Brainoid

Using Ji Lianjia's interface, Qi Mi entered the brain-like body.

She was a little nervous when she first connected, fearing that the accidents in elementary school would happen again. However, when she actually stood on the ground in the virtual world, she found that nothing seemed to go wrong.

"Look, I said it's not difficult." Ji Lian also came online. Since she could choose to follow the location under the same physical address, the tall and thin young man appeared in front of her soon, "Hey, why are you so You’re short, and you’re still wearing an elementary school uniform?”

"The last time I was online, I was still in elementary school." Qi Mi explained unhappily.

"Then quickly change your image, it's too weird." Jifusheng laughed, "And your name is so weird - Mimi, is that how you pronounce it?"

The name can be changed once a year. The name change can only be done by going to the Brainoid User Management Office and paying a fee.

But Qi Mi didn't know this. She casually called up her file and took a second to change her name to "Gardenia of the Kongxiang".

She brought up the file interface, which Jifusheng couldn't see. In a blink of an eye, he noticed that the name tag on the chest of the primary school student with a ponytail in front of him had been updated to "Gardenia of the Kung Alley". He was suddenly shocked: "Wait... I I saw it just now..."

"You are wrong." Kongxiang Zhizhi said deliberately. She thought that the permission to call up her own and other people's files at will was given to members of the Brainoid Company, and she was barely one of them, so she also had this permission. But Ji Lian shouldn't know about this.

"Then... you should quickly change your image." Ji Fusheng had no choice but to say.

"How to change?" Zhi Zhi in Kongxiang asked.

Ji Fusheng paid the wormhole toll and took Kongxiang Zhizhi to the self-service service station at the user management office. He explained how to design an image, how much it would cost to adjust various aspects, how long it would take for the modifications to take effect, etc...

Then I saw Zhi Zhi in the empty lane and clicked on the manual service: "Can I still use this appearance modification card?"

Then Ji Lian saw her pull out a simple card from the coupon column. If he hadn't studied brainoids carefully, he might not have known that this card was the first-generation appearance-modifying product with only 5,000 copies issued during the "ancient" period of brainoids. At that time, there were only a few users of brainoids, and the level of development was low. Appearance modification was only a test business, so the appearance modification card issued allowed a constructor to modify the appearance online one-on-one, without waiting for it to take effect on the spot.

However, for ordinary players today, this kind of card only exists in discussions on forums. In the early days of the commercialization of brain-like bodies, only biopunks dared to be the first to “eat crabs”. Most of the users at that time have now become architects of the brain-like body company, which is something ordinary people can see now. Not to mention that most people believe that the first-generation modification cards have been used up long ago. Even if there are any left, everyone thinks that they will only be circulated in the black market, and the price is definitely not something that ordinary people will touch.

"Hello, this card is usable." The customer service said politely, "Do you need to use it now?"

"Yes... just use it now." Kongxiang Zhizhi replied.

A video window popped up on the screen, directly connected to a constructor from the Brain-like Body Research Department. Gong Xiangzhi began discussing ways to modify her appearance with her one-on-one constructor.

Ji Lian felt numb looking at him. Who was his eldest friend? I haven't used an account that my parents didn't allow for two years, and I still have a first-generation modification card. Isn't this too rich?

But he soon felt relieved. The richer Qi Mi's family is, the better, so it makes sense for him to work hard to help Qi Mi "enthrone".

In the end, Qi Mi changed his appearance in the brain-like body to a male young man who was somewhat similar to the floating student, and his voice was adjusted accordingly. This is something she has considered before. It is said that there are many players in brainoids whose appearance does not match their real gender, and the identity of young men is less likely to attract attention.

The most important thing is that she also has two appearance modification cards. If it doesn't work, it will be over if she changes it back - this is the difference between internal players and ordinary players.

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After changing his image, Kongxiang Zhizhi followed Ji Fusheng to the nearby wormhole transportation station.

She had never thought about what the current world of brainoids would look like before. She always thought it was like a scene from some once-popular science fiction movie. The public often calls brainoids "incredible" when referring to them. However, it was only when she walked on the road in the virtual world that she truly felt what "wonderful and orderly" is.

The sky in the brain-like body is always blue, regardless of day or night. All streets are spotless, with smooth surfaces and a lack of detail upon closer inspection. The road surface, which was not originally made of a display screen, was "painted" with dynamic icons. If we use the analogy of popular literature that everyone is familiar with, these dynamic surfaces are like the movable photos and paintings in "Harry Potter".

In the center of the street is the vehicle lane. The vehicles in the virtual world are all kinds of weird. People with no money ride normal bicycles and electric cars, ordinary rich people drive virtual sports cars that are replicas of the same proportions, and the more unconventional rich people design modified cars and suspended boats by themselves. ——As long as you pay enough money, the brain-like body company can also make some exceptions to the laws of physics for you. There are even people who actually drive on the road in a basket box that looks like a TARDIS. I wonder if the inside is really bigger than the outside. When the constructor's salary is high and the mood is good, the fictional space of the brain-like body can be distorted quite easily.

(Note: TARDIS is the spaceship in the famous British science fiction drama "Doctor Who". It looks like a London blue police box, and the internal space is larger than the external volume)

To allow so many vehicles to travel on the road without colliding with each other, we still have to rely on complete damage immunity on the vehicle-specific lanes. Users of brain-like bodies have different driving skills. Obviously, we can't just throw a novice and a veteran driver with road rage together without protection. And the vehicles are too different and difficult to manage, so we simply have to set them as vehicles. Tools can no longer be damaged on dedicated lanes.

However, Jifusheng did not have a vehicle, so he lost the opportunity to take the girl around Beijing. Moreover, twelve-year-old children like them are not allowed to ride on other vehicles except standard bicycles and electric vehicles. Even if the appearance is designed to be that of a young man, the real age is clearly stated in the file.

"Brain-like bodies are really a paradise for rich people." Saitama sighed with envy, "Have you seen that rocket project? There is a brain-like body company that specially invites astronauts to recreate the experience, which means that as long as it comes out, If you can afford it, brain-like bodies can help you experience the feeling of heaven.”

"Experiencing God in a virtual world, is it the same as for real?" Kong Xiang Zhi Zhi's voice asked curiously through the voice changer.

"Who knows, I can't afford the money anyway." Jifusheng shrugged, "Before, in the real world, people said that money is not everything. But in the brain-like body, now money is basically equivalent to everything. ”

Qi Mi didn't expect him to comment like this. Ji Lian had previously admired the invention of brain-like bodies, but "having money means being omnipotent" did not sound like a good thing.

"I thought brainoids were a free world." Kong Xiangzhi Zhi said.

"Of course it's a free world." Jifusheng said, "It's like this precisely because it's too free. The freest thing is capital, and ordinary poor people are so poor that they only have freedom."

"What is capital?" Kongxiang Zhizhi asked.

"Uh..." Ji Fusheng couldn't think deeply for more than three seconds, so he failed to pretend to be X. "Actually, I don't quite understand. It probably refers to money... This is what my stepfather once said. In fact, I think there are a few more Make sense."

Maybe, Qi Mi couldn't help but think that being so poor that only freedom sounds really miserable. She doesn't know why she feels so strongly about poverty, but it may have something to do with her lost childhood memories.

According to her mother, the first time she entered the brain-like body may have damaged some of her episodic memories, causing her to almost forget all about her life in the United States after she came out. But Qi Mi thinks this doesn’t matter. Most normal people don’t remember things that happened before they were four years old, right?

Ji Fusheng: Rich people, please be friends with me! ! !