My portable gaming girlfriend

"Wow~~ outside...what's outside?!"

Monica let out a scream, and I immediately pushed the window shut with my hands, but I was as shocked as she was, and I didn't know why. The scenery outside the window is like a static picture displayed directly. Only when the window is opened can one know that there is nothing outside.

So what the hell is this place? Where is the window? What does the hanging paper mean?

[Programmer: As I said, the data in the entire area has been tampered with. You stay in the room and don't go out, so at least there will be no danger. 】

[Me: Can I just disconnect and go offline, this is terrible. 】

I don't think I have been restricted from leaving the game yet, as long as I can leave the game, my life is not in danger.

[Programmer: Yes, no problem, but you will completely lose the goal of Monica. She will wander forever in this world and find no way out. 】

It is known that there is no danger in the room, the disconnection can no longer connect here, the target Monica cannot leave, and I still have many puzzles to solve.

If you leave now, it is indeed the safest choice, but...is this considered a cowardly behavior? Do you really want to leave Monica behind?

Monica didn't know about my conversation with the programmer, let alone her own situation. Since it was just me and Monica in the room, no one spoke and there was only silence.

Talking to Shen Qing and the others, I learned that they are going back the same way to look for us, but they can't find the building I mentioned. Shen Qing advised me to put my own safety first, leaving the game is not something to be ashamed of, but I just think I can wait.

But every time I go on a mission, I encounter dangerous incidents. Maybe I should go to the temple and make a wish to rid myself of bad luck.

If you are trapped here, you should keep calm and don't waste time. Let's observe this familiar room first...

In front of me is a lift desk. The white table top can make the holographic projection clearer, which is why parents bought it in the first place. In this era, paper books have long been eliminated, but if a person wants to read, the holographic projection will reproduce the model of the paper book on the desktop. At the beginning, digitization of paper books was a huge and long-term project. After 20 years, all books have been stored in the global data center established under the leadership of the Supreme Science Council, and people can read any book files within their authority at any time. .

The test points are displayed in a loop on the wall, including ancient Chinese prose, wrong math questions, English words, etc. Although artificial intelligence is already very powerful, it has helped humans solve language communication problems that have plagued them for thousands of years, proved mathematical theorems, and prevented inflation, but humans still have a lot to learn. School, college entrance examination, interview...these never disappear.

The ground is a holographic image of green grass, which was set up by my mother. She said that this color protects the eyes.

The models and figures on the shelves are real. Even in the era of holographic images, the fun of making models is not diminished. The models are all birthday presents I've gotten from my parents over the past few years, and only 'last year' was an AI companion.

... full of nostalgic things. If I go back to my real home now, I can still see some of them, but I didn't expect them to reappear in the virtual world, and many of them are even blurred in my memory.

Also of note is my watch-shaped microcomputer. After the mobile phone computer, it is the most important component of human society, but I think the glasses-type microcomputer is replacing it.

This watch-shaped microcomputer has a rectangular dial with a length of 10.5cm and a width of 5.5cm. Its main function is an interactive holographic image projected from all angles.

Now it's projecting an image of Monica.

"Is this a mobile phone of your era?"

Monica followed my line of sight to the watch-shaped microcomputer, pointed at it and asked.

"It can be said to be a combination of a mobile phone and a computer."

Having played several games with the background of the early 20th century, I still have a little understanding of mobile phones. It is similar to a microcomputer in that it occupies most of the human attention.

Augmented reality with contact lens screens is even more advanced than holograms. Human beings continue to invent new electronic products for the purpose of finding a more relaxed lifestyle for themselves. If the news released by Endiya is credible, then the era of large-scale use of brain-computer interfaces is not far away.

While waiting for the programmers to solve the problem technically, I began to sort out the two problems I encountered so far.

First, why is there my junior high school room here?

Memory retrieval...? These four words appeared in my mind. Could this room be a scene copied from my memory? If so, who read my memory? The common sense I know tells me that humans do not have machines for retrieving memories.

