Technological Hegemony

Arms folded, Luo Jia looked at the freshly baked Tower of the Secret Net, and couldn't hide her excitement. The original Tower of the Secret Net was carved with many strange and magnificent mysterious patterns in the style of the golden dome, which looked very gorgeous and exaggerated.

It's a pity that as a straight man of steel, Luo Jia waved his hand and removed all the decorative lines. At this moment, the tower of the secret net is bare, like an iron pier that has not been polished. Its appearance is extremely rough, full of simple and rough beauty.

"As the old saying goes, it doesn't matter whether the stuffing is on the folds or not, the appearance doesn't matter, the key is the real material inside." Luo Jia muttered, he was not ashamed of his lack of artistic talent at all, on the contrary, he was a little proud.

"Come here, and now I will assign tasks to you. When I try to start this machine, you must try to ensure my safety, and you can interfere with the operation of the machine if necessary..."

Under Luo Jia's call, the robots gathered around, no matter what Luo Jia said, they all nodded in agreement, like a group of hardworking worker ants, silent and loyal.

"Do you all understand your respective tasks now?" Luo Jia asked.

The robots nodded in unison, getting along with each other day and night for many years, Luo Jia has become accustomed to making arrangements for every detail, and to be friends with robots, you have to take care of everything for them, because their underdeveloped IQs make it difficult to adapt to changing circumstances, They only know what to do if you tell them to do it.

After explaining everything, Luo Jia checked the three sets of helmets placed on the table. They are the terminals that connect the nerve signals of the brain, and the Tower of the Secret Network is like a host, responsible for connecting to the network. As for the virtual reality network, to be honest, Luo Jia Jia didn't know where they were, or if they still existed.

"In any case, you can never go wrong if you try." Luo Jia thought with a bit of luck, "The things made by high-level civilizations are often durable. The golden dome has disappeared for an unknown number of epochs, but it can still emit radio waves into the universe. It’s not good that their virtual reality network hasn’t crashed yet, it’s still usable.”

Rubbing his hands excitedly, Luo Jia thought of another question.

"However, with the extinction of civilization, even if the virtual reality network is not paralyzed, I am afraid that I am the last customer left. I am lonely and deserted. This is probably the fate of being a single dog."

"Hey, why do you think so much? If the virtual reality network of the golden dome is still available, you are the first human being on earth to contact. Isn't that enough for you? And knowing the virtual reality network can help me in the world. Do one on the Internet, what Google, Facebook, Amazon, all of them will be killed by then, and the Internet hegemony will be won!"

As an inheritor, Luo Jia's astonishing speed of thinking made him think a lot in an instant. Anyway, no matter from which point of view, trying virtual reality would be beneficial to him and not harmful at all.

Wearing the virtual helmet, it was a bit heavy and cold, and there were many red light spots in front of my eyes, which were the system was trying to connect to Luo Jia's optic nerve, and the tingling sensation in the scalp indicated that more neural links were being established.

This process will take a long time. After all, it is the first time the system is started. Tens of thousands of neural links need to be tested and connected separately. The next time Luo Jia uses it, because of the mature data, everything will become much simpler. .

After about 20 minutes, the neural connection was basically stable. At this time, the power of the Tower of the Secret Net suddenly increased, and Luo Jia's eyes became brighter, and a dialog box appeared, prompting to enter the ID in the text of the golden dome.

"It seems to be connected to a virtual reality, but it doesn't seem to be anything special. It doesn't feel much different from logging on to the Internet."

Suspiciously inputting the 128-digit identification code through consciousness, Luo Jia clicked to confirm.

In the next second, he suddenly felt his eyes go black, as if his consciousness had been pulled away from his body, and his thoughts traveled countercurrently along the gap between time and space, reaching the distant and vast space and reaching above the stars.

According to the memory of the star map, Luo Jia quickly distinguished the turbulent star county like a glacier, the whisper star county with countless eyes staring at the darkness, and the poisonous star county as sharp as a rhinoceros horn, and beyond. The quiet and psychedelic Tranquility Star County, the Aurora Star County shrouded in dazzling white light and so on.

"Star map! This is the universe where the golden dome is located! The source of all my knowledge and power!"

