Play Game of Life

Late at night, in Lu Zhixing's virtual space, several black phantoms appeared.

Their appearance is constantly changing, as if they are mosaics, or as if their bodies are covered with countless small mirrors, reflecting the surrounding scenes scatteredly.

The first time they entered the virtual space, they didn't immediately take out their suitcases and grope inside like before, but looked around to check the current state of the virtual space.

Then, Pavel let out a little breath.

Compared with the last time, this virtual space has indeed changed a lot!

When I came last time, this virtual space was simply an incomparably huge labyrinth, like a random splicing of abandoned cities, the whole is a chaotic steel jungle.

But this time, the situation is slightly different.

Most of the virtual space is still the same as before, but the most central long strip area has undergone obvious changes.

The architectural style has become a modern urban style, no longer the apocalyptic style of an abandoned city like before.

This strip-shaped area is connected to the center of the virtual space, which is clearly different from other parts. There are no zombies inside, only some ordinary-looking citizens.

These citizens have all kinds of shapes, some are like students, some are like office workers, they live step by step in this virtual city in this long strip area, crossing the road, commuting to and from get off work, they don’t look much like real people difference.

In this strip-shaped area, there are several different buildings that can be seen roughly from the outside to the inside. The first building looks a bit like a martial arts gym, the second looks a bit like a nightclub in the downtown area, and further back it seems There is, but the naked eye can't see it clearly.

Many green data stream characters appeared in Pavel's eye sockets, and soon he "saw" more information.

In this strip-shaped area, it is true that it no longer has the attributes of a maze as before, but is more like a shortcut that can directly enter the core area of ​​the virtual space from the periphery.

In addition, the underlying rules of this virtual space have also undergone some adjustments and changes compared to the last time.

"Improved physicality in terms of movement and jumping. That doesn't seem to have changed from before.

"The fall damage from high altitudes has returned to normal. The underlying rule that greatly reduced the fall damage before is gone.

"The vitality returns to normal levels, and if you are seriously injured, you will be kicked out of the virtual space and cannot visit it again in a short period of time. The underlying rules that greatly enhanced the vitality before are gone.

"This path is indeed no longer a maze, and there are no zombies and powerful hostile creatures, only some ordinary people with normal data.

"Hmph, sure enough, the owner of this virtual space can't live in that complicated maze all the time, so he couldn't help but add a shortcut to himself..."

After scanning the underlying rules of the entire space, Pavel had some guesses, and he was sure that most of these guesses should be fine.

Pavel has been unable to figure out a problem before. The owner of this virtual space has set up the virtual space in such a way that every time he goes to use the secret key, he has to go through a maze. Doesn’t he think it’s troublesome?

Now it seems that the previous situation was mostly a special case.

It was a bureau that the owner of this virtual space worked with the authorities. He guessed in advance that the coordinates of this virtual space were reserved, so he set it up as a maze to cooperate with the official action to catch them hackers!

But after that action, the officials and the owner of this virtual space apparently let down their vigilance.

They felt that these hackers would not come again after being deflated, so the owner of the virtual space made changes to the virtual space.

A shortcut was built from the periphery to reach the core of the virtual space.

On the one hand, this may be for the purpose of testing and making new games, and on the other hand, it also leaves a shortcut for the developers themselves, so that they can quickly come to the center of the virtual space.

Of course, Pavel is also very clear that there must be some other protective measures in this new passage area.

But he thinks this will not be a big problem. Hackers can gain a higher level of force by exploiting loopholes. As long as it is not the kind of maze that is difficult to crack, it is not a hindrance to hackers.

"Start to work, be quick with your hands and feet!"

Pavel gave an order, and the hackers quickly armed themselves. Their bodies flowed like ripples, light and flexible bodysuits, hooks and specialized climbing equipment appeared, and pistols were also obtained.

This space still has the strictest bottom-level restrictions, so the force can only hold a small pistol at most, and there is no way to use any more powerful fully automatic weapons.

But for these hackers, this is not a big problem, the force value is completely enough, the main problem that bothered them before was the problem of the maze route.

In Pavel's field of vision, various data streams flashed, and he began to quickly analyze the theoretically feasible paths around him.

Soon, a winding passage appeared in his vision.

This passage is obviously different from the huge maze before. Although there are some twists and turns in the route, compared with the huge maze that requires infinite loops and is difficult to crack with hacking tools, it is already a smooth road.

Pavel brought a total of seven hackers this time, plus he no longer needed to run the maze this time, he thought that the commission was already in his pocket.

"Get to work!"

The hackers immediately moved towards the core area of ​​the virtual space!

Soon, they seemed to be in a modern city, with skyscrapers, lower shops on both sides of the street, and various pedestrians coming and going, but these should be just ordinary AI, just to make this virtual city more lively.

Pavel would not pay attention to these unarmed passers-by, moving quickly with other hackers.

Their physical fitness has been automatically improved to the highest level allowed by the underlying rules of the entire virtual space by exploiting loopholes, and they have been running wildly without feeling too tired.

This distance can be covered in ten minutes.

However, after running a few steps, Pavel heard a cry of pain from behind.

"Oh! Falk!"

The cry was quite miserable, and everyone was startled.

Surprised, Pavel quickly stopped and looked back, but he didn't see any threatening enemies. He only saw a figure of an office worker in a suit running away quickly, and got into a nearby shop.

Looking at one of the hackers, he was clutching his crotch, curled up on the ground, his buttocks were raised high, and his face was flushed, like a prawn just out of the pot.