Planetary Museum

"They have already agreed." Wu Qing didn't speak loudly, but Xu Yan was so frightened that he trembled all over.

Shen Wen's face was also tense: "When are you going out?" He asked.

"The other party said that the sooner the better," Wu Qing said, "I think so too, before the intelligence discovers all this."

What Shen Wen was worried about was another question: "If we do this here, will there be any danger to Yevgeny?" Once they choose to cooperate with the Federation, it means that they will completely turn against Zhiti. , it is difficult to guarantee that the intelligence body will not do the same thing as the previous federation.

Yevgeny and Wang Youquan are two living beings in Zhiti's hands, so it's not like communicating through a simulation game.

"So we can only do it in our own name. Externally, we have to separate from the search and rescue team. If necessary, we even need to swear allegiance to the federal government at the enlistment ceremony like those federal soldiers."

Xu Yan's face was full of panic: "But I don't know how to drive those spaceships at all... I have also played those spaceship games, and they are all complicated to death."

"I won't either...but in the future...you who are copied will definitely be able to learn."

According to Changbai, even stupid people can master the technology of controlling a spaceship after seven or eight days of practice in a virtual environment-this difficulty seems to be easier than driving a car on earth.

Is this really the case? Wu Qing and the others have no chance to know, because even if it is training to fly a spaceship, their replicas will do it, and they themselves, judging from the reply from the federal government-they will Being arranged to live in a virtual world, playing whatever he likes, is no different from the life he lives now.It's just that I won't be as free as I am now, and I can casually contact other people on the Internet.

"Let's go now, we have already done what we need to do." Wu Qing took a last look at the virtual world he stayed in during this time, the room that simulated the office of the consul.It can be said that during this period of time, the three of them almost regarded this place as their own home.

Xu Yan subconsciously seemed to want to find something to clean up, but he soon realized that this is not the earth, and all the "things" they have here are just data.As long as they have permission, they can "copy" these things in another virtual scene at any time, and if not, there is no way to take them away.

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The official meeting with the federal government was arranged by the People's Army. The People's Army invited many spokespersons from large virtual organizations, but compared with the one Shen Changwen saw when he gave a speech, it was obviously much smaller .

When Wu Qing, Xu Yan, and Shen Wen appeared at the venue, the surrounding people were amazed.

This exclamation made all three of them feel strangely uncomfortable, as if they were just a group of strong black slaves being praised by the slave master.

Long speeches are customary in such formal occasions.

The spokesperson of the Federation is naturally the Consul. In his speech, he praised Wu Qing and the others for "stepping forward" at this crisis moment of the Federation, resolutely joining the Federation, the melting pot of civilizations, and said that this act of righteousness is very important. Part of the reason is that they recognized the evil nature of intelligence as an unnatural creature...

... It also shows that in this war, the Federation deserves to be on the side of justice. This kind of justice cannot even be questioned by the neutral aliens like the search and rescue team, and they strongly demand to join this unity of intelligence and body Come on the front line.

Strictly speaking, this speech is off topic. It is clearly a welcome ceremony for Wu Qing and the three of them. In the Black Star Battle just now, the soldiers and officers of the Federation were not afraid of strong enemies and fought hard. They also highly praised the loss ratio of the Federation Army as high as 1:8 in this battle...

Although Black Star was eventually lost, this failure is only temporary at present, because the enemy has planned for a long time, and now with Wu Qing and the others joining, the fleet of the entire Federation will be unstoppable in the future.

Then Wu Qing spoke as a representative of the three.

Wu Qing didn't prepare a speech, and he didn't even bother to speak. From the planning to the present, except for the communication with the search and rescue team, the three of them were almost the idea of ​​this operation.These speeches are meaningless now. Wu Qing and the three of them feel that every second of the current time is extremely difficult, as if they have been bought by the buyer as slaves. They don’t care about the praise after the transaction is completed, they only care about arriving. After the destination, the future state of life.

"We stand here now, which has fully explained everything. We only hope to enter the army as soon as possible and contribute our strength to this war." Wu Qing ended his speech with only one sentence.

Then Changhong spoke on behalf of the People's Army.

Changhong promised Wu Qing and the others that from this moment on, the People's Army will be their backing, and they will ensure that the lives and dignity of Wu Qing and the other three will not be violated in any way—after all, from now on, the three of Wu Qing and the others, As well as the countless copies that the three will produce in the future, they are fighting on behalf of every citizen of the federation. Changhong guarantees that the citizens of the federation will not forget this sacrifice!Their willingness to join the Federation will definitely be respected after the war!

After the good talk, according to the agreement of the two parties, a ceremony should be held on the spot.

First copy of the ritual.

According to Wu Qing's design, the People's Army is the supervisor, and the Federation is the executor. In order to prevent any party from easily violating this agreement, especially the Federation, the two parties will immediately carry out the first copy after the conversation is over.

