Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian ignored the appearance of the gladiators, controlled the speed of turning his head, and looked back at the place where the previous conflict happened inadvertently:

At the entrance and exit, the security personnel were returning to their original positions one after another, and the surrounding spectators glanced over there from time to time.

All this shows that the person running wildly just now should be real, unless the person secretly affected thousands of people in that area.

If he wasn't in the noble box, Jiang Baimian would have wanted to check if there were any bullet holes on the ground and if the brown rope was still there.

Her intuition told her that these were probably there.

Vaguely, she seemed to grasp something and had a certain guess.

When she looked back, she heard the noble's companions laughing at him:

"Haha, you almost became the first person in the upper class to choke to death on drinking water."

"The only one who is more embarrassed than you just now is that person."

"How was it? Tell me how you felt just now."

The noble said with a gloomy face:

"This is an assassination attempt on me!

"I don't even know who I offended!"

He paused, exhaled and said:

"Let's watch the fight first and then talk about it when we get back."

Only then did Jiang Baimian really pay attention to the appearance of this nobleman:

He was about twenty-seven or seventy-eight years old, and he was also from Axon. His black hair was tied into a small braid, and his blue eyes were fairly clear, and he didn't seem to be addicted to alcohol or sex.

He seems to have undergone genetic optimization. Although his facial features alone are not outstanding, when combined, they are quite temperamental and give people the feeling of an artist.

As for the height, Jiang Baimian could not accurately judge because the other party was sitting. He could only think based on experience that he was no shorter than Long Yuehong.

"Dino, don't use assassination as an excuse." The noble's companions replied happily.

They all saw Dino choke on his drinking water and almost die... and according to normal reaction, Dino must not be able to hold the water glass at that time and let it fall to the ground... Dino insisted that he was assassinated, but did not deny it. Choking on the water... The water glass was placed on the table intact, and the remaining water was not spilled... Jiang Baimian extracted details one by one, trying to deduce the possible truth.

As for the one who was more "disgraceful" than Dino, she had heard of him:

A certain nobleman suddenly suffered from diarrhea in the suburbs. He went to a farmer's house and borrowed their dry toilet. As a result, he accidentally fell in and died young.

At this time, Jiang Baimian saw Ole's grandson Marcus showing that slightly sarcastic smile again.

Then, he set his sights on the arena.

The next second, Jiang Baimian heard Shang Jianyao chuckle:

"Virtual machine..."

Virtual machine... Jiang Baimian's past research direction was not in the field of electronics and computers, but she has been exposed to this aspect since she was a child. After installing auxiliary chips in biological prostheses, she gained a deeper understanding. Naturally Understand what a virtual machine is.

A virtual machine is a computer operating system simulated through corresponding technologies. Its functions are the same as the original version. There is no difference between using it and using the original version.

Everything that happens in the virtual machine will not affect the original version. After all, it is just an image and can be used to do some risky operations.

Shang Jianyao used a virtual machine to compare what happened just now, which means that after everyone entered the noble box and a certain area around it, they were actually synchronized into a virtual world, or a large-scale illusion, and everyone's data and reactions were copied. Communication takes place inside, and the results of the communication will be filtered by the powerful awakener who created this illusion and fed back to yourself in reality.

In other words, the people the "Old Tune Group" sees and the words they hear now have undergone triple transformation: someone speaks in reality - the corresponding words, expressions, and actions are synchronized to the virtual world - the virtual world The images of Jiang Baimian and others heard those words and saw each other's expressions and movements - the data information received by the images was synchronized to them in reality.

Therefore, this seemingly normal and ordinary communication mechanism in private is extremely complicated.

And the purpose of complexity is to ensure safety.

To put it simply, the communication between all people and between people and things in this area has been pre-filtered in the virtual world.

This reminded Jiang Baimian of online games in the old world: He and others were operating an account of their own, building a virtual world with other players and props, and everything they saw and heard came from it, but My mood changes are real.

The only difference is that most people present have no consciousness of "playing games" and think everything is real and normal.

No matter how much damage I suffer in the game, as long as my mood swings do not exceed a certain limit, I will be fine.

