The Third Round

"Everyone, take a look. The state mobilized quite a few experts to research this, and they came up with this useful thing specifically for everyone over the past week or two—a New Sleep Life-Support Pod."

The room's lights cast patches of cold, hard light across the spacious pods.

The bald middle-aged man in a white coat pointed through the "glass" beside him toward the inside of one of the pods with a smile.

A group of people crowded around and looked in the direction he indicated.

They could see that it was not some sci-fi capsule pod as they had imagined, but something that looked more like a combination of an advanced hospital bed and VR equipment, covered by a transparent "eggshell" of moderate thickness.

The various cables and ports inside and outside the pods were now neatly stored in slots along the main sides. Although development time had been extremely short, the workmanship and level of completion were clearly quite good.

Inside the twelve pale life-support pods, which were kept at an angle with their mechanical supports below not yet fully leveled, lights had already come on beneath the transparent covers. They were obviously powered up.

From dozens of meters away, looking from one end to the other, these large objects resembled enormous "cocoons" evenly arranged throughout the sterile room.

"Most of you may not know this, but the experts further adjusted the system based on Baseline Human Life-Support Technology and created these Type-II Sleep Pods."

"They can ensure that everyone's physiological condition remains stable while logging into the platform and assist with sleep. On the other hand, they can monitor certain physiological indicators, so if anything unexpected happens, outside personnel can respond in time and take remedial action."

The bald middle-aged man was not putting on any official