This Game Is Too Realistic Chapter 616: The price of becoming stronger

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In a pure white space, twelve shadowy figures sit in front of the circular conference table.

They were covered in spotless white robes, and the milky white light shone on them, emitting a holy aura.

Look carefully, there are actually 13 chairs in front of the table, but one is empty.

This is the sanctuary of the Torch Church.

To put it simply, it is the place where the forerunners in the sanctuary meet.

In the center of the circular conference table, stood an old man in gray robes.

His face was covered with wrinkles and his eyes were cloudy. Whether it was his dull skin or his robe, they were incompatible with this sacred conference room.

His name is Arzu, and he has just returned from Jinhe City.

Facing the forerunners sitting at the conference table, he looked pious and spoke solemnly, explaining the matter as if praying during a church service.

"Jinhe City Diocese fell, and we lost contact with the old Singularity City Ministry."

"They fought bravely to the end during the resistance, but our enemies did not let them go. They chopped off their heads and burned them to coke. Their corpses filled the underground transportation network of Jinhe City. ..."

There was a hint of sadness in the voice at the end.

As soon as his words fell, the forerunners sitting around with expressionless expressions couldn't help but feel a little commotion.

Everyone exchanged glances, whispered to each other, and conveyed each other's surprise and uneasiness with their eyes and expressions.

"How barbaric this is!"

"...No one was left behind."

It is really sad that the settlement that sheltered thousands of survivors ended in this way.

Those residents were "pioneers" who embraced evolution. Although they chose a different path from the forerunners here, they were all progressives who bravely took the first step.

However, those ignorant barbarians burned it to the ground!

A forerunner with a majestic face slowly clenched his fists and said seriously.

"We will continue to move forward with their memory, and those who obstruct us will eventually pay the price!"

The other forerunners nodded slowly.

"What about colleges and companies, those scum..."

"There is also an alliance."

"It's not just them."

Looking at the sullen Forerunners, Arzu slowly spoke and pointed his finger at Luo Gan, the traitorous Forerunner.

"The threats we face not only come from the outside, but also come from ourselves. That guy named Luo Gan, his laziness and hesitation cost us the best opportunity to fight, and we lost a lot of outstanding apostles for this and the executioners paid a heavy price."

"This is our most disastrous defeat in twenty years, and it is an unprecedented betrayal! If it were not for that traitor, everything would not be so bad!"

The forerunners sitting at the conference table stared at him expressionlessly, including the man sitting at the head.

Arzu did not stop and continued to say what he had been planning for a long time.

"The existing model has many drawbacks. Forerunners can ensure that the apostles' faith will not waver, but no one can guarantee that the forerunners' faith will not waver first——"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a forerunner.

"What nonsense! How can our faith be shaken!"

Another forerunner continued with a serious expression.

"Our thinking has been integrated with the Holy Realm. Our thoughts are better than all things. You should be clear about how the Holy Realm operates."

Arzu looked at him expressionlessly.

"Then how do you explain Luo Gan?"

The forerunner's expression froze slightly.

The Forerunner sitting next to him pondered for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth and gave an explanation.

"Luo Gan's situation is indeed puzzling...but it is not incomprehensible. He was too old before entering the holy realm, and it is difficult for people to accept new things once they grow old. We advise him to live in peace. Years old, but he was unwilling to accept his aging and insisted on uploading his thoughts to the Holy Realm."

"I understand his aging, but his betrayal is unacceptable."

Arzu smiled faintly and continued.

“I think this is not a matter of age. The mode of operation of this technology is inherently unreliable. We spread our thoughts to everyone, and our enemies cannot destroy them. However, in contrast, this The cornerstone of the building has also been broken into countless parts. As long as they shake our foundation, they can easily shake us."

He witnessed the whole process of the collapse of the Kingdom of Heaven with his own eyes, and he knew very well how the "impossible to be killed" guy died.

That guy split himself into countless pieces and distributed them to countless people, making each person his eyes and the cells that made him up.

