Will Cyber ​​Omega fall in love with electronic pets?

"You're awake, the operation was a success."

"...you have turned into a girl?"

In the unfamiliar operating room, some memories were awakened, and Ju Qing subconsciously answered.

"What?" Harrow asked strangely, taking off his mask.

The middle-aged Fatty Beta obviously didn't understand this old stalker who was older than him. As long as he didn't show a greasy expression, he looked like a serious doctor.

He skillfully took off the rubber gloves that were still stained with blood, and said to Ju Qing: "Mr. King, you have replaced the brain-computer interface. According to the operation plan, it is not the latest model, otherwise your electronic prosthetic eyes, legs and right hands will not be able to match. It's compatible. Try it out and see how the electronic prosthetic eye works?"

Lying on the operating table, the white-haired young man's blue eyes were covered by too long bangs, and suddenly the irises expanded to cover the pupils.

A second later, the iris tightened again, almost elongating into a line, but the round pupil expanded to the same size as the entire eyeball.

"I haven't found any problems yet." Ju Qing replied.

"What about the hands and feet?"

The white-haired young man raised his right hand, silently counting one, two, three, four, five, moving his five fingers.

Because of the surgery, he took off the top half of the tights that had accompanied him for 50 years in the freezer.The cover is lost, and the details of the right hand, starting from the upper arm, are not the original goods of this body, and they are finally exposed.

The gap left by the junction is like a thin black thread falling on the bionic skin.The fingers with more joints, the mechanical parts that cannot be covered are more obvious.

"Sure, there is no problem." Ju Qing replied.

"It's unimaginable that it was the technology in the early days of the Great War." Haro walked aside and washed his hands, "Many of the technologies used in your prosthetic body are not outdated even now, but the processing is much rougher. This should be produced by iterations of production technology. The difference. And this brain-computer interface you removed—"

A blood-stained piece of metal lay on a sterile cloth.

"—It's so strange, I can't find its model at all. Is it a niche product made by a laboratory?"

The middle-aged Fatty Beta, who thought he was well-informed, asked in doubt.

The effect of the anesthetic had passed, and all parts of the prosthetic body were functioning well. Ju Qing turned over and sat up, and lifted off the surgical gown covering her body.

Apart from the prosthetic body, his body was pale and shriveled. Without proper conditioning and nutritional supplements, it would be difficult to restore a healthy body shape.

But Ju Qing didn't care about these, just picked up the removed brain-computer interface, and rinsed it under the faucet.

The blood was washed away, and two lines of small sunken characters appeared in the corner of one side of the metal component.

【2026.1.30.madeinChina】

【May you return safely】

Ju Qing took a deep breath and exhaled.

Fragments of light and shadow appeared in his mind, but he couldn't remember anything.

Finally Ju Qing said: "The agreed time is coming, let's go back."

***

hours ago.

A package from the Omega Rights Protection Association, delivered to the storage card bar.

Ju Qing thanked the drone, took off the package as thin as a letter and opened it, only a chip was poured out from it.

…is not compatible with his BCI.

Insert the host computer in the memory card bar, open it online, and found that there is a congratulatory email congratulating the successful registration, updating the identity information, and an admission notice.

"Golden Rose Academy, of course, Omega School."

Harrow introduced, lowering his voice: "All Omegas are compulsory to enroll, but the tuition fees are very expensive."

Ju Qing asked the question based on common sense that he had not forgotten: "I thought that what is related to compulsory enrollment should be compulsory education that does not require any tuition fees."

"Compulsory education?" Harrow glanced at his empty-headed nephew Little Jack, who was already snoring on the sofa in the booth, and said helplessly, "Free online video lessons, the resources may come from before the war, no homework assignments, homework assignments No one checked. After all, the teacher who took the video died decades ago. The classmates who attended the class together may be the machine numbers that are online. If you have any questions, you don’t know who to ask for answers. If you really want to learn something, you have to use the electronic Hai finds relevant communities to see if anyone is willing to accept apprentices, this kind of apprenticeship will not be free, but also work for teachers and pay wages.”

