Chapter 15 Thousand Stars City
The long blue river runs through the sky, splashing with gorgeous brilliance.
The layout of Thousand Stars City.
With a huge straight tower as the center, the other buildings spread into the distance.
In the center of this majestic tower, there is a bright beam of light that penetrates the sky. When it reaches the top, this beam of light turns into a rain of light and pours down, forming a tower that covers the entire city and isolates the abyss. Hemispherical light curtain.
The essence of the "hemispheric light curtain" is a very advanced iterative firewall that isolates memetic viruses and malicious programs, greatly reducing the harm of the [Abyss].
On the city streets.
Song Shi stood up and calmed down the soul that fell into the [Abyss] and was hit by psychic energy.
Due to the existence of psychic energy, [Abyss] cannot be treated as just a "network domain".
It is also a "redundant psychic aggregate" condensed by countless negative emotions accumulated day after day.
If a person wants to dive into the [Abyss], he not only needs to face technical problems such as memetic viruses, crazy artificial intelligence, and vicious programs left over from the past, but also faces the impact and oppression of "redundant psionic energy gathering".
Both problems are equally fatal.
The former need not be mentioned again, the latter is aimed at the soul. Once it cannot bear it, mental problems may occur at least, or it may become dementia at worst--and the most serious thing is the corruption of these redundant spiritual energies. , the real body becomes a deformed monster.
Because of this.
The [Abyss] outside the [Domain Firewall] uses "depth" to divide regions according to the degree of penetration.
Typically, the greater the depth, the greater the danger and, with it, the greater the opportunity.
The most typical one is "technology". The Seven Lands War caused a large number of technical materials to sink into the [Abyss]. Originally, after so many years, these things should have been outdated long ago, but the existence of artificial intelligence has changed everything.
Those artificial intelligences hiding in the [Abyss] and falling into madness, many of them used to be scientific research types. Over the years, they have been constantly evolving and analyzing the technical data. Maybe most of the products are still not good enough, but there are always things that can be used. ——
In fact, there are many people who have salvaged technology that even giant companies cannot understand the principle and only know the effect. It can be called a "black box" level technology.
In this era, "technology" is wealth, and "technology" is power.
And [Thousand Stars City] is located in the [Abyss] area with depth 1.
...
Song Shi raised his eyes and looked.
Without the constraints of physical laws, the appearance of the buildings here can be said to only depend on imagination - although in order to avoid wasting computing power in such unnecessary places, [Thousand Stars City] does not allow too much wanton construction, but the surroundings are still It can be called a wonder.
Looking from a distance, the steam airship made of brass was suspended in the air, black smoke kept coming out of the exhaust pipe, and the wing sails expanded in the wind.
Withdrawing your gaze, not far away, the firelight danced in the window of the craftsman's shop surrounded by magma. It seemed that a blacksmith was working day and night, but the notice board beside it showed that this was just an online bar.
On the other side of the craftsman's shop, on the huge rotating conveyor belt, what is served is not conveyor belt sushi, but three-dimensional projections and price signs of various weapons.
But most of them are pedestrians in a hurry.
In the state of "virtual reality", the messages people receive will be transformed into scenes close to reality, which is easier to understand and prevents the mind from being directly washed away by network messages.
The faces of many people here are blurry.
The embodiment of "anonymous service" is that everyone's appearance is ambiguous - this is the basis for [Thousand Stars City] as a trading community to survive. They automatically provide anonymous services, including but Not limited to IP addresses and personally identifiable information.
Of course, if the individual wishes, he can also show his real face, or a made-up face.
The next step is to find an information dealer and purchase some equipment.
“—Hey! My friend, are you interested in chatting?”
For Song Shi, Qianxing City was already familiar. He was thinking about what to do next and was about to take action when a voice suddenly intervened.
"Hey! Friend! There's no one else here! I'm just talking to you!"
A man wearing a brown felt hat appeared out of nowhere. He patted his double-row jacket, first gave a military salute in a dignified manner, and then extended his right hand towards Song Shi.
The other party did not choose to blur the face, showing a man in his early twenties, with brown eyes, a high nose bridge, deep facial features, and a round face - a standard Nord appearance.
Although there is an "anonymous service" to hide information, and the appearance and voice can be customized at will within the network domain, since the other party has a male voice and a male appearance, he can be treated as a male.
Song Shi looked at the other party without shaking hands.
Seeing this, the man in the felt hat was not surprised. He retracted his hand with a smile:
“My friend, is this your first time here?”
"Huh?"
Song Shi raised his eyebrows.
"Don't show such an expression."
The man in the felt hat raised his index finger and pointed upward: "By the way, you should know where this place is, right?"
"Thousand Star City. "
"Oh, so you know."
