"800 silver coins is forty thousand, 8,000 silver coins is 400,000, and 80,000 silver coins is four million...... Four million ......"

All right.

There is actually a big problem with this calculation.

There is no need for epoch-making immersive virtual reality online games, but anyone who has played two phenomenal MMORPG games knows what the so-called "G price" is.

When he can really take out hundreds of thousands of silver coins and hang them on the forum to sell the version, I'm afraid that the silver coins will not be so valuable for a long time.

But—

If he can practice to level 30 or even 40 when someone else is level 20, and when someone else wears power armor, he drives an interstellar battleship and throws power armor down, even if the silver coins are not so valuable?

When someone else has 10,000 silver coins in his pocket, he may have hundreds of millions in his pocket.

As long as he stays in the first echelon and always walks in front of the version, even if it is 50 silver coins per dollar, it may not be less for him than when he earns 1 silver coin and 50 yuan.

If a new version is opened, new equipment is issued, or a large number of players enter the pit, the price of silver coins may even rise.

At present, there are only 1,600 players in the closed beta of "Wasteland OL", and the number of reservations has broken the million mark.

Where is this?

Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, everyone will have a helmet in their hands and close their eyes to the second world, and human civilization will enter a new era.

At that time, no matter what the price of the silver coin was, his return would be far more than 40,000, and maybe even more than 400 million......

And that's just the beginning!

Ye Wei felt his heart beating fast.

This was the first time he had the idea of playing professionally.

On the way back to the dormitory from the computer room, Ye Wei, who was carrying a huge amount of money, felt that the whole person was floating, and when he arrived at the door, he remembered that he had forgotten to eat lunch.

"Ah Wei, what do you want to do with the girl?"

"Fuck off."

Ye Wei looked up at his roommate lying on the bed.

That little man's name is Sun Qian, and he has a very strong relationship with him. The two used to eat chicken double rows together, but they have been out of the pit for a while.

Ordinary games can no longer satisfy him.

"Going to eat or not."

The roommate replied with a hippie smile.

"Go, I'll go if someone asks me to."

"I please."

The buddy's eyes widened instantly.

"? Really? ”

He just jokes every day.

I didn't think about getting out of bed.

I heard that someone was invited to dinner, and the head of the dormitory and Brother Liu also joined in the excitement and coaxed.

"Ah Wei Baba!"

"Brother Wei is awesome!"

Ye Wei rolled his eyes.

"Don't beep, get up."

The four of them happened to have no meals and went to the snack street together.

After finding a lakeside grilled fish with a good reputation, Ye Wei picked up the menu and ticked a few strokes, and it only cost two hundred.

He usually feels sorry for the 20 yuan takeaway, but now he even thinks it's cheap.

After all, 200 pieces are only 4 silver coins......

Calm down.

It can't be counted that way.

Ye Wei took a deep breath and tried to convince himself to calm down.

Because just now, he suddenly realized that a few hours ago, he had eaten a bowl of ramen for 6 silver coins.

It was probably the most expensive bowl he had ever eaten in his life.

Seeing his good brother taking a deep breath and smirking for a while, the three roommates looked at each other and made eye contact.

'I don't think Ah Wei is quite right today...... Is there something wrong with the family? ’

'Good brother, the hero sees the same thing! I also think that Brother Wei is probably out of the list! ’

It makes sense, when this kid entered the door just now, I felt that he was in a bit of a trance, and it was really possible that he was dumped. ’

After a bull-headed exchange with the horse's mouth, the head of the dormitory's eyes gradually became firm, and he looked at Ye Wei, who was sitting there counting fish bones, and held his shoulder with his right hand.

Ye Wei raised his head in confusion.

“…… What for? ”

The head of the dormitory said with a serious face.

"There is still a long road in life, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome, and there is no person who cannot let go. If you want to open a little brother, you really want to cry, Brother Liu can borrow your shoulder. ”

Ye Wei was almost stuck in his throat by the fish bone, and Brother Liu, who was sitting opposite, was even more exaggerated, almost squirting out a mouthful of tea.

