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The arrival of thousands of players has undoubtedly brought unprecedented vitality to the previously lifeless Floating City of Plantia. Even the tavern that no one went to has gradually become lively.
Especially those senior talents who are also from the earth but know the truth about the "Fourth Natural Disaster" plan will often observe some of the strange behaviors of these guys who are kept in the dark with a good show mentality.
Several psychologists and sociologists have even regarded it as an interesting research topic.
Because the current state of the players is very similar to the so-called "brain in a vat", there is no way to distinguish between virtuality and reality.
The only difference is that the principle of "Brain in a Vat" is to deceive the brain through electrical signals, and they are souls trapped in a virtual world called "Infinite City" by a supernatural force called psychic powers, and put them in a virtual world called "Infinite City".
The real world becomes a virtual game world.
Such large-scale social experiments that may violate laws, human rights and moral bottom lines would be almost impossible to be approved by any government or country on the original earth.
Even the countries with the lowest bottom line and the most insane ones in modern history.
But now, it has not only become a reality, but it will also continue to increase in number over time, until the scale changes from thousands to tens of thousands, then from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, millions or even tens of millions.
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Don’t think this number sounds exaggerated.
Quite the opposite!
Ten million souls do not even account for one-third of the number of people who die on earth in a year.
And with the advent of the new century, the global population will expand at an incredible rate.
And it will reach more than 8 billion in less than thirty years, and the number of deaths every year will be an astonishing more than 60 million.
Even if we exclude ordinary souls who have not received a good education in extremely underdeveloped regions such as Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America, at least millions of high-quality souls can be screened out every year.
If the conditions are relaxed a little more, increasing the number of players to 10 million within a year will not be a problem at all.
This is why Zuo Si regards the earth as an inexhaustible huge talent reserve.
The only limit is whether the mastermind Isadora can be powerful enough to connect so many consciousnesses and clones at the same time and ensure the stability of psychic signal transmission.
For sociologists, such a large-scale introduction of earthly humans into the world where the floating city is located in a special way can no longer be regarded as a simple transformation in a strict sense, but should be regarded as immigration.
Because the player's behavior, thoughts and consciousness will profoundly affect or even change the core background of the entire civilization.
What's more, their bodies still retain the most basic primitive desires and the ability to reproduce and produce offspring.
It's a pity that the players are completely unaware of all this.
Some good-looking men and women from areas with a relatively open social atmosphere hooked up together within a few days of arriving in the floating city. They took advantage of the cover of night to hide in inconspicuous places such as gardens, and had an "in-depth" discussion about the "origin of life."
A very serious, very serious topic.
They did not notice at all that their every move was photographed and recorded by the ubiquitous invisible magic eye.
At the beginning, the experts from the overall planning and social science team were still enjoying watching these exciting pictures from different angles, and even brought people from other departments next door to watch them together.
But as the number of dog men and women discussing the origin of life increases, and the frequency of communication becomes higher and higher, they inevitably begin to become numb.
In the end, I completely lost interest in this kind of scene, and just recorded the names, races, and ancestry of the two parties when creating the characters.
Due to the complete lack of any protective measures, more than 30 female players were tricked in just one or two weeks.
When they learned the news that they were "pregnant" under the examination of the priest, they were all shocked and couldn't believe that a virtual game could actually get pregnant and give birth to a child.
However, when they heard that as long as they gave birth to a child, they would receive a reward of one hundred gold coins, and they did not need to take care of themselves, and they could safely leave it to the floating city's child care center to raise them, these players quickly calmed down and accepted this "game design"
"Determined".
After all, they enter the "virtual world" to earn rewards and exchange them for currency in the "real world" to meet their daily needs.
Wouldn't it be better if this goal could be easily achieved by simply giving birth to a child?
Anyway, it’s just a game, and I’m not really pregnant...
As a result, a small group of female players with no bottom line thought they had found a "loophole" in the rules, and began to slack off on the daily hard study and training. They only wanted to make money by relying on their inherent advantages as women.
Even some male players have shown strong envy for this, and they just hate that this damn game does not allow the creation of characters of the opposite gender to their own.
You must know that one hundred gold coins is a lot of money for players who have just entered the floating city.
