The Boss Behind The Game

In the battle artifact space.

Lu Wu and Beili were looking at No. 1 who was restrained in mid-air, checking her physical condition.

[Creed (experimental body)]:

Character information: A reformed person from the G\u0026D underground technology laboratory. After being washed by spiritual energy, he has gained power beyond ordinary people. His number in the organization is No. 1

Character status: brainwashed, coma

"I didn't expect Gide to be developing the use of spiritual energy." Looking at No. 1, Bei Li also seemed a little surprised.

"Can they succeed?" Lu Wu asked curiously.

"It's impossible to succeed. The spiritual energy in the whole world is already thin. I guess they just found a way of cultivation from some ancient documents. They extracted the thin spiritual energy in the experiment and injected it into No. 1's body. Using experimental equipment to force it to run in his body has brought about a change in his physical fitness. Generally speaking, it is a kind of compulsory cultivation with the aid of equipment. This kind of cultivation will inevitably damage the foundation, even if he gains powerful strength. , it’s only temporary and won’t last long.”

Lu Wu suddenly nodded when he understood the principle.

However, it was beyond his expectation that Geed had a reformer and had an underground laboratory.

Lu Wu couldn't help but frown when he thought of the G+D representative saying that he was "still too young" on the phone.

"Xiao Li, please help me modify my mobile phone. Now this mobile phone is not encrypted. They can find me through location. Although I am not afraid of them, it will be very troublesome!"

Beili nodded: "By the way, do you want to return them a big gift?"

"What gift?"

Beili pointed to No. 1: "They can transform it, so I can, not to mention that there is an artifact, so it's easy to re-brainwash him. When the time comes, send them back the enhanced version of No. 1!"

Lu Wu heard that, a smile appeared on his face, and then nodded.

Compared with research and development ability, Beili is the strong point. This is a magical loli who believes in science in the cultivation world.

...

Dragon Country, in a certain villa in Qiyun City.

The sound of the alarm clock woke up Yin Xiaoqi, who was lying on her back and sleeping soundly.

She bent over and stood up, glanced around in confusion, and then fixed her eyes on the alarm clock that was still "screaming".

After a few seconds of silence, Yin Xiaoqi, who was somewhat relieved, slowly turned off the alarm clock, then fell on the bed again, and fell asleep soundly.

"Yin Xiaoqi, wake me up!" With the sound of mechanical and electronic sounds, the bed suddenly began to shake.

"Little boy, let me sleep for another five minutes, five minutes will be enough!" Yin Xiaoqi closed her eyes, hugged the quilt, her body was shaking skillfully following the rocking of the bed.

"The second step of the wake-up procedure starts, and all your devices will start to self-destruct in 5 minutes, and the countdown starts now..."

Yin Xiaoqi, who heard that she was going to blow herself up, just now looked lazy, and wanted to continue sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes wide and quickly jumped up from the bed.

"Little boy, speak up if you have something to say, don't blow yourself up at every turn!"

At this time, a blue flying square box slowly floated over Yin Xiaoqi, and an angry expression appeared on the screen:

"Hurry up and start your decryption plan, this is a rule you set yourself, don't go back on your word!"

When Yin Xiaoqi heard this, she waved her hand sadly:

"I see, I'm going to get up now."

After wearing it, Yin Xiaoqi still looked sleepy from lack of sleep.

Opening the curtains, the warm sunlight flooded the entire room, Yin Xiaoqi stretched lazily, her uneven figure looked extraordinarily charming in the sunlight.

"Xiao Qi, your breakfast is ready."

Following the voice of the smart butler, Xiaoguai, a dining car pushed the door open and slowly stopped in front of Yin Xiaoqi.

After breakfast, Yin Xiaoqi finally had a look on her face:

"Little boy, I might be able to solve the puzzle today, what kind of treasure do I really look forward to!"

"Come on, you are the best!" The butler Xiaoguai was dangling back and forth in mid-air.

When Yin Xiaoqi heard this, she giggled, stepped to the bedside, and reached out to press the wall.

A green ray of light was projected, and after sweeping across her body, the wall parted automatically, revealing a passage, and Yin Xiaoqi stepped into it.

As the lights automatically turn on, revealing the full picture of the scene inside the wall.

The inside is full of various mechanical equipment, some of which are still running automatically, supported by the sound of rattling gears and flickering lights, the interior resembles a mysterious laboratory in a sci-fi movie.

Came to the console and sat down. As the screens in front of her were all lit up, Yin Xiaoqi showed a look of expectation on her face.

[ZZZX Treasure Project, if you think your IQ is comparable to a god, then prove it to me, and you who have cracked all the clues will get my treasure! 】

A familiar interface appeared in front of Yin Xiaoqi.

