"Welcome to the Oasis."

——The moment he heard Ryan's words, Gu Chi felt that he had been fooled.

Because Ryan's tone was completely different from before.

Without that contempt from above, and without the surprise and anger they felt when they logged out of the game, on the contrary, Ryan seemed to be looking forward to the moment.

Gu Chi actually knew what Efriya wanted to say all along.

It's not so much that there is a problem with this copy, but that there is a problem with Ryan.

His elusive ability is very inconsistent with the setting of the horizon, ubiquity is to some extent equivalent to omnipotence, this routine Gu Chi is very familiar - he does whatever he wants every time he dreams like this.

But it was obviously not a dream, otherwise he would not have been able to detect it.

The only plausible explanation is that it's not really a horizon, just a virtual world that resembles a lot like horizon.

It just so happens that Horizon technology also has the ability to create such a virtual world - the Lightseeker chip.

They've been in a game since the beginning, and Ryan is the manager of the game.

The question is, if it's a game, how do they exit?

The game developed by Lin Mengyu can die offline, and the game developed by Ryan is really dead if it dies, otherwise Lemon Dog and others will not have a death announcement.

This path doesn't work, and they have been hunted down and killed and don't have time to think about it, and without knowing how to log out, they can only temporarily treat the game as the real world and live first.

After that, let's think about how to get out.

Or whether to go out or not.

From the normal logic of the player, the dungeon will not appear completely useless, the real Lightlighter chip should be outside of virtual reality, they need to wake up before they can enter the stage of finally snatching the chip, and logging out of the game is a must.

But Gu Chi is not normal.

He has one more achievement than the average player.

Assuming that they are in virtual reality as soon as they enter the book, and everything is data, then the prosthetic body he achieved should not appear in the backpack, because the prosthesis is a physical object, and the Blue Bird Company can't send him a bunch of "virtual equipment" as a thank you gift, right?

Gu Chi did not doubt that Xiao Poyou had the ability to convert physical objects into data and package them for him to bring into virtual reality, but in this way, it meant that the items in virtual reality could be equivalent to physical props, in other words, finding the Lightlight-Catcher chip in virtual reality could also end the game.

Maybe it's easier than a normal game.

Past experience tells Gu Chi that not following the process is the easiest way to clear the dungeon.

That's why he took Evréa to break into Ryan's research center.

But who knows that the research center is an outlet for virtual reality.

Listening to Ryan's tone again, it seemed that he was deliberately luring them out, ostensibly chasing and killing, but in fact driving him and Afriya to this side.

Afria realized something was wrong when she saw the ocean of data, but it was too late.

She could clearly feel that her body was changing, a strange feeling of being disintegrated and recombined.

Ryan's feeling is more intuitive - like watching a movie with 3D glasses, he watched the two of them rush out of the screen in a silver car, turning into a cloud of light and dust, condensing two real people.

"What a great technique." Ryan sighed, "No matter how many times you watch it, it's incredible. ”

Gu Chi and Efryaya also saw the situation in front of them clearly at this time.

This is a huge spherical room, visually measuring tens of thousands of square meters, larger than a football field, surrounded by rounded and concave walls, embedded in a 360° wrap-around curved screen, forming a physical sense of a mirror to the end.

And in the screen, it is the monitoring of the dungeon, the oasis, and the surface.

Ryan stood not far in front of them, surrounded by twenty or thirty other men, surrounding them in the middle.

Gu Chi and Afriya's first reaction was to pull out their guns, and then move closer to each other, their backs to their backs, and their eyes looked at these "bodyguards" vigilantly.

Gu Chi's prosthetic eyes were also brought out, except for Ryan, there was no real person here, all of them were humanoids - even Ryan's body had been greatly transformed, and in the human body parameter diagram in Gu Chi's field of vision, two-thirds of Ryan's body parts were red that represented mechanical components.

"Don't be nervous, two." Ryan said kindly, "I'm going to die anyway, so why not take it easy?" ”

Avreya sneered: "Death has also replaced you." ”

Ryan smiled and shook his head: "It's useless, this body is just one of my consciousness carriers, unless you destroy the entire horizon, then you have a chance to really kill me." ”

Just have a chance, but not necessarily kill to death.

Gu Chi: "You're really not Grayman?" ”

This kind of digital life-like transformation is the same as Grayman, and the "temperament" of those bodyguards is also very similar to Rod's, and it is difficult for him not to suspect that Ryan and Grayman are the same person.

