Inside the helmet, Bai Zhiyuan’s lips curved into a charming arc.
Soon, her breathing grew heavy.
Fine sweat beaded on her smooth, fair nose.
Penguin already had a finished product, though it hadn’t entered mass production yet. She had been an early tester.
While she didn’t know which formidable figure Lu Li had enlisted to manufacture the helmet for him, she felt it was necessary to experience the charm of the product designed by Lu Li herself.
He always liked to pack interesting things inside.
This was precisely what she enjoyed the most.
After fiddling with it for a while, Bai Zhiyuan, her face slightly flushed, withdrew from the VR world.
Even without game loading, she had still experienced the system’s built-in haptic feedback simulation. The various settings from 0% to 80% (80% being the physiological limit of human tolerance, exceeding which could lead to mental breakdown) truly gave her a thrill.
Currently, her pain tolerance was at 60%. That kind of pain from the depths of her spirit was intoxicating.
If not for the health system’s warning, she could have played for a bit longer.
Bai Zhiyuan gently touched a faint pinkish mark on her shoulder, her fingertips still feeling a slight warmth.
The helmet’s haptic feedback mechanism surprised her.
It could feed back the whip lashes endured in the VR world to her physical body in reality via nerve conduction.
Clearly, Lu Li had incorporated the world’s most advanced nerve conduction technology into the helmet from the very beginning of its design.
This technology was quite mature in the real world, but to convince engineers to incorporate such fine-tuned control clearly indicated Lu Li had significant influence over the helmet's design.
This wasn't something an authoritative expert could decide alone; it required rigorous testing and evaluation by a specialized safety control team to confirm no impact on human health before it could be approved.
At least, the helmets produced by Penguin lacked this feature, not only due to the complicated procedures but also because it offered no real highlight.
This was because it was intended for a very small number of players.
Most people wouldn't discover this function, and even if they did, they would shrink back from the realistic pain.
Coincidentally, as an insider, Bai Zhiyuan knew of this feature’s existence.
And as it happened, she had an inexplicable anticipation for this function.
Regardless of how different their attributes were, every player who bought a VR helmet could find something they liked in this device called ‘Iron Pilot’.
Besides the halo of cutting-edge technology, Lu Li’s unique and thoughtful design also played a significant role.
Placing the helmet on its charging stand, Bai Zhiyuan began her main task.
She had completed the five-cell difficulty of "Rebirth: Cell People" and prepared plenty of footage.
She had prepared two versions: the first was a speedrun within ten minutes using the cursed blade’s overwhelming attack.
The second was a greatsword build focused on maximizing smoothness and showcasing various flashy skills.
After much consideration, she decided to use the more extreme speedrun version as the material for this video.
She spent over an hour editing and added simple voiceovers.
Her video was uploaded to Bilibili.
However, this time was different from the usual instant-hit scenario. Ten minutes passed, and she rewatched the video several times but didn't see Lu Li's comment.
Was he busy?
Or not satisfied?
Bai Zhiyuan instantly thought of dozens of reasons.
It wasn't until she opened her phone that she discovered Lu Li had recently released a VR game trailer—"Wangdaer and the Colossus."
Huh!
So that’s what he was busy with… Wait, what?
The milk she had just taken in her mouth sprayed all over her laptop.
Bai Zhiyuan didn't bother to wipe it, repeatedly examining the message she had just received.
A VR game?
After pondering it carefully for two seconds, Bai Zhiyuan finally reacted.
Lu Li was promoting a VR game for his own studio!
Not a PC game!
A VR game!
It was the VR game for which she was responsible for the art assets and character design, rushing to finish it by the end of June!
That was nearly half a year ahead of Tencent.
Tencent had been planning for this for three years, and only started accelerating six months ago. How fast was Lingjing? Too fast!
Perhaps everyone had unconsciously gotten used to the speed at which Lingjing released projects.
But VR games weren't something that could be released casually.
The human and material resources required were far beyond what ordinary small game studios could afford.
Even someone as strong as Bao Xue, relying on Microsoft's resources seven years ago, had unique advantages to accelerate their progress so quickly.
Did this mean Lingjing had been planning VR games for years?
Perhaps even earlier!
Bai Zhiyuan was bewildered.
Opening the comment section, Bai Zhiyuan found that the audience was even more confused than she was.
"Damn, Lingjing makes games faster than I make babies!"
"Full release on the 25th of February? You're really brave!"
"Bao Xue: You might not believe this, but Lingjing just staged a home invasion on me."
"As expected of Lingjing, I knew VR games were your domain!"
"No way, no way, no way would anyone think a company called Lingjing means they are a leader in the VR field, right?"
...
The curious netizens who rushed over were partly blindly praising and partly offering sarcastic remarks.
Everyone knew who Bao Xue's father was, so they were full of confidence in her first VR game, "Stellar."
As for Lingjing, most people viewed them through the lens of their previous high-quality console games. In reality, they weren't sure, after all, VR was not PC; it was a money-burning endeavor.
Despite everyone joking about Lingjing's speed, China's speed.
Few dared to bet that they could outperform Bao Xue's "Stellar."
Having been suppressed by overseas games for a long time, their confidence had long since vanished, and it couldn't be restored by just one or two high-quality games.
Unlike the pessimistic netizens.
Bai Zhiyuan, however, was very confident.
For no other reason than it was Lu Li.
Ding dong!
While deep in thought, the special notification sound from her phone's background alerted her. Bai Zhiyuan's face lit up, and she quickly opened her phone.
[Lu Li: Brilliant, but I’m faster! (Attached image)]
Below the message was a screenshot of a speedrun of the five-cell difficulty in eight minutes and forty-seven seconds.
"He still has time to play games?"
Under the white light, Bai Zhiyuan's fair face glowed, and even the fine downy hairs on her face were visible, her clear, confused eyes seemingly imbued with every strand of doubt.
While busy developing PC games, he also had to manage VR games, and even found time to design VR helmets and play games in his spare time.
The most outrageous part was that he had even broken her personal record as an old player.
Perhaps it was because she had been busy working overtime during this period, but Bai Zhiyuan was still somewhat shocked.
Lu Li was undoubtedly a master of time management.
However,
She didn't dwell on such matters.
After washing up, she went to sleep.
She needed to maintain good energy to welcome "Wangdaer and the Colossus" in three days!
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