He noticed a conversation between Mr. Xin and Mr. Kangaroo.
It seemed no different from casual chatter, but Mr. Kangaroo abruptly brought up games in their conversation. He mentioned a holographic online game called “Virtual Life” and recommended Mr. Xin to play it.
He had just seen the icon of this game last night, it was right on Mr. Xin’s display screen.
This was obviously not a coincidence.
Bai Lixin closed the chat box and opened the game client for “Virtual Life.”
The game account was linked to the player, and logging into the game required identity verification.
As soon as the client opened, a circular scanning box appeared on the screen, followed by a line of small prompts below it.
[Please proceed with iris and facial recognition.]
Bai Lixin followed the instructions and quickly completed the verification.
[Player identity verified successfully. Welcome back to the virtual paradise.]
At the moment of successful verification, the scene before Bai Lixin’s eyes suddenly changed. Countless colorful lines seemed to twist out from the semi-transparent azure screen, merging with reality. In a trance, the scene in front of Bai Lixin flickered with countless light spots, leaving behind only dazzling sci-fi colors, and his body gradually felt a sense of weightlessness.
When all senses returned to normal, the surroundings had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Bai Lixin looked around silently, observing his surroundings.
One moment he was in a normal room, and the next moment he found himself in a fairy-tale world.
Surrounding him was a dreamlike colorful world, with countless colorful flowers on the lush green grass.
Behind him was a wooden house. The design style deviated from conventional norms, resembling a cottage from a fairy tale world.
A piercing ethereal call entered Bai Lixin’s ears. Looking up at the azure sky, a huge deep blue whale swam and rolled in the sky, surrounded by countless birds with colorful feathers. Thick colorful clouds hung in the sky, weaving a splendid sky together with the whale and the birds.
The whale flipped In the clouds for a moment before suddenly diving towards the ground.
The huge body of the whale shattered the airflow in the sky, and the air mass whistled up as the whale plummeted towards the ground.
Suddenly, a strong wind swept around, and the grass emitted rapid rustling sounds one after another. The sound was fast and urgent, as if the flowers and grass were screaming in fear.
Bai Lixin’s clothes fluttered as he looked up at the huge body coming from the sky as if the sky was collapsing.
[Ahhh! Lord Host, run away quickly!] S419M shouted with fear.
Just when the whale about to crash in front of him, the heavy body suddenly lifted up, barely brushing past Bai Lixin’s head, and with a wag of its tail, it flew back into the sky, swaying its huge body and slowly disappearing into the horizon.
Looking around, Bai Lixin saw broken grass and trees lying crookedly on the ground, as if they had been swept by a storm.
Just then, Bai Lixin’s vision flickered, and the “dead” grass and trees began to flicker with dim blue starlight. In the blink of an eye, these grass and trees regained their original vitality.
Bai Lixin’s eyes blinked again, and a translucent blue dialogue box appeared in front of him.
[Welcome back to the virtual world, Mr. Xin. This game offers the best holographic experience. Have a pleasant gaming experience.]
He lowered his head and touched his wrist with his fingers, and the real touch was immediately feedback into his brain.
It was very realistic.
So this was the holographic game of the future?
Even without any sensors, one could experience the ultimate reality just through the client.
Whether it’s what you see or what you feel, it would be incredibly lifelike.
Even the sense of smell was taken care of; Bai Lixin could still smell the faint fragrance of flowers around him.
Technology had advanced to the point where you could travel all over the world without leaving home.
Bai Lixin couldn’t help but be curious about the working principle of this holographic game.
How do holographic games in this world provide players with an ultimate gaming experience without the need for any sensors?
This holographic game was different from the “Horror Escape Holographic Game” they were forced to participate in.
This copy was based on a cyberpunk sci-fi world with a scientific basis, rather than a thrilling escape game based on the supernatural.
Although the horror escape game was also a game, it was just a false disguise with a game shell.
Peel away this false disguise, and what’s inside is the essence of a horror game.
Because of his rich gaming experience, Bai Lixin quickly adapted to the mode and setting of this game.
“Virtual Life” was a management-style role-playing game. Players start as civilians and could choose the life they want to lead through the game.
The background of the game was a Western fantasy style, with not only civilian professions but also adventure quests.
There was also a variety of character choices, including humans, elves, undead, demons, and so on.
Some people have opened small shops and were earning a lot of game virtual coins, while others have become adventurers, taking and completing tasks to gain experience rewards.
