Sakura is not a money-grubbing person, but she does need money.
After all, Rin is about to enter high school and will go to college in the future. This large amount of expenses requires money.
Otherwise, Sakura wouldn't be a miserable programmer who goes out early and comes home late every day.
After successfully settling the matter between Sakura and Rin, Su Mu immediately relaxed.
However, this girl Rin was not very peaceful and kept pestering him asking various questions and asking for his autograph.
This made Su Mu couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that he would become a celebrity now.
However, he is a bit embarrassed to be a celebrity, and he still doesn't dare to show his face in front of others.
After the Sakura episode, Su Mu's life returned to its previous rhythm.
He go to work every day and chat with Lyle, Carol Timido and others. Anyway, MiHoYo's company now has enough manpower. They, the management people, only need to be responsible for controlling the overall situation, and they can do Leave the rest it to someone else.
Then there are cultivating relationships with Bronya, bickering with Elysia, exchanging music with Eden, practicing painting with Gray, eating at Brother Kalpas's house, hanging out with Senti, and going to the orphanage with Aponya. help .....
At the same time, he still chats with Sirin, Kiana and others in the group every day, which can be considered as a way to keep in touch with each other.
In short, the life arrangements are quite rich.
Now, he was drinking with Eden and Elysia in the pavilion of the Golden Courtyard.
To be honest, Su Mu is not a person who loves wine. To him, wine is just a tool to enhance relationships at the dinner table. He really doesn't understand why some people like drinking so much.
But it wasn't until he tasted the wine Eden brought that he understood.
It turned out that it wasn't that he didn't like drinking, it was just that he didn't have such a good drink.
Eden is a wine lover. She has a special wine cellar filled with treasured wines from all over the world.
Every time she took out a drink, she almost didn't bring anything the same.
But no matter what kind of wine it is, the taste is top-notch.
Of course, the price is also top-of-the-line.
In other words, Eden, a super rich woman, would not feel bad about these wines being drunk.
" Su Mu, I have a concert next month, are you interested in coming? "
Eden took a sip of the red liquid in the cup, and a faint blush spread over her beautiful face, making her already beautiful even more intoxicating.
" Your concert? Of course I'm interested. "
When he heard that Eden was going to hold a concert, Su Mu's eyes suddenly lit up.
You must know that he has been in Golden Courtyard for more than three months. Although he has listened to Eden's songs countless times, he has never seen Eden perform a concert.
Now he finally had the opportunity, how could he miss it?
" My good Eden, why didn't you ask me first? Is Su Mu more important than me in your heart now? "
Elysia pouted, looking like I was jealous.
" Haha, Ellie, do you still need to ask? Whether you come or not, I will always reserve your place for you. "
Eden smiled softly.
" That's like it. I know Eden is the best to me ~~"
Elysia hugged Eden with a smile and started to rub each other cheek to cheek.
This beautiful scene, if it were anyone else, I'm afraid they would have become excited.
But Su Mu is used to it now.
Elysia is a pure lesbian who wants to hang out with people every chance she gets.
As long as she didn't go for Bronya, Su Mu wouldn't bother to care about her.
" Also, Su Mu, I want to sing your song at the concert, is that okay? "
Eden said slowly,
" If Befall is used as the opening, I think the effect will be very good. "
" Of course, you can sing whatever song you want. It's my honor. "
Su Mu smiled.
" But Sister Eden, can I get a few more tickets? I have a few friends who also want to come to your concert. "
Su Mu suddenly remembered that in the group before, Kiana said that tickets for Eden's concert were difficult to get, and maybe they were also interested in Eden's concert.
" Of course, my friends, I will reserve the front row seat for you. "
Eden agreed without hesitation.
" Thank you, Sister Eden. Come, have a drink. "
Su Mu immediately raised his wine glass to Eden happily. Eden clinked the glass with him with a smile, and then drank it down.
While the three of them were chatting and tasting the wine, Bronya suddenly walked over.
" Bronya, do you want to have a drink too? "
Seeing Bronya coming, Elysia immediately waved to her enthusiastically.
" Thank you for your kindness, but I'm here to see Su Mu. "
Bronya politely refused, and then said to Su Mu with some excitement,
" Su Mu, Vill-Vi and Doctor have made significant progress in their research. "
" Fuck! Really? "
After hearing Bronya's words, Su Mu stood up from his chair instantly.
