The strong winds blowing from the east temporarily dispelled the smog that hung over the city, and judging from the azure hue of the sky, it was a rare good day.

After returning to reality from the field, Lin Chi put on his exoskeleton, added another set of clothes outside, put the drone in his backpack, and took the elevator downstairs.

Recently, he has spent most of his time at home, with very little activity, and he feels as if his muscles are showing signs of atrophy. But even if he goes out, the exoskeleton can't make his body workout.

The exoskeleton is quiet when it moves, and is not noticed by others in the vicinity. As long as this set of equipment is not turned on to the maximum power, it is just an ordinary sports aid device, and it is not very conspicuous.

"Where are you going?" Lin Chi's headphones sounded Frankenstein's electronic tone.

"I don't know, why don't you wander the streets for a while?" Lin Chi held his mobile phone and used the phone's camera as the eyes of Frankenstein, so that the AI hidden in the digital world had the opportunity to "see" the world with his own eyes.

"The weather is nice, you should take a walk." Frankenstein observes the street in the sun with a camera.

"You speak like a nagging middle-aged woman." Lin Chi complained casually and walked briskly on the sidewalk. The vehicles on the street turned into indistinct afterimages, bringing out the sound of whistling wind.

With the widespread use of autonomous driving technology, few people are still driving other than professional drivers who participate in competitions. At this speed, only the autonomous driving system can ensure the stable operation of the vehicle.

The vehicles shuttling back and forth on the street are not controlled by the driver, but operated by the automatic driving system, and the owner only needs to set the destination, and then can sit in the seat and spend a leisurely time.

Today, people are accustomed to autonomous driving systems, and the criticism of this feature has long since disappeared. However, even so, there are still some people who are not comfortable with autonomous driving, such as ......

"Have you ever been on a map of New York in War Paradise?" Lin Chi asks Frankenstein.

"Entered twice." Frankenstein immediately replied, "What's wrong." ”

"If the kind of super-hackers in 'New York' really exist, if they modify the autopilot system, the city will probably be destroyed in no time." Lin Chi looked at the remnants of the speeding vehicles on the street.

Frankenstein's tone remained cold: "Human electronics are not that fragile. ”

"Is this your personal experience?" Lin Chi asked.

"Humans are very quick to respond." Frankenstein uses his cell phone to communicate with his "master": "Their killing program is so powerful that I can't handle it at all." ”

"It's okay, it's all removed now." Lin Chi smiled, stood at the taxi stop on the side of the road, and pressed the red button next to him.

Five seconds later, a green taxi equipped with the "old driver" driving system stopped in front of him, the razor door slid upwards, Lin Chi sat in the back seat, and announced the destination to the AI driving:

"Downtown, Emperor Shopping Mall."

"Coordinates confirmed, Emperor Shopping Plaza, according to the current road conditions and traffic light conditions, you will arrive at your destination in five minutes, please fasten your seatbelt after payment, we are about to depart."

"Aren't you worried about being hacked?" Frankenstein said coldly.

"I'm just talking about it." Lin Chi said and scanned it on the back seat with his mobile phone, and automatically paid the fare this time.

Today's weather is nice, so it's a good idea to visit the city's largest shopping mall, where there may be the latest game warehouses on the shelves, so even if you don't need to buy them for the time being, it's a good idea to feast your eyes on them in advance.

As soon as I fastened my seat belt, the scene outside the window was blurred, and the taxi was speeding forward at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, but the body was unusually stable, not at all as "thrilling" as in the game.

The old driver's prediction was extremely accurate, and the taxi arrived in front of the Emperor Shopping Center five minutes and twenty seconds later, and Lin Chi, who was carrying the drone, got out of the car and stood in front of the crowded square.

In the center of the circular square, there is a statue of a man running with fists clenched, and several tall shopping malls surround the square, revealing an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Mailbox-shaped robots shuttle back and forth across the square, busily transporting heavy goods. The propellers of the cargo drone rotate at high speed without making any sound. Although there are many people in the square, the number of robots is even more.

