My slow journey to infinity

Chapter 26 A little boring professional content~

"I'm ready to abandon you and act alone."

When Wang Shui casually said this to Shino, the air pressure in the small living room suddenly became a little low.

Shino couldn't express her feelings for a moment. She didn't even answer immediately. She just looked at Wang Shui. She vaguely felt that this guy who spent all day thinking about being lazy and playing tricks and mastering a lot of useless knowledge seemed not to be joking.

Why? We had a great time doing little crafts together last night.

"Of course, everything happens for a reason... I could even explain it to you in detail, but I thought about it for a few minutes and came to the conclusion that we are not the same kind of people."

Shino had already sat opposite Wang Shui, waiting for him to make up his nonsense.

"I'm not a strong person. I don't enjoy fighting. Of course, knowing that I can win a fight is really satisfying. Taking a little risk makes me very cautious, so I prefer to get stronger slowly and not be so aggressive. Become stronger."

"But Shino, you are different. You like taking risks, fighting, and challenging yourself. You also have independent thinking and opinions, and dare to take the initiative to decide your own destiny. To be honest, I am envious, but this kind of thing needs to be developed in the early stage. I It's too late now."

Wang Shui talks like a down-and-out uncle who has been crushed by life.

"Right now, I have more important things than maintaining frontline combat capabilities. I won't have much time to practice leveling for a long time. I don't want to tie you to me. It's boring. I think you should experience this world more. You are very important." You like it here, don’t you?”

Shino was silent for a long time, and Wang Shui also spent this time with her.

"Aren't you ready to protect me?"

Tsk, don't show your weak side and make me fall into self-condemnation. Has little Shinon grown up enough to know how to use psychic weapons?

"I'm just leaving the front line, not leaving the world. If we have time, we can get together in a major city."

Shino didn't say anything more. She had been with Wang Shui for a while, and she knew that since this guy said this, he had already made a decision, and might even have finished the back-up work.

"You don't have to worry about me. On the other hand, if you are in a complicated mood and have to go to a dangerous place to level up, it will be a bit suicidal. I helped you find a new teammate this morning. She is a solo lone wolf female player. Remember the first chapter? Are you going to fight the purple-haired girl with the giant scythe on the first floor BOSS? Her name is Mitte. She recently lost her partner and is playing solo."

Shino stood up and looked unhappy:

"Since you said you wanted to abandon me, stop meddling in other people's business."

"It's a mistake. You should finish the arrangements and then just have fun with it. Just think of it as a suggestion. Mitte's game understanding and skills are not inferior to mine. No, she should be far better than me. She is the kind of master who combines talent and hard work." , It’s not easy for girls to form a team, it’s good to have a master to protect you.”

With that said, Wang Shui proposed a deal to Shino.

"What?"

"A little breakup fee~"

Being taken advantage of, Sinon was a little angry when he saw the massive amount of materials on the transaction list and the huge sum of 200,000 kels - without the five cans of black medicine.

"...You shouldn't be someone who would commit suicide secretly, right?"

"Don't worry, it's not for free. I just don't have the money for the time being. These things will only keep depreciating on me. If I invest them in you, you can invest in Mitt appropriately to ensure the combat effectiveness and safety of the two of you. Wait. When I come back, you will be responsible for leading me to upgrade and double the repayment. In this way, every five levels of the maze, the amount of repayment will be doubled."

Shino didn't care about the doubling. Her first reaction was:

"Are you going to be gone for so long?"

Wang Shui also choked suddenly, and then nodded very easily:

"I chose the path of the weak, and of course I have to spend more time. Isn't that fair?"

Wang Shui's answer naturally did not refer to the world of SAO, so Shino did not understand it, but she was not in the mood to ask any questions now.

"In that case, I hope to get information that you are still alive on a regular basis." Shino said slightly coldly.

"You can view your friend list and send me messages, but you may not be able to see me temporarily. Some places block messages."

Just as they were talking, the deal between the two was completed, and Sinon suddenly felt her body sinking and becoming almost unable to move - she was overweight.

"Hey~" Wang Shui smiled narrowly after succeeding in his prank, "Last night I moved the warehouse box to the corner of the room. First, you have to guess where it is, and then move it under extreme weight. Ha, if there's nothing to do, I'll leave first. Ah, transfer, the town of origin.”

The blue crystal in her hand turned into blue-green light fragments with aqua regia, and only a speechless Shino was left in the room.

After a moment of silence, the system window appeared in front of Sinon:

[Player·Half Book of Heaven has left the team]

…

…

Wang Shui, who appeared on the square on the first floor, didn't stay too long. He casually found a corner in the alley and moved again.

