Chapter 222 Virtual and Reality
Manila's air suspension tracks flow endlessly, and countless floating shuttles hang across the lane in the air and move at high speed. At night, the moving tide looks like a river of sky in the air, extremely charming, adding a new view to the dreamy night view of the city.
In the dense light flow on the track, a small light spot separates, and a small suspended shuttle stands out from the traffic on the suspended track and drives into a half-middle aerial apron next to the track.
The car door opened, and one person walked out from it, one left and one right, and it was a pair of handsome men and beautiful women dressed in fashionable clothes.
"Hey! Hurry up, hurry up! It's not enough to catch up soon! One hour will be the time to enter the Immortal Sect." The girl shouted anxiously.
The young man following behind was also anxious, but he walked much more steadily, not as leaping as the girl in front of him.
"Don't worry, don't worry, there is still one hour to catch up. Look at how many people there are outside,"
After hearing this, the girl looked back and scolded her,
"What's the matter? You're wondering why everyone rushed so fast on the road this time? I encountered several speeding alarms along the way. It was because everyone was rushing home. Tonight's entry ceremony, there are probably 700 million people in Asia and Oceania. In just one hour, you can come out and take a look. Keep the night view now, only you are alone!"
How could it be so exaggerated? The boy whispered in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud.
Although what the girl said was a bit exaggerated, the level of attention received by the entry ritual of the Immortal Sect can almost reach this level globally.
You should know that in the current world, almost everyone is a audience of "Heroes", and more than 99% of them are trapped in the novice area.
Ordinary novices are naturally very concerned about entering the Immortal Sect. Although most of them are not qualified to participate in the ritual, they are also curious about the most important ritual in this world that is related to the future. Moreover, even those masters who have already entered the Immortal Sect can see something that is very valuable to them.
Such things are almost related to the future of all people in the virtual world. Their importance is naturally not only limited to the virtual world, but also extended to the real space, which greatly affects the living order in the real space.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Didn't you say that this time it is very likely that the senior you know will be the recruiting envoy of our Malay State. Is it very likely that the two of us will be selected this time?"
The girl was obviously a little anxious and even said such words.
The boy's neck shrank and he couldn't help but take a look. Well, fortunately, the two were in the elevator, and there were no other people on the left.
Then he stammered:
"It's just possible... there is a certain chance... the senior is from the Kongtong Sect. This is the first time I went out to the mountain to experience it. I was appointed as the sect's guide. However, I don't know if it's from our Jiazhou District."
In his heart, he was secretly despising the girl's naivety and shallowness. Haha! I have never allowed me to take advantage of my family until now. Why can my family's resources be used for you? You know that this place to enter the Immortal Sect has been hyped up by major groups in the real world. I don't know what it is like.
Not to mention an ordinary girl who is not even a girlfriend, even the real eldest son and grandson in the family, I don’t know if it is possible to get this opportunity!
The current world of "Heroes" has surpassed the virtual space, causing the intervention of countless families, chaebols and even national government forces in the real space. Game? Humph, this is far more than just a simple game!
In the eyes of ordinary players, the virtual world of the game may be just a part of life. Everyone can't help but be attracted by its charm and unconsciously devoted to this bizarre world. They have never thought about what impact this behavior will have on the real world.
However, for real sociologists and politicians, the meaning of the appearance of virtual world in human life is completely different. The behavior of social individuals in the virtual world not only changes themselves, but also changes the way this social group of the same type exists. And when this social group gradually grows bigger and this way of life gradually converges into an unstoppable social torrent, it will inevitably change the society itself at the same time.
Virtual life, as a kind of human lifestyle, is no longer rejected by society. Instead, more people adapt to it, gradually becomes life.
The world in 2040 is a world where real and virtual coexist at the same time. Almost all people are running around and living between the two at the same time.
The modern world is no longer a helpless, humiliating, confused, but unselectable world. Many ordinary people who cannot find their own sense of belonging in the tense modern life of tall buildings quickly found their true life in a relatively ideal virtual space.
