Thousands of miles away, the ancient city of Jinling, Liyushan Cemetery.

Dense tombstones, hidden in the verdant mountain forest, most of the stone monuments behind a cedar plant, meaning eternal sleep and peace and happiness.

On such days when there is no festival, few people come to the cemetery to pay their respects.

Today, however, there is a special case, a tall young man standing at a secluded corner halfway up the mountainside.

Sword eyebrows and starry eyes, high nose bridge, tough facial features, and quite handsome appearance!

He was no more than thirty years old, wearing a black down jacket and carrying a large brown paper bag, from which he slowly pulled out a bouquet of flowers, a box of salted duck and a bag of popping candy.

"Su Qianqian, labor and management dreamed of you again last night, you were clamoring to eat salted goose and jumping candy, so I bought it for you early in the morning."

The man put things neatly one by one, opened the lid with his hand, and immediately exuded a strong aroma of food.

He wasn't too dirty, and sat on the steps in front of the tombstone, babbling.

"My mother introduced me to a few blind dates, but unfortunately none of them are like you, what if I can't even look down on them?"

"The company's development is good, I opened another rice franchise store in Xuanwu Lake District, Rebus has not been a monkey in the past two years, and rice mobile phones can be bought casually."

"Shallow, this is the latest rice MIX2-S version, and I don't even need a charger, right?"

The man said as he unscrewed a bottle of liquor and gulped it down.

After a while, his eyes were red, his vision was blurred, and the small sobs slowly turned into howls.

He and Su Qianqian are both natives of Jinling, childhood sweethearts, met in kindergarten, fell in love on the university campus, and when they were about to enter the wedding hall three years after graduation, Su Qianqian had an accident on the plane.

In the eyes of outsiders, it took him two years to come out completely, but in fact, he missed Su Qianqian every minute and every second.

Working hard and trying to make money, just to numb the nerves and get yourself out of painful memories temporarily.

"Su Qianqian, your special words don't count, you promised to give labor and management two children, but you left me alone......"

The man whimpered and cried, holding a palm-sized photo frame in his hand, and in the photo was a bright and sunny girl, with long hair like a waterfall, and a sweet smile.

The light blue floral dress is deeply imprinted in the depths of memory.

"Su Qianqian, I want to start over, please, don't appear in my dreams again......"

The man said intermittently, "bang", the wine bottle slipped out of his hand, and he wanted to take out the girl's photo and press it under the flowers with the help of the slightly drunken wine.

Say goodbye to his youth, after all, life has to go on, and he can't live in memories forever.

It's just that when he saw the text behind the photo, he couldn't cry for a moment and clutched the frame tightly to his chest.

"Happy birthday, Mr. Zhou! Hurry up and marry me! ”

In my mind, the girl who was like a white moonlight appeared again!

In the quiet and empty cemetery, a heart-rending cry sounded, and the old man guarding the tomb shrank his neck in fright, and muttered: "In broad daylight, can you still make trouble?" ”

……

On the other hand, the new product launch conference of Future Technology is still ongoing.

At the glittering scene, Zhang Nan stood confidently and said eloquently: "Building an immortal virtual world requires a lot of investment, technology and hardware facilities. ”

"First of all, the construction of a digital virtual world is a huge and complex project, from software development, server rental, network bandwidth, hardware equipment, personnel salaries, to consciousness information transmission, virtual human construction process, funding is definitely indispensable.

We have invested a total of 17 billion US dollars before and after, using AI, VR and AR technology to create a new Earth Star World in the digital storage space! ”

When Zhang Nan said this, he pressed the controller, and the large LED screen immediately switched the screen, showing an antique town in all directions from top to bottom.

"Where is this?"

"The picture and details are so realistic, and the pedestrians on the road are no different from real people, is this the human-making technology of future technology?"

"Chunshen! I know, this is Mr. Chen's hometown! ”

The audience in the audience talked a lot, as the scale of Shanhai Group became larger and larger, Chen Heyu, as the founder, had more than 20 years of life experience in front of him, and was picked up by reporters.

Chunshen, an unknown town in the central region, has become more and more famous, and the number of tourists it receives has skyrocketed every year.

It is not surprising that it was recognized by some journalists.

"That's right! The virtual city in the video is indeed Chunshen! In the first phase, the R&D team built a total of 1,636 county-level cities, mainly covering Dahua District, Euro Island and Beiberry Island. ”

Zhang Nan smiled faintly.