" Well, they asked us to hurry up. "
" Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly. "
Su Mu suppressed his excitement and immediately took Bronya to Vill-Vi's workshop.
However, he had not forgotten Eden and Elysia. He was about to apologize to them, but Elysia came up to them first and asked curiously,
" What on earth are Su Mu, Bronya, Vill-Vi and Dr. Tesla studying? Why are you so excited? "
She knew that Vill-Vi, Tesla, and Einstein were working on recently, but because she knew nothing about scientific inventions, she didn't take it too seriously.
After all, scientific researchers like Vill-Vi, Mobius, and Mei spend 360 of the 365 days a year engaged in scientific research and inventions. Naturally, Elysia cannot run every time to ask them what they are doing.
But this time, seeing Su Mu and Bronya so excited, her curiosity was aroused.
" Well ... I can't explain this for a while. If you are interested, just go there with me and Bronya. We will talk as we walk along the way. "
Su Mu said.
" OK. "
Elysia was curious and naturally she would not refuse.
Since there was no one to drink with her, Eden felt bored staying here alone, so she simply went with them.
When Elysia and Eden learned that Su Mu and Bronya actually wanted to create a virtual game that was the same as the real world, they were immediately shocked by their amazing idea.
But the most shocking thing is that Vill-Vi and Dr. Tesla seem to have actually created virtual reality!
So, Elysia and Eden came to Vill-Vi's workshop with full expectations and curiosity.
In Vill-Vi's workshop, Tesla and others had been waiting for a long time.
" Su Mu, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time, eh? Are Eden and Elysia here too? "
Seeing Su Mu, Vill-Vi suddenly smiled, and the arrival of Eden and Elysia surprised her.
" Hehe, we also heard from Su Mu about your great inventions that spanned the ages, so we came to have a look. Vill-Vi, you won't refuse our curiosity, right? Please ~~"
Elysia winked at Vill-Vi cutely and clasped her hands together in a gesture of request.
" Of course. When a great magician performs, the bigger the audience, the better. "
Vill-Vi snapped her fingers with a smile, and then led Su Mu and his party to the underground factory.
This was originally her small private lab, but now half of it is given to Tesla and Einstein for experiments.
" Hahahaha! This genius is indeed the greatest inventor of this century!!! "
As soon as they reached the underground factory, everyone heard Tesla laughing.
Her laughter was filled with her extreme joy.
" Dr. Tesla, although you are very happy now, I have to remind you that Vill-Vi provided more technology in this invention than the two of us combined. "
Einstein's calm voice sounded.
" Mophead! Can't you let me be happy for once? This is virtual reality technology! The technology that many people thought would take at least twenty years to achieve has now been realized by us! "
Amid the daily arguments between the two, Su Mu and his party walked up to them.
" Sister Tesla, has virtual reality technology really been successfully developed? "
Su Mu couldn't help but ask.
" Of course! Don't you see who I am? I am ... ahem, in short, with the hard work of the three of us day and night, we finally got this virtual reality device. "
Tesla originally wanted to brag about herself in front of Su Mu, her goodbrother, but when she saw that Vill-Vi was also there, she swallowed his words back.
After all, Dr. Tesla still wanted to save face, and in front of Vill-Vi, the biggest contributor, she was embarrassed to take all the credit to herself.
" Dr. Tesla, what you are talking about is really the kind of thing only found in science fiction movies, which can allow people to fully experience virtual reality that is the same as the real world? "
Elysia couldn't help but ask.
Although she was mentally prepared when she arrived, when she actually heard the news, she was still a little unbelievable.
This feeling is as if you suddenly discovered that the bamboo dragonfly that only existed in the animation actually appeared in reality.
" Of course, but I want to correct one thing, that is, virtual reality is always just virtual. It cannot really simulate the real world 100%. At most, it is 99.999% ... That's it. "
Tesla said.
" What's the difference between this and 100%? "
Bronya asked doubtfully.
" Of course there is a difference. "
Vivi smiled and said,
" In the field of science, even a deviation of just 0.001 points can sometimes change the results dramatically. "
" However, for things like virtual reality, there is no need to achieve 100%. Even 90% is enough. "
" Then can I experience it now? "
Su Mu asked quickly.
