As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 303 Another Angle

Mages from the entire European Union hold regular offline communication meetings approximately once a month.

As for the communication of information, why not do it online and realize remote video conferencing through the Internet?

This is mainly because Internet technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, and remote video conferencing poses the risk of meeting content leakage.

Previously, the Japanese mage’s permanent location and related information were dug out by hackers and exposed on the Internet.

It caused some trouble to Neon.

There are rumors online that it was done by Russia.

Therefore, the communication of some key information still needs to be done offline.

It is not a lack of trust in the mage's communication ability, but a serious questioning of network security.

The entire building and even the surrounding area are in a state of physical disconnection.

Mages in Brussels, such as Jean-Pierre and Jurgen, often visited the building.

The other mages are stationed in different locations according to their tasks, and everyone only has the opportunity to come here when there is a meeting.

For example, Zheng Li stayed on the edge of Geneva for a long time.

A large amount of confidential data is stored in it.

Even a mage does not have permission to view all content.

Zheng Li looked at the consciousness test in front of him, and his thoughts drifted back to hundreds of years ago.

When he was studying at the Mage Academy, some of his classmates also liked to play similar games.

This is arm wrestling at the magical level. Arm wrestling tests arm strength, while this tests the intensity of your consciousness and concentration.

"Welcome all the mages. Today's topic is mainly about some recent specific affairs.

First of all, in London, the anomalies are still continuing. We have gathered everyone here today in the hope of leveraging everyone's strength to discuss a management model that suits London's current situation.

What happened in London is likely to happen in other cities, and we need to develop a routine response mechanism.”

After returning to the Europa League, England made major concessions, including giving up its monetary sovereignty.

You have to know that this is a huge concession for an outlying island country and England, which is heavily dependent on the financial industry.

When England returned to the Europa League, Federal Reserve officials were amazed when they learned that America was abandoning the pound and embracing the euro.

From today's perspective, this decision really saved their lives.

After the magical events, a large amount of money flowed out of England.

If England still uses the pound, the pound will experience a sharp increase in exchange rate.

Now, relying on the financial industry within the Europa Union, it can maintain a scale that can barely survive.

It's like if a similar thing happened in Gusu, due to the existence of the Yangtze River Delta urban circle, other regions would be able to support Gusu.

“I think we need to use severe penalties to warn these criminals and potential criminals.

Only in this way can we deter them.

After the magic detection device comes out, we can flexibly adjust the policy."

This is a cliché.

To use the Chinese words, it means to use severe punishments in times of chaos and to stop killing with killing.

The problem with this approach is that it goes against the long-standing thinking of the European Union.

There is too much resistance.

“I have no problem doing this briefly.

But I don't think this is a long-term solution.

And if we continue to do this for a long time, we will be taking a big step back in terms of universal values.”

“At this time, what we need to think about is not universal values, but how to control the situation.

Universal values ​​are just a pursuit. If universal values ​​were really useful, there wouldn’t be so many people in London acting recklessly for the sake of power.

I agree with you that restoring the death penalty in the long term would go against efforts to abolish it.

But it will make people more careful about their behavior.”

In the view of abolitionists, the death penalty goes against moral values ​​and common sense and cannot prevent crime.

More precisely, the death penalty is the ultimate, irrevocable punishment, and the risk of sentencing an innocent person to death cannot be eliminated.

There are two factions among those present. For example, the lawyers from Western European countries think that restoring the death penalty is a last resort.

It may lead to a regression of justice.

It's a high price to pay just for London.

The mages from Eastern Europe, yes, there are mages from Eastern Europe now, and they think that restoring the death penalty is no big deal.

As for Wiles, he just hopes the situation can be settled, no matter what means are used.

Jurgen stepped forward and said: “I don’t think it’s appropriate to do this.

The most important point is that without evidence, we cannot find evidence of murder caused by magic.

Can criminals be arbitrarily identified without a strong chain of evidence?

The only one who can tell who the caster is is you.

