In 2000 AD, a number of data aggregates that had been piled up for a long time by a large amount of data for a long time and had been mutated to produce self-awareness, thinking ability and human feelings suddenly appeared on the Internet, which were named by human beings - program body. Since there is no way to restrict them, the program has unscrupulously stirred up trouble in the online world, and at the same time caused extremely serious harm to the real world.www.biquge.info

In the decade since, various real-world explosions, radiation, and chemical leaks have been commonplace, and some people have even killed each other under the program's inducement plan for the program's amusement. They have no mercy at all, and they simply treat the real world as a playground and humans as animals for them to play with. Mankind has been forced to abandon all networked devices, the level of science and technology has plummeted, the living environment is full of holes, and the total population has plummeted to less than one-tenth of its original size in one disaster after another.

In 2010 AD, human beings finally found a way to kill the programmed body, and some people entered the online world with consciousness and fought to the death against the programmed body, such humans were called hunters. Angry at the shattering of their homeland, grief over the loss of their kind, and outright hatred for the programme, they gambled their souls and began a frenzied hunt for the programme. At the cost of thousands of hunters being brain dead, in just two years, the program disappeared from the public's face, and the world finally ushered in a long-lost peace.

In 2012, Xu was too ruthlessly suppressed before, and human science and technology made a huge leap forward in a short period of time, and countless technologies that were previously thought to be impossible to achieve in 20 years and impossible to popularize in 50 years have surfaced, and human life has been greatly improved, and the development of entertainment projects has been regained. At the end of the same year, the world's first virtual online game was officially launched.

In 2022, it is known as the second life > of virtual online games with the highest degree of realism in history and unlimited possibilities, and it will be officially put into operation......

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In September 2022, on the third day of Second Life's official operation, more than 10,000 players were besieging a boss on a plain in a virtual game.

The boss looks like a black bear, but it is amazingly large, more than a dozen people tall, and the big palm sweeps through it is a gust of wind, and the roaring sound is earth-shattering, so it is not majestic. However, at this time, its condition was not very good, and the original skin as hard as iron was scorched black and bloomed, revealing dark red flesh, which was because it had been poisoned. The hair is messy, and even the movements are a lot sluggish, and it looks like some kind of control spell has been hit. The most intuitive thing is the blood bar on the top of its head, only about a tenth of the blood remains, and it is obviously only a matter of time before it is pushed down.

However, even at the end of the crossbow, the 'hell-level' boss in this once most popular game "miracle" is still not covered, as can be seen from the fact that even if those players have the advantage, they still dare not approach within twenty meters of it, and can only be seen from a large circle from a distance. But if one person accidentally crosses the line, the slightest rubbing by the boss's palm wind is a second kill, and there is absolutely no negotiation. Even if you are careful and careful, you can't avoid that the pig teammates hinder each other, and almost every second, someone turns into white light and flies away, so the number of players is enough, and the replenishment is fast enough, so that there is no gap, and the boss escapes or even is wiped out.

According to common sense, such a boss is not for players, and it can even be said that at the end of the version, when everyone has an artifact, they don't want to touch it. It is basically designed to give players an unattainable goal, so that they can run towards this goal, in order to extend the life of the game more, so that those local tyrant players unconsciously invest more money into it, which is what a game company is pursuing.

Miracle is obviously a fairly successful game, with a high degree of virtuality, a good game scene setting, a good job of class balance, and a lot of well-known professional experts to make endorsements. In this era of endless virtual games and most companies building today and closing down tomorrow, it has firmly held the position of the leading business, which has lasted for more than three years and attracted more than 30% of players.

But that's all in the past.

Half a year ago, the second life of the online game was born, boasting that "the best game in the past 20 years, there is no one", and invited a large number of well-known players to conduct internal testing without releasing any information. When everyone didn't believe such "big words" and waited to see the jokes of the game company, they didn't expect that all the players who participated in the test were full of praise for this game, saying that this was the most real game they had ever played, and they must enter it as soon as it was officially operated. Even the sharpest and most vicious critics in the gaming industry have made a "slight inadequacy, but in general it is still a few levels higher than other games".

