This Game is Too Real

  The audience of "PVP Arena" is not only Chu Guang, Xia Yan and experts from Jushi Military Industry, but also many "irrelevant people".

In addition to the observation area with a variety of professional testing equipment, there is also an "audience seat" open to the outside of the military blockade area for other players and technicians studying here to visit to obtain new designs. inspiration.

   There is a half-minute delay in the picture, and the broadcast will be cut off in a few cases, but most of the cases are casual viewing.

  Anyway, these equipment will eventually be sold to players. It doesn’t make any difference whether it’s kept secret or not. It’s better to take it out clearly and let these experts observe it.

  If you have a good idea, you don’t have to hold back, you can talk about anything.

   Players and cloud players do this on the forum every day, ranging from exchanging pit swing skills, to exchanging tactics against corps, covering almost every aspect of the league's daily life.

  Camp 101 is currently the largest institution of higher learning in the Alliance, and the experts here have mastered technologies that are beyond the reach of players on Earth.

  They should naturally discuss and communicate more, study how to improve the productivity and production methods of the alliance, and discuss how to make the alliance stronger.

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  In addition to serious technical discussions, there are inevitably some less serious ones.

  「Gah! I’m responsible for the first death, it’s really the first death!」

   "The outlaw lunatic actually won!"

  34 hot comments "Pigeon missiles are popping up, this is too heaven-defying!

  「1, the balance is unreasonable, it would be much more reasonable to switch to RPG or Tekken bazooka.」

  「Haha! You know a hammer! Is there such a thing as balance in a real battlefield? I’d like to bet, hurry up!」

  「RNM! Money back!」

   A group of Mengxin who made a wrong bet were cursing, but a few lucky ones had a lot of fun with a dozen silver coins and popcorn.

  At this moment, I don’t know whether it’s the outlaw lunatics or I’m responsible for dying first.

  The amount of loss is not large.

   Otherwise, you will definitely get a yellow card planned by the dog. The corner of the viewing area.

  Looking at the picture on the screen, Alisa, whose heart was pounding, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and looked worriedly at Xiaoyu who was sitting aside.

  「Are they... using real ones?」

Since the crisis office in Boulder City completed the transition to the new authority, she has resigned from all positions, including the person in charge of asset liquidation, and followed Xiaoyu and Pai to Camp 101 to study economics and management that she is interested in. .

   Out of gratitude for her work some time ago, the new authorities in Boulder City borne her tuition and living expenses.

   In fact, she is not the only beneficiary of this policy, and she herself does not want to be treated specially.

Later, under Pai's persistent lobbying, the city lord Lovett consulted Chu Guang's opinion on behalf of the Workers' Association, and after receiving the support of the alliance, he took out 20 million silver coins from the local financial budget of the city hall to establish an education institution. Fund to help young people in settlements who have reached the age for higher education and have received basic education go to Camp 101 to learn more advanced knowledge.

At present, nearly 300 young people from Boulder City are studying in Camp No. 101. Among them are apprentices who used to be engineers in the Boulder military industry, some are assistants to prosthetic doctors in black clinics, and there are also child laborers in canning factories or textile factories. Even the children of inner city residents. …

  The Workers Association has fulfilled its original promise, at least in terms of education, it has achieved equal treatment, instead of replacing the old nobles as the new nobles.

  Today is just in time for the actual machine test of "DLZJ-1". The visitor area of ​​the weapon test center provides unlimited free coffee and tea, only melon seeds, biscuits and desserts are charged.

Many engineers and researchers in Camp 101 are full of interest in this new equipment. In addition, this is the masterpiece of sister Xia, so Xiaoyu and Pai took Alisa, who had just arrived here to study, to join in the fun .

  However, it may be that they have lived in their parents since they were young.

  Because of the greenhouse carefully built by her mother, Alisa was not as calm as the little fish growing up on the wasteland when she saw the firefight of bullets and bullets, and her two small fists were kept tightly.

"Ok!"

  Xiaoyu nodded vigorously, and glanced at the worried Alisa in a strange way.

   "Isn't it pointless to use a fake test?" There is nothing wrong with saying that.

   But Alisa always felt that something was not right, and whispered worriedly.

  「But... what if someone gets hurt?」

   Xiaoyu tilted his head.

  「Residents of Vault 404 will not be injured.」

   "It won't hurt..." Alisa looked at her blankly and said incomprehensibly, "How is this possible?"

   Xiaoyu wrinkled his nose.

  「It’s true, Xiaoyu never lies.」

  As for why she wasn't injured, she didn't know, but she had seen the person who had been lying in the coffin with her own eyes, and stood in front of her alive and well a few days later.

