There is not just one clone. On the screen, there are more than a dozen similar-looking clones who are either excited, secretly happy, or pretending to be stable. They are driven to a castle-like place with the service of beautiful ladies in luxury cars.
Outside the castle is a green studio.
"The last episode of Channel 4's 'The Domineering President Falls in Love with Me' didn't have high ratings, so this time they plan to do something exciting."
The cigarette-smoking young man pointed at the number of people in the upper left corner of the screen, which was 13.
"After this show, this number will become 1."
"To be honest, it's not interesting. It's better to watch the Escape game on Cloud TV. Put those freaks selected from the colonies into a death game and let them kill each other. That would be bloody, violent and exciting!"
The senior engineer glanced outside the window and saw a patter of electronic rain falling from the sky and hitting the window. Electronic rain is different from ordinary rain. Once it falls on something, it will produce a 'same color effect'.
For a time, gray rain, bronze rain, and red rain splashed everywhere, gorgeous and wonderful.
The car became quiet again.
After a while, the cigarette-smoking young man spoke again.
"Because the butcher gave you a lot of money this time, I decided to give you a few survival guides for the city that never sleeps for free. Of course, it's up to you whether you want to or not."
"Tell me about it," the senior engineer turned his head and said.
"First, never believe in advertising, and don't click on any ads. That thing is a contract for big companies to sell themselves."
"Second, it's okay to kill, rob, and go to jail. The only thing is, don't violate the laws of the Machinery City."
"Isn't it illegal to kill someone?" Ono said blankly.
The young man smoking a cigarette ignored the other party and extended his third finger.
"Article 3: You can offend anyone, but don't offend cyber hackers."
“Very useful advice.”
The senior engineer agreed, and then closed his eyes. After staying at the bottom of the ship without seeing the sun for almost 10 days, even he was a little mentally exhausted. The 'executive brother' sitting in the front seat had already begun to fall asleep.
Only the sound of snoring and the dripping of rain could be heard from time to time.
I don’t know how much time passed before I heard the voice of a young man smoking a cigarette again, “We’ve arrived in the city.”
Gao Gong opened his eyes and found that Ono's head was almost out of the window. He saw a huge virtual projection slowly stretching her figure. This super beautiful girl was wearing a halter top and had pink hair.
Her facial features are incredibly delicate, and she gently presses a finger on her pink lips.
"Aidolu's 999th live interactive concert, pink paradise welcomes you~"
Not only Ono, but also the younger brother in the senior management looked straight at him.
'Ding--'
[You are affected by subconscious control technology. During the will determination, your will exceeds 30 points]
[The judgment is successful, you have completed the immunity against ‘Virtual Idol Aidolu’]
"Who is this girl?" the executive brother asked blankly.
Ono perked up, "Aidolu, the most successful virtual idol in the virtual world, has 15 top-level technical functions such as advanced intelligence, human-computer interaction, touch adjustment, and perfect personality. It is a symbol of new life."
"It would be great if I could sleep with her."
Xiao Ye blushed: "How can you be so dirty?"
The senior brother glanced at Ono's crotch and snorted disdainfully, and Ono's face suddenly turned redder.
"I remember someone said that the purpose of going to the city is to enjoy the experience of making love with your idol. That person is not you, right?"
The Beetle passed under Aidolu's feet, and the three of them looked up almost at the same time. Unfortunately, the sky above was a mosaic like clouds.
"What a thick horse," Gao Gong said with emotion, "it's so imaginative."
"By the way, have you had cochlear implants?" the cigarette-smoking young man suddenly asked.
"What is a cochlea?" Ono asked blankly.
The cigarette-smoking young man pointed to his ears. The base of the ears had obviously been transformed, with circles of soundproof walls.
"Remember, if you want to live in the city that never sleeps, you must make three modifications."
"Ear modification, eye modification, and reproductive system modification, if you don't do these three modifications, even if you are the son of a colonial governor, you can't stop the weirdness in this city."
"Since you don't have cochlear implants, just cover your ears tightly. It's only a short journey anyway."
"Cover... your ears?"
The executive brother turned around and found that the senior engineer and Ono in the back seat had obediently blocked their ears.
The next moment, a series of virtual figures turned into a crowd and crashed into the car.
'Hello, Beautiful Internet sincerely invites you to experiment with the 'moral template', which is a necessary stage to move towards a great society.'
A beauty in a suit with purple lipstick bent slightly, revealing a lot of fair skin.
'Deep Image invites you to carry out top-notch facial features design, reshape your image, and reshape beauty.'
‘The Nikon Pie implant gives you high-precision vision and the ability to visually undress.’
‘Is your kidney bad? Is your waist bad? Is your energy insufficient? Synthetic gland extract will make you forget all your worries.'
'The latest model of virtual experience machine has added the right to use the portraits of 106 male and female celebrities. Do you want to go to Wushan with your idols?'
The executive brother was stunned, and was suddenly overwhelmed by the visual wave. In his fantasy, he seemed to have become a big shot, with countless female secretaries, female subordinates, and female stars whispering to him in his ears, and his soul floated to the sky.