The new location is a room that does not exist on the map. It is only the size of an ordinary classroom. The overall decoration style is metallic gray and futuristic. There are several computers on the two walls and there are sofas for resting inside.

"This is where the previous development team did testing. It was a space they created themselves. The computers here directly use part of the computing resources of the server, but the storage path is already connected to your NERvGear. The one in the corner is a test environment that can simulate a Very small area to test code.”

Kayaba Akihiko, who had been working in the room for a long time, gave a brief introduction and then began to issue tasks:

"The information has been given to you. Setting up the completion and related literature props is your first job. The interface manual is at the top, and the development tool is available on all computers and is called [SAO Edit Tool]. Do you want to get used to it first? "

Wang Shui nodded and chose a nearby office chair. The moment he sat on it, he felt a long-lost phantom pain in his waist and shoulders.

It's really, really nostalgic.

Wang Shui first checked the operating system. It was not the WIN series, nor Linux, but a self-made windowed operating system based on the WIN idea. It was quite easy to use, but if you are developing games, you don't have to worry too much about multi-function and security.

The development tools are not copied too much. The various simple effect buttons and function libraries are very intuitive. The only problem is that the game itself is too huge. Extracting a module will have a huge number of references and referenced lines. This is no longer a solution. There is a coupling problem. This is a problem of excessive size.

Fortunately, Wang Shui also did game maintenance when he was a low-end coder, and the game system was more mature and larger. Although he only worked on event pages and added some reward items, at least he still had an overall understanding of large-scale games. of.

It can be said that Wang Shui is a lucky man. Where he worked before, there were several seniors who supported him and helped him solve his problems. They kept the game system in good order. Now SAO also has the genius of Kayaba Akihiko to support the scene. Wang Shui can directly ask questions and receive one-on-one guidance from the master.

Of course, there is no need to write code yet. The top priority is to create history for SAO. Wang Shui uses a virtual machine to connect to the bastion machine, connects to the outside Internet through the bastion machine, and then quietly begins to collect the knowledge he needs.

"Guns, Germs and Steel", "Style: Social Class and Lifestyle", "Das Kapital", "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844", "Basic Forms of Religious Life", "Social Science Methodology", "Beyond the Left" and the Right”, “The Coming of Post-Industrial Society”.

These are only some books on sociology. As for a small number of psychological works, Wang Shui picked them up by the way. Of course, these are not the entire crystallization of modern social science literature. What Wang Shui needs is some dross and the neutrality to analyze these dross. theory.

Fortunately, the Internet is a good place to share knowledge. Many resources can be obtained quickly and free of charge. If you need to use paid literature and relatively new papers, you have to ask your boss to donate generously.

Under Kayaba Akihiko's puzzled gaze, Wang Shui began to read these books line by line, turning the pages very quickly. At first, Kayaba thought that Wang Shui was looking for some information, but he soon discovered that it was not the case. After Wang Shui flipped through the first book, he closed his eyes and thought for a while, then immediately opened the next one and scrolled from beginning to end. document.

"What are you doing?" Kayaba couldn't help but ask.

"Boss, please do your own thing, okay? I can't explain it to you while being distracted. I'm just reviewing this knowledge. The last time I read these books, my memory was not very good, so I need to review it again. Memorize these words, and also read the comments and explanations by famous writers. Time is very tight, I have to read through dozens of books in half a day."

Kayaba became quiet, even though Wang Shui's words were... crazy? But he actually understood. Yes, he had a similar experience. When he was learning some interdisciplinary subjects, he also mastered things in just a few hours, such as so-called programming.

Programming is just a natural ability for him. He understands mathematics, algorithms, and logic principles, so the process of learning programming is like learning to play chess. He understands the framework rules for program operation and data structures. Then after reading about the principles of computer construction, he mastered the ability to program.

When he learned to play chess, he first understood a large number of chess records and changes, and then learned the rules. Of course, this cannot be said to be a genius, but just a accumulation of knowledge and analogy.

Wang Shui is not a genius, he is an awakened one. His [Thinking] attribute is 1.88, and his thinking, learning and computing abilities are almost twice as high as human beings. Coupled with the fact that his talent has enhanced his learning ability, he has learned a lot of basic miscellaneous knowledge in the six months since he changed jobs. Therefore, when reviewing old knowledge, he can quickly master it through analogy memory.

Just like Kayaba's situation, the more knowledge Wang Shui masters, the easier it is to learn other knowledge.

