Chapter 372 Virtual

Sun Jack thought for a moment and realized that Xiao Ting was correct; most of the companies that sought him for endorsements in the past were weapon manufacturers.

If it hadn't been for today's event, virtual games might never have entered his social circle.

The entire underground game company was extremely clean and tidy, and Sun Jack, accompanied by Tapai and Xiao Ting, looked around as they walked.

When they arrived at the reception, they were greeted by an AI assistant resembling AA's model, Youyou.

"I'm sorry, user IDW1S423124 is currently in a red busy state and is refusing visitors," the round, white Ghost face showed an apologetic expression.

Tapai stretched out his hand to rest it on Sun Jack's shoulder, "Just tell him that Xiao Ting has brought an exceptionally good commodity this time and that he'll regret it for a lifetime if he refuses."

Sun Jack turned his head slowly, furrowing his brows, "The exceptionally good commodity you're mentioning, is that me?"

"How could that be? I'm talking about myself. Don't imagine things willy-nilly. ヘ(~ω~ヘ)" Tapai said with a cheeky grin.

As the two conversed, the reception AI popped up again, "Gentlemen, please follow me, user IDW1S423124 agrees to meet. Please come this way to join the local network connection."

Although meeting over the network was unexpected, Sun Jack didn't mind, as he had no nervous system to speak of; it was nearly impossible for anyone to attempt to do anything to his physical self through the network.

As for Tapai, that was even less likely; the entirely different programming language made him immune to the majority of network attacks of this era.

With the port rapidly connecting to the data cable, Sun Jack's vision was suddenly covered in pitch black as the yellow virtual lens flashed before his entire head.

After spending two minutes in the darkness, a bright light suddenly shone in front of Sun Jack, the dazzling sunshine instinctively made him close his eyes.

When he gradually opened his eyes again, he saw that long-missed blue sky reappear in front of him.

As Sun Jack became slightly accustomed to the environment, the surroundings slowly came into view, "Is this... Holy Grail?"

Sun Jack looked incredulously at the silver city before him, and while the layout had significantly changed, there was no doubt this was the Holy Grail.

He couldn't have imagined that even in the virtual world of Metropolis, people would dream of becoming Holy Grail People in their daydreams.

When Sun Jack stepped in, he immediately noticed something amiss; the culture and style of the people of Holy Grail were completely different from the real Holy Grail.

At the very least, there wouldn't be gangs riding unicycles arrogantly through the city streets; this was not the Holy Grail, but merely the other party's impression of what the Holy Grail looked like.

"He is usually in the city center, I'll take you there," Xiao Ting spoke up.

No matter what Sun Jack or Tapai looked like in reality, their avatars were the same in the virtual world, but that woman had donned the skin of a busty, big-booty 2D girl, which just didn't sit right with Sun Jack.

Following her lead, they arrived at a bustling square.

In the midst of a crowd, a handsome young man dressed in nun's clothing pointed at the design map of Metropolis floating in mid-air, giving orders authoritatively. Although he had the appearance of a youth, his voice was unusually aged.

"Capital is like water; we must ensure it flows! We need a market! A dumping market with a very healthy capital environment!"

"I've already thought of a plan! Below Holy Grail, at some point, Wild Men began to gather, feeding on our Holy Grail's waste of life. Based on them, we will build a city!!"

The moment the other party finished speaking, the men and women around immediately burst into excited applause, flattering and brown-nosing with all sorts of sycophantic compliments.

Seeing the corners of the other's mouth that couldn't be suppressed, it was clear that this person was indeed whom he was looking for.

"It seems that because of this guy's special quirks, he seems to know a lot about Metropolis's past history."

But Sun Jack wasn't here for a history lesson, he didn't care how Metropolis came about, he was more concerned about whether the other party had the technology he wanted.

He immediately pulled Xiao Ting beside him and squeezed through the crowd.

Sun Jack didn't interrupt the man's pleasure and waited until the other's impassioned speech reached a pause before he approached him. "Mr. Elise QD, do you recognize this person?"

When the other party saw Xiao Ting's familiar face, there was a slight startle, waking up from the virtual plot.

"Ah, Xiao Ting, what a familiar face, we haven't seen each other for a while."

Seeing that the conversation had started, Sun Jack cut straight to the point, "Mr. Elise QD, I'm here for a piece of technology you have, Clone Consciousness Overlap, I heard you have it?"

The other party looked at Sun Jack for a while and then slowly nodded. "I have indeed collected all the cloning technology from the year 791, it seems to include that one."

"Can you sell it to me? Just a copy will do, I believe Mr. Elise QD would also be happy to see this technology from the past being used again."

The other looked at Xiao Ting and then at Sun Jack, and said leisurely, "Are you Xiao Ting's friend?"

"Sort of."

"If you're a friend, then it's easy to deal with." As the other waved his right hand, everything around them quickly disappeared, and rows of towering closets, like trains, arrived beside them.

"I remember it's here somewhere, just give me a moment, let me find it." The other climbed the wooden ladder, searching through the layers of books.

"Looks like the old man is easy to talk to, I thought he might only give you the technology if you sold yourself to him," said Tapai, coming up beside Sun Jack, whispering in his ear.

"This kind of technology that no one else can use might not be worth much money," Sun Jack thought, feeling somewhat excited.

The girl beside him doused Sun Jack's excitement, "Don't be happy just yet, he hasn't named a price. He might ask for an exorbitant amount."

"Ah, I found it." Elise QD on the stool pulled a book from the shelf, and that book rapidly transformed, ultimately becoming a yellow folder.

Just as Sun Jack reached out to take it, the other lifted his hand a notch higher, "Do you know how I got to know Xiao Ting? She sold me some old things, and I never haggled, always very generous."

"But you see, some people, the nicer you are to them, the more they think you're easy to bully."

On hearing this, Xiao Ting's face changed instantly, and she subconsciously tried to exit the virtual game, but to no avail.

"Last time she came, she brought me three sets of memories and personalities, claiming they were extracted from the brains of ancient humans found beneath the Arctic ice, speaking so highly of them, claiming they were the consciousness of humans from millions of years ago, with a logic of thinking completely different from that of modern humans."

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