novelraw #197 - Section 197
#197 - Section 197
He wouldn't find Earth's everyday life novel, but he'd find the other world's style unique and its imagination boundless...
In short, it was a beautiful misunderstanding.
Because Dream City was vast, realistic, and had too many blank spaces to explore, the two killer games he and the Empress painstakingly created ended up killing nothing.
The limited number of players who logged in couldn't even support the ranking system, and the computer AI was almost worked to death.
Since the Fearless Space was built by Eris Worms, the true identities of the computer AI were those of the fallen souls. Their intelligence and abilities were far superior to even the strongest artificial intelligence on Earth, but their weakness was that they felt fatigue and had emotions like real humans.
However, the Mind Demon Domain was originally designed to absorb their negative emotions to grow stronger, so this was a normal reaction and wouldn't cause any negative effects.
On the contrary, it would make these AI even more motivated, intending to go all out to abuse the players and make them feel the pain they had endured.
If Roger hadn't limited their output, these violent, fallen souls could have abused new players to the point of questioning their lives.
"...The above is the operational status of the Fearless Space. Although the road is tortuous, the results have exceeded expectations. The important project of universal internet access can be considered a good start... right?"
Roger gave the Eternal Night Empress the report with a strange expression.
"We can look forward to the performance of the content we've prepared in the future," the Eternal Night Empress said, also quite helpless.
She also felt uncomfortable with this feeling of throwing a full-force punch into empty air.
She originally thought she would have a final battle with the ultimate boss for three hundred rounds, but in the end, she didn't even use her skills and just used a normal attack to kill the boss...
This is the current operating situation of the Fearless Space.
But what can she do with the login interface she created herself?
Keep it!
Not only does she have to keep it, but she also has to quickly get the development team to continue filling in the details and really develop 'Earth OL'.
Let the unexplored areas outside the city, which are still blank, have content, monsters, and events to slow down the players' boredom with this world as much as possible!
Fortunately, the underlying architecture of Dream City is a real world, and now it's entirely possible to supplement more complete game functions and economic systems.
It's just a matter of implementation and workload, but she can completely transfer the developers of the two games, 'Dimensional Escape' and 'Empire Guardians', to this side first.
Currently, players haven't discovered the charm of those two games, and only 'Earth OL' has attracted most of their attention.
Roger only needs to keep up with the development progress here and not cause any major problems, and Fearless Space will still be a very successful project...
Perhaps if he makes Dream City more open and free, turning it into a City of Sin, he can directly release it overseas!
He calculated happily in his heart that with the charm of the internet in the Earth era, it would be easy to achieve the goal of one hundred million players online at the same time.
Because Fearless Space isn't just a game, it actually encompasses the functions of the internet.
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In fact, just as the Empire was optimistic about Fearless Space, its development was unprecedentedly rapid.
After understanding what the Soul-Mimicking Bracelet actually did, the people of the Empire gradually dispelled their doubts about this new thing, and the daily limit of the 'limited-time freebie' kept climbing before it even ended.
In reality, the so-called limited time was just giving buyers a psychological suggestion.
After the success of the full refund upon sign-in, Sophie decided to resurrect this activity after it expired, performing the same function under a new form and a new name, continuing this financial game.
Whether it's sales within the Empire or selling it to other countries in the name of the Terra Kingdom in the future, the same idea will be continued.
Making money from the Soul-Mimicking Bracelet is just a side effect. Its significance lies in promoting Fearless Space, and the value and energy that the virtual world can create is the Empire's real trump card for increasing its influence in this world.
As the Fearless Space became more and more lively, the entire space continued to be developed and built as players explored outwards, and the world outside Dream City also seemed equally exciting.
Even if they haven't discovered more of the joy of games, 'Earth OL' alone is enough to make the Empire's players linger.
Especially now that the wilderness outside the city has finally opened up, the world is becoming more and more real.
Of course, exploration in the wild is much more difficult than in the city, and the risks and punishments are terrifying.
Outside the sci-fi-style Dream City, the wilderness is a wasteland-style world full of opportunities and dangers.
There are ancient ruins with super-strong equipment and brand-new skills, as well as nests of mutated beasts full of dangers.
It's not as beautiful as Dream City, but it's more exciting, and it can even be photovoltaic into a new Dream City, or even build a player's transition.
At first, players would complain that the upper limit of human enhancement and growth here was too low, and there were no extraordinary abilities.
