Seven days later, southern Norway.

This border town seems completely untroubled by the events of the past month. Neither the explosion in Chernobyl nor the battle for the Verdun military base has come from here.

The game Lost Oasis is still closed, it was originally the source of survival for all the inhabitants of the town, without this game, all the pedestrians on the road are like losing their souls, and they are like walking corpses.

The weather is getting hotter, and even though it's approaching 70 degrees north latitude, the daylight hours are getting longer for the townspeople.

Traditional European-style buildings stretch along the edge of the town, and gravel streets are lined with purple lavender and tiny yellow-and-white daisies that passers-by don't look at them. It was noon, and out of nowhere came out of nowhere in the streets, most of them wearing light-colored shirts, hurried towards the center of the town.

Because they rarely go out and walk around, many people have sweat on their faces. They glanced at each other, nodded knowingly, and continued on their way.

This frontier town is no different from any other town in Europe, with traditional but cozy housing clusters on the outermost floor, entertainment centers and infrastructure that have been vacant for many years, and at the center are the symbolic buildings of each city, the black government buildings.

It's just that the facilities in the city are a little different from usual.

The floor, which had been kept clean, was a little more rubbish and dusty than before, and there were a few more mottled marks on the facades of the unmanned shops on the street. People took a few tacit glances from the residential area to the city center in the flying plane, and then continued to the entertainment facilities in the city center.

No one dared to approach outside the government building, but the nearby café was already crowded. The robot waiters that were originally equipped with them are no longer enough, and even require people to serve coffee and desserts themselves, these steps have long been forgotten.

"Any news on this?" A young man just sat down, tearing the package of burgers and fried fish, and couldn't wait to say, "There are more people today than yesterday." ”

Four or five people were gathered around the table, none of them knew each other, or until then, they had only identified with the characters in the game Lost Oasis. Those characters who have been decorated with data are very different from who they are. So several middle-aged people didn't speak, cautiously swiping the screen in front of them, and logging on to major websites to search for news.

But they can't find anything, and if the Internet can solve the problem, then there is no need for them to come to the real world to huddle together and endure the smell of sweat and wooden expressions between each other.

"Nope." One of them said very simply: "I can't find any news on the Internet. Now even private discussions can be monitored, and a lot of forbidden words are set. ”

"I'm here...... It's a little ......" The other lowered his voice and tilted his head forward slightly. The eyes of the others also lit up suddenly, and they cooperated with his movements, but they didn't dare to be too obvious, for fear that others would know their secrets.

The young man also clenched his coffee cup and listened carefully.

"I have someone in my family who works in a data center, and I was there the other day when it happened, and nothing happened at the time. Later, I approached him privately, of course, in person, and he meant that the government had been nervous lately. "The man who spoke couldn't tell how old he was, Viking

Some of the round-headed noses indicate his native identity.

Norway's data centers are not something of mystery, compared to the federation, they don't care who is responsible for running the data behind them, and everyone in this small country has been living a carefree life since a hundred years ago.

"The government is nervous? Which country's government are you referring to? One person asked puzzledly: "What era is it now, and will there still be national contradictions?" ”

"I can't understand either, it stands to reason that now that everyone is not short of energy and food, what can be stressed?"

"That thing from a week ago...... You've listened in vain. The man added: "My friend said it was a new terrorist organization. ”

"Terrorist organization......

"I don't believe it, even though I was there at the time." One person said: "This is too fake, a huge projection, and then play a person's voice to all corners, this is too simple to fake." ”

"How do you explain that the game Artificial Moon and Lost Oasis has been shut down?" One said, "If it wasn't for the game being turned off, we should have discussed it in the game, not here." ”

"For the first time in many years, speech has been controlled." One said: "I didn't feel controlled before, even though we scolded the president every day." ”

"That's what you don't know." The young man took a sip of coffee and said, "Now the data center can cut off all reactionary rhetoric at the source." ”

"Then we're here to discuss, can the government still send someone to arrest us?" One person became excited, he was holding a large glass of beer in his hand, his beard covered half of his face, and beer foam hung on it1: "I've had enough of it!" If he doesn't get the virtual space right, he'll wait for us to overthrow the government building! ”

This sentence received a lot of applause, and many people in this café held beer glasses. The young man tapped his ears a little painfully, there were more taverns in this town, but after visiting so many of them, he found that only relatively quiet cafes could collect good information, but he didn't expect that there were so many beer drinkers mixed in here.

