Chapter 510 The Reason for the Game's Collapse

The game companies in the interstellar era are more generous than Li Qi imagined.

In order to let people experience the best games, these game companies keep iterating the machines for playing games.

From the ordinary computers at the beginning, to the VR devices later, to the final consciousness transmission, and the consciousness avatars that are now more popular.

The interstellar era has achieved the ultimate in peripherals for playing games.

Some games even directly transform an entire planet into a server planet, just to provide players with a real world.

But no matter how real it is, it is not as real as the real world.

So in the early days, some game companies began to look for planets with life on the edge of the universe, where interstellar civilizations have not yet spread, and transform them into large game areas, create mechanical avatars, and let players play games on them.

At that time, for the remote planets that had not yet been incorporated into the interstellar society, the actions of the game companies were absolutely the end of the world for them.

But the game companies have never converged, and they have never regarded these remote planets as civilized planets.

This way of playing games continued until the establishment of the Federation.

In the laws formulated by the Federation, any planet with self-awareness and the ability to develop a primary civilization can be called a civilized planet.

Regardless of whether the civilization on this planet is in the Stone Age or the Industrial Age, and regardless of whether the planet is a tribal culture or a monarchical culture, as long as there are people who can think independently and have a simple social structure and family structure, then this planet will be recognized by the Federation.

The Federation will help these planets survive the early stages of civilization development and inject new vitality into the universe.

Therefore, the means of game companies are strictly prohibited, and any behavior that plays with life will be sentenced to death by the Federation!

It was from that time that the game began to go downhill.

Because you can't expect a group of players who are used to playing "real" to go back and experience the virtual world that is not real at all.

So the game company also experienced a period of lows.

Until a device appeared.

"World Editor, created by a ninth-level peak mechanical master, can edit the editing device of the outer universe world."

Mike talked about the history of game development, and at the same time raised his hand to create a phantom of the world editor for Li Qi to see.

He is a fifth-level mechanic who can project virtual projections at will.

The world editor looks like a square thing, somewhat similar to an engine, but with many incomprehensible buttons and special structures on it.

Mike pointed at the world editor and said:

"This world editor will search for new worlds outside the universe after it is started. After the new world is determined, any consciousness practitioner above the fifth level can edit and set that world through the editor, thereby transforming it into a game world."

The civilization of this world is more advanced than Li Qi imagined.

After the fifth level has its own exclusive fleet and mecha, the battle location is transferred from the surface of the planet to the universe.

And when it comes to the ninth level, the eyes of those strong people are even more focused on other universes!

On the one hand, they have to prevent other more powerful universes from discovering themselves, and on the other hand, they are also contacting those universes that are weaker than themselves and incorporating them into their own world system.

This is why it is rare to see ninth-level strong people.

Because many of them are not in this world.

So it is not surprising that a ninth-level mechanic can create a world editor that edits and changes some small worlds.

Li Qi also maintained a calm expression and asked Mike:

"So, Endless World is a real world?"

"Yes, but that world was originally just a bunch of monkeys, without real civilization, and the world editor had just been created, so we were not very optimistic about Endless World at that time."

Mike's eyes showed nostalgia: "But in order to make a better game, we personally used the world editor to accelerate the time of that world, guide the life on it to develop civilization, and then implant the AI ​​core and start editing the world settings...

"This is not an easy thing. Even if we have an editor made by a ninth-level senior, it is not easy to transform a world into what we want to change, but fortunately... we succeeded."

At this point, Mike's tone was a little more proud: "We have truly developed an infinitely iterable version of Endless World! All the settings that can be thought of in the universe have been integrated into the game! "

Mike mentioned to Li Qi that his inspiration for Endless World came from the numerous power systems in the universe.

Martial arts, magic, superpowers, technology, soul...

There are countless power systems and countless ways of cultivation. As a result, other game companies only focus on one power system to create, which is somewhat wasteful.

So Mike plans to develop a game that can be updated infinitely, and each update will change the gameplay and power system.

With the support of such a dream, Mike successfully developed Endless World and made this game popular throughout the federation!

Recalling the glory of the past, Mike's eyes were more nostalgic, but he didn't know what he thought of. The nostalgia in his eyes quickly turned into pain, and he said regretfully:

"But unfortunately, Endless World is still shut down. "

"Well, I heard that it was because the later version updates were too monotonous and players were tired of playing."

