The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 61: Flying Time (Part 1)

On the small square in front of the gtc headquarters building, the launch ceremony of the "World" project is ready. The four-leaf petal logos symbolizing the four continents of the world are printed on the background of the rostrum, with "gtc" and "gtc" on both sides. With the words "Taihao", there are seven or eight people sitting on the rostrum. On the left of the two of them is Dr. Mark Thompson, the current standing committee chairman of gtc, and on the right is a black man with a gloomy face, even wearing a bright pink tie. , Can’t erase the weird gloomy feeling in his temperament,

Thompson wiped the sweat from the back of his thick neck with a plaid handkerchief, and whispered to the people beside him: "Where is Brandon, will he come?"

"If he was smart enough, he would have escaped to a place we can't catch. With Bartholomew's ability to hide, no one in this world can find him." The answer to the question is A thin and dry guy, the eyes behind Hook's nose were shining maliciously, "But this also just confirmed our guess, that guy's identity really is..." GTC Ninth Division Director Guy Ku Cree smiled slyly at the corner of his mouth,

"I know, I know." Thompson waved his hand to interrupt him. "It's fine if you don't cause trouble." He turned to the left and smiled at the gloomy black man: "Mr. Warren, the media is ready Alright, we might as well start the press conference ahead of time. After all, time is not waiting, so there is no need to follow the schedule."

Daniel Warren, the global president of Taihao Company, replied: "It's only an hour. I have waited for so long. Can't you wait another hour." He didn't look at the person next to him at all, even though he was a gtc Chairman, Mark Thompson is actually one of the most powerful people on the planet. The black man looked at the sky thoughtfully. The sky was gray and snow was falling down. At a height of 20 meters from the ground, he was covered by constant temperature air. The venue melted, and a hemispherical waterfall formed over the entire venue,

Hundreds of holographic cameras stood around the venue. This conference will be broadcast live on hundreds of major media around the world at the same time. Hundreds of stores all over the world are ready for official release, and there are tens of millions of enthusiastic game fans. Having been in line with the tech madmen for more than a month, they got out of the tent and began to rub their hands and feet. As the red countdown numbers read in unison in the store, the police and the army filled the streets, and news of the sale of "World" followed one after another. Terrorist attacks have brought every country’s government on the verge of an enemy, and the fraternity organization that suddenly entered the public eye and began to seize public power has caused turmoil. Since this period of time, the global public security situation has deteriorated sharply, and the crime rate has reached the level of 30 years. Highest point,

Compared with the crowds around the store, the main venue of the press conference was deserted like a memorial service. Except for a few people on the podium, only a dozen technicians surrounded the surroundings as spectators. In order to prevent all accidents, Mark Thompson decided to hold a press conference in the form of live broadcast. The official release of "World" has been delayed again and again, the Brotherhood has continued to disrupt the political landscape, and the ipu radicals have moved frequently. These have made the share prices of several gtc subsidiaries on Nasdaq like flying birds. In the same way, the book assets of the gtc group shrank by more than 20% in just two weeks. Although this huge organization holds the lifeblood of the entire world, it is nothing more than a purely technical trust in the final analysis. Once public opinion collapses and loses the right to speak in major countries, even if he sits on the power of quantum computers, Thompson is not a pure scientist. He fully understands what situation he is facing. At this time, eliminating ghost organizations is no longer a priority. , The most important thing is to hold on to the allies around you and get through this difficult time,

Thompson does not know the inside story of Taihao Company. This company is more mysterious than Ghost and Brotherhood. No matter what kind of organization it will leave traces for people to spy, Taihao can't even see through the ninth place. It’s a monolithic one. It’s still unclear about its capital composition and operating methods. I only know that it has extremely rich financial resources and an incredible range of connections. This Warren president is even more elusive. He is always the same. With a cold expression that rejects people thousands of miles away, Vice President Wu Tianlan is more suitable to attend this kind of occasion. Mark Thompson can’t help asking: “Why Ms. Wu didn’t attend? I think the “world” was originally caused by She came to be the coordinator. After all, she has experience working in gtc. She is an old friend of both of us..."

"She has other things to do." The black man replied coldly, and suddenly turned his head to stare at Thompson with those dead gray eyes: "By the way, how are you preparing for maintenance."

