Great Power Technology

"Breaking barriers."

This was the title of this simulation. Ye Zhou looked at the disappearing subtitles, calmed down, and began to observe the surrounding environment.

This is a futuristic world. He is surrounded by countless high-rise buildings. Perhaps because of the advancement of materials science, those things that are still "buildings" in the concept actually no longer have the shape of a building.

In order to reduce the occupation of the ground, most of the buildings are supported by only one slender column. After extending upward for tens of meters, it gradually begins to expand at a certain height. The veins support the huge platform one by one. From Zhou's perspective, this is more like a mushroom city.

In addition to the buildings whose foundations were still on the ground, Ye Zhou also noticed a small number of relatively small buildings suspended in the air. These buildings obviously did not use anti-gravity technology that exceeded the limits of human technology, but still used The reverse thrust principle is suspended in the air like a giant mothership.

Ye Zhou could see the fiery wakes ejected from under those buildings. There were no other buildings under these buildings, because the strong winds they stirred up were not suitable for human habitation at all.

But what’s the point of such a design?

Just as Ye Zhou's doubts arose, a subtitle suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

"Suspended convenient buildings are generally used by organizations that require frequent transfers, such as professional construction companies and building inspection agencies, migratory bird factories, high-end planting companies, large-scale service industries targeting specific groups of people, etc."

Ye Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately realized that this was the BCI chip implanted in his brain.

When BCI transmission technology develops to its extreme, the human brain will be perfectly integrated with computers, and the world in human eyes will begin to change.

As Ye Zhou's thoughts flashed through his mind, menus began to appear in front of his eyes:

"Concise mode (current)".

"Information Pattern".

"Knowledge-seeking mode".

He tried switching different working modes for the BCI chip, and what he saw changed.

These three modes are divided according to the density of auxiliary information. The information density is the lowest in the concise mode, while in the knowledge-seeking mode, almost all object surfaces are mixed with introductory labels about them.

Ground rails for personal travel, huge artificial light walls, and green plants modified by genetic technology

What surprised Ye Zhou the most was that in this world, the billboards and neon lights that most often appear in the cyberpunk concept have completely disappeared.

All buildings and facilities reveal a minimalist aesthetic. The smooth walls and uniform colors make people feel like they are in a post-modernist painting.

Of course, this does not mean the disappearance of advertisements. In fact, Ye Zhou has seen prompts about removing advertisements in the brain-computer interface, and this function seems to be open to everyone and does not need to be like in some fantasy novels. Pay close like that.

This is also something that is easy to understand. When productivity develops to its extreme, corporate competition will reach an almost absolutely transparent level. Even if advertising at this time has not disappeared, its role has been greatly reduced.

Ye Zhou took a deep breath and retracted his thoughts from the impact of this future world. Then, a large amount of information about the simulation background quickly poured into his mind - this time, the speed of the information flow was Almost in milliseconds.

From the background, he knew his mission this time.

In this era, as Ye Zhou sees, the development of BCI technology has reached an extremely high level. Almost all human activities are integrated with BCI technology, and very few people will insist on refusing BCI chip implantation.

The way humans interact with information has undergone earth-shaking changes. A large amount of information is inherited in the central quantum server and distributed to each individual. Each human body information source is gathered together to form a brand new "Internet".

This is an extremely efficient way of exchanging information, but the problem is that behind every seemingly perfect solution, there is often a crisis. For example, now, the human world is facing a frequent threat.

"Virtual invasion."

Through transmission channel interference and virus intrusion, certain groups can directly bypass the BCI firewall, control the BCI chip to send information to the human brain, and change the sensory information received by the human body, thus creating a world completely different from reality for them.

At its most severe, this type of invasion can cover an entire small city. In other words, when a virtual invasion occurs, humans in the entire city are living in the same dream.

Now, the city in front of him has actually undergone a virtual invasion, but the invaders did not immediately launch a full-scale attack. The people in the city still acted according to their normal life order.

No one knows when the attack will occur, and no one knows in what form the attack will occur. What Ye Zhou can do is to find the "interference source" of the invasion and find a way to destroy it.

Isn't this a variant of the matrix?

Wouldn't destroying the source be equivalent to giving everyone a red pill?

