Abyssal Wanderer

Jiang Zhou couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the [Certification Passed] message pop up.

If he wants to contact Booker, he must connect to the Abyss Dark Network to communicate with the "City of Sages" - although he doesn't know whether Limbo, which is outside the Styx Firewall, can be connected, but at the moment he can only Take the plunge and give it a try.

After connecting to the brain-computer interface, his consciousness separated from his weak body in an instant and was injected into the substitute program. When he came back to his senses, his surroundings had turned into an empty, pure white space.

Compared to the company's internal employee network, which can be accessed at will, Limbo is obviously much more strictly controlled. Even if he has Christie's permission, he is only allowed to access the public domain of the "training simulation field".

Jiang Zhou has been to this place in the past - it was here that he conducted preliminary adaptability training before his first dive for salvage. However, at that time, I was accessing as a temporary labor dispatcher, not as a company employee, so I did not have any authority to operate except for the actions framed by Director Ye at that time.

With this in mind, Jiang Zhou clicked on the public screen interface.

Then, an overwhelming amount of confusing information instantly flooded into his vision.

[Simulation of the Silent City scene in the 2K-E quadrant with depth, 3V3 confrontation training, 5=1]

[Requesting the assistance of three or more fraudster-level hackers to conduct ice wall stress testing. The battle records will be deleted afterwards and the coding style of each icebreaker will never be revealed]

[At the end of the month, I would like to join the deep level 1 immersive battlefield ladder. All you need to do is get the subsistence allowance. You can transfer money and work points afterwards. Anyone who is interested can chat privately]

[Looking for someone who also has the task of a friendly match. I will withdraw after I win the reward through honest mutual investment]

[Does anyone know the inside information? Why were the deep diving quotas in the Central Asia Division reduced in November - this information has been withdrawn by the administrator]

[Hang a grandson who lost the depth 3 blueprint during the previous roll reward]

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"It's all so messed up...how can it be the same as an online game?"

Looking at the information on the public screen that instantly filled everyone's attention, Jiang Zhou couldn't help but sigh with black lines on his head.

"Because games are a form of spontaneous emergence of human social structures."

Without warning, a female voice came from behind him.

Jiang Zhou was startled by the sudden sound. He quickly turned his head and looked over. Christy, a humanoid dressed in a very rock and roll outfit, appeared behind him at some point.

"Ah? Why are you here?"

Surprised, Jiang Zhou was secretly glad that he didn't try to connect to the City of Sages as soon as he got online. So, he asked while maintaining the shocked expression on his face.

"I just wanted to come back for a visit on a whim. There's nothing to do now anyway."

Christie shrugged and answered. As she spoke, she also clicked on the public screen chat interface and continued:

"Besides, I also need to have a clear grasp of your abilities... I originally planned to wait for you to upgrade to Depth 2 before testing it, but since you are eager to train, this is just the opportunity. The path to upgrade to Theseus is here In Depth 2, you will need to configure a 'puppet' auxiliary, so you can know in advance where you are lacking, and then you can easily match the corresponding puppet to make up for your weaknesses."

For this impeccable reason, Jiang Zhou could only nod with a wry smile in his heart.

No matter what, there was no way he could try to connect to the City of Sages under the eyes of a depth 7. Therefore, Jim's plan to contact Icarus's senior management for support is now in ruins.

After apologizing to himself, Jiang Zhou simply turned to the question he was more concerned about:

"I just said that I was just 'coming back to take a look'... Could it be that you have been to this training ground before? Also, what did you mean when you said earlier that 'games are the manifestation of the spontaneous emergence of human social structure'?"

he asked directly.

"Ah... they are all old people. To put it simply, this training ground... no, I participated in the construction of many of the infrastructures in Limbo Prison back then."

Christie said, with a nostalgic expression on her face.

"Probably after the Second War, we followed the clues in Limbo to locate the physical location of Pluto's α-level deep dive interface, so this Limbo was no longer open to outsiders—— If Olympus discovered it, it would be death.

"But before that, this was the largest public platform for free abyss wanderers on the entire network. Abyss wanderers from all over the world would communicate, trade, and train here. The Hell Abyss Studio back then was nothing more than a maintenance force for this network domain. One of them, in addition to us, there are also the 'Fire Thieves' who were not so crazy back then, and the 'Dionysus Sect' which was a bit unbearable at that time and so on, they are also the administrators here..."

She was flipping through the chat history on the public screen and talking about the past as if talking to herself.

Jiang Zhou listened quietly and said nothing, but the other party suddenly stopped.

"Sigh... It's all in the past, so let's not mention it. I feel a little sad. Even if they are among the gods of Olympus now, those guys still manage this place according to the previous policy. Like this Public chat rooms, ladder rankings, and daily task systems, etc., the basic framework has not been changed in so many years..."

As she spoke, her eyes shifted from the public screen to Jiang Zhou.

"As for what is the spontaneous emergence of human social structure... weren't you just curious why this place is designed like a game?"

Jiang Zhou nodded.

Christie smiled and explained:

"The order here was not something that was designed from the beginning - it was originally just a group of free abyss wanderers who created a public chat room here because of the need for communication and transactions. Later, as the wanderers who came here became more and more More and more people came, and more and more new demands continued to emerge. So everyone began to add needed new features to the chat room, until it developed to a certain level and was integrated by the most vocal groups in the community... After generations of iterations, it finally became what it is now.”

Having said this, she closed the public screen:

"The development of social structure is like biological evolution. It constantly changes its form according to the current environmental needs, rather than being a product designed in advance. Using a military management method, a set of abyss wanderers is designed in the most efficient way in theory. The training plan is better to just make a structure of rewards and punishments, and then let the abyss wanderers adjust according to their own needs, sacrificing some efficiency in exchange for adaptability - and the final form of this plan is a game. "

With that said, she directly called up the training interface, then turned to Jiang Zhou and said:

Please...you...Collect_6Ⅰ9ⅠBookⅠ(Six\\\\\\Nine\\\\\\Book\\\\\\!)

"With all that said, why don't you try a game first?"

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[Scene loading, urban street fighting]

Jiang Zhou made this check, and in the next moment, countless high-rise buildings full of neon lights rose from the ground, weaving an intricate three-dimensional urban maze with him as the center.

[Please select the confrontation level, or customize the confrontation configuration]

After the domain construction is completed, the prompt to select the next step will flash in the center of the field of vision.

In this regard, Jiang Zhou first carefully adjusted the injury and pain feedback to 30%, and then checked the depth 2 confrontation intensity.

After all, he had participated in deep-diving salvage twice, and he had encountered quite a few monsters and monsters during the period. If he had chosen the easiest depth of 1 from the beginning, he would have felt a little embarrassed.

Especially with an audience.

Jiang Zhou thought and clicked the button to load training.

Melee weapons, long-range weapons, reconnaissance drones, portable explosive equipment, armor, vehicles...

Got it all!

Coupled with his own hacking ability, the enhancement of Theseus Path Depth 1, and Jim's enhanced remote computing resources.

Even if the support from the City of Sages cannot be used, considering the environment of Depth 2, there are probably not many things that can threaten him.

With this thought in mind, he stepped out of the safe house.

Two minutes later...

[You have been killed by the malicious program Sewer Hunter, and the survival time exceeds 8.6% of testers of the same level. Do you want to lower the difficulty? 】

Curling his lips, Jiang Zhou nodded "No". (End of chapter)