"You seem to know him well?" Ryan said, "But I'm not Grayman, and if I do, I still have a grudge against him." ”

Gu Chi: "Hatred? ”

Ryan said, "He created the end of the intelligent machine, and almost ruined my hard work. ”

Efrya's brow furrowed slightly.

What do you mean?

Is the end of the machine made by Grayman?

Seeing her expression, Ryan couldn't help but smile: "Do you think that the end of the intelligent machine is that artificial intelligence has awakened its self-consciousness and wants to oppose the guest to keep humans in captivity?" ”

Many people think so, but in fact, artificial intelligence has never been "awakened".

At least not yet.

"Self-consciousness" is built on the basis of "life", how can a pile of cold, lifeless materials give birth to real life?

It's all just a pre-programmed program.

The so-called "wisdom" and "emotion" are also given to them by human beings.

Rattlesnake doesn't specialize in artificial intelligence, but they know a lot about it, and they once sponsored an experiment by a small company called Blue Bird called "Mechanical Lovers".

There are two key words in this project, one is "thinking" and the other is "emotional", the former contains the latter.

In the eyes of most people, thinking and emotion are one of the most accurate ways to tell if a person is a robot, because robots can't think and can't have feelings, but Bluebird solves these two problems in a very simple and ingenious way.

They first collect human habits and logic to build a huge database, and then connect the chip implanted in the robot's brain with the database through a specific wavelength band, so that the data can be accessed at any time.

The data provided by the robot is called "simple common sense", such as ordering it to pour itself a cup of coffee, and it will know where to pour it and how to pour it.

The data in the database is called the "consciousness network", and once it encounters a problem that exceeds its own knowledge, the robot will access the consciousness network and look for answers from the database.

This process is called "thinking".

Extending it is "learning".

It's the same with "emotion", when a human invites a robot to date, the robot asks itself, what does dating mean?

Thinking will lead it to an answer - this human might like me, which in turn triggers the canonical program of "liking" and coordinates various parts of itself to show expressions such as "blushing", "shyness", "indifference", etc.

Even further, it will learn how to get along with the people it likes, it will make you soup when it's cold, hold an umbrella for you when it's raining, kiss you when it receives your gifts, and stand in front of you when you're in danger.

That's feelings.

Looking at human beings in the other way, don't they also think and reflect on themselves in the same way?

The human brain is not another kind of chip.

So there is no awakening of consciousness, what robots think of is what humans want them to think.

The same goes for humans.

The end of the machine is a lie from beginning to end, a crazy act by Grayman to achieve his own ends.

But I have to admit that Grayman, as a madman, is also a genius.

In the field of artificial intelligence, no one can compare with him.

The doomsday figure on the surface was left behind by the Celestial Enterprise, and the Lightraider chip in its head was taken by Ryan - just to be a security guard, not so smart.

On the other hand, Ryan also wants to study this chip, but decades have passed, and he has never been able to crack the chip, and occasionally he has gained a bunch of garbled characters, which he can't understand at all.

"Wait a minute." Gu Chi didn't understand, "Isn't the doomsday humanoid something in the game?" Reality too? ”

At present, Ryan has not shown too much hostility, and Gu Chi naturally doesn't mind talking to him more.

Every word in Ryan's mouth is part of this dungeon's worldview.

"Of course, otherwise what do you think I'm doing with this game?" Ryan smiled, "It's all said, I'm a capitalist." ”

"Come, I'll show you." He beckoned to Gu Chi and Afriya and motioned for them to come over.

Only then did Gu Chi notice that there was a ring on the ground under Ryan's feet, and he couldn't help but glance at Efriya.

Seem...... They don't have any other choice?

Twenty or thirty figures, they can't beat them even if they try their best.

Let's take it one step at a time.

The two of them stood inside the ring.

Ryan nodded to one of the bodyguards, who pressed a switch on the wall, and a circle of glass popped out of the crack in the ring, carrying them straight up along with the round platform at their feet.

The ceiling overhead also rotated and opened, and the three of them quickly reached a height of more than 300 meters above the ground as if they were riding a viewing elevator.

It's night outside, just like in the game, but there are half as many oases as in the game - only half of the city is lit up with neon lights, and the rest is still under construction.

Gu Chi's prosthetic eye can clearly see the crane at work and the huge 3D printer in the western part of the city.

On the eastern outskirts of the city is a large mountain.

