Finally, after everyone's eager anticipation, one million gaming consoles were delivered to their owners. Virtual Reality officially launched.
They were initially drawn to Ji Xinghe, but once they actually entered the game, they were inevitably stunned by the realism of virtual reality. They even felt like they weren't in a holographic game, but rather a different, yet still undeveloped, world, where spiritual energy was revived and everything was waiting for them to explore and create.
"Sure enough, only games like this can attract us stars!?" A fan made a speech unconsciously due to shock and excitement.
Then, he was immediately echoed by a nearby Star fan who had also randomly arrived at a location, saying firmly, "I hope this game can maintain this high standard, so that it can attract Star to continue playing. As long as he keeps playing, I will meet him one day!"
These are all players who are completely blinded by beauty.
Of course, there are also some more sober players who realize the next moment after exploring their surroundings how the emergence of "virtual reality" will bring about earth-shaking changes to the world.
The most notable difference is the speed of time. A beta tester found that an hour spent in VR is equivalent to only about ten minutes in the real world, a sixfold difference.
What does this mean? If they move their studies or work into VR, they can complete their tasks in one-sixth the time of normal learning or work. If you're crazy enough, you could even move sleep, an essential human activity, into VR. Six hours of deep sleep in VR would equate to just one hour in real life.
But your mind has gotten enough rest.
This means efficient use of time and greatly enhanced learning efficiency.
It even means another level of 'eternal life'.
Suppose a person has an eighty-year lifespan and enters virtual reality from birth, with the time spent in reality and virtual reality being half and half every day. Your lifespan is still eighty years, but the time you actually spend is likely to be two hundred and eighty years.
Can the literal meaning of "I think, therefore I am" be understood as: I think, therefore I exist, therefore I am certain I am alive? As long as I am alive and my living conditions have not deteriorated significantly, then how I live is not so important?
"Virtual Reality", wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it "The Second World"?
Of course, this is just the most ideal scenario, and there are many difficulties that have not been considered. However, this clearly provides a method for extending human life span that is different from all previous research approaches.
Will one day, many years from now, humans abandon their physical bodies and let their minds live forever in a second world? Is this another kind of immortality?
Someone thought deeply about it, and the more they thought about it, the more it seemed feasible. Suddenly, they broke out in a cold sweat. Then they touched their backs and found that they were really sweating, and their palms were still a little damp.
Is this really something that only a little-known technology company can achieve? How could the authorities allow such a company to exist, and allow virtual reality to be controlled by a single person?
In response to this person's question, Qi Nianqi, concealing his achievements and fame, passed by. "Guess how I did it?" The exchange of interests here, the various upper-level meetings and negotiations, are beyond the reach of outsiders.
Finally, everyone reached a consensus on the launch of Virtual Reality: to go public! As long as the technology was mature, we should go public as soon as possible. We should go public as a private company.
Even because the advancement of "Virtual Reality" attracted the attention of too many bigwigs, the Lin family's plan to cause trouble for the Qi family because of Lin Jingze was left unresolved. After the evidence was submitted, the Lin family was not allowed to do anything. They called in the parents of the girl who committed suicide that year. The two elderly people with gray hair sat in the police station and cried bitterly. After crying, they refused to accept compensation and reconciliation, and insisted that Lin Jingze pay the price he deserved.
Of course, these are not what Ji Xinghe should care about now, because he has no time to care about Lin Jingze's fate, he is blocked.
This day finally came. On the first day of the official launch of the server, Ji Xinghe was stuck in a temporary novice village that had just been built by beta test players.
That's right, "Virtual Reality" was really set up to be very hardcore by Qi Yao. The novice village was built by the internal test players themselves by cutting down trees and following the construction books. Even the new players were rescued by old players from various primeval forests, a lonely island, a tree branch, under the claws of a hungry brown bear, on a sapling growing on a cliff... and other strange places.
The first drop point is random. If you're lucky, you can become a disciple of an NPC in a palace sect and reach the pinnacle of your life. If you're unlucky, you might even land in a whale's belly and be directly resurrected. Each resurrection will reduce your aptitude by one level.
Those who were able to be rescued were not too unlucky, and by the way, they were all rich enough to afford a loudspeaker to shout for help to the world.
Ji Xinghe received a call for help from his friends. Qi Kai and the others had been envious of Qi Le for being able to play games happily with Ji Xinghe, while they had to be manipulated by Qi Nianqi.
This time, "Virtual Reality" has finally been officially launched. Everyone who finally had some free time finally jumped into the game with a game cabin each. However, as soon as they entered, they were randomly scattered all over the place. The worst case was that a friend named Qi Liuhao was randomly sent directly to a vulture's nest.
