The Nightmare's dream thread was the easiest to grow. Now, it had grown from one thread to more than 400,000 threads.
According to the strengthening legacy, even if he turned back into a human, the released threads would not disappear. Instead, they would be connected to the Eternal Dream.
Of course, the premise was that there was something on the other end. Whether it was a human, an animal, or a microbe, there must always be a creature connected to the dream thread.
For example, there was a helmet that had a nano-hypnosis device and a microorganism that was connected to a dream wire. When the hypnosis device was activated, a nano-level substance or nano-robot would carry the microorganism that was completely confined into the brain and hypnotize the human body, pulling them directly into the dream world.
The Eternal Dream was theoretically eternal. Even if the Nightmare disappeared, his dream would still exist. Through this device, humans could choose whether to enter the Eternal Dream or not.
In this way, as long as the environment and laws of the Eternal Dream were set in advance, it would not only be a kingdom for the dead, but also a second world for the living.
"Master, it should be possible. There are several ways to hypnotize the human body when nano-robots enter the human brain, but it only exists in theory for the time being. I don't know if this technology can be realized. I need to ask the researchers," Bai Ze said.
"Well, put the research and development plan of this technology on the agenda. It needs to be safe enough. Also, there are a few requirements you need to remember …"
Lan Mu mentioned the requirement of built-in microbes, security, confidentiality, awakening mechanism, and other requirements. Bai Ze noted them down one by one.
"Design this helmet as soon as possible. You don't have to worry about the purpose for the time being. I need a sample to test the effect."
After Lan Mu finished speaking, he fell into deep thought again. The problem of entering the dream was solved, but there was still the awakening mechanism.
Technically, since the device could hypnotize the human body, it could awaken the human body. However, the Eternal Dream was not something that could be awakened at will. Lan Mu had to set a mechanism on every dream thread to allow people to leave the dream.
However, Lan Mu had already tested this point. That was Zhang Heng who brought the dream thread into Shambhala.
Every day after falling asleep, Zhang Heng would automatically enter the Eternal Dream. Because of Lan Mu's permission, he could enter and exit the dream freely.
"But if people can enter and exit the dream freely, the fear effect will be reduced to a very low … Should I add restrictions? For example, you can only awaken in a certain area? "
Lan Mu was planning to release a virtual reality game, one that was real to him but fake to the players.
This would be the most realistic game in the history of the world. With such realism, as long as life, battle, and death were well designed, it would bring a good sense of fear.
Of course, compared to directly pulling someone into a dream and making them suffer all kinds of horrible things in the dream, this fear was insignificant.
It wasn't that Lan Mu hadn't thought of designing an endlessly terrifying world that would make people think that they had transmigrated to a hellish alternate world or a farm created by a god-like existence …
But if he did that, a large number of brain-dead people would appear in the real world, which would cause a great deal of panic and influence. Furthermore, CANC would definitely treat it as a disaster caused by an anomaly and conduct an in-depth investigation.
If he only selected a small number of 'pigs', so small that CANC wouldn't even notice it, and the real world wouldn't even pay attention to it, then what was the point of selecting such a small number? Creating a game that would be popular with a large number of people would make up for the lack of quality, and it would also be safe, profitable, and even have a promotional value.
"But it's best if the two plans are carried out simultaneously. One will provide me with a large amount of normal fear, while the other will provide me with a small amount of high quality extreme fear!"
After deciding to carry out the two plans simultaneously, Lan Mu wasn't so desperate to pursue a higher level of fear in the game.
After all, the benefits that the game brought him depended on quantity, so he decided not to overly limit the logging off mechanism.
