Early the next morning, Lin Chi, who had not been out of the house for several days, finally breathed in the fresh air that he had not seen for a long time.

Because he slept for too long before, he got up before six o'clock this time, and after thinking about it, he decided to go to the garden downstairs in the community to move his still somewhat weak body.

“……”

The sun had not yet risen, but the sky had begun to brighten. A faint cold light hung high in the sky, illuminating the still-sleeping steel city below.

Standing next to the lawn with the "Do Not Trample" sign, Lin Chi let out a long breath and felt the cold morning breeze blowing from behind.

Originally, he was still a little unmotivated, but after experiencing the "game experience" of almost dying, he seemed to be a little energetic, and the scenery in front of him seemed to be better than before, and it was finally not as decadent as before.

Lin Chi laughed, turned around and walked to the aisle leading to the main entrance of the community, and when he passed by the "Midnight Restaurant", he found that the signboard of the restaurant had become "Midnight Dessert Shop".

"Does that guy finally know what to do...... he laments.

It seems that the unreliable owner of this restaurant has finally realized that his cooking skills are not good, and he has begun to specialize in dessert making, which he is relatively good at. The dessert made by the woman was basically impeccable except that it was a little too sweet.

- When you venture out in the virtual space, the "real world" in your neighborhood is also changing.

These days, I spend most of my time in games, and I don't have much of an impression of what happens in the real world.

If the technology that can transfer consciousness to the virtual space is really developed, will I be the first to use it as it was when brain imaging technology appeared?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi felt a strange emotion inexplicably welling up in his heart, and then slowly shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it......"

He was about to leave the neighborhood and go shopping on the street when the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated to indicate that he had received a subscription message.

Lin Chi took out his mobile phone and shook it, and a holographic projection appeared in the air above the screen, and the black characters on the white background were very conspicuous:

A new expansion for Paradise of War is here!

Reading this title, Lin Chi clicked on the projection with his left hand, pulled the page down, and began to read the following:

Dear Players,

Paradise of War has released two expansions, the mass-produced T-800 Terminator and Battlefield Ghost, giving players who can't recruit followers from the game a chance to have one.

Now, we're excited to announce that the third expansion pack for Paradise of War: "Prisoner of the Devil" has been officially launched, and you can buy this follower and a matching epic weapon for a price of 128 yuan!

Reading this, the holographic projection in front of Lin Chi's eyes turned into a slender figure.

It was a woman in a tight black leather suit, holding a blood-stained dagger in her left hand and a pistol in her right hand, and her exposed arms were covered in snake tattoos.

Her long hair was a strange dark red, and her smoky face showed a disdainful expression, as if to say, "If you dare to come over, my mother will kill you."

"Is this ......?"

Lin Chi continued to read the following, and then immediately confirmed the guess that had just appeared in his mind:

Prisoner of the Devil is our first female expansion, featuring Modern, Modern, Near-Future, and select special maps. Buy now and add this female companion to your collection!

Due to a shortage of funds, state women's prisons, like other prisons in the United States, began to sell some of the more combat-capable prisoners at high prices to wealthy people who needed bodyguards or killers.

These prisoners, who were sold in the world's most dangerous prisons, were all top killers. Even if you've become her master, don't think about doing anything else to her, or they might break your wrists or your fragile neck.

Players who purchase the Devil's Prisoner will also receive the weapon that these dangerous female killers brought out of prison - the female death row inmate's boning knife, which is an epic melee weapon. Enjoy!

"Ha, that's not bad."

After reading the message sent by Pulse Entertainment, Lin Chi also clicked the buy button without hesitation and completed the payment.

Although he didn't use it much, he also bought the previous two expansion packs. After all, there are not too many such things as followers, and they may come in handy at some point.

Although he would love to launch a new game with "exciting excitement" now, his game compartment is still in a damaged state, and the repairman will not be able to arrive until after 8 a.m., so he will have to wait for more.