The Alliance does not have the ability to kill him when he is not even on the ground, but it does have the ability to affect "every one of him".

When every cell in his body began to shake, this seemingly exquisitely constructed building began to systematically collapse.

Finally, don’t talk about confusing others——

Even the guy himself began to doubt the accuracy of the Kingdom of Heaven.

And this is the most deadly!

The holy realm can have an impact on every believer, but believers will also affect the holy realm in turn. After all, the holy realm that does not exist on earth is originally composed of them.

It is precisely because of this that Arzu becomes more and more convinced of his own point of view-the Holy Realm is an unreliable existence.

The heaven envisioned by people must be realized by people, and they should not place their hopes on the holy realm that does not exist on earth, or on people in heaven.

The pioneer model currently adopted by the church has serious loopholes. If this loophole is not plugged, they will suffer another failure.

"How can they shake our foundation, just those barbarians?" A forerunner retorted disdainfully.

Arzu looked at him and said expressionlessly.

"They take advantage of the ignorance and short-sightedness of the general public, as well as their ignorance of far-reaching interests and the source of suffering."

The forerunner stared at him intently, but could not refute.

Because the Forerunner model itself denies the wisdom of mortals, it is precisely because they recognize the unreliability of humans that they must completely eradicate all human attributes and become gods.

Arzu does not object to the first half of the sentence, but only has objections to the second half.

"To defeat them in the war on earth, we must transform the abstract forerunners into concrete people existing on earth."

He knew very well that his views were rebellious.

The entire church was in an uproar as expected.

The Forerunner sitting at the conference table refuted him almost without hesitation.

"Then what's the difference between us and the apostles?"

"We embarked on this path to abandon human desires and all selfishness. You actually suggest that we change back?"

"You are creating weaknesses for us! What kind of peace of mind do you have?"

Facing the suspicious and angry looks, Arzu continued calmly.

"I didn't say that, I just suggested that we can set up another holy church and promote a group of forerunners who can obtain sufficient authority without giving up their bodies to embrace the holy realm, and let them manage all earthly things in the diocese. In this way Come on, even if the Alliance confuses our believers and even destroys our sanctuary with ideological viruses, the failure of Jinhe City will not happen again."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was refuted by a forerunner.

"Nonsense! How do you ensure the purity of the Second Temple?"

Arzu looked at him and continued.

"The Second Temple does not have to be as pure as the First Temple. It only needs to be able to lead the believers on earth to defeat our opponents."

At this moment, the man sitting at the head of the conference table suddenly spoke.

"Let me say a few words."

When he spoke, the entire church fell silent.

His name is Wang Yi.

He is the Son chosen by the Torch.

It is also the common choice of everyone present.

His faith is the purest and the strongest of all.

"...This problem does not exist in Haiya Province. The Kingdom of Heaven has reached the fourth stage and is irreversible. Our mind interference device can ensure the unity of believers. The existence of the Second Temple is redundant."

Arzu said nothing.

Because this sentence is indeed irrefutable.

Unless their enemies can destroy all the mind interference devices on the entire land in an instant, crack their brainwashing bands and replace their own, it is theoretically impossible to make those brainwashed believers suspicious through simple methods. Heavenly right.

When the original consciousness is erased, the sanctuary is their only consciousness, and evolving to a higher life form is their only ideal.

However, the situation is different in those wild places that have not been included in the dioceses, or in those dioceses that are still missionary.

The utopia they believe in must compete with the mud on the ground, but those ignorant guys pay more attention to short-term interests.

So they must be cleverly disguised.

Just like eating fruit.

Before releasing the spores, it first uses beautiful sweetener to lure the prey, paralyze it, and finally make it immersed in it and become unable to extricate itself, becoming the nourishment of heaven.

"For the dioceses of Haiyia Province, we need to strengthen communication among the forerunners and ensure that our faith is unwavering, so as to prevent similar situations from happening again and there is no need to build a second church. But——"

After a pause, the Holy Son continued to speak, saying what Arzu expected.

