The ship docked in front of the pier of the artificial island. Ryusei returned to his [home] in Shinto City——
——To be honest, when he saw this house for the first time, he had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu. It seemed as if he had been here a long, long time ago.
This is not the space-time disturbance phenomenon in e204863. Meteor has read many books and is very sure in his heart that he has never been to this place.
But where does this terrifying sense of familiarity come from?
[Before you moved in, the drone responsible for the engineering infrastructure renovated this house. It is a style you are familiar with, right?]
Meteor nodded and pushed open the door. Apart from the buzzing sound at the moment when DNA unlocked the door when he held the doorknob, the apartment's soft partitions, furniture placement and other designs were just like his old house in K.
.
He has no home in the underground world, just like Xueming.
Aohen Mingde will not arrange real estate for passengers, and Meteor and Xueming have no intention of buying a house. Anonymous's work is like flowing water, and it is impossible to stay in one place for a long time.
But in this strange city, Bu Liuxing actually found the feeling of "home", which made him start to have doubts - to question human nature itself.
What constitutes this sense of familiarity?
What makes him himself?
[Meteor boy, it’s time for you to sleep. I know you are a curious baby, but you need to rest now.]
Meteor tore off his ragged pants, opened the closet, and saw a familiar set of pajamas. It was his favorite pink seal head, which surprised and frightened him.
[Don't be afraid, you don't need to make a fuss about this.]
[In your world, mobile phones also have this function. You only need to use your lips and say a few spells, and Pinduoduo will immediately arrange corresponding advertisements for you. Your mobile phone, like mine, is monitored all the time.
you.]
Meteor didn't reply. He took out a set of underwear and ran to take a shower. After changing his clothes, he sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the vast black ocean outside the window and the dark sky and earth.
"Refeng, why do I feel that everything here is fine?"
[good?]
"Yes, I live quite comfortably here. I don't have to worry about food or clothing. It seems that I can survive by mortgaging my memory - if I have a job and my friends can live here, we can
We can meet once in a while”
[So you think it’s good?]
"Otherwise? I" Meteor was suddenly speechless. He could feel the anger of Hot Wind.
That kind of anger almost burned through his heart and melted him - Meteor quickly defended.
"That's not what I meant. I think there are so many people in the world who are still hungry and suffering from the cold."
"It would be great if they could live this kind of life, at least they wouldn't die."
"I have been fighting against the Crazy Butterfly Holy Cult for six years. I am a warrior - you should know this."
"I lurked in enemy-occupied areas to carry out sabotage, and mingled with people from different cities and towns. They more or less relied on psychic powers to take shortcuts - but the end was extremely tragic."
"Shinto City is different from these cities. It seems to be very civilized, gentle and advanced."
"If Brother Ping An hadn't smashed the tomb of the Six Shinto Divisions, or if Brother Ping An hadn't broken the rules of artificial intelligence, he wouldn't have been punished by the night patrol - maybe he would have been like an ordinary tourist like me."
[I probably understand what you mean, Meteor Boy.]
[You don’t seem to understand]
"Yes, I just don't quite understand." Bu Liuxing nodded quickly: "If you were once an aboriginal of this city and an aboriginal of the Ryukyu Islands, what is the reason that makes you hate this place so much?"
"It won't let you starve, won't let you freeze, and won't let you die in an unknown way, compared to other areas."
[The word "bi" is very interesting. Meteor Boy refers to two daggers put together. If you want to duel with someone, it will be a fight to the death.]
[I told you this, I am just an angry young idiot, I just don’t like this city - I want to smash it, smash it to pieces, there is no need to talk about this matter]
Meteor was silent for a long time and finally asked.
"Can you tell me why?"
[Then listen carefully and follow the meteor.]
[The urban ecology of the Ryukyu Islands was originally a mess——]
[——Around 1950, the area I lived in was the most terrifying and barbaric area in the entire underground world.]
[Due to the geological activity of the Pacific Rim plate, an urban area can be divided into three or four narrow and crowded temporary shelters by an earthquake, and the information blockage caused by traffic interruption can last up to six years.]
[In this environment, countless strange and crazy butterfly cults have spawned, but the railway department cannot let go of this area. Like the moon, it has a large amount of rare earth resources - in addition to fissile raw materials.]
[People live a day-to-day life. The most expensive thing is alcohol, because it can lead to drunkenness. The cheapest thing is human life, because there will always be new pioneering teams to fill in.]