"Just now I seem to have passed through an undetectable gap, maybe it is a space crack, or it may be a wall of dimensions. In short, it is really amazing. The Tower of the Secret Net must have some kind of magical ability, allowing my thinking to span the long distance. space, and complete the connection with the virtual reality network.”

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Luo Jia's mind. The Tower of the Secret Net is actually not complicated. To put it simply, it is a cloud terminal that has the function of connecting human nerve signals. The real secret is not in the terminal. But in the cloud server far away in time and space.

Luo Jia seemed to see that in the depths of the universe, a huge quantum host like a planet was running. Its transceiver antenna was longer than the star system, and the signal could pass through the space crack and reach the final destination with almost no delay. far corner.

When Luo Jia, who was on the earth, turned on the terminal, the planet-like host quickly received the signal, optimized the algorithm, and established a connection, so Luo Jia, who was far away on the earth, miraculously connected to the virtual reality network!

The brief stay above the starry sky was like some kind of opening animation. Immediately after the light plummeted, Luo Jia's thinking began to leap again, and less than a second later, he entered a vast ruin like smoke and dust.

All around are collapsed ruins, endless, spreading to the end of the horizon, everything has collapsed and shattered, only the fountain in the center of the ruins is still flowing, the blue pool water is crystal clear like gems, and a silver eye stands proudly on the top of the fountain, Except for the black pupils, the rest are silver white.

Luo Jia didn't have time to marvel at the greatness of the virtual reality, because he suddenly found that he was not alone, there were two other people around the circular fountain, a man in a dark blue uniform was sitting cross-legged, he closed his eyes very nervously , didn't notice Luo Jia's sudden appearance, but the man in the black windbreaker slowly raised his palm and touched his chin suspiciously.

Through the reflection of the water in the fountain, Luo Jia saw his image clearly. He had a hooded sweater, a little long hair, jeans and Peak-style sneakers on his lower body, and he was no different from himself in reality. It seems that the Tower of the Secret Net It not only connects Luo Jia's nerve signals, but also copies Luo Jia's image.

The man in the dark blue uniform still had his eyes closed tightly, with a tense expression. Beads of sweat slipped from his cheeks, soaking his collar and back, just like the state in a martial arts novel when masters fight between heaven and man.

After a short silence, the man in the black windbreaker spoke first. He spoke the language of the golden dome, which instantly made Luo Jia inexplicably familiar and strange. After all, although he had this language in his head, it was the first time. Hear people speak out.

"Don't be nervous, this is the secret net. In the world of virtual reality, no one can hurt you." The man in the black windbreaker said.

"Tch, am I acting scared?" Luo Jia retorted in his heart, but he looked down at his reflection in the pool, and found that his face was indeed paler than usual.

"Secret net?" Luo Jia came to his senses and stammered, "That means, although they all belong to the virtual reality, there is still a difference between this place and the normal virtual reality?"

The man in the black windbreaker frowned. He didn't suspect that Luo Jia's language was jerky. It's completely understandable that he felt nervous when he came to the secret net for the first time. He remembered that when he came here for the first time, he was also so nervous that he couldn't speak for a long time. Come on, just listening to Luo Jia's words, he doesn't seem to understand what the secret net is.

Suddenly he smiled, and the man in the black windbreaker showed a relieved expression and said: "Well, no matter how you found this place, since we can meet here, we are destined, there are so many stars, but there are not many people like us. "

"The virtual reality we live in is isolated from reality. It is a network under the Internet. No civilization or individual can monitor the secret network. No matter what we do, say, or trade here, it is safe unless the secret network participates. or leak the information themselves.”

"By the way, my name is Lan Yu, and I come from plant civilization. How about you?" The man in the black windbreaker introduced himself. His golden dome language sounded quite elegant, not at all jerky like Luo Jia.

Plant civilization! ?

He comes from plant civilization! ?

Luo Jia suppressed the shock in his heart. He suddenly realized that the world is not a whole, but consists of many different civilizations. If Lan Yu came from a plant civilization, where did he come from?

Earth civilization?

Or mechanical civilization! ?

The three words Mechanical Department marked on the star map quickly appeared in Luo Jia's head, and he immediately replied: "Luo Jia, Mechanical Civilization."

