In the end, Zhao Mingwei walked out of the Path of Ascension alone.
Alma fell asleep halfway through Boiled Meat's rant. His snores were so loud that he couldn't help but furrow his brows.
Sweeping Away Clouds had no choice but to leave the VR equipment and help Black Wok Cooked Meat out.
Very few players were waiting outside the Path of Ascension. After watching Caramel and Thorne perish together, the players outside the Path of Ascension carried Caramel, who had emerged from the Path of Ascension, to the Inner World to receive their rewards.
For the players who had been tortured by Thorne, today was like a carnival.
After Zhao Mingwei exited the Path of Ascension, there were fewer people waiting for him. However, the four old teammates of Sovereign Descension and a newbie stood at the entrance of the Path of Ascension, waiting for Zhao Mingwei's return.
"Did you win?"
Qi Junzi asked nervously. She had tried the Ruler difficulty before. Qi Junzi thought that Thorne was the highest difficulty in the game, but in the end, the Ruler turned out to be an enhanced version of Thorne.
In the true sense of the word, the Guardian's combat skills were slightly worse than Thorne's, but its damage and HP were several times higher. It also had all sorts of disgusting mechanics. It wasn't something that could be defeated by a human.
"We won. What do you guys plan to do after this?"
Zhao Mingwei looked around at his old teammates who he had known for almost eight years. The prize money from the Holy Ghost League was more than enough to pay off their debts. From today onwards, they were free men.
"We took third place in the Holy Ghost League, but we were beaten so badly. Master Xiao, we have to win the next Holy Ghost League, right?" Lin Xi voiced his wish.
"Are you guys interested in joining Leap Nuclei?"
Manager Yin's voice came out of nowhere. Qi Junzi looked at Manager Yin as if he was a cat that had just stolen a fish.
"Aren't you afraid that the next Holy Ghost League will be over?"
As Zhao Mingwei's Guild Leader, Jiang Qiao finally did something befitting of his status. Manager Yin saw that Zhao Mingwei didn't know how to respond, so he waved his hand to indicate that he was only joking.
"Everyone is becoming stronger. The players will also become stronger. Furthermore, with the introduction of powerful NPC reinforcements, the next Holy Ghost League will only be harder than this one."
Manager Yin expressed his opinion to Jiang Qiao, the lousy producer. His words seemed to be directed to Zhao Mingwei's teammates.
The next Holy Ghost League wasn't what Jiang Qiao was concerned about. However, Jiang Qiao was more concerned about how the first, second, and third place winners would use their prizes.
Although the Air Bubble had handed over the assets to Freya for safekeeping, Jiang Qiao had still handed over the bonus to the Cola Fanatic Club. This was what they had won. The bonus was so much that Jiang Qiao was too lazy to count the zeros. It was enough to upgrade the Cola Fanatic Club into a skyscraper.
Mr. Silver had taken 7% of the shares. He could now be considered a minor shareholder of the Alliance of Strife. What was Mr. Silver planning to do with it?
Jiang Qiao didn't hide it and directly asked Mr. Silver.
"I'll use this money to supplement my family expenses. I mean to make up for the club's financial hole. Buying Feng Yi cost me a lot of money. This time, I've made up for it and made a huge profit. It's worth it. However, I'm more concerned about a technology from the parent company of Strife," Mr. Silver replied.
"Strife's parent company?"
Jiang Qiao recalled that the parent company of Strife didn't rely on VR games. Instead, it relied on VR gaming equipment.
They were essentially an equipment manufacturer. However, they weren't successful in making VR equipment. Instead, they developed a VR game that was popular all over the world.
However, Strife's parent company's main line of work was to 'open up a whole new way of playing games'.
"This isn't the place to chat. I also have a lot of questions to ask Player Zhao Mingwei. Let's talk somewhere else." Mr. Silver indicated that they should return to the Jumping Core stronghold first.
The Path of Ascension was in the center of Brandt Island. It was a little far from the Jumping Core stronghold, but in front of flying mounts, this distance wasn't a distance at all.
After returning to the stronghold, Mr. Silver had Little Feather bring out a bunch of chairs. Zhao Mingwei and the others sat down as if they were listening to Mr. Silver's story.
After Mr. Silver and Zhao Mingwei sat down, Mr. Silver didn't hide anything and directly asked Zhao Mingwei about the details of the Path of Ascension.
"Player Zhao Mingwei, you can already control the Second Sleep skill, right?" Mr. Silver was most concerned about the Second Awakening.
Black Pot Cooked Meat fainted in the VR equipment due to exhaustion. It scared Mr. Silver so much that he almost called for all the doctors from the hospital next door.
Now, Black Pot Cooked Meat was on a glucose drip in the hospital next door. The doctors examined him and found that there were no major problems. Instead, Mr. Silver noticed that Black Pot Cooked Meat's injuries had recovered quite a bit.
From Sweeping Cloud's description, Black Pot Cooked Meat seemed to have entered a state similar to the Second Awakening.
"I don't know how to explain it either. I've already sent a screenshot of my skill tree to you." Zhao Mingwei waved his hand and sent a screenshot of his skill tree to Mr. Silver in a private message.
"Tempest Guide, Tempest Roar … Four Godly Radiance Break. Although the skill tree in Holy Ghost is slightly different for everyone, these skills are clearly above your Second Sleep skill. But why are they grayish-white?"
Mr. Silver was now very familiar with Holy Ghost's game system.