“…For unexplored wild lands and dioceses that are still being developed, the existence of the second church is necessary.”

"Even if we don't consider that the self-destructive wastelanders are not suitable for our advanced concepts, we must also consider the limits of the black box."

"The black box for producing bionic chips for us has been in operation for more than 20 years. After all, it is an emergency production equipment, not a universal wish machine."

Hearing these words, everyone sitting at the table felt anxious and uneasy in their eyes, and their eyes became wandering.

This is indeed an issue that cannot be ignored.

Their biotechnology is very strong, but the bionic chips produced in black boxes are irreplaceable. They are the foundation of the sanctuary.

People will always grow old.

The chips produced by the black box will eventually be used up. Before completing the final plan, their time is not infinite.

Although he knew no one wanted to hear it, the Holy Son finally said those words.

"Its limit is approaching."

……

Anything that is known but does not know why is unsustainable.

Black boxes are probably the most typical example.

The Guards Corps found a batch of invalid black boxes in the warehouse at the old site of Singularity City.

These black boxes are mainly used to produce some medicines, high-yield crop seeds, and key components of some equipment.

Before they were scrapped, the residents of Singularity City squeezed the last bits of their value out of them and then left them in warehouses.

These failed black boxes have been sent to Vault 404, and are currently being studied by Yin Fang, the leader of the scientific expedition team.

Heart of Steel's infirmary.

After learning about the progress of Singularity City's reconstruction work from Han Shuang, Chu Guang visited the little girl named Yin Yin again.

Perhaps out of guilt for Singularity City, or perhaps out of sympathy for her, the council specifically approved the company to bear the cost of her treatment, and promised to replace her with one that would allow her to walk freely. of bionic body.

She can customize her appearance, or choose to look exactly the same as before.

After telling Yinyin the news, Chu Guang paused for a moment and then asked her about her future plans.

"Our strategic goals in the Jinhe City area have been achieved. The Torch has been removed from this land. In the future, there will be no more mutants and Naguo on this land. Next, the focus of work in this area will shift to On the reconstruction of Singularity City."

Yin Yin, who was sitting in the corner of the pure white room, looked up at him blankly.

"Singularity City is..."

"The settlement that once stood on this land," Chu Guangyan said concisely and concisely, "Although it contains some bad past, forgetting the history is tantamount to betrayal, and we plan to keep this name."

Yinyin nodded as if she understood.

Chu Guang assumed that she understood and continued.

"The Heart of Steel will return to the River Valley Province soon. You can choose to stay, or you can choose to go back with us."

Yinyin asked after being silent for a while.

"Is there still my home here?"

Chu Guang said.

"The residents of Pinecone Farm want you to go back. Except for the annex and basement, the manor still belongs to you."

A troubled expression appeared on Yinyin's face, and she finally asked for help.

"Can you give me some advice."

"It's a pity that I can't give you advice. I don't know you well. Maybe you should discuss it with your relatives... friends." Chu Guang suddenly thought that her parents had passed away, so she changed her mind.

At this time, he thought of Hanshuang's request again, so he continued.

"Of course, the representatives from the company want you to stay and help appease the emotions of the survivors... You should have met that person before, his name is Hanshuang."

Yinyin looked at him a little at a loss.

"But, I've become like this...I'm afraid I can't be of much help."

Chu Guang shook his head.

"You don't have to do anything, just be there."

Yin Yin looked at him blankly.

"It's okay to be there..."

Chu Guang thought for a while and tried his best to speak patiently in a way that she could understand.

"Although many people grow older, they are not truly mature. They are more like children without capacity than adults with full capacity. They need someone to make decisions for them and take responsibility for them. It's their own responsibility and risk that comes with their choices, so they can enjoy a period of stability."