"Inheritance of knowledge has directly regressed to the apprenticeship system..."

Ju Qing murmured, pressing her forehead.

There is something wrong with this world.

What a ridiculous year 2077.

"In contrast, Golden Rose Academy is already a benefit to Omega. The tuition fee is very expensive, but the association will provide Omega with a loan, which will be repaid after ten years of graduation." Harrow said.

Ju Qing complained: "Ten years after graduation, the interest on this student loan has skyrocketed to the point where a person will never be able to pay it off in a lifetime."

"That's right," Harrow spread his hands, "But ten years after graduation, Omega has basically been paired with Alpha. Omega can't repay the loan, but Alpha can pay it instead."

"...What if there is no match?"

"Credit companies will help arrange blind dates," Harrow said.

On the other side, Ju Qing also pressed down on the forehead.

He still doesn't quite understand why Omega must be paired with Alpha just because of the direction of prosthetic transformation, but he still keeps his eyes straight and murmurs: "This is a terrible era."

"The time agreed on the admission notice is nine o'clock this morning." Harrow glanced at the time, they had already spent midnight in the memory card bar, "Mr. King, your brain-computer interface can't even connect to the current electronic sea. "

Electronic sea is the collective name for the information network in 2077.

Ju Qing doesn't know why people in this era want to change the name of the Internet, and he doesn't understand why a school like Golden Rose College, which is full of qualifications at first sight, is an online education institution.

But when he invaded the bionic system, the sense of satisfaction that everything was under control still remained in his palm.

"Before freezing, my career was related to computers and the Internet..."

In order to recall more, he had to take a look at what the electronic sea looks like now.

"Hello, do you know where you can replace the brain-computer interface?"

Ju Qing asked.

"Of course, to ensure safety, I can borrow a workbench from other technicians and personally assist Mr. King with the operation. As for the cost of buying the brain-computer interface, you don't have to worry about it."

Harrow rubbed his hands excitedly, and said, "The scavenger recovered the corpse of Berkeley Ironarm, and the prosthetic body on that corpse alone can be sold for a lot of money."

***

Hence the present scene.

After getting dressed, put on a raincoat, put on the removed brain-computer interface, and leave the clinic transformed from an air-raid shelter, Ju Qing followed Harrow in the early morning rain in the eighth district of Helix City.

From the vending machines on the street, you can get a communication chip for free. As long as you insert the chip into the brain-computer interface, you can obtain the qualification to access the wireless cellular network just like inserting a mobile phone card into a smartphone.

The experience lasts 5 minutes, which is specially reserved by the operating company for customers to apply for paid roaming packages.

As long as you know Ju Qing's account, Hello can transfer money over at any time, so the first thing Ju Qing has to do is to register for an e-sea account.

The white-haired young man strolled on the wet street, and the electronic prosthetic eye connected to the brain-computer interface saw scenes that did not exist in reality.

A white virtual screen floats in front of Ju Qing.

Above is the electronic sea ID registration interface.

Ju Qing inserted the chip sent by the Omega Rights Protection Association, which contained the identity information that the association helped to register.

The brain-computer interface stores this QR code, and then sends it to the electronic sea ID registration interface to scan.

"Welcome new user," a pleasant female voice tapped on the auditory nerve of Ju Qing's left ear, "Please confirm your nickname."

This sentence is in English.

"Welcome back, Comrade Qingdi." A deep male voice tapped on the auditory nerve of Ju Qing's right ear, "Victory belongs to us!"

This sentence is in Chinese.

Ju Qing's footsteps stopped.

He put his hand over his right ear.

"...Victory is ours."

He mumbled following the male voice.

Me, did I bring back victory?

The white-haired young man looked up and saw that the eighth district of Helix City was filled with turbid rainwater. There were garbage lying all over the street and men and women who had been drunk all night. The air smelled of "medicine" that no amount of rain could wash away.

Numbness, indifference, written on everyone's face.

Blood, bullet holes, all over the walls and corners.

...no, that's not what he wanted...

