The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 628 Xu Meng fulfills her promise, Benin's battle cries shake the heavens! (Seeking monthly votes)

What is the core of the game "Frost & Snow Project"?
Exploration? Pay-to-win? Or something more... suggestive?

neither.

Xu Meng once said in an interview with Huodao:

What Zhumeng aims to provide to its users is [companionship].

And now is the time to fulfill that promise—

The fans and viewers of the valiant sniper are all waiting for him to start streaming again.

Or at least post an update so everyone can see what the robot and the sound are like.

But everyone waited and waited...

Even after nightfall, the valiant sniper remained "out of contact" and did not reappear.

The fans in the group gradually went from curiosity and anticipation to confusion and bewilderment, and finally, they even started fabricating rumors:

"It seems that Aki is too busy with his wedding day to care about us and has already gone to his bridal chamber."

"I'm afraid he's already been stripped naked and tied up by AI, and being whipped with a small leather whip."

"It's good to be young, there's still work to be done after 8 hours."

"It's over, it seems like human sister-in-law is out of the question."

……

The big shots in the group spared no effort in fabricating rumors in an attempt to lure the brave sniper out.

Even so, he did not appear.

Contrary to the rumors spread by the group members, Yan Bo did not engage in any inappropriate activities with the robot and its voice at home.

He simply put aside work and external distractions for a while, lay on the sofa with He Yin in his arms, and chatted, sharing their lives and troubles.

Of course, there were also some intimate interactions.

He made all the clothes he bought for Heyin try them on—according to the setting of "Frost and Snow Project," Heyin was still a young girl.

He Yin didn't mind wearing nice clothes for "Brother Yan" at all.

But she refused to change it in front of him, let alone ask him to change it for her.

Yan Bo, who had the authority, didn't insist and watched as He Yin carried her clothes into the bedroom.

Then, each time, they would open the door and walk out in different clothes, making a dazzling entrance.

She even mixed up the suits, using clothes from different suits to create her own outfits.

What surprised the brave sniper the most was that when He Yin pushed open the bedroom door for the last time, she was even wearing his shirt!

She was petite, and Yan Bo's shirt was a bit too big on her, hanging down to her thighs.

At first glance, it seems as if he is only wearing his white shirt.

She looks both innocent and alluring.

She walked out and sweetly called out to the valiant sniper sitting on the sofa, "Brother Yan~"

Even the brave sniper was stunned.

Then he disappeared.

Dedicate the rest of the day to this new family member.

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The fans in the group didn't get to see the "review report" from the brave sniper, but they weren't disappointed for long either.

Soon after, other netizens shared their daily lives with their now-realistic cybernetic wives after the arrival of the robot.

Some people who shared the same initial idea as the brave sniper shared a carefully edited "Coco's Cosplay Show".

There's a bug that mimics the legacy of "Project Frost and Snow," where the robot Huo Huo's head gets stuck in the blanket, and it gets a light spanking.

Another person said with a very serious expression: "Now, after my rigorous research, a long-standing unsolved mystery in the Silver City has finally been unveiled to the world!"

"People keep asking: Did Kazune wear underwear?"

"I can tell you today! The answer is yes!"

"I've personally verified it!"

Behind him was He Yin, who was huddled on the sofa, covering her face and wrapped tightly in a blanket.

When netizens saw this thing, they couldn't hold back their laughter immediately:
"You beast! What have you done?"

"Do you even know that she's not even a month old yet?!"

"So how exactly did you verify it? Did you lift it up to take a look?"

"Boring! Can't we just let her not wear it?"

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As time goes on, there are more and more photos, videos, and text updates related to lifelike robots.

Looking at these freshly released "buyer reviews," netizens can finally be 100% certain—

The lifelike robot is just as good as Xu Meng described!

Even better than he described!
40, it's worth the money!
To date, no one has felt that they didn't get their money's worth!
This fact quickly changed the mindset of onlookers.

From doubt, to observation, to uncertainty.

It turned into envy, jealousy, and a strong desire to possess it!

Then, a viral short video completely ignited their desire—

A netizen posted a video of himself going shopping with Heyin.

With the help of the holographic belt, no one noticed any flaws throughout the entire process.

When people actually stepped out of their rooms and onto the streets, they were amazed and surprised to see characters who had only existed on screens and in the virtual world enter their daily lives and interact with trees, pedestrians, streetlights, bus stops, snack shops, stray cats, and other things they were used to seeing.

It was as if the boundaries between illusion and reality, present and future, had been suddenly broken.

At the end of the video, Kazune, dressed in typical summer attire like a t-shirt and shorts, stands on a park bench, enthusiastically feeding pigeons.

A large flock of pigeons flew over to snatch the food, some even landing on her shoulders.

In the afternoon sunlight, He Yin's fair arms and delicate, smooth legs were so white they almost glowed.

