This Game Is Too Realistic

Chu Guang stayed in Weifu City for three full days.

Except for the work report from Di Jinrong on the first day, he spent the remaining two days wandering around the settlement according to the "strategies" posted on the forum by players.

Unlike the cookie-cutter Singularity City, every district and even every street in this settlement is full of stories.

For example, Kunzhen.

This work created by the players' whims has become the most prosperous neighborhood in Weifu City.

Especially as the young men of the 100th Mountain Division of the Enterprise brought the Kunpai created by Brother Mosquito back to Ideal City, this street became even more crowded with "players" from Ideal City.

No one thought [things would develop] like this, including Brother Mosquito himself.

Although his original intention was just to make a living while making money, he didn't expect that the complex game rules and story-filled cards would unexpectedly become popular throughout Ideal City - at least attracting some otakus.

Analyzing the underlying reasons, this may be inseparable from the vast and barren digital desert of Ideal City.

The excessive speed of information exchange makes every piece of fragmented information lose its original meaning, making it as rich and empty as a brightly colored million tube.

It is precisely because of this that when they are separated from the information services provided by the endpoint cloud and the speed of information flow is slowed down, they feel the joy of returning to nature.

In short, Kunzhen in Weifu City and Singularity City next door have become the spiritual hometown of another wave of ideal city residents.

There are many backpackers who have flown in from the east coast for "pilgrimage" wandering around the town.

And because of the arrival of these guys, this small town located in the wasteland unexpectedly showed signs of a "post-modern Renaissance", and many literary and artistic works full of fantastic ideas emerged.

For example, derivative works about Kunpai cards, such as some independent works that incorporate players' strange imaginations.

The residents of Ideal City bring not only ideas on the endpoint cloud, but also related technologies.

For example, holographic projection technology that is enough to resemble the real thing, and virtual reality technology that can completely immerse yourself in dreams, etc.

Although these art forms are a bit too advanced for the Wastelanders, they are unexpectedly connected to the brainwaves of players from another world.

not only that.

Chu Guang heard that local professional players were active, and he also teamed up with engineers from Ideal City to develop a unique system called "Super Dream".

This system can interface with retinal nerves, store the collected visual signals in the chip, and reproduce them through a special reading device.

This system has greatly reduced the development costs of immersive virtual reality system imaging works and games, and enhanced the realistic effect of the picture. Its significance is no less than that of people in the old days putting cameras on their mobile phones.

Originally, the production of virtual reality games and film and television works was the preserve of professional directors, but now individuals can become directors. As long as they install a set of prosthetic equipment and insert a crystal, they can create their own works.

Affected by this development, "Wasteland OL" has further strengthened the "death replay" and "real-time screen recording" functions.

Before this, these two functions were mainly accomplished through the head-mounted camera on the action recorder, and the operation was far less convenient than this "Super Dream" system.

As for relevant laws and regulations, representatives will naturally discuss them based on actual needs.

Prior to this, the players who developed this device also made some restrictions based on the terms in the "Player's Handbook", such as circulation restrictions on restricted-grade images, as well as grading review standards, etc.

In addition to progress in the fields of literature, art and science and technology, the survivors of Weifu City have also made considerable progress in the economic and industrial fields.

Clean and tidy buildings are rising from the ground like bamboo shoots soaked in the spring rain, extending along the streets of Bidi, which was a deserted and barren land just two years ago.

According to Di Jinrong's report, 170,000 wastelanders have settled here.

Among them are pioneers from Stone City and Dawn City, wastelanders wandering around Jinchuan Province and Prancing Pony Province, and even Weirant people from the distant Yunjian Province and even the west coast, as well as people wandering in the swamp. Settlers.

Especially the residents of the swamps, they brought with them the resource exploration and mining technology inherited from the Science and Technology Committee, as well as the waste recycling technology learned from the scavenger groups in the northern part of the River Valley Province.

Relying on these technologies, they obtained loans from the alliance's banks and opened resource extraction companies. They drew nutrients from the ruins of pre-war cities that had been buried for two centuries and transformed them into industrial blood. The railway transports various industrial zones in the alliance.

In addition to the utilization of resources, the local survivors also utilized the wind resources on Shifeng Mountain according to the location. They built a series of roller-shaped windmills on the towering mountain.

