Walking out of the Life Bank, Chloe looked at Aaron as if looking at a gold mine, with unspeakable envy in her tone: "In other words, you can live to at least a hundred years old, you are really longevity..."
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"Isn't there anyone among you who has lived a long life?"
Aaron asked casually.
Chloe's expression instantly turned gloomy: "No...many people died soon after losing their jobs because their accounts ran out of time...My parents, they, they also died
After being fired, he chose to transfer the remaining balance of his account to me..."
"Feel sorry······"
Aaron sighed and turned to other questions: "Can I access the Metaverse from anywhere in the world?"
"certainly!"
Jason replied matter-of-factly, just like it is normal for people to eat and drink.
"So...except for a few natural persons, almost all human beings have opened accounts in the Life Bank, and time can be traded...then those bank executives and directors...how can they
Can’t you live for a long time?”
Aaron suddenly thought of a question.
The life limit of this world seems to have been bypassed!
"Yeah! Those aristocratic lords in the uptown area can generally live for hundreds of years..." Wilson nodded vigorously, with unspeakable envy on his face: "As for the Life Bank of the Leviathan giant, it is said that
Those directors never die of old age. They have lived since the establishment of the bank. They call themselves 'immortals'! But we prefer to call them vampires!"
“Very appropriate!”
Aaron nodded and went to Cyber Group's virtual store in the Metaverse again.
Various mechanical prostheses are sold here, such as the very popular mechanical arm - Labor Type 3!
Without it, you wouldn’t even be qualified to move bricks at the construction site!
"If I want to buy it, how do I trade it?"
Aaron pointed to a robotic arm.
The beautiful woman wearing shop assistant clothes answered with a sweet voice: "Our company provides free door-to-door service for physical goods. As long as you are in a certain city, we can deliver it... If it is just skills, as long as Mr.
If the chip is suitable, it can be transferred immediately!”
Aaron always felt that the smoking woman looked familiar, and she seemed to have the same skin as the female bank employee.
I just don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl in reality.
He came to the virtual skills area and took a casual look:
[Driving (Universal Type): Elementary]
[Explanation: You can master the ability to drive hover vehicles and floating spaceships...requires Gaia sequence 007 or above chip to carry it! 】
[Price: 100 days!]
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[Driving (universal type): Intermediate]
[Explanation: Mastering most civilian machinery driving techniques and some military aerospace craft driving techniques requires a Gaia sequence 017 or above chip! 】
[Price: 300 days!]
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[Fighting: Elementary]
[Price: 50 days]
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[Firearm Shooting: Advanced]
[Price: 1000 days]
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A variety of dazzling skills and knowledge... emit an alluring light.
It only takes time! Enough time! You can buy the corresponding module, inject it into the chip, and learn it instantly!
Aaron glanced around with interest, and suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Missing...basic subjects!"
"Even if a person learns to fly a spaceship by downloading modules from a chip, he only knows it, but does not know why... If this continues, all the people trained will be technicians, and all scientific research capabilities will be destroyed!"
"In addition, in the metaverse of virtual reality, you can enjoy any food, beautiful women, and satisfy all human desires... This is no longer a mental narcotic at the level of nipple music, but a spiritual atomic bomb!"
Aaron sighed and pressed his glasses.
This is the exit procedure he set up.
The next moment, he was back on the airship in reality, with countless yellow sand flying towards him.
"Brother Aaron!"
Next to them, the thin Arthur and the ugly Wilson shouted excitedly: "You will be our brothers from now on!"
The balances in their accounts are all in single digits!
How can you compare with such a wealthy person?
If the Life Bank account wasn't directly tied to a person's brainwaves, they might even have stolen Aaron's heart!
Well······
Aaron watched with cold eyes, feeling that these four people would not rob him and were generally considered good people.
'Even if the account is unique and bound, there are always ways to rob it...'
Aaron put his right hand on the car door and narrowed his eyes slightly.
At dusk, the outline of a huge city appeared in front of Aaron's eyes.
The first is a black spot that suddenly appears on the horizon.
Then... the black spot grew bigger and bigger, towering like a mountain. It was a city made of countless reinforced concrete and metal mixtures.
