Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

October [-]th, the first working day after the National Day holiday.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, when Ke Jingguo, an academician of the Institute of Brain Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, rushed to the Brain Intelligence Center, an expert in psychological and cognitive science research, a professor of the Cognitive Department of Peking University, and a young and middle-aged university student of the Brain Science and Intelligent Technology Innovation Center Niu and so on have been sitting in a room.

"Old Ke is here."

The person who presided over the meeting was Lu Yiyun, the director of Brain Intelligence Center - Brain Science and Intelligent Technology Innovation Center. He just turned 40 years old. The master of the patent.

Well, Ke Jingguo was also a former student.

"Little Lu, don't be polite, let's start quickly." Even when he saw his students, Academician Ke didn't intend to greet him in the slightest. He raised his hand to stop Lu Yiyun who was about to greet him, and found a seat for himself to sit down.

"Okay." Lu Yiyun didn't mention Ke Lao's temperament, and immediately turned on the projector without talking nonsense.

Under the watchful eyes of all the scientists, what was projected on the whiteboard... was a picture of a laboratory.

A young man sat obediently and let the researchers put a patch on his head.

Then, the young man with a series of patches connected to his head carefully put on a motorcycle helmet that was full of plastic and was connected to his mobile phone with a data cable. Down.

This helmet appeared in the screen, and the corners of the mouths of all scientists who have a certain understanding of brain science research and the field of brain nerves are twitching.

Such a "neural access device" and "brain wave receiver" that look like they were modified from motorcycle helmets are actually more powerful than the set of equipment used by Hawking. It makes people wonder what they are going to face. A scientific question or a metaphysical question!

In the picture, after the young man lay down, he performed a second sleep on the spot, and the snoring sounded...

The researchers quickly recorded the young man's brain wave data and various physical signs.

A few minutes later, the young man suddenly woke up and had a few conversations with the researchers.

After speaking, the young man once again performed Second Sleep on the spot...

"The young man who cooperated with us in the experiment is a family member of a staff member of our Brain Intelligence Center." Lu Yiyun paused the screen, and said to the crowd, "Six days ago, this family member got a game from a game studio through the Internet. I bought this helmet for 300 yuan, and used it three days ago, on October [-]th, to log into an independent VR game called "Alien World", which I claimed to be independently developed."

"The next thing is the screen recorded by this family member from the VR game on the [-]th day with his 'game character' as the first perspective." Lu Yiyun introduced, and released another screen.

When this scene came out, even if the big cows in the room had watched similar videos before coming, they couldn't help being dumbfounded...

On the big screen, the blue sky, white clouds and green distant mountains are displayed extremely clearly. In the old town that has been abandoned for many years, there are vivid skeletons with various strange IDs on their heads running wildly back and forth...

When the "eyes" of the young man recording the video rested on the large group of skeletons, Lu Yiyun paused the picture.

"On the morning of the [-]th, this kind of video was uploaded on the Internet on a large scale. In the afternoon of the [-]th, we invited this family member to cooperate with us. After obtaining the original video material, we specially asked forensic experts from the Public Security University to watch it..." Lu Yiyunshen Taking a breath, "The expert's conclusion is that all the recorded...skeletons are not like virtual models, but more like real human skeletons."

The scientists in the room showed solemn expressions one by one.

"Through the fairly clear pictures in the video, experienced forensic doctors can identify the gender characteristics of a certain skeleton, such as the one facing the camera, the female characteristics of the pelvic bone structure are very obvious." Lu Yiyun understood his conclusion and said What does it mean to come out? Seriously, "The most important point is that forensic experts believe that no two skeletons recorded in the video are exactly the same."

Academician Ke frowned, and subconsciously turned his gaze to the old professor sitting next to him.

Guan Guomin, director of the Department of Psychology and Cognition at Peking University, is also looking at him solemnly.

The two looked at each other, did not speak, and continued to concentrate on listening to Lu Yiyun's introduction.

Lu Yiyun had already switched to the next screen, and what appeared in the screen... were several weird skeletons wearing short-sleeved cotton T-shirts and big shorts.

Surrounded by these skeletons was a middle-aged man with a grumpy expression who could tell he was holding back his anger.