It is worth mentioning that this is the handiwork of the North Island workers of the South China Sea Alliance. The survivors there are best at utilizing sustainable renewable energy, and have developed this ability to the extreme in more than a century.

Although the electric energy converted from wind energy is not as large and cheap as the electric energy provided by the controllable fusion reactor, it is completely enough for Weifu City, which has a population of only 170,000.

They can even export excess electricity to Singularity City in exchange for agricultural products and light industrial consumer goods produced in Singularity City.

Compared with bringing a wire from Lida City, this is a more economical approach.

Although controllable fusion is efficient, the resources of helium 3 are slightly less. Before the resumption of Earth-moon flights, the Alliance's energy was not rich enough to be squandered at will.

In addition, it is worth mentioning the farmland that continues to extend along the Wei River, and the extended areas that expand along the roads and railways.

Many people from the expeditionary force from Borneo chose to stay here, and their extraordinary enthusiasm for the land also accelerated the expansion of Weifu City to a certain extent.

In comparison, those pioneers from Boulder City preferred to live in crowded cities.

Except for those guys who were mercenaries.

All in all, the local people have found a development method that suits them, and they have taken into account both internal and external development, combining the advantages of the people of all ethnic groups.

In Chu Guang's opinion, this is the most valuable part.

If time permits, he plans to stay here for a while and read through the things that interest him.

However, there are still ten settlements waiting for him to visit. Those places that he has no time to visit can only be left to the players to pay careful attention to for him.

The railway station in Weifu City.

Chu Guang, who said goodbye to Di Jinrong and his group, sat in the waiting room next to the platform.

Looking at the busy crowd outside the window and the prosperous settlement behind them, Chu Guang had a satisfied smile on his face.

"Weifucheng will be a good example."

Lu Bei was confused.

"Demonstration?"

"That's right."

Chu Guang nodded with a smile and continued talking in a relaxed tone.

"I told you a long time ago that barbarians will not be simply wiped out by force. They will be like weeds after the spring breeze blows, and they will grow one after another after being burned by the fire. However, they are different from those who are backward. The same production methods will eventually be replaced by more advanced production methods, and our culture was born out of this process. "

"What is worthy of pride is that we have given birth to the fire of literature, and the difficulty is just how to let it spread spontaneously to further places."

"Weifu City has set a good example in this matter. Visitors from the wasteland from all directions came here, witnessed our order and prosperity and were attracted by it, and then brought it with them from all directions... And our ideals have also This process will continue to extend along the roads and railways they pass, injecting new blood into this barren land and awakening the civilization beneath the sleeping soil. "

Lu Bei scratched the back of his head.

Chu Guang knew that he didn't understand, but he didn't care. He just smiled kindly and ended the topic.

"The next stop is Settlement No. 1... By the way, we will pass by the Eastern Legion's camp, right?"

Finally talking about an area where he could get in on the topic, Lu Bei immediately spoke seriously.

"I'm ready for safety work."

Seeing the young man's serious look, Chu Guang said with a smile.

"I'm not worried about safety, I just want to see if I have a chance to go there."

He always heard players say on the official forum that the big nose there had been "corroded" into the shape of an alliance. He had always been curious about what the so-called alliance's shape looked like.

Lu Bei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said hesitantly.

"Are you talking about the control area of ​​the 370,000th team? But... that's not our territory after all."

"Hmm... that's true," Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully, "Sure enough, it would be better to let Qi Yan send a formal document of foreign affairs to Chief Bennot."

Just as the two of them were crying, the station's announcement suddenly rang.

"Dear passengers, we are sorry that due to an unexpected situation on the Haiyexing Province railway section, train D97 passed near the old site of Haibei City and was diverted due to an emergency. The railway line is currently suspended and will go to Settlement No. 1. The scheduled flights will be temporarily frozen and the resumption time is to be determined..."

"Staff from outposts near the current area where the accident occurred have gone to the area to investigate. Please wait patiently. We will notify you as soon as possible after troubleshooting..."

At the same time as the broadcast, the passengers on the station platform were in an uproar.

Especially those passengers who were preparing to go to Settlement No. 1, the expressions on their faces were first stunned, and then replaced by anger.

