From star abyss

After the cutscene ended, the players began to gather together to discuss the plot.

The first person to speak was female professional player Cumin Fen:

"Let's all show our cards."

"What's the showdown for?" The old and cunning Yu Tianxiao immediately began to pretend to be confused.

"What else could it be? You don't really think that everyone puts aside training and comes to take on this long-term mission to space just to enjoy the game, do you?"

She casually flipped up her short green-pink hair, revealing the shocking prosthetic interface on her forehead, and said bluntly: "We were all sent to explore the way from above. It is estimated that we will not be on the field for a long time in the future. We are familiar with each other." To take care of you, why don’t you share your thoughts?”

"I'm not here to watch the water dispenser." Ye Zhanjian muttered immediately. Among the four professional players who came, he was the only one currently in the main battle seat. The other three were all rotation players.

"So it seems that the [Endless Blazers] team wants you to take a different route?" Lao Ganye's Garyton asked curiously while grilling chicken wings.

Ye Zhanjian laughed twice:

"Don't you understand? Let me tell you something inside: the four participating countries of the Terra Federation, plus the alien colony division, will have at least 32 teams competing for the final professional event. In order to take care of the alien colony netizens, The competition will wait until the next version, which is version 2.0, to start."

"Then why don't you stay at the base of Azure Star and play the training matches?" Cumin Fan looked at him with disdain, "With such a long preparation time, if you don't build equipment and hone your skills, just go out to fish, be careful not to get in. All league.”

"No, no." Ye Zhanjian shook his index finger: "Do you think there are no spies in the Terra Federation competition area?"

"oh?"

This matter immediately attracted Yu Tianxiao's attention. Since Qiong Yu's center of gravity has not yet shifted, his ability to collect information is far inferior to that of everyone present.

"What you are saying is that there is some internal response from the colony?"

"Of course." Ye Zhanjian pointed at Li Aozi not far away and said, "You don't know it yet, but Li Aozi has successfully left the circle and become a well-known figure in the colony. Many fans are fighting for it. Seeing his true appearance, he came directly to his home planet to form a support club."

The cumin fan waved his hand: "There doesn't seem to be any necessary connection, right? It's just a fan support club that generates electricity for love."

"Do you think the embassy is really just a diplomatic building?"

Ye Zhanjian rolled his eyes at the cyberpunk girl:

"Why are the people of Xiangxiang Chicken always so straight-forward? The more foreigners gather in a place, the easier it is to become a nest for spies. According to a big club owner, these Li Aozi Club - referred to as 'Zitong'" 'The members have purchased equipment and training venues together, and have also registered studios. One of them is in our hot summer. If nothing else happens, they will definitely be active on Azure Star in the future."

"I understand, in the name of being a comrade, I'm actually here to peek at our Blue Star's intelligence." Yu Tianxiao reacted: "This is not considered spying on commercial secrets. It is normal gaming behavior, reasonable and legal."

"Hey! These rich aliens are obviously so rich, but they can't afford to lose?" Garridon said contemptuously: "It's so shameful, don't play if you can't afford it."

"Because people are rich, they don't care about this. But we can't. We are professional players. If we don't play well, we won't be able to keep our jobs."

Ye Zhanjian sat down and talked:

"Of course we can't delay training, but we also have to have some trump cards. These aliens can at most get a glimpse of our Azure Star's professional style and equipment, but in the universe, they know nothing about us."

"It's a good countermeasure, but if you and the main force go into space, will it really affect your training?"

"No, I'm a veteran professional player. As long as we keep our mystery, we will definitely catch you by surprise and make the alien buddies confused."

In the distance, Li Ozi's face suddenly became strange when he heard Ye Zhanjian's confident words.

Because according to his memory, Ye Zhanjian did not participate in the game due to diarrhea and physical discomfort due to eating a bowl of spicy beef noodles in the first season.

There is no news about the game yet, but he has already said that he will definitely play well... He has seen Li Ozi popping out champagne at halftime, and this is the first time he has seen him popping out champagne at the beginning.

[I hope the spicy beef noodles can be merciful. 】

Li Ozi prayed silently for the poor child.

Players also have their own opinions on the plot.

"If what Li Ozi said is true, then the existence of GTB is completely a scam. I don't understand. The four countries should not fight each other at all if they know this. They should just put out the GTB fire and put out the fire. Wouldn’t it be great if the knowledge of the universe could be shared?”

