325: Chapter 325 It's a coincidence

Just as Lin Yuan's figure had completely settled on the podium, another figure emerged from the passage behind him, walking out slowly with steady, measured steps.

It was Elder Zhang!

When they saw the face that had appeared countless times on national news broadcasts, the continuous sound of shutters from the audience below came to a very brief, sudden halt.

The vast majority of these journalists from top domestic and international media outlets were seasoned veterans who had covered political and economic affairs for years, possessing extremely high journalistic standards and political sensitivity.

Therefore, when they clearly saw that the person walking out was Elder Zhang, the atmosphere in the entire press conference hall changed qualitatively in an instant.

Meanwhile, in the online livestream chat, the comments were scrolling frantically.

"Holy crap! Is that Elder Zhang?!"

"Elder Zhang is personally here to hold the fort?! What kind of level is this press conference on?!"

"I originally thought I had guessed as big as possible, but looking at this formation now, I still lacked vision! What on earth has God Lin come up with this time?!"

At the conference venue, below the stage.

The gazes of over a hundred Chinese and foreign journalists were nailed firmly to the podium.

Under the gaze of the entire room, the two walked with steady steps to the podium at the center of the stage, then pulled out their chairs with extreme naturalness and sat down calmly.

A moment later, both were fully in position.

Elder Zhang slightly raised his hand, palm facing down, making an extremely subtle gesture to lower the volume.

In an instant, hundreds of people stopped their movements with great tacit understanding, holding their breath in concentration.

Elder Zhang reached out to adjust the microphone in front of him, his gaze sweeping calmly over the dense crowd and lenses below.

He spoke, his voice clearly reaching every corner of the venue.

"Comrades, members of the media, good morning."

"Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this impromptu press conference today."

"Regarding the content of today's conference, I am aware that everyone has been making many guesses online over the past two days and is full of anticipation."

"I can give you all a hint here…"

"The matters to be announced at today's conference hold extremely profound, even epoch-making strategic significance, not just for our Xia Nation, but for the future evolution of all human civilization."

As his words fell, everyone felt a tingling sensation on their scalps.

The future evolution of human civilization?!

Epoch-making strategic significance?!

If such words were spoken by the CEO of a tech company, everyone would just treat it as a gimmick in a capital market presentation.

But coming from Elder Zhang, the nature of the statement changed completely!

This was absolutely not an exaggeration, but a definitive tone set after rigorous verification by the state apparatus!

Watching the extremely shocked expressions of the crowd below, Elder Zhang chuckled softly, his tone relaxing slightly, revealing a sense of unshakable confidence as immovable as a mountain.

"Precisely because the matter is so significant, the leadership decided that an old man had to be here to preside over it to make it seem more solemn."

"However, I can only be considered an observer responsible for holding the fort today."

Elder Zhang turned slightly, extending his palm toward the young man beside him, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration and trust.

"All the content to be released next…"

"I will now invite Comrade Lin Yuan to introduce it to everyone."

An extremely brief opening statement, consisting of only a few sentences in total.

But after these few words fell, the atmosphere of the entire venue had been pushed into a state of extremely focused, high-pressure tension.

All cameras swarmed toward the other young man on the podium.

Lin Yuan.

Facing this overwhelming attention, Lin Yuan's expression remained as calm as ever.

He showed no signs of being flattered, simply nodding slightly to politely acknowledge Elder Zhang at his side, before turning to face the audience.

Then, he spoke.

"Friends from the media, viewers watching the livestream."

"Hello everyone."

His voice was clear, steady, and unhurried.

There was no deliberate passion or affected pretentiousness; that sense of relaxation was just like an old friend talking to you face-to-face.

"Everyone must be very curious about what is actually going to be announced at today's conference."

"After all, the teaser didn't explain anything, leaving you all agonizingly guessing for two days."

Lin Yuan's words allowed the crowd's previously tense nerves to relax for a moment.

The comments in the online livestream also flashed by rapidly:

"God Lin, you know that too! For the past two days, I've even been dreaming about what's going to be released; I've almost pulled my hair out!"

However, Lin Yuan was not in a hurry to reveal the answer.

"Speaking of which…"

His gaze lifted slightly, and his tone took on a touch of reminiscence.

"The last time I participated in a major press conference, it must have been that release for the Fifth-Generation Communication Technology."

Mentioning "Fifth-generation Communication," many foreign media journalists' expressions turned extremely ugly, while domestic journalists quickly recalled that grand occasion.

The grandeur of that conference is still vivid in their minds to this day.

With that single battle, the Xia Nation shattered the West's decades-long technological monopoly in the communications field, ascending in one step to become the unique rule-maker in the global communications arena.

That was a major press conference that completely changed the world's communication landscape.

And now, Lin Yuan had brought it up again.

"Coincidentally—"

Lin Yuan's lips curled slightly, his tone revealing a touch of deep meaning.

"One of the core items of today's conference also has a deep connection to communication technology."

Communication?

Related to communication again?

Once these words were spoken, the sharp-nosed journalists below suddenly held their breath, their brains beginning to spin wildly as they tried to extract information from this keyword.

The Fifth-generation Communication has only just been fully rolled out globally; could they be announcing the sixth generation so soon?

No, that doesn't fit the objective laws of technological iteration; it's too early!

Before the journalists could sort out a clear logical thread, Lin Yuan's voice rang out again.

He did not rush to fill the blanks in everyone's minds, but instead threw out a guiding question in an extremely natural way.

"Everyone, after the popularization of Fifth-generation Communication, what is the most intuitive feeling you have in your daily lives?"

He paused for less than a second, his gaze sweeping across the room, answering his own question.

"It is speed."

This sentence clearly entered the eardrums of everyone inside and outside the venue.

"In the past, we were accustomed to communicating using text and images, because the communication bandwidth at that time was only enough to carry this basic information."

"Later, with the deployment of faster communication technologies, we entered a full-scale video era, where high-definition, face-to-face real-time interaction became a daily standard."

"Every leap in communication technology has never fundamentally changed the cold numbers on a parameter table."

"Rather, it is the way humans perceive and experience the world."

Lin Yuan's speaking speed remained unhurried, but every word he uttered acted like a carefully designed thought rail, guiding the minds of hundreds of millions of people step by step toward that grand coordinate he had long since preset.

"From text, to images, to video…"

"Then after video, what will be the next era?"

Speaking up to this point, Lin Yuan's voice paused.

Inside the entire press conference hall, you could hear a pin drop.

In the livestream, hundreds of millions of viewers held their breath at this moment.

Next, it was time to reveal the answer.

Lin Yuan spoke softly into the microphone in front of him.

"It is…"

"Fully immersive virtual reality."

"Or, you can also call it…"

"The second world!"