When he got up the next morning, Lin Chi did not make an appointment for the housekeeping robot to cook breakfast as usual, but went to the small restaurant downstairs that had just opened and sat down at a plastic table that was as smooth as new. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Morning." He said hello to the chef who was sitting at another table in the back.

"Morning ......" The girl with a single ponytail waved her hand in a panic, lowered her head to arrange her apron, and asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"Strawberry Sundae, thank you." Lin Chi casually reported a name, this chef who is unreliable in most cases, is only passable in terms of sweets.

"It's not good to have a cold drink in the morning, right? I'm new to a nutritious breakfast, should I try it? The girl blinked, as if confident in her craft.

"No, I've been preferring cold drinks lately." Lin Chi hurriedly excused himself.

Although the ice cream she made was too sweet, it was still within the range of what she could eat, and as for the other foods, it really couldn't be described in words......

Because of this, every time Lin Chi came to the store, he basically ordered cold drinks. But this time, he didn't just come for breakfast.

Seeing that the unreliable girl chef hummed a small tune and walked into the kitchen to prepare, Lin Chi took out the folding mobile phone in his pocket, opened the translucent "cellophane" that was folded in half, swiped his index finger twice on the screen, and dialed the number marked "roommate 1" in the phone book.

After waiting for two seconds, an impatient male voice came from the other side of the phone:

"Who...... I called Lao Tzu early in the morning, today is a day off......"

"It's me." Lin Chi was concise and to the point.

"Uh......" The man on the other side of the phone paused for a few seconds, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Lin Chi? Is that you, kid? We haven't seen each other since we graduated! What are you doing now? ”

"Well, I'm not as energetic as you are." Lin Chi smiled and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be working at the Brain Imaging Game Authority, right?" ”

-- The man on the other end of the phone was his roommate from college, who was admitted to the civil service after graduation and was assigned to work at an organization called the Brain Imaging Game Administration.

Due to the risk factor of brain imaging games, it is much higher than other games. All such games published and operated in China must be approved by the Authority before they can be marketed.

During the approval process, the Authority also checks the qualifications of operators and developers, including inspecting the company's internal environment, as well as equipment such as servers and supercomputers used to provide gaming services.

So, maybe he knows something about Pulse Entertainment?

"I do work for the Authority, what's wrong?" The man on the other end of the line asked, "Are you still playing games?" I remember when you were a kid in college, you were very good. ”

"It's just a matter of playing once in a while." Lin Chi said perfunctorily, and then went straight to the point: "I want to know, what's going on with this pulse entertainment company that just appeared recently?" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a brief pause in the voice on the other side, and the man on the other end of the phone secretly lowered his voice: "Are you asking me to divulge internal secrets?" ”

Although the other party's voice sounded very serious, according to Lin Chi's understanding of this guy, the other party should just be pretending.

"In return, how about I treat you to breakfast? It just so happens that we haven't seen each other in a long time. Lin Chi said with a smile.

"Okay, where are you? Let's reminisce about the past. The voice on the other end of the line was very excited.

"I sent you the address."

Lin Chi sent his coordinates to the other party's mobile phone, and then hung up the phone.

Five minutes later, his strawberry sundae had just been served on the table, and the old classmate had already pushed the door and walked in, this guy had a neat flat head, a face that looked a lot more vicissitudes than in college, and a white T-shirt with a skull pattern on his body, but it was still the same style.

"Morning." Lin Chi said lazily.

"Early, early." The man who looked like he was ten years older than Lin Chi dragged a chair and sat down across the table, staring at his old classmate without blinking, and his voice was full of excitement:

"You're still alive!"

"What's wrong with your brain?" Lin Chi spoke unceremoniously.

"Because you used to be lazy, you didn't even bother to eat in the dormitory." The man laughed, "At the time, we all guessed that you might starve to death in the future." ”

"Come on, I haven't lived enough." Lin Chi suddenly frowned slightly when he said this, and asked, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Zhou Tianhao!" The man held his forehead weakly: "You even forgot my name, how did you remember me?" ”

"I just remember a jerk who didn't have a proper guy and went to work for the Game Authority." Lin Chi told the truth.

