Early the next morning, Lin Chi, who had not left the house for several days, finally breathed the long-lost fresh air.

Because he had been sleeping for too long before, he got up before six o'clock this time. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the garden downstairs of the community to move his body, which was a little weak.

“…”

Before the sun rose, the sky began to brighten. The dim and cold light hung high in the sky, illuminating the iron city that was still sleeping below.

Standing next to the lawn with the "Untrampled" sign, Lin Chi let out a long sigh and felt the cold morning breeze blowing from behind.

He was a little unhappy at first, but after experiencing the "game experience" that almost died, he seemed to have a little spirit. The scenery in front of him seemed to be a little better than before, and he was finally not as decadent as before.

Lin Chi smiled and turned to the aisle leading to the main entrance of the community. When passing by the "Midnight Restaurant", he found that the restaurant's signature had become a "Midnight Dessert Shop".

"Did that guy finally know what he should do..." he sighed.

It seems that the unreliable owner of this store finally realized that he was not good at cooking and began to specialize in making desserts that he was good at. Except that the desserts made by the woman were basically impeccable in other aspects.

——When you are taking risks in a virtual space, the nearby "real world" is also changing.

These days, I have spent most of my time in the game. In contrast, what happened in the real world has not been very impressive.

If the technology that can transfer consciousness to virtual space is really developed, will I become the first user like when intrabrain imaging technology appeared?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi felt a strange feeling inexplicably, then slowly shook his head and smiled, "Forget it..."

He was about to leave the community and went to the street to stroll, his cell phone suddenly vibrated, prompting him to receive the message of subscribing.

Lin Chi took out his phone and shook it. A holographic projection appeared in the air above the screen, and the black letters on the white background were very conspicuous:

"War Paradise" new expansion pack is online!

After reading this title, Lin Chi clicked the projection with his left hand, pulled the page down, and began to read the following content:

Dear players:

"War Paradise" has launched two expansion packages, namely the mass-produced T-800 "Terminator" and "Warfield Ghost", which allows players who cannot recruit minions from the game to have minions.

Now, we are happy to announce that the third expansion package of "War Paradise": "Devil Prisoner" has been officially launched. You can buy this minion and an epic weapon with a price of 128 yuan!

After reading this, the holographic projection in front of Lin Chi turned into a slender figure.

It was a woman wearing a tight black leather jacket, holding a blood-stained knife in her left hand and a pistol in her right hand. Her arms were exposed, and her snake-shaped tattoos were covered with snake-shaped tattoos.

Her long hair is a weird dark red color, and her face with smoky makeup showed a disdainful expression, as if she was saying, "If you dare to come over, I will kill you."

"Is this..."

Lin Chi continued to read the following content, and immediately confirmed the guess that had just appeared in his mind:

"Devil Prisoner" is our first female expansion pack. This minion is suitable for modern, modern, near future, and some special maps. Buy now and add this female minion to your collection!

Due to the shortage of funds, the State Women's Prison, like other prisons in the United States, began to sell some prisoners with strong combat capabilities to wealthy people who need bodyguards or killers at high prices.

These prisoners sold by the most dangerous prisons in the world are all top killers. Even if you have become her master, don't think about doing anything else to her, otherwise they may mercilessly break your wrist or your fragile neck.

Players who purchase the Devil Prisoner will also obtain these extremely dangerous weapons brought from prison by the female killers - the female death row's bone-cutting knife. This is an epic melee weapon. Enjoy it!

"Ha, this is pretty good."

After reading the message sent by Pulse Entertainment, Lin Chi clicked the purchase button without hesitation and completed the payment.

Although I haven't used it much, he also bought the two previous expansion packs. After all, there are not many things like minions, and maybe they will come in handy at any time.

Although he really wants to launch a new "tough and exciting" game now, his game warehouse is still in a state of damage, and the repairman will have to wait until after 8 o'clock in the morning, so he can only continue to wait now.

