Sure enough, in the next instant, the previously disappeared Huang Si reappeared not far away... Perhaps he shouldn't be called Huang Si anymore. Judging by a certain hint icon above his head, it means Huang Xiaopang has come online.
Huang Xiaopang possesses the highest technical authority of the internal test system. He can see He Kao's virtual coordinates, so after coming online, he directly refreshed in front of He Kao with the avatar of a digital person.
As soon as Huang Xiaopang appeared, he exclaimed, "I just wanted to go online, and I found my virtual avatar being summoned by the system. What did you do to me?"
He Kao: "I just chatted with Huang Si and asked about how your relationship with Meng Ya is developing recently?"
Xiaopang stomped his feet and said, "Nasty! Shameless! Our system hasn't developed that kind of feature..."
The peripherals of the current digital life project haven't developed jumping functions. The operator can only walk on a smart carpet wearing sensory and protective equipment.
However, the system can also judge the user's emotions based on their tone and perform corresponding actions in the virtual world, such as Xiaopang's current stomping pose β which is already quite an impressive achievement.
He Kao interrupted with a smile, "What kind of feature, huh?"
Huang Xiaopang was speechless for a moment and angrily retorted, "That kind of feature! Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"
He Kao shook his head and said, "I really don't know what you're thinking. Listen carefully, I just asked Huang Si β how is your relationship with Meng Ya developing? Not how Huang Si's relationship with Meng Ya is developing!
I was asking about real-world matters, not about the virtual world. And Huang Si couldn't answer, babbling about how young people establish intimate relationships... Who input this text data?"
Huang Xiaopang: "Isn't that even more absurd? What kind of relationship do I have with Meng Ya? How would a virtual digital person know, and why would I let him know?"
At this point, he suddenly looked up and shouted, "Qian Guran, Old Qian, President Qian! He Kao is messing around, feeding illegal data to my digital person..."
Right then, Qian Guran's avatar also suddenly refreshed beside them, starting to laugh, "What illegal data? Don't you and Xiaomeng often log into your digital person accounts and agree to meet here?"
Xiaopang had already activated the call system embedded in the digital life project when he called for Qian Guran. This system is compatible with Tengxin Group's self-developed social software WeChat and can leave messages for friends.
Usually, Qian Guran would only see Huang Xiaopang's voice messages on his phone, but this time, Old Qian happened to also log into his digital person account, so he directly refreshed here.
Both He Kao and Huang Xiaopang were startled. Xiaopang said, "You don't go home after work, still playing games in the office?"
Qian Guran: "What playing games? This is our self-developed project, I'm working overtime here!"
He Kao said to Xiaopang, "Since you've summoned Old Qian, why don't you try calling Meng Ya to see if she's online?"
Even if He Kao hadn't mentioned it, Xiaopang would have called anyway. Originally, after work, she logged into the virtual town under her digital person's identity, just to meet Meng Ya.
After calling Meng Ya, sure enough, another digital person refreshed nearby, it was indeed Meng Ya, whose appearance and attire were almost identical to her real-life self.
Qian Guran was just about to crack a joke but quickly stopped, as Lin Qingshuang also refreshed β she came online with Meng Ya.
The digital life project of Tengxin Group's Qi Yuan Branch has begun to be promoted locally. Although it has not been officially publicized, it already has its first batch of customers, including Lin Qingshuang, Li Chun, and Shi Haotu.
Meng Ya is not considered a customer; she was invited by Huang Xiaopang as a test participant.
Xiaopang's actions are not considered abuse of power because the project itself requires recruitment of various personnel for testing, generating different digital persons β who better to choose than someone you know.
The equipment used to log into a digital person varies.
The simplest setup only requires a pair of VR glasses with a microphone and operating handle. Just find a comfortable chair, sit down, and the scene is moved by the handle. The cost is just a few thousand.
The most complex setup includes wearable sensory devices, smart moving floors, and protective equipment, requiring at least a 3x3 meter space, with the most expensive costing hundreds of thousands.
Old Qian's office has a set, primarily used for demonstration to leaders and clients.
Lin Qingshuang, being quite wealthy, purchased four of the most expensive login devices at once, all placed in the villa of Qihuang Spirit Garden.
This senior person, after taking disciples, breaking through high-tier cultivation, consuming Pure Yang Pill, is looking increasingly younger, with a youthful mentality, quite interested in such emerging novelties.
Qian Guran and others quickly stepped forward to salute Lin Qingshuang, who waved her hand, "No need to be so formal!"
Then she remarked, "This place is really nice! You all are busy with work, hard to gather, but setting a time to meet here feels almost like meeting face to face."
The fact that they could perform saluting and waving actions indicates they are all wearing a full set of login equipment in reality.
Xiaopang said, "Master, you're just in time, I need to ask you something. Does Qihuang Spirit Garden have an Alchemy Cauldron?"
Lin Qingshuang: "Of course, there is an Alchemy Cauldron, but you just broke through to Tier Two cultivation, and there's no need for you to use that... Don't aim too high, at least wait until you've broken through high-tier cultivation."
Xiaopang: "It's not for me to use, someone wants me to ask if they can borrow it?"
Lin Qingshuang: "This is a special magical artifact, and a heavy one at that, how could it be loaned out? Who have you befriended recently that you would even consider such a thing?"
