Lin Xue arrived at the Matrix Shopping Centre and spent fifteen minutes parking the Aston Martin in the garage.
"Yay! This is the first time I've ever reversed a car into a garage! "
Lin Xue happily opened the door and got out of the car, only to see a barrage of screams.
"Wow, Ah Xue's driving skills are like a road killer. Even if Ah Xue gets her driver's license, she'll have to avoid her on the road!"
"With a 360-degree panoramic lens, it's so hard to reverse a garage. Who else can do this …"
"The problem is … aren't all the other warehouses empty? Why do you have to empty this one? You can just take up two warehouses and be done with it …"
"I wonder why Ah Xue is so stubborn and proud …"
Lin Xue's face darkened. "I say, you people are getting more and more presumptuous. Shouldn't a newbie be encouraged to reverse a car into a garage so perfectly?! Humph, I'm going to watch a movie. "
When she arrived at the Matrix Shopping Centre, Lin Xue wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but it seemed like there were more people than last time.
In fact, the number of people in the Matrix Shopping Centre had been gradually increasing since its release. The current number of people was maintained at just the right level. It didn't feel crowded, nor did it feel deserted.
Just like a real shopping centre, customers were doing everything. Some were stuffing themselves with food in various gourmet shops, some were trying on clothes in clothing stores, and some were playing pirate ships in the amusement area. There were also some like Lin Xue, holding a drink or ice cream as they headed to the cinema on the top floor of the shopping centre.
The cinema didn't have a ticket office, nor did it have a place to sell popcorn and drinks. Lin Xue wasn't used to this.
If you wanted to buy a ticket, you could call out the purchase interface as soon as you entered the cinema. After paying, you could freely enter and exit the movie.
"The ticket price is 130, and it's 65 for half price, 480 for a permanent buyout … So expensive."
Lin Xue felt her heart ache after seeing the price.
There were many IMAX cinemas in the country.
The price of a 3D movie in a first-tier city was only sixty to seventy, and it was a very popular international blockbuster. This was already quite expensive. A ticket in a normal hall might only cost thirty to forty yuan. However, the ticket price of this movie in Oasis was 130. In comparison, 480 for a permanent buyout seemed more worth it.
But … who the hell would watch a movie over and over again after buying it?
Lin Xue hesitated for a long time, but in the end, she still bought a ticket for 130 yuan.
The audience in front of her was entering one after another. There were singles and couples. Lin Xue followed these people into one of the movie halls.
Lin Xue was a little disappointed when she arrived here, because the cinema looked no different from the one in reality. There were also rows of seats, a big screen, and a sound system hanging on the wall. Moreover, everyone's tickets didn't have a seat number. Once they entered, they could just sit anywhere they wanted.
"I'm not going to spend 130 RMB to watch a regular movie in the Matrix gaming cabin, right? That's a huge loss …" Lin Xue was speechless.
However, as soon as the movie started, Lin Xue realized that she was wrong.
About five minutes after they came in, the door of the movie hall was closed by the staff. Then, the entire theater quickly darkened, and there was not a single ray of light.
The live audience let out a cry of surprise because they could not see anything.
However, it didn't take long before the 3D logo of Thunderbolt Entertainment appeared in front of them, and a short animation flashed by.
Lin Xue now knew why there was no need to pick a seat. Obviously, no matter where you sat, the entire movie would be played with your seat as the center point, and everyone would receive the same best experience.
At this moment, a small notification popped up. You could choose to completely block out other people, or keep their voices. This meant that if you wanted to be quiet, you wouldn't be able to hear other people's voices at all. However, if you were watching a comedy, you could still hear the atmosphere when the entire theater was laughing.
Lin Xue preferred the traditional feeling of watching a movie with many people, so she chose to keep the voices of the audience.
After a brief black screen, an image appeared in Lin Xue's vision.
What made her happy was that it wasn't a 2D or 3D movie, but a VR movie.
At this moment, Lin Xue felt like she was playing a VR game as she was immersed in the movie world. She was surrounded by skyscrapers. The camera, or rather Lin Xue's perspective, was dozens of meters in the air. She could see the rooftop of a nearby building, and the opposite skyscraper that was made entirely out of glass.
Up, down, left, right.
Lin Xue tried to look around, and realized that her field of view was fixed at 180 degrees. She couldn't turn around to look behind her. This was probably because the main information of the movie happened in front of the camera, so the players didn't want to miss out on important details.
In other words, it was actually 360 degrees, but to give the players a better viewing experience, the field of view was limited.
Lin Xue was now a ghost without a physical body. She could feel that she was still sitting in the chair in the theater, and it was very comfortable, but her body wouldn't appear in the movie. The feeling was similar to that of a traditional head-mounted VR movie, but the finesse of the picture was several levels higher.
"The movie has started, it's fine. If it's a full VR movie, I think the price is fine. Let's see what the content is like. "
A fast-paced melody that sounded like the ticking of a stopwatch echoed, creating a very tense atmosphere. The camera gradually zoomed in, and the glass wall of the building was level with her field of view.
Suddenly, a piece of glass in her field of view completely exploded, giving Lin Xue a shock.
The camera directly cut to the window that was blown open, and the criminals in masks began to act methodically according to the plan.
Two of them were in charge of disabling the alarm on the roof, while the other three drove in from the front to rob the bank.
The five of them were divided into three groups, one was in charge of disabling the alarm, one was in charge of opening the vault, and one was in charge of dealing with the guards and the bank manager.
At this point, the difference between a VR movie and a game was completely revealed.
Many VR games had a first-person perspective. Even if there was an occasional interlude, the view would quickly return to the character, so it was very coherent for the players.
However, in the movie, especially in the bank robbery scene at the beginning, the camera frequently switched between different robbers. The clean actions, simple but informative lines, and the faintly discernible rhythm made Lin Xue's mind highly focused. Her brain was working rapidly as she received a huge amount of information.
At first, Lin Xue thought that it was a stereotypical crime story. What happened next would be nothing more than the robbers robbing the bank, the police arriving, and the two parties engaging in a gun battle.
However, that wasn't the case …
The robbers killed each other according to Joker's instructions, but in the end, Joker was actually hiding among the robbers.
After killing the last robber, Joker walked up to the bank manager and said in his unique evil voice, "I believe that not killing you will make the story … even more bizarre."
The moment Joker took off his mask, his eerie face was almost pressed against the tip of Lin Xue's nose. Lin Xue could even clearly see every pore on Joker's face.
He had messy blonde hair, thick black eyeshadow, and a pale face. His lips were smeared with thick lipstick, and there were two glaring scars on both sides of his face. His face was split into a creepy smile.
In the end, Joker even revealed a creepy smile before he turned around and left.
The school bus drove out of the bank and met up with a row of school buses, perfectly blending in. At this point, the police car finally arrived.
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