META Quantum Era

Chapter 2 A Celebration of All mankind2

Yes, this is the same night sky that humans have been looking up at for tens of thousands of years. The silence lasted for more than a minute, the entire Milky Way was flowing in mid-air, the giant projection slowly drew closer, and the camera was fixed on the familiar blue planet in the sea of stars. This is the earth 3 million years ago, and the plate tectonics are very different from today. At this time, a group of running monkeys appeared on the African continent, and a magnetic male voice read the opening remarks. "Some people say that we are still unable to find an angle to define the greatness of mankind. Some people also say that we, who claim to be the primate of all things, have long been far from greatness in the process of evolution..." In the background, the giant projection slowly interprets the million-year evolution of mankind and the history of civilization for thousands of years along with the timeline. The monkeys left the forest and began to stand, use stone tools, use fire, create large ethnic city-states, dispute, fight, build civilization, create art, explore nature, innovate science and technology... The thick male voice is sometimes impassioned, sometimes deep and affectionate, realistic simulation scenes bring people's thoughts to every era. When the time was deduced to 2025, the speed of projection slowed down, and the narration was replaced with a smart but gentle female voice. The crowd in the square began to be restless again, and anyone who knew a little about modern history knew what that time meant. Because 2025 AD is a historical node known as the first year of the meta-universe.， At that time, it was in the harsh financial winter, and many companies began to gather to keep warm. There were also many traditional industries that did not hesitate to split and restructure to survive. The global economy was in ashes, and an opportunity for nirvana was urgently needed. Media Tower spent a lot of money to acquire crisis companies such as roblox and ebay in one go. After integrating unprecedented network resources, this traditional Internet giant was almost emptied. In September of the same year, its mata platform was officially opened for registration. This is a mobile Internet platform built based on the most advanced 5g technology at the time. It uses the Byzantine algorithm ① as the cornerstone of information interaction, and the hash algorithm ② to ensure convenience and security. It uses the ugc model, that is, the model in which users build the world independently to create content, and its flexible and efficient communication methods quickly swept the world, leading toThe first batch of Meta universe users came to settle in. Under its strict and seamless infrastructure, the Meta universe has finally changed from an empty concept to a large-scale online community that actually operates. Starting from the information industry, media and entertainment have begun to settle in one after another. From logistics, transportation, and its core drone manufacturing, new concepts of industry and agriculture have been spawned one after another.... The industrial chain, which is not huge in itself, has rolled out an era of drones. The product of this special period, after saving a stagnant economy, completely exploded into a new way of life for people. In the more than 20 years since then, vr equipment and drone manufacturing technologies have continued to innovate. While people continue to build on the meta-universe, these two industries have also become a bridge between the meta-universe and reality. Closely connected. Everyone thinks that in the next few hundred years, VR equipment will be the most versatile choice to access the meta-universe. However, at the beginning of 2054, a cutting-edge technology in physics was conquered without warning, giving birth to a period of technological explosion that lasted for decades. The advent of general-purpose quantum computers has brought about a new understanding of the extreme-scale micro-world of mankind, and a large number of basic sciences have successively appeared in a new research direction. Among them, the most rapid advances are chemistry and biology, while branches such as materials science and medicine have also caught the express. In October of the same year, quantum communication technology was generalized, classical bits and qubits were transformed in a superposition state, satellite launches and base stations were planned all over the world, and new high-speed information and transportation networks began to be built. Time came to 2061, and the voice of the narrator suddenly stopped. The period of technological explosion always spawns any possibility. No one thought that a brain scientific research that had not been promising for many years had suddenly made a major breakthrough. Thanks to the continuous creation of new synthetic elements by chemists through quantum computing, a brand new polymer material named'suojing' has allowed brain-computer interface technology to break through the bottleneck. Many years later, people still can't help but feel that it appeared in the world in such an anachronistic manner. For the social form at that time, this thing was too advanced. It is inconclusive whether it is an angel or a demon who brought it here.... Before that, it was difficult for people to find a material to accurately simulate the transmission of information by brain neurons. Countless controllable models could only be guessed and could not be confirmed until the successful synthesis of "plastic crystal", it truly opened the door for mankind to explore a new world. With just one implantation operation, you can get the key to a new world. In terms of technology that deceives human senses, plastic crystal has reached its peak in just a few months of debugging. Or to put it another way, in fact, human senses are extremely easy to be deceived, but this kind of media material has been lacking before. With the help of algorithms, anyone can become an omnipotent god in this virtual world. As the famous saying goes, it is not a blessing to lose a man and lose a horse. Whether the appearance of plastic crystals will bring about progress or sink, no one knows from beginning to end. Due to the extremely expensive cost of brain-computer interfaces, in the first few years, users were limited to the rich and scientific researchers. Everything seems to be developing in a beautiful direction, and everyone feels that one day it will become affordable and accessible to everyone. However, just like this technology, the truth is only in the hands of a very small number of people, and the public does not know it. It is almost impossible to mass produce this thing, let alone one hand. Because the production process of plastic crystals inevitably leads to the rapid decay of a large number of raw materials, two kilograms of iridium isotopes can only be used to make a brain-computer interface for single use. However, plastic crystals are non-recyclable in nature, and even if they are removed after transplantation into the human body, they cannot be used again. However, the total reserves of metal iridium in the earth's crust are extremely limited and non-renewable. The argon gas used to store and transport plastic crystals is only in demand, and it is also non-renewable. In less than half a year, the price of the metal iridium was fried to more than 800 euros per gram, more than 20 times that of gold. No matter how optimized the process is, it still cannot break the fact of its sky-high price. This is the desperate reality. We have exhausted human imagination for beauty and created a world of infinite possibilities. Hundreds of millions of people have worked together to build it, but only one in a billion people can enjoy it. Pass. This incident was chilling enough, but the next change made things completely out of control. After all, there are too many things that people can't control, including people themselves. For example, the flow of capital is uncontrollable. With the development of an integrated dormant warehouse capable of mass production by Fry Biological Company, society has fallen into madness. It's not that it's cheaper, but that some people have seen another kind of hard-earned benefit from it. The sale price of the first batch of dormant warehouses was close to four million euros. Fry manufactured 100,000 units in the first batch, and they were sold out on the day of the sale. It seems that the number of rich people in the world greatly exceeds this number. With the personal experience of these 100,000 people, VR devices are incomparable. Although some rich people will still be discouraged when they see the price, the second batch of 500,000 units scheduled to be delivered in two months was quickly sold out of pre-orders. After all, people already know from social media and massive advertisements that that beautiful virtual world is worth everything. Everything for it. In the third batch, although the price of millions of dormant warehouses has been reduced, there are already few buyers. Some people say that there is something wrong with the brain of Fry's marketing department, knowing that most people can't afford to use the brain-computer interface at all, but they still produce it. In the same year, Fry Biology crossed the financial industry and started interest-free loans. Its loan contract clearly states that this amount can only be used to purchase dormant warehouses, and there is no clear repayment period, but in the review conditions of its loan, in addition to the approval of conventional asset income, there is an additional age and health restriction, including mental health. In other words, if you have no money, you can buy it with your life. The price of enjoying the new world is to bear a lifetime of debt. Some people jokingly say that the meta-universe has fallen into two levels: endless beauty, and eternal darkness. Until the eve of the release of the second plan of the fireworks plan.