Holy Ghost's profession skill system allowed players to learn some additional skills. These additional skills could not only be obtained from skill instructors, but also from hidden quests and so on. But the additional skills weren't very powerful. They were much weaker than one's own skills.
However, Zhao Mingwei's skills above Judge Golden Thunder Tiger … had clearly surpassed the limits of the current players' standards.
"Because I still can't fully unleash them. My level isn't high enough, and I don't have enough mana. But if I want to use them, it's not a problem."
Zhao Mingwei gripped his arm. The feeling of exhaustion after activating Second Sleep still lingered on Zhao Mingwei's body.
"His level isn't high enough. Black Pot is probably in the same situation. Understanding it in advance?
Qi, waves, sword aura, control of one's own strength. It sounds like some fantasy novel, but with a real example in front of me, I can only believe it. "
Mr. Silver was basically able to confirm his thoughts at this point. That was, players could rely on their own control of strength to activate Holy Ghost ahead of time. The upper limit of the game's level limit had yet to be unlocked.
The Second Awakening could be Level 65, Level 70, or even Level 75 content.
In the eyes of many players, this seemed like a bug and very unbalanced thing. But Mr. Silver didn't care about this. He might as well say that the more players understood Second Sleep, the better!
That was his real goal.
So …
"Contestant Zhao Mingwei, what do you think of the current VR equipment?" Mr. Silver said as he used his left hand to lightly press the web between the thumb and index finger of his right hand.
"I'm wearing the G6 Simulator Suit produced by David. The market price is 130,000. Although it's advertised to be able to simulate 100% of the game's tactile feel, from what I feel, it's only about half. Moreover, the simulation's tactile feel is very rough. It's only with the help of Holy Ghost that it has such a 'good' effect. In the most direct way, it's like when you're stroking a cat, it feels like you're stroking a brush."
"F * ck … David G6 Tycoon is a tycoon. We're using G2 now," Lin Xi said as he ridiculed.
The VR equipment they were using now all relied on killing monsters in the Inner World. Among all the VR equipment, the simulator suit was the most expensive set of equipment, and also the most extravagant part.
Because the purpose of the simulator suit was to provide feedback to the various tactile sensations in the VR game, most internet cafes didn't provide the simulator suit. It was just for playing games, and there wasn't much tactile experience.
Lin Xi's G2 Simulator Suit cost about 10,000 on the market, and ordinary families couldn't afford it.
However, these ten thousand or so simulation suits could only provide some feedback on the strength of the attack.
When Zhao Mingwei was in the internet cafes, he used his mobile phone to log into Holy Ghost. Only Zhao Mingwei and the hundred First Beta Gamers had this privilege.
After training with the team, Zhao Mingwei wasn't used to the ability as it was too shocking. However, when facing Alma, Zhao Mingwei used his mobile phone to log in.
"It's not very useful."
Zhao Mingwei commented on the current VR equipment. In the past, he didn't care about the simulator suit as the controls of the VR equipment and the simulator suit weren't much different. Even if he had two VR controllers, Zhao Mingwei would be able to play with them.
But … the Holy Ghost world was addictive. To most VR gamers, the Holy Ghost world could only be seen, heard, and touched.
"All the major manufacturers are trying to recreate the real game experience in VR games, including the newly released sniffing plug-in. However, I feel that the most difficult plug-in is the taste plug-in."
As Silver spoke, he took out an item called the Sweet Sugar Cube from his backpack. This item's description stated that it was the sweetest candy in all of Lionheart City. Silver tossed one into his mouth, but it tasted nothing. He could only feel his own saliva.
The only feedback was that his Health Points recovered by 200 points.
"It's impossible to create a taste plug-in." Gentleman Qi couldn't imagine how to recreate the taste of food in the game.
"No, it can be done. Moreover, the equipment has been developed for a long time," Silver replied.
"Developed?
What's in your mouth?
It's disgusting! "Lin Xi complained mercilessly.
"I'm not just talking about taste, but also touch. All the five senses that a person can think of can be restored in the game world. I think you've already guessed what it is. A fully immersive gaming device, a gaming cabin. This kind of product could only be called 'science fiction' a few years ago, but it has been developed by Dispute's parent company a long time ago."
Even Jiang Qiao was a little surprised by Silver's news. However, he quickly thought of the time when she was in a vegetative state, the hibernation pod she slept in seemed to have this effect. It was just that the outside world didn't know about it.
"Then why isn't it mass-produced?
We haven't even seen it advertised. "Gentleman Qi voiced his doubts.
"Because the VR game industry is too valuable. VR equipment is too profitable." Silver said a very laughable rule in the industry.
"The most fatal reason is that Dispute can't be ported to a fully immersive gaming device. Even if it's ported, with Dispute's graphics quality, there won't be any good experience. Most directly speaking, the software of Dispute's parent company can't keep up with the hardware, so they've frozen this technology."
"But Holy Spirit can …" Zhao Mingwei understood what Silver planned to do with the 7% shares. However, 7% didn't seem to be enough. He still needed to add the 20% from the Air Bubble.
If it was 27% … it could definitely affect some internal decisions of Dispute's parent company.
"The way humans play games will change. As someone like me who only owns 7% shares of Dispute's parent company, it's not very suitable, but … it's indeed time to evolve."
After Silver finished speaking, he extended his hand to Zhao Mingwei. Zhao Mingwei didn't even think about it and shook his hand.
The inheritors of Gatby Weitz's legacy chose to unite at this moment. There was only one goal … and that was to get one step closer to the game world of their dreams.