Chapter 434 A completely real game, even playing games in the game

  The slowly setting sun is melting 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 jumping 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 integrating the entire university in one office building sounds outrageous, making it seem like the students here are employees who clock in and go to work, but in a place like Ideal City, it is surprisingly 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 the sound of ding, the alloy door behind Fang Chang slid open on both sides like a subway that has arrived.

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

   Soon, he came to a silver door.

  His hand was almost on the button of the doorbell, and 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 strange.

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

   There is no doubt that it is him, and I did not find the wrong person.

   If he doesn'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 League 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 elegant, but Fang Chang's attention is not on the room in front of him, but on the man in front of him.

  Different from the unkempt scholars and professors in my impression, he is dressed very delicately. 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 bank or financial practitioner.

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

   Besides that, 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 horcrux of the soul.

   Fortunately, being 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 sit on the sofa.

  Fang Chang fulfilled 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 if there is a way to upload thoughts to the cloud or something like a hard drive.”

  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 academics 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 anything optimistic.

   "No need... 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 nodded 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 this sentence, 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 all in the past. Everyone has the right to choose how to live, and she is free to go wherever she wants, but I'm a little narrow-minded because I can't forget it, haha."

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

  Looking at the back of the bionic man, his voice seems to have fallen into a long and 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."

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

   It seems to be 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 android assistant. Because later... I deleted its data."

  Fang Chang was stunned.

   After a long time, he continued.

"…Why?"

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

   Before Fang Zhang 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 is inevitably reckless, prudence is inevitable, and wise people are often arrogant. And arrogant people can't see where they're going. She's never perfect, it's just love that puts 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 know 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 problem, are you sure you know someone completely? 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 speaking speed, 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 backing up his memories. Convert these third-person memories into first-person, and then use these collected memories The fragments are programmed into an intelligent algorithm, and 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, of course 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 was in reality, there would be nothing wrong with saying this, but in the game it sounded like something serious.

   A piece of data is copied from one hard disk to another hard disk, 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 Department of Intelligence.

   "I just want to keep a chance of resurrection for important people, please, just once..."

   There was a hint of pleading in that voice.

   This sentence was not aimed at the NPC in front of him.

   But to that A 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 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 there is nothing.

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

   Reached out his hand and touched the bridge of his nose, he sighed softly, rarely following the fashion of young people.

  “…a lot of people have said this to me, but 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 ...not to be like me, trying to find solace in memories.”

   "This is the right thing to do."

  …

  Looking forward to nothing.

  There is another sad person in Ideal City tonight.

  However, Fang Chang's loss is just an exception. Most 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 opaque studio, there are simply a few cheap sofas, tables and chairs, and simple office equipment.

   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 **** fun!"

  Take off the virtual reality glasses, Mole's face is full of excitement and excitement.

  Some time ago, everyone on the forum was joking and planned to go to Ideal City to make 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".

   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!

   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 is gone after death.”

   It was just 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 search for 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 thought it made sense.

   Mole paused for a while, then continued speaking 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 upset to be interrupted, the Mole graciously gave him a chance to speak.

"explain."

  The programmer said seriously.

   “Virtual reality systems will mask the senses of excessive stimuli that may cause health risks. 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.

   "Well, there is..."

  Mole took a look around at the dozen or so employees present, and continued to pump blood into them vigorously.

   "In short, this is the selling point of this game!"

   "There is only one life, and only one opportunity! Whether our studio can occupy a place in the 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.

  Follow-up, 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.

  Because 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 development is not very difficult.

  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 expenditure is not rent or labor, but the cost of purchasing development tool usage rights, purchasing technical services and virtual models, and leasing endpoint cloud computing power.

  A series of expenses are all calculated, up to 1 million Cr!

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

   As for where did the money come from?

   Of course it was exchanged for silver coins.

  A few days ago, with the efforts of the manager 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.

  Because 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 River Valley Province and the Cloud Province 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 this involves the second trade agreement.

  In principle, only residents of Ideal City can register companies and trade equity. Therefore, residents of the alliance cannot work in enterprises 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 whitelist of the alliance need to be approved.

   But the approval process is not complicated.

  Companies that have made outstanding contributions to the alliance, or are collectively held by Sanctuary, can be quickly approved, exchange quota 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 certainly doesn't have so much money himself.

   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.

   After all, it is enough for a period of time.

  The remaining 20% ​​of the shares were divided between him and Irena, the Elven King Fugui and other investors.

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

  For example, if he owns 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 masturbating for a while, he couldn't hold back his laughter, he was worried that if he kept thinking about it, he would be so excited.

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

  Under his unremitting encouragement, 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 blown away!

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 the gameplay and fun are the only ones. The heart of the game.

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

However-

   The ruthless reality quickly dealt him a heavy blow.

  The "Battle Royale" that was just released did not go viral as he expected. It became popular all over the Internet when it was uploaded.

   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 tens of minutes ago, is now sweating anxiously.

  The only thing that brought him some comfort was that the lack of big sales seemed to have nothing to do with the game itself, but the lack of exposure.

   Maybe wait for the exposure to increase.

   It might become popular all of a sudden...

  Standing next to the boss, staring at the data on the screen, several employees in the studio also had expressions of regret.

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

   "Yeah... It's obviously quite fun."

   "Let's not wait 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.

  Studio CEO and Technical Director Xue Hongliang frowned, thought for a moment and said.

   "We should increase 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."

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

"How many?"

   "Around 1.2 million Cr?"

  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 for a while.

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

  Mole was also stunned.

   But looking at the other employees around, they also have expressions of approval, and it doesn't seem like they are 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.

  Light blue light and shadow appear, and the current channel is broadcasting news.

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

   "Wait...I finished reading this 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 about the situation on the Western Front.

   "...In order to reverse the decline of the frontal battlefield, the Legion is deploying megaton-equivalent nuclear weapons 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..."

  In the hologram.

  The representative of the council, surrounded by interview drones, said 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... megaton nuclear bomb!"

  An employee asked curiously.

   "What is that concept?"

  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. If it is an alliance with a population of about 100,000, everyone can get about 10 tons."

   The sound of "hiss" rang out.

  The cold air in the whole room was sucked out.

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

  They knew that the man named Mole came from the alliance in the southern part of the River Valley Province.

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

  That expression seemed to be pure surprise.

   And it was true, 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 rich 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 on the top of the alliance.

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 take a look in two days."

  If the news is true, the mobilization order will probably come down soon. 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 for a while.

   "You... going to the front line?"

   Good guy.

   They are eating chicken in the game.

   Didn’t expect their boss to eat real chicken on the front line.

   No wonder you 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 starting 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 have never told you that most of the income from this game will be used for the alliance's military expenses 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, I will leave the company to me... We will definitely live up to your expectations! Realize your dream of millions of sales!"

   Mole smiled and patted his right hand.

   "Okay! With your words, I feel relieved!"

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

  

  (end of this chapter)