The chairman of gtc moved his **** unconsciously and moved a little further away from the other party: "Preparation is complete. When the press conference begins, the'world' server will be under maintenance for an hour. At the end of the press conference, the start button will be pressed. At the same time, the server will be opened again to welcome the arrival of players from all over the world. According to theory, the real evolution engine is maintenance-free. It does not have a program interface that allows us to modify it arbitrarily. After all, it is a real world that evolves freely. In order to synchronize the time service, the time in the "world" is synchronized with Greenwich Mean Time one by one. Although this has been done before, the time lapse is not strictly synchronized, and some errors have occurred over the years. After maintenance, players can follow The game is played in standard time. If the time difference is calculated, players all over the world can find suitable places to enter, which will undoubtedly enhance the player experience."

Warren said: "I see, where is Bartholomew, I thought he was in charge of the'World' project."

Thompson wiped his sweat: "He... he is not feeling well. He is on vacation in Switzerland. He also feels sorry for not being able to attend the press conference... Oh, by the way, I will introduce you to another project of the'World' project. The person in charge, he will introduce the relevant situation at the press conference and answer questions such as "Why limit the number of people online", John, please come over..."

"No need." The black man refused mercilessly, "I'm not interested."

"I can ask the Chief Financial Officer to introduce you to the project's revenue plan. Ms. Wu was in charge of this project. I believe you still don't know much about the short- and medium-term profit prospects of this project..."

"No need." Warren reached out and opened the terminal on the desktop and entered the news channel. Mark Thompson blushed, opened his mouth several times, and finally didn't say anything, grabbing the water glass angrily Drink water,

The euu European Union News Channel is broadcasting the situation in front of the "World" store. Young people line up in a long line with no end in sight. The sales staff in the store are standing by with portable terminals and syringes, ready to verify the health of customers online at any time Report (required conditions for chip injection), charge fees, implant chips, and wait quietly for 20 million biochips in the capsule packaging. When the circuit is etched, each chip has a small manufacturing error. It is an error within the allowable range of standard parts, but it can change many things, such as the intensity threshold of the input and output circuits,

The same scene is playing in the Aston Martin sedan. Bartholomew watched an out-of-control Dodge SUV rush into the queue like a bull, crushing the young man to blood, and the police will soon drive. The man was killed. The old man knew that this was just another futile effort. Even if an armed attack was launched, the release time would not change. The old man coughed twice, opened the glove box of the passenger seat, took out a yellow cooked leather pouch, and untied it. The buckle, take out a small-caliber revolver with Cole's characteristic 22nd caliber from the inside, remove the runner to check the bullet in the magazine, then close the spring with a click, pull up the hammer to release the insurance,

"I strongly oppose what you are going to do, dear father, although I have no right to oppose it." The male synthetic voice immediately sounded, "The core of altruistic logic prevents me from acting against my will, but when faced with life and death When making a decision, the emotional impulse may exceed the rational level, and I cannot predict my behavior, dear father."

"That's great, isn't it." The old man held the small pistol in his palm, "You always forget your identity as an artificial intelligence, pretending that you are just a computer that speaks through a speech synthesizer, when you say When the word'I' was used, I felt so happy, really."

"I am "Genesis"." As if trying to convince myself, the synthesized voice repeated: "I am "Genesis", dear father, the quantum computer you created..."

"I prefer to call you a'listener', tell me what to do, the listener, just as you have been doing, guide the way forward for the ghost." Bartholomew sighed,

Synthetic tone eagerly said: "No, the'listener' is just the artificial intelligence you created on the quantum network. It uses the principle of uncertainty to carry out possibilities..."

The old man said: "That's you, but you didn't find it." He tried to adjust his sitting posture. This simple action actually made breathing disorder. This body was already overwhelmed, and the continuous impact made the old man exhausted. The weakened heart is dying, "...Talk to me about something, whatever."

"Yes, dear father, what will happen after'World' is officially released." Synthetic Voice asked in a very respectful tone,

"The first batch of chips did not set a threshold." Bartholomew pointed to his head, "The personality in the'world' will not be replaced, it can come back."

"The second batch of chips has a threshold. Personality will not be replaced. It may be reversed. If the synchronization rate is high, it will be burned due to overload. All the third type of ghost members will be implanted with this chip. ."

"The third batch of chips has a threshold, and personality will be replaced. It is impossible to come back. The first batch of 1 million test accounts."

"The fourth batch of chips has thresholds and personality will be replaced, but it may come back and officially sell accounts."

The old man said,