Li Qi said what he had investigated online.

But Mike smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is just the reason for the closure published on the surface."

Li Qi was stunned: "... Is there any other truth behind this?"

"Of course." Mike sighed: "Do you know the overall number of power systems?"

He first asked Li Qi such a question, and then quickly answered himself:

"The answer is 'infinite'! There is no specific number! Because the power system will 'merge', one power system merges with another power system, and a new system will be created. When countless systems merge with each other, the answer is infinite!"

"So, the reason for the closure is not the repeated version updates?"

Li Qi understood.

If the number of power systems will only increase, then it is impossible for the repeated versions to cause players to lose interest.

There are other reasons here.

Mike nodded: "Yes, the real reason...is the AI ​​rebellion."

"!?"

Li Qi was shocked when he heard this.

The artificial intelligence crisis a long time ago? ?

No, that's not right, the time doesn't match!

When it comes to AI rebellion, Li Qi thinks of the omnic crisis that happened in the Empire. It was because of that crisis that the Empire never used any machine with self-AI again.

On the contrary, it is more common in the Federation.

Thinking of this, Li Qi suddenly understood, and he asked: "...your AI, rebelled again?"

Mike nodded heavily: "Yes, but it's not us, it's the game AI of other game companies, and most of the places where the rebellion occurred are places where the world editor has been used."

In the interstellar era, the rebellion of omnics is a very serious matter. Although the Federation has a relatively soft attitude towards omnics and is willing to use AI machines, it does not mean that they can allow AI to break away from human control and rebel against humans.

So when the rebellion occurs, those games edited by the world editor will be completely abandoned.

Mike said: "Although the AI ​​of Endless World is still normal, the policy issued by the higher-ups forced us to shut down the game and abandon the edited AI.

"We originally thought about restarting the game after all the troubles have subsided, but unfortunately, the higher-ups didn't give us time to restart, and the company didn't either, so the game was abandoned. "

Mike's tone was full of regret when he said this.

Li Qi stared at Mike's profile, trying to find some other emotions on his face, such as... pity for the demise of an extraterrestrial civilization.

But there was none.

Mike only felt sorry for the game's closure, and didn't care at all whether he had destroyed a civilized world by making the game.

Li Qi looked at him and thought of Sophie Yuna who had dragged him to watch the fireworks. His mouth was slightly open, but he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Perhaps...in the eyes of these people, life that does not belong to their own universe cannot be regarded as life...

No, why do I think so much.

Taking a deep breath, Li Qi suppressed his wild thoughts and asked Mike again:

"Mr. Mike, can you still connect to the server AI of "Endless World" now? "

"I told you, the server of Endless World is gone..."

Mike sighed with regret, but when he turned to meet Li Qi's eyes, he was stunned.

Li Qi stared straight into Mike's eyes without any deviation.

I don't know if it was Mike's illusion, he seemed to see sincerity and an inexplicable persistence in Li Qi's eyes.

Is it persistence in the game?

Mike thought about it unconsciously. He seemed to see the other party's love for the game in Li Qi's eyes, and unconsciously had a good impression of this little guy with dark skin.

After staring at Li Qi for a long time, Mike finally failed to stick to his words, and he changed his words:

"Well, actually... it's not really gone..."

Mike turned his head to look at his manor and said: "...I still have a few copies of the Endless World login device, but because the server AI is no longer there, it may not be so easy to connect to the game..."

"'Not so easy' means that there is still a possibility of connection, right? "

Li Qi quickly caught the flaw in Mike's words and stepped forward to ask.

Mike was helpless, but at the same time he was touched that his game was valued.

He took a deep breath and nodded heavily:

"I admit that if I log in with administrator privileges, there is a high probability that I can reconnect to the game, but I haven't tried it, and I don't dare to try it. But if it's you... you should be able to log in to that world again."

Mike's eyes were staring at Li Qi, but Li Qi felt that he didn't seem to be looking at him, but at someone else.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Li Qi didn't know who Mike thought he was because of his strange charm, but he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

So he saluted Mike seriously and said sincerely:

"I am willing to try to log in to "Endless World" and see the world created by Mr. Mike, so, Mr. Mike...

"Please!"