All of a sudden, almost all players became interested in the game.

But this is not the end, within a few days, players were surprised to find that almost all the big guilds in the circle began to sell the territory and assets in the game, stopped all activities, and arranged for people to withdraw from the chapters in other games one after another.

At this time, the players are all boiling, no matter what the original idea is, they are ready to show their skills on this unprecedented stage.

However, in this way, other games are miserable, a large number of players have been lost since a few months before Second Life's official operation, and the equipment that was originally worth tens of thousands of credits quickly depreciated to a few hundred points - this is still caused by some people's luck and taking advantage of this time to acquire a large number of players - even if it is a miracle of the former king game.

However, there is a guild that does the opposite, and Xingchen just buys a large number of equipment and skills that have been reduced in price at this time - although the depreciation is very serious, it is also a lot of money to acquire so much, especially for Xingchen, a small guild with no sponsors and financial constraints, and even hired nearly 10,000 idle players, insisting on overthrowing the final boss in this game that no one cares about, or stuck when Second Life is officially in operation. Countless players can't guess what their intentions are, and can only jokingly call it the "last carnival" of a small guild that is about to go out of business.

Only a few people know how the truth is.

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Si Xiao stood on a hill from a distance, looking condescendingly at the battlefield. He did not engage in the battle, but stood in a very lazy posture - his left leg was straight to support the weight of his body, his right leg was half-bent forward, and his hands were folded on his chest - such a posture that was extremely leisurely. But no one noticed his idleness at such a critical juncture.

"Emperor Xiao? You're still there. ”

A slightly surprised and very familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him, and Si Xiao didn't look back, and replied, "Yes, it's strange? It was clear that he had discovered the other party's appearance out of thin air.

"I was a little surprised, indeed." The owner of the voice that appeared out of thin air, Chen Qian, took a few steps forward and stood side by side with Si Xiao. He didn't go out of his way to hide his whereabouts, he just ...... It's just been launched," I thought...... You shouldn't be here right now. ”

"So where do you think I should be now?" Si Xiao smiled and threw the question back.

"Even if you haven't entered a second life until now, you should still sleep in your own home, go to forums, even if you go out shopping, it's normal, not here...... Well......" Later, Chen Ziqian couldn't find the right adjective.

"Instead of watching a guild that is about to go out of business use its last financial resources and manpower to bring down a boss that has no use in this outdated game, right?"

Si Xiao took it for him "considerately", but this word ...... Chen Qian coughed awkwardly, not knowing how to answer. Although the central idea is no different from what he wants to express, such mean words can't be said even to death with his character, so he can only skip it: "I'm just a little curious, why haven't you entered the second life?" The masters of the first echelon have all changed, but there has been no news from the 'Thorn Emperor' Thorn Xiao for three days, but everyone is speculating whether you plan to quit the game circle. ”

"Tsk, those guys don't think that a three-day advantage really means anything, do they? It's their business to turn around, and I can still abuse them when the time comes. ”

Si Xiao spread his hands and pretended to be helpless: "Even so, I also want to play this most realistic game in history as soon as possible." But who asked me to have promised Xingchen to help them take care of it, and to take action at a critical moment. Isn't it waiting for them to finish the fight, so I'll call it a day early? ”

Chen Qian naturally ignored the first half of Si Xiao's words, and focused on the second half: "Okay, who will believe you." Can the stars afford the price you are satisfied with? When did you be so kind to help someone else do day jobs? ”

Si Xiao was dissatisfied: "Hey, that's not what I said, I have this image in your eyes." Don't you think that what happened to the stars is particularly worthy of sympathy, and once in a while sympathy overflows and you have an opinion, don't you? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Chen Qian smiled good-naturedly and changed the topic, "But why do Xingchen and them hold on to this boss so much?" Even if I don't understand the things in online games, I know that the early development of a game is very important, and they give up the opportunity to make a comeback in the second life, is this boss so important? ”

Si Xiao looked at him with a smile: "Is it so important...... Well? ”

Chen Qian was uncomfortable with him, and the smile he was used to on the corners of his mouth was a little stiff.

