I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

【Reunion Plan No. JW】

【Applicant: John Wick (householder)】

[Planned targets: Jenny Wake (wife), Kevin Wake (son), Jennifer Wake (daughter-in-law), Caitlin Wake (daughter), Aisha Wake (granddaughter). ]

【Planned progress: 12.5%. 】

[Estimated completion time: November 2nd year of the New Era]

Over the past month, Old John has been in great torment and feels that time is passing too slowly.

The first thing he did every morning and the last thing he did before going to bed at night was to log in to the official website to check the status of his application. It would take more than half a year before he could meet his new family. Old John felt it was too hard to think about this all day long.

In order to relieve this anxiety, he had to take out his family photos and belongings and look at them over and over again.

Or visit Alan and his wife. Go to the park and watch the old man play chess to distract yourself.

Or simply immerse yourself in farm work and keep yourself busy so that you have no time to be sentimental.

"Hello, Mr. John Wick, I am a staff member of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and I have good news to tell you..."

On this day, an official suddenly answered the phone and informed Old John that he had obtained the qualification to enter the [Virtual Earth] test in advance.

Virtual Earth?

Has the official launched any new technology?

Old John immediately went to the official website to check, and sure enough, he saw a new announcement on the homepage.

[Notice from the Human Republic on the trial operation of the Virtual Earth]

【Published by: National Affairs Council】

[In order to reconcile social contradictions, relieve citizens' mental stress, enrich people's cultural life, promote the revival of human civilization and population recovery, and accelerate the application of cloning technology and digital life technology, the new government plans to launch the "Virtual Earth" service. ]

[“Virtual Earth” is developed by the Supreme Academy of Sciences. It is based on virtual space technology and consciousness access technology to provide citizens with a virtual world experience comparable to reality...]

Old John understood the announcement, but was also confused.

Virtual Earth?

Just put on a helmet, and your consciousness enters a virtual world, a super realistic one?

The Republic's technological development is incredibly fast, with a new technology introduced every once in a while. Any of these technologies would have been a revolutionary breakthrough in the old days.

According to the official announcement, the official will open the Virtual Earth internal beta test next week, and all citizens who have applied for the [Reunion Plan] will be eligible for the internal beta test.

As for the reason, it is because the virtual earth is a one-to-one simulation of the earth before the doomsday, restoring the prosperity of the earth before the doomsday. In it, the testers can meet the resurrected people of the [Reunion Plan] in advance and live together in the virtual world.

According to official statements, this is to help the resurrected people better adapt to real life and improve their personality and mind, and to give citizens participating in the program an early psychological adaptation process.

In fact, citizens already know that the so-called resurrection of the dead by the official authorities is to use the genes of the dead to create clones, and then use memory editing technology to instill false memories and personalities into the clones, so that they are not much different from the original deceased in terms of physiology, psychology, character, memory and other aspects.

In the old days, this would be a complete violation of taboo ethics.

But now the global population has declined to less than 10,000 people. In order to restore the population as soon as possible, extraordinary measures must be taken in extraordinary times and some necessary compromises must be made.

After this period of ideological trend, most citizens have been able to understand and accept this matter.

Even though we know it’s “fake”, who doesn’t want to be reunited with their family again?

When Old John learned that he had obtained the qualification for the internal testing of Virtual Earth, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. He received the equipment cabin from the government early, installed and debugged it, and waited for the official opening.

On the day when the virtual earth was officially launched, Old John lay down in the equipment cabin half an hour in advance and started the equipment immediately when the time came.

With a buzzing sound in his head, Old John suddenly felt a strong sense of sleepiness and could not help but doze off.

When he came to, he was already standing in a pure white room—or to be more precise, a pure white space without boundaries.

In front of him stood a tall man in a dark blue suit, smiling and looking at him in a friendly manner.

Old John immediately became nervous when he saw the other party. He stood up straight and greeted him: "Greetings, Commander!"

That man seemed to be the supreme leader of the Republic, the savior of human civilization, and the commander-in-chief, His Excellency Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong smiled and said gently: "Don't be nervous, I'm just a virtual image generated by AI, responsible for guiding the work. Welcome to the virtual earth, Mr. John Wick."

Old John looked around curiously, then looked and touched his body curiously.

"Is this the virtual earth? It's so realistic!"

"Isn't it said that the virtual earth is built to imitate the real earth? There is nothing here."

Zhang Hong maintained a friendly smile.

Explained: "This is the buffer zone, which you can think of as the game interface. Once you pass through that door, you will arrive at the real virtual earth."

Zhang Hong pointed to the side and saw a wooden door a few meters away in a natural wood color. This door was very similar to the door at the door of old John's home in his memory.

Zhang Hong added: "Before you enter that door, I want to tell you about some of the rules you need to abide by in the virtual earth. After all, the virtual world is not a lawless place."

Old John nodded in agreement and listened attentively.

“First, you must not intentionally harm humans in the virtual earth, whether they are citizens or digital humans who are about to become citizens.”

"Second, you must not engage in or spread any activities that violate the laws and regulations of the society, otherwise you will be punished according to the circumstances."

"Third, the maximum time allowed to log into the virtual earth is currently 6 hours a day..."

The rules are simple: citizens in the virtual earth must abide by the same laws and morals as in reality.

The punishment will not be as severe as in reality, but all illegal and immoral behavior will be recorded and stored in official digital archives.

Old John really didn't have the heart to listen to too much explanation, but fortunately the guiding NPC's explanation only took a few minutes.

"Ready, John?"

"I'm ready!"

"Go, go open the door to another world!"

Old John walked towards the door with trepidation.

The feeling of the door became stronger and stronger. When he took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to reach out and hold the doorknob, he was sure that this was indeed the door of his house.

With some vague guess, Old John pushed open the door. The warm yellow light came through the door and filled his vision.

Old John was immediately stunned.

The familiar living room, the familiar sofa, TV, carpet, wooden cabinet, and the family photo frames on the wall...it really was his home!

The old house in Idaho where he lived for more than ten years!

Although he had some guesses, when he actually saw this scene with his own eyes and returned to the familiar house, Old John still couldn't help but fall into a sleepwalking trance.

Walking on the hard floor, touching the rough old sofa, and feeling the smooth texture of the patinated wooden handrails on the stairs, everything is so familiar, a memory deeply engraved in the bones.

All his senses and subconscious mind were telling Old John that this was his living room.

"John?"

A familiar and gentle voice that haunts my dreams sounded beside me.

Old John was shocked and his body couldn't help shaking. He turned his head excitedly to look.

A plump and charming blonde woman wearing a tweed gown was standing at the kitchen door, looking at him tenderly.

"Jenny!"

The strong emotions could no longer be contained and burst forth like an exploding volcano.

Old John rushed forward and hugged the blonde woman tightly, wishing he could rub her into his body.

His eyes turned red, tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he even choked and cried out loud.