"Fuck off! Borrow it yourself! You want me to sell my flesh for a meal...... Unless two meals. ”

"You guy! What about the relationship of sharing a bed for more than a year? Our Ah Wei is like this, what's wrong with you helping him! ”

"Are you serious?"

"Vomit, vomit, vomit."

Ye Wei looked at the three of them with a confused expression.

"What the hell?"

The head of the dormitory said with a dry laugh.

"It's nothing, we just see that you're not in the right mood and are a little worried about you."

Ye Wei said with a smile and a smile.

"No, no, you misunderstood, I just ...... When I encounter a little good thing, my mentality is a little impetuous, give me a little time to adjust, and I will be fine with myself. ”

Sun Qian asked curiously.

"What's the good thing?"

Brother Liu also asked excitedly.

"Tell me, why are the impetuous kidneys weak."

“……”

Ye Wei didn't know how to speak.

This topic had been discussed many times in their dormitory, but even if he showed them the official website, none of them believed it.

Show them your bank card balance?

His emotional intelligence wasn't that low.

"What if, I mean what if...... With such a 100% realistic virtual reality online game, how popular will it be? ”

The three roommates looked at each other.

"Brother Wei......"

"What?"

"What if, I mean what if ......," Sun Qian said weakly, "One day you go mad—oh no, you're a great achievement, can you start killing Brother Liu and the head of the dormitory?" ”

Brother Liu: "! Evil you! ”

"Hey, forget it," knowing that it would become like this, Ye Wei shook his head helplessly and took a sip of beer, "When your father farted." ”

It's past two o'clock in the afternoon.

The group went back to the dormitory.

When people are full, they are sleepy, and when they are sleepy, they don't want to work, the three of them decided to eat two handfuls of chickens to study, and also shouted Ye Wei.

Although I know that this guy is most of the people who are not interested, and it is useless to shout, but whether to shout or not is another matter.

Standing on the balcony, Ye Wei thought about it, and finally decided to be conservative, and first transferred 6,000 to the old lady's bank card.

Before he could send a WeChat message to explain clearly, the old lady's phone called.

"Wei Wei, what's the situation with the six thousand yuan?"

Hearing the concerned voice on the other end of the phone, Ye Wei's heart couldn't help but warm.

"Mom, I've been ...... lately. I found a part-time job, and I paid the tuition for this semester with my salary, so I'll give you the tuition if you transfer my tuition first. ”

In the end, Ye Wei was still embarrassed to say that he made money from playing games, so he could only find a reason to deal with the past first, and then explain it a little bit later.

"Part-time? What part-time? Why did you suddenly run off to a part-time job? ”

"Electronic Product Evaluator...... Anyway, it's just to help test some new equipment," Ye Wei said with a red face.

The voice on the other end of the line hesitated.

"Testing new equipment...... Isn't that a guinea pig for people? ”

"It's okay, it's safe, and it's night...... What I mean by this is that it doesn't conflict with the time of class and doesn't interfere with learning. ”

It's dangerous!

I almost missed my mouth!

Ye Wei felt that if he said that he was working at night, he would have to misunderstand something.

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment.

“…… Don't be too tired of yourself, you still have to learn more knowledge when you go to college, and it's still very easy for your family's financial conditions to afford you to go to college. ”

"Don't worry, Mom, part-time work is also a kind of learning, I learned a lot from my friends who tested together, and I don't want to share some of it for my family? Jiujiu is going to take the college entrance examination in June this year, and she is still learning to paint, and when the time comes, the tuition fee, living expenses, and the purchase of paints...... There's still a lot of money to spend. ”

"That's right, by the way, you don't have to call me for living expenses in the future, I have enough money on my ......"

Said a whole lot.

I finally finished dealing with my mother's side.

Ye Wei, who put down the mobile phone, took a deep breath, and after thinking for a while, he opened Goudong, picked out a mobile phone of about 4,000, and sent the link to his sister.

Jiujiu loves pineapple: "? ”

Wei: "Like? ”

Jiujiu loves pineapple: "What do you want to do?" First of all, I only have a little pocket money, if you can't afford to eat, I can lend you a little bit, but I can't buy a mobile phone. (Alert .jpg)"

Wei: ", is your brother the kind of person who eats soft rice?" Forget it, I originally wanted to send it to you directly, but after thinking about it, it will affect your studies too much, so let's wait until you are admitted to Humei. ”

Jiujiu loves pineapple: "No! Dude!! I was wrong! qaq”

Looking at his sister's indiscriminate bombardment of emojis, the corners of Ye Wei's mouth curled unconsciously.

