112: Chapter 112 This game even has the right earthy smell.

Across from him, Paul, the Chief Technology Officer of Intel, sneered.

"Optical modules, high-end sensors, and most importantly, advanced process chips." Paul tugged at his tie, his tone dismissive. "As long as we cut these off, Guanghui Technology will be a tiger with its teeth pulled."

At the end of the conference room, a young white man in a slim-fit suit stood up.

Jared, the Chief Technology Advisor to the White House and the person most trusted by President Trump.

He held a fountain pen in his hand, pointing it into the air as if pronouncing the downfall of a glorious empire.

"The President has already signed the 'Entity List Amendment'."

A ruthless smile appeared on Jared's lips.

"Starting from midnight on the first of next month."

"TSMC and Intel are prohibited from supplying any 14-nanometer or smaller process chips to Guanghui Technology."

"Samsung and Hynix are to suspend the supply of memory chips indefinitely."

"Sony, cut off all shipments of optical lenses."

"Qualcomm, revoke all mobile chip purchase authorizations before April 1st."

Jared looked around at everyone, his voice soft but filled with a bone-chilling coldness: "We want Guanghui Technology to understand that while the Earth is round, the rules are set by us, the United States."

"Without our permission, they can't even manufacture a single screw."

A low chuckle rippled through the conference room.

Robert stubbed out his cigar and exhaled the last puff of smoke.

"The Chinese always like to say that technology has no borders."

"But they have forgotten..."

He looked at the Doraemon smiling amidst a sea of fire on the projection screen: "Scientists have borders."

"And technology has even more borders."

...

In the newly built villa of the Lu family. Inside the Virtual Reality world.

Wang Peng had completely lost his mind in excitement.

He was running wildly on the grass, waving his arms in the air, letting out pig-slaughtering screams.

"It's too realistic! It's too realistic!"

"I can feel the wind blowing on my face!"

"I can hear the sound of the grass being trampled!"

"I even ate a mouthful of dirt, and the earthy smell is so real!!"

"Is this really a game?!"

"Brother, you're too awesome! When I get home, I'll make you my idol and write an 800-word essay!!"

Wang Peng suddenly threw himself onto the grass, his cheek pressed firmly against the ground.

The scent of damp soil, the smell of juices flowing from crushed blades of grass, and even the faint rustling sound of a small bug crawling past his ear.

All of this was madly bombarding his cerebral cortex.

Not far away, Yang Yueru was crouching in front of a cluster of poppies.

She cautiously stretched out her finger, her fingertip touching the petals. Soft, cool.

The flower stem bent slightly under the pressure, and that delicate force feedback made her scalp tingle.

"Brother..." The young girl's voice was trembling: "This flower... it smells so good. I'm starting to suspect that we've all collectively time-traveled."

This wasn't the scent simulated by cheap industrial fragrances. It was a mix of earth, sunlight, and the unique, fresh fragrance of plants. It was just like smelling real flowers.

Su Qingxue was standing by a clear stream.

As the helmsman of Guanghui Technology, and someone who had already experienced the Virtual Helmet, she should have been the calmest one. But at this moment, she was sticking both her hands into the water without any regard for her image.

A bone-chilling cold spread from her fingertips, giving her goosebumps. The water washed through her fingers, and the friction of the fluid sliding over her skin was so realistic it was terrifying.

She suddenly scooped up a handful of water, and the droplets slid down her wrist, wetting her cuffs. It felt damp and sticky against her skin.

"This..." Su Qingxue looked at the crystal-clear water droplets in her palm and muttered to herself: "What kind of physics engine could achieve these effects?"

How much code had Lu Li written in private? Su Qingxue looked at her husband with a pang of heartache.

What she cared about wasn't how realistic the Virtual Reality world was. What she cared about was whether Lu Li had harmed his own body to bring these results to fruition so quickly.

Later, she would have to ask her husband; it would be fine to let the technology implementation slow down a bit. Making money wasn't urgent, and becoming the global technology hegemon wasn't urgent either. His health came first.

"Lu Li..." Qin Ya stood behind her, her face pale.

As a top expert in the field of visual AI, she knew better than anyone the significance of what was before her. This wasn't a game. This was creation.

"He has created the second world for humanity." Qin Ya's voice was dry: "Compared to this, the so-called Metaverse concept is just a joke."

Lu Li stood under a tall oak tree. He looked up at the clouds slowly drifting across the sky.

In his past life, he had spent a full ten years in the Blue Star laboratory to barely create a prototype capable of simulating vision and touch. But now, he had used less than two months.

Of course, this was because of the technical data provided by the system, combined with his own constant efforts to solve technical problems, which allowed this technology to be implemented so quickly.