After the payment was completed, Lin Chi closed the page and walked onto the cold sidewalk, where many self-driving vehicles were coming and going, sending the snoring owner to the company or unit.

Today, people's life rhythm is basically fast to death, and there are actually not many guys like Lin Chi who are leisurely every day except for playing games......

The buzzing sound of the electric car engine kept echoing in his ears, Lin Chi found a random stall on the side of the street, and just sat on the round plastic chair, he saw a small robot with a gray shell winning, with an apron on its round body, which looked funny:

"Hello, welcome to the fully automatic pancake fruit shop, please choose the type you need." The sound of inquiry is heard from the robot's speakers.

"Add an egg, not a green onion, and a sausage." Lin Chi said casually.

"Okay." The robot immediately replied, "Please wait two minutes." ”

Today, in 2035, handmade pancakes have long since disappeared from the stage of history, people don't like to eat those that don't look very hygienic, and chefs are too lazy to make their own ones, so they have switched to using robots to operate.

Although housekeeping robots can also make all kinds of breakfast, office workers who have been busy all day are too tired to return home, and often forget to make an appointment for breakfast the next day, so the business of this kind of store is not bad, at least it can still make money.

Lin Chi didn't wait long, and the steaming pancakes and fruits were brought to him, and when he was about to start eating, a person suddenly sat on the chair next to him.

"Huh?"

He turned his head, and immediately saw a familiar figure, so he smiled: "It's been a long time." ”

"Fart, I was almost strangled to death by you the day before yesterday."

Zhou Tianhao's voice was full of resentment, but when he spoke to the robot, he changed to a polite smile: "Two eggs, no coriander, thank you." ”

"I'm really sorry, I was still confused at the time, and I thought I was in a virtual space." Lin Chi smiled.

Because he was almost killed by Lin Chi before, Zhou Tianhao's attitude was much worse than before, and he said angrily: "Lao Tzu said before, I will come back to you on the weekend to ask questions." Now explain, what the hell is going on? ”

"It's the weekend today?" Lin Chi asked.

"Don't change the subject." Zhou Tianhao stared at him with a frown: "It's illegal to enter the data channel, what are you doing in there?" And also...... What's the matter with your 'wife'? ”

"I'm sorry, I won't let you dig into the wall." Lin Chi joked casually.

"Fart, you think I can't see it? That kind of housekeeping robot doesn't have any remote control function at all. Zhou Tianhao's voice sounded a little angry: "Hurry up and explain, otherwise I'll let you go to prison Believe it or not?" Those who enter data channels without permission may be sentenced to up to three years imprisonment. ”

"Are you threatening me?" Lin Chi narrowed his eyes.

"That's right, I'm threatening you." Zhou Tianhao said seriously.

"Hah...... All right. Lin Chi took a bite of the pancake.

- He can see that although Zhou Tianhao is ruthless, he actually cares about himself:

After receiving the news from Frankenstein that night, Zhou Tianhao came all the way here and bought glucose injection to "extend his life". As a result, he was almost strangled to death by his woke self, and this kind of encounter would make anyone angry.

However, Lin Chi naturally couldn't explain to this guy that the TDK-131 virus was still in his hands, so he just asked rhetorically, "Have you forgotten?" You asked me to look into the 'psychedelics' thing. ”

"That's why you got into the data channel?" Zhou Tianhao raised his head in some surprise.

"yes, I hacked into Pulse Entertainment's internal data systems." Lin Chi nodded.

"You're doing a good job...... No, it's illegal, right? Zhou Tianhao secretly lowered his voice, although he was still "righteous and strict", the smile on his face had already revealed the fact that he was currently very excited:

"We'll talk about it later, it's not safe here." Zhou Tianhao looked back at the street behind him.

"Okay." Lin Chi said and continued to solve the breakfast he had just bought.

In a sense, he wasn't lying, he did hack into a secret area owned by Pulse Entertainment, but the goal was not to investigate any "psychedelics".

