Cyberpunk: Nirvana of Shoko Toyokawa

"Eh~ This distinction is really hard to understand!" Miao Meng frowned beside him, "What if we are halfway through an open activity and a fight breaks out, should we call each other by our real names or code names? If we are halfway through an underground activity and run into someone we know in public, should we call each other by our real names or code names?"

"..."

"At that time, just say 'Hello'."

Hai Ling said.

"At most, I can tell them apart by saying 'hello' a few times."

"Then if I want to call everyone, don't I have to shout 'Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey'!?"

"I'll try to tell."

"Working hard at a time like this!?"

"……alright."

Xiangzi interrupted Miaomeng and Hailing and said:

"Be quiet, we're going in."

hum...

The glass door slid open to both sides, and on the ground, a large red projection with the words "Welcome to the Avex Headquarters Building" appeared.

High heels and leather shoes tapped on the spotless marble floor as Xiangzi and his group walked into the hall.

From the moment they started, the four of them were the focus of the whole place, and even more so after entering the building.

The four of them walked towards the front desk, bathed in the gaze.

Xiangzi's behavior was very natural, and Chuhua was used to it. Hailing always had the same expression no matter what environment she was in.

And Meow Dream...

Miao Meng is also very natural, the kind of natural that is happy.

Not only that, it was enjoyable.

"(Everyone is paying attention~)"

Miao Meng sends messages in the brain-computer communication channel.

“(Start working, don’t post irrelevant content.)”

Xiangzi replied.

It was impossible to tell from her face that Xiangzi was having such a serious conversation in her brain. She approached the front desk gently and smiled at the receptionist.

The receptionist was also one of the people who had been following the crowd with her eyes.

Is it professionalism or selfishness... ?

In short, as a receptionist of a large company, she still has business capabilities.

"Hello, welcome to the headquarters of Avex Imaging Technologies."

The private state did not affect the work, and the receptionist bowed in a standard manner.

"Have you made an appointment?"

Xiangzi nodded.

“We are the artists of Honeycomb,” she said, “and we have an appointment to experience the new [rapid eye movement technology] at 2 o’clock this afternoon.”

It's five minutes past two.

Xiangzi was a little late on purpose.

Because the time you spend on the scene is also used to shape your own identity.

"Okay. Excuse me, what is your reservation name?"

"Ave Mujica. Our group name."

The receptionist confirmed it and looked up again.

Of course Xiangzi knew why she looked up.

The reservation name must be correct.

However, the query system connected to the Internet did not find any group with that name under Honeycomb, nor did it scan the facial features of the guests in front of it from the list of artists.

After all, the group never existed in the first place.

Chu Hua took off her sunglasses at this time.

"I am the first Chinese singer of Sanjiao." She smiled and said, "Ave Mujica is a new group that the agency is trying out."

"The other three people besides me are still trainees and have not officially debuted yet."

The receptionist's eyes twinkled.

This time, of course it was swept out.

"Sorry. It's already been confirmed."

She said, clicking on the panel.

"You reserved the [Demo Room] on the 29th floor, right?"

"The location has been marked for you. Please go there first. Our staff will bring the corresponding equipment later."

Chapter 73: In the Park with Your Pet

Xiangzi originally thought that the so-called "demonstration and playback room" would be a huge theater like a 4D movie theater.

But in fact, when Xiangzi, Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng took the elevator to the [Demonstration and Playback Hall] on the 29th floor, Xiangzi realized that she was wrong.

It's more like a relaxed conversation room than a movie theater.

The room is small and has no windows. The walls are covered with soundproof cotton. In the middle of the room, there are several comfortable ergonomic recliners.

After the four people entered the room, the staff came within a few minutes.

What he was holding was not VR glasses or a Mewtwo headband, but a small tray.

Inside the tray are several tubes of pneumatic injection medicine.

【Rapid Eye Movement Imaging Technology】.

This is one of the many brain technologies developed by Avex.

Unlike the brain prosthesis technology that Pastel*Palettes wants, which can repair damaged brain areas, rapid eye movement imaging technology is already quite mature and has been put into commercial use.

But it has always been lukewarm.

