The Giant Turtle Rock Platform quickly ascended silently, and slid along the mountain in a more desolate direction for several kilometers: Hao Ren did not want his actions to lead people to the vicinity of the cave where Nolan was hiding. He found that the acceleration process of the spacecraft was much slower than expected, and it also lacked smoothness in operation, which confirmed his guess from the side: this is not the real Giant Turtle Rock Platform.
This is just a spaceship that is very similar in appearance and simulated by a huge program based on his memory. Since the psionic equipment made by the Xiling Empire is incomprehensible to mortal civilization, the ship's The core part is completely fictional and does not go beyond the knowledge base of the simulation program itself.
"Do you really think we can reach the 'boundary' smoothly?" The data terminal couldn't help muttering as it watched the spacecraft speed up and leave the atmosphere in a clumsy way. "Will the controller behind the scenes of this world allow someone to explore the boundary of the stage?"
"You may be stopped by someone or encounter other obstacles," Hao Ren nodded, "Even if this world is controlled by a pure program, it should have some kind of self-protection mechanism. It will prevent data overflow. But before that, we can also observe the 'violation' part of this world."
Shi Ji terminal let out an oh, and asked curiously: "What do you think is the essence of this world?"
"Maybe it's some kind of computer program, a virtual world or something like that," Hao Ren said casually. After knowing the falsity of the world, he immediately had a guess in this regard, and there are many similar guesses, "the program said "It is the most reliable one among them." The reset process of the world, as well as the various details mentioned in Nolan's memory, are very similar to the characteristics of the virtual world. And the status of the Giant Turtle Rock Platform and the Psionic Pistol It can also prove this.”
"The spaceship we are riding on is virtual, so where is the real Giant Turtle Rock Platform?" Shi Ji terminal asked a very critical question, "Is it still in your portable space?"
Hao Ren waved his hand: "No, I've confirmed that there are no spaceships in the portable space. But I suspect that I have never opened the portable space from the beginning to the end—let go of your thoughts. We are now in a virtual world, Everything I experienced here was actually isolated from reality. The matter of 'opening the portable space to take things out' was probably just a process that happened in my mind. I still remember when we first returned from Zhuomu and found that the servant Can’t bring out the soldier badge, and the dirty clothes are still intact? Because all the processes are simulated by the program... although we can’t find the interface of the program in it.”
Shi Ji’s terminal clicked again, and then continued to sit on the console in a daze: her original position on the spaceship was a slot on the console, but now she couldn’t get in, so she had nothing to do, so she had to use the slot in her own slot. It's useful to sit on top of the trough and pretend to be yourself. Looking at such a terminal, Hao Ren couldn't help showing a pensive look, probably because the expression was too obvious. The latter couldn't help squinting at him: "What are you thinking?"
"I probably understand what's going on with you," Hao Ren pointed at the other person's body, "For example, why did you become like this?"
The terminal's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Why?"
"Didn't I say that this world can only simulate what it can understand, because its simulation function is a program, and the programs are all rigid. It can't understand my psionic pistol, so it simulates a bullet that can retreat The pirated goods can't understand the principle of Juguiyan, so they simulated a messy shell." Hao Ren pointed to the terminal, "Similarly, it can't understand a lively, eloquent, full of ideas and noisier than humans. What is a PDA…”
Shi Ji Terminal stared. With a stiff expression, he lowered his head and touched himself: "... He is a fairy..."
"I guess this world has never had an artificial intelligence of your level, or even if there is an artificial intelligence, the principle is different from yours. So the simulation program of this world is confused." Hao Ren rolled his eyelids, "Maybe it The shape of the individual is determined by scanning the soul. If your brain is too human, the world will simulate you as a human, but if you are an inorganic substance, the world will simulate you as a dead person. It will be quiet, so the world has set you to die and not rest... "
Looking at the dumbfounded look of the blonde girl. Hao Ren leisurely finished the last sentence: "The above are all my guesses, but I don't think you can come up with a more reliable guess than this. Therefore, this process is the only explanation at present."
