The Old Grandmother had ushered Yanbai's world into the age of fully immersive online games.
The Old Woman had been the earliest developer of fully immersive, true-to-life simulation games. After her flesh-and-blood body reached the end of its natural lifespan, she became the most terrifying artificial intelligence in history.
Through fully immersive online games, the family conglomerate became the dominant force in global commerce. Online games were its mainstay, but it also ventured into other industries. More than ninety percent of households used goods produced by businesses under its umbrella.
In her nonhuman form, the Old Woman extended her reach into both politics and business. Her influence was everywhere.
On the surface, Yanbai's family was the world's leading supplier of healthcare products and fully immersive online games.
Behind the scenes, however, they were much more than that. The Old Woman also possessed cutting-edge genetic and military technology.
The Old Woman's multidisciplinary teams pursued advanced studies and training in fully immersive simulated worlds, conducting real experiments within the games. By exploiting the difference in the passage of time, they could cultivate all kinds of top-tier specialists in a short period, then bring mature technologies into reality and manufacture whatever products they wanted.
The benefits of fully immersive simulation games were staggering.
They also allowed the "diligent and studious" Old Woman to keep evolving into something even more terrifying.
Uchiha Itachi said that Rena had disappeared after leaving only a few brief details about obstetrics and gynecology hospitals.
What Uchiha Itachi had uncovered was that the legitimate obstetrics and gynecology hospitals under the conglomerate generally offered services related to women: abortions, childbirth, postpartum care, routine gynecological examinations, and treatment.
As the heir, it was perfectly reasonable for Yanbai to look into how these businesses operated.
But... after hearing Uchiha Itachi's seemingly ordinary