"Mr. King, King!"

Haro shouted loudly to wake up Ju Qing, who was distracted.

The middle-aged Fatty Beta, who had been in the eighth district for a long time, keenly noticed the evasive gazes of some people in the distance. They were obviously the little guys from the Skull Gang who came to follow him.

He took the white-haired young man's hand and said nervously, "Let's go back quickly."

Ju Qing came to her senses, glanced at those young people, and suddenly saw some people running away like birds and dogs.

"Don't be afraid," he said, putting his hand on Harrow's shoulder, "Let's go."

At the same time, the interface in Ju Qing's eyes kept flickering, suddenly turning into a white welcome interface for new users, and suddenly turning into a blood-red "Qingdi" login interface.

As he walked, he first tried to log in to "Qingdi".

[Lack of permissions]

Ju Qing: "..."

Although I can't remember clearly, isn't this my own account?

He immediately turned to the background to check which permission he lacked, and found out that it was the "Electronic Sea Deep Diving Permit".

It's something I've never heard of, it's the same as ABO transformation.

Unable to find a way to forge this unheard-of authority for a while, Ju Qing could only go back and use a new account to enter Electronic Sea.

He randomly picked up the nickname "King·J", and just connected to the Internet, a message was sent.

[ATT operation reminds you that there are 60 seconds left in your cellular network usage time. 】

Ju Qing: "..."

Young man with gray hair feels headache.

After finishing the package with great difficulty, they had already returned to the memory card bar.

At the entrance of the bar, Little Jack, who moved the counter to the gate as a cover, hid behind the counter while holding a pistol in cold sweat.

King and his uncle left, and of course he was the only one staying behind. Little Jack was nervous for several hours, and finally he relaxed when he saw them back, and sat down on the ground.

"Eat something, boy."

Harrow tossed the young man a pack of hamburgers and a bag of instant coffee powder.

After decades, these convenient, simple and easy-to-store high-calorie foods will not be eliminated.

Although the meat used in the burger is some kind of worm, the ground coffee has more soy components than coffee beans.

Little Jack suddenly gained strength, got up and shouted: "Mr. King, I'll make you coffee!"

"You're so considerate," Harrow was stunned, feeling that this kid had never been so filial to him, "Why didn't you help me make a bath together?"

Ju Qing ignored them.

He is not hungry, or rather, he has just woken up from the freezing, and many of his physiological functions have not yet been awakened.

Compared to eating, Ju Qing has already immersed himself in the electronic sea, and began to quickly search for the information he wanted to see.

It wasn't until the preset alarm clock at 55:[-] reminded him that the white-haired young man lifted himself out of the sea of ​​data and shook himself.

The Great War that started 54 years ago, the history of the war, and the current situation of the war.

Wait, wait, he finally had a basic concept.

"Digital Invasion of Reality..."

Saying this in a low voice, he inserted the chip sent by the Omega Rights Protection Association again.

There is also a QR code on the admission notice of Golden Rose Academy.

Ju Qing scans the QR code to enter, accepts a few seconds of identity verification, and then...

【Your data is being determined to customize your electronic sea pet. 】

He raised his eyebrows at the interface.

What kind of school is this Golden Rose Academy, a kindergarten for children?Why is the first thing students do when they enroll, is to give pets to people?

Ju Qing instinctively wanted to turn into the backstage to have a look, but the other side moved faster than him, and a gray pet egg had already appeared on the interface.

【*&￥#￥! 543&)****#]

What appeared at the same time was a large string of garbled characters.

Garbled characters only appeared for a moment, and after another splash screen, the interface returned to normal.

Under the gray and white pet egg, several lines of instructions appeared——

【name:? ? ? ? 】

[Race: Dragon Aberration]

[Age: Not yet hatched]

[Level: Garbage]

The author has something to say:

Here comes the little monster.

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Why did this article on raising paper pieces become this style, I was a little puzzled at first.

Fortunately, I quickly remembered that I have only watched the live action of the popular game of raising a man with paper and never played it...

But I had several Digimon machines when I was a kid!