The terminal shouted and jumped down from the console: "Then why did this machine choose such a shape?! Can't other images work?"
"If you ask me, who will I ask?" Hao Ren rolled his eyes at the sky, "Probably the system's default emoji package?"
As he said this, an idea suddenly popped up: "It may also be because you are such a... shit at the soul level!"
The terminal was startled by the sound of "Fuck": "What are you doing!?"
Hao Ren stared at the other party: "You're really wasting your image! Can't your usual personality be better?"
Terminal: "...so what the hell are you talking about?"
Hao Ren waved his hands and turned around, no longer paying attention to this unbelievably messy PDA, and instead focused on observing the situation outside the spaceship. In his heart, he is still very confident in his speculation. Although he has not yet understood the real laws of this world, he has already determined the "simulation" of this world through the test of the psionic pistol and the observation of the Giant Turtle Rock Terrace Mechanism, so the mutation of the data terminal is not a loss at all, but a complete "appearance with a different image". It is only because the simulation function of this world is not perfect that the PDA has become a dead girl.
At present, it seems that the data terminal is the most mutated of all his tools. Even the giant turtle rock platform whose interior has become an abstract maze is not as severely mutated as the terminal that turned into a human form. Hao Ren guessed that this was probably related to the high degree of personalization of the terminal: a living soul is more complicated than any high-tech.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little awkward, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "A tool..."
When he usually quarrels with the data terminal, he can't help treating the other party as a human being—otherwise, he wouldn't be able to quarrel with a PDA so seriously, but after entering this world, the terminal is obviously judged by the world. Mechanism as a tool. Although it is simulated in the shape of a human being, the process of "simulation" itself means the inhuman attribute of the simulated thing, because "human beings" do not need to be simulated here.
The bluffing voice of the terminal sounded from the side: "What are you talking about?"
Hao Ren said casually, "Are you a tool or a human being?"
As soon as he said it, he felt that this topic was a bit inappropriate. It seemed that he asked too directly, but he didn't expect that the terminal didn't care at all: "Is there a difference? The Xiling God Department doesn't study this, because everything in the world is a part of the empire. But if you have to be entangled... this machine is a proper calculation tool, a precision tool! It's a very powerful one!"
Hearing this guy so proudly declaring that he was a tool, Hao Ren slapped his forehead: "I knew it was a waste of emotion to worry about you."
At this time, the terminal's attention has shifted to the outside of the spaceship. Although this half-baked "Giant Turtle Rock Terrace" is running strangely, at least it really has the ability to fly into space. Now the spaceship is in the vast universe , and Zhuomu star is in the corner of the window under the spaceship, and it has shrunk into a small blue ball the size of a fist. Looking at the starry sky outside, the terminal was thoughtful: "This machine originally thought that the world would adopt some more active defense measures... For example, prohibiting our spacecraft from launching at all, or more seriously, restricting all aircraft to only Operates in the atmosphere."
"Since I successfully flew out of the atmosphere, this confirms my guess." Hao Ren nodded lightly. "The virtual scene in this world has a major premise."
"What premise?"
"It must conform to the laws of nature and must be 'real' enough," Hao Ren pointed to the droum planet that is getting farther and farther away, "In order to improve the 'realism' of this world, some kind of program must completely restore all the details of nature, since there is The sky, then there must be a means to reach the sky, since there is a universe, the spaceship must be usable. It can use things like meteorites or natural disasters to prevent humans from launching spaceships, but it cannot formulate a natural law that does not exist To invalidate the principle of the spaceship—because there is no such natural law in the real universe, it cannot be worked out."
"Well, it makes sense, but it seems that we haven't encountered any obstacles since we took off." The terminal was a little puzzled. "Is this world just letting us explore the border?"
Hao Ren frowned slightly: "I'm also wondering... But let's forget about it for now, just keep going. Let's see if this dream has an end!"
The terminal raised its finger and pointed to the screen from the external monitor: "Maybe...there is the end over there." (To be continued~^~)