People flocked to the duty booth one after another, blocking the originally small window, huddled together and started making noises.

"What are you doing?"

"What's going on? Please let me calm down for a moment...then tell me when the shift can resume!"

"Damn it! I have booked a passenger ship flight to the North Island in the evening. Now you tell me that the train is not available and the recovery time is to be determined?! Who will compensate for my losses!"

“Refund!!!”

Faced with the problems that came one after another, the staff at the duty booth were also very anxious.

Obviously, the little girl sitting in front of the window didn't know what was going on in front of her, and she didn't even receive the notification earlier than the passengers here.

In fact, let alone her, Lu Bei, who was standing in the waiting room, also looked confused. A soldier from the Guards Corps trotted into the waiting room, performed a military salute and stopped nervously, standing next to him and Chu Guang. beside.

"Report! A train collision occurred 110 kilometers north of Settlement No. 1... According to a report from a nearby post, the cause of the accident was that 120 survivors from Settlement No. 1 tried to intercept the passenger train. Although the train conductor activated the emergency He tried his best to move, but because the distance was too short, he eventually crashed into the crowd... resulting in two deaths and one injury. "

Lu Bei stared at him and said.

"What are the branches over there doing? They didn't know about such a big thing until now!"

The soldier buried his head and explained nervously.

"...Things happened in the wasteland, and they happened too suddenly."

Lu Bei hated the fact that iron cannot become steel.

"At least they came out of the settlement, right? There's no news about the people over there?"

The soldier hesitated and wanted to explain, but Chu Guang raised his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two.

"Okay, don't embarrass him. Even I can't know everything that happens in this settlement."

The branch of the Guards Corps in Settlement No. 1 has only been established for less than half a year, so it is understandable that it is not yet proficient in intelligence collection.

Moreover, in settlements established entirely by immigrants, the population is too mobile, and the dividing line between settlements and wilderness is even less obvious. It is basically impossible to completely prevent problems before they happen, not to mention that the place where the incident occurred is a wasteland. superior.

It is not easy for them to understand the situation at the first time, so there is no need to be too harsh.

Looking at the soldier with his head lowered, Chu Guangnan continued to speak in a gentle tone.

"Put your head up, straighten your back, and tell me where the situation is. Including whether the situation is under control, why those people stopped the car, and what their purpose or appeal is. "

Hearing Chu Guang's words, the soldier was moved and straightened his back to continue his report.

"In the control area of ​​the 370,000th Army of the Eastern Legion where the accident occurred, a centurion named Anthony has taken control of the situation and transferred the arrested persons involved to the outpost guards who rushed to the scene... …”

"According to the guard's investigation, those people were survivors from Borneo. Most of them had obtained alliance citizenship, and the rest were detainees. After meeting the guard, they made a complaint, saying ... said he wanted to see you."

Chu Guang was stunned for a moment.

"...Meet me?"

The soldier of the Guards nodded with a subtle expression.

"That's right... they shouted that they wanted to see the alliance manager."

…

At the outpost near the old site of Haibei City, Anthony, who was leaning next to an open-top off-road vehicle, had just finished eating the lunch box sent by the alliance brothers and burped heavily with beer.

The commander sitting on the hood looked at him and asked with a helpless expression.

"Are we going to stay here any longer?"

After transferring the "perpetrator" to the alliance guards, in theory this matter has nothing to do with them.

However, this commander was probably addicted to watching the theater, so he insisted on staying here and even shamelessly had a meal.

Listening to [his subordinate's] voice, Anthony grinned nonchalantly.

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back? Why don't we wait here and take a look. Maybe we can meet the [Alliance] manager."

I heard that that guy killed a pioneer of the Torch Church who was wearing physical power armor with a hammer.

And they were still under siege by a group of bat-winged people.

He had always been curious about what that guy looked like, how many arms and heads he had on his body.

Of course, he was more curious about how that guy planned to handle this matter.

These people are all members of the Alliance.

And he is also his most "loyal" supporter.

Just when he was curious, two light blue arcs of light flashed in the dusk sky in the distance.

Anthony threw the beer bottle aside, took off the telescope hanging on the inside of the car door, and took a look at the suspected plasma plume.

After only a moment, an expression of excitement suddenly appeared on his face.

"Coming!"