This middle-aged man was not Asian. His facial bones and facial features were of mixed Slavic and Latin American race, and his limb proportions were similar to those of blacks.

Of course, what Lu Yiyun paid attention to was not this "NPC", but the fantasy-style clothing and attire worn by the NPC, as well as the novice outfits of the skeletons.

After showing the dynamic performance of the respective clothing when the player interacts with the NPC, Lu Yiyun paused the screen and said in a deep voice: "For the cloth material and wrinkle changes of the clothing shown in this part of the clip, we respectively connected with the North American side to study the fabric of the Unreal Engine. Material experts, as well as the domestic AI physics engine clothing material and fabric laboratory, have come to the conclusion that... even the world's top laboratories are difficult to provide this perfect display of instant changes in fabric materials and fabric wrinkles Run the calculus."

After a pause, Lu Yiyun added: "Experts from both parties believe that it is no problem to make CG with this kind of realistic cloth calculation, but if you want to achieve real-time calculation, you must use a supercomputer as a server."

And it's just the fabric...

The so-called obedient listening, Lu Yiyun said so much, the scientists in this room can understand what she wants to say - the world's top laboratories are unable to achieve real-time calculation of the black technology of cloth physical performance, a mere self-proclaimed "self-developed "The "independent VR game" can actually do it; Lu Yiyun, who is an expert in the field of AI intelligent technology research, has reservations about this with the rigorous attitude that a scientist must maintain.

Ke Jingguo silently nodded.

He can understand Lu Yiyun very well. As an expert in brain science research, he is also very unbelievable that brain waves can be connected to "online games" set up in different places through such a simple "receiver", and can complete a series of complicated tasks in the game. The black technology of the operation can actually exist in reality, and what's even more ridiculous is that it was created by a group of folks who call themselves "game production teams"!

Where to put the scientist's face!

However, goose scientists must have a rigorous scientific attitude. Even if they vomit, they must still maintain an objective and neutral position. Therefore, scientists including Lu Yiyun will not categorically deny it...

Lu Yiyun, who did not use specific words to express his position, then showed three "real shot" clips provided by the family members of the employees of the Brain Intelligence Center.

These three clips are all based on the "human NPC" in the game. They are the first paragraph where they are angered by the player's words, and even the tone becomes hard, the second paragraph is chasing the player with a weapon, and The most important third paragraph - the player harassed the NPC to eat, rudely picked up the food eaten by the NPC "with bare hands" to observe, and was hacked to death by the NPC...

Although the scene was not bloody, it was brutal, and the scientists were all stunned.

If the emotional expression and language response that are no different from living people can barely be classified as "the game production team has some means to use the supercomputer as a real-time calculation server", then the food eaten by the NPC is actually the same as that in real life. It’s the same, and they are all common products in supermarkets, so it’s weird—although the packaging is removed and put on a plate, but no matter how you look at it, this NPC eats starchy ham sausage and breakfast bread! !

Amidst the incredible faces of the scientists in the room, Lu Yiyun with a strange expression... took out a document with the official seal of the national security top secret.

"This is the result of the investigation of the origin of the login helmet released by the game "Outsider World"..." Lu Yiyun swallowed, took out a stack of A4 papers from the file bag, and placed it under the slide projector.

"The origin of this batch of helmets was between September 25 and October 18. They were sent from a suburban house in An City, G Province. The sender and the rented house left the same person's ID card, household registration After investigation by the police, it was confirmed that the registered identity document belonged to a dishonest executor, who was arrested in [-] on suspicion of violating the law, and I am still in the detention center, so his identity should have been fraudulently used.”

Speaking of this, Lu Yiyun took a deep breath, and his face became even more strange: "The local police conducted a field visit to the place where the helmet leaked yesterday. After contacting the landlord of the private house, nearby neighbors, and surrounding restaurants, it was confirmed that... since the middle of last month, There is only one man between [-] and [-] years old who has rented the private house and has been in and out for a long time."

scientists:"?!"

"Alone?!" Ke Jingguo exclaimed out of composure.

