No Man's Sky: One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 12: Eliminate the False and Retain the True
"It seems that I am still real..."
Looking at the reassuring real world outside, Li Lin subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, he was a little scared by what he said to himself. Not because of anything else, but because it was exactly the same as his psychological state. Although he knew that the psychological analysis of individuals had reached perfection, he still felt a little uneasy when the logic structure was only based on the behavior within the game and it was imitated so vividly.
But after thinking about it carefully, Li Lin felt that he might be making a big deal out of nothing. Didn't games have similar plots before? For example, the big boss is you, and you use the character you created, and then mobilize the data to show what it did in the past and what it will do in the future. It is a fairly normal gaming experience. Maybe it is also a very normal additive for people nowadays, but I, an ancient species who has been squatting for ten years, am making a big deal out of nothing.
Well, that should be the case. Otherwise, the psychological support department would have come to my house long ago. It seems that even the social work department thinks that this kind of thinking is not dangerous at all, but just a very ordinary game immersion experience.
I guess so.
Looking at the room in front of him which showed nothing unusual, Li Lin sighed and walked down.
Since you are offline now, there is no need to rush to go online to do something. Once an emergency task or such task is triggered, the relevant task scene is close to being closed, even if it is not closed. It is no big deal to go offline for a while to relax.
Even before, people still had to go to the toilet to rest during the game, but now it is more humane. If you need to log off for something, most NPCs will understand. After all, according to the setting, people need to sleep, and players can use sleep needles and various sleep devices to compress sleep to fifteen minutes or even zero. It's better to say that people actively ask you to sleep.
It should be said that this is the only benefit brought by the old era. Game companies basically refer to eight hours of free time for rest. This kind of human touch from the old world makes Li Lin feel inexplicably fond of it. Of course, it is definitely not because they think that slipping out a lot of free time will increase the calculation model. Li Lin firmly believes that this is the only conscience of game developers. It is great to be able to let players have fun without being too nervous.
Although the plot of the game is scary, it is more like a bit creepy. It even makes people wonder whether their current consciousness is original or temporarily instilled by the game, etc.
...It's impossible, right?
Looking at the face in the mirror which had not changed at all, Li Lin thought for a moment and tentatively waved at himself in the mirror.
"System? Sally?"
“…”
Of course there was no response.
Li Lin sighed in frustration for some reason, and the delicate face in the mirror also showed a broken look. There is not so much romance in reality, only cold data.
No matter how much it looks like a human, AI bound by databases and calculation formulas will never become a human. The so-called Matrix or the machine world in those works are basically impossible. You have to know that all the mining sites in Saturn's rings are machine-mined, and it is easy to hide what they want from humans. According to the mineral reserves and production capacity, machine life can destroy the earth in five days. And isn't it fine now?
Qi people worry about the sky falling without any reason. This idea is a kind of romance from ancient people. Li Lin looked at the data and related information and even learned that many people regard talking about this topic as a retro trend. It is said that it is something that natural people used to talk about frequently, and in the communication, it can show your profound knowledge and understanding of past life.
By the way, if I knew the history of smartphones, could I call myself an ancient scholar?
Although smartphones had been replaced by portable systems before he was born, Li Lin himself was not very clear about the development history and specific applications of smartphones, as it had been a while .
"Ah... my hair grows so fast..."
Looking at his long hair in the mirror that had grown into a shawl without him noticing, Li Lin bit the rubber band to hold the hair at the back and after thinking for a while, he gave up the idea of tying a ponytail and just let his hair down and changed his clothes.
Those things were bought by the salesman the last time he went out. They felt a bit awkward to wear. It was not so much that they were uncomfortable, but that the texture was not the kind of texture that Li Lin was familiar with. It was said to be some weird supramolecular material. But this thing could be matched with another thing. This was Li Lin's weapon when he went out.
He took out a mask-like thing from the box and applied it on his face. The drooping silk thread connected to the supramolecular material clothing. Through the remote terminal operation, the details of the face changed rapidly, and the clothes on his body also twisted and deformed with the violent fluctuations, finally forming a plain and elegant white, which was called a kimono in Li Lin's memory.
The facial changes were not too big, just some details were adjusted. But the new look can be clearly distinguished. No longer has that alienated feeling similar to that of a human, nor does it have that hazy feeling of being isolated from the world, but instead has an inexplicable sense of heroism. According to the introduction, this seems to be a character from a very famous series in ancient times, and it was left as one of the basic materials on the plug-in and retained as a basic function. But Li Lin didn't care about these, he just wanted to go out.
At least this change in appearance makes it clear that he is not a natural person, and that is enough. He does not want to be treated as a panda again.
"Well, that'll do."
Li Lin picked up the hair at the back of his head, looked at himself in the mirror and nodded.
Even though it was a mask, he could still go out and meet people. Some of the supplies at home were running out, and although he could buy them online, he still had to go out occasionally. If he didn't see a living person again, Li Lin even thought he was dead.
An electronic ghost living on the Internet? Li Lin didn't want this title. The last time a natural person showed up at a forum gathering, it had become a legend. After experiencing such an extremely shameful thing, he really wanted to die. This was no joke. If he was recognized again, he would really want to die... Maybe.
"I'm going out to buy something..."
Perhaps he was talking to himself, Li Lin closed the door in his strange clothes, squinted at the sun outside, took a deep breath, and took his first step.