[Programmer: This possibility is not ruled out. In addition to virtual reality helmets, have you been exposed to other brain-computer interaction devices recently? 】

【I don't. 】

[Programmer: Strange. Could it be a VR headset... No, it's impossible. Endia has been conducting memory extraction research since 2036, encoding the memory and uploading it, but the process is extremely complicated, and it has never been heard that the process can be compressed to the extent that ordinary virtual reality helmets can achieve. 】

[Me: Endia used to have this kind of research? 】

[Programmer: Of course, Endiya has established a myriad of research projects, and few of them survived. The main purpose of this project is not to extract memories, its full name should be the 'Consciousness Digitization' project. 】

[Me: Wait, what does this cool name mean? Make human consciousness active in the virtual world? Isn't this no different from artificial intelligence? 】

[Programmer: Your understanding is partially correct. But in this project, the consciousness that enters the virtual world is not the consciousness of the person, but a virtual digital "consciousness replica". 】

[Me: That is... copy yourself to live in a virtual world? But is this still the same person? And what is the purpose of Endia's research? 】

Even if a company like Endia is willing to try new technologies, it is impossible to invest a large amount of money in unprofitable research, which is the difference between it and the Supreme Science Council.

[Programmer: I can't tell you. 】

Maybe he just knows a little bit of news and doesn't know the details...

[Me: Is the project completed? 】

[Programmer: I don't know. The biggest difficulty of this type of research is not technological breakthroughs, but how to pass ethical review. You know, the Supreme Council of Science oversees the whole world at all times. 】

Sure enough, I don't know the details. But today, I learned that Endia once had such an incredible research. But after hearing what he said, I think it is unlikely to have anything to do with me. After all, extracting memory and consciousness can never be as simple as swiping your face to open the door. I can be sure that I have not touched related equipment except for the virtual reality helmet. Unless I lost some memory.

One option has been ruled out, which is a good sign.

Then the second question. Has anyone restored the modeling scene in the game according to my real home?

[Programmer: If it's just a restoration of the model, you only need to scan your home completely, but judging from the interactive scene you described, it's obviously not that simple. 】

[Me: Can the decoration robot restore the function of the furniture? 】

[Programmer: No, they can only restore the model. Now the items in this room, including the functions, have been perfectly replicated, which requires a two-person team to work continuously for a week. 】

Two people working from home for a week? I haven't heard from my parents, and the labor cost is too high. I don't think I have such a deep hatred with anyone that it would be costly to target.

[Me: I'm just an ordinary college student, it's impossible for someone to spend a lot of money just to target me...]

[Programmer: Don't easily deny a possibility. You never know how much your enemies hate you, you don't even know if you have enemies. 】

I can't think of an answer after thinking about it, everything in this room is the same as in reality, such a perfect copy...

No, the only imperfection lies in the watch-shaped microcomputer, and more specifically, in the artificial intelligence companion.

Why is it Monica?

"How about a memory from your AI companion?"

What was the original smart companion like?

Listening to Monica's words, I guided my thinking back and forth.

In 2061, on August 18th, it was a day of summer vacation after the end of the first year of junior high school, and it was also my birthday.

In previous years, my parents always bought the model I wanted. That year, instead of buying the model I wanted as a birthday present, they brought me a virtual item as a gift.

They didn't pay attention to my complaints, and smiled and introduced me to this birthday gift that they said was 'useful' to me.

"This is the latest artificial intelligence companion. I heard that it can help children learn. Put it in the terminal and start it."

Looking back now, this thing is not only 'greatly useful', it has changed my life in the next few years! But at that time, I was just dissatisfied and didn't think so much.

Virtual goods installation does not require any difficulty, just wait a bit and the program will be ready.

A series of settings are required before using Amicus7, including gender, behavior mode, etc.

Gender, of course it is female...

"male."

My mother made me choose a man without hesitation, saying that it was to prevent puppy love, which directly cut off my fantasy of using artificial intelligence as a girlfriend, but no one thought that I still have Sakura now...

As for the behavior pattern, I was forced to choose a "study partner" in addition to "friends". The latter is the original intention of my parents to buy this product. Of course, my cautious mother asked the customer service artificial intelligence partner on the spot if she would do my homework for me, and she was completely relieved when she got the answer that this kind of behavior violated the "Artificial Intelligence Application Management Law" and therefore could not happen.

I had a hard time setting the name and appearance later. The former is because I am a bad name, and the latter is because I don’t know how to pinch my face, so the random face looks awkward no matter what. After working hard all day and night, I finally decided to name him after the Nobel physicist, and randomized thousands of times , the activation process is considered complete when an appearance comparable to a virtual star is randomly selected from countless crooked melons and cracked dates.

