This consul is so hard to be!

Wu Qing wouldn't have known that at this moment, he and the person wanted by him had such similar psychological feelings.

The presence of 20 million federal soldiers in the virtual community has attracted great attention from the entire society.

Although government spokesmen have stressed several times that the leave is nothing more than a routine battlefield rotation with no additional special purpose at all, it ...... The glasses of the masses are bright.

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

There have been games in which players have begun to spontaneously boycott government officials, and the actions of "soldiers on leave" have been perceived as a form of information spying and a way to spy on citizens' privacy.

The Archon felt that he had been particularly wronged this time—yes, he had indeed had such thoughts and thoughts before. But this time, God is merciful, he really let these people come to find aliens! Spying on citizens' privacy, would he be stupid enough to use so many people to "spy on" in the open?

But the order to act has been given, and no matter what the public opinion is, now the consul has to keep his teeth on and continue to work.

"These aliens will definitely be easily exposed," one of the newly appointed game advisors reassured the Archon's restlessness right now, "The Federation's gaming culture is vast and profound, and they outsiders can't grasp it anyway. ”

"Who knows," the Archon has no such confidence at all now, "what if their civilization also likes to play games?" ”

"How is that possible?" The game expert scoffed, "If their civilization also has such a profound game culture, then they can save the universe in the game, why bother to get on a spaceship and venture through the universe." ”

The Archon frowned, he thought what the game advisor had said made sense, but it sounded awkward somewhere.

"Actually, Your Excellency, on the issue of games, I think this administration can also appropriately adopt some of the perspectives of the game world to deal with the problem," the game consultant noticed the expression of the archon, so he further suggested, "In fact, the real world can also be seen as a part of the virtual world, as long as we find a way to make the real world more fun." ”

"Fun?" The Archon laughed, "Tell me how else to play in the real world." ”

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

"You mean, swap?"

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 was greatly developed, many people used to customize their robot bodies - players could attach camera headsets or anything to the body of a robot, so that players could sit at home and rely on robots to travel the world in reality.

As the game consultant said, in a sense, it's playing reality as if it were just another game.

The federal government at the time banned the many applications of this technology for security and social reasons, because robots were so cheap that the entire federal infrastructure would have to be rebuilt if it were fully opened.

It's not that I feel sorry for the money, it's that the whole robot technology is easy to proliferate - maybe at first the robots are walking around the world with cameras, but soon, the archon believes that there will be people who will let the robots learn to light fires, and even get together to do a group activity like a parade.

In the virtual world, group activities or some acts of vandalism are allowed, because many people play games just to get excited, just like the People's Army, a violent resistance group, which acts almost semi-openly in the game, and is tacitly tolerated.

However, in-game damage can be repaired with one click, and in reality, it costs real money to cause damage.

And, even if it's not broken, once the game's inertia is brought to life, the situation becomes even more complicated - imagine the Archon going out and being greeted by robots on both sides of the road...... The Archon may not even be able to sleep soundly at night.

"The behavior of the robot can be managed through unified software," says the game consultant, "and the rules of the game in the real world are naturally set by us." Again, the main purpose of this is to win a portion of the votes...... There are also many positions among gamers, and this can divide them internally, and the most important thing is to get some gamers to join us and cooperate with the government's search operation. ”

……

When he saw Wu Xiaoqing, Xu Yan's tears were about to fall.

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

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

But Xu Yan still didn't know anything, and explained the thrill along the way in a panic: "There are many people on the road...... I heard they were all here to get us! I almost recognized them by them! ”

"Don't listen to his nonsense," Shen Wen shook his head, "His own psychological quality is too poor, he 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 had entered the game, and they were also in the game building, queuing up with them. Before stepping onto the "elevator", Xu Yan was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and his mind was full of miserable conditions after being caught.

Thankfully, nothing happened in the end.

But then again, even in the game, it can't be easy, especially here in Wu Qing.

