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On Monday, Lin You stretched and got up from the bed.

After changing clothes and washing, put on the headband, sit at the table and start eating.

The headband in his home has undergone a small upgrade - the function of [Bafang] has also been integrated.

Of course, he didn't do it to aid his eyesight and hearing, but to make it easier for him to see Xiaomeng.

After the previous [Sky Player Gathering], Xiaomeng pitifully begged Lin You not to take off the headband, and Lin You took it back home.

Yue Pengju asked him why, and he only said: "I used to study too hard and used my eyes too much, and my eyesight was not very good, so I can see clearly."

Yue Pengju opened his mouth slightly, then closed it immediately.

Lin You's physical examination report, he is still very clear, his eyesight is completely normal.

But for geniuses, it's normal for the brain circuit to be special, so I won't ask any more questions.

After returning home, Lin You and Xiao Meng also studied whether Xiao Meng could directly transmit sensory signals to Lin You through a portable neural modem, so that Lin You could touch Xiao Meng in reality.

Specifically, in reality, Lin You stretched out his hand to touch the visual image of Xiaomeng's head, and then Xiaomeng transmitted the visual feedback and the feeling of touching the head to Lin You's brain, making Lin You feel that he "really touched it".

Technically, Lin You felt that there was no problem.

After practice, I found that there are indeed no major problems, but there are still some small problems.

First of all, the performance of the portable neural modem is not enough. For the sake of portability, the complete body has been castrated to a certain extent in size and function. There is no problem in transmitting only the impact and sound, but it is a bit difficult to transmit complex and subtle sensory data.

——In particular, what Lin You touches is not the smooth, soft, single-touch Xiaomeng's face, but the soft and fluffy touch of countless fine powder hairs on the hard skull, and the amount of information is completely incomparable.

[Tiangong] series of prosthetics, in order to simulate the accurate sense of palm contact with foreign objects, the paired neural modem is one size larger than [Bafang] and [Journey].

But this is the smallest problem: Lin You can have a giant wireless neuromodem at home, with first-class power and performance.

At least at home, it can fully meet the needs.

Another problem is: Xiaodream needs an ultra-high-definition camera with no dead angles to cover the entire house, instead of only a few cameras providing a fixed-angle view as it is now.

And Lin You doesn't like being stared at by too many cameras...

When Xiaomeng asked Lin You to put the tablet on the bedside, she acted like a baby for a long time.

Yesterday, Xiaomeng acted like a good boy all day, and asked Lin You to upgrade her headband, and installed cameras with more angles in the living room and laboratory.

As for the bedroom, Lin You didn't want to sleep with a headband anyway, so he refused.

As for the bathroom, as soon as Xiao Meng said solemnly: "Xiao Meng can help the master take a bath!" Lin You refused on the spot, saying that it was absolutely impossible!

Xiaomeng still didn't give up, and continued to fight: "Then Xiaomeng can let someone else take a bath for the master! How about the beautiful girl in the Huayin bubble bath shop? Master think about it?"

Lin You refused again: "NO! Don't think about it! The headband is not waterproof... Bah! It doesn't matter whether it is waterproof or not!"

...

After a lot of busy work on Sunday, at least now, I can really have breakfast with Xiaomeng.

This is not a simple virtual image. In the virtual room built 1:1 with the real house, Xiaomeng really leans next to Lin You's position, waving a spoon with great interest, and talking while eating with joy.

From time to time, Lin You could still feel Xiao Meng's slender arms and legs touching him. Every time he touched him, Xiao Meng would laugh, obviously on purpose.

When going out, Lin You casually stepped on a pair of shoes and was about to leave, but Xiao Meng suddenly stopped him: "Wait, Xiao Meng!"

Looking back, Xiaomeng was seriously picking out shoes on the shoe rack.

On the originally empty shoe rack, there were many pink and tender little girls' shoes—obviously, this was the picture in the virtual house, where Xiaomeng probably saved a lot of beautiful clothes and shoes.

Lin You thought for a while, turned back, and began to tidy up the scattered shoes on the ground, and gathered his few pairs of shoes to the side of the shoe rack to make room for Xiaomeng.

Xiao Meng laughed happily again.

Lin You couldn't help but think: "Is this also an application direction of AR technology? An artifact of long-distance love? Long-distance cohabitation?"

Coupled with the transmission function of the real senses, this...

Many long-distance couples' 18 forbidden application methods quickly popped up in his mind.

Lin You shook his head quickly, throwing these messy thoughts to the corner.

After tidying up the shoe cabinet, Xiao Meng also changed her shoes, obediently took Lin You's hand and went out together.

On the way to the company, Lin You also took a call from He Peng.

On the phone, He Peng asked him a little helplessly: "Have you researched the exoskeleton?"

Lin You replied subconsciously: "I have studied it, of course I have done it! What's wrong?"

"Didn't you say half a month before? It's more than half a month..."

"Ah?" Lin You thought for a while, and found that it was really... But he didn't panic at all: "I did, really, I'm off work tomorrow, so you can just come and pull."

"Really?" He Peng couldn't believe it, this guy has been playing games, building airships, and practicing boxing, and he hasn't stayed in the laboratory for a few days at all!