There are hungry little vultures around him, and a bottomless cliff below him. The big vulture is about to come back. How can it be described as miserable?
Fortunately, they had memorized the accounts of Ji Xinghe, Qi Le, and Ji Jing before entering the game cabin, so they didn't have to shout in the world like other new players. While being rescued, they would also be watched by the loyal old players. They were rescued, but their self-esteem was hurt.
Qi Le and Ji Jing had been leveling up with Ji Xinghe during their spare time, making them considered among the rare experts in the game. After receiving 20 or 30 distress messages, the three of them discussed the situation head-on and decided they couldn't just ignore it. So, they asked each of the people asking for help to send their coordinates, and then each of them divided into about ten groups to go rescue the people.
Ji Xinghe's first few games went relatively smoothly. After Qi Le and Ji Jing entered the game, Ji Xinghe was encouraged by the performance of the two little guys, and rekindled the little flame of "I will be honest with my friends, play happily together, and they will definitely understand me" that was almost extinguished.
I simply picked an evening when Ji Jing and Qi Le were both carrying their schoolbags and going home from school, gathered everyone in the yard, took off their masks, and then successfully harvested a group of stone sculptures.
There was another one who was shaking his hands and wanted to point at Ji Xinghe, but he didn't have the courage to stretch out his finger several times. He almost asked in a trembling voice: Xinghe, how come you can still perform magic tricks?
Is a mask really that powerful? Can it transform a stunning beauty into an ordinary teenager who comes across as a bit naughty, a bit good-looking, lively and talkative?
Don't lie to me that I haven't read many books.
Fortunately, their final performance did not disappoint Ji Xinghe. They were worthy of being the qualified playmates chosen by Qi Yao from the thousands of people in the Qi family.
From then on, Ji Xinghe completely let himself go. No matter whether in the game or at the Qi family, he did whatever he wanted and whatever he felt comfortable with. He ate whenever he wanted, and even smiled more often.
Ji Xinghe was happy, and Qi Yao was happy too.
Qi Yao knew that Ji Xinghe's happier life wasn't because he wasn't happy before. He was now confident that he was the most important person in Ji Xinghe's heart. But that didn't mean he didn't need other emotions. Love, friendship, and family, if he had all three, and plenty of them, that was the truly beautiful life that Ji Xinghe longed for.
This is also the life that Qi Yao has been trying his best to give him.
So while Qi Yao was reluctant, he was also gradually learning to let go, not letting go of Ji Xinghe, but letting him go.
Just like a bird that yearns for freedom, if you force it into a cage, it will resist or pretend to be good, but if one day you forget to lock the cage, it will immediately spread its wings and fly into the sky without looking back, without a trace of nostalgia.
But if you and the bird are close enough, you don't actually need a cage. It might get bored of staying in your palm and occasionally fly out to find friends, catch some insects, and chirp from the treetops. But don't worry, this is only temporary. The bird has memorized its home route, and when it gets dark, it will fly back to your palm without hesitation.
A bird like this doesn't need a cage, because in its eyes, your palm is its home. The love you've created, filled with tenderness, understanding, and empathy, has completely trapped it. It won't leave. Leaving would be the end of it.
Qi Yao figured it all out, so he didn't panic. He sent his beloved bird out to play with its friends.
Unexpectedly, this little bird was really unlucky. While rescuing its friend, it accidentally ran to the temporary Novice Village. Then it was surrounded by ecstatic fans.
Just watch, Qi Yao's little bird is actually quite generous, but forget about watching and don't try to touch it.
The little bird was very fierce. He pulled out the double-edged sword on his back and beat anyone who touched him. He beat the fans who wanted to attack him badly.
Qi Yao laughed as he processed the documents. It was really fierce.
Ji Xinghe had a cold and beautiful face, and in her hand was a mandarin duck knife with a red glow, which she was smashing at people with the back of the knife. With such a face, even the crudest movements were full of moving grace, making the beauty look even more like a jade sword and a rainbow.
Among the fans who gathered around, even some old players had already adjusted their pain value to a very low level, 20%. They couldn't adjust it any lower because it would affect their perception.
But even if you're low, you can't stand the constant beatings. The back of the knife hits your body hard, and the pain is probably equivalent to being slapped in the face. No one can stand being slapped continuously, right?
Yeah. Facts have proven that as long as I'm motivated enough, I won't flinch even if you hit me in the face with an iron palm, let alone a slap.
Some people even became addicted to being beaten, vying for the opportunity to rush forward and be beaten by Ji Xinghe, leaving Ji Xinghe helpless in the end.
Ji Xinghe stood there, casually slapped another person away, and asked sincerely: "Are these people all masochists?"
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