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Chapter 674 - 674 673. Perform a handstand eating a keyboard_1

Chapter 674: 673. Perform a handstand eating a keyboard_1 Chapter 674: 673. Perform a handstand eating a keyboard_1 It was surprising that there were very few reviews for Lu Ban’s new device “Morning Star”.

While the microblog topics were still a chaotic mess, most of them were discussions by cloud gamers who hadn’t been to the electronic game expo.

And those who had actually tried it out, none of them made a peep.

This felt very odd.

If Lu Ban’s device was amazing and the games were fun, they would have been hyped up long ago.

If it were the other way around, there would definitely be people blasting Lu Ban.

This silence now was unsettling.

It was as if dark clouds filled the sky, as though a wild storm could break out at any moment, yet there was no lightning or thunder at all.

No one knew whether Lu Ban had succeeded or failed this time.

But some people did notice a few clues.

For instance, Zheng Li noticed that an up-and-coming YouTuber from a gaming area known as Old Eggplant, seemed a bit odd after attending the Yannan Electronic Game Expo.

Besides the two VLOGs about the expo, Old Eggplant hadn’t updated any other videos. Although it’s normal for YouTubers to go silent, Old Eggplant had experienced Lu Ban’s “Morning Star” trial play. Such a big event and he didn’t mention it at all?

Moreover, Zheng Li had watched Old Eggplant’s live streams, where he usually played some of the latest games, but after he came back from the Yannan Expo, he never played games again on stream; it was mostly just chatting and other time-filling content.

Was it that Lu Ban’s game was so outlandish, it made Old Eggplant lose faith in the gaming world?

Or was it like Lu Ban’s previous films, which delivered such an ultimate shock that now they didn’t even know how to be human anymore?

Zheng Li carefully searched online for reviews of Lu Ban’s “Morning Star”, and most players who had attended the black room test hadn’t made any comments, though there were exceptions.

Zheng Li found a comment by an internet user named “Melancholic Blues”.

This netizen first posted their ticket to the Yannan Electronic Game Expo and photos of the queue for the black room, clarifying that they weren’t role-playing but had genuinely attended the expo and participated in the trial play.

Up to this point, the post was still quite normal.

But reading on, Zheng Li started to get lost.

“…The moment I put on the helmet and spoke the start command, the entire world changed.”

“I felt as if I were in the midst of the universe, surrounded by a spectacular array of stars. The feeling was so real that I forgot I was still inside an exhibition hall.”

“Following the guidance of the staff, I tried one of the applications. Oh yes, there were three environment options to choose from: forest, ocean, and tundra. I chose the ocean.”

“After selecting the ocean, I immediately heard the sound of the waves. Then, there was this cool sensation. I looked down and saw my feet submerged in sea water, frothy with white foam, and the soft damp sand beneath them. I looked ahead to see the turquoise sea and the blue sky; I was truly standing on the beach.”

“It’s hard to describe this feeling. I bent down, reached out to touch the sand. I could even see the little crabs hiding in it. The rough texture of the granules slid through my fingertips. I scooped up the sea water, so cool and refreshing. I even took a sip, and the intensely salty water flowed down my throat.”

“It was marvelous. I felt I was genuinely in that world, standing on the beach.”

“After a ten-minute experience, I took off the helmet, everything seemed so surreal, like I had just woken from a dream.”

“In just a few seconds, I went from the bright sunlight back inside the exhibition hall, from illusion back to reality. For the first time, I felt the real world was so small, constrained, and suffocating.”

“I stepped out of the dark room and looked at the people outside. For the first time, I became aware of the limitations of this world,” he said.

“But what I felt more deeply was a sense of sorrow, the sorrow of a game player,” he added.

“Why did I have to encounter such a device at this time? I could have been content playing those cookie-cutter games to pass the time, waiting years for an excellent masterpiece to come out, occasionally searching for those intricate indie games for fun. But now, after experiencing ‘Morning Star,’ the world is no longer the same to me,” he lamented.

Before ‘Morning Star’ was even officially released, I already lost interest in all other games. Why is this happening? If I’ve sinned, let God punish me, not by letting me play ‘Morning Star’ ahead of time,” he cried out.

After reading this review, Zheng Li had only one thought in his head.

“Isn’t this a bit too exaggerated?” he questioned.

As he continued reading the comments, he found that many shared his opinion.

“According to his description, you wear the helmet on your head and lie in a chair—how could you possibly feel the sand and seawater under your feet, or even bend over to drink water?” one commented skeptically.

“If I hadn’t tried VR devices before, I might have believed your nonsense. How can VR be so cool and refreshing? If VR had reached this level, I’d eat my keyboard while doing a handstand right now!” another mocked.

“This is too fake, to be honest. If you had said the graphics are great, the resolution high, and the framerate stable, I might find it somewhat believable. Because it’s just a trial run in the dark room, we can’t see for ourselves anyway. But now you’re talking about feeling the sea and even little crabs—that’s just too far-fetched,” another wrote dismissively.

“Has the bar for writing advertorials dropped this low? Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is getting in on it. Look at what you’re saying—do you really think the masses are going to buy it?” one commented disdainfully.

Zheng Li also felt that what was described in the article didn’t sound like a game, but more like the kind of brain-implant technology from a sci-fi novel. The problem was, if such technology had actually been developed, it would be a bit too extravagant for Lu Ban to use it solely for a game, wouldn’t it?

He suspected that the writer might have just copied it from some sci-fi novel.

At the same time, Old Eggplant also came across the article.

After reading it, he was certain that this person, like himself, had also experienced ‘Morning Star.’

It was precisely because of this that Old Eggplant knew if he were to tell the truth about his experience, nobody would believe it was real.

This was also part of the reason for his distress.

Why did it have to be this way?

He had encountered an ultimate invincible gaming device and gained an unprecedented, incomparable gaming experience. These two happy events should have combined to ferment into many more joyful and delightful moments; that’s how it should have been.

But Old Eggplant couldn’t share this experience with anyone, and it was incredibly painful.

Now, whether it was the people who had experienced ‘Morning Star,’ those who were convinced ‘Morning Star’ was going to be a colossal flop, or just the onlookers enjoying the spectacle, they all surprisingly arrived at the same question in their hearts.

How much longer until ‘Morning Star’ is released?

What exactly is Lu Ban’s game?

And soon, Lu Ban provided the answer.

On January 1st, ‘Morning Star’ would be released in China.

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