—Silla taverse, announces its entry into the taverse market.
—Declares to implent the true aning of taverse using strong artificial intelligence.
The news that broke out in May morning made many people who were interested in gas excited.
—It will be sothing different from Silla. Show us the hopeful side, not the despairing one.
—I don’t want to go into shoddy 3D buildings and do aningless sightseeing anymore…
So said that to realize the true aning of taverse, there had to be a significant advancent in the sensor part.
—Maybe in 10 years, but the technology developnt is not that fast.
—Silla Group will also end up using HMD and connecting to the Internet of Things.
That was sothing that many companies had already shown a few years ago.
They were diagnosed as failing to expand their business due to price and practicality issues, but the truth was that they didn’t feel real enough.
Why bother wearing a cumberso display device and making a fuss when it’s just a world inside a monitor anyway?
Most people preferred to look at the monitor comfortably.
They realized that what they could achieve with HMD was nothing special once they got used to it.
In short, people wanted sothing that felt like real reality, but the current generation of technology was not satisfying them.
So companies developed technology that moved with brain waves by inserting chips, but it was expected to take a long ti to comrcialize due to ethical and safety issues.
In such a situation, Silla Group opened two experience centers.
These experience centers were located in Korea and ga City Pacific, one each.
The the was taverse.
It was an event of Silla Group, so there were a lot of people, but the competition rate was high because there were not many experience machines.
Those who failed had no choice but to watch the experience videos uploaded on YouTube.
And amazing news ca out.
—I guarantee you. This technology will change the foundation of gas, no, our lives.
—Everything that claid to be taverse so far was all garbage. This is the only real thing.
—The experience machine was a small and dark room. Suddenly the surroundings brightened and I was in a forest. I will never forget the sound of birds, the wind that I felt through my whole body, and the sll of the forest…I want to go again.
—The other demo was experiencing Space Mia. I beca an astronaut whose tether was cut off and kept drifting away from Earth. It was scarier than any horror movie I’ve ever seen…When the demo ended, I realized I was crying…Silla, what have you made?
—I pissed there. Fuck.
There were also rave reviews.
The expressions were diverse, but everyone agreed that Silla Group had created a real virtual reality.
On the other hand, there were also scholars who warned that they had created a very dangerous technology.
—Making one’s senses illusionary ans manipulating one’s brain waves and central nervous system. It is very dangerous and does not conform to dical ethics.
—It seems to inject so kind of gas, but there is no safety verification at all. First of all, they have to reveal the gas composition.
But no one believed that Silla would reveal the underlying technology.
Why would he do that when he didn’t have to?
He was a bona fide dictator and he could do whatever he wanted in Korea.
As the situation was, the side effects were soon forgotten and the interest shifted to how to distribute it in the future.
Silla announced that he would only operate the facilities in countries that did not demand information or raise objections.
“The experience center is just the beginning. In the future, it will be reduced to the point where it can be installed in a person’s room, and the price will go down.”
“I know what you want. Gas and sex. Visit Korea and ga City Pacific to enjoy all of this, including androids.”
It was a truly malicious promotion.
The funny thing was that there were actually a lot of people who visited Korea according to his words.
Probably because they had to get a residency permit to visit ga City.
The airlines of various countries had to increase the number of flights and even the frequency to catch up with the demand for Korea-bound routes.
The inco from this was also expected to be considerable.
But the real thing was the device that was shown at the experience center and the ga that would co out later.
Many experts claid that if he could comrcialize that technology so that individuals could access it, he could make a lot of money and also ruin society at the sa ti.
—These days, many people find human relationships exhausting and wasteful. For them, this device will be like a savior.
—They can enjoy adventures, build relationships, and even have sex in the ga…Do they really need reality?
—It’s too radical and dangerous. We will never allow this technology.
On the other hand, Silla Entertainnt did not hire developers for ga developnt.
What they needed was a fast and powerful data center for Lucia’s new artificial intelligence feature.
In this newly established center, ga engines were created and textures and modeling were generated at a speed that human developers could not compare with.
It was a speed that thousands of developers could not keep up with even if they were mobilized.
The artificial intelligence also conducted tests, and androids took care of publicity and other sales tasks.
At this point, one might wonder if humans were needed at all.
—The world of drones, androids, and artificial intelligence is coming soon. Do we need humans there?
—Maybe that’s why they give allowances to ga City residents. Now let’s leave everything to artificial intelligence and turn humans into consurs.
—The sa thing will probably happen in ga City that will be built in Korea. People who can’t move into ga City may have to seriously worry about their survival.
There had been a lot of talk about providing basic inco to prepare for the artificial intelligence revolution, but this was the first ti it was actually realized.
As the situation reached this point, cris or nuisances that lowered CP decreased drastically.
