The day of the press conference arrived quickly.
It was seven in the evening, and District Nineteen, usually so desolate, was now bustling with excitement.
Inside the banquet hall, the cocktail party was in full swing. Prominent figures from every field had gathered together, eagerly discussing the details of the press conference.
The press conference had included a live demonstration, enough to shatter all the rumors that had previously been circulating online.
And the chip called "Gemini" had left them utterly stunned.
With nothing more than a simple implant, or even a direct brain-computer connection, an Ascendant's abilities could be dramatically enhanced in an instant—double the punching power, vastly increased running speed... Compared with previous methods like training or drugs, it was nothing short of a revolutionary breakthrough.
Though it could currently only affect Ascendants below B-rank, that group happened to make up the largest proportion of Ascendants in Night Sin City.
One could only imagine the value hidden behind it... To put it bluntly, even using this thing to haul bricks would earn more than anyone else, right? Not to mention its broader and deeper applications.
The last invention this shocking probably dated back more than a decade, to the drug "Heng Wo," which could forcibly raise one's ability level—and interestingly enough, that had also been jointly developed by Serpent Coil and Prism.
And back then, the heads of those two conglomerates, Xu Cheng and Xie Xian, had likewise held a press conference together... Just as it had been then, so it was now.
This also seemed to send another signal—everyone knew perfectly well that ever since Serpent Coil and Prism had changed leadership, their relationship had become more appearance than substance.
So now that they had jointly developed a product like this, could this be considered the beginning