The first generation 001 sorted out all the architecture codes and plans of the previous two worlds, handed them to the investor, and proposed the idea of exiting.
Su Yi shook his head in his heart after hearing this. If he wanted to withdraw at that time, it would be too late.
This investor is the current leader of Thriller, 000. His status and position in reality is incredibly huge. It is impossible for him to let the core technician 001 go like this, and he probably has set up preventive measures from the beginning.
Confidentiality Agreement, these four words popped up in Su Yi's mind.
Sure enough, the next second, he heard the invisible man read out the script in his mind like a line, cursing:
"000, that bastard! He tampered with the confidentiality agreement we signed at the time! His lawyers are all so smart, the contract they drafted is like a loach that takes advantage of legal loopholes!
"At first glance, there was no problem, so we checked and signed it. Who would have thought that there would be so many problems when we withdrew? If 001 quit at that time, it would be a breach of contract. Once a breach of contract occurs, we will face liquidated damages of up to hundreds of millions of dollars!"
——But as long as you keep doing it and maintain the status quo, you will have countless money coming in every day when you open your eyes.
They are still the world's top team of high-tech talents, enjoying the best and most excellent resources and treatment.
After his retreat was blocked, 001 didn't want to lose so much money for nothing, nor did he want to get involved in a lawsuit and provoke an investment tycoon with a deep background. What did he think? He had no choice but to continue doing his technical work.
The mysterious giant investor 000 only said one sentence after reading the first two virtual world architecture plans of the original generation 001.
Invisible Man: "I think it might be this sentence that completely changed ?001."
Su Yi felt that the invisible man's tone suddenly became serious, unlike the previous understatement when he described the experiments on living people.
This must be a very important statement.
According to the invisible man's description, 001 saw this mysterious investor sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window that year. The curtains were drawn, leaving only a ray of light that just happened to shine on his plan.
The room was filled with the rustling sound of paper. The investment tycoon glanced at the plan and said:
"Do you know why the worlds you created all failed?"
Faced with the questioning from the unprovoked Party A financier, the first generation 001 shook his head honestly, looking like a Party B waiting for guidance.
Swish, two thick stacks of plans were returned to him. 001 reached out to take them, and heard a laugh from this mysterious man with unfathomable financial background.
The smile was light and contemptuous, and he said calmly:
"Because most people in this world don't deserve such a good life."
001 held the plan he designed and stood there in a daze.
The mysterious investor asked him to change his design ideas and not try to make everyone happy, but to make people live miserable.
In order to make people live in a state where "happiness and joy are fleeting, while pain and anxiety last a lifetime", we should refer more to the real world and build a strict framework and social rules.
"If you don't understand, then look back at the games you designed before." Investor 000 said:
"When ordinary players enter the game, the entire growth path is arranged by you architects. You have also set up the krypton gold points they will encounter?
"Look up and see the reality. The lives of ordinary people are also arranged. They study for exams when they are young, find jobs when they grow up, buy houses and repay mortgages, get married and have children, grow up and get sick, die, and their children repeat the above process. How to live this life has established rules and criteria for each stage.
"The ideal world you set up before seemed very happy, but it was too casual and free, and ordinary people didn't know how to live.
"You have to give people a purpose to live for. For points, for items, for ranking levels, or for exams, for work, for children. You have to let them follow the rules and struggle through pain to pursue what they think is happiness, but you can't let them get happiness directly and unconditionally. Do you understand?"
001 doesn't understand. He can arrange the player's growth path and krypton gold points. It's just a game, but he can't arrange a person's life. He is not God.
"What do you think God is?" Investor 000 said arrogantly:
"From ancient times to the present, all the rules of human society and the entire international order have been determined by a small number of people, and the rest of the people are just following the rules.
"Now, it's not a matter of submitting one or two work plans. I'm creating an opportunity for you to make the rules yourself.
"This is different from the games you have made in the past. What is in front of you is a virtual world that relies on technology and exists in reality. You know better than anyone that this technology is like the Internet back then. It is a new technology that can truly change human history.