Now, the spellcaster's spell fluctuation is unique, but what if this is just a coincidence?

In the future, you discover that someone has the same magical fluctuations, but you have wrongly accused a good person, what will you do?
Once the door of death penalty is opened, there is no chance to regret.

Moreover, you are the only one who can convict others. What a terrible power this is. Can you guarantee that you will always remain true to yourself?
My suggestion is not to open this loophole.

We’ll find another way.”

Jurgen continued: “Wiles, I know you want England to return to peace as soon as possible.

I can also understand your dissatisfaction with the current situation.

But once this gap is opened, are you really ready?
Every suspect sentenced to death must be identified by you. Won't you feel tormented and anxious in the future?"

After Jurgen finished speaking, the scene fell into silence.

The view he put forward is from another perspective.

Because there is no evidence for murders committed by magic.

Magic in the real world doesn't emit colorful lights like in the movies.

London casting only requires spells, and at most gestures for positioning.

But you can cast spells in seclusion.

This is more covert than a sniper shooting at a person, as a sniper rifle at least has ballistics that can be traced.

Where does the magic come from?

Fortunately, the magic network assigns different "channels" to each person.

A wizard injected with magic brain can remember the magic fluctuations at the casting scene through the perception area, and then use this to find the caster.

There are only a dozen mages in the European Alliance, and the only one who can spare the time to go to London for support and is willing to go is Wiles.

No one wants to wade into the muddy waters of London. If they are killed by an unknown wizard on the roadside, it would be terrible bad luck.

No one wants to take that risk.

More importantly, the real reason behind the magical incident in London has not been confirmed. What if a wizard of the same level as Merlin is behind it?

If it is such force majeure, the mages don't want to offend beings of this level.

Merlin's curse is more terrible than death.

“We can work with other countries to develop instruments that can monitor magical fluctuations.

The cooperation with China in the field of surveillance has actually eased the situation in London to a certain extent. If there is an instrument that can monitor magic fluctuations and better convict criminals, it is also a progress.

Although we don’t necessarily need to reinstate the death penalty, we can warn them in other ways.”

Under special circumstances, the English government and Hikvision signed a large contract worth billions of euros.

The monitoring system for the whole of London was completed in three months.

This monitoring system has played a certain role, but it has not achieved the results that London expected.

"I think this method is more appropriate. We can do it this way, but Wiles will have to work hard during this period."

"Or we could ask Merlin for help. Merlin might know what's going on."

"We don't have the chips to impress Merlin."

"But we thought we couldn't get it. How can we know if we don't talk about it?"

"We will proceed in two steps. On the one hand, we will try to communicate with Merlin, and on the other hand, we will talk to China and America.

We will cooperate with whichever side offers more favorable conditions.

Don't say it's seeking help, this should be called uniting the magical resources of Kai**Dun.

We have to get them to give us money.”

Once things are packaged, they sound completely different.

“The next topic is that the number of people in the magic forum is about to exceed one hundred.

According to what Merlin mentioned in the magic forum before, after the number of people exceeds 100, the magic brain will have new functions.

We need to prepare in advance for this change.”

Due to the advancement of technology and the passage of time, the number of people on Blue Star who have obtained the magic brain is about to reach one hundred.

"Microsoft has joined hands with Science and Technology to launch a VR-specific Windows system that will be launched soon.

Currently, large-scale testing is underway. Readers who want to experience it can click on the full text in the lower left corner to download the test package. "

Microsoft has replicated a Windows system in brain-computer connected VR.

This means that users can use desktop computers in VR.

Of course, due to the limitations of hardware facilities, the functions are definitely not as complete as the real Windows system.

But for most users, they use desktop computers only for entertainment.

Even if you are working on a Windows system, the office suite is sufficient.

"The internal evaluation of Microsoft's Windows system developed for Futureverse has already been released.

Everyone agreed that it was more of a gimmick than reality.

Even though the VR version of Windows comes with an office suite, it is still limited by hardware.

