The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 434 The key to eternal life, breaking all restrictions! (asking for monthly tickets)

[Consciousness uploading] is not a niche concept.

There are many related movies and science fiction stories.

But before this, few people thought that this technology would appear in their lifetime.

But now, suddenly, Xu Meng took out this key front-end technology!
——This brain-computer interface technology, which is completely different from everyone else’s, seems to have really achieved consciousness transfer!
And this is undoubtedly the key to eternal life.

At the same time, the infinitely expanding sprawling city has already prepared living space for the uploaded consciousness.

There are also increasingly intelligent NPCs filling the world and providing necessary services.

There is even an invincible virtual companion that leads the world.

If "consciousness transfer" is the key to eternal life, then this huge virtual world is the "house" where one will live after eternal life.

There is a ready-made wife in the house!

From this perspective, Xu Meng has laid the foundation for the eternal kingdom.

And holds the [key] to eternal life!

Theoretically, as long as he can solve the lossless migration of [consciousness] to [carrier] and the construction of [consciousness container], combined with some other technical supplements, he can achieve true digital immortality!
Netizens are not fully aware of how amazing what Xu Meng has done, nor are they clear about how difficult the remaining steps are.

They saw only two of the four key technologies completed.

Doesn't this mean 50% of the progress has been completed? !

So [consciousness upload] suddenly rushed into reality from a distant and vague story!
It brings a strong psychological impact to netizens around the world!
The discussion on social networks around the world has skyrocketed:

"Boss Xu! Please let me be a volunteer!"

"And me! Even though I'm not paralyzed, I can stay in bed for a week!"

"It's outrageous to have brain surgery for playing games. But it's reasonable to have surgery for the sake of eternal consciousness!"

"Everyone, wake up. It's unclear whether the server has a long-lived brain or not."

"If it's broken, just replace it with a new one! If the brain can't be replaced, can't the server be replaced?"

"First, Xu Meng still has many key issues that have not been resolved; second, consciousness uploading has many negative effects, which will cause endless harm to the development of civilization."

"If you're afraid, don't use it, and don't get in our way!"

……

Xu Meng has indeed not yet developed a complete technology, nor has he expressed any intention to do so.

But who can resist the possibility of eternal life?
Even if it is only the immortality of consciousness.

Maybe ordinary people will consider it.

But for most people in high positions, even a little bit of hope is simply impossible to refuse!

This is even more true considering Xu Meng's outrageous scientific research efficiency.

Given the lack of technology to achieve [consciousness uploading], no one can predict how long it will take for others to achieve this.

Maybe 10, 20, 50 years...

Even "50 years forever"!
But in less than a year, Xu Meng has already developed [body-sensing synchronization clothing], [artificial intelligence], [holographic display equipment], [dream machine]...

Now they have brought out [brain-computer interface].

Such terrible efficiency.

No one can tell whether he will suddenly get inspired one day and solve the remaining "consciousness transfer" and "consciousness container" problems in one go.

Therefore, [immortality of consciousness] is no longer a vague science fiction story, but is very likely to be realized in our lifetime!
To take a step back, even if Xu Meng does not conduct the research, or fails to research it, other scientific research teams can study hibernation technology.

Or you could just find a group of medical staff to continuously inject yourself with sleepwalking drugs.

Whether hibernating or sleeping for a long time.

As long as the aging rate of the body is reduced to a minimum and the consciousness is completely active in the virtual world (or brought to reality through holographic equipment), life extension can be achieved in disguise.

Combined with some "rejuvenation" methods from secret laboratories...

Life expectancy can definitely be greatly extended!

At that time, we can always wait for the next round of technological explosion and use new technology to prolong our lives.

If this cycle continues, longevity or even eternal life is not impossible!

Now the most important thing is:
Get the crucial "first ticket"!
……

……

The next morning, British player Karn was awakened by the vibration of his mobile phone.

He rubbed his eyes sleepily, fumbled to get up and put on his clothes without checking his phone.

There will be a protest march today.

He thought it was another message from the organizer, so he didn't read it carefully.

——As the launch date of "Big Sail" draws closer, protest marches break out in downtown London every day, and Karn is already familiar with the entire process.

But just as I put on my shirt, my phone started vibrating again.

This time it wasn't a text message, but a phone call.

Karn answered the phone curiously: "Hello?"

"Karn!" A friend's voice came from the other end of the line, "The Dream Machine has started clearing customs!"

“Many people in the community have received the news that customs clearance has been completed. Please check it out!”

Karn's eyes widened in surprise: "Got it! Now watch it!"

After he hung up the phone, he realized that the text message was indeed from the organizer of the parade.

But it doesn't remind him to arrive on time and not be late.

But:

[Customs has started the clearance process for the Dream Machine, and today’s protest march has been temporarily cancelled.]
Karn turned off the text message and turned on the logistics information.

Sure enough, I saw two new pieces of information:

[The package has started customs clearance.]
[Customs clearance completed! ]
Karn was so surprised that he immediately took a screenshot, erased his personal information and shared it on social media to share his joy with everyone.

Of course, the parade plan was canceled immediately.

