January 1st, New Year's Day.
After last night's New Year's Eve party, Zheng Li felt a little tired.
He and his classmates went out for dinner in the evening, then came back and watched the school's New Year's Eve party. Finally, around midnight, they counted down to the New Year with thousands of people in the school's big square. Later, they were dragged to a KTV. When they returned to the dormitory, it was almost four o'clock.
He slept for a while and woke up at 11 o'clock in the morning. As soon as he opened his eyes and touched his phone, he remembered that today was the day when [Morning Star] was released!!!
Zheng Li had finally managed to reserve one, and luckily Lu Ban’s reservations were made by lottery, so scalpers couldn’t raise the price and sell it.
He estimated that based on the delivery speed, he should be able to receive it in the afternoon.
Although there are currently different opinions on this device, no one believes the praise, and no one believes the criticism from people who have never played the game.
Zheng Li still decided to trust Lu Ban.
The price of a Morningstar is three thousand, which is considered to be relatively expensive among game consoles. It is much more expensive than handheld game consoles that cost more than a thousand and can be switched at will. The price is also similar to those high-performance new-generation consoles.
Fortunately, Zheng Li was doing an internship during the holidays and had saved some money from his part-time job, so he was able to buy a piece of equipment if he gritted his teeth.
While waiting for the product to arrive, Zheng Li wanted to read the reviews online.
But after searching, he found that there were very few new reviews and the previous comments were still the same on the Internet.
Moreover, when I clicked on the new reviews, they were all simple unboxing jobs, showing only the appearance and packaging. Those reviewers said they would try it out, but there were no further replies.
"What's going on?"
Zheng Li felt itchy. He had a feeling of uneasiness as if he was about to go on a spring outing, but he didn't know whether the destination should be a worn-out park in the city or a newly opened large amusement park nearby.
He went to the cafeteria to have lunch, but he forgot what he ordered. He was absent-minded the whole afternoon and didn't know what to do when he sat in front of the computer.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, his roommates began to call him to go to the cafeteria together. Zheng Li responded and looked at the delivery message on his mobile phone. He went downstairs anyway and casually ordered a meat and a vegetable meal. Just after taking two bites, Zheng Li's phone rang.
He looked over and saw it was the courier. His hands shook and the phone almost fell into the plate. Zheng Li hurriedly answered the phone. The guy told him to come outside the Xiaonan Gate to pick up the package. Zheng Li stood up immediately.
"Why, what's the hurry?"
The roommate was still struggling with the fried chicken legs in the cafeteria. When he saw Zheng Li looked unconscious, he asked.
"I have a delivery."
Zheng Li said as he was about to leave the cafeteria.
"You don't want to eat?"
The roommate glanced at the sweet and sour pork ribs on Zheng Li’s plate.
"No more, you guys eat, and help me clear the plates later."
Zheng Li just let go and ran away. His roommates didn't hesitate and picked up their chopsticks to divide up all the meat in Zheng Li's plate.
He hurried to Xiaonanmen and found that there was a mountain of express deliveries piled up there.
These express deliveries are all in square cartons, all exactly the same size. After a rough count, there are at least thirty of them.
There is no doubt that these are Lu Ban’s [Morning Stars].
"What are you buying here? I haven't seen so many similar orders in one place for a long time."
Zheng Li seemed to be the first one to sign for the express delivery, and the courier boy asked casually.
“…A video game console.”
Zheng Li thought about it and did not come up with any VR helmets or virtual reality rhetoric, but instead summed up a statement that is easiest to understand.
"Oh, is it fun?"
The young man asked.
“It’s not something we have yet to play.”
Zheng Li pointed to his express delivery.
"Too."
The young man laughed at himself and continued.
"What brand of game console is this? I'll take a look at it later and buy one for my son."
Zheng Li showed the young man the description of Morning Star on his mobile phone, and the young man felt it was very impressive.
"Is technology so advanced now? Can this machine play Super Mario?"
His concept of game consoles may still be stuck in the era of the Famicom.
"I don't really understand, let's go back and try it first."
Zheng Li said goodbye to the young man and happened to see other people coming to pick up the express delivery.
The two big men looked at the boxes in their arms and smiled shyly, as if they had bought something shameful and were discovered by the other.
Zheng Li hurried back to the dormitory, but his roommates had not returned yet.
He opened the box and saw a pure black box.
The workmanship of this box is quite good. It feels almost like a complete cube from the outside, and the surface has a cold glow.
Zheng Li found the place where the box could be opened. He opened it and saw a piece of cardboard with a pattern of a starry sky printed on it. This starry sky was something Zheng Li had never seen before and he didn't know where the picture was taken.
He lifted the cardboard and saw the helmet lying inside.
Zheng Li couldn't wait to take out the helmet and looked at it carefully.
This helmet looks like an ordinary motorcycle safety helmet and the design is quite good. There is a hidden socket on the side of the helmet, which can be used to insert a regular interface data cable such as USB or TYPE-C. Apart from that, Zheng Li couldn't even find a charging port.
Does this thing charge via the C port?
Zheng Li soon discovered that there was something like a base under the helmet. He hurriedly opened the instruction manual and found that it was a wireless charging base.
This helmet can also be charged wirelessly.
According to the instruction manual, this design is made to prevent players from becoming addicted to the game and playing for a long time.
When the helmet runs out of power, it must be placed here to charge and you cannot play during this time.
Zheng Li thought this design was a bit stupid. How could a game console prevent players from becoming addicted? Those game console manufacturers wished players would keep the consoles on all the time, never turn them off, and sit in front of the TV to play games. How could they proactively prevent players from becoming addicted?
Without rushing to put on the helmet, Zheng Li read the instruction manual carefully.
The instruction manual was quite serious, explaining in detail how to use the device, how to connect to the Internet, how to enter the game, etc. However, the content was really outrageous, and Zheng Li wanted to laugh when reading it.
For example, the manual states that in order to prevent accidents, the impact of [Morning Star] on player perception is set to the [Normal] level by default. Users who want a deep experience must be connected to the Internet to enter the [Deep] level, and when stimulated by external tactile or obviously noisy auditory signals, the game will return to the [Light] level.
This is so serious, as if you are really immersed in the game and can't even hear anything?
Zheng Li didn't believe it at all.
Since the initial settings require Internet access, Zheng Li sat in a chair and put on the helmet and turned on the power.
Then he gave the start-up command.
"Link, start."
Countless blacks containing colorful colors occupied Zheng Li's entire vision.