In the afternoon, Wang Shui began editing the completion settings document.

The old setting is relatively simple. In addition to the two types of elves, dark and forest, and fallen elves, there are only a few plots of the nine human kingdoms and the dwarf kingdom. It is just simple beliefs and existential wars, extremely simple Western-style thinking, and civilization. The greatest progress was the emergence of feudal dynasties.

But now there are new changes. A mixed-blood elf named Watt improved early waterwheels, windmills and early steam engines. Mechanics began to take off, and then came the advancement of fuels and materials. The alchemist sage Jabir ibn Hayan and others People standardized chemical experiments and created many professional terms.

Wang Shui copied many people's names from the Internet, and then divided their deeds among many people. At the same time, he extended the development time, creating a difficult and complicated era of seeking knowledge.

What followed immediately after was not the benefits and social progress brought by the Industrial Revolution, but destruction.

Yes, cheap and efficient weapons allowed ordinary people to kill high-level elites in groups, thereby threatening and overthrowing feudal rule, and then falling into self-destructive internal strife, which brought the elven race and civilization to the near-extinction.

Then religion saved them! It was the Holy Tree that saved them! Anyway, I made it up. The two trees have magical powers, so it’s more scientific to make it up this way.

Then there was the "Severing of the Earth" incident. It was said that the witch was actually inspired by the big tree, and devoted her life to cutting the earth into circular pieces, and then stacked them to form the floating city - "Aincrad". .

Dashu does not hate technology, but he does not want cheap violence to be mastered by blind people. They only care about their immediate interests. After getting a weapon called "gun", their first choice is to rob others.

Of course, there is more than one copy of these "historical facts", and they cannot be described from a personal perspective. Wang Shui spent a long time describing them from the different perspectives of 22 historical celebrities. Of course, these celebrities are all fabricated.

Aqua Regia gives them different characters and different eras. For example, how would prophets in the early stages of industry think about the value of machinery? How did rulers treat firearms after they began to flourish? There are also the judgments of different people at the same time, and the judgments of these people on their predecessors.

Their views are not the same, and they may even completely refute others. Some will be very conservative, and some will become extreme. But in the end, Wang Shui uses historical facts to tell modern rulers what will happen if they let guns and technology develop. destroy.

Thought guidance and ideological indoctrination are very delicate tasks. Wang Shui also specially found the information of the current elven rulers, and personally monitored their lives and government affairs, made psychological portraits of them, and designed different hooks for them.

While Wang Shui was designing these files, he also reported to Kayaba Akihiko and discussed with him how to let NPCs discover these files and how to guide them to continue exploring. At the same time, he also listed the technology tree of the industrial era and eliminated a lot of detours, so that Industrial efficiency and perfection.

After working for ten days, Shui Wang would only get a few hours of sleep every four or five days, and he was very subjective. If the world of complete stealth is just a mental work, it will indeed not be limited by flesh and blood.

Kayaba's side looked at Wang Shui more and more strangely, and Wang Shui's side looked at the complete stealth technology more and more - painful.

If this thing spreads, let those capitalists know that people can work for 120 hours continuously using only their brains... As a chosen worker, Wang Shui only wants to destroy this technology.

Kayaba's progress is also going very smoothly. He has laid out the framework for a comprehensive system of new weapon types, resistances, consumables, sword skills, etc., leaving only specific item information and values. At the same time, for rapid-fire bursts Weapons have also been restricted, and of course the setting needs to be supplemented by aqua regia.

These are still preparations. Integrating these things into the game system bit by bit and testing them correctly is the bulk of the work. In fact, the development time of many programs is not spent in the planning stage, but in the continuous writing of code, testing, modification stage.

The more complex a system is, the more unexpected bugs it will encounter when adding new functions or new data.

Before officially starting to write code, Wang Shui, who had been working for ten consecutive days, took a leave for the first time. He went to check with Shino that she was safe. According to the monitoring, Shino's mood was getting more and more irritable recently, so he had to go out and let her vent. , otherwise she might kill herself.

What? monitor? No, there just happened to be a screen there.

Let me confess, I went to watch the Go game. Congratulations to Jaguar for entering the finals and successfully keeping the silver. Whether he can capture the gold depends on whether he works hard or not.

When I was fishing, I had many good friends who helped me catch bugs and polish them, and some bosses actually rewarded me, which made me feel even more frightened. In the past few days, I will try to add updates continuously, try 10,000 words a day, and put some pressure on myself. .

(But I still want to watch the finals in the afternoon! (￣▽￣)~*)