"In 2035, Li Shuang's team created the first true BIC device in history. In subsequent clinical trials, the first Alzheimer's disease patient underwent implant surgery and recovered after surgery. What followed was Second place, third place...
A year later, Hoffmann-La Roche announced to the world that humanity was free of Alzheimer's disease. At that time, Li Shuang's reputation in the scientific community had reached its peak, and everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before he could completely overcome neurological diseases." At this point, Guo Xudong suddenly stopped.
Li Liang came to his senses and realized that the corridor had reached the end.
No matter what the purpose of the time observer is, at least in the current "background setting", the younger brother has realized his dream.
He was very pleased to imagine Li Shuang's high-spirited appearance, and the world in the story was not destroyed because of someone's ambition.
"The place we were staying in just now is the art office area, and this one is for program development." Fan Yazi opened the glass door, and the hot air rushed towards his face with a buzzing sound. There was also an open office inside, with a larger area and the same There were no lights on, only a computer monitor in the depths was on.
Hundreds of workstations were arranged in roundabouts. Walking inside, Li Liang noticed that the tables at each workstation were piled with miscellaneous items, including a large number of personal belongings, photo frames, calendars, glasses, toilet paper, etc. Some even have small fish tanks with only a few dried fish left in them. Folding beds are scattered around the workstations, and the blindfolds and blankets on the beds are not packed away.
The dust on the desk and floor was significantly less than in the art office area. It seemed that programmers were working here not long ago, but they never came back after get off work one day.
"However, in the same year, Li Shuang suddenly disbanded the team."
Guo Xudong spoke again, continuing his previous story while walking, "Roche also claimed that BIC technology was not yet mature and could not be promoted on a large scale in a short period of time. After that, Li Shuang disappeared. No one knew the reason or where he went until Five years later, he appeared at Xi'an Technology's global launch conference as one of the founders.
Media from all over the world flocked to the camera. In front of the camera, he introduced two era-changing technologies, nervous system regulation technology and "Will Zero". The 'invasive neurotransmitter editor' developed based on the former can be safely connected. The user's peripheral nervous system regulates the user's perception of the external environment, and the latter is a strong artificial intelligence used to construct virtual time and space.
These two technologies can not only cure common functional disorders of the nervous system, but are also expected to become effective treatments for all mental illnesses. In order to put them into use as soon as possible, Xian Technology, together with Hoffmann-La Roche and two game companies, jointly developed a The stand-alone game "Tianling: Day of Rebirth" is used to test security and stability..."
"Wait a minute," Li Liang interrupted: "Isn't it called the 'Rising Era'?"
"'Age of Rise' is the second expansion pack... Sit anywhere you want," Fan Yazi waved casually when he came to the only brightly lit workstation, then sat down in front of the computer, stared at the screen and typed on the keyboard, mouthing Hanhu said, "It's a little hot without air conditioning. Just wait a moment and I'll be fine soon."
Li Liang looked around and found four folding beds in the distance, complete with pillows and blankets. There were also washbasin towels, power strips, slippers, and a simple table filled with wine bottles, instant noodles, takeaway boxes, etc. beside the bed. wait.
Apparently, four "NPCs" usually sleep here, and they have been doing so for a long time.
Pulling a chair and sitting down, he raised his chin at Guo Xudong: "Continue."
“After the open beta, we received approximately 20,000 applications from all over the world, but only ten of the first batch of qualified applicants underwent editor implantation surgery under the witness of countless media.”
"Twenty thousand? Twenty thousand people are willing to install chips in their heads?"
"Hmm, they are not only willing, but also eager to do it." Tang Xintao clasped her hands and sat far away on the folding bed. "Implantation surgery is safer than rock climbing with bare hands or wingsuit flying. In this boring real world, in order to seek There are too many people who are not afraid of death to challenge..."
"Yes, actually as of five months ago, we have received more than 300,000 applications, because we not only disclosed all aspects of the entire operation and the specific operating procedures in advance, in order to prevent possible postoperative risks , and also provides a huge insurance policy for free.”
Li Liang was silent for a moment and then asked: "But such a dangerous operation...how can it be approved in China?"
"Before leaving Roche, Li Shuang was already recognized by the scientific community as the scientist most likely to trigger the 'technological singularity' in this century. In the five years since his disappearance, he has published a series of forward-looking research papers that have promoted the development of many fields. When he appeared at the press conference, most of the doubts would be drowned out by the shouts of supporters, but..."
