There should be an epilogue at the end. This book was a bit of a pity. At the beginning, it was quite smooth. Unfortunately, his wife gave birth prematurely, and his second son was born weak and sickly, so it was delayed for too long. In January and February, he was really mentally and physically exhausted. After taking care of his wife and child, his second son's health was not good. He was hospitalized for more than ten days after his premature birth. In the end, he got pneumonia a few days after he was discharged. He was hospitalized for half a month, and his illness has not yet recovered.
He was prepared to go to a big hospital for a checkup. However, a sudden incident disrupted everything. The duration was too long, and the financial situation was not ideal. The subscriptions for this book were too poor, and the income from the royalties was very limited. It was not even enough to pay for the mortgage. Therefore, I had no choice but to shorten the process and end it early. Please understand.
However, it was also because of financial reasons that Old Jian could not stop. At the same time that this book ended, the new book "Emei Daoist Master" will be seamlessly connected. This book can be considered a new attempt. The style has changed, and it is mainly happy and funny. Of course, it also has my own writing style. I borrowed some of the popular ideas in it, and the theme is pseudo-infinite. It is similar to "The Lord of the World", but there is a big difference. I hope that everyone can support it. Currently, the new book has been released and is being reviewed. Brothers, please continue to support Old Jian. Bow.
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After eight months, when Tengyi released the news that the discontinued "Immortal Martial Era" would be repackaged for beta testing, the entire gaming world was shaken.
Players were looking forward to the return of a good game. After all, "Immortal Martial Era" had a large number of hardcore players. These people were immersed in the illusory world, but they were inexplicably driven away and could no longer return to that world. When they returned to play other games, they suddenly felt that it was boring, and all they wanted was to return to that world. As for other gaming companies, some were just watching the excitement, some were just looking for a chance, and some had other thoughts.
Under such an atmosphere, Tengyi held a press conference and pioneer experience before the open beta. At nine in the morning, before the press conference began, a large number of gaming reporters, online gaming peers, and "Immortal Martial Era" fans swarmed into the building that originally belonged to Cloud Network Technology. These people came with various purposes, but no one knew that they were witnessing the arrival of a new era.
At 9: 30 am, when the press conference venue was filled to the brim, the staff of Tengyi arrived one after another. The branch president, Yu Shaoliang, the operations director, Liu Weiyuan, and the planning director, Han Chao, were all well-known figures in the industry. However, after they were seated, the people led by Yu Shaoliang went straight to the point. "Welcome, everyone, to this press conference. In order not to waste everyone's time, I'll get straight to the point. This press conference, including the few of us, is just a foil. The real protagonist is only one person, and that is the new technical director of Tengyi, Chief Engineer of Technology Research and Development, Mr. Li Fan.
Today, under the introduction of Mr. Li Fan, everyone here will be honored to witness the arrival of a new era. "
After saying this, Yu Shaoliang was the first to stand up and applaud, followed by the other Tengyi members. This confused the people who came to the press conference. Yu Shaoliang's words sounded like he was completely boasting, but everyone had not witnessed what the so-called new era was. Therefore, everyone looked at the Tengyi members on the stage, baffled. In such an atmosphere, a huge screen appeared in front of the venue. Then, Li Fan and Lin Yun slowly walked into the venue from the side.
"I won't say much about the stage. Let's get straight to the point."
Li Fan was like a technological geek who did not know about the affairs of the world. He did not say any polite words and went straight to the point. However, before he got to the point, a skinny young man stood up and said, "Mr. Li Fan, I don't care about the so-called new era. I just want to know if the repackaged 'Immortal Martial Era' will retain the intelligent NPCs in the original game?"
The sudden question caused everyone in the venue to shift their focus. However, Li Fan only sized up the young man and said with a smile, "Can you tell me your name?"
"Qin Lang."
Hearing this name that he had some impression of, Li Fan smiled and said, "Mr. Qin Lang, if you can wait patiently for ten to fifteen minutes, I guarantee you will get a surprise."
Qin Lang was stunned. He only came here today for one thing, and that was to find an answer to the question from before. Even though he had already left the Jianghu for eight months, he still missed his junior sister. He only wanted to know if he would be able to see his junior sister again.
Qin Lang sat down. Even though he was only thinking about his junior sister, eight months had already passed. Couldn't he wait a little more than ten minutes?
"Alright, everyone, please look at the screen."
Li Fan returned to the main topic, and then pointed to the picture that appeared on the screen and began to introduce. First of all, his focus was still on the game world that was about to be relaunched. After a brief presentation, everyone present knew that the upcoming "Immortal Martial Era" would have three major changes.
First, the game was renamed to 'My World'.
Second, the game world's map was reduced to a quarter of its original size.
Third, the gameplay was completely updated. The supplementary elixirs were removed and martial arts could not be cultivated directly. The main theme of the game was towards a higher degree of realism.
