Alien Relic Hunter

"If you are killed instantly, it will only be a moment of pain at most... But I am afraid that the kind of person who is seriously injured and still breathing is unable to die, and his mental state is still awake... Just the illusion makes my heart tremble."

If you have a bad heart, it's because you are overweight... Ke Lan complained in his heart that even if this kind of virtual world immersion device can 100% restore real feelings, the protection mechanism of the human brain can still take effect. If you really suffer When the pain is unbearable, this protection mechanism will automatically take effect——

First, a sufficient amount of "endorphin" is secreted, which is a biochemically synthesized hormone similar to morphine. It can bind to morphine receptors and produce an analgesic effect. It is a "painkiller" produced by the human body.

If the situation is so serious that even endorphins cannot solve the problem, the brain will directly choose to "unplug the network cable", which is commonly known as "protective syncope". When this situation is reflected in the virtual world, it is almost as if the game character has been disconnected. Same.

In any case, at least the user's body will not be harmed in the real world. Compared with fighting with real swords and guns, the safety of this completely immersive system is still much stronger.

At least there won't be vicious incidents like Mann's attempt to take advantage of loopholes in the game to kill people - even if someone wants to torture the opponent, the tortured party can disconnect by voluntarily abstaining... But in reality, Giving up resistance will only make you die faster.

"I just don't know how realistic this device is..." Ke Lan is certain that the operating costs of this platform must be extremely high at this stage. It is not cost-effective to use it to train ordinary soldiers, but if it is used to train elite pilots, special forces or battleship pilots, etc., then the deal will definitely make a profit - after all, a piece of data and a genuine ship Of the warships, it is easy to see which one has the higher actual value.

With the subsequent development of the virtual immersion system, this thing can even be used for battle deductions... With the computing power of Ark's core mastermind, it should be more than enough to process the data flow of several fleets and hundreds of thousands of ground troops.

"Alas, no matter what I say, you can only know that feeling if you have experienced it personally, so I used all the connections and resources at my disposal to help you get an immersion cabin in advance. When you receive this email , the things should be almost delivered to Fleet Zero."

Seeing this sentence, Ke Lan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth - this fat man was taking credit for himself again. Without the acquiescence of the Ye Family Group, with his resources, it might not be possible to give him two prototype skeletons. Problem, but this kind of immersion chamber involving core secrets is absolutely impossible to be taken out of the competition venue, let alone given to others in a private name.

This immersion cabin was probably sent to me by the Ye Family Group to express its goodwill to me. After all, the two parties are now in the "honeymoon period" of cooperation. I just gave them such a big gift. Ye Family naturally Nor can one fail to understand the principle of reciprocity.

Ke Lan finished reading the instructions attached to the email in three clicks, and just at this time, the phone on his desk rang.

"Mr. Ke Lan, there is a piece of supplies sent by Ark that you need to sign for in person. The sender is Ye Yan from the Ye Family Group."

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"New Dawn", Medical Room No. 1.

Although Ye Yan repeatedly assured in the email that there was absolutely no problem with the safety of the immersion chamber, Ke Lan still chose the medical room for the test just to be on the safe side.

If he is very lucky and something unexpected happens, it will be more convenient to rescue him here.

It's never wrong to prepare for the worst in everything.

The immersion chamber is installed in a standard cargo container - although the main body of the immersion chamber is just a "metal coffin" more than three meters long, the attached terminal server is enough to convert the originally empty No. 1 Medical The room was packed to the brim.

This big guy couldn't help but remind Ke Lan of the first electronic computer in human history - the "Eniak" which weighed more than 30 tons and covered an area of ​​170 square meters.

The volume and weight of this immersion chamber's accessory equipment are even greater than those of the "Eniak".

The internal structure of the immersion chamber is divided into two sections. A baffle with a silicone seal separates the user's head and body - in order to reduce brain damage as much as possible, the user's head must be completely immersed in the LCL In the life-sustaining liquid, the effect of this thing is equivalent to a miniature medical cabin. As for why not soak the entire body in it, firstly, it is not necessary, and secondly, it is to save costs.

High-quality LCL liquid is a luxury product that is as valuable as gold.

"Otherwise, let me do the test." Cheng Dong, the leader of the Security Bureau's special agent team, looked at the "metal coffin" in front of him, and then at Ke Lan, who had put on a special immersion suit, and couldn't help but say.

His main task when he was sent to Fleet Zero was to protect Ke Lan's safety. If something happened to this "important person", he would probably not have to continue working as the team leader.

"It's okay. This thing is not a test model. When the competition officially starts, the immersion chamber used by the contestants will be exactly the same as the one in front of us." Ke Lan said, and then pulled up the hood of the immersion suit.

This kind of special immersion suit is a bit like the tights worn by acrobatic performers. Ke Lan's fingers, feet and head are all tightly wrapped in thin gelatin fabric. As long as his face is exposed, His skin could even clearly feel the extremely thin metal wires embedded in the fabric.

When Ke Lan lay in the immersion chamber and the baffle on his neck fell, he suddenly felt a bit like King Louis XVI of France who was sent to the guillotine.

The only difference is that Louis XVI was face down when he was beheaded, while he was face up.

The sealing rubber ring of the baffle fits closely with the groove reserved on the shoulder and neck of the immersion suit. The assisting staff first connected the cardiopulmonary monitoring equipment to the interface on the immersion suit, and then connected nearly a hundred pieces of various sizes. One electrode pad was placed on Ke Lan's head one after another.

"Prepare for a connection test." The guy who arrived at Fleet Zero with the immersion cabin and had a work badge from the Ye Consortium Research Institute said in a deep voice, "When the equipment is connected, you will feel a current flowing along you. The brain and spinal cord flow to the limbs. This current will not make you feel pain. At most, it will just be a burst of numbness... but people who are connected for the first time will definitely feel a little uncomfortable. In addition, if there is anything beyond the tolerance range, If you feel any discomfort, just press this button and the connection will be disconnected immediately.”