Mr. Xin chose to become an adventurer in “Virtual Life,” with his identity as a human. The place he was now in was Mr. Xin’s “home” in the game.
Bai Lixin opened the door and entered Mr. Xin’s home.
There were several pairs of shoes on the shoe rack at the entrance. Bai Lixin picked up a pair of slippers from there. He was going to change into them but then quickly withdrew his feet.
The size of the shoes was wrong.
He then took another pair of slightly smaller slippers, and they fit just right.
After that, Bai Lixin walked around the room.
There was a pair of toothbrushes on the bathroom sink.
The clothes in the cabinet also indicated two different styles and sizes.
The bed was a double bed, with two pillows.
The traces of two people’s lives were very obvious, but currently, the house was empty, with only him playing the character Mr. Xin.
The other traces of life in this room were most likely left by the S-001 robot, but it’s unclear where it was now.
Was it still living in the holographic game of “Virtual Life,” or did it only appear when Mr. Xin entered the game?
From the hidden chat records of “Mr. Kangaroo,” even if Mr. Xin’s S-001 robot was still alive, its situation shouldn’t be easy.
For humans, the body they inhabit was essential, but for robots, the body was the most useless thing.
Once their consciousness enters the star network, it’s like a fish returning to the ocean.
Any small corner is a hiding place for consciousness, but just like fish in the ocean have countless natural enemies, AI consciousness is also not entirely safe in the star network.
The star network is filled with various Trojans, viruses, and antivirus programs, and any existence could potentially impact AI consciousness.
The sea is boundless and forests are vast, the freer the world, the more crises there often are.
Bai Lixin searched many places in the room before finally finding a photo album and a diary in Mr. Xin’s game storage warehouse.
In the thick photo album, there were only two protagonists. One had a face he was so familiar with, while the other was the S-001 lifelike robot that the escape system had shown him.
The two people in the photos were smiling happily, and Bai Lixin even saw a somewhat human-like expression of “indulgence” in the expression and eyes of the S-001 robot, as if the robot really had emotions, really had become like a human.
After quickly flipping through the photos, Bai Lixin put the album aside and opened the diary.
It was more like a notebook than a diary.
“Mr. Xin” seemed to have a habit of recording important things he had experienced. There were no subjective emotional descriptions in the diary, just simple records of certain things.
For example, on a certain day, he bought something.
On a certain day, he did something.
The entries were detailed yet brief. Detailed in that even ordinary small things were recorded, and brief in that only the simple facts were recorded without going into detail.
Bai Lixin flipped through the notebook page by page, and a growing sense of doubt began to emerge in his eyes.
This way of recording was very characteristic of two types of people.
One is children who have just entered elementary school and have the desire to keep a diary. When they don’t know what to write, they will record everything that happens every day.
The other… is amnesia patients.
Amnesia, also known as forgetfulness syndrome, causes patients to partially or completely fail to recall past experiences.
Many patients suffer more from the psychological torment of being unable to remember important things than from forgetting itself. In order not to completely forget, they often make some kind of record of things that happened just before they forget.
Either they quickly jot down notes in a notebook or carry a recording pen with them to recount what happened into the recorder so that even if they forget later, they can still know what happened before by checking the traces they left behind.
The diary started two years ago, coinciding with the time when S-001 was destroyed.
‘Did he suddenly start taking notes two years ago because of the impact S-001 had on him?’
Bai Lixin pondered as he flicked through Mr. Xin’s diary. From the first page to the last, the content recorded in it was basically mundane daily affairs, with nothing special.
He flipped to the last page of the book, unconsciously rubbing the spine and cover of the book with his fingertips, the doubt swirling in his eyes once again.
He always felt that there was a sense of inconsistency somewhere.
It was a strange feeling.
He felt like he was about to grasp something, but in the blink of an eye, he couldn’t find the thread of that something.
His fingertips casually swiped across the back cover of the book, then suddenly turned back.
Bai Lixin lowered his head, looking at the back of the book cover where his fingertip had been rubbing back and forth, feeling the unevenness from the other side of the paper.
The back of this book was slightly raised, as if something was hidden in the sealed back.
Bai Lixin immediately got up and found a small knife from the room. He carefully cut the sealed back of the book and poured out a neatly folded square piece of paper from inside.
He unfolded the paper, and on it were the words “Mr. Xin”.
It seems like I’m sick, there is something wrong with my memory.
I often forget what happened the day before, and sometimes I even forget who I am.
I seem to be going crazy, because I always see hallucinations, terrifying hallucinations.