The current situation is that this game has also been equipped with a "harmony mechanism". Anything bloody, dangerous, and violent will be filtered out to ensure players' physical and mental health and emotional stability.

Jiang Baimian has always been wondering about one thing, that is, how the "Primordial City" can protect the two descendants of Aurei from being killed by someone sent by a certain organization.

You must know that the abilities of the awakened are diverse and secretive. If you want to assassinate someone, there are almost no signs. Even strong people of the same kind who are higher than them may not be able to detect it.

Just like just now, the noble almost choked to death after simply taking a sip of water.

According to Jiang Baimian's idea, the most effective way to prevent assassination by awakened people is to mark a safe zone and prevent strangers from approaching. If you need to travel, clear the place in advance and filter the people coming and going.

However, during her observation of Marcus and Avia, she found that they often went out, attended parties, or watched gladiators, and never deliberately kept a distance from others.

This made Jiang Baimian full of doubts, but he couldn't find a suitable explanation.

Now, she probably understands the reason:

The Marcus and Avia that everyone sees and comes into contact with are actually in a virtual machine!

In this way, anyone who wants to do something bad will definitely be discovered by the master of the virtual world and stopped in time after undergoing the triple transformation.

"This ability is really interesting...

"In the virtual world, the noble finally choked on his drink, which shows that the first transformation that synchronized the real data was an unconscious and purely instinctive copy, so it failed to directly filter out dangerous information... This also explains why I Why can Shang Jianyao sense bioelectrical signals and capture human consciousness? This is a rigid mechanism that completely copies and copies every detail...

"Afterwards, the incident of choking on drinking water was not reflected back to reality, so the nobleman was fine, and so was his water glass...

"Here, the owner of the virtual world discovered something was wrong. In other words, the data filtering is actually at this level..."

"He reported this matter to us simultaneously to see everyone's reaction? Well... the subsequent performance of the noble choking to death was purely virtual and no longer has a basis in reality... This shows that virtual The master of the world has strong control over this illusion...

"And by tracking dangerous information, he easily locked onto the awakened person who used the ability and found out his location... This can explain most of what happened just now..." A thought flashed through Jiang Baimian's mind. An idea connects all the details.

Long Yuehong also knew what a virtual machine was, and after a little thought, she roughly understood what Shang Jianyao meant.

This made his eyes widen involuntarily, and he felt that the awakened person was even more scary and weird.

Jiang Baimian then glanced at Shang Jianyao, but did not express his guess or communicate with him.

She knows very well why Shang Jianyao just used the more professional term "virtual machine" to refer to the current situation. This is because everything they say and do now will enter the virtual world and be monitored and filtered.

If the owner of the virtual world has not received a formal education, it is normal for him to not understand the meaning of "virtual machine".

"This should be regarded as a kind of hallucination ability, and it most likely belongs to the field of 'Broken Mirror'... Before, there were awakened people in the field of 'Broken Mirror' around Aviya... But the 'Mirage Dragon Sect' is mainly popular in areas where Gray Earth people gather. ... According to the information provided by the company, there are no traces of the activities of the Mirage Sect in the Prime City...

"One alone can be a special case, but the appearance of two is not necessarily a coincidence. Could it be that they come from a certain Red River sect that worships the 'Broken Mirror', and that this sect has very close cooperation with the 'First City'?" Jiang Baimian knew. At this time, only the thoughts in my mind were safe, so I turned my attention to the arena and watched the game while making various speculations.

In fact, they also said some things that they shouldn't have said just now, but overall they were okay. It can be explained that they have a certain understanding of the Awakened, are familiar with General Phocas, and know the two city defenders Ducas and Cassirer. The Major, who has never met Marcus and has only heard a few rumors about him, thinks that he lives a very depressed life.

If you put these conditions into the upper class society of "Prime City", you can sort out a lot of them, and they are not unusual.

With the discovery just now, Jiang Baimian felt that today's action was fruitful and not in vain.

Amidst the neat and fierce slaps, the tall gladiator wearing leather armor, holding a shield and a spear walked out, and the black two-headed tiger jumped out, looking at it with violent and bloodthirsty eyes. To prey.