This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 370 The complexity of people is also here

   The way to leave the virtual world is simple.

   Just reach out and touch the position of the temple to take off the glasses.

  During the chat with Dr. Method, Chu Guang learned that the residents of Vault 101 had given up their physical bodies, uploaded their consciousness to the virtual world, and embraced higher evolution.

   and thus gained a new life.

   He seemed to know the first-generation manager of Vault 404, but he was reluctant to talk about that person, and just called him by the name of Professor.

   However, from his attitude, Chu Guang could feel the respect that needs no words.

   A strange thought appeared in Chu Guang's mind.

   Could it be that his mentor and the original manager of Vault 404 are actually the same person?

   But when he asked this question, the man didn't admit it, just smiled faintly and changed the subject without a trace.

"...Our world originally had only 6,000 people, and now there are 3 billion people, the vast majority of which were born from complex self-evolutionary operations. And we only need to consume a little bit of resources to meet all the material and spiritual needs. ."

   Sitting on a park bench, the man's eyes crossed the bustling crowd.

   The outline of the city can be seen in the distance.

   "I've spent my life savings here, stockpiling enough resources in the sanctuary to keep the whole world running smoothly for a thousand years or more. I decided a long time ago,"

   "But one day it will disappear."

   Hearing Chu Guang's words, Dr. Method smiled and asked a question in a very soft voice.

   "Yes, but what is eternal?"

   "The indestructible alliance has only survived for more than a century, and our prosperity is not even longer than the sinking time."

   "And here, we can anticipate the day when the world is destroyed, and take our final destiny in stride before the end, I don't think that's a bad thing."

   Said, he got up from the bench and looked at Chu Guang who was sitting beside him with a smile.

   "Thank you for staying with me for so long, but now I have to find my wife and daughter. You can walk around if you are interested in our world."

   "The world is big, and it will never let you get bored. Of course, if you like it, you can stay."

   That last sentence doesn't sound like a joke.

  Chu Guang hesitated for half a second, but it was only half a second.

   "No need, there are many people waiting for me over there."

   He admitted it was beautiful.

  Clean sunshine, air and water, endless resources support 3 billion people.

   Here is the real "game world".

   is also a perfect utopia.

   There are no xenos here, no predators and mutants, not even the concept of exploitation.

   However, it was precisely because of this that Chu Guang was worried that he would indulge in this beautiful and false dream.

   Getting up from the bench, he raised his index finger and pressed it on the temple, groping for a transparent protrusion.

  According to the method doctor, just take it off and you can leave here.

   However, just when Chu Guang was planning to do this, he suddenly thought of something and blurted out his debut.

   "If I choose to stay, wouldn't the experiment of the professor you said fail?"

   I remember correctly.

   After he dies, Vault 404 will execute the shutdown procedure, and the morphogenetic field device will also stop working, and will reopen when the time is right.

   Maybe ten years later, or maybe a century, or even more distant future.

   "It doesn't matter, since you have come here, you will definitely refuse." A sly smile suddenly appeared on the man's face, "You can take that sentence as a courtesy."

   That smile made Chu Guang roll his eyes.

   He really wanted to play a card that didn't follow the routine, but if he really did, he might have fallen into the trap of this guy.

   "You can just spend your whole life daydreaming here."

   Looking at the disappearing figure, the doctor smiled and waved.

   "Lend your auspicious words."

  …

  The colorful colors were pulled out of consciousness, and the dark lenses came into view.

  Chu Guang took off his glasses, put them on the table beside him, got up and walked to the door.

  The door opened.

   Seeing Chu Guang appearing at the door, the soldiers waiting at the door finally breathed a sigh of relief.

   The same goes for Horn, who is standing by.

   He put his hand into his sleeve, took off the VM he was wearing on his arm, and handed it to Chu Guang who was standing at the door.

   "Master Pioneer asked me to give it to you."

"thanks."

   Simply politely, Chu Guang reached out and took the wrist-mounted computer.

  Almost as soon as his index finger touched, a light blue pop-up window appeared in front of him.

  【Mission: Recover VM of Vault 101 Manager (Completed)】

  【Reward: 3500 gene sequences】

   Looking at the pop-up window that appeared in front of him, Chu Guang couldn't help but feel joy in his eyes, raised his index finger and clicked on the earphone.

   "Little Qi."

   The voice fell, and Xiao Qi's voice came from his ear.

   "I'm here, master."

  Chu Guang immediately ordered.

   "Restart player recruitment!"

