Creating a Sandbox World

"Creating a Sandbox World ()"

same moment.

across the ocean.

In a certain airport in New York, a large group of people walked out of the building. Among the crowd, two researchers who were on a business trip from the space agency hurried here.

"Linna, wait for me." The bearded male researcher in a jacket staggered forward with a suitcase in his hand.

And the blond woman in front who participated in the research of the Pacific black box and was the first to discover the appearance of the lunar black box stopped helplessly and said:

"Richard, can you hurry up."

The latter had a mournful face, carrying the luggage of the two of them, and said aggrievedly, "I'm carrying things."

"Didn't you snatch that? I told you, you can take my stuff yourself, but you give it to me." Linna was a little annoyed.

"Hey." Richard smiled, but gripped the suitcase tighter, and said without words, "I haven't been to New York for a long time, this time I have to play for a few more days."

"Go by yourself, I want to work." Linna dropped the sentence, then took out her mobile phone, looked at the strange icon and the website that opened automatically, and then heard the commotion around her.

"What's this?"

"Where did you get the website?"

"Why is there no website, and... this is... Chinese?"

The discussion gradually started, and the crowd was a little restless.

"Linna, what website? What are they looking at?" Richard the bearded man with both hands occupied asked curiously.

"Shut up." Lina said softly, but her face suddenly turned ugly - she understands Chinese.

Naturally, I also understood the text next to the short film.

Without hastily opening it, she raised her head, looked around, and then saw her surroundings and the distance.

On the street, in a parked car, in the glass windows of the surrounding shops... Wherever they saw, more and more people picked up their mobile phones and started discussing in surprise and doubt. watch.

"Richard."

"What?"

"It seems that something happened again."

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Huaguo, Yangcheng.

On the second floor of the first self-cultivation gymnasium in China, in a conference room.

At this moment, Li Tai and other colleagues were sitting together, the atmosphere was heavy and strange. In front of them, the screens of mobile phones placed in a row showed the picture at the end of the video.

Meanwhile, notification shades on a dozen phones started popping up like crazy.

After a long time, a practitioner looked at Li Tai: "Curator, what should I do?"

Because of his meritorious service in unraveling the secrets of the inscription, after Lu Yan, who was originally in charge of Yangcheng affairs, went to Wucheng, he was handed over to Li Tai to be in charge, and the position became the "acting curator".

Facing everyone's inquiries, Li Tai was silent for a while, and then said: "Go to Wucheng, pay attention to appease the people, and wait for the order from the superior."

"yes."

After everyone left with complicated and unspeakable emotions, Li Tai leaned on the back of the chair, turned his head and looked out the window at the city covered with first snow, and murmured in his heart:

"Taihe."

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Just this morning, without warning.

In several cities in the belly of Huaguo, represented by Wucheng and Yangcheng, a mysterious icon quietly appeared on the mobile phones of tens of millions of people, and they visited the website that had no name and appeared like a ghost. the whole video.

There was a brief silence, followed by an uproar.

One after another, the news began to spread on the social network through these tens of millions of people, so those people in other cities who were not affected also knew the news.

"Have you seen that video? Is it real or fake?"

"It can't be done by some hackers, can it?"

"I'm just engaged in network security, I checked it just now, and this website is very wrong!

No, it doesn't even look like a website at all! Its existence cannot be retrieved with any tool! This is definitely not what the so-called hacking technology can do! "

Some people say with certainty,

The tone is excited.

"Is it true? Is this really what happened in the oasis?"

"The question is how did this website come about? Did we guess it? Is there really a higher civilization watching us? Is this further contact?" Someone panicked.

And more people are at a loss:

"What website? What video? What are you talking about? Why don't I have it here?"

Compared with the huge population, the number of people who have actually logged into the "ghost website" is not too many.

But with the crazy spread of social networks and various self-media, within a few hours, this news was pushed to everyone.

On the other side of the ocean, the Federation, because the website is in Chinese, spread a little bit slower, but thanks to several major monopoly Internet products distributed around the world, compared with the domestic, the spread of news from the Federation On the contrary, it is bigger.

One hour, two hours... three hours...

Li Shan, after turning on the "Xinghai Server", Lin Tuo has been sitting in front of the computer to refresh the news, and witnessed the whole topic soaring like a rocket.

Because the essence of the website is not electronic data, but information directly poured into people's consciousness, so, except for human eyes, no equipment can shoot and record that video.

This limits the spread to a certain extent, but it also adds a sense of mystery.

