86: Chapter 86 Going to the Moon? But my legs went weak.

The office was silent.

Su Qingxue held Lu Li, her cheek pressed against his warm chest, able to clearly feel his steady and powerful heartbeat.

Thump, thump, thump...

Each beat seemed to be dispelling the coldness and loneliness lingering from his past life.

Real, and warm.

At this moment, nothing else mattered—not the launch event, not the business empire, not the advanced technology.

She just wanted to hold him like this, warming away the coldness of his past life little by little with her own body heat.

Bzzzz—

A sudden, urgent vibration of a mobile phone broke the silence, sounding particularly jarring in the empty office.

Su Qingxue frowned slightly; she didn't want to answer it, wanting this moment to last a little longer.

But the phone was relentless, like it was demanding her life.

Lu Li patted her back, poked his head out from her embrace, and lazily glanced at the lit-up screen.

"Answer it. Look how anxious your Secretary Wang Qiuge is; anyone who didn't know better would think the company had gone bankrupt."

Su Qingxue reluctantly let go, picked up the phone, took a deep breath, and instantly switched her voice back to her cool, capable CEO mode.

"What is it?"

From the other end of the line, Secretary Wang Qiuge's scream, loud enough to blow the roof off, came through immediately.

"CEO Su! The official website crashed! It's completely crashed!"

"The Taobao flagship store also crashed! All the stock, in the very instant it went on sale just now, in 0.1 seconds! It's all gone!"

"Three million units of pioneer s1, fifty thousand units of Doraemon, not even a single hair left!"

"CEO Su! We've made history!"

Su Qingxue held the phone, feeling a bit dazed.

She instinctively looked at Lu Li, who merely curled the corners of his lips, as if everything were under control, and leisurely picked up his teacup to take a sip.

"Got it. Have the technical department perform emergency maintenance and soothe the users."

Su Qingxue forced down the wild thumping in her heart and calmly assigned the tasks.

After hanging up, she still felt a bit dazed.

She knew it would be a hit, but she hadn't expected it to be this big.

Meanwhile, the internet was in a complete frenzy.

The Weibo trending list was washed in blood again.

#Guanghui Technology sold out in seconds#

#I was only 0.1 seconds away from Doraemon#

#Buying Doraemon, can be passed down as an heirloom#

#Scalpers collectively heading to the rooftop#

Countless netizens were wailing, and in a secret group for snatch-buying software users, the atmosphere was as heavy as a funeral parlor.

"Failed... My hundred-thousand-dollar snatch-buying script didn't even manage to send a single request."

"Me too. It felt like hitting a data wall. Was their firewall made of vibranium?"

"Brothers, times have changed. We used to snatch shoes and phones, but now... we can't even beat ordinary people to a robotic cat."

"Don't talk about it. My girlfriend already broke up with me because I didn't manage to get her the Blue Fatty."

Amidst the gloom and misery, no one noticed that the group owner had silently changed the group name to [Guanghui Technology Ten Thousand People Praise Group].

If you can't beat them, join them.

...

Back home, it was already nine in the evening.

Su Qingxue came out after her shower and found that Lu Li wasn't playing games in the living room, nor had he gone to bed.

He was just standing in front of the wardrobe in the study, seemingly looking for something.

Having experienced tonight's confession, Su Qingxue felt a complex mix of emotions as she looked at his back.

Pity, mixed with an indescribable pride and sense of honor.

Such an outstanding Lu Li.

He was the man who loved her deeply.

"What are you looking for?" She walked over and gently wrapped her arms around his waist from behind.

"Looking for a toy for you to play with."

Lu Li pulled a box covered with a dust cloth from the safe in the wardrobe.

He opened the box, and inside lay a sleek, pitch-black helmet full of futuristic design.

It looked more unique and exquisite than any VR device on the market.

Su Qingxue's heart skipped a beat.

"Is this... the key to the 'second world'?"

"Uh-huh." Lu Li took out the helmet and tossed it in his hand, his movements as casual as if he were tossing an Apple.

Su Qingxue took the helmet and examined it carefully.

As the CEO of a tech company, she naturally knew what VR was.

It was nothing more than two screens and a bunch of sensors; no matter how good the immersion was, it couldn't change the essence that "you're still looking at a screen."

A trace of rational doubt even flashed through her mind, feeling that perhaps Lu Li's claims in the office had been a bit exaggerated.

Brain-Computer Interface? Was it the Brain-Computer Interface she understood?

"How strong... can this thing be?" She still asked the question that had been in her mind.

Lu Li didn't speak, just grinned at her.

That smile held a touch of mystery, a touch of smugness, and a playful mockery that said, "Mortal, prepare to witness a miracle."

He reached out, helped her put on the helmet, adjusted the fit, and connected the power.

"Don't blink."

Lu Li slowly pressed the power button.

As his voice faded, Su Qingxue felt everything go black before her eyes.

The next second.

The study disappeared.

Lu Li disappeared.

The whole world disappeared.

Replaced by deathly silence and boundless darkness.

She found herself "standing" on a pitted, grey landscape, with fine, soft dust beneath her feet.

In the distance, a huge and beautiful blue planet hung quietly against the pitch-black velvet curtain of space.

That was... Blue Star.

She was actually on the moon.

"!!!"

Su Qingxue's mind went blank.

She even wondered if she had time-traveled.

She instinctively wanted to scream, but found she couldn't make a sound, nor could she feel the vibration of her vocal cords.

She wanted to step back, but her body wouldn't obey; she stumbled and fell forward.

A sense of weightlessness!

Her body felt light, like a feather.

Just as she was about to "hit" the lunar soil.

A crystal-clear, pure white rabbit hopped past her, carrying a wooden mallet on its shoulder.

Jade Rabbit?!

Su Qingxue's thoughts froze completely.

She looked up in the direction the Jade Rabbit ran, and in the shadows of a crater further away, the outline of a massive, unimaginably large silver-white complex was looming.

The architecture was full of sci-fi aesthetics; above the dome, three flamboyant Chinese characters were flashing—[Guanghan City]!

Just as she wanted to take a closer look.

She felt herself pass through the ground, and then she was back in the bedroom.

She ripped off the helmet, gasping for air, her chest heaving violently, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

The bedroom before her eyes was still the same bedroom, and Lu Li was standing right in front of her, looking at her with a mischievous smirk.

"Fun, isn't it?"

Su—the domineering CEO—Qingxue, felt her legs go weak at this moment.

She gripped the edge of the bed, taking a long while to recover, and looked at the helmet again; her eyes had completely changed.

It was no longer looking at a tech product.

It was looking at a... divine object.

"This... this isn't VR!" Her voice was trembling. "What is its principle? Why... why did I feel like I was really there?"

"Simply put, it doesn't deceive your eyes with a screen."

Lu Li explained, "It uses micro-currents to send visual, auditory, and even tactile signals directly to your cerebral cortex, making your brain believe you are really there."

"Complete... Brain-Computer Interface technology."

Su Qingxue froze completely.

She finally understood what Lu Li meant at the launch event when he said, "Forget your physical bodies."

This wasn't a product.

This was creation!