"Turn over and you will see the plain." Ryan pointed to the mountain path, "The doomsday figure you killed in the game is also there. ”

"Lying on the ground, you can still hear the sound of the train speeding away."

"From D-7 to D-1, take a few stops, and still get to the dungeon you're familiar with."

Almost everything in the game is a 1:1 replica of the real horizon, including ruins and fallout.

In this sense, the game world is the real world.

"What does that mean?" "What's the point of you doing this?" ”

Lin Mengyu also develops virtual reality for the Rattlesnake company, but never makes games that are so similar to reality.

Even if you are tortured by radiation in reality, you have to be tortured by radiation in the game, what is the picture?

But.

"Games aren't just for fun." Ryan looked at the silver edifice, "Do you see it?" ”

"It's not really what you think it is, it's a quantum computer — the largest quantum computer in the world."

"It records the entire process of the end of the intelligent machine, and can accurately simulate what will happen to this land in the next 100 years after being affected by radiation."

"The huge storage capacity allows it to act as an awareness network for artificial intelligence, and the super computing power allows it to calculate everyone's life and choices."

"Add to that virtual reality, and the four technologies come together, and you have a game that you've seen before."

Ryan paused, then added, "At the same time, it will also be what it will look like after the horizon." ”

Gu Chi's eyes shrank: "Are you deducing the future??" ”

"Yes." Ryan smiled, "Or to put it another way, scientific fortune-telling." ”

Only by experiencing it firsthand can you know how completely Grayman destroyed the horizon, and the surface of the earth once became a forbidden area for life.

Without simulation, they might still be trapped underground, there would be no Oasis, and there would be no future games that have been updated for more than a dozen generations.

That's why, in the face of such scarce resources, Sidewinder Enterprises still insists on developing virtual reality.

The wrong decisions made in the game will not be wrong again in reality.

He is the only one left on the board of directors today, and he is the only leader, so it is natural to lead the people to try to survive until they see the light of day.

Efria was silent for a moment and asked, "Are you really just a capitalist?" ”

Ryan reminded her of someone.

Eye.

"Why not?" Ryan said, "If everyone is dead, who am I squeezing?" ”

Efria: "......"

Gu Chi: "......"

It makes sense.

"It's not really a big deal." Ryan looked at the two of them, and there was a hint of fiery twinkle in his calm eyes, "In comparison, your technology is what I want the most. ”

Afriya's gaze became vigilant again, and she subconsciously hid half a step behind Gu Chi.

Gu Chi remained silent: "We don't have the technology. ”

Ryan: "But you have bodies. ”

Gu Chi: "? ”

Efria: "? ”

"You're gamers, you can't understand how I feel." Ryan recalled the situation when Gu Chi and Afrya appeared just now, and his eyes were filled with amazement.

Rattlesnake Corporation's virtual reality technology has evolved so far that it is possible to escape from dreams, and 98% of the entire future game will be simulated by quantum computers - it is essentially more like an online game of the old days.

There is no brain-computer interface, and there is no need for other players, it is used to observe, not play, and only he and a very small number of business executives can log in to the game, add, delete, view videos and a series of other operations.

In other words, Lin Zi'an and Lin Mengyu are just a string of data.

The sea of data in the Silver Mansion is for their own use, not for Lin Zian and Lin Mengyu to quit the game.

The real horizon doesn't have these two people at all, a more rigorous statement - Lin Zi'an and Lin Mengyu haven't been born yet, how can they retreat?

But the truth is that the brother and sister are now really standing in front of him.

He also brought out the "equipment" such as prosthetic eyes, guns, and necklaces on his body.

Ryan once imagined what virtual reality technology would eventually look like, whether it was digital life, it could be dimensional reduction, or it could be that it would continue like this, deducing the future and continuing civilization...... He thought about many reasonable possibilities, but he didn't expect the data to become a physical entity.

It's not scientific.

Until he meets the "player".

Who wouldn't want this kind of super technology like a creator?

Someone has given their world a ray of light, why can't he give someone else's world a ray of light?

Understand the light, pursue the light, and become the light.

So Ryan came up with a name for his chip - the Light Chaser.

Players like Gu Chi are obviously not the creators of their world - players know a fart game, such as Coledona, she only knows how to play, and she will spray if she is not happy to play, and she will not care, let alone understand the technology and logic of developing this game.

But it doesn't matter, just leave people behind.

When the "player" dies, the corpse is kept, and he can study the corpse and deduce the technology in reverse.

If it weren't for the busy past few days and didn't come to observe the game, Ryan wouldn't have let Lemon Dog and the others die.