But after adapting to the rules here, experiencing various experiences in a peaceful world with enough food and drink, and then mastering new thermal weapons and combat methods, they discovered that the enemy's abilities were also limited.
This is a world that requires using your brain to clear the game, and players need to unite together. It's impossible to go too far in the wilderness with personal ability alone, but if all the players in the city unite, they can really sweep the entire wilderness.
Of course, not all players like to fight, and many people just like the ordinary life of Dream City.
Making new friends, sharing and obtaining information on social networks, indulging in the endless silly videos on the internet, the people of the Empire were quickly influenced by the convenience of the high-tech era and the richness of spiritual and cultural entertainment.
Just like the simple function of the message board attracted the magicians, Dream City has the instant messaging software 'Giant Letter' from Earth, the 'Dongci Daci Barrage Video Station' that plays various anime series, the 'Shake Hand' short video platform, and the 'Dung Bo' social media.
When these software have enough users and spontaneously produce new entertainment content, they become artifacts for killing time.
The people of the Empire had never tasted this before. Their brains, which were numb from being tortured by life, were influenced by the stimuli that came from the colorful world, and they loved Dream City more and more.
Especially those electronic products called 'mobile phones', they should be the artifacts of this world, right? The various processes inside are just too interesting!
Although it is a world full of real details, reality is to increase the sense of experience and immersion. All the disgusting things have been eliminated.
For example, the mobile phones in Fearless Space don't need to be charged and have unlimited energy, saving power banks and avoiding battery red fear.
Moreover, except for special areas, the signal is always full, there is no lag, and it doesn't get hot. This experience is naturally super perfect, and players say it is an artifact of this world.
Many people log in to Fearless Space just to play with their mobile phones!
Of course, because players' weird operations cannot be completely predicted, the mobile phones here will also crash.
But this is a problem with the program interaction of the entire world, not a special easter egg designed for mobile phones, and developers can fix it quickly.
Under the super-real charm of Dream City, even Xana gradually lost herself in one cute cat video after another.
She has to play here for two or three hours every day. Under the 10:1 time flow rate, it is already longer than the time she spends in the real world.
A'Fu is the same, he often spaces out here, but he is actually analyzing this world from a deeper level, analyzing its framework, grand rules, and internal materials to see what can be used in the magician camp.
After awakening his intelligence, he also had a stronger desire to become stronger.
Especially after knowing that the Green Vine Empire has blocked the path of the Seven Gods, and it may be destroyed if he is not careful, A'Fu is also willing to do his part to defeat the Seven Gods.
After all, based on what he has done for the Green Vine Empire, he will definitely not escape the Seven Gods' reckoning, and his little life is already tied to the Empire.
Finally, A'Fu also mourned a little for the people of his race who were deceived by him.
Unlike him, who independently supports the magician camp, because Fearless Space is too huge, and more people will log in in the future, no single Eris Worm can independently bear it.
In fact, this is a spiritual space pieced together from quite a few Mind Demon Domains.
The Mind Demon Domain is actually the main body of the Eris Worm. After being pieced together, the worms' bodies in reality are meaningless and are no longer independently existing individuals.
To some extent, they are already dead.
Of course, the Mind Demon Domain can become stronger and stronger. To some extent, they will never die, but will transform into a world that accommodates countless people's joys, sorrows, and joys.
A'Fu's sadness was only for a moment. In terms of the level of life, he, who has intelligence, is no longer the same kind of creature as those ordinary worms who are ignorant.
Their joys and sorrows are not connected.
Because they are not strong enough, they are reduced to materials for building the world. This is also the consistent rule of this world. I don't know what to feel.
Those intelligent beings whose will is not firm enough and are swallowed by the Mind Demon Domain have also become the nutrients and materials for the Eris Worms, haven't they?
So the weak are prey to the strong. Even if he is the bait, he will not have more emotional fluctuations.
"Xiao Bai, let's go eat!" Xana finally reluctantly raised her head from her phone.
Fearless Space also has a hunger setting and provides various delicacies, with different prices depending on taste and quality.
Eating in the spiritual world is like really eating for the brain, and the degree of pleasure is the same, so it is actually very suitable for people who want to lose weight to come here and enjoy a big meal that won't make them fat.
Xana relied on the knowledge she had learned these days to obtain the [Scholar] certification, and then became a small official after a quiz game, receiving a considerable salary every month.
And today is Sunday, she doesn't have to go to work, so she can spend the day in her room as a salted fish.
