Photos are not developed on film, but recorded into a bunch of numbers. At best, they are images. Can they be called photos?

After leaving the darkroom, the photos were not produced in one hand, so why are you called a photographer?

——Behind the nostalgia for "real clocks" is actually repeated by countless stories of technical nostalgia.

After all, this nostalgia is emotional and unreasonable. It flows with temperature, making people hopelessly addicted and persist in valuable.

Every generation may be nostalgic because nostalgic is an recognition of the times they have experienced, an internalization of outdated objects and the fashion of the times they embodied, and an affirmation of a historic self.

When CD first became popular, there were praises for tapes, especially vinyl records everywhere. The ambiguity and friction sound were all part of "real listening to music"... And when CD became the tears of the times and digital music in various formats dominated the world, it was its turn to be nostalgic for "real listening to music"...

Perhaps if there are more advanced technologies in the future, then mp3 and mp4 will become part of being nostalgic?

Alex also has such nostalgia. He was once the number one electronic technician on Perseverance, proficient in almost all electronic products, and is also a master of hacker at the age of 24. His interest is to invade various websites and make fun of it.

However, he also likes things like alien conspiracy theories and urban supernatural legends.

Compared to those advanced and sci-fi-film technical concepts, neat and atmospheric, it is difficult to call Alex. He is interested in those trapped in small silver matchboxes, but-

That kind of classical mechanical beauty, exquisite gears and parts, can hit his heart more directly.

So he is looking forward to what kind of steampunk-style black technology the other party will use. It seems that this time the name is still a very black one. Stem... what is it? System?

Does the word stem have any special meaning?

And what system is a system? What system should a city be composed of? Political system? Cultural system? Population system?

Regardless of Alex's divergent thinking and thinking about something, Mo Chen adjusted the huge machine facilities in front of him a few times and answered casually:

"This is the Kit City network system I prepared. It's just a spiritual network, which is actually a technology that connects human consciousness."

"...what?" Alex, who was thinking about it and fully exerting his imagination, was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face was slightly frozen.

He understood what he wanted to show in the other party's answer, so he was a little stunned. The updated technology this time was very impactful, although he had always been looking forward to seeing more black technologies...

But this time, isn't it a bit too dark?

"It's the spiritual network system, you can understand it this way, but it may have to be divided into several layers because some..."

Mo Chen said this and paused for a moment, then he seemed to remember something important and slapped his forehead.

"By the way, I almost forgot. It seems that I need to fall into the dream of that world so that you can't open some unsafe websites if you try to death..."

"..." Alex showed an embarrassing but polite smile on his face.

What does this mean? Why do I suddenly feel like I understand... Oh, by the way, this is not a technical system I am familiar with, and it is normal to be able to fully understand it.

Bee bee bee bee—

At this time, Mo Chen had reached out and pressed several buttons.

Watch the indicator lights on the stem machine light up, the order and color are all normal, and there is no fault prompt.

He nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and looked at Alex and said seriously:

"I remember your computer technology is very good, right? Then it should be considered a professional match. Next I will give you an operating manual."

“Operation Manual?”

"That's right, for you, just understand some basic operating methods. In fact, it's similar to building a website, building a forum, etc., so don't feel psychologically stressed."

Mo Chen described it as lightly as possible.

"It's just that you don't have to work hard to type the code. You can do a lot of things by directly manipulating the administrator's authority, but you may be a little uncomfortable..."

He looked around again, then added with a serious look: "And the environment here is not very good. You may have to spend most of your time here... How about it? Do you want to arrange it?"

Alex: "…"

Why do you have a bad premonition and don’t even have a negative option?

Alex nodded silently and finally agreed. After all, the unscientific consciousness-connected device of the stem system really stimulated his technical soul.

He was already burning with a raging urge to take apart the entire machine and study it carefully.

After seeing Alex agree, Mo Chen nodded again with great satisfaction, and then he intentionally or unintentionally said the most important information-

"There is also that because of my influence, the world of consciousness is likely to be more... Well, occasionally there are some fluctuations, which mainly depends on your state of mind."

"So you try not to think randomly, and don't think about things that will scare you, otherwise you may find that you always have nightmares..."

"A nightmare literally comes true. The more you fear something, the more something will happen. After all, people cannot control their subconscious mind... I can only protect you from being fatally dangerous and not really die there..."

“…”

“…”

Alex was silent again, and the smile on his face was very reluctant to be maintained, but it was covered with false cracks.

Why does it just sound like a very bad feeling? My back is starting to get chills. And shouldn’t this kind of thing be said at the beginning?

He just likes urban supernatural legends, out of a curiosity that everyone has, but it does not mean that he wants to be the unlucky protagonists among them... Is it still too late to regret it now?

