Chapter Eighty-Nine: Hongcheng Giant Gu
Thinking of the things about the Big Three, Bai Ye suddenly remembered that there seemed to be something unusual about what happened before.
There was something wrong with the people of the Sea Emperor Army that I saw at the gate of the City of Fantasy.
Many of them look younger!
Some even look like middle-aged people.
This detail was subconsciously ignored by Bai Ye at that time. At this time, after reviewing the details of his memory, he remembered that something was wrong.
In the real world, it's not strange to see people of any age, it's normal. But here, it should only be the elderly who are over 80 years old, how can there be middle-aged people?
Even if an elderly person over 80 years old is well maintained, it is impossible for him to look like a middle-aged person, right?
Thinking of this, Bai Ye asked Chen Fugui and said, "When the Sea Emperor Army stopped us before, I saw that many of them were young people?" What's going on? ”
When Chen Fugui heard this, he said disapprerovantly: "Oh, this is normal. ”
"Their energy levels are very high, above the fourth level, and they can transform their appearance independently, so they don't look like old people."
Bai Ye nodded after hearing this, I see.
When you reach the level of the fourth energy level, you will be able to shape your appearance according to your own ideas.
It seems that many old people can't wait to change their appearance to a younger appearance, or even the appearance of other people.
Chen Fugui thought that the fourth energy level was very high, but Bai Ye suspected that this was not the case.
How could those who were going to drive ships out to collect gate protection fees could be the main force in the Sea Emperor's army?
There should be at least two energy levels above them.
Bai Ye asked, "In that case, wouldn't the elders be able to pinch their faces and make themselves very young?" ”
With their top-notch energy level, they should be able to do whatever they want, right?
There's nothing here that restricts their behavior.
Chen Fugui replied: "That's right, that's it. ”
"I've never met the elders myself, but I've heard people say that they do like to portray themselves as young."
"Speaking of which, it's like those gods in Greek mythology, although each of them is thousands of years old, but still young and energetic in appearance."
Chen Fugui's example is an exaggeration, but it is true.
Whether it is the elders or the members of the Sea Emperor Army, their real identities in the outside world are all elderly people over eighty years old, but here, they can pursue what they want and do whatever they want.
No wonder they are so passionate about this "city of dreams", this is a place where dreams can come true.
For them, their real-world selves are eighty-year-olds with limited mobility and a hard time doing anything.
Even after Huinuo helped them do the maintenance, they just replaced the parts of the body to make them healthier, at most from 80 years old to 60 years old.
But what about in the City of Fantasy? These people can do pretty much whatever they want.
As long as your ability is extremely high, you can change your appearance according to your heart.
Not to mention middle-aged people, even if they are teenagers at the peak of their bodies, they can easily achieve it.
You can run as much as you want, you can jump as much as you want, and you can't be free.
You don't need dentures to eat, and when you eat with real teeth, it's called a fragrant.
Not to mention, when they get older, all kinds of hidden diseases and complications in the body are impossible to bother them.
[City of Fantasy] is simply a small paradise for the elderly with high energy levels.
Chen Fugui looked at the old people walking slowly nearby, and said with emotion: "Maybe this is one of the benefits brought by the high energy level." ”
"From old to young, how many people dream of something."
Bai Ye listened to it and thought in his heart, the benefits brought by the high energy level must be more than that.
The whole person has become younger, and it is obvious that it is only one of the small benefits.
Otherwise, what are those venerable elders pursuing when they indulge in this place every day?
Their wish to become younger should have been fulfilled a long time ago.
Chen Fugui is just a "novice guide", and his class is still too low. After all, it is impossible to truly understand the world of the "respected elders" and the goals they pursue.
Chen Fugui can't be blamed for this, it's a very normal thing. It's like the vast majority of sentient beings in the world, who have lived a lifetime, cannot understand the psychological level of the ruler.
Depending on the location, the things pursued are completely different.
Moreover, after the desire is satisfied, it will definitely go after more things.
Just like now, Chen Fugui is very envious of the Sea Emperor's ability to change his appearance, if he can change himself, he will not feel that such an ability has anything, and he will start to look for other pursuits.
This is determined by human nature, the nature of the human mind itself.
After all, human desires are endless.
The members of the Sea Emperor Army are a good proof of this. When they were younger, they were not satisfied with their younger selves anymore, and began to act as a prestige, oppressing other old people, and obtaining more resources in the [City of Fantasy].
Thinking of this, Bai Ye couldn't help but be curious.
These old people have more pursuits of their own, and they are constantly moving forward in the [City of Fantasy].
What is the company that has contributed to all this, what is the company that is trying to pursue?
They do all this, the "City of Dreams", and make the old people young here...... What is the purpose of all this?
The elderly who are hired with a high monthly salary of 100,000 yuan also help them transform their bodies so that they can be healthier and will not get sick due to reduced immunity and various complications.
That's a lot of money.
An old man's monthly salary is 100,000 yuan. Helping them with physical examinations, and even replacing their body organs and fitting prostheses can be expensive.
It is very likely that the prosthesis came from the "Night City", and the joints and the like are cheaper, and the vital organs are more expensive, and the combination is also a lot of money.
These alone, according to Bai Ye's calculations, have invested at least more than $500,000 in each old man's budget. It's just burning money!
This is only the calculation of the first month's salary of the old people, and the future salary has not been counted!
It's too much investment!
This is an exaggerated amount of money.
You must know that there are 300 sleeping compartments in the "novice area" where Bai Ye is located. These old people have cost Huinuo a lot of money.
And that's not all, it's just part of the cost.
Creating the entire [Fantasy City] will inevitably require a lot of expenses, plus the cost of servers, and the price of these pre-development projects alone is a lot of expenses.
