Chapter 27

Chen Yang took a deep breath, his mind racing with countless thoughts, but in the end, only a few remained—immortality and the desire to explore other extraterrestrial civilizations.

Compared to acquiring vast wealth, Chen Yang placed less importance on these two wishes. Life on Earth lasts a hundred years; how much excitement can there be, no matter how splendid it might be? The universe is vast, and being confined to Earth is truly pitiful. Chen Yang was genuinely very curious about what other civilizations and races were like and what their lives were like.

Unfortunately, with the current technology on Earth, not only is it impossible to discover other extraterrestrial civilizations, but even the nearby moon cannot be reached at will, let alone interstellar travel, which is not to be expected for the next few hundred years.

Chen Yang agreed; he could not refuse such conditions. The right hand would not only grant him wealth that could rival a nation but also immortality. Most importantly, it would give Chen Yang a life full of excitement.

The right hand sensed Chen Yang's excitement, as expected. Throwing out such a temptation, few humans would refuse. Humans, driven by interests, might respond better to incentives than to harsh punishments.

With the cooperation with the right hand established, Chen Yang's enthusiasm was ignited. He asked proactively, "So, Chief Luosi, although we have started our cooperation, what is the ultimate goal of your plan?"

"The first step of my plan cannot yet draw the attention of your human society, so I must hide my identity while finding my other three components."

For the first time, a hint of worry appeared in the right hand's tone: "If those three components are still alive, they are primitive and aggressive consciousnesses. I am worried they might draw the attention of humans."

"Primitive and aggressive? What do you mean?"

Chen Yang did not understand the right hand's words.

"Primitive, they lack intelligence and are driven only by the impulse to devour the other components. Aggressive, after the new consciousness is born, it is like a wild beast on Earth, and a slight mistake could lead to human casualties."

"Human casualties?"

Chen Yang's expression changed. He was not worried about others getting hurt but feared that casualties would draw the government's attention, which would not be good for him and the right hand.

"So, we need to find your other components as soon as possible?"

"Exactly, we must act quickly. I can vaguely sense that they are within the city limits."

The right hand was also a bit worried. It knew the capabilities of its three components well. Although they lacked intelligence due to their primitive impulses, this made them even more dangerous. If they caused human casualties, it would certainly draw human attention, making it difficult to recover the components.

After all, in its severely injured state and without tools, it could not directly confront the human military of the electrical industrial era.

"But, Chief Luosi, the city of Donghai is one of the largest in the world. To find your three components would be like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Chen Yang was not optimistic. Finding someone in Donghai without any clues was extremely difficult.

"I can sense their general direction, so you don't need to worry."

The right hand hesitated, "Finding them is not difficult, but the challenge is how to neutralize their resistance. With our current strength, we cannot engage them directly. We must use the weapons we have created wisely."

"However, in your human world, carrying weapons seems to be prohibited?"

"Of course, it is prohibited!"

Chen Yang's face turned pale, quickly stopping the right hand's dangerous idea. If he were to carry the electromagnetic sniper rifle, once exposed, he would end up in prison.

The right hand also seemed troubled, tapping away on the keyboard.

Chen Yang frowned, now his fate was intertwined with the right hand's. If the right hand got into trouble, he would be in trouble as well.

But...

Why was the right hand more calm than he was?

Watching the right hand "work diligently," Chen Yang sighed, picking up the game he had not opened before and starting it.

By the way, humans work with both hands, so losing one hand would make work very inconvenient. To help Chen Yang work more efficiently, the right hand split off a "right hand" to assist him.

Though it looked similar to his original right hand, the numerous tentacles sprouting from the wrist made Chen Yang look like a tentacle monster, which he found quite frustrating.

But Chen Yang had learned to be content. Compared to the right hand's previous attitude and methods, today's right hand was friendly and almost like a bodhisattva.

Humans—must learn to be content!

This was the most sincere reflection of Chen Yang, who had suffered a lot.

"Infinite Stars," this was the name of the game developed by the right hand. From the name, it seemed to be a space war game, but its 50MB size made Chen Yang think it was a 2D shooting game like Raiden. However, after more than half an hour, as he played the second mission, Chen Yang's eyes widened in disbelief, and he looked at the working right hand, muttering, "How is this possible?"

Indeed, he had thought it was a regular 2D game, but it turned out to be a 3D game. Not only that, the modeling and physics engine in the game were extremely impressive.

But what was most shocking was the seamless map in the game!

Starting from the planetary orbit to the planetary surface, the vertical height exceeded 300 kilometers in the game's scale, and the horizontal distance on the planetary surface exceeded 150 kilometers, yet there were still mountains and water, with no end to the map. This made Chen Yang suspect that the game's map might even cover the entire planetary surface!

Such a vast game map, not to mention mobile games, even PC 3A sandbox games could not match its size!

How was this achieved?

Chen Yang naturally found it hard to believe, "Luosi, Chief Luosi, how can the game's map be so large? Does it cover the entire planetary surface?"

"The entire planetary surface? Of course not."

The right hand put down the keyboard: "The game's map area is as boundless as the real universe..."

Chen Yang touched the cold sweat on his forehead: "Are you joking?"

How could he believe that a real universe was possible? At the speed of light, it could circle the Earth's equator seven times in one second, but it would take more than eight minutes to travel from Earth to the Sun!

Not to mention the entire solar system.

And the solar system is not even a grain of sand in the Milky Way, let alone compared to the boundless universe.

So, Chen Yang was puzzled: How could one person develop a virtual universe with real proportions?

How could players seamlessly travel between space and planetary surfaces?

How could the system ensure that the planetary map remained the same each time the player returned?

Could the entire universe be simulated without using pre-made models?

How could such a vast amount of computation be contained in such a small package?

In short, with the current performance of mobile phones, how could it simulate the entire universe?

"What's there to doubt?"

The right hand was in a good mood today and explained to Chen Yang in detail: "With current human technology, this is not difficult, let alone for me."

"The key to the game's seamless map is the application of 'procedural generation' technology..."

Hearing the right hand's explanation, Chen Yang gradually understood. The right hand's strength did not lie in its advanced technology but in its ability to combine hardware performance to develop software that perfectly adapts and utilizes the hardware.

So-called "procedural generation" technology, in simple terms, is a system of equations. There is a variable for the user to input to change the result, and this variable is called the "seed"!

For example, the equation 1 + x = y.

If the input x is 2, the result y is 3. If x is 3, the result is 4.

Similarly, these results are always the same. The principle of "procedural generation" technology is this simple. Using thousands of such codes, countless planetary maps can be generated. As long as the input "seed" is the same, the map will be identical, without any change.