"Let's set it so that after logging off, the character's body will still exist in the same place. Without any logging off protection, if I force myself to log off in a dangerous situation, I will inevitably be killed by monsters … This kind of indirect restriction should be enough. Most people will still try to log off in a safe area. This is similar to forcing players to log off in a specific safe area, but it will make a world of difference to the player's perception of the game. "
"Let's set it so that after death, I have to wait five minutes before I can log off or pay a fee to revive. You should know that in the Eternal Dream, even if the body dies, the consciousness will still exist. Losing the five senses and only being able to think, that is a state that even I am extremely afraid of! I think … after experiencing that kind of absolute emptiness just by thinking about it, who would want to die again? Players will definitely cherish their lives in the game more. "
"As long as they are afraid of death! They don't want to die! Then the fear of death will be even greater! In this way, the main theme of this game should be war! War games have the highest number of deaths. Oh right, there's also the apocalypse theme … this is so complicated, how about both? "
"Since I'm pursuing the number of players and online time, most players still don't like to play masochistic games. Then I shouldn't be too cruel and too exciting … At least at the beginning, I should have a more carefree and refreshing feeling. When the players can't stop, I should slowly change my style, subtly torture the players, let them slowly adapt to the style, and finally … turn them into masochistic players …"
"Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me feel that I'm too bad … The carefree early stage and the high level of realism, as the first holographic virtual game in history, it's impossible for there to be a lack of players. In the end, the only thing that won't be enough is my dreamlines. Sigh, it's only about four hundred thousand. I can only start a closed beta first. When the dreamlines grow to a hundred million, only then can I start an open beta …"
"At that time, even a hundred million probably won't be enough. There might even be a situation where money can't buy a helmet."
If a game dealer knew his thoughts, they would probably vomit blood. This was probably the game that was in short supply in the world.
…
The technology of the gaming helmet was very simple in the eyes of the scientists. After all, it didn't involve any other functions. It only needed hypnosis and awakening, plus extremely high security measures.
The core technology was in the hands of Lan Mu, and the final product would be a supernatural helmet with a technological appearance.
With the scientists' guarantee, Lan Mu temporarily put this matter aside and waited for them to produce the prototype first.
In the conference room of the research center, Bai Ze was followed by four third-generation blood breeds. They were the mercenaries he turned into on Shadow Island, and now they were his direct subordinates.
"Master, this is the information collected by the blood breeds. The UA government does indeed have a lot of information on anomalies."
Bai Ze took out a hard drive and played it for Lan Mu to see.
He pointed at a map and said: "This map shows all the containment bases in the UA. After all, the UA government won't allow CANC to build a base in a place they don't know about."
Lan Mu looked at the map in surprise: "There are 15 containment bases in the UA?"
Bai Ze replied: "They're all small ones. Large-scale containment bases won't be built in large countries. After all, an agreement is an agreement, but they still have to be wary of large countries turning against them. Large-scale containment bases have very high security requirements, so CANC is very cautious in this regard."
"Hm, what about the information on anomalies?" Lan Mu asked.
Bai Ze then switched to another image. It was very blurry, probably taken by a satellite. A group of people who appeared to be Special Task Force members were surrounding a little girl. The image wasn't clear, but it was clear that the little girl was holding something that looked like a plush toy in her hand.
"All the UA police officers who assisted in the containment operation had their memories erased. I think master already knows about this …"
Lan Mu nodded. When he first saw the Nine-tailed Fox being contained, he saw Bai Ze use a memory-erasing device, which caused him to lose a small portion of his memory.
Bai Ze continued: "The memory erasing device is a website that is strictly controlled by CANC. Without authorization, I can't access that website. Most of the time, CANC would use it to erase the memories of government support personnel, so the UA government has very little information on anomalies, but that doesn't stop them from using other means to obtain information.
"The UA government has a department that specializes in dealing with anomalies, which is actually the prototype of a containment organization. They often use satellites to spy on CANC during containment operations, or other means to secretly gather information and use the scarce information they have to make deductions …"
"Normally, only anomalies that cause a lot of commotion can be deduced from their characteristics, and CANC has done a very good job of keeping most anomalies under wraps."
Bai Ze pointed at the image and said: "This is the anomaly that once killed over a hundred UA troops in California, a stuffed bear!"
"Under certain circumstances, this toy can grow to become a raging True Bear. Its body can reach up to 10 meters tall, its strength is enough to turn a tank into scrap metal, and it's not afraid of artillery shells"
"About a year ago, it was taken in by CANC. The little girl's memories have been erased and she was handed over to the UA government's orphanage … Hm, the girl's parents were both killed by the bear"
Lan Mu nodded. Bai Ze switched to the next set of images and introduced the anomalies one by one.
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