The fluttering white doves added a touch of sanctity to the already youthful and beautiful body of the girl.

Netizens were deeply moved.

I wish I could rush into the scene, pick her up, and take her home!
The comments section was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred; some even offered to buy it on the spot.

—In fact, the comment sections of all the users who shared Cyber ​​Wife were filled with messages from people wanting to buy her.

A large number of price quotes also appeared in the publisher's private messages.

But not a single person chose to sell their robot wife.

This is partly because, after importing the original data, they have already infused the emotions originally poured into the virtual characters into the robot's body.

And they're not that short of money.

On the other hand—

Resale of Zhumeng products is strictly prohibited.

So, after going around in circles, netizens' strong desire for realistic robots still swelled back towards Zhu Meng:

"Mr. Xu!! I can't take it anymore! I want to buy a wife right now!"

"I don't care, just ramp up production!!!"

"I want to buy this, please!"

"Such a large and powerful company as Zhumeng only provided 6000 units? Are they trying to fetch beggars?!"

"Why are there only Coco, Heyin, and Huohuo? I want Vivian! Please give me Vivian!! Please! We'll do it all!"

"@Zhu Meng, @Xu Meng, don't our model workers like Tongque deserve it?"

"Mr. Xu, please, please make a lifelike male robot! We really need one!"

……

Netizens around the world are urging Xu Meng to hurry up and release more lifelike robots.

Netizens from many countries flocked to the Chinese internet to leave messages for Xu Meng.

The inbox has been flooded with private messages for a long time.

The customer service department of Zhumeng is receiving a barrage of calls from netizens all over the world.

—Even more calls come from overseas.

Due to internet speed issues, the first batch of 6000 lifelike robots were all purchased by users in China.

Users from just one city, Ningzhou, accounted for nearly one-fifth of the total. Before overseas users' access signals even reached Zhumeng's servers, domestic users had already bought out all the available stock.
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Faced with this overwhelming wave of petitions, the marketing department had no choice but to open the reservation page.

To minimize interference from casual netizens with the actual data and to filter out users who genuinely intend to purchase, a deposit of 5 yuan is required just to make a reservation.

But this did not affect the speed at which netizens placed orders.

The product page features 15 highly popular lifelike robots, and pre-orders are skyrocketing!

Overall bookings have skyrocketed.

In less than 24 hours, pre-orders exceeded 30 units!

Even if we calculate based on the lowest price of 40 per unit, that's still a potential sales volume of 1200 billion!

These astonishing figures not only greatly surprised the marketing department of Zhumeng, but also left many unrelated companies staring in disbelief.

The robots that build dreams sell for more than many cars, and their sales in a single day equal the sales of most car companies for a whole year, or even several years.

This kind of money-making speed is faster than printing money!

The scariest thing is: this is just the beginning!
With Zhumeng's global influence, increasing sales tenfold would be no problem at all.

Once Xu Meng successfully reduces costs to 20 per unit, it wouldn't be impossible for the price to increase by 100 times!

This is outright robbery!

Even more outrageous: many car company bosses received news that same day that there was a problem on the production line.

A large number of employees suddenly want to leave.

HR went up to have a heart-to-heart talk with him.

When asked about the situation, everyone said they wanted to work as robots, saying that former colleagues and HR companies had already posted on social media that the salary would be twice as high as their current salary!
The HR manager immediately felt like he was about to have a heart attack.

If he went to another company, he would feel that there was a trick involved—after going there, he would have to pay performance, overtime, and assessments... In short, he wouldn't be able to get the money easily.

Dreams can be built...

Do you think Mr. Xu would be short of your measly three or four coins?

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The impact of lifelike robots on society is still spreading rapidly.

The Dream Building Marketing Department was surprised to find:

Unexpected regional discrepancies have appeared in domestic user booking data.

In everyone's mind, such an expensive robot would definitely have the highest pre-order volume in the eastern coastal areas where income and consumption power are stronger.

However, in terms of actual booking data, Ganzhou, with its average level of economic development, has emerged as a dark horse and rushed into the top three!
Compared to other provinces with similar levels of economic development, it can be said to be far ahead!

Overseas, however, cloud users are leading the pack in booking data!
The speed at which the data is growing is simply unbelievable.

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In developed countries such as the United States and Europe, pre-orders are also rising steadily.

But the governments of these countries—especially those responsible for defense and intelligence—are very anxious about this.

They can't see specific sales figures, but just by looking at the buzz on social media, they know that many people in their country are buying these robots.

but……

Allowing so many intelligent robots with internet connectivity and steel bodies to enter the country will pose a serious threat to national security!

Especially American politicians.

In previous humanoid robot competitions, even the less intelligent robots were able to hold rifles and shoot.

Now that the fully upgraded intelligent robots have arrived in a place full of guns, how much damage can they cause?
—In the event of war in the future, these robots will become tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of steel agents lurking in the United States!

