War in Heaven

The strong wind blowing from the east temporarily dispels the smog over the city. From the blue of the sky, today is a rare good weather.

After returning to reality from the field, Lin Chi put on his own exoskeleton and added a set of clothes outside. He placed the drone in his backpack and took the elevator downstairs.

In recent days, he has basically spent at home, with very few activities, and he feels that his muscles are showing signs of shrinking. However, the door was calculated and the exoskeleton could not make his body exercise.

The exoskeleton was quiet during the action and did not detect other people nearby. As long as the device does not drive to the maximum power, it is an ordinary exercise aid, and it is not conspicuous.

"Where to go." Lin Chi’s earphones sounded the electronic sound of Frankenstein.

"I don't know, don't you stroll on the street for a while?" Lin Chi took the mobile phone and used the camera of the mobile phone to act as the eye of the Frankenstein, letting the ai hidden in the digital world get the opportunity to "watch the world". .

"The weather is good, you should walk." Frankenstein used a camera to observe the streets under the sun.

"The style of your speech is like a sly middle-aged woman." Lin Chi spit in the mouth and walked quickly on the sidewalk. The vehicles on the street turned into obscured afterimages, bringing out the whistling wind.

With the widespread use of autonomous driving technology, few people are still driving, except for professional drivers who participate in the competition. At this speed, only the automatic driving system can ensure the stable operation of the vehicle.

The vehicles that shuttle back and forth on the street are not controlled by the driver, but the automatic driving system is operating. The owner only needs to set the destination, and then he can sit in the seat and spend a leisurely time.

Today, people have long been accustomed to the automatic driving system, and the criticisms when this function first appeared have already vanished. But even so, there are still people who are not at ease with autonomous driving, for example...

"Have you been to the New York map in the war paradise?" Lin Chi asked the Frankenstein.

"I have been in twice." Frankenstein immediately responded: "What happened."

"If the super hackers of 'New York' really exist, as long as they modify the autopilot system, the city may be destroyed immediately." Lin Chi looked at the ruthless vehicles on the street.

The Frankenstein’s tone is still cold: “The human electronic system is not so fragile.”

"This is your personal experience?" Lin Chi asked.

"Humans respond quickly." Frankenstein uses a mobile phone to communicate with the "master": "Their killing process is so powerful that I can't handle it at all."

"Nothing, now it has been removed." Lin Chi smiled, stood at the taxi stop on the side of the road, pressed the red button next to it.

Five seconds later, a green taxi equipped with the "old driver" driving system stopped in front of him, and the razor-type door slid upwards. Lin was seated in the back seat and reported the destination to the driving ai:

“City Center, Emperor Shopping Plaza.”

“Confirmed coordinates, Emperor Shopping Plaza, according to the current traffic conditions and traffic lights, you will arrive at your destination in five minutes. Please fasten your seat belt after payment. We are about to leave.”

"You are not worried about being hacked." Frankenstein said coldly.

"I just talked casually." Lin Chi said that he used a mobile phone to sweep the back seat and automatically paid the fare.

Today's weather is good, go to the city's largest shopping center to see if it is not bad, there may be the latest game bins on the shelves, even if there is no need to buy temporarily, it is good to be full of eyes.

Just wearing a seat belt, the scenery outside the window has been blurred, the taxi is mad at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, but the body is extremely stable, not as "thrilling" as driving in the game.

The old driver's prediction was extremely accurate. The taxi arrived in front of the Emperor Shopping Mall after five minutes and twenty seconds. Lin, who took the drone, got off the bus and stood in front of the crowded square.

In the center of the circular square, there is a statue of a man running with a fist. Several tall shopping malls surround the square, revealing an inexplicable sense of oppression.

The postbox-type robot shuttles back and forth in the square, busy carrying heavy cargo. The propeller of the cargo drone rotates at high speed without making any sound. Although there are many people in the square, the number of robots is even more.

In this era of extremely convenient and fast logistics, more and more people are used to living at home, and people who go out to shop have become a minority. The Emperor Shopping Plaza is still quite good. Many commercial streets that used to be bustling in the old days have long been a horrible sight.

"Where are you going." Frankenstein asked questions.

"Wait……"

Lin Chi said that he picked up his mobile phone and searched. He found that there was no store in the Emperor Shopping Plaza. No new store had introduced a new version of the game bin. He couldn’t help but sigh: "Well, nothing new, I changed my mind... you go Have you played the game hall?"

"The game hall was popular in the country in the 1980s and 1990s, and then it has gradually declined. After the emergence of the imaging game in the brain, it has completely withdrawn from the historical stage." Frankenstein described the information found on the Internet.

"No, I haven't completely withdrawn from the historical stage. There is one in the Emperor Shopping Plaza, but I haven't been to it for a long time." Lin Chi said and turned to the castle-like large building on the east side of the square.

As one of the three most popular shopping malls in the “three-legged” shopping mall, Jinlong Shopping Center is still the end of the game. However, the service robot behind the booth is still very dedicated. When Lin Chi came in, he began to wave himself. The slender arm shouted with an unusually enthusiastic male voice:

"Welcome, please come here!"

"How can technology advance, these methods of pulling customers have not changed." Lin Chi spit.

He ignored the horrible robots, but strode into the shopping mall, took the elevator to the fifth floor, and walked along the narrow passage to the west side of the shopping center.

I have already heard the sound of deafening music before I arrive at the game hall. The colorful lights are flashing, and it is a bit dazzling.

"Discover the game hall." The sound of Frankenstein seemed a little surprised.

"The game hall in 2035 is not easy to find, and now it is still true love." Lin Chi said to open the glass door and enter the chaotic area.