  By the way, not only ordinary residents, but also lizards, bears, cats and hunters.

  The residents of Vault 404 are immortal. Although this is an urban legend in the Alliance, she knows it is true.

   Pai, who was standing next to Xiaoyu, had a subtle expression on his face.

   "Well... I understand a little bit, the saying of immortality is actually inaccurate, people will die if they are killed, but in the end, they are indeed immortal."

  Alisa looked at the two blankly, completely unable to understand what they were talking about, but looking at the two powered armors on the holographic screen, she still couldn't help but have a hint of admiration in her eyes.

  In order to allow the soldiers of the alliance to use more reliable equipment and to improve the survival rate of others, they did not hesitate to risk their lives to test those dangerous weapons.

  What a respectable group of people!

   It would be nice if there was a safer way. " said.

Looking at Alisa who was overly worried, Xiaoyu thought for a while, "There is no such thing as the best of both worlds, and Xiaoyu feels that it is better to respect their decisions with respect than to prevent them from making well-thought-out decisions out of kindness. choose."

"Brother Chu said that everyone, including himself, became a resident of Vault 404 after they knew their rights and obligations. If one day you get tired or regret it, go back to hibernate underground and wait for yourself in the new world. It’s okay to come over.”

  Alyssa stared blankly at this girl of similar age.

   After a while, she squeezed out a whispered question from her lips.

ask.

   "Is Mr. Manager too..." If you are tired, you can go back to sleep at any time. Waiting for the new world when you open your eyes again...

   "Yeah!" Xiaoyu nodded, and proudly puffed up his chest, "Xiaoyu remembers everything Brother Chu said!"

   Pai, who was sitting aside, sighed, and muttered sullenly with his cheeks in his hands.

   up. "

  「I testify... this guy is almost becoming that guy’s repeater

  It's not that she can't understand Xiaoyu's respect for Chu Guang. That kind of feeling is probably similar to her own respect for Dr. Method.

  People will inevitably have feelings of dependence on those who have saved them. The residents of Camp 101 called the residents of Vault 101 pioneers based on this feeling.

   But she's not going to hang on to what Dr. Method said all day long.

   Looking away from Xiaoyu's happy face, Alisa held the teacup on the table with both hands, looked at herself reflected in the water, and felt a sudden inexplicable tightening in her heart.

  She thought of the letters she had recently received from home.

  I heard from everyone in the trade union that Lovett's wife was recently pregnant again, and the carpenter with the beard was happy from ear to ear all day long, and he just showed it off when he met everyone.

  Leader Joy asked her recent situation with concern, especially in terms of life, including whether she is used to it, whether Xizhou City is safe and so on.

   Although no

   It was stated clearly in the letter, but it can be seen between the lines that he also wants to send his children to study in Camp 101, but he still has some concerns about the wasteland beyond the giant wall.

  Brother Warfit also wrote her a letter, and finally stopped talking about family and honor, and slowly put the focus of life back on the family

superior.

  From the letter from the former housekeeper, she learned that since she resigned, Warfit has honestly found a job as an accountant and has started a new life.

   As for her father, Malvern, who is currently working at the Boulder City Public Library, he is responsible for sorting out the history of Boulder City for the past two centuries.

  Her mother shed tears silently saying Kisio's name occasionally, but basically she has come out of that accident.

  The residents of Dawn City and Boulder City mostly lived their ideal lives.

   Even if it is not an ideal life, most of them get a brand new start and bid farewell to the old era.

   including herself.

   But only that person.

   Never seems to stop...

  「I was surprised.」

  In the virtual world built by Vault 101, a coffee shop with a simple facade and decoration is located in a corner of a bustling street.

  Seeing Chu Guang who opened the door and walked in, Dr. Fang, who was sitting on the seat next to the window, put down the newspaper in his hand and let out a soft sigh.

   sat opposite him, Chu Guang said jokingly. "What's the surprise?"

   "Of course it's an external change," Fafang smiled faintly, and continued, "The seeds I planted out of interest, unexpectedly sprouted in your hands."

  Although Camp No. 101 does not exist as a separate settlement, but is similar to the special strategically-administered district of Bicester Town, this "de facto settlement" has been

  The changes are no less than the five settlements of the alliance. …

Up to now, nearly 3,000 technicians and quasi-technical personnel have studied in Camp 101 as full-time and part-time students, assisting the scholars and experts in Camp 101 to engage in science, engineering, sociology and other fields. Research.

  This place is no longer the scientific research station that was hidden in the sewer.

With the support of a series of resources such as materials, manpower, and security provided by the Alliance, Camp 101 quickly transformed the knowledge they received from Vault 101 into results visible to the naked eye, and built new buildings on the surface. dedicated research facilities.