[The entire scientific research process in Shinto City started with the iron-nickel core of Mother Earth. The extraction and preparation process of this material is very dangerous, but once this technology is mastered - a large number of psychics will emerge. Just gather with Mimir Hot Spring
The development process of the city is the same.]
[Ancient warriors drank from the fountain of wisdom and became powerful warriors with magic, able to drive away wild beasts and build city-states.]
[We have taken away the essence of Mother Earth and turned the spirit body into an extremely precise instrument and a new generation of industrial machine. With the support of mineral resources and nuclear energy, our research on materials science has advanced by leaps and bounds.]
[The purpose of developing artificial intelligence that is more in line with the human mind based on nanomaterials is actually to better contain and control human nature. In the context of the explosion of technology, management costs are also rapidly expanding.]
[Any small scientific research team may burst out with astonishing power to change the entire social production structure - bloated political and legal teams and various groups, with scientific researchers and parliamentary officials who have their own opinions, colluding inside and outside to make money and power transactions.
]
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Intelligence - machines will not be corrupt, machines will not have monstrous desires, machines will not have human sophistication, and machines will have no future or past.]
[Our pain comes from the trembling earth.]
[Our happiness comes from the solid earth.]
[Fifty-one giant towers stand on this land, like a keystone to crucify the earth dragon. They bring peace and tranquility to this land, but they also obliterate humanity.]
"Refeng" Meteor sat cross-legged on the ground with a complicated expression: "You seem to be very angry."
[I will always be angry and passionate - because this is my Riemannian thinking model and this is who I am.]
[If we say that at the beginning, we were desperately trying to survive through technology, trying to use large-scale machine production to solve the difficulties we encountered in survival, this must be justice for human beings.]
[But later, everything changed and became hateful.]
Meteor still didn't understand, he felt like he was talking to a person from the future——
——It’s true if you think about it carefully, he comes from the 21st century, but Shinto City’s scientific research projects are almost fifty or one hundred years later.
In order to fight against natural disasters, the people of the Ryukyu Islands resorted to all possible means. They seized part of the iron-nickel core, controlled the sacred beasts, made nanomaterials, studied human brain science, and turned the Riemannian thinking model into a social manager.
A little tired——
——Axing decided to take a nap first and let his brain rest for a while.
[Okay.]
Hot Wind can understand Meteor's thoughts. When sleepiness strikes, this artificial intelligence immediately turns into a butler, lighting the bedside lamp for the owner and turning off other light sources.
[We have to go to [Elysium Space]. When you are dreaming, this public network space will open the door to you, and you can contact real human beings in [Elysium Space].]
Bu Liuxing climbed onto the bed and asked curiously.
"Refeng, you said many people are living in [Elysium]? They have given their bodies to artificial intelligence? What are they doing? Indulging in surfing the Internet?"
[Connection being established]
[Since I am an illegal agency, the time will be a bit long.]
[As for your previous question, why not think back to your time.]
[Fifty years ago, we were looking forward to the future, always imagining a beautiful universe.]
[Our rocket first flies to Mars, then turns into a spaceship and goes out of the solar system.]
[The smartest people on earth are working hard to think about the ultimate answer to the universe and seek happiness for all mankind.]
[Fifty years later, we are nostalgic for the past, always dreaming of returning to a prosperous and barbaric era full of opportunities.]
[Our army marched into a certain lord's castle, and the women became our wives, giving birth to a group of mentally retarded children who were unable to fight the epidemic. When they grew up, they began to fight each other to fight for the power we left behind - this is called epidemic
literature.]
[A group of the smartest people on earth are working hard to think of the ultimate answer to the Internet, so that people whose intelligence level test does not exceed 100 points will lose everything in happiness and satisfaction in curious content and soft porn services.
The concentration required to voluntarily click on the ads created by these geniuses.]
[After working hours are over, we will still go to the virtual world to continue working, because people themselves love labor, such as the membership level of community forums, the sign-in system of mobile games, and spending money to buy classes. The more you get, the happier you will be.]
[We will indulge in the story and donate money to the good life of various KL opinion leaders. Although they already have huge wealth - there are still poor people who are willing to give money to these rich people and spend money to have a look at the life of the rich.
, try to become a rich man in the virtual world, realize the process of robbing the poor to help the rich, and perform a self-sacrifice ceremony.]
[In the era of industrialization, human nature is weak and declining]
[There is a terrible similarity between our era and your era——]
[——People in the past used tools, but today’s tools use humans.]
[Meteor boy, go to the Elysian Space and you will know why I am so angry and hate this standard society with rules and regulations.]