Si Xiao rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, don't pretend, your acting skills can't even compare to one percent of your brother's, don't you just want to trick me." When who doesn't know that this boss is actually a programmer? ”

Chen Qian was startled, and the cold sweat immediately came down, and he smiled reluctantly: "What did you say?" ”

Si Xiao waved his hand impatiently: "Now except for you, a guy who doesn't listen to anything outside the window, who would think that the matter of the program body is a secret." Now the guys who are a little famous in the game circle basically know it, maybe some outsiders can find out where to find out. And,Ah,I also know,More than ninety percent of the bosses in the popular online games over the years who have been besieged and killed by major guilds are programmers.,I'm not wrong, right? ”

Chen Qian was stunned, opening his mouth to speak but not knowing what to say.

"I think the three views are all broken." Si Xiao said half-comfortingly and half-gloatingly, "It's good to get used to it, when I first found out, the three views were more broken than yours." "This is absolutely true.

Chen Qian finally sighed and asked, "How do you know?" ”

"It's normal, after all, these top guilds are basically from your Hunters' Association, but they are the executive department and you are the research department. Players who are in constant contact with the big guilds will always notice something is wrong. Things like inexplicable entry and withdrawal from a certain game.,It's okay once or twice.,If you have more times, you'll suspect their purpose.,It's normal to can't help but investigate.。

Later, I learned that the program body was not cleaned up at all, as it was said ten years ago. But why is that? At that time, there was speculation that the program was not an uncontrolled intelligence created by humans at all, but was self-generated, and that this self-generation was uncontrollable, so even if it was eliminated back then, new ones would soon emerge. However, you have mastered the method of eliminating them, so they no longer dare to appear on the Internet as unscrupulously as they did more than ten years ago, just ten years ago when virtual online games appeared, those programs hid in the game, because they can control their own data, naturally it is easy to disguise themselves as ordinary NPCs, and it is difficult for you to find them, so you can only send some personnel into the game to find them.

The task of those big guilds, that is, the hunters, is to find the carrier of the program in the game, kill him by the player's method, and then let you, the researchers who operate in reality, completely eliminate it from the data level while the program has just left the game and the data is unstable. Am I right? ”

It seems that everything is really clear, but fortunately, the most important point has not been discovered. Chen Qian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "It turns out that you all know, it seems that I have really stayed in the research institute for a long time, and I thought that this matter has always been a secret." ”

"It's not wrong to say it's confidential." Si Xiao shrugged, if it wasn't for the incident ten years ago, although he would have found out, but it would have taken a lot of effort to go deeper, "After all, there are only a dozen people who know about this." ”

"So little?" Chen Qian was stunned for a moment, and after listening to Si Xiao's analysis, he really thought that this matter was not well known to everyone, and it was almost not far off, it turned out that only so many people knew? It doesn't seem to be that serious.

Si Xiao poured cold water on him with a serious face: "Those high-level and masters of the Great Guild are not counted, because they themselves are members of the Hunters' Association. In addition, he clearly discussed with me about the program body, and I was sure that he must know about the program body, which is about this number. ”

That is to say, those I don't know, those who know but don't know well, and some who are more familiar but hidden deeply, are not counted. Anyway, if you're good at math, do the math yourself. ”

"Strictly speaking, it's not part of my discipline......"

Si Xiao spread out his hands and didn't speak.

"Well, according to the size of your social circle, count the professional masters in the gaming circle and some non-professional top experts...... There are three digits. The expression on Chen Qian's face kept changing, and finally it turned into a wry smile, "It really takes a strong heart to communicate with you, and your bad taste is really not something that ordinary people can bear." In less than ten minutes, his mood really fluctuated.

"Thanks for the compliment." Si Xiao replied shamelessly.