As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 387

Compared with the bitter and ordinary real world, the virtual world only costs a little bit to experience unprecedented excitement.

Before the official launch of Bluestar 2, I thought the middle class would be dissatisfied because the gap in life experience between themselves and the lower classes was being narrowed.

People's sense of superiority and happiness largely come from comparison.

The upper class will also be dissatisfied because the lower and middle classes have lost their willingness to work.

In fact, Blue Star II has been launched for a year, and people outside the lower class are indeed dissatisfied for the reasons I mentioned above, but the convenience brought to them by the virtual world far outweighs the lost sense of superiority.

For the upper class, the real significance of Bluestar-2 is naturally not the price, but the time. The time cost saved for them is enough to make them let go of any dissatisfaction with the virtual world.

Not to mention the various magical discoveries made by the Blue Star people in the fantasy world.

Bluestar 2 has countless conveniences. In addition to the convenience, what I see is that technological development has led to the compression of personal space by monopolistic giants.

Since the beginning of the information society, people have been constantly selling their data to Internet companies. Later, we sold data to various traditional companies in exchange for convenience in life.

The Internet records everyone's every move.

In the era of the virtual world, people have transferred more data, even their own memories and feelings, to companies as a data exchange pool, where everyone can get the feelings they want.

In fact, the quality of life of individuals has been greatly improved. Before, you might only be able to enjoy a tiny bit of the entire pool in your entire life, but now how much you can enjoy depends on how long your life is.

In the previous information age, individuals gave their data to companies, but large-scale data leaks occur every year. From Internet companies to express delivery companies, to hotel groups, there is no company that collects user data on a large scale and has not experienced data leaks.

People seem to have many protections on the Internet, but in fact they are half-naked.

After entering the virtual world, all data is controlled by one company. All data, all feelings, and even I suspect everyone’s memory, are controlled by Ke Chuang Biology.

It was placed by Ke Chuang Biotechnology in a storage medium at an unknown location.

Some scientists speculate that Ke Chuang Bio has transformed the entire ocean into a large biological data center.

I don't know if this is true, but having all the data in one company scares me more than having the data scattered across different companies and having data leaks happen all the time.

If Kechuang Biotechnology wanted to, they could even completely recreate a human being.

Unrestricted power is something that every one of us should be vigilant about.

I think we need some means to restrict scientific and technological innovation, instead of the current situation where scientific and technological innovation gives up part of its benefits to our country and our country willingly gives up the power it should exercise on the regulatory side.

Where has the toughness that regulators showed when forcing Chinese Internet companies to hand over data to us for auditing when Chinese companies were listed on NASDAQ gone?
I have seen a conspiracy theory online that says Zheng Li has to provide a certain amount of life-extending drugs to the Guangming Society every year.

I agree with part of this conspiracy theory, which is that they must have reached some kind of tacit understanding of cooperation off the stage.

I don't think this is tribute, it's an exchange, Zheng Li offers some franchise benefits in exchange for the entire American market.

Americans have not enjoyed these benefits, and we don’t even have the right to know. We can only complain on social media like clowns.

In short, Bluestar 2 has many good features, but I think it would be much better to hand it over to governments of various countries and form a joint agency to supervise it than its current form.

Chapter 6: Fantasy World

If it was 2031, when "The Future" was just released, everyone wanted to go to "The Wizarding World", and almost everything about "The Wizarding World" on all streaming platforms would become the most popular video.

As for Fantasy World? No one paid attention.

No one will pay attention to a stand-alone world.

All players think that this is a world similar to a beginner's guide to gaming, and almost no one is interested in investing time in it.

In addition to the areas where the biological communication network has not yet covered, it has also bought "future" users.

This group of users has to focus their energy on the fantasy world.

Once you enter, you will be on an endless escape, avoiding the pursuit from all kinds of strange creatures.

Even if you are born in the human world, you still cannot escape the fate of inexplicable death.

Compared to the friendly magic world, the fantasy world is simply hellish.

Even among users who have to play this game, only a few can stick to it.

Later, when people determined that the fantasy world and the magic world were on the same planet and that the information contained in the fantasy world would also be helpful in exploring the magic world, people gradually began to try to explore the fantasy world in depth.

It was not until then that the secret behind the fantasy world was revealed.

In fact, at the very beginning, there were some players who claimed to be hardcore players. They were always killed and had to start over. They couldn’t save the game and had to start over every time they died.

Even after dying a certain number of times and having to face a new way of starting, they persisted.

After discovering the secrets of the fantasy world, these players call themselves immortals.

The main reason for this name is that they think they have died enough times in the fantasy world and hope that they will not die again in the next start.

And these people discovered the secret of the fantasy world, that is, the potions from the fantasy world can be brought into the real world and are still effective in the real world.

The prerequisite is that the ingredients of the potion can be found in the real world.

Of course, there are only a few medicines that meet the requirements, but they are enough to make a fortune.

You should know that these medicines are not only valuable in themselves, but may also represent a solution, a new medical mechanism.

Currently, there are five potions from the fantasy world that have been replicated in the real world, each of which has brought the discoverer a fortune of at least $1 billion.

At the same time, some people speculate that the transformation of super powers in the fantasy world requires the cooperation of medicines and some rituals, and some require objects with special significance.

The artifact is unlikely to be found in the real world.

However, there are job transfers that only require the cooperation of medicines and rituals, such as the Monk and the Berserker, which only require the cooperation of potions and rituals.

