In the 22nd century, the world's wars have largely subsided, at least on the surface. Increasing population pressure has forced mankind to devote a lot of energy to scientific and technological research and development in order to find solutions to problems. Therefore, the development of science and technology is changing with each passing day, and the proportion of virtual economy in life is increasing, which has given birth to more people to invest in it, and the game industry is an important part of it. People can develop their own careers in the game, earn currency, and satisfy spiritual life that cannot be achieved in reality, which also greatly eases social contradictions and alleviates social pressure.

The rapid development of the virtual economy has accelerated the speed of technological updates, which has greatly improved the intelligence of computers, and even some masters have been able to dominate the system independently without relying on humans, which has greatly improved the fairness of the game and is therefore more sought after. In the middle of the 22nd century, the world's top ten high-tech multinational companies jointly launched a global online game - "New Age of Empires".

"Age of New Empires" has a virtual degree of up to 90%, which perfectly reproduces the charm of the era of cold weapons. As for why it is a cold weapon, it is said that modern weapons have caused too much harm to human society, so it took more than ten years for major multinational companies to join forces to finally launch this game, allowing people to experience the charm of the cold weapon era. And the time ratio between reality and the game is as high as 1:12, no internal test, no strategy, since the date of launch, it will be automatically taken over by the brain, and it will run directly, and each company in the real world is only responsible for the exchange of game currency and real currency, the sale of game equipment, etc., and does not participate in management.

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Huaxia Guo S City.

Autumn season. Close to a quiet community in S University, Liu Feng finished his daily necessary workouts and walked back while wiping his sweat. He is 23 years old this year, he was a student of S University, he has been living in this community for three years after graduation, he is renting a house, a two-bedroom apartment of sixty or seventy square meters, which is big enough for him alone. And the unit he lives in is at the very edge of the community, which is very quiet, which also coincides with his quiet character.

The first thing you do when you get home is to turn on your computer, which has been a habit for young people for many years. After washing his face and taking a few sips of water, Liu Feng sat in front of the computer and began to browse.

"Damn, it's still so hot, what kind of game is it!" Liu Feng muttered.

For more than two months, the homepages of major websites have been occupied by an upcoming game, of course, real life is no exception, even if Liu Feng rarely goes out, he knows that the community is full of these ads. Of course, this game was not only teased two months ago, it started advertising a year ago, but the release period is approaching, and it started to be fully promoted two months ago.

From the current point of view, Liu Feng is definitely a standard good student, during college, he is definitely in accordance with the standards of a high school student, not late, not absenteeism, conscientious, excellent in every subject, deeply liked by teachers. But he is definitely not a nerd, as a liberal arts student, he is always curious about many things, although his spare time is not very rich, but he has also played several games with his classmates in his free time, of course, he is superficial, never obsessed, so the experience is only average. During his college years, he worked part-time online, and he still does, but a few days ago, he quit.

The headline advertisements for more than two months aroused Liu Feng's curiosity, and Liu Feng, who had never read the introduction carefully, finally decided to see what kind of thing it was. So, the power of advertising is endless, although sometimes it makes you feel sick.

This is where our story begins.

"New Age of Empires", an online game based on business strategy jointly launched by the world's top ten high-tech multinational companies, is a model of games in the era of cold weapons, and the background is so awesome...... With up to 90% virtuality, people have an immersive experience, has technology been able to reach such a level...... With a time ratio of 12:1 to reality, doesn't it feel like life is prolonged...... Since the date of launch, it has been automatically taken over by the Zhi Brain, which can ensure the fairness of the game - although there is never any absolute fairness......" Open the page, almost every time you read a piece of relevant information, Liu Feng has to sigh once, but it also arouses Liu Feng's interest even more.

"The New Age of Empires is divided into six regions according to the world regions, namely East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Among them, each region is divided into different sub-regions according to each country, such as "Three Kingdoms in Troubled Times" in China, "Warring States Period" in Japan, and "Dark Middle Ages" in European countries...... It's interesting that country M, which has no history of cold weapons, actually wants to play with primitive people who are automatically simulated by the main brain......"

But over and over again, Liu Feng didn't find the game content he wanted to know, he only knew that the Huaxia District was set in the Three Kingdoms era, and there was no rest of the information, and the official explanation was only one sentence: Regarding the game information, players are invited to explore it themselves in the game.

There is no internal test, no public test, and it will run directly once it is launched. Right now, the game hasn't started running yet, but it's already very popular on the forums, and prospective players are speculating about what the game is about.

Although he didn't find any relevant information, Liu Feng had already decided to try this game, after all, he didn't have anything to do now, and it was nothing to change his lifestyle. More importantly, every young person has a desire for passionate passion in his heart, hoping for an unrestrained life, but he is suppressed by reality and has to bury it in his heart, and Liu Feng is the same. There is no doubt that this game can help him achieve such a wish, and of course this is on the basis of the fact that it can actually achieve up to 90% virtuality as advertised.

The game was about to start, and early the next morning, Liu Feng went to the sales outlets of Shenlong Company in S City to buy game helmets. Shenlong Company is the only agency company for the sale of game helmets in China, and it is also one of the top ten high-tech multinational companies in China that has only participated in the research and development of "New Age of Empires".

Although it's been two months since the game announcement, there is still a steady stream of people coming to buy the game headset, which shows that the advertising strategy of Age of New Empires is quite successful. Of course, there are basically not many professional gamers among these people who come to buy helmets now, and with the sensitivity of professional gamers to games, they basically buy helmets in the first place, and even form game studios. If nothing else, the 90% virtuality alone can definitely attract a large number of people.

It was not until noon that Liu Feng could buy a game helmet, 5,000 Huaxia coins, which was already a lot of money for Liu Feng. It's not big, it's about the same size as a regular motorcycle helmet, and it's easy to operate. When he got home, Liu Feng began to go out to buy things again, stock up on food, etc., although Liu Feng was just a rookie in the game, but during college, he was influenced by a few classmates in the dormitory, and he also knew that these things were essential to concentrate on playing games.

After another ten days, "New Age of Empires" finally officially launched, and at eight o'clock in the evening in the East Eighth District, players from all over the world who had been waiting for countless days and nights gathered in front of the computer, put on their helmets early, and entered the game at the same time.

Age of Empires has only one highly intelligent mastermind, and under its leadership, this large game can accommodate more than half of the world's humans online at the same time. This is of course only theoretical data, and in practice it is impossible for so many people to enter the game at the same time. But the advantages of high intelligence can be seen from this.

At the same time, like most people, Liu Feng was also lying on the bed, putting on a helmet, and silently entering the game.