The mind is stronger than things, transcending the ordinary and becoming holy

Chapter 13 013. Cyber ​​Martial Arts

Brewing in the melody of Kongxuan's tea, Chen Shibo's thoughts flew into the distance.

He also remembered that according to information on the Internet, there are only five formal professions in human society in this era:

Scientists, thinkers, artists, businessmen and politicians.

Among these five professions, businessmen account for about 20% of all mankind, artists account for 25%, thinkers and scientists account for a total of 4%, and politicians account for less than 1%.

The remaining 50% of the population is composed of gray professions such as hackers, mercenaries, and gang members.

Among them, artists include craftsmen and tea ceremony masters, calligraphers, composers, designers, singers, etc.

After all, although hand-made products are not as exquisite as those made by AI, they are often called spiritual and are favored by the middle and upper classes of society. A masterpiece can often sell for millions of Thai dollars.

Intelligent AI products are scorned by the upper class, thinking they have no soul and lower their taste.

Therefore, under this trend, many cultural heritages that had long declined in the previous life have blossomed and flourished in this world.

As for businessmen, that naturally includes plutocratic families such as the Chen family and the Nalan family.

However, most of them are just company employees and ordinary businessmen. Their class has long been solidified, and only one in ten thousand can become a chaebol family.

As for thinkers, scientists and politicians, they are a minority among the minority.

Most people are just gray professionals who don't even have jobs, and most of these gray professionals live in slums in the lower city or in ruins outside the city.

Nearly half of the world's population has no jobs. This social structure is said to be a failure. But after all, this is a world where intelligent AI replaces all labor, and there is also controllable nuclear fusion as a backstop.

Whether they are farmers or workers, whether they are the police or the military, most of them are played by intelligent AI. The GDP of society rises instead of falling, naturally spawning a large number of oligopoly giants.

As a result, the entire world has become polarized, dividing human beings into two classes—

Citizens and civilians.

The so-called citizens are people who have the right to vote, vote, do business and other rights, and can become politicians, businessmen and other professions.

Civilians, on the other hand, do not have the right to vote or do business, and cannot become politicians or businessmen, but they can choose thinkers, artists, scientists, etc., and achieve a jump in social status through these professions.

Citizens have many social benefits, such as welfare housing.

Generally speaking, a welfare house is a small flat floor of about 50 square meters, with one bedroom and one bathroom by default. At the same time, water, electricity, and Internet fees are free. It is a free allocation and can be approved as long as you apply.

Another example is the childcare allowance. As long as citizens give birth to offspring, all offspring can enjoy free compulsory education for twelve years starting from the birth of the offspring. At the same time, there is a monthly childcare allowance of 1,000 yuan, which lasts until the offspring reaches adulthood at the age of twenty, and the offspring also automatically Obtain citizenship.

If civilians want to become citizens, they have only two options. One is to sign a deed of betrayal and become a company employee or a government employee.

The second is to make certain achievements through science, thought, art and other fields.

However, even if the treatment of citizens is extremely generous, the fertility rate of those citizens and civilians at the bottom is still difficult to guarantee...

There is a proverb that has been circulating in this world: Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, but I will enjoy the blessings without children and grandchildren.

Obviously, the three people in front of them all had a citizen father, so they were born into the citizen class. This was considered lucky.

At this time, Chen Shibo looked at the three people in front of him, and the social evolution history of this world flashed in his mind.

My name is Chen Shibo, and I am the Chen family from Tiandao Network Technology. Haven't you asked me for the names of the three of you?

After drinking tea, Chen Shibo opened the topic.

It turns out he is the master of the Chen family, disrespectful and disrespectful.

The middle-aged man smiled, and his expression became a little humble again. Although he tried to act calmly when facing a plutocrat like Chen Shibo, he was actually very stressed.

As for being willing to accept the invitation, it is also a two-way process. Chen Shibo wants to learn about Liang Xi's past from them, while the middle-aged man wants to take the opportunity to promote himself and find a way for his children to advance.

My name is Liang Huang, this is my son Liang Xiaoshui, and the tea maker is my daughter Liang Xiaohydro. Ah Hydro is a tea connoisseur, and Ah Shui is a warrior.

Liang Huang spoke slowly.

warrior?

Chen Shibo was stunned and couldn't help but look at the rock-style young man beside him.

It's cyber martial arts.

Liang Huang explained subconsciously, Xiao Shui is a cyber warrior. He has received complete training. He has broken through the military level and obtained a sergeant-level warrior certificate.

I don't know much about martial arts.

Chen Shibo nodded.

That's okay. A noble person like you is naturally not interested in fighting and killing.

