This Game Is Too Realistic

The slowly setting sun is blending into the horizon of Luoxia Province, but at this moment, the ideal city has already been shrouded in the curtain of night.

On the translucent viewing elevator.

Fang Chang glanced at the business card in his hand, then turned his gaze to the holographic screen on the viewing window.

Behind the beating floor numbers are colorful neon lights, and if you look down, you will see an invisible abyss.

The building under his feet is called Yunjian University.

Although it might sound absurd to integrate the entire university in one office building, as if the students here were clock-in employees, but in a place like Ideal City, it is unexpectedly not at all inconsistent.

After all, the people living here are nominally employees of this too large to describe enterprise.

Most of the students who graduate from here will become engineers and enter various departments of the company, as well as subsidiaries with specific functions.

It would be much more understandable if the title of the university was replaced with Induction Training Section of the Human Resources Department.

But there is one thing to say, although this university is named after the province, but the feeling of taking an elevator through the clouds does feel a bit like being in the clouds...

The number is fixed at 227.

With a ding, the alloy door behind Fang Chang slid open on both sides like a subway that had arrived.

Looking away from the layers of neon lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Fang Chang turned and left, looking for the address on the business card, and continued walking along the corridor without stopping.

Soon, he came to a silver door.

As soon as his hand was on the button of the doorbell, the door in front of him opened with a bang, and a smiling face full of enthusiasm appeared behind the door.

Welcome! Dear friend, are you Fang Chang who is so popular in Duandian Cloud? Haha, please come in! I don't know what made you, a big celebrity, interested in me, or is it my research field that you are interested in? ?”

Fang Chang was slightly startled, looking at the man in front of him with a warm and exaggerated smile, and then looked at the business card in his hand, his expression couldn't help but a little weird.

[Ai Chen, male, 55 years old, professor of neural algorithm and bionics at Yunjian University, technical consultant of Kangmao Group's product R\u0026D department, main research direction is logic operation to fuzzy algorithm simulation and thought uploading, etc. 】

There is no doubt that it is him, and I have not found the wrong person.

If he didn't have a twin brother...

It's a shame to disturb this time, I hope my visit didn't disturb your rest.

How presumptuous! What could be more pleasant than the fact that the heroes of the alliance are interested in my research direction?

With a happy smile on his face, Ai Chen invited Fang Chang into his office and continued.

And you came at the right time. If I had been an hour earlier, I would still be in the laboratory.

The office is very spacious, the decoration is simple yet stylish, but Fang Chang's attention is not on the room in front of him, but on the man in front of him.

Unlike those unkempt scholars and professors in my impression, he is well dressed and dressed. Although he is in his 50s, he looks only about 30 years old.

He looks like a suit and leather shoes, and the big back of the head makes him look not like a professor, but like a lawyer or a banker or financial practitioner.

Since coming to Ideal City, Fang Chang has been cooperating with ambassador Shuyu to attend various occasions to attract investment and sponsorship for the alliance.

Besides, he didn't forget another purpose of coming here - to find a way to upload his thinking to the circuit board.

Players have countless lives, but NPCs only have one. Although this sounds a bit whimsical, he felt that since the background of the game was set in the future world, there should be a way to permanently preserve human consciousness.

Like a game in a fantasy setting, store items similar to the horcruxes of the soul.

Fortunately, his status as a war hero helped him a lot, and the popular video on Duandian Cloud made him a star or Internet celebrity in Ideal City.

When he learned that he was interested in his research direction, the professor immediately made an appointment with him.

The two sat down on the sofa.

Fang Chang complied with his request for a group photo, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, he revealed his intention for coming.

...I would like to ask you, is there a way to upload thoughts to the cloud or a similar place on the hard disk.

Maybe it was because he talked about his professional field, the middle-aged professor put away his exaggerated smile and showed a pensive expression on his face.

But that doesn't seem to be thinking about the academic itself, but more like thinking about how to speak.

After about 5 minutes, he sighed softly and said.

Would you like a cup of coffee?

Fang Chang was slightly taken aback.

Intuition told him that that expression shouldn't seem like he was planning to say something optimistic.

No... Just give me a glass of water, thank you.

A cup of coffee, a cup of lemonade. Ai Chen gestured to the bionic assistant beside him.

The assistant shook his head slightly, turned around and went to the next room, and came back with a tray after a while, and respectfully placed the silver teacup in front of the two of them.

Please take it easy, sir.

After leaving these words, it turned around and went aside, standing quietly by the wall.

In order to avoid the uncanny valley effect, most bionics will either make the facial features exactly like human beings and install an almost realistic transmission system, or simply omit the facial features or make them exaggerated.

