"Huh?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned by the other party's reaction. "Do you know me?"
"No, no, no. Your name is a bit similar to the name of someone in my memory," Hoffman said. "21XX … It can't be true, right?"
"What's the situation with the Li Huailin in your memory then?" Li Huailin asked directly.
"Nearly 200 years ago, there was a person who caused the 'Great Crisis' named Li Huailin. This name is considered a relatively common name in Hua Xia," Hoffman said. "I heard that people in Hua Xia have different names for the same sound. Your name should be different from that of Li Huailin."
"What's the Great Crisis?" Li Huailin asked directly. Yes, as Hoffman said, Li Huailin's name was not uncommon, but he felt that Hoffman was talking about him.
"Sure enough, it hasn't happened yet?" Hoffman said, "It was a huge crisis that humans were facing at that time. Without any preparation, a large number of war machines suddenly appeared on Earth. Due to the fact that humans couldn't respond in time, it was said that humans were almost wiped out at that time. Fortunately, the countries worked together in the end, and finally avoided the worst situation. However, the civilization of the past was almost destroyed in a day. "
"War machines?" Li Huailin nodded slightly. Yes, at the mention of this, he remembered the robot that was discovered on the moon previously. Did it almost lead to the destruction of humans? He believed that. After all, Liu Heyun had also told him that the robot was very dangerous. However, the strange thing was that Hoffman said that humans were unprepared. Hadn't they already discovered it? Besides, the four countries must have already known about it. How could they be unprepared? The most important thing was that according to Hoffman, he was the one who caused the incident. How could he be blamed for it?
"I heard that the situation at that time was really dangerous," Hoffman said. "It's said that it was the greatest crisis since the birth of human civilization. If it weren't for that catastrophe, the progress of human civilization would have been much faster than it is now."
"You said that a man named Li Huailin caused that catastrophe?" Li Huailin asked. "How did he do it?"
"I … don't know. After all, it happened more than a hundred years ago. The situation was so chaotic at that time, and humans were beaten to the point that they could only hide underground and in space. The early documents are all gone, and that's the only thing we know now," Hoffman said.
"If you don't have any information, can't you just say whatever you want?" Li Huailin said. "For example, with our current level of technology, we shouldn't be able to build those war machines. In that case, how did Li Huailin create those machines and cause a big crisis? I think it's because the government made those things for the sake of war, and then lost control, which led to the big crisis. In order to hide these mistakes, they casually put the blame on someone. This explanation is more normal, don't you think?"
"This …" Hoffman thought for a while, and nodded. "What you said makes sense, but I don't know much about this matter, and I haven't studied it in depth. Everyone knows that the situation is like what I said."
"In other words, someone controlled public opinion," Li Huailin said.
"Maybe. But at that time, everyone was studying how to deal with those war machines. No one would study this problem. " After saying that, Hoffman looked at Li Huailin, and asked, "You … Are you really that Li Huailin?"
Yes, after hearing Li Huailin's tone, Hoffman also felt that he might be the Li Huailin that he knew. Is this guy the culprit who caused the crisis on Earth? Hoffman really didn't expect to see such a person, and was a little dumbfounded for a while.
"Although I'm not 100% sure, I think that person should be referring to me," Li Huailin said.
"So you have nothing to do with those war machines?" Hoffman asked. Yes, according to Li Huailin's previous conversation, Hoffman also felt that what he knew might not be the truth.
"I don't know if I have anything to do with it, but I didn't create those machines, and I don't have the intention to destroy the world." Li Huailin said, "However, I'm not very sure if I caused that situation to happen. After all, it hasn't happened yet. However, the government is obviously hiding something. I'm sure of that. "
"What do you mean?" Hoffman asked.
"Now that the government has discovered those war machines, I think it's quite strange when you said that we weren't prepared at all," Li Huailin said.
"I see." Hoffman nodded. "I understand. After all, these things happened in the past. After such a long time, it's not clear what exactly happened at that time. However, since it hasn't happened yet, can I stop it from happening? Change history? "
"Let's not talk about changing history first. Tell me about your situation first," Li Huailin said. "Who are you? What's the situation with this company? What's happening now? "
"Yes." Hoffman nodded. After all, Li Huailin had already told him some information. It was important to exchange information now. "My name is William Hoffman, and I'm a systems engineer. Due to some reasons, I came to work at this park company. This park company is a virtual engineering project that the government is involved in. On the surface, it's to solve the problem of human hibernation. "
"Hibernation problem?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, you shouldn't be in such a situation now, right? In fact, because of the great crisis in the future, most people on Earth entered the underground world to hide. However, the underground space was not that big, and some people chose to hibernate directly. However, general hibernation technology requires energy to maintain, and the energy problem was also a big problem in our era. Hence, there was an urgent need for a new technology to solve this problem. The park company was created to solve this problem. Through some technology, human consciousness is put into the virtual world, and the body is destroyed directly. The DNA information is preserved. When the hibernation time is up, the body can be directly replicated, and the consciousness can be injected again. If it succeeds, of course, the problem of energy can be solved. After all, the energy needed to maintain a server is much less than hundreds of millions of hibernation cabins. " Hoffman said, "If the plan succeeds, we might even be able to open up a new world. I was shocked by this plan at the beginning, and that's why I participated in it."
