Genius Club

Chapter 1038: Chapter 67 Genius Club (Two-in-One Finale Chapter)_5

He was now inside a digital store.

But once he put on the VR headset, he was immediately immersed in a vivid and lifelike Primitive Forest that was indistinguishable from reality.

Looking to the left, he could see colorful butterflies fluttering as if they were about to land on his face.

The sound of the gentle wind and the flapping of butterfly wings came through the speakers, truly creating an immersive experience.

Then looking up.

He saw the sun, the scorching daylight, towering treetops, and birds flying in the sky.

The lighting effects were very realistic, almost making him feel the humidity and coolness of the forest.

Then looking down, he saw his own legs and shoes.

Of course, all of this was virtual.

Different from the sportswear he was wearing, the VR equipment appeared to have set him up as a Jungle Adventurer.

So, when he looked down, he saw a pair of muddy leather boots and thick canvas pant legs, which indeed enhanced the sense of immersion.

He tried to rotate his body to face the rear.

As VR scenes are always 360 degrees without any blind spots, the Primitive Forest was also behind him, except… a tiger with irregular stripes ran out from the dense forest!

Its muscles were tight, its fangs bared, and with a loud roar, it pounced towards Lin Xian—

“Shit.”

The visual effect was too realistic. Lin Xian reflexively dodged to the left. This segment of the VR testing video then ended.

The staff helped him take off the VR headset and looked at Lin Xian with a smile:

“Sir, do you find this product suitable?”

“Pretty good,” Lin Xian replied truthfully: “Very realistic.”

“Hehe, apart from hardware, the VR technology experience is closely related to software compatibility and the quality of video resources.”

The salesperson continued to explain:

“The higher the resolution and frame rate, the smoother the resources, the better the VR headset experience will be. However, VR videos and games are not currently mainstream in the market, so… the resources you can experience are quite limited.”

“No problem.”

Lin Xian handed the VR headset to the salesperson:

“I’ll take this one, please pack it for me, and… make sure it can use NFC technology, right?”

“Of course, let me demonstrate for you.”

The salesperson demonstrated using an NFC card for Lin Xian, who only felt reassured after this. He then paid, picked up his goods, and went home.

…

Night.

July 1, 2024, 00:40

Lin Xian was sitting on the sofa, already wearing the VR headset.

Because there was no input source or connection point, his field of view was a virtual living room interface… not his actual living room, but a virtual 3D scene.

“It’s almost time.”

Lin Xian picked up the Golden Badge of the Genius Club with his right hand and placed it against the outer shell on the right side of the VR headset.

The salesperson had demonstrated in the afternoon that the NFC recognition module was located there.

Beep beep.

A soft sound chimed, and the VR headset recognized the NFC link command. The screen in front of him started to change incessantly.

Lights and shadows interweaved and revolved.

It felt as if he was traveling through a time tunnel.

Lin Xian looked left and right, even turning his head to check behind him… without exception, it was all colorful lights and shadows, like being inside a kaleidoscope.

Finally, after a few dozen seconds, the screen stopped changing and displayed a scene resembling a changing room.

“Please set your virtual avatar.”

A mechanical prompt sounded, neutral in tone, neither male nor female, without any intonation or emotion.

Lin Xian moved his eyeballs and casually created a virtual avatar with agile judgment.

He assembled it haphazardly, without much care.

He randomly set the height, chose a normal body shape, left the hairstyle and facial features to default, and chose the simplest suit attire.

The end result.

Was an ordinary-looking, middle-aged man who could be seen anywhere in real life.

And on the breast of the suit, a Golden Badge of the Genius Club was automatically pinned.

Lin Xian moved his eyeballs, locked on the confirmation button with his gaze, and clicked it.

Immediately, the mechanical prompt sounded again:

“Please set your Mask, which can be generated in real time by scanning an actual item or by uploading an image.”

Indeed, he had anticipated this.

He picked up the Rhine Cat Mask on the sofa and placed it in front of the VR headset’s camera for scanning.

Quickly, the scanning and reconstruction were successful.

A Rhine Cat Mask, identical to the one in the real world, appeared in the virtual world and automatically fitted onto Lin Xian’s virtual avatar’s face, covering the features.

This…

Was really redundant.

Lin Xian thought to himself.

The virtual avatar, from head to toe, was all fake, the face was also fake, and now a mask was added on top of it, truly superfluous.

Then he moved his eyeballs again, locked on the confirmation button, and clicked it.

Finally…

All visuals vanished.

It was pitch black in front of him, and it seemed that in a distant place, he could see flickering candlelight.

The unemotional mechanical voice sounded again:

“Please turn off or mute all electronic devices nearby. The meeting does not accommodate any external interference.”

Lin Xian clicked his tongue.

Such a hassle.

But no choice, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

He felt for his phone on the coffee table, flipped the physical mute switch by sense, and put the phone on silent mode, no ringing and no vibrations.

Another thirty seconds passed.

Finally…

Light poured in.

His field of view widened instantly.

Warm light filled his eyes. Lin Xian looked left and right and found that he was inside a classical and majestic castle.

He was standing on a straight red carpet.

At the end of the red carpet was a pair of brown wooden double doors.

He understood.

He was supposed to walk along the carpet, push open those wooden double doors, and on the other side would surely be the meeting place of the Genius Club.