Many VBA languages ​​cannot be used, and batch processing of large amounts of data will result in obvious lag.

Tencent's hope to use the VR version of Windows to achieve remote work may be in vain."

Li Miaomiao reported the internal evaluation results to Zheng Li.

The previous trip to Wuzhen was completely different from what Li Miaomiao expected.

I originally thought I could take a stroll with Zheng Li in the water town of Jiangnan.

The result is endless dinners and meetings.

Zheng Li and she acted separately, shuttling between different meetings.

For example, Zheng Li and Pichai discussed the intention of cooperation on AR glasses.

Li Miaomiao will subsequently attend a meeting with Google executives in Wuzhen to discuss specific methods of cooperation.

Not to mention strolling around Wuzhen, the two of them could only meet during breakfast and between meetings.

After the Wuzhen Summit, Li Miaomiao felt that the frequency of her meetings with Zheng Li was even lower than usual.

“In addition, the data of the first phase of clinical trials of drugs for treating MCSC I in China have been released.

Currently, our Phase I clinical trial overseas has been approved by the FDA, European Medicines Agency and other agencies.

It is expected that the drug will be able to achieve domestic sales next year and global sales the year after.”

The approval process for a drug, from clinical trials to its official release to patients, is very lengthy.

"Our R&D center in Jiangcheng has started R&D work with Dami on autonomous driving for home vehicles.

It has now obtained a license for road testing.

The production of low-end and mid-range brain-computer connection VR has been finalized, and the current inventory is in the tens of millions. A new product launch conference will be held in China next month."

The price of Futureverse before was positioned at over 10,000 yuan, which was not very friendly to most consumers.

More expensive than PS5.

There have been rumors in the VR industry that when Ke Chuang Future reduces its prices, VR will usher in the next explosion point.

You should know that more than 40 million brain-computer VR units with a starting price of 10,000 yuan have been sold, not to mention the brain-computer VR units priced at 5,000 yuan.

After ByteDance acquired a small number of shares in Science and Technology Innovation from Dami at a high price, it chose to sell Pico to Science and Technology Innovation in a package.

At the same time, the Pico brand will still be retained as a brand specializing in mid- and low-end products in the future of Kechuang Future.

The new product that Pico Future will release in the fall is called Pico Verse I.

Equipped with the previous generation of brain-computer connection technology, the lowest price has been reduced to more than 5,000 yuan.

Inflation continues in 2026, and the purchasing power of 2022 yuan is about percent different from that in .

That is to say, the selling price of 2022 yuan is equivalent to a selling price of less than yuan in .

The price of more than 5,000 yuan is still a bit high for Chinese consumers, but it is already at an acceptable price.

But for Europe and the United States, this price is completely acceptable.

Even those who live on government welfare can afford it.

“What is the specific progress of the Lion City R&D Center?
I haven't seen any reports from there for a long time.

Li Wanqing did not ask me any questions through the internal communication channels.”

Zheng Li asked.

Li Miaomiao glanced at the notebook and said, "At the last R&D progress exchange meeting, Li Wanqing said that they have found the key to solving the problem of sensory feedback.

It should be about putting the idea into practice.

I will go ask in Singapore later.”

The research and development task assigned to the Lion City R&D Center is to study how to achieve sensory feedback.

Brain-computer connection is to convert brain nerve signals into electrical signals, and what they need to do is to convert electrical signals into brain nerve signals.

This is actually virtual reality technology.

The tasks assigned to them are only a very small part of this larger R&D goal:

How to make users feel dizzy based on visual effects.

Previously, VR equipment in large shopping malls used visual effects and shaking seats to produce a sense of dizziness.

But now, if there are no electric seats, how can we achieve the feeling of dizziness by relying solely on brain-computer connection facilities combined with visual effects?

This question is very difficult.

It can be said to be the most difficult task in the entire scientific and technological biological research and development plan.

Precisely because this problem was difficult, it was assigned to Li Wanqing, who had previously studied with Zheng Li for more than two years.

(End of this chapter)