Chapter 45: Additives#
Echishi quickly "scared" the parasitic float away, and waited in place for a while before seeing the autumn harvest and Kaneda.
The last time he invited Autumn Harvest to a buffet, he felt that his boss Autumn Harvest was not just an unemployed young man who was addicted to games, but at least he should have a job and a life other than games. Echishi knew that he couldn't expect Autumn Harvest to be online all the time, and he helped Autumn Harvest investigate the black market because Autumn Harvest had helped him a lot, and even if Autumn Harvest didn't urge him, he should do it well.
It's just that this time I met Autumn Harvest and Kaneda together.,It's still a bit unexpected to paint a thousand generations.。 He originally thought that Jin Tian didn't like him, but he didn't expect that this big brother would also come to him with Qiu Harvest. However, although Jin Tian came with the autumn harvest, he still wore sunglasses and looked expressionless, thinking that he was used to being cold. Echiyo doesn't care, most of the time Autumn Harvest and Kaneda know each other in the real world, and there is definitely no comparison with a "brother" like him who picks it up halfway.
Hui Qianshi still had some money in his hand, so he asked Qiu Harvest and Jin Tian to leave the old city through the wormhole, and went to Baihua Street to find a teahouse. In the virtual world of the brain-like body, people's demand for additional activities such as eating, drinking tea and coffee, such as eating three meals a day, has been leveled, so tea, coffee, and various other beverages are more prosperous than in the real world, and various different kinds of things have been produced. However, these things are actually to feel the color, aroma and taste of the drink, and will not have any effect on the spirit of the drinker.
However, Echishi put his hand in his pocket and touched the bag of mints, thinking that this future may not be possible.
Sitting down in the box on the second floor of the teahouse, Echishi ordered a cup of Tieguanyin with a simple prefix very short, and ordered the same black tea with a fancy name for Autumn Harvest and Jintian. Then, while waiting for the tea, Echishi told them about the merchant he had investigated before who went to St. Petersburg to buy "mints".
When he said that mints were a kind of poison-like thing in the virtual world, Qiu Shu looked at him with his chin propped up, and his eyes didn't even blink, but the fingers of Kaneda, who was wearing sunglasses, clenched the teacup.
Echishi muttered in his heart, his boss can't really be a mess, right? No matter which way it is, it is not something that we ordinary people dare to provoke.
"You propose that they buy mints from Petersburg and sell them here?" Autumn Harvest asked calmly.
"Yes......" Eri Chiyo was a little unsure of what the other party's point of view was, but he still added in self-defense, "Even if I don't say it, they can think of it themselves." When I went to St. Petersburg with Doposa, it was already in vogue. ”
Since it is said to be "popular", it is certainly not as simple as selling trade secrets, personal information, and so on on the black market. I've never heard of toxic substances in brain-like bodies - brain-like bodies are monopolized by brain-like companies in their entirety - so there are no laws and regulations. Mints are still only spreading on the fringes, and may soon spread to the point where they can be accessed by the average player.
However, Qiu Harvest took a sip of the bubble on the cup of black tea with a fancy name, but said with a smile: "Then you kid is a chicken thief, you don't bring the goods yourself, and you ask others to bring them." Afraid of being targeted? ”
"No, no, no......" Echiyo hurriedly said, "How dare I do this-this is going to be shot, right?!" ”
"What kind of gun is not shot, it has not yet been determined that this is a drug." Qiu Harvest said with a smile, "It is a private right for individuals to resell goods. As far as private rights are concerned, nothing is prohibited by law. Even if you come out and say no, what you did before that is not illegal. ”
This is very clear. In fact, Echishi originally thought the same way, but he was still a normal young man who abided by the law in his bones. Dead houses may be incomprehensible and even offensive from various angles, but most of them are not potentially harmful to society.
"No, Boss, if this thing really catches up...... Isn't that ......" said in a low voice, "That Opium War ......"
"Can this mint be compared to a big smoke?" Qiu Harvest continued to laugh and said, "If you can eat the effect of big smoke for 500 yuan to buy mints, then you can't cure this disease for 500 yuan." ”
This 500 yuan stalk originally came from Guo Degang's cross talk, but it was a popular thing when Qi Min was young, Wang Mingqing was about ten years behind her, and Anton was obviously impossible to hear in the United States at that time. Therefore, there was no reaction after this stalk was spoken, but it was inexplicable.
But even if you don't know the meme, you can understand what it means. Echiyo said, "No matter what, this thing is always harmful, right? It's an addictive thing. ”
However, Qi Min knew that this mint candy was actually not addictive. In reality, addiction is due to the habituation of excessive stimulation of transmitters such as dopamine by the nerves, so that people can only maintain balance by constantly ingesting drugs, while in the brain-like body, this process does not exist at all. The only addiction that can occur in the brain-like body is psychological addiction, and compared with mints, those entertainment items with high user stickiness have a greater risk of addiction.
"Addicted?" Autumn Harvest deliberately pushed the teacup in front of Echiyo, "Give me a piece to taste." ”
Echishi's eyes widened, and he stammered a little and said, "Boss, I'm ...... I'm not kidding. This is...... It's really addictive. ”
"You add a piece to me, you can't get addicted to eating a piece." Autumn Harvest shook his cup.
Theoretically, all items are developed by the R&D department, and so is the source code of mints. The original purpose of this source code was to increase the functionality of food and drink in the brain-like body - upgrading food and drink from a mere "experience" to a functional item that can slightly enhance the spirit, which is a small improvement to improve the user experience of the virtual world. It's just that this thing is still a bit of a sideshow, so the R&D department first leaked the source code and tested it in a small area in St. Petersburg, but I didn't expect that those guys who did gray trading did not make this into a drink additive, but matched it with the pungency of mint to make mints.
Echiyo looked at the cup in front of him and stretched out his right hand to the bag containing the mints......
At this time, Jin Tian, who had been silent, suddenly reached out and pulled back the teacup of the autumn harvest, and said in a rather indifferent tone: "Do you really want to drink?" ”
Who would have thought that the autumn harvest with an attitude of "Lao Tzu is the best in the world" to others, but he was quite easy to talk to Jintian: "I'll just taste it-well, forget it, I'm just joking." ”
Echishi felt that he was really blind, either he was deaf, or there was a bug in his brain-like body. How does he feel about his boss...... What about coaxing daughters-in-law?