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Chapter 392 “Real World” (Please subscribe~)

"War in a literal sense," the general said.

It's not a joke, it's a real fight.

And they hit immediately, without any warning.

The first attack took place just two days ago.

Grayman launched a retaliatory military operation against the West Second District on the grounds that the West Second District had deliberately caused a copy to arrive and killed hundreds of thousands of people in the West Sixth District.

Modern warfare often begins with a conversation to see if there is room for maneuver before it actually begins.

Historically, there was a fierce conflict between the Eurasian Region and the Western Region. Both sides were very superior and once aimed weapons carrying nuclear warheads at each other's hometown. But even in this case, the war between the Eurasian Region and the Western Region The person in charge also maintained continuous negotiations, and finally at the critical moment, both sides took a step back to avoid the outbreak of nuclear war.

Otherwise, the current real world would not be so harmonious and prosperous.

That nuclear crisis is also known as "the most dangerous thirteen days for mankind."

There are no winners in wars, and no one wants to fight. Of course, problems that can be solved through dialogue are best solved through dialogue. But Grayman did not talk about this at all. He directly launched a military attack on the West Second District that was regarded as the beginning of the war. , without any warning in advance.

West 2nd District and West 6th District are not too far apart. It's like the neighbor in the next building suddenly took out a sniper rifle and hit you twice at the window, and you can't react.

So far, a total of seven states in the Western Second Region have been hit. The number of casualties has exceeded one million, the economic losses caused are immeasurable, and the war situation is extremely tragic.

Gu Chi frowned: "He also hid the human form?"

"Hidden, but not many." The general said, "There are about a thousand doomsday humanoids observed by Tianwei-3, and the others are household robots that were previously exported to the West Second District."

These robots are not equipped with explosives or weapons, and their combat effectiveness is not strong, but they will be remotely controlled by Grayman. The West Second District itself does not strictly control firearms. Even if some people do not have guns at home, they will always have knives. They can easily pick them up and kill several people. It would be easy for an unsuspecting ordinary person to do so.

But that's not the point.

Most of Grayman's doomsday humanoids were taken away by Gu Chi, and the damage that the remaining thousand could cause was relatively limited. What's even more terrible is that Qingguang Enterprise controls all the military forces in the hands of the original official organization of the West Sixth District. facilities, including thousands of specially-made intercontinental missiles called "Scavenger", each of which is no less powerful than conventional peaceful weapons.

Compared with peaceful weapons, the only difference is that it is "environmentally friendly" and will not cause long-term damage to the environment.

But if everyone is gone, who will care about the future environment?

Generally, when two countries are at war, the primary targets are the other side's strategic deployment locations and various military bases. The purpose is to destroy the other side's counterattack capabilities as much as possible, so as to ensure to the greatest extent that oneself will not be destroyed together.

Grayman's target is "people".

He would attack whichever state had the most people.

He didn't care at all that the West Second District would retaliate against the West Sixth District in the same way. He just wanted to fight and the more people died, the better.

Just a crazy lunatic.

Including the general, district leaders from various countries such as Minas, Cherkoff, and Yamaguchi, and even Simon, one of the directors of the park, stood up and sought to talk to Grayman, but Grayman ignored them. , just bombard the West Second District indiscriminately.

Can West Second District bear this tone?

It’s impossible, no one else would be able to bear it.

The cartel ordered a state of war on the spot and bombed the West Sixth District.

The weapons that were originally intended to be used against the giants of the deep sea in the dungeon were all put into the war with Qingguang Enterprise.

Things escalated very quickly.

In previous wars, the war may not have officially started in two days, but this time the war has fully broken out in two days.

Skip the turn-based warm-up phase and start the firefight.

Many other countries around the West Second District and the West Sixth District were affected and were forced to be involved in this war.

For example, West District 1.

Minas held an emergency meeting last night and was very angry.

After all, PBI is a player organization and cannot fully represent the government. If there is really any big move, it still needs to be communicated with the officials who represent ordinary people. Last night's meeting was to discuss how to respond to the missile attack on the border of the West District 1.

People are calling at the doorstep, and with the always strong attitude of the West District, they will definitely fight back.

But someone actually proposed to impose economic sanctions on the West Sixth District...

At that time, Minas wanted someone to blow up the congressman's manor to see if the other party would impose financial sanctions on her.

Of course, in the final vote, West District 1 decided to fight back.

They must be beaten, otherwise others will think that cats and dogs can bully them.