People believe that these job changes can be reproduced in the real world. Among them, Pfizer, Roche, Glaxo and other top global biopharmaceutical giants are trying to find herbs with corresponding medicinal effects in the real world.

Because the raw materials of those herbs are not available in the real world, they try to find natural substitutes or artificial substitutes.

I think this is very possible. Since there are mages in the real world, why can't there be other superpower professions?

Now more and more users are active in the fantasy world."

The above is the summary of the entire 2039s made by the New York Times in 30. They even extended the timeline to an earlier time. In this era, the significance of the New York Times is only to select the Person of the Year of the year, and this is the only thing that has some meaning.

By 2039, Blue Star has established a small ecosystem on Mars, with more than three hundred scientists working there.

The virtual world has become a mainstream form of entertainment.

The real-world tourism industry has gone completely bankrupt, causing the original attractions to quickly return to their original appearance.

The Internet companies responsible for updating the version of Blue Star II every year need to hire a large number of people to develop various previous tourist attractions.

A large part of the expenditure is spent on this.

In this era, in China, there is no such thing as first-tier and second-tier cities.

Former first-tier cities like Shenhai and Yanjing still have a large influx of population because the salaries they offer in the service industry are high enough.

As for other cities, it’s pretty much the same.

The remuneration in the service industry has been greatly improved, more than ten times what it was ten years ago.

So much so that people online lamented that the wage increase rate in the service industry has caught up with housing prices for the first time.

In this era, there are no more programmers. Programming can be completely replaced by artificial intelligence. Now there are only algorithm scientists.

However, the entry requirements for this profession are even higher than those for mathematicians.

"Okay, start preparing. I think your idea is very good and you can do it." Zheng Li nodded and said to the person who came to ask him.

Zheng Li focuses most of his energy on Science City.

In this era, Science City has become a holy place in everyone's mind. Many cutting-edge theories and the latest research results emerge here every year, subverting some industries and creating some others.

The admission rules of the Science City are completely invitation-based, and Zheng Li sends out invitation letters in the name of Merlin.

After the invitation letter is issued, if you agree, the Lion City authorities will issue you the relevant documents, and you can enter with the documents.

The Science City, which took five years to build, utilizes the most cutting-edge construction technology. At the same time, the towering trees planted by Zheng Li himself in the city center can make people living here feel happier.

Why do people plant some desktop green plants in the office? It’s because indoor plants can make people happier.

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It stimulates the brain, refreshes the mind and makes people more relaxed.

But natural plants play a similar role. The reason behind this is that they produce oxygen. At the same time, the color green is similar to the color of nature, which simulates an illusion of relaxation for the human brain.

The plants planted by Zheng Li in the center of the science city will emit a new pheromone in the air. This pheromone can spread throughout the city through the air, making the researchers living here have a better mood and a sharper mind.

“We have actually already observed the quantum entanglement phenomenon of soul particles. When we observe the second particle from different perspectives, we will find that the choice of perspective will change the results of the experiment.

That is to say, soul particles are the same as other particles, and quantum entanglement comes from their own connection, not from any one particle.

But soul particles also show a very magical property in quantum entanglement, that is.”

"That is to say, the quantum entanglement phenomenon of soul particles is likely to contain the secret of time."

Science City accepts applications through an invitation system, or you can apply on your own by sending your resume and achievements to the official email address designated by the Lion City Government.

Then artificial intelligence makes a judgment, and if you can pass the threshold, you will be able to get a three-year job opportunity in the Science City.

Even researchers who become residents of the Science City through invitation letters still have a three-year probation period and can only stay after passing the probation period.

Because talent and the ability to realize talent are two different things.

Through virtual reality equipment, your brain is scanned, and after the scan, it is determined that you have talent. But after you come, it is found that you don’t like science at all, and you don’t like doing this.

Even if learning is not a difficult thing for you, you can still get a certain sense of satisfaction from it, forming positive feedback.

But in comparison, you prefer to enjoy yourself in Blue Star No. 2 and go to the game world created by other Internet companies for entertainment, and you may not even stay there for three years.

Therefore, up to now, the entire Science City has only 150,000 permanent residents.

You can do any research topic that interests you.

In addition to daily salary, Zheng Li can also enjoy other benefits that cannot be bought with money outside.

The foundation is the best medical service in the entire Blue Planet. As long as you live here, you don’t need to worry about your health. Even if you have advanced cancer, we can save you.

However, now in medical institutions outside, immunotherapy costs more than one million yuan per injection, and proton therapy costs hundreds of thousands of yuan per injection, and almost all cancers can be cured unless the cancer is particularly serious.

But for researchers, not everyone can afford the cost.

Improving services is the life-extending potion. As long as you produce a recognized result, you can get a five-year injection of life-extending potion.

Currently, the best life-extending medicine on the market can only last for three years.

The three results are a ten-year life-extending potion that can be injected into the body.

The five results are a shot of medicine that can extend life for twenty years.

In total, it can help you extend your life by thirty-five years.

This is a service exclusively available to Science City residents, and citizens of Singapore have protested for it more than once.

Why are we treated so differently even though we are all residents of Singapore?

This is also the biggest core motivation driving these researchers.

You can do whatever research you want, but you have to produce results.

In addition to the life-extending potion, you can also obtain the magic brain when you obtain the twenty-year life-extending potion.

This means that after you have used up all the life-extending potions you can, you will automatically become a mage.

By 2039, the Science City will have been in operation for less than five years, and only one researcher has produced any results.

However, it is precisely because there are so many temptations ahead that everyone is so excited.

Due to limited production capacity, first come first served.

(End of this chapter)