Fearless Space has schools where you can learn many skills, and the memory efficiency is 300% of the normal world. This is the means by which the Eris Worms arm those fallen souls to impersonate other characters.
It's just that the Arcane Council limits its transmission speed and won't cause severe pain. The corresponding learning process is also prolonged.
Xiao Bai followed Xana, and the two walked in this space.
Looking at the increasingly lively here, Xana also found it interesting.
A large pile of Mind Demon Domains ended up becoming a paradise for ordinary people.
This empire has really come up with something extraordinary.
And the chief designer of this space is none other than Roger, who she misses so much.
Some people are really inescapable and haunting!
Thinking that she was playing happily in his mental space with an unknown purpose, Xana suddenly felt very bad.
Would he arrange a backdoor here, secretly observe me, and then laugh at me?
She clearly said she wanted to retaliate against him, and she was so confident, but in the end, she became a salted fish...
Isn't that bad?
In extreme anger, Xana ate all kinds of delicacies worth half a month's salary.
Then she felt better, but she also seemed to have forgotten something...
"Eh, Xiao Bai, did you win the lottery?"
Xana supported her small belly and enjoyed that sense of fulfillment, when she suddenly saw her son running over.
Xiao Bai dropped a thin board between illusion and reality and appeared next to Xana, looking at her triumphantly.
"Super-Dimensional Drawing Board?" Xana played with this thing. After putting in her own spiritual imprint, she joined a mysterious chat organization.
They were actually secretly discussing overthrowing the Green Vine Empire!
"But you want to overthrow the Green Vine Empire, so why would you put the prize in Fearless Space?" Xana asked her question.
A user named "Joestar" explained: "Because we have high-level spies in the Empire. With the guidance of the gods, we will find strong people suitable for our plan."
"That's interesting... I'll join your alliance!"
In order not to be a salted fish anymore, at least to put on a posture of hard work, Xana volunteered to join the anti-Green Vine alliance!
Chapter 174: Knockoff Soul-Mimicking Bracelet?
The Soul-Mimicking Bracelet was promoted on a large scale in the Empire, and there was never a restriction on buyers. Naturally, it was also driven by spies, black market merchants, etc., and flowed into neighboring countries.
The Empire did not restrict this smuggling. The Dark Night Guards clearly grasped the information, but they never took action. They even secretly gave the green light to this smuggling activity to promote its flow to more countries.
The people of the Empire alone cannot support a sufficiently prosperous Fearless Space. The Internet should be global and open, and all intelligent life in the world is qualified to use it.
Moreover, as the actual controller of Fearless Space, the patent holder of the Soul-Mimicking Bracelet, and the standard setter, the Empire is not afraid of other national forces joining Fearless Space at all.
Unfortunately, because the stock has been bought out by its own people, and there is an upper limit to the speed at which production capacity increases after the money is received, the total number of Soul-Mimicking Bracelets brought to neighboring countries is limited.
At this stage, the price of these Soul-Mimicking Bracelets has been炒到 hundreds of gold coins each, and ordinary people cannot enjoy them at all.
Currently, only nobles and magicians in those religious countries can afford to buy Soul-Mimicking Bracelets, and rulers and clergy will log in to Fearless Space with critical eyes to analyze it.
The Arcane Council can distinguish this kind of login from other countries, but Roger did not prohibit it, unlike the magician camp.
The camp restricts magicians from other countries from logging in, because what is shared above is true knowledge and insight, with countless valuable information. If foreign spies copy the information, not to mention the heavy losses, many layouts will definitely be seen through.
But Dauntless Space is different. It's for entertainment. Even though it has a forum, the most discussed topics are how to farm and how to harvest more grain.
Would nobles and mages from other countries care about this kind of information?
On the contrary, there's a lot of addictive information, relaxing entertainment, and leisure enjoyment. These popular things aren't afraid of being copied. In fact, they are the simplest form of cultural export.
Cultural export isn't about Confucius Institutes, but rather popcorn products that resonate with the broadest masses and are loved by all.
For example, Dragon Ball, the Avengers, and Harry Potter. Do these truly globally popular works need any profound meaning?
The most important thing is to tell an interesting story, not to lecture from a high platform and accomplish some kind of output.
Dauntless Space is defined as such. Its creation will become the empire's platform for cultural export. The empire has long organized the most outstanding cultural workers, under Roger's epoch-making leadership, preparing to dump content after the platform has enough users.
Now is just the eve of that storm.
But the empire's powerful neighbors have no idea about this kind of cultural warfare they've never seen before.