  This includes electronics analysis labs recovering technical data from damaged carbon-based circuit boards, and satellite tracking stations with cauldrons scouring outer space for usable data.

  The Alliance Scientific Expedition Team also has a local workstation, and most of the high-tech wreckage collected in Pioneer City will be sent here for classification.

   In addition, many local research facilities also have extensive technical cooperation with factories in the Dawn City Industrial Zone. Researchers from Camp 101 have been involved in everything from the transformers of the UHV power grid to the armor steel of the No. 1 Tank.

   Just like the production department, technology department and defense department united under the banner of the post-war reconstruction committee, everyone is full of energy.

   And all this.

  The methods are all in the eyes.

  Receiving positive comments from his seniors, Chu Guang was quite happy in his heart, although he just smiled flatly.

  Thinking that this might be a good opportunity, he moved slightly in his heart, and said in a casual tone.

   "I discovered the technology of transplanting thinking into the core of AI in the enterprise. This process is as simple as plugging in a USB flash drive to the computer. We used that technology to save a little girl named Zhao Yinyin. She is now

   is assisting the androids in Singularity City to help the locals live a new life. "

   "If you change your mind, you can always get out of here."

  Although Chu Guang who threw out the olive branch didn’t have high expectations, the guy in front of him is obsessed with bad performance

   Still beyond his imagination.

  There was no trace of heartbeat in those eyes at all, that guy seemed to have prepared the day when the fusion reactor of No. 101 shelter was extinguished as the end of his life.

   But Chu Guang was a little surprised that although this guy was not moved by the olive branch he threw out, when he heard the word Singularity City, his face showed a different emotion.

  It was a memory of something long, long ago. There was a hint of melancholy in that memory. "Singularity City..."

   Chewing the word lightly, he suddenly grasped the armrest of the chair and looked at Chu Guang.

  「Did you meet a man named Zhao Feiyu there?」

  Chu Guang was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a while, he remembered where he had heard the name before, and said with a frown.

  「That person seems to have died a century ago. I have seen him in the memory of a researcher named Yule.」

  Face was silent for a long time, and suddenly loosened his hands clenched on the armrest, and at the same time relaxed his tense shoulders and the smile on his face.

  「Yeah... sorry I asked a stupid question, it’s easy to forget how many years have passed outside after living in peace for too long.」…

  Chu Guang didn't care, but raised his eyebrows curiously. "Is he an acquaintance of yours?"

  Method didn’t hide anything, he nodded slightly, and said in a casual tone.

   "There was a chance, he was in the biological pathway of radioactive substances

There are many people in the college who are interested in his research, including myself. I have invited him to the Great Rift Valley twice, once in the early years of the Wasteland Era, and once It was during the years when the Post-War Reconstruction Commission was gradually coming to an end. "

  The college here should refer to the loose academic institution in the past, not the current organization led by Dr. Conclusion.

   Chu Guang nodded thoughtfully.

   "He declined your invitation twice." Fazi smiled sheepishly.

"Yes, he prefers to help the survivors in Singularity City... In fact, I have long known that his choice is just out of personal interest, and occasionally he will do some things that are destined to have no results, including inviting you to Here with me."

  The meaning in the words is obvious, the original invitation is still valid today.

  Even if he didn't have any hope of it.

  Looking at those "predicted" eyes, Chu Guang smiled faintly.

  「Including the establishment of a college?」

  Fa thought for a while, then said with a free and easy smile.

"I did do some minor work with my brothers, including setting up a technology recycling system for the post-war reconstruction committee, but you may be mistaken, 'I didn't start the academy, technically it was left by my dear mentor legacy."

  Chu Guang always felt that there was something in his words, but he didn't think too deeply. After all, it had nothing to do with their discussion today.

  What he wants to know about is "torch" and "sanctuary".

   Only by knowing the enemy can we defeat the enemy better.

   All the clues to the disasters that are happening in the south now go back to

   went to the original place—Vault 117.

  That's where the "torches" set off.

  Seeing that the man in front of him never brought up the purpose of asking him to meet, but just dragged himself aimlessly, Chu Guang no longer wasted time on greetings, and took the initiative to ask his own question.

  「What is the mission of Vault 117?」

   It seemed that Chu Guang would suddenly bring up such a distant matter, Dr. Fang raised his eyebrows slightly unexpectedly.

  「Didn’t you recall Seven Willard’s administrator log? Isn’t it written on it?」

  「What I want to know is what is not written in the manager's log.」

   Staring at him intently, Chu Guang continued.

