Chapter 456: Digging into the Metaverse
Lincoln Elementary School in California, United States, published an enrollment advertisement.
The first thing that appears in the advertisement is the actual shooting location of Lincoln Elementary School, with its large lawn, beautiful and neat school building, children's activity room, and specimen room.
The background voice said: "Lincoln Elementary School, a primary school with a century-old history, here, your children can have a happy childhood."
"Excellent children's psychological counselors will accompany your children to grow up healthily and lively."
"Now, we will prepare more exciting courses for your child, allowing him to have close contact with dinosaurs, taking him back to the Civil War period, and watching President Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation with his own eyes!"
When the camera changed, what appeared was a broad grassland on a hillside, and a huge and spectacular building standing between the hillsides, facing the green mountains.
The grass is covered with dandelions, flowers are in full bloom, and there are little white rabbits jumping around, fluttering dragonflies, flying colorful birds, and leisurely raccoons everywhere.
"This is our new school building, a leisurely valley covering an area of 1,000 hectares. There are no monsters in online games to invade here, and your children will not be allowed to see scary monsters. Here, there are only flocks of pheasants flying around.
white doves, and cute raccoons.”
The camera switches to a scene of primary school students attending class.
A group of children were sitting on the grass laughing and laughing. Some naughty children were lying on the grass, watching the small insects crawling around.
The teacher was sitting among them, explaining to them the dinosaurs of ancient times.
"Children, I will take you to the real Jurassic Period later to see the era when dinosaurs lived. You don't have to be afraid. They are all computer simulations and do not exist in reality, let alone
It will cause harm to you."
"If you like, you can get in front of them to see their thick skin and watch them eat."
"Really? Dinosaurs won't bite my fingers? I'm afraid of pain!" a little girl said naively.
"I'm not afraid of dinosaurs biting my fingers! As long as it doesn't bite my butt, that's fine. The nurse auntie pricked my butt during the last injection and made me lie on the bed for three days!" A little boy laughed.
Watching the children's childish answers in the TV commercials, the parents of those children smiled knowingly.
In the advertisement, the teacher comforted the children, then pulled open a curtain on the right, and a light curtain suddenly appeared between the lawns.
At the other end of the light curtain is a vast lake with towering trees hundreds of meters tall.
Several long-necked dragons were drinking water by the lake. Their high heads seemed to be hanging in the sky, shaking slightly, which was very pleasant.
The children exclaimed in amazement and got up from the grass in a swarm.
Children's receptivity is much stronger than that of adults, and they have long been familiar with controlling virtual devices.
Before the teacher got up, several children quickly rushed into the light curtain.
"It's so tall, taller than the building we live in!"
"Teacher, can we grow so tall in the future?"
"Of course not. Only this kind of dinosaur can be so tall. Its height can reach..." The teacher followed the children and ran into the light curtain. The light curtain gradually closed and disappeared.
The teacher held the giraffe's thick thighs with his hands and explained to the children the characteristics of the giraffe and their living habits.
Such lively and interesting on-site teaching greatly attracted the children's attention. Everyone listened very seriously. Some children pulled some grass on the ground, stood up on tiptoes, and wanted to give it to the giraffe.
"Teacher, if I stay here, can I grow as tall as them? Then, can I play in the NBA and become a professional basketball player?" A little boy asked excitedly.
"Of course not!" The cute little girl said softly, "If you grow too tall, the league will not want you because you can't enter the basketball court!"
Boom~
All the parents of children who saw this paragraph burst into laughter.
The technical strength of Infinity Company is simply awe-inspiring!
With such a vivid scene and a unique teaching model, those parents whose children are studying at Lincoln Elementary School are naturally very pleased, while those who have not yet chosen a school for their children are excited.
They do not expect that their children will become scientists or well-read scholars in the future, but they can be sure that their children will spend an innocent, romantic, happy and beautiful childhood here.
Not to mention children, even these adults hope that they can turn back their age by more than ten years, go back to school, and enjoy the fun of children in such virtual teaching.
When parents made up their minds, they all had some regrets.
It's a pity, if we could have had this novel and unique teaching model back then, how happy our childhood would have been!
All of this comes from the technological development of Infinity Company.
Without them, our children would inevitably follow the same growth path as us.