How do you spend your money after you get rich?

He hadn't really thought about it.

Although he was a dominant T0 player in Wasteland OL, he never expected to eat on this stuff with the slow pace of testing progress in Wasteland OL.

And now, his previous efforts have paid off.

While playing with your friends, you can also solve your worries and let your family live a better life.

Damn it!

This damn operator is sugar-coated again!

Turning off his mobile phone, Ye Wei looked at the bedroom behind him.

The roommates were eating chicken in three rows, and a fierce shootout was breaking out on the screen, and their mouths kept shouting "pull the gun line" and "play cigarettes".

But after all, it is a game of the "two-dimensional era", and those rough graphics are no longer very attractive to him.

Looking at the swarthy helmet on the table, Ye Wei suddenly felt a slight warmth in his heart.

"Thanks, brother."

……

One world.

Far across the ocean.

The lights were pitch black in a room in Virginia, and only one computer was still on.

This is the only laptop that does not have an internet connection.

The flickering screen is left with only a string of understated characters.

"Don't try to be clever."

"Don't think your rules will solve other people's problems."

"You have your own problems to solve, and you might as well take care of yourself when you have that time."

"It's a warning."

It is also their only progress in the past six months.

Rubbing his messy hair with his left hand, the curly-haired man shook the mouse with a broken face.

"It's useless...... This computer is also hopeless. ”

This is the office of the C.I.A.'s special operations team, codenamed "Wasteland," and they target a website that "doesn't exist" but is "accessible."

They first discovered the site in a gaming community.

At first, no one took it seriously, just a group of netizens in the Chinese cultural circle playing memes.

It wasn't until more and more CGs were released that a senior agent named Fick tried to find the back door of the website out of curiosity that he gradually realized the seriousness of the matter.

This site simply doesn't exist.

But it works as it gets.

This abnormal situation made him think that he had discovered aliens for a while.

At first, the Federation did not pay much attention to such trivial issues, after all, even such things had to be taken care of, and their grassroots personnel had to die of exhaustion.

However, considering that this phenomenon is indeed abnormal, after reporting at all levels, the CIA finally set up a team dedicated to this case.

This is a great opportunity for Fike, who is in charge of the group. As long as he can complete this task beautifully, he will definitely be appreciated by the minister.

In this way, they worked overtime day and night in this dim room for half a year, and even taught themselves Chinese, but unfortunately there has been no progress.

The other party's server security is not leaky, and there is no flaw at all, which makes the network information security experts invited by Fike a headache.

Recently, however, the situation has taken a turn for the better.

In the update of "Beta 0.2 version", the other party released the in-game currency trading of "Wasteland OL".

As we all know, when a system is first developed, it is often the time when there are the most vulnerabilities. Haven't you been fixing bugs in the previous releases?

Fike has reason to believe that this newly launched "silver coin trading platform" will become a breakthrough in conquering the walls of Troy!

In order to make the operation work, Fick recruited the strongest information technology team he could find and asked them to hack into the website's servers at all costs and find the location of the anonymous business.

If conditions permit, it is best to get the relevant data of the "Dreamland" system, which will become the key to his meritorious service!

Whether you succeed or not, you have to give it a try.

Anyway, the other party has always been very Buddhist before, and there is no response to their frequent temptations, and he doesn't dare to offend the powerful Millican.

However, what Fick didn't expect was that he paid the price of one bitcoin in exchange for the collapse of the entire system.

Not only did they kill their server, but they also deleted all the data on their server.

Looking at the paralyzed computers in the room, Fick only felt blood dripping from his heart, his scalp was numb, and his hands and feet were cold.

He seemed to have foreseen that his boss was furious and scolding.

"All 147 servers were wiped out...... It's over. ”

With his hands completely off the keyboard, another information technology specialist sitting in front of the computer finally gave up the struggle.

"Our opponent is a monster, and it's not so much how clever they are, it's their technique that I can't understand."