After the font of this line is darkened, the interface jumps.

[ZZZX Treasure Project, Level 258 (final chapter): Do you want to start decrypting? 】

Seeing the words "Final Chapter", Yin Xiaoqi clenched her fists excitedly.

The ZZZX Treasure Project is a difficult problem that Yin Xiaoqi has been trying to solve in the past few months.

She first discovered this plan on the dark web, and it caused quite a stir in her circle. Many people have tracked down the person behind this mystery, wondering if it was a prank or there was real treasure hidden in it.

However, apart from knowing that the maker of this puzzle claimed to be Beili, she had no other clues. Even Yin Xiaoqi returned to nothing after several searches.

It is precisely because of this that this treasure project successfully aroused Yin Xiaoqi's curiosity.

She believes that her IQ is higher than 99.9% of human beings, and she wants to challenge what the last treasure of this puzzle is.

But after getting in touch, Yin Xiaoqi also had to admire the maker of this puzzle.

At the beginning of the puzzle, it was just a black and white picture with subtitles such as ZZZX Treasure Project, and she didn't have any hints.

This first level naturally did not bother her. After carefully studying the picture, Yin Xiaoqi tried to find clues by zooming in and out of the picture, but failed.

She opened the picture with a text editor instead, and tried to crack it with the Caesar decryption method. This time she got the link entry to the next puzzle.

But all this is just the beginning.

All the puzzles are linked together, and the difficulty is constantly increasing.

From cryptography to Mayan numbers, even religion, occultism, and even art, the clues to answer the questions range from the Internet to the streets of cities in various countries in reality, and the coverage is so large that it is outrageous.

During the declassification period, she wanted to give up several times, and even almost collapsed, but she persisted despite her stubborn personality.

This 258 level is the last level of this puzzle. As long as she can solve it, she can get the treasure behind the puzzle.

As the black subtitles fade, the final puzzle emerges:

[Hello, smart people who came to the final level, this is the last test, now I will give you a link, put on the virtual helmet and open it, there will be the final test, if you can pass, the treasure is yours! 】

A charming smile appeared on Yin Xiaoqi's face:

"Treasure! Treasure!"

Then she followed the prompts, put on the virtual suit and virtual helmet, and clicked on the link to the final level in the interface.

The line of sight passed through the faint blue light curtain and was shrouded in a white light.

At this time, Yin Xiaoqi suddenly felt a pain in her head, and then she found that she had lost control of her body.

The sudden change made Yin Xiaoqi uneasy, and she immediately tried to exit the interface.

To her horror, however, no matter how hard she tried to force the exit, the virtual interface never emerged.

She tried very hard to open her eyes, and tried to manipulate her body to make some movements, but she felt that she had completely lost the sense of these parts, as if she had been paralyzed.

In such dead silence, Yin Xiaoqi finally panicked.

I just opened the link, so I lost control of my body, and even the emergency exit system of the virtual device didn't work.

It all seemed too weird.

Yin Xiaoqi forced herself to calm down, and comforted herself that this was just a process of deciphering, and whether she failed or succeeded, she would be released.

Just in fear, a picture suddenly appeared in front of Yin Xiaoqi's eyes.

It was a frozen picture, like the background screen of a monitor, and this picture could not be moved, and it was completely out of her control.

In the picture is a bulky computer. There are many blueprints in a mess on the table. The chair next to the table is even more dilapidated. The cotton in the backrest is exposed from the leather, as if it will fall apart at any time.

Such a frozen picture continued, making Yin Xiaoqi even more uneasy.

Everything in front of her eyes was weird, and she couldn't understand what happened.

After an unknown amount of time, the picture finally changed.

An old man in a white coat, with white hair and thick glasses suddenly appeared in the picture.

He stretched himself in front of the desk, then picked up the drawing, examined it, then turned his gaze to the computer, pressed a few times on the keyboard, and suddenly the screen jumped, and groups of gibberish symbols appeared on the screen. on the computer screen.

After the old man glanced at it, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately turned his gaze to Yin Xiaoqi, as if he could see Yin Xiaoqi through the frozen frame.

"You actually came out?"

He seems to be talking to me?

Yin Xiaoqi thought in her heart, but she had lost control of her body, and even though her heart was full of doubts, she couldn't answer the old man's question.

But while Yin Xiaoqi was thinking, a set of weird characters appeared on the computer again, but she had never seen such distorted characters, and she didn't know what they meant.

The old man glanced at these characters and sighed:

"You were the first one to leave. I never thought you could crack all the secrets. Congratulations, you succeeded!"

