My portable gaming girlfriend

The eight regions of the virtual world are cut by eight rivers. The river extends radially from the center to the surroundings, and ends at the central square, where the river water gushes out from the ground continuously, giving it a tendency to flow.

And the 'tower' on the central square is the largest landmark building in the virtual world. The whole body of the tower is white soaring into the sky that the top cannot be seen, and each floor in the tower is a living room. The living room can be booked by anyone, and its interior can also be changed into any scene, and it is often the first choice for netizens to gather.

The living room on the 233rd floor has already been occupied by 4 men and 1 woman, but now a new guest is ushered in.

"Your captain has been fired, and now I will be the new captain."

These five people are the five members of the 'Omega Squad'. The words of those who came at this moment did not bring much surprise, because they had already received the notice of the captain's change an hour ago.

The guest who claimed to be the new captain was a haggard man who seemed to have not slept in dozens of days. He was wearing a white coat, with a thin face, blue-gray skin all over his body, messy black hair on his head, no eyebrows, and two thick dark circles under his black-rimmed glasses. It's no different from a zombie crawling up from a cemetery.

Although this is just a virtual image, it does not mean that the captain is really a 'zombie', but this image is far from the sturdy appearance of the former captain of the Omega team.

"Although I don't like the title captain, I don't need to say my real name. You can call me 'Bayes'."

Captain Bayesian didn't exchange many greetings, and went straight to the point.

"You must be a believer in Bayesian school?"

6 asked.

"It's just a code name."

"Very well, Bayes, how do you prove that you are qualified to be the captain?"

The man with brown hair in a ponytail, Number 3, interrupts Number 6's joke.

"Your number on the team is 3, right? Your question is good."

The man twitched the corners of his mouth and made a slightly sinister smile.

"I can't fight, so even if you want to fight with me, I won't accept it. The qualification I will show you is the appointment certificate of Endia Company. Believe it or not, but I can now give you the consequences if you don't believe it." Can't tell."

It's just that the eerie appearance couldn't scare No. 3, but a holographic file made No. 3 shut up.

[Endia Corporation

Classification: Confidential

When: August 3, 2065

Starting today, {Virtual ID: Bayesian 2399} will serve as the captain of the team 'Omega' under the AI ​​Security Investigation Team.

Safety Management Department \u0026 Albert Laboratory]

The authorized object of the original document may be the man's real name, but due to the characteristics of the document, it can choose to use any unique code within the scope of the company's permission to cover it when it is displayed.

On the 6th, he immediately applied to check Bayesian's information, but his information was all blank, as if he had just registered a new account.

But his virtual ID is indeed 'Bayes 2399', which is consistent with the document.

"Albert's laboratory! It's been under the management of their Endia boss and the security management department. When did these researchers start getting involved?"

No. 3 was not reconciled to being overwhelmed like this, and finally found an opportunity to ask questions again.

"It has now been handed over to the Safety Management Department and the Albert Laboratory."

Bayes answered calmly.

After thinking about it for a while, No. 6 came up with a possibility——

"I'm afraid he is for 'Omega Infinity'."

"Oh, [beep] I just said something is missing, that thing is not here."

No. 3 looked around, and sure enough, 'infinity' was not here.

"That's right, I appreciate your insight, your number is 6 right?"

"Thank you for your appreciation. Since the documents can be compared with your ID, then you are indeed the captain appointed by Endia."

Number 6 quickly accepted this fact.

"Hey, I didn't assign a captain before. They're too lenient, right? This guy doesn't seem to know how to fight at all!"

No. 3 walked straight through the holographic file, walked up to Bayes and stared at him with wide eyes, but the other party did not respond.

"Oh, let's continue the topic just now. The purpose of the Omega team is to 'find NPCs with abnormal behavior'. I myself have just joined the Albert Lab. Another purpose of my coming here is to improve the 'Omega. Infinity'. I don't care too much about your so-called missions, unless you prove to me that you are capable enough to be worthy of my cooperation."

"[Beep beep]! Are you ignoring me?! Do you have the ability to compete in the random mode of the 'Chaotic Fighting Arena'?"

"You also know that Omega Infinity is a competitive artificial intelligence. Although its initial combat power is not even as good as that of a child, its learning ability is 'in theory' infinite, so it is called 'Infinity'."

"It's really [beep beep], you guys are talking too!"

"On the 3rd, I have shown you all the official documents, so you should be a good little brother. Use money to do things, but don't meddle in your own business."

The only woman in the line said coldly.

"That's right."

Number 4 agreed in a simple and honest voice.

"[Beep beep], a group of cowards!"