Those who were inherently impulsive and destructive had been transferred to Terra Island long ago, and those with low judgnt also began to realize slowly.
—There are only two ways. Either run away to a foreign country where there is no surveillance, or raise CP.
Running away to a foreign country was a much better option than living quietly and raising CP.
Because they gave various benefits if they raised CP.
And so Korea began to change into a country where no sound of cracking could be heard even on the street all day long.
When people stood at a crosswalk without traffic lights, all vehicles stopped as if they had an appointnt.
It was a sight that was hard to see in the previous Korea.
A foreign sociologist who observed this phenonon felt bitter.
“It is undeniable that imdiate and terrifying feedback is effective…On the other hand, I wonder what Silla is pursuing through these things. I hope it doesn’t harm humanity.”
And less than two months later, Silla Group released a personal taverse device and a corresponding ga.
People who were waiting eagerly rushed in.
….
“Umm…”
Hwang Sun-young was lost in thought as the ga release was approaching.
One was a typical isekai hero story, and the other was a bizarre action story set in space.
“Fight against the machine lifeforms that invade from outer space as an assault armor pilot and protect the Earth? That’s too simple, isn’t it?”
“The system and content will be added later. Why don’t you just enjoy this for now? You’ve seen enough of isekai stories in novels and ani.”
Lucia recomnded 2180, The Extinction of Humanity, a space ga with that title.
But it didn’t suit Hwang Sun-young’s taste at all.
“Get rid of it, I don’t like that heavy stuff. And the space feedback is weird. It’s dizzying to float around.”
The taverse device that was distributed to individuals was a low-cost version that simplified the actual assault armor cockpit as much as possible.
The sensors were also simplified, and the central signal transmission fluid was replaced with gas, so they could only give light feedback.
Also, the users were not trained pilots, so there was so sense of incongruity.
That manifested as side effects such as delay or dizziness, but it varied from person to person and was at a level that could be compromised.
“Co on, let’s do this. It’s not all about fighting, you can also fly spaceships and travel…”
Lucia tried again, but Hwang Sun-young’s preference remained the sa.
“No, I like isekai. I’m going to be a princess there.”
“Are you sure you can do that?”
“Huh? What do you an by that?”
Lucia laughed wickedly and the paynt button was pressed.
Soon after, the taverse device was delivered to their studio apartnt.
While the androids were installing it, Hwang Sun-young checked her account and made a sad face.
“I have to live on rice for a year…”
“There’s no difference from before.”
“Well, yeah.”
She was optimistic as long as she had books and food.
A little later, the installation was finished and the androids left after telling them the precautions.
“Lucia, if I collapse in there, don’t take to the hospital, just lay down at ho, okay?”
“Do you think this is a respawn point? The system will automatically check it even if I don’t.”
“This place is scary…”
“Let’s…go in.”
They went in and waited for the gas to fill the device.
As they felt their bodies floating and their vision brightened, they were soon in a dark forest.
Hwang Sun-young groped around habitually and grabbed Lucia’s hand.
It was a nice world where they could link data and accompany each other if they had an android.
“Huh…hello? Wow, this feels so real. Status window.”
The stats ca up, but they were so pitiful that it was hard to look at them with open eyes.
Lucia sighed.
“It’s going to be tough to survive in this harsh isekai with you.”
“No, I can raise my stats. But how do I beco a princess? I want a huge library.”
“Don’t you love reading books but hate reading manuals? There’s nothing easy here except dying. Work hard.”
“Where do I start?”
At that mont, an arrow flew by and grazed Hwang Sun-young’s cheek and stuck into the ground.
It felt so real that she instinctively touched her cheek.
“A-a arrow ca…”
Lucia looked around and said.
“It’s an elf. They don’t seem to welco us.”
“Weren’t elves kind forest keepers?”
“The elves in this ga are fascists who built a great empire, and this is their hunting ground! Run!”
They ran hard, but they couldn’t get far and were logged out.
Their vision darkened and they returned to reality soon after.
Hwang Sun-young touched her cheek and complained.
“Why is it so hard?”
“How about trying the space ga?”
“I’m going to look up so strategies. Other people must have played this too.”
But there wasn’t much to call a strategy.
—Run until the arrows stop coming. And find a safe place to hide.
—It gets more dangerous at night. The elf nobles release monsters to hunt. These monsters actively look for human traces…
—There is no real strategy, just getting lucky enough to get out of the forest. Try at least dozens of tis.
“Oh dear.”
Hwang Sun-young obediently gave up and started the space ga.
Fortunately, this ga was perfect for playing with Lucia.
They needed cooperation because they had to mine minerals while flying a spaceship and such.
The difficulty was not that high either, so much so that the previous isekai ga felt strangely weird.
