The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 231 Super Factory! Evil Ghosts Attack Reality! (Two in One)

"You... still have something?"

Yin Zhiyuan was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

Xu Meng nodded and was about to speak, but was stopped in time by the female researcher from the special operations team.

"Hold on."

"Let's talk in another place."

"Professor Liu, is there a place here where we can talk?"

"Of course." The person in charge nodded and led the way for them.

Behind these few people, members of the special operations team had already begun to instruct everyone present to keep the matter confidential.

——Although everyone was thinking that, given Xu Meng’s personality, this new thing might be made public and used in the gaming field.

But that is a matter for the future, and we still have to cooperate with the current confidentiality work.

……

The special operations team carefully checked the room to make sure there were no listening devices.

His hands and feet were extremely nimble, and he was obviously very experienced.

After the inspection, he locked the door himself, leaving only Xu Meng, Yin Zhiyuan, and the female researcher named Wu Shuang in the room.

"So... the new idea you mentioned, the technology that allows people to dream together, is also the same as the holographic display device?" Yin Zhiyuan asked impatiently.

While asking, I shouted in my heart that it was outrageous.

When others say they have ideas, they are just simple ideas.

From ideas to train of thought, and then to designing experiments, practice, verify, and adjust step by step, and only with extreme luck will results be achieved.

But this guy Xu Meng had an idea yesterday, he can experiment today, and get results within the week!

It's really outrageous!
Xu Meng couldn't understand his complicated feelings, so she nodded and said, "Yes, I already have a specific idea."

"Why... do you suddenly want to do this?" Wu Shuang, who rarely interrupted, suddenly asked, "Is it also because of the game?"

"Of course." Xu Meng said as a matter of course.

“The Fantasy Game Kit is great, but the space for movement is limited after all. This hardware limitation can easily limit game development in turn.”

"In addition, the Fantasy Game Kit is not comprehensive enough and does not provide good support for vertical movements. When players climb or jump from a high place, there is only visual feedback, but the physical feeling is disconnected, which greatly affects the sense of immersion."

"There's also the sense of the head, the smell of objects, the taste of food... and so on and so forth. These are all blind spots."

“The dream machine is designed to fill all these gaps.”

"Oh, [Dream Machine] is the name I gave to this device."

Wu Shuang, who had always been calm, professional and efficient since Xu Meng met her, suddenly sighed deeply and shed her professional image.

She held her forehead helplessly and smiled bitterly, "So you have never considered that this thing can also make use of people's sleeping time. In a way, it can double the life span of humans in disguise?"

"Ah?" Xu Meng was stunned.

"Well, it seems that you really haven't considered it..." Wu Shuang sighed again.

But he quickly calmed down and asked seriously: "Do you mind talking to us about the specific technical ideas?"

"I don't mind, but..." Xu Meng looked at Yin Zhiyuan.

Wu Shuang interrupted, "Don't worry, the holographic display technology is your achievement, and no one will restrict you from using it. I can guarantee this to you on behalf of the government. If the troops have different opinions, the government will help you communicate and resolve them."

At this moment, Wu Shuang was very imposing.

Yin Zhiyuan was not so tough.

He was just a small technical officer in the Ningzhou Garrison, far inferior to Wu Shuang in rank, not to mention the department that Wu Shuang represented.

It was only because of his identity as "Xu Meng's contact" that he was qualified to sit in this room and participate in this conversation.

Hearing Wu Shuang say this, he could only smile bitterly and say, "The army is not unreasonable."

"Don't worry, we will continue to support you."

He assured Xu Meng.

Xu Meng nodded and introduced the general idea of ​​the dream machine to the two of them.

The sleepwalking agent and the brainwave signal collector work together to allow the dreamers to reach the same frequency and enter the same dream.

"So that's why you said before that we still need talents in pharmaceuticals, neurology and brain science?"

Yin Zhiyuan suddenly remembered Xu Meng's earliest request.

"That's right." Xu Meng nodded again, "I'll think about things one by one later, so I'll focus on the holographic display first."

——Actually, it’s to free up some time to play games.

He promised the players that they would play together. What would happen if someone suddenly disappeared or was replaced halfway through the game?

"Sleepwalking agent... a sleeping pill without side effects? Are you sure?" Wu Shuang couldn't help asking.

Xu Meng was about to answer, but she suddenly waved her hand and said, "No, no, no, you don't have to promise anything."

"Scientific research is inherently full of uncertainty, and success and failure are common."