And this bionic man belongs to the former, not only like a real person, but also very beautiful.

I'm sorry about your matter, I know what you're thinking, but...that's not something science can do.

Ai Chen picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee to moisten his throat, his eyes stopped on the beautiful bionic assistant not far away, and after admiring it for a while, he continued abruptly.

My wife passed away three years ago.

Fang Chang nodded slightly and hesitated.

Can't even cure the medical conditions in Ideal City?

The bionic technology here can even replace a complete set of parts on the body. He really can't imagine any disease that cannot be cured.

Professor Ai Chen coughed lightly in embarrassment.

When I say go, I mean leave... She ran away with the merchants outside to seek the adventure and excitement of her dreams.

……Feel sorry.

Don't be sorry, it's nothing, besides, it's a thing of the past. Everyone has the right to choose how to live, and she is free to go where she wants to go. I'm a little narrow-minded because I can't forget it, haha.

Gently placing the coffee cup on the tray, Ai Chen smiled and nodded to the bionic man beside him, signaling that it would take the cup away.

His eyes stayed behind the bionic man, and his voice seemed to have fallen into a long, distant memory.

Actually, I once thought about making it like her, not just the appearance, but also her memory and thoughts... Make a copy together.

Sensitively capturing the key words in this sentence, Fang Chang held his breath for a moment, and subconsciously grasped his knees with his hands.

As if grasping hope.

and after?

Ai Chen smiled lightly.

Later, of course I succeeded.

Fang Chang looked at the bionic man in surprise, and then at the professor sitting opposite.

Then it is now...

Now it's just an ordinary bionic assistant. Because later... I deleted its data.

Fang Chang was stunned.

After a long time, he opened his mouth and continued.

……Why?

I've already told you why, because that's not something science can do.

Before Fang Chang could speak, Professor Ai Chen continued.

The person I love, she is gentle and kind, beautiful and generous... But in fact, that is just my imagination. There is no perfect person in this world. Bravery inevitably leads to recklessness, prudence inevitably leads to hesitation, and smart people are often arrogant. , and arrogant people can't see their feet. She was never perfect, but love put a filter on her.

So when I tried to write her into an algorithm based on my memory, I quickly realized that the fictional personality I created wasn't her at all... Do you understand what I mean?

Fang Chang nodded silently, but quickly shook his head again.

I know what you want to express...but I don't quite understand it. Can't you just add those shortcomings?

Ai Chen smiled lightly and said.

Because that's the question, are you sure you fully understand a person? Even yourself.

This sentence stopped Fang Chang from asking, and he was speechless for a while.

Looking at the young man who fell into silence, Professor Ai Chen leaned back on the sofa, slowed down his speech, and gave him enough time to think.

Uploading thoughts to the cloud is not impossible. As long as a person is not isolated from society, there will always be several brains that back up his memories. Convert these third-person memories into first-person, and then use these collected memories By writing the fragments into an intelligent algorithm, you can get a person who is almost exactly like her... Even if she is not objectively the same person, she can roughly match your imagination of her.

However, the replica is not the real person after all, it's just a doll that can talk and looks exactly like it. If you want that kind of thing, I can help you, as long as you fill out a long form. But from your description, I have to ask you again, is that what you want?

Looking at the middle-aged man leaning on the sofa, Fang Chang was silent for a long time, and the thoughts in his mind became a mess.

If it is in reality, there is nothing wrong with saying this, but in the game it sounds like something serious.

A piece of data is copied from one hard disk to another, why is it not the same piece of data?

And doesn't Vault 101 have a history of success? Not only did they reduce their consciousness to the virtual world, they even reproduced in the eternal virtual world!

This is obviously something that can be done!

Fang Chang felt that his request was not excessive at all. He just wanted to keep a backup of Dolly's data, but was reminded by the operator through the mouth of the NPC, Even if you use the backup data to create a new NPC, it will not be the same as the original NPC. The original NPC is not the same NPC.

Then what am I? !

A completely real virtual reality game, even such redundant details have to simulate reality...

Fang Chang felt a dull pain on his forehead.

He suddenly regretted why he didn't choose the intelligence department.

I just want to save a chance to be resurrected for important people, please, just once...

There was a hint of pleading in that voice.

These words were not aimed at the NPC in front of him.

It's about Ah Guang who doesn't know where he is, but who is watching them all the time.

Professor Ai Chen stared at the young man in front of him for a while, then his eyes suddenly moved slowly, drifting to the colorful neon lights outside the window.

