In the previous "Grand Theft Auto" instance, the timeline dragged on for too long, resulting in more than a dozen more countries falling to Earth after the "Green House" instance. If a few more fall, there will be less than 100 countries left.
It sounds like a lot, but the fact that this number is in a restricted area makes the danger more apparent.
Your house now has more than a dozen nests of cockroaches.
The restricted zone cannot be dispelled. Although it will not expand in the short term, its mere existence on Earth is enough to make humanity uncomfortable.
No one knows how long this strange phenomenon will continue to affect Earth. Perhaps within twenty years, Earth will be able to find a way to combat it, but how many Chosen Ones will die during that time, and how many countries will become forbidden zones, remains unknown.
The think tanks of every country serve the chosen ones, essentially in order to prevent their own countries from becoming forbidden zones.
Stopping the other members from joking, An Zhi gently tapped the table: "Each instance has five chosen ones from five countries. There are many countries in the Old Continent, but because of the same beliefs in history, they almost all use the same mythology system, and there is not much difference. Unlike the countries in the Eastern Continent such as Dragon Kingdom, Peacock Kingdom, White Elephant Kingdom and Cherry Blossom Kingdom, whose mythology content is completely different. We can analyze which country the other chosen ones in the instance come from based on the information revealed."
"There's too little information revealed so far. All we know is that the name 'Vina' likely comes from the Old World's language, but we can't rule out the possibility that she's a chosen one from the New World..."
“I think Yin Zhu’s four teammates must be from countries with Old World language systems, but the name may not correspond to a country,” Su Jinyun pointed out gently. “Currently, the chosen ones who can see the rules can notice that the city is called [Vina City], just like [Sin City], it’s just a name. And we also know the meaning that this name represents.”
She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone understood.
Wiener, the father of cybernetics.
When a person acquires information and wants to develop, they will be subject to certain restrictions; this is what it means to be controlled.
"The Unspeakable must have extracted some concepts from Earth, transforming the world of supernatural tales into something more accessible to Earth's chosen ones." Li Ge agreed with Su Jinyun's viewpoint. "The mythology of this instance may not have originally come from Earth, or it may be somewhat similar to Earth's mythology."
"But if mythology and cybernetics are combined... it seems like that's the only possible outcome."
Han Jiuying, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
Di Jia, who had been arguing with him for a long time, understood what Han Jiuying meant almost instantly. After all, only those with good logical thinking could avoid arguing like talking to a brick wall: "Are you saying that the positions in this instance that should have belonged to the capital company have been monopolized by the gods?"
To be honest, this conjecture is very un-cyberpunk.
"Although it's a bit far-fetched, it really is the only possibility. Capitalists control a lot of resources and don't treat the lower classes as human beings. In the eyes of people in the past, gods did live in a fairyland, while humans lived in dire straits." Li Yun scratched his head.
"Isn't this different? Our ancestors' fantasies about gods and fairylands were a kind of yearning for the future, while the cyberpunk world generally cuts off the upward mobility of the lower classes." Green, who was opposite him, disagreed.
"There's no conflict; after all, our world doesn't have gods." Xia Qingkong looked at Yin Zhu on the screen and said quietly:
"But in a world of strange rules and supernatural phenomena, there may indeed be gods."
If gods truly exist, yet they rely on sucking the blood of the masses to maintain their supreme status and enslave the lower classes to build their own comfortable lives, what difference is there between such gods and capitalists?
On the screen, Yin Zhu was peeking through the crack in the door.
Although the rules state, "[7. This apartment building closes between midnight and 4 a.m.; please do not trespass during this time.]"
However, rule number seven refers to outsiders entering the entire apartment, not that the tenants inside the apartment cannot visit each other's rooms late at night. In other words, if the "benevolent spirit official" problem is solved, Yin Zhu can actually move freely through the apartment's corridors.
According to Hirano San, the thing on her wrist was like a watch, or perhaps an electronic chip implanted directly under her skin.
Therefore, after returning to her room, Yin Zhu warily watched the tenants passing by, staring intently at the backs of their hands. After three or four people passed by, she finally confirmed that there was indeed a pentagram symbol on the back of their hands, with an eye drawn in the middle.
"If it's a triangle with eyes, I could probably figure it out, but what is this?"
Yin Zhu was referring to the design on the one-dollar banknote of the United States, which is known as the "All-Seeing Eye" or "Eye of God." It represents the all-seeing eye of "God" monitoring humanity, and it does indeed have the connotation of surveillance. Therefore, the United States has a large number of supporters of "cybernetics," and many citizens suspect that the higher-ups are monitoring them.
In this respect, the most comprehensive example of the "beacon of democracy" is the "birds are not real" theory.
Back then, Yin Zhu even mocked the citizens of the "beacon of light" for believing that all birds were extinct and that the drones flying in the sky were government-made surveillance drones—how could that be? Why would the people of the "beacon of light" believe such an obviously false lie?
The incident originated from a college student who fabricated a flawed lie to mock online rumors. However, as more and more people joined in, many even began to believe it.
The more happily Yin Zhu laughed then, the more stiff her expression became now.
The fake birds on Earth were a lie, but the ones in the instance might be too. If this world can even install surveillance on people, then ubiquitous surveillance cameras in the sky are bound to appear sooner or later. When Yin Zhu can finally go out, she'll really have to be wary of all the small animals in this world.
The Good Spirit Official is a thing with the name of the Dragon Kingdom. If Yin Zhu is not mistaken, the creator's starting point should also be deduced from the thinking of the Dragon Kingdom sect.
The indigenous religions of the Dragon Kingdom have a plethora of favorite numbers, such as Yin and Yang, the Three Powers, the Four Symbols, the Six Harmonies, the Seven Stars, the Eight Trigrams, and the Nine Palaces. As for the Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, constellations, and the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, the sheer number of these numbers is astounding. So much so that when Yin Zhu reads ancient works, he often wonders how many brain cells they must have exhausted to write the titles of the seventy-two people.
Of all these, the one most closely related to "five" is the "Five Elements".
The meaning of "eyes" is naturally related to looking. If the pentagram outside represents the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth that divide all things in the universe, then "Good Spirit Official" actually represents "all things in the universe are looking at you" to a large extent, in addition to its own use.
Thinking about it this way, it really does have a bit of that "there are gods three feet above your head" feel to it from Chinese mythology.
Considering that being discovered by the indigenous people might lead to a report, Yin Zhu pondered for a moment, closed her room door, tore off a small piece of the bed sheet, and then wrapped it around her left arm, pretending that her left arm was injured.
After getting ready, Yin Zhu left the house and went to another door, knocking on the door next door.
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