After the payment was completed, Lin Chi closed the page and walked on the cold sidewalk. Many autonomous vehicles were coming and going on the street, sending the owner who was still snoring in the car to the company or unit.

To this day, people's pace of life is basically dying. There are not many guys like Lin Chi who are just playing games and leisurely every day, but they are actually not many...

The buzzing sound of the electric car engine echoed in my ears. Lin Chi found a stall on the street. As soon as he sat on the round plastic chair, he saw a small gray-shelled robot win. His round body was wearing an apron, which looked very funny:

"Hello, welcome to the fully automatic pancake fruit shop. Please select the type you need." The robot's speaker made a questioning sound.

"Add an egg, don't have a green onion, give me a sausage." Lin Chi said casually.

"Okay." The robot immediately replied: "Please wait for two minutes."

Today in 2035, handmade pancakes have long since left the stage of history. People don’t like to eat breakfasts that don’t look very hygienic. Chefs are too lazy to make them by hand, so they all use robots to operate.

Although housekeeping robots can also make various breakfasts, office workers who have been busy for a day are so tired when they come home and often forget to make an appointment for breakfast the next day. Therefore, the business of this kind of store is pretty good, at least they can still make money.

Lin Chi waited for a short while, and the steaming pancakes were brought to him. Just as he was about to eat, a person suddenly sat on the chair beside him.

"Um?"

He turned his head and immediately saw a familiar figure, so he smiled and said, "Long time no see."

"Fuck me, I was almost strangled to death by you the day before yesterday."

Zhou Tianhao's voice was full of resentment, but when he was talking to the robot, he changed into a polite smile: "Two eggs, don't have coriander, thank you."

"I'm so sorry. I was still confused at that time and thought I was in the virtual space." Lin Chi smiled.

Since I was almost killed by Lin Chi before, Zhou Tianhao's attitude was much worse than before. He said angrily: "I said it before. I'll come back to ask you for a question on the weekend. Now let's explain, what's going on?"

"It's the weekend today?" Lin Chi asked.

"Don't change the topic." Zhou Tianhao stared at him with a frown: "It's illegal to enter the data channel. What are you doing when you go in? And... what's going on with your 'wife'?"

"Sorry, I won't let you poach." Lin Chi joked casually.

"Fuck, do you think I can't see it? That kind of housekeeping robot does not have any remote control function at all." Zhou Tianhao's voice sounded a little angry: "Explain it quickly, otherwise I will let you go to prison or not? If you enter the data channel privately, you can be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of less than three years."

"Are you threatening me?" Lin Chi narrowed his eyes.

"Yes, I'm just threatening you." Zhou Tianhao said seriously.

"Ha... OK." Lin Chi ate a bite of the pancake.

——He could see that although Zhou Tianhao was merciless, he actually cared about himself:

After receiving the message from Frankenstein that night, Zhou Tianhao ran here from afar and bought glucose injection to "spend his life". As a result, he was almost strangled to death by himself who woke up. Anyone would be angry if he had any such an experience.

However, Lin Chi naturally couldn't explain to this guy that the TDK-131 virus was still in his hands, and just asked back: "Did you forget? You asked me to investigate the 'psychedelics'."

"Did you enter the data channel because of this?" Zhou Tianhao raised his head in surprise.

"Yes, I invaded the internal data system of Pulse Entertainment." Lin Chi nodded.

"You did a good job... No, this is an illegal act, okay?" Zhou Tianhao lowered his voice sneakily. Although he was still "righteous" on his lips, the smile on his face had already exposed the fact that he was very excited at the moment:

"We'll talk about it later, it's not safe here." Zhou Tianhao turned around and looked at the street behind him.

"Okay." Lin Chi said as he continued to solve the breakfast he just bought.

In a sense, he did not lie. At that time, he did invade the secret area of ​​Pulse Entertainment, but the goal was not to investigate some "psychedelics".