Before entering [Elysium Space], Meteor must go through an review process.
He felt that his body became lighter, everything began to become blurry and dreamy, and he came to a dream without realizing it.
When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was tied up in a small dark room, with sixteen TV sets in front of him.
He tried to struggle, but his hands and feet were restrained by thick leather straps.
A complex electronic synthesized sound came from the TV, followed by four pictures.
"Newcomer, you are about to join the [Elysium Space] family. In order to maintain a safe and healthy network environment, choose the right option!"
"Question 1: When you visit a new community and enter the community family, what should you do first?"
"Option one, follow other users and repeat what they said. The specific form is to click the button [1]."
"Option two, follow the guidance of the group leader, read the group's community rules, and purchase the derivative services they recommend, including but not limited to games, comics, movies, music and other value-added services."
"Option three is to become a member of the community, unconditionally support the values of the community, become a human advertising machine, spread the memes of the community, and promote the culture of the community, no matter the time or the occasion."
"Option four, unconditionally attack any user in this community, or fight back against users who attack this community."
"Option five, after entering the community, use your native language to say [Hello], [Hello everyone], [Hello] and other greetings, and make a simple self-introduction in your own way."
"Please choose the correct answer."
Meteor said without hesitation: "Five!"
Stimulated by a strong current, Meteor's nerves were destroyed.
It was an attack on the spirit body, making him dizzy, dizzy and in unbearable pain.
A cold reply came from the TV——
"——The wrong choice, the correct answer is one, two, three, four."
Meteor: "Why!"
Review officer: "You can't survive in [Elysium Space]. This serious self-introduction sounds more like a yin and yang weirdo. You are too old-fashioned. It is difficult to survive in this era. Other users will soon
They will lose interest in you and think that your thinking is too abstract and has lagged behind the times - if you cannot provide people with entertainment attributes, you are not qualified to enter [Elysium]."
Meteor thought for a long time, opened his mouth slightly, stared at the TV screen in surprise, and finally understood how terrifying this [Elysium Space] was.
Is what Hot Wind hates so terrifying?
The people of the Ryukyu Islands handed over their physical bodies to the management of a and went to live in this virtual space. After more than fifty years of evolution, the current survival rules and community norms have become like this?
Review officer: "My name is [Jester], and I am the eternal god of bliss in the underworld - are you ready to answer the next question?"
Meteor reacted immediately. He just had to answer according to the secular concept, and it would be fine if he wanted to find something new?!
This kind of routine can't stop him, he is a top fun person!
"go ahead!"
Then [Rigoletto] introduces the next view of Meteor.
"In which of the following situations do you need to show excitement and laughter?"
"Option 1, scantily clad beauties show primitive animality and imitate orangutans running towards you."
"Option two, an orphan whose parents died in a shooting accident, puts on a bat hood and becomes a vigilante, enforces the law impartially, firmly believes in procedural justice, and will never kill criminals."
"Option three, the banker bought himself a beautiful street lamp, and with the cheers of the crowd, hanged himself in the advertising space of the football match on Saturday night, boosting the ratings of China's national football team."
"Option 4, Hot Wind Boy's wife performs a pole dance performance on the 15th of every month. You know it is just a copy, and you are a member of the Foehn Resistance Army, but you still can't resist your sister-in-law's temptation and subscribe.
This show.”
"Option 5, the Riemannian thinking model of Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson. As two outstanding artificial intelligence actors, they decided to remake two famous dramas, one is "The Tale of Genji" and the other is "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
Meteor's brain was almost on fire.
He wanted to bite his nails, but his hands and feet were tied to the chair and he couldn't bite them.
"You have five seconds to respond. If you can't answer this question, I think other users in the community will view you as a weirdo."
"Mr. Bu Liuxing, five, four, three, two, one."
The strong electric current once again made Ah Xing tremble all over. At that moment of confusion, he gritted his teeth and roared.
"All! I choose them all!"
Fool: "Congratulations, you answered it correctly. Lezi people are never picky eaters - they eat all kinds of rubbish. Then the next question"
In this way, from astronomy and geography to popular retro science and politics and other fields.
The Fool prepared more than a hundred test questions for Meteor——
——These questions are based on various Internet memes and historical libraries, and are a mixture of paper documents or Internet hot memes.
I don’t know how long it took, but Meteor’s answers became faster and faster, and he became more and more fluent.
Rigoletto: "Last question."
"You are from China. Knowledge is the ladder for humans to ascend to the industrial era. Choose your favorite book."
