Chapter 474 The Undead on Baker Street
A few days later, at night.
Rice flower municipal building.
An unprecedented game launch event is being held here.
Although the theme of the event is "game release", it is different from ordinary game conferences that want players from all over the world to participate and pay attention.
This event is not open to the general public.
Even the normally pervasive news media could only be blocked outside the venue to take pictures of scraps.
Only a small number of dignitaries and social elites invited by the organizer are eligible to enter the venue to participate in the event.
Because this game is special.
Only Brahmin players are eligible to access:
"Based on artificial intelligence 'Noah's Ark'."
“The world’s first virtual reality game?”
Lin Xinyi had already stood at the door of the conference venue in person, and was even surrounded by a group of high-ranking dignitaries with extraordinary backgrounds——
This scene doesn't look like a joke.
No one can bring together the group of Tianlong people standing at the top of Japan to make this joke with him.
But Lin Xinyi's face was still filled with disbelief.
Because this is so nonsense:
“Is this game really virtual reality?”
"Aren't you bragging??"
Lin Xinyi's shocked expression was as if he had encountered "True Classic of Mountains and Seas" in a series of hot chicken mobile game advertisements.
"No, Mr. Lin!"
Suzuki Sonoko answered with certainty:
"This game was jointly funded and developed by our Suzuki Foundation and Syndora Computer Group of the United States."
"How could it be fake virtual reality?"
"There's no false propaganda, right?"
Lin Xinyi still didn't believe it.
Technology companies these days are often suffocated by their dreams.
Today's brain-computer connection, tomorrow's colonization of Mars, will not even be able to digest the electricity from the national grid.
As long as they can raise the stock price and defraud financing, is there anything they dare not brag about?
"There really is no false advertising!"
Miss Suzuki pats her chest to ensure the quality of her own investment projects:
"I guarantee the credibility of the Suzuki Consortium that our virtual reality is definitely true virtual reality!"
"Open world?"
"100% true open world!"
"Then artificial intelligence is also real?"
"It's true, Mr. Lin, why don't you still believe it?"
She sighed helplessly and turned to Dr. Ali next to her for help:
"Dr. Ali, please tell me."
"it is true."
Dr. A Li also testified:
"Speaking of which, I also participated in part of the programming of this game."
"If you don't believe it, you can ask Yuzuo."
"He has temporarily returned to Japan because of this matter, and he will definitely appear at the venue today."
Kudo Yusaku was invited by the game producer Sindora Company to participate in part of the plot design of this virtual reality game.
Dr. Ali participated in some software work.
Suzuki Sonoko’s family is also one of the investors.
With so many acquaintances involved, Lin Xinyi could not tolerate disbelief.
And except them.
Today, because of Miss Suzuki's glory, Mouri Kogoro, Mouri Ran, Conan, and even three real elementary school students, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta, were invited to the press conference.
At this time, everyone was looking at him with the strange eyes of a "country bumpkin".
This look is as if there are still people in the 21st century who don’t know that the earth is round.
"Well" Lin Xinyi was silent.
With the last bit of stubbornness, he turned to the truly reliable 'family member' present and cast a pleading look:
In order to match the public tone and create a persona of "emotional discord", Bellmode deliberately reduced the frequency of attending public events with Lin Xinyi, but he did not come today.
But Haiyuan Ai came.
Her answer made Lin Xinyi "desperate":
"Brother Lin Xinyi"
"You should really read more newspapers."
A doting smile showing care for the fool appeared on the corner of Haiyuan Ai's mouth:
“Virtual reality and artificial intelligence are not science fiction concepts.”
"We are almost in the 21st century now. Isn't it normal to have these technologies?"
Lin Xinyi: "."
He looked down at the Nokia in his hand:
Virtual reality and artificial intelligence appeared in the same era as this walnut-cracking thing.
Normally there is a ghost!
His expression suddenly changed:
"alright, I got it."
Lin Xinyi sighed deeply:
He thought of Haihara Ai's "mass-energy conversion equation" that scared Einstein to death.
Belmode had the elixir of immortality that even Qin Shihuang wanted to give her money for.
There are also Conan's pair of footwear that pissed off Newton, smart glasses that beat Google in seconds, and an anesthesia watch that takes effect in one second and has no sequelae, making anesthetists collectively unemployed.
Of course, the scariest thing is the solar skateboard.
Once the new energy battery technology contained in this thing is put into the market, it may be able to subvert the petrodollar system.
If this were in the real world, Dr. Ari might have received a truck warning from the FBI.
Fortunately, this is the world of Ke Xue.
And once you accept these scientific settings,
Artificial intelligence and virtual reality no longer seem so sci-fi.
"All right."
After such a fierce psychological struggle, Lin Xinyi finally adapted to this "new" world:
"Let's go in and see what kind of game this is."
Lin Xinyi followed everyone into the press conference.