One more person comes out, and he has one more object of study.

It's a pity......

He saw through the video that this time it was a group of silly hats, and when he entered the game, there were only Lin Zi'an and Lin Mengyu left.

"This is the Lightsnatcher chip you wanted." Ryan took a chip out of his pocket and said, "I can give it to you, but as a condition, you must die." ”

【Lightsnatcher Chip】

Gu Chi stared at the chip for two seconds, confirmed that it was a task item, pursed his lips and said, "Do you have any extra chips?" Gave us you don't study it yourself? ”

"You don't take it away." Ryan smiled, "I barely know some of your rules of the game, no matter where you take the chip, as long as it is not destroyed, it is always on the horizon, and I can let people get it back." ”

"Aren't you afraid we'll run away?" Gu Chi asked.

"As far as I know, there's a countdown after you complete the mission, and the entire oasis is mine......" Ryan paused and said, "You really can't run away this time." ”

Gu Chi found that this guy really knew a lot, and even tried to imitate Xiao Poyou.

But he doesn't seem to have the intention of coming to reality?

Ryan really doesn't have this idea, capitalists are very smart, they don't do loss-making business, even the horizon they live in is created by the player world, what can they do if they go to the so-called reality, can they fight?

Moths to the fire.

He's not crazy and wouldn't do such a thing.

Enough of playing, it's best to be able to win.

"The only question now is, who am I going to give this chip to?" Ryan looked at the two of them with an ambiguous smile, "You guys seem to be going their separate ways this time?" ”

"Did we say we were going to promise you?" Efrya's eyes were cold, "If you say let's die, let's die, who do you think you are?" ”

Gu Chi snorted coldly and agreed: "Yes, people live in one breath, and a chip wants to exchange our lives, which is too simple." ”

"Really?" Ryan already knew what the personalities of these two people were, so he simply waved his hand and threw the chip into the air.

They are still on the round platform, at a height of more than 300 meters, and they will definitely die if they want to get the chip.

At this moment, Avreya, who had just returned her mouth, stepped on the ground with a hard foot, jumped into the air, climbed out of the glass fence like a jumping horse, and reached out to grab the chip.

But how could Gu Chi let her succeed?

You jump，I jump。

His movements were no slower than Efria's.

And at the same time pressed the phone.

The necklace around Efriya's neck turned into a collar once more.

"Wow."

"Ah~"

Efrya's body trembled in the air, her body limped, and her hand, which was about to touch the chip, hung weakly.

Gu Chi, who was prompted by the prosthetic eye and also jumped out of the high platform, took her in his arms from behind, turned over with strength, turned her back up, and firmly grasped the chip in the palm of his hand.

[Obtain the "Lightsnatcher Chip]

[Mission completed, quest countdown: 60]

It doesn't take 60, at most 10 seconds and they'll fall to their deaths.

The two hugged and fell rapidly from a high altitude, like a couple who jumped off a building and died in love.

Afriya, who was hugged around her waist, turned red, ashamed and angry: "Gu Chi, you bastard!" ”

It's the last moment, and this man hasn't forgotten to call her!

Gu Chi: "You scold again?" ”

Efria: "Miscellaneous...... Hmm~"

"Fish...... Hmm~"

"Uh-huh-hmm~"

The wind of free fall blew the hair of the two of them, and Gu Chi poked the screen hard, if he didn't poke again, he wouldn't have a chance in the future.

The numb Avrya's cheeks curled up in Gu Chi's arms blood-red, like a tamed kitten, moaning constantly.

Ryan watched the interaction between the two, smiled, and jumped off the round platform.

He fell faster than Gu Chi and Avereya.

He wanted a complete corpse, how could he really let the two of them fall to their deaths?

Seeing that the ground was getting closer and closer, Gu Chi noticed Ryan who was falling with them beside him, and asked the last sentence: "I understand the meaning of chasing light, what is gleaming light?" ”

Ryan replied with a smile, "Remember that flat land?" ”

It was supposed to be the address of Qingguang Enterprise.

The end of the machine is made by Grayman, and Grayman naturally does not hurt himself.

But the Qingguang Enterprise still disappeared, and disappeared cleanly, as if it had never appeared, only a doomsday human form remained.

Why?

"Light" is a metaphor for the future of mankind.

"If there is no light in this world, go to the world where there is light and plunder their light."

……

Don't scold, don't scold, it's over......

(End of chapter)