Chapter 224 Lingyi's First Game Trial

"This feeling..." Lingyi felt it was a little unbelievable, because this feeling was a bit similar to when the Dao Wheel turned and a strong man opened the mind realm.

It just changed from interfering with one's own law-based field to being able to interfere with hundreds of thousands of creatures below, and the intensity of the interference also became much weaker.

But the mode of operation is the same.

Luo Cheng, who entered the game with Ling Yi and was now beside his daughter, naturally saw what she was thinking.

"That's right. I built it based on the mind-image realm. If this way of operation is formed into a habit, it will also be beneficial for students when they enter the Dao Wheel's rotation in the future. It can allow them to adapt to the supernatural power of the Dao Wheel more quickly and obtain their due combat power more quickly." Luo Cheng, who is in the game, is the same as Ling Yi. He is not a physical entity, but a translucent shadow.

"Those below are..." Ling Yi pointed to the hundreds of thousands of people who were eating, farming, doing business, and other daily activities below.

"Puppet." Then Luo Cheng briefly told Ling Yi about his pseudo-personality puppet technology, and said that he combined this technology with the Originium skills of the White-Faced Owl to create a cheap artificial intelligence.

"...Do they really have no self-awareness?" Ling Yi looked at the 'living beings' below and still found it a little strange.

They laugh, cry, and get angry when they are hit by others. All their appearances are basically the same as those of ordinary people. It is hard to imagine that these people are so-called puppets.

"No." Luo Cheng said affirmatively.

"All their behaviors are 'performed' according to pre-set logic. There is no such thing as self. Behind this reality is a complex logical algorithm, not real consciousness." After saying this, Luo Cheng thought for a while, then raised his hand and waved.

There was a slight shake in the game world.

He thought of one thing. Since even Lingyi had created these artificial intelligences that were too realistic, the question of whether they had already developed self-awareness was doubtful. Then other students who entered the game would definitely have similar thoughts.

Why not just add an identification mechanism similar to the Turing test to the game world? This mechanism will automatically check whether the artificial intelligences in this world are truly conscious. And if someone wants to know, this mechanism will also disclose its internal detection data to the students.

In fact, Luo Cheng has many ways to avoid such problems.

The Terrans, or most creatures, even though their life levels have evolved, the underlying logic of life has not changed. The genes left by countless ancestors over tens of millions of years still play their roles, and most people are still "visual creatures".

As long as Luo Cheng changes the appearance of these dolls from human to Zerg, it is estimated that few people will pay attention to whether they have self-awareness or not.

But this is not what Luo Cheng wants to see.

What he hopes is that the players of the game can treat the "chess pieces" in their hands as real people.

Because the essence of this game is a rehearsal, a rehearsal for the methods that students who will have the opportunity to hold great power in the future will use to govern in the future.

During this period, it is not a good thing to train students to not treat people as human beings!

If those in power fail to put people first and instead view the people as a string of resource numbers and the people's ideas as data that fluctuate according to conditions, then many counterintuitive and bizarre policies will emerge, and then...

No matter what path his students will take in governing the country in the future, Luo Cheng hopes that they can at least treat people as human beings. Even if they kill someone, they will think of themselves as "I killed a person" instead of "I stepped on an ant to death."

So even though Luo Cheng had many ways to make the game easier to run, he still abandoned these methods in order to retain a certain degree of authenticity.

After telling his daughter the general operation methods and game process of the game, Luo Cheng stopped interfering and let Lingyi operate freely.

In this game, Luo Cheng used a background similar to that of World War II.

But the national settings are based on the various countries on Terra.

For example, Victoria of the British Empire, the Yan Kingdom in the east, and Colombia watching the battle from afar.

This will make Terra players feel more involved.

Luo Cheng reduced the population and military strength of each country proportionally.

...If there are too many puppets, the server really can't handle it.

In the game setting, the world's maximum total population is about 10 million, and then it is distributed to each country in proportion.

These ten million are not just the numbers you see on the control panel, but each one has its own independent AI. If your ability is strong enough, you can even perform micro-manipulation on each individual!

Of course, the game Lingyi was playing was just a simple tutorial for novices, and there were not so many people.

The country controlled by Lingyi is Kjerag, and her opponent is Minos. There are only two countries in this game.

Lingyi can win as long as he conquers by force or achieves cultural victory.

After Luo Cheng let go, Ling Yi began to operate.

Lingyi first chose to develop industry and popularize education, and then began to unify the management of domestic farmland.

But the sudden interference in farmland was resisted by farmers.

The rapid development of industry impacted the existing interest groups in the country. Kjerag, under Lingyi's manipulation, began to experience internal strife from time to time, but all of them were suppressed by Lingyi's army.

