Player Reload
Chapter 357 - 329: Rice Weevil

Chapter 357: Chapter 329: Rice Weevil

"fuker vs bin, fuker gave an interview after the match, ’the outcome is still uncertain, we are both dark horses...’"

"Chubby baby Hajimi Hajimi, your white gloves hey yo hey yo hey yo..."

"You came from Dandong, you bathed me in snow, feeling like having Guangdong cuisine..."

The living room echoed with short video sounds as Gray Rain lazily lay on the sofa, swiping through short videos on her phone while a variety show played on her tablet, serving as background noise.

When hungry, she would grab some snacks from the side table, and when thirsty, she’d take a sip of milk tea.

Li Cheng, who had just finished screwing the vehicle, came out of the three-dimensional warehouse. Seeing the litter and snack debris scattered on the floor, he felt his blood pressure rising.

"Done with your work? I was just about to do some chores."

Gray Rain lazily scratched her right foot with her left foot and put her hood on.

The hooded sweatshirt she was wearing, in red and black, was personally sewn by Li Cheng.

It used several types of polyester fibers, aramid fibers, polyethylene fibers, and non-woven fabric technology.

Not only was it flame-resistant, insulating, anti-static, waterproof, dustproof, wear-resistant, and stain-resistant, but it was also soft and comfortable.

Various electronic devices were sewn into the soft lining inside the clothes, ensuring the wearer would not feel discomfort whether standing, sitting, lying down, or leaning.

As the hood was put on and the wireless network card connected, the sweeping robot in the corner of the living room received Gray Rain’s remote command, started up, and began cleaning up the trash.

The dishwasher and washing machine also ran automatically, helping wash the dishes and clothes.

Li Cheng rubbed his head wearily, "Have you been lying on the sofa all day? Have you even gotten up? You’re about to stick to the sofa."

"No, I haven’t."

Before she finished speaking, Gray Rain raised her arm, only to find that due to excessive comfort and relaxation, her arm had slightly melted, with some liquid metal seeping into the sofa.

With a tearing sound, she nearly ripped the sofa.

Gray Rain coughed awkwardly, "You know, I was taken away from my parents when I was young, and never learned any life skills..."

"Are you a cat? Taken away when you were young."

Li Cheng helplessly took off his oil-stained gloves, tossed them into the backpack, and walked into the study to turn on the computer to browse the player forums.

The arrival of the high tower in the otherworld continued to have an impact on the real world.

First, international shipping was affected, with all routes near Kolonie Island canceled and international tourism to the Federated States of Micronesia also suspended,

Then, all satellite map service websites only showed old images of Kolonie Island, with no real-time photos.

Once preparations were complete, the island’s residents had their memories wiped and were collectively relocated, moved to other islands in the Federated States of Micronesia.

According to some revealing posts on player forums, the area was completely controlled by the GOC. After dozens of rounds of urgent consultations and negotiations, several official agencies with national backgrounds, including the Special Affairs Bureau, were eventually allowed to co-develop the region with GOC.

It’s likely that the world will soon experience a technological explosion.

"Hmm..."

Li Cheng leaned back in his chair, not particularly interested in how GOC and other organizations would divide the tech wealth within the high tower—he also had a complete backup.

What concerned him more was that GOC theoretically had to adhere to the principles of the United Nations, providing all-system humanitarian aid for natural and man-made disasters.

But when significant events such as the high tower’s arrival occurred, GOC could still disregard the sovereignty of the Federated States of Micronesia, making large-scale memory wipes, land seizures, and forced relocations.

Too cold and rational, but somewhat understandable.

Several organizations, including Prometheus and Gen-Sys, had already pointed out artificial womb technology.

Now, with Dr. Noah’s cloning embryos and accelerated development technology, they were theoretically able to mass-produce clones like baking bread.

They could even utilize gene cutting and gene editing to create new humans with superior mental and physical capabilities.

This brought new ethical issues—was there still a need for the concept of Earth village and the human collective?

And when genetic factories could mass-produce new humans, were countries, nations, marriages, births, families, and even the concept of people still necessary?

Would there be scenarios where "genetically modified people have no political rights, are not considered people, only citizens. Or even not considered citizens, only assets"?

As the maintainer of international basic order, GOC neither wanted nor could allow these technologies to spread randomly. Otherwise, it would inevitably lead to the overall collapse of human civilization and international order.

"The silver lining is that even if gene editing and other technologies cause disruptions, the effects wouldn’t be immediate, at least four to five years before they become noticeable."

Li Cheng mumbled to himself as he scrolled through the player forum, coming across a comment that made him burst out laughing.

[The average lifespan of all players is only about one and a half to two years, unlikely to see the social changes brought by new technologies. So there’s no need to worry]

Uh... that’s true. Even new players who received big guild training faced a first mission death rate of 50%-70%.

Subsequent missions would gradually lower the death rate as they gained experience and resources.

Even then, occasional mishaps would result in gruesome deaths in script tasks.

"Now the expected lifespan of players is even lower than that of residents in Haiti, Syria, Afghanistan, drug addicts, transgender people, and cancer patients. Only slightly better than influencers in trendy restaurants. What a hellish joke."

Li Cheng closed the webpage, opened his phone, and checked his WeChat.

The cross-dimensional technology used by the high tower was quite complex, from the real-world perspective, including Xue Luomeng and Xue Lingyu, teenagers had been in a comatose state,

Until the moment the high tower appeared, all rescued teenagers collectively teleported to Kolonie Island from all over the world.

Those who weren’t rescued remained as vegetative patients in their original hospital beds.

According to Dr. Noah, these unfortunate victims’ consciousnesses had already died in the otherworld and could not be revived.

As compensation, Noah could offer cloning services to these grieving families and, based on the digital footprint from the real world and the memories in the parents’ brains, implant memories into the clones, making their behavior and mannerisms as close to the original as possible.

Whether GOC would agree to such "energy-saving and environmentally friendly replacements," and whether the bereaved families would accept it, was another story.

In any case, Xue Luomeng and Xue Lingyu returned to society quickly after having their memories wiped.

It was unclear if there was a mistake in the brainwashing process or some other reason, but Xue Luomeng’s attitude towards Li Cheng seemed to have improved significantly.

However, this time it wasn’t Xue Luomeng but Yuan Zhixia, "Hey, want to go out for a meal?"

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