“I feel like the developer is trying to steer us this way…”
“Don’t be paranoid. Co on, the first step is to find the abandoned base. Let’s fix the engine first.”
After that, it was a series of tasks such as repairing the spaceship and restoring the abandoned base.
They continued to resist the space monsters and obtained a radio signal from the United Human Federation, which they set as their goal.
The first impression was not great, but once they tried it, it felt quite fun with the vast setting, clear goal presentation, and rewards.
But there were so things they couldn’t understand.
“Are these space monsters made of black tal? I an, is black tal their skin?”
“Maybe?”
“Well, it’s a ga.”
The setting was too unrealistic for Hwang Sun-young, who rembered very well the laser show of Ion Beam that defended the night sky of Seoul during the Second Korean War.
Anyway, the space ga seed to have sothing that made n’s hearts burn.
The ga was especially popular among foreigners, who couldn’t record their gaplay due to its nature. They could only drool over the videos they saw online.
“Damn, I should have been born in Korea.”
“There’s one way, my friends. Let’s go to Korea for this sumr vacation. We can’t buy it as individuals, but we can play it at a place called a PC bang.”
“This is like a ga novel. The sad thing is that we’re not the protagonists.”
“Who cares if we’re not the protagonists? I’m going to fight with Lord of the Rings orcs and have sex with Korean-style elves this sumr!”
“You don’t know anything. The forest is full of players who died as soon as they set foot there. That software is a taboo among Koreans right now.”
“By the way, who is that Uber pilot of the United Human Federation in the 2180 Human Extinction ga? He single-handedly destroyed a space monster fleet? Is that even possible?”
“It’s just a ga setting. Don’t be so serious.”
“This is the true taverse.”
Conversations like this continued around the world, and the otakus in Japan couldn’t stand it anymore and decided to go on a group expedition to Korea.
The foreigners who visited Korea were surprised to see androids walking around, sothing they had only heard of in their countries.
No matter how much information they accessed or how many videos they watched on YouTube, nothing could compare to seeing it in person.
As a result, the number of tourists visiting Korea increased by more than 10 tis, and the tourism balance also improved significantly.
As the taverse received positive feedback, Arma proceeded to the next step.
Most of the outstanding assault armor pilots were male.
Assault armor had ether reverse fields and various devices to reduce gravity, but operating it for a long ti required trendous physical strength and concentration.
In the 22nd century, won could modify their bodies as much as they needed, and there was little difference between them and n in most areas.
However, there was a very slight difference in the instinctive senses that humans had developed since primitive tis.
That slight difference made a difference between life and death on the battlefield, so the Unified Space Force preferred to select n as much as possible.
On the other hand, there were areas where won excelled.
Later, in the field known as Aether circuits, they could handle black tal or artifacts of the foretellers more delicately.
Lucia was a representative example.
If you look at the researchers of the artifact analysis agency, there are many more won than n.
There were people like who could do both, but he was a miracle in himself, so he was not counted here.
The two gas that Silla taverse and Entertainnt released were designed to select people with such pilot-like abilities.
The fantasy ga selected people with genes related to instinctive senses, while the sci-fi ga selected people with genes specialized for operating assault armor.
Since the goals of the two gas were different, they had to set different levels of difficulty. The forr was established as an extrely difficult ga.
It was rumored in the world as “one minute fantasy life”.
It ant that an ordinary person would die within a minute of logging in.
—Where did my happy fantasy life go with a witch picking up?
—This is what a fantasy novel without cheats is like… It’s spicy and hot.
—There’s no answer to this. You have to keep moving and not stop for a second.
—-Where are my elf eyes? All I see are arrogant racists who ignore humans.
—The elves here are fascists who built an empire with their long lives and magic. Think of Hitler’s Third Reich perfected.
—Speaking of Hitler, I think of Yu Ji-ha.
—At least Yu Ji-ha didn’t discriminate against races… He said gacity was a multi-racial city, right?
—He must be so efficient that he doesn’t care about anything else.
—Has anyone escaped the forest?
—Not that I know of…
This ga was actually a direct adaptation of Yu Ji-ha’s dream.
He had started to dream of things he had never experienced since he absorbed the artifact of the foreteller into his body.
He vividly rembered the night when all of humanity suffered sorrow, let alone anything else.
That was an event that happened before Yu Ji-ha was born.
Anyway, he didn’t take this fantasy-related dream seriously because it was too absurd.
Arma processed it and made it into a ga while transferring his soul.
It wasn’t made to make money, so the difficulty level was beyond imagination.
So gars who liked this kind of ga persisted, but even the most hardcore ones couldn’t last an hour.
The taverse device didn’t give any cheats.
No matter how good a human was, they couldn’t beat an elf, and the place was a dangerous forest.
So most of the guides advised to hide rather than run away.
But there was one person.