He noticed a conversation between Mr. Xin and Mr. Kangaroo.
It seemed no different from casual chatter, but Mr. Kangaroo abruptly brought up games in their conversation. He mentioned a holographic online game called “Virtual Life” and recommended Mr. Xin to play it.
He had just seen the icon of this game last night, it was right on Mr. Xin’s display screen.
This was obviously not a coincidence.
Bai Lixin closed the chat box and opened the game client for “Virtual Life.”
The game account was linked to the player, and logging into the game required identity verification.
As soon as the client opened, a circular scanning box appeared on the screen, followed by a line of small prompts below it.
[Please proceed with iris and facial recognition.]
Bai Lixin followed the instructions and quickly completed the verification.
[Player identity verified successfully. Welcome back to the virtual paradise.]
At the moment of successful verification, the scene before Bai Lixin’s eyes suddenly changed. Countless colorful lines seemed to twist out from the semi-transparent azure screen, merging with reality. In a trance, the scene in front of Bai Lixin flickered with countless light spots, leaving behind only dazzling sci-fi colors, and his body gradually felt a sense of weightlessness.
When all senses returned to normal, the surroundings had undergone earth-shattering changes.
Bai Lixin looked around silently, observing his surroundings.
One moment he was in a normal room, and the next moment he found himself in a fairy-tale world.
Surrounding him was a dreamlike colorful world, with countless colorful flowers on the lush green grass.
Behind him was a wooden house. The design style deviated from conventional norms, resembling a cottage from a fairy tale world.
A piercing ethereal call entered Bai Lixin’s ears. Looking up at the azure sky, a huge deep blue whale swam and rolled in the sky, surrounded by countless birds with colorful feathers. Thick colorful clouds hung in the sky, weaving a splendid sky together with the whale and the birds.
The whale flipped In the clouds for a moment before suddenly diving towards the ground.
The huge body of the whale shattered the airflow in the sky, and the air mass whistled up as the whale plummeted towards the ground.
Suddenly, a strong wind swept around, and the grass emitted rapid rustling sounds one after another. The sound was fast and urgent, as if the flowers and grass were screaming in fear.
Bai Lixin’s clothes fluttered as he looked up at the huge body coming from the sky as if the sky was collapsing.
[Ahhh! Lord Host, run away quickly!] S419M shouted with fear.
Just when the whale about to crash in front of him, the heavy body suddenly lifted up, barely brushing past Bai Lixin’s head, and with a wag of its tail, it flew back into the sky, swaying its huge body and slowly disappearing into the horizon.
Looking around, Bai Lixin saw broken grass and trees lying crookedly on the ground, as if they had been swept by a storm.
Just then, Bai Lixin’s vision flickered, and the “dead” grass and trees began to flicker with dim blue starlight. In the blink of an eye, these grass and trees regained their original vitality.
Bai Lixin’s eyes blinked again, and a translucent blue dialogue box appeared in front of him.
[Welcome back to the virtual world, Mr. Xin. This game offers the best holographic experience. Have a pleasant gaming experience.]
He lowered his head and touched his wrist with his fingers, and the real touch was immediately feedback into his brain.
It was very realistic.
So this was the holographic game of the future?
Even without any sensors, one could experience the ultimate reality just through the client.
Whether it’s what you see or what you feel, it would be incredibly lifelike.
Even the sense of smell was taken care of; Bai Lixin could still smell the faint fragrance of flowers around him.
Technology had advanced to the point where you could travel all over the world without leaving home.
Bai Lixin couldn’t help but be curious about the working principle of this holographic game.
How do holographic games in this world provide players with an ultimate gaming experience without the need for any sensors?
This holographic game was different from the “Horror Escape Holographic Game” they were forced to participate in.
This copy was based on a cyberpunk sci-fi world with a scientific basis, rather than a thrilling escape game based on the supernatural.
Although the horror escape game was also a game, it was just a false disguise with a game shell.
Peel away this false disguise, and what’s inside is the essence of a horror game.
Because of his rich gaming experience, Bai Lixin quickly adapted to the mode and setting of this game.
“Virtual Life” was a management-style role-playing game. Players start as civilians and could choose the life they want to lead through the game.
The background of the game was a Western fantasy style, with not only civilian professions but also adventure quests.
There was also a variety of character choices, including humans, elves, undead, demons, and so on.
Some people have opened small shops and were earning a lot of game virtual coins, while others have become adventurers, taking and completing tasks to gain experience rewards.