"Did you design this server?" Li Huailin asked.
"Oh, no, this server was created by the park company. When I came, the server had already been completed. We mainly maintain the internal world here," Hoffman said.
"Hmm …" Li Huailin nodded, still not knowing who the producer of the server was. After thinking about it, he asked, "You just said that it's on the surface. You really found something, right? I saw the company's promotional video when I came here before. The last part of the promotional video was made by you, right?"
"Huh? That thing is still there? " Hoffman was a little stunned. "It's like this. Actually, this company has another hidden purpose. I only found out about it later."
"What exactly is it?" Li Huailin asked. "The Ark Plan that you mentioned."
"This matter has to start from the beginning. Although the park company's plan was executed well, the system here was still in the testing stage, and had not officially started operating. At this time, there was a little accident in the only testing world. According to some reports, some special NPCs appeared in this world. These NPCs were not produced according to the set rules, but seemed to be produced by the system itself. Besides, these newly born NPCs seemed to have some independent consciousness. Of course, it was very terrifying. At that time, we held a meeting, and then decided to observe first before dealing with it, "Hoffman said.
"After that, you entered the game to observe?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, my team and I, as well as two other teams, entered the game to observe these special NPCs. The results of the observation were also beyond our expectations. These NPCs really seemed to have independent consciousness, and even knew that they were virtual characters. They were just like real people," Hoffman said. "And of course, we reported this matter to the company. After that, we got the company's opinion on how to deal with it. What we didn't expect was that the company only asked us to get rid of these NPCs, and not to check the server to find out the source of these NPCs."
"And then?" Li Huailin asked.
"During this period, something happened." At this point, Hoffman paused for a while. Indeed, Li Huailin could tell from Hoffman's expression that this matter had something to do with the godslayer. However, he had developed feelings for a virtual character, after all. Hoffman probably didn't know how to tell Li Huailin about it. Hence, he didn't elaborate, and simply brushed it off. "After that, I discovered some strange things."
"Well, for example." Li Huailin did not dwell on the issue of the godslayers. If he told Hoffman now, he might immediately return to the game to look for the godslayers. Li Huailin still needed Hoffman to provide him with information, so of course, he did not mention it.
"One of the researchers in our team died," Hoffman said.
"Huh?" Li Huailin was a little stunned. What does that mean? It seems to be a jump.
"At that time, I realized a problem. Yes, the principle of this Paradise System is to transfer a person's consciousness into this server, and then destroy the other party's body. In that case, if this consciousness disappears, doesn't it mean that the person is really dead?" Hoffman said. "Obviously, once a large number of people enter this virtual world, doesn't it mean that the person who controls this server controls the entire human world?"
"Hmm …" Li Huailin nodded. This was not a problem.
"This made me a little suspicious of the purpose of this company. Then, something even more surprising happened," Hoffman said. Hoffman said, "In the process of entering the game to investigate, we actually discovered a strange system in the game. This system can be called a screening system."
"Screening system?" Li Huailin asked.
"I don't know the specific situation, but it should be through a wide range of screening, and then some humans who are suitable to survive will be selected," Hoffman said.
"Humans who are suitable to survive?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, this is the Ark Project," Hoffman said. "This virtual world is not a safe haven for humans, but a cruel duel machine. When the world runs to a certain extent, it will trigger a system similar to the duel field. After a series of duels, a few people will finally be selected to continue living."
"What?" Li Huailin was a little stunned. "Why do they do such a thing?"
"I don't know," Hoffman said. Hoffman said, "According to my guess, this machine may not be able to sustain the current number of humans. Hence, the government used this method to deceive ordinary people into entering this machine, and then screened out the more suitable humans to let them survive. The rest of the useless ones who are not suitable for survival are probably disposed of directly."
"Is that so?" Li Huailin rubbed his chin. "Didn't you just say that the server doesn't need a lot of energy to maintain it? Wouldn't it be fine to let those people live in it like this? Why do they have to set up a ring to deal with these people? "
"This … I don't know, but this plan is real," Hoffman said.
What Hoffman said might be true. Yes, the first thing that came to Li Huailin's mind was the World Trial. This was really a kind of comprehensive screening. However, what Li Huailin could not figure out was the other party's purpose. If the mastermind behind this matter was the government, there was no need for such a screening, right? This statement made Li Huailin feel very strange.
"I really don't understand the purpose," Li Huailin said. "I guess you don't know the purpose either. You just heard the news, right?"
"Hmm … But the government is definitely going to hide this matter. I don't know their purpose, but it must be them. After I found out about this matter, they made a move on me. They sent some … I don't know if they are people from the company or GDI. Anyway, they just wanted to get rid of me. Since there was no other way, I chose to take the risk to save my information and 'die'," Hoffman said.
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