175: Chapter 175 Product Launch

"Oh my god, this is future technology!! This is absolutely future technology!"

On the World's largest video platform, in the live stream of top influencer Mr. Beast, the exclamation nearly shattered the microphone.

At the urging of his fans in the chat, MrBeast had just finished watching the five-minute promotional video for the game "journey."

At this moment, MrBeast characteristically clutched his head, leaned back, his face filled with unbelievable shock.

"Guys, we have to watch it again."

Without hesitation, MrBeast dragged the video back to the beginning, playing it repeatedly three or four times, each time accompanied by louder exclamations and more exaggerated expressions.

"When is this game helmet being released?"

MrBeast impatiently flipped through the information, and upon seeing that the launch was on the 12th of next month, a full month away, he felt as if the sky had just collapsed.

Such a fun game, and it's still a month away!

He would have felt three days was too long!

After collecting himself, MrBeast said to the camera, "Alright, alright! Guys, new plan! Put the next series of challenge videos on hold! We're doing this!"

"Guys, we're going to be the first to play it, and I'm going to give away 100 of them! To you!"

MrBeast got more and more excited as he talked, his desire for the game reaching its peak; he was practically itching to play it immediately.

The information said this game featured the first completely realistic physics engine in history.

Who could refuse the chance to gallop across the battlefield at will in a virtual World?

As for it being false advertising, or the game actually being a pile of shit, MrBeast felt the probability was very low.

Not to mention that the global public would drown this company in spit, who would spend nearly two billion U.S. dollars to fertilize such a pile of shit?

As far as he knew, this company spent this much just on purchasing movie copyrights, which had already far exceeded the World's most expensive game development budget.

MrBeast's live stream was just a microcosm of Earth's ten billion population.

At this moment, following the release teaser for the Zheng Tu 1.0 Consciousness Helmet, hashtags like #Zheng Tu 1.0#, #Consciousness Helmet#, and #Second Life# were skyrocketing to the top of global trending lists on major social media platforms...

【This company is crazy! The most insanely expensive endeavor in history. According to expert analysis, to achieve the effects shown in the video, it would cost ten billion U.S. dollars!】 — Penguin News.

【"journey 1.0" ignites the World: A technological revolution or the scam of the century?】 — U.S. Associated Press.

【Safety concerns! Ethicists issue an urgent call: Beware of the identity crisis and social risks that "consciousness transfer" may bring】 — Owen News.

...If anything was more sensitive to this news than the general public, it was the hundreds of millions of core gamers worldwide.

Within hours of the trailer's release, major gaming forums and communities were already completely boiling over.

On the Discord gaming communication platform, a post titled "【journey 1.0】 If all this is real, have all the games we played in the past become prehistoric artifacts?" was pinned to the top of the homepage within ten minutes, with the number of replies instantly exceeding ten thousand.

DragonbornX: "I don't believe it. Brain interface?! Virtual reality?! Sorry, this is too magical."

WallClimber: "If this thing is real, I plan to live in "journey" from now on! "Call of Duty"? That's a shooter for little kids. "Elden Ring"? Can its map compare to even a corner of this alien World? This is simply not on the same level."

Kim Jun-ho: "Don't rush to pop the champagne yet! Remember "No Man's Sky" back in the day? The gap between the trailer and the actual game could circle Earth."

MaxMüller: "Why wait a month? I can't take it anymore. I want to play journey. If I can't play it, I'm going to die."

Mimi-chan: "If it's not too expensive, I'm definitely going to buy it. This is something that only ever appeared in movies. God bless, I actually get to play it in my lifetime."

Street Photographer: "What's the deal with this company? How come I feel like I've heard of it in many places?"

While countless people exclaimed in surprise, there were naturally voices of opposition and skepticism.

Especially regarding the brutal and bloody content in the trailer, many people posted to resist it, including some well-known figures who believed it was 18+ and would damage the values of minors, suggesting it be banned.

But before the company could even speak out, the group of players looking forward to the game immediately launched a spontaneous counterattack, forming a fierce public opinion confrontation with the opposing voices.

Thousands of netizens held their own opinions, and different viewpoints intertwined and collided.

In an instant, the arena of public opinion was surging with wind and clouds, and the entire internet became a battlefield of sharp tongues and swords.

Just like that, another month passed.

Under the gaze of everyone, the launch conference was held as scheduled.

Unlike in the past, this conference was held entirely online; there was no live audience, only a simple official live stream page.

On the day of the conference, at nearly 8 o'clock in the evening.

Hundreds of millions of people around the World flooded into the company's official website live stream simultaneously.

The number of online viewers kept climbing, and the speed of the scrolling comments was too fast to read.

There was only a sea of "It's here! It's here!" representing fanaticism and anticipation, along with a torrent of symbols from various languages.

Some people, looking at the 132 million online viewers in the live stream, were shocked to discover that this was actually a global live stream, without any regional segmentation.

And this detail just happened to reveal the astonishing technical strength of the Third-Party Technology Company behind it.

At eight o'clock sharp, the live stream screen shifted from the countdown to a deep starry sky.

A Nebula slowly rotated, eventually condensing into a humanoid virtual avatar that emitted a soft white light, with a simple and elegant design.

"Good evening, friends around the World. I am the host of tonight's launch conference, Xiao Zhi."

The virtual girl opened her bright, dazzling eyes and greeted the global audience with a pleasant voice.

"Perhaps some of you have seen me; I am the AI assistant for the company's Fangzhi Browser."

This beautiful two-dimensional virtual girl made the global audience even more excited, and howls erupted from all over.

"Sigh, today the company assigned me a task, asking me to introduce our company's new product to everyone."

On the screen, Xiao Zhi sighed slightly and miraculously pulled a square box from below.

The picture on the box was the product of the day, the Zheng Tu 1.0 Consciousness Helmet.

"I originally wanted to refuse, but as soon as I thought about meeting everyone, I came over happily."

Holding the box, Xiao Zhi said happily:

"Now, I will begin to introduce this helmet to everyone."