Mr. Xin chose to become an adventurer in “Virtual Life,” with his identity as a human. The place he was now in was Mr. Xin’s “home” in the game.
Bai Lixin opened the door and entered Mr. Xin’s home.
There were several pairs of shoes on the shoe rack at the entrance. Bai Lixin picked up a pair of slippers from there. He was going to change into them but then quickly withdrew his feet.
The size of the shoes was wrong.
He then took another pair of slightly smaller slippers, and they fit just right.
After that, Bai Lixin walked around the room.
There was a pair of toothbrushes on the bathroom sink.
The clothes in the cabinet also indicated two different styles and sizes.
The bed was a double bed, with two pillows.
The traces of two people’s lives were very obvious, but currently, the house was empty, with only him playing the character Mr. Xin.
The other traces of life in this room were most likely left by the S-001 robot, but it’s unclear where it was now.
Was it still living in the holographic game of “Virtual Life,” or did it only appear when Mr. Xin entered the game?
From the hidden chat records of “Mr. Kangaroo,” even if Mr. Xin’s S-001 robot was still alive, its situation shouldn’t be easy.
For humans, the body they inhabit was essential, but for robots, the body was the most useless thing.
Once their consciousness enters the star network, it’s like a fish returning to the ocean.
Any small corner is a hiding place for consciousness, but just like fish in the ocean have countless natural enemies, AI consciousness is also not entirely safe in the star network.
The star network is filled with various Trojans, viruses, and antivirus programs, and any existence could potentially impact AI consciousness.
The sea is boundless and forests are vast, the freer the world, the more crises there often are.
Bai Lixin searched many places in the room before finally finding a photo album and a diary in Mr. Xin’s game storage warehouse.
In the thick photo album, there were only two protagonists. One had a face he was so familiar with, while the other was the S-001 lifelike robot that the escape system had shown him.
The two people in the photos were smiling happily, and Bai Lixin even saw a somewhat human-like expression of “indulgence” in the expression and eyes of the S-001 robot, as if the robot really had emotions, really had become like a human.
After quickly flipping through the photos, Bai Lixin put the album aside and opened the diary.
It was more like a notebook than a diary.
“Mr. Xin” seemed to have a habit of recording important things he had experienced. There were no subjective emotional descriptions in the diary, just simple records of certain things.
For example, on a certain day, he bought something.
On a certain day, he did something.
The entries were detailed yet brief. Detailed in that even ordinary small things were recorded, and brief in that only the simple facts were recorded without going into detail.
Bai Lixin flipped through the notebook page by page, and a growing sense of doubt began to emerge in his eyes.
This way of recording was very characteristic of two types of people.
One is children who have just entered elementary school and have the desire to keep a diary. When they don’t know what to write, they will record everything that happens every day.
The other… is amnesia patients.
Amnesia, also known as forgetfulness syndrome, causes patients to partially or completely fail to recall past experiences.
Many patients suffer more from the psychological torment of being unable to remember important things than from forgetting itself. In order not to completely forget, they often make some kind of record of things that happened just before they forget.
Either they quickly jot down notes in a notebook or carry a recording pen with them to recount what happened into the recorder so that even if they forget later, they can still know what happened before by checking the traces they left behind.
The diary started two years ago, coinciding with the time when S-001 was destroyed.
‘Did he suddenly start taking notes two years ago because of the impact S-001 had on him?’
Bai Lixin pondered as he flicked through Mr. Xin’s diary. From the first page to the last, the content recorded in it was basically mundane daily affairs, with nothing special.
He flipped to the last page of the book, unconsciously rubbing the spine and cover of the book with his fingertips, the doubt swirling in his eyes once again.
He always felt that there was a sense of inconsistency somewhere.
It was a strange feeling.
He felt like he was about to grasp something, but in the blink of an eye, he couldn’t find the thread of that something.
His fingertips casually swiped across the back cover of the book, then suddenly turned back.
Bai Lixin lowered his head, looking at the back of the book cover where his fingertip had been rubbing back and forth, feeling the unevenness from the other side of the paper.
The back of this book was slightly raised, as if something was hidden in the sealed back.
Bai Lixin immediately got up and found a small knife from the room. He carefully cut the sealed back of the book and poured out a neatly folded square piece of paper from inside.
He unfolded the paper, and on it were the words “Mr. Xin”.
It seems like I’m sick, there is something wrong with my memory.
I often forget what happened the day before, and sometimes I even forget who I am.
I seem to be going crazy, because I always see hallucinations, terrifying hallucinations.