The two quickly settled the breakfast, entered the garden of the community, found a quiet corner, sat on the wooden bench by the wall, and began to continue the topic just now:

"It's so unemotional to talk to a man early in the morning." Lin Chi smiled: "How great if you were a soft girl."

"Stop talking nonsense, we are talking about serious things, okay?" Zhou Tianhao urged: "What have you found? Hurry up..."

"I didn't find anything, but I was almost killed by the monster in the game." Lin Chi continued to tell the truth: "The guy who defended there was very strong, and that firewall was difficult to deal with..."

"You won't even run over the firewall, are you?" Zhou Tianhao's contempt was beyond words: "I'm really sorry for the title of criminals."

"I wasn't a criminal either." Lin Chi shook his head: "The firewall of Pulse Entertainment Company is too strong. I was almost killed at that time and then fainted."

While secretly lamenting his lying level is becoming more and more advanced, Lin Chi stared at his old classmate seriously, looking honest with him, "I tell the truth." There was no unnecessary movement in his hands to hide his guilt, and it seemed that there was no flaw at all.

If you use a lie detector, it is possible to find out that he is lying, but with Zhou Tianhao's naked eyes alone, you will naturally not feel anything.

As expected, Zhou Tianhao did not realize that Lin Chi had lie to him, but shook his head with some regret: "You kid is so useless, I'm disappointed..."

"I'm really sorry." Lin Chi smiled, then pretended to think for a while, and finally continued to speak: "However, I seem to have discovered some other situations."

"What's the situation?" Zhou Tianhao spoke very quickly.

"You should have discovered it a long time ago, right? Some of the NPCs in that game seem to be conscious, just like someone is manipulating behind the scenes." Lin Chi's tone was a little suspicious.

"This... is indeed." Zhou Tianhao nodded immediately: "Otherwise, why do you think we always stare at Pulse Entertainment Company, there is indeed this reason."

——In addition to the unknown company background, the abnormal performance of some characters in "War Paradise" is also a matter of concern to the Game Administration.

Although it is also based on intrabrain imaging technology, this game is not much the same as the previous intrabrain imaging games. Some of the NPCs in it do seem to be operating someone, which is completely different from those mentally retarded NPCs in previous games who can only repeat a few lines mechanically.

Regarding this issue, Zhou Tianhao, a member of the Administration, also entered the game and played several games in person, trying to find some clues. Unfortunately, he was killed by other players every time without a day and could not investigate anything.

"Tell me quickly, what have you found?" Zhou Tianhao asked anxiously.

"The boss in this game seems to have been implanted with a program called 'Boss Module' and then controlled by the module." At this point, Lin Chi paused meaningfully for a moment.

"You mean, they were brainwashed?"

Zhou Tianhao first frowned and thought for a while, then finally realized: "Those NPCs really have self-awareness?"

"There is this possibility." Lin Chi's expression also became solemn: "If it were the NPCs of the past, there should be no need to brainwash them, right..."

——If it is the NPCs in old-fashioned games that follow programmer's instructions, they can be controlled as long as they enter the instructions, there is no need to create troublesome things like "leader module". But since this kind of thing appears, the chances of NPCs in this game really having self-awareness will undoubtedly increase a little bit.

"Damn." Zhou Tianhao couldn't help but curse: "If the game is full of advanced AI, Pulse Entertainment would be really amazing..."

These days, the only high-level AIs that are suspected to have self-awareness are stored in the cutting-edge laboratories and cannot be contacted by the outside world. Such situations as in "War Paradise" are unique.

"I will investigate..." Zhou Tianhao said, taking out his cell phone and quickly entered a large string of information: "If this is true, I'm afraid it will cause big news..."

After talking to Lin Chi for a few more perfunctory words, Zhou Tianhao left the community and probably returned to the management bureau.

Seeing that the other party had left, Lin Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned lazily on the bench:
Chapter completed!