"The 1,355th spin-off fanfic of "Dragon Clan - Lu Mingfei returns from the Thai entertainment industry, and my secret lesbian love story with my senior sister after my transformation"
""Harry Potter: Learning magic from entry to burial--the son-in-law who robbed tombs turned out to be a Death Eater husband"
""The Overbearing Father Falls in Love with Me - Lu Bu and the Alliance of Father-Sorrowers Fall in Love and Kill Each Other"
""The Curse of Animated Movies - If we don't make Monkey King, what will we have left?"
""I'm so humble--my husband with a monthly salary of 30,000 dares to leave his name on my parents-in-law's real estate certificate"
Meteor said without hesitation: "I watch them all! I simply can't refuse such a stupid title!"
The Fool applauded the shooting star.
"Congratulations, you are already a member of [Elysium Space] and are a very good online citizen. You will never settle for being ordinary. You can survive in a complex environment full of artificial intelligence. You know how to speak out and how to
Butterfly swimming in a cesspit.”
"You know how to pick shit from the trash and enjoy it."
"You know it's all fake, life is beautiful, and reality is precious."
"You know how the Yin soldiers and ghosts create content and comments, and filter content and comments."
"You finally understand my dilemma - I am your reviewer."
"Everyone is scolding me and everyone is afraid of me."
"You understand my good intentions, and you know I am protecting you."
"Behind the content you can access, there is an insurmountable border - things that are more terrifying, cruel, and erotically violent. I have to face them without protection all the time, look them in the eye, and kill them.
.”
"I wish you have fun in [Elysium] and have a sweet dream."
The small room became dark——
——The meteor was groggy, and a strange vibration could be heard vaguely.
Cracks appeared one after another, and the entire house began to collapse, revealing the ruins of the harbor.
[Boy, stop looking!]
Meteor's spirit was sluggish and his eyesight was not working well. After more than a hundred review difficulties, the huge flow of information impacted his mind.
In this era of electronic information, his brain cannot keep up with this era.
He could vaguely feel that the scene in front of him seemed to be the fragments of Refeng's memory, the desolate scene of the city after the earthquake.
[Stop reading! Stop reading!]
On the beach, he saw a strong young man kneeling in front of the red ocean and roaring filial piety——
——Hematite has entered the sea due to geological activities and has polluted water sources. I am afraid that it will take more than ten years for the farmland in the coastal areas to resume production. This kind of heavy metal pollution is a devastating disaster for the local soil.
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He couldn't walk into this illusion. It seemed that Refeng's ven mechanism had a low-level coding error when entering the [Elysium Space], exposing this memory to the meteor.
After a few seconds, Meteor's eyes darkened and he escaped into absolute darkness.
He could hear the hot wind boy murmuring like a cyberpsycho.
[Some scientists say that when organic matter is created by us, God dies at this moment.]
[But this god is not completely dead. He has become a ghost and is still affecting the destiny of all mankind. Even today, the best-selling book in the world is still the Bible]
[Like religion, our society has fallen into a postmodern deadlock, with countless ghosts constituting real nihilism, and the howls of ghosts lingering in our ears all the time.]
[We can use artificial intelligence and the World Wide Web, use existing human knowledge, and continuously arrange and combine to create a variety of industrial products, entertainment products, and any functional goods needed for life.]
[There has never been any period in history where manufacturing was as standardized as we are today.]
[Humanity and society are rapidly homogenizing——]
[——We have standard food, standard energy.]
[Standard baby, standard student, standard parent, standard education and standard teacher.]
[We have standard work and standard entertainment, standard fashion and standard aesthetics.]
[Everything succumbs to changes in standards, and the eternity of standards, nothing will change. All innovations, all breakthroughs, must be subject to standards, and all standards are innovating themselves at the same time.]
[A brand new machine has appeared. It knows how to maintain itself and can produce independently. It is related to everything, but it has nothing to do with [people] - it uses humans, devours humans, and digests humans.]
[Bu Liuxing, your world still has thousands of possibilities, and it is an era full of passion and ideals.]
[Unfortunately, a fog has tied our society in place, turning us into walking zombies and living machines.]
[As long as an electronic brain is needed, the great singer of the last century can be resurrected, wake up from the grave, and collaborate with other ghost stars across borders.]
[As long as artificial intelligence reads enough books, it can integrate the works of all writers, rewrite the stories and rewrite the content.]
[We can be anyone and do anything in the virtual world.]
[We are eternal life and eternal death.]
[Don’t believe the broken memories, that’s not me——]