Delan wants to be a programmer. Derui, who is an older brother, naturally knows. But even if you know, there's nothing you can do. Providence is unpredictable, and in his sophomore year, a tragedy of family splitting changed not only his existing life, but also the future of his younger brother Delan. But even so, he doesn't blame his mother, and not only him, but both brothers will support their mother unconditionally.

So the elder brother began to take on the burden of the family, and in order to reduce the financial pressure, he had to drop out of school and work. The younger brother Delan is still in high school, and there is no need to worry about the tuition fee, and the younger brother who stayed at home has nothing to say, but it does not mean that he has no thoughts in his heart, just reading his books with his head bored.

It's just that since then, he has stopped subscribing to his favorite, the monthly "Software King", as if to prevent his brother from seeing that he still has time to relax. Silence, holding his breath, staying up with a lot of energy, just like that, in the summer of the age of 18, when other peers were still coping with the college entrance examination, he had already taken it upon himself to be admitted to the most prestigious computer science university in North America, scholarship admission, everything was fine, but it was only then that Derui found out that he was admitted to the major of intelligent mechanics, AI research. That's the major that his brother Dre has been studying.

Dre still remembers laughing angrily: "What kind of heart are you kid?" ”

"Didn't worry about it. Being a programmer can only be a coolie for those big companies, and you have to go to industry when you get money. I don't have that much effort to earn money, when will our family be able to live a good life with you doing odd jobs? ”

So Dérse didn't care. It doesn't mean that he has forgotten, but what else can he do? Only to clean up those thoughts for his younger brother, remember his wishes for him, keep the life he should have, and wait for the opportunity to reopen the seal one day, but I don't know if he will change his course when he has become famous? I don't care about this matter.

As for whether Delan will be famous. He felt that it was only a matter of time, and he couldn't believe that a person who had temporarily specialized in robotics for two years could be admitted to a scholarship at one of the top 10 universities in the world.

And now, Dérgen feels that there is no better opportunity than this, and it is time to unpack that long-sealed wish in advance.

"Do you still want to be a programmer?" He spoke through the computer around Delan's neck, vibrating slightly.

"What?" Delan was a little dazed, "I've always been a programmer." ”

"Huh? Can you wait a minute, let me take care of it? Aren't you a robotics professional? "Diaverum feels that his CPU is not fast enough, and this laptop computer is indeed not as good as the AI computer in the lab.

Delan couldn't help but laugh: "Didn't I tell you? I'm not a programmer, I'm an AI engineer like Justin or Bogle, the best AI engineers in the world, but they're all mechanical, programming. ”

Justin Ingle, Joseph Bogle, one is the "father of industrial robots", and the other is the promoter of the intelligent robot revolution. Both are also the first batch of "AI engineers".

Dre couldn't laugh at this either. It's like a fine wine buried in the backyard of the house for decades, I thought that I would take it out to celebrate when my brother came out, but on the day I took it out, I found that it had already been secretly drunk by my brother. can only admit defeat, well, such a younger brother really doesn't need him to worry about it anymore.

It's no wonder that he was able to make a whole set of AI-assisted programs for him in such a short time, and this kid has never given up the path of programmer in private.

Delan stepped into the VR plaza. The entrance of the VR plaza is set up with a mystery, which cannot be seen in the real world, and even the entire square has no other shelter except for 8 columns on all sides, and you can see it at a glance from the outside. But when you walk into the plaza between any two pillars and turn on the VR glasses, you can see the real entrance.

Delan tapped the button on the foot of his sunglasses and switched to VR projection mode. The scene in front of me changed as if the ice and snow had melted—the five pillars of the square seemed to have been eroded by time, gradually becoming mottled, crawling with verdant creepers, and several of the columns had even collapsed in half, leaving the broken half to the side. The clouds in the sky drifted and dispersed very quickly, and the grass on the ground withered and grew.

These scenes are simulating the passage of time that has occurred since the establishment of the VR square, and many people have come, creating such and such a small world, leaving such and such traces, but no matter who comes, they must first come here, a time transit station. Delan also remembered that there was a world where the "Creator" carved a row of words in the corner of one of the stone pillars, and he walked over to look at it and smiled. Still there, "dust to dust, dust to dust, the past to memory".

He also remembered that the broken stone pillar recorded a "big war", which was the first large-scale conflict that broke out in the VR square, and it was also at that time that the janitor of the VR square, the management AI "Time Old Man", called all the security robots of the dome, ruthlessly suppressed all the troublemakers, and deprived them of half of their virtual assets.

There are angry people who laugh at it, questioning how it is qualified as an AI to interfere with humanity and confiscate private property? As a result, he was directly slashed by the "Old Man of Time", together with the virtual character and the pillar behind him, cut it in two, and the assets were directly cleared. Later, I heard that the person directly sued the operator of the VR plaza, but the lawyer of the operator directly used the management regulations of the plaza and the right to interpret virtual assets to "press to death" on the plaintiff's seat.