Guo Xudong hesitated for a moment, glanced at Fan Yazi and Tang Xintao, and lowered his voice slightly, "However, the person who really solved this problem was the other founder of Xi'an Technology."
"I?"
Li Liang looked helpless. He had actually been mentally prepared for his identity, and no matter what bad things happened to Li Shuang next, it must have something to do with his brother.
"Yes, you have a deep relationship with... someone above. When you persuaded Li Shuang to disband the team and return to China secretly, it was because that person wanted to meet Li Shuang in person, including the establishment of Xi'an Company and the advancement of nervous system modulation technology. It was done under that person’s instruction.”
"What did I do in the end?" Li Liang was a little curious about his personality, and he actually had a lot of connections.
Guo Xudong's face was complicated and his voice became even lower: "You haven't mentioned your previous experience to me. I only know that before founding Xi'an, you often appeared in the management of companies such as saf*eic and h*kscc. On the list…”
"Understood," Li Liang nodded. Although he had never heard of these two companies, his background was definitely not simple. "Continue."
"Well...the first batch of ten applicants recovered very well after surgery, and received their first connection two weeks later," Guo Xudong thought for a while, turned around and said, "Xiaofan, you are familiar with the specific situation, please tell me."
"Okay~ I'm so familiar with it that I almost vomited," Fan Yazi operated the computer with his hunched back and his head raised, his voice was full of lakes, and he recited it like he was reciting a text, "At the beginning... Forget it, let's talk about the version first, "Tian" In the earliest version of Soul: Day of Rebirth, the timeline started from when the protagonist woke up and ended when Messi pretended to drive him out of the house in order to protect the protagonist. The in-game time was three years, and the actual online time was only about half an hour. , because it is mainly about daily life, there is no plot, and the brain stem is very efficient in reading and writing."
After laying the groundwork for so long, he finally got to the point and started the "brainwashing" session. Li Liang resisted the urge to ask questions.
"Basically, the response from the previous batches of players has been very good. Many of the big anchors who do game reviews and playthroughs of the story have given full marks. Hum, these people have spent time over and over again, and they always feel that they can find the settings. Loopholes, discovering the truth about Shangcheng District, all ended up being played around by "Will Zero", just like playing Go, the human brain can never win against artificial intelligence, the logical ability of "Will Zero"... tsk tsk...
To put it far, well... Later we continued to develop on the basis of the first version. The timeline continued until the protagonist met Monkey and Child Li in the Chawu Realm, and then returned to Earth, roughly showing the plot of "Tianling" The world view and the number of players have also soared to more than 4,000. Note that as of this version, the game has a UI, upgrade points, intelligence system, bionic transformation, etc. The operation is very close to an ordinary open world RPG.
This version has been running for a year without any problems. Players log in and out, editor access is disconnected, real-time physical sign monitoring, automatic wake-up, etc. All functions are fine.
Then, we created the expansion pack "Age of Rise", including art, levels, terrain, upgrade system, strategy, BGM, everything was finished. When we were ready to start..." Fan Yazi hit the enter key hard and pressed his foot He turned around and said, "Mr. Li, you and Dr. Li Shuang called everyone for a meeting. You said at the meeting that this is not the game you want. You said that "Tianling" should not be a bad game. RPG, boring breathing and healing, boring slots, boring task handovers, boring upgrade points, boring infrastructure explosions, boring diplomatic strategies, all boring, you said, "Tianling" should be a period of life. "
Li Liang was stunned for a moment: "What then?"
"Then, we removed the UI, deleted the attribute growth system and skill system, and reset all the rules in the game to be consistent with reality."
"Then," Guo Xudong said, "all players began to experience abnormalities one after another. What's even more regrettable is that when we found out... it was too late."
"What you mean by abnormality is..." Li Liang spread his hands and said with a smile, "I'm like this?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Li." Fan Yazi stood up and stretched. "The 'brainwashing' process has only officially begun now. I personally suggest that you have a drink first and then go to the toilet."
"What's the meaning?"
"Follow me~"
Five minutes later, in the innermost suite of the office, Li Liang saw three sofas and three sets of "invasive neurotransmitter editor" equipment.
"In order to wake you up more efficiently, those coders who had not yet had time to jump ship almost pulled out their hair, and finally put the UI and visual development platform back into "Tianling". Next, President Guo and I I'll accompany you..." Fan Yazi stretched out his arms and rubbed his shoulders, and did a few warm-up movements, "Let's go to the real world that you deeply believe in."