The gorgeous light and shadow make people can't help but indulge in it, and all people's thoughts can be satisfied in the prosperity visible to the naked eye.

There seems to be everything here.

But also empty.

It's like a hologram of the era, impeccably real, but not after all.

Stretching out his hand to touch the bridge of his nose, he sighed softly, rarely following the fashion of young people.

...so many people have said this to me, but so few realize that life is worth living only once.

If that person is really important to you, be nice to her for the time you have left. Don't let her walk away from you, don't let her get hurt, don't let things go beyond the point of no return to regret ...don't be like me, trying to find comfort in memories.

That's the right thing to do.

...

Expectations were dashed.

There is another sad person in the ideal city tonight.

However, Fang Chang's loss is just an example, and the vast majority of people in this city are still very happy, especially when this nightlife begins.

An office building on the edge of Ideal City.

In a small and airtight studio, there are simply a few cheap sofas, tables and chairs, and simple office appliances.

Bathed in the light of cheap incandescent lamps, a certain mole and several employees of the newly established [Skeleton Studio] are dancing excitedly at the moment.

Oh my god... this game is so damn fun!

After taking off the virtual reality glasses, Mole's face was full of excitement and excitement.

Some time ago, everyone on the forum was joking and planned to go to Ideal City to play games. Only he took action and really made the game out.

The studio directly used the logo of the Skeleton Corps, and the name of the game is Battle Royale. The gameplay is not very similar to eating chicken, but almost exactly the same.

Just switched to a virtual reality platform.

Although it is not as realistic as Wasteland OL, the degree of completion is already very high!

If it's not popular, he invites Fang Chang to eat Xiang!

After all, he is a person who has seen the world. The technical director and CEO Xue Hongliang he hired did not have such a big reaction. After taking off his glasses, he simply sighed with emotion.

...The only pity is that there is only one life, and it will be gone after death.

Just in that round.

Not long after he landed, he was taken away by the man-machine designed by himself.

Mole said with a chuckle.

You don't understand this, the essence of this game is here! Although the equipment is useless after death, but think about it from another angle, wouldn't the person who was killed by you have the same mentality explosion?

The employees sitting in the room looked at each other, and after exchanging glances, they seemed to make sense.

The Mole paused for a moment, then continued slowly.

Especially when you have made it all the way to the finals, waiting for the final battle in the grass, thinking that half an hour of hard work will be in vain if you make a small mistake, your adrenaline will soar, and your hands will be tense. Sweating! And if you successfully eat chicken, all these hormones will be converted into happy dopamine in an instant—”

Wait a minute, there is a problem. The employee in charge of programming raised his hand.

Although he was annoyed to be interrupted, the Mole graciously gave him the opportunity to speak.

explain.

The programmer said seriously.

Virtual reality systems mask the senses of overly intense stimuli that may pose health risks, and adrenaline rush and sweaty hands are impossible...

Mole rolled his eyes.

I'm just making a metaphor! Don't be so rigid, there will always be a feeling of tension, right?

The programmer scratched the back of his head.

Uh, there is...

Mole looked around at the dozen or so employees present, and continued to pump blood into them with vigor.

In short, this game's selling point is here!

You only have one life, one chance! Whether our studio can occupy a place in Ideal City depends on this sale!

After a week of development, the trial version of Battle Royale has been completed, and it has just logged into the game platform on the endpoint cloud, and it is open to users for free download and trial play. After the trial play time exceeds two hours, a fee will be charged. 20Cr buyout fee.

In the future, functions such as selling boxes and extracting out-of-print skins will be updated. Mole not only copied the game itself, but also copied the method of cutting leeks.

Since there are ready-made development tools available, there are also ready-made virtual models on the endpoint cloud that can be purchased, and those that cannot be purchased can be outsourced, so the development difficulty is not very great.

As for the rent of the company's premises, it is 1200Cr per month, which is not very expensive. Labor is a bit more expensive, and it is impossible for technically-savvy employees to pay a minimum hourly wage of 1Cr, and they still have to pay 8,000 to 10,000 Cr a month.

The bulk of the expenditure is not rent or labor, but the cost of purchasing the right to use development tools, purchasing technical services and virtual models, and leasing endpoint cloud computing power.

A series of expenses are all calculated, as high as 1 million Cr!

This money is enough to buy a Cerberus unmanned vehicle plus an airborne missile!

As for where the money came from?

Of course it was exchanged for silver coins.

A few days ago, with the efforts of the administrator and ambassador Shuyu, the alliance and the enterprise reached two key important agreements.

One of them is the currency swap agreement.

According to the agreement, the two parties exchanged currencies with a total value of 300 million Cr at a fixed exchange rate of 3:1.

