Chapter 302: Chapter 300: Mecha Monsters, Menâs Romance!
Translator: 549690339
So whatâs Lincoln doing now?
Heâs downstairs in the air defense lab making a post on Spiritual Rhinoceros moments.
The netizens were still debating about his sudden stand in for the princess, so he decided to give a response.
After all, specialized personnel were testing the equipment, and he had already said all he needed to on the upper floor.
Now, heâs just standing by idly, might as well mess with the netizens for a bit.
âWhat, men canât be fanboys now? Youâre all showing gender bias!
Also, examine yourselves daily: Have you finished your homework? Completed your work? Solved your being-single issue?â
Once this post went out, regardless of whether the netizens believed the first sentence, they all felt provoked by the latter and started commenting:
âHave you finished Night City? Have you installed the screws in the Mirage? Have you sorted the mobile app?
âArenât you also a single dog? What gives you the right to make fun of us?â
âNot finished, not done, not resolved, so no more gaming either, goodbye Cloud Dream!â
âSo letâs call it a day! Playing any further would be too rude, but still, thank you.â
âHmm,â Lincoln nodded, âsuccessful topic diversion. Players are as pure and cute as always!
âBut, screwing?
The pure and cute players reminded Lincoln of something.
He glanced at the bunch of people still checking on the equipment nearby, and seriously considered upgrading the equipment.
The game cabin was almost ready, and the company had switched to the wireless 2.0 version of The Mirage a while ago. But the first generation wired version was still on the market.
He had a feeling that he was a little ahead of the market.
By time, the first generation had only been on the market for three months.
Most people worry about the latest equipment not being produced, but he was worrying about new equipment being produced too fastâŠ
If he was a pure capitalist, he should keep selling the first generation, until it canât sell anymore, swallowing up all possible profits.
Then pretend to have a hard time developing new technology, launch the second generation on the market, and harvest another round of âleeks.â
But Lincoln wasnât like that; he skyrocketed so fast that he didnât even start the process of mutating into a capitalist creature when he succeeded.
As of now, he doesnât resemble a successful capitalist at all, more like an ordinary person.
He has ordinary emotions, simple values of good and evil, a lazy bone that always wants to slack off, and a petty mind that must retaliate for the slightest slight.
But thereâs a difference: he has a huge influence with tens of millions of fans and a terrifying asset worth hundreds of billions that can be mobilized at any time.
Meaning, at 20-something, heâs already reached the ideal realm of ânot overstepping the limits of his heartâs desires,â which ordinary people only hope to reach at 70, in a different way from what Confucius described.
Even though what Confucius described were well-cultivated personal states, and Lincoln didnât have that cultivation. He purely had cash and status.
He just has to be responsible for âdoing what his heart desires,â others will help make his behaviorâs ânot overstep.â
But all roads lead to Rome, the result is the same anyway.
So at this moment, he followed his heartâs desire, not wanting to be classified as a âplayer-harvesting capitalistâ- even though this was his own classification.
âEven though Iâve inadvertently become the richest man in Daxia, class divisions shouldnât be determined solely by deposits, but also by ideological awareness!â
âYour ideological awareness has to be high, otherwise, youâll end up on a lamppost.â
So, Lincoln, who had âhigh ideological awareness,â decided to go for it: launch the new device early.
That way, thereâs a legitimate reason to reduce the price of the old equipment!
The frugal experiences from his previous life made it clear to him: for such large electronic product expenditures, each reduction of 500 dollars will drive a very strong promotional effect, activating a large group of potential buyers.
And Lincolnâs plan was to reduce the price by 1000 dollars directly!
A ten percent price cut, wouldnât that massively stimulate consumption?
To put it again: sales arenât the most important, the number of players is the most important!
If a ten percent price cut could bring ten percent new players, then Lincoln would be making a killing!
Once he decided, he immediately began to ponder: at what time, and in what way, to launch the 2.0 wireless version.
The wireless version at this time was just an upgrade with an extra wireless function from the first generation, so Lincoln planned to maintain the original price without adding a penny.
In the three-month interval, Mooreâs Law hadnât even had time to take effect yet. The upstream chips, memory, storage, batteries, and other components werenât time for an upgrade.
But speaking of which, when they do get upgraded, the Mirage can naturally upgrade to the 3.0 versionâŠ
In this way, even if there were no technological innovations in the future, money could still be made for a lifetimeâŠ
As for the emergence of more advanced technology replacing virtual reality technology in the future?
Sorry, by that time, Lincoln would have lived his fill and let it be.
While Lincoln was busy daydreaming on his mobile phone, Henry came over.