Liang Huang smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, Actually, I don't know much about it, so let Ah Shui explain it to Mr. Chen himself.

As he spoke, he glared at the young man next to him.

Forced by his father's power, Liang Xiaoshui had no choice but to say reluctantly, What else can there be? Cyber ​​Martial Arts is a killing technique created by using prosthetic bodies as weapons and combining them with traditional Martial Arts.

anything else?

Chen Shibo continued to ask, but the young man just rolled his eyes and was unwilling to speak.

Every martial arts gym will have a tactical AI that stores a lot of martial arts knowledge.

At this time, Liang Xiaohydro on the side spoke.

Just listen to her talk, her voice is low, not quite like the voice of a teenage girl, Based on the user's body data and prosthetic body data, the AI ​​will calculate most of the combat situations and design new response moves. , this kind of martial arts tailored for individuals is called Cyber ​​Martial Arts.”

So that's it.

Chen Shibo nodded, a little amazed in his heart. He didn't expect that martial arts could be played like this. Then what do soldier level and sergeant level mean, and the classification of martial arts?

This is the division of strength among cyber warriors.

Liang Xiaoshui was a little impatient, The lowest level is soldier level, then there is sergeant level, then there are captain level and school level, and the highest level is general level.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but add, You may think that my level is not high, but in fact, most people can't even get a military level certificate. I am already considered a master.

Hearing this, Chen Shibo smiled slightly.

However, these were just digressions. Chen Shibo quickly brought the topic to the topic this time, Mr. Liang, I am mainly interested in your father's life this time. I wonder if I can talk about it?

Of course you can.

There was a trace of sadness on Liang Huang's face. Although the other party's question was a bit inappropriate, he naturally did not dare to show it and instead tried to please him. Actually, it is very simple. My father was once an unnatural person.

Unlike other unnatural persons, he chose to continue his studies as an adult, became a doctor at the age of thirty, and successfully obtained citizenship...

Chen Shibo's expression moved slightly. He had seen the term unnatural person on the Internet before.

The Federation of Terra implemented a set of bills called the Unnatural Human Reproduction Act a hundred and fifty years ago to deal with the global negative fertility wave.

The content of the bill is actually very simple - first, the government purchases high-quality sperm and eggs from the society for a fee, and uses a 'life incubator' to simulate the purple palace environment to give birth to new lives. This artificial life is called an unnatural person.

Non-natural persons will receive official compulsory upbringing and compulsory education until they reach adulthood at the age of 20 before they can choose to continue their studies or enter society, and at the same time, they can obtain citizenship rights.

When the bill was warmed up, civil organizations such as the Federal Council on Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, and the Social Ethics Committee strongly opposed it, and even held global demonstrations to protest, but the bill was eventually implemented.

...Decades later, my father's reputation has grown day by day, and many companies are willing to invest in his research, and his favorite research is virtual reality technology.

Virtual reality, this term may be unfamiliar to you, but it is actually not complicated. It is just like a video game, except that it is not played on an optical brain or in front of a holographic projection. Instead, it combines your perception with a certain Connect the two instruments and transmit the illusory perception to you through the instrument...

When speaking of this, Liang Huang's eyes flashed with excitement, When I was a child, I was fortunate enough to experience a virtual reality device designed by my father. It felt like a real dream. In that dream, you could experience a virtual reality device. An unprecedented life...

When he heard this, Chen Shibo suddenly frowned.

Isn’t this VR?

I just didn't expect that in this world where technology was far superior to my previous life, virtual reality technology had not been developed, and VR had not even appeared.

For some reason, Chen Shibo felt something was wrong when he heard the news.

After all, the world where I was originally was not very technologically advanced, but AR, VR, MR and other technologies had already become popular. Everyone in the technology circle understood that whoever took the lead in controlling virtual reality would be equivalent to seizing the future of mankind.

Not just games, virtual reality can do too many things, such as learning, instilling knowledge directly into the virtual world, and doctors conducting surgical rehearsals in virtual reality.

Or in the future, human consciousness will be electronicized to ascend to the virtual world and achieve immortality.

In short, virtual reality technology is equivalent to one of the only development paths for mankind. In fact, there have always been only two choices for the future of mankind-either virtual reality or the sea of ​​stars.

In order to seize the market, those Internet giants have laid out the Metaverse plan as early as 2020. But why are the giants in this world indifferent to this unprecedented and huge cake?

Perhaps, there is some kind of secret hidden in it...

At this moment, Chen Shibo thought a lot, and after connecting with Liang Huan, he didn't care much about Liang Xi's life experience.