Other than the first change, the last two changes were unacceptable. The original 'Immortal Martial Era's' massive world map and background structure was a highlight of the game. But now, the game world's map was reduced to a quarter of its original size. It was an act of self-defeating martial arts. As for the third change, it was even more unacceptable. The so-called higher degree of realism, but were players supposed to learn 'martial arts' bit by bit? Where was the fun in the game?
Therefore, after Li Fan finished his introduction, there was a flurry of discussion. The people from the other gaming companies looked as though they were prepared to watch a joke. However, Li Fan ignored all of this. He only said, "I know everyone doesn't understand the changes, but once I'm done explaining, I believe everyone will discover a completely different game world." With that said, Li Fan tapped on the screen.
It was a market. There was an endless stream of carriages and people coming and going. As the camera zoomed in, there was a petite girl holding a sword. She was bargaining with the stall owner over a jade thumb ring. Both of their voices could be heard clearly. The petite girl was crafty and mischievous, while the stall owner was shrewd. He bit on the price and refused to budge. The two of them were arguing back and forth, and the conversation was not very enthusiastic.
"Junior Sister!"
Upon seeing this scene, the others were still puzzled. However, Qin Lang stood up immediately. He did not expect that the junior sister he had been thinking about for months would appear just like that. There was no lack of intelligent people present. Seeing Qin Lang's reaction and combining it with his previous words, someone immediately reacted. They looked at Li Fan with uncertainty and asked, "Are these two NPCs?"
"No."
Li Fan gave a negative answer. Then, he said, "First, I have to clarify something. The traditional concept of NPCs does not exist in 'My World'. This is because in the virtual world that has just come online, every native is a highly intelligent digital lifeform with self-awareness.
If the original "Immortal Martial Era" had created a world with a high degree of realism to a certain extent, then "My World of Martial Arts" had created a real World of Martial Arts. In that world, from the leaders of sects to the common folk, they all had their own intelligence. Some were cunning, some were black-bellied, some were pure, some were stubborn, and so on.
"Some people might ask, what's the point of creating such a game world? All I want to say is, please don't use the word 'game' anymore. When the characters in this world can be reflected in your real life, when the real world and virtual world intersect, when a world character can constantly be by your side, talk to you, relieve your boredom, and share your worries, will they still be a bunch of data that doesn't matter to you? "
Upon saying that, Lin Yun brought over a tray. On it was a pair of ordinary glasses. However, the frames of the glasses were slightly larger and wider. Apart from that, there was also an electronic wristwatch in the tray.
"The equipment in my hands now is our company's newly developed full-angle mimicry glasses and information wristwatch. What are their uses? I won't say much for now. Let everyone experience it for themselves. "
As Li Fan spoke, service staff entered the venue with sets of equipment and distributed them to the people present. Qin Lang also received a set of equipment. Under the staff's guidance, he put on the electronic wristwatch and glasses. However, he did not feel anything special.
When everyone in the venue had put on their equipment, Li Fan smiled and said, "Please feel the dawn of a new era."
As he said that, Li Fan pressed a button on his electronic wristwatch. There was a 'beep' as if something had been activated. Following that, a tiny beam of light shot out from the wristwatch and was reflected on the lenses of the glasses. Then, two tiny red dots lit up on both sides of the glasses frame. These two red dots formed a special connection with the electronic wristwatch. Then, the beam of light disappeared as if nothing had happened.
Such a situation happened to every set of equipment in the venue. Qin Lang did not feel anything different at first, but when the wristwatch was activated, the equipment on the glasses resonated with it, forming a special connection. In an instant, he felt the world in front of him rippling like water. At that moment, Li Fan's voice was heard.
"Now, the information wristwatch has received the information and sent it back to the full-angle mimicry glasses. The equipment is currently remodeling the surrounding environment. This process will last for about ten seconds."
By the time Li Fan finished speaking, about ten seconds had passed. In any case, Qin Lang saw that the scene in front of him had returned to normal. It was no different from before. The venue was still crowded, but he could vaguely sense something different.
"The initial remodeling of the environment should be completed by now. The scene you see now might not seem to have changed, but in fact, it is different. To put it simply, the full-angle mimicry glasses have used the AR projection function to project the virtual world into your world. However, as the virtual world image used is a complete scan of the real world, the two completely overlap, so you won't feel the difference."
AR projection?
People who had been immersed in games for a long period of time were no strangers to AR technology. There were AR functions in the earliest mobile games, but this was the first time Li Fan had described it in such a mysterious way. The indiscriminate overlap of virtual and reality sounded like a fantasy story. More importantly, what was its use?
"Mr. Li Fan, what you said is a little too surreal. More importantly, what is its use?"
Someone raised the question. Li Fan smiled and did not respond directly. He just turned around and tapped on the holographic screen behind him. Immediately, the image on the holographic screen became three-dimensional. However, this kind of technology was not new. 3D vision technology was very mature nowadays. However, what happened next made everyone's eyeballs almost fall out of their sockets.
On the screen, the pretty girl who was haggling over the price had just bought the jade ring in satisfaction. She was about to turn around and leave when suddenly, a long and narrow spatial rift appeared behind her. She was instantly sucked in.