Red, green, blue, yellow...neon lights of various colors began to shine brilliantly before it got dark.
The various colors play together, completely tearing apart the darkness, causing terrible light pollution even during the day.
Countless aerostats, airplanes, and even aeroplanes driven by old men were like dense bees, flying in and out around the hive.
When he got closer to the 'City That Never Sleeps', Aaron felt something was wrong.
The high-rise buildings he saw before were indeed there, but only in the center of the city that never sleeps.
And outside the city center, there is an area ten times that...
"Is this a slum?"
Aaron looked at the low and dilapidated shacks, with all kinds of pipes and wires directly exposed, and some were even houses made of waste cardboard, and couldn't help but become silent.
Originally, he thought that in such a developed world, he would see a city as full of science fiction as in the Metaverse!
Now it seems that such a city does exist, but only in the upper city!
The slums in Xiacheng District still remain the same mess and even darkness that have remained unchanged for thousands of years!
"Welcome to the city that never sleeps, the city whose light never ends!"
The old man parked his car outside a dilapidated garbage dump and shouted loudly.
Aaron looked over and saw in a shack not far away, a beautiful woman with undulating breasts, chasing a skinny man: "Dare you prostitute yourself for nothing? See if I don't beat your lower body to pieces!"
Not far away, a few sneaky guys who looked like gang members were collecting protection money from several children...
Further away, there were occasional explosions and the sound of gunshots...
"It's really a very dynamic city."
Aaron sighed.
"All cities are like this. If you want a safe environment and beautiful communities...it's easy, go to Uptown!"
Jason put his arm around Aaron's shoulders: "But brother, you barely have enough money, but your status is definitely not enough... You are a gangster in the Evernight City! Do you want to apply for a household registration? I know someone
I can give you a 20% discount!"
"Don't listen to Jason, he knows a ghost!" The old man parked the car and sneered: "Why don't you let me find a reliable middleman for you, with only a small intermediary fee...
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While talking, he rubbed the index finger and thumb of his right hand.
Aaron understood immediately, pressed the virtual glasses, and transferred them to the old man for 30 days. At the same time, he also paid Jason the cost of the glasses equipment.
“The boss is awesome! Is there anything else I need to serve?”
Jason showed a pleasant smile: "The old man is still smart. This trip is equivalent to a full trip. Everyone can have at least seven days! I want to take a vacation, I want to take a half-day, no, one day!"
Chloe rolled her eyes: "Jason, don't throw your money into the virtual reality game, you will die!"
She looked at Aaron again and suggested seriously: "Actually, the Evernight City household registration is of little use... The most important thing here is the noble status! Without the noble status, you will not be able to enter the upper city area, and you will be beaten by those iron
The head guards beat him to death!"
"Iron-headed guard?"
Aaron heard a brand new term again.
"It is a person who has lost everything and sold himself to the Cyber Corporation. After transformation, 90% of the organs in the body have been replaced, leaving only a head wrapped in an iron shell..."
The old man knocked on his head and showed a creepy smile: "If you lift the skulls of those guards, you will see a brain in a glass petri dish..."
"Living in the slums does not require any identity, you only need to have money...and money can be transferred and traded through the virtual reality network..."
Chloe finally gave a piece of advice: "Be careful of those gangs, they are like scavenging hyenas."
Aaron was keenly aware of some differences from these descriptions.
‘The interests of the senior management of Evernight City and the three Leviathan giants are not consistent...’
'Yes, the Life Bank pursues the highest profits, and wishes that all natural people around the world could connect to the Gaia network and digitize their life spans... A mere nobleman in the city that never sleeps, or at most a local tycoon in a small area, with the Gaia Network and the Life Bank,
A world-class giant like Cyber Group is simply incomparable...'
He thought for a moment, looked at Chloe, and smiled: "You are very honest, miss... Then, I want to hire you again."
"Hire...me?" Chloe pointed to herself, a little wary: "What do you want to do...I tell you, my robot hand is very powerful...
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"Chloe, you are a good person. I have just arrived in this city. I would like to ask you to find me a safe, quiet room, as well as water and food... Of course, I will not miss you.
agency and protection fees.”
