Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 106: Virtual Reality

“Captain, we have already destroyed the Octopus King in Mount Sakurajima.”

Fan Chen was speechless when he heard the report from General Luo shortly after he woke up.

"Did you detect any unknown object inside the Octopus King?" What is meant here is Space Worm.

There was a brief silence there before General Luo replied to him, “No unknown object, nothing suspicious. Octopus King exterminated without remainder.”

Fan Chen lowered his head, covering his face with his hands. "The Wind Pigeon Bird that is two levels below the Octopus King has Space Worms inside his brain, but the Octopus King does not ..."

He knew something was wrong here, there could not be no Space Worm inside the Octopus King, but he did not know how this could happen. All he could think about right now was that the Space Worm pierced through the Octopus King's head when it sensed danger, then dived deeper into Mount Sakurajima.

"All projects, must be accelerated!"

...***...

—30 Days Later—

It had been two months since the Second Disaster broke out, humans all over the world had suffered countless calamities, many casualties falling every second, but mutant beasts and zombies had no sign of decline.

But no matter the outer region, Mingyue Defense experienced a satisfactory development within this one month.

The Anti-Gravity Mothership already has an additional unit, but only one is actually operating according to the procedure. The others, controlled only by Xiaochu, however, the personnel who could operate them were extremely limited.

The Rocket Launching Site is fully built, the Underground City Project is complete, the Quantum Computer is perfect, and it no longer has a single Artificial Intelligence.

Utilizing Space Worms, the lifespan of humans increased to 200 years, so 78-year-old Academician Song, now looks fit like he is still in his 40s.

The potion developed from Space Worms has undergone hundreds of trials, including using Iron Skin which is the Chairman of the Guangdong Branch Black Eagle Group as an experimental material.

But despite the satisfactory data, Fan Chen remained uncertain, until he used the Scan Feature, and the system said there was no harmful content.

It was only after that, that he used this potion for every top-tier personnel in Mingyue Defense. For ordinary people, they would have to redeem it for 10,000 Coins.

This was a very, very cheap price, even according to the money exchange system in Mingyue Defense, the price of 10 Billion Coins, the rich would definitely still buy it.

...

The Floating Magnet Car Project has been successfully completed, in Mingyue Defense there is no longer a conventional car. Conventional cars are parked on the outside if you want to go on an expedition.

Then because it has Floating Magnet Car, Mingyue Defense does not need to install traffic lights. After all, every Floating Magnet Car has a certain height. Example:

Floating Magnet Cars that come from east to west or vice versa, float with a height of one to two meters above the surface; south to north or vice versa, floats at a height of four to five meters from the surface.

People can walk freely on the streets without worrying about being hit, but if the car floats too low at high speed, the people underneath just need to crouch down to avoid an accident.

...

The Rocket Launch Site has been successfully built, along with 118 SkyNet Satellites. Just need to adjust the exact time for the launch so as not to have an accident.

...

Songshanhu Lake had been successfully controlled by building a military base there, but the operation was not manual, but automatic. Many heavy weapons were stationed, there were even ballistic missiles capable of reaching the Bald Eagle Country.

Although automatic, but there are already 500 personnel in place here, these personnel are not humans, but humanoid robots controlled by Military Artificial Intelligence (Basel), with authority under Xiaochu.

Then most importantly, Scientist Xu Chen managed to create a technology for reading consciousness and brain waves, which were transferred into the virtual world!

Plus with the somatosensory sensor, everything is complete!

***

At this moment, Fan Chen was at Xu Chen Laboratory. To his name, yes, it was indeed this, because at the Xu Chen Laboratory researching anything.

He was resting his body on the soft sofa, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly until he calmed down.

"Xu Chen, I'm ready."

Yun Mingyue, Fan Xiaoyu, Katerina, Wang Bin, Fu Shen, Academy Song, all the staff, including the medical personnel stood behind Xu Chen.

"Sir ..." Fan Xiaoyu looked worried when she saw her brother.

The glass wall above him began to close like the cockpit of a fighter aircraft, then Fan Chen's body was fastened by a belt of waist, legs and hands. It is used to stabilize the body, hold the body when it gets a sting resulting in sudden muscle movement.

Fan Chen stared at the glass wall above him, then he felt a tiny needle-like sting at his nape. This sting made him feel an overwhelming sense of drowsiness.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in the white room. He lowered his head, looking at his hand which was in the form of data.

“Captain, did you hear me?”

Fan Chen looked around when he heard Xu Chen's voice coming out of nowhere. "Yes, I heard it. By the way, can you give me permission to operate the virtual system?"

“Good.”

A moment after hearing that, Fan Chen saw there were dozens of tabs appearing before his eyes. He began to operate these data, coupled with changes to his physical body that were no longer made of data, but looked exactly like a real body.

He operates pain starting from 10% — 100%. As for why not set it to 0%, it is so as not to damage the psychological and health of the user. When it eliminates the pain ratio, it can interfere with the user's perception of pain, disrupt perceptions of reality and impair life.

Example: Too long being in a virtual world that has no pain, it can lead to social isolation and loss of real-world connections. When they come out of the virtual world and still assume that they are in the virtual world when they are back in the real world, maybe they will go crazy which can lead to prolonged pain and death.

Fan Chen continued to operate the data, until the world around him had changed. He was already on a hill with a flower bed around, the wind was blowing softly with the clear sky, but not too hot.

He spread out his hands, he felt a wind that was no different from the real world, the fragrant scent of flower powder, and he felt the moisture from the ground grass that was stepped on.

Then he set the data in front of him, now it is a heavy rain that blasts the body, then volcanic eruptions, then snowstorms, wind storms, thunderous lightning and so forth.

All of this could be felt, and he even felt the experience of being struck by lightning which turned out to be extremely painful.

Fan Chen sighed, he set up another system and exited this virtual space.

The VR Pod where Fan Chen was, suddenly the glass that closed it opened slowly, all of the belts that bound Fan Chen came apart simultaneously, then he opened his eyes slowly.

"Quick! Check Captain!"

Katerina, the General Physician, the Neurosurgeon, the Psychiatrist rushed over to Fan Chen.

Fan Chen received a complete examination, from blood pressure, heart rate, brain waves, nerves, muscles, to taking a blood sample.

"Katerina, the others examined her according to the procedure. You're the Chief Medical Officer, but why do your hands always touch my chest?"

Katerina looked up, looking at Fan Chen with a serious look. "I'm making sure the Captain's heart rate is normal!"

"All right."

Katerina smiled faintly, then she turned to write a report.

"Captain's condition is stable, there are no health problems, no radiation harm to the brain. But, we need to customize this VR Pod to be friendly to its users, especially for the safety belt, although this is very important, but too rigid and gripping the body. If the Captain wasn't a Level 70 Awakened, he might have suffered damage to both muscle and bone."

Wang Bin nodded his head, he recorded what was lacking and started working on refining the VR Pod.

Fan Chen walked over to Fu Shen. "Pod VR can already be said to be used in bulk. We can use the VR Pod to directly control humanoid robots, and we can plunge into battle without fear of death. However, as a soldier, the pain should not be less than 50%. Death means punishment, not allowed to follow the expedition of any kind for three whole months!"

Fu Shen stopped his legs, saluting the military. "Good!"

Fu Shen turned around leaving Xu Chen Laboratory. He already knew what to do after hearing Fan Chen's explanation.

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