A user who ran out of the forest recklessly appeared.
He didn’t enjoy gas much and had never seen any guides.
He just ran away from the elves’ pursuit for five hours.
He barely escaped the forest, but what greeted him was not a helping hand, but a giant robot.
“Ah, why.”
He left this one word and was logged out by being stepped on by the robot.
His friends made a fuss, but he tried to leave the room with a headache.
“It’s not that fun. I’m not playing.”
“No, Seo-jun, don’t say that. It’s really fun if you keep playing.”
Yu Ji-ha and Arma checked this data.
“His na is Park Seo-jun, a high school student.”
“He’s quite talented.”
“We confird the expression of the avoid gene.”
“He dodged arrows almost instinctively…”
This gene would not be preserved unless they lived in a natural environnt.
This student lived in a rural area, but it was almost a miracle that he preserved his gene without losing it.
“Anyway, he’s a very promising candidate right now. Talk to his parents and bring him over. It would be better to send him to study in Seoul.”
Which parent would refuse if Silla Group offered to sponsor him?
Arma suggested.
“Fatima is about the sa age as him. Should we make them go to the sa school?”
“That would be fine. If they get together, they’ll have a baby with excellent genes. As for his face… It might be good to give him plastic surgery.”
Fatima was 16 years old and very sensitive to n’s faces.
For her, who had few friends, a man who received Silla Group’s sponsorship and was handso would be quite attractive.
Of course, Arma couldn’t do anything about their relationship, but they would get along if they hung out together.
“If they refuse our offer, offer them an android.”
“Yes. And Master, I went to Arica for a while as you said.”
She went to Arica without any work to see Yu Ji-ha’s parents.
“What did they say?”
“They just said they were satisfied with their current life… They didn’t even take the money I gave them. They said they had enough.”
“Then that’s fine.”
He hadn’t contacted Yu-kyung-seok and Jung Hye-won for quite a while.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say that they didn’t want to see his face.
Their son suddenly inherited the entire group and started producing strange technologies.
Their son who went through the Korean War and beca a dictator who oppressed and killed many people.
And finally, their son who killed Lee hyung-seok, who beca his brother-in-law.
Could they really accept Yu Ji-ha as their son?
They were awkward when he inherited the group, and now they didn’t even et each other.
Arma spoke quietly.
“I tried to talk to them a little… They said they realized that you weren’t their child when you called her mother for the first ti.”
“I guess sothing felt weird even though I made an excuse that I lost so of my mory.”
“Maybe it’s because sothing like a na is instinctive. The original never called her mother since he was young. He only said mom.”
“It was our mistake not to catch that kind of sentint from the original.”
“At first, they thought they should treat you well because you had their child’s body, and they were genuinely happy when you developed the battery. But after that…”
“They must have felt like you were a completely different person. They probably felt disgusted by that.”
“Not disgusted, but they definitely felt that you weren’t their son. They said it was hard to continue the relationship.”
“That’s fine. So, what’s the possibility of them exposing the truth?”
“None for now. They seem to hope to be forgotten under the protection of the United States.”
“I wonder if the US will leave them alone…”
The current McKinley president didn’t seem to bother him much, but the situation might change if the Democrats took power.
Yu Ji-ha sent Arma away and looked at the dark main screen of the bridge.
He had the goal of eradicating the plague and preserving humanity, but sotis he felt depressed.
He used Yu-kyung-seok and Jung Hye-won’s relationship to take advantage of his position as a Korean and a third-generation chaebol, but now he was in a position to completely break away from them.
‘In the end, nothing changes, but why do I feel so empty?’
Was it because of the sense of loss from losing soone he had a little connection with?
He acted like a machine, but he was not a machine, but a human being with emotions.
He didn’t show it because he thought it was unnecessary for his purpose.
He had to preserve and advance humanity and technology by using coercive ans, and there was no room for emotions to interfere.
It would be troubleso if he made friends with soone and it caused trouble for his plan.
But now he felt lonely.
‘If only Lucia were here…’
She was dead and couldn’t co back.
Her mory existed in the Settler, but he couldn’t say that she was the sa person even if he injected that mory into a human body.
Yu Ji-ha called soone.
“Arma.”
“Yes, Master.”
Arma ca in and stood next to him, then guessed his condition and knelt down.
“I can’t be Lucia for you, but I can be a substitute.”
It was based on Lucia’s personality.
He didn’t express her appearance and character because he hated her, but now he longed for them.
“Don’t leave , Arma. You’re the only one…”
“Who said I’m going to leave nicely? Close your eyes, I’m going to have so fun. Well, it doesn’t matter if you keep them open.”
It was Lucia’s unmistakable way of speaking.
When he closed his eyes, Arma smiled and took off her glasses and untied her hair.
Her dazzling blonde hair flowed down.
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