The popularization of education has been going smoothly. A large number of talents have emerged in the country, adding fresh blood to the country's operation.

Then, she replaced the old stubborn people in Kjerag's regime who kept trying to resist the arrangements of "God" with the talents that emerged after the popularization of education.

At this time, interference from external forces appeared, and these old stubborn people actually united with the "enemy country" in an attempt to fight against the gods.

So a brutal fight began.

At great cost, Lingyi completely suppressed all opposition in the country.

Having completed the complete rule from top to bottom, the country officially entered the era of "God's rule", but as a price, the country's management system was destroyed and Lingyi needed to spend a lot of time to rebuild it.

Kjerag, who had no grudge against Minos, also killed many Minoans in this civil strife. The two sides developed hatred, and the possibility of cultural victory became very slim.

In order to make the game more challenging, the setting at the beginning of this game is that Minos is stronger than Kjerag.

Minos, who had suffered a loss, naturally refused to give up. He took advantage of the fact that Kjerag was in a state of disrepair and directly led his troops to attack!

At this time, no matter what Lingyi did, she was unable to put up an effective resistance. Citizens kept choosing to betray and surrender under disadvantageous circumstances. In the end, nothing could be done to save the situation!

When the game came to an end, Luo Cheng appeared beside Ling Yi again.

Chapter 225 Luo Cheng's Demonstration

"Lose already?" After the game was over, Ling Yi tilted her head and frowned slightly.

This was her first time playing the game and she didn't understand the game's mechanics, so she chose some policy decisions that seemed good and correct.

But the effect was not as she expected.

"In this game, not all policies you issue will be enforced." Luo Cheng, who had not disturbed Lingyi's gaming experience before and only appeared beside Lingyi again after the game ended, said.

"And even if it is implemented, there may be a situation where 'there are policies from above and countermeasures from below', and the final implementation effect may be completely different from what you imagined."

As he spoke, Luo Cheng pulled up the in-game panel, showing the food reserves of various regions, people's wishes, demands, military deployment, weapons and equipment research and development progress, energy reserves, mineral resources, climate, per capita income and savings levels... There were hundreds of pages of densely packed data on it.

Lingyi didn't study this in too much detail. She just took a quick look and started working right away.

"Not only that, you have not considered two things."

"First, you ignore the role you play. In this game, you can choose different operating main roles according to different countries, such as president, emperor, pope, god... and so on. The identities of these roles will also bring different influences to the game."

"The same policy, depending on the identity of the issuer, may lead to different results."

"Second, you are too focused on yourself and lack interaction with neighboring countries." Luo Cheng pulled out the second game panel, this time it was Minos's, but because Lingyi did not interact deeply with it and did not send spies to investigate, the hundreds of pages of data in it were almost all black, like the fog of war.

"Let me show you a game." Luo Cheng said, and this time he personally took to the field.

To be honest, he is not proficient in politics and so has no interest in ruling others. He is better at gaining profits through business, scientific research, and fighting.

But as the creator of this game, he at least understands the game's operating mechanism better.

Because it was a demonstration, Luo Cheng also started a tutorial for novices with only two countries.

Otherwise it would take too long.

The country controlled by Luo Cheng is Casimir, and his opponent is Leitania.

Of course, it was Casimir and Leitania before Luo Cheng arrived.

If it is Lethania that becomes the dumping ground for sparks after the Witch King is resurrected, there is no need to fight at all. It is impossible to fight because the gap in national strength between the two sides is too great.

This time, Luo Cheng also chose the identity of "God" to start with, just like Ling Yi. Except for Yan Country, most countries can choose this identity. After choosing it, the country will automatically have a "state religion" setting.

Luo Cheng started by pulling down the Chamber of Commerce and the Supervisory Committee. He did not choose to be a master of balancing the two like Casimir's current government. He just wanted to take sides.

The Supervisory Council is an organization formed by the old noble knights of Casimir to fight against the erosion of their traditions and various rights by commercialization. It has been preventing the further development of commercial associations in all aspects of society.

Luo Cheng severely suppressed the power of the Supervisory Council, and at the same time found a new way out for the knights who were increasingly unpopular with the times.

In the past, knights were the product of a combination of nobility and military power, but Luo Cheng redistributed the powers among them, weakening their nobility and completely militarizing the knights. As for power, holding an important position in the army is not necessarily less powerful than being a noble.

Luo Cheng's move divided the internal unity of the knights. The powerful knights were all assigned appropriate high positions, while the ordinary knights served as non-commissioned officers.

