Translator: _Min_ Editor: Caron_
At the end of the hallway in the community center was a large office modified from a conference room. The discussion behind the half-closed doors didnât seem to stop; it looked quite busy inside.
Although the reorganization that happened a while ago affected most departments, this was the only department that hadnât changed.
A board carved with words hung on the wall crookedly: <Godly Land Game Developing Department>
Right now, the makeshift office was jam-packed.
âThe mission brief is completed. Old Zhang, are you done with the text?â
âDone. Wait one moment, Iâll send it to you.â
âModels Code C10087 to C10129 NPC have been completed. The rest would be here, and a total of 17 AI must be inputted manually, take a lookâŠâ
The conference room was separated into individual offices with boards. Fifty programmers with dark eyebags worked in front of the hologram computers and continued to refine the virtual reality MMORPG.
In front of a hologram computer, Du Yongkong scanned through the lines of code. As the director of the game, he didnât need to personally type the code like the programmers - he only needed to audit the work of each team and direct game development.
The work sounded simple, but it wasnât easy at all. The work of fifty people was audited by only him. It was easy to see the impact his workload had on him from the deep eyebags on his face.
But he didnât mind the tiring work, or rather, he enjoyed it. He was just a chief engineer before the war and never acted as a game director. But life pulled a big prank on him as he finally got his dream position after the war.
He hadnât shut his eyes for 24 hours already. After he audited the last line of code, he was planning to nap for a bit on the table, but he happened to see a surprising person.
With Jiang Chen at the door, Du Yongkongâs eyes lit up as he immediately got up to greet him.
After catching up for a bit, Jiang Chen finally got to business.
âDonât be so nervous, Iâm just here to take a look. Also, did you finish the server?â
âAlready done.â Du Yongkong nodded. The humble programmer didnât know how to flatter people, so he just kept smiling and smiling.
Although he looked a bit comical, Jiang Chen really liked simple people like this.
âLet me see.â
âNo problem! Please follow me.â Du Yongkong bowed respectfully and led Jiang Chen to the adjacent junk room.
The condition of the junk room was typical of a programmer as there were unorganized paper boxes stacked together. Considering the tidiness of the room, Du Yongkongâs expression looked awkward as he scratched his head.
âItâs okay, I donât mind. Just let me see the prototype of the helmet.â
âAh, okay, heh.â Du Yongkang laughed, rather embarrassed, as he began to dig through the boxes. He moved away a few boxes filled with papers before he managed to drag out the box that contained five virtual reality helmets.
Looking at the helmets in the box, Jiang Chen felt an inexplicable excitement.
If vessels and cannons were a source of romance for men, then virtual reality helmets were the source of romance all netizens longed for. Jiang Chen could say with confidence that for anyone who read web novels or played MMORPGs or single player games, there wasnât a single person who didnât dream of the ability to use a virtual reality helmet to write their own story in the world created by 0s and 1s.
âGeneral?â
âYouâre not a soldier, just call me boss.â
âOkay boss.â Du Yongkong laughed timidly as he scratched the back of his head. âIs this what you wanted?â
Jiang Chen took a helmet from the box as he carefully observed it in his hands.
It had a tainted crystal surface along with a bluish-black polyethylene shell, resembling an aerodynamic motorcycle helmet. At the back of the helmet was a âsmall tailâ covered in scales, the length was close to neck length, and it could connect oneâs neural network through microcircuits, interfering with the brain field.
It weighed around 1-2 kilograms, slightly heavier than a motorcycle helmet. But it didnât matter since the helmet was activated when the user was in REM sleep mode. Therefore, not a lot of people would choose to play this game while standing up.
âHow much molybdenum does one virtual reality helmet require?â Jiang Chen asked.
âWithout accounting for improper production material waste, around 300 grams,â Du Yongkang said affirmatively.
â300 grams?â Jiang Chen fell into deep thought as he stroked his chin.
Therefore, one ton of molybdenum could produce at least 3000 virtual reality helmets. Once he solved the molybdenum mine problem, this could be produced on a large scale. Of course, there was no rush since before this could be launched officially, Jiang Chen planned to conduct an internal test with some volunteers in the modern world to optimize the game.
Since it was an MMORPG from a different era, the degree of cultural acceptance from the 21st century would differ from the 22nd century; he didnât want to decrease the quality of the game because of lack of attention to cultural appropriateness.
â⊠To produce 100 prototypes, the logistics department took apart a chamber to gather enough molybdenum. Why would we not use the chamber as the platform in the game? Compared to this outdated technology, the more advanced chamber would be better in both performance and comfort.â
[What? Took apart a chamber?]
[Thatâs a big lossâŠ] Jiang Chen cursed in his mind, but he didnât show any of it on his face.
âPerformance? Would playing the game with the helmet make the game lag?â
âIt wonât lag. Lag wonât be displayed in the game with rather simple physics,â Du Yongkong said.
âThen it would be okay. This type of fantasy game doesnât need to have a realistic physics model. Donât take apart any more chambers though; I only need the one hundred helmets for now,â Jiang Chen said.
Du Yongkong nodded. Seeing that Jiang Chen wasnât going to change his mind, he didnât speak any more. He was only making a recommendation for his boss; there was no reason to argue with the boss over it.
âThen thatâs all. Iâll get people to transport the server and the helmets in a bit. Also, I almost forgot, did you add security measures to the helmets?â Jiang Chen patted his own head and asked hastily.
âI did - the molybdenum gold dense lead barrier can prevent any scanning. Also, if anyone attempted to open the helmet, the internal security circuit would forcefully overload and destroy all the graphene circuits and chips inside the helmet. It would become a piece of junkâŠâ
But would anyone really want this outdated technology? Du Yongkong muttered in his mind with skepticism.
Jiang Chen happily patted him on the shoulder. âHaha, good job. Go find Wang Qin in a bit. All the game developers will receive 50 crystals. This is the reward for your hard work!â
âThank you Boss!â Du Yongkong was ecstatic.
50 crystals were equivalent to a NAC knightâs basic salary for a month.
He didnât have any more doubts about the bossâ decision.
Who cares? As long as the boss was happy.