Chapter 3102: Year One
The countdown of fate on the deputy director's diary is constantly shortened as the pages are turned. The years and time seem to be worn away bit by bit in the process of turning the pages.
People always say that time is invisible, but at the moment of turning the page, time seems to be presented in front of him.
Time passes too fast, so fast that people can't react and it has passed for a long time.
The quiet streets are no longer noisy, and those idle people will not gather on the streets to try to get wealth from somewhere.
Especially some middle-class communities at the bottom, it is so quiet that it seems that no one lives there.
But in fact, it is full of people.
The changes in the past year or so have been very big. The society has become "negative" because of the emergence of "New World", and most people have gone to "New World".
In the virtual world, they can get everything they want, and identity and status are no longer shackles that bind them.
Some people become robbers, some people form gangs, and some people farm in the virtual world-
Yes, you heard it right, they farm in the virtual world, and the benefits are very good.
Crops in the virtual world basically mature once every three months. Some areas close to the tropics can mature at least three crops a year, and the income from these crops is much higher than working in factories.
Everyone can get the life they want in the virtual world. Some people become excellent warriors, and some become rangers.
Some people get rid of the restrictions of the factory and become well-known bards.
Some people sing in the city, and some dance on the stage. People will no longer simply distinguish between humans as "lower class" and "upper class".
In the real world, the gap between people is greater than that between people and dogs, but in the virtual world, everyone seems to be shining with their own unique light!
Of course, there are still some wastes, and there are even a lot of them, but it will not affect the radiance of more people.
Connor, who just finished a war, has become much more calm, and he doesn't look like he is full of Gou Ba in the real world.
After more than a year of fighting, his "Connor Dynasty" has become a well-known military force on this continent.
He has three cities and more than 20 towns, as well as an army of more than 100,000 people directly under his command.
Just now, he expanded his territory a little bit and annexed a town on the edge of the territory.
At this time, he looked very much like an extremely outstanding monarch in some TV dramas. There was no absurd and decadent atmosphere on him, and he was like two different people in the real world.
"Count the losses and reward according to the regulations. The team of warriors who broke through the city gate will be rewarded three times."
The penalty mechanism for death becomes higher and higher after the level is upgraded to a certain level. This is also to limit the unlimited use of high-level combat power.
If a force has only one high-level combat power, once the high-level combat power dies once, the force may perish.
In this vast land, there are currently thousands of large and small armed forces.
Connor is not the strongest, but he has the most potential. After all, he is very rich.
Several military experts immediately surrounded him and explained something to him on the spread-out regional map.
More than a year in the real world, five years have passed here. As Connor watched his territory expand, he suddenly felt a little trance.
I don't know how long it has been... I haven't gone out to take a look.
Since the company promoted the "body hosting business" and proved that it was harmless, many people have joined this hosting plan.
They will be placed in a jar filled with nutrient solution and then connected to a life support device.
Theoretically, everyone can stay in such a jar for a long time, even forever!
The hosting fee for this project is not expensive, only 60 yuan per month, which is not an expensive expense for almost everyone.
If they can have a job in the virtual world, or even willing to farm, their monthly income can maintain at least four or five months of hosting fees.
A large number of humans entered the jar, and some media at that time used the "canned age" with some mocking and sarcastic words to "look forward to the future".
To date, about 400 million people have fully accepted the hosting plan. They are placed in a special place. At a glance, they are all densely packed with cans filled with human bodies.
Some people still choose to wake up from time to time, perhaps because of work needs, or perhaps simply because they don't believe in the technology that can sleep forever.
Of course, there are tens of millions of people who are enjoying the beauty of the virtual world while waiting for opportunities.
An opportunity to change their destiny in the real world.
Connor's thoughts regrouped from the intense discussion of the military experts, "After you discuss a result, tell me the result."
Several military experts, like the staff of ancient nobles, put one hand on their waists and bowed, "Okay, sir."
