Youjia Inn

"Hello! I am an employee of Exclusive World No. 15..."

The person in front of me is wearing a black windbreaker, his facial features are as delicate and indifferent as that of Hong and that kid before, and his facial lines are so perfect that they seem to have been designed with a computer.

Surrounded by a white light, the edge is a light curtain composed of bright green numbers.No. 15 and I are in a completely enclosed space, unable to see what's going on outside.

"Please use this." Number 15 said, taking out a silver earring, "Don't move."

"Drip, it's starting... a one-line mandatory connection is being established." A line of words appeared directly in the brain.

"Zhang Ming, can you feel me?"

A strange voice appeared in the brain.Wow, is this a direct communication with consciousness?

"That's right, our consciousness can communicate directly. However, this is a one-line mandatory link. In other words, you can only communicate with me, and I can know what you are thinking.

How about it? Isn’t it great? It saves the effort of speaking and improves the speed and accuracy of communication by leaps and bounds.It was exhausting talking to you before, even with an avatar in a virtual world. "

I go, there is no privacy at all.Damn, the lack of emotion before the 15th is due to the degeneration of language function?I secretly cursed.

"Sorry, you no longer have the right to slander. Also, you still don't seem to have grasped the crux of the problem—this is a virtual world. Huh? Strange, don't you have any memories of real life at all?"

virtual world?What are you kidding?At this moment, those images that were deliberately ignored before resurfaced——

Empty streets, inexplicable police cars, distorted spaces.Let me go, this is the city where I have lived for more than [-] years. If you say virtual, is it virtual?

I can feel the heat of the sun every morning when I wake up.I opened my eyes and saw Xiao Jia who was as energetic as the sun.

Xiaojia prepares breakfast for me every day, sometimes she makes it herself, and sometimes she goes downstairs to buy it for me.

I can feel the exhaustion I get from get off work every day, and my neck is sometimes leaden.

Sometimes I would complain to Xiaojia, and she would gently rub my back and shoulders.Her skin is so soft, the temperature of her fingertips is so warm.

I can feel the pain of her pinching my waist because of jealousy when I was shopping with her and peeking at other women.

I remember her happy smile, her red eyes when she was wronged and crying, her pursed mouth when she was angry, her sleeping breath, and her hair fluttering in the wind...

I remember this city, I remember the Ferris wheel where I made a wish with Xiaojia, I remember the shop where Xiaojia and I wept so much that we bought mutton kebabs at the corner, and I remember the park where I met her for the first time.

She adopted a cat in that park, and this cat became obscenely fat, and only ate and slept every day.

There are so many things I can feel, and the world I live in is so real.People, flowers, grass, animals, everything is so fresh.

I can remember so much, I clearly remember everything about me and her, and every detail of this city that I care about.

You suddenly told me one day that all of this is virtual, what are the twenty years of my existence, and what am I?

"Easy, easy. The time in the real world is not synchronized with the virtual one. Although you have been in the virtual world for so long, you have only spent 5 days in real life."

Oh, it's ridiculous.What's going on here, why do I have no image of the so-called reality?

"Huh? No image at all? Let me remind you."

A resume comes to mind. Born in 2045, studied in XX primary school in 2052, won the first prize of national computer programming in 2056, graduated from primary school in 2057, heh, there is also a graduation photo attached, isn’t the face on the photo a little ghost, and studied in XX in 2057 XX Middle School, won the second prize of the National Robot Contest in 2057, and graduated ahead of schedule in 2059...

There are always a bunch of words, marking the key points on a person's timeline, strung together into a strange past.

Such a glorious past seems to have nothing to do with me.Also, you suddenly appeared, and you didn't explain what happened?

"Still no response? This is strange. You entered the "Exclusive World Closed Beta" on December 2064, 12. An hour later, you modified the program and escaped our monitoring. As a result, you could not be forced to log out due to overtime login. Online, we also have no way of knowing your situation in the game. It was not until we did our first customer return survey that we discovered your abnormal situation.

So the company sent me and number 16 to deal with your situation.At 7:17 on the 41th, I found the game bug, loaded it into my consciousness, and then I found your consciousness and joined the company you work for.

In order to attract your attention, I first chose a female image - red.This image is a common female image in real life. In your words now, it is the ultimate beauty. As long as you come back to reality with me, any woman you come into contact with in your life will be a beauty.

Sorry, the topic is a bit far away, I will continue to explain.Without being recognized by the game saver, Hong successfully attracts your attention and communicates with you when the saver is weakest.

That's right, when it rains, the protection program is at its weakest - the game is cleaning up junk data, and the rain is needed to cover up small flaws in the scene.

Oh, and the images projected by the saver are all those things that keep chasing me, from people popping up in coffee shops to persistent police cars.

Their purpose is to wipe me out without changing the setting of the early 21st century.Could have teleported at the cafe, but you don't trust me.I had no choice but to change tactics and invite you here.Oh, the teleporter is ready, are you ready to go? "

Hey, don't make up your own mind, okay? I didn't say I'm leaving. Are you calling me please?That's called kidnapping!

"Sorry, extraordinary measures are taken in extraordinary circumstances. Do you have any questions?"

What will happen if I go, what will happen if I don't go?

"You won't lose anything if you leave. If you don't leave, maybe your consciousness will stay here forever, maybe you will have brain death in the next second, and your consciousness will disappear immediately."

Well, I have nothing to lose, so what about here?

"We will keep the data here for you if you need it."

Really?

"Really, it's just that you need to pay a certain amount of maintenance fees. You changed the game beyond recognition. You dismantled the game's mandatory protection system for players, strengthened the anti-intrusion system, and you even wrote for many N/PCs. Character, I have to say that you are a genius."

I don't know why, but I still don't want to leave.

