A Turning Point in History, Where Will the World Head?

Xu Meng was as surprised as the netizens.

Although he had attended quite a few meetings, they had mostly been technical briefings on the Sea of the Information Universe.

He had not taken part in any meetings related to specific decision-making or implementation.

He had only summarized at the final meeting: the number of Virtual World users and the volume of its content respectively determined the efficiency of exploring the Information Universe and the ability to defend against potential crises.

And so, he received a promise:

"No one can create Virtual World content better than you—better than Dream Builder."

"We believe in your abilities. We'll leave this work to you without worry."

"As for the equipment and user numbers, leave those to us."

The senior leader who said this had made it sound casual, so Xu Meng had not thought much of it at the time.

He had merely told the marketing department that there might be a special National Subsidy or official cooperation such as centralized procurement in the near future, and that they should cooperate properly when the time came.

After that, he had not paid any more attention to it and turned to other matters instead—he had completely shed his previous lazy state, becoming energized and busier than ever by the day.

But he truly had not expected that when the authorities made a move, it would be with thunderous force!

Nearly every department that could be involved or lend a hand had mobilized, helping popularize the Dream Machine across the entire country.

—At this point, it was no longer simple promotion or equipment sales. They were pushing the Virtual World as a piece of national infrastructure.

It could practically be called a massive, unprecedented "cyber new infrastructure" project!

At this rate, the number of Virtual World