Geng Hao and the other students had experienced the lifelike shock of Wang's Game.
Its realistic textures made every blade of grass and every tree look utterly real.
They were all completely blown away.
The game had completely reshaped their understanding of the world.
"So games can actually be like this? Damn."
"I feel like every game I've played in the first half of my life was a waste."
"From now on, keep all those trash games away from me. They're embarrassing."
"The best part is that once you enter the game, you can go to the arcade and play other games. You can even download games on your phone in there. I tried the games on the phone and in the arcade just now, though, and none of them exist in the real world. Looks like Wang's Game team developed them all themselves."
"Of course. Other games haven't been licensed yet, so they can't just throw them in. Wang's Game is definitely going to be a huge hit. If they put other games in for free, they'd just be advertising them. Once this game takes the world by storm, any other games that want to join will have to pay for advertising."
"On the other hand, if they added other games now, they'd have to pay the owners for licenses."
"They developed more than a dozen games from scratch just for one game. The Wang's Game team really put their heart into this."
In a residential neighborhood in Long Province.
A young man in his early twenties sat in a wheelchair, staring blankly at the sky outside the window.
His eyes were full of sorrow, his brow furrowed.
His name was Lu Zilin.
Two years ago, he had lost both legs in a car accident.
Before that, he had