They complete various tasks on weekdays, and at best they can only get a few copper coins at least and one or two silver coins at most.
Some of the guys who contributed tadpoles even suggested to Vanessa, the daily manager of Floating City, that they should also receive a bonus.
It doesn’t need to be much, just half or even one-third of the amount given to pregnant female players.
As expected, the constructs were thrown out one by one from the second floor of the central tower, killing their idea of ​​making money as "stallions" on the spot.
Fortunately, there are lawns and shrubs below as a buffer, otherwise even if the fall was not seriously injured, arms and legs would have been broken.
But even so, bruises and swelling are inevitable, and at the same time, he becomes the laughing stock of others after dinner.
However, the direct consequence of this incident is that if any female player wants to make money by giving birth to children, she must reach a spoils-sharing agreement with a male player, otherwise the latter will refuse to provide her tadpoles.
Facts once again prove how chaotic and disordered the player group is.
They will always give you a big surprise or scare you in an unexpected place.
Of course, unlike those "scum" who are full of opportunism, Jack worked extremely hard and hard in the process of learning how to become a priest of the Phoenix God.
At this moment, he was standing naked in the magic flame emitting astonishing heat in the center of the temple, enduring severe pain that ordinary people could not bear, and even though his skin was burned to a charred black color, he had no idea of ​​​​escape.
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Because according to the description of the doctrine, Bennu is the god of fire, the god of souls and the god of eternal life.
If you want to become its true priest, you must first endure the burning of the flames and sublimate your soul in pain, and then you can gain powerful power and the great blessing of Nirvana and rebirth.
Especially when it comes to enduring the burning of magical flames in the first step, even players with blunted pain-sensing nerves would find it difficult to hold on for more than ten seconds.
But Jack has been holding on for a full ten minutes now.
Just when his endurance was about to reach its limit, a miracle happened.
I saw that the originally burned skin and muscles suddenly cracked open, revealing the pink new skin that had just grown inside.
Without a doubt!
This is nirvana and rebirth, and is one of the most important symbols of recognition and blessing from the Phoenix God.
The moment Jack dragged his huge body out of the flames, he suddenly raised his hand and suddenly released a ball of dazzling red fire.
Seeing this scene, Monlia, as the bishop, immediately stepped forward, put on a red robe representing the official status of a priest, and said with a slightly joyful tone: "Congratulations! You are as great as me now."
A servant of the god Benu."
"This is all thanks to your teaching."
Jack lowered his head very humbly and bowed to the top leader of the church in front of him.
Since he grew up in a traditional Christian family, he is not averse to faith, but is extra pious and fanatical.
Although I can no longer remember what God I believed in, certain habits have been retained and provided a huge help when learning the way of a priest.
"No, it's your piety and persistence that impressed God. I'm just an insignificant guide. Also, put on the mask quickly, otherwise someone will be vomiting after a while."
With that said, Menglia handed over a metal mask.
Seeing this thing, the corner of Jack's mouth twitched slightly uncontrollably, and he immediately took the mask and used it to cover his face that could be called a "serial car accident scene".
In fact, if he knew that the charm attribute had such a great impact on appearance, he would never choose to reduce it to such a tragic level as three points.
What's even more outrageous is that when you put on a fully enclosed helmet or the metal mask in front of you, its charm attribute will skyrocket from three points to eight points.
However, complaints are complaints, and Jack still chose to put on a mask and walk out of the temple gate as usual, saying hello to his teammates waiting at the door.
"Good morning, how is your progress at the College of Nature?"
"Didn't you see how I dressed up today?"
Wu Sheng pointed to the brand-new inlaid leather armor on his body, a long sword and a short sword on his belt, as well as a compound bow and a quiver full of arrows behind him.
There is no doubt that such a complete set of equipment is a reward that can only be obtained by graduating from the corresponding academy.
Wearing it means obtaining the true professional level of LV1.
"Hahahaha! Well done! I knew you were a born warrior. It just so happens that I have just become an official priest, and I will probably receive graduation equipment tomorrow. Then we will apply to leave the floating city together and venture into the outside world.
One time." Jack laughed happily.
To be continued...