Not long after he finished speaking, a "Viper" transport plane flew over from Shifeng Mountain, and then slowly landed on the weedy wasteland.

Pay attention to the two arcs of light, not just Anthony. The alliance guards inside the post noticed the flying transport plane from a distance, including the Borneos who were detained at the door of the post.

Seeing the Guards soldiers jumping out of the transport plane and squatting on the ground, Jerami recognized the exoskeletons on them, and the originally droopy face was filled with a red light of excitement again in an instant.

It’s the person next to the manager!

Sure enough, that adult was looking after them!

Ignoring the scolding of the guards, Jeremy jumped up from the ground like a rabbit jumping out of the grass, ran away from the guards, and then knelt on the ground with a plop.

"Master Manager...you are here...we...we were wronged."

The air was unusually quiet.

The guards wearing exoskeletons stared at him coldly.

Through the pitch-black goggles, Jeremy couldn't see the expressions on their faces, but he could feel the coldness in their eyes.

He swallowed unconsciously and tried to find the blue power armor, but he only saw a man in casual clothes.

That man exuded a special aura.

The only difference was that it was not the majesty he imagined, but a reassuring or convincing power.

"Tell me what you mean by injustice."

Jeremy pressed his forehead firmly to the ground and said in a choked voice.

"We just wanted to see you, but we were taken here as if we were prisoners by those Weirant people...and these rude guards."

As he spoke, he glanced hatefully at the convertible off-road vehicle not far behind him, especially the man standing next to the car.

Chu Guang stood motionless, watching the old man kneeling on the ground. He did not scold the old man to stand up like he scolded others.

he knows.

Others may lower their heads out of fear of power and authority, but this guy does it out of heartfelt desire.

Even if you lift him up with your own hands, there is no point. Instead, you will follow his humble wish.

In the past, Chu Guang didn't particularly understand this kind of emotion. Even when he was in Singularity City, he was confused more than once about why some people preferred to live like animals.

Now someone showed up and demonstrated it, and he suddenly understood it in an instant.

These guys are sincerely longing for a divine emperor to help them resolve all the contradictions in reality, even if the power that ignores the laws of physics is just their imagination.

Their understanding of equality is that they can do whatever they want, and once the person who promised them equality cannot satisfy their wishes, they will blame the reality of pain on equality, thinking that equality is not absolute, that is, absolute inequality. .

In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on them.

Part of the reason is that those who brought them here deceived them with white lies, making them mistakenly believe that the alliance was a wish-granting machine, and that they were the Santa Claus who rode an elk to deliver gifts.

Maybe their lack of food is actually not because they are waiting, but because they have not had enough food and are not waiting for food.

Chu Guang was silent for a while, looked at him and continued

"Then now that you have met [me], what do you want to say to me?"

Jeremy was so excited that he held his breath, his face burst into tears of gratitude, and his forehead bled on the ground.

Not only him, but also the other Borneos squatting at the gate of the outpost.

They are like real pilgrims!

After that journey full of hardships, they finally met the true God in their minds!

Then respect the administrator!

"The survivors of Settlement No. 1 were deceived by the representatives. For the sake of their own interests, those representatives made peace with the beasts in human skins... They used their eloquent sophistry for their own selfish desires and put the interests of the alliance at risk. No matter what!"

"But it's not too late. As long as you are willing to raise your voice, we will all unite around you, and all the people who have been saved by you will! I can swear to you by my surname that I will always be loyal to you, Including my children, my grandchildren...all of us from generation to generation!"

"Only by disbanding that group of insects! Throwing them into prison and sentencing them to death can we end the Wasteland Era and achieve true justice! This is for all our compatriots in the Alliance. Before it's too late... "

The old man spoke with tears streaming down his face, his forehead firmly pressed against the ground, like a loyal minister whose liver and brains were wiped out.

The same goes for other Borneo people beside him.

There aren't many normal people who can follow this guy here.

"In order to see me, you stopped a train that couldn't stop at all. Two people who didn't deserve to die died, and one person had a broken leg... You said it was for the sake of our fellow Alliance members, let alone you. A few words of truth, have you ever shed a tear for your compatriots? "

"Don't talk to me about the guy thousands of miles away who you can't even name. Just look at the railroad track behind you. You can see the people who were alive a few hours ago." ”

Listen to the sound coming slowly.

