Zhang Zhai distributed the 1,000 places for the internal testing at random. As a result, the people who qualified for the internal testing were really random.

Zhai Cheng, in the laboratory on the first floor.

"Xiao Zhai, this...virtual helmet, can you see if it can..."

Chief Xie's virtual projection was standing in front of Zhang Zhai.

Chief Xie had a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face and hesitated to speak.

"Ahem... I mean, Xiao Zhai, can you give me a... virtual helmet?"

Chief Xie said, his face turned red.

Zhang Zhai looked at Chief Xie and felt a little funny, "Mr. Xie, you are already that old after all, why are you interested in the virtual world?"

"Bullshit! What's wrong with your age? Who said that when you get older, you can't be interested in new things? This is gangster logic!" Chief Xie said, blowing his beard and staring.

"As you get older, you need to be exposed to new things, otherwise you will be pedantic and stubborn and will be eliminated by the times!"

"Mr. Xie, what you said makes sense." Zhang Zhai said with a smile, and then shook his head, "But... the virtual helmet is gone. Mr. Xie, you are late."

"Really gone?" Chief Xie said with wide eyes.

"It's really gone." Zhang Zhai said with certainty.

"A total of one thousand virtual helmets were produced and distributed to one thousand people who participated in the internal test three minutes ago, so I'm sorry, Mr. Xie." Zhang Zhai said with regret.

"Moreover, Mr. Xie, the virtual helmet is still in the testing stage and its functions are not yet perfect. When the virtual world is officially open for public testing or officially operational, I will send you a virtual helmet with complete, mature and stable functions."

"When that time comes, will I still use you as a gift?" Chief Xie glanced at Zhang Zhai.

Zhang Zhai smiled and said nothing.

Commander Xie glanced at Zhang Zhai and was silent for a moment. After a moment, he shook his head and said, "That's all. I mainly want to experience the reality of the virtual world. Since I'm making things difficult for you, then forget it."

"However, I still have a question to ask you." Chief Xie continued,

"I want to know, is the virtual world highly realistic?"

Before Zhang Zhai could answer, Chief Xie added another sentence.

"Do you think it is possible to use the virtual world to train troops? You have been in charge of virtual battlefields before, and I want to hear your opinion."

Zhang Zhai heard this, thought for a moment, and replied.

"Theoretically, there is no problem. The virtual world is a free world and you can do anything in it.

But it can only train combat awareness, and there is certainly no way to improve physical fitness.

Moreover, war robots are about to enter service now. It no longer makes much sense to enhance the personal combat capabilities of soldiers.

And, most importantly, the cost of training is expensive, and may even be very high.”

At the end of the sentence, Zhang Zhai laughed inexplicably.

Chief Xie was a little confused when he heard this and frowned.

After thinking for a moment, his eyebrows stretched again, he raised his head and said to Zhang Zhai in a funny way: "Don't worry, if the army wants to enter the virtual world for training, it will definitely purchase virtual helmets at market prices. If it is worth it, the training cost will be trivial."

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As for training, it must focus on training command awareness."

"Then there is no problem." Zhang Zhai said with a smile, "After all, research and development is very expensive, and Zhai City is also poor! If I are allowed to provide it to the army at cost price, then..."

"Bullshit! When has China ever mistreated its talents?" Chief Xie said with wide eyes.

…

Ten minutes later, Chief Xie and Zhang Zhai ended the call happily.

"A1, are there any other important people who have signed up for the internal beta test of Xihe Technology? Let me hear about it?"

"Great Elder, Elder No. 2..." A1 read out a list of people's names. Finally, she said at the end: "But unfortunately, none of them have qualified for the internal test. Father, we need to make separate virtual machines for them."

Helmet?”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhai felt a little helpless and shook his head, "No, it's because they were unlucky if they didn't draw. If they say it's random, they'll draw randomly. If they didn't draw, forget it."

…

Purple Light Pavilion.

In front of the elders, the secretary looked a little embarrassed.