Connor, wearing noble and retro clothes, returned to the bedroom. He took off the heavy clothes and changed into casual clothes.
He walked to the window and looked through the window at the land shrouded in mist and full of amazing scenery.
This is his country!
His heart was burning!
There is no company, no Lynch, no one else, this place belongs only to him!
His body in the real world has also been hosted, but the place where he is hosted is in his own home. There is a team that works three shifts a day to take care of his physical condition to ensure that there will be no accidents.
The five years in the virtual world have changed him a lot. It seems that he is no longer the same person as before.
But it seems that there is no big change.
Just when he ended his boring divergent thinking and began to think about the next attack and countermeasures against the empire, Aurora suddenly appeared in front of him in the image of an elf.
"Mr. Connor, I am very sorry to disturb you from focusing on the game. Mr. Lynch has convened an emergency board meeting and all directors must attend."
"You can go to the company to attend the meeting in person, or you can attend it here through video conferencing."
Connor was stunned for a long time before he reacted, "Yes, company, I almost forgot this."
He pondered for a moment, "Please tell Lynch that I will go there."
Aurora flapped her wings a few times, accompanied by a burst of shining powder and special effects, and disappeared in front of him in an instant.
Company...
A special word. If someone said company ten years ago, people might think of companies working in buildings, but now when people talk about companies, there is only one thing in their minds.
That is "Global Communication Group".
"New World" siphoned the population from the real world into the virtual world, and a large number of factories and enterprises in the real world were also transferred to the virtual world.
There is only one company in the entire real world now, that is Global Communication. Aurora cooperated with research institutions to launch more flexible robots, and its computing power can fully support the control of the behavior of each robot. Now the factory is full of robots working.
They don't need to eat, they only need maintenance after a period of time and lubricate the joint bearings, and this period of time often refers to several months.
Working non-stop for several months, the labor cost may not even be 100 yuan. Even if some workers are reluctant to leave their jobs, it is time for them to leave.
There are fewer and fewer companies in the real world, until the penultimate company dies.
At that time, "Pioneer" reported the whole process with the title "The last company successfully transferred to the new world".
Although the sole shareholder of this company was very angry about this, he had to enter the virtual world for life.
People in the virtual world may have gradually forgotten the word "company" after five years, but whenever they think of this word and the meaning behind it, they will have a shadow covering their sunny mood, just like Connor at this moment!
He had not applied for offline for a long time, and he became a little unfamiliar with leaving the virtual world. With the help of the lower-level artificial intelligence, he successfully withdrew from the virtual world.
The moment he left the virtual world, the place where he lived in the real world suddenly flashed a yellow light.
Seven or eight experts walked to the side of the nutrient pool and watched Connor slowly open his eyes.
A mechanical arm fished him out of the nutrient pool, and immediately a nurse came up to wash off the sticky nutrient solution attached to his body.
The expert even pushed a wheelchair, "Mr. Connor, since you have not subjectively controlled your body for a long time, you may be a little uncoordinated."
"In order to avoid accidents, it is best to sit down before you get familiar with your body again."
Connor wanted to prove that he was not the kind of person who couldn't even control his own body, but soon he almost fell down, ending his stubbornness.
"How long has it been?"
"It's February of the second year of the New Era."
"New Era?" Connor's speech became a little unclear, "What kind of algorithm is this?"
The expert pushed him to the recovery room and said, "Starting from the Lunar New Year this year, the company has determined that the year when "New World" is fully opened will be the first year of the New Era."
"At the same time, this is also the time when humans announce our existence to the entire universe and will never surrender."
"Mr. Lynch stated in his public speech that we must not only defeat the invaders, but also conquer the entire universe. We will make all races use our writing, our language, and our time as the unit of the universe..."
In a trance, Connor had an indescribable feeling.
As if... he was still the lord of the countryside, even though he already had three cities and twenty-three towns.