A Race to (Be) The Top

The author has something to say: Disclaimer: Chick's confession is over!Because he shouted it in one breath, but the little deer didn't finish listening!

The phone rang in the silent living room, Ling Xiaolu's first reaction was that Ji Meng called, but it showed an unfamiliar number.

"Hello, is this Mr. Ling Xiaolu? This is Ke Ming, Manager of Xinshan Customer Service Department. I hope you still have an impression of me."

Of course Ling Xiaolu remembered.

"According to the technician's response, your peripheral failure problem has been solved, may I ask if your device has been successfully removed?"

Ling Xiaolu picked up the other half of the collar from the ground with complicated emotions: "Yes..."

"I know that the next request is rather rude, but please stay at home and wait. A staff member will go to your home later and pick you up to the company to sign a follow-up agreement."

Ling Xiaolu looked suspiciously at the night outside the window: "Now?"

"Sorry, this matter is urgent, and we urgently need your cooperation. The situation is complicated, and I will explain it to you in detail when you arrive."

Ling Xiaolu's cell phone consumed the last bit of power the moment he hung up, and when he wanted to take it to charge, Xinshan's staff had already rang the doorbell.

Even in this era of convenient transportation, Ling Xiaolu did not believe that they could arrive in such a short time.In other words, the person who came to pick him up was already on his way before the collar was removed.

Half an hour later, Ling Xiaolu sat in the reception room of Xinshan Customer Service Center for the first time.

Ke Ming, just like the first time he saw it, interpreted the word polite to the extreme.

"Thank you very much for your help with game data testing in the past few months, and on behalf of the company, I once again apologize for the inconvenience caused to you."

Ling Xiaolu still had one thing in mind.

"Excuse me, can I go online to contact someone first..." He suddenly thought that the disconnected peripherals might not allow him to do so, "Or you can contact me for me."

He suddenly disappeared without a sound, Ji Meng must be very anxious, at least he wanted to report that he was safe.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and a female staff member came in. I don't know if it was Ling Xiaolu's illusion. When she entered the room, her eyes stayed on him for a moment intentionally or unintentionally.

"What?" Ke Ming asked, the tone of a boss's questioning a subordinate.

The visitor whispered a few words to Ke Ming, although the voice was very low, but a very familiar name jumped out, Ling Xiaolu keenly noticed that what she said was related to Ji Meng.

"Is it Ji Meng?" Ling Xiaolu stood up nervously, "Can I send him a message."

Ke Ming made a comforting gesture, turned his head and whispered to his subordinates, Ling Xiaolu seemed to have heard the words "stabilize your emotions" and "delay as much as possible".

"Wait a minute," Ling Xiaolu said anxiously, "Just a word, or lend me a charging source, and I'll make a call."

Ke Ming politely refused: "Sorry, it's not convenient for you to contact anyone right now."

"why?"

Ke Ming winked to signal Ji Meng's exclusive customer service to leave first, and the other party finally glanced regretfully at Ling Xiaolu, turned around and closed the door of the reception room.

"Why can't I contact Ji Meng?" Ling Xiaolu was very anxious, "You know that person always thinks too much, maybe he might misunderstand something, he even thought I was the AI ​​developed by Xinshan."

"What if you are?"

Ling Xiaolu:? ? !

Ling Xiaolu sat heavily on the chair, and laughed out loud after a long time.

"Ha, stop joking, okay?"

Ke Ming also sat down opposite him: "You are indeed not, but I am not joking. What I say next may cause difficulties for you, but the situation is complicated, please cooperate."

Ling Xiaolu's mind was in a mess: "What exactly do you want me to cooperate with?"

"In order to solve the peripheral failure problem you encountered as soon as possible, our company's technical staff used your data to create a test body."

"Test... test body?"

"In layman's terms, it's the AI ​​you're talking about."

Ling Xiaolu worked hard to digest the information in his words.

"You mean...you used my data...to create an AI? Is there really such an AI? Isn't Ji Meng just thinking wildly?"

"Yes, he may have gotten some information from other channels, but he just admitted to the wrong person."

Ling Xiaolu originally thought that Ji Meng had too much brains, but he didn't expect him to misunderstand.

"and then?"

"During the testing process, this AI also had some problems, and the problems were quite serious. At the beginning, we didn't think carefully and gave him too many test permissions. By the time we found out, his permissions were too large for the technical department to use. Control, which is too dangerous for other gamers, we cannot allow it to continue."

"Then where is it now?"

"We have used some emergency measures to temporarily hibernate it, but hibernation is time-limited. We are very worried that once it restarts, it will cause unpredictable damage to the entire game."

"But what can I do?"

"Due to some complicated reasons, his data is bound to yours and cannot be separated. If you want to destroy it, there is only one way."

Ke Ming looked directly into his eyes.