"Elder, the virtual world internal test qualification you applied for... failed... you were not among the randomly selected places."

"If not, then there won't be. The chance is one in 80,000, so it's normal if you don't get it." The elder shook his head indifferently.

"If you get it, it's a shady case." The elder said, looking in the direction of Zhai Cheng, and laughed.

…

On the tenth day, at two o'clock in the morning, there were still eight hours until the virtual world closed beta began.

"Father, the virtual world-the map of the capital has been created. Can it be started immediately?"

"Let's start running." Hearing this, Zhang Zhai also had a smile on his face.

"Okay, Father."

The virtual world starts running, and naturally nothing can be seen from the surface of the quantum computer.

"Can a quantum computer carry the virtual world?" Zhang Zhai had a smile on his face and was a little excited at this time.

"It can barely handle the operation of the virtual world and takes up 90% of the resources of the quantum computer." A1 said.

"Well, after a certain number of virtual helmets are connected and the quantum chip inside is used to assist in calculations, the calculation pressure should be reduced," Zhang Zhai said.

"Yes, father."

Zhang Zhai nodded and looked at the virtual helmet placed on the workbench, feeling a little excited.

Virtual world! Let me experience it!

Zhang Zhai adjusted his seat and sitting posture, and then directly picked up the virtual helmet.

He glanced at the inner wall of the virtual helmet, and then put the virtual helmet on his head.

The virtual helmet fits the head perfectly. The moment he puts it on, it blocks out light and sound, plunging Zhang Zhai into a quiet world of pure darkness.

Zhang Zhai raised his head and touched the outside of the virtual helmet. The button was raised. As soon as he touched it, he touched it. Zhang Zhai pressed it with slight force for three seconds.

"Ding..." A prompt sounded, and Zhang Zhai quickly put away his hand and put it on his body.

The next second, Zhang Zhai felt some numbness and itching on his head, but this feeling only lasted for a moment and then disappeared.

After a moment, Zhang Zhai saw the dark screen in front of him, and a prompt appeared:

"The virtual helmet has been started and initialized...scanned the pupils...started to bind the user, and the binding was successful..."

"The virtual helmet starts to connect to the Internet...the connection is successful! Start entering the virtual world!"

…

The next moment, Zhang Zhai suddenly felt that the darkness in front of him suddenly disappeared and turned into dazzling white light, making him almost unable to open his eyes.

My body felt like it was turning upside down, and my whole body felt like it was swirling in the water.

But this feeling only lasted for a short moment, and it was over before I could feel sick.

The next second, Zhang Zhai saw that the whole world had changed.

He suddenly came to this strange place from the laboratory.

…

Zhang Zhai lowered his head and looked at himself. The white coat was gone, replaced by ragged single clothes. The clothes were very thin and had many holes, as were the pants.

He looked like a sloppy beggar.

"Hoo~" A biting cold wind blew by, bringing a chill. Zhang Zhai, who was wearing single clothes, couldn't help but tremble.

This gust of wind not only brought a chill, but also brought a pungent odor, the smell of decay.

Zhang Zhai stretched out his hand and touched his head. He did not touch the virtual helmet. The touch on his forehead was very real.

“It feels very real... not bad”

Zhang Zhai said calmly.

At this moment, Zhang Zhai finally raised his head and looked at the surrounding environment.

He was standing barefoot on the collapsed building. Wherever he could see it, it was desolate and dilapidated. There were ruins of buildings filled with rubble and rubble everywhere. Weeds had grown around the collapsed building, but they were worse than weeds.

Most of them are garbage that can be seen everywhere. The smell just now came from these garbage.

Zhang Zhai raised his head and looked at the sky.

The sky was dark, and there seemed to be thick smoke drifting away at any time.

However, behind the dark sky, there are some looming suspended buildings. They are high above the clouds, and the lights are shining brightly at this time, as if to show their prosperity.

"The sky is heaven and the ground is hell. After the war, everything is desolate. This scene is really shocking."
To be continued...