“You just have to go for it.”

"Just tell me what you need. I'll make a report later. If nothing goes wrong, you can get the best support."

Xu Meng has 100% confidence in making the product.

But Wu Shuang didn't let him speak and cleared him of any responsibility from the very beginning. This delicate and thoughtful way of doing things made Xu Meng have a better impression of her.

Wu Shuang did what he said and immediately went out to call his superiors to report the situation.

Yin Zhiyuan also left in a hurry to contact his superior.

Xu Meng stayed in the room alone, thinking about the production of the holographic display device.

This thing is intended to replace VR glasses. Once it goes into production, the sales volume of VR glasses will definitely be greatly affected, and production cuts are inevitable.

This is very simple, just notify Young Master Zhang.

However, the new substance code-named X, which is required for the large-scale industrial production of holographic display devices, is not something that Zhang Dashao or Yuanyang Group can handle.

Xu Meng soon realized: it was time to build his own factory.

X-substance is essentially a consumable, a bit like a printer's ink cartridge. Users who purchase holographic display devices need to continue purchasing it.

The combined demands for military, commercial and civilian use create an almost astronomical demand for production capacity.

Then the manufacturing of this thing is also very troublesome, and it is difficult for workers with insufficient education to take on this job.

——At least you have to be a college student.

This means that once the factory is built, it will require at least 3 to 5 engineering professionals in the initial stage alone to ensure efficient and safe production.

If enough players purchase the game and the game time is long enough, the manpower required will probably increase by more than ten times.

"50 college students..."

Even though the time for the second phase was not so tight and the professional requirements could be relaxed through training, Xu Meng was still shocked by the numbers he estimated.

Up to now, even with the development of Dream Building and Neuromancer, the number of users has not exceeded 10,000!

The vast majority of them are employees of game experience centers in various provinces across the country.

Excluding these, there are only about 500 people left.

——At this time, the layoff storm in the gaming industry at home and abroad had just begun, and DreamCraft had not yet started the "big buy".

Wu Shuang had just finished a phone call and when she came back she heard Xu Meng say "50 college students" and asked curiously what he was talking about.

Xu Meng then talked about the factory's ideas.

Wu Shuang's eyes lit up on the spot and he almost took out his cell phone to report it again.

She held Xu Meng's hand and said solemnly: "Just go for it!"

“The government will provide you with all the necessary support!”

“Whether it’s the launch of holographic display equipment or the research and development of the dream machine.”

"Is it okay to sell it abroad?" Xu Meng asked.

"No problem! Just do it if you want to!"

Wu Shuang agreed immediately.

Xu Meng has already guaranteed that the technology will not be leaked unless the medium synthesis method and holographic image translation algorithm are exposed.

Then the only thing they have to do is to keep the media synthesis factory and the Dream Building Game Company confidential.

As he was talking, Yin Zhiyuan also returned to the room and brought the same reply as Wu Shuang -

“Just go for it. If you need any support, just ask.”

"When you develop new technology in the future, just don't forget the troops."

The only requirement is to upgrade the security of Dream Building.

This is what the special operations team has already been doing. Now it is just a matter of replacing a new group of people and taking full "anti-leakage" measures on the basis of "security".

Finally, they also discussed with Xu Meng that they would check the background of all the employees of Zhumeng and provide regular national defense and security education to employees, especially anti-espionage education.

Xu Meng had already anticipated this and nodded in agreement.

In order to express his apology to his employees, he decided to give them more confidentiality fees when signing the confidentiality agreement.

And this is the reason why Chen Peng was pinned down on the spot.

Using the national security counter-espionage methods to investigate the commercial espionage of a gaming company is like using an anti-aircraft cannon to kill a mosquito.

Even in their eyes, Chen Peng was not worthy of the title of "spy".

At most, he is a "spy".

But in this "big survey", even the smallest problems must be picked out and carefully examined to determine the threat level.

Chen Peng was not the only one who was arrested.

In addition to him, two people from the "Frost Project" project team were arrested, three from the "Lord of War" project team, and one from Neuromancer.

Even one was caught in the local game experience center in Ningzhou.

Three of them are from gaming companies and two are from hardware companies.

The one captured in Neuromancer was the most outrageous - it was a thoroughbred cow-horse who worked extremely hard, working 14 hours a day.