Garridon touched his chin, he couldn't figure out this logic.

"You stupid pig - by then the whole Blue Star will be full of Beta-level strong men. Which country can manage such a huge force? Everyone is a transcendent, and the existing resources and civilization cannot accommodate it no matter how you look at it. Bar?"

Cumin powder rolled his eyes and was speechless:

"At that time, the force in people's hands will be greatly enhanced, and they will no longer be willing to be ruled. Society will directly fall into chaos and regress back to the era of the law of the jungle, like beasts."

"You are too one-sided. Just like when artificial intelligence first started, the creators who had studied painting for ten years were far inferior to the rapid generation of AI, so a lot of people lost their jobs because of this."

Yu Tianxiao shook his head:

"But later, with the further development of AI and the establishment of industry rules, AI became a tool for creators to assist creation, greatly saving time and training costs."

"That being said, there is no future for Azure Star - look at the sky, there is no sun, how can there be time to develop? Instead, it is better to compete for existing resources, maintain the current status quo, and slowly pass War consumes the population so that resources can be maintained.”

"Thinking about it this way, the situation on Blue Star is too desperate..."

"So let GTB monopolize knowledge like this? In fact, doing so can maintain the existing order - wow, it's so disgusting. You are clearly being choked by someone, and you still have to thank the other person. What the hell is this!"

"In the final analysis, it's Mr. Entropy's fault, but for it to develop like this, Azure Star really deserves its own fault."

Although at the level of players, it is still far away to work in GTB, many people have gained a lot of benefits from GTB, and 40% of the task commissions are taken over from GTB.

Now that the truth about GTB has been revealed, players' favorability towards GTB has plummeted.

Fortunately, you are all pragmatic players, so after a while of psychological confusion, we continued the discussion.

"But compared to this, have you noticed that Li Aozi said something very subtle." Ye Zhanjian reminded.

"Which sentence?"

‘Everything you have accepted - [Mechanic], [Warrior], [Biochemist] and our best [Mutant], these inheritances are all paths to godhood in the universe. ’

Ye Zhanjian repeated it:

"This sentence is very interesting. If you compare it with the video dialogue of the original promotional video, you will find a subtle coincidence."

"Elaborate." Yu Tianxiao squinted his eyes. He had already opened the original promotional video and started watching it.

Ye Zhanjian opened the promotional video and fast-forwarded to the part he wanted:

"In the original promotional video, it was mentioned that 'The Children of the Star Abyss refuse to be erased. They ascended from the throne as mortals and transformed into noble and brave gods. With supreme courage, they started a beast-like fight against the Destroyer.'"

"And the connection between this paragraph - the three Destroyers came from the outside world. They were greedy and just repeated killing and destruction. After devouring the outside world where they were born, they set their sights on the star abyss."

"This sentence is very interesting... The background of the story is that the three Destroyers, [Gem Dragon King] Levitandar, [Dark Titan] Gelburos, and [God of Insight] Discerning Eye, invaded the Star Abyss from the outside world. But the native life in Xingyuan was not willing to be destroyed, and they ascended from mortals to gods to fight against these monsters."

"So, Li Ozi also said that gods seem to be not uncommon in the universe." Cumin powder touched his chin and thought.

"The description below is also intriguing."

Ye Zhanjian simply described:

"It's the six main gods who are fighting against the three Destroyers."

"[God of Destruction] Dumphis, challenge the Dragon King and die in battle."

"[Pioneer of Fine Arts] Yazarophi was torn apart by the Titan's hands and died in battle."

"[Strange Origin] Spector, let the discerning eye decompose, split into three, and his whereabouts are unknown."

"The real name of [Redemption Fairy] is unknown, but I found his name in the setting collection on the official website - Laian Ding. However, it seems that he has been sacrificed and his whereabouts are unknown."

"[Looting Soul] Red King, this is a traitor of the fifth grade. He should be useless and not very powerful."

"[Dominator Will] Mephidria did not die from the Destroyer, but was eaten by society, and his agent, the God of Reality, was also killed. Based on what Li Ozi said just now, on the society side, It can basically be confirmed that he is one of the main villains of the game.”

"Speaking of which, haven't you noticed yet?"

Ye Zhan Jian's talk has come to this point, and the players have naturally reacted.

"[Destruction], [Essence], [Strange], [Redemption], [Plunder], and [Dominator]." Yu Tianxiao said thoughtfully: "Each god is exactly the same as our six professional factions. Similarly, Li Ozi also said that this is a road to becoming a god. Is this a coincidence?"

