Research Institute, cafeteria.
Harry just finished his meal and sat down.
John came over with a mysterious look on his face and spoke in his ear.
"Harry, you don't play games."
Harry widened his eyes and looked at John.
"Old Ding, what are you doing?"
"A groundbreaking virtual reality game, a 100% authentic experience! Pre-orders are so popular, it's practically impossible to get one, but I have a special invitation. Just tell me you want to play, and I'll book you right away."
"You haven't been dragged into a pyramid scheme!"
Harry became alert.
This is so crazy, it's either a pyramid scheme or a cult.
"What kind of pyramid scheme is this?! Have you read The Three-Body Problem?"
"I've seen it. What does this have to do with pyramid schemes?"
"What the hell is this pyramid scheme? Can you please stop talking about it?"
John was speechless.
"In the first part of The Three-Body Problem, did the ETO organization develop a Three-Body game?"
"The game I'm introducing to you is even more realistic than the one in ETO."
Harry showed a skeptical look, "Are aliens preparing to invade our world too?"
"There are no aliens, I'm just asking if you want to play games?"
John took out his mobile phone and opened the web page.
"You just need to click to make an appointment, you don't even need to fill in any information."
Harry's eyes widened even more. Is this some new scam?
"Just click? You don't have to do anything else?"
"Yes, just click."
Harry reached out his finger doubtfully and clicked on "appointment".
**Clicking 'Book' will be deemed as your agreement to the terms of the agreement. Detailed information can be expanded.**
A line of text appeared and then disappeared.
"Okay, I'll fill out an ID for you (I laugh at that cunning guy), and you just wait to receive the gaming helmet."
John put away his phone.
"This game is guaranteed to surprise you."
Harry: "…"
That's it!!
Always feel something is not right.
John didn't say anything more. He ate while thinking about the game.
He has accumulated a lot of contribution points.
I wonder what these contribution points can buy in the prosthetic store that will open soon.
At dusk.
Just as Harry was about to walk out of the research building, he heard the front desk clerk calling him, saying that there was a package for him.
"I haven't shopped online recently."
Harry looked confused. After walking over, he found that there was indeed a package with his name on it at the front desk.
After taking it back to the dormitory and opening it, I found that it was a helmet with a strange shape.
"What is this?"
Harry was a little surprised and picked it up to look at it.
The helmet is exquisitely crafted, like a work of art.
Harry reached out and stroked the texture on the surface of the helmet. The metal felt cold and real.
He tried to put on the helmet, and first there was darkness in front of his eyes, and then a golden double-headed eagle appeared.
There are binary and runic codes scrolling underneath.
**The game is loading, please wait patiently**
Harry took off his helmet and was shocked - this was actually a gaming helmet!
"Could this be the game John mentioned? I clearly didn't fill in any information."
Harry frowned, picked up his helmet, and quickly walked out of the dormitory to find John.
The other person lived in a single dormitory provided by the Research Institute, just like him, and the room was not far away.
In a few minutes, Harry arrived at John's dormitory.
At this time, John was sitting at the desk looking up information.
"What's going on?" Harry put the helmet in front of John.
"What's going on?" John looked at the helmet and found nothing wrong.
Harry walked to the door, looked around, then closed the door and walked in front of John.
"I said, what's that game?"
"Didn't you get the helmet? Do you have any other questions?" John asked in confusion.
"Getting the helmet is the biggest problem. I didn't fill in any information. How did it get delivered to me? Did you sell all my information?" Harry asked.
"I didn't." John raised his hand and swore, "When I got the gaming helmet, I also thought my personal information had been stolen, but in fact it wasn't."
"You won't understand even if I explain it to you now. Why not wait until you enter the game? Then you'll understand everything."
Looking at his friend's confident look, Harry could only suppress the confusion in his heart.
He wanted to see what this game was that made his friend so obsessed with it!
After the game was loaded, John asked Harry to put on the helmet and lie on the sofa.
Saying
Is there really a virtual reality game that is more realistic than The Three-Body Problem?
The moment this thought came into Harry's mind, he saw a beam of light piercing through the darkness and shining directly into his pupils with his eyes closed.
I didn't even open my eyes!!
Imperial Glory, Temple of Prayer.
"Fuck!!"
Harry looked around, his suspicion replaced by shock.
This.
This is the game world? ?
"What are you yelling about?" Fred walked over to Harry. "I told you this was a groundbreaking virtual reality game, and you insisted it was a pyramid scheme! Do you believe it now?"
"Is it so real?" Harry looked around.
"No big deal. Remember the last time I told you about repairing the reactor? It's from this game. The system is so complicated it feels like the real thing."
Talking about his achievements, Fred looked proud.
"It's so shocking. If such a realistic game is released on the market, it will definitely revolutionize many fields." Harry touched here and there like a curious baby.
"Come on, I'll show you around."
The old man introduced Harry to the prayer hall, strategy room, command hall, and also took him to see the reactor compartment.
At the same time, Blood Dove also pulled a few classmates who had also flown planes into Warhammer Online and taught them how to fly a Valkyrie in the game.