After a careful investigation, it turned out that he was a spy employed by overseas!
Xu Meng flew to three provinces with the special working group and arranged the pharmaceutical and brain wave signal collector related experiments with extremely high efficiency. After returning to Ningzhou, the first thing he saw was this result.

Xu Mengren was completely confused.

Team building is here. What is this?
If Wu Shuang hadn't stopped him, he would have definitely caused trouble for these companies. Wu Shuang advised him: "Just focus on your work, and leave these small matters to us."

Only then did Xu Meng stop.

Then he thought about it and realized that Chen Peng had not done anything bad since he came to Zhumeng.

He also toured the country, and even if he had no achievements, he still worked hard.

So he asked, "I knew about Chen Peng's situation before, and I wanted to keep him in the company to deal with the spies planted by other companies."

"Now that I have your help, I won't need this department anymore."

"How about you see if you can take him in?"

He thought it was just a small matter.

However, the head of the National Security Bureau who was in charge of this "investigation" rejected the proposal without mercy: "The National Security Bureau will never accept someone with such a bad record to join."

Xu Meng thought about it and felt that it was indeed not appropriate, so he started thinking about how to arrange for Chen Peng.

——He can no longer stay in the original development team.

All future development work, whether new or old projects, will involve holographic image display technology.

Chen Peng has experience as a commercial spy. Even though he has reformed, he is no longer qualified to do this kind of work.

This is not because Xu Meng is being harsh, but because of the National Security Bureau's confidentiality requirements.

In order to convince Xu Meng, the head of the National Security Bureau earnestly recounted a bunch of experiences and lessons.

Xu Meng listened to the opinions of professionals.

……

Finally, after being thoroughly interrogated in a small dark room, Chen Peng was released with lingering fear and met Xu Meng.

This was his second time coming to Xu Meng's office.

The last time I came here was before I set out to visit the veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

I didn't expect that the second time I came, I would be kicked out - Chen Peng thought so.

But Xu Meng said: "Because of some reasons..."

He hesitated for a moment, then gave up the euphemism: "Forget it, I'll just say it straight."

"Because the new technology involves state secrets, you can't stay in the development department. Now you can choose to transfer to two places: one is to go to the game experience center, and the other is to go to the event department to help handle the work of the "Lord of War" global competition."

"The former is relatively easy, while the latter is more difficult."

"Of course, if you still want to continue to work in development and want to leave DreamBuild to join another company, that's fine too. No one will make things difficult for you."

"New technology?" Chen Peng asked subconsciously.

Then he immediately responded: “No, no, no, you don’t need to tell me this!”

But Xu Meng just shook his head and pointed at his feet.

Chen Peng looked down.

A familiar little dog was squatting on the ground, wagging its tail at him.

"Beans?!"

Chen Peng's pupils dilated violently, he couldn't believe his eyes at all.

He wiped his eyes vigorously with the back of his hand.

But Doudou still squatted there, sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail at him.

He squatted down in disbelief and reached out to touch the little dog - of course he touched nothing.

Xu Meng shook his head and took out a pair of tactile gloves and threw them to him.

Chen Peng quickly took it in his hand, but did not put it on immediately.

He looked at the tactile gloves in his hands and the beans at his feet, then at Xu Meng's expression, and slowly understood what Xu Meng meant.

"So... this is the new technology?" His words were full of disbelief.

"Don't you want to touch it? Its tail is shaking like a fan."

Chen Peng then hurriedly put on tactile gloves and reached out to touch the little dog.

The little guy rubbed against his hand, his whole body expressing excitement.

Chen Pengchao wanted to find out what was going on.

But he had just been severely interrogated by Guoan in a small dark room. If the boss hadn't intervened, there was no telling how the situation would have ended.

This has caused him to still be afraid and he really doesn't dare to ask more questions.

He touched Doudou's smooth fur and quickly made a decision -

don't go!
"I'll go to the events department."

"Thank you for your care, boss."

So Chen Peng's destination was decided.

……

……

After Chen Peng left, Xiao Meng appeared again, staggered to the floor-to-ceiling window, and continued to appreciate the lake scenery outside the window.

The most valuable aspects of holographic display devices are their media and algorithms.

Xu Meng and Xiao Meng worked together on the algorithm. Now that the medium is also ready, Xu Meng is naturally the first to use it.

Although the medium can only be synthesized in the laboratory at present and the cost is very high, Xu Meng couldn't wait to make a holographic modification to his office.

This is not only to facilitate Xiaomeng's activities, but also very helpful for work.