"Secondly, in terms of the technology stack, we fused Moss Graphics 4.0 and AI Games 4.0 to create objects, scenes, and characters in the virtual world, and every strand of hair and every inch of skin tone was as consistent as I am.

Using a normal display to experience the interactive design feels like a character from a movie is communicating with us in real time.

Moss intelligent programming software, which is responsible for building the logical functions of the virtual world; Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies are paired with the Dream Game Pod for an immersive user experience.

The entry of each immortal user will generate a huge flow of information, and the communication between virtual humans will also create a large amount of behavioral and ideological data, so a stable network system and physical database are indispensable.

In the next step, Yunkun Space is preparing to deploy a communications satellite matrix capable of supplying global Internet services in low-Earth orbit, which is expected to be completed by 2021. ”

Zhang Nan said frankly.

Communication Satellite Matrix?

This is exactly the same as Space M's Starlink plan!

Reporters at home and abroad can't help but have countless questions in their hearts, daring to engage in the Internet constellation plan in Dahua District is equivalent to wanting to ride on the head of the three major operators, Shanhai Group is so bullish?

You know, a small WIFI function has gone through twists and turns.

"Finally, in order to support the operation of large-scale digital virtual worlds, it is necessary to have the appropriate hardware infrastructure, including powerful server clusters, high-performance computing equipment, network bandwidth, and storage systems.

In addition, if you want to experience the most realistic virtual reality technology, you will need to purchase a Dream Gaming Headset Version 2.1......"

Zhang Nan is colorful.

Privately, Shanhai Group has also built a super-large water-cooled server cluster under the water of Wandao Lake, because the server is overheated, it is easy to cause information loss, and the high temperature generated by hundreds of billions or trillions of information flows, if it is cooled by air conditioning, it is too waste of power resources.

However, the perennial low temperature and constant temperature environment of Wandao Lake can play an excellent heat dissipation effect.

If it weren't for data security, Chen Heyu would even want to build the database in the Arctic Circle, which would have cost less.

Of course, it may be necessary to further optimize the heating problems caused by high-speed data transmission only by mastering the superconducting materials at room temperature.

"There are currently 14,800 indigenous people in the immortal virtual world, all of which are generated using AI models...... Wang Qiang, please say hello to everyone. ”

Zhang Nan continued to add.

As soon as the screen turned, I saw a young man in his twenties, wearing a set of sportswear, smiling at the audience: "Wow! There are so many audiences at the press conference, I count, 4257 people, don't you think it's crowded? ”

"Can he see us?"

"Is this a pre-programmed program or is it a real-time exchange of information?"

“Oh My God！ I must be watching a sci-fi movie! ”

In the hall, there was an uproar, and an incredible look burst out of his eyes.

Some computer and physical scientists are meditating on the principles behind the 'immortal system'.

3D graphics engine technology!

Virtual Reality Technology!

Real-time physics engine technology!

Modeling & Animation Techniques!

Artificial intelligence technology!

Network technology!

Database technology!

These are the core plates of the large-scale digital virtual world, which together form a complete system, and need to be constantly iterated and optimized, and the complexity and redundancy of the data volume are beyond everyone's imagination.

"I'm a procedural being, but I also have my own judgment, and as I did just now, I can know the number of people in the audience by simply calling on the camera.

The presence of microphones and speakers also allows me to communicate with everyone on an equal footing. ”

Wang Qiang, a digital man, said with a smile.

The reason why he was named Wang Qiang is also Chen Heyu's bad taste, and he chose a name with the highest reputation in the country.

By this time, Zhang Nan's work had been completed and he quietly retreated to his seat.

Allowing digital people and social media reporters to talk, frankly speaking, a virtual person who is integrated with a lot of information technology will not have a lower amount of emotional intelligence art and knowledge reserve when speaking than a normal person.

Stephen Horting, Günter Lobel, Paul Boyer and Thomas Stey in the audience were all in high spirits, and the intelligence of 'Wang Qiang' far exceeded their expectations.

Outside the window, the sky is getting dark, the lights are on, the neon is flashing, and the atmosphere in the hall is still hot.

During the half-hour chat, the logical thinking and independent personality shown by 'Wang Qiang' made people exclaim impossible.

Even the Q&A session of the media was handed over to 'Wang Qiang', and he still handled it with ease.

"Can you influence the real world through the internet?"

A reporter from the beautiful country science and technology magazine "Wired" asked.