Even if the larger number of ordinary knights have different opinions, they lack the support of higher-level leaders and find it difficult to work together.

The Chamber of Commerce lacked an opponent and developed rapidly, but Luo Cheng put a new shackle on them.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission was established under Luo Cheng, and the powers of state-owned banks were greatly expanded.

No matter what you do in business, I will go straight to the root of the problem: money.

As long as the outflow of domestic assets is restricted, no matter how hard you work, you are still working for me!

Whether or not you end up helping others is just a matter of thought.

The division of responsibilities at one hand reduces domestic risks and increases the potential for war.

Then, while allowing the business associations to develop freely and boost the domestic economy, they also strangled the opponent's lifeline, making them dare not act rashly.

It avoids the weird situation where things become chaotic if left alone and dead if controlled, and finds a balance in it.

Of course, the success of his policies was also due to his extremely powerful spiritual power, which enabled him to provide completely different "divine revelations" to a large number of individuals in order to achieve extreme micro-manipulation.

After the economy took off and national defense strength increased, at least enough to resist foreign invasion, Luo Cheng vigorously developed the domestic entertainment industry.

Luo Cheng has issued a large number of incentive policies to encourage the development of literature, sports, film and other film and television industries.

That's right, although Terra is based on Originium technology, it does have a film industry. For example, the Iron Eater, who was originally going to join Rhodes Island after falling into poverty, and is now working hard to revive Yan Kingdom's martial arts after recovering from his oripathy, is a movie star.

Then began the cultural invasion of Leitania.

At the same time, he did not stop his other steps. With his foresight of the times, he constantly stimulated the domestic economy and guided scientific and technological research, making it develop even faster.

Although Luo Cheng cannot directly give them his technology in the game, he can use his knowledge to know what research directions are feasible and what level of resources and time are needed in each research field to produce results.

This kind of vision is sometimes very important.

On the one hand, there was constant internal friction between the twin queens and the electors and aristocratic forces in the country, and the country's development was slow.

The other side is constantly carrying out new policy reforms, and the first step is to complete military reforms before the other side becomes wary, greatly enhancing the country's military strength.

By the time a crisis is realized, it will be difficult to start a war again.

In addition, the top management is constantly holding each other back, and Luo Cheng's hidden efforts to disrupt its internal operations have never stopped.

Cultural victory has almost become inevitable, and even after technological advancement, military victory may not be impossible.

After the game, Luo Cheng and Ling Yi reviewed the process.

"In general, you can't just think about executing the 'correct' strategy. You also have to sort out domestic forces, enhance the centripetal force of the people, develop related industries, improve the government's execution, and explore and interfere with other countries. This is not much different from the real idea of ​​governing a country... This is the general gameplay of the three difficulty levels of elementary, intermediate and advanced."

"As for other difficulty levels, this game is still a work-in-progress. I haven't finished it yet. The academy can just use it for now. I think it can be used for a long time. As for the subsequent content, we can wait until most students can complete the game on the advanced difficulty level."

Hearing this, Lingyi nodded and began to think about what would be the most appropriate way to let students get in touch with this "game".

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I wish you all a happy National Day (~ ̄▽ ̄)~

Chapter 226 Luo Cheng's Transformation and Vision

No matter how Lingyi plans to let students get in touch with this extremely realistic game, she needs to solve a problem first.

After exiting the game with Luo Cheng, Ling Yi looked at the giant tree made of flesh, blood and machinery that was more than ten meters high with twitching eyes. A large number of human-shaped phantoms were coiled around it, and from time to time they decomposed into messy digital characters and merged into the giant tree. The ends of the branches of the giant tree were full of wriggling tentacle-like nerves... This thing gave people a very evil feeling no matter how you looked at it!

And it's not just ordinary evil. If it were put in a movie or TV series, he would probably act as the big boss who could cause the destruction of the world!

"Father, can't the appearance of this thing be changed?" Ling Yi asked Luo Cheng.

In fact, she had wanted to complain about Luo Cheng's aesthetic taste for a long time, and not just about this game server.

Luo Cheng's planetary environment transformation device, and the global signal tower that he recently wants to install all over the world, all have an inexplicable villain aesthetic!

It is obvious that Dawn Company is a very upright force that brings hope to Terra!

No, to be precise, Luo Cheng did not have a strange aesthetic sense, but he simply did not consider the concept of "beauty".

What a thing looks like when it leaves the factory is basically what Luo Cheng shows to outsiders.

It's like a car, without any sheet metal work, paint or modification. It's just a tin box with a chassis, engine, wheels and drive system that is sold to customers!

It can indeed be opened, but... it is really not beautiful at all!

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