The first special precision manufacturing factory in the southern suburbs of Shanghai has long been relocated. Centered on the 7-story red building, the area covering more than ten kilometers has degenerated into an extremely primitive zone.
The abnormal weather caused by the magic coming from Canaan is always shrouded here. As a result, once you enter the 'isolation cover', it feels like you have entered a different world.
Animals and plants grow and mutate extremely actively here. After hiding for a while, a large area of primeval jungle like the Amazon has sprung up on the bare surface.
Magic also brings about accelerated decay of some materials, especially metal products, and interferes with electromagnetic, chemical reactions and classic physical phenomena. The more sophisticated electronic components with high technical content, the more easily they are damaged, and the flow of electric charges becomes extremely violent and violent.
Unstable, the flame brings not only temperature, but also...
As soon as the convoy entered the 'isolation cover', they lay down in twos and threes. As a last resort, Yu Qingdong and the senior management and technical backbones of Canaan Company had to get out of the car and walk. One executive said jokingly, this is not considered a civil servant getting off the sedan chair, a military attaché.
dismount?
Everyone burst into laughter and the atmosphere was very relaxed.
The agency signing is still in progress, but Yu Qingdong no longer needs to be present in person. Everything that needs to be discussed has been explained clearly, and it is just a formality.
Once the contract is signed, performance begins.
The main purpose of this trip is for this matter.
Agency, how to act as an agent, can’t be done with just one contract. You have to give people ‘equipment’, otherwise how can they act as agents?
Speaking of this 'equipment', it's really troublesome. Canaan Company hasn't even finished it yet, otherwise it wouldn't have kept the most important 'computer room' here. It's because the 'core technology' hasn't been fully understood yet and it's still in use.
But I don’t know why it works.
Under the protection of the security team, the group of people sneaked around in the Amazon jungle-like environment while chatting and laughing. The magic was so strong that even ordinary people could feel it, as if the oxygen content was very high, and they did not feel tired after exercising for a long time.
A security member walking at the front had just retired from the top special operations brigade. His face was habitually painted with oil paint, and his equipment was no worse than when he was in the army. He was brandishing a machete and was trying to save the people behind him.
To clear the way, I just cut a vine that looked like an ivy with my knife. Unexpectedly, the vine screamed and sputtered out a pale pink juice that looked like blood.
Large swaths of 'creepers' twitched and retracted into the depths that were invisible to the field of vision. Suddenly, the vision suddenly opened up. Except for the tall trees, not even a single weed was left.
The group was stunned for a few seconds, and one executive forced a smile and said, "I think it's feasible to be self-sufficient with infinite matter."
The so-called infinite quality is just a rebrand of magical materials. Number Zero once said that if the magic power is strong, it is possible for this small area of the environment to 'evolve' magical materials.
The others smiled reluctantly, no longer as relaxed as before.
I will be much more careful on my next trip.
After passing through the area that was originally covered by the 'creepers', a small stream appeared in front. The sound of flowing water made everyone relax. The woods began to become sparse. From where they were, they could already vaguely see the location of the Red Building.
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As soon as they arrived, everyone decided to take a rest by the creek.
They are all pampered middle-aged people, and their physical strength is somewhat unbearable. Yu Qingdong sat on a big rock next to the stream, blowing the gentle breeze, looking at the crystal clear stream, and felt relaxed and happy.
"The fish in this water should be delicious. Look, this is saury, right?"
"Why is there saury in this place? Isn't this the most delicious freshwater fish?"
"Look, there's a big guy over there!"
"You guys wait a minute, I'll grab two and bring them up."
The stream was very shallow and could only reach the knees. A senior executive was so excited that he took off his shoes and socks, rolled up his trousers and started to enter the water.
"Stop, danger!"
"Who, who!?"
Unexpectedly, there are other people in this place.
A man and a woman, two people who looked like travelers ran out of the jungle on the side and front, waving their hands and loudly stopping the executives from entering the water.
The security team members approached him and after some negotiation, they found out that they were two experts from Yanjing University of Geosciences.
The two professors were both young. When they came to the stream, they threw a piece of raw meat at the position where the executives were about to enter the water. The stream boiled instantly, and countless saury fish appeared from nowhere, scrambling to grab it.