" sure. "
Einstein nodded,
" But now we have only made a prototype, and the rest still need to be further optimized. "
" No problem, let me try this prototype first. "
" good. "
Soon, with the help of Vill-Vi and Tesla, Su Mu put on a set of equipment.
This device is connected to various parts of his body, including his brain, arms, chest, and legs.
It made Su Mu feel as if he was wearing a suit of super tattered armor.
" Pfft, Su Mu, you look like a robot now. "
Looking at Su Mu now, Elysia and Bronya couldn't help laughing.
I have to say that this virtual reality device is indeed ugly and a bit funny.
After all, it is still the initial stage, and what is being settled is practicality. Naturally, Vill-Vi and the others will not spend too much artistic thought on a basic device, as long as it can be used.
" Su Mu, keep breathing deeply and don't be too nervous. "
Tesla touched Su Mu's head and told him to relax.
Then Vill-Vi and Einstein also started working.
They first recorded Su Mu's body data, simulated it on the computer, and then conducted various tests, such as asking him to look to the right, raise his arms, jump on the spot, etc ...
Soon, everything is ready.
" So ....Link start . "
As Vill-vi's excited words fell, the picture in front of Su Mu suddenly dimmed.
When he regained his sight again, he was surprised to find that he was actually in a garden!
This garden was extremely real. Every flower swayed gently with the breeze, and various floral fragrances poured into his nose.
If it weren't for the pure white data space outside the garden, he would have thought that he had really traveled to another place.
He looked down and saw that all the messy equipment he was wearing had disappeared.
He tried to move his body and found that this body was no different from his own body in reality, and even more relaxed.
And when you pinch the flesh on your arm, there will be pain feedback to your brain, but it is not obvious.
As of now, vision, hearing, smell, and touch are all perfectly similar to the real world.
Su Mu squatted down again, tried to dig some soil and put it into his mouth.
Well, although he has never eaten soil, there should be no problem with the slightly bitter taste and texture.
" Su Mu, how do you feel? "
Einstein's voice rang in Su Mu's ears.
" It feels very good! Although it's still a little different from the real world, it's already great! "
Su Mu said excitedly.
He never thought in his life that he could actually experience the kind of VR like in Sword Art Online and Ready Player One .
" Su Mu, can you hear me? "
This time it was Elysia's voice.
" I can hear you. "
Su Mu replied.
" Su Mu, Elysia can't hear you. Although you can hear the outside world, you can't contact the outside world when you are connected to virtual reality. "
Einstein reminded,
" I am using a special communication channel to talk to you. "
" I see. "
Su Mu was stunned.
Su Mu then followed Einstein's instructions and performed various actions in this virtual world, such as long jumping, running, backflips, picking flowers, and stacking soil ...
In Einstein's words, necessary data needs to be recorded.
Only then did Su Mu realize that he seemed to be a guinea pig for their experiment.
But a guinea pig is just a guinea pig. Being able to experience such a real virtual world makes it worthwhile for him to be a guinea pig!
After working like this for half an hour, Su Mu called up the system panel under Einstein's guidance.
Because it is a trial work, the functions of this system panel are also very simple. Currently, there is only an exit function.
Su Mu exited with a click of his finger. The next second, the garden in front of him turned dark, and then, several familiar and beautiful faces came into view.
It's Bronya, Elysia and the others.
" Very good, this experiment was quite successful. "
Vill-Vi and Tesla, one on the left and one on the right, said with satisfaction while helping Su Mu take off the equipment.
" Sister V, Sister Tesla, are you treating me as a guinea pig? "
Su Mu joked.
" How is this possible? The three of us have experienced it before you. Otherwise, how could we have asked you and Bronya to come over and tell you this good news? "
Tesla tapped Su Mu's head and said angrily.
" Su Mu, did you really enter the virtual world just now? "
Elysia's face was full of curiosity.
" Of course, in that virtual world, my five senses are no different from the real world. There is also a beautiful garden there. It looks a bit like the garden in the Golden Courtyard. "
Su Mu nodded.
" Oh, because that's what we copied from Golden Courtyard. "
Vill-Vi replied casually.