"Yes, there is only one person." Lu Yiyun's expression was indescribably weird, "In addition, the internet police department cooperated with the investigation and obtained the online shopping records of this suspect who pretended to be someone else's identity within a month, and confirmed that this person separated within a month. I bought [-] anti-stress plastic motorcycle helmets online, [-] non-printed white T-shirts produced by small manufacturers in Guangzhou and Guangzhou, [-] pairs of overalls cropped pants... I also ordered [-] pairs of denim pockets from a prison, Five hundred faux leather backpacks."

scientists:"??"

"It can't be, the one worn by the skeleton in that game, right?!" Ke Jingguo's voice was trembling.

"That's the one." Lu Yiyun said solemnly.

Scientists, dumbfounded...

"Also... through investigating the expenditure records of the fraudulently used identity, the local police discovered... that the man who pretended to be someone else has reached a cooperation with the local offline supermarket to regularly purchase expired products that have been removed from the offline supermarket's shelves." Lu Yiyun Swallowing again, "The supermarket clerk confirmed that the expired goods purchased by this man include various breads, instant noodles, biscuits, energy bars, starchy ham...etc."

Scientists, dumbfounded...

"Little, little Lu." Ke Jingguo stood up excitedly, and said in a trembling voice, "No, didn't you alarm this person?"

"During the time when the local police cooperated with the national security investigation, they did not alert the person under investigation." Lu Yiyun's words were still very strict and calm.

Well... of course this is also because the scientist has already been shocked...

All the scientists in the room erupted immediately, and all kinds of mandarin with a slight accent rang out.

"Everyone be quiet." Lu Yiyun quickly raised his hand, "The leader's opinion is that we hope we can unify our opinions and come up with a safe plan. No matter what kind of contact plan we adopt...the leader will refer to our opinions."

Her words were still very rigorous and watertight, but the meaning was already very clear—it’s not that the leader doesn’t know what the black technology exposed by this mysterious person means, and she won’t rashly intervene in it. Everything is based on the needs of the domestic scientific research field. consider!

Only then did the scientists calm down...

Regardless of whether the black technology of the game "Outsider World" is mastered by a group of people or one person, and whether this person is a civil science researcher or a scientific researcher with an unknown background, since this person is in China and claims to be a domestic People, it is all about fighting for cooperation and learning opportunities!

Those engaged in serious scientific research are different from those engaged in literature, art and literature. Scientists who can reach the top domestic and international levels do not have the spirit to become kings in enclosures-it is not good to have that energy to do other things!

The world would be doomed if scientists were as academically powerful as some people in the literary world are! (PS: There is no hint, don’t over-interpret _(:з”∠)_)

"Little Lu, where's the login helmet?" Ke Jingguo asked eagerly.

"With the family's consent, we tried to dismantle the helmets. Unfortunately, I don't know if these helmets have been processed by special technology. The part that is in contact with the back of the head seems to have been processed into one piece. It cannot be disassembled without violent means." Lu Yiyun said regretfully, "After leaving the relevant data and X-scan pictures, due to the strong request of the family, they have been returned."

As she spoke, she projected the physical map of the helmet and the X-scanned picture on the screen with a slide projector.

The scientists couldn't sit still anymore, they got up one after another, gathered around the screen to watch the discussion...

In the X-ray pictures, it can be seen that some things have been added to the part of the helmet that fits the back of the head. Unfortunately, the key parts seem to be isolated by lead-containing substances, and the internal structure cannot be seen.

"It would be great if I could get a helmet and study it!" Ke Jingguo said, looking at Lu Yiyun with piercing eyes.

Lu Yiyun nodded and said: "It's a pity that these helmets already have owners. We have tried, and the second person who has applied for a personal ID on the game's official website when using the helmet for the first time cannot successfully connect after wearing the helmet. At present, We have arranged for staff to contact the other party through the game's official website forum, hoping to apply for an account and helmet as a 'player', but there has been no reply."

Ke Jingguo heard that she was euphemistically saying that "the family members of the Brain Intelligence Center are not willing to donate their helmets for science", and immediately put on a straight face.

