Planetary Museum

This bloody consul is not easy to make!

Wu Qing would not know that at this moment, his psychological feelings are so similar to those of the wanted man.

The fact that 2000 million federal soldiers have entered the virtual community with great fanfare has aroused great concern from the entire society.

Although the government spokesperson has emphasized several times that this vacation is just a routine battlefield rotation and has no additional special purpose at all, but... the people's glasses are sharp.

After a group of people enter the game, whether they are here to play the game or not, the people in the game are the most clear.

In some games, players have spontaneously resisted government personnel. The behavior of "soldiers on vacation" is considered to be a kind of information spying and spying on citizens' privacy.

The consul felt that he was particularly wronged this time - yes, he did have such thoughts and thoughts before.But this time, poor God, he really sent these people to find aliens!To spy on the privacy of citizens, would he be so stupid as to use so many people to "spy" openly and aboveboard?

But the order to act has already been issued, and no matter what the public opinion is, the consul can only grit his teeth and continue working.

"These aliens will definitely be exposed easily," a newly appointed game consultant saw the restlessness of the Consul, and comforted him, "The federation's game culture is extensive and profound, which is why outsiders like them can't do it anyway. There is no way to grasp it."

"Who knows," the archon has no such confidence now, "if the civilization they are in also likes to play games?"

"How is that possible?" The game expert sneered, "If their civilization also has such a profound game culture, then they can save the universe in the game, why bother to take a spaceship and travel through the universe at risk."

The consul frowned. He felt that what the game consultant said made sense, but it sounded awkward somewhere.

"Actually, your Excellency, on the issue of games, I think this government can also properly adopt some viewpoints from the game world to deal with the problem." The game consultant noticed the expression of the consul, so he made a further suggestion, "In fact, the real world also It can be regarded as a part of the virtual world, as long as we find a way to make the real world more fun."

"Fun?" The Consul laughed, "Tell me, what else can be played in the real world."

"For example, the application of unmanned technology..."

"You mean, exchange?"

The unmanned technology mentioned by the game consultant is the sum of a series of technologies within the Federation, including various remote-controlled toys, remote-controlled tools, and remote-controlled transportation equipment.

More than 200 years ago, when robotics technology developed greatly, many people had customized their own robot bodies—it was possible to allow players to attach cameras, earphones, etc. to the body of a robot, so that players could You can sit at home and rely on robots to travel around the world in reality.

As the game consultant said, in a sense, this is playing reality as another game.

At that time, the federal government banned multiple applications of this technology for reasons of safety and social impact—because robots were too cheap, as long as they were fully opened, almost all the infrastructure within the entire federation would have to be rebuilt.

It's not that I feel sorry for the money, but that the entire robot technology is easy to flood—maybe at the beginning, the robot walked around the world with a camera, but soon, the consul believed that someone would teach the robot to learn how to light a fire, or even join in Engage in group activities like parades together.

In the virtual world, group activities or some destructive behaviors are allowed, because many people play games just for the sake of stimulation, such as violent resistance organizations like the People's Army, whose almost semi-public actions in the game are acquiesced.

However, the damage in the game can be repaired with one click, and it will cost real money to cause damage in reality.

Moreover, even if there is no damage, once the inertia of the game is brought into reality, the situation will become extremely complicated - imagine that when the consul goes out, there are all robots on both sides of the road to greet him... The consul may not even sleep at night Way to sleep soundly.

"The behavior of robots can be managed through a unified software," said the game consultant. "The rules of the game in the real world are naturally formulated by us. The main purpose of doing this is to win a part of the votes... There are also differences among gamers. For many positions, doing so can divide them internally, and most importantly, let some gamers vote for us and cooperate with the government's search operation."

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When seeing Wu Xiaoqing, Xu Yan almost burst into tears.

"Angkor!" After confirming that the other party was Wu Xiaoqing, Xu Yan immediately shouted, "Have you contacted the search and rescue team? When will he come to pick us up?"

Wu Qing and Shen Wen looked at each other, lowered their heads, then raised them again.After exchanging eyes two or three times, both sides saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes.

But Xu Yan still didn't know anything, and hurriedly explained the thrills along the way: "There are many people on the road... I heard that they all came to arrest us! They almost recognized them!"

"Don't listen to his nonsense," Shen Wen shook his head, "He has a poor mental quality, I told him that human eyes are not the lens of a machine, there is no automatic discrimination function, who in the crowd can stare at other people's faces ?”

On the way over, they happened to meet a group of soldiers from the Federation who entered the game, who were also in the game building, queuing up with them.Before getting on that "elevator", Xu Yan was so scared that he almost peed his pants, and his mind was full of what would happen if he was caught.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the end.

But having said that, even in the game, it's hard to relax, especially Wu Qing.

The game itself simulates the federal government, so the soldiers standing guard and officials on duty near Wu Qing's palace all wear the same uniforms as in reality.Even though Shen Wen had reminded him several times that those were just game designs, Xu Yan still couldn't help but look around - for him, this level of simulation had completely exceeded his ability to recognize.Virtual or not virtual, what is the difference?