As the leading power in the West, as soon as the Western District 1 came out, many countries that looked at their actions also immediately took action. As a result, this sudden war swept almost the entire West within two days, and no one could survive alone.

If the war continues like this, it may not only be the West, but the situation will most likely develop in a direction that is so serious that it cannot be undone.

No one knows whether Grayman will attack the east, and Central Asia has also entered a level three combat readiness state.

So as soon as the general saw Gu Chi's book, he immediately contacted him.

Now only Gu Chi, an "old friend", has the ability to find Grayman and have a conversation with him.

A truce is unlikely, but at least it is clear what Grayman wants to do or want.

The general had previously wanted to eradicate the roots and destroy Qingguang Enterprise first, but some people disagreed, fearing that Grayman would drag them to death together. What was the result?

They didn't touch Qingguang Enterprise, why didn't Grayman want them to die?

If you fight earlier, you won't be so passive.

To be honest, Gu Chi is a bit confused.

He also wanted to find Grayman to learn how to make Kα alloy, but he didn't know that he was already working on it here.

It happened to be that when everyone was playing the book, most of the high-competition players were in the book.

From the perspective of Qingguang Enterprise, Grayman undoubtedly chose the timing very well, but for West Second District and them, the aborigines of the real world, this was a major disaster.

In the end, the real world will be severely damaged, and the dungeon may not be cleared, so it’s a lose-lose situation.

In this current situation, they don't have much choice.

We can only try our best to annihilate Qingguang Enterprise and stop the losses as soon as possible.

"Wait for my news." Gu Chi said.

This time he did not bargain with the general.

He was going to find Grayman himself, but the sudden outbreak of the war gave him another reason to go.

If he could convince Grayman to stop, then every second early could save countless innocent lives.

"I'll go with you." Huang Xiu arrived at Gu Chi's side at some point.

Obviously, she has heard about the outside world, but she promised the general to protect Central Asia as much as possible. It is impossible to leave Central Asia to find Grayman at such a tense moment. But if Gu Chi wants to go, it will be another time. A kind of nature.

In Huang Xiu's heart, nothing was as important as Gu Chi's safety.

"Okay." Gu Chi nodded and did not refuse.

Two of the three Daoyun Balls were left in the dungeon to ensure that the Emperor of Heaven could operate normally. In other words, he only had 2300+ Daoyun now, and it would indeed be safer to have Huang Xi accompany him.

This trip to the West Sixth District was different from the last time. Grayman had gone crazy. The West Sixth District was a battlefield again. There was no telling when a missile would appear above the head, and the danger level skyrocketed.

But still have to go.

The two of them set off immediately without much delay.

It’s still Yanling’s positioning.

Gu Chi directly chose Grayman as his target and brought Huang Xi to Argo City again.

At this time, Argo City was no longer prosperous.

Although Qingguang Enterprise is strong, the Second West District is not a vegetarian. Defense projects will never be as good as attacks. If they are really determined to fight, no interception system will work.

The last time I came here, there were many high-rise buildings and shining neon lights here. It can be said to be one of the most lively and beautiful metropolises in the real world. Now a few months have passed, almost all the skyscrapers have collapsed, and the flames of war and gunpowder smoke are everywhere. The horizon is as full of ruins as the horizon after the omnic apocalypse.

What filled the eardrums was no longer the heavy metal cyber sounds that symbolized freedom and passion, but the ear-piercing air raid sirens.

There were no unnecessary screams or cries of despair.

Because everyone is dead.

In the entire Argo City, only one building is still standing - Qingguang Enterprise Headquarters, Qingguang Building.

Gu Chi and Huang Xi appeared in a room on the top floor of the building with four walls covered with surveillance screens.

There was no one else here, it had been empty before they came, and Grayman seemed not to be there.

But as soon as they came over, Grayman appeared.

Electricity flashed on the large screen in the center, and a familiar face with a smile appeared.

"Hello, my old friend, we meet again."

Huang Si frowned slightly, she didn't feel any breath.

Grayman's current state is pure digital life.

Gu Chi pursed his lips: "Where is your body?"

"I was ruined by those guys." Grayman smiled and didn't care about it. "This is what I really look like. Not having a body makes me feel more relaxed. This unrestrained feeling is really wonderful. Do you think Don’t want to give it a try?”

"No, I'm not interested in data." Gu Chi said pointedly, "In addition to the mind, the body is equally important because there is a heart in the body."

"Are you saying that I am too cruel and heartless?" Grayman laughed, "But how do you know that your heart must be the real heart?"