——With Xiao Meng’s help in the transfer, Xu Meng can completely use this system to replace the monitor.

Once his laboratory is built, it will also be converted into a holographic one.

When in Shencheng, Wu Shuang invited him to live in Xiajing, and even Zhumeng could move to Xiajing as a whole.

Xu Meng herself didn't care where she was.

However, considering that many of Zhumeng’s old employees were from Ningzhou, they rejected the proposal.

Wu Shuang then implemented plan B——

A high-end laboratory was built for Xu Meng in Ningzhou so that he could quickly put new ideas into practice and seize every inspiration.

At this moment, while many pharmaceutical laboratories, brain science institutes, and neurology institutes were conducting experiments according to the plan given by Xu Meng, experimental equipment from all over the country and all over the world were converging towards Xu Meng's laboratory.

The holographic makeover is the final step.

By that time, it is estimated that all factories will be built and industrial preparation of the medium will begin.

Thinking of this, he called Mr. Zhang.

"Hey! Mr. Xu, did you remember me?" Zhang Yang's voice sounded on the other end of the phone.

"What bullshit are you talking about?" Xu Meng retorted mercilessly, "Aren't you busy inheriting the family business and too busy to pay attention to me? You didn't even have time to play games with me."

"You want me to play games with you? You want me to be on a team with you, two of us fighting against a million people???" Zhang Yang complained crazily, "I'd have to be crazy to agree to that!"

"What are you talking about! I killed thousands of people without anyone's cooperation. If someone had cooperated, we might have won. If we lose, it's all your fault."

"You fucking..." Zhang Yangji blurted out.

But before he could start talking, someone called him from the other end of the line.

"Wait a minute!" Zhang Yang shouted to the people over there, then turned around and asked Xu Meng, "If you have anything to say, tell me now. I'm not like you, a jerk who plays games during work hours. I'm busy."

"Oh, please pay attention to controlling the production capacity of VR glasses. In the future, alternative products will be launched in three months at the fastest and five months at the slowest."

"No, it's not a complete replacement. There should still be sales, but it will definitely be much lower than it is now."

"New product???" Zhang Yang was surprised. "What new product? You've come up with something new again? It's only been a few months. Are you an animal?"

Xu Meng smiled slightly: "Do you believe it or not, I only need to say one word now, and someone will fly to your house and force you to sign a confidentiality agreement?"

“???” Zhang Yang stopped talking nonsense.

He realized that Xu Meng seemed to be serious.

"So... you really came up with something new?"

"Yes, but I can't send it to you this time. You won't be able to use it even if I give it to you."

The holographic image display function needs to be produced first and then displayed.

Xu Meng was able to use it directly, all thanks to Xiao Meng working silently in an invisible place...

"We'll talk about that later." Zhang Yang quickly changed his tone, "Does your new thing happen to need a reliable, powerful, and first-class service factory to help you make it?"

"You're right, it's true!" Xu Meng said in a flattering tone, "Would you mind helping me with it when the time comes?"

"Okay! Don't worry, I'll take care of it, it'll be fine!" Zhang Yang said, patting his chest.

After a pause, both of them laughed out loud at the same time.

After finishing the crosstalk, Zhang Yang said: "Given the current stock of VR glasses, even if you want to reduce production, you can't reduce it too much for the time being, otherwise it will be difficult for you to provide after-sales service."

——In the early days of Neuromancer, the staff was not complete, and Zhang Yang helped to handle the after-sales of the equipment.

He has not completely withdrawn yet and knows more about many things than Xu Meng.

Zhang Yang told Xu Meng: "Especially in recent days, there have been many cases of VR glasses being damaged during warranty. Now many cities are facing great pressure from after-sales service."

"Damaged? In the last few days?" Xu Meng was surprised. "Why?"

"Why?" Zhang Yang was even more surprised than Xu Meng, "You don't know?"

"Know what? Stop talking nonsense and tell me now."

"You are indeed a busy man..." Zhang Yang complained again before explaining the reason.

"The first external game is launched on the Dream Building Game Platform. It's such a big thing, and you, as the boss, don't know anything about it."

"External game?" Xu Meng was stunned.

After quickly searching my mind, I finally realized——

While he was busy with the holographic display device and the dream machine and had no time to take care of other things, "It's Over! I'm Surrounded by Demons" was already released!

Not only was it released, but it also caused massive damage to the VR glasses!

what's the situation?
Can the evil spirits in this game come out and attack reality?

(End of this chapter)