Lan Yu was slightly taken aback, his eyes shifted, and he said with a look of regret on his face: "Mechanical department? What a pity."

"It's a pity for your sister! Isn't the mechanical system not majestic enough, alloy armor, battleship cannon, why is it a pity!? Can't you guys speak clearly?"

Luo Jia slandered in his heart, but he didn't want to be treated as a rookie, so he pretended to be nonchalant, shrugged his shoulders against his will, and guessed whether the plant civilization would be a group of farmers who were responsible for reclaiming barren planets, or engaged in Environmentalists who are greening the galaxy, anyway, if they only listen to the voice, Lan Yu's voice is indeed very elegant, which makes people quite comfortable, not like some evil person.

At this time, Lan Yu said with a smile: "I come from plant civilization. Although my status is not high, I can also help you solve some small problems related to plants, such as increasing pollen production and cultivating crops to resist darkness. Of course, I also Necessary compensation will be received.”

"Very good proposal!"

After hearing Lan Yu's words, Luo Jia's eyes lit up immediately, and he learned knowledge from other civilizations in the secret net. Perhaps it was the intention of the golden dome to hand over the secret net tower and ID to Luo Jia. After all, according to Luo Jia's observation, The knowledge structure of the golden dome should be partial, life sciences, botany, space science, a lot of knowledge cannot be obtained from the golden dome.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the golden dome gave Luo Jia another channel, allowing him to get in touch with more civilization and knowledge through the secret net.

"It's very reasonable." Luo Jia nodded and said, "I believe that everything has a price. Similarly, if you have any needs about the mechanical department, you can also come to me."

Puff~

At this time, someone couldn't hold back and laughed out loud, as if they heard some funny joke.

Luo Jia glanced around and found that the laughter came from the man in the dark blue uniform. He had opened his eyes at some point. Although he was exhausted, he couldn't help laughing for a while after hearing Luo Jia's words.

Before Luo Jia could ask a question, the subdued man said by himself: "A mere mechanical department, why help Lan Yu? I don't know if you have mastered artificial intelligence or the core of machinery?"

"Uh... I really have the two things you mentioned, but they are all elementary."

Luo Jia wondered, isn't it a natural thing to have artificial intelligence? Could it be that their respective civilizations have not mastered the knowledge about artificial intelligence?

Lan Yu frowned and said to Luo Jia: "Hei Jian was joking, he was just in a bad mood because the fleet was trapped in Star County of Stranglethorn Valley and couldn't leave for three consecutive weeks, but he didn't have any malice in himself, after all we all Those who are favored by the stars and are fortunate enough to come to the secret net, although the stars are vast, there are only a handful of people who can come here."

Lan Yu's words contained a lot of information, and Luo Jia got a lot of useful information from it, for example, the man in uniform who didn't speak very nicely was called Hei Jian, he owned a fleet, and the fleet had been trapped in Star County of Stranglethorn Valley for three consecutive weeks etc.

Luo Jia found it difficult to understand. The star map of Stranglethorn Valley Star County appeared in his mind, the paths between the major galaxies, how to avoid electromagnetic storms and hidden black holes, where there are space cracks, which can be used as shortcuts, all these information are clear, black How could Sword's fleet be trapped? Could it be that it was not the forces of nature that trapped him, but the enemy fleet?

At this time, Hei Jian yelled dissatisfiedly, "Why am I joking? As the most rogue civilization among the stars, the mechanical system was destroyed and castrated after the Battle of Cliff Star County. Now it is the foundation of all civilizations. In other words , all civilizations that exist today are mechanical systems!"

"We can build fusion reactors in the mechanical system, and we can also build starships. This is like a person panting. You can't say that panting is his characteristic, right? If you don't pant, you will die! Only the lowest level of civilization, Only then will they claim to be a mechanical department, because they have no technology other than machinery!"

"The energy civilization where I am, and the plant civilization where Lan Yu is, both have super technologies that are unrivaled in the world, and the most representative star-killing technology, artificial intelligence technology, robot technology, and galaxy mothership technology of the mechanical system have all been destroyed. And castrated, there is no pure mechanical civilization among the stars, there is only mechanical technology, mechanical technology is by no means the same as mechanical civilization, any civilization should have unique great characteristics!"