That is, 1 Cr is exchanged for 3 silver coins.

Since there is no fixed and stable market, the conversion of purchasing power is difficult to convert directly. After all, the price of the same product in the valley province and the cloud province may be one in the sky and the other in the ground.

This exchange rate actually includes a part of the subsidy, and the content of the subsidy is the technical added value provided by the enterprise to the alliance.

In addition, the currency swap alone is obviously not enough. In addition, the two parties have also agreed on how to use the money.

And that leads to the second trade deal.

In principle, only residents of Ideal City can register companies and trade equity. Therefore, residents of the alliance cannot work in companies or operate industries.

But there is room for flexibility.

And this newly signed trade agreement is one of the alternatives.

As a permanent partner of an enterprise, a company registered in the alliance and endorsed by the alliance can also enter the white list of the enterprise.

After entering the white list, you can set up a branch in Ideal City to invest in non-core industries other than electricity, transportation, energy, etc.

Because the credit of the alliance is used as an endorsement, those who want to enter the white list of the alliance need to be approved.

However, the approval process is not complicated.

Companies that have made outstanding contributions to the alliance, or are collectively held by Sanctuary themselves, can be approved quickly, obtain exchange quotas and tickets to invest in Ideal City.

The former is like Goblin Technology, Lister Factory, etc., and the latter is like Niuma Brick Factory, No. 81 Factory, Bach Aluminum Factory, etc.

1 million Cr, converted at a fixed exchange rate, is 3 million silver coins.

Mole himself certainly does not have so much money.

What's more, this is only an initial investment, and the actual funds needed must be far more than that.

However, after all, he is the second smartest boss of the server. After using his little brain, he quickly thought of a solution.

According to the rules of the alpha version, he took out all his belongings and his good brothers to pool 1.5 million silver coins and registered a company called Skeleton Group.

Then, at the cost of a beautiful business plan and sacrificing 80% of the shares, he successfully raised 12 million silver coins for start-up capital.

4 million Cr.

It's enough for a while after all.

He shared the remaining 20% ​​of the shares with Irena, Fairy King Fugui and other investors.

Although the shelters accounted for the bulk, there were quite a few shares that could be distributed.

For example, he himself accounts for 8%, as long as the game sells 100 million, it will be 8 million!

After deducting the cost and tax, there is at least six to seven million Cr in his hands!

If this is exchanged for silver coins...

Mole didn't dare to think about it anymore.

After only masturbating for a while, he couldn't hold back his laughter, he was worried that if he continued to make up his mind, he would be so excited that he would be so excited.

In short, he took everyone's hard-earned money and shouldered everyone's expectations to open this skeleton studio, which is wholly owned by the skeleton group.

Under his unremitting urging, everyone finally restored this virtual reality version of the skydiving masterpiece in Wasteland OL.

Had to blow a wave of Ah Guang.

Wasteland OL can not only play games in games, but even play games in games.

This idea is simply hanging!

Although the trial version of Battle Royale is only the size of an island, it is a bit small compared to the Super A-level masterpieces popular in Ideal City that restore a world at every turn, but he believes that gameplay and fun are the only ones. The heart of the game.

This market, which is still a blue ocean, is destined to have a place for him!

However--

The ruthless reality quickly dealt him a heavy blow.

The Battle Royale that had just been put on the shelves was not as he expected. It became popular all over the Internet when it was uploaded, and it was even as obscure as a piece of dust falling into a pond, with no waves to be seen.

So far, the only few visits to the server are contributed by the employees in the studio.

Looking at the motionless download volume, Mole, who was dancing excitedly a few minutes ago, is almost sweating now.

The only thing that brought him some comfort was that the lack of big sales didn't seem to have anything to do with the game itself, but the lack of exposure.

Maybe wait for the exposure to go up.

It might catch fire all of a sudden...

Standing next to the boss, staring at the data on the screen, several employees in the studio also looked regretful.

It's a pity... such a fun game is not popular at all.

Yeah... It's obviously quite fun.

We'd better not wait for too long... No matter how delicious the soup is, it will go bad if it is left for too long.

The development tools on the endpoint cloud are very mature, and the man-hours required to develop a game are not long. However, it is precisely because of this that the highly introverted environment causes most games to not only have serious homogeneity, but also shorten their lifespan.

Except for those open world games that focus on virtual community development and have huge and non-repetitive content, the lifespan of most games is only one month, and the average game time of players often does not exceed 24 hours.

The studio's CEO and technical director Xue Hongliang frowned, thought for a moment and said.

We should increase our investment in marketing and promotion.