"Do you know what I just went through? I felt like a primitive man guarding the city with a stone spear, and in front of me was a giant sent by Odin. I'm not even sure if I've it off, but it reaches out to me anyway......" he said, gesturing the little finger of his right hand and continuing to mumble on the hard words incoherently.

“…… At most, a little thumb, no more, and that's beyond the limits of what our servers can handle. ”

Fick swallowed hard.

"Don't scare yourself......"

He admitted that they may have some gaps in the field of information technology, but at most it is the level of T64 and Leopard Er, not to the extent of pulling the crotch to Xie Mantou.

And yet—

The lack of confidence in his heart made him can't help but bring a hint of doubt at the end of his words.

The information technology expert shook his head.

"It's not about scaring yourself...... Forget it, you don't understand it. IMHO, it was an asymmetrical matchup, they didn't win honorably, and there's nothing to be ashamed of me losing. ”

Throwing down the words, he leaned back in his chair exhausted.

That expression was somewhat self-defeating.

"I just wanted to ask, which of you turned off the lights."

Glancing at the light that went off overhead, and then at the charging light that went off on his notebook, he suddenly frowned.

"There's a power outage?"

What's the use of a power outage now.

Fick took out his phone and looked at it, but there was no signal.

At that moment, his subordinate hurried in from the outside, his face full of disbelief and horror.

"It's stopped, it's not just us, it's the whole state! Damn, there is no signal from the base station, it takes time to switch the backup generator, and now the whole department is in a mess. I don't want to tie the two things together, but it happened just seconds ago. ”

Looking at the man who walked in through the door, the room was as silent as death.

Blackout......

And it's the whole state.

Compared to the economic damage caused by power outages throughout the state, the loss of more than 100 servers is insignificant......

Fike's Adam's apple struggled to move, and even though it was still March, he felt the heat in the room suffocating.

He's in a mess.

I can't figure it out.

Obviously, the other party's previous cyber attacks on them were all "submissive" and "dare not fight back", why did they suddenly fight back this time?

Now that I think about it, it's not that the other party didn't dare to offend before, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it at all. And this time, the other party not only took action, but also countered indiscriminately and unlimitedly, directly pulling the electric gates of the entire state.

Wouldn't that be too much?

The curly-haired man sitting in front of the computer angrily punched the table.

"This is a terrorist, terrorist attack!"

Fick glanced at him hurriedly and coughed lightly.

"Do you have proof? If there is no evidence...... It's best not to associate the two things together. ”

Once these two things are linked, they have to respond formally. And once a formal response is made, he will have to be responsible for the losses caused by this failure.

Why bother?

No one claimed responsibility.

The generator was restarted, communications were restored, and light was restored to the room.

However, the atmosphere in the room was depressing.

One of the agents said with a headache pinching his eyebrows.

“…… What kind of business is this? ”

Fick wanted to say the same thing.

With such an anti-heaven technology, they actually took it...... Make a game?

What's the difference between this and being reborn and running to play Dota?

Helmet......

If only I could get a helmet.

Fike's heart moved.

If you can trace the wallet that received the bitcoin, at least one player's identity can be locked, even if the other party is on the other side of the ocean, it is inconvenient for them to send people to contact directly, but there are too many indirect means of coercing citizens of third world countries-

Wait a minute.

A drop of cold sweat suddenly crossed Fick's forehead.

Just now, he suddenly realized that he might be planning an extremely dangerous thing.

It's not hard to get your hands on a helmet.

But just getting the helmet won't solve anything.

As for the cost, it is even more unknown.

Those lunatics have a way to bring down a state's power system in a matter of seconds, and not only can they not find out what the problem is, but they don't even have any evidence that it has anything to do with them.

Maybe......

You should think carefully about what that "warning" really means, and the risk of "hidden dangers" spreading from the federal power system to other systems.

Regrouping his thoughts, Fick took a deep breath and glanced around at his colleagues in the room.

"There's a problem with the idea of hacking into a server...... I don't doubt that we have the ability to breach their servers, but we don't have to take that risk. ”

"The technical strength shown by the other party is obviously not possessed by the organizations or institutions known to our intelligence network, otherwise those people would have used it a long time ago."