Even so, but——

"I wish it was a beautiful girl."

I have said this more than once.

"I just want to have a virtual girlfriend so much. Could it be that you can't get in touch with women in reality?" Probably because my story was too boring, Monica had already shown an impatient expression, and now she began to spare no effort to taunt me...

[Sakura: Huh? 】

Thinking that Sakura was still watching, I had no choice but to think about it, and replied:

"Beautiful girl friends are like cakes, beautiful but hard to reach." I used Feifei's way of speaking unconsciously.

"Hey, but... It's real to want friends, even if they're virtual."

"Will you have no friends?"

I was a little surprised by her exclamation.

"Are you talking about 'friends' who eat and go to the bathroom together? Or like-minded friends?"

She raised her eyebrows.

"Is it so complicated? I don't think it makes any difference."

"Huh? If you define friends so casually, then you must have a lot of 'friends'."

"Don't mock me like that, I really don't care."

I don't know how many friends I have.

The roommate whom I haven't seen for a long time is considered a casual acquaintance, and only comes to me every time I want me to take him to the top.

As for the 'like-minded' friends... the first thing I thought of was Shen Qing. It's not impossible. From the perspective of certain game hobbies and missions, they can be regarded as "like-minded", but the superficial relationship is really not good.

"Didn't our first topic be beautiful girls? As a junior high school student, I just want a beautiful girl friend."

I want a beautiful girl friend...

"desire?"

Monica and I looked at each other in surprise.

The note outside the window said 'what is your wish', and it just so happened that 'I hope my smart partner is a beautiful girl' is my biggest wish at this time. Combined with Monica taking the place of the Smart Companion, it's hard not to wonder if there's a connection!

I slowly opened the window, it was still pitch black outside, and the note was still floating in the air. Even in 2061, paper is rare and exists more as a work of art.

I took out a coloring pen for the model, and filled in "I have a beautiful girl friend" behind the words on the paper.

"hehe--"

The thick darkness was blown away by the wind, revealing the scenery of the street, but an unfamiliar woman's voice came from behind the door of the room—she sneered.

The door of the room opened suddenly, and outside the door was no longer the living room but a void surrounded by purple grids, which was very similar to the voids seen after the service of "Legend of Mountains and Seas" was stopped, and this void was also expanding towards us. Everything that is shrouded becomes an aggregate of uncolored geometric solid lines, just like a painting with only line draft.

[Programmer: Run! 】

【Me: Didn't you say there is no danger in the room? ! 】

I stepped out of the window first, and at the same time I heard Monica's footsteps following behind.

I don't need to confirm with the programmer, I also know that it is safer to go out of the window now.

We ran towards the street, and we didn't even have time to judge where the black mist behind us was chasing. Maybe it was only a palm thickness away from me.

On the opposite side of the street is the park I came out of. The half-open iron gate still maintains its original appearance, and the side illuminated by the street lamp in the dark reflects faint light.

Monica and I went into the park together - of course we have to go back to where we came from, which is the safety policy I can think of at present.

The trees seem to be denser than before, making the road ahead narrower and more dangerous. I seized the opportunity to look back, Monica ran after me, and the edge of the spreading void just stopped outside the iron gate of the park.

Monica almost ran into me as I stopped suddenly. She yelled 'ah' and then stopped staring at me.

"Why did you stop so suddenly?"

"Look back, that thing is no longer chasing."

"Ah... that's great."

She glanced back, stroked her chest with one hand, and exhaled.

Temporarily out of danger, but how to treat Monica next is a problem. I haven't forgotten yet, she is our mission target.

I looked at her, at this moment she also realized something, and slowly took a step back, two steps...

With a slight movement of her hand, she trembled like a frightened rabbit, and shouted: "Don't come over!"

"I'll just scratch my hair...you don't have to be so vigilant, do you?"

"...I want you to take care of it."

Back to a hostile relationship with her.

Maybe there is no long-term friendship between people, but it is just a temporary cooperation.

"We just narrowly escaped death together, so we can be regarded as teammates anyway. I hope you and I can let go of our prejudices and work together to get out of here."

"But why did I fall into these dangers? It's probably because of you?"

"Did I tell you the words just now? We are here to protect you..."

Just halfway through my words, I was interrupted by a man's voice:

"Protection? Do you believe the joke you told?"