February 12, 2075, Huaxia Kingdom

After more than a month of intensive media publicity, the game "Moon Wars: MOONWARS" can be said to be a household name, everyone knows, turn on the TV casually, and see the program is either an advertising video to promote the game's open beta news, or a global news and current affairs commentary related to this game, Huaxia's CCTV even opened a special program column, called "My Moon War", this program is not only broadcast live on TV, but also synchronized with the Internet, All kinds of news and news, expert interviews, character interviews and other content related to the game will be broadcast in real time throughout the day, and the competition will be broadcast live after the open beta of the game.

"It's so exciting, I'm so lucky to be able to apply for an open beta account......" Bai Lidu was strolling through the streets of Yangcheng, casually glanced at the TV screen on the roadside bus stop sign, and saw a young man with an excited face shouting into the microphone, Bai Lidu continued to walk forward, turning the intersection in front of him and almost arriving at his place of residence.

Bai Lidu is unemployed, as early as the year he was born, the earth's population has reached 10 billion, more than 20 years later, although the growth rate of the earth's population has been slowed down due to famine and war, but the earth's population has still reached 11.2 billion, although Huaxia is no longer the most populous country, the proportion of the total population in the world's total population has also dropped from a quarter of the past to one-fifth, but the total population has also exceeded 2.2 billion, not only the cities are overcrowded, and even the countryside is crowded with idlers who have no land to plant, Therefore, living in a big city like Yangcheng, unemployment is not a shameful thing, but a norm, and only those civil servants and employees of state-owned enterprises have relatively stable jobs.

Today is Tuesday, two more days is the Spring Festival of the Year of the Goat, the streets of Yangcheng are exceptionally deserted, the shops on the side of the road are basically closed for the holidays, and the migrant workers have returned to their hometowns early, so at this time they basically can't find any work, Bai Lidu, who has been wandering outside for a day, feels hungry and cold, wraps up the collar of his coat, and walks quickly towards the urban village where he lives.

That's right, Bai Lidu lives in the urban village, although the urban village is a product of the last century, but with the beginning of this century housing prices began to rise wildly and has lasted for half a century, Bai Lidu's current Shipai Village has miraculously preserved, the reason is because the cost of demolition is too high, and the villagers through continuous renovation and covering, so that any small building can not be demolished without a billion yuan, to demolish the entire urban village that is an astronomical amount, and finally preserved, It has become a rare different scenery in Yangcheng, which is full of high-rise buildings.

When passing by the grocery store downstairs, Bai Lidu, who was originally going upstairs, stopped again, he didn't care about eating for a day, it was almost dark, and it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to resist tomorrow morning if he didn't eat something, so Bai Lidu turned around and came to the counter of the grocery store, only to see a middle-aged uncle sitting at the counter staring at the LCD TV on the wall, and the TV was still playing the picture of interviewing players who had obtained the qualification for the open beta of "Moon Wars", and I saw a female player holding a square box, The box reads: MOONLIGHTBOX:

"Great! There is also a free game helmet, and I am looking forward to the next open beta! The female player said excitedly into the microphone.

"Boss Zhang, come to a bowl of instant noodles and help me heat it up" Bai Lidu said as he walked inside and sat down, he didn't feel tired after a day of shopping outside, and as soon as he sat down, Bai Lidu instantly felt that his two legs were sore and painful.

After a while, Boss Zhang came over with a bowl of instant noodles, put it down, and sat opposite Bai Lidu by the way.

"Xiaobai, it's almost the New Year, why don't you go back to your hometown?"

Bai Lidu pulled the bowl of noodles in front of him with both hands, and suddenly felt warmer, for Boss Zhang's question, Bai Lidu didn't know how to answer, he had only graduated from college for less than two years, and he came to the south from the northeast alone, I thought it would be easier to get employed, but I thought that in just over a year, I have changed seven or eight jobs, and the wages I got are basically moonlight, so I don't have any savings, he didn't go back to his hometown in the Northeast during the Spring Festival last year, and it is even more impossible during the Spring Festival this year, because Bai Lidu has no money, When he was fired by the company last month, the money on his body was only enough to pay the rent, so he owed a month's rent to the landlord, hoping to find a new job before the Spring Festival, seeing that there were two days before the Spring Festival, but he couldn't find a job at all, not that Bai Lidu was picky, but that there were a bunch of people competing for any job opportunity, even if it was dirty and hard work, there were many people rushing to do it, and it was especially difficult to find a job in today's extremely overpopulated world.

Bai Lidu was looking down in contemplation, but inadvertently saw that the instant noodle packaging on the bowl was actually a new brand.

"Boss Zhang, this Yuehua brand instant noodles is a new brand, right? I've never eaten it before! ”

"That's right, this is a new brand on the market this month, a new product of our national Hualiang Group, and it is said to be the sponsor of the lunar war."

Bai Lidu opened the lid, took a chopstick noodle and put it in his mouth, and suddenly a sense of happiness hit him.

"Not to mention, this tastes really good, how much does this cost a bowl, it's too expensive for me to eat."

Bai Lidu only had a few coins and some loose money left in his pocket, and he went out for a day, but he didn't dare to take the bus.

"Rest assured, this noodle is not expensive, and I am still doing promotions, buy a box of simple packaging and get a bowl, you will treat this bowl as an old brother and I will give it to you." Boss Zhang also knew that Bai Lidu had been looking for a job recently, and he had only opened the current grocery store after losing his job a few years ago, so he was particularly sympathetic to the young man in front of him.

