On the outskirts of St. Petersburg, on the banks of the Fontanka River.
An old man wearing a windbreaker was sitting on a bench. He looked at his watch, as if he was waiting for something.
Two teenagers wearing baseball caps walked past him while bouncing a basketball. One of them spoke to the other.
"Did you hear the news about the virtual reality closed beta testing?"
"I did, in Jinling, right? F*ck, I want to go!"
"Forget about it, people like us will never get the chance. I don't believe they're choosing people at random. Did you see YouTuber James Rolfe's vlog? He said that if the virtual reality technology from Star Sky Technology is similar to SAO, he'll eat his keyboard!"
"Haha, so did he do it?"
"Don't know, but I heard after he returned from China, he ordered a keyboard cake from a bakery."
"Hahahahaha!"