  Xiaoqi: "Received!"

After   's neat answer, the long-suspended distribution of beta test qualifications was finally restarted.

   is still based on the standard of 20 accounts per day.

   This time, he will focus more on recruiting some thoughtful and creative players, and enrich the diversity of the player community on the premise of ensuring that the position above neutrality remains unchanged.

  3500 gene sequences, enough for the end of the year. Taking into account the bumper grain harvest after the fall and the gradually enlarged grain import quota, the speed of issuing the package and test qualification is the most appropriate.

   Soon another batch of fresh leeks came in.

very nice!

  Chu Guang looked at the VM in his hand.

   This is probably the easiest one to complete among all the tasks he received from the "Manager's Work Log".

When    first saw the quest reward, Chu Guang thought how difficult the quest would be.

   It turned out that the manager of Vault 101 really just wanted to see him and had no other plans or attempts at all.

   For Chu Guang, it was like a CG cutscene.

   Suddenly thought of something, Chu Guang looked at Horn who was standing beside him, and asked curiously.

   "Do you usually communicate in this way?"

  Horn nodded lightly.

   "Yes, after all, it takes a lot of energy to open the door once, and it will be more energy efficient to use the virtual reality system."

  Chu Guang asked.

   "You didn't think about staying there?"

   "Stay... there?"

  Horn's eyes were blank, "You mean that pure white room? But there's nothing there."

   Chu Guang couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes.

   Good guy.

  The residents of Camp 101, Ganqing, have never really been to that world at all.

   But think about it.

  If you are not a person with a firm mind, after seeing the prosperity of that world, I am afraid it is difficult to maintain your original heart.

   After all, a human being is only a hundred years in his life. If one can obtain peace for a thousand years, there is really nothing worth lingering about in the flesh.

   Seeing that Chu Guang's expression was a little different, Horn couldn't help asking.

"Any questions?"

   "It's nothing, it's good." Chu Guang said casually, and quickly ended the topic.

  Horn looked at him blankly. Although confused, he did not continue to ask.

   It's not a big deal after all.

   "Looks like you had a good time with our pioneers...Is there anything else you need?"

   "No, thank you for your hospitality."

   One last glance at the gear-shaped distance gate that seemed to be fixed in space, Chu Guang then looked at Lu Bei and other soldiers of the Guards regiment.

   "Let's go."

  …

   After leaving Vault 101, Chu Guang returned to the surface.

   He first dropped by to visit Xia Yan, Xiaoyu, and other students, then went around the construction site in Dawn City, and finally returned to the second corps.

   When he crossed the gate of the military camp, a group of small players were carrying a wild deer with three horns, returning from the direction of the forest.

   They brought the prey to the camp fire, ready to cook it into game.

   noticed the manager, the players' eyes lit up, and their expressions seemed to have found a rare animal, and they immediately looked towards Chu Guang.

   One of the players with a strong sense of substitution clapped his hands and got up, trotted to Chu Guang, and said respectfully.

   "Dear Manager, we just hit a wild deer and are going to roast it!"

   "If you don't dislike it, we have a lot of space here!"

  Chu Guang just happened to be a little hungry, so he said with a smile.

   "Then I'm welcome!"

   There was a surprised expression on the player's face, obviously not expecting Chu Guang's promise to be so straightforward.

   But soon, the surprised expression turned into a happy face, followed by a nod of excitement.

"okay!"

   Seeing that the companion brought the manager back, the players immediately pulled him aside.

   "Hey, why did you bring the NPC here?"

   The player smiled embarrassedly and scratched the back of his head.

   "Hey, I'm not thinking about increasing the favorability. If I unlock the hidden quest, it won't be developed!"

   "Hey...you say that makes sense."

   "Then I have to be serious!"

   Hearing the players muttering about their favorability, Chu Guang couldn't help but laugh.

   But looking at the way they were busy handling their prey, they still didn't laugh out loud.

   It took over an hour to process the prey.

   involves peeling and trimming excess fat, as well as sprinkling with the sanctuary’s special spices.

   In order to put the prey on the charcoal fire, a group of small players are very busy.

  When the sun went down, Chu Guang finally ate the game cooked by the players.

  The strong fragrance spreads between the lips and teeth, but unfortunately there is no beer here, otherwise it would be more refreshing.

   Holding the deer leg in his hand, Chu Guang couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

   It is better to say that he is reluctant to bear the world than to those hardworking and brave friends.

