Yang Feifei was an ordinary white-collar worker.
Up until a month ago, she had been living an extremely ordinary life.
Until one day, when she saw Star Sky Technology's official Weibo post about the virtual reality closed beta, she learned about the Phantom system and the neural interface virtual reality technology that was about to change the future of human society.
Even though she wasn't interested in games, the concept of a "second world in the spiritual domain" mentioned in the promotional poster by Star Sky Technology aroused her interest.
With the intention of joining in the fun, she clicked to forward the post.
Then …
When she realized she had won, she became one of the 200 lucky people who won 20 million yuan and joined the ranks of Star Sky Technology's closed beta testers.
Honestly speaking, the first closed beta test was quite boring.
Not to mention the empty scenes and fragmented images, she had to do the things that were boring in real life in a virtual reality system. It was boring in and of itself.
However, Star Sky Technology arranged round-trip tickets and five-star hotel accommodations for the closed beta testers, so she decided to participate. She just didn't have high expectations for the Phantom system.
However, this thought only lasted for a week.
During the second closed beta test, her impression of the Phantom system was completely changed.
To be more specific, he was stunned by it.
The forest in front of the closed beta testers was as lifelike as if it were alive. The wind blowing in their ears and the light shining through the branches, everything was so realistic.
Not just that, but all the other closed beta testers were standing in the same scene as her. Aside from the plane crash background, this was like a trip through time and space.
At this moment, she finally understood what Star Sky Technology meant by "a second world in the spiritual domain".
In a sense, they were indeed creating a world.
At least, they had created a forest that was almost no different from reality!
Yang Feifei felt that this closed beta testing experience could be given a perfect score.
If it weren't for what happened next, this would have been a perfect gaming experience!
However, what happened next completely ruined her good mood.
A group of zombies with rotten faces or something similar rushed out from the edge of the forest. When she saw the group of monsters, she was scared silly on the spot.
Especially when she saw the first person who died had his neck bitten off, she fainted and disconnected from the equipment.
When she angrily asked the researchers in the lab what was going on with those monsters, all she got was a hesitant, even perfunctory, "There was an accident in the experiment, and we are investigating the cause."
No matter what the reason was, the fact that something like this had happened caused her to be in an extremely bad mood.
Also, the fact that these materials existed in Star Sky Technology's database was a scary thing in and of itself.
They planned to use these materials on the closed beta testers!
However, they didn't fulfill their obligation to inform her in advance!
After she returned to the hotel, she immediately posted a Weibo post complaining about this matter.
However, to her surprise, she received a private message from a stranger less than ten minutes after the Weibo post was posted. She only had a few hundred followers, but she didn't expect that she would receive a private message from a stranger.
The man claimed to be a reporter and left his WeChat ID, saying that he wanted to talk to her about the closed beta test in the afternoon.
Although she was confused about how this so-called reporter found her, she still wanted to find someone to talk to and vent the fear in her heart, so she still added that WeChat ID.
Then, after the reporter briefly asked about the whole story, she received a WeChat call request. After she pressed accept, the following conversation took place.
"We will give you one million dollars, and we only ask you to do one thing."
Yang Feifei, who was typing, paused for a moment and asked subconsciously, "What are you talking about?"
"What is it?"
The man who claimed to be a reporter smiled and said, "You were treated unfairly during the closed beta, right? What we want you to do is very simple, sue Star Sky Technology for mental damages. "
Looking at the profile picture on WeChat, Yang Feifei looked like she was looking at an idiot.
"Sue Star Sky Technology? Are you joking? "
Even though he felt uncomfortable during the closed beta, complaining on Weibo was one thing, but it wasn't enough for him to sue.
She didn't even have the slightest intention to sue Star Sky Technology. She would probably come to the next closed beta test.
The man shook his head and smiled.
"Of course not, I'm not asking you to win this lawsuit. It doesn't matter if you lose or get countersued. We will bear all the costs of the lawsuit. All you need to do is complain on the Internet, accuse Star Sky Technology of using human subjects for unethical human experiments … That's all I can think of for now, it's up to you. "
Hearing the man's words, Yang Feifei fell silent.
Honestly, one million dollars was very tempting, especially for a white-collar worker. That was almost equivalent to a house in Shanghai.
As for losing her closed beta test qualification, she didn't care at all. After all, she only participated in this project out of curiosity. Not to mention that no one would give up a million dollars if they had to choose between a closed beta test qualification and a million dollars.
However, there was no such thing as a free lunch. This amount of money wasn't as easy as she had imagined.
She was about to face a large company with a valuation of hundreds of billions. Even if this company was open and aboveboard enough to not use illegal means to retaliate against a small figure like her, facing such a huge capital was still a risky thing to do.
Struggling in her heart, Yang Feifei swallowed and asked with a trembling voice.
"What do you guys want?"
"Is that important?" The man smiled and said, "If you have to find a reason for our actions, you can think of it as justice for those who can't speak. After all, if a few zombies suddenly appeared while traveling, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, I'm afraid this kind of experience is not pleasant. "
Yang Feifei: "One last question … Who are you guys?"
"It doesn't matter who I am, this is a business deal."
Yang Feifei said fiercely, "I don't even know who you are, why should I believe you'll pay?"
"So that's what you're worried about? Don't worry, it's easy to solve. " There was a cheerful laugh on the other end of the phone. After a while, the man said, "Give me your account number, USD or RMB."
"We can pay first."
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