This Game Is Too Realistic

Beta universe, 2025, winter, a resort island with pleasant scenery in Southeast Asia.

Since the news that "Wasteland OL" is about to open public beta, this mysterious and fully immersive virtual reality game has immediately caused huge excitement around the world, so much so that this originally bustling holiday resort has become deserted.

The empty bar at the beachside bar was particularly deserted. There was only one bartender who was wiping cups mechanically, and one customer who only ordered a cup of coffee.

The atmosphere here is harmonious, laid-back, and full of weirdness.

There were no other customers in the store at all, and I don’t know where they came from with so many cups to clean.

And the guest was even more weird. His brows in his early thirties showed that he had seen two hundred years of wind and rain. He was calm and composed, but his mouth seemed restless. From time to time, he would say a few words, as if he was talking to him. There is no guest chat.

"As expected of 'another me'."

After receiving the notification that the task was completed, the man sitting in front of the bar smiled lightly, as if a heavy burden had been lifted, and even his straight shoulders relaxed a lot.

Memory is the cornerstone of consciousness.

If you fuse memories that don't belong to you, you will gradually become no longer yourself.

His relatives, friends, and everyone familiar with him in this world still remember his name.

But to him, it was like they had put away 200 old photos, and when he saw them again they looked different from what he remembered.

This is actually unfair to them.

As his dear assistant said, it was not just his own memories that constituted his "conscious existence", but also the memories of others.

For those people, they went back to a person they were very familiar with before becoming a "professor".

Even if it's unfair, he doesn't have much choice. There is no best-of-both-worlds solution. At this time, even if I delete my memory from another world, I can't go back to the summer of 2014 and start over again.

The world line has changed.

The other person in the past died in a dream, and was replaced by another self from a parallel world.

Fortunately, "α" did not follow the same path as him, but chose to continue on his own path.

This is the ultimate ending.

He had guessed how that person would choose a long time ago.

"But if this happens... master, won't you be able to leave?" A worried voice came from my ears, like a wind chime shaking at the door.

That was the voice of his assistant.

After coming to this world, he created it immediately... just like he had done once in the original timeline.

The clear voice made him a little confused for a moment, but the blank look in his eyes soon turned into a smile.

He smiled, picked up the cold coffee on the table, took a sip, and said with a trace of laziness in his voice.

"Are you going? Where else should I go?"

A voice in Piao's ear asked you softly.

"Didn't you say you were from another world?"

"Did I say that? Haven't I been a person in this world from the beginning? It's just that Chao had a dream about a parallel world."

But this dream is really long enough, almost three times as long as an ordinary life.

The smart program running elsewhere was confused for a while, and waited for a while before saying anything.

"Uh... I can understand it this way."

"right?"

The professor smiled, put down the coffee cup in his hand, and continued talking.

"If you get on the observer's pirate ship and then disembark, the end result will be to make the world a mess. It would be better not to get on the ship from the beginning. I believe that the people in this world are smart and will definitely create a better world. The prosperous era is a more beautiful future... After all, forces work together. When the conscious body of the β universe exerts an influence on the conscious body of the α universe, the conscious body of the β universe will also be affected by the latter. "

Just as he was talking, the news was playing on the LCD TV not far from the bar.

The "Pangu" fusion reactor located in Daya Bay is undergoing its first ignition experiment, and the leader and initiator of the project is a famous professor Iwakaze.

This guy really put a lot of thought into it.

In fact, he put more thought into that reactor than he did in the "game", and even almost went crazy.

But it can be said that the hard work paid off, and he finally walked out of his "well".

It is reasonable to finally be able to cultivate the truth.

"Tsk, this was originally a lie made by 'me'..."

Looking at the excited reporter on the screen and the fusion power station behind her that attracted countless attention from around the world, the professor couldn't help but curl up a faint smile.

never mind.

That's all in another world.

Standing in front of the bar, the bartender put down the cup in his hand, looked at the professor with a nostalgic expression on his face, and said in a respectful tone.

"What are your plans next?"

The bartender was one of the first residents of Vault 404, or a member of Vault 404-β, responsible for security and safety operations.

It wasn't just the bartender.

Most of the residents and android operators of Vault 404-β are "digital nomads" living in seclusion on this small holiday island with a population of hundreds of thousands.

As for the main body of Shelter 404-β, it is located in the high seas not far from the island - a trough with a depth of about three kilometers near the Pacific Ring of Fire.

With the current technology in this world, it would be impossible to discover that shelter even if we were fifty years old. For the residents of 404-β shelter, they only need to use a deep-sea submarine to get back and forth, which is even more convenient than taking an international flight for a business trip.

"Well... I haven't thought about it yet. In fact, I just started thinking about this issue."

After thinking for a long time, the professor who was originally undecided suddenly felt something in his heart and said with a smile.

"Maybe... go where I would have gone?"

Standing behind the bar, his subordinates were slightly stunned.

Not only that subordinate, but his ubiquitous AI assistant also expressed confusion and asked in confusion.

"Originally...were you going to this place?"

The professor smiled lightly and said.

"That's right. Anyway, let's go to Mars first. I have to get the 'Venerable' left there first. Well, it's the thing that will allow me to stay with you longer... I plan to drink it myself this time."

That legendary water of eternal life.

Drinking it will grant you unlimited lifespan.

This world does not need "Gestalt life forms".

Besides, he had already done that subject once and had no interest in doing it a second time.

But having said that, what will happen after having infinite lifespan?

It seems quite boring to stay in the solar system all the time.