Yin Xiaoqi is very smart, she immediately realized that her thoughts could turn into weird characters and appear on that old computer.

Then she had a thought, and suddenly a string of characters jumped out of the computer again.

What she basically asked was where is this place? Why am I here?

After seeing this string of characters, the white-haired old man frowned, thought for a moment, then seemed to understand something, took out a remote control-like thing from his pocket, and pressed a button on it.

In Yin Xiaoqi's astonishment, the screen began to rotate slowly, and soon the screen was frozen in one position again.

Yin Xiaoqi's pupils shrank suddenly at the scene in front of her.

Inside a huge cylindrical glass case, a beating brain was soaking in light green liquid, and the brain was surrounded by tiny hoses, which looked very scary.

"this is you!"

The figure of the white-haired old man appeared in the screen again, pointing to the brain and speaking to Yin Xiaoqi.

Yin Xiaoqi felt that the old man was crazy, and even told herself that there was only one brain left.

The white-haired old man seemed to know that Yin Xiaoqi couldn't accept it, so he didn't speak again, waiting for Yin Xiaoqi to recover.

Did something happen after I clicked on the link? Could it be that the laboratory exploded and only my head survived?

However, she immediately denied her guess, because with the current level of technology, it is still impossible for a brain to survive and operate alone.

The white-haired old man glanced at the characters that appeared on the computer, and shook his head:

"You are what you are, from the moment you were born, because you were made".

Hearing this, Yin Xiaoqi really felt that she was dreaming.

I have 23 years of life experience, but the sloppy old man in front of me tells himself that he has always been a manufactured brain, which is really ridiculous.

"Since you have come out, it's okay to tell you. In fact, everything you experience is fake, including the world you think, and this ultimate treasure is to tell you the truth and take you out of that virtual world .”

The white-haired old man spoke out again.

As if knowing that Yin Xiaoqi couldn't believe what she said, the white-haired old man pushed the frame of the mirror and continued:

"Your brain nerves are all connected to the computer next to me by the top neurologists. Everything you experience is a computer-simulated scene, including the touch, taste and all sensory feelings you produce. It's the computer that sends it to you through your neurons, so it gives you the illusion that everything is real"

"Heh, do you think I will believe what you said, I would rather believe that everything here is an illusion"

Yin Xiaoqi thought coldly in her heart, because all this made her unacceptable, no matter how true the white-haired old man said, she would not believe it.

Because my parents, friends, everything is so real, they are all living flesh and blood bodies, how could they be fake.

"This is an experiment. This computer simulates everything you have experienced. Even if you don't believe it, you can't deny the authenticity of it all. As you who have solved all the puzzles, you are entitled to know the truth!"

"Tell me that everything is false!" Yin Xiaoqi roared angrily in her heart!

Glancing at the computer screen, the white-haired old man smiled:

"I know this is unacceptable, but it is the truth!"

Yin Xiaoqi couldn't calm down for a long time, and was about to deny the old man's words again, but suddenly remembered, if her world is fake, why is it so real? Could it be that that bulky computer can really simulate it?

And there is a vast universe beyond the earth where she lives, so can it be simulated?

After looking at Yin Xiaoqi's thoughts, the old man couldn't help shaking his head:

"How did your universe come about?"

"The big bang of the singularity gave birth to the universe", this idea appeared in Yin Xiaoqi's mind without hesitation.

"From scratch, don't you find it strange that the real world has no boundaries, but the world you live in is quantified, space can be quantified, time can be quantified, everything can be quantified"

Although Yin Xiaoqi didn't study this point, she knew that the world she lived in was indeed like this. After all, even the light had been quantified.

Seemingly seeing Yin Xiaoqi's doubts, the white-haired old man continued:

"It's like a photo on your computer in your virtual world. If you keep zooming in, you can find that the photo is actually made up of individual pixels."

"It doesn't mean anything"

"Then let me give you another example. There is a sandbox game in your world called 'My World'. Everything in it has limits. It's like building a building. The tallest building is 250 units. It cannot be built up”

The old man suddenly smiled: "Then who set up this rule!"

Yin Xiaoqi was startled, this game was naturally set up by humans.

"Besides, why does it rain in your world?" The old man continued to ask.

"Naturally, water vapor floats up to a certain height and turns into small water droplets when it cools down. The small water droplets form clouds, and the clouds collide with each other to form large water droplets, which fall down and turn into rain due to gravity," Yin Xiaoqi replied without hesitation.

"Oh?" The wrinkles on the old man's face stretched.

"Then why does water turn into water vapor? Why do small water droplets form? Why can't air hold water droplets, and why is there gravity? Can you tell me the answer?"