" Well ....."
The corner of Su Mu's mouth suddenly twitched.
Is it really okay for you to say this in front of the owner Eden?
" Because it's too troublesome to build a complete virtual world model, I happened to be passing by the garden that day, so I simply copied this. "
Tesla said.
" All right ....."
" Haha, interesting, can I try this virtual device? "
Eden looked interested, pointed at the equipment taken off Su Mu and said.
" I want to see how the garden in this virtual world is different from my garden. "
" I want it too, I want it too! "
Elysia raised her hands as excitedly as a primary school student, as if she was afraid that the teacher wouldn't be able to draw her.
" Don't worry, you can all come and experience it. We are also looking forward to getting more experimental data. "
Tesla said with a smile.
Afterwards, Eden, Elysia, and Bronya also put on virtual devices one by one, and entered the magical and dreamy virtual world one after another.
After experiencing it personally, even Eden, who had seen countless big scenes, couldn't help but feel shocked.
After all, this is a real virtual world, a second world that can be freely created by humans!
Although this device is not without problems, Su Mu believes that Vill-vi and others can even develop virtual devices, and those miscellaneous problems will certainly not trouble them.
What Su Mu and Bronya have to consider now is how to make VR games.
to make VR games. After all, even VR equipment has been developed by Vill-vi and others. Even if they encounter problems during game development, they can solve them by asking Tesla.
" Bronya, our company must continue to expand. "
Su Mu said to Bronya.
MiHoYo now has hundreds of employees, so each update of Honkai Impact 3 can be done so quickly.
But now that we want to develop VR games, we naturally have to recruit a new group of people.
" That's no problem, but have you decided what game you want to play? "
Bronya asked curiously.
" Well, I've thought about it a long time ago. "
Su Mu nodded, the corners of his mouth raised,
" Since we started our business with Honkai Impact III, the first VR game that shocked the world naturally had to come from Honkai Impact III. "
" Let's do ... A Post-Honkai Odyssey! "
" Post-Honkai? "
" Yes, that's ... the story after the Great Collapse. "
" The story after the end of the Great Collapse? Su Mu, are you taking too big a step? The story of Honkai Impact III has only reached Fourth Herrscher, and you actually want to do the story after the end of the Great Collapse? "
Elysia was a little surprised, but she quickly reacted and held Su Mu's hand with excitement.
" Wait! Su Mu, you mean that we players can experience superhuman power in the game?! "
" Of course, that's the beauty of a completely virtual game. "
Su Mu smiled,
" We can experience a completely real world in the game, but at the same time we can do things that are impossible in reality, such as flying to the sky and escaping from the earth, emitting energy, and fighting against huge enemies ..."
" Great! "
Elysia immediately cheered.
After all, as long as you are a human being, you must have imagined that you can experience adventures like the protagonists in games, comics, and movies, master extraordinary powers, and save or destroy the world like a hero.
And now, their fantasy is about to come true.
Even Eden couldn't help but sigh,
" Su Mu, Bronya, thank you. It is you who have made us witness the arrival of a new era. "
" Sister Eden, in fact, Su Mu and I didn't do anything. It's all thanks to Vill-Vi, Dr. Tesla and Dr. Einstein. Without them, this would be just a dream. "
Bronya said sheepishly.
" Bronya, what you said is wrong. "
Vivi raised her hat and looked at Su Mu,
" If you hadn't trusted me so much, given me a large sum of money, and asked Tesla and Dr. Einstein to help, I might never have imagined that I could make this thing in my life. "
Su Mu also looked at Vill-Vi, her eyes were shining and she was smiling.
It's like saying: I have not betrayed your trust, right best friend?
Su Mu smiled and nodded to her.
" Phew, I can finally relax now. "
Tesla stretched. She had been very busy these days.
" Don't dream, Dr. Tesla. There are still many problems waiting for you to deal with regarding virtual reality equipment. "
Einstein ruthlessly shattered Tesla's illusions.
" MOPHEAD! Can't you just let me take a break! "
" Don't worry, Dr. Einstein hasn't said anything yet. "
Einstein's lips curled up slightly.
" While there is still a lot of work to be done, today, to celebrate the success of our experiment, I know of a restaurant that tastes great. Anyone want to go? "