Alex looked around with a bitter face.

This is in the underground space of the Great Temple. The spacious and flat huge space is empty, and in the central area, a huge machine appears, which is cylindrical, running from the underground to the dark dome.

If someone is very familiar with the overall structure of the Great Temple here, you will find that the top of the machine or the altar of the temple above is connected.

——It seems that it is set up as a control terminal there.

The machine here naturally cannot be the prototype of the evil spirit world. After all, Mo Chen has only guided the collective subconscious sea of ​​humans in that world. Although he jumped out of the Internet, he has not yet been able to enter reality.

Because the world he has no corresponding existence there, it can be used as a physical medium for his reliance.

If he had not used a way of virus transmission and infection, and inserted a special frequency band into the brain waves of countless people, he might not even be able to invade the collective subconscious sea of ​​humans that invade that world.

So the machine now is completely knocked out by Mo Chen himself, from scratch.

As for the design drawings? Of course, it was based on the information he collected - mainly from the brain subconscious and memory fragments of the members of the Mobius organization who were forced to connect to the Internet after being infected by his virus.

Although the brain waves of countless humans in that world meet and share information through nightmares, most of them are meaningless massive spam information... Well, it cannot be said to be spam information.

But as long as it has nothing to do with yourself, no matter how friendly, touching, and unforgettable the memories are, they are just reality shows and TV series that repeat routines.

I naturally have no interest in reading it too much, so I don’t want to click on the title.

When limiting the search scope to the members of the Mobius organization, he can easily extract the relevant information he needs.

Of course, it is unlikely that a simple person can remember the complete set of technologies and design drawings of the stem system, but many people have had memory impressions and are responsible for business work in related fields...

It's like putting together a puzzle. If you remember one or two pieces, three or four pieces, you can also piece together a complete puzzle.

Mo Chen has carefully tested the machine today, and there is no problem at all.

He may not fully understand the principles of the evil machine itself, but as long as he directly builds it according to the complete design drawing, and in detail every circuit and every screw, there will be no problem.

Just like copying homework, although you don’t know what formulas, theorems, and knowledge points are involved in the question, you can get points by copying the standard answers.

However, there are still some areas that need to be changed, for example, the central core should not be maintained by the living human brain, and this evil design must be improved.

Unfortunately, Mo Chen is not a development route on the technology side, so even if he has this idea, it is difficult to put it into practice. This kind of thing cannot be achieved through brute force. The only thing he can do is to use the method he used before to replace the performance of some machines.

For example, select the subject through nightmare implantation, and then let himself act as the central consciousness to control everything. In this way, there is no need to consider whose brain it is to be the most important component of the machine.

Although, this is also temporary.

But it doesn't matter. Luvik is a crazy genius, but Mo Chen doesn't believe that the two geniuses who are still alive in the world of shame - one of them is even the founder of the Whale Oil Power Industrial Revolution - will have no way to just improve the machine.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if he maintains it now. When he has time, he opens the door and uses a show of himself to place an order there. He doesn't need to pretend to be the system here.

——Although it’s not bad to pretend to be the system all the time, the show in Kit City will not be cancelled, nor will it run around. Since I will always be here, there will be no big problem as the main brain of the stem system.

As for the moment, let Alex, a technical talent, be responsible for this issue first.

By the end of this evening, after logging in to all the consciousnesses of Kit City and adjusting to a specific channel, the memory fragments of so many people are enough to create a stable fusion dream.

"Although I don't have the power to dream, I can use the "Dream City in the Mirror" and cooperate with the dream barrier spell of the reversal of the pupil, and I can hide Kit City into the junction of true and illusion... It's perfect!"

Mo Chen left the underground space, returned to the temple, walked out and looked out at the city he had built, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

A sense of accomplishment? Probably, just like playing a business and construction game, although the ideal country you planned is not completely perfect, it is on the right track in all aspects.

And this also satisfies his growing desire for control, so that he will not reflect that change in other things.

...

...

In a blink of an eye, it was night.

"The team ahead is so long, and why do I feel like I'm queuing up to enter the devil's cave..."

Greenton, who was waiting in line outside the Grand Temple to enter, whispered to his ex-wife in front of him with a bitter face.

The team ahead is long, and there are also long teams on both sides. Everyone is on the magnificent trail, between tall pillars, under the light of torches on both sides, under the supervision of those evil machines...

They lined up and walked into the dark temple in front of them, as if a giant beast had opened its bloody mouth.

Greenton felt under a lot of pressure.

However, Serena ignored him completely and kept using the light from the corner of her eyes to look around without any trace. While collecting information, she formulated various possible emergency escape routes.

In this case, talking to the fool behind him is purely a waste of time and distracting behavior.
To be continued...