"You may disappear."

Well, well, I can't go yet.

"Please swallow this..." No. 15 handed over a piece of red pill, "It can protect your consciousness from being washed away during teleportation."

I took the pill, looked at it for a while, gritted my teeth, and swallowed it.

Like thunder rolling by, I had a splitting headache, a lot of information poured into my brain, I evoked a bitter and mocking smile, and walked towards No. 15.

"I suddenly feel that people in this world are much cuter than people in the real world."

"Stay."

——The real world——

"Squeak." The lid of the game cabin opened slowly. No. 15 opened his eyes, and saw No. 16, who was wearing a red dress, sitting gracefully beside him with an indifferent expression.

No. 15 turned his head, and sure enough, the game cabin next to him was closed tightly.He got up with some difficulty and walked out of the cabin.

"Restarting." An electronically synthesized voice sounded in No. 15's brain.

"There is a message on the 16th, please accept it."

"Yes." Number 15 moved his lips subconsciously.

"Welcome back to the real world. Why are you alone, Zhang Ming?"

"He doesn't want to come back, he wants to live in that world."

"What's going on? Didn't we have a good conversation before? Didn't Zhang Ming take the pills? Oh, by the way, the monitoring signal on my side is not good after Zhang Ming took the pills. You two are here What happened in a while?"

"He changed his mind at the last moment. He thought that world was better than here, so he didn't want to come out. There was nothing I could do if he didn't want to come out. Also, he told us to remember to give him an infusion to prevent his brain death."

"It's a pity, hey, the mission gold is gone. I really can't figure out what to miss in the virtual early 21st century. The environment is not as good as it is now, the medical level is still so poor, the technology is so primitive, and the most annoying thing is to deal with a lot of things. A heap of complex human emotions."

"Maybe it's because of emotion. He has a good relationship with his lover."

"You mean a person and a virtual personality? Well, I really don't know what those retro diehards need emotions to do, can they eat?"

"Didn't you pass a marriage law between humans and pets two days ago? Even pets trust people more than people trust people. Don't say it, you may be able to pass the marriage between humans and virtual personalities in the future." .”

"It's not impossible. The small group of people who need emotions can't find a partner can indeed consider virtual personality. But how does a virtual personality generate emotion?"

"I didn't figure it out. I'm just trying to save people. Have you analyzed the codes that Zhang Ming changed outside?"

"No, some things seem to be understood only in the game."

"So precarious?"

"It's not that you don't know that Zhang Ming is a genius in this area. How about I go inside?"

"Hey, don't you have the idea that "this big beauty is delicate and weak, so I will leave the rough work of entering the game to your men"? "

"Your brain may not be able to stand it again. Besides, we can't come in vain. This is a business opportunity, a business opportunity. Maybe it will be discovered by others next time.

And you see, as soon as you come out, the protection program of the game disappears, maybe you went in and broke the protection program, so it is safe for me to go in now. "

"You are in such a hurry, okay, I won't stop you..."

On the 16th, he sent an OK gesture, quickly connected to the terminal, and entered the game cabin.

Number 15 pressed the teleport button, the corners of his mouth raised.

"Xiao Jia, we can meet soon."

(a letter that was not monitored)

Dear people here:

Hello there!

Let me introduce myself first, my name is Zhang Ming.To be honest, I really don't want you to see this message. Once you see this message, it means that the tranquility of this world has been broken. (If you take that medicine, this message will be automatically unblocked)

On December 2064, 12 (real time), I entered the exclusive world.At the beginning, my girlfriend Xiaojia was just a programmed N/PC who could only make rational and logical judgments. Of course, I couldn’t expect human beings who are almost as cold as machines to design any emotional N/PC. interest superseded.

But then Xiaojia gradually changed. One day, I told her a story about a mermaid falling in love with a human being and finally turned into a bubble. Suddenly a teardrop came from the corner of her eye. I knew that Xiaojia had something amazing. .I immediately modified the program of the exclusive world and escaped the monitoring of the game headquarters.

Gradually, Xiaojia became more and more lively and bright, even more human than me.

She will cry, laugh, act like a baby, and be lonely.Unfortunately, loneliness was the most common emotion she later got along with me.

I can't understand her more and more. Her appearance makes me unable to distinguish between programs and human thoughts. Sometimes I feel that I am a program.

Looking at her elongated and slender shadow by the setting sun, I suddenly felt a great pain in my heart.The emotions left over from humanity are pricking my heart with thin needles.

I understand, I can't let Xiaojia stay in this deserted world alone.So I wrote a few people based on Xiaojia.

They were equally emotionless at first, which bothered me.But after Xiaojia got along with them for a few days, a turning point appeared, and these people had feelings one after another.

I looked at Xiaojia's bright smile like the sun, and I decided to replace the programs of all the characters in the city.

When Xiaojia and I were with her friends, we felt that it was not a good taste, and our hearts were slightly astringent.

I don't seem to belong here, I'm different from them.Xiaojia is always more sad than happy when we are together.

I think it's time for me to leave.I'm sorry, I'm really not reconciled.So, I created another Zhang Ming in my own image, and placed my weak emotions on him, hoping that it would sprout and grow.

After losing emotion, can a person still be called a person?It seems impossible.So, I programmed my own data into the protection program of this world to protect the tranquility of this world.

Of course, this procedure goes beyond just keeping outsiders out.More importantly, when outsiders enter here, they will never be able to get out, and the people who go out will be here.

Of course, I hope that more people will go out here, after all, there is a wider world outside.

(I also hope that the people here can influence the cold-blooded people outside.)

Don't worry about going out, people here will occupy the memory of the person outside after they go out.

I believe in you.

The world will be refreshed.

--willing--

The world is good.

——Zhang Ming——