Is it good to have fruit? No matter what, the master said it was a good thing, just plant it and that's it. Mutants eat people without spitting out bones? It’s a joke, you’re not afraid of a well-dressed man, but you’re afraid of a hammer? They just eat the wastelanders.

The problems in Singularity City are completely different from those in Boulder City. This is not the fault of one person, but caused by many factors, just like this wasteland.

Perhaps because she feels that the responsibility on her shoulders is too heavy, Yinyin's expression is still a little uneasy.

"But I don't have the ability..."

Chu Guang said comfortingly.

"You don't need to be there. You just need to stay where they can see it. The rest can be left to the frost. It has been observing us for a long time. I believe it has some abilities that I don't know about." ."

"...I understand." Yinyin thought for a long time, nodded heavily, looked at him and said seriously, "I...plan to stay!"

Looking at the serious expression on the child's face, Chu Guang was slightly surprised.

"Have you thought about it?"

"Well, I have thought about it. It was my father who made them become like that, right? Whether it is the lamb or everyone in the manor... If it is really what you said, before they are willing to go out, I I will take responsibility and watch over them for a while."

Yin Yin smiled a little lonely.

"And... my time has stopped anyway, this is the only thing I can do that still has some meaning."

"...I will tell Hanshuang your decision, and it should be very happy with your choice." Chu Guang looked at her, nodded silently, turned around and left the pure white space.

……

Leaving the infirmary and returning to the corridor, Chu Guang was about to return to the captain's room when Xiao Qi's pleasant voice suddenly came from his ears.

"Master, Yin Fang has news for you."

The research on those black boxes should have yielded results.

Thinking like this, Chu Guang stopped beside the porthole in the corridor.

"Put me through."

"Okay!"

As soon as Xiaoqi finished speaking, a light blue holographic window appeared in front of him.

Looking at Chu Guang who was safe and sound, Yin Fang said with a beaming eyebrow.

"The black boxes you provided me are very interesting! Although they are completely broken, through those old antiques, I discovered some unrecorded history about Singularity City!"

"In the early days of the Wasteland Era, they should have used 'synthetic nutrients' to solve their food needs, which was probably the predecessor of nutritional paste. However, perhaps because of the faster recovery of the local climate, the synthesis technology of nutritional paste has not been used in the industry. It was carried forward locally, but was inherited by Boulder City 800 kilometers away."

"Later, Singularity City replaced algae petri dishes with higher nutrient production efficiency and smaller energy requirements, and then insects... These foods all have one characteristic, and they are not so easy for humans to accept. . Especially algae and insects, although the yield is higher than that of glucose and protein synthesis, the products often need to undergo secondary transformation and processing before they can be served on people's tables."

"I think this may be their motivation for seeking mutant technology, at least one of the motivations. A stomach that can digest anything will indeed help improve the probability of survival in the wasteland, but it is a pity that the consequences derived from it They are inundated with other problems."

He was more interested in the history of Singularity City than the loot harvested by the Heart of Steel, although this time he did not find the coffee machine he was most interested in.

Chu Guang is interested in another thing.

"Can those black boxes be repaired?"

The excited expression faded instantly, and Yin Fang shook his head in embarrassment.

"It's almost impossible... The difficulty in making a black box is not actually technical, but industrial conditions. It's not something that can be repaired with a wrench and a screwdriver. It only belongs to that era two hundred years ago."

Chu Guang nodded.

He had expected this, but he was not disappointed.

"Then send it to the museum."

"Well..."

Perhaps thinking that he was of no use at all, Yin Fang felt a little guilty, so he added another sentence later.

"However, although the black box cannot be repaired, the nutrient synthesis technology and algae cultivation technology once used in Singularity City are still a bit interesting. I will try to recycle the part that can be recycled... If you plan to use it in the future To build a space station in the sky, these technologies will definitely be used."

I don’t know how long it will take for that kind of thing to happen.

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"Please."

Yin Fang smiled and scratched the back of his head.

"You're welcome... By the way, what's the noise over there? Why is it so noisy?"

