At 2:25 p.m. on February 25, 2025, on the 2nd floor of Tianxiang Building, Binhai Digital Port Plaza, the game R&D department of Metaverse Technology, a world-renowned metaverse company, was holding a grand celebration ceremony. More than 200 game engineers will witness with their own eyes that the number of registered players of the "Kaiyuan" game they developed has exceeded 700 million.
The game Kaiyuan, with the help of the rapid development of VR headsets and immersive cabin equipment in the past two years, and relying on 5G high-speed bandwidth, truly realizes the virtual life of players.
In Kaiyuan, people have their own virtual identities, virtual images, and virtual social interactions, and can work, play games, entertain, and live here.
Kaiyuan's Kai Coin relies on blockchain technology, allowing players to freely trade works produced in the virtual world. Kai Coin can be freely exchanged with real currency with the help of Metadomain's financial companies. Kaiyuan's perfect experience is attracting hundreds of millions of players to settle here, and Metadomain is about to become the world's largest metaverse game company.
The huge dome screen showed that the current number of registered users had reached 600 million, and the number 700 million meant that Metaverse Technology was about to break through history and grow into the world's largest gaming company in just five years. Everyone present was filled with excitement about witnessing a miracle, except Luo Tian.
The biggest contributor to the success of Metaverse Technology today is Luo Tian, the game development director. At this moment, his face was full of sorrow, and he looked at his lake blue electronic watch nervously. There were still 10 seconds left, and it should be time.
Deputy Director Qian Lu noticed that Luo Tian had picked up the remote control. As Luo Tian's apprentice, he witnessed with his own eyes how his master led him, a rookie, to start a business step by step, and developed from a small team of three into the world's top game development team today.
Although the master has just turned 35, his hair has already thinned and he looks very old. Although he looks energetic, his body has long been in a sub-healthy state due to work.
Luo Tian silently counted down "three, two, one" in his mouth, and his eyes suddenly stared at the dome screen. The golden Tower of Babel in the Kaiyuan world suddenly turned red, and huge Arabic numerals appeared on the tower, neatly from 7 to 0 from top to bottom, and then changed into four Chinese characters: Kaiyuan 700 million.
The same time and place, the same scenes and characters, even the details of the number of registered users exceeding 700 million, are exactly the same as in the dream. Is it really a dream? Or is my life trapped in a certain time period and rewinding? Thinking of this, Luo Tian's heart tightened. The infinite loop of time in the TV series, could it happen to me?
Luo Tian covered his head in pain. If he was really trapped in a time loop, he definitely didn't want it to be these 48 hours.
He remembered that in his dream, the last scene of his life was frozen on the face of a masked woman. Under her mysterious and unfamiliar black veil, she must have an angelic face. Her voice was like a wind chime by the sea, sweet and ethereal.
"Mule, I'll see you off for the last time, have a safe trip!" The pistol against his chest went "bang", and he felt a heat in his chest, as if his heart was pierced by metal. His eyes went black, and his head fell in dizziness. The scent of lavender mixed with the smell of blood filled his brain. That was the last taste the world left for him.
It must be a dream, otherwise there would have been a bullet hole in his chest long ago, how could he still be standing here? It must have been just a coincidence, thinking of this, Luo Tian breathed a long sigh of relief, waking up from a nightmare was something to be happy about after all.
Seeing Luo Tian's body shaking slightly, Qian Lu hurried forward to support him and helped him press the red button on the remote control. A huge holographic projection filled the office, and celebratory music sounded in the room. Cheers, screams, music, and the sound of corks popping mixed together. All kinds of classic characters in the game "Kaiyuan" celebrated with the people in the office, creating a perfect fusion of virtual and reality.
"Master, are you... okay? You have high blood pressure, don't get too excited." Qian Lu asked with concern.
Luo Tian looked at Qian Lu in front of him and smiled helplessly, "It's okay, maybe it's high blood pressure."
In the dream, it was Qian Lu, the apprentice whom he had trained for five years, who betrayed him. Thinking of this, Luo Tian felt a little scared. It was all in the past. Qian Lu had followed him for five years. How could he betray himself for five million?
"Help me into the office. I still need to give red envelopes to everyone." Luo Tian instructed Qian Lu. Glancing at Qian Lu, he saw that he looked troubled and doubts arose in his mind. Perhaps he could test his attitude.
"Xiao Lu, I always feel that we are like brothers. Now that Kaiyuan is basically stable, the board of directors will definitely mention financing and listing next. I have always been against it. You know, once those outsiders who don't understand games and only care about money become shareholders and control the board of directors, Kaiyuan will become a money-making machine like other game companies. It will no longer pursue providing players with the best immersive gaming experience, which goes against our original dream. So, you will support me, right?" Luo Tian paid attention to Qian Lu's expression.
Qian Lu quickly replied, "Master, you know I have always supported you, but the boss may..."
Luo Tian patted Qian Lu's shoulder to comfort him, "I will persuade Lao Wang. He was supposed to attend the celebration, but the president's office had an important meeting and he had to discuss important matters with the shareholders, so he asked me to preside over it. Lao Wang and I founded this company. I am in charge of internal affairs, and he is in charge of external affairs. Although he is the major shareholder, he still has to consider my opinions on many matters!"
Lao Wang is the boss Wang Biao. Except for Luo Tian, no one in the company dares to call him that. Qian Lu felt that Luo Tian was very strange today, as if he had the ability to predict the future. He said this at this time. Did he know something? It was impossible. After all, his dealings with his boss had always been very private.
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