As he spoke, he put a wired remote control into Ke Lan's hand.

The light yellow LCL liquid has been gradually poured into the "head tank". Ke Lan did not speak, but stretched out his other hand and gave a thumbs up.

"Connection activated." The staff member stared at the control background of the terminal server and the screen of the vital sign monitoring device, and carefully turned the button.

A row of red indicator lights on the immersion chamber turned into orange, representing "test". At this moment, Ke Lan clearly felt the "current" described by the other party.

He didn't feel uncomfortable, but instead felt a sense of relief. It was like when he was peeing, as the urine in the bladder was emptied, he suddenly shivered and all the muscles in his body trembled. That feeling.

From a certain point of view, the principles of both are the same. What is stimulated is the human cerebral cortex, but the stimulation source of the former is an external discharge electrode, while the latter is the human sympathetic nerve.

"The heartbeat and pulse increased briefly, but they have returned to normal values, which is normal... Mr. Ke Lan, do you feel any discomfort?"

Ke Lan raised a finger and shook it twice.

If his whole body was immersed in a medical cabin filled with LCL liquid, Ke Lan could speak normally when his lungs and trachea were filled with LCL liquid. However, the LCL in the immersion chamber is only used to protect the user's brain, so his breathing can only be maintained by the trachea inserted in his nose. Similarly, his mouth has also been covered by the "plug" that comes with the immersion suit. It's blocked.

It's a bit obscene to say, and I don't know who the designer of this immersion suit is. The shape and structure of this plug used to "seal" are somewhat similar to a special toy called "Kouwangqiu" resemblance.

If when the game is broadcast live, those players will have such a toy stuffed in their mouths... The picture will be enough to kill society just thinking about it.

Ke Lan didn't know if the organizers of the event would change the design of this "stopper" at that time. Anyway, he had already made up his mind to wear a breathing mask when the official competition started. Anyway, the size of the mask was just right. The closing edges of the immersion suit are almost the same and will not interfere with each other.

If he really wanted to go on TV with a "talking king request", then he would rather abstain from voting directly...

"The test is completed and everything is normal." After staring at the dense data on the screen for a long time, the staff member finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Mr. Ke Lan, the immersion mode can now be officially activated."

Ke Lan nodded slightly.

"In five seconds, connect your consciousness to the data network, and the countdown will be five...four..."

Ke Lan silently closed his eyes.

"three two……"

He took a deep breath, and the inner wall of the plastic trachea was instantly covered with a thin layer of white mist.

"……one."

A bit of white light suddenly lit up in the originally black field of vision, and a large number of brilliant colors were smudged out like an overturned paint can. Seeing this scene, Ke Lan subconsciously said a somewhat silly sentence in his head. lines:

"Lincoln is dead!" (Note 1)

Those messy colors quickly converged, and the white light instantly covered the "virtual space" where Ke Lan's consciousness was located - it was a sealed room with a length, width and height of ten meters, with ceilings, walls and floors. They are all covered with one-meter-square white tiles, and an old solid wood chair is placed quietly in the center of the room.

Although the painting style of this chair is completely different from the entire room full of science fiction atmosphere, everything looks so real, even the unique texture of the wood on the chair and the signs of wear and tear left on the edges due to years of use are detailed. is depicted.

Ke Lan reached out and touched the back of the chair. The two completely opposite touches of roughness and smoothness unique to solid wood perfectly fed back to his tactile nerves. He could even feel the body temperature on his palms. A process that is slowly transferred to the interior of wood through contact.

He pinched it gently with his nails, and a slight dent appeared on the surface of the wood. The cracked paint fragments turned into powder and fell, revealing the light beige original color of the wood inside.

Not to mention anything else, the realism of this chair is already impeccable.

But for some reason, Ke Lan always felt that this virtual space always gave him a vague sense of familiarity.

He didn't feel like he was here for the first time... The last time he had a similar experience was in the cockpit of the "blasphemer" mecha.

Could it be that the fully immersive system developed by the institute uses the technology of Alpha Civilization?

Ke Lan recalled that in the numerous ruins exploration records, nothing similar to the Blasphemer Mecha had been unearthed, and he didn't know where the technology mastered by those madmen came from. It was developed by the research institute itself, and Ke Lan would never believe it.

Originally, even the most basic consciousness immersion system could not be made well, but now the finished product is perfect as soon as it is released. Isn't this too ridiculous? This is like a child who hasn't even learned to walk yet and breaks the 100-meter record in the Olympics for the first time running - if you tell me, who will believe it?

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Ke Lan followed the instructions in the manual, used specific gestures to call out the operation interface, and opened the "Experience Item List".

The first item on the list is the "Battle of Mogadishu".

"Ha, I'm familiar with this!"

A knowing smile appeared on Ke Lan's face - The Battle of Mogadishu is a VR shooting game released sixteen years ago. Its game process basically reproduces the classic war movie "Black Hawk" from the old era. The plot and scenes in "The Fall" are more realistic than those FPS games controlled by mouse and keyboard. In order to give players a better experience, the publisher of the game even released a supporting version 17 game controllers with realistic gun proportions and shapes.

[P.S. Thanks to the never-ending machine gunner for the 5,000 starting coins; thanks to book friend 20171126200654652 for the 100 starting coins. 】

[P.P.S. Note 1: "Lincoln is dead" comes from the drama "Sword Art Online". The protagonist's line "link start" when his consciousness enters the virtual world means "connection starts". The Japanese English accent and the spoof empty ear, It became the dead end of Lincoln. 】