Just thinking about it sends chills down my spine!
However, they dared not rashly use strong measures.

—After Xu Meng announced the commissioning of the photon topology server array, they never used any more forceful methods.

They were terrified that Xu Meng might destroy their financial market at the slightest provocation.

In the end, multiple departments could only get together, anxiously scratching their heads and losing hair, while trying to come up with a countermeasure without angering Xu Meng.

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In several countries' stock markets, the share prices of robotics-related companies have plummeted...

This incident didn't even make it to the trending topics again.

The stock market crashes every few days; everyone's almost used to it.

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The next day, the valiant sniper reappeared and resumed his normal live stream.

He never responded to his fans' requests to "see his wife".

Even though the topic of realistic robots remained popular for several days afterward, he only talked about other people's wives and never mentioned his own wife, Heyin.

Viewers could only occasionally see an arm reaching in from outside the camera to hand him food, or a small hand reaching out to feed him cut fruit, when he was live streaming using a holographic device.

They were living a very relaxed and comfortable life.

The viewers were so envious they were practically grinding their teeth in envy.

Fortunately, the valiant sniper's easy daily routine of eating, sleeping, and fighting bugs didn't last long.

A few days later, their leveling team was temporarily disbanded because Qi Huahua left the team.
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Qi Huahua's main source of income is no longer live streaming, but the merchant ships in the Caribbean Sea.

Thanks to its first-mover advantage and deep involvement in major game events, the [Polaris Guild] has become the leading large-scale guild in the game.

Even though many people and organizations now see the potential of this game and are forming chambers of commerce to try and get a piece of the pie, it will only make commerce in the Caribbean Sea more prosperous, and it is unlikely to have a serious impact on the [Polaris Chamber of Commerce].

Qi Huahua naturally takes this main source of income and retirement security very seriously.

Even though he plays "Under the Deep Rock" with Huan Yue and the others every day, he never forgets to log in to "Sailing the Blue Sea" to check on the guild's operations.

The reason I'm leaving the team now and focusing all my energy back is because of an unexpected event—

Someone has kidnapped a subordinate favored by the admiral and is heading towards the coast of Benin aboard a Polaris Shipping vessel!

When Qi Huahua suddenly heard this news, she was completely stunned.

In the world of "Sailing the Blue Sea", there are very few organizations or entities that can threaten the Polaris Chamber of Commerce.

And this general was one of them!

Nanaka knew all too well just how strong the general was.

Aside from the time the sea froze and a single player captured hundreds of ships from both the Freedom Alliance and the Caribbean Republic, the ship remained standing despite repeated attacks from players.

He's even more troublesome than Enel, that self-proclaimed god on the Sky Island!

Seawater, which can have a special attack effect on Enel, is completely ineffective against him—this guy can freeze the ocean in an instant, and mere seawater will turn into ice shards before it even touches him.

As for arson...

He can even freeze the ocean, so why would he be afraid of fire?
Tesla suicide squad?

Without Enel's lightning, the electromagnetic gun couldn't even be activated.

After repeated unsuccessful attempts to strategize, a group of somewhat rebellious Xia Kingdom players began to have a new idea:

If we can't win, can we turn them to our side?
Whatever the British Navy gives, my Caribbean Republic will give double!
But just as they began their operation and tried to contact the general through normal channels, the general was drawn away by someone else.

They noticed that the people were on a North Star Merchant Guild ship, so they sent a private message to the guild to remind them.

"Who wants to harm us?!" Qi Huahua was both anxious and angry.

Each time the Polaris Merchant Guild embarks on a transoceanic voyage, it forms a fleet of more than a dozen large ships, accompanied by several times that number of player ships.

These ships and the players on board combined are so powerful that they would dare to challenge even the Pirate King's fleet.

But General...

She suspected that the admiral could sink the entire fleet at sea on a bicycle!

“He should be French,” a manager in the chamber of commerce, using the real name [Shen Kun], replied to her.

"A Frenchman?" Qi Huahua was taken aback.

“Yes.” Shen Kun nodded and began to tell her the key information.

"These past few days, the Bay of Benin has been in complete chaos. Players and NPCs from various countries are fighting each other, and then a guy named Liu Guang suddenly appeared. Somehow, he's managed to bring several indigenous tribes together, and they're currently engaged in a bloodbath..."

"Wait, wait, wait a minute." Seven Flower was anxious and couldn't help but skip the background and ask the crucial question, "What does this have to do with France?"

Shen Kun blinked: "They were the first force to be eliminated."

"The French NPCs in the Bay of Benin are almost wiped out. They probably want to bring their general over to cause trouble and take everyone down with them."

"???" Seven Flower Flower thought this reason was utterly absurd.

But it also seems like something a player could do...

(End of this chapter)