In this era of extremely convenient logistics, more and more people are accustomed to staying at home, and people who go out to shop have become a minority. The Emperor Shopping Plaza is not bad, and many of the once prosperous commercial streets in the past have long been crowded, a miserable scene.

"Where are you going?" Frankenstein asks.

"Wait a minute......"

Lin Chi picked up his mobile phone as he said and searched it, and found that there was no store on the Emperor Shopping Plaza that had introduced a new version of the game warehouse, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, nothing new, I changed my mind...... Have you ever been to a game arcade? ”

"Game halls, which were popular in the country in the eighties and nineties of the last century, then gradually declined, and after the emergence of brain imaging games, they basically completely withdrew from the stage of history." Frankenstein recounts the information he found online.

"No, it's not completely out of history, there is one here at Emperor Shopping Plaza, but I haven't been there for a long time." Lin Chi said and turned around and walked towards the large castle-like building on the east side of the square.

As the one with the least passenger flow among the three shopping malls of the "three-legged", the Golden Dragon Shopping Center is still a complete failure today, however, the service robot behind the booth is still very dedicated, and when he saw Lin Chi walking in, he began to wave his slender arms and shouted in an unusually enthusiastic male voice:

"Welcome, please come over here and have a look!"

"No matter how advanced technology is, these solicitation methods still haven't changed." Lin Chi complained.

Ignoring the terrifyingly enthusiastic robots, he simply strode into the mall, took the elevator to the fifth floor, and walked down the narrow passage to the west side of the mall.

Before I reached the location of the game hall, I could already hear the deafening sound of music. The colorful lights are flickering, and you can't help but be a little dizzy.

"Discover the arcade." Frankenstein's voice seemed a little surprised.

"It's hard to find a game hall in 2035, and those who are still opening stores now are true love." Lin Chi said as he pushed open the glass door and entered the chaotic area.

Then, Lin Chi and Frankenstein's eyes suddenly brightened:

Dozens of large game consoles appeared on the left and right sides of Lin Chi's body, and in the middle was a wide passage covered with game stickers, which was constantly changing color by the light of the game console screen, although there were many machines here, but there were few players in it - to be exact, only one person was playing games.

Seeing a man in black standing in front of the light gun game machine, raising his gun to shoot a zombie in the form of a holographic projection, Lin Chi laughed, ignored the robot standing behind the entrance counter, and walked straight towards the player.

"In-game currency should be bought." Frankenstein reminded.

"I know." When Lin Chi was talking, he had already come behind the player, standing next to him with great interest, watching the other party concentrate on playing the game.

The player who was shooting with his gun raised was a slender man, wearing a black sweatshirt and hood, with two staggered blades painted on his back, and a decaying skeleton.

This person is a head shorter than Lin Chi, although he seems to be thin, but he is extremely skilled in using light guns, accompanied by the exaggerated gunfire in the game, the projection zombies that are rushing are smashed one after another, and the mutilated corpses spurt out green blood and fall down.

This player's marksmanship is extremely accurate, and he even achieved the "back plate", aiming at the location where the monster is about to farm before the zombie appears, and it looks like he has cleared the level more than once.

Frankenstein, who was looking around with his phone's camera, commented: "He's amazing. ”

"It's worse than me." The corners of Lin Chi's mouth raised slightly.

"Stronger than you." Frankenstein's voice trembled a little.

"Maybe." Lin Chi didn't bother to continue the topic, just stood beside the other party with his arms folded and continued to "watch" the battle.

As a giant zombie with brown skin crashed to the ground, the words "Level Complete" appeared in the air, and the player put down the light gun in his hand and was about to turn away, but he happened to face Lin Chi.

"Hmm......"

Seeing an "old salted fish" dressed casually, the player takes off his hood, revealing a small face with a red sticker and short ear-length hair.

Then, as if she didn't believe her eyes, the girl blinked hard:

"Am I hallucinating......