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) refers to a state in which the human eyeballs appear during deep sleep. At this time, the frequency of brain waves becomes faster and the amplitude becomes lower. Sometimes, one can even "see" dreams.

[Rapid Eye Movement Imaging Technology] is a technology developed based on the concept of "dreams".

"If you can sleep and entertain at the same time, you can save a lot of time."

The Avex development team created this medicine with this in mind.

The drug contains sedative ingredients, EEG intervention signals, and a large amount of information coding. By injecting this drug into the blood, people can enter deep sleep in a very short time and have dreams of corresponding themes.

The details of the dream may even change depending on the individual’s relationships, daily life, and values.

After inserting the pneumatic injection drug into their necks, Xiangzi, Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng experienced this technology.

At the same time, I also understood why it was not very popular.

First of all, it’s too expensive.

If it weren't for the relationship with the artists under Honeycomb, I wouldn't have been able to make an appointment to experience it. According to the staff, one of them costs one million yuan.

You can buy five Rookie-level Point Chips.

That's it, it's a one-time thing.

Unlike Super Dream which can be watched repeatedly, the Rapid Eye Movement Technology potion will be used up after one night of dreaming.

Secondly, the experience is average.

To be honest, the most important thing about a film is the joint efforts of the director, screenwriter, actors... these creators.

It’s the quality of the content.

The experience will be a little different when watching with a mobile phone, TV, computer, 4D player, VR glasses, Super Dream headband, or rapid eye movement imaging technology.

But it's just a "little" difference.

The improvement in experience is far from worth the price. Not only that, because the details of this technology are limited by the imagination of the parties involved, and the parties involved are not as good at conception as the creators... Often, the film will become more boring and less interesting.

Sometimes, there are some unpleasant contents.

For example, the one Xiangzi watched was "In the Park with Your Pet".

At first, playing in the park with the big dogs and cats was really relaxing.

But when she saw the gray-haired girl walking in from outside the park, she directly pressed the [End Sleep] button in her brain.

Finally, there is the issue of capacity requirements.

Truly wonderful REM videos require users to have a certain understanding of the technical capabilities.

In other words, the [technical ability] must be high in order to fully present all the information contained.

Like now.

Xiangzi can only watch "In the Park with Your Pet" and then wake up from the dream exhausted. However, Chuhua and Miaomeng, who have higher [technical ability], can watch "The Greatest Museum in the World, Treasures of the Digital Data Age".

Xiangzi turned his head.

[Technical Ability] Hailing, who is also level 3, is also watching "In the Park with Your Pet". But for some reason, she looks much happier than Xiangzi, with a faint smile on her face.

"..."

Xiangzi felt that maybe he was not compatible with this technology.

Even if she could buy the entire City of Joy, she would never buy this thing and waste her precious sleep time.

…Although I thought so.

But as the first person to wake up, Xiangzi still had to communicate politely with the staff, politely expressed that he might buy it in the future, and praised it as a "epoch-making experience."

It's simply torture.

Xiangzi felt that his expression was stiff.

Fortunately, this torture did not last long.

The trial potion doesn't take long to fall asleep.

Chuhua, Miaomeng and Hailing woke up one after another. The experience came to an end.

The staff led the four people out of the [demonstration and playback room] and brought them to the large lounge next door which had sofas, a bar, a coffee machine and huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

"The four of you have reserved two rounds of experience, but due to safety considerations regarding brain load, they cannot be performed consecutively. This has been notified in advance."

The staff said politely.

"Please wait in the lounge for an hour. After the time is up, I will take you to start the second round of experience."

He bowed, stepped back, and closed the door.

Xiangzi, Chuhua, Hailing and Miaomeng stood in the lounge.

No one moved.

Miao Meng's eyes twinkled.

Behind me, the surveillance camera light changed from green to yellow.

This means that it will now "monitor" the virtual images of the four people happily drinking tea and chatting brought by the AI ​​algorithm virus.

……

"Did you hear that? Hello, hello, thank you for using..."

“I never thought that Avex would be so polite to the agency under Pastel*Palettes!”

No longer caring about her image, Miao Meng jumped onto the high-end sofa and put her feet up.