"It's also clear that we don't really have a direct conflict of interest...... Perhaps a milder approach would make them feel more honest about us. ”

Although everyone's expressions were weird, no one refuted it.

"I'm glad we agreed."

Fick breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and continued in a soothing tone.

"I may have just expressed it more tactfully, I mean ......"

"Why don't we fill out a form first?"

……

The same thing is playing out elsewhere.

Across the ocean.

Somewhere.

The room was bright and spacious, quiet, with desks piled high with papers, trash cans stuffed with cigarette butts, and a few sticks falling to the floor.

More than a dozen people were quietly busy, and judging from the dark circles on their faces, they had been working hard for several days.

However, tomorrow should be a day off.

Probably because they couldn't withstand their hard work for days, there was only one computer left that didn't go down.

Let it be so.

In fact, they want to know more about how those "helmets that shouldn't exist" appear in the hands of players out of thin air than what the "non-existent website" really is.

This is much more serious than the economic issue.

"Can you find that person?"

"I found it, but I couldn't find it."

The old constable frowned.

"What do you mean?"

The young officer sighed.

"All the information before April last year is gone, there is no trace of deletion, but there is no trace of it at all. He's a ghost out of nowhere, and the only clues we have are the Penguin and a few chats up to April last year, which he has nothing to hide, or doesn't bother to hide at all. ”

Another colleague said with a frown.

"He always has his own social connections, right? What about the friends on your account? What about registering a mobile phone number? ”

Compared with the "Xiaoqi" who doesn't even have a social account, the plan codenamed "Ah Guang" is probably their only breakthrough.

The young man was silent for a moment.

"The worst place is here."

"We knew a lot, but we couldn't find where he worked, we couldn't find his parents, we searched the archives of Jiangcheng University and the local talent market, and we couldn't find any files about him, either the materials were forged or tampered with...... He disappeared and never even appeared before our eyes, like a UFO flying from the sky, sucking him away along with the traces of his existence. ”

However, the opposite of this strange phenomenon is.

It's easy to pinpoint the identities of those players.

The information on the website is shady, but monitoring the group chat information always finds some clues.

They have a very high level of team, and the circumstances in which they are in charge of cases are extremely special.

Generally, the relevant personnel need to go to the door to check these sensitive things, but they can get them directly.

"In addition to the chat history, there is also bank transfer information, although the information in the website cannot be locked, but all transfers of the same amount at the same time can be locked and then screened, the purchase of game props does not constitute an illegality, but we can let them cooperate with our investigation...... Need to contact them? ”

The silent old man suddenly spoke.

"When you talk about banks, I'm just thinking what if something goes wrong with the banking system."

The young man was slightly stunned and said nervously.

"Silver, bank? Not really......"

The old man thought for a moment and said: "It's just an assumption that our work may add unnecessary trouble to our comrades in the banking system. ”

The man with the face of the Chinese character who had not spoken suddenly spoke.

"Not necessarily."

I saw that everyone looked over.

He continued slowly.

"First of all, we have to admit that the other side's information technology is above us."

Sitting in front of the computer, a look of shame appeared on the face of the middle-aged man wearing glasses.

"Sorry......"

The man with the national character face shook his head.

"It's not your fault, they have a technology we have never heard of, they can interfere with dreams, and I think it's pediatric to use this technology to steal secrets."

"I even thought about whether aliens would understand our civilization level and thinking form in this way, and then decide whether to ...... or not"

As he spoke, the man with the face of the national character gestured on his neck.

Everyone in the office looked at each other.

But soon realized that he was joking.

The old man coughed dryly and said in a soothing manner.

"No matter how you talk about aliens, it's ......"

It's outrageous.

Even if this is probably the closest speculation to the truth.

"It's just a hypothesis, just now my colleague informed me that there was a widespread power outage in Virginia, across the ocean...... And not one district, but the entire state. There, the power grid was cut off for a full hour, and Washington was separated only by the Tomac River. Their explanation to the outside world is that the power company's system failure caused by the aging circuit problem, and it has returned to normal after emergency repairs, but they are not the only ones who know it. ”

The man with the national character face thought for a moment and continued.