Xiaopang: "It's He Kao who wants to borrow it. Phoenix Tail Town definitely has one, but it's too far and inconvenient, so he came to ask me. We just talked about it at noon today."
Hearing this, Lin Qingshuang changed her tone, turned to He Kao, and said: "Xiao Kao, with your cultivation, you can try to study alchemy techniques, but don't get too obsessed and delay your own cultivation.
Dan, tools, talismans, arrays are all useful methods, each forming their own system yet interrelated. The deeper you study, the more achievements you make, the easier it is to get lost in them. Even if you dedicate your entire life, it will still feel endless.
But don't forget that your cultivation is the foundation. These methods are just supplementary. If your cultivation progresses slowly, engaging in auxiliary research is not a bad idea, just don't get your priorities mixed up.
These methods, the higher your cultivation, the more you can master..."
Her words were completely like a teacher advising her disciple, and He Kao respectfully nodded and said: "I will remember, thank you for the guidance, senior!"
Lin Qingshuang: "I do have an alchemy cauldron here. If you want to study alchemy, you can take it and use it."
He Kao quickly said: "I won't take it away, just borrow it when needed and inform you in advance."
Lin Qingshuang shook her head and said: "Running back and forth is too troublesome. I have a spare one here, I'll have someone send it to your home. No rush to return it, just don't break it..."
After thinking for a moment, she added, "It's not easy to break that thing anyway."
He Kao was a bit embarrassed: "How can I accept this!"
Lin Qingshuang: "What's there to be embarrassed about with me? Actually, this alchemy cauldron is somewhat related to the Huiming Shi Family, and it can be said to be connected to your karma."
How can the alchemy cauldron she lent to He Kao have any relation to the Huiming Shi Family? Lin Qingshuang explained further.
Qihuang Spirit Garden is a spirit medicine base collaborating with the Observing Body Sect. Many spirit medicines have time-sensitive picking requirements, meaning they need to be processed immediately upon picking, so local processing is the most convenient.
The Qihuang Spirit Garden has an alchemy room, and the alchemy cauldron inside originally belonged to Lin Qingshuang.
The Observing Body Sect often organizes young disciples to visit Qihuang Spirit Garden to learn how to identify, cultivate, harvest, and process spirit medicines, frequently borrowing Lin Qingshuang's alchemy room for processing. Lin Qingshuang herself rarely uses it.
Even though Lin Qingshuang didn't mind, others gradually felt a bit embarrassed over time.
After the Huiming Shi Family was destroyed, many legacy magical artifacts were found in their secret vault, including a very high-quality alchemy cauldron. The Ancestral Hall assigned it to the Observing Body Sect, which then transported it to the Qihuang Spirit Garden.
So, Lin Qingshuang could completely lend her own alchemy cauldron to He Kao, as he's not an outsider after all.
At noon today, He Kao asked Xiaopang because Floating Colors Grotto Heaven also had a lot of spirit medicines. He Kao obtained the alchemy technique inheritance from Li Xiuyuan and could try to make various spirit pills on his own.
He Kao's original thought was just to borrow the alchemy room when necessary, but unexpectedly, Lin Qingshuang was generous enough to have someone send the alchemy cauldron directly to his house, which is in the old courtyard of Pugang Town.
Beside him, Meng Ya secretly pursed her lips, thinking to herself that the master was biased, as her attitude towards Xiaopang was completely different from that towards He Kao.
However, the act of pursing lips couldn't be seen because in the virtual world, the digital person didn't perform it. The equipment Meng Ya was using couldn't capture her real expressions, and the digital person's expressions are automatically generated through the tone of voice.
Meeting in a virtual scene as digital people, although it feels almost like meeting a real person face to face, there are significant differences.
For instance, in this situation, the Xingshen Sect experts' skill in "perceiving people's hearts" is greatly diminished, and the Qi Observation Sect experts' divine techniques to discern "people among people" are ineffective.
This is because they need to see real people, not virtual digital people.
As long as you pay attention to your tone of voice, even if Elder Li Xiuyuan were present in this situation, he might find it difficult to judge true emotions and the authenticity of expressions.
He Kao had already noticed this phenomenon, but he was more interested in another phenomenon. Just now, everyone appeared in front of him one after another as the system directly refreshed to this virtual coordinate point, looking as if they appeared out of nowhere.
People from different places can appear in the same spot out of thin air, isn't this equivalent to the invisibility ability? In this virtual world, everyone is effectively a "Hidden Moth"!
This is a virtual world, or one could say an illusion realm, but it can't be said that everything seen is illusory, for virtual things aren't created out of nothing, they all have their real-world karma.
Even if it's just personal imagination, it originates from emotions and understanding...
Lin Qingshuang was indeed straightforward, sending someone the next day with a small truck to deliver the alchemy cauldron to Pugang Town. She even chose an evening time, convenient for He Kao to receive it after work.
This was a medium-sized alchemy cauldron, about 1.2 meters high and weighing 500 pounds, and it was unloaded in the yard using the small lifting equipment on the truck.
After the delivery person left, He Kao closed the door, turned around, and single-handedly grabbed the cauldron's ear, lifting it upstairs. It seemed like he was carrying it by hand, but he was actually using the object manipulation skill.
He Kao carried the alchemy cauldron all the way into the chamber upstairs, and in the next moment, he appeared in Floating Colors Grotto Heaven.
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