  「The group of rebels uploaded their thoughts to Sanctuary after leaving the shelter,,

  With the help of wastelanders, spread the plague in the south, slaughtered wantonly, and called it "glorious evolution." "

"If there was a lunatic, I'd think there was something wrong with that person's head, but a group of people are so completely insane, I can only suspect that Vault 117 itself is an insane asylum-either it houses a group of lunatics, or It is systematically producing lunatics."

   Fang Fang looked at Chu Guang unexpectedly and was stunned for a long time. …

  The expression seemed to be surprised at what the descendants of Vault 117 did in the wasteland, and also seemed to be surprised at his shocking inference.

but

   Indeed, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

   “Many years ago someone came to a conclusion similar to yours, saying that ‘there are actually two versions of the sanctuary plan.’”

   Chu Guang did not speak.

  He indeed speculated that, and when he was in Jinchuan province

   I was thinking about this question.

  Seeing that Chu Guang signaled him to continue, Fang Fang continued to speak slowly.

"That's right, on the one hand, the refuges with specific numbers can send some people from the bad present to the future by implementing the established asylum procedures. the duty of asylum, which is what the Shelter Program was designed to do.”

"The two obligations do not conflict in most cases. After all, people are the carriers of civilization. Sending some smart people to the future will indeed help rebuild the wasteland. Some detours, such as eating people in order to survive, and we put powerful knowledge into their hands, then the shelter plan will lose its meaning, and it will even be counterproductive.”

"really."

   Chu Guang nodded.

   This kind of situation is not uncommon in the wasteland, and it is even quite common.

   And it's not just wastelanders who will take detours, even the shelter itself can hardly guarantee that they can walk a straight way out with their eyes closed.

   Both the Torch Church and the Enlightenment Society have proved this point. He just felt it.

  This is a bit too much.

  Method picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.

"However, that person's opinion is slightly different from what you said today. He believes that there are indeed two versions of the shelter plan, but he doesn't think that the second version is artificially creating trouble, but the opposite... He believes that the second version is the error correction mechanism used to solve the problems I mentioned before. ".

  Chu Guang frowned slightly.

  「Correction?」

The    method does not answer the question directly, but instead looks at

   The flower bed next to the cement road outside the window. There is a lot of greenery in the flower bed.

  Although it is an illusory existence, it is as real as if it is alive.

  “We sow a handful of seeds on the ground. In theory, as long as it rains, there will always be one or two seeds that will germinate.”

  “However, just like this, we cannot guarantee a good autumn harvest. What breaks through the soil after the rain is not necessarily seedlings, but may also be weeds. The seeds we sow may instead become their fertilizer.”

  “So there may really be a second set of mechanisms in the refuge plan, which is responsible for eradicating the decay and barbarism, recovering the nutrients that should be given to civilization, so that the seeds we sow in the fields can germinate smoothly.”

   Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, Fang Fang looked away from the window, looked at Chu Guang who seemed to be stunned again, and smiled faintly. guy. "

  「That person is Doctor Principle, you should have seen that naive

   "I didn't actually believe his speculation before, but in you and your companions, I did see something I hadn't seen before."…

   "Our time is over anyway, maybe you will be different."

  To be honest, Chu Guang was stunned.

  He came looking for a solution to a problem, and the guy told him straight up—you guys are the solution.

  But after thinking about it, he still resisted the urge to say MMP.

   After all, the person sitting in front of him is not just a pure mess, but dead in the true sense.

  Vault No. 101 does not shelter any living beings, only the ghosts who died a century and a half ago wander here.

  This guy is willing to open a seam of the welded coffin board to help, it might be said that he is already quite enthusiastic.

  But Chu Guang couldn't help but say something strange. "Do I have to thank you?"

   "That's not necessary."

  Seeing the unhappiness in Chu Guang's eyes, Dr. Fang laughed.

  At this time, a piece of paper slowly fell from the air, and landed on the table in front of Chu Guang as lightly as a feather.

   Chu Guang immediately noticed the note and asked subconsciously.

"what is this?"

  「The code for Vault 100.」

  Looking at Chu Guang who picked up the note, Dr. Method said softly.

"Many years ago, the survivors of Camp 101 tried to enter Vault 100 and perform the work of rebuilding Xizhou City for the residents there. Unfortunately, their strength is too weak to solve the problem of filling the underground passage. I don’t think they have the conditions to complete such a huge project, so I persuaded them to give up that goal and kept the key to enter the shelter for them.”

   "Now the time is ripe. Not only have you repaired the dam of Xizhou Lake, but you have also established a new order in the local area."

  「I believe that if it were you, you would be able to use this inheritance properly.」