Although virtual space is also a reflection of real space and has various inherent problems in human society, it is separated from the social attributes of real space and does not have so many complex social relationships that bind people. People who have broken free from the constraints of real space are free and innocent here, and can even vent their bloodthirst and cruelty without any scruples.
The society in the early stage of the virtual world was also primitive, cruel, and naked competition. However, after decades of continuous setbacks and evolution in the online world in the early stage of the online information society, people in the new virtual world gradually established rules for the virtual world. Compared with the real space, there is no difference between countries, no helplessness in survival, and no high-ranking government behavior, which is relatively simpler.
People living here do not need to cover up superficial hypocrisy between people, and all ** and psychological needs are more pure and direct.
The virtual world is no longer the naive game world that only makes people vent their psychology decades ago. It has become a space that is almost as complex as the real space, with all walks of life, and has its own conventional social rules and behaviors, and is even more ideal time and space than the human society in the real space.
Everyone who cannot find their own value and meaning in the real space can find their own place in the virtual world and enjoy their own hobbies. The competitiveness of the virtual world is not as cruel as the real space, but becomes more inclusive.
At the same time, the emergence of the virtual world has also alleviated a super-social problem that has always plagued the modern world.
The birth and popularity of the virtual world solved the problem of currency inflation in the real space, and a large number of real space currencies were circulated into the virtual world as virtual currencies. This made it become a super financial bomb that was difficult for countries around the world to solve since the early 21st world, and now it has become a super financial bomb that cannot be solved by countries around the world in an instant. The world economy has eased the pressure, the financial structure has been adjusted healthily, and has entered a golden period of development.
Simply put, over-issuance of currency and financial chaos are a structural problem that cannot be solved by the modern economy. Since Keynesianism prevailed in economic policies of various countries more than a hundred years ago, moderate monetary inflation and government intervention in the economy have almost become a common practice all over the world! Almost all governments continue to over-issuance of currency for their own personal interests, overdraw future consumption power to promote economic growth and delay the occurrence of economic crises.
However, there is always a limit to this kind of drinking poison to quench thirst. The decline in consumption power caused by uneven social distribution is constantly increasing almost every time the turn of the economic cycle. This situation accumulates to a certain extent and will inevitably lead to serious asymmetry in the overall productivity and consumption power of the economy.
Strictly speaking, Keynesianism only overdraws future consumption power to the present. It is impossible for it to truly solve the problem. Instead, it will accumulate problems larger and more difficult to solve.
It can be said that this is fundamentally the reason for the decline of the world economy in the 1919 and 20s.
However, the emergence of the virtual world has alleviated this problem to a certain extent.
The free circulation of virtual world currencies and real world currencies is to some extent equivalent to double the scale of the earth's economy, finding a new outlet for the inflated financial currencies and alleviating the phenomenon of currency inflation. People suddenly realized that in the virtual world, humans also have various needs, and this demand will also bring huge business opportunities.
The original consumption power crisis and economic and financial structure problems were quickly concealed by the huge consumption power brought by the new virtual world. The virtual world economy quickly flourished, and people suddenly discovered that this was a completely new world with almost unlimited possibilities!
According to several authoritative economic statistical structures on the earth, according to the current growth rate of the virtual world's economic scale, even within ten years, the economic scale of the new virtual world will exceed that of the real world.
The prosperous virtual world economy has become a huge wealth cake. Almost all the giant consortiums and even government forces in the traditional world are peeking at the huge interests of the virtual world. Countless traditional chaebols have flocked to the virtual world and rushed into the virtual world to make gold.
The world also safely passed the critical moment before the energy technology revolution in this virtual world frenzy.
In 2034, with the rise of ASEAN's Universal Energy Company and several super energy companies in the United States, and the widespread application of new energy technologies, the whole world has unknowingly survived the crisis of energy shortage and entered a new stage of social development.
Chapter completed!