[City of Fantasy] Mewtwo of this scale, Bai Ye doesn't know how much it will cost, but in terms of scale, it shouldn't be small. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources to create and maintain, and it is a rather troublesome project.
They use so many people online, and they also provide servers with a lot of computing power, and the cost of server bandwidth for a month is at least a few million dollars.
Added up, these upfront investments are an astronomical amount.
If it is a small company, I am afraid that the marketing amount of a year can only be a fraction of this money. If you create a prototype, you will go bankrupt.
This set is a project that only a real big company and a big chaebol can have the strength to develop. And for them, it's also a lot of money. They do this, and they must be counting on greater rewards.
The fact that Huinuo is willing to spend so much money proves that the benefits must be more exaggerated than the investment.
It may not even be just a matter of money, it may involve the distribution of interests in the entire Hongcheng.
So many old people who are proficient in "spiritual power" are actually a large number of powerful "cyber roamers" in cyberspace.
Unlike ordinary data hackers and methods of strengthening "computing power", these old people, in the cyber network, have a strong spiritual power, which comes from their memories.
The more memories you have, the richer and more complex your life experiences, and the more powerful they become.
This is also why those "old people over 80 years old", these old people who are on the verge of losing their ability to take care of themselves in real life, have suddenly become fragrant and sweet in the eyes of the company.
Of all the people, these people must have the most memories!
Twenty-year-old young people, no matter how rich their life experience is, cannot have as many memories as these eighty-year-old people.
In the real world, they are still ordinary old people.
But in cyberspace, they can call for wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers.
Huinuo Company has trained a group of elite soldiers on the Internet, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.
For example, those people of the "Big Three", the ship cannons of the [Sea Emperor Army], the baptism of holy light in the [Holy Land], and the humanoid fierce beasts of [Wuji Mountain] are all extremely powerful in the cyberspace.
If it is used as a network intrusion, the consequences are unimaginable.
Even some old people can be called humanoid cyber nuclear bombs.
That's right, it's the [Respect Elders], they have such strength that they can do whatever they want in the entire network.
In the Jiuhua Temple where Bai Ye used to deal with, Fa Ming and the monks under him were nothing in front of these old men.
It is estimated that the [Elder Venerable] can even wipe them out without much effort.
Cultivating a group of network roamers with such amazing strength, if Huinuo wants to benefit the society and develop technology, then Bai Ye will definitely not believe it.
If you tell others, I'm afraid they will laugh off their big teeth.
And, according to the experience before the white night, many companies have done the same thing, throwing olive branches to countless old people.
This shows that there is an "arms race" going on between these large companies!
In the arms race, Fino is not even the strongest.
[Mora Group] can give higher treatment and let the old people choose them.
In terms of the "arms race," the company still seems to be the kind of financial underwhelming.
Bai Ye guessed that I am afraid that other companies also have servers similar to [City of Fantasy], or even larger, so that the old people can continue to temper their energy level in it.
Before you know it, they will become the "cyber weapons" of large corporations.
It's a "race". In order to compete for more resources, large companies choose the cyber way, using cyber roamers to compete for the winner.
This reminded Bai Ye of what he had seen and heard in the [Black Blood Gang] before.
They let people like David compete in order to compete for the ranking of the [Hongcheng Ring Competition].
The ranking of the ring competition can also determine how much territory they can carve up.
Familiar? It's so familiar!
Big corporations, and gangs, do the same thing!
They invested a lot of resources and a lot of effort to fight for territory, and I don't know how many people died, all for the final victory and the final spoils.
What a cruel game.
The vast majority of participants don't even know what role they play in it.
Just like David of the [Black Blood Gang], he only knows that he wants to win, and he doesn't care about other things.
didn't know that in Qiao Wei's eyes, he was just a seedling with very good potential. If there is a player like Bai Ye who is willing to fight for Qiao Wei, then Qiao Wei's choice is self-evident.
It's the same with these old people who join big companies.
They came here for a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan and extremely high salary. On the surface, what they got did make them very satisfied, even the envy of onlookers.
Extremely high salary, no work at all, luxurious accommodation and activity center for the elderly, relaxing game content......
The old people with good talent are even more calling for wind and rain in the game and doing whatever they want.
even formed gangs and factions to compete for power and profit.
But I don't know, whether it is an ordinary old man, or a [committee member], [Sea Emperor Army], [Holy Land], [Wuji Mountain], [Respect the Elder]......
These people are just pawns in the hands of large companies. What they do, they are under the watchful eye of big corporations.
In the end, their end was also used and finally abandoned.
Thinking of this, Bai Ye couldn't help but think of a question that had just appeared in his heart.
The old people have done so many things in the [City of Fantasy], the powerful bully the weak, the gangs and the bullying alone......
Such a thing, is it possible for Huinuo Company to let it happen and let it happen?
Now it seems that Huinuo Company is not just laissez-faire, they are the driving force behind the scenes!
Only in this jungle-like competition system will the strong be picked out as quickly as possible and the weak will be eliminated.
This in itself is the purpose of Finuo.
Huinuo Company, [City of Fantasy], sounds good, but it is actually raising Gu!
The behavior of large companies is raising Gu. The ring match between gangs is also raising Gu.
Whether it is the ring competition or the "network roamer" competition between companies, it is like raising Gu, the entire Hongcheng is a huge Gu cage, in which companies, gangs, and individuals fight, and finally decide the biggest and fattest winner!
Thinking of this, Bai Ye couldn't help but be terrified!
If the entire Hongcheng is a Gu cage, then who is the big hand that manipulates the Gu cage and finally captures the fat Gu worms?!
Who has the ability to use the entire Hongcheng as a Gu cage?!