Bai Lidu's heart was hot, and he buried himself in eating a few bites of noodles, and saw that a bowl of noodles was almost finished.

"Xiaobai, you don't know much about this game of the Moon War, now this game is being promoted everywhere, and the country is also publicizing, is it possible to play a game and fill your stomach?" Boss Zhang asked with a puzzled expression.

"Boss Zhang, at first glance, you rarely care about current affairs on the Internet, this game began to be promoted as early as three years ago, but it is about to be open beta recently, so the publicity is unprecedentedly fierce."

Boss Zhang still had an incomprehensible expression.

"For the sake of you inviting me to eat noodles, I'll tell you in detail," Bai Lidu picked up the noodle bowl and took a sip of the hot instant noodle soup.

"I remember that when the New Year was just over in 72, I was still in my junior year...... Bai Lidu's thoughts went back to three years ago, when Bai Lidu was studying industrial intelligence and automation at a technical university in Northeast China, and there were four people in Bai Lidu's dormitory at that time, and Bai Lidu was the third.

"Third child, come and see, the "Lunar Declaration" has been announced......" Gu Dawei, the boss of the dormitory, sat in front of the computer desk, staring at a web page opened on his laptop.

"Oh? Where? Turn it to me" Bai Lidu lay on the bed in the bedroom and raised his mobile phone, the boss took an electronic pen and made a gesture, swiped the content of the web page on the computer screen to Bai Lidu's mobile phone, and the content of the web page appeared on Bai Lidu's mobile phone screen.

"If the member states of the United Nations want to obtain the mineral resources of the moon, they must use the game "Moon Wars", and I think the idea of using games to resolve disputes and allocate resources is really trendy!" Liu Gang, the second child in the dormitory, was also reading the content of the "Moon Declaration", expressing his opinions while reading.

"That is, the mining mined in the game could be real mines? Or a rare ore on the moon? Yu Haitao, the fourth elder in the bedroom, had an expression of disbelief.

"In fact, virtual warfare technology has long been mature, but the wars that have occurred in the past have occurred on the earth, even if one party wants to use virtual warfare to resolve disputes, the other party may not be willing and cooperative, so it is really a good consideration to use this technology on the moon." Bai Lidu said.

"Then just build a battle platform, and each country will directly send people to go to war, why do you want to make a virtual game?" The boss often plays some battle games, so he likes to be simple and straightforward.

"This game should be for global players, you don't want to think about how many people on the earth are now, 110 billion, one out of every four people is in a state of unemployment and hunger, if this game can relieve the pressure of employment in various countries, it is not a great thing, so this game can not be designed too simple, the more complex and the more people play, the longer the better, it is estimated that mining is not so easy, there must be many thresholds and conditions." Bai Lidu analyzed.

"I've heard that the price per gram of HE3 is dozens of times that of the same gold, does that mean that playing this game is not only possible to dig up real lunar helium ore, but also to make a fortune?" The second Liu was a little excited at first.

"There is no free lunch in the world, and there will be no pie in the sky, now this game is just an idea, and it is not clear what the future design will look like, but it is certain that in the game, you must reach a certain level or complete a specific task, to have the qualification to dig the moon mine, and this qualification has to compete with many players, and behind these many players are representatives of various countries, and the final winner should not be able to enjoy this qualification permanently, there should be a certain time limit, In this way, it can be fair," Bai Lidu continued.

"You see that the United States has already used automatic mining vehicles on the moon, the Armstrong is so huge, why do you need someone to mine when it really starts, mining in the game is not real, and in the end you still have to fight each other to share the cake and grab the cake." Boss Gu Dawei said.

"What the boss said also makes sense, at present, four bases have been built on the moon, but only the United States has fully automatic mining vehicles, and the other three mainly rely on intelligent robots to manipulate excavation tools or equipment, and the efficiency is obviously not as good as that of the United States, if there is no "Lunar Declaration", it is estimated that the majority of helium 3 on the moon will have to be taken by the United States, and if you can determine the share of resources obtained by each country through some battles and competitions in the game, I believe that all parties who win or lose can accept it." Bai Lidu then analyzed.

"Isn't it like the gold medal table ranking of the Olympic Games, and each country determines its share of the lunar resources through this ranking order?" The fourth Yu Haitao said thoughtfully.

"It's probably the case, just like the rankings of professional esports players, in this game, there may also be a comprehensive ranking for each member country, and it is the gamers of each country who determine the ranking order, so the quality and level of players in each country seems to be very important!"

"No wonder, I heard that this year our school is going to open a new real-life online game academy, which specializes in recruiting and training students in online games and e-sports, and the threshold is said to be very high, and it seems that the country is also cultivating a reserve ladder." The second Liu Gang said.

"Not only our school, but I also had a reunion with high school alumni a few days ago, and it seems that many colleges and universities have opened new virtual game majors," Yu Haitao, the fourth child, continued.

"This is the rhythm of forming a national team, I wonder if I can still have a chance to sign up?" Boss Gu Dawei's face was full of excitement.

When Bai Lidu's thoughts returned to reality from the analysis three years ago, he had chatted with Boss Zhang for more than an hour, and Boss Zhang also understood why this game of "Moon War" could be so popular.