Chu Guang glanced in the direction of the infirmary and saw a few familiar faces, so he said casually.

"Your junior is more noisy."

Yin Fang was stunned for a moment and did not react.

"My junior?"

Chu Guang continued.

"The D-class researcher sent by the college to help us is a little girl."

Ye Shi was paralyzed from a high position before trying to hold the falling Viper transport plane. His good brother planned to help him unplug the power supply of the ICU, but he was stunned by the girl and couldn't find the opportunity to make a move.

Later, the girl applied to use the operating table in the infirmary and the equipment recovered from the research institute, and also got some bionic prostheses from the scientific research ship. It seemed that she planned to bring that boy Ye Shi back.

Because he thought it was very interesting, Chu Guang readily agreed.

Now it seems that the operation is completed?

Yin Fang raised his eyebrows after hearing this.

"Wait a minute, why am I a senior? I'm also D-class, I'm not old!"

Chu Guang laughed when he heard this, and happened to see another pop-up window pop up in the lower right corner of the holographic screen, so he said with a smile.

"The call came, let's talk later."

"See you later, get busy."

Yin Fang originally wanted to argue about this issue, but was worried that it would delay the guy's business, so he ended the communication.

As Chu Guang pressed the button again, a head of fiery red hair appeared on the other side of the holographic image.

The heroic eyebrows were moving up and down slightly uneasily. Seeing the video window that was suddenly connected, Xia Yan hurriedly stopped playing with her bangs, coughed and said.

"Are you busy... over there?"

Looking at Xia Yan who looked nervous, Chu Guang couldn’t help but smile.

"I just finished my work, what can I do?"

This guy would occasionally call him, and his usual behavior was normal, but this time he was so nervous for some reason.

Hearing the sound of not being busy, Xia Yan breathed a sigh of relief, cleared his throat and said.

"...Didn't you say last time that it would be great if I could help you build a powered armor? I don't remember the exact words, but that's what I meant anyway! You must have said it! I'll use my spare time to do it After a while, in short... I tried to make one."

The moment Chu Guang heard these words, he was stunned.

What the hell?

Real or fake? !

Seeing Chu Guang's stunned expression, Xia Yan thought he didn't believe it and quickly explained.

"Originally, it's not a particularly mysterious thing. The most technologically advanced thing is the miniaturized cold fusion reactor... Can't the black box in Vault 79 produce that thing? I'll use that 'Hippo-2' A portable reactor is used as the power core, and a similar heavy armor is designed based on the power system and armor layout of the People's Federation Army's T-10 Champion Power Armor... Experts from Camp 101 also helped."

"No, but it was made in my spare time after all. The performance in all aspects is definitely not as good as the pre-war equipment, but it is not a big problem to just use it. You can see if you can use it when you have time, no. It doesn’t matter if it’s left in the warehouse, I didn’t spend much time anyway——”

Chu Guang, who came back to his senses, immediately interrupted her and said happily.

"Great! Thank you! This is the best news I heard today!"

Shocked by his sudden reaction, Xia Yan was stunned for a moment and whispered.

"Really or fake?"

Chu Guang nodded with a happy smile on his face.

"Do I need to lie to you? But I am really surprised. I didn't expect you to have such ability!"

Feeling a little embarrassed by the praise, a shy smile appeared on Xia Yan's face, and she rubbed the back of her head with her right hand holding the welding gun.

"...What are you talking about? I am very capable. Don't forget, I have always repaired my equipment myself."

Chu Guang said with a smile.

"I know, and I helped us repair a lot. There are still a bunch of bullets you rubbed in your hands in the warehouse of the shelter."

"Hey." Xia Yan's expression became even more embarrassed, her smile became more and more exaggerated, and gradually lost its shape.

"I kept it because I couldn't fight it out."

Seeing this guy's complacent look, Chu Guang couldn't help teasing her, but he didn't expect her reaction to be greater than he imagined.