“And how this new world will work is now up to you.
"You will be in that very small group of people and you will be indispensable."
"Of course." The big investor changed his tone, "If you insist on withdrawing, I'm not the kind of boss who would hold you back.
"If you and your team give up all ownership of the existing technology, I will not pursue the penalty for breach of contract in the confidentiality agreement. The company will pay you severance pay based on your years of service."
001 clenched his plan document tightly.
He and his team have devoted more than ten years of hard work to the development of this technology. They have developed such an incredible technology. Should they be given some compensation?
If it really comes to this, why not just break up and make everything public?!
His thoughts were seen through almost immediately. 000 spoke, and the old voice said faintly:
"If you are careless and disclose this technology to the outside world, it will undoubtedly violate our confidentiality agreement. The news may remember your name, but you will have to face my legal team and a sky-high penalty for breach of contract."
The first generation 001 said calmly: "History will also remember my name."
Investor 000 laughed out loud, his old voice full of sarcasm:
"You are too naive, kid. History has always been written by those who have the right to speak. Those who don't have the right to speak can only become temporary news at best.
“How do you prove to the public that this technology was developed entirely by your team? Why should the public trust you?
"The result of you giving up everything, bearing the huge penalty, and taking the risk of going public is that you may become the topic of conversation among the public and the clown that the media loves to see. Not everyone can afford to play the war of public opinion. Many years later, when people mention the father of virtual technology, it will only be me, my company, or the head of the company I support, but not your name.
"And the source of all this? Is it worth it just because you are worried that you can't play God well?"
001Silence.
The old voice sounded like a devil in my ears:
"Child, you have lived by the rules for too long and have always been an excellent leader. Suddenly, there are no rules at all. The whole world is completely made by you. It is normal to feel panic for a while, but you will get used to it. God, it's no big deal.
"If you fail to seize the opportunity to get to a certain position, you may never have a second chance in your life, and that position will not be vacant and waiting for you. If it's not you, it will be someone else."
"Having come this far, are you really willing to give up like this?"
The first generation 001 was silent for a long time?
Although he did not quite agree with the design concept of investor 000, he was unwilling to give up.
"Fortunately, 001 didn't do anything stupid back then." said the invisible man.
Su Yi thought of the real world, when Bai Ye was shot while buying a beef sandwich on the street, and was eventually chased by police cars and helicopters on a snowy mountain road.
If the original 001 had insisted on leaving, there would have been no issue with severance pay or liquidated damages. He would probably have been dealt with by 000 before he could even walk out of the company's door.
The entire 001 team knew so much, and there was no way 000 would give them the opportunity to speak to the media and the public.
Finally, the first generation 001, in accordance with the opinions of investor 000 and referring to previously created suspense games, designed [Thriller Script Killing] together with the team.
There are various high and low level dungeons in [Horror Script Killing], and there is also a strict hierarchy between players. The eliminated players will become spectators. The spectators can no longer go to dungeons to earn gold coins, nor can they upgrade. They can only wait to die in their own caves.
However, the audience can judge the players participating in the dungeon through the live broadcast room. They can insult and attack the players at will to vent their dissatisfaction with their humble lives. As for new players, they will be trampled into the mud by the audience.
Only by continuously completing dungeons can new players earn money, houses, and the right to survive. Only by constantly becoming stronger can they win the respect of the audience and become a highly praised master player. They can even buy rare items and kill rude viewers at will during the live broadcast to enjoy the feeling of being superior.
There is no better life option in this world.
And becoming such a great player has no meaning at all in Su Yi's eyes, because all of this is just a virtual world controlled by people.
However, there are still real outstanding players among the great players. After going through countless dungeons, they have accumulated a lot of gold coins and the admiration of other audience players. They still remember their original intentions and want to return to real life. They can smartly and keenly discover the abnormalities of [Horror Script Killing] and have a strong will to fight.
