Minecraft players are invading the worlds.

Around it, the rock walls are inlaid with many minerals of different colors.

The moment a water droplet falls from a stalactite is perfectly captured.

Chapter 2 Virtual Helmet

The reflection of the water on the ground mirrored the monster's shadow, a natural refraction of light and shadow.

"This picture..."

Chen Xu subconsciously brought his face closer to the monitor.

As a group leader with extensive experience in online games, his first reaction was to look for flaws.

"The lighting and shadow rendering is perfect."

"Texture mapping, no sense of repetition."

"The number of polygons in the model...you can't tell, it looks like a photograph."

He used the built-in magnifying glass function on the webpage to zoom in on the image to its maximum.

Generally speaking, whether the image is generated by CG or AI, it will appear blurry, smeared, or have noise with logical errors at this magnification.

but.

Moss grows in the crevices of the rocks, and the subtle undulations on the blue monster's skin.

Even the tiny dust particles floating in the surrounding air when the mineral glows are clearly visible.

There are no flaws that can be found with the naked eye.

The texture and the visuals are neither hand-drawn nor can they be replicated by any engine currently on the market.

It's more like... a real-life photo taken in another world.

Chen Xu swallowed hard, his previously playful expression completely changing.

His fingers trembled slightly as he scrolled the mouse wheel rapidly to the next image.

If the previous image of the eerie blue cave monster had made him feel oppressed, this one brought him only pure shock.

That was a real picture of a sea of ​​flowers.

In this world submerged in red, countless unnamed bright red flowers fill the entire field of vision, stretching to the very edge of the view.

This red is not a monotonous block of color, but has an extremely rich sense of layering.

From the deep red of the stamens to the light pink of the petal edges, each flower seems to sway gently in the breeze.

You can feel the vibrant energy emanating from it even through the screen.

In the center of the sea of ​​flowers, several huge rocks stand tall, their weathered surfaces clearly visible, creating a strong visual contrast with the surrounding flower field.

"This...this is really rendered?"

Chen Xu was completely stunned.

As a reviewer, he has seen the ultimate image quality of Unreal Engine 5 and top-notch Hollywood special effects blockbusters, but those images all have a sense of calculated perfection.

This picture has a wild, authentic feel to it.

Without any hesitation, he quickly right-clicked to save the photo to his desktop, and then swiftly opened the familiar black-profile chat window.

That was his college classmate, now a top-tier technical director at a leading visual effects company.

File transfer complete.

Chen Xu quickly typed out a line of text.

"Bro, I need help! Quick, take a look at this picture. Holy crap, it looks so real! Is it officially licensed? Or is it generated by some latest AI model?"

The waiting time felt exceptionally long.

Chen Xu stared at the screen, and after about three minutes, the reply came from the other end.

"It doesn't look like it was approved."

Those four simple words made Chen Xu's heart skip a beat.

Immediately afterwards, a second message popped up.

"From the perspective of lighting and shadow logic and pixel-level detail, this is something that current compositing technology simply cannot achieve."

"Even the most advanced physical rendering will have flaws when dealing with the randomness of such large-scale vegetation, but this picture... is too natural."

"By the way, where did you get this picture? And where is that flower field? My girlfriend just passed by and saw it, and she keeps asking me if it's some undeveloped tourist attraction, and she's been nagging me to take her there."

Seeing this, Chen Xu took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair, and looked on incredulously.

Even professionals say it's true?

He replied with trembling hands.

"A promotional image for a new game."

"?"

“nb”.

The other side was clearly stumped and replied with two concise and powerful letters.

Chen Xu ignored his friend's questions and frantically switched back to the webpage, fixing the mouse cursor on the red appointment application button.

Click.

[System notification: Reservation successful]

Current queue size: 10/10

[Reservation channel is now closed]

"call……"

Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the button that had turned gray, and actually felt a sense of relief.

At this moment, the group chat, which was solely focused on gaming, had completely exploded.

[Xiao Heihei: Wow, that real-world image is amazing? I specifically ran it on a detection software, and I couldn't detect any AI traces at all. What's the background of your company?]

[Completely bewildered: Stop saying it's fake, I've seen this picture, it's absolutely top-notch, without the slightest flaw. AI and hand-drawn art simply can't capture this feeling; that natural, chaotic quality is amazing.]

[Niu Niu: But that's strange. Those pixelated pictures from the first few images, are they supposed to be the starting village? The art style is so jarring!]

[Little Cat: Absolutely real! I asked my friend who does special effects, and there's absolutely no trace of Photoshop editing. It's completely realistic. I've already booked it, so act fast, guys!]

Watching the veterans on the screen shift from skepticism to shock, Xu Tian sat in front of his computer, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The fish has taken the bait.

He placed his hands on the keyboard and slowly typed out a line of text.

[The Only One in the World: Currently, the company only has ten slots available for closed beta testing. Those of you who successfully registered, please send me your registration code and shipping address privately so the company can send you the helmets.]

This statement caused another stir in the group chat.

[Little Blackie: Helmet? Not for PC?]

[The Only One Under Heaven: Of course not. Since it says it's 100% realistic, it must be a fully immersive virtual experience. How could a keyboard and mouse possibly achieve that level of immersion?]

[Qiming: Wait... they're even getting helmets? Is there any company that can achieve full immersion right now? Or are you talking about VR glasses?]

Faced with Qiming's rational questioning, Xu Tian chose to ignore it. No amount of explanation could compare to hands-on experience. Once the helmets were shipped out, the facts would prove it.

Soon, the private message icon started flashing.

[Kitten: I've sent you the address. Cash on delivery?]

[Completely bewildered: Sent, hurry up and get it done]

[Little Blackie: Here's the address. If you dare to lie to your sister, I'll expose you offline.]

[Niu Niu: @Xiao Hei Hei, please tell me the truth, Sister Hei]

Xu Tian checked the information one by one. There were a few people in the group who had been lurking earlier, but now they saw the chat history and thought it was interesting and wanted to make an appointment. However, they found that the channel was closed and were frantically tagging "Tianxia Weiyi" to ask for a spot.

Xu Tian could only helplessly shrug and reply.

[The Only One in the World: There's nothing I can do. The company only approved ten slots for the first batch of stability testing, and I can't ask for more. Let's wait for the second test.]

Chapter 3 Tutorial

Actually, there's no company involved; it's just that the system currently only has ten soul link channels open.

He mentally summoned the system interface.

"System, I've got all ten addresses. Remember to send the helmets over. These are my first batch of workers, so don't let them get lost in the mail."

[Space delivery is underway. All gaming helmets will be delivered to their designated locations within two days.]

Xu Tian nodded in satisfaction.

The core function of this system, to put it bluntly, is to smuggle the souls of these players to another world, and then lead them to fight in that other world.

To protect their consciousness, the system will put a shell on them called Steve.

Xu Tian knew very well that without the system's assistance, if these players went to the other world empty-handed, even with unlimited resurrections, they would be so badly beaten that they would quit the game.

Although he had never been to that world, he could glean some information from the system data: knights with magic, mutated magical beasts...

Why let these players who only know how to shout "666" fight against those things?

It's practically handing over food.

"Fortunately, this system still has some conscience."

Xu Tian looked at the icons waiting to be unlocked in the system store and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Give them some modules, then we'll have a fighting chance in this battle.

"Or should we send them out in their diamond armor to fight those mages head-on? That's just suicide!"

Xu Tian made a comment.

At that moment, his gaze fell on the taskbar that the system had just refreshed.