Lu Yiyun couldn't help it, she also really wanted to take the helmet apart to have a look, but the young man's cooperation with the experiment was already at his limit, and he threatened to climb to the top of the highest scientific research building in the Brain Intelligence Center to live broadcast and jump off the building if he threatened to steal his helmet. room for compromise...

Seeing that Mr. Ke didn't accept her explanation and seemed about to lose his temper, Lu Yiyun hurriedly remedied it: "Don't worry, Mr. Ke, we are actively contacting the players who own the helmet. If we can persuade the players to transfer it, we will have the opportunity to disassemble it for research."

Ke Jingguo's expression softened a lot.

If the leader hadn't clearly pointed out that the Brain Intelligence Center would take charge of the work, or if the Brain Intelligence Center had sent Lu Yiyun, his former student and whom he recognized, Ke Jingguo's temper might have been "forceful" to intervene. As for the "command power", anyway, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has sufficient funds and a rich talent pool, so you can start working immediately after spending money and two helmets.

On the other hand, Yang Qiu didn't know that he had been investigated to the bottom in just two days...

Even if he knows, he is not afraid. Anyway, he is the only one in the "production team", and the identity he uses is still the identity of the buyer; and in the final analysis, he has not done anything illegal, although selling the helmet seems to be an illegal fundraising However, it is impossible for the player who bought the helmet to complain and report him anyway—not to mention that he can run away at any time, even if he is invited to drink tea, it is just a matter of going to the police uncle for two meals.

At this moment, Yang Qiu is sitting in the town hall of the exile town, watching with a smile the players are scheming around the four bidding products that will be released today...

As of [-]:[-] pm on October [-]th, earth time, I took medicine for three days, and even took a day off on weekdays. Finally, I ranked fourth and gained a good reputation.

After pulling up the reputation bar, he squatted at the construction site of the ranger mentor, waiting eagerly for the fifth person to appear.

Squatting beside me like giving me medicine, there are also the top three liver emperors, and the boss who spent money to buy the bidding rights for two of them.

These two bosses are both carrying the new leather shoulder bag that the sewing NPC put on the shelves, which is currently the symbol of the "RMB warrior" in the game-for players who can't get out of the town of exile, this shoulder bag has only one function: to hold money.

The shoulder bag of the same style is also carrying one for me to take medicine...

After waiting for a short time, two players rushed towards the ranger mentor to hand in the task at the same time.

Then... the player who handed in the task first cursed "I'm stupid" angrily, and the player who handed in the last one smiled happily.

The four liver emperors, including giving me the medicine, showed sympathetic expressions... Obviously, the player who handed in the task first miscalculated his effective working hours. Although he handed in the task first, the prestige given during the settlement was not enough.

"The effective working hours are really too bad, especially for those who earn reputation." Miaobi Shenghua, who accompanied me to take the medicine and squatted waiting for the result, said with emotion.

"Yes." Nodding while giving me the medicine, "The effective working hours are less than one hour, and the copper coins given will remain the same, but the reputation will be deducted. I suffered a loss yesterday, and I miscalculated by a few minutes. As a result, Tuttle only Counting 60% of the prestige for me as a passing grade, it’s a blood loss.”

Except for the task of collecting materials, which has no time limit and can be handed in as long as enough materials are collected, other brick-moving tasks have "effective working hours" restrictions.

If you don't paddle, or do not paddle too obviously to complete the task for one hour (game time), advanced NPCs and zombie NPCs will give you enough "wages".

If the time is calculated incorrectly, each effective working hour is less than one hour, and if the difference is more than 10 minutes, the NPC will refuse to settle the settlement; if the difference is less than 10 minutes, the "salary" will also be paid, but the NPC will refuse to pay within a certain period of time. You send a task - for example, if you complete the task for three and a half hours at a time, the NPC will pay you for four hours, but then there will be one hour of game time to ignore you.

If it is a high-level NPC, the prestige value that should have been given to 100 will be deducted, and only a guaranteed 60 prestige points will be given...

Gathering together the five liver emperors, ranger instructor Tuttle Joe immediately took out three crystals strung together with beast tendons and engraved with the magic rune of "Camouflage Phantom", announcing that after half an hour (game time) the five friendly players Then you can bid for the "Fraud Orb".