A "ghost website" that cannot be checked and traced, a piece of footage that cannot be recorded by a camera, when this is conclusively confirmed, no one doubts its origin.

The mystery itself speaks to the authenticity of the video.

And when the news of a similar situation in the Federation came out, it further fueled the power of public opinion.

Who opened this?

And why does it only appear in a few cities?

Why is the website written in Chinese?

Is that video... for real?

Countless questions arose in people's minds, and the topic quickly reached the top of the major platforms. In contrast, the analysis of the content of that video also began to appear.

Although it cannot be videotaped, it can be recounted in words and paintings after all.

And at noon, an explosive news was released suddenly:

The relevant department drew the map of the wasteland city distribution that appeared last in the video, and passed it to the oasis base. The exploration team drove a helicopter to excavate an unexplored area, and found the corresponding map of the video. large ruins!

This undoubtedly proves the authenticity of the video.

In the afternoon, the news exploded. People from all over the country and even some surrounding countries began to rush towards Wucheng, Yangcheng and other places.

Want to see the details of the "ghost site" for yourself.

Correspondingly, the federal states, government departments, and the media gathered in New York like sharks smelling blood, and more details about the ghost website were also revealed.

For example, it currently only covers specific areas of the two countries. Once you enter, you can open it on your mobile phone. On the contrary, once you leave, you can no longer perceive it.

Except for the sentence with unclear meaning, there is only this video on the entire website, and nothing else.

Therefore, apart from the fear of the website itself, most of people's attention is still focused on "Civilization" itself.

There are even some long-form analyzes from the media on the Internet:

"Based on the information we have now, we can basically confirm the authenticity of "Civilization", just as we once speculated, it is very likely that the inside of Tucker's black box has experienced the growth and demise of a civilization.

It’s just speculation in the past, but today we have precious video data. Although the way it appears is extremely strange, there may be a certain purpose behind it, but this does not affect our analysis of it. "

"The author is not in the area covered by the 'Lingwang', but it is very close to Wucheng City. After the incident, I rushed there and watched the video many times. The entire short film is only ten minutes long, and there are obvious signs of editing and speeding up. .

Comparing with the existing geological derivation theory, it can be judged that its development process is basically in line with our cognition, and the advanced intelligent life born inside is also human beings just like us.

I believe everyone has already known the magnificence and evolution of the film from social media, so I won’t repeat it. I can only say that no words can truly describe the feeling. Only by watching it in person can you experience it. "

"I'm only going to raise a few noteworthy points from the video here.

The first one is at the halfway point when the quasi-feudal dynasty enters modern industry, the video has obvious "frame skipping"...or in other words, the sense of fragmentation is very strong, I have reason to believe that there is a critical piece of information missing in the middle, After all, the leap of the times always needs a driving force. What happened in this process? It is worth our deep thinking.

As for the similarity with the earth in the industrial process, I don't think there are some "conspiracy theories". After all, the environment, organisms, and social forms inside the sandbox are highly similar to the outside, so it is very normal to walk the same path.

Take the history of the East and the West on our planet as an example. Before the great voyages and global interconnection, civilizations on different continents were separated from each other, but they each evolved many similar things. Each civilization has similar myths and legends, and they have also tamed similar civilizations. Animals made similar utensils... This is inevitable. "

"The second is the sudden destruction of the Tak civilization. From the video, we can see that it originated from a huge explosion that appeared in the west. It was extremely powerful and almost destroyed the entire civilization in one fell swoop.

Of course, this is largely due to the area limitation of Tucker's black box, surrounded by the "magnificent wall" barrier, so that the explosion is confined inside and cannot be exported to the outside world, but in any case, this explosion has extreme Big doubt.

It is said that the oasis base has sent people to search for the place where the explosion occurred, but I think no valuable information can be found in a short time. This video is extremely vague and has a strong sense of fragmentation.

It gave me a feeling that it was not actually recorded, but... it was 're-recorded' in some way..."

"As for the third point, there are a few very incoherent pictures that flashed quickly behind the wasteland, of which there are two most critical ones.

One is the images of large groups of ferocious beasts and the migration of surviving humans on the wasteland, from which we can judge that there were still people who survived the destruction, and there were quite a few of them.

The second is the flood caused by the heavy rain... The rainstorm itself may be normal, or it may be a change in the entire ecology and climate, but the question is, where did those people go? Did the whole group go extinct? This seems to be a reasonable explanation, and it is also what we have guessed in the past, but this frame provides us with a horrible guess.