Those frontline workers struggling in the laboratory were also very important contributors. Furthermore, he had actually unearthed a genius in materials science; he had only provided the ideas, and the other person had created the material in a week.

"Alright, that's enough." Lu Li clapped his hands, his voice echoing across the wilderness: "Don't just stand there in a daze; this is survival mode."

"If you don't want your brains eaten by zombies tonight, hurry up and get to work."

"Work?" Wang Peng did a kip-up and jumped to his feet, his face full of excitement: "Brother, can we actually build houses here?"

"Duh." Lu Li rolled his eyes at him: "Have you never played minecraft?"

"Uh, brother, I haven't played it. I've heard classmates talk about it, but I was busy with exams back then, so I wasn't interested."

"Focus your intent on the first item in the floating menu below, that tree stump, and then..."

As Lu Li spoke, a cylindrical wooden block appeared in his hand, and he tossed it onto the ground. Instantly, a wooden stump appeared on the ground. He kicked it, and it was quite solid.

Seeing this, Wang Peng immediately understood that to get rich, one must first punch trees. He let out a strange cry, rushed over, and punched the tree trunk.

There was no pain as he had imagined. "Crack!" A crisp sound rang out.

The hard tree trunk instantly disintegrated, turning into a floating, perfect cubic wooden block that automatically flew into his backpack.

That thrill of destruction and collection was instantly amplified tenfold via neural signals and fed back to his brain.

"Holy crap! Awesome!" Wang Peng's eyes shone like two light bulbs: "This tactile feel is incredible!"

Like a tireless pile driver, he charged into the forest.

Yang Yueru also came back to her senses. She didn't go to chop trees, but instead crouched on the ground, looking at the soil beneath her feet.

"According to minecraft, this ground should be mineable too, right?"

She had played minecraft, but after putting on the Virtual Helmet and experiencing this game, the sense of realism was such that she didn't even equate that rough, pixel-style game with this one.

She tentatively punched the ground. Soil splattered. A regular square pit appeared, and a dirt block appeared in her backpack.

"It really works!" The fanaticism in Yang Yueru's eyes was no less than Wang Peng's: "I'm going to dig an underground palace!"

Su Qingxue watched the busy crowd, took a deep breath, and calmed her agitated mood. She opened the semi-transparent system menu.

Backpack, crafting table, status bar. Simple, yet all-encompassing. It was the same as the PC and mobile versions.

She was an experienced player, after all, so she decisively walked over to a birch tree and started operating by throwing punches. "Bang." The wooden block dropped.

That muffled sound was countless times more satisfying than playing the PC version while watching a screen. Su Qingxue looked at the raw wood block in her hand, the corners of her mouth curling up involuntarily.

The Virtual Reality version of minecraft was simply incomparable to the PC version. However, at the same time, she was also a bit worried about what to do about the copyright authorization for minecraft. If that didn't work, she would just invest heavily in this game company when the time came.

Lu Li stood on the hillside, watching this group of friends and family obsessed with "punching trees," and nodded with satisfaction. Then, he lightly swiped his finger in the void to bring up the hidden menu with GM permissions.

That was the God's-eye view that only he could see.

"Since this is a family beta test," a hint of mischief flashed in Lu Li's eyes, "then I'll add some spice for you."

He tapped lightly on the weather option. The originally clear sky instantly became covered with dark clouds. Rumble—muffled thunder rolled deep within the clouds. The earth began to tremble.

A gap suddenly cracked open in the distant mountains, and hundreds of zombies swarmed out from within.

"Holy crap?!" Wang Peng was happily hugging a pile of wood, but when he looked up and saw this scene, the wood in his hands clattered all over the ground. "Brother! This... what is going on?! Zombie outbreak?!"

Yang Yueru also poked her head out of the pit, her face pale: "Don't zombies only come out at night?"

Su Qingxue and Qin Ya looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes. This level of crisis, combined with the realistic graphics, caused both of their adrenaline levels to soar. However, what should they use to fight these zombies?

"Run!" Su Qingxue was the CEO, after all, and reacted the fastest: "Find cover!"

"Sister-in-law, where are we running to?" Wang Peng was so anxious he was spinning in circles: "We're in the middle of nowhere!"

"What are you running for?" Lu Li's teasing voice came from overhead: "Don't you have blocks in your hands?"

"Can you build a shelter as cover? If you don't want to be eaten by zombies, hurry up and build a shelter!"

"Build a shelter?!" Wang Peng looked at the rolling horde of zombies, his face turning green: "Brother, are you playing for real?!"

"Duh, otherwise why would it be called Virtual Reality?" Lu Li folded his arms, smiling like a villain: "In this world, it's either create, or... respawn."

As he spoke, he also quickly used the crafting table to make ten bows and a pile of arrows, along with a few wooden swords.