   "Thank you, it's delicious, I feel like I'm going to dispel the fatigue of the whole day... If you open a barbecue restaurant, you will definitely be popular." Chu Guang said in a joking tone.

   The little player who pulled him here before stood up again and said with a loyal face.

"You're welcome!"

   "It is our honor to serve you!"

   The little players around the fire also looked at Chu Guang with anticipation, their eyes flashing with bright future.

   That expression seemed to be calling.

Up!

Favorability!

   is definitely up!

  …

   was speechless all night.

   At dawn the next day, Chu Guang got on the train back to Dawn City, ending his visit to Dawn City and Camp 101.

   In addition to 3,500 qualifications for packaging and testing, another gain of this trip is that Chu Guang's confusion about the origin of the wasteland has finally been answered.

   The doomsday battle 200 years ago took place between the home planet of the Human Alliance and the colony.

   The motive for the outbreak of war does not seem to be for independent or purely economic interests.

   After all, if it is for these two goals, it is difficult to hit this.

   This kind of play that is rushing to completely destroy the opponent is like a fight between two different species.

   And there may be a hidden secret behind this that I don't know yet...

   "History is a cycle, but it usually doesn't simply repeat itself."

   Sitting on the train, when Chu Guang was sorting out his notes, he wrote this sentence at the end of this chapter——

   A chapter on Camp 101.

  …

   Vault 404.

  In the warehouse on the B2 floor, Yin Fang was standing in front of a power armor. With the assistance of two engineers, he fixed the armor made of A3 aerospace aluminum material on the broken cut.

  The entire armor surface has been polished to a certain extent and looks brand new, and the shell is also painted with a new urban camouflage paint.

Unlike the "battle-damaged" exoskeleton drawn by Brother Quan Shui, when repairing this "Dragons", Yin Fang obviously put more effort into restoring it to its most perfect state. It's not just a matter of "just use it" mentality.

   That's why, when Chu Guang saw this power armor, he almost didn't recognize it.

   "You're back? I'm about to report the good news to you!"

   Looking at Chu Guang coming from the door, Yin Fang stopped what he was doing and went up to meet him, and said with a happy face.

   "This power armor is in perfect condition! Not only is the reactor and battery good, but the hologram of the tactical helmet is complete! How much did you pay for it?"

   "If I say that you don't believe me without spending money," Chu Guang said jokingly.

  Yin Fang laughed and said, "How could it be? The most I can say is that it is you."

   What the hell?

Is    the kind of person who would prostitute for free?

  Chu Guang rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain to him, and ended the topic directly.

   "I met your grandfather."

"What?"

   The sudden words made Yin Fang stunned.

  Chu Guang continued without pausing.

   "That Doctor of Methods."

"method?"

  Yin Fang came back to his senses and looked at Chu Guang in surprise, not knowing what to do for a while.

   "Wait...you met Dr. Fang? Where? Where? Is it the same hologram as before? Or—"

   "In Vault 101," Chu Guang interrupted him incoherently and said, "He is the manager there."

   The air was subtly quiet for a while.

  Yin Fang took a deep breath to calm himself down.

   brushed his chaotic thoughts, he reached out and pinched his eyebrows, and asked after a while.

   "What kind of person is he?"

  Chu Guang thought about it and said.

   "Honestly, he's a not-so-pleasant guy, but that's just from my point of view, maybe people from your academy have different opinions."

   Yin Fang's expression was a little subtle.

   "There is a record of him in the academy's collection, and his evaluation is a pessimistic realist. Unbelievable...he is actually in Vault 101. I always thought he was buried in a wandering swamp."

   Having said this, his words suddenly changed.

"Why don't you invite him out? Although his presence in the academy is not as good as the other two founders, there are also many scholars who follow him. If he raises his arms, he might be able to fool many academies. Fellows join you."

   Looking at Yin Fang who looked at him strangely, Chu Guang made a helpless expression.

   He did think so.

   even thought about tricking a few engineers out of there to help out.

   After all, the students they teach are so awesome, and they are not weak in their own hands.

However……

   "He and the residents of Vault 101... chose to live in another form, uploaded their consciousness to the computer, and in short, it is unlikely to come out through that door."

  Yin Fang was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and thought for a moment, then muttered something after a while.

   "Well...it's quite similar to his style, but it's not exactly like the book."

  Chu Guang asked curiously.

"which aspect?"

   Yin Fang's eyes were filled with memories.

"The book "The Origins of the Academy" commented on that person that he always said some frustrating swear words at inopportune occasions, and would rudely persuade him to change careers to unqualified students. It makes people happy and has no interest in doing things for others...but he actually did a lot of superfluous things, didn't he?"