He is a game geek who joined the protest just to get his own dream machine.

Although they are dissatisfied with the "government's infringement on citizens' rights", they will not take to the streets to protest every day.

He immediately changed his plan and changed "marching" to "running".

In order to use the Dream Machine to explore "Sailing in the Blue Sea" for as long as possible tomorrow, I have to exercise vigorously today, the more tired the better!
Pick up directly at your door tonight! …

Karn's experience is just the tip of the iceberg.

This morning, the customs clearance process for all Dream Machine packages stuck at customs across the UK was fully initiated.

Moreover, the government temporarily dispatched a large number of staff to work against the clock.

Want to complete customs clearance as quickly as possible and deliver the package to the owner.

All past restrictions - both those already in place and those being discussed in Parliament - were rapidly abolished.

The decision to abolish it was reached by consensus over the phone the night before the meeting.

……

Across the English Channel.

The new customs policy that France and Germany have been "discussing" in the past few days has also been implemented at the speed of light.

More than 100,000 Dream Machines that had not yet been returned were quickly cleared for customs and sent into the country.

Government workers who were conducting random checks at the border and blocking the cross-border transport of Dream Machines had removed [Dream Machines] from their inspection lists.

After today, the Dream Machine will be able to travel freely within the EU!
……

On that day, all overt and covert restrictions on the Dream Machine in all major markets around the world were quickly lifted.

At this point, the last obstacle was also shattered.

Players from all over the world got their own Dream Machines.

While they were eagerly discussing brain-computer technology, they were also looking forward to the official launch of "Sailing in the Big Blue Sea".

At this time, there is only one day left before the game goes online.

The players' characters have also been created——

After [Under the Storm] ended and the pre-creation of characters for [Big Sail] was opened, players all over the world began to download the game.

After watching Xu Meng’s live broadcast of brain-computer interface technology and talking about how “Xu Meng is awesome”, the client was downloaded.

Just create the game character in advance.
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When Qihuahua logged into the game and created a character, she found that Dream Building had upgraded the character creation function again.

Three options appeared before her:

[Game Model], [Current Model], [Real Model]
The game model is created on the spot and is quite standard.

[Current Model] directly calls her character model in Sprawling City.

——In Sprawling City, players can do beauty treatments, change hairstyles, dye their hair, and fine-tune their body models and facial details.

Qihuahua now has fluffy short hair with indigo highlights.

It's somewhat recognizable, but not so conspicuous that fans will chase after it and greet it.

The last [Real Person Model] is a brand new option.

It can replicate the real body shape 1:1 - it just requires hardware assistance.

The somatosensory synchronization suit is the most accurate, and the motion capture matrix is ​​also OK.

In the face-shaping part, facial recognition technology will also be used to restore the player's appearance as realistically as possible, and parameter modifications of no more than 20% will be allowed.

This also requires the use of the camera matrix.

Netizens were sending comments like crazy, asking Qihuahua to use a real-life model and appearance:
"Sister Hua, it's time to show off your queenly figure!"

"Yeah, yeah, it's already been on camera so many times, there's no need to hide it anymore!"

"We all know you are a queen!"

"Take this opportunity to be yourself and stop pretending to be a cute girl!"

……

In order to convince Qihuahua, netizens kept giving her all kinds of gifts.

Qihuahua hesitated, but finally seemed to be moved by the netizens and replied:
"it is good!"

"I've known you all for several years, it's time to be honest with you!"

"Wait for me to change into the somatosensory synchronization suit."

After saying this, the live broadcast room went dark.

A group of people faced the dark live broadcast room, patiently waiting for Qihuahua to start broadcasting again.

Ten minutes later, the live broadcast room lit up again.

A loli character who is 1 meters tall, with pink twin ponytails and a chubby round face, instantly appeared in front of everyone.

"???"

"No, sis!!"

"You call this real body shape and appearance??"

A series of question marks popped up in the live broadcast room.

But Qihuahua had no shame at all and nodded immediately:

"Yup!"

After that, I really decided on the shape and started naming directly——

【Seven Flowers】

At the moment of confirmation, four system prompts flashed by:
[This ID is an exclusive ID for honorary players]
[The account user is detected to be me]
[ID locked]
[Welcome to the new world, happy gaming! ]——
Unlike Qihuahua's smooth process, the account creation process of Brave Sniper was not so smooth.

Although the system also locked his ID.

But the game prompts him:
[Using a shorter ID will help you better integrate into the game world.]
[Do you want to change the ID, or set a code name that is easier for NPCs to call you?]
This was the first time that the brave sniper encountered this situation.

After hesitating for a moment, he set [Aki], the nickname given by netizens, as the code name.

……

All players whose ID length is more than four characters received this prompt.

This detail alone makes players feel the ambition and delicacy of the Black Flag project team——

They obviously put a lot of effort into the immersion of the game, so they even care so much about how NPCs address players.

Therefore, players' expectations for the game are even higher!
Amid the eager anticipation of players around the world, June 6th has finally arrived.

"Sailing in the Blue Sea" is officially launched!

(End of this chapter)