Hearing this, Zhou Tianhao almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and was stunned for a few seconds before shaking his head helplessly: "I really convinced you, you are looking for me this time, do you want to know about Pulse Entertainment Company?" ”

"That's right." Lin Chi nodded: "I invited this meal, just order it." ”

"What a beautiful little chef, his skills should be good, right?" Zhou Tianhao turned his head to look at the single-ponytail girl standing at the table, took the menu in her hand, and said casually: "This nutritious breakfast seems to be good, bring me one." ”

The chef nodded, turned and went back to the back of the kitchen.

Seeing that she had left, Zhou Tianhao lowered his voice again: "You also suspect that there is something wrong with that company?" ”

"yes, you should have looked it up, right?" Lin Chi asked.

"Of course, but it didn't work out." Zhou Tianhao said in a low voice: "We don't even know where the company's headquarters are, according to the person in charge of the Chinese side, Pulse Entertainment is spun off from Ubisoft in France. But he's obviously, not to mention a company spun off from Ubisoft, and even the servers at Ubisoft's headquarters can't support such a large-scale game......"

"Can't you find out what they do?" Lin Chi asked.

"They didn't do anything illegal, and we couldn't expose people's secrets, so we could only check the Chinese branch."

Speaking of this, Zhou Tianhao sighed: "In the name of checking the security of the server, we went to the company to check twice before War Paradise started testing. Like other companies that provide online gaming services, it also uses KR2 blade servers and three 'Tsunami' supercomputers. ”

"No way, the tsunami computer is not fast enough." Lin Chi's tone was very affirmative.

-- The vast majority of today's intra-brain imaging online games are processed using supercomputers called "tsunamis." This kind of cost-effective supercomputer has become the standard configuration of major game companies.

However, a large-scale open-world game like Paradise of War, with its own highly intelligent AI, is obviously not something that can be handled by just a few tsunami computers. Not to mention three, even if it is thirty, it is difficult to cope with the current testing in China.

"yes, you can't do it with a tsunami computer alone. We also found out that they were lying. Zhou Tianhao looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else nearby, he suddenly spoke: "Don't tell anyone what I say to you next." ”

"I'm too lazy to talk to anyone." Lin Chi replied.

"Ha, that's true of your nature."

Zhou Tianhao stood up, leaned over to Lin Chi's side and whispered, "We secretly investigated the communication connection of Pulse Entertainment Company, and found that there were several stable signals in it, which had been transmitted to the moon through private communication satellites. ”

Hearing this, Lin Chi clenched his fists in surprise: "You mean their base is on the moon?" ”

Now the great powers are eyeing the resources of the moon. No matter how rich a private company is, it is impossible to establish a base on the moon. Unless this pulse entertainment company has potential ties to the few countries that currently have mastered the technology to land on the moon. Or is it......

As soon as Lin Chi thought of a terrifying possibility, Zhou Tianhao had already said what he was thinking, and there was a little fear in his voice:

"You know, right? A large radio antenna is installed on the moon to send signals into outer space......"

"But how to solve the communication delay?" Lin Chi frowned.

――It will undoubtedly take a long time to send and receive signals from outer space, and it is impossible to cope with the rapid changes in the game. If the game's computing equipment is really in the outer solar system, players will probably enjoy the terrible experience of "three steps and one card, two steps and one stop".

"We are still investigating the specifics."

Zhou Tianhao said and sat back in his chair, absentmindedly took a bite of the "nutritious breakfast" that the chef had just served, the blood on his face suddenly disappeared, and he rushed into the bathroom in three steps and two steps.

"What's wrong with him?" A confused expression appeared on the girl's fair little face.

"It could be a chronic gastritis attack." Lin Chi casually talked about a reason, sat at the table in silence and continued to think.