No. 3, who always talked the most in the team, saw that he was performing but no one supported him, so he shut his mouth with a gloomy face.

"—Unfortunately, that is only 'theoretically' infinite. Only after my transformation can it truly be reborn and become the strongest competitive machine."

"Captain, will you transform it?"

The bald man No. 2, who has been silent all this time, knows current affairs, and has changed his name to Bayes as the captain.

"Its principle is not difficult to understand. Ndia is an open company, and my colleagues are always available to help if I need it."

"Then you mean it has a defect? ​​What kind of defect is that?"

"This involves an unconfirmed conjecture of mine, but I can't say it right now. I need something—show me the video of your missions during the suspension of the "Mountain and Sea Legend"."

Since the contract stated that the recording service should be automatically turned on during the mission, since No. 4 and No. 6 who participated in the mission accepted the new captain, they readily transmitted a copy of the panoramic video to the man.

Because it is a panoramic video, each video only has the scene that can be seen from each perspective. The man played the video of the two people at the same time, so the surrounding area changed from the living room to the scene in the video, and the scenes were played in two opposite directions. But some objects are still overlapping.

But the man was not bothered by the complicated images, but quickly browsed the scenes that the Omega team encountered after entering the game.

At one point he presses the virtual 'play' button, and the video immediately goes into normal speed mode.

There are three players on the screen.

A young man is carrying a crossbow and his face is covered with a white mask with a crying face.

The girl with short silver hair was wearing a mask with cat ears, and the girl with golden twintails was wearing a Japanese-style ghost mask.

Soon the three started a battle with Captain Bald, No. 4, No. 6 and Omega Infinity. The silver-haired girl with short hair was slightly inferior in fighting skills, but the blonde girl with double ponytails was able to contain No. 4 and No. 6 by herself.

"You know, I'm not a fighting type..."

Number 6 said shyly.

When the video played to the woman with blond hair and white skirt falling from the sky, Bayes pressed stop, as if thinking about something. .

"Is this woman a player?"

Bayes asked in a deep voice.

"This person is a cheater. Look at the back, she is carrying several weapons by herself, and she can also cast magic with 'biubiu'. Such a blatant cheating has not been automatically detected by the 'anti-cheat system'. Those gangs What are the R\u0026D guys making up..."

No. 6's complaint was interrupted eagerly by Bayes——

"Is her outfit an original design in the game?"

Several members of the Omega team looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one responded to this question. People like them never care what gear and fashions are in the game.

"Then continue."

Seeing that no one could answer, Bayes clicked play again. It was obvious that he began to focus on the blonde woman.

"Just now you said that she used a 'cheat', who can introduce what a 'cheat' is?"

"Uh... cheating is to modify the game program to achieve your own goals. There are many types of cheating, and the most commonly used methods for playing games are to increase attack power, increase movement speed, keep physical strength, etc. This woman moves faster than ordinary people It can even float in the air, it’s hard to say what kind of hack it is, it may be self-made.”

"So, is there any source of 'plug-in' on the market?"

"black market."

Number 6 said a place name.

"Wow! You know about the black market?"

Number 3 was suddenly amazed.

"I have a friend who sells 'cheats' there, so I know a thing or two."

Number 3 laughed out loud with a 'chi'.

"Is the friend you're talking about yourself? I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask that. After all, this kind of thing is illegal. How can anyone admit it?"

"Empty words have no basis, you have to be responsible for saying such things!"

Bayes interrupted the quarrel between the two——

"Very well, you can tell me about this place later, but let's continue first."

The video was still playing, and the zombie-like new captain watched the battle scene carefully, until the bald captain, the crying masked man, and the cat-eared masked woman entered a 'door' one after another——

"After that, the former captain left the world and couldn't be contacted for a long time. We had no choice but to go offline and disband."

No. 2 explained helplessly.

"Where did he go?"

"I don't know that."

"No. 6, can you find out by technical means?"

"Uh...if you want, but it will take a while."

"Very good, help me track it down now. Then today's meeting is over, see you next time."

After he finished speaking, he disappeared in place.

"He just left? Called us here for this? [Beep]'s Lao Tzu put so much effort into being a coolie, he just watched the video and left!"

No. 3 reacted and immediately cursed, but no one paid attention to him, and everyone except No. 6 also went offline one after another.

The strangers who got together because of the mission, if there is no collusion of interests, no one will pay more attention to anything.

"Forget it, for someone to be able to be the captain by airborne, he must have a strong background, and you can only hold back your dissatisfaction."