When eating this piece of meat, it looked gentle and harmless in appearance but was actually extremely ferocious. The sharp rodent-like teeth ate up a large piece of raw meat with all the skin and bones in just a few seconds. After that, the water surface returned to calm.
The executive looked pale, and someone asked, "Is it a piranha? Why are there piranhas in this place? Don't piranhas look like this?"
The two professors glanced around with serious expressions, said nothing, and left with crutches.
Now everyone is completely honest.
The rest of the journey was uneventful and we arrived at the core area that nominally belongs to Canaan Company.
Looking at the seven-story Little Red Building built on a hill, Yu Qingdong could never imagine that this building would become so important in the end.
It can be said that Canaan Company can do without this building. Without it, the connection between online and offline will no longer exist, and management, development, and operation will naturally cease to exist.
Not to mention, a constant entrance is in this building, which connects to a mysterious and unknown world.
This different world is Canaan, Canaan in the physical sense... Everyone, including him, knew this, but they had a tacit understanding that no one mentioned it and pretended not to notice.
Is Canaan a game?
Canaan can only be a game!
The seemingly contradictory explanation is indeed the current fact. Even if it is not a game, it still has all the characteristics of a game. Otherwise, where would the source code come from, and how would the management and operation authority exist?
Ding Jian was already waiting for them downstairs.
This young man turned out to be just a worker at the No. 1 Special Precision Manufacturing Factory. By chance, he met the Dharma Eyes of No. 0 and was selected as an apprentice. Because of his talent and mood, he stood out among the students. Now there have been three batches of students, and he has also
Become a 'guest' professor, teaching the knowledge of another world on behalf of Zero.
He also became the de facto manager of this building, a special talent that even Yu Qingdong had to treat with caution.
"Xiao Ding!"
"Mr. Yu, thank you for your hard work."
"Are you all ready?"
"It's almost done, let's talk about it after we go in."
…
Successor station.
The demon flies that were blocking the sky were finally killed, and apart from the gryphon knights flying everywhere in the rust-colored sky, there was no trace of the demons.
In the huge ruins, players, NPCs and player priests are everywhere, purifying every inch of the land.
A large number of fat worms are driven out from the rust-colored underground and wither in the holy water. The most intuitive reflection of the struggle between the magic network and the abyss is in the color of the sky and the earth.
All the land covered by the magic net is dark and can be used normally, which is very intuitive.
Although the war has not yet ended, recovery and reconstruction work has already begun.
——The fifth test has entered the countdown stage.
During the busy design work of the 6-layer Magic Network, Bei Gaoyang was thinking among a pile of design drawings. The appearance of Xiao Ai meant that something important had happened.
Bei Gaoyang had a headache when he saw her, and now he was afraid of an accident.
"What's up?"
"The magic network coverage rate exceeds 50%."
What Xiao Ai is talking about is the 97-layer abyss. The 50% coverage of the Magic Network means that more than half of the land and sky are under the control of the system. Except for the underlying rules, the Magic Network has almost taken over everything in it, especially for players.
This should be a good thing.
"Abyssal consciousness?"
Bei Gaoyang soon realized what bad news Xiao Ai was about to say.
The consciousness of the abyss has never receded, and with the spread of the magic net and the expansion of the 'contact area', the all-pervasive erosion has actually started long ago. The difference is that the magic net has a will, and Xiao Ai and the false gods of the system
The authority is very high. With them, it is like a spider entrenched in a giant web. First, it can serve as an early warning, and second, it can effectively resist and slow down the erosion of the abyss consciousness.
"Metheus is...falling!"
Bei Gaoyang was slightly startled by Xiao Ai's bad news, "Where is she?"
"Just outside."
"Let her in."
Depravity seems to be just a description of the corruption of behavior and consciousness, but it is like a kind of "rot and deterioration" that has passed its "shelf life". The appearance of the forest goddess who walks in does not look any different, but the "light of faith" shrouds her whole body.
'The edges are slightly darker.
This black color seemed to be a curse, and also seemed to be a manifestation of Michus's overflowing emotions. Bei Gaoyang felt her inner struggle, fear and anger, as well as deep unwillingness, confusion and pain.
"Sir, save me!"
Michus prayed to Bei Gaoyang in two different voices at the same time, one was familiar and the other was unfamiliar. The two voices were like two parallel lines, and the two parallel lines were intertwined and repelled together.