In this world of "twenty years ago", he who used to feel that everything he saw was old-fashioned and outdated, now actually felt like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
I saw a total of 50 "metal eggs" lined up on the stage in the middle of the conference venue.
These metal eggs are officially called "cocoons."
The scientific name should be "virtual reality game cabin".
According to the introduction of the organizer, Syndora Corporation of the United States:
This fully enclosed game cabin can perfectly simulate human five senses and bring players an immersive virtual reality experience that is 100% realistic.
It's like traveling to another world.
The style of painting suddenly became like "The Matrix".
"I really want to play."
Adults are more reserved.
But Mitsuhiko, Genta and Ayumi, the three children who had no plans at all, could not help but sigh.
They looked at the sci-fi game cabins placed on the stage and were so envious that their mouths were watering.
But it's a pity
Trial slots are limited.
There are 50 game cabins on the stage, which means that only 50 players can enter today's trial experience event.
These 50 places were carefully selected by the organizer from 50 young players who had obtained internal registration qualifications based on the principles of fairness, justice and openness.
They are all real back wave.
"The grandson of the deputy police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department."
"The chaebol is the grandson of the bank's boss."
"The son of a ruling party politician"
"The second and third generations who are responsible for the future of Japan are all here now."
I saw so many little brats with good backgrounds who all gathered together today and queued up to receive player badges equivalent to "admission trial tickets"
Even Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but put down the champagne in his hand and sighed at this huge scene.
These kids are no better than Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Yuan Tai.
There is no difference between the two sides.
But even these ignorant primary school students can vaguely notice:
In fact, there is a sadly thick barrier separating them from these children of the same age who seem to be no different from themselves.
“Only these selected children will receive badges to try out the game.”
"We can only watch them play, right?"
Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta had disappointment written all over their faces.
Surprisingly, Lin Xinyi's performance was also slightly strange.
He always stared closely at the game cabins on the stage, silent and not knowing what he was thinking.
The silence meant nothing.
But in the eyes of others, Lin Xinyi is now just like the three children who were lost because they couldn't play games:
Standing there "silly" makes people feel a bit "pathetic".
"Mr. Lin?"
Suzuki Sonoko came closer with some concern:
This was the first time she saw Lin Xinyi, who showed such entanglement and expectation for something.
"Mr. Lin, are you also interested in this?"
"Huh?" Lin Xinyi turned around as if waking up from a dream.
"Interested is interested."
"However, since you can't get the trial qualification, let's just watch it from the side."
He shook his head freely.
In fact, there is nothing you can do if you are not free and easy:
Although Lin Xinyi, the manager of the Metropolitan Police Department, has a high and powerful position, in the final analysis, he is not high enough or important enough.
When it comes to caste, Kshatriyas are the most numerous.
The qualifications of these 50 Brahmin players mean that nothing can happen to him.
"It doesn't matter."
Suzuki Sonoko took out a badge and gave him a hearty smile:
"My family is one of the investors in this game."
"So I also got one of the first batch of trial qualifications."
"Mr. Lin, if you like virtual reality games, just take my player badge!"
"This" Lin Xinyi hesitated.
"it does not matter!"
Suzuki Sonoko thrust the badge into his hand very generously:
"I'm not really interested in this kind of game to begin with."
This is obviously a lie.
As an adult, you should say no gratefully but politely.
But when Lin Xinyi held the badge, he felt a little moved in his heart:
This is virtual reality technology that did not exist in previous lives.
How could he not be curious?
And curiosity is only one aspect.
The most important thing is
"Virtual reality technology is available."
"Artificial intelligence is also here."
“Artificial intelligence can also be used to simulate an open world that 100% restores the sense of reality.”
Lin Xin thought for a while, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and asked Suzuki Sonoko expectantly:
"Can this artificial intelligence use virtual reality technology to help simulate it?"
"What's it like to be Ultraman?"
Suzuki Sonoko: "."
"In this game"
"There should be no such content, right?"
"Oh, forget it."
The expectation on Lin Xinyi's face disappeared instantly:
He calmly handed the badge back to Suzuki Sonoko:
"Miss Sonoko, you should hold the badge."
"I actually don't have much interest in this kind of thing for children to play with."
Today's update. I've been holding it in for another day. I originally wanted to try to get rid of the problem of abrupt scene changes.
In the end, I still couldn't come up with a suitable transitional plot, and was forced to use "a few days later" to forcefully jump to the next story.
There is no way. This book is imitating the original work from the beginning, adopting the style of a unit drama that downplays the main plot.
As I was writing, I realized that the original work had music and pictures, and even though each episode had an independent plot and direct transitions, it had no impact on the viewing experience.
But if you copy this set into the novel, the experience will not be so smooth, and the scene transition will feel stiff.
Now it’s hard to change even if you want to. If you want to change, you have to change the style of focusing on mystery dramas.
I tried my best. Let’s leave it at that for now_(:з」∠)_