Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 16 Conversation
It's a little bit bad.

The man in the felt hat thought.

As one of the most famous online domains, [Thousand Star City] is not just a simple online virtual city.

In a sense, [Thousand Star City] is also a decentralized blockchain system. Basically, every real area has its own Thousand Star City, similar to a local area network.

Just like the stars together make up the brilliant starry sky, all the scattered Thousand Star Cities added together form the true "City of a Thousand Stars".

With a network of this scale, some even say that the Thousand Star City is not built by a certain person or organization, but by a group of artificial intelligence.
However, considering the "Freedom Revolution" initiated decades ago by a group of artificial intelligences that awakened their "self-awareness" and called for their own rights, which was once very popular but was quickly crushed by giant companies, as well as the strict artificial intelligence laws that were subsequently introduced, the man in the felt hat does not believe this statement in his heart.

all in all.

Although there are many [Thousand Star Cities] in this world, for most people, the difficulty of entering another Thousand Star City directly from one Thousand Star City in the [Abyss] is much greater than moving to the corresponding area in reality and then entering another Thousand Star City from the corresponding area.

So, this person seemed so familiar with Thousand Star City, but according to the registration time, it was clearly his first time entering the Thousand Star City in the Palose area.

Two possibilities.

Either someone informed them about Thousand Star City in advance, but in this case, that person should have accompanied them in and helped them get familiar with the place. After all, entering and exiting Thousand Star City is not a hassle.

Or, someone from outside.

Able to cross the dangerous "wasteland" outside the city and reach Palose, while getting familiar with and entering the underground anonymous trading community of [Thousand Star City] at the first time.
Dangerous person.

Even if there is an anonymous service to conceal my identity, I don't want to get involved at all.

I just want to make some money, but I don’t want to get involved in anything inexplicable - sometimes, just hearing a word, seeing a photo, or seeing a scene will be considered a "way to death."

These thoughts only lasted for a moment.

"Oops——"

Thinking of this, the man in the felt hat laughed and tried to break free from the other person's hand.

But soon, he was surprised to find that no matter what method he used, he could not break free.

--How can it be?

I am a psychic!
Expensive luxury deep-diving chambers, huge computing power rooms, carefully configured calculation services, and heavily optimized adaptive programs - these are things only rich people can afford. Most people only have ordinary deep-diving equipment and can make do with the Internet.

therefore.

Limited by the performance of personal devices, most people's virtual "avatar programs" on the Internet cannot fully demonstrate their real physical strength. Even if they can use prosthetic limbs to punch through a concrete wall in real life, the "avatar program" on the virtual network may only be slightly stronger than an ordinary person.

However, due to the characteristics of the [Abyss], psychic energy can affect the strength of the "stand program".

If the equipment is not enough, psychic power can be used.

I am a first-level psychic on the path of [Consensus]. Although I use civilian equipment with poor performance, relying on my first-level psychic powers, my "stand-in program" is much stronger than that of ordinary people!
And now, he couldn't even break free from the other person's hand!

No.
My strength is much stronger than the opponent's. The reason why I can't break free is because of the way the opponent uses his hands to grab me? Sanda? Or something else?
Damn it! What era is this? Why are there still people practicing natural human fighting techniques?
"Wait a mininute."

Song Shi put one hand on the felt hat man's shoulder and pointed upwards with the other hand: "Personally, I don't recommend you to quit Qianxing City now, because I think it's better to make friends than to make others unhappy."

“Actually, I want to make friends too.”

The man in the felt hat was not annoyed when the other party discovered his plan. He still smiled brightly: "It's just that I really have something urgent to do now. Next time we meet, I will definitely buy you a drink. There is a really good bar in this place. I recommend you try their Scarlet Dragon Breath."

"So that's how it is." Song Shi sighed, and suddenly released his hand: "Okay, I'll remember what you said."

"but……"

"A first-level psychic who follows the "consensus" path. Considering that you have come to Thousand Star City to make money, you are probably an illegal psychic who has not reported to the United Government and received special talent subsidies."

"In Palose, such people are indeed very rare and hard to find."

"Ah, it's rare for us to meet, but since you have something urgent to do, I'll have to go drink with you next time."

At this moment, the expression of the man in the felt hat finally changed.

Subconsciously, he wanted to talk some more nonsense, but the moment these words came out of his mouth, he swallowed them back.

Based on the intuition of the first link [consensus], he had a hunch that the other party was not lying to him.

But how is that possible?

How did the other party see that? ! How could he see that? !
In the two years since he became a first-ring psychic, no one has been able to detect his psychic identity in the "net domain"!
No, it's better to say.

How can someone tell if someone is a psychic on the Internet? !

"But even though there is something urgent——"

"——But, I love making friends the most. Nothing is more important than friends!"

As his thoughts raced, the man in the felt hat stopped the last step of leaving Thousand Star City, changed his words in an instant, and even put his arm around Song Shi's shoulder.

But when he put his arm around her shoulders, he lowered his voice and said quickly, "Let's talk somewhere else."

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Thousand Star City (Palosser area).

Online bar, Bluestone Forest.

In a room that applied for "private conversation service", Song Shi and the man in the felt hat sat opposite each other.

Of course, the room fee was paid by the latter.

"I said."

The man in the felt hat asked tentatively, "My friend, do you have anything to say about friends?"

He didn't start with his habitual rambling.

Because "real identity" is too sensitive in an anonymous community like Thousand Star City.

It is true that the other party does not really know yet, but the scope of "first-ring illegal psychics, [consensus] path, male" is terrifying enough!

Considering that this was said by the other party himself, he had no doubt that the other party possessed the corresponding level of information collection capabilities. Even if the other party did not, didn't he have hacker accomplices who specialized in information warfare?

Open the box, issue the household registration, door-to-door service
Involuntarily, a series of nouns flashed through the mind of the man in the felt hat, and he felt a chill all over his body.

"Recommend a few weapon dealers in Thousand Star City, and the situation of Palose in recent years."

Song Shi put away his smile: "Tell me everything you know, and then I will tell you how I figured it out."

(End of this chapter)