"Really!" Lin You said confidently.

Except for the outrageous thing of making the exoskeleton jump several meters, the rest is not difficult for him. Take the one in the warehouse, change it, change it, and leave it to He Peng. It will explode tonight. Son.

...

...

Out of convention, because "Minecraft" was released last Friday, there will still be a summary meeting this Monday.

"Minecraft" sold 11 million copies on the first day. Compared with traditional games, it is indeed a very outrageous figure, but compared to Yunmeng's current user base of more than 200 million, it is not too exaggerated. Can't even say great.

Xiaochun was also a little apprehensive at first.

But six million copies sold on Saturday and seven million on Sunday reassured her.

Especially after finding out that the promotion of "Battlefield" did not hit the sales of "Minecraft", he was even more relieved.

"The sales curve of "Minecraft" is very healthy, with full stamina. Considering the stimulus effect after the release of the planned "Terraria" module, the results of "Minecraft" in long-term sales are very worth looking forward to."

"Thank you." Lin You took the lead in applauding Xiaochun's development team.

Calculated, in three days, 24 million sales, 4.8 billion sales, and there may be four or five times the income in the later period to look forward to.

Such an impressive achievement must be applauded and celebrated.

"Bonuses are still the old rules, and I promise that everyone's hard work will not be in vain. But the holidays can only be remembered first. The modules of "Terraria" and "Witch" still need you to work hard for a while."

Xiao Chun shook her head: "It's nothing hard."

I get off work on time every day, except for the day of the release, I never worked overtime on a single day. What kind of hard work is this?

Just work.

Not to mention the bonus is so generous.

Recently, Qin Songyun has even been discussing with her to increase the number of medical teams by 10 times, and even plans to establish a medical research institute to specialize in the research of special medicines for ALS.

The incidence of this disease is too low, the audience is narrow, the required research and development costs are too high, and the return on investment is too low, so few people are willing to invest.

In the past, their economic strength did not dare to think about such things at all.

In the early days, Qin Songyun saved money for his long-term private doctor, and Xiaochun had to stay in bed for a long time. If he wants to take care of him, he needs to save enough money in advance for protection.

The original purpose of coming to Yunmeng was to make Xiaochun live a happier life after she had to stay in bed.

Who would have thought that less than half a year after coming to Yunmeng, his net worth has skyrocketed, and now he even has the strength to become an investor.

The hundreds of millions of billions of investment that were once out of reach now seem to be within reach!

Of course, having money to do research and development does not necessarily mean that the research and development will be successful. Xiaochun still has these psychological preparations.

But despite this, her determination to "not get married" has been shaky, and recently she often has similar dreams:

In her dream, she was always wearing a white wedding dress, walking along a path paved with flowers, at the end of the path, Qin Songyun always stood there smiling and looking at her.

Xiaochun shook her head slightly, took back her chaotic thoughts, and continued to report——

"On the [RANK-popular player rating list], the score of "Minecraft" has increased to 8.5 points, and it is still slowly improving. The word-of-mouth of players has been completely reversed. It can be expected that it will further push up game sales."

"In the public world, the chaotic situation has begun to reverse on a large scale, and a large number of players no longer carry out destructive actions."

"According to rough tracking, about 30% of the players have greatly reduced their online time, and they may have given up the resident game; 50% of the players turned into non-combat players and started exploring and building; the other 20% gathered in large numbers like [ World No. 22] such a pure combat world, for more intense high-intensity confrontation."

Speaking of this, Xiaochun couldn't help but interrupt: "[World 22] has started to use TNT cubes on a large scale, and almost everyone has a bunch of them in their bags, and they are completely unscrupulous in using them. The terrain of the surface world has already It was bombed and changed a large area! Near the fixed birth point, all were blown into deep pits, surrounded by traps, and there were people who stayed in ambush for a long time..."

"Under the current situation, it is almost impossible for newcomers to survive. Should we intervene?"

"No." Lin You refused resolutely, "Don't worry about it, let them get involved."

Not only did Lin You not stop him, he even wanted to experience it himself...

*

While Yunmeng was having a meeting, NetDragon's meeting was also in progress.

Before the meeting started, Zhang Heying was keenly aware of the difference: the boss, Zhao Yucheng, had changed from his previous gloomy and serious face, with confidence written all over his face, and a strong excitement in his eyes.

After the meeting started, he immediately understood the reason for the boss's change——

"Everyone! I want to announce a big news to you today! Just last night! Our scientific research team successfully broke through the technical barriers and developed our own virtual reality technology!"

"From today onwards, technically, we have returned to the first echelon, and we are no longer weaker than Yunmeng!"

"It's only one game away from NetDragon's return to the top!"

In the meeting room, there was an instant silence, and everyone was shocked by the sudden news, and their brains went blank!

After announcing this important news, Zhao Yucheng didn't stop at all, and immediately turned his head to look at Yu Gu:

"Yu Gu! From now on, you are officially the chief designer of NetDragon's virtual reality game development! Take charge of all aspects of game development!"

"Don't say no! You deserve it!"

"Everyone! From now on, it is our counterattack time!"