Time flew by. Three days later, in the Virtual World called "Earth."
This was a Virtual World Codename had built using the real Earth as a template. Taken as a whole, it was Earth in its pristine state, with every animal, plant, continent, and ocean recreated from the real world.
On this planet stood a very special city, constantly expanding outward.
All sorts of bizarre buildings filled the city: garden-style lofts suspended in the air, skyscrapers soaring into the clouds, little bridges over flowing streams, splendid palaces, and even primitive settlements with rustic designs!
Buildings in every style from every civilization could be found here. The city stretched as far as the eye could see, and every so often, one or two new buildings sprang from the ground amid dazzling visual effects. It was like watching a god create a world...
This was the Virtual World within the "Endless World" framework that most closely resembled reality. It had been planned as humanity's second world-a "Global Village" where people could communicate with no distance between them!
Every building in this city was actually the "headquarters" of a registered company or corporate group.
As Virtual Helmets became widespread, more than ten thousand high-tech and internet companies worldwide had officially registered and announced their arrival in just a few months, transforming themselves into "virtual companies"!
Aside from retaining essential offices and staff in the real world, these companies had begun shedding their physical operations and embracing a new era of SOHO-style virtual work.
Without the burden of expensive urban transportation and premises, switching to virtual operations could cut office expenses alone by more than 40%!
Maximizing profit was capital's ultimate goal. No company could resist that kind of temptation.
Now, whenever a company announced it was "going virtual," its stock price would shoot