No. 6 kindly reminded him and didn't stay long—only No. 3 was left alone in the room, looking thoughtfully at the video of the scene of the blonde woman, talking to himself—

"You are exactly the same as the NPC 'Goddess' in "Mirror Island" from head to toe. What is the origin? I am really curious."

Bayesian and No. 6 walked on a cold commercial street. The street was full of glass windows, but without exception, the windows were pitch black, and no light could be seen. People who didn't know thought it was a street ghost street.

However, this is the legendary 'black market'. At this moment, Bayesian and No. 6 are parked in the middle of the road, looking at the storefront of a store not far away.

"right here?"

"I asked acquaintances, and they did enter the store."

Number 6 replied firmly.

"You wait, I'll go in by myself."

When Bayes approached the store, he saw a thin iron chain nailed to the wooden door frame, and a green iron plate was hung on it, with the words 'No. 19 Organ Street' printed on it.

He pushed open the unlocked door and entered the dark interior of the shop.

"Since this is the first time to visit the store, do you need me to introduce the products to you?"

A beam of light suddenly lit up the bar counter and the young people behind it. The blond-haired youth looked about 20 years old, with a gentle smile on his face, and the light on his body, which was particularly conspicuous in the darkness.

"I am the shopkeeper here, Aiolian."

"Shopkeeper? By the way, it's not the first time I've come to this black market. Quickly introduce me to some things that can make me very powerful. What are they called cheats?"

Bayesian's attitude is completely different from before he just entered the store. He is a different person. If No. 6 sees his current performance, he will probably be surprised. Now he is like a man who does things without thinking and is eager to express himself. reckless youth.

He had already pretended to be taken aback when the light came on, and then tried to remain calm. After the light came on, he looked at Aiolian and asked hurriedly.

Seeing this situation, Aiolian showed a kind smile——

"It turns out to be a 'regular customer' here! I'm sorry to welcome you. You can walk into my store to show that we have a good relationship. Please allow me to give you a 10% discount on the entire order for your first shopping. discount."

"You're very kind, thank you!"

"So what plug-ins do you need?"

"I want the kind that can become stronger."

"Hmm... this selection is too broad. First of all, what game do you want to buy?"

"Huh? Does each game have different cheats?"

Aiolian still had a smile on his face, but shook his head imperceptibly under the dim light. The other party claimed that it was not the first time he came to the black market, but he didn't understand the most basic issues. He was probably a clever person. This was his initial judgment on this guest.

"Naturally, different cheats are required for each game. I suggest that you choose a cheat for a game to try—"

"That's so troublesome. I just want the kind of invincible, blood-locking, and head-locking... You can introduce all the cheats of each game to me. It's not troublesome to say so much trouble."

——Is the guest in front of you a fan of vanity, or a foolish son of the landlord's family?

But it doesn't matter, whichever is in his favor.

Thinking of this, Aiolian smiled brighter and brighter.

"All the products are in this list, please take a look~"

He launched a holographic electronic merchandise list.

Bayesian starts by going through the list. Two and a half hours passed. At first, Aiolian enthusiastically introduced the products to the other party, but as Bayesian questions were thrown one after another—including a large number of irrelevant questions about how to fight the boss in the game, Aiolian The impatience gradually accumulated to the top.

Finally, before being kicked out of the shop, Bayes made his decision.

"For new games including "Legend of Mountains and Seas", the 'plug-in' is 8,000 virtual coins, and you bought a total of 13. The 'plug-in' of the game 2 years ago was 5,000 virtual coins, and you bought 7 10% off the entire order, a total of 125,100 virtual coins."

Aiolian was relieved, he did not need auxiliary calculation functions, and immediately calculated the final price. Although the price was overquoted to the other party. For a customer who is happy enough, he certainly hopes that the other party will become a repeat customer, but the customer in front of him just wants to send the other party away immediately after the transaction is over, and he does not want to do another transaction with the other party.

Unexpectedly, after listening to the other party, his expression was solemn——

"No, no, it's too much... I don't think it's too expensive, but I don't play some games very much, let me think about it first."

At 5 minutes and 30 seconds, after removing some commodities, the other party finally reached a deal-this price was half of the previous price.

'[beep beep]. '

Aiolian scolded the other side angrily in his heart. After wasting such a long time and only bought the usual things, I feel that I am at a loss no matter how I think about it.

Coincidentally, the other party stood there and did not leave, wondering if he was regretting his impulsive consumption. Maybe taking advantage of the other person's face-saving psychology can get him to spend some more money-even if he doesn't succeed in costing him, it can make it difficult for him.

"Are you interested in 'Chaotic Arena'?"

"how do you know?"

"...The plug-in you just bought has 'Scramble Arena'."