For such an excellent human soul, forcing it to stay in the world of [Thriller Script Killing] would become a variable. In this regard, 001 and 000 jointly discussed a set of solutions:
Set up a dual structure and use the second world plan in [Thriller Script Killing], [Virtual Reality].
After all players enter the virtual world, their memories will first be cleansed in the first layer [Virtual Reality], making them think that they are living in such a world, and then they will be pulled into the [Thriller Script Killing].
At this time, players who are impacted by the strong bloody dungeon will especially miss the original [virtual reality] world where life was even a bit depressing. The idea that a plain and simple life is real will continue to deepen in their hearts.
Except for those who are born bloodthirsty and murderous, most people still yearn to return to a stable and peaceful real life. The so-called real life they miss at this time is already the [virtual reality] world. Such a nostalgic filter can weaken the sense of disharmony between the [virtual reality] world and the [real reality] world.
When the best of the masters have finally realized their wishes after going through untold hardships in the [Thriller Script Killing], and returned to real life, hugging their relatives and lovers who they thought were real, this layer of nostalgia filter will come into play. They will feel that everything in the [virtual reality] is so familiar and kind, making them cherish it even more.
Even though a few of them noticed some inconsistencies as time went by, they didn't dare to really confirm it, because they had paid too much to come back, and they didn't dare to believe that this world was still a virtual world.
The quality that humans lack most is not necessarily intelligence, but courage, the courage to face the cruel truth, the courage to resist even if they see the despair of life. There are very few such people, and even if there are one or two, they can be dealt with in time, so as not to trigger a large-scale resistance and cause the world to collapse.
This dual world structure is equivalent to double insurance. Coupled with the system's supervision and the time difference with reality, once a person is pulled into the virtual world, it is almost impossible to escape alive. [Thriller Script Killing] After 70 years, even if you die of old age, the real world is only 70 minutes, and your life will be declared brain dead.
001 looked at the virtual world he had built and felt that every line of code was filled with despair.
During the trial run of [Horror Script Killing], although the death rate of players in a single copy was high, miraculously there were no large-scale suicide protests or legions rebelling against the existence of [the world] itself.
The vast majority of surviving players adapted to the various perverted rules of [Horror Script Killing] in a relatively short period of time. People sought survival within the established rules and used these rules to oppress and exploit their own kind, seeking opportunities to leapfrog and upgrade to become "superior people".
This world finally did not collapse like the previous two worlds. 001 successfully delivered "his results" and declared the experiment a success.
Investor 000 was very satisfied with this virtual world designed entirely according to his own ideas, and gave all the technical personnel a very generous year-end bonus.
001 feels uncomfortable.
When he was depriving the vegetative patient of his brain waves, he was indifferent. When he was importing the missing people, he still felt that they were a little far away from him. And when he handed over the [Thriller Script Murder]...
The first generation 001 recalled what investor 000 said about the reasons why the first two worlds he designed failed. He finally began to think, in the eyes of this mysterious investor, is he really one of the very few people who make the rules in this world, or is he one of the vast majority of people who "don't deserve to live too well"?
"The original 001 told me this himself before he died."
The invisible man looked at the extended railroad tracks and said:
"When he created this world like God, he secretly left a backdoor just in case."
Su Yi immediately found the doubts when he heard it:
"If there really was a backdoor, why did he die?"
"have no idea!"
Su Yi could hear the frustration and regret in the invisible man's voice. He paused for a moment and said:
"That was the last time I met 001. The next time we met, he had already been replaced by that rubbish second-generation 001."
Su Yi thought about it silently. The first generation 001 said that he left behind a backdoor, which did not necessarily mean that he had a backdoor.
The backdoor may be set in a special location in the game, and certain conditions must be met before it can be found, just like treasure hunting.
"Besides you, is there anyone else who knows about the backdoor left by the original 001?" Su Yi asked.
"No more, right?" the invisible man said, "I am the only one left in the team back then, so he could only tell me."