"I think it might not be that simple." Garridon took a bite of the chicken wing and analyzed while chewing: "If this is a path to becoming a god, then why should it be shared with everyone?"

"Think about it, if I master a path to becoming a god, why don't I monopolize it? And share it with others? Isn't this nonsense?"

"Well said, mathematics, physics, and chemistry are all basic subjects that can reveal the truth of the universe. Why should we share them so that everyone can learn them?" Cumin powder laughed and joked.

"Isn't this nonsense! If you only learn these theories without learning professional knowledge, without the cooperation of a group of people, and without the organization's division of labor and cooperation, it will be useless——"

Garyton suddenly realized:

"So there must be very harsh conditions for becoming a god... Just like building a battleship, if it is done by just one person, it will be impossible to complete it. Or even if it is really built with bare hands, one person will not be able to exert his strength."

"I think it should be like this." Yu Tianxiao thought for a while: "Since the cosmic civilization is willing to help all the Blue Stars advance to the gamma level, it means two points: first, the gamma level does not pose a threat to them; second, Only when you reach the gamma stage can you complete some tasks."

This logic is easy to understand: in the agricultural era, people did not need much education to produce, so the rulers wanted to keep the people ignorant and weak.

But in the industrial age, factories need literate workers, precision instrument factories need specialized technicians and senior engineers, and companies cannot do without designers and researchers and developers, otherwise they will be eliminated. Therefore, rulers will pay attention to Education and quality improvement of citizens.

If you substitute this logic into the goal of becoming a god, it seems to be understandable.

Extraordinary people can have a longer lifespan to experience, a stronger body to fight, and a smarter brain to learn - and all of this is actually to satisfy the certain needs of civilization for 'gods'.

Only high-quality talents can meet the requirements for candidates to ascend to the gods. It can even be said that extraordinary people and workers are essentially the same thing.

"Perhaps the cosmic people not only want the location advantage of the Blue Star, but also want the people of the Blue Star to provide them with real gods?"

Yu Tianxiao put forward a point:

"If you think about it, if there are a large number of workers, the factory can reduce employment costs. When there are few workers, the factory must raise wages in order to recruit workers... If people from Azure Star, no, I mean, as long as an individual enters Once you follow a certain career path, you are qualified to become a god. For a civilization, naturally, the more extraordinary people there are, the better, and the lower the production cost of gods will be."

"This is unknown...but such a plot is too bold."

Ye Zhanjian complained:

"If you think about it this way, wouldn't those advanced civilizations be able to enslave and mass-produce gods... No, maybe gods are an advanced war unit in the universe, or even supercomputers and production machines."

"It's not impossible. You see, just against three Destroyers, the gods of the six factions are all finished. The gods may be just high-level scroll kings like postdocs."

"What you're saying is that these high-ranking gamma-level extraordinary beings on the Blue Star are actually the same as students who graduate from vocational schools and work in factories to tighten screws—fuck, you don't want that kind of thing."

Li Ozi listened to these people's speeches and smiled slightly.

Although there were not many prompts, the players were not stupid and quickly understood this logical relationship.

In fact, for the players of their time, it was a bit too late to realize this - the first time they went to the Star Abyss, the stronger the individual being, the more curses they endured, and in the end the strongest one The player directly trapped a version in the second level of the star abyss. When he dived again, he was already a full 40 levels behind everyone.

Needless to say, if you are facing a monster like society, individuals will never be able to defeat a society. If you kill their speaker, the worst case scenario is to replace him with another.

The benchmark of society is civilization. If there are really 'individuals' who can fight against society, then there is only the other side of society.

However, fortunately, Li Ozi does not need to face society directly.

He turned to look at the freezer, stretched out his hand, touched the transparent glass, and looked at the biochemical body inside.

A few months ago, he fought against Professor Mingji's biochemical body and suffered a lot. Now, it's his turn to teach the [White Knight] and the Tianhuan people a lesson.

"By the way, Ms. N4."

"What's wrong? Not satisfied with the product?"

"That's not the reason." Li Ozi pointed at the 'Pioneer' and said, "Can you add a strength limiter to me?"

"What do you want that for?"

"It's nothing. The data is too high. There's no point in crushing it."

Li Ozi rubbed his neck and showed a kind smile:

"Limit the data to the Beta level. I want that guy to know that without the poisonous blood, he is nothing!"