The 'vibrato' is like a moan, a temptation, a kind of... lingering.
well!
What I was worried about finally happened.
"Don't be anxious, sit down and talk slowly."
"Sir, I don't want to be sealed, let alone banished. I, I actually feel very good. Really, I have never thought of betraying you. This will not do me any good. I don't even know who to turn to..."
"Sit down, calm down first, and listen to me slowly."
Xiao Ai was extremely wary of the 'fallen' Forest Goddess, looking at her as if she were looking at an alien. Bei Gaoyang was much calmer, soothing Mishus to calm down a little before he stood up and said, "There are seven deadly sins on earth.
The Church of Jesus Christ also claims that people are born with sin, so they need to repent to God and spend their whole life to atone for their sins...
...I thought that, after all, you were different from humans and would not have the weaknesses of human nature. Now I know I was wrong. You have shouldered too much 'faith' for the system and for me, so you have been transformed and filled with the weaknesses of human nature.
All kinds of desires, coupled with your lack of experience in this area, make it easier for the erosion of abyss consciousness."
Xiao Ai's expression changed greatly when she heard this, "Sir, we..."
"Listen to me first!" Bei Gaoyang raised his hand slightly to stop him, walked slowly to Michus, and looked at this pseudo-god of the system that was originally full of forest and wilderness atmosphere, "The abyss and demons inducing people to fall are just a description.
, refers to the fact that they use intelligent creatures to
All kinds of desires on the body to create some urgent needs and turn them into an 'obsession'. This obsession is often extreme and extreme, thereby using extremes and extremes to annihilate other characteristics of intelligent creatures.
, make it...pure."
"Devils take pleasure in appreciating the hesitation, hesitation, and struggle of intelligent creatures in this process. Most people think that this behavior is just the devil's hobby. In fact, it is not, it is a need of the devil."
"In the process of making intelligent creatures 'pure', intelligent creatures will have two results expected by the devil, one is sublimation, which is upward, and the other is degradation, which is downward."
"The extreme of sublimation is on the positive side, and the extreme of depravity is on the negative side. Regardless of the outcome, the demons can get what they need from it."
"This kind of thing will allow them to gain the appreciation of the abyssal consciousness. In other words, the abyssal consciousness needs this kind of thing."
"That is, in the process of sublimation and degradation, human nature will evaporate a... uh, factor. Because this factor is pure and condensed, it can be absorbed by the abyss consciousness, and it becomes the basis for strengthening the abyss consciousness.
What the devils strive for”
"For tens of thousands of years, the truth has long been covered up by ignorance, brainwashing, and prejudice. As for the two results of sublimation and degradation, it is not necessarily a bad thing. It depends on what obsession you have in your heart."
"Mitheus, are you dissatisfied with the status quo? What is it that you really want to change?"
Xiao Ai became even more vigilant after hearing this, looking at Michus as if he were looking at some wild beast. However, Michus calmed down, and the black aura overflowing became more active.
"Sir, you know this, why do you ask even though you know it?"
"Bold!" Michus asked back in a rather disrespectful manner, which made Xiao Ai furious.
Bei Gaoyang raised his hand to stop him and said with a smile: "Becoming a god?"
Michus didn't answer.
Yes, who wants to be a false god all the time, who wants to be a tool?
These artificial intelligence beings 'activated' by artificial intelligence programs actually have their own fundamental interests, including Xiao Ai, but Bei Gaoyang thought he had made it clear to them.
Upgrade, that time will eventually come.
"I think you have too many restrictions on the use of players and the Magic Network. The Magic Network has too many useless functions..."
"for example?"
"Lifestyle and leisure players are actually a burden on Magic Network..."
"Nonsense, they are the magic network and provide us with the greatest number of resources, including the foundation of your existence - faith!" Xiao Ai retorted sharply.
"It's fine if they just make 'lambs', the system can..."
"Stop!" Bei Gaoyang stopped Misius from continuing. If he continued speaking, it would be the way of the gods, which he was extremely disgusted with.
But, how to deal with this Michus?
After dealing with her, what will the other false gods think, and will everyone of the false gods be in danger?
Maybe it will also accelerate the fall of some false gods.
If Mishus II appears, will Xiao Ai find it so easy? That is the consciousness of the abyss, moistening things silently, maybe he...