"They knew where we were and even showed a hand. Putting aside the dream system built with the help of 'mental cognition', their achievements in the field of information technology may be at least half a century ahead of us...... Maybe even more. ”

"I still hold the speculation that the operators of this game are aliens – or extraterrestrial civilizations. This is not technology on earth at all, and this is not my opinion alone. ”

No technology can be created out of thin air without the basis of theory, and the existence of that website is beyond their understanding.

The layman may not be able to tell the difference between it and a regular website, but to those who really know it, it looks like an isolated singularity.

The two sides are not in the same dimension at all.

And this is the root of the problem.

The old detective coughed lightly.

"It seems that we need to add a comrade to the space system."

The man next to him made a joke to lighten the atmosphere.

"And the budget to increase the Nantianmen plan?"

The middle-aged man with glasses sitting in front of the computer was still a little unwilling in his heart.

"This kind of technology that can change the world, if we can—"

The man with the national character face coughed lightly.

"Back to the topic just now, I think active intervention is the most unwise choice, someone has already planted a problem for us, we don't need to follow them in the river and fall once."

The old man frowned.

"But can you just let it go?"

The man with the national character face continued.

"We don't know what their motivation is for running the game, how it works, or even ...... Are they earthlings or not? ”

"However, they clearly knew us, and just a few months after the planner codenamed 'Ah Guang' disappeared from the world, they quickly launched the MMORPG 'Wasteland Online'."

And his explanation to other netizens in the group chat was that he changed jobs.

"Let's assume that they are from outside the solar system, then this will be our first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, we represent more than just our own civilization, and I prefer the most cautious contact than the consequences that arrogance can cause."

"Why don't you observe for a while?"

"The other side has shown us the sincerity of civilization, and we should be vigilant at the same time, but also show the sincerity that a civilized person should have."

"Whatever their purpose, the game has only just reached round B, and perhaps they from a distant world are trying to convey some kind of message or metaphor to us through 'game', this cultural form that we can understand."

"At least for now, this is not a sign of hostility. And if that means aid, we could benefit greatly from it. ”

The old man pondered for a long time and nodded.

"It's rude to interrupt someone in the middle of what they're saying, at least until they're done."

The man next to him nodded.

"That's what I thought too."

The young man raised his hand.

"I'm against it, I'm afraid that outside forces will attack those players, at least we should protect those 'players'."

The man with the national character face did not speak, and the old man shook his head with a smile.

"You're stupid for thinking of our opponents."

If you can't get it, you will destroy it?

What kind of third-rate romance TV series is this?

There are really such stupid opponents, they would have won a long time ago.

As for keeping the player in control......

There's no need for that.

The number of appointments has exceeded one million, and it is still increasing, and the existing technology can only know who forwarded the link, and there is no way to know who has been on the website when, and there is no way to know who will get the helmet next.

It's an information-absorbing black hole, more mysterious than the extrasolar world.

The other party chose them.

It is also possible to choose someone else.

The young man sighed.

"If only I could get a helmet."

The man with the national character face smiled and said.

"That thing, it's useless. I've had people study it, and the structure inside is so simple that it makes people feel confused, and we don't have a grasp of the most basic principles, as for the reverse ...... Just listen to it as a joke. ”

The old man looked at him in surprise.

"Where did you get the helmet?"

The man with the national character face smiled embarrassedly.

"As it happens, I probably found out earlier. Only...... It's normal to fill out the form, including age, major, what you're good at, games you've played, and some multiple-choice questions that young people might be interested in, and then click the yes button. ”

To be honest, he didn't play many games, most of them were ancient online games like legends, and he didn't think he could really get in.

The other party doesn't seem to care at all.

The helmet was placed directly on the doorstep of his house.

In fact, he's been playing for a while.

And that's why his superiors transferred him to this group to help from the very beginning.

The old man was stunned.

"You filled out that form?"

"Does it make a difference whether to fill in or not, unless my file is completely deleted from the system, it will be graffiti written on the wall for them."

After a pause, the man with the Chinese character face looked at the computer with a flickering screen.

"I even have a feeling."

"We're here today behind closed doors, and the audience is much more than just us."