"Completely delete all the information of the account 'Rubby' on the server."

Ling Xiaolu:? ? !

Ke Ming placed three stacks of documents neatly in front of him.

"This is a test agreement signed before you enter the game, which contains detailed terms and conditions. You are playing the game as an assistant to the company in testing. The company has all the rights to research, copy, modify and delete your data. You are in the game All images and audio-visual materials left behind are also owned by the company, and you have no right to retain or back them up. The company will compensate you with the highest hourly salary of the testers. These terms have been explained in detail when you signed. "

Everything he said was true, and when Ling Xiaolu signed the agreement, all of these were worthless to him, so he signed without hesitation.

"But……"

But time has passed, and his state of mind has long since changed.

Those data are not just data to him, every frame of image is his precious memory.

"The second is that some unplanned situations occurred during your game testing period. In response to these accidents, we have drafted a supplementary agreement, and we hope you can cooperate with us to sign it."

Ling Xiaolu could barely finish reading.

"I'm going to delete my account, what else can I add?"

"The terms are here, you can read them yourself. The most difficult one is that you... have to give up your current mobile phone number."

"Why! This is my private number!" Ling Xiaolu was a little annoyed.

"Because of our staff's mistake, I accidentally leaked your private number. I once again solemnly apologize to you. We also have compensation for this, and these are written in the agreement."

He pushed the third document forward: "This last one is a non-disclosure agreement. Since there are so many development and commercial secrets involved, we hope that you will not reveal the whole thing to anyone, whoever that person is .”

"Even... your people can't?"

"Yes, neither can he."

Ke Ming seemed very sure who Ling Xiaolu was talking about.

"We don't object to you continuing to develop relationships with players you know in the game, as long as you don't use the identity of 'Rubby'."

Ke Ming took out two more cards from his pocket and placed them neatly next to the non-disclosure agreement.

"All your remuneration during the test period, as well as the compensation mentioned in the supplementary agreement and the non-disclosure agreement, are all in this card. And the other is a brand new phone card that you apply for in your name, and you only need to bind your iris Can be used normally."

The mess in Ling Xiaolu's mind was in stark contrast to the cleanliness of the table.

The other party's preparations were too perfect, as perfect as...a long-planned plan.

He ran his fingers through his hair, trying to escape from the perfect plan.

"I know, all this is too sudden for you, it is difficult to accept. I can give you time to think calmly, but this time can't be too long, because it will be 24 hours from the time the AI ​​body is in emergency sleep, we Players cannot be put at any risk, please understand.”

After leaving these words, he left Ling Xiaolu alone in the room and walked out of the reception room door.Outside the door, a 1.9-meter-tall man was leaning on the wall preoccupied.

"Aren't you going in to say hello to him?" Ke Ming asked.

"Ling Long" glanced at him with a complicated expression: "What face do I have, what face do I have to see him. What should I tell him? I'm sorry, your number is gone? Is it really gone this time?"

Ke Ming patted his arm understandingly: "Then tell me, what should I say so that he won't refuse."

Ling Long threw away his hand angrily, and said angrily in an almost disrespectful tone to his boss: "Manager, you asked me to be his exclusive customer service to help him hide his identity, not to catch his weakness , to threaten him!"

"I know, I know," Ke Ming comforted him as gently as possible, "but think about it, since this matter is doomed, you want him to accept the result as calmly as possible, right?"

"..." Ling Long leaned back against the wall with no strength, and he spoke after a while, "Xiao Lubi is a very emotional person, he often sacrifices himself for others... I can think of this."

Ke Ming pondered for a moment, and seemed to have a countermeasure.

"I see, thank you for your hard work. Has the news been released?"

Ling Long nodded listlessly: "I have already asked several employees in the company who have nephews to release the news, saying that Xinshan made a fake AI player..."

……

In the game "Elf Contract", the most lively place and the fastest place for gossip to spread is always the tavern in the town.

"Big news! Big news! I heard from my uncle who works in Xinshan that there is big news in Dongtianling!"

"What big news can it be bigger than the news that Xinshan Crown Prince Ji confessed to half of his lover and ran away?"

Tonight's two major events in the server, Dou Kou's knot and Ji Meng's confession, the latter is more popular and discussed by more people.

"I heard from my uncle that Xinshan secretly developed an AI player, this person!" His startled tone startled the people around him, "It's hidden among us."

"No, really? If there is really an AI, how could it not recognize it?"

"It's hard to say, the current AI technology is so advanced, you can't even recognize the high imitation walking on the street, let alone in the game."

"If there is such a person, no, AI, I have a candidate in my heart."

"It's the AI ​​who chooses you, right?"

"Don't worry about the words, let him say who it is."

The man lowered his voice and asked mysteriously: "I have doubted this question for a long time. Let me ask you, who can still remember what Lubi looks like after offline?"