Perhaps, the survivors of civilization inside Tucker's black box did not become extinct, but migrated away, but where did they go?

You know, the black box itself is closed... We all know the strength of the majestic wall. With a wasteland-level civilization, there is no reason why it can disappear under our noses, unless there is some hidden information inside.

And the four words "to be continued" at the end of the video also prove this point. I boldly predict here that this video is not the end, and it is very likely that there will be a follow-up! "

away from the mountain.

When Lin Tuo saw this long article from Moments, its reading count had already exceeded 100,000+, and the comments below were also dense.

It's all speculation and analysis.

Lin Tuo just smiled at this, and then silently nodded his praise. The whole analysis is still very reasonable. As for the points mentioned in it, they were all intentional by Lin Tuo.

The sudden development of civilization is because he cut the part where he passed down the knowledge, and the blur of the explosion is because he has never seen the explosion process...

So Lin Tuo adopted a tricky method, that is, to use the "phantom space" to imagine an explosion, and then record it in a vague way, which is indeed a "supplementary recording".

As for the subsequent great migration, one is to hide its own existence, and the other is to leave suspense.

If you want to promote the practice of all mankind, you must put pressure on all countries, but you must control it to a certain extent. If you directly reveal the existence of the empire, saying that a higher civilization will come at any time, and it is likely to be malicious... Lin Tuo suspects that this will be done It is possible to play a problem.

The domestic and Asian cultural circles may still be stable, but the news is widely publicized and taken seriously. He suspects that a large number of countries will mess up and produce all kinds of moths. After all, the social structure and cultural system are very different...

It's really not in line with his original intention to create a panic similar to the human beings in the Three-Body Problem, where various factions clash.

Therefore, it is a more appropriate strength to reveal a certain threat and make people tense up without making people despair.

The process of revealing the civilization inside the sandbox is a suitable method.

First, the civilizations in the sandbox, except No. 4, have all encountered the invasion of the spiritual world, including the earth, which may also face this problem. By gradually showing the process, people will naturally become aware of the threat of "invasion of the spiritual world", and thus Nerves tense.

At the same time, these invasions are not invincible, and they are not as capitulatory as the "Three-Body Man", which is very suitable for exerting pressure.

Second, except for No. 1, other sandbox civilizations are accompanied by extraordinary power. Combined with the Qi-breathing method that has been spread in a small area around the world, and the cultivation method leaked through the star gate, this itself will attract people.

No one is not eager to master superpowers, and even some countries will be affected, and may take risks to promote cultivation. Under the after all of global competition, even if they are in a competitive defensive mentality, all countries will passively promote cultivation.

And once it is fully promoted, the knowledge that Lin Tuo passed on through the star gate will leak out sooner or later, and it cannot be concealed. However, this time difference will give Huaguo a huge advantage, and it can be regarded as giving back to the society.

Of course, this plan may not go well. If Hua Guo still does not act and waits and sees carefully, it will not work. Lin Tuo can only use this website to publish more auxiliary cultivation knowledge.

As for the third, in Lin Tuo's mind, different civilizations will converge sooner or later. He himself can use his status as a "spirit messenger" to directly intervene in the sandbox civilization, but he cannot intervene in the earth for the time being.

Unless his power is too large to "light up" most countries in the world and bring them under control.

To truly make Earth his own planet.

Otherwise, it is necessary to consider the problem of conflicts during integration.

Through the method of video, let the people on earth know more about the sandbox civilization in advance, which can resolve this contradiction to a certain extent.

After all, people are instinctively wary of unfamiliar civilizations.

Like he's extremely wary of "Empire."

But for a civilization that you have witnessed from birth to growth, because you are familiar with it, you will not be so afraid.

Based on this idea, Lin Tuo ran back to the room and used the second short film of Magic Liver after having a meal of Warcraft meat and Tiancaidibao shabu-shabu with Huaxi Meimei at noon.

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That night, at ten o'clock in the evening.

When the entire network was discussing "Lingwang" and "Tak Civilization", residents of Yangcheng, Wucheng, New York and other cities were surprised to find out.

"Lingwang" has been updated!

Yes, update!

A new video appeared on the page, with a crisp title:

"Civilization②"

Synopsis: Tells the story of the survivors of the wasteland after they arrive in a new land.

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"Updated! Updated!" The video was released, and in the Yangcheng local cultivator forum, a series of such posts suddenly appeared on the page, making people confused.

"What's updated? Against the evil god or the red-haired monster?"

"...No, it's Lingwang! Lingwang has updated the second video!"

