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"I seem to have heard that mobile phones can be used to play games."
Who told her this? She had a vague memory of it, but when she thought about it carefully she couldn't figure it out.
The World is a Bad Game
【Come with me, I'll take you to play other games. 】
Someone did say that, but if you try hard to think about it, you’ll feel a headache.
"If you want to play games, Kana, you can use my phone. Just tell me if there's a call."
Yukari said as she handed over her cell phone, she bought it last month and it was indeed a very convenient item.
At that time, most people didn’t even have landlines installed in their homes. Price was secondary because there weren’t that many ports. Signal switching was still done manually by operators.
It is difficult for middle-class families without power to install a landline even if they have money.
The price of a mobile phone is much lower than that of a landline phone. Just considering the calling function, it is natural that mobile phones are all the rage.
Yukari's phone didn't have any games installed, and the interface was empty. Kana opened the mall and found that there were more than a hundred apps of all sizes.
There are quite a few games, accounting for about half.
Yukari originally thought that Kana would choose Miracle Nikki or Radish Defender, which had a beautiful interface, but she unexpectedly clicked on the bloody icon of Fate.
Kana doesn’t know many words, so she might not be able to play this game well, but he said it was an interesting world, so she also wanted to take a look.
Tokyo, ZAT Headquarters
"The Sky Whale needs another major overhaul."
Asahina was somewhat helpless as the repair order was sent to him again. Although ZAT had no financial worries and he only needed to sign, to be honest, looking at the astronomical figures still put a lot of pressure on him.
In the previous battle with the plant monster Basera, the Sky Whale was entangled by the monster but did not crash. It was saved by Taro in time. The main body of the aircraft was not damaged.
But the special energy released when the monster's vines entangled him was so overbearing that Taro was accidentally hit and seriously injured, and the circuit system inside the plane was messed up.
After barely making an emergency landing, even the main control system could not be turned on.
The inspection results now show that the aircraft's operating system has completely collapsed and a lot of hardware has been burned out.
"There's still a big gap between our weapons and those of the monsters." Asahina said with emotion. If there were more powerful weapons, we wouldn't have to rely on Ultraman to save the day. "Come to think of it, yesterday Dr. Kiji mentioned to me that you've used the weapons provided by Meteor Technology several times. How do you feel about that?"
Yoichi Kikaji, who was once the head of TAC's scientific research department, has now joined the development team of Meteor Technology.
"Not very good, it doesn't seem reliable."
Hearing this, Asahina looked over at him. He didn't expect Araki to give such an answer.
"You think it's not strong enough?"
"No, it's too strong."
"Too powerful?" Asahina didn't quite understand. Wouldn't it be better if the weapon was more powerful? If there was a powerful weapon, it wouldn't be so difficult to deal with monsters.
"So what do you think?"
"Can you really tell me?"
"Of course, the technical department asked us to test those weapons through actual combat. Your actual feelings when fighting on the front line are the most important."
"Then I'll be honest. I'm wondering, should we really research these weapons? If humans are extinct one day, will it be because of us?"
Just like the previous missile, although Kotaro made a mistake, it was also true that he almost blew Ginza up into the sky. It was too powerful, beyond their own expectations, and almost hurt the earth.
No, maybe he was already injured. Araki will never forget the giant dragon he saw underground. Kotaro said it was called Renlong.
The earth dragon that guards the earth originally wanted to attack them, but because ZAT hurt the earth, he gave up for some reason and chose to forgive them.
Araki certainly believed that those researchers developed these weapons with a protective attitude, hoping that one day the Earth would truly be at peace.
However, weapons have become increasingly powerful with each generation, from the initial artillery that could easily blow down houses, to nuclear bombs that could destroy a city, and now even annihilation weapons have been developed.
Has humanity gone too far in the direction of destruction? What’s next?
"But without powerful weapons, how can humans deal with the threats from aliens and monsters?"
"That's true. But sometimes I think of what Ace said back then, and I keep thinking. Is our so-called meteor technology really just bombs that are more terrifying than the last? Can we use our own methods to respond to Ultraman's expectations of us?"
"Responding to Ultraman's expectations - is this what you think?"
"Sorry, Captain, I was a little self-righteous."
"No, I think you're right. The Giant of Light's expectations of us, hey, I've never thought about this. Kotaro, what do you think?"
"I?"
Kotaro didn't expect the captain to call him by name. What could he think? He didn't even listen to the captain and the vice-captain's conversation. He won the last city-level boxing match and could participate in the county meeting. He was thinking about the boxing match.
As for monsters, as soon as they appear, just destroy them.
Asahina shook her head helplessly. It was really worrying.
Why isn't one of his team members Beidou Xingsi? 'The enthusiasm cannot be extinguished', look, what a good saying.
Earlier, I heard from Staff Officer Ibuki that Go Hideki was also a very opinionated member of the team. And Captain Kiriyama still remembers the brave Moroboshi Tuan.