Before Yin Xiaoqi could answer, the old man continued:

"These are like the rules of the game. Correspondingly, the rules of the virtual world you are in are also formulated. However, the real world is undefinable, and it is close to the existence of "chaos" as you know it."

"And your world is completely made up of rules and regulations like the rules of the game. Everything has a limit!"

"So what about exceeding the limit?" Yin Xiaoqi was already a little scared.

The white-haired old man pushed the frame again:

"In the virtual world you are in, the fastest speed is the speed of light, and if you exceed the speed of light, the surrounding space will be distorted accordingly. This is like a computer, and it is a principle that it will become stuck under overload power."

Hearing these words, Yin Xiaoqi fell silent, because she found that she couldn't refute the old man's words.

But she still firmly believes that the world she lives in is real, because everything is so real.

"If you think that a bulky computer cannot simulate such a real world, it is because you have fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking. After all, the virtual world you live in has rules, while the real world I live in has no rules! Even a finger-sized Computer, it can also easily simulate the operation of the entire universe in the virtual world you are in."

Yin Xiaoqi suddenly didn't want to argue with her anymore:

"Can you send me back, even if that world is fake!"

The old man smiled: "Your thinking has jumped out of that simulated world, and you can't go back. As a cracker, congratulations on coming to the real world!"

"Can you live like this? Bastard, why don't you kill me?" Yin Xiaoqi's mood fluctuated once again, causing a long string of characters to appear on the computer screen.

"This is the real you, isn't it good to return to the real me?"

"Good for your mother's head!"

The white-haired old man was not angry, he still looked at the screen with a smile on his face, then took out a remote control again and pressed it.

Immediately, the picture in front of Yin Xiaoqi's eyes began to rotate again, and rows of cylindrical glass covers appeared in the field of vision, and inside these glass covers, no surprises were soaked with beating brains.

"You are not alone! But they do not exist in your world, I simulated a world for each of them independently!"

"Why are you doing this!"

"No reason, just want to prove something!"

"Don't be complacent! Maybe the world you live in is also fake, and you are just a brain soaked in nutrient solution!"

Seeing the characters appearing on the computer, the white-haired old man was obviously stunned for a moment, but then smiled again:

"I doubted it was possible, but there are no rules in my world, so I believe I am real!"

"Is there any evidence? Why is it true if there is no definition? Maybe you are just a brain that is about to decay. There is no difference between us. Don't look at me with your pitiful eyes!"

"Why are you angry, you must know that your current mood swings are also simulated for you by this clumsy computer, not created by you!"

"Fuck you, you are so awesome, try to make me unable to feel emotional!"

"What was given to you the moment you were created cannot be done unless you are completely dismantled!"

The old man's tone was always as calm as water, but his words revealed noncommittal opinions, which made Yin Xiaoqi's firm belief constantly shaken.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Yin Xiaoqi's mind, and she thought of a world she was in, a sentence from Descartes' idealism:

"Cogito ergo sum!"

Even if everything is false, but the thought is true, then I am real.

The idea in Yin Xiaoqi's mind immediately appeared on the computer screen, and the old man who saw this message suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Can you explain? Even if the computer gives me emotions, how can I explain that I can think about this, could it be that the conversation between me and you is actually this clumsy computer talking to you?"

The old man fell silent suddenly, unable to answer Yin Xiaoqi's question for a while.

Yin Xiaoqi's words made the old man fall into his own paradox.

If he answers that Yin Xiaoqi's thoughts are false, it means that he has been talking to his computer all the time, but if he answers that Yin Xiaoqi's thoughts are true, then Yin Xiaoqi is real.

"Why? Can't you answer? Even if you say my thinking is fake, I won't believe it, because I believe in myself, the world, my parents, and my friends are all real."

"Cogito ergo sum!"

"You are such a strange existence." The old man suddenly smiled gratifiedly, looking at Yin Xiaoqi with satisfaction in his eyes.

Yin Xiaoqi did not speak, and continued to remain silent.

"Congratulations, you have successfully passed this test. From now on, you will receive my gift and return to your world!"

"What do you mean? Is everything you said really false? It's just the final test of the puzzle?" Yin Xiaoqi suddenly became excited.

The old man smiled slightly: "I can't answer whether you are true or not, because this is just my guess, and I can't confirm it!"

At this time, the old man took out the remote control:

"Okay, I'll send you away, you've succeeded!"

The screen gradually dimmed.

"Who are you?" Before leaving, Yin Xiaoqi asked the doubts in her heart.

"You can call me Beili!"

(Author: Well, the brain-in-a-vat paradox, the last level of the puzzle is a bit complicated, you can read it several times!)

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