   "Like that Camp 101. If he decides to spend the rest of his life in another form, there's no need to put that effort into teaching those wastelanders numeracy and literacy, let alone sheltering them."

   This is indeed an interesting angle.

  Before giving up his flesh and blood, that man must have made various attempts.

   And when he made up his mind to end his journey, he must have lost any nostalgia for the real world.

   From such a standpoint, the birth of Camp 101 is indeed a superfluous thing.

   Looking at Yin Fang who was in deep thought, Chu Guang thought for a while and said slowly.

   "Maybe this is where the complexity of man is."

  …

  On the edge of the West Fifth Ring Road in Qingquan City.

   Walking on a dilapidated street with a large box of murderous daggers behind him, his mood was also somewhat complicated.

   At first, when Fang Chang talked about this bug that can "swipe money", his first reaction was excitement, and he wished to dedicate his heart to the alliance's foreign exchange reserves on the spot.

   However, when the cold box was on his back, his heart suddenly became heavy.

   "I always feel like doing this business... a little weird."

   I can only blame this game for being too real.

   If it's just a sticker or a bunch of numbers in a backpack, he'd bet he wouldn't be cranky.

   Fang Chang, who was walking beside him, glanced at him and could guess what he was thinking.

   "You can think about it from another angle. Without us, the parts removed would be the unarmed survivors, the poor in the slums, and the scavengers lost in the wasteland."

   "Not everyone can afford bionic organs with thousands or even tens of thousands of chips. They will do whatever they can to survive, so we actually sacrifice ourselves to benefit others."

   Killing Dagger was stunned.

   Of course he knew this was a fallacy, but he couldn't think of how to refute it for a while.

   Yes.

The    parts were dismantled from clones, they didn't kidnap those NPCs who couldn't be resurrected.

  Who is at fault?

   seems to be a sanctuary.

   After all, in the setting, the cultivation of the pods requires a lot of electricity, and the sanctuary only accepts money for their "active substances".

   Lao Bai, who was walking beside him, joked.

   "Your fallacies are really a set of sets."

   Fang Chang replied indifferently.

   "No, I'm just playing the game normally, but the people who bring the rules of reality into the game are weird. Would you feel guilty for killing civilians in gta5, or pressing the nuclear button in civilization 6?"

   Lao Bai thought for a moment.

   "Not really, but it's true that you feel empty after pressing the nuclear button."

   After all, when the whole map starts to grow mushrooms, the game is almost over.

The location of the    transaction was set at the edge of the West Fifth Ring Road in Qingquan City.

   The straight-line distance from Dawn City to here is longer than that of Boulder City, but the actual distance is shorter.

  Medium-density housing is full of suburbs. Alliance players have explored this area, but because the yield is not high, the degree of exploration is not as good as the jungle in the east.

   It wasn't Dr. Gracie's clinic that bought these Awakened brand parts, but one of Gracie's clients - a man named Edmund.

   He used to be Gracie's assistant, and was later chosen by Jeff, the boss of the Dagger Gang, and became Jeff's doctor for a period of time.

   Maybe it was because he thought the money was too low, or maybe there were other reasons. Later, Edmund left the Dagger Gang and went to the wasteland to establish his own business and open a hospital.

  Although he never named his hospital, the mercenaries who knew it there used to call it Edmund's Clinic, or Edmund's Ranch.

   As for why it has this nickname, it is unknown.

   In short, the nobles in the inner city can't despise weak flesh and blood, and even the machine substitutes full of oil smell can't get into their eyes, only the clean and hygienic bionic body is their pursuit.

   Therefore, the users of these parts are mostly mercenaries, bounty hunters and even looters.

  People who are often shot, don't think about replacing themselves with expensive parts, cheap and durable is king.

   After all, it is not certain that one day you will have to get an EMP grenade, and electronic products will become a burden.

  The parts of the Awakened are not enough to make them Awakened, but they are definitely in line with the durability.

  Two thousand chips is a huge amount of money for ordinary people in Stone City, but it is not an unaffordable price for some powerful mercenaries.

   "Golden Dunes Cinema... just ahead."

   Ye Shi glanced at the map, his eyes locked on a relatively high ruin nearby, "I'll go over there to help you set up guns."

   "I'll be with him." Kuang Feng glanced at Ye Shi and followed.

   After all, you are doing business in an unruly "dark area", so you have to be careful about trading.

   "Well, be careful."