Give me medicine and wonderful pens, two players with a potential value of more than 40 points and activated the initial skill "Appraisal", immediately threw the skill at the "Deceitful Orb" held by Tuttle Joe in a very player-quality manner .

"Orb of Deceit"

"Equipment Effect: Allows the wearer to acquire the active skill 'Camouflage Phantom'."

"'Camouflage Phantom' has a 50% chance of being seen through by intelligent creatures whose potential value is 30% higher than the wearer's."

Give me the medicine and said excitedly: "Damn it, the name of the equipment is blue, it's blue equipment! It's the same level as Tuttle's bow!"

Among the players, there are 30 people who have activated the initial skill "Appraisal". The NPCs in the exile town have been appraised by them all the time, except for the potential value of the resurrection tutor of the undead race, which is much higher than the player, and the Appraisal skill is beyond the reach. I can't see it either, like Tuttle's bow that has killed countless players, and Hal's long knife that has hacked many players to death. The equipment information has been posted on the forum.

"Brother, brother, what kind of identification is it?" The Gandi player who was squatting next to him hurried over to inquire.

Although they are both competitors, there are three deceitful orbs anyway, and the five ranger prestige Liver Emperor players are not too jealous. Give me medicine and share the identified equipment information with liver friends.

"It's really good." The Gandi, whose ID is Jia Luo, is a female player. After hearing the equipment information, she said enviously, "It's a pity, I don't have that much money, so I can only run with me."

"Anyway, it's the reputation earned through hard work, why don't you sell the bidding right?" He asked curiously while taking the medicine for me.

"Hey, don't mention it." Jia Luo said sadly, "I figured I should be able to grab the right to bid. I posted a post, and a girl came to me and said she wanted it. As a result, the gang of bosses these days Everyone reserved the copper coins of the brick-moving party, and the girl couldn't receive the copper coins at all, so she was so angry that she went offline."

He gave me the medicine and couldn't help showing a sympathetic look...

After the price of copper coins rose to 12 yuan each, the money-losing bigwigs found that it was not a problem to keep raising the price of each other, so they followed the first ladyboy who played "controlling the flow of copper coins from the source of output" to learn from Vanilla Pudding, and they all went offline On the other hand, they showed their magical powers to win over brick-moving parties by building relationships and other means. While collecting copper coins, various small groups were formed. Although the guild building system has not yet been opened, the guild prototype has been created internally by the players.

If you want to put that kind of large-scale game with tens of thousands of people online on a single server, this set will definitely not work, but... "Outsider" is full of [-] players, and if you can win a certain number of brick-moving parties, you can really control it The flow of copper coins.

For example, Mr. Vanilla is trying his best to help me take medicine. Including Xiao Zhou's studio, there are enough copper coins produced by more than [-] people to give me medicine. It is completely certain that I will get the fraud orb.

While chatting, the last player who got the right to bid happily walked towards them accompanied by a few friends.

Obviously, this player is not a lone ranger like Jia Luo, he has the support of friends, and he also has ideas about the deceitful orb.

The two bosses who were chatting nearby suddenly became serious...

Thanks to the undead horse from the knight mentor's side, which attracted more powerful RMB fighters, the competition pressure on the ranger mentor's side was much reduced, but four people who could afford to grab three fraudulent orbs, There has to be someone who can't get it.

The two bosses looked at each other, got up together, and walked towards the last player who had the right to bid and the willingness to buy the medicine and the last liver emperor player.

"Brothers, let's discuss it, let's harmonize it?" One of the bosses said with a smile.

He gave me the medicine and didn't make a sound, but the last Liver Emperor player seemed very interested: "How do you say it?"

One of the bosses said: "That's what I mean. We four people auction three fraud orbs. Anyway, one person will not be able to buy it, but three people will be able to buy it, right? Then we will work hard when the first orb starts to be auctioned." Raising prices for each other, the first person to buy may suffer a loss, because the latter two may not be as ruthless as the first one. Even if it is reversed, everyone thinks that the first one will not use it when it comes out. Urgent, let's check the situation first, they all fight only when the third orb is concentrated, and they will still lose a lot of blood."