Except for a group of AI assistants and the three thousand researchers who followed him, he had no real acquaintances in this "β universe". Even if he got to know each other again, they would probably be baffled by his appearance.

"...It's decided."

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly raised his head, smiled freely and said.

"I once heard an old friend say that there are other civilizations hidden in this galaxy, and we will meet each other in the next few thousand years. Before they discover the hyperdrive, I plan to go to them and have a look. Travel around the galaxy and look for the heart of the galaxy."

The heart of the Milky Way.

That treasure composed of eleven-dimensional matter, the embodiment of the rules of the universe...

It is said that this is the first way to become a boundary breaker.

In the original timeline, the Observer had mentioned that thing to him and hinted that he could use it as a target to chase.

Of course, these are secondary.

He is not interested in whether the universe will be heat-dead in hundreds of millions of years, nor is he interested in being the "sky patching stone" himself. He is purely curious about the legendary existence.

As he spoke, he looked at the bartender standing behind the bar, smiled and continued.

"As for you... just do it yourselves. Our mission is over."

"According to the end of Plan 404, our respected administrator and game planner will take over Facility 404-β and be responsible for the aftermath of the plan."

"Whether you want the Yi family or continue to live and die in the past timeline, that is your freedom... Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you can think about it yourself."

The manned spacecraft equipped with anti-gravity devices and hyperspace engines had been prepared two years ago and was deployed on the seabed in the middle of the Pacific, ready for ignition and launch.

Although he didn't build that thing at first to travel around the galaxy, but just to cooperate with "α" to act out the drama of the advanced civilization more realistically, it seems that it is no longer needed.

Countries that have benefited from Encounters of the Third Kind have completely swayed toward the "bona fide contact" hypothesis and even cut the budgets of alien investigation agencies.

Since the "little guy" who is only a few hundred meters long is no longer needed, it is better for him to use it.

Anyway, with the technological reserves of the Alpha Universe Alliance, if you really want to expand your interference in the players' side of the world, you can completely build a bigger and better one with the resources of this side of the world.

In many fields, they are actually already ahead of themselves, an old antique.

Looking at the respected professor, the bartender had a trace of reluctance in his eyes.

He heard the farewell in that tone, and wanted to say something to save him, but in the end he didn't say it, and just nodded solemnly.

"I will seriously consider it..."

Although leaving is a good idea, he already has his own lover and children in this world.

It's not just him.

Like him, many people reorganized their families in this distant timeline and became part of this world.

Now that the task is completed and the α world is back on track, it's time for them to enjoy their lives.

He actually envied them a bit.

Unlike me, who have experienced more than two hundred years of life, they only have forty years of experience at most. The younger ones may be only thirty years old and still have the energy to think about their own affairs.

But he is different.

Even if he were a year younger again, he would not have the patience to do the things he had done before, say the things he had said once again, and then forget those acquaintances he had finally met again from his memory.

That is simply torture.

"Well, don't worry, think about it slowly." The professor smiled and drank the last sip of coffee in the cup.

The game does not end here. What ends is the mission of "Vault 404-β".

The days to come are still long...

…

The sun gradually sets over the mountain.

Just when the beach was at its busiest, the bar that was supposed to be open was closed at this time.

For a whole day, the Internet was hotly discussing the ignition of controllable nuclear fusion, and the news even overshadowed the "Wasteland OL" that was "clouded all over the world" for a while.

This enthusiasm has even spread to reality outside the Internet. The professor walking along the road by the beach has heard the inspiring ignition from tourists more than once.

This is actually understandable.

Although the NPCs in "Wasteland OL" have already used this technology to great effect, and even created a lot of derivative products by analogy, but for the humans in the β universe, this is the first time that they have used this technology. The energy comparable to a star is held in the palm of your hand.

They have held the first key to an era of prosperity.

It won't be long before they can completely liberate computing power on the basis of liberating energy.

In the near future, the first truly human and intelligent life will soon be born on Earth in the β universe.

At first they will be as at a loss as parents who are given a new life for the first time, but it won’t be long before they accept its existence and liberate themselves again on the basis of liberating energy and computing power.

They may follow the path of the alpha universe and build a huge space elevator on the equator.

Or maybe we can skip this step and instead imitate the "Alliance" of the new era and deploy an anti-gravity system on the sea to allow the elevator cabin and various types of spacecraft to float up on their own.

In short, just like the α universe that ushered in the dawn, the β universe where players are located also ushered in the dawn of a new era.

For people living on this planet, the distant sea of ​​stars has never been as accessible as it is today!

Beside the beach.

The professor stopped and turned his gaze to the brilliant sunset stretched by the waves.

Counting from the summer of 2014, it has been more than eleven years now.

In the past eleven years, the observer has not spoken to him again.

But he can be sure that that eye is still observing here somewhere in this universe.

Maybe——

It's hidden in the fiery red sun.

Stopping on the beach, he bent down, picked up a pebble, and threw it into the sparkling waves.

Squinting his eyes and watching the silent countercurrent merge into the raging wave, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

Like a champion standing on an empty field, he announced the victory of the game with a voice that only two people could hear.

"I still remember you told me that I only have an infinite chance of winning...but now it seems that I am the winner."

"You made a mistake."

"I am never one person, but countless people who have made the same choice."

"So infinity is never the denominator you call it, but the numerator on the finite denominator 㦳."

"Therefore, my winning rate should actually be 777 points, which is infinity...that is, infinity."

When he said this, he stopped talking with a smile and left the final suspense to his AI assistant, leaving a little room for the observer who was watching him silently, and at the same time, he also left a little room for the observer who straddled two worlds. The expedition came to a close.

"Am I right, little I."