The game itself simulates the federal government, so near Wu Qing's palace, the soldiers standing guard, and the officials on duty are wearing the same uniforms as in reality. Even though Shen Wen had reminded him several times that it was just game design, Xu Yan couldn't help but look around—for him, this level of realism was completely beyond his ability to recognize. What difference does it make if it's virtual or not?

Shen Wen chatted with Wu Qing for a while, and after a few questions, Shen Wen immediately understood the meaning of Wu Qing's choice of 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've been around for 30 years. ”

"30 years?"

"Yes, I'm an archon and have fought for 30 years, look at this," Wu Qing skillfully turned on a virtual projection screen and summoned one of his generals, "Play the picture of the 7 battles." ”

The lights in the room suddenly turned black, and then there was a projection of the battleship. Because of the distance of the camera, these battleships are like small points of light on a black background, and only when the camera leans over and carefully observes the details of their shapes can you realize that these things are real spaceships.

The spaceship is arranged in a seemingly chaotic circle, one around the other, but when you walk to the edge of the room, the dots that make up the entire circle seem to be unconsciously rotating around the same center.

"Why spin?"

"Because to maintain mobility and combat," Wu Qing said, "the most wasteful energy in space is to change the direction of combat...... Especially for such a heavy ship. Most ships move in a circular motion around a large center of mass during combat.

"The mass center this time is the wreckage area of the 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, and some of them have been piled up here, and even a new planet has been spontaneously formed." ”

"A whole planet?" Shen Wen felt a little unbelievable when he heard it.

"Yes, trillions of flying machines...... 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 halfway through speaking, the expression on his face froze, and then he glanced at Shen Wen, and saw the same reaction in the other party's eyes.

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

Xu Yan looked at the two of them: "What's wrong with you, what's wrong with the last mission?" Is it to save those flying people...... What is it called...... What's the door? Xu Yan scratched his head, he hadn't reacted to the seriousness of the problem, and after thinking about it for a long time, he was sure that he had forgotten this term, so he was about to ask Shen Changwen again.

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

"In other words, it is not difficult for them to build a spaceship at all."

"Yes, it's very simple, their industry has been fully automated...... "Wu Qingdao," Wu Qingdao, "There are 23 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 he saw playing games on the way when he came over this way, "are they all in the game?" ”

"Yes, they are all playing games," Wu Qing said, "and games can transcend the constraints of civilization itself and create a new way of life." ”

Wu Qing paused for a long time when he said this, and only began to say when Shen Wen and Xu Yan both focused their eyes: "I think I already know why they want to do something to us. ”

"Why?" Xu Yan asked the fastest.

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

Two countries capable of infinitely manufacturing industrial products are at war, and the technology of the two is almost the same, and the biggest difference between the two sides seems to be only the difference in the members of civilization, one is a real human composed of carbon-based, and the other is a virtual life composed of complete data.

Which of the two is better suited to the current level of war?

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

In other words, no matter what attitude we bring to us, who we are not far away...... As long as we come here...... will encounter this one. ”

Wu Qing nodded: "The key they need from us is not our position...... Simply because of who we are. ”

"Identity?" Xu Yan didn't hear anything, "Do they know that we are earthlings?" Do they still want to attack the earth? ”

Wu Qing shook his head, and he suddenly asked Xu Yan, "What if we can't go back to Earth for the rest of our lives?" What are your plans? ”

"Can't go back?" Xu Yan was so frightened that he trembled, "What do you mean?" Angkor, don't joke with me, I can't stand being scared. ”

Xu Yan turned his head to look at Shen Changwen as he spoke, but saw that he was also looking at himself with the same eyes.

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

"Because of fear," Wu Qing said, "a civilized instinctively fears that its former way of life will be completely erased...... It's not a simple technology, and there must have been a lot of debate about it throughout the Federation. ”

"So they're eyeing us, when they need it most."

"Yes."

"If we ...... What about active cooperation? Shen Wen asked tentatively.

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

Shen Wen also shook his head, just by putting forward this kind of idea, the thought of the possible situation of cooperation already made him can't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back.

But reason still made him say the sentence that should have been said: "But when necessary, it is not impossible to consider." ”