"!! Can't be fired?! How can it be impossible! Where are those bullets?"

"Just kidding, don't get excited." Looking at Xia Yan, who was blushing anxiously, Chu Guang coughed lightly, put away his smile and said solemnly, "On behalf of Shelter 404, I would like to thank you for your research results. ! I will immediately arrange manpower to assist you in testing."

"...Don't be like this, it makes me so nervous. Moreover, this is an experimental machine and has not been tested on the battlefield." Xia Yan muttered quietly, rubbing the welding gun in his hand with his index finger, and suddenly felt a little nervous. I regret telling him in such a hurry.

How did you say that sentence?

The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Although she learned some knowledge about the Era of Prosperity in Vault 101, she had only been enrolled for less than a year.

Even if the virtual reality learning device helps her extend her actual learning hours, and even if she has some experience in machinery, it still cannot change the fact that she is still a half-assed person.

But Chu Guang didn't care.

A half-full bottle of water is still water. There are so many random equipments from the alliance, and players don’t care about one more piece of equipment.

Even if it is not as good as the "Champion" and "Dragoon", it is still a nuclear-powered individual armor, and it is also excellent as a mobile power bank.

"The experimental machine is also very good! Breaking through from 0 to 1 is more difficult than going from 1 to 10. I just happened to get a batch of nuclear fuel here, and I can verify your design immediately and make changes if it is inappropriate. That’s good, we can afford to wait!”

Looking at the surprised Xia Yan, Chu Guang smiled and continued.

"Compared to the power armor itself, I am actually more surprised by your changes."

Xia Yan asked awkwardly.

"Have I changed a lot?"

Chu Guang sighed with emotion.

"That's so big! I had to coax you to do even a little bit of work before."

Perhaps remembering the past, Xia Yan's face suddenly turned red, but she soon bared her teeth in dissatisfaction.

"You call that coaxing? No, throw me out if I don't work... Do you listen to what people say?"

Chu Guang chuckled when he heard this and didn't care at all.

"Both and each other, aren't you also thinking, am I going to have a baby with you when I carry you back to the shelter?"

"Ahhhh!!!"

Xia Yan's face instantly turned into a lantern, her ears seemed to spurt out hot air, and she let out a strange scream and reached out to turn off the holographic screen.

When she thought of the embarrassing incident when they first met, embarrassment spread all over her body. She held her head in her hands, her fingers infiltrated into her hair, wishing she could find a time crack on the table filled with tools, parts and drawings, and go back to the past to start over.

"This guy..."

That was how long ago it was!

Is it interesting to be so entangled? !

But...

If he is really that kind of person.

The fingers that were stuck in the hair bent unconsciously, and the fiery red color did not change at all, but the embarrassment that crawled all over his body turned into an uncomfortable numbness.

Feeling...

A bit weird.

"Work, work..."

Realizing something was wrong, Xia Yan hurriedly shook her head and decided to stop thinking about that weird idea.

At the same time, looking at the holographic screen that turned off with a snap, Chu Guangzheng scratched his cheek with his index finger with a subtle expression.

"Isn't it a little bad to joke like this?"

He reflected a little and realized that it was really not a good idea to settle old scores.

Furthermore, the guy had just lost a leg, and was unloaded and carried back by a group of strangers from the wasteland. It was reasonable to be afraid.

Xiao Qi's voice came from the side.

"Xiao Qi feels that the key to the problem may not be a joke..."

Not completely unaware of this, Chu Guang sighed.

"That's right."

Just when he was about to put this matter aside, a shrill howl came from the direction of the infirmary.

"Gaia!!!"

Gaia?

Chu Guang was slightly stunned. He didn't understand what the brother who was crying like a wolf and howling like a ghost was calling. He only understood that it was the player's call.

But soon, the next voice from the other side immediately answered his confusion.

"You guy... you are so ungrateful! I spent so much effort to save you! Is this how you thank me???"

(End of this chapter)