"Yeah, we players are fighting each other to grab the auction items, and the premium copper coins are tantamount to being returned in vain and let the system recover them." The second boss continued, "It's not worth it, it's better to sell the copper coins to Those who are waiting to snatch the undead horse."

Because the knight mentors do not have the popular relationship with the ranger mentors, there are only two friendships there so far, and the remaining three places are still in competition.

"It makes sense to say that, but there must be one person who can't buy it." The last Liver Emperor player spread his hands, "I don't think there is anyone among the four of us who is willing to take the initiative to not want the orb, right?"

One of the bosses said with a smile: "That's why we say that harmony is good for us. For example, the four of us agreed that each orb would be 300 copper coins, and the three who bought the orb would each give 200 copper coins to those who didn't want the orb. Come three people can get the orb, and one person can get 600 copper coins, so it’s a good deal? A cheap system is not as good as a cheap player.”

Jia Luo, who was squatting next to him, couldn't help saying "I rely on it": "If you don't buy it, you can get the money, so that counts as me, I also have the right to bid."

One of the bosses took a look at her, and still said with a smile: "It doesn't mean that you can get harmony if you have the right to bid. You need to get at least 500 copper coins to talk about harmony. Otherwise, wouldn't the others be at a disadvantage?"

Jia Luo shut her mouth tightly and did not speak. She is a lone ranger, and she really can't afford 500 copper coins.

The two Liver Emperor players who had already sold their bidding rights felt bad for their discussion. They heard that only 500 copper coins are eligible to talk about harmony, so they didn't think too much...

The last Liver Emperor player thought for a while, and said, "It's also possible...then who wants to quit with 600 copper coins for nothing?"

The two bosses didn't speak, just stood by and looked at him and then gave me medicine.

Give me the medicine and said painfully: "Don't look at me, I won't quit anyway, I want to play Treasure Expert."

The last Liver Emperor player frowned: "Then... wait a minute, I will discuss it with my friend."

The big brother and his friend walked to the side, met and muttered for a while, and when they came back, their attitude was much more straightforward: "I can quit, when will you give me the money?"

The two bosses were overjoyed, and one of the bosses hurriedly said: "It's simple, we don't bid each other up and pay on the spot after the auction is completed. Anyway, there are only so many players in this game, and it is impossible to cut the number and retrain. If there is no cheating, just run away." way of speaking."

Saying that, the two bosses took the initiative to show the money they had prepared...

Because the game is too hard-core and the game currency is a physical copper coin, a single ten-gram copper alloy coin must be carried with you, and the backpacks carried by the two bosses are filled with copper coins weighing more than ten kilograms.

This kind of "real" currency is very troublesome to use, and it is not that players have not protested that the official website will not release storage bags. The denomination "copper ticket" made many players angry and complained about the dog's plan to pursue realism and pursue snake spirit disease.

Seeing the medicine for me, he also silently opened the backpack.

If you want to be harmonious, you are of course very willing to give me medicine...

Yang Qiu, who watched the whole process through the branding matrix, couldn't help sighing: "Whether you can play or you can play, this can be negotiated into harmony."

"But... it's impossible for you guys to disrupt currency recovery, sorry!"

Yang Qiu, who had no emotion, immediately modified the instructions transmitted to Tuttle through the branding matrix.

So... the players who had just negotiated a harmonious relationship, saw that the ranger instructor walked in front of their group of "friendly players" 10 minutes before the start of the auction, and announced the auction mode——

"Dark shot?!"

One of the bosses who contributed the most when talking about harmony nearly dropped his jaw to the ground.

The expressionless Tuttle said coldly and ruthlessly: "Yes, five of you bid at the same time, and the three with the highest price will get the orb."

A group of players suddenly looked different...

I used to feel that I couldn't beat the two bosses, and I was obviously shaken by the No.5 Liver Emperor player who gave me medicine, the veteran of the closed beta with the support of vanilla pudding, and had no chance of winning...

The three orbs are put together for a secret auction, and everyone has only one chance to bid.

In other words...if someone else bids 300, you bid 301 to win the auction.

There is no harmony at all!