Ye Zhou cursed secretly. His first reaction was to physically cut off the power supply of the BCI chip. The flashing prompt message immediately disappeared, and the real world appeared before his eyes.

Fortunately, this world was no different from the world he had seen before.

He breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head, and dispelled the brief dullness after the BCI chip was turned off. Then he set foot on his personal track and started heading towards the destination of his trip.

It was a building called an "isolated island". All the people living there were full-time staff who had not been implanted with BCI chips. Their organization was called the "Emergency Response Supervision Team", and the private sector provided them with I chose a more middle-class but more appropriate name:

Barrier breaker.

In their eyes, there is no illusion.

In order to solve the city's virtual invasion crisis, we must first find this group of barrier breakers.

What Ye Zhou called personal rail transit also seemed very novel to him. There seemed to be strong magnetic tracks laid under the ground - or the entire ground was actually made of variable magnetic materials. As long as you entered the suspended cockpit, the cockpit would begin to move along the Follow the planned route.

Just ten minutes later, Ye Zhou had already crossed half the city and arrived in front of that extremely special, almost unique old-fashioned low-rise building in the world.

This building is only five stories high, and the decoration style is almost the same as that of Ye Zhou's own time - even a little older. Ye Zhou walked to the artificial sentry box, because the BCI chip had been turned off, and through the face and After identifying his identity through his iris, he entered the building smoothly.

And there, someone was already waiting for him.

"Ye Zhou, right? I am Liu Dong, just call me Da Liu. I am responsible for the unified command of this operation, and we are now sharing information."

As he spoke, Da Liu took him into the conference room, then pointed at the screen and continued:

"Currently we have analyzed the source of interference. The other party's interference mainly relies on relay interference. They invaded the communication channel from the personal terminal to the terminal base station through high-energy particle interference, and tampered with the transmitted information there."

"At this stage, they have not carried out large-scale BCI information tampering. We speculate that they may not have completely broken through the brain-computer firewall. However, as the AI ​​virus's interpretation of human brain activity patterns deepens, it will be sooner or later to bypass the firewall. matter."

"Based on the experience of previous attacks, they may manipulate brain machines to tamper with sensory signals, lure victims into dangerous actions, and cause large-scale panic."

"What is their purpose for doing this?"

Ye Zhou asked with a frown.

"It's not clear yet. The current worldwide investigation of this organization is still on the surface. They are like ghosts, elusive."

"However, according to intelligence, most of the current attacks are actually some kind of tests - their fundamental purpose is not to kill people, but to control people."

"If their technology matures further and combined with certain psychological methods, they are likely to subtly affect most people's worldview and change their inherent behavioral patterns to achieve their interests."

"To give a very simple example, they can modify visual signals in a small range to make a certain color appear more frequently in the victim's world, thereby achieving the role of aesthetic guidance and inducing the victim to prefer related products."

"Of course, although I said this is a simple example, their current operation is obviously not up to this level. Their current interference with the signal is fragmented, chaotic, and endogenous - to put it simply, it is Create an illusion.”

"Such interference can easily cause group confusion and is very dangerous. Therefore, our task is very heavy."

After listening to Da Liu's words, Ye Zhou nodded slightly and asked:

"What's the plan? Do we have any clues about this organization?"

"There are clues."

Da Liu waved his hand, and a whole city map appeared on the wall, with several bright spots marked on the map.

"These three areas are the center areas of the interference intensity we have detected now. We judge that the interference base stations they deployed are most likely located in these areas."

"We will take direct measures. Xiao He, Lao Chen, I each will lead a team there and arrest them directly. You follow me."

"Is it dangerous?"

Ye Zhou asked with a frown.

"Definitely, but their equipment and weapons are relatively backward. If they wear protective equipment, it won't be a big problem."

"You are also an experienced veteran, so you should be able to deal with this problem. By the way, I suggest you shut down the BCI system in advance, even if it is connected to the military network. After reaching the interference core area, the difficulty of protection will also increase. As you move up the ladder, your BCI is also at risk.”

"Understood."

Ye Zhou nodded in reply. After continuing a short exchange, Da Liu took him to the equipment room to collect the equipment. After that, the group immediately set off and rushed to the mission location that had been planned for a long time.