"Heh, you didn't try it seven days ago? Haven't you tried to ask those who break into the center of government, where ordinary people can break in? Someone laughed and said, "Or are you going to stay home that night?" Don't dare to go out? I bet you haven't even seen that video in the square. Coercion. ”

The irony of this sentence was so strong that the café that was originally whispering was immediately drowned out by laughter.

"What the are you talking about in front of Lao Tzu?" The strong man smashed the beer glass in his hand, and the friend next to him hurriedly stood up and grabbed it, but he still didn't hold it. He could only stand in the back and regret bringing him to such a place, in fact, he just wanted to get more information, but now it seems that they are going to be invited out by the robots.

"Don't touch Lao Tzu! You're a robot, what qualifications do you have to touch Lao Tzu! The strong man pointed to the naked beautiful robot who came up to persuade him and said, "Do you understand the three laws of robots?" If you dare to touch me, I'll bring down your company! After saying that, I didn't forget to touch her.

Then, in the originally quiet café, quarrels broke out, chickens and dogs jumped, and the eyes were full of chaos.

The young man carefully pinched his coffee cup and retreated to the corner, right next to the middle-aged man who had just started talking.

"What you said just now, the government is very nervous, how do you understand it?" The young man carefully lowered his voice: "Is it the Norwegian government?" ”

"To be honest, I feel like it was true." The man smacked his lips and said, "Otherwise, the government wouldn't have reacted so much." You see, now, the game is also stopped. Everyone is playing this game, and the officials don't know how many means are prepared to prevent the server from going down. I think there was a global stop some time ago, but it was only three days. It seems that there have been two outages in the past 20 years, don't you think it's boring? ”

The young man nodded yes, and then asked, "Then what can be done now?" You can't just get here and talk about it all the time. ”

"There is no way, what can be done?" "There aren't a few people working now," the man said. There are fewer and fewer channels to gather information. That's why everyone is crowded here, but in fact, no one can get effective information. A plate was thrown over, and the two of them scrambled to dodge, seeing that a café was about to be destroyed by the sudden fight. Hopefully, there will be police officers in the town who can maintain stability.

"There has been a lot of violence these days." Another person who was a little older came up and said: "In the past, in the virtual space, you could control your data, but now there are all natural people here, which robot dares to touch it?" Touching it is against the law, and now there are no human police to control you. Who has the experience to manage such people? Alas, all spoiled by the virtual space. ”

"It's okay, with his physical strength, he won't be able to fight for long." Looking at the two of them who couldn't hold on for a long time, a shy smile appeared on the corner of the young man's mouth. Although he is skinny himself, at least he will not take the initiative to stir up trouble.

"Actually...... If there is no way, it has nothing to do with us. The man's words drew the young man's attention back: "If you believe that what the organization said that night is true." That proves that something is really wrong in Europe right now. I'm not sure it's a good thing, and I don't like war, and no one wants it to reach Norway. But if the situation they say exists, I hope someone can fix it. Of course...... I don't want to. So if the game can continue to be shut down, it means that they are strong enough, and at that time, someone should organize enough power to find the council to negotiate, and then make all this information public. ”

"What did they say...... Do you really believe? The young man asked, "That's what they said in the square, the ...... Enforcers. He said the word in lingua franca with some awkwardness, and the man reacted for a long time before he remembered what he said.

"Letter...... You can also believe it. You see, genetic engineering or something. I made so many hero movies hundreds of years ago, and now I think it's normal to realize one or two. ”

"If there really is such a person who controls resources...... What to do? The young man's face was full of sadness: "Then aren't we really ordinary people?" ”

"If there is...... Many people will probably protest. The man said, "I just don't know if there was any power to protest at that time...... No, I can't stay here. Before he could finish speaking, almost all the people in the café were driven away by these few people who were fighting, and the man had to change places to continue collecting information.

Before leaving, he turned around and shook the young man's hand: "By the way, I forgot to ask your name." ”

"Ian, sir. Very common name. Ian was a little unskilled at adapting to Norwegian etiquette, and his smile was very shy.