"Idiot." Asahina spat softly in frustration. No one knew who she was scolding.
Kotaro felt like he was being scolded.
As night falls, Chiba Prefecture Endangered Zoo
The zoo was closed and all the visitors had left. After a day of noise, the zoo had returned to silence.
Ling also likes the zoo at this time of year and often comes to see these creatures that have become extinct and have once again joined the big family of the Earth.
She fed the fruit in her hand to a cat-fox.
"Welcome back."
Cat-fox is a carnivorous animal, the main food is rabbits and mice, and it is not averse to eating some fruits as snacks. It originally lived in North America and became extinct in the large-scale development of the North American West in the last century.
The cat-fox ate the fruit obediently and licked Lingye's fingers. He did not resist when the girl rubbed his head, but nudged her affectionately.
"The captain actually said that. Don't you think it's too much?"
Kotaro was chattering beside him, but Reiya wasn't actually listening before. Now he suddenly asked himself, and Reiya let out an "ah".
I tried hard to recall what Kotaro had just said, just a few words, and it seemed that he mentioned "Giant of Light" and "expectations" or something like that.
"Aren't you Taro? For things like this, why don't you just tell the truth about what you think?"
Tell the truth? Kotaro didn't understand. If he asked what he expected from humans, he actually felt that he was a human. He and Taro were truly one and the same.
What can human beings expect from human beings? "Hope tomorrow will be better" is too general.
"What about you? As the will of this planet, what are your expectations for humanity?"
I am Taro, isn't she also Gaia?
"My expectation? To be able to stand strong in the universe, but not bully weaker civilizations. Because I have been invaded before, I understand the suffering, so I will never impose such suffering on others. That's probably it."
Never become an aggressive civilization, this is her bottom line.
"Of course we need weapons. If humans can create some weapons that can shock the aliens through the Meteor Project, that would be a good thing. However, no matter how powerful a weapon is, it's already half the battle once it's actually used. Here, I'll give it to you. Feed it too."
Ling also handed the fruit in her hand to Kotaro, but when Kotaro reached out his hand, the cat-fox shook its tail and ran away.
"Haha, it doesn't like you."
What? Even cats and foxes bully him.
Kotaro also realized for the first time that Gaia... Reiya's real worry was that humans would become an invading civilization.
It is not impossible, and it can be said that the possibility is still quite high. After all, human history is almost entirely a history of war.
If humans really choose to invade other civilizations, what will Gaia do? Will she just stand by and watch what happens to humans, or go a step further and punish humans herself?
But Kotaro didn't ask, because he felt that this question was really not suitable for Lingye to answer.
Unexpectedly, Ling also took the initiative to speak.
"You know, Kotaro, the so-called 'light' of humans is not infallible. Everyone makes mistakes. But humans know how to reflect on themselves, which is a rare and precious thing. Recently, I asked the company to make a game, which will be available soon. It's called "Monster Hunter"."
"Monster Hunter? What's that? A game about killing monsters?"
Kotaro thought that the one who could become a monster was probably a kaiju. But it wasn't.
"It's just ordinary hunting. The protagonist is an ancient man, hunting all kinds of wild creatures, animals that have become extinct in the wild."
Extinct? This sounded familiar to Kotaro, and he looked around the zoo.
"Yes, that's what you think. The monsters hunted in the game are all creatures that once existed in the history of the earth and eventually became extinct. They are the same as those in the zoo. In fact, some animals in the zoo will also appear in the game as targets of hunting."
No one knows these creatures better than Ling Ye. There is no need to study specimens or research history. She has samples of each of them, frozen in the amber of time.
"But why hunt them?"
Kotaro didn't quite understand. Based on what he understood of Lingye's thoughts, shouldn't they promote a ban on hunting and work hard to protect them?
"Through the game, players can clearly understand the appearance and habits of animals, how they reproduce, how they survive, what they like to eat, what habits they have, and what they fear. What do you think players will do when they see them appear in real life after knowing so much about them?"
"To hunt them? No, I believe people will love them."
When hunting an animal in the game, players do not hold a hatred mentality, it is just entertainment. And entertainment will give rise to curiosity.
Mechanically promoting conservation and forcing everyone to learn about animal ecology is likely to make people impatient.
But the game is different. Players will actively look for so-called "strategies", which are actually study manuals to understand those endangered animals.
Chapter 391: Monster Hunter
[This planet was originally barren]
[After hundreds of millions of years of the long Hadean period, the first life originated in the ocean. ]
In the video, life appeared on that blue planet.
From the initial single-celled anaerobic bacteria, life flourished and the Earth's environment changed rapidly.
At first, the Earth rotated very fast, a day was only 6 hours, and there was a lot of carbon dioxide in the air, but almost no oxygen. It was the photosynthesis of a large number of stromatolite colonies that gradually began to produce oxygen from the sea.
It was not until 3.5 million years ago that forests appeared on land and animals came to the land from the sea.
Then, ping—
The protagonist appears!