Then, Lin Chi and the Frankenstein’s sight, suddenly suddenly:

Dozens of large game consoles appear on the left and right sides of Lin Chi's body, and the middle is a wide channel covered with game stickers. The screen of the game console is constantly changing color. Although there are many machines here, the inside is There aren't a few players - specifically, only one person is playing the game.

Seeing a black man standing in front of the light gun game machine, shooting a holographic projection of the zombies, Lin Chi laughed, ignored the robot standing behind the entrance counter, and went straight to the player.

"You should buy the game currency." Frankenstein reminded.

"I know." Lin Chi was already behind the player when he was talking, standing with interest and watching the other side concentrate on playing games.

The player who was shooting at the gun was slim, wearing a black sweater and a hood, with two staggered blades on the back and a decaying cockroach.

This person is shorter than Lin Chi, although it seems to be thin, the skill of using the light gun is very skilled, accompanied by the exaggerated gunshots in the game, the projected zombies are being smashed one by one, the broken body spray Green blood fell down.

The player's gunmanship is extremely accurate, even to achieve a "backplane", before the zombies appeared to have been aiming at the location of the blame, it seems to be more than once clearance.

The Frankenstein, who used the phone camera to look around, commented: "He is very good."

"I am still a little bit worse than me." Lin Chi's mouth slightly raised.

"It's stronger than you." The Frankenstein's voice trembled a little.

"Maybe." Lin Chi was too lazy to continue this topic, just stood up beside his opponent and continued to "watch" the battle.

As the giant zombie of a brown skin crashed to the ground, the words of "level completion" came to the air. The player put down the light gun in his hand and was about to turn and leave, but it was just right with Lin.

"Well……"

Seeing a "old salted fish" dressed casually, the player took off his hood and revealed a small face with a red sticker and short hair.

Then, the girl did not believe her eyes, and blinked hard:

"Is it an illusion?"

"No." Lin Chi smiled.

"You... I thought you were dead." The girl reached out and blinked, then walked over and twisted Lin's arm as if to confirm the authenticity of the man in front of him, but touched the cold exoskeleton. .

"Don't you... so I didn't come over," she whispered. "I am also very sad..."

"I haven't been crippled yet, it's just the exoskeleton of the move." Lin Chi said with no anger.

“Who is this?” Frankenstein asked in the headphones.

"The game hall owner." Lin Chi gave the answer.

"I am not the boss, just to help the shop..." The girl shook her head hard: "There are free games to play here, and there are drinks that don't cost money. Anyway, no one is coming. Every day I want to play anything." ""

"Hah, I also hope that there is such a jealousy." Lin Chi smiled and looked at the girl in front of him.

When he bought the game bin accessories here a year ago, he found the game hall hidden in the depths of the shopping center. At that time, the game hall was completely unattended as it is now. Apart from the robot, only the girl was playing the game alone.

At that time, Lin Chi, who was tired of the stereotyped brain-based imaging rpg, saw various holographic projection game devices and other "old antiques" here. It felt as if the door of the new world was opened, and the package was immediately opened. The membership card, tried all the machines here.

Since he is the only customer in this game hall, Lin Chi is also a logical place to make friends with girls who look at the store. However, both game players follow the game's habits, not reporting their real names, but replacing them with "id":

"k23, what are you playing today?" The girl called Lin Qi’s nickname used in The Blade.

"I just brought a friend to come and see." Lin Chi said to take the drone out of his backpack: "My friend is stunned. You can only use the drone to observe the surroundings, let him fly a few laps here?"

"Well, of course, no problem." The girl looked very happy, her eyebrows bent into a crescent shape, and her mouth was also picked up by a little song that was not adjusted.

With the permission of the other party, Lin Chi opened the switch of the drone. Under the control of the Frankenstein, the drone began to shuttle through the game hall, as if it had discovered the New World, and began to view the various equipment here.

"..."

Looking at the drone suspended in front of the game console, Lin Chi’s face also showed a smile, and was about to go to the door to buy a bottle of drink, but was caught by the girl around her:

"Look at you laughing so happy, is your girlfriend?" The girl narrowed her eyes and looked like a well-thought-out: "I really envy you like this adult..."

"Get it, have you seen your girlfriend married a man who is still smiling?" Lin Chi corrected the other common sense mistakes, then turned his eyes to a black curtain on the inside of the game hall and asked, "What is that?"

Behind the black curtain, the dull rumble sounded from time to time, and the metal shell next to it was painted with several pirate ships sailing on the sea. The broken flag was particularly eye-catching.

Lin Chi remembers very clearly that when he came to the game hall a year ago, there should be no such game machine in the store.

In other words, this store has purchased new equipment?

"Oh, that, that's the out-of-prints from Australia." The girl made a mysterious smile: "How come, pirate adventure, how do you want to work with me?"

"Yes." Lin nodded.

Although pirate-themed games have also been played in brain-based imaging games, the experience of this old-fashioned gaming machine is not the same as in-brain imaging games.

Today, there are many players in the brain imaging game, after experiencing the immersive "real game", they have begun to dismiss other games. But for Lin Chi, these old machines in the game hall have a different kind of charm. It's like exploring in an old castle, and occasionally getting some surprises.

“How much?” he asked.

"One yuan at a time." The girl replied immediately.

“A little expensive?” Lin Chi frowned slightly.

"Do you play or not?"

"let's go."

After paying the money, Lin Chi put on the vr helmet that he got from the front desk, and together with the girl who wore the helmet around him, opened the black curtain and entered the “stunning waves” hidden behind.