"Fuck... go see it right away!"

"I am coming too!"

There was a lot of flying around, and some people didn't live in the "coverage area". Netizens from other cities kept posting to ask about the content of the video:

"I'm in the imperial capital, please kind people come back and tell me about the plot..."

"Wait online, ask for a plot!"

In the hustle and bustle, countless sleepless people in major cities picked up their mobile phones, stared at the crystal ball, opened the unnamed website called "Lingwang", and then saw the second movie.

This one is also very short, there is no process of the birth of the world. The opening scene is a bird's-eye view of the north and south continents. As the perspective zooms in, humans on the two continents can be vaguely seen.

With the "double-speed playback", the traces of human beings began to spread, and then towns were established, and a society similar to the Middle Ages appeared.

Then, the picture zoomed in and jumped a few times, and some detailed shots appeared that were no longer overlooking, but some close-ups of humans and buildings on the mainland appeared.

Then, he abruptly jumped onto a plain, and his angle of view was raised slightly, and he could see countless knight regiments standing in the wind and rain, magic attacks flying in, the tall giant Pope trampling on the Holy City, and the beams of light descending from the sky.

The extremely strong sense of reality has brought people far beyond the impact of special effects technology.

But just when people thought this was the end, some familiar images began to appear in the video:

Industrialized cities, towering church-like buildings, a rushing white river, a world flooded with cakes, and the figure in a red robe wearing a crown of flower branches.

This is an image that people are all too familiar with.

Just a few months ago, it used sky projection to play over dozens of super-large cities around the world, and the recorded video is currently ranked first in the world's video playback, opening the second place with a huge gap , the characters inside were even made into trademarks...

"Is this... a story that happened in the black box in the Pacific Ocean?"

"So, those survivors from Tucker's Black Box made it to the Pacific Black Box?"

"How did they do it? There is clearly a time difference between the two black boxes..."

One question after another popped up, no one knew the answer, and the video continued, skipping the scene of the "mysterious man" taking the candlestick away.

The world seems to have returned to normal and continued to evolve. After an unknown amount of time, a heavy snowstorm hit from the two poles, covering the entire world in the blink of an eye.

The video also came to the end, went black, and the familiar "to be continued" appeared on the screen.

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Yangcheng, a gymnasium for self-cultivation.

After watching the video on the phone, Li Tai stubbed out the cigarette butt in his hand, his eyes full of thoughts, hesitating whether to call "Taihe", but he didn't do it after all.

After being silent for a while, I looked away, and the mobile website automatically exited, and then deliberately did not look at the crystal ball—people have discovered that only by concentrating on staring can they enter the "spiritual net".

Pressed the address book and dialed the phone number of Lu Yan, the person in charge of the pilot project. Before he could speak, Lu Yan's voice came from the opposite side:

"Have you watched the new video?"

Li Tai nodded and said, "I just finished watching."

"What do you think?" Lu Yan asked.

Li Tai thought for a while and said, "Maybe, the survivors of Tucker's black box are the Pacific black box that entered through that door."

Lu Yan on the opposite side naturally understood that "that door" refers to the portal that appeared and disappeared in the depths of the oasis half a month ago. They stepped through it and entered the black box of the moon. It is very reasonable to have similar associations.

"But there is a time difference in between."

"Maybe, who can tell?"

After a moment of silence, Lu Yan on the other end of the phone suddenly sighed, and asked in a slightly wrong mood: "Old Li, tell me, what does that will that hides in the dark want to do?"

Li Tai didn't know how to answer for a while, and tentatively said:

"Who knows, at least he didn't show any malice... If I had to say, he seemed to be hinting at us.

If the civilization in the black box encounters all kinds of supernatural crises, will we outside the black box also have this risk? Just didn't notice?

Whether it's the Qingling breath technique or the evolutionary path described on the stone tablet, it seems to be guiding us to hold such a weapon. Of course, this is all my own imagination, nonsense..."

"No," Lu Yan said seriously, "I think your idea makes sense."

After a pause, he suddenly said, "I just received a call from Jingli."

"Oh?" Li Tai's heart skipped a beat.

Then, I heard Lu Yan say: "The big leader has spoken, and the big action has to be advanced."

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The next day, morning.

Because the liver video consumed so much mental energy, Lin Tuo, who finally woke up after three poles in the sun, just picked up the phone and saw the pop-up news floating in the notification bar.

His eyes suddenly widened, his drowsiness dissipated, and he sat up all of a sudden:

Practice.

The national promotion is ushered in.