When he came back to his senses, he found Gao Gong and Xiao Ye looking directly at him.
"What, what's wrong?"
"You just said 'yes' and 'agree' many times."
The executive brother was stunned for a moment and found that the memory just now was very blurry, and only electronic contracts appeared in his memory.
"You're done. Sixteen contracts. Unless you are Shenwang's biological son, you're just waiting to sell yourself." The cigarette-smoking young man gloated.
"This, this, can these contracts be terminated?"
Seeing the harsh conditions in these contracts, the executive brother wanted to die.
"sure."
Under the expectant eyes of the executive's younger brother, the cigarette-smoking young man took out a pistol from his storage bag.
"If you commit suicide now, you can still terminate the contract. Once the contract enters the execution period, you will not be able to die because it is a violation of the contract."
Looking at the muzzle of the gun with a dark metallic luster, the executive brother swallowed and trembled all over.
Ono couldn't bear to say: "Brother, don't you have a relative who is a senior executive in Virtual Real Estate? Let him think of a way."
"Yes, I still have a big brother, I can ask him to help me."
I don't know why, but I don't feel confident saying this.
The cigarette-smoking young man suddenly stepped on the brakes and stopped the car at an intersection. The highway was crowded with people, and everyone seemed to be chased away by dogs. Although the anti-gravity taxi made no sound of starting, the wind it caused was
It was the howling of ghosts and wolves, which, combined with the gloomy weather, was particularly frightening.
"How about it, isn't heaven fun?" The cigarette-smoking young man grinned.
Ono and the executive brother looked at each other. For some reason, they felt very tired not long after entering the city.
"Going forward after exiting the expressway, you will reach the Lower Zhongcheng District, which is both an enterprise zone and a safety zone."
"Seeing that you are still obedient, I will give you one last piece of advice. If you are afraid of death, don't go to the old city. If you are afraid of death, don't go to the outer city."
The young man smoking the cigarette flicked the cigarette butt out, and a crack opened in the ground automatically, and the cigarette butt was sucked in.
Then the man turned around and disappeared into the sea of cars.
Through the window, you can see what Ono and the executive brother said without knowing what they said, and it seems that there was a difference of opinion. After a while, the two ran in two directions against the rain, and soon disappeared in the vast rain.
Meeting by chance, the senior engineer didn't intend to say anything more. He touched his arm and said, "It's a bit cold."
This is a kind of wet cold, not dry cold.
"The environment is like this, you will get used to it after a while," the young man handed over a document, which turned out to be a rare paper material.
"The important things are all here. Now there are fewer and fewer of these old projects. You may be the last batch."
There is a chip insert, a key, a photo, and a stack of information in the folder.
The content of the information is "About the placement of children of employees in Machinery City"
"Didn't you say it was from a company?"
"No, there are re-employment quotas for corporate family members, but they have been snatched up long ago."
Gao Gong picked up the photo again. It was of a pale girl. What caught people's attention was her eyes, which were big and white. She had the same style as Sadako.
As for age, he is about sixteen years old.
Anyway, she will definitely not become a daughter.
The senior engineer picked up the chip again.
"This is your electronic ID card. Install an implant hole for yourself and insert it. It will keep you safe at night."
The senior engineer raised his head and looked toward the city center farther and farther away.
"Aren't we going to the city center?"
"The Upper Zhongcheng District is the mastermind area, and the Lower Zhongcheng District is the enterprise area. Private body modification is illegal in most urban areas. Do you want to have your water meter checked?"
"Then where we go is not illegal?"
"Of course it's not illegal in the outer city and the old city, they are free zones."
"Then are we going to the old city or the outer city now?"
"Outer city."
"Oh, this is a terrible place."
Gradually, the highway became more and more twists and turns, and there were more and more strange buildings. It gave the engineer the feeling that there was no planning at all here.
"The place you went to is Hanging Street. Although it is in the outer city, it is very close to the old city. Don't run around if you have nothing to do. The underground clinic prepared for you is there, and the person you adopted also lives there.
"
"Try to hang out in the outer city. Although there are many gangs there, they generally won't attack prosthetics. It's different in the old city. There are more monsters there, so I'll send you here."
The young man stepped on the brakes, parked the car in front of a mobile stall, set the car to autonomous driving, and got out of the car.
The Beetle turned upside down and headed back the way it came.
"Are you going with me?" Senior Engineer asked.
"Forget it, with my status, I am worried about being hacked to death," the young man held the pistol and smiled: "No matter what, welcome to the city that never sleeps."
Then he pointed the muzzle at his temple, and with a bang, a corpse fell down.
The street vendor not far away brightened up and trotted over quickly, shouting: "Boy, whoever sees you has a share, you will get half of this mature row!"
The senior engineer opened the other person's head and didn't see the brain-computer socket. He frowned and muttered to himself.
"Have you hacked the human brain? I didn't expect it to be a cyber hacker."