Entering the Virtual World, Lin You saw Zhu Cixia standing dumbfounded on a patch of golden sand, reaching out to pinch her arm forcefully.
Pinching hard. A cry of “Ah,” escaping her lips, revealing a clearly painful expression. But after rubbing it for a moment, she looked up at the surrounding sand dunes and the dusky sun, and couldn’t help but reach out and pinch herself again, crying out in pain once more.
She looked utterly shocked.
“Okay, okay, stop pinching! Although I’ve lessened the pain sensation, it still hurts.”
He hadn’t completely blocked out the pain, because pain was connected to many other sensations, and completely blocking it was also dangerous; it would weaken one’s perception of danger in reality.
“But, how is this possible?” Princess stopped, her movements now hesitant as she carefully touched her face and hair, searching for a helmet, a head ring, or something else.
But of course, she found nothing.
Finally certain that this wasn’t an illusion, Princess took a deep breath, suddenly widening her eyes and exclaiming loudly and uncharacteristically, “Virtual Reality?! Consciousness Transfer?! And real sensations! How is this possible!”
Immediately realizing she was being impolite, she tried to recover, “No, I don’t mean you’re lying, I mean, it’s unscientific… no, it’s unreasonable, this technology…”
Lin You had never seen her so distraught.
No one outside had ever seen it.
After the age of twelve, whether at school, in the news, or in daily life, Princess Zhu Cixia always maintained the perfect image of a royal princess, polite and considerate in her interactions, handling everything with ease, meticulous and flawless. Only when facing her family would she let go of these formalities.
No outsider had ever seen this side of her—the bewildered, flustered girl, even her speech starting to stammer.
Clearly, this technology had given her a huge psychological shock.
The more technologically savvy one was, the more deeply shocking this epoch-making technology would be!
“Okay, don’t think too much about it, just help me test how fun the game is.” Lin You interrupted her. He’d put in so much effort, and now he couldn’t wait to know the first player’s experience.
“But, but…” the usually composed Princess suddenly became insecure, “I’ve never played a game before, I don’t know if I can do it.”
“It’s okay, don’t worry, no one in the world has ever played this kind of consciousness-immersive Virtual Game.” Lin You could have come up with a more impressive name to distinguish it from the VR games on the market, but he didn’t. He wanted to call it Virtual Game.
When players experience a consciousness-immersive Virtual Game, they’ll realize NetDragon’s VR Games don’t deserve the name “Virtual Game.”
The goal is to take their path, leaving them with no way forward! He won’t miss a single opportunity to squeeze NetDragon.
“Because it’s new technology, you’re a pioneer. After today, you’ll be the most experienced virtual reality game player! Plus, you’ll have the game creator’s guidance. It’ll be incredibly impressive to tell others about this. Don’t worry, let’s get started.”
Princess, unwilling to disappoint Lin You, glanced at the red hooded cloak draped over her, mustered her courage, and walked step by step towards the highest point of the sand dune ahead.
She quickly discovered that the sand dunes here were unlike those in reality. Let alone the color and fineness, the feeling underfoot was lighter and looser, yet wouldn’t sink her feet; walking was effortless.
Climbing upward didn’t mean slipping down two steps for every one climbed. After a slight sinking, she could find firm sand. Initially, walking wasn’t strenuous; only as she climbed higher did it become increasingly difficult to walk.
Lin You nodded in satisfaction. This was all painstakingly adjusted.
Of course, Xiaomeng also contributed a lot of hard work.
But he didn’t want to reveal Xiaomeng yet, so he didn’t let her come out.
Upon reaching the top of the sand dune, Princess immediately saw a vast forest of steles, glowing runes in the distance, and the towering Holy Mountain at the edge of her vision. From a narrow crevice at the peak of the Holy Mountain, light shone.
Without Lin You needing to say anything, she understood she should go to the glowing runes, and the distant mountain was the ultimate goal.
Despite her caution, as soon as she stepped off the highest point of the sand dune, she slid down the slope.
“Ah!” She was briefly startled upon realizing she couldn’t stop.
But she quickly discovered that the descent wasn’t fast and was easy to control. Adjusting her center of gravity, she immediately felt the fun of sandboarding, even trying to tilt her body, carving a large arc.
“Hahaha, so fun!” Halfway down, she couldn’t help but laugh heartily.
Lin You noticed the girl seemed like a different person, much more relaxed, and her whole being became lively.
No matter when he saw her before, she always seemed reserved, as if she was very restrained in everything she did. Even her laughter was a polite chuckle; she had never laughed so unrestrainedly.
She walked past the low, meaningless forest of steles, curiously reaching out to explore for a while.
Then she climbed onto a dilapidated building, approaching the glowing runes encircled by red silk ribbons.
The runes instantly dispersed into light, weaving a beautiful scarf around her neck.
The next moment she understood something, her cloak rippled, and her whole body suddenly shot upward.
“Ah!” The Princess cried out in surprise again. The red silk in the air also automatically approached, swirling around her, charging her scarf.
This “subconscious understanding” is actually a function of the neural modem.
The server sent the message “vibrate cloak to fly upward” as an electrical signal, the neural modem translated the electrical signal into a neural signal, and then sent it to the brain. So the brain suddenly understood, like a magical telepathic experience.
“Wow! So amazing!” The Princess found that she didn’t fall immediately, but slowly floated down following inertia. She immediately enjoyed the fun of gliding flight, and experimented with continuously vibrating her cloak, performing a double jump flight in the air, becoming more and more excited.
Lin You watched from the side, smiling as the little girl cheered and frolicked, completely immersed, feeling very satisfied, and his confidence in the game increased by a degree.
Finally, at Lin You’s urging, the little Princess began to move forward, but after a few steps she wanted to vibrate her cloak and fly again.
Thanks to Lin You considering the player’s mentality, he added many opportunities along the way to charge the red cloth for the players. Otherwise, in the early stages, the short red scarf wouldn’t have enough energy.
Until they walked into a relatively complete building, they saw a pitch-black mural appear before them.
After receiving the message from the server, the little Princess once again mastered the technique of “Resonance.” A white spherical aura expanded from her body, amidst a ringing sound, illuminating the steles on both sides of the mural.
Then, in the brilliant golden light, the mural gradually appeared before them.
The Princess stared blankly at this scene, subconsciously reaching out to touch the mural, but after touching it, her expression became strange.
(End of Chapter)