The students were very excited about the real sense of operation.
Everyone shouted that this game was really great.
With these students serving as pilots, the many vehicles of the Imperial Glory were put to good use.
Here at the space station,
Theresa made a detailed list according to Daniel's instructions, preparing to open the prosthetic store.
Daniel checked the list price and found that the price was not outrageous.
It's just that most of the players at this stage are poor.
Only the old players such as Fred, Mordecai and Jucilang have some purchasing power.
"We need to make players stronger so they can complete missions better, but we can't just hand out contribution points for no reason."
Daniel frowned.
The enhancement surgery provided by Theresa can directly enhance the combat effectiveness of players.
But most players are short of money and cannot afford it.
If contribution points are given out, it would be unfair to those players who work hard to earn them.
"The players don't have money, but I do. I can lend them some."
"By the way, we will introduce a credit system, and players with high credit can enjoy discounts."
Daniel suddenly felt like a genius.
If players don't have money to spend, why not just lend them money?
If we don't give them some loans, how can we make them work like slaves?!
Daniel shared his idea with Theresa and asked her to write a reputation system for Saints.
Theresa didn't quite understand Daniel's train of thought, but she still did as he said.
After all the problems were resolved, Theresa's prosthetic store was officially opened for business.
Daniel even used holographic projection to issue an opening announcement.
"Dear Saints, Theresa's Prosthetics Store is officially open for business, and we're offering a grand opening promotion now."
"All products are on sale for 24 hours with a 15% discount. Quantities are limited, first come, first served."
Not long after the announcement was issued, all the players gathered.
Considering there are so many people, we can't take care of them all.
Theresa deployed servo skulls and holographic screens, allowing players to query product information by themselves.
The subsequent developments were just as Daniel had expected.
When the players saw the prices on the list, they immediately started screaming.
"Holy crap! A basic prosthetic eye with only long-range rangefinder, field of view adjustment, and adaptive light and dark mode costs two hundred thousand! And it doesn't even come with a blessing. It will drop after you die!"
"The primary auxiliary core costs 1.6 million and provides memory cache, auxiliary computing, data diversion and other functions."
"B-14 Mantis Blade, made of single-molecule material, using neural connection technology, priced at 850,000."
"Did the planner of this game play too much Mount & Blade 2?"
"Is the dog planner of this game from Penguin?"
"The prices are too high." Fred shouted indignantly.
He worked hard to save up more than 100,000 dollars, making him the richest man in the gaming community.
As a result, he couldn't even afford a prosthetic eye.
Seeing the crowd's outrage, they shouted that it was Saints who were plotting this.
Theresa followed Daniel's instructions and introduced them to credit and lending.
"This store provides loan services and provides corresponding credit limits based on credit rating.
"Reputation can be earned through credit behaviors such as completing tasks and repaying loans."
When the players heard that they could borrow money, their eyes widened.
"Is the game real enough to be played like this?" Rigby silently gave a thumbs up.
"This is the first time I've heard that you can borrow money to buy equipment in a game."
Even the veteran admires the game planner of Warhammer OL, whose train of thought is quite unique.
"I borrowed money to go on an expedition, and I'm always victorious?"
"I don't even respect the wall, I respect the planning of this game."
"After all, it's the Fourth Calamity. You're letting us take out a loan to buy equipment. Aren't you afraid we'll run away?"
"The guy who ran away with the loan last time was beaten so badly that he's been paralyzed at home for the past ten thousand years."
The players expressed disdain and complained collectively.
Suddenly, Yuji stood up.
"I'm going all out! I'd rather be broke than go on Huabei and buy some gear. I'm going to take out a loan to get a psychic amplifier, just to give it a try."
After signing a long agreement, Yuji was taken into the operating room by Theresa.
The operation was completed quickly, and Yuji walked out after more than ten minutes.
There were more than a dozen neural amplification cables as thick as little fingers on his head.
"How do you feel? Does it hurt?" Fred grabbed Yuji's hand.
"I didn't feel anything. I was anesthetized as soon as I went in. I just felt an itchy Sam during the whole process, and then it was over." Yuji said.
Rigby also came over and said, "Open your eyes, everyone, and see the equipment we bought with the 90,000 dollars loan."
Yuji stretched out his hand, and icy ether fragments emerged and danced around his body.
It looked exactly like the magician in the game, making other players drool.
"The increase is quite large, and the control is more precise."
"You get what you pay for. I feel incredibly strong now."
"Can I continue with the loan? I think it can be increased."
Having tasted the sweetness, Yuji turned to look at Father Theresa.
I want to max out my loan to see where my limit is.
Unfortunately, his creditworthiness does not support such a large loan.
Seeing the enhancements Yuji received after undergoing surgery.
The players still cursed the planners for being cruel, but their bodies were very honest. They took out loans and chose their favorite prosthetic limbs to enhance their combat effectiveness.
In order for players to earn enough contribution points to pay off their debts.
Daniel divided the operation to conquer the Lycard Space Station into individual tasks.
Allow players to earn contribution points through tasks and hone themselves at the same time.