A Failure's hopeful Journey

You Xi Wang called Petra only to find out she did not leave the edifice but was talking to You Zhichi about some finance issues. The young man took the data coin and made his way to his sister's office. He knocked twice on the door, his sister spoke from the inside, "Come in."

You Xi Wang entered the room and saw Gerrard and Petra were sitting in chairs across from You Zhichi. He walked beside his sister and spoke, "I am going to test the game myself, so I would need the chief programmer to follow me to the R&D wing."

You Zhichi nodded and said, "Okay, we are finished talking about the finance distribution here as well. The advertisement plan has been revised."

You Xi Wang looked at the plan key points on the screen and said, "Why do guys always make things so generic?"

You Zhichi smiled, "What do you suggest? The reason I did this is to keep it simple and easy to manage."

You Xi Wang shook his head, after all, his sister was also from Metropia as well. No wonder she also thinks the same way. He spoke, "Big Sis, only when you try to go out of your comfort zone can you achieve greatness. I came up with these things because I did not want my efforts to be forgotten with time. This game will be recorded in history, believe me. Anyway, do this. Select 100 people at random from the users of your products. Pro-Code is a well-established name among tech geeks. Provide them with the equipment and let them test the game. Stream it live on Metronet."

The three people felt as if a new world opened to them. They agreed, and the plan was revised. You Xi Wang led Petra to the R&D department. He found an engineer from the team who developed the VR helmet. The engineer had glasses, a standard to-the-side hairstyle. The body was lean and tall. He stood up from his chair as soon as he saw You Xi Wang coming in. He greeted You Xi Wang first. 

"Good noon, Young Master." his voice was calm and his eyes were firm. 

"Good noon, Mr. Niladri. Is the VR helmet ready?" You Xi Wang spoke politely. This man was one of the earliest engineers his father recruited back when he started the company. Niladri was an introvert, did not like gossip. He was a kind-hearted man and treated the surrounding people with kindness. You Xi Wang had a good impression of him. That is why he asked him to lead the team to fabricate a VR helmet meant for games.

Niladri nodded and picked up a black helmet from the shelf behind him. He spoke, "Young Master, the typical VR helmets are used for educational purposes and thus they have limited performance. We have designed this helmet a bit differently. The processor can process at a speed of that of a supercomputer. Boot time is 3 seconds. We have also incorporated a slot specifically for coin disks. The user can play multiple games with the same helmet. The helmet also includes an emergency alarm. If the user feels any sort of discomfort while using the equipment, the alarm will set off and the connection will automatically end and notify the nearest hospital and the relatives of the user."

You Xi Wang felt very satisfied with this design, this was just the first version and the specs will be upgraded. He spoke to Niladri after listening to his description, "Mr. Niladri, if possible, then please make it so that the equipment cannot be reverse engineered, or we will have to apply for a patent."

Niladri nodded, which meant he will look into it. You Xi Wang gave him the coin disk with the game software and asked him to set it up for him and connect the game to a big screen so that the people on the outside can monitor how and what he is doing. Niladri did as he was asked. You Xi Wang sat down in a chair and put the helmet over his head. He smiled at Petra and said, "See you in a bit Petra."

Petra smiled at his gesture. You Xi Wang closed his eyes and issued a command, "Boot"

The equipment started and You Xi Wang drifted into the virtual world. He opened his eyes and around him was a white wall. Soon he heard a prompt in a machinic voice.

'Welcome, please register a username'

You Xi Wang thought about his name and registered.

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Space glowed and You Xi Wang stood on a field which was just as he described, his outfit changed, he was wearing a white sports shirt and black shorts. His legs were covered with knee-high socks. He was wearing spiked shoes as he described. He jumped up a few times and spoke, "Petra, make this a little more creative. Rather than throwing the player straight on the field, give him an option to design his own clothes."

Petra on the outside took notes of everything he said. You Xi Wang proceeded with his testing. He sprinted from end to end of the field and said, "When you run without spiritual energy you will get tired, and a normal human will sweat. The body will feel warm and the legs will feel heavy."

Next, a ball appeared, but the size was bigger than the one on earth by one inch. He spoke again, "Downsize the ball by one inch, the diameter should be 22cm. Also, please make it so that the user can sense kicking the ball. I felt nothing at all. Too virtual, not real."

He gave some more instructions, such as adding a virtual audience around the field, like making stands in the stadium. Time settings, weather settings, pitch settings. He tested the game for twenty minutes and came out of the virtual space. He asked Petra to design a tunnel that leads to the stadium, and the menu about different settings should appear on the left or the right of the user inside the tunnel. They can adjust the settings before they walk out on the field. 

You Xi Wang removed the helmet and said, "Petra, ask your programmers to find a way and make it so that the players can stream the game live on Metro Frame."

Petra nodded and asked, "Xi Wang, how do you even come up with all these ideas."

You Xi Wang shrugged his shoulders and after asking Niladri to make some changes in the design to make it more comfortable, he left. Niladri was also very satisfied with the approach of his boss. He was an engineer, and he liked to make new things.

Petra followed You Xi Wang to his office and sat down in the chair opposite him. You Xi Wang spoke while trying the tab in his hand, "Petra, this app also needs some changes. You remember I asked you about the filters option?"

Petra spoke, "Yes, what about it?"

You Xi Wang said, "We keep the app free, but we charge the people for advertising their products. Like a hotel owner wants the people to know about his new dishes and offers, then he can pay us and we advertise it for him. You get what I mean?"

Petra thought about it and said, "How about I talk to Miss You about this? She would know about this better."

You Xi Wang agreed and send her away, but not before flirting with her a bit. He called Stella inside and asked, "Do I have any other meetings?"

Stella spoke, "No."

You Xi Wang: "Do me a favor and ask Aunty Minerva and Uncle Matthew to pace up the Virtual Cabin?"

Stella smiled and said, "Okay, will do. Anything else?"

You Xi Wang spoke, "Yes, no disturbance. I need to cultivate."

Stella nodded and left, You Xi Wang locked the door from inside and sat down crossed leg on a mat in the office. He opened the Five-element Sutra book Alester Book gave him. The words were written in the ancient language. The system spoke, [Hint, run the all attribute spiritual energy through the book.]

You Xi Wang did as the system said and combined his energy into all attribute energy and ran it through the book. As soon as the transmission of energy started, the words written in the book glowed with golden light. They floated up in the air and entered his dantian. You Xi Wang did not know how long the process lasted because his consciousness was blurry at that moment. When he came to his senses, he found out that his realm has advanced by one minor level. He was now an early 8th level spirit formation cultivator. 

You Xi Wang exhaled a mouthful of white mist. He stood up and practices some Taichi while running the five-element sutra during the process. The more he practiced, the smoother his progress became. After he was done ten cycles of running the spiritual energy, he stopped. You Xi Wang relaxed his body and his eyes were filled with bliss. He muttered, "Twice the gain, half the effort. This method is tailor made for me. I will consolidate my realm in two days. Then we can go on accumulating more energy and advance."

He looked around and saw that the book in which the technique was recorded had already turned to dust. The system said, [The technique is now inside your dantian. You can check it when you focus and look inside yourself.]

You Xi Wang nodded and was about to test what the system said when his Holo-Phone rang.