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Chapter 480: Chapter 283: The Shock from Britain (Part 1)

“Hahaha!”

In Qiu Yu’s rental, Alan watched the latest news and laughed uncontrollably.

Qiu Yu had just finished packaging and uploading his game. Hearing the laughter, he came over and asked, “What’s so funny?”

“It’s just… that… hahaha…”

Alan intended to explain properly, but the video he had just watched was too hilarious, causing him to burst into laughter several times. Finally, he managed to say, “You know how food games are all the rage these days? Guess what, the Brits actually dared to release one too. How could they dare!”

Qiu Yu couldn’t help but start laughing too.

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British cuisine is renowned worldwide; a culinary guide compiled about it could be completed in ten pages, the only thing thinner would be “Good Deeds Done by the United States.”

Grabbing two cans of beer from the fridge, Qiu Yu sat down beside Alan, and they started watching the video on Alan’s tablet.

Dragging the video to the beginning, Alan also grabbed a beer and started watching from the top.

The video was posted on an overseas platform, where a blond, blue-eyed guy began introducing a newly released British game.

“This is a really creative game. The developers claim it can perfectly replicate British cuisine, allowing us to enjoy the wonder of food through the game.”

Drinking his beer, Qiu Yu said, “A perfect replication? Kirin Industry’s game pods are only at 30%, right?”

“Yeah. I haven’t started watching the rest, but this line alone is already hilarious. British cuisine… how much money did he take to keep a straight face?”

Qiu Yu could tell that the man must have been paid, and quite a lot at that.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to lie so naturally and smoothly.

The dedicated presenter picked up the parcel sent by the developers and started unboxing while saying, “As everyone knows, virtual reality technology is rapidly advancing. This manufacturer wasn’t well-known before, but now they are also entering the virtual reality industry, which is somewhat surprising to me, but it also proves that Britain has strong technological capabilities.”

The box was quickly opened, but upon seeing the contents, the presenter’s mouth twitched noticeably.

Compared to the existing VR equipment on the market, what was in front of him wasn’t a game pod but a rather bulky pair of VR goggles.

After a few seconds of silence, the presenter quickly put on a smile and continued, “As you can see, our British technology is indeed far ahead. Compared to other manufacturers’ bulky game pods, I think these goggles are more practical.”

“Wow,” Qiu Yu remarked. “This guy is really professional, not breaking character even at a time like this.”

“Indeed, he has a bad rep, but when it comes to getting paid for promotions, he’s always been on point,” Alan said with a chuckle. “But it’s a bit strange, didn’t he receive a script beforehand? Why does he look so surprised?”

“Maybe they asked him to improvise.”

The video continued playing, and the presenter started to wax lyrical about the VR goggles, hyping them up so much that even Qiu Yu was getting tempted to buy a set.

Finally, after going through the instruction manual, the presenter connected the goggles with the live broadcast equipment and switched the view to the perspective of the goggles.

The game interface looked quite high-tech, with graphics integrated with reality, giving off a sci-fi movie vibe.

Seeing the game interface, the presenter’s voice became noticeably more crisp, indicating that the UI design likely met his expectations.

“The cookbook is in the upper left corner of the game. We just invoke the cookbook to start cooking. Let’s see, we have Star-gazing Pie, Kidney Pie, Sheep Stomach Pie, Potato Pie… mhm, quite a variety. But I’m curious, the developers said they could let players experience the taste. I wonder how they do it. Maybe it’s incense?”

Casually choosing a dish of fish and chips, a lively fish appeared in front of the presenter’s view, along with prepared fries.

“Hmm, the representation of the food is not bad. Now, we just follow the instructions, put the fish into the virtual fryer, and fry it up.”

The process of cooking the food was replicated by the game, a quite standard and not particularly interesting process, but still watchable.

However, everyone knew that the focal point of their attention was the developer’s selling point, “perfect taste replication,” not anything else.

The presenter knew what the audience was expecting, so he skipped the middle process and went straight to the final step, taste replication.

The freshly fried fish and chips looked not bad, the steaming appearance somewhat appetizing. But the most important element, the taste, was still missing.

Luckily, when the final plating was completed, a dialogue box popped up in the game: “Would you like to enhance the taste function? Enhancing it once will cost £5.15.”

“It costs money?” the presenter scratched his head in resignation before choosing to pay.

“Okay, the function will be enabled in approximately two hours and fifteen minutes. Please wait.”

This prompt left the presenter even more baffled.

But since it was a commercial arrangement, no matter how odd it was, he had to wait it out.

What he didn’t expect was that this wait wouldn’t just be for two hours and fifteen minutes, but a full four hours.

Even though the presenter edited that time out for the video, Qiu Yu still felt some impatience, and the presenter in the video had become so bored that he started running around the room. At last, after four hours, there was a knock at the door.

Opening the door with confusion, the presenter found a sturdy black man at the door.