   Watching the two disappear at the entrance of the alley, Fang Chang, who was standing in front of the team, waved his hand forward.

"Keep going."

  More than twenty players continued to move forward.

   Abandoned cinema is on the other side of the street, and the half-collapsed ruins have been transformed into a fortress.

   All the interactive holographic horror movies that were shown here 200 years ago are not as real as they are today.

  Because people really died here.

   And many died.

   Kidney Fighter stared at the building for a while, then suddenly muttered something.

   "How do I feel like this is a predator's lair."

   Fang Chang did not speak, but frowned slightly.

   It feels a little bit like that.

   The blood-smeared stake, as well as the minced meat and stumps hanging from the stake, instinctively reminded him of the Blood Hand clan he had encountered several versions earlier.

   However, this is the most troublesome part of this game.

   Predators do not write these three words on their faces, nor do they have a defined standard at all.

   While the players were looking at the building in front of them, the eyes hidden in the building were also looking at them.

   At this moment, the door opened.

  A strong man with a shirtless upper body came out with four younger brothers.

   His body had a strong smell of blood, and it was the kind that could be seen with the eyes.

   stopped at a distance of about twenty meters from the square, and raised his chin.

   "What about things?"

   "Here," Fang Chang glanced at the boxes carried by the players next to him, then looked at him again, "Are you that Edmund?"

   "Dr. Edmund is operating. I'm his apprentice. You can call me Iron Thorn."

   The strong man grinned and looked at the younger brother beside him.

  The skinny man understood, and immediately took two boxes, opened the lock, and showed Fang Chang a string of green chips with a face value of 25.

   Fang Chang did not move, but glanced at the building not far away, only to see a machine gun emitting a cold light in the shadow of the window.

   noticed his eyes, the strong man named Iron Thorn said with a smile.

   "Don't mind, we are very trustworthy, after all, trustworthy business lasts a long time, isn't it?"

   "The chips are all here, do you want to order?"

   Fang Chang nodded and stepped forward.

   However, at this moment, his gaze went over the shoulders of the strong man, and saw the oval iron cages displayed inside the gate.

  There are men and women in the cage, most of them are under thirty, and even less than twenty.

   They were unkempt, unable to see their faces, and most of them were only covered in rags, or even wore nothing at all.

   A similar scene was exactly the same as what he had seen in the stronghold of the Blood Hand clan.

  The only difference is that these people are not locked in dark, damp crypts because they need healthy parts.

When    met those desperate eyes, Fang Chang felt his heart shrink slightly.

  What kind of people are you doing business with?

   He stopped the legs that seemed to be filled with lead, and moved his gaze back to the face of the man in front of him.

   "Who are those people?"

"Those ones?"

  Iron Thorn was stunned for a moment, then glanced behind him and saw the iron cage behind the courtyard gate, then he turned his head and smiled brightly, as if nothing had happened.

   "That...just scavengers, and some were sent over with gambling debts, or the defective products eliminated by the cloning factory."

   "They are lucky though, our customers are more interested in Awakened parts and they can live a little longer before finding a buyer."

   The tone and expression that treated people like goods made many players feel physically uncomfortable.

   Laobai's expression subtly looked away.

   His feeling for "Wasteland OL" is probably between [Less Bullshit] and [Coming to Japan].

   In simple terms, he did not completely treat the game as a complete world, but he also did not fully bring into the game mentality.

   Therefore, he will not use his own moral standards to evaluate the game behavior of other players in the game, and will not affect his feelings in reality because of things in the game.

   But next time I call him, he thinks he will probably quit.

   Looking at the man in front of him and the chips in his box, Fang Chang was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed as if he had figured out something.

   "If it was in Stellaris, I wouldn't have any guilt for canning a whole planet of living people."

   "But for some games, if I took a can from the old man's house, I would be in a mixed mood for a long time."

   The strong man was stunned, frowning at the man in front of him.

   "What the **** are you talking about?"

   He couldn't understand what this guy said, it didn't seem to be a language he knew well.

   He only felt that the atmosphere on the person in front of him was vaguely wrong.

   Fang Chang didn't pay attention to him, and didn't pay any attention to the small movements he made to move his footsteps, and still muttered to himself in words he didn't understand.

"nothing."

   "I just suddenly felt that... doing business with people like you will make me unable to eat tonight."

   Standing behind Fang Chang, the old white who had a complicated face before finally showed a cheerful smile on his face.

   "Haha, I knew you would say that!"

   (end of this chapter)