145: Chapter 145 The world has gone mad! A world for 60,000 yuan, complete with a self-developed 5nm chip?!

The roar of the global internet came to a complete standstill at this moment.

That wail, suppressed to the extreme, pierced through the physical barriers of the devices and struck straight into the heart of every viewer.

No one posted comments to joke around.

In the livestream room with hundreds of millions of people, there was only a chilling silence.

Everyone hides a period of time in their heart that cannot be relived, a person they can never see again.

Guanghui Technology used the coldest, most cutting-edge code to mend the most fragile parts of the human soul.

In the real-time monitoring footage, Da Jun was holding his daughter tightly.

The girl, who had just started high school, looked up, her red eyes shimmering with a light called hope.

She looked at the camera, her voice choked with tears yet incredibly firm.

"Dad, you don't have to go deliver food anymore."

"Big Brother Lu Li, who gave us the helmet, sent someone to say that this helmet can be used to work and earn money in the future."

"He said that the virtual world of the future will create at least eight million brand-new jobs."

"As for the cost of the helmet, we can work in this world and pay him back slowly..."

The girl's words traveled along the network signal, reaching every corner of Blue Star.

On the spacious, deserted road of the virtual city, Lu Li tilted his head slightly.

He turned his head to face the gaze of billions of viewers across the entire internet.

The laziness on his face faded, replaced by a calmness like a god overlooking the mortal world.

"She is right."

"The ultimate meaning of technology is not a high-and-mighty game of capital."

"The virtual world will be the second continent of human civilization; it belongs to everyone willing to be reborn."

These words immediately ignited a frenzy among the global working class.

Countless adults, burdened by mortgages and car loans, their backs bent by life, clenched their fists.

Lu Li paused, his tone reverting to that nonchalant ease.

"Next, I will announce the question everyone is most concerned about."

"The global unified price of the [Magic - Generation 1] Virtual Helmet."

The comments in the global livestream room were instantly wiped clean.

Everyone was waiting with bated breath.

Just before the start of the conference, top venture capital firms on Wall Street had already provided authoritative predictions.

For this kind of cross-dimensional black technology device, the launch price could never be lower than 200,000 Chinese Yuan.

Some asserted that Guanghui Technology would adopt a high-premium strategy, exclusively for the global elite.

Ordinary people were simply not worthy of owning a ticket to enter the new world.

Lu Li held up his index finger and little finger, making a gesture for the number six.

"Exactly 60,000."

When this understated number was translated simultaneously and echoed in the livestream room in various languages.

The world went mad.

Su Qingxue stood beside Lu Li, maintaining the stunning posture of a cold female CEO, her back straight.

There was not a hint of surprise on her beautiful face.

As the helm of Guanghui Technology, this extremely aggressive pricing plan had been placed on her nightstand last night.

She knew very well how much the high-density Haihu batteries and the full set of neural connection sensors inside actually cost.

Added to the terrifying R&D investment, a price of 60,000 would leave almost no profit.

This was essentially handing out entrance tickets to all of humanity.

While others were shocked, Su Qingxue felt a pang of heartache, yet she was simultaneously filled with an indescribable sense of pride.

This was her man.

He disdained harvesting leeks in the stock market, and even more so, he disdained playing those petty commercial games.

He used the arrogance of the entire world as cover, secretly paving a highway to the heavens for all of humanity.

What made Su Qingxue's eyes sting even more was that she knew Lu Li did this, in part, for her.

To help her fulfill her father's dying wish of letting Chinese technology stand at the pinnacle of the world.

However, Lu Li knew that once production ramped up, this price point would still make him incredibly wealthy.

Besides, with hardware being cheaper, there were plenty of places to charge for content.

Take that perfect life game, for example; topping up 648 would grant a massive amount of virtual currency.

He had already thought all of this through!

After a brief pause of a few seconds, the comments section completely erupted.

Dense text overlapped, completely obscuring the livestream screen.

"Sixty thousand? Did I hear that right? Just sixty thousand?!"

"I can save up enough by delivering food for one year! God Lu, you are my real father!"

"Those vampires on Wall Street predicted 200,000, and Lu Li turned around and set it at 60,000! This is the vision of a Chinese tech company!"

"Where are the people who were calling Lu Li a gigolo before? Come out and kowtow!"

Facing the frenzy of the entire internet, Lu Li didn't even blink an eye.

He had long anticipated this reaction.

"I know that for many, 60,000 is still not a small amount."

"But this is the limit of how much Guanghui Technology can compress the cost right now."

Lu Li's voice turned cold, carrying undisguised mockery.

"To ensure the stable operation of the virtual world, every helmet is equipped with four of our self-developed [Light Boat - 900] chips."

"5nm process, 12-core 36-thread super architecture."

"This is not a chip for mobile phones, but a new interface and super-threading technology."

"Some might ask, why not use PC processors with stronger performance and lower power consumption?"

He paused for a moment, his gaze piercing through the screen, looking directly at a certain country across the ocean.

"This is, of course, because certain companies thought that cutting off chip supplies could strangle us."

"Then we will strike back in the most primitive and brutal way."

The surging comments across the internet experienced a brief lull.

This explanation instantly made the blood of all Chinese viewers boil.

This was not just a victory of technology, but the loudest slap in the face to hegemonic blockades.

Su Qingxue's heart rate kept accelerating.

5nm chips were truly mass-produced, and it was enough to propel Guanghui's new generation of flagship phones to the top.

The chip deadlock that had plagued Guanghui Technology and even the entire Chinese tech circle had been shattered by Lu Li in one stroke.

The adoration and affection in her eyes could no longer be hidden.

Lu Li chuckled.

In that laughter, there was an arrogance capable of crushing the old world.

"Since we can't buy it, then we just won't buy it."

"Guanghui Technology will never bow down to any hegemony."

This sentence became the final spark that ignited the powder keg.

The national pride across the entire internet completely erupted.

"Well done! This is true hardcore technology!"

"Sixty thousand to buy a world, and it supports domestic chips—I'm definitely buying it!"

"Let Intel hold onto their broken chips and let them rot in the warehouse! The times have changed!"

In the real world, this storm was reshaping all rules with unstoppable force.

Douyu livestream platform, "Game for Peace" section.