The two quickly settled breakfast, entered the garden of the community, found a quiet corner, sat down on the wooden bench by the wall, and began to continue the topic just now:

"It's so unemotional to whisper to a man in the morning." Lin Chi smiled: "How good it would be if you were a soft girl." ”

"Less nonsense, we're down to business, okay?" Zhou Tianhao urged: "What did you find?" Hurry up and ......"

"I didn't find anything, but I was almost killed by the monster in the game." Lin Chi continued to tell the truth: "The guy who defends there is very strong, and that firewall is very difficult to ......."

"You're not going to even rush through the firewall, are you?" Zhou Tianhao's contempt was overflowing: "I'm really sorry for the title of criminal." ”

"I'm not a criminal in the first place." Lin Chi shook his head: "The firewall of Pulse Entertainment Company is too fierce, I was almost killed at that time, and then I passed out." ”

While secretly feeling in his heart that his level of lying was becoming more and more superb, Lin Chi stared at his old classmate seriously, with a sincere look of "what I said is the truth", and there was no superfluous action in his hand to hide his weakness, and it seemed that there were no flaws at all.

If you use a lie detector, it is possible to find out that he is lying, but just by Zhou Tianhao's naked eye observation, he naturally can't feel anything.

As expected, Zhou Tianhao really didn't notice that Lin Chi was lying to him, but just shook his head with some regret: "You kid is really wasteful, I am disappointed......"

"That's really sorry." Lin Chi smiled, then pretended to think for a while, and finally continued to speak: "However, I seem to have discovered some other situations. ”

"What's the situation?" Zhou Tianhao spoke quickly.

"You should have found out, right? Some of the NPCs in that game seem to be conscious, as if someone is behind the scenes. Lin Chi's tone carried a hint of suspicion.

"This ...... Yes, indeed. Zhou Tianhao immediately nodded: "Otherwise, why do you think we are always staring at Pulse Entertainment Company, there is indeed a reason for this." ”

- In addition to the unknown background of the company, the abnormal performance of some characters in "War Paradise" is also a situation that the Game Authority is concerned about.

Although it is also based on intrabrain imaging technology, this game is not quite the same as the previous intrabrain imaging games. Some of the NPCs in it do seem to be operated by someone, which is completely different from the mentally retarded NPCs in the previous games who could only repeat a few lines mechanically.

Regarding this problem, Zhou Tianhao, who is a member of the Authority, also personally entered the game and played a few games, trying to find out some clues, but unfortunately every time he was killed by other players before he lived for a day, and nothing could be investigated.

"Tell me, what did you find?" Zhou Tianhao asked eagerly.

"The boss in this game seems to have been implanted with a program called 'boss module', and then controlled by the module." Speaking of this, Lin Chi paused meaningfully for a moment.

"You're saying they've been brainwashed?"

Zhou Tianhao frowned and thought for a while, and then finally reacted: "Those NPCs really have self-awareness? ”

"It's a possibility." Lin Chi's expression also became solemn: "If it was the kind of NPC before, there should be no need for brainwashing, right......?"

- If you are an NPC in an old-school game that follows the instructions of the programmer, you can control it by typing the command, so there is no need to make such a hassle as a "boss module". But now that this kind of thing has appeared, the odds of NPCs in this game actually being self-aware have undoubtedly increased by a few points.

"Holy." Zhou Tianhao couldn't help but scold: "If this game is full of advanced AI, Pulse Entertainment Company is really amazing......"

These days, the few high-level AIs that appear to be self-aware are stored in state-of-the-art laboratories with no contact with the outside world. A situation like this in "Paradise of War" is unique.

"I'll investigate...... Zhou Tianhao said, took out his mobile phone, and quickly entered a large number of messages: "If this is true, I'm afraid it's going to make a big news......

After a few more perfunctory words with Lin Chi, Zhou Tianhao left the community and should have gone back to the management bureau.

Seeing that the other party had left, Lin Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned lazily on the bench:

"Finally fooled that kid away."