"Oh yes, it seems so!"

"I don't know if you are troubled because you don't have time to practice levels and earn gold coins?"

Gold is a currency in Brawl Arena that can be used to purchase optional characters or special skins.

"That's right."

"Then why don't you try this?"

Another beam of light against the wall was silently turned on, illuminating a muscular man standing upright.

"Wow! What is this?"

"This is a cracked version of the 'Artificial Intelligence Companion' specially created for the generation of 'Scramble Arena'. This strong body makes him look very reliable, right?"

"So gay! Is this thing powerful?"

"It's just the core of a copied fighting game BOSS, it's not that powerful—"

After Bayesian heard this, he turned his puzzled eyes to Aiolian, and the other party's words changed——

"But I can guarantee that, combined with our modification technology, you will never be found out and banned."

"Good, but unfortunately it's not for me."

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't lack time to practice contact. My problem is that I really can't beat the opponent. After all, this thing will only know a few tricks. By the way... Do you have the kind of 'infinite learning' that... can replace me and win all the time? 'AI?"

"'Infinite learning'? Well, it's easy to just 'learn' infinitely, most AI can do it, but that's just imitation, it's hard to be 'creative'. These 'AI companions', their so-called emotional and Learning ability is nothing more than the imitation of human cognition and the accumulation of mathematical formulas. Human beings can't achieve 'infinite' learning, how can 'human creations' do it?"

"...I don't understand these things, if you don't have them, then you don't have them!"

"By the way, if you usually have a lot of time, would you consider this product?"

The third beam of light illuminated a girl dressed as a maid.

"Oh oh oh, this is cute! I'm done!"

Bayes rushed forward, carefully studying the doll-like artificial intelligence companion. After he approached, the 'doll' suddenly opened its eyes, and stared at him emotionlessly with a pair of red eyes.

"It's not only cute, but also has other functions...you know."

"Then... how much is it?"

Seeing the other party's eyes glued to the maid's body, Aiolian quietly showed a triumphant smile.

"280,000 virtual currency."

In order to prevent the other party from wasting their time talking about other things, the merchant quotes the price first.

"Well... look carefully, the eyes are too small, not my type."

"Hehe, the face and figure are all up to your preferences, you can adjust them as you like, after all, this is a cracked version."

"Convenience is very convenient...but it would be nice if it could be cheaper."

"Sir, you probably think that we simply cracked Endiya's signature product! I'm responsible for not clarifying this misunderstanding. In fact, the process of cracking is very long and difficult. It can be said that the person who can crack this will go to Endia's Albert Laboratory - have you heard of it? Yes, it's okay to go there. And our 'black market' has a special status, we don't have so many customers, and we just make some meager profits every day .”

Aiolian sells his products miserably while boasting about them, but the more hype he talks about, the more entangled his face becomes.

Of course, Aiolian was not surprised by this phenomenon, on the contrary, the other party's reaction was already within his expectation.

"It's a bit more expensive, but it's worth the money, don't you think?"

"Okay...well, it's not that I can't afford it..."

The guest named Bayesian was fooled by this long speech, and his thinking was slow, and Aiolian took advantage of the victory to pursue——

"I will also give you a 10% discount, a total of 252,000 virtual coins."

Eventually he watched the other party pay through a third-party account.

For cautious players who are buying for the first time, Aiolian will usually tell the other party that it is 'sister's account'.

But it's just a lie, the so-called sister doesn't exist at all. It was the same for the boy and girl last time.

But because the client in front of him was defenseless, he didn't even have to lie this time.

"Thank you for your patronage and look forward to your next visit."

He watched the other party leave——

"I'm really lucky to meet such a 'good customer'~ Interesting, I can use the 'back door' in the plug-in to observe the preferences of this new customer after a while~"

He went offline and the store went dark again, but after a while he came back online and began to adjust the panoramic images.

Unlike the two newcomers who were accidentally pulled in by him, this guest was a little vigilant but all used in boring directions. As for his behavior... it was more like a child who couldn't wait to open the candy when he got it. .

So the 'back door' left by oneself should be able to see the 'image' on the opposite side soon.

He didn't wait long for the picture to appear.

Dark clouds, yellow lightning, black mountains, and Bayesian in a rookie suit.

"It's "Legend of Mountains and Seas" again...the land of natural disasters...hahaha, what a familiar place!"

Aiolian squinted his eyes and carefully looked at every inch of the land and sky in the picture. All of this was so familiar, which aroused his infinite joy——

"Villamia...a friend I've always missed...I'm really surprised how much you've changed since I 'death'."

"Aiolian, are you watching?"