Gu Chi's voice was cold: "Shall I take it out and show it to you?"

"That's not necessary." Grayman on the screen shook his head slightly, "We don't have to be enemies, old friends."

"But what you have done has destined us to be enemies." Gu Chi said.

This is a matter of position.

When NPCs have the idea of ​​destroying mankind, they can no longer be friends.

"Really? I don't think so." Grayman smiled and said, "I know you are here to represent your Central Asian region or your human camp, and you want me to stop, but my friend, you might as well listen to me The reason for taking action.”

"Should you remember Horizon's omnic apocalypse?"

Gu Chi mentioned this matter when they first met, and Grayman's answer was that he didn't care.

He already knows that he is an NPC and that the world he is in is also a virtual world. No matter how many people he kills, he will not feel guilty at all. Grayman clearly understands that everything on the horizon, including himself, is just dummy data.

"Would you feel heartbroken if you formatted a hard drive?"

"Won't."

Grayman joked: "Unless there's something shady in there."

This is why he came to reality.

Grayman is not willing to exist only in a fictional world. He wants to break this wall and become a real person.

He was well prepared for this.

According to his psychological expectation, he might be destroyed as soon as he arrived in the real world, so he made a large number of backup copies of his consciousness. One of them came to reality, and the rest of him continued to lead Qingguang Enterprise forward on the horizon.

What Ryan did not tell Gu Chi was that the reason why Diamondback Enterprise did not cooperate with Qingguang Enterprise on this matter was because Ryan did not think they could gain a foothold in the real world. This is a very simple logic - since Horizon is created in the real world games, then the technology they master will never surpass the real world.

They have a certain understanding of the Pure Land game through players. Players generally believe that this is a supernatural power. This technology does not exist in the real world, but Ryan does not believe it.

As long as the subject is human, the operating rules of each world are similar, and the real technology is only in the hands of a very small number of people.

Just like the omnic apocalypse on the horizon, before this, which civilian knew that artificial intelligence had developed to this extent?

What they can see is only what the company is willing to let them see.

Grayman agreed with Lane on this point, but he wanted to give it a go.

Even if all traces of his existence are wiped out by the game administrator and he dies completely, Grayman is not afraid.

Living in a virtual world, even immortality is meaningless.

People always pursue something in this life, and what they pursue is real life.

Until he came to the real world, Grayman discovered that he and Ryan were wrong. The real world seemed not to be the creator of Horizon.

Why did he ask major officials for military technology?

Because military technology can represent the highest technological level of a country to some extent, human nature dictates that once they master new power, the first areas they use must be attack and defense.

Grayman wants to test his and Lane's conjectures, and at the same time prove that the real world is really the reality that created them.

But the result is exactly the opposite.

Although his original plan was messed up by his old friend, he still had a backup plan to learn about it through other channels, which would just take more time.

For example, spies, or the war that is happening at the moment - the war is so fierce, it is impossible to keep it hidden and reveal all the trump cards.

Grayman is forcing various officials to reveal their military technology.

But to his surprise and disappointment, the technological level in the real world was far from as powerful as he and Ryan imagined, and even inferior to Qingguang Enterprise. With such strength, it was impossible to create Horizon.

So let’s think about it differently, is the real world just like Horizon, just another game created by a more advanced civilization?

The so-called "players" are just self-righteous players, just like the dream game developed by Diamondback Enterprises. These people who are regarded as NPCs by players also have the same player status in other dimensions.

But if you look back to the bottom of it, everyone is actually an NPC.

If they want to come to the real world, they need to prevent players in the real world from completing their tasks. In the same way, if players in the real world realize one day that they are also NPCs and want to go to a higher world, can they also use this method to prevent them from completing their tasks? Come by yourself?

"So, my old friend, our positions are the same. Don't you want to truly live?"

"You should not stop this war, but join me in destroying the so-called real world."

"They are all data, and there is no need to have unnecessary pity and sympathy."

"I have prepared more weapons and can launch attacks on the Southern and Northern Districts at any time." Grayman said, "You and your wife are very powerful. As long as we cooperate and expand the war to the world, those who are hidden among us will Among players from another dimension, there will always be someone who fails the mission, and we can go to their world."

"I can't guarantee that their world is the real world, but as long as we continue like this, follow the clues and move up layer by layer, sooner or later we will find the truth about civilization, right?"

Gu Chi: "?"

What a fart!

He almost got caught in it.

Ryan was right, Grayman was truly a lunatic.

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