Recently, there is a very popular game promotion program on Endpoint Cloud. Although the cost is a bit high, I think we can try it.

Hearing that the fee was a bit high, Mole's eyebrows twitched.

How many?

Around 1.2 million Cr?

Upon hearing this number, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

1.2 million? !

Can buy six missiles!

Our development costs are less than 1 million... Is this price too expensive? Mole couldn't help complaining.

Xue Hongliang was stunned.

Isn't it common sense that the cost of publicity is higher than the cost of development?

Mole was also taken aback.

But looking at the other employees around, they also had an expression of approval, and it didn't seem like they were bullying him for not knowing what to do.

Taking a deep breath, Mole spoke while controlling his emotions.

Anyway...let me see what that show is like first.

Xue Hongliang nodded, walked to another desk, and turned on the holographic TV placed there.

A light blue light and shadow appeared, and the current channel was broadcasting news.

He was about to switch channels, but his boss suddenly stopped him.

Wait... I finished reading the news.

Xue Hongliang was stunned for a moment, and retracted his index finger to the side.

The picture in the holographic image continued to play, and the news being broadcast seemed to be interviews and reports on the situation on the Western Front.

...In order to reverse the decline of the frontal battlefield, the Legion is deploying nuclear weapons with a million-ton equivalent to Luoxia province.

Minister Yue Qian of the General Management Department emphasized that nuclear weapons of more than 100,000 tons should be strictly restricted. If those alien species continue to mutate and the fragile ecosystem continues to evolve in an extreme direction, this planet will become unlivable in the future. !

The administrator of the alliance also made a speech in a public speech, strongly condemning the Legion's deployment of nuclear weapons to the battlefield, and stated that the residents of the alliance will not succumb to the nuclear threat.

The Supreme Council meeting is currently being held to discuss a more specific response plan. According to people familiar with the situation, if the situation is true, the Supreme Council of the enterprise will approve the use of the sealed weapons stockpile...

Holograms.

The representative of the council, surrounded by interview drones, spoke firmly.

...There is no doubt that those weapons are prepared for this moment!

Looking at the news in the holographic image, the employees in the studio looked at each other in blank dismay, and took a breath in unison after recovering.

Hiss...a megaton nuclear bomb!

An employee asked curiously.

What kind of concept is that?

Another employee thought for a while and replied.

If it is an ideal city, everyone in the city can get an average of 100 kilograms or 10 kilograms equivalent. And if it is an alliance with a population of 100,000 or so, everyone can get about 10 tons.

The sound of hiss rang out.

The cold air in the whole room was sucked away.

Everyone couldn't help but sneak a glance at their boss.

They knew that the man named Mole came from the alliance in the south of the River Valley Province, as he said in the joint language.

However, to their surprise, they didn't see any fear on the man's face.

It looked like pure surprise.

And indeed it was, the mole staring at the hologram was blank-eyed.

He had seen the news on the official website that the Legion was deploying nuclear weapons to Luoxia Province, and even the announcement clearly mentioned that the Legion planned to use it in the Fertile Capital of the Lion Kingdom.

However, looking at the news, the serious wording and tone of the manager...

It feels like this nuclear bomb is going to be thrown over the alliance's head.

really?

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Mole coughed lightly and said in a serious voice.

Your boss's house is on fire...I probably have to go back and have a look in two days.

If the news is true, the mobilization order is estimated to come down in a short time. As the commander of the Skeleton Corps, he certainly can't stay behind and let his brothers do it for him.

Xue Hongliang was stunned.

You... want to go to the front line?

Good guy.

They are eating chicken in the game.

I didn't expect their boss to eat chicken in real life on the front line.

No wonder I can come up with such an interesting brain hole, it turns out that it is a real experience!

That's for sure! In fact, to be honest, driving tanks is your boss's job, and running a company is just a side job.

Mole smiled embarrassedly, coughed and continued.

But don't worry about me, hard work is the greatest support for me! In fact, I haven't told you that most of the income from this game will become the military expenses of the Alliance against the Legion. Every 10,000 you sell If there are two games, one more missile will be fired at the Legion.

When this battle is over, I will come back and fight side by side with you!

After listening to this speech, almost all the employees in the office looked at him with admiration.

Xue Hongliang stepped forward excitedly and held his right hand tightly.

Boss, don't worry, go and leave the company to me... We will definitely live up to your expectations! Realize your dream of millions of sales!

The Mole smiled and patted his right hand.

Okay! With your words, I feel relieved!

Stomach trouble again... Let everyone wait for a long time. The relationship in the second half feels a bit incomplete, so let's continue to write.