Chapter 77

Raising his right hand, he curled it into a black sphere and gently tossed it upwards. It was unclear what he did, but the sphere immediately began to change.

Originally the size of a ping-pong ball, easily held in one hand, it suddenly expanded. In the blink of an eye, it grew from the size of a ping-pong ball to that of a basketball, and continued to expand rapidly.

Chen Yang stared in amazement, unable to imagine how such a small object could instantly become so large.

What principle was at work here?

Even more astonishingly, the basketball size was not its limit. It continued to expand until it reached a diameter of one meter before finally stopping.

In the basement, Chen Yang stared dumbfounded at the enormous sphere, his mind reeling.

Several tentacles split from his right hand and gently tapped the sphere, which instantly cracked open, revealing its contents.

Chen Yang swore he had never seen anything so beautiful.

Inside the sphere, countless blue light points, like fireflies in the night, converged into tens of thousands, even millions, of blue light rivers. They continuously wandered along the fine, spider-silk-like threads.

The sight was so magnificent and beautiful that Chen Yang was instantly stunned, his mouth agape as he drew a sharp breath at the sight inside the sphere.

Such a beautiful and magnificent thing seemed to be crafted by supernatural forces, not something that could be created in the human world. The shock was unparalleled, causing him to momentarily lose his composure.

"Screw, Commander Screw, what is this thing?"

Muttering to himself, Chen Yang's gaze remained fixed on the sphere, his eyes not moving an inch.

"This is the Core Foundation, one of the most important parts of the Haloyodis civilization."

His right hand marveled, "Every time I see the Core Foundation, I can't help but praise its beauty. It was worth the great risk I took to borrow it from the Haloyodis civilization..."

Chen Yang struggled to shift his gaze from the Core Foundation to his right hand, inwardly cursing him as a despicable thief.

"The Haloyodis civilization is a race I discovered by chance while traveling through space with Tiskul..."

"This race is very peculiar. Despite having the technological capability for space travel, they all huddle on their home planet, showing no interest in developing space resources. I was curious, so I investigated and found out..."

"This race has developed virtual reality technology to such an extent that it envelops the entire planet, immersing billions of individuals in virtual reality."

"Virtual reality technology?"

Chen Yang exclaimed, "Is it really virtual reality technology?"

Virtual reality technology is something that multiple countries and companies on Earth are currently working on, aiming to develop it further through augmented reality. The goal is to use helmets or glasses to output signals that deceive human senses, creating a virtual environment.

However, with current technology, achieving the level of sophistication seen in science fiction movies is almost impossible. Even looking ahead to the next few decades or even a century, it is unlikely that we will achieve a 100% realistic simulation.

"Of course it's real... Virtual reality technology is not particularly advanced. Many civilizations can achieve this once they enter the space age. However, no civilization has been as疯狂 as the Haloyodis civilization, which has dragged its entire race into a simulated reality, abandoning progress in the real world..."

His right hand said strangely, "It's not that there are no benefits to this approach. In virtual reality technology, the Haloyodis civilization has reached the limits of this universe, achieving a 100% realistic simulation. It's a crazy and terrifying race."

"100% realistic simulation?"

Chen Yang suddenly thought of something, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

"Do you think it's impossible? The Haloyodis civilization's research into the consciousness of carbon-based life forms has reached the peak of almost all civilizations. Although carbon-based life forms in the universe have different DNA and cell structures in each environment, just like how human houses, whether brick or concrete, can all be inhabited, as long as it's an intelligent being, the Core Foundation can interact with it. This is the most precious aspect of this item."

"Unfortunately, for many races and civilizations, the Core Foundation is not a truly valuable or necessary item..."

His right hand's emotions fluctuated. He had gone to great lengths to "borrow" a part of the Core Foundation, but its true value was not as significant as he had thought, and he had even lost something in the process. Now, he wondered if it was worth it.

"Can this Core Foundation allow us to enter virtual reality?"

Chen Yang asked cautiously.

"Not just us, as long as there is sufficient energy, this Core Foundation can pull all of humanity on Earth into virtual reality."

"All of humanity can be pulled in?"

Chen Yang was shocked and immediately realized the immense value of this item.

Although his right hand said it was not very important to other civilizations, for humans, this was a divine artifact, one that could drastically change global politics, economics, culture, communication, conflicts, and religion.

It's easy to imagine that once a virtual reality environment that includes all of humanity is created, both politics and economics will undergo a terrifying transformation, more profound than the impact of industrial civilization on humanity. Humanity will enter a new era!

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became. Chen Yang trembled all over, realizing that with this Core Foundation, the future of humanity would be in his hands. This was a treasure beyond the value of money.

What wealth, what business empires, what century-old families, what national grudges, would all be insignificant compared to this thing. As long as he used the Core Foundation well...

"Host, I know what you're thinking."

His right hand's stern voice interrupted Chen Yang's thoughts, "Are you thinking of using it to control and change your race?"

"Ah? No, I wasn't..."

"Perhaps I need to reiterate this to prevent greed from eroding your foolish brain and making you dumber than a single-celled organism. The Core Foundation is mine, and its use and how it is used can only be under my supervision. You have no right to consider it as your own."

"But this isn't what you stole... Uh, Commander Screw is right, I fully agree."

Chen Yang said seriously.

The tentacle, which had approached the back of Chen Yang's head, reluctantly wriggled and then retreated.

"Secondly, your idea of using the Core Foundation to envelop the entire planet is impossible. The larger the area it covers, the more energy it requires. Do you have a nuclear power plant dedicated to powering the Core Foundation?"

"Thirdly, the Core Foundation was damaged when it crossed Tiskul, and its capacity no longer meets its design requirements..."

"What, it was damaged?"

Chen Yang jumped up, as if he had lost something of his own. His face turned pale, his voice tense, and his eyes revealed disbelief.

"Yes, this Core Foundation has 5,650,000,000,000,000 neurons, and some of them were damaged by the vibrations during the space-time leap... But don't worry, your upcoming training will provide it with 'nutrition' to help it recover."

Chen Yang didn't quite understand what his right hand meant. He looked at the Core Foundation and asked cautiously, "Commander Screw, what do you mean by 'recovery'? I don't quite understand."

"Close your eyes!"

His right hand ignored Chen Yang's confusion and told him to close his eyes.

Close his eyes?

Why close his eyes?

Could it be that the next thing to happen is something that shouldn't be seen?

Chen Yang trembled, and under the threat of his right hand's mouthparts, he slowly closed his eyes. (Thanks to the friend from the cai1860 bar for your weapon and equipment concept design for this book. I really appreciated it when I saw it today.)

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