Henry was quite excited when he arrived. But after hearing from Lincoln about the effects of this gadget, his interest waned considerably.
âThis thing has a very low intensity. Itâs mainly to prevent the muscle activity of people who donât exercise regularly from declining, so its enhancement effect can be disregarded.â
This was basically saying that it didnât have much large-scale application in the military.
Which military doesnât exercise frequently?
Even if you go to be a cook, you still have to prepare meals for three to five hundred people with eight people.
The amount of exercise for that, doesnât differ much from regular trainingâŠ
At this moment, he came over, giving a sense of mystery, and asked in a low voice: âMr. Lin, I see that you have started a prosthetic limb company, and it is of great help to the disabled veterans. Our people speak highly of you whenever your name comes up!â
? Lincoln looked at him in confusion.
Canât this sort of thing be openly discussed? Why such secretive behavior?
âI heard that the Retired Veteran Service Center is researching a supportive subsidy policy. They plan to launch it as soon as your company introduces prosthetics for those with limb disabilities.â
In fact, officials from the relevant department have already visited the Prosthetic Journey Company. Lincoln received the reports and wondered why there was no follow-up.
Only now did he realize that after assessing the progress, they planned to launch it simultaneously.
âThatâs a good thing.â Lincoln nodded in approval.
Seeing that Henry was still standing there looking at him, Lincoln suddenly realized: âIs there something that you want my help with?â
Henry nodded, finally not hesitating: âSince you can develop a virtual world and brain-controlled prosthetics, is it possible to achieve consciousness exchange?â
â???â This time, Lincoln directly wore question marks on his face, âWhat do you guys want to do?â
Before Henry could explain, Lincoln staked out his position first: âLet me be clear, I wonât participate in any research involving deep ethical issues!â
Mainly because the topic was too serious and even a bit scary if you thought about it in depth.
âIt doesnât involve any of that! Where is your mind going?â Henry quickly denied.
âWe just want to use the neural modulator-demodulator to establish a silent communication method that does not require language and gestures, much like the âtelepathic communicationâ in legends. But we are completely stuck right now, so I wanted to ask if you had any ideas?â
Not that there was no progress at all. With virtual typing, âtyping messages by consciousnessâ is possible, but itâs too inconvenient.
âThisâŠâ Lincoln hesitated, wondering whether to answer yes or no.
In fact, this was not a single issue.
Previously, when the âJourney Projectâ funded the special education school for the deaf and blind students, many netizens queried after watching the short films: âWhy not equip students with language disabilities as well?â
Lincoln certainly wanted to, but the technology he possessed couldnât make a mute speak, and this technical difficulty was completely different from making the blind see and the deaf hear.
Moreover, this technical difficulty is very similar to the âsilent communicationâ that Henry mentioned.
The main issue was distinguishing the neural signals of âthoughtâ and âspeechâ.
This is actually quite complex.
Although the brain areas controlling âthoughtâ and âlanguageâ are not at all connected, unfortunately, the headband only collects the neural signals emitted outside the brain and cannot accurately detect the different areas within the brain.
The instruction sets received by Lincoln have a clear part for the translation of âlanguageâ neural signals.
But as for the neural signals of âthoughtâ, it wasnât clear whether they werenât cracked or, for ethical considerations, were left out of the instruction set to leave some privacy in the userâs thinking.
Furthermore, considering Henryâs words âtelepathic communicationâ, did he want to share the viewed screens and thought processes too?
Isnât that a bit too much, brother?!
With this technology, why would I play with your telepathy?
I could directly star in âPacific Rimâ!
I could even integrate fun things like Gundam, 02, and Godzilla.
âŠBut unfortunately, itâs not feasible because of technical limitations.
Why not remove the two-player setting and just let one person operate the mech to fight monsters?
Because Lincoln thinks itâs not stimulating enough!
Fighting small monsters alone in a mech is perfectly feasible.
But two people working together to operate a giant mech and combating huge monsters with oppressive power, how freaking awesome is that!
Thatâs a manâs romance!
Lincoln didnât want to give it up. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly felt, âIt seems that itâs not entirely impossible.â
He wasnât sticking to the original work exactly. It wasnât the first time for him.
If thereâs no memory sharing, then so be it. It doesnât affect operating a mech to fight monsters!
At worst, just alter the storyline a bit?
âIs it possible?â Upon hearing Lincolnâs mutter, Henryâs eyes lit up suddenly.
But Lincoln immediately started to pour cold water, âDonât even think about a complete version of telepathy. Transmitting images is not realistic, but sound could be possible and achieving sensory communication isnât too hard.â
âAnd itâs difficult, it will take a lot of time.â
Even the lite version of âtelepathyâ is no easy task..
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