just an immature idea..."

"Well...it's not a matter of maturity or immaturity. This idea actually sounds good, but there's just one problem."

After a pause, Heya continued with a subtle expression.

"According to our research, the hive consciousness is not as omnipotent as it seems. To a large extent, its control is reflected at the macro level. Just like Thea, its micro-management ability is stronger than its parent㱕. However, even for that guy, when the number of its sub-entities rises to more than one thousand or even ten thousand, it will be difficult to specifically control the actions of each sub-entity. "

"So it tried the assimilation model, allowing the assimilated fruiting entity to retain a part of its self-awareness and be able to perfect specific actions according to vague instructions. The general view of the institute is that this is the learning of mutant slime mold from human society. Evolve the ability.”

After a pause, she continued.

"As for Xiaoyu, its dominance over the fruiting bodies of Qingquan is actually weaker than that of the nest it swallowed. First of all, it transmits information through the medium of sound, although the distance and speed of propagation are compared with those of spores. The medium is better, but the information entropy is definitely reduced. When information is delivered to each fruiting entity through the two medias of sound and spores, it is difficult to say whether those fruiting entities can understand those complex commands. "

"In other words, if you want it to let those nibblers bite people, they will definitely be able to hear it, but if you want them to move something from one place to another, I'm afraid Xiaoyu will have to test it. It’s the art of command.”

After listening to Heya's explanation, Chu Guang felt a little regretful.

"That's it..."

Seeing Chu Guang's expression of regret, Heya couldn't help but add something later.

"This is just my speculation, and my speculation may not be correct. Moreover, you shouldn't ask me about this matter, but communicate directly with Xiaoyu. That guy is a natural biologist, and his existence itself is of great significance to Xiaoyu. To us, it is an incredible miracle, a singularity that is isolated from our inherent cognitive horizons.”

When she said this, she made a joke.

"To use a metaphor that is both descriptive and inappropriate, those of us who study the mysteries of nature are like magicians who need to rely on sophisticated wands and obscure incantations to cast spells."

"And it's different."

"It's magic in itself!"

…

Shelter B6 floor.

Standing in a sea of ​​light red, Xiaoyu let out a long sigh.

The light red spores rolled like waves, spreading around and around, and finally merged with the pitch black chassis standing in the computer room like a reef.

It seems slime mold has its own troubles.

Chu Guang took off the virtual reality glasses on his head and sat at the door of the computer room, placing the glasses on the head of the wastebasket-shaped robot.

Sensing its sadness, Chu Guang did not immediately speak about his own affairs, but asked in an easy-going tone.

"What are you thinking about?"

The slow thoughts were transmitted along the light red tentacles to the carbon-based semiconductor inside the chassis, and were analyzed by Xiaoqi into human language.

"I couldn't convince Thea."

This guy can actually talk.

However, the information entropy of human language is too low. It prefers to express it in its own way. Xiaoqi will translate it for it anyway.

Chu Guang thought for a moment and said.

"You don't have to feel sorry for it. It has chosen its own destiny and will follow its path to the end. Nothing in this world is perfect, and you have done a great job."

"Uh-huh."

Xiaoyu murmured softly, her mood seemed to change a little.

As the first human being it saw after waking up, Chu Guang was like a close relative to it, and it always trusted his words.

It didn't understand this feeling at first, but after meeting Thea and the Echao, it felt a little bit of the so-called sense of inheritance.

Just like Thea inherited its will.

Its world view is basically formed in the Alliance society. Its self-perception is almost the same as that of people except for its shape.

After all, shape is the least important thing to it, which has countless fruiting entities but only has one self.

This is contrary to the stubbornness of human beings who are good at using "eye edges" to draw boundaries with their fellow humans.

After a moment of silence, Xiaoyu suddenly asked another strange question.

"Am I human?"

Chu Guang thought for a while and answered truthfully.

"Objectively speaking, obviously not."

Hearing these words, Xiaoyu felt a little depressed, but quickly regained his composure and continued to ask.

"What does it take to be human?"

Feeling the seriousness and simplicity in this sentence, Chu Guang couldn't help but smile and said in a gentle tone.

"You don't have to be human, you are you, and you should be able to feel that we never exclude you."

"Ugh!"

Seemingly satisfied with this answer, Xiaoyu's voice was filled with a hint of joy, and she excitedly pulled out a tentacle from the light red ocean, stretching Chuguang's shoulder to rub his face.

This is one of the ways it expresses friendship.

I learned it from a guy named Neeko.

Xiao Qi, who was sitting on Chu Guang's shoulder, resisted and hid aside, making a dissatisfied protest.

"Hey! Don't get that sticky stuff on me! My head will get rusty!"

Pai gave Chu Guang a figure before, and it is his favorite among all his figures.

Although the guy from Ebos offered a tribute some time ago that looked very appealing to him and was a one-to-one body-sized doll. However, that guy has its own AI core just like Frost and Eclipse. It doesn’t want to use it. It feels like It will be weird.

"Uh-huh..."

Xiaoyu screamed in grievance, avoided Xiaoqi and went around to Chu Guang's other shoulder.

The relationship between the two little guys has always been good.

After all, Xiaoqi serves as Chu Guang's microphone most of the time, and Xiaoqi basically accompanies Luoyu when he goes offline.

Seeing Xiao Qi jumping onto the wastebasket, Chu Guang laughed and didn't care about Xiao Yu getting close to him. He didn't need to wash his powered armor anyway.

Chu Guang is still relatively open-minded about his attitude toward new things.

After all, from a practical point of view, if the problem could be solved by copying the People's Federation's method, there would be no need for him to clean up the mess.

What's more, if you think about it from another angle, if his idea can really be realized, Xiaoyu will be a planet-level environmental transformation artifact!

In the future, if you encounter a planet full of carbon dioxide or other harmful gases that is "just shy of the habitable yellow line", you can take a bite of it before taking pictures of the colony.

Communication across galaxies should be no more difficult than sailing across galaxies.

It does not even need to flow through spores like its ancestor "Gaia", it is enough to open a mic with the help of human civilization technology.

In terms of cost, this is definitely more cost-effective than conventional "atmosphere modification".

And its footprints will also follow the alliance's fleet and its ambition to explore new worlds, embarking on the broader world that its ancestors once imagined.

This is not a win-win situation!

Of course, exploring the new world is still too far away for the current alliance. There are still a lot of troubles waiting for them to deal with in the old world.

Seeing Xiao Yu who was in a good mood, Chu Guang smiled and put forward his own idea.

"I want to ask you something."

"Ugh!"

Xiaoyu excitedly nodded and stretched out his tentacles, and agreed without even asking.

Chu Guang made a joke.

"Don't you even ask what it is?"

The light red spores that filled the computer room were swaying gently like water plants, as if they could see through the bottom of the lake at a glance.

"I trust you!"