When the people in the market saw this scene, they all turned pale with fright. They retreated far away from the Spatial Rift while looking back at the Spatial Rift in amazement. These people's gazes seemed to be able to penetrate the light screen and shine into reality.
Under their gazes, a pitch-black and deep vortex appeared in front of the screen. As the vortex spun, the pretty girl was being squeezed out bit by bit.
"This …"
Such a realistic feeling caused many people to be so shocked that they were almost speechless. After a moment, the delicate girl completely escaped from the whirlpool. The whirlpool suddenly disappeared in a flash, and the delicate girl steadily landed on the ground. She opened her eyes and looked around. She seemed to be able to see the people in the hall, and immediately said with a surprised expression, "What is this place? Who are you people? "
No one could respond to her because they did not know how to express themselves. When the virtual character on the screen appeared in the real world in such a way, even if it was the so-called "AR" projection, everyone was shocked.
"Junior Sister!"
Right at this moment, Qin Lang stood up. He didn't care how Li Fan did all of this, he only knew that his junior sister had appeared in his real world. Thus, he stood up ecstatically and rushed over without a care for anything else.
The delicate young girl immediately looked towards the source of the voice, and she frowned when she saw Qin Lang dashing over. After taking a few careful glances, a pleasantly surprised expression appeared on her face as she said, "Senior Brother Qin Lang, you're Senior Brother Qin Lang!"
As she said that, the pretty girl went up to him. However, when she got close, the girl's eyes turned red and she cried loudly. She said, "Senior Brother Qin Lang, you don't want me anymore. I've waited for you for three years, but you never came. I thought you would be the same as Sister Yun back then, vanishing silently from my world just like that."
Pa …
Lin Yun, who was holding the tray, turned pale and dropped the tray in her hand. She had only thought that the girl looked familiar, but how could she not know that the girl who had transmigrated between virtual and reality and appeared in the venue was Xiao Douzi from the small mountain village?
"No, Junior Sister. I, Qin Lang, only want to be by your side for the rest of my life. How could I not want you? It's just that there were some unforeseen circumstances. I was unable to return to your world for a period of time. "
As they spoke, the two of them hugged. The girl did not pass through Qin Lang's body like a phantom like a virtual character. Instead, she was like a real person, a creation of flesh and blood. Their limbs collided and intertwined. Due to their excitement, their muscles were pressed together when they first came into contact. When their emotions calmed down, the strength of their hug weakened and their muscles relaxed. Their clothes slowly fell apart. Everything was so real and natural.
"How is this possible? How can today's technology be able to do this? "
Someone in the gaming industry stood up in disbelief. Then, he took off his glasses. Nothing seemed to have changed in front of him, but Qin Lang was hugging a ball of air. Everything showed that this was a real-life application of virtual technology.
In an instant, this professional thought of many things. If the upcoming "My World of Pugilistic World" was operated as a lifestyle game and carried this kind of technology, it would definitely create a whole new era. Imagine countless otakus finding their love in such a game, and they could bring them out of the virtual world to accompany them in the real world. What would that mean?
And this was just the beginning. As this kind of technology gradually matured and was fully developed and applied, intelligent digital life would become the companions of humans. They could study with you, play games with you, travel with you, and do anything together. The prerequisite was that they had technical support, and this was something that could be achieved with the current technology.
If humans entered such a virtual era, Tengyi would become a monster because they would control all intelligent life. For example, if they wanted to promote a product, would they still need to advertise it? They only needed to let the intelligent life try it out in front of the service provider. This was more effective than any kind of advertisement. Another example would be the dissemination of digital information, the construction of various channels, and so on. It could be said that Tengyi was already standing at the peak of the pyramid of a new era.
At this moment, the professionals finally understood what Li Fan meant by a new era.
Just as some people were deep in thought and some were shocked, while Qin Lang and Xiao Douzi were chatting, Li Fan said confidently, "I believe that by now, everyone should understand the true meaning of what I said before. A brand new technology means the arrival of a new virtual era, and this is just the beginning. Just like the equipment in your hands, I believe that with the continuous improvement and in-depth research of this technology, the AR projection can eventually reach the stage of naked eyes.
This means that when the time comes, everyone can enter the virtual world with just a thought, interact with digital life, and start a different life. Or, with just a thought, you can turn off the information reception, leave the virtual world, and go about your life in the real world.
I believe that the future world will be a world where humans and intelligent digital life coexist peacefully and work hand in hand. Through mutual emotional interaction, we can help them understand and strengthen their souls. In return, they can use their unique abilities, such as calculation, construction, and so on, to help us learn, work, and so on.
Come, from now on, let us welcome the coming new era together. "
Li Fan opened his hands as if he was embracing the future, his own future, and also the brand new future of human society. At the exit of the venue, a man in a long gown appeared silently. He looked at everything with a smile, then waved at Li Fan from afar and turned to leave, leaving only two words in Li Fan's ears.
"Goodbye."
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