Aaron didn't care what Chloe thought and said what he thought.
He really needs a 'guide'.
As for being cheated out of money?
For a true 'immortal', even a hundred or a thousand years... are just floating clouds.
"I······"
Chloe was still hesitant, but the old man and Jason quickly agreed: "No problem, Chloe is happy to serve sir... As a team, we will also provide support for Chloe."
The old man straightened his back and acted like a butler: "Dear Mr. Aaron, I have lived in this place for more than forty years. Where is the accommodation the cheapest, where the women are the most beautiful, and where the goods are the best.
, all old men know it!”
"Living for more than forty years?"
Aaron looked at the old man: "Are you only in your forties?"
"Of course..." Wilson next to him continued to explain: "Here in our country, most people will be fired at the age of thirty-five, and those who can live to the age of forty are old men..."
Looking at the old man's vicissitudes of life, Aaron could only put his hands in his pockets.
Okay...you have the final say!
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After a while, Aaron, who transformed into a slum boy, came to a neighborhood under the leadership of Jason, Wilson, the old man and other losers.
Although this neighborhood is still very poor, they are all reinforced concrete buildings. Although they are generally only one or two floors, they are still much better than shacks made of waste cardboard.
"Master Aaron, this is called 'Comet Street'. It is the best and safest place in the slums..."
The old man introduced with emotion: "I know a landlord here. She happens to have a house for rent. It is definitely big and quiet enough to meet your needs!"
Boom!
As soon as he finished speaking, Aaron saw a two-story building not far away being blown into the sky. A figure rushed out of the smoke and shouted: "Accept the revenge of nature..."
·Disgusting transformation of people!"
Toot!
Mechas emerged one after another. Their smooth lines made them run very fast, holding powerful firearms in their hands.
Especially their heads, which are reinforced layer by layer, like iron skulls.
"Uptown Guard!"
Chloe screamed, and with great experience, she led Aaron down and looked for cover.
"Damn... I met a lunatic from the Forest Society!"
The old man cursed and said: "All natural people are crazy! Those who come from the mysterious sect are even crazier!"
After he finished cursing, he saw Aaron next to him and waved his hand quickly: "I'm sorry... Master Aaron, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about those idiots from the Forest Society!"
"What forest does that?"
Aaron looked interested.
Although he was a little puzzled as to why this natural person didn't know about the forest, Chloe quickly answered: "The Mysterious Sect is just a general name. The believers in it worship various gods from the past. Now they are called the 'Old Gods'."
Gods, guys from the 'old days'... their brains are not normal, no, there are still normal people, I'm not talking about Mr. Aaron..."
"I understand, I understand..." Aaron smiled: "Then what?"
"Among all the mysterious sects, the Forest Society is the most radical. They worship an old god named 'Chrysalis' or 'Cocoon' and believe that over-exploitation of energy is the main culprit that leads to land desertification and environmental pollution.
······They madly hate all high technologies, and will also launch attacks, especially against the Cyber Group!"
"So that's it..." Aaron's face remained as usual: "Although I come from a mysterious sect, my purpose is still relatively peaceful and friendly, and I don't advocate the use of violence to solve problems."
Several people just lay there, waiting until the chase left, and then stood up as if nothing had happened.
According to Jason, just get used to it, get used to it...
Aaron followed the old man and got into a building.
"Black Mansha! Black Mansha! I'm here to introduce business to you!"
The old man shouted carelessly, but there was no response in the empty corridor. The ground was covered with various fast food boxes and empty bottles of nutrient solution.
"No, something happened!"
The old man was very experienced and went straight to Black Mansha's bedroom.
After kicking open the bedroom door, an indescribable smell hit my nose.
Aaron frowned and saw a woman with black curly hair lying on the floor in the bedroom, spreading her legs and half leaning on the foot of the bed.
Her eyes turned white, her face was blank, and her body was incontinent.
It looks like a doll that has been played with.
"No, Black Mansha is sick again. Which one of you brought medicine?"
Chloe looked anxiously at Jason and Wilson, only to see the two men awkwardly turning their pockets out, and there was nothing inside...