Hearing this, the man in the felt hat seemed a little regretful, and then said: "Did you know that Qianxing City's anonymous service is not that? It's omnipotent. Sometimes, some trivial things may expose a person's true identity. "I've seen many such examples. It's really regrettable." The man in the felt hat sighed: "My friend. You don’t want people to know your true identity, right?”
"Huh?"
Song Shi raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"
"Friend! My good friend! This is why I am here! ”
The man in the felt hat clapped his hands vigorously and smiled brightly:
"I can answer your questions about the rules of Thousand Stars City, the techniques for not making mistakes, and the situation here. For example, don't you want to know how I know you are a newcomer?"
"Oh oh. , it turned out to be a new instructor——"
Song Shi looked surprised and said sincerely: "Great, I need this! What do you want?"
"Oh, yeah, It’s too outlandish to talk about this among friends—four thousand credits!”
The man in the felt hat raised two fingers and said seriously: “But it’s not really “four thousand credits,” my friend. Let me teach you a rule first.”
"Since you have come to Thousand Stars City, you should understand what is done here. I can tell you clearly that most transactions here do not require credit points, or in other words, they are not paid directly with credit points."
The man in the felt hat flipped his wrist and took out a card that looked like a "credit card".
“Digital currency, have you heard of it?”
Of course Song Shi knew what it was.
A virtual currency created through encryption of decentralized blockchain data and using cryptography technology to ensure security and immutability is "digital currency".
Simply put, this thing is an illegal currency.
Although it is essentially a string of encrypted data codes, because of its high recognition, it is often used to engage in black transactions to facilitate tax avoidance and risk avoidance.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have one. There is an exchange office here that can help you exchange credit points for digital currency. Don’t worry, I have used it several times. It is very safe and only charges a 5% handling fee. "
The man in the felt hat smiled brighter and brighter: "The exchange provides an 'anonymous transfer platform'. Our credit points are equivalent to being put into a black box. Both parties only need to reach in and take it. There is no need from beginning to end. You will know the identity of the other party.”
“In other words, as long as I pay you four thousand credits.”
Song Shi nodded repeatedly and also laughed: "I can know how to use a timer to confirm whether you are a new person. Maybe you will give me a timer program for free?"
" Yeah, yeah. Huh?" The man in the felt hat smiled stiffly.
"No matter what sacred cloak it is, "Thousand Stars City" is still essentially a network domain. Technically speaking, anyone who comes here will register a "temporary access permit." Thousand Stars City will help us directly. This is for the convenience of domain management, so many people don’t know it, and there is no need to know it.”
“But since it is registration, registration time is required.”
“Qianxing City. For first-time visitors, they need to go through a series of complex verifications and data uploads before they can register for a 'temporary access permit.' But for visitors who are not their first time, the above steps can be avoided and they can be registered directly."
"Of course, compared to the huge computing power controlled by Qianxing City, the time difference between the two is insignificant, only about 0.15 seconds. This time is difficult for humans to distinguish - but the meticulous timing program is different."
"It is also easy to manage. There are only a few entrance areas in each Thousand Star City."
Song Shi clicked his feet: "You squat in this entrance area and use the timekeeping program to record everyone When the "Stand-in Program" appears, and then compare the results with the average time, as long as the expected deviation is too large, you are sure that the other party is a newcomer and you can come up and try to make a fortune. "
[Stand-in Program] , the body that people use when virtually surfing the Internet.
“After all, there are quite a few green users who accidentally fell into Thousand Stars City because they opened and clicked on something weird.”
Song Shi laughed: "It's okay if they have heard the name "Thousand Stars City" before, but if not, they can just tell them that this place is located in the "Abyss" and threaten them, and they can get away with it."
“Oh, the anonymous community has almost no risks, and it is still a business without a business.”
For many people, the [Abyss] outside the [Domain Firewall], they only see official announcements and In some forums, I have heard some rumors that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, but without exception, these all mentioned that the [Abyss] represents a great danger.
Therefore, many people regard the [Abyss] as a terrifying place that eats people wantonly. If they suddenly find themselves falling into it, they will inevitably panic.
Threatening anyone at will can basically squeeze out a fortune.
Of course, if you really encounter a stupid young man or a poor guy who doesn't have any money, you can only consider yourself unlucky.
“Oh, that’s how it is. Gain knowledge, gain knowledge——”
The man in the felt hat raised his hands over his shoulders, as if he suddenly realized something.
"Hey! I suddenly remembered that I have something else to do, so let's meet another day"
"Hey, you don't talk about this between friends."
Song Shi had quick eyes and quick hands, and grabbed the person who was trying to escape, speaking in a friendly tone.
"My friend——"
"Don't tell me, I really want to ask you something about this."
(End of this chapter)
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