Shen Wen and Wu Qing quickly chatted about the game for a while, and after a few questions, Shen Wen immediately understood what Wu Qing meant by choosing this game.

"How long have you been playing?"

"The subjective time of the game is only one or two days, and in reality it is six or seven hours," Wu Qing said, "but the corresponding game history... I have passed 30 years."

"Year 30?"

"Yes, I was a consul and fought for 30 years. Look at this." Wu Qing skillfully turned on a virtual projection screen and summoned one of his generals. "Play the images of the 7 battles."

The lights in the room suddenly turned black, and then there were warships projected again.Because of the distance of the camera, these battleships are like small dots of light dotted regularly on the black background. Only when the camera is close to them and carefully observes their shape details, can we find that these things are genuine spaceships.

The spaceships are arranged in a seemingly chaotic circle, one around the other, but when you look at the edge of the room, the small dots that make up the entire circle seem to be unconsciously rotating around the same center .

"Why spin?"

"Because it is necessary to keep maneuvering and fighting," Wu Qing said, "the most energy-wasting thing in space is to change the direction of the battle...especially for such a heavy spacecraft. When most spacecraft fight, they will revolve around a large center of mass Do it in a circular motion.

"The center of mass this time is the wreckage area of ​​previous battles," Wu Qing said. "It's hard to imagine that in just 30 years, the two sides have completely exhausted the mass of one or two planets with their militarism. Some of them are piled up here, and even formed a new planet spontaneously."

"A whole planet?" Shen Wen found it inconceivable.

"Yes, trillions of aircraft... I don't know if you remember, the last time we were on a mission..." Wu Qing seemed to be a little excited, waving his hands in the air, but when he said Halfway through, the expression on his face froze, and then he and Shen Wen looked at each other, and saw the same reaction in the other's eyes.

Shen Wen didn't speak, but his eyes already answered: "Yes, I feel what you are going to say, but I also know that you can't say it, and I am the same."

Xu Yan looked at the two of them: "What's the matter with you, what happened to the last mission? Is it to save those flying people... What's it called... What's the door?" Xu Yan scratched his head, but he still didn't realize it. After thinking about the seriousness of the problem for a long time, he was sure that he had forgotten the term, so he was going to ask Shen Changwen again.

But Shen Changwen just glanced at him and didn't answer.

"In other words, building a spaceship is not difficult for them at all."

"Yes, it's very simple. Their industry has been fully automated..." Wu Qing said, "There are 230 billion people in the entire federal civilization, and the number of people responsible for specific production does not exceed tens of millions..."

"Then the others," Shen Wen recalled the number of people playing games he saw on the way when he came this way, "are they all in the game?"

"Yes, everyone is playing games," Wu Qing said, "Games can transcend the constraints of civilization itself and create a new way of life."

When Wu Qing said this, he paused for a long time, and waited for Shen Wen and Xu Yan to focus their eyes, and then began to say: "I think I already know why they want to attack us."

"Why?" Xu Yan asked the fastest.

Shen Wen didn't ask, in fact, when Wu Qing spoke just now, he already guessed the answer in his heart.

Two countries that can infinitely manufacture industrial products are at war. The technology of the two is almost the same. The biggest difference between the two seems to be the difference in the members of the civilization. One is a real human being made up of carbon, and the other is made up of complete data. virtual life.

Which of the two is more suitable for a war of this level?

Combined with Wu Qing's game, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion after a little thought.

"That is to say, no matter what attitude we have when we come here, we won't be far from who we are... as long as we come here... we will encounter this."

Wu Qing nodded: "They need our key, not our position...just because of our identity."

"Identity?" Xu Yan still didn't hear anything, "Could it be that they know that we are Earthlings? Could it be that they still want to counterattack the Earth?"

Wu Qing shook his head. He suddenly asked Xu Yan, "What if we never go back to Earth? What are your plans?"

"Can't you go back?" Xu Yan was so frightened that he trembled all over, "What do you mean? Angkor, don't make fun of me, I can't stand being scared."

As Xu Yan said, he turned his head to look at Shen Changwen, but saw that he was looking at him with the same eyes.

Shen Wen asked Wu Qing again: "Then why don't they engage in digitization of consciousness?"

"Because of fear," Wu Qing said, "a civilization instinctively fears that its previous way of life will be completely erased... This is not as simple as a technology, and there must have been a lot of debates within the entire Federation."

"So they're targeting us, when they need this technology the most."

"Correct."

"What if we... cooperate actively?" Shen Wen asked tentatively.

"I don't know," Wu Qing said, "do you know?"

Shen Wen also shook his head, just bringing up this idea, and thinking about the possible situation of cooperation already made him break out in a cold sweat.

But reason still made him say what he should say: "But when necessary, this is not something that cannot be considered."