Since then, the yield of VR Plaza has plummeted, and Shijing Technology, which operates VR Square, has never expressed regret about the decision at that time. And the pillar that was cut in two at the beginning,Just as a wordless commandment monument left there,As if to warn those who want to mess around in the VR square,Weigh it carefully before doing things,The increasingly chaotic atmosphere of the VR square is clear,The number of registrations has increased instead of decreasing after this battle。

Delan turned his head and walked in, and a short old man suddenly flew in front of him, Delan smiled: "Old man time, I haven't seen you for a long time." The old man nodded, and quickly confirmed Delan's identity: "Report the password." "As the most authoritative management AI in the entire square, it records all the registered member files that have come and gone for more than ten years. In fact, it can confirm that Delan is himself, but the rules are the rules, and the password must be verified through "manual operation".

Delan reported the password, and then looked at himself, he had become a man in a suit and tie, with an indescribable uncle's face, a suitcase smashed down from the sky, Delan inserted his hands into the holes in it, stretched his arms, and the metal box was immediately disassembled, reassembled, and merged into a red steel suit - yes, it was the famous genius engineer, Tony Stark.

"Whew, after holding it back for so long, it's time to have some fun. Celebrate with a glass of champagne? After changing the image, Delan swept away the dullness, and the whole person looked a lot of sassy, De Rui remembered that his younger brother had always been such an underwhelming character, and this kid and Cui Hao may be very chatty.

Dere decided to remind him of his brother's majesty, so he issued a warning: "Get down to business!" Delan listened to his brother's voice turn into a mark from the central control computer of the Iron Man suit, and couldn't help but whistle: "Okay, to be honest, now you are a perfect match to be a marker, and you play in your true colors?" ”

Dre sneered and didn't speak.

Delan's expression returned to seriousness: "When I didn't say, let's go." I remember, this way? One hand pointed to the center of the square.

"If your memory hasn't deteriorated, you should remember that there are 36 entrances to the virtual world in the VR square, all of which are arranged in a ring in the center of the hall. Is there anything else you would like me to help you review? Don't thank me, after all, I'm an emotionless AI. ”

Delan smiled awkwardly, how can he pick it up? By the way, you're far worse than the Mark and don't understand humor at all?

I feel like I'm going to be the first Iron Man to be beaten by the armor I'm wearing.

The two of them fell silent again, and gradually walked deeper into the hall of the time transit station. Gradually, I can already see some people, of course, they all appear as virtual avatars, and greet "Iron Man" Delan in different ways. There is a short image of Sonic the Hedgehog, and there are also large images such as Gundam and Battle Tyrannosaurus, but it still maintains a ratio close to the height of a human - because here, on the periphery of the VR square, all the people who appear are real in reality, and that is the real "collision volume", everyone needs to be careful to avoid and keep a distance when walking, otherwise they will really collide together.

There are also some vendors sitting on the ground on the road, most of them wearing hoods and capes, and the unified image of a magician, which is said to be the most mysterious default image of this kind and better retains the privacy of the merchants. As mentioned earlier, most of the goods sold here are virtual goods, but they are all goods with real value here in the VR Plaza. Some of them are digital coins that are "mined" from VR plaza operators, and some are generic items or resources that can be used in VR plazas and virtual worlds.

You must know that a massively multiplayer virtual reality server such as VR Square is different from those private virtual reality, and resources and tools all require "money", real money. For example, the creators of the "small world" could use the technology to create a virtual scene at will, but the materials used were all purchased from the operator.

The VR world almost does not charge tickets, and it relies on this way to make money. And later, if there are some spontaneous outputs in a "small world", such as some additional "digital coins", Shijing Technology will have a 5% tax commission, after all, they are the ones who provide the rules, algorithms and computer resources for the operation of the entire real world system.

In the center of the square, there are 36 isolation rooms like elevator halls, which are the same as ordinary VR experience rooms, with built-in immersive VR recliners, and you can connect to the virtual world created by other members when you lie in. It's not much different from connecting at home, it's like an Internet café that just provides a rental service for people who can't afford VR equipment.

In recent years, in order to meet the needs of society, Shijing Technology has also provided services that can be connected to the unique small world of VR Square with their own VR equipment, of course, it will only be open to registered members of VR Square.

To use the room here, of course, there is a fee, 1 yuan a minute, expensive is really expensive, the flesh hurts so much that Derui "grinned". Of course, just think about it, he doesn't have a mouth. Fortunately, for this reason, there are not many queues here in the past two years, and generally only some nostalgic "old customers" will come here.

Of course, Delan is not short of money to buy VR equipment, and he is aiming for one of the rooms. He was also surprised to learn that there was a secret back door arranged by Utopia, a hidden virtual world that could only be entered from this room in a specific operation method - Electrode City.