"Yes! The Internet is amazing, I can use micro-signals, use email, and communicate with people in the real world without barriers.

In fact, if the system allows, I can still get a well-paid programmer job with my excellent programming skills......"

'Wang Qiang' said to himself, completely ignoring the shocked mood of the audience.

A virtual human still wants to work?

What is the meaning of human existence?

Obviously, Shanhai Group is aware of this problem, and in the setting of the program, it prohibits digital humans from interfering in the real world and encroaching on the job opportunities of ordinary people.

At this time, the audience sitting in front of the TV and computer was all confused, and the research and development level of the immortal virtual world has obviously raised the level of the metaverse by several grades.

Looking back at High Fidelity and Sansar, it's ridiculously crude and cheap!

It wasn't until 7 p.m. that the five-hour launch event ended, which was the longest launch event in history.

People from all walks of life who walked out of the conference hall did not show a sense of exhaustion, but were full of excitement and excitement.

These people seem to have witnessed the arrival of a science fiction era!

Late that night, a large number of news reports made in a hurry made the headlines of major portals, and the homepages of Funny, Pilot, and Shanhai Videos were all interview videos of the digital person 'Wang Qiang'.

"The first virtual human is about to be born, are you willing to live forever after the body disappears?"

"Stephen Hotting will undergo microelectrode biochip implantation surgery tomorrow in Yancheng Shanhai Hospital, and choose to live forever in the cloud!"

"The check-in fee of 66,000 Chinese dollars, the technical service fee of 2,888 yuan per year, is it New World or Electronic Graveyard?"

"The international market fee standard is released! The account opening fee is 18,000 US dollars, and the technical service fee is 2,888 US dollars per year! ”

"Shanhai Group announced! It will provide data services in the digital world for engineering academicians from all over the world forever and free of charge! ”

The hot search has swept the world, impacting the psychology of countless people, whether they can enter heaven after death or not, but if you want to enter the immortal virtual world, you just need to give money.

At the same time, Chen Heyu also met Stephen Hotting and his youngest son Timothy in Shanhai Hospital.

"I very much appreciate Mr. Hotting's decision, in addition to the symbolic charge of 10,000 US dollars, after your death, I will also hire you at a price of 20,000 US dollars per month to become a visiting professor on Shanhai Video Education Channel, to spread your knowledge to students around the world, with a contract period of 20 years."

Chen Heyu said lightly.

Money doesn't matter, but the allure of preaching and solving doubts is undoubtedly scratching Stephen's itch.

"Didn't Mr. Chen say that digital humans are forbidden to work in the real world?"

Hotting asked, using Moss Ai glasses.

"In my opinion, Mr. Hotin is not an ordinary digital person, the rules are dead, I am the boss, and I naturally have the final say."

Chen Heyu said with a smile.

He looked at Huo Ting's eyes with a strange look, as if he were looking at another commodity, and it was like a delicacy.

Being able to catch the big fish of Hotin was also something he didn't expect.

When you set a good example, you will be able to attract a steady stream of physicists, chemists, biologists, astronomers, geographers and medical scientists in the future.

The evolution speed of Moss intelligence will grow at a geometric rate!

After obtaining Hotting's consent, the whole implantation operation was made public, and the dying Hotting, who was obviously unable to withstand the toss.

Even with the world's top surgeons and nursing team, Hotting barely left the operating room.

Fortunately, everything went well, and Hotting, who had been recuperating for a week, immediately used a biochip to continuously upload brain wave signals to the server, including his life's growth experience, knowledge and scientific experience.

David Loefelle spent 1 billion US dollars and only got a half-finished product, and Stephen Horting is the first virtual person in the real sense of the human race.

As for the annual income of 240,000 US dollars, it was also generously donated by Hotting.

Because his children are basically successful in their careers, the eldest son works at the Weisoft Research Institute, the eldest daughter is a well-known writer in the fog country, and the younger son works in Leho and does not need this money.

“999！ I can only say that it has been six times, and the account opening fee of 66,000 is really unaffordable! ”

"One more takeaway! Work hard for the next life! ”

"With $17 billion and huge annual maintenance costs, will Future Technology really be able to recoup its costs?"

"Please! The account opening fee and technical service fee are just the basics, if you want to live the life of a villa luxury car in the eternal virtual world, banknotes are indispensable! ”

Just when netizens were still hesitating, a young man in Jinling City rushed to the Lucheng office overnight. (End of chapter)