After copying, Wu Qing and the three will form "two sets" of templates, and then the six people in these two sets of templates will be used as backup archives at the Federation and the People's Army respectively.

They will be allowed to enter the game world as agreed in advance.

As the "original version" of all replicas, Wu Qing and the three can choose which side to go to.

Although the living conditions provided by both sides are exactly the same, and they both continue to live in the game world with limited freedom, but out of consideration for the tracking mission, Wu Qing chose the Federation side without any hesitation.

The duplication ceremony is carried out in this virtual room. First, the consul needs to formally submit an application for the duplication operation to the Second Earth Federation government in the name of the First Earth Federation government. This application will be followed by five review by a judge.

This kind of review is actually a formality, because the Second Federation itself is just a formal government, and there are almost no reasons for objection.

But according to the procedure, the judge still needs to ask Wu Qing and the three of them about their intentions to ensure that this is not an illegal operation against their will.

In fact, according to the laws of the Second Federation, they have no right to manage Wu Qing and them. The legal basis of the Second Federation is actually the game service agreement, because they are not real "game players" at all, they are pure data, so there is no It cannot be protected by this agreement, nor does it need to be managed by the other party.

However, the procedure was still determined. The judges redefined the definition of "player" specifically for Wu Qing and the three of them. admitted.

"Are you all sure, from now on, voluntarily abandon the uniqueness of your own thinking and memory, and join the federal army to fight against the invasion of intelligence?"

The three answered together: "We are sure."

"Are you all sure that from now on, you will voluntarily give up the protection of the original civilization, and consider yourself a member of the federation rather than a member of the civilization of the search and rescue team?"

The three replied again: "We are sure."

"Are you all sure that from now until the end of the war, you promise yourself to take the corresponding responsibility for obeying the words spoken today in terms of personality?"

"We're sure."

After confirming three times, the program enters the next step.

Changhong has been offline from the game. At the same time, Wu Qing can see from the live broadcast on the Internet that on the orbital layer of the first earth in reality, Changhong, as a representative of the People's Army, made his public appearance for the first time, accompanying the federal government The representative came to the connection location of a server on the second earth.

The Consul of the Second Federation himself also appeared there, took out the device controller representing the company, and opened the server's access door.

The representative sent by the first consul took out a storage device and handed it to the second consul in person, and Changhong checked it. After confirming that there was no problem, the second consul inserted it into the data socket.

Changhong looked at Wu Qing in the camera, Wu Qing nodded, and in the next moment, the figures of the three disappeared.

During the data copy, their brain activity needs to be suspended.

Wu Qing felt as if he fell asleep suddenly and then woke up suddenly. After waking up, he subconsciously looked around him.

None of them.

He seemed to be in a huge square, with a huge, sun-like white light hanging above his head, and on the ground, there was an endless horizontal ground.

The ground is the most common road material in the second world. Wu Qing jumped and could feel the gravity.

Such an environment is no stranger to Wu Qing, and to everyone who has played games in the Federation. It can be said that this is the "basic world" in the virtual world of the Federation.

In the virtual design of the federation, players are allowed to design and build the world by themselves, but because this kind of design and construction needs to consume corresponding computing resources-and only federal citizens can apply for the corresponding resources, so Wu Qing did not "play" before. ” through such settings.

But it does not prevent him from entering the world designed by others, and even seeing how other people design the world with his own eyes.

Wu Qing began to realize that he had been copied. According to their requirements, they should now be in the calculator managed by the federal government, and what they have now is just the simplest primitive world.

Wu Qing tried to summon the control system in the Second Earth, but failed, which verified his guess—he had already left the Second Earth.

What about Xu Yan and Shen Wen?

Wu Qing doesn't know, maybe the Federation intends to detain them separately... Maybe...

At this moment, a picture appeared in the air in front of Wu Qing, it was Changbai in the second world - he was still in the room where Wu Qing stayed just now, and other people who participated in the ceremony could be seen in the room people.

"Are you all right?"

"It's okay." Wu Qing showed Changbai the background behind him.

"Don't worry, you are now on the personal computer of the federal government. Due to limited computing resources, the environment is very monotonous, and it will improve soon. At least you can enter the second earth normally."

Wu Qing nodded. At present, he has no choice but to believe that the supervision mechanism he proposed to establish is functioning normally.If the federal government behaved like last time, recklessly turning their faces...it would only show that their understanding of the federal government was completely wrong.

But fortunately, so far there is still no such tendency.

"Where are Shen Wen and Xu Yan?"

"They are still being copied, and you are the first one to be copied." Changbai said, making a familiar-looking person turn his back to the camera.

Just as humans look at monkeys in the same way, Wu Qing is not particularly sensitive to his image as a member of the Federation, so he didn't react immediately.

But after making eye contact with that person for a few seconds, both he and the other party immediately understood, and both of them saw the same surprise in the other's eyes! ——The other party is yourself.