"Nope." Lin Chi said with a smile.

"You...... I thought you were dead. The girl reached out and rubbed her eyes, then walked over and twisted Lin Chi's arm, as if to confirm the authenticity of the man in front of her, but she felt the cold exoskeleton.

"Are you...... That's why I didn't come. She whispered, "I'm sad too......

"I'm not crippled, I'm just an exoskeleton." Lin Chi said angrily.

"Who is this?" Frankenstein asks in the headphones.

"Arcade Boss." Lin Chi gave the answer.

"I'm not the boss, I'm just here to help my uncle look after the shop......" The girl shook her head vigorously: "You can play games for free here, and there are drinks that don't cost money, and no one comes anyway, so you can play whatever you want every day." ”

"Ha, I wish I had such an uncle." Lin Chi smiled and looked at the girl in front of him.

He was here a year ago when he went here to buy game warehouse accessories, and he found this game hall hidden in the depths of the shopping mall. At that time, the arcade was as completely unattended as it is now, except for the robots, and the girl was the only one playing the game.

At that time, Lin Chi, who was just beginning to get tired of the cookie-cutter intra-brain imaging RPG, saw the various holographic projection game equipment here, as well as some other "old antiques", and felt as if the door to a new world had been opened, so he immediately applied for an annual membership card and tried all the machines here.

Since he was the only customer in this game hall, Lin Chi naturally made friends with the girl who watched the store. However, both gamers followed the game's custom and did not give their real names, but replaced them with "ID":

"K23, what are you going to do today?" The girl called out the nickname that Lin Chi used in "Sword Blade".

"I'm just bringing my friends over to have a look." Lin Chi said and took out the drone from his backpack: "My friend is paralyzed, he can only use the drone to observe the surroundings, can he fly here a few laps?" ”

"Uh-huh, of course it's fine." The girl seemed to be happy, her eyebrows and eyes were curved into a crescent moon, and her mouth was humming a little tune that was not in tune.

With the permission of the other party, Lin Chi turned on the switch of the drone, and under the control of Frankenstein, the drone began to shuttle through the game hall, as if he had discovered a new continent, and began to check the various equipment here.

“……”

Looking at the drone suspended in front of the game console, a smile also appeared on Lin Chi's face, and he was about to go to the door to buy a drink, but was grabbed by the girl next to him:

"Seeing you're smiling so happily, it's your girlfriend, right?" The girl narrowed her eyes and looked confident: "I really envy an adult like you......"

"Come on, have you ever seen a man whose girlfriend is paralyzed and still smiling?" Lin Chi corrected the other party's common-sense mistakes, then looked at a black curtain on the inside of the game hall and asked, "What is that?" ”

Behind the black curtain, there was a dull rumble from time to time, and on the metal shell next to it were several pirate ships sailing on the sea, and the broken skull flag was particularly eye-catching.

Lin Chi remembered very well that when he came to the game hall a year ago, there should be no game console in the store.

In other words, new equipment has been purchased in this store?

"Oh, that's an out-of-print item from Australia." The girl pretended to smile mysteriously: "How about "Stormy Waves: Pirate Adventure", do you want to cooperate with me?" ”

"Yes." Lin Chi nodded.

Although I have played pirate-themed games in the Brain Imaging game, the experience of this old-school game console is not the same as the Brain Imaging game.

Today, there are many players of brain-imaging games who, after experiencing immersive "real games", have begun to dismiss other games. But for Lin Chi, these old machines in the game hall have a strange charm. It's like exploring through an old castle, with the occasional surprise.

"How much?" He asked.

"Ten dollars at a time." The girl replied immediately.

"It's a bit expensive, isn't it?" Lin Chi frowned slightly.

"Do you even play?"

"Let's go."

After paying the money, Lin Chi put on the VR headset he got from the front desk, and together with the girl who was also wearing a helmet next to him, he lifted the black curtain and entered the "stormy waves" hidden behind.

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