There were happy smiles on their faces, sighing that the children had encountered an unprecedented wonderful time!
....
The Evil Geniuses! The Evil Geniuses!
Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of people, Edward, Isar, Leo and others slowly walked out and arrived at the central arena.
"Edward! I'm optimistic about you! I've placed a heavy bet of eighty gold coins on you! Don't let me down!"
"Isar, protect Edward. As long as Edward's life is not in danger, you will win!"
"Dear, stop screaming and buy me ten notes of Edward. Oh my God, what a handsome magician. I really love him!"
....
From the noisy stands around, huge waves of sound came one after another, making the entire arena form a resonance field.
Edward and others turned their heads and looked around, feeling dizzy due to the bursts of cheers.
"More people are coming today, at least 100,000 people, right?" Leo said with some uncertainty.
He, who was always calm, could not help but sound a little excited.
As an engineer, when had he been surrounded by such a large audience and accepted the cheers of the crowd?
"Of course! With my swordsman Isar, of course there will be many people here! Yesterday we made our debut and swept the Western District Arena, defeating our opponents for sixteen rounds in a row. Not only were there many people who came to watch the game, but it was also a reality
The world is also broadcasting our game at this time!" Isar grinned and said carelessly.
Edward was a little unaccustomed to such a high profile and muttered softly: "We are like a group of monkeys being visited!"
"Monkeys, let's be monkeys, at least we can make money! Hoho!" Isar enjoyed such a lively scene. He pulled out his long sword and waved it twice in the sky, triggering even more excited shouts from around him.
Edward smiled bitterly and lowered his head.
Unlimited Duel Arena, a virtual competition program that is increasingly famous in both the real world and the virtual world, is attracting attention from all sides at a rapid speed.
Competitors participating in the competition here will be severely punished once they die, and will be reduced by one to five levels based on the votes of the audience.
You know, after the game is officially launched, without the super high experience value of killing monsters, each level up will be extremely painful.
Dropping one to five levels is a very severe punishment.
Every team that comes to the Unlimited Duel Arena will do their best to achieve the final victory.
The desperate battles, fierce confrontations, and splendid magic skills have made countless tourists intoxicated and addicted to it.
As the virtual world gradually opens up, the boundaries between gamers and ordinary tourists are becoming increasingly blurred.
Those who stay in the safe zone all day long and travel to various scenic spots are not necessarily just tourists. Those who explore the wilderness are not necessarily players, but may also be tourists with itchy hands.
This is an open world, a virtual world where various entertainment methods coexist.
And the Infinite Duel Arena is a new way of playing here: gambling!
Virtual World Management Company hired professional managers from Rio de Janeiro and Las Vegas to open this virtual place.
Visitors can purchase tickets to enter a total of more than 500 duel arenas, watch exciting and unlimited duels between various teams, and place bets on the teams of their choice.
In reality, Infinite Network, cable TV networks, etc. also jointly broadcast all events. TV viewers can purchase gold coins from the trading platform through landline or mobile phones, and then place bets.
At present, its transaction volume is still insignificant, and its daily capital flow does not exceed one million euros.
But its influence has far exceeded other gambling methods.
Gamblers all over the world have focused their attention on this emerging gambling project. It is so novel and combines the ancient Roman life-and-death duel method, which has attracted great attention from all walks of life.
Although it is called the Unlimited Duel Arena, and characters will be killed and killed, this is in a virtual world after all, and although those moralists are dissatisfied, they have no way to blame it.
On the contrary, the spectators and gamblers expressed their opinions: in order to make the duel competition more exciting, they hope to increase the punishment. Since players who participate in the unlimited duel competition can get a share of the gambling funds, they should also be punished once they fail.
A more severe punishment would be to clear all their levels!
Let them become newcomers with nothing in the virtual world. This is a veritable "unlimited duel competition"!
Human beings' inherent gambler mentality, cruelty, and thrill-seeking nature are, as always, brought into the virtual world.
After discussion, the Virtual World Management Company also revised the rules.
Players participating in the Unrestricted Duel can choose their own teams to compete in different levels of punishment, including exhibition matches and practice matches without any punishment. Of course, in such competitions, players can only earn a meager income.
Chapter completed!