Su Yi: "Where are the others?"
"Dead?"
The Invisible Man didn't say how he died, nor did he seem willing to say it, but Su Yi keenly felt that there was indeed a fierce struggle for interests among the Thrillers.
The first generation of 001 and its team were just technicians at first. Although investor 000 had promised to give 001 a minority position before, judging from the personality of 000, Su Yi felt that 000 would prefer to use these technicians and then discard them.
When ancient emperors built mausoleums, after they were completed, they would kill all the craftsmen inside the mausoleum to prevent them from leaking the location.
But 001 was not abandoned. Instead, he rose to the leadership position of Thriller and was on par with the investor 000 until he was replaced by the second-generation 001.
The first generation 001 and the 000 group obviously don't get along with each other. From the previous narration of the invisible man, the first generation 001 also does not agree with the arrogant idea of 000. Su Yi feels strange. If that's the case, why would the first generation 001 become a Thriller?
In the past, he was a technician who was controlled and could be said to be in a passive and helpless position. But now that he has taken a leadership position, the first generation 001 can completely break off relations with 000 and have no problem making this technology public.
“He can’t make it public?”
Transparent Man said:
"His daughter had been in a car accident, and he used this technology to replace her with a healthy body. The brain waves of another little girl were introduced into the virtual world, and she died not long after.
"Not only him, but me and other Thrillers can't turn back. That's why I hesitated. As someone who followed the original 001, I can't show my loyalty to 000 without any hesitation. 000 won't trust me either.
"But I can't completely turn to the traitor Judas. That guy seems to want to destroy the entire virtual world, which is completely inconsistent with my interests."
Judas Su Yi, the traitor who was indeed planning to "destroy the world", deliberately asked weak questions in front of the invisible man in order to find out more information:
"Then, why did the original 001 keep this backdoor?"
In Su Yi's opinion, it was normal for the early technician 001 to feel uneasy when building the [Thriller Script Killing] and leave a backdoor just in case.
But later, leader 001, who helped his daughter change her body and had begun to enjoy the privilege of transcending life and death, completely became Thriller's side and should have destroyed this backdoor.
But he still left such a thing behind, and even before he died, he specifically told the invisible man who had been in the same team with him.
"I don't know why he kept the backdoor. This thing is too deadly!" The invisible man said:
"Even if we don't get along with 000, we are still Thrillers on the same side. I asked him how he dared to leave such a fatal loophole! I also wanted to ask him what kind of backdoor it was, but 001 was unwilling to answer me."
Su Yi pondered, that is to say, until his death, the first generation 001 did not fully trust even his teammate Invisible Man, and did not accurately explain the specific location of the backdoor.
If it is told, the invisible man Thriller might shut it down for his own benefit or use it at will.
Now no one knows what 001 was thinking at the beginning. Perhaps, this first-generation architect who once created the world like God was finally willing to leave a little hope for such a desperate virtual world, hoping that the backdoor could be opened by those who really needed it.
Su Yi thought about it in his mind. The first generation 001 only mentioned the matter of backdoor to this invisible man before his death. If he wanted to get clues about backdoor, he had to start with the invisible man.
Maybe 001 hinted at something in his last words before his death, but the invisible man was too stupid to hear it.
The hostage Su Yi decided to continue to trick the invisible man. He said softly:
"You are the only member left of the 001 team. He specifically mentioned the backdoor to you before he died. I don't think this is a coincidence."
These words really touched the heart of the invisible man. Su Yi deliberately followed his wishes and said:
"Perhaps, 001 is not unwilling to tell you, but due to some restrictions... He can't directly tell others the specific information of the backdoor, so he can only hint to you quietly."
The Invisible Man found these words pleasing to the ear, as they showed that the original 001 actually still trusted him very much. He felt more and more that these words made sense, and that it was not in vain that he had recruited this smart but weak younger brother.
Su Yi quietly observed the other person, and finally whispered to the invisible man:
"Can you still recall what 001 said at that time?"
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