Jeremy was stunned, raised his head, and met a pair of pitying eyes.

This should be something that excites him.

However, for some reason, there was a hint of uneasiness in that pity.

The pity was not directed at him, but at something in him.

It feels like watching something valuable fall into a puddle.

It's as if other parts of him are not worth mentioning except for one thing.

He tried to argue something and opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Chu Guang's patience gradually wore away while waiting, and he was even less interested in listening to his made-up sophistry.

"It seems that your success has moved me, but I can't understand what you are talking about anymore."

"According to the league's laws, the organizers bear the primary responsibility and the participants bear the secondary responsibility. This should not be repeated by me, but now I will make an exception to tell you."

"Even though you probably don't care about the safety of the two dead compatriots and everyone on the train, and you have never acted under the law, since you are standing on the soil of the Alliance, you must abide by the rules here, and then Pay for your own stupidity.”

"If you have anything to say, please leave it to the judge. If you want to kneel down, just keep kneeling down."

Just as the words fell, Chu Guang's outline gradually blurred, and then turned into little bits of light and dissipated in the wind.

That's a hologram.

Until the end, the adult did not answer their prayers, and even refused to condescend to see them.

Jeremy's eyes fell into despair, and his expression was ashen, as if his soul had been drained out, and he was really dead.

The guards standing not far away looked at each other, not knowing what to do for a moment.

This farce should be over, but the subsequent impact may be far from over.

After finishing their work, the Guards returned to the plane.

As two plasma plumes erupted, the Viper transport plane returned to where it came from.

"Get up, you've met the manager too. Even if the person who said it first didn't listen to you, I want to say that he actually has you in his heart... Those big noses wouldn't be so polite to you."

Walking next to Jeremy, the director of the outpost touched him with his calf.

After being touched like this, Jeremy finally came back to his senses, and his wrinkled old face gradually changed from a look of anger to a look of panic, like a defeated chicken.

Managers don't need his loyalty.

He thought he was doing it for the good of everyone, but he never thought that in the eyes of the former leader, he was just a disruptive lunatic and a hopeless burden.

He was on the wrong team.

And his persistence turned into a joke.

He seemed to be aware of the problem, but he seemed not to be aware of it at all.

But he was really scared anyway.

Just a few minutes ago, he had dismissed the law as waste paper, but he actually took the initiative to ask about the Alliance's criminal law.

"...What will happen to us?"

Looking at the old man who had trembling shoulders and seemed to have shrunk in size, the director of the outpost sighed.

"I don't know, this kind of outrageous thing has never happened before..."

Robbers who intercept trains are usually sent to a labor camp, and if they lose their lives, they will be sentenced to death or life imprisonment depending on the circumstances... However, human lives here usually refer to casualties caused by train security or passengers.

Kill yourself...

He hadn't seen it before, and this probably set a precedent since the Alliance had railways.

After a pause, the director of the outpost said again.

"But after all, a human life was lost and economic losses were caused. The sentence is certain. It may be more than ten years in prison, or it may be deportation...it all depends on the judge."

If the judge can't make up his mind, he may have to refer it to the legislative body for discussion. After all, this matter is indeed strange enough.

Having said that, disbanding Settlement No. 1 means...

What is this guy thinking?

Those people must have spoken for them after all, and they said a lot.

Leaning next to the off-road vehicle, Anthony put down the binoculars in his hand and muttered something to himself.

"It turns out that guy looks like this..."

Apart from being quite handsome, there doesn't seem to be anything special about him.

However, for such a group of people, it doesn't matter what he looks like.

The important thing is that the manager's conversation was surprisingly to his liking.

Perhaps as a Velanter, what he actually hates is not the smell of mud on those people, but those guys who keep saying they are for their compatriots, but their hands are stained with the blood of their compatriots.

Having said that, this kind of person is not just a patent of the Borneo people, there are also people in the team of the Weirant people... and those blue gophers still have some foresight.

Thinking about this, Anthony suddenly became envious of those blue gophers.

Their managers are still alive and kicking, and occasionally they can come out and say a few words to show their presence.

And he respects Mr. Shuai the most, but he has not been active like this for a long, long time...