From scrap mecha to sci-fi heaven

After driving for nearly half an hour, Lin Yu and his party arrived at their first destination in the city.

The Ceylon branch of the Pilots Association.

It directly occupied a 38-story office building, which was luxurious in the upper city where every inch of land was worth a lot of money.

However, in such a large office building, there were very few people coming and going.

"Sister Xue, why do I feel that there are not many people along the way?"

Lin Yu parked the car and took Xiao Tian to meet Xue Siqiao and Wang Xiaoliu. Wang Xiaoliu asked the doubts in his heart at the first time, and he was also a substitute for Lin Yu in disguise.

He was about to ask this.

"It's mainly because of the area. This is a relatively high-end office area, so there are relatively few people, and they are all in the building. There are still many real people in other places."

Xue Siqiao smiled and said: "However, there are actually quite a few people here. You think there are few people just because you are not opening it in the right way."

"Opening it in the wrong way?"

Xue Siqiao threw out a few terms that Lin Yu was familiar with and unfamiliar with.

"Well, first of all, because there are intelligent robots replacing human labor, food, clothing, housing and transportation can all be solved through the Internet and machine delivery, so many homebodies have been born. Can you understand this?"

Xue Siqiao took out a pair of smart glasses and put them on, then smiled and said: "For example, right now, there are two little beauties looking at you with shining eyes, and one of them is kissing you secretly."

Xue Siqiao had just put on the smart glasses, and even starting the relevant programs and watching it took some time.

Xue Siqiao didn't keep the secret, and directly pointed to the traffic monitoring that can be seen everywhere, and then explained.

"Before you lie, at least you should pretend to be good enough, at least pause for two seconds."

"Look at those, they are all panoramic cameras of the Federal Skynet. All public areas in the city and areas opened by owners, including shopping malls, are virtualized and synchronized in real time through panoramic cameras, thus building a digital virtual world on the Internet."

"Yes, at the beginning, this thing was just a virtual game that consumed redundant energy, but now many entertainment activities and even work are directly moved to the metaverse."

"Everything that happens in reality is synchronized in the virtual, so you can travel and play as a virtual character through the corresponding body sensing and imaging equipment?"

Lin Yu looked at it and found that there were not too many simulated robots on the street.

Besides, he didn't believe that this metaverse program involving everyone would have no personal privacy mechanism.

Lin Yu was a little confused.

"So, many people stay at home?"

"Not really."

Lin Yu rolled his eyes.

"This is because only a few people can use simulated robots. Most of them actually travel through virtual avatars in the metaverse."

Lin Yu immediately understood what Xue Siqiao meant.

Xue Siqiao pondered.

Lin Yu asked.

"That doesn't seem like much, does it?"

Xue Siqiao shook her head and pointed at the simulated robots on the road:

"There are actually real people behind these robots, but they are not controlled at all times. In most cases, the robots act according to instructions, and the masters behind them will access somatosensory or neural interaction when necessary."

Speaking of the metaverse, he remembered that he had seen similar fragments on the Internet before.

However, the wasteland survivors have many restrictions, and most programs and pages that require identity authentication cannot be entered. The metaverse sounds like a game, so they don't pay much attention to it.

Of course, the bigger reason is now known, because these city people originally communicate and entertain through the metaverse, but there is no panoramic equipment outside the city, and the metaverse is not open to access.

Unable to load the metaverse program, naturally can't know everything in it, but their communication is mainly based on the metaverse, so ordinary wasteland survivors naturally don't know.

Even if they occasionally see a few words, the wasteland survivors who are still busy all day for survival will not pay much attention to it.

Just like some backward countries in Africa, most people don't go to Internet cafes, let alone pay attention to international news and popular games on the Internet.

"Alas, dealing with smart people is boring, even joking is not allowed."

After being discovered by Lin Yu, Xue Siqiao felt bored and began to guide Lin Yu to load the Metaverse program.

This thing is essentially a virtual game developed by the Blue Star Federation.

Intelligent machines replace manual labor, not only reducing a large number of jobs, but also leaving many people with nowhere to vent their energy.

In order to eliminate this contradiction, the Metaverse was created.

As a result, with the intervention of capital, all kinds of entertainment and work moved into it, and even almost started real estate speculation in the virtual world. Later, the virtual and real property rights consistency bill was passed, and it became an alternative special "time and space".

Put on smart glasses and load the Metaverse program, and everything in the field of vision has not changed.

The scene in front of me is still exactly the same as before I put it on.

The only difference is that there are many more people on the street, and pedestrians are constantly passing by. Real and fake, fake and real, robots, virtual people, real people, all meet in this virtual world.

"Hello, welcome to the Pilot Association, do you need to handle business?"

Xue Siqiao was not lying. There was indeed a beautiful woman in business attire waiting beside Lin Yu, who seemed to be playing the role of reception.

"I am here to complete some procedures for the transfer of the mecha group and the pilot certification."

Lin Yu nodded slightly.

Although the mecha group transfer and pilot license have been settled, there are still some details that need to be implemented offline. This is why he came directly to the Pilot Association as his first stop.

"Okay, please follow me."

After listening to Lin Yu's words, the receptionist was not surprised and led Lin Yu directly into the building, all the way to the business processing window, which was no different from the bank business window.

The receptionist is virtual, and communication takes place in the virtual world, but people are still moving.

Wearing smart glasses, Lin Yu followed him into the building.

"Hello, please show your mecha group license and personal pilot license."

In the business window, a salesman was polite and smiling with a formulaic politeness.

"Give."

Lin Yu took out two cards and handed them over.

"F-level pilot Lin Yu, right? Tiantingji... you are the main pilot of the Tianting mecha team?"

The salesman took it and swiped it first, but after seeing the displayed information, he immediately paused and looked shocked.

"has a problem?"

Lin Yu frowned.

"No problem, no problem."

The salesman waved his hands repeatedly at first, but then showed hesitation on his face. He hesitated for a moment and asked: "Excuse me... is it the heavenly mecha group reorganized by Thunder Strike?"

Originally, many avatars around who were also handling business had turned their heads when they heard about the Heavenly Court Mecha Team. Now when they heard this question again, they suddenly attracted everyone's attention, and the hall was gradually in an uproar.