Uh…

Facing the arrogant Black Sword, Luo Jia, who has always been good at speaking and motivating people, became speechless. The gap in knowledge structure made Luo Jia very passive. Civilization, he had never heard of any of these.

"Sure enough, Liu Cixin is still right. The universe is like a dark forest, full of unknowns and dangers. With the current level of technology on Earth, if you rashly open the interstellar road, you may only be slaughtered."

"But I do master robotics and artificial intelligence. Both Hei Jian and Lan Yu guessed wrong about this."

Countless thoughts flashed through Luo Jia's mind in an instant, and his thoughts were highly tense. In just ten minutes after entering the secret net, Luo Jia was murdered with an astonishing number of brain cells.

"There are not too many people who can come to the secret net. It is not easy for everyone. Why worry about who belongs to which civilization." Lan Yu is like a peacemaker. He is afraid that Luo Jia and Hei Jian will quarrel. So he hurriedly changed the subject and talked about Hei Jian being trapped.

"Hey, don't mention it. We walked along the gravel belt of the full moon galaxy for three whole weeks, but we couldn't find a way to cross it. If it really doesn't work, we're probably going to consider forcing it through, blasting a way with energy weapons .”

"Blow up a road? As expected of the energy system, the simplest and most rude civilization among the stars." Lan Yu said with emotion: "Just in this way, you may lose a lot of starships and soldiers."

Hei Jian nodded, with pain in his haughty eyes, completely different from the state just now, it can be seen that he cares about the lives of the soldiers very much, maybe he is a good commander.

Luo Jia listened to the conversation between the two of them. In addition to the position marks, the star map given to him by the golden dome has countless information. Luo Jia knows very well that it is not an ordinary gravel belt, densely covered with transition interference. However, if the starship wants to cross, it will lose control due to strong transition interference, and eventually the ship will be destroyed, and it can only be slowly crossed by electric propulsion.

"The rubble belt of the full moon galaxy?" Luo Jia asked suspiciously, "The full moon galaxy at the location of 249.009.130...?"

"Yes, you actually know the position mark of the full moon galaxy? Could it be that you have also been to the Star County of Stranglethorn Valley?" Heijian was startled when he heard that Luo Jia was sent the complete position mark, and the contempt for Luo Jia just now disappeared instantly. , replaced by a look of wariness and extreme shock.

"Why does he know the location of the full moon galaxy? Could it be that he also has a fleet in Stranglethorn Vale? Damn it! You should investigate this guy more, careless, and accidentally exposed the location of the fleet!" Hei Jian thought indignantly in his heart.

"Sure enough! To log in to the ancient secret network, you need to have an authentication ID left over from ancient times and master the connection technology of the deep virtual reality network. It is by no means available to everyone. This newcomer named Luo Jia seems to have a very complicated background. He Claiming that the civilization he belongs to is a mechanical civilization, I'm afraid he did so on purpose, in fact, he didn't intend to let us know our civilization affiliation and level of civilization!" Lan Yu also widened his eyes, thinking quickly in his heart .

Luo Jia smiled, pretending to be deep and said: "It's just the location of the full moon galaxy, nothing to make a fuss about, the path through the gravel belt is at 249.009.127.351..."

Luo Jia also reported a second landmark, which was the path through the rubble belt.

"What you said is true!?"

"You actually know the path through the rubble belt of the full moon galaxy!? How is this possible!"

Lan Yu and Hei Jian exclaimed at the same time, and it was quite interesting to see their distorted faces in shock.

Especially Heijian, he has already begun to regret the contempt for Luo Jia just now, and said in an uneasy voice: "So you have really been to the Full Moon galaxy! Please forgive my arrogance just now, if the location you said is correct, help us pass smoothly If there is a gravel belt, there must be a big reward!"

Luo Jia smiled slightly, and muttered softly: "Look at what you said, who stipulates that you have to go to the full moon galaxy to know the location mark? I haven't been there, but I know the same."

It was originally a joke, but as soon as the words fell, Lan Yu's tears were about to fall, he gasped suddenly, and said nervously. "Pilot, so you are the pilot!"

"Pilot? This name seems a bit coquettish..." Luo Jia thought to herself.