All Novel Full Chapter 1097
Chapter 1097: Chapter 1008: Does a Real Machine Demonstration Also Trap People?
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(two-in-one)_2 Chapter 1097: Chapter 1008: Does a Real Machine Demonstration Also Trap People?
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(two-in-one)_2 By now, Lincoln had completely stopped worrying about the previous target of [6.5 billion users], because in his estimation, that target was as good as achieved!
It was time to aim for 7 billion!
Even 8 billion!
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Well, okay, 8 billion might be a bit far-fetched…
However, Lincoln wasn’t without a plan to reach the 8 billion user mark:
If the new graphene chips are not mass-produced by mid-year, he plans to release the [Mirage 3.0] version, a combination of the “game console” and “eight sides headband”, in advance.
He would continue to implement the trade-in policy, selling the recycled [2.0] consoles at discounted prices to third-world countries.
The first-generation console was not sold at discounted rates because it was launched too soon, and the collectible value of the first-generation product made it more expensive than the second-generation.
Now that [Mirage 2.0] has been on the market for half a year, it makes sense to reduce the price of the old consoles when the new ones hit the market.
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Over the next several days, Lincoln invested most of his energy in “upgrading” his new home – mainly by instructing Yue Pengju and Jordan what to do.
His “upgrade” didn’t change much about the interior of the house.
It mainly involved installing cameras, microphones, sensors, holographic fog projection, intelligent control systems, and various other such devices.
Yue Pengju and Jordan were perfectly capable of handling these tasks.
While Lincoln was busy, the players were also active.
The intensity of the battles in Pandora had decreased for a while, but as more consoles were delivered into the hands of the users, a new wave of “gold rush” users flooded into Pandora, bringing the battle intensity back to its peak!
As a result, War Reporters really did appear!
– Lincoln always kept his promises!
On Tuesday, when Yi was once again called into Pandora Jungle by his buddies to assist in the heat of battle, he encountered a war reporter.
At the time, he and his buddies were in the thick of a jungle fire fight with a team of players from an unknown country.
His heart was pounding with tension when suddenly, someone sprung out from behind him!
Acting on the reflexes formed from the experience of “being stabbed to death by a tree”, Yi swung his axe around without a second thought!
“Ah!”
A dramatic scream.
“Trying to sneak attack me?!
Ha…” Yi was just about to gloat when his laughter caught in his throat.
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The man he just felled with his axe was wearing a green helmet, a full bulletproof vest, deep grey cargo pants, a wristwatch, and a work ID hanging on his chest.
A classic war reporter outfit.
But in Pandora Jungle, where everyone is dressed in lucky suits, this outfit was rather unusual!
Especially since this guy was actually carrying a huge professional camera on his shoulder!
Yi was dumbfounded for a long while before he realized what was going on:
“A war reporter?”
“Is this for real??”
Once Yi caught on, he could instantly visualize the words floating above his head—
[Karma -10]
“Am I going to be on ‘Metropolitan News’ again??”
Yi had a bad feeling about this.
His buddies around him also caught on, their laughter ringing out as they congratulated him in advance for “being on TV”.
Actually, they didn’t even have to wait for the next episode of ‘Metropolitan News’.
That same evening, a new show aired on the Metropolis—
‘Documentary of Pandora Jungle’
On all the billboards, TVs, bars, and other places with screens in the Metropolis, snippets of live combat footage shot by war reporters were intermittently broadcasted.
As these live broadcasts were the most intense, hilarious, and exciting parts selected by the [Pandora Operation Team] from global players, they were immediately well-received.
——Not just by the NPCs eager for drama, casual players were very interested too, and many even shared the footage outside of the virtual world.
The virtual world was once again inadvertently advertised.
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Unlike Yi, who often “slacked off”, Super Tomato devoted most of his time and energy outside of streaming to the closed beta of “Dark Soul”.
In the beginning, like many other closed beta test players who had watched the actual machine demo, he too focused quite a bit on exploring [A Street in South Market].
——After all, Luoyang City was huge, and “Dark Soul” was full of enemies everywhere in the city, the kind that could kill you if you were just a little distracted.
Under such circumstances, it was incredibly challenging to fully explore all the maps within the short 7-day beta testing period.
Not to mention Super Tomato had to keep up with his regular streaming.
With limited exploration time, choices had to be made.
[A Street in South Market], where Lincoln had demonstrated many “instant kill techniques”, felt like the right area to focus on after making these considerations.
The goal was, in addition to the reduced difficulty of pioneering due to Lincoln’s demo, partly psychological – a challenge to replicate a speedrun like Lincoln’s, as a form of classic tribute.
However…
Super Tomato didn’t know if anyone else had succeeded, but he was brutally defeated!
After entering [A Street in South Market], he tried to use the automatic grappling hook of the prosthetic hand to descend from the sky and instant-kill the invisible monkey, just like Lincoln did in the demo.
But with a sharp “clang”, his sword hit the ground!
“Thud!”
Without enough time to adjust his posture, Super Tomato smashed his chin against the hilt of his sword, making his head spin with pain.